JP2003223599A - Authentication sales accounting method using portable terminal and authentication sales accounting information provision device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system allowing both a customer and a shop attendant to smoothly transfer goods and allowing the shop side to reduce equipment investment for authentication. <P>SOLUTION: A cellular phone 1 with a photographing function, a POS terminal 2 installed on the shop side, a server 3 embedded in the shop side, a service site 4 and a bank server 5 are connected together over a cellular phone network 6 and the Internet 7. The cellular phone 1 is provided with a digital camera function and a browser function, displays a photographed image on a screen, and transmits it to the service site 4. The service site 4 (server) authenticates a user in response to access from the cellular phone 1, provides an initial screen (register button and authentication button) for the cellular phone 1 after the authentication, and registers a facial portrait and a sales permission code. When a authentication notice is transmitted from the cellular phone 1, the service site 4 transmits the facial portrait and the sales permission code to the cellular phone 1, makes the shop side to perform the user authentication by the screen, and charges the user after a certain period. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention forms a network between an input terminal for each of a large number of stores, a mobile phone equipped with a digital camera, and a service site to sell a product in a store. The present invention relates to a customer authentication system that enables products to be sold after being authenticated with photographic images.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, fast food restaurants have become popular all over Japan and all over the world from the viewpoints of low price, quickness and cleanliness. According to such a method of selling a fast food restaurant, a customer comes to the store, informs the clerk of the desired product and quantity, and the clerk informs the customer of the total amount. Customers pay the total amount in cash.

[0003]

However, the products of fast food restaurants are low in price, and credit cards and the like are rarely used in the stores.

However, the customer pays about 80 yen every time he / she purchases fast food several times in a few days, and the clerk also issues a receipt or gives a change each time. So bothersome for both sides. Further, even at a fast food restaurant, a receipt is issued each time for a low-priced product, so a store visited by an extremely large number of people per day must have a large amount of receipt paper.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is a system that allows both customers and store staff to smoothly deliver products, and at the same time reduces capital investment for authentication on the store side. Aim to get.

[0006]

According to an authentication sales and billing method using a mobile phone of the present invention, a mobile terminal, a store terminal, and a service site are connected by a computer network,
It is a sales and charging method for providing authentication photo images registered in advance to the mobile terminal to realize the sale of products in a store.

For the service site, when the access of the mobile terminal indicates a certification request for the purchase of the merchandise, the face image associated with the address of the mobile terminal stored in advance is displayed. The step of providing the authentication photograph image in which the sales permission code is written to the mobile terminal via the computer network, and the sales permission code and the amount of money input to the store terminal. Collecting store codes and associating them with each other and storing them as customer purchase information by the mobile terminal; and, for the service site, collecting the customer purchase information via the computer network at regular intervals. And collecting the customer purchase information of the same sales permission code in the collected customer purchase information for each of the fixed periods, and To find the total amount, and summarized in that and a step of notifying the mobile terminal of the total amount as a billing amount of the predetermined period.

Further, according to the authentication sales / billing method using a mobile phone of the present invention, a store terminal for each of a plurality of stores in each area, a mobile terminal, a service site for each area, and a central center are connected by a computer network, By a service center for managing service sites for each of these areas, providing authentication photo images registered in advance from the service site to the mobile terminal, and realizing sale of merchandise at a store is there.

When a facial photograph is received through the computer network for the service site in the area, when the use permission code and the facial photograph corresponding to the address added to the facial photograph are not stored. Immediately transferring the received facial photograph and address to the central center, and storing the authentication photograph image consisting of the address, the sales permission code and the facial photograph transmitted from the central center, When the access from the mobile terminal indicates a certification request for the purchase of the product, providing the stored authentication photograph image to the mobile terminal via the computer network, and a certain period of time. For each time, the customer purchase information consisting of the sales permission code, the date, the amount of money, and the store code collected by the store terminal is described above. In the step of transferring through the computer network, collecting customer purchase information of the same sale permission code in the customer purchase information, obtaining the total amount of these, and the total amount is charged to the mobile terminal as the billing amount of the predetermined period. And a step of notifying.

