JP2001290723A - Method for confirming on-line authentication in internet shopping - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for enabling a user to confirm the reliability of a provider providing an internet shopping, on-line. SOLUTION: An authentication ID is attached to the URL of the virtual store 22a of a provider A providing the internet shopping and is stored in the database 32 of an authentication management base 30. An authentication banner and the authentication ID issued by the base 30 are displayed on the virtual store 22a of the provider A providing Internet shopping. The authentication confirming server 31 of the base 30 transmits URL information corresponding to the authentication ID together with retrieval date and hour and a reference number to user from the database 31 in such a manner that the user retrieves the URL information of the store 22a of the provider A receiving authentication from the server 31 of the base 30 on the basis of the authentication ID on the store 22a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to online authentication confirmation using the Internet, and
The present invention relates to a network system capable of confirming the reliability of a provider of Internet shopping from a terminal equipped with a W browser.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the spread of terminals such as PCs, televisions, and mobile phones equipped with a WWW browser has made it possible to easily use the Internet. As a result, various services using the Internet are being performed,
Internet shopping is one of them. This Internet shopping consists of a supplier server base for introducing products and receiving order information, and a user base for receiving product information and transmitting order information.

[0003] The server of the trader publishes images and character information of commodities, and users can browse this information via the Internet.

[0004]

In such a shopping system, there is no means for the user to confirm the credibility of the merchant online, and since the information on the Internet can be easily forged, the genuine merchant is named. It is doubtful whether the person who runs the shopping is a person skilled in the art.

As a countermeasure, image data distribution of authentication certificate and S
Although a method using an SL (secure socket layer) has been devised, there are the following problems. There is a possibility of spoofing due to data forgery. There is no way to deal with a fraudulent company once authenticated. It is not possible to objectively determine later whether the user has confirmed the authentication. Therefore, there is a need for an online authentication confirmation method that can counter forgery, can flexibly process authentication, and can objectively determine whether a user has confirmed authentication.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a user base 1 via the Internet.
In a network connecting the base 0, the shopping base 20, and the authentication management base 30, the authentication banner and the authentication ID issued by the authentication management base 30 are displayed on the virtual store provided by the shopping server 21 of the shopping base 20.

[0007] The authentication ID is stored in the database 32 of the authentication management base 30 together with the URL of the virtual shop.

[0008] A user connects to the shopping mall server 21 from the user base 10 via the Internet, and browses information on commodities introduced at each virtual shop. When it is necessary to confirm the reliability of the dealer, the authentication banner on the virtual store and the authentication ID are confirmed, and the database 32 is searched from the authentication confirmation form provided by the authentication confirmation server 31 using the authentication ID. . Upon receiving the search request, the authentication check server 31 transmits at least the URL information of the company whose authentication has been checked, the search date and time, and the serial number to the user base 10, and stores at least the same information.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Before describing embodiments of the present invention in detail, the meanings of terms used will be explained.

URL: a notation for specifying information provided by a computer on the Internet.

CGI: an interface for performing processing in cooperation with a Web server and an external program. Used for referencing a database. The processing result is returned in HTML format.

HTML: A language that describes the layout of characters and images. Used to create homepages.

WWW browser: Software for browsing HTML and the like.

Form: A form displayed on a display.

Banner: A small headline image on a homepage.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user base 10 and the shopping base 2
0, the authentication management base 30 constructs a network via the Internet.

The user base 10 is connected to the Internet, transmits a URL display request input by the user,
The terminal 11 includes a WWW browser for displaying a text and an image to be returned.

The shopping base 20 is connected to the Internet, and includes a shopping mall server 21 for providing a virtual shop for introducing products through a home page using HTML text, CGI, or the like. Has opened a virtual store.

The authentication management base 30 is connected to the Internet and has an authentication check server 31. The authentication check server 31 stores a database 32 recording the authentication ID of the authenticated trader and the URL of the virtual shop of the trader. I have.
Upon receiving the search request using the authentication ID from the user base 10, the authentication check server 31 searches the database 32 using the CGI, and if URL information corresponding to the authentication ID is recorded, at least the authentication ID corresponds to the authentication ID. The URL information, the date and time of the search, and the reference number of the virtual shop of the dealer are returned to the user base 10, and at least the same information as the returned information is stored. If the corresponding URL information has not been recorded, an error message to that effect is returned to the user base.

