JPWO2009087916A1 - Escrow server device - Google Patents

Abstract

Value information representing the amount corresponding to the price is received from the buyer's terminal device, and the fact is notified to the seller's terminal device. The seller attaches a delivery slip to the item to be sold and entrusts the delivery to the delivery company, and receives the slip number of the delivery slip. An escrow server device that inquires the delivery status of the delivery company server device using the received slip number and transmits value information to the seller's terminal device according to the inquiry result, and a system including such an escrow server device are provided. To do.

Description

  The present invention relates to a delivery management system, an escrow server device, an escrow system, and an escrow method that prevent goods from being provided or paid for in transactions represented by electronic commerce.

  In conventional commerce, a seller and a buyer face each other at a seller's store, the seller provides a product, and in return, the buyer provides a price. For this reason, there were few occurrences of default in which goods were not provided even though the buyer paid the price, and that the price was not paid despite the seller offering the goods.

  However, there is a marked increase in the number of cases where a seller and a buyer do not actually face each other for commercial transactions in a form in which a buyer places an order for a product in response to a catalog offer or an application for selling a product using the Internet. For this reason, there is a time lag between the shipment of goods and the payment of prices, and the occurrence of default has increased. In particular, in recent years, auctions of goods using the Internet have been actively conducted, and troubles have occurred in which goods that have been awarded are not provided even though money is transferred.

  Therefore, an escrow service has attracted attention as a service for guaranteeing the safety of transactions (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this service, when a transaction contract is established between the seller and the buyer, the buyer pays the money to a bank account specified by the escrow agent, and the escrow agent informs the seller that the deposit has been made and responds accordingly. When the seller sends the goods and the buyer receives the goods, the escrow trader is notified of the fact, and the escrow trader pays the seller the price.

JP 2002-318934 A

  However, in the escrow service as described above, it is necessary to inform the buyer that the product has been received, which increases the labor of the buyer. Also, even if the buyer receives the goods, the seller will not be paid by the escrow agent unless he / she notifies the seller.

  In addition, when a buyer purchases a gift item to a third party and asks the seller to deliver it, the third party who has received the present item will have to take time to tell that the gift item has been received. It can be rude to a third party, and the escrow service is rarely used to give gifts.

  If the buyer refuses to receive the merchandise, the merchandise is returned to the seller. In this case, the delivery fee is borne by the seller, and the seller suffers a disadvantage.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem of the conventional escrow service, and to reduce or prevent the disadvantage of both the seller and the buyer.

  The following delivery management system is provided as one embodiment of the present invention. That is, the delivery management system includes an escrow server device and a delivery management server device, and the escrow server device receives value information from the purchaser terminal device. This value information is information associated with the value corresponding to the payment consideration received from the sales server device as a result of the purchaser terminal device applying to the sales server device for purchasing goods and the like. Further, the goods to be purchased are delivered with a delivery slip attached, and the delivery slip is identified by a slip number. The delivery status of the article or the like to which the delivery slip is attached is managed by the delivery management server device in association with the slip number. When the escrow server device receives the value information from the purchaser terminal, the escrow server device notifies the sales server device that the value information has been received. In response to the notification, the escrow server device receives the slip number of the delivery slip attached to the article for which purchase is applied. Then, the escrow server device transmits the slip number to the delivery management system, receives information on the delivery status of the article with the delivery slip identified by the slip number, and associates it with the value information according to the information. Sends value information associated with all or part of the value being associated.

  As one embodiment of the present invention, value information representing an amount corresponding to a price is received from a buyer's terminal device, the seller's terminal device is notified to that effect, and the seller attaches a delivery slip to the item to be bought and sold. Then, the delivery company is entrusted with delivery and receives the delivery slip slip number, uses the received slip number to inquire about the delivery status to the delivery trader server device, and transmits value information according to the result of the inquiry. An escrow server device is provided.

  Moreover, as one embodiment of the present invention, an escrow system having a value management server device and an escrow server device, the value management server device includes information for verification for determining validity, and is associated with a monetary value A receiving unit that receives the received value information, a determining unit that determines whether or not the verification information included in the received value information is valid, and a verification result included in the received value information If the result is valid, the collation information is invalidated, new valid collation information is prepared, and the collation information included in the received value information is newly prepared. A transmission unit for transmitting the replaced value information obtained by replacing the information with the business information, and the escrow server device attaches the delivery slip identified by the slip number to the seller via the delivery company. Value information receiving unit for receiving first value information including value data representing the monetary value of the price paid by the buyer of the article to be sent via the value management server, and value information for transmitting that the value information has been received A reception notification unit; a slip number reception unit that receives a slip number returned in response to transmission by the value information reception notification unit; a delivery status inquiry unit that transmits the received slip number and inquires about the delivery status of the article; , A delivery status receiving unit that receives the result of the inquiry, and value information that transmits the second value information associated with all or part of the value associated with the first value information according to the result of the reply There is provided an escrow system including a transmission unit.

  Such an escrow server device or system eliminates the need for a buyer or the like to notify that an article such as a product has been received, and allows the seller to receive a delivery fee according to the delivery status. In addition, it is possible to prevent double use of information representing the value of electronic money or the like used for payment.

It is a schematic diagram of a commercial transaction system. It is a sequence diagram explaining the flow of processing in a commercial transaction system. It is a hardware block diagram of a purchaser terminal device. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the display connected by the purchaser terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the database which an escrow server apparatus manages, and an example of the process of the change. It is a flowchart of the process in an escrow server apparatus. It is a flowchart of the process in an escrow server apparatus. It is a flowchart of the process in an escrow server apparatus. It is a functional block diagram of the apparatus which manages value information, and the flowchart of the process in the apparatus. It is a functional block diagram of an escrow system. It is a flowchart of a process of a value management server apparatus. It is a functional block diagram of an escrow system. It is a functional block diagram of a value management server apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Commercial transaction system 101 Buyer terminal device 102 Seller server apparatus 103 Escrow server apparatus 104 Delivery company server apparatus 105 Purchase processing part 106 Value information transmission part 107 Sales processing part 108 Voucher number transmission part 109 Purchase application information 110 Transaction content information 111 Transaction Content information 112 Information including transaction number and value information 113 Delivered item 114 Delivery slip attached to delivered item 115 Voucher number information for identifying a delivery slip attached to delivered item 116 Value information receiving unit 117 Value information reception notifying unit 118 Slip number receiving unit 119 Delivery status inquiry unit 120 Delivery status receiving unit 121 Value information transmitting unit 122 Transaction number information 123 Transaction number information 124 Information including transaction number and slip number information 125 Slip number information 126 Slip Number information 127 Delivery status information 128 Value information 129 Value information 130 Delivery status inquiry processing unit 131 Delivery status management unit

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below as an embodiment with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to these embodiments at all, and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist thereof. In addition, the same portions are illustrated using the same reference numerals, and repeated description may be omitted. Note that different symbols may be used even for portions to which the same definition is applied.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a commercial transaction system including an escrow server device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The commercial transaction system 100 includes a purchaser terminal device 101, a seller server device 102, an escrow server device 103, and a delivery company server device 104. The purchaser terminal device 101, the seller server device 102, the escrow server device 103, and the delivery company server device 104 are connected to a communication line represented by the Internet and can communicate with each other. Alternatively, the purchaser terminal device 101 and the seller server device 102, or the purchaser terminal device 101 and the escrow server device 103 are connected by a public communication line such as the Internet, and the seller server device 102, the escrow server device 103, and the escrow server device 103 are connected. The server apparatus 103 and the delivery company server apparatus 104 may be connected by a dedicated line. The delivery company server device may be referred to as a delivery management server device.