With respect to the central center, upon receipt of the face photograph and the address from the service center, a sales permission code is generated, and this sales permission code is written on the face photograph and the date It is characterized in that it comprises a step of storing the customer authentication information together with the address as a customer authentication information, and a step of mirroring the customer authentication information to a service site in a preset area in association with the storage of the customer authentication information in the database. To do.

Further, the authentication sales charge providing device of the present invention is
While providing a pre-registered authentication photo image to a mobile terminal connected by a computer network, while using customer purchase information from the store terminal transmitted via the computer network using the mobile terminal It is an authentication sale charge providing device that charges a customer of the mobile terminal.

When the access of the mobile terminal indicates a certification request for purchasing the product, the sales permission code is written on the face photograph in association with the address of the mobile terminal stored in advance. Means for transmitting an authentication photograph image to the mobile terminal via the computer network, and transferring customer purchase information stored in the store terminal using the mobile terminal via the computer network at regular intervals. Means and collecting customer purchase information of the same sale permission code in the collected customer purchase information for each fixed period, obtaining the total amount of these, and the total amount is charged to the mobile terminal as the billing amount for the predetermined period. The gist is that it has means for notifying.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS <First Embodiment> FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system according to a first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the present system includes a mobile phone 1 with a photographing function, a POS terminal 2 provided on the store side, a server 3 provided on the store side, a service site 4, and a server 5 of a bank. , The mobile phone network 6 and the Internet 7 are connected.

The above-mentioned mobile phone 1 has a digital camera function (CCD camera), a browser function, etc., displays an image taken by the digital camera function on the screen, and sends it to the service site 4 (face photo data). Is an attached file).

The POS terminal 2 provided on the store side has a function of inputting the sales permission code (also simply referred to as an ID) displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 1, the number of products, the product name, and the price.

The service site 4 (server) performs the user authentication with the access from the mobile phone 1 and an initial screen providing means 4a for providing an initial screen (registration button, authentication button) of this application file after this authentication. ,
When face photo data and registration information (terminal address (mobile phone number or e-mail address), date and registration notification) are received from the mobile phone 1, a photo image storage means 4b for temporarily storing these information, A sales permission code (for example, 6-digit ID code: 6-digit store code) is generated along with the storage of the face photograph data, and the information (face photograph data, date, address) in which the sales permission code is temporarily stored It is provided with an ID generating means 4c which is linked and is stored as information of the authentication photograph image of the customer.

Further, when the service site 4 receives the authentication request (address and authentication notification, date) from the mobile phone 1, it assigns the face photograph data corresponding to this address and links it with this face photograph data. The authentication photograph information transmission command means 4d for transmitting (http) the sales permission code to the mobile phone 1 is provided.

The service site 4 is a POS on the store side.
From the terminal 2, the sales permission code (the two-row code displayed at the bottom of the screen of the mobile phone 1 along with a photograph of the face), the amount, the number, the store code, the person in charge, the date of purchase, etc. A customer sales saving unit 4e that saves this customer purchasing information each time it is received, and a unit storage for each month, searches for all customer sales for each store, and collects all customer purchasing information information having the same sales permission code. After the total amount of money is obtained, a purchase / charging means 4f for withdrawing from the bank account is provided. The purchase billing means 4f will be described later in detail.

The system configured as described above will be described with reference to the sequences of FIGS. 2 and 3.

(Registration of face photo) First, the customer a receives the admission notification form 15 at the fast food restaurant, and the admission notification form 1
5 Give your name, phone number, mobile phone number, address, withdrawal account (press the bank registration stamp), e-mail address, etc. to the store and give it to the store using the server 3 in the store. The user permission information including the store code, area name, store name, etc. is transmitted to the operating company of the service site 4. That is, the service site 4 includes the usage permission information file 11 storing the usage permission information. This use permission information may be registered using the mobile phone 1 at the time of registration. In this embodiment, a membership table is used.

