KR20040070990A - Method for online member application and article order settle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for registering an online member and settling orders is provided to minimize the outflow of personal information during a process for the member registration and the orders by using a licensed certification system. CONSTITUTION: Collecting/transmitting the information needed for issuing an electronic certificate to a licensed certification authority, a business membership requestor receives the electronic certificate from the licensed certification authority by using a user terminal. A password of the electronic certificate is checked(52). If the electronic certificate is valid, a personal domain is secured by using the confirmation domain information, the application information, and the personal information inputted from the user terminal(56). The personal member information is stored in a member database(60). The business membership requestor is registered as a business member, and an online business store to perform the orders and the settlement is generated(66).

Description

Sign up online and pay for your order {METHOD FOR ONLINE MEMBER APPLICATION AND ARTICLE ORDER SETTLE}

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce service method, and more particularly, to a business member online subscription and product order payment method for electronic commerce.

Nowadays, most internet shopping malls and e-commerce companies that are mainly for membership, offline distributors, and multilevel vendors are required to enter basic data on social security numbers and addresses when they register and complete the membership registration process. The reality is that it is difficult to deal with information theft. Due to this reality, problems such as excessive consumption and indiscriminate use of the card have occurred, and a problem in which a minor joins a site that is not available to a minor occurs.

In the case of multi-stage businesses, salespersons who sign up for membership must sign a membership application form by hand, and it is necessary to prepare such a membership application form and a product purchase contract. When a salesperson in the area initially joins, they may not be able to receive the services that they can receive on time until the documents they have completed have arrived. In the case of a multi-level enterprise, it is necessary to provide such merchandise purchase contracts and salesman subscription applications, and therefore, it is necessary to introduce a parcel delivery system, a parcel delivery system, and a sleeping bag system at a high cost.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an online member registration method and a product order payment method that can minimize the leakage of personal information by using an authorized authentication system such as a handwritten signature in an electronic commerce settlement system.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an online member registration and product order payment method that enables a product order and minimizes the membership and personal information rate of business members online.

In accordance with the above object, the present invention, in the online membership registration and product order payment method, the information required for issuing the electronic certificate provided by the business member requester collects and transmits the information online to an authorized certification authority, the official certification authority is the business A first process of issuing an electronic certificate online to a user requester's user terminal and requesting the business member requestor to become a business member using the user terminal, the request of the business member of the electronic certificate provided by the requester. A second process of checking the digital signature password, and if the electronic certificate is valid, secures a personal domain using the secured domain information, application information, and member information inputted by the business member requester through the user terminal, Article storing member information And a fourth process of generating a business store on which the business member can be registered and ordered and paid for the product.

1 is a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a view for explaining a procedure for issuing a pre-electronic certificate for business member online membership in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a view for explaining a procedure for registering an online member by a business member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a detailed control flowchart of an electronic certificate checking process performed by step 52 of FIG. 3;

5 is a detailed control flowchart of an authentication key generation and validity checking process performed by step 62 of FIG. 3;

6 is a detailed control flowchart for checking a member when a member logs in according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a detailed control flowchart when requesting a business store domain certificate from a user terminal;

8 is a view schematically showing a procedure of online membership and product order according to an embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a diagram illustrating a main homepage for registering a business member;

10 is an example of a certificate selection page screen for inputting a digital signature password in a digital certificate checking process;

11 is an example of a page screen for inputting secured domain information;

12 is an example of a screen registration page screen for entering a subscription application form,

13 is an example of a congratulations email screen page;

14 is an example of the homepage screen of the generated business store generated application store,

15 is an example of a page screen showing a business store certificate.

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2: Main server 8: Certificate installation server

10: information authentication server 12: DB server

14: member DB 20k (k = 1, .., n): user terminal

22: Certificate Authority 26: Payment Server

28: Bank / credit card company

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that like elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention, which includes block components related to online membership and product order payment.