  As will be described below, in the first embodiment of the present invention, goods such as goods (goods such as goods (real estate or personal property) and services) are traded between the purchaser terminal device 101 and the seller server device 102. A contract is signed. According to this contract, the user (buyer) of the purchaser terminal 101 is obliged to pay for the goods, etc., and the shipping cost, and the operator (seller) of the seller server apparatus 102 is obligated to deliver the goods. . It is desirable that the obligation to pay this price and the obligation to deliver goods etc. be fulfilled at the same time, but since the buyer and seller are transacting through communication without actually facing each other, the simultaneous implementation It is difficult.

  Therefore, in the first embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that a person other than the buyer and the seller operates the escrow server device 103, and electronic money such as electronic money corresponding to the price from the purchaser terminal device 101 to the escrow server device 103 is used. The information (value information) associated with the value is transmitted to the buyer, and the buyer pays the escrow server device 103 for the price. When the escrow server device 103 receives information representing the value of a price such as electronic money and the value information corresponding to the price is under the control of the escrow server device 103, the escrow server device 103 Information for instructing delivery of the article or the like is transmitted.

  In the above description, the purchaser terminal device 101 transmits electronically representing information such as electronic money corresponding to a price to the escrow server device 103. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Absent. For example, a buyer transfers money to an account of the bank of the escrow server device 103, and information that the money has been transferred is sent from the bank to the operator of the escrow server device 103. May be. Alternatively, the buyer may send information such as a credit card number and an expiration date to the escrow server device 103, and the payment may be made through a credit company.

  The operator (seller) of the seller server apparatus 102 that has received the instruction to deliver the item or the like attaches the delivery slip to the item or the like and entrusts the delivery to the delivery company. When the slip number for identifying the delivery slip is input to the seller server device 102, the seller server device 102 transmits the slip number to the escrow server device 103.

  Receiving the slip number, the escrow server device 103 uses the slip number to inquire the delivery company server device 104 of the delivery status of the article or the like. When the escrow server device 103 receives the result of the inquiry, information indicating a part or all of the value represented by the information received from the purchaser terminal device 101 according to the result (that is, received from the purchaser terminal device 101) Value information associated with part or all of the value associated with the value information). For example, if it is found as a result of the inquiry that the delivery company has kept the article or the like for delivery, the value represented by the received value information is divided, and information representing the amount corresponding to the delivery fee is sent to the delivery company server device 104. Send to and pay the shipping fee. If the seller has changed the delivery fee, information representing the amount corresponding to the delivery fee may be transmitted to the seller server apparatus 102. If it is determined that the delivery of the article or the like is completed, information representing the price of the article or the like is transmitted to the seller server apparatus 102, and the price is paid to the seller.

  By doing as described above, unless the price is paid, the goods are not delivered, and unless the goods are delivered, the seller cannot receive the price, The same effect can be obtained as when Further, even if the person who received the delivery of the article does not notify that the article has been received, the seller is paid for the completion of the delivery.

  The above description is an outline. In practice, since a plurality of contracts are concluded between the seller server device 102 and a large number of purchaser terminal devices, the purchaser terminal device 101, the seller server device 102, There is a transaction number for identifying a contract concluded between the two, and the purchaser terminal device 101 indicates which contract is the price when the information representing the value of the price is transmitted to the escrow server device 103. Therefore, information representing the value of the price is transmitted together with the transaction number. In addition, in order to transmit the information for instructing the merchant server apparatus 102 to deliver the article etc. to the seller server apparatus 102, the transaction number is used to indicate which article etc. has received the information indicating the value of the price. Will be sent. Further, when the seller server apparatus 102 transmits the slip number to the escrow server apparatus 103, the seller server apparatus 102 transmits the slip number together with the transaction number in order to indicate which article or the like is the delivery slip. In addition, when the escrow server device 103 transmits information indicating value according to the result of inquiring about the delivery status, it should be transmitted together with a transaction number and a slip number in order to indicate which goods are charged. become. Accordingly, the escrow server device 103 stores and manages the transaction number, the information indicating the value, and the slip number in association with each other. For example, a database management system or the like manages a table having fields for storing transaction numbers, value information, and slip numbers.

  In the above description, the operator (seller) of the seller server apparatus 102 that has received the instruction to deliver the article or the like attaches the delivery slip to the article or the like and entrusts the delivery to the delivery company. did. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, from the viewpoint of protecting the privacy, it is possible to modify the seller server apparatus 102 so that the information of attributes such as the buyer's or delivery address, name, telephone number, and work place is not known.

  That is, when a purchase and sale contract is concluded between the purchaser terminal device 101 and the seller server device 102, the buyer's address name and the buyer's address name are also concluded without revealing attribute information such as the delivery destination address name. To do. Instead, when the purchaser terminal device 101 transmits information representing the value of the price to the escrow server device 103, the address of the delivery address, attribute information, etc. along with the transaction number, and if necessary, the buyer's address name , Send attribute information, etc. Alternatively, the delivery address name and attribute information, the buyer's address name and attribute information, etc. are registered in the escrow server device 103 in association with the user ID when the buyer logs in to the escrow server device 103. Alternatively, it may be obtained by searching with a user ID or the like and reading out registered information.

  When value information corresponding to a price or the like is under the control of the escrow server device 103, the escrow server device 103 notifies the seller server device 102 to that effect. Along with this notification, information on an instruction to perform preparation for delivery of the article related to the transaction number, for example, packing of the article, is transmitted. Further, the escrow server device 103 transmits a transaction number, a delivery address name and attribute information to the delivery company server device 104, creates a delivery slip in which the delivery address name and the like are written, Information on an instruction to collect goods (collection instruction) is sent to the seller. The collection instruction may be transmitted after receiving a notification from the seller server apparatus 102 that preparation for delivery of the article related to the transaction number has been completed.

  The delivery company that manages the delivery company server device 104 fills in the delivery slip in accordance with the collection instruction and returns the slip number of the delivery slip to the escrow server device 103 together with the transaction number. Alternatively, when the seller receives the collection of the delivery company, the slip number of the delivery slip may be input to the seller server device 102 and the slip number may be transmitted from the seller server device 102 to the escrow server device 103. Alternatively, the transaction number is included in the collection instruction, but it is not necessary to include the address and address of the delivery destination. In this case, (1) the delivery company includes a delivery slip in the collection instruction. (2) The delivery company returns the slip number of the delivery slip to the escrow server device 103, and (3) the delivery company goes to the seller to collect the goods, and the seller takes the escrow server device 103. Alternatively, the address and the like of the delivery destination transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101 may be entered with reference to the transaction number entered in the delivery slip. Although there may be a plurality of delivery companies, since it is considered that the escrow server device 103 and the seller have an escrow contract in advance, which delivery company is specified by the contract. Of course, the purchaser may specify which delivery company to use when making a purchase application, and send the identification information of the delivery company to the escrow server device 103 together with the transaction number and value information 112.

  Below, the structure of the purchaser terminal device 101, the seller server apparatus 102, the escrow server apparatus 103, and the delivery company server apparatus 104 is demonstrated.

  The purchaser terminal device 101 includes a purchase processing unit 105 and a value information transmission unit 106. Further, the purchaser server apparatus 102 includes a sales processing unit 107 and a slip number transmission unit 108.

  The purchaser terminal device 101 is a terminal device that is operated by a user (buyer) who wants to purchase an article or the like sold by the operator of the seller server device 102. As a typical example of the terminal device, a personal computer or a mobile phone that can be operated by installing a browser, a mailer, or the like can be given. A typical example of the merchant server device 102 is a computer device that can be operated by installing a web server program, a database management program, or the like.