On the other hand, the customer a accesses the site with the mobile phone 1 by using the URL code of the site 4 (d1), and when the use approval information file 11 contains the use approval information having the address of the mobile phone, The service site 4 transmits the initial screen data of certification and registration to the mobile phone 1 (d2). The mobile phone 1 is decrypted by the browser function, as shown in FIG.
The input screen shown in is displayed (d3). It is assumed that the customer a selects the registration button, for example.

With the selection of the registration button, the mobile phone 1 transmits the mail address or its own telephone number (collectively referred to as an address), the date and time, and the registration notice to the service site 4 ( d4).

Upon receiving the registration notice, the service site 4 searches the customer information file 13 using the address as a key and determines whether or not there is customer information having that address. If it exists, a notification prompting the registration of the facial photograph is transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (d5).

As shown in FIG. 4A, the customer information stored in the customer information file 13 is associated with an address, a name, an address, an account number, a sales permission code and the like.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, when the customer a is notified of the registration of a facial photograph, he / she operates the mobile phone 1 to take a facial photograph of himself (d6). Send to site 4 (d7).

At the service site 4, the face photograph data is once stored in the customer photograph information file 14 (stored by the photograph image storing means 4b), and the ID generating means 4c stores the sales permission code (the company code is fixed, The ID code is different for each customer), and the sales permission code is added to the face photograph data and transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (d8).

As shown in FIG. 2, a sales permission code including a company code and an ID code is displayed below the face photograph.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4B, the face photograph information is stored in the file 14 with the photograph image data address linked to the sales permission code.

The customer a confirms his / her face photograph and the sales permission code displayed on the mobile phone 1 and sends a confirmation command using the mobile phone 1 (d9).

The ID generating means 4c of the service site 4 is
Upon receiving the confirmation notification, the sales permission code and the photo data are masked in the customer information. In the present embodiment, these are collectively referred to as information of the authentication photograph image.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the customer a goes to the store A to inform him of the desired product (for example, hamburger) and accesses the service site 4 using the mobile phone 1 (d11). The initial screen providing means 4a of the service site 4 judges whether or not the user permission information corresponding to the address of the mobile phone number exists in the user permission information file 11 with the access of the mobile phone 1 (see FIG. 4). (A)
If there exists, the initial screen is transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (d12). The mobile phone 1 decodes it by the browser function and displays the input screen shown in FIG. 2 (d13). Customer a
Suppose, for example, that the proof button is selected.

(Certification) The cellular phone 1 sends a certification notice including the cellular phone number, the date, and the certification notice to the service site 4 in accordance with the selection of the certification button (d14).

Upon receipt of the certification notice, the authentication photograph information transmission commanding means 4d of the service site 4 searches the customer photograph information file 14 using the address as a key and assigns the sales permission code linked to the address, The face photograph data linked (hierarchically linked) to the sales permission code is assigned (see FIG. 4b), and the sales permission code is added and transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (d1).
5).

The mobile phone 1 has a browser function to display the photographic image data and the sales permission code on the screen.

In this way, the customer obtains the registered photographic image from the service site and shows the screen of the mobile phone to the clerk for authentication.

On the other hand, the clerk displays the photo image and the ID on the screen of the mobile phone, confirms the face and the photo of the person himself, and if he / she authenticates himself, the sales permission code of the cell phone 1 is put to the POS.
The data is input to the terminal 2 and transmitted (d15a). The service site 4 determines whether or not the transmitted sales permission code exists in the file 14, and transmits the result to the POS terminal 2 via the server 3 (d15b).

When it is displayed on the POS terminal 2 that the sales permission code and the face photograph are present, the clerk inputs the sales permission code of the mobile phone 1, the item name code of the desired product, the number and the total price. 2 is entered and transmitted to the service site 4 via the server 3 (d16).

At the time of this transmission, the server 3 adds the store code, the area code, the date, the time, etc. and transmits it as customer purchase information.

Customer sales storage means 4 of service site 4
The e stores the customer purchase information from the mobile phone 1 in the user purchase information file 16 (d17).