FIG. 2 shows steps involved in online authentication confirmation according to the present invention.

The authentication management base 30 distributes the authentication banner and the authentication ID to the company A who has been authenticated by means such as electronic mail, and stores the authentication ID and the URL of the virtual store 22a of the company A in the database 32. (Step (a) in FIG. 2).

[0024] The trader A displays an authentication banner and an authentication ID on the virtual store 22a of the shopping base 20 in which the store A opens.

The user accesses the virtual store 22a provided by the shopping mall server 21 of the shopping base 20 from the user base 10 via the Internet and browses the information on the product (step (b) in FIG. 2).

When the user desires the authentication confirmation, the authentication banner and the authentication ID on the virtual shop 22a are confirmed, and the authentication confirmation form provided by the authentication confirmation server 31 as shown in FIG. Database 3 using authentication ID
2 is transmitted to the authentication confirmation server (step (c) in FIG. 2).

In the authentication confirmation server 31 which has received the search request from the user base 10, the CGI is started, the database 32 is searched, and at least the URL information of the virtual store of the trader A corresponding to the authentication ID, the searched date and time, A form as shown in FIG. 3B displaying the serial number is returned to the user base (step (d) in FIG. 2).

When the unauthenticated trader B forges the authentication banner and authentication ID of the authenticated trader A and affixes it to his or her own virtual store 22b, the user sends the authentication banner and authentication ID on the virtual store 22b. (Step (e) in FIG. 2), and searches the database 32 from the authentication confirmation form provided by the authentication confirmation server 31 using the authentication ID (step (c) in FIG. 2). However, of course, the authentication confirmation server 31 determines that the U of the virtual shop 22a
Since the RL information is returned to the user (step (d) in FIG. 2), the user can know that the trader B has not been authenticated.

If the authenticated trader C is no longer qualified, the authentication management base 30 retrieves the UR of the virtual shop 22c of the trader C from the database 32 of the authentication confirmation server 31.
Delete the L information. Thereby, when the user confirms the authentication ID on the virtual shop 22c of the trader C (step (F) in FIG. 2), and searches the database 32 from the authentication confirmation form provided by the authentication confirmation server 31 using the authentication ID. Naturally, an error message is returned.

The user base 10 retains the date and time and the serial number at the time of performing the authentication check.
By collating with the record remaining in 1, it is possible to confirm whether the user has performed authentication confirmation.

As described above, the following effects can be obtained by implementing the present invention. Users will be able to confirm the trustworthiness of the merchant online, and Internet shopping will be promoted by increasing the safety of shopping.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows steps involved in online authentication confirmation according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a form.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 User base 11 Terminal 20 Shopping base 21 Shopping mall server 22 Virtual store 30 Authentication management base 31 Authentication check server

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A user base 10 including a terminal 11 having a WWW browser, connected to the terminal 11 of the user base 10 through the Internet, and transmitting product information to the terminal 11 of the user base 10. Shopping base 20 with shopping mall server 21
The terminal 32 of the user base 10 is connected to the terminal 11 via the Internet, and a database 32 is transmitted in response to a database search request transmitted from the user base 10.
Authentication management base 30 including an authentication confirmation server 31 having a function of searching for a search result and transmitting the search result to the user base 10.
An online authentication verification method characterized by building a network consisting of: 2. An authentication banner and an authentication ID are displayed on the virtual store provided by the shopping mall server 21 of the shopping base 20, and the ID and the URL information of the virtual store are stored in the database 32 of the authentication management base 30. When the user from the user base 10 transmits a search request to the authentication confirmation server 31 using the authentication ID obtained from the virtual store, the authentication confirmation server 31 transmits the URL information of the virtual store from the database 32. 2. The online authentication confirmation method according to claim 1, wherein the information is extracted and transmitted to the user base 10. 3. The authentication management base 30 receives the authentication ID from the user base 10, and, if the authentication ID is inappropriate, returns the authentication ID to the user base 10 as error information. If the URL is appropriate, the URL information of the virtual store of the corresponding company is extracted from the database 32, and is returned to the user base 10 with at least the searched date and time and the serial number, and at least the same information is stored in the server. Authentication check server 3 with function
3. The online authentication confirmation method according to claim 2, further comprising: