JP2002041470A - System and method for managing commercial service utilization - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To collectively manage authentication information, when Internet commercial service is utilized and to allow a manager to monitor and limit the Internet commercial service utilization of a user. SOLUTION: A user terminal 2 makes utilization request to a managing device 1 for the Internet commercial service provided by a commercial service- providing device 3. The managing device 1 confirms the authority for utilization request for the Internet commercial service from the terminal 2. When the confirmation result is normal, the managing device 1 logs in the commercial service of the providing device 3, in place of the user terminal and transmits the application for the Internet commercial service requested from the terminal 2 to the service-providing device 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commercial service use management system for managing the use of commercial services on the Internet, and more particularly to a commercial service use management system and method for providing a management device and managing the use of the Internet commercial services of a user terminal. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A commercial service providing apparatus which provides commercial services on the Internet provides authentication information (authentication number and password) to a user who applies for the provided commercial services, and performs authentication when a use request is made. Information is input, and if the authentication information is valid, an Internet commercial service is provided to the use requester.

When an organization such as a company or an organization uses a commercial service on the Internet, an administrator (or a management department) assigns authentication information for using the Internet commercial service provided by a commercial service providing apparatus to the inside of the organization. Notify all users.

[0004] A user uses a commercial service on the Internet by inputting authentication information notified from a manager (or a management section) from a user terminal.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems.

That is, since the authentication information for using the Internet commercial service is notified to all the users, there is a possibility that the authentication information is leaked to other users.

[0007] In addition, since there is no restriction on use, there is a danger that access to Internet commercial services and billing may be performed without restriction.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide a commercial service use management system and method for providing a management device and managing the use of Internet commercial services in an organization.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commercial service use management system in which a management apparatus and a user terminal are connected via a local area network, and a management service apparatus and a commercial service providing apparatus for performing Internet commercial services are connected via the Internet. A commercial service use management method for a connected system, wherein the user terminal makes a request for use of the Internet commercial service to the management device, and the management device confirms the authority of the use request for the Internet commercial service from the user terminal, and confirms the result. Means for requesting the commercial service providing apparatus to use the Internet commercial service requested by the user terminal when the password is normal.

[0010] The commercial service use management system according to the second invention of the present application is a commercial service use management system in which a management device and a user terminal are connected via a local area network and a management device and a commercial service providing device for performing Internet commercial services are connected via the Internet. Management method,
A user terminal comprising: a use request input unit for inputting a use request for an Internet commercial service; and a use request transmitting unit for transmitting the Internet commercial service use request input by the use request input unit to a management device. An authentication information management table recording authentication information, authentication information management means for registering and managing authentication information in the authentication information management table, and a usage request reception means for receiving an Internet commercial service usage request from the usage request transmission means. A use request authority confirming means for confirming the validity of the user terminal making the use request and the validity of the authentication information; and an Internet commercial service from the user terminal when the result of the use request authority confirm means is normal. The usage request and the authentication read from the authentication information management table. The information characterized by comprising a management device and a commercial service connection means for transmitting to the commercial service providing apparatus.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the commercial service use management system according to the second aspect, wherein the use request authority confirming means confirms the validity by using the address of the user terminal which made the use request, and transmits the use request. When the address of the user terminal is not registered in the management device, a use request from the user terminal is rejected, and an error message indicating that the user terminal cannot be connected to the Internet commercial service is transmitted to the user terminal. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commercial service use management system according to the second or third aspect, wherein the use request authority confirming means is provided with a validity period of the authentication information recorded in the authentication information management table. And when the authentication information has expired, a use request from the user terminal is rejected, and an error message to the effect that the user terminal cannot be connected to the Internet commercial service is transmitted to the user terminal.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commercial service use management system according to the second, third or fourth aspect, wherein the use request authority confirming means uses the Internet commercial service recorded in the authentication information management table. Confirming the validity by the number of times, if the number of uses has reached the use limit number, reject the use request from the user terminal and send an error message to the user terminal that it can not connect to the Internet commercial service. Features.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commercial service use management method, wherein a management apparatus is connected to a user terminal via a local area network, and a management service is connected to a commercial service providing apparatus which provides an Internet commercial service via the Internet. Management method,
The user terminal makes a use request of the Internet commercial service to the management device, and the management device confirms the authority of the use request of the Internet commercial service from the user terminal, and when the result of the check is normal, the Internet requested by the user terminal. Requesting the commercial service providing device to use a commercial service.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commercial service use management method, wherein a management apparatus and a user terminal are connected via a local area network, and a management service and a commercial service providing apparatus which provides an Internet commercial service are connected via the Internet. Management method,
A first step in which authentication information for the user terminal to access the Internet commercial service is registered in the authentication information management table of the management device in advance, and a second step in which the user terminal inputs a use request for the Internet commercial service A third step of transmitting the use request for the Internet commercial service input in the second step to the management device, and a fourth step of receiving the use request of the Internet commercial service from the user terminal by the management device A fifth step of confirming the validity of the user terminal and the validity of the authentication information which have transmitted the use request of the Internet commercial service, and the step of confirming that the result of the fifth step is normal. Manages the authentication information of the Internet commercial service requested for use A sixth step of reading from the cable, and a seventh request of transmitting the use request of the Internet commercial service from the user terminal and the authentication information read in the sixth step to the commercial service providing apparatus requested by the user terminal. And step.

In the commercial service use management method according to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth step, the validity is confirmed with the address of the user terminal which has made the use request, and the use request is made. When the address of the user terminal is not registered in the management device, a use request from the user terminal is rejected, and an error message indicating that the user terminal cannot be connected to the Internet commercial service is transmitted to the user terminal.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the commercial service use management method according to the seventh or eighth aspect, in the fifth step, the validity period of the authentication information recorded in the authentication information management table is determined by the expiration date. When the authentication information has expired, a request for use from the user terminal is rejected, and an error message indicating that connection to a commercial service is not possible is transmitted to the user terminal.

In the commercial service use management method according to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the eighth, ninth or tenth aspect, in the fifth step, the number of times of use of the Internet commercial service recorded in the authentication information management table is set. And confirming the validity, and when the number of uses reaches the use limit number, rejects the use request from the user terminal and transmits an error message to the user terminal indicating that the user terminal cannot be connected to the Internet commercial service. And

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A commercial service use management system and method according to the present invention collectively manages authentication information when a commercial service on the Internet is used within an organization such as a company or an organization. It is characterized in that the use is monitored and restrictions are imposed.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the management device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the user terminal.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the embodiment of the present invention, a management apparatus 1 and a user terminal 2 are connected by a LAN (local area network) 5 in an organization, and the management apparatus 1 and a commercial service providing apparatus 3 are connected. Are connected through the Internet 4.

The management device 1 is an information processing device such as a server used by a manager in the organization.

As shown in FIG. 2, the management apparatus 1 includes an authentication information management table 11 that records authentication information for each Internet commercial service, and an authentication information management unit that registers authentication information in the authentication information management table 11 and manages the information collectively. 12, a use request receiving unit 13 for receiving an Internet commercial service use request from the user terminal 2, a use request authority confirming unit 14 for confirming the validity of the user terminal 2 making the use request and the validity of the authentication information. If the confirmation result of the use request authority confirmation means 14 is normal, the commercial service use request from the user terminal 2 and the authentication information management table 11
And commercial service connection means 15 for transmitting the authentication information read from the server to the commercial service providing apparatus 3.

The management apparatus 1 is provided with authentication information for using a commercial service on the Internet 4 from the commercial service providing apparatus 3. The authentication information management table 11 contains authentication information (authentication number and password) for the Internet commercial service, expiration date of the authentication information, the maximum number of times the Internet commercial service can be used, and the use of the Internet commercial service up to now for each Internet commercial service. The count is recorded. The authentication information recorded in the authentication information management table 11 is transferred to the commercial service providing device 3 on behalf of the user terminal 2 by the management device 1 when the user terminal 2 requests the management device 1 to use the Internet commercial service. Used to log in.

Further, the management device 1 confirms the legitimacy of the user terminal 2 that has made a request for using the Internet commercial service by checking the address of the user terminal 2. The address to check is MAC (Media Access Control)
l) An address or an IP (Internet Protocol) address may be used.

It should be noted that, when the user terminal 2 is not a legitimate user terminal (when the address of the user terminal 2 is not registered in the management device 1), the management device 1 determines whether the authentication information has expired or When the number of times of use of the Internet commercial service is exceeded, the request for using the Internet commercial service from the user terminal 2 is rejected.

Further, the management apparatus 1 makes the communication between the user terminal 2 and the commercial service providing apparatus 3 transparent after the management apparatus 1 transmits the authentication information to the commercial service providing apparatus 3.

The user terminal 2 is an information processing device such as a personal computer used by users in the organization and accessing the commercial service of the commercial service providing device 3 through the management device 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal 2 transmits to the management apparatus 1 a use request input means 21 for inputting a use request for an Internet commercial service, and an Internet commercial service use request input by the use request input means 21. And a use request transmitting unit 22 for performing the request. The use request of the Internet commercial service input from the use request input means 21 is sent to the URL (Uniform) of the Internet commercial service.
Resource Locator) information. Also, the user terminal 2
Has home page browsing software (not shown).