Further, the customer a, for example, goes to the B store (or the A store may be the next day) to inform him of a desired product (for example, hamburger) and accesses the service site 4 using the mobile phone 1 ( d18). Service site 4
Authenticates using the address of the mobile phone with the access of the mobile phone 1 (see FIG. 4), and transmits the initial screen data to the mobile phone 1 after the authentication (d19). Mobile phone 1
Displays the input screen after decoding with the browser function (d2
0). It is assumed that the customer a selects the certification button, for example.

With the selection of the certification button, the mobile phone 1
Address, date and time and certification notice
To (d21).

Upon receiving the certification notice, the service site 4 searches the customer photo information file 14 using the address from the mobile phone 1 as a key, assigns the sales permission code linked to the address, and sells this sales permission code. The photograph image data linked to is assigned (see FIG. 4b), the sale permission code is added, and it is transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (d22).

The mobile phone 1 has a browser function and displays the sales permission code at the bottom of this image by using this photographic image data as an image.

In this way, the customer obtains the registered photographic image from the service site 4 and shows the screen of the mobile phone 1 to the clerk for authentication.

On the other hand, when the clerk displays the photograph image and the sales permission code on the screen of the mobile phone, the salesclerk confirms the face and the photograph of the person himself, and when he authenticates himself, the sales permission code of the mobile telephone 1 To the POS terminal 2 and send it (d
22a).

The service site 4 determines whether the sales permission code and the face photograph are present in the file 14 and sends the result to the POS terminal 2 (d22b).

When it is displayed on the POS terminal 2 that the sales permission code and the face photograph are present, the clerk inputs the product name code, the number and the total amount of money into the POS terminal 2 and sends them to the service site ( d23).

On the other hand, the customer sales storage means 4e of the service site 4 stores this customer purchase information in the user purchase file 15
Save to. Then, when the calendar counts a certain period (for example, one month or three months), the purchase billing means 4f searches the user purchase information file 15 and obtains the total amount of information having the same sales permission code, and the total amount is calculated. Is deducted from the customer's account (d25). At the time of this withdrawal, the total for each store code is obtained, and the amount of money for each store is transferred to the account of that store.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the purchase billing means 4f collects all the information hi having the same sales permission code from the customer purchase information hi stored in the user purchase information file 15 by the total amount billing means 18, The sum of the amounts is calculated, the withdrawal account of the customer information file 13 is added to the total amount, and it is transmitted to the bank server (not shown) of the account and transferred to the company account of the fast food restaurant.

When the service site receives the transfer completion from the bank server to the company account, it retrieves all the customer purchase information hp having the same store code from the customer purchase information hi of the user purchase information file 15 and For each customer's store sales, store it in the store sales file 16 and send it by email to the store server 3 (store code, customer code,
Date, time, product code, total price of this customer, etc.).

Therefore, the store side knows the sales on a monthly basis, for example, and the product code and the date and time are transmitted. Therefore, if these are accumulated, a number of products are prepared in advance according to the date and time. I have a plan.

Further, it is preferable to erase the information of the authentication face photograph described above, for example, in several years (about two years). Then, the service site 3 sends an email to the mobile phone 1 that the new registration will be made.

<Embodiment 2> Embodiment 2 of FIG. 6 is to realize a mobile phone photo authentication system in a company that develops fast food restaurants in each region (ward, town, city, prefecture). is there.

As shown in FIG. 6, in area A, area B, ... Local service sites 20a, 2a that provide the same services as those in the first embodiment to each store in each area.
0b, ... Are provided.

In addition, 20 of these regional service sites are available.
A central service center 25 for managing a, 20b, ... Is provided. These serve sites are connected to the mobile phone network 6 and the Internet 7.

Further, the POS terminal 2 similar to that of the first embodiment is provided in each store in the A region, the B region, .... Further, the mobile phone 1 is provided with a browser function and a digital camera function.

The above-mentioned local service sites 20a, 20
Similarly to Embodiment 1, b, ... Search for the authorized user file 11 with the access from the mobile phone 1 to perform user authentication, and after this authentication, provide an initial screen (registration button, authentication button). When the initial screen providing means 4a and the photographic image data and registration information (address, date, registration notification) are received from the mobile phone 1, the photographic registration information saving means temporarily saves these information in the received file. 4b and.