  The buyer may be an individual or a business operator. When the buyer is a business operator such as a company, the purchaser terminal device 101 is a personal computer or the like connected to a server device operated by the business operator, which is operated by a business employee or the like. It may be. The seller may be a business operator or an individual. When the seller cannot operate the server device because the seller is an individual, the seller server device 102 may be a server device operated by a contractor commissioned by the seller. The server device may have a function for conducting an auction. Even when the seller is a business operator, the seller and the operator of the seller server device 102 do not have to be the same, and it is sufficient that a consignment relationship is established between them. In this sense, the seller and the operator of the seller server device 102 may be referred to as “seller side”.

  The purchase processing unit 105 of the purchaser terminal device 101 applies to the seller server device 102 operated by the seller on the seller side for purchase of goods and the like, and receives a response corresponding to the application from the seller server device 102. And a section for confirming the establishment of a purchase contract. For example, the purchase processing unit 105 may be a browser. In this case, the buyer activates a browser or the like on a personal computer or the like. Then, by surfing the web or making a selection from the bookmark, a request for the URL of the web page for the purchase application of the article or the like is transmitted to the seller server device 102, and the description of the web page is received. A screen display having an application button or the like is displayed on a display connected to the purchaser terminal device 101. When the buyer inputs a delivery destination of the article and the like and presses the button or the like, purchase application information 109 is transmitted to the seller server apparatus 102. The purchase application information 109 can include an identification number of an article, the quantity, a delivery destination, and the like. When the transaction is approved by the seller, information 110 such as a transaction number for identifying the transaction and the amount to be paid by the user is returned from the seller server device 102 and displayed on the display to confirm the completion of the transaction contract. it can.

  On the other hand, the above processing will be described from the seller server device 102 side as follows. When the sales processing unit 107 of the seller server apparatus 102 receives a request including the URL of a web page for purchase application transmitted from the purchaser terminal 101, the sales processing unit 107 returns a description of the web page specified by the URL. . When the purchase application information 109 is received from the purchaser terminal 101, the transaction number is numbered, the transaction amount is calculated, and the identification number, quantity, amount, delivery destination, etc. of the article etc. are recorded using the transaction number as a key as a record of the transaction in the database. Are recorded, and information 110 such as a transaction number and an amount is returned.

  Further, as will be described next, if a transaction number or the like is transmitted to the escrow server device 103 via the purchaser terminal device 101 and the transaction number is returned from the escrow server device 103, the above database is stored by the transaction number. Information is transmitted to the terminal device (employee terminal) such as the seller's employee in order to order the delivery slip 114 for delivery to the article 113 in order to deliver the article 113 to the seller. An employee of the seller who visually recognizes the information displayed on the employee terminal attaches the delivery slip 114 to the article 113 and requests delivery to the delivery agent etc., and uses the barcode reader of the employee terminal to deliver the delivery slip 114. Is input to the seller server apparatus 102, the input slip number 115 is output to the slip number transmission unit 108.

  Note that it is not essential that the delivery destination information is transmitted from the purchase processing unit 105 of the purchaser terminal device 101 to the seller server device 102. As described above, the delivery destination information is transferred together with the transaction number from the escrow server device 103 to the delivery agent server device 104, and a delivery slip in which the transaction number and the delivery destination are entered is created on the delivery agent side. There is also a case. In this case, information instructing preparation for delivery such as packing for delivering the article 113 is transmitted to the terminal device such as the employee of the seller. A transaction number is attached to the package. Then, when the delivery company brings the delivery slip and picks it up at the seller's facility or the like, the delivery slip is affixed to the packaging having the transaction number written in the delivery slip. Then, the slip number of the delivery slip may be transmitted from the delivery company server device 104 to the escrow server device 103, or when the delivery company collects the goods to the seller, it is recorded in the database or the like. In order to do this, when the slip number of the delivery slip is input to the database or the like, it may be transmitted from the dealer server device 102 to the escrow server device 103 together with the transaction number.

  On the other hand, when the purchase processing unit 105 of the purchaser terminal device 101 receives the information 110 such as the transaction number and the amount to be paid by the user, and outputs the information 111 such as the transaction number and the amount to the value information transmission unit 106, the value information The transmission unit 106 acquires value information that is information representing the value corresponding to the amount to be paid by the user by electronic money or the like, and transmits it to the escrow server device 103 as information 112 together with a transaction number or the like. The value information transmission unit 106 is realized by, for example, a browser or a mailer operating on the purchaser terminal 101. The transaction number transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101 to the escrow server device 103 by the browser or mailer is returned to the seller server device 102 via the escrow server device 103 as described above.

  The value information is information associated with the value by, for example, a server device operated by a financial company such as a bank or an electronic money server device operated by an electronic money operator. For example, it is information that a buyer pays a predetermined amount to an electronic money operator by bank transfer or credit card settlement and is received as a reply. The information may be encrypted by a financial operator, an electronic money operator, or the like so that unauthorized production or alteration can be detected. Alternatively, the value may be a random number associated with the electronic money operator, and the next generated random number may not be predicted by others.

  Further, the value information may be information indicating that the transfer has been made to an account such as a bank owned by the operator of the escrow server device 103. Further, the information may be transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101 directly to the escrow server device 103, but may be transmitted to the escrow server device 103 from a bank or the like that manages the account.

  When the slip number transmission unit 108 of the seller server device obtains the slip number 115 from the sales processing unit 107, the transaction number of the article 113 to which the delivery slip 114 of the slip number is attached is obtained by searching the database. The information 124 including the transaction number and the slip number is transmitted to the escrow server device 103. However, as described above, the slip number may not be transmitted from the seller server apparatus 102 but may be transmitted from the delivery company server apparatus 104.

  The configuration of the escrow server device 103 will be described. The escrow server device 103 includes a value information reception unit 116, a value information reception notification unit 117, a slip number reception unit 118, a delivery status inquiry unit 119, a delivery status reception unit 120, and a value information transmission unit 121. Have.

  The value information receiving unit 116 receives value information. The value information here is value information associated with a monetary value corresponding to a price paid by the buyer of the article 113 or the like. When the article etc. 113 is a present to a third party, the delivery destination of the article etc. 113 may be different from the buyer, and the person receiving the delivery of the article etc. 113 and the person who pays for the article etc. 113 may be different. May be different. Because there are cases like this, instead of saying “receiver” or “buyer”, we will say “buyer side”. As described above, the delivery slip 114 is attached to the article 113, and the delivery slip 114 is identified by the slip number. Then, the delivery company delivers the article 113 from the seller side. The value information receiving unit 116 is not limited to receiving only the value information, and may receive other information. In FIG. 1, information 112 including a transaction number is received together with value information transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101. The transaction number referred to here is information for identifying a contract for purchasing the goods 113 between the buyer side and the seller side.

  In FIG. 1, the value information receiving unit 116 extracts a transaction number and value information from the received information 112, and receives the value information reception notification with the extracted transaction number and value information as the transaction number 112 and value information 128, respectively. Unit 117 and value information transmission unit 128. In order to perform such processing, the value information receiving unit 116 writes the received information 112 to the first memory area, analyzes the information 112, and determines whether the information includes a transaction number and value information. The transaction information and the value information are retained by separating the transaction information and the value information, writing the transaction information to the second memory area, writing the value information to the third memory area, etc. The address of the memory area is obtained, and the respective addresses are output to the value information reception notifying unit 117 and the value information transmitting unit 128. Specifically, an address is passed to an interface function of a program that realizes the value information reception notification unit 117 and the value information transmission unit 128.

  Further, the value information receiving unit 116 uses the transaction number 122 to inquire the seller server device 102 about the amount of money paid by the buyer, and uses the value information 128 to associate the value information with the electronic money server device. An inquiry about the monetary value, etc. may be made to check whether the monetary value is equal to the price. Alternatively, it may be checked whether the monetary value is an amount such as a price plus a usage fee for the escrow server device 103. Of course, if the transaction number 122 and the value information 128 include information on the price and information on the monetary value, and tampering or alteration can be detected, it is necessary to make an inquiry to the seller server device 102, the electronic money server device, or the like. However, after confirming that there is no falsification or alteration of the value information, information on the monetary value is extracted and compared with the price.