The commercial service providing device 3 provides the user with Internet commercial services such as information provision on the Internet 4 based on a request from the user. The number of Internet commercial services to be provided is arbitrary. WW providing a homepage as commercial service providing device 3
There is a W (World Wide Web) server and the like.

The commercial service providing apparatus 3 notifies the user of authentication information for using the Internet commercial service in exchange for the usage contract, and when the user requests the Internet commercial service, the user authentication based on the authentication information is performed. To provide Internet commercial services to users in exchange for usage fees.

The Internet 4 is a network connecting the management device 1 and the commercial service providing device 3.

The LAN 5 is an in-house network that connects the management device 1 and the user terminals 2.

FIG. 1 shows the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the overall flow.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of confirming the use request authority.

First, the overall flow will be described with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, a user who wants to use the Internet commercial service can use his / her own user terminal 2.
Is used to make a request to use the Internet commercial service to the management device 1 (step A1).

The use request for the Internet commercial service transmitted from the user terminal 2 is transmitted to the management device 1 on the LAN 5.
Sent to

Upon receiving the Internet commercial service use request transmitted from the user terminal 2, the management device 1
The use request authority of the Internet commercial service is confirmed (step A2).

If the result of confirming the authority to request the use of the Internet commercial service is normal, the number of times of use up to the present is counted up (step A3).

The authentication information of the Internet commercial service requested by the user terminal 2 is stored in the authentication information management table 1.
1 and transmits the use request of the Internet commercial service from the user terminal 2 and the read authentication information to the commercial service providing apparatus 3 to which the user terminal 2 has requested use (step A4).

The commercial service providing apparatus 3 authenticates the authentication information from the management apparatus 1 and sends the authentication result to the management apparatus 1 (steps A5 to A6).

The subsequent exchange of operation instructions and data transmission / reception between the user terminal 2 and the commercial service providing apparatus 3 is performed without passing through the management apparatus 1 and without passing through the management apparatus 1 (steps A7 to A8). ).

Next, the flow of confirming the authority to request the use of the Internet commercial service will be described with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5, upon receiving the use request for the Internet commercial service from user terminal 2, management device 1 first checks the address of user terminal 2, and the address is registered in management device 1 in advance. Check whether the request is from the user terminal 2 or not. If the connection request is from the user terminal 2 whose address is not registered, the management device 1 rejects the use request of the Internet commercial service from the user terminal 2 and sends an error message indicating that the connection to the Internet commercial service cannot be made. Send to 2.

Next, if the request is from the user terminal 2 whose address is registered, the authentication information management table 1
It is confirmed whether the authentication information of the Internet commercial service requested for use recorded in 1 is within the validity period. If the authentication information has expired, reject the use request,
An error message is transmitted to the user terminal 2.

Next, if the authentication information is within the validity period, it is confirmed whether the authentication information is within the range of the number of times of use of the Internet commercial service. When the total number of uses reaches the use limit number, the use request is rejected and an error message is transmitted to the user terminal 2.

In this way, the authentication information for using the commercial service on the Internet in an organization such as a company or an organization is collectively managed, and the administrator monitors and restricts the use of the commercial service on the Internet. This has the effect of maintaining security, restricting unnecessary access, and reducing the burden on the user due to the management of authentication information and transmission to Internet commercial services.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which only one commercial service providing apparatus is connected to the Internet. However, even when a plurality of commercial service providing apparatuses are connected, the use of the Internet commercial service is similarly managed. It is possible to

[0054]

The first effect is that the authentication information for using the commercial service is collectively managed and is not disclosed to the user, so that security is maintained, and the leakage of the authentication information and the use of the commercial service outside the organization are prevented. That can be prevented.

The reason is that the management apparatus is provided with a certificate information management table for recording authentication information for commercial services and the like, and means for collectively managing authentication information for commercial services is provided.

The second effect is that since the validity period of the authentication information and the number of times of using the commercial service can be restricted, unnecessary access can be restricted.

The reason is that the expiration date of the authentication information, the number of times the commercial service can be used, and the number of times the commercial service has been used up to now are recorded in the certificate information management table of the management device, and the user who has requested the use of the commercial service is recorded. This is because the terminal is provided with means for checking the validity period of the authentication information and the number of times the commercial service is used.

The third effect is that one management device substitutes the user for the transmission of the authentication information to the commercial service, so that the user can smoothly access the commercial service.