When a certification request (address and certification notification, date) is received from the mobile phone 1, photo image data corresponding to the mobile phone address is assigned from the customer photo information file 14, and the photo image data is obtained. Send the sales authorization code linked to the mobile phone 1 (http
The authentication photograph information transmission commanding means 4d for p) is provided.

Further, from the POS terminal 2 on the store side, the sales permission code (the code displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 1 along with a photograph of the face), the amount and the number, the store code, the person in charge code, the date, etc. Each time "information" is received, this customer purchase information is stored in the customer sales storage means 4e, and the customer sales information is stored every month and all the customer sales for each store are searched. It is equipped with a purchase and charging means 4f and the like for collecting and deducting the total amount from the bank account.

Further, the local service sites 20a, 20b, ... Of the second embodiment have a mirroring function. This mirroring function allows you to enter the input screen on your mobile phone 1
After receiving the registration information (mobile phone number, date, and registration notice) and photo data from the mobile phone 1, the sales permission code corresponding to the mobile phone address is stored in the customer file 13. If there is not, the registration information and the photo image data are immediately transmitted to the central service center 25 as a new registration.

The local service sites 20a, 20
b, ... is a DB for storing photograph image storage means 4bb (not shown).
Be prepared for the server. The storage means 4bb receives the face photograph data and the sales permission code from the central service center 25, links the photograph image to the customer photograph information file 14 and stores it.

That is, the local service sites 20a, 2
0b, ... Sends registration information and facial photograph data to the central service center 25 to generate a sales permission code, and the ID code and photograph data are transmitted to the central service center 2.
Received from 5 and saved.

The central service center 25 sends a nationwide customer information file 30 (mobile phone number, mail number, name, sales permission code, every time registration information and photo data are transmitted from the local service sites 20a, 20b, ... (Photo image data, date, etc.) is searched to determine whether or not there is the same mobile phone number as the registration information sent.

If there is the same one, the nationwide customer information data is transmitted to the local service center 25.

If there is not the same one, a sales permission code is generated, and the photographic image data transmitted to this code and the registration information are linked and saved in the nationwide customer information file 30, and at the same time, the local service site. 20a, 2
0b, ... All at once (mirroring).

That is, the central service site 25 manages customers nationwide. Once the customer has registered, he or she can authenticate a person using a mobile phone anywhere in the country.

The system of the second embodiment configured as described above will be described below using the sequence of FIG. In the mobile phone of this embodiment, the areas A and B will be described.

(Registration of Face Photograph) As in the first embodiment,
The customer a receives the enrollment notification form 15 at the fast food restaurant A, describes the name, telephone number, mobile phone number, mail address, address, withdrawal account, etc. in the admission notification form 15 and hands it to the store. The side uses the in-store server 3 and the personal computer 3a to transmit customer information in which a store code, a region name, a store name, etc. are added to these information to the operating company of the regional service site 20a. This membership report 15 is also sent to the central service center 25.

On the other hand, the customer a accesses the site by using the URL code of the site 20a, is authenticated, is provided with an input screen, and selects the registration button on this input screen.

With the selection of the registration button, the mobile phone 1 transmits a registration notice including its own telephone number, date, and registration notice to the service site 20a (d3).
0).

Upon receipt of the registration notice, the service site 20a sends a registration permission to the mobile phone 1 to the service site 20a if the sales permission code linked to the address of the telephone does not exist, and the face photograph is taken. Prompt (d
31).

The customer a operates the mobile phone 1 to take a photograph of his / her own face, and causes the face photograph data to be transmitted as an attached file to the service site 20a (d32).

The service site 20a temporarily stores the face photograph data (stored by the photograph image storing means 4b), and the central service center 25 together with the registration information (cell phone address, date, store code). To (mirroring function) (d33).