  The value information reception notifying unit 117 transmits information that the value information receiving unit 116 has received the value information. In FIG. 1, the value information reception notifying unit 117 transmits the transaction number 122 output from the value information receiving unit 116 as the transaction number 123 toward the seller server apparatus 102.

  In this way, by transmitting the transaction number received and extracted by the value information receiving unit 117 to the seller server device 102, the seller server device 102 has the value information corresponding to the monetary value such as the consideration of 113 such as goods. Can be detected by the buyer. Therefore, when the slip number of the delivery slip affixed to the article 113 is stored in the database, the seller server device 102 returns the slip number to the escrow server device 103. Alternatively, if a delivery slip to be attached to the article 113 is prepared in advance and the slip number of the delivery slip is stored in the database, the transaction number is used when the transaction number transmitted from the escrow server device 103 is received. The database is searched to obtain the slip number of the delivery slip attached to the article 113 and the like is returned to the escrow server device 103. The reply is not limited to the slip number, and may include other information. In FIG. 1, information 124 including a transaction number in addition to the slip number is returned in order to indicate which contract is the slip number of the delivery slip of the article 113 to be delivered.

  The slip number receiving unit 118 receives a slip number returned in response to the transmission of the information 123 by the value information reception notifying unit. That is, the slip number here is the slip number transmitted from the seller server device 102 as a reply when the value information reception notification unit 117 transmits that the value information associated with the price of the article 113 has been received. It is. That is, in FIG. 1, the slip number identifies the delivery slip 114 attached to the article 113 or the like.

  In addition, the slip number receiving unit 118 receives not only the slip number. In FIG. 1, the slip number receiving unit 118 receives information 124 including a transaction number in addition to the slip number. By receiving the information including the transaction number in this way, it is possible to know which transaction number is the slip number of the delivery slip attached to the article delivered by the contract of the transaction number inside the escrow server device 103. By associating the value information 128 with the transaction number 122 and storing it in a database or the like, the value information can be transmitted according to the delivery status of the article 113, as will be described later.

  As described above, the escrow server device 103 may receive the slip number from the delivery company server device 104 instead of the seller server device 102 returning the slip number to the escrow server device 103.

  FIG. 1 shows an example in which the slip number receiving unit 118 receives information 124 including a transaction number in addition to the slip number. When receiving the information 124, the slip number receiving unit 118 extracts the slip number and outputs it to the delivery status inquiry unit 119 as the slip number 125. Specifically, the received information 124 is written to the fourth memory area, the transaction number and the slip number are extracted from the information 124, and each is written to the fifth and sixth memory areas. The delivery status inquiry unit 119 is activated by passing the address of the sixth memory area to the interface function of the module that implements the delivery status inquiry unit 119, for example. Further, the slip number receiving unit 118 may store the transaction number 122 and the slip number 125 so as to be associated with a database in which the value information 128 is associated with the transaction number 122. By storing in the database, it is possible to inquire about the delivery status by scanning the database periodically or irregularly to read out the slip number.

  The delivery status inquiry unit 119 sends the slip number 125 and inquires about the delivery status of the article 113 or the like. Specifically, the address of the delivery company server device 104 is specified, and an inquiry 126 including the slip number 125 is transmitted to the address to the delivery company server device, and the delivery status of the article 113 is inquired. The address of the delivery company server device 104 is specified by, for example, specifying a delivery company from the form of the slip number 125 and referring to a table in which IP addresses of the delivery company and the delivery company server device are associated with each other.

  The inquiry by the delivery status inquiry unit 119 may be performed only once, or may be performed a plurality of times at predetermined time intervals. For example, if the delivery company server device 104 is configured to notify the completion of delivery of the article by e-mail or the like, the e-mail address assigned to the escrow server device 103 is included in the slip number 125. Make one inquiry. Further, if the specification of the delivery company server device 104 is a specification that returns the current delivery status of an article or the like each time an inquiry is made, the inquiry is made one or more times until delivery is completed. For example, if the addresses of the seller and the buyer are determined from the postal code, the number of days required for delivery is obtained from the positional relationship between the seller and the buyer, and the number of days from the date when the slip number 125 is received by the escrow server device 103. If the delivery is not completed, the inquiry is made once to several times a day. This can reduce unnecessary inquiries.

  The delivery status receiving unit 120 receives the result of the inquiry from the delivery status inquiry unit 119. Specifically, the information 127 indicating the delivery status of the article 113 inquired by the inquiry 126 is received. If the slip 127 is included in the information 127 indicating the delivery status, the delivery status receiving unit 120 associates the value information 128 with the transaction number 122 and further associates the transaction number 122 with the slip number 125. By searching a database stored and stored, it is possible to know which transaction number has received the delivery status of the article related to the transaction. Therefore, as described below, the value information transmitting unit can transmit the value information according to the delivery status.

  The value information transmission unit 121 transmits the value information associated with all or part of the value associated with the value information 128 according to the result indicated by the delivery status 127 received by the delivery status reception unit 120.

  For example, if the information 127 indicating the delivery status indicates that the article 113 has been received by the delivery company, the value information associated with the value corresponding to the delivery fee by the delivery company is transmitted. In this case, the transmission destination of the value information 129 is the server device of the delivery company (for example, the delivery company server device 104), or, if the seller side pays the delivery fee in exchange, the server device of the seller side (for example, Seller server device 102). Whether it is transmitted to the server device of the delivery company or the server device of the seller side is determined by a contract between the seller side and the operator of the escrow server device 103, or a purchase contract between the seller side and the buyer side And is transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101 in a state where the information is included in the transaction number or the like. If the information 127 indicating the delivery status indicates that the delivery of the article 113 has been completed, the value information 129 associated with the value to be received by the seller side is transmitted to the seller server apparatus 102.

  Further, when the operator of the seller server apparatus 102 does not actually manage the inventory of the product and entrusts the third party such as a wholesaler to manage the inventory and ship the product, the value represented by the value information May be appropriately divided into the third party and the operator of the seller server device 102 to generate value information, and the value information may be transmitted to each. As a result, the operator of the seller server device 102 can concentrate on advertising activities by an affiliate or the like without having inventory, and the value represented by the value information transmitted from the escrow server device 103 can be used. Therefore, you are freed from the hassle of paying to third parties such as wholesalers. In addition, the wholesaler does not have to worry about a delay in payment from the operator of the seller server apparatus 102.

  Next, the configuration of the delivery company server device 104 will be described. The delivery company server device 104 includes a delivery status inquiry processing unit 130 and a delivery status management unit 131.

  When the delivery status inquiry processing unit 130 receives an inquiry from the delivery status inquiry unit 119 of the escrow server device 103, the delivery status inquiry processing unit 130 processes the inquiry with reference to a database managed by the delivery status management unit 131 and sends a reply. . For example, the delivery company has not yet received the article etc. 113, has received the article etc. 113, is in the process of delivering the article etc. 113, has completed delivery of the article etc. 113, and the delivery destination is absent It returns information indicating that it has been taken home as the delivery status.

  The delivery status management unit 131 receives information indicating the delivery status transmitted from a terminal or the like possessed by a delivery person who delivers the article 113 or the like, a sensor provided in the facility of the delivery company, and the slip number. Thus, the database managed by the delivery status management unit 131 is updated as needed. The slip number is read using a barcode reader such as a terminal. Alternatively, an RFID tag may be provided in the delivery slip, and the slip number transmitted by the RFID tag may be read. For example, when a delivery person goes to a facility on the seller side, receives an article with a delivery slip, and the delivery status management unit 131 receives a slip number obtained by reading a barcode or RFID of the delivery slip, Change the status from “Not Shipped” to “Delivery”. Further, when a delivery person or the like delivers an article with a delivery slip to a delivery destination, when the delivery status management unit 131 receives a slip number acquired by reading a barcode or RFID of the delivery slip, the delivery status is displayed as “ “Delivery completed”.