Patent application number 72517 filed by the applicant of December 1, 2000 (name of the invention: "method of operating a shopping mall through a website sale and its system") discloses a shopping mall operating system in detail. In the embodiment of the present invention is based on the shopping mall operating system disclosed in the patent application No. 7725, the configuration is not directly related to the online membership and product orders according to an embodiment of the present invention is omitted in FIG. It should be understood. And in the embodiment of the present invention will be described as an example of the membership of the business member, it should be noted that the general member can also be registered in the same way. The business member means a member who has been provided with the opportunity of business based on the Internet by a shopping mall operating system company according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the business member becomes the owner of a business store (personal homepage). It becomes a domain owner who can carry out various projects on the personal domain secured by the shopping mall operator. That is, the owner of a domain has legal authority to use the domain.

In the online membership registration and product order payment system according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the main server 2 serving as a shopping mall includes at least a homepage 4, a web server 6, and the like. The main server 2 receives the user terminal 20-1, .., 20-n by the requesting certification authority 22 and installs the certificate on the user terminal 20-1, .., 20-n. It is connected to the certificate installation server (8) to be made, and also connected to the information authentication server 10 for checking the authentication key generation and authentication key validity of personal member information. The main server 2 is also connected to the DB server 12 for managing a DB (Data Base), the DB server 12 is connected to the member DB 14 and other DB 16 for member information management have. Other DB 16 includes a variety of DB such as logistics provider DB, content DB, product delivery DB, product DB, purchase DB, mail DB, reseller / Rakuten homepage DB. In addition, the main server 2 is connected to the payment server 26 that performs a payment service in conjunction with the bank / credit card company 28 for product orders. In addition, the main server 2 is connected to the public certification authority 22 through the packet network 18 such as the Internet, and also connected to the user terminals 20-1, .., 20-n. The certification authority 22 includes a certificate installation server 24 for installing the certificate to the user terminals 20-1, .., 20-n.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8 for a business member registration requester to register online, the electronic certificate is first sent to the user terminal of the business member requester (20-k: k = 1, 2, .., n). Issuance and electronic signature (to be described with reference to Figures 1 and 2), and then the business member requester using the issued electronic certificate to apply for business member online membership registration using the user terminal (20-k) Become an online membership (described with reference to FIG. 3). The business member who has registered as a member can obtain a personal business store (personal homepage) and place a product order, and minimize the leakage of personal information by using the electronic certificate when paying for the ordered product.

First, a procedure for issuing and issuing an electronic certificate to a business member registration requester will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

The business member registration requester 42 goes to one of the national offices 44 of the shopping mall operator to fill out and submit a certificate application. At this time, the user's identification card must be brought and the seal stamp and seal certificate must be attached to the certificate application. The terminal operator 48 of the national branch office 44 of the shopping mall operator is a shopping mall operator who is authorized to register by an authorized certification authority such as Korea Information Authentication Corporation. The terminal operator 48 checks the identity of the business member registration requester 42 and accesses the accredited certification authority 22 using the registrar management terminal 50. If the connection is successful, the business member registration requesters 42 The information required for issuance and digital signature of the electronic certificate is collected and transmitted to the authorized certification authority 22. The required information includes user information such as a user ID, a user name, a resident / business registration number, an e-mail, a phone number, an address, and the like, as well as shopping mall operator information and corresponding branch information of the national branch 44.

When the information for issuing the electronic certificate and the digital signature is received from the registrar management terminal 50 at the accredited certification authority 22, the accredited certification authority 22 provides the certificate issuing information to the member requestor 42 through e-mail. do. The certificate issuance information includes at least the registration number for the certificate issuance and the information on the procedure for issuing a certificate. The public certificate issuance procedure guide includes an address for accessing the certificate management screen, for example, http://ca.signgate.com.

After confirming the certificate issuing information through the user terminal (20-k: k is a member requester user terminal of 1, .., n), the member requestor 42 issues a certificate to the public certification authority 22 through a web connection. When the request is made, the accredited certification authority 22 requires the registration number to be transmitted in advance through e-mail to agree to the terms and conditions of the accredited certification service and issue a certificate. When the member registration requester inputs the registration number received through e-mail, the member requester then requests and inputs an electronic certificate digital signature password that can be arbitrarily determined by the member registration requester, issues an electronic certificate, and transmits it to the user terminal 20-k. . The issued electronic certificate is recorded in a storage medium (hard disk, floppy disk, smart card, etc.) of the user terminal 20-k selected by the business member registration requester 42, and monitors the user terminal 20-k. Through the electronic certificate issuance and electronic signature of the member registration requester 42 is notified through.