At the central service center 25, when the registration information and the face photograph data are received, the national customer information file 3
If there is information having the mobile phone number indicated by the registration information by searching 0, the sales permission code of the information and the facial photograph data having the code corresponding to this sales permission code are searched from the file 30 to perform the regional service. It is transmitted to the site 20a (not shown).

If there is no sales permission code linked to the mobile phone number indicated by the registration information in the file 30, the ID code creating means 4c provided in the central service center 25 causes the sales permission code (for example, (Composed of symbols and numbers), this code is added to the face photograph data and transmitted to the regional service site 20a and transmitted to the B regional service site 20b (d3).
4).

That is, in the A area service site and the B area service site, the face photograph of Mr. a taken in the A area and the sales permission code are provided in common. As a result, if Mr. a purchases a product at a b store in the B area, the facial photograph will be sent from the service site in the B area to the mobile phone 1 at the time of certification, so he / she can purchase the mobile phone anywhere in the country. It is possible and the addition of the central center is reduced.

(Certification) The mobile phone 1 is operated to transmit the mobile phone number, the date and time, and the certification notice to the service site 20a (d36).

Upon receiving the certification notice, the service site 4 searches the customer photo information file 14 using the telephone address as a key, assigns the sales permission code linked to the telephone number, and links it to this code. The photographed image data is assigned, a sales permission code is added, and the data is transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (d37).

The cell phone 1 has a browser function and displays the sales permission code at the bottom of this image by using this photographic image data as an image.

In this way, the customer can access the service site 20.
The registered photographic image is obtained from and the screen of the mobile phone 1 is shown to the clerk for authentication.

On the other hand, the clerk confirms the person's face and the photograph when the picture image and the sales permission code are displayed on the cell phone screen, and when the person authenticates the person, the ID code of the cell phone 1 POS with the product name code, number and total price
Input to terminal 2 and send to service site (d3
8).

On the other hand, the customer sales saving means 4e of the service site 20a saves the sales information for each customer in the user purchase file 16. Then, the purchase billing means 4f searches the user purchase information file 16 when the calendar counts a certain period (for example, one month or three months),
The total amount of information having the same sales permission code is obtained, and this total amount is withdrawn from the customer's account as in the first embodiment (d39). At the time of this withdrawal, the total for each store code is obtained, and the amount of money for each store is transferred to the account of that store.

As described above, in most cases where a user has an account with a regional financial institution to access the financial institution from the regional service site side, the regional service site is connected to the regional financial institution. This is because direct access can save communication costs.

<Third Embodiment> In each of the above embodiments,
Although it has been stated that the face photograph and the sales permission code are displayed on the mobile phone 1, the POS terminal 32 has a browser function as shown in FIG. 8, and the face photograph and the sales permission code are also displayed on the POS terminal 32 side. Good.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, as in the first embodiment, the POS terminal 2, the server 3 on the store side, the service site 30, the server 5 of the bank, the mobile telephone network 6, the Internet. Connect with 7.

The service site 30 has an initial screen providing means 4a, a photographic image storing means 4b, and an ID generating means 4c.
And a customer sales storing means 4e, an authentication photograph information transmission commanding means 4d (for mobile phone), a purchase charging means 4f and the like.

In the third embodiment, the PO of the store
An authentication photograph information transmission instruction means 31 for transmitting a face photograph to the S terminal 31 and a characteristic portion image storage means 33 are provided.

The authentication photograph information transmission commanding means 31 uses P
When the sales permission code is received from the OS terminal 32, the information of the authentication face photograph linked to the sales permission code is transmitted via the Internet.

Therefore, the clerk of the store authenticates with the screen of the mobile phone, the screen of the POS terminal and the person himself / herself.

The feature image storage means 33 is displayed by the operator of the service site 30 from a file on a personal computer, finds a face feature, and surrounds the feature. The enclosed face part is a characteristic part, and a message indicating the characteristic part is input.

Then, when the sales permission code of the face photograph image of the file is input, the characteristic portion image storage means 33 stores the characteristic portion in association with the sales permission code.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, Mr. a has a mobile phone 1
To access the service site 30 to receive an initial screen for registration and certification (d11, d12).