  FIG. 2 is an example of a sequence diagram illustrating a processing flow in the commercial transaction system 100 described above. In step S <b> 201, the purchase application 109 is transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101 to the seller server device 102. In response to this transmission, in step S202, information 110 such as the transaction number and the amount to be paid by the user is transmitted from the seller server apparatus 102 to the purchaser terminal apparatus 102.

  The user (buyer) of the purchaser terminal device 102 obtains value information associated with the value of the amount to be paid by the buyer from an electronic money operator or the like, and in step S203, information including the transaction number and its value information. 112 is transmitted to the escrow server device 103. The escrow server device 103 extracts the transaction number and transmits the transaction number 123 to the seller server device 102 in step S204 as having received the value information.

  In step S204, when the seller server apparatus 102 receives that the value information has been received from the escrow server apparatus 103, the seller side fills in the delivery slip 114 on the delivery slip 114, attaches it to the article 113, etc. Preparation is performed and the slip number is input to the seller server apparatus 102. In step S 205, information 124 including a transaction number together with a slip number for identifying the delivery slip 114 is transmitted to the escrow server device 103.

  Note that there are various modifications to the processing in step S204 and step S205. For example, in step S <b> 204, the escrow server device 103 may transmit the transaction number to the seller server device 102 and also transmit the transaction number to the delivery company server device 104. At this time, in addition to the transaction number, information about the delivery destination of the article to be traded is also transmitted from the escrow server device 103 to the delivery company server device 104. Then, the delivery company server device 104 receives the transaction number and the delivery destination information, and the delivery company enters the address of the delivery destination in the delivery slip. In step S205, the slip number of the delivery slip is sent to the escrow server device 103. Send back. Alternatively, when the delivery company picks up the goods to the seller side, the voucher number is transmitted to the seller side, and when the seller side inputs it to the database of the seller server apparatus 102, the voucher number together with the transaction number is sent to the seller server apparatus. The information may be transmitted from 102 to the escrow server device 103.

  The escrow server device 103 uses the slip number received in step S205 to inquire the delivery company server device 104 an arbitrary number of times as shown in steps S206, S207, S208, and S209. Receiving the situation. As described above, an inquiry is made once, the mail address assigned to the escrow server device 103 is set in the delivery company server device 104, and the delivery is completed, the delivery status changes, or the delivery status is received each time. It may be like this.

  If the delivery status n received by the escrow server device 209 in step S209 indicates that delivery is complete, the value information is transmitted to the seller server device 210 in step S210. This value information may be the value information itself received in step S203. Alternatively, value information associated with a monetary value obtained by subtracting the usage fee of the escrow server device 209 may be used. Further, if the delivery status i indicates that the delivery by the delivery company is started, the value information associated with the monetary value corresponding to the delivery fee is transmitted when the delivery status i is received. It may be. Therefore, it is possible to divide the monetary value represented by the value information, associate new value information with the divided monetary value, store one value information in a database of the escrow server device, and transmit the other value information. It may be done.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the purchaser terminal device 101. The purchaser terminal device 300 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 301, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 302, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 303, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 304, a communication I / F 305, and an input / output I / F 306. They are connected to each other via a bus. When the power is turned on, the CPU 301 activates the monitor program stored in the ROM 302 using the RAM 303 as a working memory to boot the purchaser terminal device 300, and the operating system stored in the HDD 304 is activated. . A program stored in the HDD 304 or the like operates using the RAM 303 as the RAM 303 or the HDD 304 as a working memory in response to an instruction via a keyboard or the like connected to the input / output I / F 306. For example, when the browser operates, communication with the WEB server is performed via the communication I / F 305. The configuration shown in FIG. 3 is not limited to the configuration of the purchaser terminal device, but can be the configuration of a seller server device, an escrow server device, and a delivery company server device. CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output I / O F, communication I / F, and bus specifications are appropriately selected and configured.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of display on the display connected to the purchaser terminal device 101. FIG. 4A shows a display example of a web page for applying for the purchase of one article, ABC123, to the seller, an LMN store. The application name ABC123, the application quantity 1, the shipping fee 600 yen, and the payment total 2100 yen are included in the description of the web page, and the address name of the delivery destination is data input by the buyer using a keyboard or mouse. When the input of the address name of the delivery destination is completed and the “apply” button is pressed, purchase application information 109 is transmitted.

  4B is displayed on the display after information 110 such as a transaction number and an amount to be paid returned from the seller server apparatus 102 corresponding to the purchase application information 109 is received by the purchaser terminal apparatus 101. An example is shown. In this example, 987654 is displayed as the transaction number. In addition, a button having a character string “next” is displayed. When this button is pressed, the purchaser terminal device 101 switches to a web page for transmitting value information from the escrow server device 103. For example, when a “next” button is pressed, a web page request for transmitting value information to the seller server device or the escrow server device 103 is transmitted.

  FIG. 4C shows an example of a web page display for transmitting value information. The payee LMN store, transaction number 987654, and price 2100 yen are included in the description of the web page, and the buyer inputs value information as text information, for example, in the payment information input field. When the input is completed, a “Send” button is pressed, and information 112 including a transaction number and value information is transmitted to the escrow server device 103.

  As a form other than inputting the value information as text information in the input field, when the value information is stored as a file stored in the HDD or the like of the purchaser terminal device 101, the path of the file is input. When the “send” button is pressed, the value information stored in the file may be uploaded to the escrow server device 103.

  When the “send” button is pressed, the value information stored in the IC card is read by a card reader or the like connected to the purchaser terminal device 101 via the input / output I / F 306 and the escrow server device 103. It may be transmitted to.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the structure of the database managed by the escrow server device 103 and an example of the change process. The database managed by the escrow server device 103 has fields named seller, transaction number, value information, slip number, and delivery status.

  FIG. 5A shows the information sent from the escrow server device 103 when the purchaser terminal device 101 displays FIG. 4C, enters value information in the payment information column, and presses the “Send” button. The value information receiving unit 116 receives and shows a state where the database has been changed. In FIG. 4, the transaction number is 987654, but the transaction number transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101 to the escrow server device 103 is 987654 to the seller ( The seller's identification information (in this case, “LMN”) is added and transmitted, and the escrow server device 103 separates the seller's identification information and the transaction number of the seller into the database. At this time, the received value information is set in the value information field. The slip number and delivery status, which are other fields, are, for example, NULL and “undelivered”, respectively. As a result, it is expressed that the slip number has not yet been determined and the delivery has not started.

  In FIG. 5B, after the value information reception notifying unit 117 transmits that the value information has been received from the purchaser terminal device 101, the voucher number is returned from the seller server device 102, and the database is changed. Indicates broken state. When the fact that the value information has been received is transmitted to the seller server apparatus 102, a slip number for identifying the delivery slip attached to the article is returned. At this time, if a transaction number is also returned in order to distinguish which article is related to which transaction, the database is searched using this transaction number (and also using the seller's identification information if necessary) Get a record for that transaction number. Then, it is returned to the slip number field, the slip number is set, and the database is updated.

  That is, FIG. 5B shows that ZXY-01010 is used as a slip number for identifying a delivery slip attached to an article related to a transaction whose merchant identification information is LMN and whose transaction number is 987654. The state after the database is updated by the reply is shown.

  Thereafter, the delivery status inquiry unit 119 inquires about the delivery status of the article attached with the delivery slip identified by the slip number of ZXY-01010. As a result, if the result of delivery is obtained, ZXY- A record having 01010 as the value of the slip number field is searched, and as shown in FIG. 5C, the value of the delivery status field is updated to “during delivery”. If necessary at this time, the value information associated with the value corresponding to the delivery fee is transmitted as a part of the value represented by the value information stored in the value information field.