Issuing an electronic certificate to the business member registration requester and the electronic signature of the registration requester as described above, the business member requester can apply for a business member online membership registration through the user terminal 20-k, FIG. 1 And it will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

As shown in process 50 of FIG. 3, the business member registration requester accesses the homepage 4 of the main server 2 operated by the shopping mall operator, and clicks the member registration button on the screen to enter the membership registration procedure. In Figure 9 is an example configuration of the main screen of the homepage (4) operated by the shopping mall operator, the business member registration requestor enters the registration process when clicking the member registration button called "reseller registration" for business member registration.

The first step in entering the registration process is the process 52 of FIG. 3, where the main server 2 checks the electronic certificate. The process of checking the electronic certificate will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a detailed control flowchart of the digital certificate checking process performed by step 52 of FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 4, in operation 100 of FIG. 4, the main server 2 determines whether a certificate program is installed in the user terminal 20-k through a session setting between the user terminals 20-k. If the certificate program is installed, proceed directly to step 104. If the certificate program is not installed, proceed to step 102 and proceed to step 104. In step 102, the main server 2 requests the certificate installation server 8 to install the certificate program so that the certificate installation server 8 installs the certificate program in the user terminal 20-k.

Thereafter, in step 104, the main server 2 provides a certificate inspection screen to the monitor of the user terminal 20-k, so that the business member registration requester inputs his social security number, member name, and digital signature password. First, enter your social security number and member name, and then enter your digital signature password. The digital signature password is an electronic certificate electronic signature password arbitrarily determined by a member registration requester when issuing an electronic certificate. FIG. 10 shows an example of a certificate selection page screen for inputting a digital signature password in step 104 of the digital certificate checking process, wherein “1232323” is an electronic signature password.

When the main server 2 receives the resident registration number, the member name and the electronic signature password inputted by the business member registration requester, the main server 2 makes a request for confirmation to the information authentication server 10, and the information authentication server 10 sets the electronic certificate and It checks whether it matches the digital signature and informs the main server (2) of the result. In step 108 of FIG. 4, the main server 2 determines whether the verification is successful. If the verification is successful, the main server 2 recognizes that the digital certificate checking process is completed and proceeds to step 54 of FIG. 3.

In step 54 of FIG. 3, the main server 2 provides the member agreement to the business member registration requestor through the monitor of the user terminal 20-k, and when the business member registration requestor agrees to the terms, the process of FIG. 56. Proceed to

In step 56 of FIG. 3, the main server 2 secures a private domain. That is, the main server 2 provides the page screen for inputting the secured domain information to the business member registration requester through the user terminal 20-k as an example as shown in FIG. 11, and inputs the secured domain information. It secures the corresponding private domain. 11 is an example of a page screen for inputting secured domain information. Examples of domain information include a secured domain and a domain secured name.

After securing the personal domain in step 56 of FIG. 3, the main server 2 controls to input a membership application form in step 58 of FIG. 3. That is, the main server 2 provides a screen subscription page screen for inputting a subscription application to the business member registration requester through the user terminal 20-k, as shown in FIG. Secure the corresponding private domain. 12 is an example of a screen subscription page screen for entering a subscription application.

When the business member registration requester completes the registration application, the main server 2 stores the personal member information in the member DB 14 of the DB server 12 in step 60 of FIG. 3. Thereafter, in step 62 of FIG. 3, the information authentication server 10 checks the authentication key generation and the validity of the authentication key.

The process 62 of FIG. 3 performed by the information authentication server 10 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a detailed control flowchart of an authentication key generation and validity checking process performed by step 62 of FIG. 3.