Next, the certification button is selected to send a certification notice including the date and time and the certification notice to the service site 30 (d14).

Upon receipt of the certification notice, the authentication photograph information transmission commanding means 4d of the service site 30 searches the customer photograph information file 14 using the address as a key and assigns the sales permission code linked to the address, The face photograph data linked to the sales permission code is assigned (see FIG. 4b), and the sales permission code is added and transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (d15).

The mobile phone 1 has a browser function to display the photographic image data and the sales permission code on the screen.

Next, the clerk operates the sales permission code of the mobile phone 1 on the POS terminal 32, and the customer obtains the registered photographic image from the service site in this way, and the service is provided via the server 3. Send to site 30 (d4
5).

At this time, the server 3 manages the address of the POS terminal and sends a store face photograph image request in which the date of sale, the store number and the POS terminal number are added to the sales permission code.

Next, when the service site 30 receives the store-side face photo image request, the service site 30 reads out the information of the recognition photo image linked to the sales permission code, and at the same time, from the feature-specific file to the sales permission code. An image (for example, eye area) of the linked characteristic part is added and transmitted to the server 3 (d46, d47).

The server 3 transfers the information from these service sites to the terminal based on the terminal number.

Therefore, the POS terminal 32 on the store side is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the face photograph and the characteristic part linked (attached) to the sales permission code displayed on the mobile phone 1 are displayed at the same time.

Therefore, even if the person presenting the mobile phone is similar to the member and the sales permission code is illegally acquired for some reason, the characteristic portion is displayed, so that the clerk can surely authenticate.

Since the face photograph is also displayed on the POS terminal, the face can be authenticated by the POS terminal even if the screen of the mobile phone is difficult to understand.

In each of the above embodiments, a mobile phone having a digital camera function is used to take a facial photograph of the person, and the facial photograph is transmitted to a service site to generate a sales permission code. However, as shown in FIG. 11, the person may be photographed by a digital camera and saved in a memory, and this memory may be installed in a desktop computer and registered in a service site.

Further, in the above embodiment, a chain store such as a hamburger has been described as an example, but it may be a restaurant.
It may be a clothing store or a bookstore.

[0105]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a customer's face photo and sales permission code are registered on a site and a product at a store is purchased, the service site provides the face photo and the sales permission code. In response to this, by displaying this on the screen, the store clerk is made to perform face authentication by the mobile phone. The salesclerk can confirm the face photograph and the sales permission code and sell the product.

That is, since the authentication can be performed without constructing a system using a credit card or the like, the effect that the authentication system can be inexpensively used for the shop side is also obtained.

Further, in the case of nationwide expansion, the central service center manages the facial photograph and the sales permission code and distributes them to the service centers in each area by mirroring, so once the user registers, anywhere in the country, The effect that this authentication system can be used is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a data structure of each file according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram illustrating a purchase and charging unit 4f.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of a third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display on the POS terminal according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram for registering a face photograph using a desktop personal computer.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 mobile phone 2 POS terminal 4 service sites 7 Internet 4a Initial screen providing means 4b Photo image storage means 4c ID code generation means 4d Authentication photo information transmission command means 4e Customer sales storage means 4f Purchasing and charging means

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification Code FI Theme Coat (Reference) G06F 17/60 ZEC G06F 17/60 ZEC G07G 1/12 321 G07G 1/12 321L 1/14 1/14 ( 72) Inventor Makoto Hasebe 3-6-15-804 F-term, Tachikawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo (reference) 3E042 CC01 CD02 CD04 CD08 EA07

