JP2001155058A - Information service providing method for electronic commercial transaction or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems it is extremely difficult and inconvenient for a user to input a lot of personal information containing KANJI of address and name or the like from a simplified terminal limited in a Japanese input function for an electronic commercial transaction or the like, possibility for the user to forget or leak a user ID and a password has to be increased since a lot of user ID and passwords different for each of service providers are issued when referring to previously registered personal information by specifying the user from the user ID originally issued by the service provider and a system for specifying the user from identification information peculiar for terminal equipment or the like or information stored in the equipment or the like is inconvenient for utilizing a service from the terminal equipment disabled in the utilization of this function. SOLUTION: This information service offering method is provided with a personal information storage device for storing a lot of personal information containing non-alphanumerals such as KANJI and a personal information acquisition step for acquiring the personal information stored in the said personal information storage device according to a request.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for improving the convenience of a user when exchanging information in electronic commerce or the like in an electronic information transmission environment such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been electronic commerce using a web server or the like in an electronic information transmission environment such as the Internet. When trying to receive such a service, H provided by a web server, etc.
In electronic order forms such as TML format, the user's zip code, address, phonetic name, name, phonetic number, telephone number, e-mail address, date of birth, age, annual income,
Family composition, company name, company name, department name, title, address, telephone number, etc., name of financial institution used for such transactions, type of account, account number, credit card name, number, etc. Depending on the service, the names and identification codes of various types of social insurance such as health insurance and pensions, the names of driver's licenses, their codes, other licenses, qualification names and identification numbers, etc. Customer code assigned by provider, user I
D. Password, account name, account code, deed name, deed code, contract code of prepaid contract and postpaid contract, etc. Had to enter. Such services using the Internet etc. can be used not only from high-performance computer terminals that can easily input Japanese, but also from different types of terminals such as mobile phones and other simplified terminals with limited Japanese input functions. The reality is that it can be used for

[0003]

However, when personal information is to be input from a simple terminal such as a mobile phone, it is very difficult to input Japanese characters such as addresses, names, company names, etc. in kanji. The convenience was impaired. Also, there is a problem of so-called garbled characters in which various character codes such as JIS, SJIS, EUC, and UNICODE cannot be displayed and input correctly.

In order to reduce the user's labor, each service provider issues its own user ID, specifies the user by the input user ID, and registers the user in advance with each service provider. In order to refer to the same personal information, each service provider issues a different user ID to the same user, so each user has to associate his or her own user ID with each service provider. User must remember the password
D. Forgot the password or put it in a notebook or the like to take the risk of leakage. In the first place, registration of personal information when a new service is used and update of personal information due to relocation or the like have to be individually performed for each service provider, which is complicated.

[0005] In the case of a system in which a user is specified based on identification information unique to a terminal device or a device attached to the terminal device, a service is used from a different type of terminal device in which the user cannot use this function. There was a problem that it was inconvenient.

Further, the method of storing personal information or identification information in a terminal device or a device attached to the terminal device has a problem that it is inconvenient for a user to use a service from a heterogeneous terminal device which cannot use this function. there were.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to effectively solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a personal information storage device for storing a large amount of personal information as described above, and a personal information storage device according to a request. An information service providing method including a personal information acquisition step of acquiring accumulated personal information.

In the personal information storage device, there is provided a personal information obtaining step of storing connection information to another device for storing a part or all of personal information, and obtaining personal information based on the connection information according to a request. Equipped information service provision methods are equally effective.

In the personal information obtaining step, a request for obtaining personal information is received based on a predetermined rule.

In the personal information acquisition step, when the acquired personal information is provided to the requesting side, the personal information acquisition step has a function of performing processing and shaping based on the requested data specifications and rules.

The personal information storage device is characterized in that information including non-alphanumeric characters such as kanji is stored.

In the personal information acquiring step, a function of converting a character code such as Japanese is provided.

The personal information storage device stores at least a password paired with a user ID, and the personal information obtaining step includes at least authentication using the user ID and a password.

In the personal information acquiring step, the device that issues the request is a device connected to the Internet.

In the personal information acquiring step, all information necessary for issuing the request can be disclosed by a device connected to the Internet.

In the personal information acquiring step, it is possible to provide an opportunity to select the acquired personal information.