  Then, when it is determined that the delivery of the article attached with the delivery slip identified by the slip number of ZXY-01010 is completed by the subsequent delivery status inquiry, as shown in FIG. Update the value of the field to be "delivery completed". Then, the value information associated with the value corresponding to the price to be received by the seller among the values represented by the value information stored in the value information field is transmitted.

  6, 7, and 8 are flowcharts illustrating the flow of processing performed in the escrow server device 103.

  6A and 6B illustrate the flow of processing by the value information reception unit 116 and the value information reception notification unit 117. When the value information transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101 becomes receivable, the process of step S601 is executed, and the transaction number, the value information, etc. are received from the purchaser terminal device 101. In step S602, the transaction number of a new record in the database and field values such as value information are set, inserted into the database, and stored. Thereafter, as step S603, the transaction number and the like of the record newly stored in the database in step S602 is acquired, and the transaction number and the like are notified to the seller server apparatus 102, thereby transmitting that the value information has been received.

  7A and 7B illustrate the flow of processing by the slip number receiving unit 118 and the delivery status inquiry unit 119. In step S701, the slip number receiving unit 118 receives the transaction number, slip number, and the like transmitted from the seller server apparatus 102. In step S702, the database is searched using values such as the received transaction number. In step S703, the slip number obtained by reception is set in the record obtained by the search. Update. As a result of the above processing, it is possible to inquire about the delivery status of the article. Therefore, as the processing of step S704, the received slip number is transmitted to the delivery company server device 104 by the delivery status inquiry unit 119 to inquire about the delivery status. .

  FIG. 8 illustrates the flow of processing by the delivery status receiving unit 120 and the value information transmitting unit 121. In step S801, the delivery status receiving unit 120 receives the result of the delivery status inquiry. In step S802, the database is searched for a slip number or the like to obtain a record, and the value of the delivery status field is updated. In step S803, it is determined whether the delivery is completed. If the delivery is completed, the process proceeds to step S804, and part or all of the value associated with the value information stored in the value information field of the record updated in S802 is transmitted. .

  The business transaction system as described above eliminates the need for the buyer to notify the receipt of goods, etc., and also allows sellers and delivery companies to receive payments according to the delivery status. As a result, the seller will not suffer the disadvantage of not being paid at all.

(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment, the value information is transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101 to the escrow server device 103. However, since the value information is expressed as a bit string or the like, it can be easily duplicated. For this reason, there is a possibility that the purchaser terminal device 101 may be used illegally by, for example, multiple use by transmitting the value information copied to a plurality of escrow server devices almost simultaneously. In this embodiment, a technique for preventing multiple use will be described.

  FIG. 9A shows a functional block diagram of an apparatus for managing value information used in Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and FIG. 9B generates value information after obtaining a request for issuing value information. The flowchart explaining the flow of the process to transmit is shown. The process of FIG. 9B is, for example, a process when issuing value information used by the user (buyer) of the purchaser terminal device 101 to transmit to the escrow server device 103.

  An apparatus for managing value information includes a value management database apparatus 901, a value information issuing server apparatus 902, and a value management server apparatus 1001 described later.

  The value management database device 901 has a database unit that manages a table 903 that associates values with value information. The value is expressed, for example, as a monetary value that is a monetary value, and is expressed in units of yen in FIG. Further, the value information is represented as information including verification information in FIG. The collation information is information stored in the table 901 so as to be associated with the value when there is a request for issuing the value information. The verification information is information generated as a random number, for example. This random number preferably has the property that the same value is not generated more than once.

  The value information issuance server device 902 includes a value information issuance request reception unit 904, a value information generation and issuance unit 905, and a value information return unit 906.

  The value information issue request receiving unit 904 receives a value information issue request. For example, information representing a request for issuing value information representing a value corresponding to 11200 yen is received from the purchaser terminal device 101 via a communication line such as the Internet. The value information issuance request accepting unit 904 stores information representing 11200 yen, which is the value that the value information to be issued should represent, in, for example, a first memory area that can be referred to by the value information generation and issuance unit 905. The information generation / issuance unit 905 is activated.

  The 11200 yen is transferred to the account of the operator of the device that manages the value information by a user of the purchaser terminal device 101 via a financial institution such as a bank, or the device that manages the value information by credit settlement. Or have been transferred to the operator. The value information issuance request includes information indicating that the transfer to the account or the credit settlement has been performed, and the value information issuance request receiving unit 904 refers to the information to perform the transfer or credit settlement. The value information generation / issuance unit 905 may be activated after confirming that it has been performed.

  The value information generation / issuance unit 905 generates verification information, and inserts information representing the value stored in the first memory area and the verification information into the table 903 of the database unit. The verification information is, for example, a random number prepared in advance, or a random number generated each time the value information generation / issuance unit 905 is activated. Further, the value information generation / issuance unit 905 stores the information indicating the value inserted in the table 903 and the generated verification information in the second memory area that can be referred to by the value information return unit 906, and the value information The reply unit 906 is activated.

  In FIG. 9A, information representing a value of 11,200 yen and collation information V12345 are inserted into the table 903 and stored in the second memory area.

  The value information reply unit 906 returns value information. For example, the verification information is read from the second memory area, value information is generated from the verification information, and the value information is returned to the terminal device that transmitted the request for issuing the value information. Alternatively, if the transmission destination of the value information is specified in the value information issuance request, the value information is transmitted to the transmission destination. The value information may consist only of verification information or may include other information such as information representing value. In FIG. 9A, in addition to the verification information V12345, information indicating that 11200 yen is associated is added. Further, signature data generated using the secret key of the value information issuing server device 902 such as verification information may be included so that it can be confirmed that the value information is generated by the value information issuing server device 902. .

  FIG. 9B is an example of a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing of the value information issuing server device 902. In step S951, the value information issue request receiving unit 904 receives a value information issue request. This issue request includes information indicating the value that the value information represents. In the above example, the information represents 11200 yen.

  In step S952, the value information generation / issuance unit 905 generates verification information. As described above, the collation information may be taken out in advance.

  In step S953, information indicating value and verification information are registered in the table 903 managed by the database unit.

  In step S954, value data and verification information are returned as value information. Although it is not essential that the value information includes value data, it is convenient for the person who acquired the value information to know the value that the value information represents without making an inquiry to the value management database device 901.

  Further, the value information may include information for specifying the location where the matching information is stored in the value management database device 901, such as a column number of the table 903 in the database unit. By including such information, each verification information is individually encrypted with a different encryption key, stored in the table 903, and a decryption key for decryption with the encryption key is returned together with the value information. Can be. In this way, by encrypting each verification information individually with a different encryption key, even if the contents of the table 903 are leaked to the outside, the verification information is encrypted with a different encryption key. Therefore, it is difficult to generate correct value information, and safety is increased.

  FIG. 10 shows a configuration in which the escrow server device 1002 receives a transaction number and value information from the purchaser terminal device 101 via the value management server device 1001. The value management server device 1001 is a server device that can communicate with the value management database device 901, and includes a reception unit 1003, a determination unit 1004, and a transmission unit 1005.

  The receiving unit 1003 receives information including value information. For example, when the value information is transmitted from the purchaser terminal device 101, it may be received together with a transaction number. The receiving unit 1003 separates the value information from the received information and stores the value information in a memory area that can be referred to by the determining unit 1004 and the transmitting unit 1005.

  The determination unit 1004 determines whether or not the verification information included in the value information received by the reception unit 1003 is valid. For this determination, the value information is read from the memory area, the verification information is extracted, and the value management database device 901 is inquired as to whether or not the verification information is stored in the table 903. As a result of the inquiry, if a result indicating that the collation information is stored in the table 903 is obtained, the collation information is determined to be valid.

