JP2002092517A - Disk area rental system and rental method, and storage medium with program therefor stored therein - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reliable disc area rental system and rental method capable of renting a desired disc capacity at any time, and a storage medium with program therefor stored therein. SOLUTION: This disc area rental system comprises a customer terminal 10, a disc area rental center 20 and an authentication terminal 30, which are mutually connected through a communication line 100 constructed by Internet network, CATV network, etc. The authentication terminal is provided on the communication line as an official third-party institution, whereby the authentication processing by the customer terminal and the authentication processing by the disc area center can be openly performed. Accordingly, since the respective property can be authenticated by the official institution, the reliability of this system can be significantly improved. Further, since the desired disc capacity can be rented at any time throughout 24 hours by the access from the customer terminal, this system can easily respond to a large disc capacity even if urgently required.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk area rental system, a rental method thereof, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded, and more particularly, to a disk area rental system capable of renting a user's desired capacity 24 hours a day, and a rental method thereof. And a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a disk area rental system is constructed by connecting a customer terminal and a management center for managing and holding a large capacity disk via a communication line such as the Internet.

In such a conventional disk area rental system, first, a user accesses a homepage or the like for disk area rental which is managed and managed by a management center, and the management center assigns a maximum to each user. Disk capacity (e.g., 5-10 MB generally allocated to individuals).
After that, when renting the desired disk capacity, perform registration processing of the user's personal information to the management center,
After performing a process of authenticating the validity of the user's personal information, a process of lending a desired disk capacity is performed.

[0004]

However, in the conventional disk area rental system as described above, since the upper limit of the disk capacity allocated to each user is provided, the designated maximum allocated disk capacity is reduced. If the user wishes to exceed the capacity, there is a problem that a separate procedure must be performed.

[0005] In other words, there is a problem that if a large-capacity disk area is urgently required on the user side, it cannot be dealt with immediately.

[0006] In addition, the authentication of personal information in the conventional disk area rental system is performed only based on personal information registered in the management center. In spite of the fact that the personal information is determined to be legitimate, there is a problem that the actual user is used illegally, such as not being a legitimate user.

Further, in the conventional disk area rental system, since only the user who is a customer is uniquely authenticated in the management center, there is no mechanism capable of publicly managing the reliability of the entire system. There was a problem.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a disk area rental system capable of automatically lending a disk capacity desired by a user 24 hours a day, a rental method thereof, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded. is there.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a disk area rental system capable of publicly managing the reliability of the system itself, a rental method thereof, and a recording medium recording the program thereof.

[0010]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a disk area rental system in which a customer terminal and a disk area rental center for renting a disk area are connected via a communication line. The system is characterized in that an authentication terminal for authenticating both the customer terminal and the disc area rental center is connected on a communication line.

[0011] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the disk area rental center is connected to the client terminal via a network, and the mediation server mediates lending of the disk area to the customer terminal. ,
A disk management system for managing the state of a large-capacity disk lent to a customer terminal.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the disk area rental center includes a plurality of large-capacity disks.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the disk area rental system is provided with a disk management system for each of a plurality of large capacity disks.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the authentication terminal performs an authentication registration process based on an authentication registration request from the mediation server. The completion is notified to the mediation server.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, the mediation server transmits a use guidance screen in response to access from the customer terminal, It is characterized by confirming whether or not is authenticated and registered by the authentication terminal.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect, the authentication terminal inquires of the customer terminal for customer authentication information when the customer terminal is not registered for authentication. After executing the customer authentication process based on the customer authentication information returned as a response, an authentication registration ID is issued.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect of the present invention, when the customer terminal is authenticated by the authentication terminal, the mediation server performs the authentication registration I for the customer terminal.
D, and requesting the authentication terminal to perform authentication processing of its validity based on the authentication registration ID inquired.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the eighth aspect, when the authentication terminal verifies the validity of the authentication registration ID inquired by the authentication terminal, the mediation server lends the mediation server to the customer terminal. It is characterized by inquiring request information.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the invention, the lending request information comprises at least information of a desired disk capacity, a use period, a transfer rate, and a security level by a customer terminal. And