The personal information acquisition request in the personal information acquisition step can be issued even from a terminal in which the function of inputting non-alphanumeric characters such as kanji is restricted or the input of kanji etc. is partially or completely impossible. There is a feature.

The personal information acquisition request in the personal information acquisition step can be issued even when the personal information acquisition request does not have identification information unique to the terminal device or cannot be used.

The personal information acquisition request in the personal information acquisition step can be issued even if the terminal device does not have an information storage function or cannot be used.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention is described in Embodiment 1.
Example 2 will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an information service providing method according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a personal information obtaining step. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an information service providing method according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a personal information obtaining step. Services such as e-commerce are provided by web servers 101 and 301 connected to the Internet. Reference numerals 103 and 303 are HTML order forms. For example, it was necessary to manually input the name every time a transaction or order was made.
In addition to the name, many pieces of personal information necessary for the transaction must all be entered and placed in a state as shown at 114 and 323. In the present invention, this can be performed by one operation.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an HTML format document showing a list of services in the field X, in which a personal information acquisition request is issued from a hyperlink 502 to provide personal information such as 114 and 323. FIG. 6 is a document in HTML format for selecting personal information to be input.

[0021]

[Embodiment 1] In an electronic commerce transaction by a web server 101, an order form is provided by HTTP 102 so that H
An order form 103 in TML format is provided to a user terminal. In the prior art, a user input button 106 for inputting the user's name in a name entry field 104 is pressed, and a request 107 for acquiring personal information by HTTP is issued.
This acquisition request includes the identification information on the Internet of the order form 103 provided by the web server 101, that is, U
The RL and the order form 103 include data specifications and rules required by the name entry field 104, and all such information is described in HTML format and can be disclosed on the Internet. The data specifications and rules here define the specific personal information items to be entered in each entry item and their format. For items related to names, surnames, names, or surnames And name, or surname and name are separated by blanks, etc. For items related to the address, the name of prefecture, city, town, village, street address, building name, or which and which Information, such as the combination of the characters, their order, the way of delimiting, the delimiter, and whether the numbers are written in kanji or Arabic numerals, half-width or full-width.For items related to furigana such as names and addresses, katakana Or hiragana, half-width or full-width characters, how to delimit, how to delimit, etc.For items related to numbers such as postal codes and telephone numbers, kanji or Arabic numerals, half-width or full-width characters, how to delimit, With delimiters, etc. For items related to the month and year such as the date of birth, the Japanese calendar, the Christian calendar, or the last two digits of the year, the method of delimiting the date, the delimiter, etc. Is also included.

[0022] Further, depending on the service, there are trading financial institutions,
Although various social insurance information such as account information, credit card information, health insurance, pensions and the like are required, it is important that such information is not provided carelessly. This measure will be described later with reference to FIG.

The customer code, user ID, account, certificate, contract information, and the like assigned by the service provider are information to be provided only in a transaction with the specific service provider. Since the service provider can be determined from the URL of the purchase order 103, such personal information can be stored together with the information of the service provider, and the provision can be restricted.

The information service providing device 108 which has received the personal information acquisition request 107 receives the personal information acquisition step 1
09 starts. After the personal information acquisition request 202 in the personal information acquisition step of FIG.
Authentication 203 is performed based on D and the password. If the authentication fails, an error display 204 is performed. If the authentication succeeds, the personal information is obtained 205 from the personal information storage device 110,
The personal information is shaped and processed 206 based on the data specifications and rules. If necessary, the character code is converted 207, and then the personal information is provided 208. The shaping and processing referred to here decompose, combine, compose, correct, disassemble each personal information and other information to meet the required data specifications and rules.
This is an operation for converting, and finally, generating a state of the order form 114 in which personal information is input to the order form 103. For this reason, based on the URL of the order form 103 included in the personal information acquisition request 202, an order form acquisition request 111 by HTTP is issued, and the same order form 103 provided to the user terminal by the web server 101 is provided. Offer 1
You receive 12. The purchase order 103 is disassembled and the personal information of the name is combined with the part corresponding to the name entry field 104, and the order form is formed again. At this time, the character code of the personal information is also converted to match the character code of the order form 103.
Order Form 1 so that Order Button 116 works properly.
An operation of correcting the URL in 14 from the relative notation to the absolute notation is also performed.

When acquiring the order form 103, if information unique to a transaction that is not related to personal information such as a product code and quantity is required, that information is also included in the personal information acquisition request 107. is there. HT
It is easy to describe in ML format documents. The information is added to the purchase order acquisition request 111, and the target order form 103 can be acquired.