The reason is that the management device is provided with a certificate information management table for recording authentication information for the commercial service, etc., and when the user terminal requests the use of the commercial service, the management device substitutes the user terminal for the commercial service. This is because a means for logging in is provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a management device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a user terminal.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the overall flow.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of confirming use request authority.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 management device 2 user terminal 3 commercial service providing device 4 internet 5 LAN 11 authentication information management table 12 authentication information management means 13 use request receiving means 14 use request authority checking means 15 commercial service connection means 21 use request input means 22 use request transmission means

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A commercial service use management system for a system in which a management apparatus and a user terminal are connected via a local area network and a management service and a commercial service providing apparatus for performing an Internet commercial service are connected via the Internet. Means for making a service use request to the management device, and the management device confirming the authority of the use request for the Internet commercial service from the user terminal, and using the Internet commercial service requested by the user terminal when the result of the check is normal. Means for requesting the commercial service providing apparatus from the commercial service providing apparatus. 2. A commercial service use management method for a system in which a management device and a user terminal are connected via a local area network and a management device and a commercial service providing device for performing an Internet commercial service are connected via the Internet. The user terminal includes: a use request input unit for inputting a request; and a use request transmission unit for transmitting the Internet commercial service use request input by the use request input unit to the management device, and records authentication information for each Internet commercial service. An authentication information management table, an authentication information management unit that registers and manages authentication information in the authentication information management table, a usage request reception unit that receives an Internet commercial service usage request from the usage request transmission unit, and performs a usage request. The user terminal is legitimate And use request authority checking means for checking the validity of the authentication information, and when the result of the use request authority check means is normal, read from the Internet commercial service use request from the user terminal and the authentication information management table. A commercial service use management system, wherein a commercial service connection means for transmitting authentication information to the commercial service providing apparatus is provided in the management apparatus. 3. The use request authority confirming means confirms the validity with the address of the user terminal that made the use request, and the address of the user terminal that made the use request is not registered in the management device. 3. The commercial service use management system according to claim 2, wherein in such a case, a use request from the user terminal is rejected and an error message indicating that the user terminal cannot be connected to the Internet commercial service is transmitted to the user terminal. 4. The use request authority confirming means confirms the validity of the authentication information recorded in the authentication information management table based on the expiration date of the authentication information. 4. The commercial service use management system according to claim 2, wherein an error message indicating that the use request from the user terminal cannot be connected to the Internet commercial service is transmitted to the user terminal. 5. The use request authority confirming means confirms the validity of the use number of the Internet commercial service recorded in the authentication information management table, and when the use number has reached the use limit number, 5. The commercial service use management system according to claim 2, wherein the use request from the user terminal is rejected, and an error message to the effect that connection to the Internet commercial service cannot be transmitted is transmitted to the user terminal. 6. A commercial service use management method for a system in which a management apparatus and a user terminal are connected via a local area network and a management service and a commercial service providing apparatus for performing an Internet commercial service are connected via the Internet. A service use request is made to the management device, and the management device checks the authority of the request for use of the Internet commercial service from the user terminal, and if the result of the check is normal, uses the Internet commercial service requested by the user terminal. Requesting the commercial service providing apparatus. 7. A commercial service use management method for a system in which a management device and a user terminal are connected via a local area network and a management service and a commercial service providing device for performing an Internet commercial service are connected via the Internet. A first step in which authentication information for accessing the service is registered in advance in an authentication information management table of the management apparatus, a second step in which the user terminal inputs a use request for an Internet commercial service, A third step of transmitting, to the management apparatus, a use request for an Internet commercial service input in the step of, a fourth step of receiving the Internet commercial service use request from the user terminal by the management apparatus, Request to use A fifth step of checking the validity of the user terminal and the validity of the authentication information, and the authentication information of the Internet commercial service requested to be used by the user terminal when the result of the check in the fifth step is normal. A sixth step of reading from the authentication information management table, and transmitting the use request of the Internet commercial service from the user terminal and the authentication information read in the sixth step to the commercial service providing apparatus requested by the user terminal. A commercial service use management method, comprising: a seventh step. 8. In the fifth step, when the validity is confirmed with the address of the user terminal that has made a use request, and the address of the user terminal that has made a use request is not registered in the management device. 8. The commercial service use management method according to claim 7, further comprising transmitting an error message to the user terminal that the use request from the user terminal is rejected and the Internet commercial service cannot be connected. 9. In the fifth step, validity is checked based on the expiration date of the authentication information recorded in the authentication information management table. 9. The commercial service use management method according to claim 7, wherein an error message indicating that the user terminal cannot be connected to the commercial service is transmitted to the user terminal. 10. In the fifth step, the validity is confirmed based on the number of uses of the Internet commercial service recorded in the authentication information management table, and if the number of uses reaches the use limit, the user is confirmed. 10. The commercial service use management method according to claim 7, wherein the use request from the terminal is rejected and an error message indicating that connection to the Internet commercial service cannot be transmitted is transmitted to the user terminal.