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal, a store terminal, and a service site are connected by a computer network, and an authentication photograph image registered in advance is provided to the portable terminal to realize sale of goods in a store. A sales charging method, wherein when the access of the mobile terminal to the service site indicates a certification request for the purchase of the product, it is associated with a pre-stored address of the mobile terminal. Providing the authentication photograph image with the sales permission code written on the face photograph to the mobile terminal via the computer network; and inputting the sales permission code and the date with respect to the store terminal. Collecting the stored amount of money and the store code, associating them with each other, and storing them as customer purchase information by the mobile terminal; With respect to the above, the step of collecting the customer purchase information via the computer network at regular intervals, and the customer purchase information having the same sales permission code in the collected customer purchase information at regular intervals Collecting and calculating the total amount of these, and notifying the total amount to the portable terminal as the billing amount for the certain period, the method for authentication sale and charging using the portable terminal. 2. When transmitting the authentication photograph image to the service site together with a feature image associated with the sales permission code, the store terminal is configured to transmit the authentication photograph image to the store site. 2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: a step of simultaneously displaying the characteristic image in the vicinity of the authentication photograph image from the service site. Certified sales billing method. 3. The authentication using the mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the registration is an address of the mobile terminal, a name, a date, an account number, a face photograph, and a sales permission code. Sales billing method. 4. The shop terminal comprises a number of POS terminals with a browser function arranged for each shop and a POS terminal management server for each shop, and the POS terminal management server has the sales permission code and the year. When the date and the amount of money are input to the POS terminal, collecting them, associating them with each other, and storing them as the customer purchase information, and by a request from the service site at regular intervals,
The step of transmitting the customer purchase information via the computer network, the method for authentication sale charging using a mobile terminal according to claim 1, 2 or 3. 5. A computer network connects a store terminal for each of a plurality of stores in each region, a mobile terminal, a service site for each region, and a central center, and manages the service site for each region at the central center. A sales and charging method for providing a pre-registered authentication photo image from the service site to the mobile terminal to realize sale of a product in a store, wherein the service site in the region is: When the facial photograph is received via the computer network, if the license code and the facial photograph corresponding to the address added to the facial photograph are not saved,
Immediately transferring the received facial photograph and address to the central center; storing the authentication photograph image including the address, the sales permission code and the facial photograph transmitted from the central center; When the access from the terminal indicates a certification request for the purchase of the product, a step of providing the stored authentication photograph image to the mobile terminal via the computer network, and at regular intervals. , Transferring the customer purchase information consisting of the sales permission code, the date, the amount of money, and the store code collected by the store terminal via the computer network, and of the same sale permission code in the customer purchase information. Collect customer purchase information, calculate the total amount, and notify the mobile terminal of the total amount as the amount charged for the predetermined period. And a sales permission code is generated for the central center upon receipt of the face photograph and the address from the service center, and the sales permission code is written on the face photograph. And a step of storing the customer authentication information together with the address as the customer authentication information, and a step of mirroring the customer authentication information to a service site in a preset area along with the storage of the customer authentication information in the database. Authentication sales and billing method using mobile terminals. 6. The service site, after obtaining the total amount, obtains the purchase amount of the customer for each store by using the store code and the sales permission code, and purchase amount for each customer for each store. Is deducted from the customer's account to the store's account, and the authentication sale charging method using the mobile terminal according to claim 5. 7. A customer using the portable terminal from a store terminal transmitted via the computer network while providing a pre-registered authentication photograph image to the portable terminal connected by the computer network. An authentication sales charge providing device for charging a customer of the mobile terminal using purchase information, wherein the mobile phone stored in advance when the access of the mobile terminal indicates a certification request for purchase of the product. Means for transmitting the authentication photograph image in which the sales permission code is written on the face photograph in association with the terminal address to the mobile terminal via the computer network, and stored in the store terminal at regular intervals Means for transferring customer purchase information using the portable terminal via the computer network; Among the collected customer purchase information, the customer purchase information of the same sales permission code is collected, the total amount of these is obtained, and the total amount is notified to the mobile terminal as the billed amount for the predetermined period. Certified sales and billing information providing device. 8. The authentication sales and billing information providing device according to claim 7, further comprising means for deleting the stored authentication photograph image every several years. 9. The authentication photograph image, when the registration and the face photograph are received via the computer network, generates a sales permission code of a predetermined digit, and the sales permission code is set in a predetermined area on the face photograph. 9. The authentication sales and billing information providing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the authentication sales image information is stored in the authentication photograph image by adding the address of the portable terminal to the authentication photograph image.