[0020] In the invention according to claim 11, in the invention according to claim 10, when the lending request information is transmitted from the client terminal, the mediation server requests lending with a large-capacity disk held by the disk area rental center. It is characterized in that whether or not there is a disk area satisfying the information is searched.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the eleventh aspect, the mediation server transmits the presence or absence of a disk area satisfying the lending request information to the customer terminal as a search result.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the client terminal sends a lending application request when the search result transmitted from the mediation server includes a disk area desired to be lent. It is characterized in that it is transmitted to the mediation server.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the thirteenth aspect, when the lending application request is transmitted from the customer terminal, the mediation server transmits the lending application form to the customer terminal. I do.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the fourteenth aspect, the customer terminal transmits the lending application information, in which necessary information is input to the lending application form transmitted from the mediation server, to the mediation server. Features.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the fifteenth aspect, when the lending application information is transmitted from the customer terminal, the mediation server checks the status of the large-capacity disk having a disk area satisfying the lending request. It is characterized by causing a managed disk management system to execute a disk area lending process.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the twelfth aspect of the invention, the disk area rental center is connected to another disk area rental center via a network, and rented out in a search result transmitted from the mediation server. If there is no disk area for which the request is made, the customer terminal is inquired as to whether or not to execute a process for confirming whether or not there is a disk area satisfying the lending request information with another disk area rental center.

In the invention according to claim 18, in the invention according to claim 17, when the confirmation request is transmitted from the mediation server, the client terminal fulfills the lending request information to another disk rental center. A request for confirmation as to whether or not to execute the confirmation processing of the presence or absence of is transmitted.

According to a nineteenth aspect, in the invention according to the eighteenth aspect, the mediation server confirms, in the confirmation request from the customer terminal, whether there is a disk area satisfying the lending request to another disk area rental center. In this case, an inquiry is made to a disk management system that manages the status of a large-capacity disk held by another disk area rental center.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the nineteenth aspect, the mediation server transmits the presence or absence of a disk area satisfying the lending request information to the customer terminal as a search result.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in the twentieth aspect of the present invention, the client terminal sends a lending application request when the search result transmitted from the mediation server includes a disk area desired to be lent. It is characterized in that it is transmitted to the mediation server.

The invention according to claim 22 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 21, when the lending application request is transmitted from the customer terminal, the mediation server transmits the lending application form to the customer terminal. I do.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the twenty-second aspect, the customer terminal transmits, to the mediation server, lending application information in which necessary information is entered in a lending application form transmitted from the mediation server. Features.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the twenty-third aspect of the present invention, when the lending application information is transmitted from the customer terminal, the intermediary server transmits a large-capacity disk having a disk area satisfying the lending request information. It is characterized by causing another owned disk area rental center to execute a process of lending a disk area to the customer terminal.

The invention according to claim 25 is the invention according to claims 1 to 2
4. The invention according to any one of the items 4, wherein the mediation server charges the customer terminal for a disk area lending fee when lending a disk area satisfying the lending request information.

An invention according to claim 26 is a rental method of a disk area rental system in which a customer terminal and a disk area rental center for renting a disk area are connected via a communication line.
An authentication terminal for authenticating both the customer terminal and the disk area rental center connected thereto, and accessing the disk area rental center from the customer terminal;
A step of inquiring the customer terminal of the authentication registration ID from the disk area rental center; a step of transmitting an authentication registration request from the customer terminal to the authentication terminal if the authentication terminal does not have the authentication registration ID; Inquiring customer authentication information, transmitting the customer authentication information from the customer terminal to the authentication terminal in response to the inquiry, issuing an authentication registration ID based on the customer authentication information from the authentication terminal to the customer terminal, Re-accessing the disk area center from the terminal and transmitting the issued authentication registration ID; transmitting a request for authentication processing of the customer terminal based on the authentication registration ID from the disk area rental center to the authentication terminal; To authenticate the validity of the customer terminal based on the authentication registration ID. And transmitting the authentication result of the validity of the customer terminal from the authentication terminal to the disk area rental center.If the authentication result shows that the validity of the customer terminal is verified, the customer terminal issues a desired lending request. Inquiry step and inquiries,
Transmitting the lending request information from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center; searching for a disk area based on the lending request on the large capacity disk held by the disk area rental center; Transmitting the search result by the disk area rental center to the customer terminal;
In the search result, when there is a disk area satisfying the lending request information, transmitting a lending application request from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center, and transmitting a lending application form from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal. Transmitting the lending application information from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center; and performing a lending process of the disk area satisfying the lending request information based on the lending application information.

According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, in the twenty-sixth aspect, the disk area rental center is connected via a network to a mediation server for mediating lending of a disk area to a customer terminal. And a disk management system for managing the state of a large capacity disk lent to a customer terminal.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the twenty-seventh aspect, the disk area rental center includes a plurality of large-capacity disks.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect, in the twenty-eighth aspect, the disk area rental system comprises:
A disk management system is provided for each of a plurality of large capacity disks.