  As described above, if the value information includes information for specifying the location where the verification information is stored, and the decryption key for decrypting the encryption of the verification information stored in the table 903 When a reply is received from the value information issuing server device, the information for specifying the location and the decryption key are transmitted to the value management database device 901 together with the verification information. The value management database device 901 reads the encrypted verification information from the information for specifying the location, decrypts it using the decryption key, and the verification information included in the inquiry from the value management server device 1001 It is determined whether or not they match, and the result is returned to the value management server apparatus 1001.

  Also, if the value information includes a signature, instead of or in addition to the inquiry to the value management database device 901, the signature is checked to determine whether the verification information is valid. You may judge with an apparatus.

  If the result of determination by the determination unit 1004 is that the collation information is valid, the transmission unit 1005 invalidates the collation information, prepares new valid collation information, and provides value information. The replacement value information obtained by replacing the verification information included in the information with the prepared verification information is transmitted.

  In order to invalidate the verification information, an instruction is sent to the value management database device 901 to replace the value of the field storing the verification information in the table 903 with, for example, a value such as NULL. Also, in order to prepare new valid collation information, a command for setting a random number in a field in which the random number is generated by the value management database apparatus 901 or the value management server apparatus 1001, and the random number is replaced with a value such as NULL is provided. It transmits to the value management database device 901. It is not necessary to be separated into two instructions such as “an instruction to replace with a value such as NULL” or “an instruction to set a random number in a field with a value such as NULL”. Invalidation processing by replacement with a value and processing for setting a random number in a field replaced with a value such as NULL and preparing a new random number as valid verification information may be performed. .

  For example, if the collation information V12345 is included in the value information received by the receiving unit 1003, the value management database device 901 is searched for the record storing V12345 among the records in the table 903, and the collation information The value of the information field is set to NULL. Then, a new random number is generated, and if the random number is, for example, V23456, the value of the NULL field is updated to V23456. In addition, the information for matching V12345 included in the value information received by the receiving unit 1003 is replaced with V23456 to generate replaced value information, which is transmitted to the escrow server device 1002. In this case, when the receiving unit 1003 receives the transaction number and the like, the transaction number and the like are transmitted together with the replaced value information.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the processing flow of the value management server device 1001. In step S1101, the receiving unit 1003 performs processing for receiving value information and the like. In step S1102, the determination unit 1102 performs a process of determining whether the verification information included in the value information is valid.

  In step S1103, the result of the determination is referred to. If valid, the process proceeds to step S1105, and if not valid, the process proceeds to step S1104. As processing of step S1104, processing such as returning an error notification to the purchaser terminal device 101 is performed.

  In step S1105, the transmitting unit 1005 performs processing for invalidating the collation information determined to be valid. In step S1106, processing for preparing new valid collation information is performed. In step S1107, step S1101 is performed. In step S1108, the verification information included in the value information received in step S1106 is replaced with the verification information prepared in step S1106. In step S1108, the value information in which the replacement processing has been performed is transmitted.

  FIG. 12 shows another configuration in which the escrow server device 1002 receives value information from the purchaser terminal device 101 via the value management server device 1001. In FIG. 12, the value information receiving unit 116 of the escrow server device 103 receives the value information from the purchaser terminal device 101 together with the transaction number, extracts the value information, and transmits the value information to the value management server device 1201. To do. The value management server apparatus 1201 receives the value information at the reception unit 1003, determines the validity of the verification information included in the value information at the determination unit 1004, and if the result is valid, the transmission unit 1005 The verification information is invalidated, new valid verification information is prepared and replaced, and the replaced value information is transmitted. The value information receiving unit 116 of the escrow server device 1202 receives the replaced value information.

  In the configuration of FIG. 12, the value management server apparatus 1201 may return the replaced value information to the transmission destination of the value information. On the other hand, in the configuration of FIG. 10, the value management server device 1201 needs to operate as a proxy server (proxy server) of the escrow server device. Therefore, the configuration of FIG. 12 simplifies the configuration of the value management server device.

  According to the present embodiment, by using the value management server device, it is possible to prevent double use of value information used for payment.

(Embodiment 3)
In the present invention, the escrow server device inquires the delivery status to the delivery company server device, and in accordance with the result, a part of the value associated with the value information received from the purchaser terminal device is associated. May send valuable information. The third embodiment of the present invention will be described focusing on the processing in this case.

  FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram of the value management server device according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The value management server device 1300 includes a transmission unit 1003, a determination unit 1004, and a transmission unit 1005, as in the second embodiment. In the present embodiment, the receiving unit 1003 includes a division information receiving unit 1301 and a division unit 1302.

  The division information receiving unit 1301 receives division information. The division information is information indicating how to divide the value represented by the value information received by the receiving unit 1003. As shown in FIG. 9, the value represented by the value information is represented as a monetary value, which is a monetary value, and can be divided. Therefore, how to divide the value represented by the value information received by the receiving unit 1003 is specified. For example, it is a case where the escrow server device receives value information of value including a delivery fee and a value of goods etc. from the purchaser terminal device, and that the delivery company receives the goods etc. and starts delivery. When the escrow server device transmits value information having a value corresponding to the delivery fee when it is determined from the result of the inquiry to the device, the value represented by the value information received from the purchaser terminal device is the amount of the delivery fee. It is necessary to divide into the remaining minutes. Therefore, in this case, in this embodiment, the escrow server device transmits to the value management server device 1300 division information representing an instruction to divide the value into the delivery fee and the remaining amount together with the value information.

  The dividing unit 1302 divides the value of the value information 1303 received by the receiving unit 1003 in accordance with the division information 1304 received by the division information receiving unit 1301 so that the value information 1303 represents one of the divided values. New value information representing the other of the values obtained is generated.

  Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, it is assumed that the value information 1303 received by the receiving unit 1003 includes verification information V12345 representing the value of 11200 yen, and the division information received by the division information receiving unit 1301 It is assumed that the information 1304 is information instructing to divide the value information into 600 yen and the remaining 10600 yen. In this case, the dividing unit 1302 changes, for the value management database device 901, 11200 yen associated with the verification information V12345 to, for example, 10600 yen, generates a new random number, and associates it with 600 yen. A command is issued so as to be registered in the table 903 as verification information. Thereby, for example, the value information 1303 is divided into value information 1 (1304) representing a value of 10600 yen and value information 2 (1305) representing a value of 600 yen.

  Then, the value information 1 (1304) is output to the determination unit 1304. In addition, there is a configuration in which the dividing unit 1302 includes a determination unit 1304 and the value information 1303 is determined after the validity is determined, and in this case, the value information 1 (1304) and the value information 2 (1305) are transmitted to the transmission unit. 1005 is transmitted.

  As described in the second exemplary embodiment, the transmission unit 1005 invalidates the verification information of the value information 1 (1304), prepares new effective verification information, and generates replaced value information. In the present embodiment, the transmission unit 1005 also transmits the value information newly generated by the division together with the replaced value information.

  In the present embodiment, the value information transmission unit 906 of the escrow server device reads the value information from the record stored in the table shown in FIG. 5, for example, and transmits the division information together with the value information to the value management server device 1300. As a result of the transmission, one of the value information transmitted from the value management server apparatus 1300, for example, the value information associated with the value representing the delivery fee is transmitted, and the other is stored in the table shown in FIG. Set as the value of the value information field of the existing record, and update the record.

  In the present embodiment, the value information is divided into two, but may be divided into three or more. Then, the value information may be transmitted to a third party such as a seller, a delivery company, or a wholesaler.

  According to the present embodiment, since the value information is divided, in addition to the effects of the first and second embodiments, it is only necessary to transmit one piece of value information from the purchaser terminal device, thereby reducing the labor of the buyer. Can do.