By providing the personal information 113, an order form 114 in which the name of the user is entered in the name entry field 115 is provided to the terminal of the user. The user can use this order button 11
The user can also place an order by using the personal information entry button 11
7, a request for acquiring personal information can be made again.

The request for obtaining personal information is issued not only from the order form 103 but also from the hyperlink 5 in the HTML document 501 representing a list of services in the field X as shown in FIG.
02 can also be done. All of the information necessary to issue the personal information acquisition request can be described in the document 501 or the hyperlink 502. The necessary information is the identification information on the Internet of the order form of service A, that is, U
Data specifications, rules, character codes, etc. of personal information relating to the RL and the order form of the service A. In addition, a point that information unique to a transaction not related to personal information can be included can also be described.

In the personal information acquisition step, it is possible to provide an opportunity to select the document 601 in the HTML format as shown in FIG. Can be given. The select button 602 instructs input of a name, and the select button 603 instructs not to input. The selection buttons 604 and 605 similarly instruct input of an address. When inputting, when inputting a home address, the selection button 606 is pressed.
In the case of inputting the address of the company, the instruction can be given by the selection button 607.

[0029]

[Second Embodiment] An embodiment of an information service providing method for storing connection information to another device for storing a part or all of personal information in a personal information storage device will be described.

An order form 30 in HTML format shown in FIG.
3 personal information entry button 306, HTM shown in FIG.
As in the first embodiment, a user can issue a personal information acquisition request from a hyperlink 502 of an L-format document 501. In the present embodiment, the provision 322 of the personal information is not performed immediately, but in the personal information obtaining step shown in FIG.
It is characterized by going through 6 steps.

The identification information on the Internet, that is, the URL of the device 315 for storing personal information such as the address and name of the user and the HTML document 317 for publishing the information is acquired from the personal information storage device 310, and the URL is obtained.
HTML document 31 with HTML as hyperlink 313
2 is provided to the user terminal device. This corresponds to the connection information acquisition 405 in FIG.

The document 317 in the HTML format is usually provided with a countermeasure by an authentication mechanism or the like so that it cannot be obtained by anyone but the user. Alternatively, a special URL may be used to indicate a document in the user's terminal device or a document in the user's local network that cannot be accessed from outside. Documents with important personal information can be used separately in terminal devices, those with less problems can be stored in devices connected to the Internet, and those in the middle can be stored in local networks. A plurality of URLs may be displayed and selectable.

The user acquires the HTML document 317 from the terminal device by the hyperlink 313. HTM
The L format document 317 and the hyperlink 318 describe information necessary for instructing the continuation of the personal information acquisition / acquisition step 406 together with the personal information of the user such as the address and name. A request for acquiring personal information can be made from the hyperlink 318, but information for instructing the terminal device to automate this operation can also be described. Further, an opportunity for selecting personal information to be input can be provided at 317. After processing and shaping 407 of the personal information and conversion 408 of the character code, as in the first embodiment, the provision of the personal information 322 allows the user to enter the name entry field 32 in the terminal of the user.
4 is provided with an order form 323 in which the name of the user is input.

[0034]

As described above, according to the information service providing method of the present invention, even if a simple terminal having a limited function of inputting non-alphanumeric characters such as kanji is used, the address, name, A lot of personal information including non-alphanumeric characters such as kanji such as company names can be input to receive services.

Further, there is no need for the user to memorize a large number of user IDs and passwords individually issued by each service provider, and there is an effect that personal information can be managed safely and collectively, and a new service is used. Also in the case where personal information needs to be updated due to relocation or the like, the trouble of individually performing the procedure for each service provider is eliminated. If both or one of the user ID and the password issued by each service provider is stored as personal information, it is possible to cooperate with the conventional method.

Further, since the present invention is different from a method for specifying a user based on identification information unique to a terminal device or a device attached to the terminal device, a user can use a service from a terminal device which cannot use this function. This is an information service providing method that works effectively even when the information service is performed.

The present invention is also different from a method of storing personal information or identification information in a terminal device or a device attached to the terminal device, so that the present invention can be effectively used even when a user uses a service from a terminal device that cannot use this function. It is an information service providing method that works.