According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the twenty-sixth to twenty-ninth aspects, the rental request information includes at least a desired disk capacity, a use period, a transfer rate, and a security level by a customer terminal. ,
Characterized by the following information:

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the twenty-sixth to thirty-sixth aspects, the disk area rental center is connected to another disk area rental center via a network, and In the search result transmitted from the center, when there is no disk area to be rented, whether or not to execute a process for confirming whether or not there is a disk area satisfying the rent request information with another disk area rental center is performed. Inquiring the customer terminal; transmitting a confirmation request from the customer terminal to another disk rental center for confirming whether or not to execute a process for confirming whether a disk area satisfying the lending request information exists;
Searching for the existence of a disk area that satisfies the lending request information from the disk area rental center to a disk management system that manages the status of a large-capacity disk held in another disk area rental center;
Transmitting a search result from the search from another disk area rental center to the disk area rental center, transmitting the search result from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal, and satisfying the lending request information in the search result from the customer terminal When there is a disk area, a step of transmitting a lending application request to the disk area rental center, a step of transmitting a lending application form from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal, and inputting necessary items in the lending application form from the customer terminal Transmitting the requested lending application information to the disk area rental center; and transmitting the lending request information to the customer terminal with respect to another disk area rental center having a large capacity disk having a disk area satisfying the lending request information. And having a step for executing the lending processing, the disk area, the.

According to a thirty-second aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the twenty-sixth to thirty-first aspects, when the disk area rental center rents a disk area satisfying the lending request information, the disk area rental fee is charged. Is charged to the customer terminal.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium storing a program of a disk area rental system in which a customer terminal and a disk area rental center for renting a disk area are connected via a communication line. An authentication terminal that authenticates the validity of both the customer terminal and the disk area rental center is connected on the line, and the client terminal accesses the disk area rental center, and the disk area rental center inquires the customer terminal about the authentication registration ID. Processing, in response to an inquiry, when not having an authentication registration ID, processing of transmitting an authentication registration request from the customer terminal to the authentication terminal, processing of inquiring customer authentication information from the authentication terminal to the customer terminal,
In response to the inquiry, a process of transmitting the customer authentication information from the customer terminal to the authentication terminal, a process of issuing an authentication registration ID based on the customer authentication information from the authentication terminal to the customer terminal, and re-accessing the disk area center from the customer terminal Transmitting the issued authentication registration ID; transmitting a request for authentication processing of the customer terminal based on the authentication registration ID from the disk area rental center to the authentication terminal; The process of authenticating the validity of the client terminal, the process of transmitting the authentication result of the validity of the customer terminal from the authentication terminal to the disk area rental center, and, if the validity of the customer terminal is authenticated in the authentication result, the customer terminal Inquires the desired lending request and responds to the inquiry from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center. And the process of transmitting out request information,
A process of searching whether a disk area based on a lending request exists in a large-capacity disk held by a disk area rental center, a process of transmitting a search result by the search from the disk area rental center to a customer terminal, In the search result, when there is a disk area satisfying the lending request information, a process of transmitting a lending application request from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center, and a process of transmitting a lending application form from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal. Recording a program for executing a process of transmitting rental application information from a customer terminal to a disk area rental center, and a process of executing a disk area rental process satisfying the rental request information based on the rental application information. Characteristic To.

According to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the thirty-third aspect, the disk area rental center is connected via a network to a mediation server for mediating lending of a disk area to a customer terminal. And a disk management system for managing the state of a large capacity disk lent to a customer terminal.

According to a thirty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the thirty-fourth aspect, the disk area rental center includes a plurality of large-capacity disks.

According to a thirty-sixth aspect, in the thirty-fifth aspect, the disk area rental system comprises:
A disk management system is provided for each of a plurality of large capacity disks.

According to a thirty-seventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the thirty-third to thirty-sixth aspects, the rental request information includes at least a desired disk capacity, a use period, a transfer rate, and a security level by a customer terminal. ,
Characterized by the following information:

According to a thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the thirty-third to thirty-seventh aspects, the disk area rental center is connected to another disk area rental center via a network, and In the search result transmitted from the center, when there is no disk area to be rented, whether or not to execute a process for confirming whether or not there is a disk area satisfying the rent request information with another disk area rental center is performed. A process of inquiring the customer terminal, a process of transmitting a confirmation request from the customer terminal to another disk rental center to confirm whether or not there is a disk area that satisfies the rental request information; From other disk area rental centers Searching for the existence of a disk area that satisfies the lending request information to a disk management system that manages the status of a large-capacity disk, and transmitting the search result from another disk area rental center to the disk area rental center. Transmitting the search result from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal, and transmitting a lending application request to the disk area rental center when there is a disk area satisfying the lending request information in the search result from the customer terminal. A process of transmitting a lending application form from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal, a process of transmitting lending application information in which necessary information is entered from the customer terminal to the lending application form to the disk area rental center, and satisfying the lending request information To other disk areas rental center carrying the high capacity discs Isukueria exists, characterized by recording a program for executing a process for executing the lending processing, the disk area to the customer terminal.