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A delivery management system having an escrow server device and a delivery management server device,
The escrow server device
A delivery slip is attached, and information on the purchase of an article whose delivery status is managed by the delivery management server device is transmitted to the sales server device by the slip number of the delivery slip, and the information of the consideration to be paid is returned as a reply. A value information receiving unit for receiving value information associated with a value corresponding to the consideration from the received purchaser terminal device; and
A value information reception notification unit for notifying the sales server device that the value information has been received;
A slip number receiving unit that receives the slip number in response to the notification;
A delivery status inquiry unit that transmits a slip number to the delivery management server device and executes an inquiry about the delivery status of the article;
A delivery status receiving unit for receiving delivery status information for the inquiry;
A value information transmission unit that transmits value information associated with all or part of the value associated with the value information received by the value information reception unit according to the received delivery status information;
The delivery management server device
A delivery status management unit that acquires a delivery status of an article and stores the delivery status in association with a slip number of a delivery slip attached to the article;
A delivery status inquiry processing unit that receives a slip number from the escrow server device and responds to a delivery status of an article with a delivery slip identified by the slip number;
A delivery management system.   The delivery management system according to claim 1, wherein the slip number receiving unit receives a slip number from the sales server device.   The delivery according to claim 1, wherein the slip number receiving unit receives the slip number returned by the delivery management server when the sales server device that has received the notification transmits a collection request to the delivery management server device. Management system. The value information receiving unit has a delivery information receiving unit for receiving information on a delivery destination to be entered in a delivery slip from the purchaser terminal device,
The delivery management system according to claim 3, wherein the information received by the delivery information receiving means is transmitted to the delivery management server device in association with the slip number received by the slip number receiving unit.   The value information transmitting unit is configured such that the delivery status information received by the delivery status receiving unit is part of the value associated with the value information received by the value information receiving unit when the article indicates that delivery is in progress. The delivery management system according to claim 1, wherein the associated value information is transmitted.   The value information transmitting unit is associated with the value information received by the value information receiving unit when the delivery status information received by the delivery status receiving unit indicates that the delivery of the article has been completed. The delivery management system according to claim 1, wherein value information associated with all or part of the information is transmitted. A first value associated with a monetary value of a price paid by a buyer of an article delivered from a seller side via a delivery company that manages a delivery status by a delivery company server device with a delivery slip identified by a slip number. A value information receiving unit for receiving the value information of
A value information reception notifying unit for transmitting that the first value information has been received;
A slip number receiving unit that receives the slip number returned in response to transmission by the value information reception notifying unit;
A delivery status inquiry unit for sending the slip number and inquiring the delivery status of the article to the delivery company server device;
A delivery status receiver for receiving the result of the inquiry;
In accordance with the result, a value information transmitting unit that transmits second value information associated with all or part of the monetary value associated with the first value information;
An escrow server device characterized by comprising:   The escrow server device according to claim 7, wherein the slip number receiving unit receives the slip number from the delivery agent server device. The value information receiving unit has a delivery destination information receiving means for receiving delivery destination information to be described in the delivery slip,
The escrow server device according to claim 8, wherein the value information reception notifying unit includes a delivery destination information notifying unit that notifies the delivery company server device of the delivery destination information.   The escrow server device according to claim 7, wherein the slip number receiving unit receives the slip number from the server device on the seller side.   The value information transmission unit transmits, as the second value information, value information associated with a monetary value of a delivery fee by the delivery company when the result indicates that the delivery company has received the article. The escrow server device according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein:   The value information transmitting unit transmits, as the second value information, value information associated with a monetary value received by the seller when the result indicates that delivery of the article is completed. The escrow server device according to any one of claims 7 to 10. An escrow system having a value management server device and an escrow server device,
The value management server device includes:
A receiving unit for receiving value information associated with a monetary value including information for verification for determining validity;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the verification information included in the received value information is valid;
If the result of determination by the determination unit is that the verification information is valid, the verification information is invalidated and new effective verification information is prepared and included in the value information. A transmitter that transmits replaced value information obtained by replacing the invalidated verification information with the prepared new effective verification information;
Have
The escrow server device
The first value information associated with the monetary value of the price paid by the buyer of the goods delivered from the seller side via the delivery company with the delivery slip identified by the slip number is passed through the value management server. A value information receiver to receive;
A value information reception notifying unit for transmitting that the first value information has been received;
A slip number receiving unit that receives the slip number returned in response to transmission by the value information reception notifying unit;
A delivery status inquiry unit that transmits the slip number and inquires about the delivery status of the article;
A delivery status receiver for receiving the result of the inquiry;
A value information transmitting unit that transmits second value information associated with all or part of the monetary value associated with the first value information according to the received result;
An escrow system characterized by comprising: The receiving unit of the value management server device includes:
Division information receiving means for receiving division information indicating how to divide the monetary value associated with the received value information;
Dividing means for associating one of the money values divided according to the division information with the received value information and generating new value information associated with the other of the divided money values;
Have
The transmission unit of the value management server of the value management server device transmits the replaced value information and the new value information,
The value information transmission unit of the escrow server device receives the first value information and division information for dividing a monetary value associated with the first value information according to the received result. The escrow system according to claim 13, wherein one of the value information transmitted from the value management server device is transmitted as a result of transmission to the device, and the other is stored as new first value information.   The value information transmission unit of the escrow server device sends the first value information and the first value to the value management server device if the received result indicates that the delivery company has received the article from the seller side. As a result of transmitting the monetary value associated with one piece of value information and the division information for dividing the monetary value of the delivery fee by the delivery company and others, the delivery company out of the value information sent from the value management server device The escrow system according to claim 14, wherein the value information associated with the monetary value of the delivery fee is transmitted, and the other value information transmitted from the value management server device is stored as new first value information.   The value information transmission unit of the escrow server device associates the value management server device with the first value information and the first value information if the received result indicates that the delivery of the article is completed. As a result of transmitting division information that divides the monetary value received by the seller into the monetary value received by the seller, the value information associated with the monetary value received by the seller among the value information transmitted from the value management server device is obtained. The escrow system according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the other value information transmitted and stored from the value management server device is stored as new first value information. A method of operating a server device connected to a communication line as an escrow server device,
The server device uses the communication line as the first value information associated with the monetary value of the price paid by the buyer of the goods delivered from the seller side via the delivery company with the delivery slip identified by the slip number. Received through
The server device transmits that the value information has been received via the communication line,
The server apparatus receives the slip number returned in response to the transmission of the value information, via the communication line,
The server device queries the delivery status of the article by the delivery company by transmitting the slip number via the communication line,
The server device receives the result of the inquiry via the communication line,
The server device transmits, via the communication line, second value information associated with a part of the monetary value associated with the first value information according to the content of the reply. The operation method. A method of operating one or a plurality of server devices connected to a communication line as an escrow system having a value management server device and an escrow server device,
A server device that operates as the value management server device,
Receive value information associated with monetary value, including verification information to determine validity,
Determine whether the verification information included in the received value information is valid,
If the result of the determination is that the collation information is valid, the collation information is invalidated, new valid collation information is prepared, and the invalidation included in the value information is invalidated. Transmitted replacement value information obtained by replacing the prepared verification information with the prepared new effective verification information,
The server device that operates as the escrow server device,
The first value information associated with the monetary value of the price paid by the buyer of the article delivered from the seller side via the delivery company with the delivery slip identified by the slip number operates as the value management server. Received via the server device,
Transmitting that the first value information has been received;
Receiving a slip number identifying a delivery slip attached to the article as a reply to the transmission indicating that the first value information has been received;
Send the slip number and inquire about the delivery status of the article,
Receiving the reply of the inquiry,
An operation method of transmitting second value information associated with all or part of the monetary value associated with the first value information according to the content of the reply.

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