The information authentication server 10 receives the personal member information stored in the member DB 14 of the DB server 12 from the main server 2 in step 200 of FIG. 5, and proceeds to step 202 of FIG. Generate authentication key by encrypting member information. Thereafter, the information authentication server 10 determines whether the authentication key generated in step 204 matches the received personal member information. If there is a match, the process proceeds to step 206 of FIG. 5 and transmits the generated authentication key and a valid flag indicating that the authentication key generation is valid to the main server 2. However, if the authentication key generated in the determination of step 204 of FIG. 5 does not match the received personal member information, the generated authentication key and an invalid flag indicating that the authentication key generation is invalid are transmitted to the main server 2.

Accordingly, the main server 2 matches and stores the authentication key and the authentication key flag received in step 210 of FIG. 5 with corresponding personal member information previously stored in the member DB 14 of the DB server 12. In this case, the authentication key generation and the authentication key validity check are completed, and the main server 2 proceeds to step 64 of FIG. 3.

In step 64 of FIG. 3, the main server 2 transmits a congratulatory email indicating that the business member has been registered to the business member registration requester through the user terminal 20-k. 13 is an example of a congratulatory email screen page informing a business member registration requester that a business member has been registered.

After performing process 64 of FIG. 3, the main server 2 proceeds to process 66 of FIG. 3 to generate an application business store (personal homepage), and the personal homepage business store of the user terminal 20-k of the business member registrant. Display on the monitor. 14 is an example of a homepage screen where a business store is generated by a business member registrant's application.

When a business store is sold in this way, a business member (reseller) who has become the owner of the store can be formally recognized as the owner of the store through the address of the "business store" (for example, the dot C domain). The store on the Internet is licensed to the owner of the address where the store is located. A shopping mall operator according to an embodiment of the present invention through a "business store" grants a store operating right to the owner of the store, and through the store, a reseller may proceed with a business according to various choices of an individual.

The business member registrant who has received the business store may log in to his personal home page by inputting his / her ID and password on the example screen shown in FIG. 14. 6 is a detailed control flowchart for checking a member when a business member logs in according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, a detailed control operation for confirming a member upon login of a business member according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

When the business member registrant logs in by inputting his / her ID and password on the screen of the personal store of the business store, the main server 2 recognizes this in step 300 of FIG. 6 and the member DB of the DB server 12 in step 302. Check (14). Thereafter, in step 304 it is determined whether the authentication key of the business member is valid using the flag setting state. If the authentication key is valid, the main server 2 immediately proceeds to step 310 of FIG. 6 to log on and display the business store (personal home page) of the business member. The logged on business store (personal home page) is an online business store where product orders and payments can be made.

However, if the authentication key is not valid in the determination of step 304 of FIG. 6, the main server 2 proceeds to step 306 of FIG. 6 to the information authentication server 10 and requests the authentication key generation again. Accordingly, the information authentication server 10 performs steps 200 to 208 of FIG. 5 to generate an authentication key again.

When the authentication key generation is completed in step 308 of FIG. 6, the main server 2 returns to step 302 again to perform the operation therefrom. Thus, if the authentication key of the business member is valid, the process proceeds to step 310 of FIG. 6 to log on and display the business store (personal home page) of the business member.

Meanwhile, a business member may download and request a shopping mall operator for a personal domain secured by the business member. A detailed description thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. 7. 7 is a detailed control flowchart when requesting a business store domain certificate from a user terminal.

Referring to FIG. 7, when a business member accesses a personal homepage of a personal business store and clicks a domain certificate request provided in a form output field, the main server 2 determines this in step 400 of FIG. 7. When the domain certificate request is made, in step 402 of FIG. 7, the main server 2 requests member information from the member DB 14 of the DB server 12 and requests a certificate of the shopping mall operator headquarters from the certificate installation server 8. Accordingly, the member information is provided by the DB server 12 and the shopping mall operator headquarters certificate is provided by the certificate installation server 8. When the member information and the head office certificate are received, the main server 2 transmits it to the information authentication server 10 as shown in step 404 of FIG. 7, and the information authentication server 10 receives the received information in step 406. The domain information is generated by encrypting the member information and the head office certificate and transferred to the main server (2).

Accordingly, the main server 2 stores the domain certificate received from the information authentication server 10 in the member DB 14 in step 4O8 and downloads the domain certificate file to the user terminal 20-k. 15 shows an example of a page screen showing the domain certificate, that is, the business store certificate.