From the viewpoint of the security of personal information,
As described in claim 2, by storing connection information to another device for storing personal information such as an address, a name and a telephone number in a personal information storage device according to the present invention, a plurality of personal information can be stored. Since the information is stored in a decentralized manner in the device, the scope of damage of a crime aimed at personal information is limited, and the motive for the crime is also suppressed.

The present invention is effective even in the case where electronic commerce is performed by an electronic document having a format such as SGML or XML, similarly to the HTML format.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an information service providing method according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a personal information acquisition step according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an information service providing method according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a personal information acquisition step according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an HTML format document showing a list of services in a field X;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an HTML format document for selecting input personal information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101, 301 Web server 102, 302 Providing purchase order 103, 303 HTML order form 104, 304 Name entry field 105, 305 Order button 106, 306 Personal information entry button 107, 307 Personal information acquisition request 108, 308 Information service providing device 109, 309 Personal information acquisition step 110, 310 Personal information storage device 111, 320 Purchase order acquisition request 112, 321 Purchase order provision 113, 322 Personal information provision 114, 323 Individual provided in HTML format Information 115, 324 Name entry field 116, 325 Order button 117, 326 Personal information entry button 201, 401 Start 202, 402 Personal information acquisition request 203, 403 Authentication 204, 404 Error display 205 Acquisition of personal information 206, 407 Processing and shaping of human information 207, 408 Character code conversion 208, 409 Provision of personal information 209, 410 End 311 Provision of connection information 312 HTML format document 313 Hyperlink 314 Personal information acquisition request 315 Device for storing personal information 316 Provision of personal information 317 HTML document 318 Hyperlink 319 Personal information acquisition request 405 Acquisition of connection information 406 Acquisition of personal information 501 HTML document 502 Hyperlink 601 HTML document 602 Selection button 603 Selection button 604 Selection button 605 Select button 606 Select button 607 Select button

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A personal information storage device for storing a large amount of personal information necessary for electronic commerce and the like, and a personal information obtaining step for obtaining personal information stored in the personal information storage device according to a request. Information service provision method 2. A personal information acquisition step of accumulating connection information to another device that stores a part or all of personal information in the personal information storage device, and acquiring personal information based on the connection information according to a request. Information service providing method characterized by comprising: 3. The information service providing method according to claim 1, wherein in the personal information obtaining step, a request for obtaining personal information is received based on a predetermined rule. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the personal information obtaining step, when providing the obtained personal information to a requesting side, the personal information obtaining step has a function of performing processing and shaping based on the requested data specifications and rules. An information service providing method according to claim 1, 2, or 3. 5. The personal information storage device according to claim 1, wherein information including non-alphanumeric characters such as Chinese characters is stored in the personal information storage device. Information service provision method 6. The personal information acquiring step according to claim 1, wherein the personal information acquiring step has a function of converting a character code of Japanese or the like. Information service provision method 7. The personal information storage device stores at least a password paired with a user ID.
7. The information according to claim 1, wherein the personal information acquisition step includes at least authentication using the user ID and a password. Service provision method 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the personal information acquisition step, a device that issues a request is a device connected to the Internet.
The information service providing method according to claim 4, claim 5, claim 6, or claim 7. 9. The personal information acquiring step according to claim 1, wherein all information necessary for issuing the request can be disclosed by a device connected to the Internet. 3. The information service providing method according to claim 4, claim 5, claim 5, claim 6, claim 7, or claim 8. 10. The personal information acquiring step, wherein an opportunity to select acquired personal information can be provided.
Claim 4, Claim 5, Claim 6, Claim 7, Claim 8,
The information service providing method according to claim 9. 11. The personal information acquisition request in the personal information acquisition step is issued even from a terminal in which the function of inputting non-alphanumeric characters such as kanji is restricted or the input of kanji etc. is partially or completely impossible. Claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 characterized by being possible. Information service provision method 12. The personal information acquisition request in the personal information acquisition step can be issued even when the personal information acquisition request does not have identification information unique to the terminal device or cannot be used. 3. The information service providing method according to claim 4, claim 4, claim 5, claim 6, claim 7, claim 8, claim 9, or claim 10. 13. The personal information acquisition request in the personal information acquisition step can be issued even if the terminal device does not have an information storage function or cannot be used. 3. The information service providing method according to claim 4, claim 4, claim 5, claim 6, claim 7, claim 8, claim 9, or claim 10.