According to a thirty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the thirty-third to thirty-eighth aspects, the disk area rental center, when lending a disk area satisfying the lending request information, rents the disk area. And a program for executing a charging process for charging the customer terminal.

[0049]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a disk area rental system, a rental method, and a recording medium on which a program is recorded according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 14,
1 shows an embodiment of a disk area rental system according to the present invention, a rental method thereof, and a recording medium recording the program thereof.

<First Embodiment> FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
1 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing a disk area rental system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a disk area rental system according to a first embodiment of the present invention is configured such that a customer terminal 10, a disk area rental center 20, and an authentication server are connected via a communication line 100 constructed by the Internet, a CATV network, or the like. And the terminal 30 are connected.

The customer terminal 10 is a terminal device managed and held by each user, and may be a mobile communication terminal or the like in an environment where the customer can access the disk area rental center 20 via the communication line 100.

The customer terminal 10 is not necessarily limited to an individual user. For example, a telephone company, a CAT
Company V, ISP (Internet Service Provider), company,
It may be a terminal device managed and held by a government office, a content provider, or the like.

The disk area rental center 20 is a center for renting a disk capacity according to a lending request from the customer terminal 10.

The authentication terminal 30 is a public certificate authority or certificate authority for verifying the validity of each of the customer terminal 10 and the disk area rental center 20 connected on the communication line 100.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a more detailed configuration of the disk area rental system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 particularly shows a schematic configuration of a disk area rental center.

In FIG. 2, the disk area rental center 20 mediates exchange (data transmission / reception) between the customer terminal 10 and the authentication terminal 30 via the communication line 100, and connects the mediation server 21 and the network 200 to each other. Disk management system 22 connected via
a, 22b, 22c and large capacity disks 23a, 23
b, 23c.

The mediation server 21 transmits / receives data to / from the customer terminal 10 via the communication line 100, transmits / receives data to / from the authentication terminal 30, and the remaining disk capacity for the disk management systems 22a, 22b and 22c connected via the network 200. This is a server device that performs a process such as inquiring about the server.

The disk management systems 22a, 22b, 2
2c is provided for each of the large-capacity disks 23a, 23b, and 23c, and manages and controls the large-capacity disk such as the remaining disk capacity, data communication speed, and security level.

Large capacity disks 23a, 23b, 23c
Is a large-capacity storage area owned by the disk area rental center 20.

As described above, a configuration is shown in which the disk management system 22a manages one large-capacity disk 23a, and one disk management system is used. It is also possible for one management system to manage a plurality of large capacity disks.

Upon confirming the access from the customer terminal 10 via the communication line 100, the mediation server 21 provides the customer terminal 10 with the access to a home page on which a guide to use the system is posted.

The authentication terminal 30 is managed and operated by a third party different from the disk area rental center 20, and is an authentication organization that authenticates the validity of each of the customer terminal 10 and the disk area rental center 20.

In the present invention, the customer authentication process which has been uniquely performed by the disk area rental company as in the past is separated, and the authentication process is performed by the authentication terminal 30 as another public entity. The authentication process, which has been generally closed, is made open, and can be used by, for example, customers and corporations that attach importance to security such as financial institutions and government offices.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a home page for use of the present system provided from the mediation server to the customer terminal. Referring to FIG. 3, various precautions, a usage fee table, an option fee table, and the like in using the disk area rental system according to the embodiment of the present invention are described, and a predetermined authentication organization (authentication terminal 30). It is shown that personal information registration processing is required.

For example, when the user uses the present system for the first time, the personal information of the user is not registered in the authentication terminal 30. Therefore, after confirming this screen, the user is provided below the screen. By clicking the “authentication registration” button, an authentication information registration screen provided by the authentication terminal 30 is started. After the user inputs each registration item described on the authentication information registration screen by the authentication terminal 30, when the registration process is completed, an authentication registration ID is issued to the user.