As described above, a business member who has signed up as a business member can obtain an individual business store (personal homepage) to place an order for a product and use the above-mentioned electronic certificate when paying for the ordered product.

When a business member orders and pays for a product through an online business store, the main server 2 uses the payment server 26 to interwork with a bank / credit card company 28 that is a payment institution. Check the electronic certificate as shown in the process shown and if the electronic certificate is valid, the payment server 26 and the bank / credit card company 28 approves payment for the product order. As described above, the use of the electronic certificate when ordering goods has the advantage of minimizing the leakage of personal information.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, a shopping mall operating system company discloses an example of registering a member after an electronic signature using an electronic certificate, but not only using a member registration after an electronic signature, but also using an existing member registration application and online registration. After signing up, it should be understood that membership registration through form printing is also parallel.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention provides the effect of blocking indiscriminate site visits to minors, ensuring the prudence of membership registration and trust in accurate decision making for subscribers, securing subscription reliability for salespersons in the multi-stage industry, and simplifying documents. It will bring about the effect of savings, and as a result, it will be the opportunity to introduce and utilize the accredited certification system in the entire distribution industry and the Internet-based industry, and it will be an opportunity to achieve Internet access for all industries. .

Claims (9)

In the online registration and product order payment method, A first process of collecting information required for issuing an electronic certificate provided by a business member requester and transmitting the information to an accredited certification body online so that the accredited certification authority issues an electronic certificate online to the user terminal of the business member requester; A second step of checking the digital signature password of the electronic certificate provided by the requestor when the business member request is requested by the business member requestor requesting to be a business member using the user terminal; A third step of, if the electronic certificate is valid, securing a personal domain using the secured domain information, application information and member information inputted by the business member requester through the user terminal, and storing the personal member information in the member database; And a fourth process of generating a business store on which the business member can be registered and the product order and payment can be made to the business member requester. The method of claim 1, When the business member orders and pays for the product through the online business store, the online member further includes a fifth step of checking the electronic certificate in connection with a payment institution and paying for the order of the product if valid. And payment of goods orders. According to claim 1 or 2, After generating the authentication key encrypted by using the personal member information and checking the validity of the generated authentication key and the authentication key and authentication key validity information of the personal member information of the member database And a sixth process of storing in correspondence with the online membership registration and product order payment method. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first process comprises: Transmitting the information required for issuance of the electronic certificate of the member registration requester to the authorized certification authority online by being authorized by the registration agency of the authorized certification authority, and Transmitting certificate issuance information necessary for issuance of a certificate provided by the authorized certification authority to a user terminal; On-line membership registration and product order payment method comprising the step of issuing the electronic certificate to the user terminal by the certification authority based on the certificate issuance information and the electronic signature password set by the user terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein the certificate issuance information includes at least a registration number for issuing a certificate and a guide for issuing a certificate. The method of claim 3, wherein the sixth process is Generating an authentication key by encrypting the stored personal member information; Determining whether the generated authentication key matches the personal member information; And storing the flag according to the match as the authentication key validity information with the generated authentication key in correspondence with the personal member information of the member database. The method of claim 6, Determining whether the authentication key of the business member is valid based on the state of the flag when logging in to the online business store after the fourth process; and based on whether the authentication key is valid, the business store of the business member (personal homepage). The online sign-up and product order payment method characterized by further performing a business store login process having the step of selectively logging on and display. The method of claim 7, wherein Since the authentication key is not valid, the personal member information of the business member is encrypted to generate an authentication key, and the validity of the generated authentication key is checked, and then the authentication key and authentication key validity information are stored in the personal member information of the member database. And resave in correspondence with And re-determining whether the re-stored authentication key of the business member is valid. The method of claim 1, As the business member accesses the personal homepage of the personal business store and requests a domain certificate, the business member encrypts the personal member information of the business member and the headquarter certificate of the shopping mall operator to generate a domain certificate. And storing the generated domain certificate in the member database and downloading the generated domain certificate to a user terminal of the business member in the form of a file.