The user who has already completed the above-described registration processing is to enter the authentication registration ID already issued from the authentication terminal 30 in the authentication registration ID input field shown in FIG.
And click the "Send" button. When the authentication registration ID input to the authentication terminal 30 is transmitted from the mediation server 21 via the communication line 100, the authentication terminal 30
The user determines the validity of the user, and the result of the determination is transmitted to the mediation server 21 to perform the user authentication process.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an example of authentication registration processing of the disk area rental center in the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, the disc area rental center 20 accesses the authentication terminal 30 and transmits an authentication registration request (step S1).

The authentication terminal 30 that has received the authentication registration request from the disk area rental center 20 requests authentication registration information for performing authentication registration of the disk area rental center 20 (step S2).

When receiving the request for the authentication registration information from the authentication terminal 30, the disk area rental center 20 performs a predetermined authentication registration information input procedure, and then transmits the input authentication registration information to the authentication terminal 30 ( Step S
3).

When the input authentication registration information is transmitted from the disk area rental center 20, the authentication terminal 30 performs a registration process based on the authentication registration information (step S4).

When the authentication registration processing of the disk area rental center 20 in step S4 is completed, the authentication terminal 30 transmits an authentication registration processing completion notification indicating that to the disk area rental center 20 (step S4).
5).

According to the above processing, the disk area rental center 20 has been authenticated by the authentication terminal 30 in advance before performing the lending process to the customer. Therefore, when using the system, the security of the disk area rental center 20 is required. It is in a state where the property is secured.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing a processing example of the disk area rental system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, first, the customer terminal 10 accesses the disk area rental center 20 via a communication line (step S11).

On the screen of the customer terminal 10 to which access has been completed in step S1, a use home page screen of the present disk area rental system transmitted from the disk area rental center 20 is displayed (step S12).

If the customer who has checked the use guide homepage screen of the present disk area rental system displayed on the screen of the customer terminal 10 does not hold the authentication registration ID,
"Authentication registration" displayed at the bottom of the display screen (see Fig. 3)
By clicking the button, the user accesses the authentication terminal 30 and requests authentication registration processing (step S13).

In step S3, the authentication terminal 30
When a request for authentication registration processing is received from the customer terminal 10, a customer authentication registration screen is transmitted to the customer terminal 10 (step S14).

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing one embodiment of the customer authentication registration screen. In FIG. 6, on the customer authentication registration screen, a customer information input column is provided, and items such as a name, a date of birth (age), a postal code, an address, a telephone number, a mail address, and the like are listed.

At the customer terminal 10, after filling in each item of a customer information input column provided on the customer authentication registration screen as shown in FIG. 6, the “send” button is clicked to send the customer authentication information to the authentication terminal 30. It transmits (step S15). If an erroneous input or an error occurs after the input, all the input information is deleted by clicking the “clear” button.

Upon receiving the customer authentication information from the customer terminal 10, the authentication terminal 30 performs a process of registering the customer authentication information on the customer terminal 10, and then performs a unique authentication registration ID.
Is issued and the authentication registration ID is notified (step S1).
6).

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a notification example of the authentication registration ID notified from the authentication terminal to the customer terminal. In FIG. 7, a notification process is performed on the authentication registration ID notified to the customer terminal as an authentication registration completion notification. The authentication registration completion notice displays the authentication registration ID issued by the authentication terminal 30.

Also, the authentication registration completion notification includes the authentication registration I
There is provided a banner advertisement describing the name of each service that enables a customer holding D to jump to a service page that can be used. For example, in FIG. 7, in addition to the banner advertisement to the disk area rental center, other five
Two available service advertisements are shown.

When the authentication terminal 30 displays the authentication registration completion notification, the customer terminal 10 displays the banner ad “disk area rental center” provided below the screen.
By clicking the button, the disk area rental system 20 is accessed again (step S1).
7).

Here, similarly to step S2, the home page screen of the use guidance of the disk area rental system transmitted from the disk area rental center 30 is displayed on the screen of the customer terminal 10 which has completed the access (step S18). .

After confirming the displayed usage guidance homepage screen (see FIG. 3), the customer terminal 10 inputs the authentication registration ID issued by the authentication terminal 30 into the authentication registration ID input field, and presses the “Send” button. Click (Step S1
9).

The disk area rental center 20 transmits the authentication registration ID transmitted from the customer terminal 10 to the authentication terminal 30
To request authentication processing of the customer terminal 10 (step S20).

The authentication terminal 30 performs an authentication process for judging, based on the authentication registration ID transmitted from the disk area rental center 20, the customer authentication information of the customer terminal 10 already registered in the authentication terminal 30. Execution is performed (step S21), and the authentication result is transmitted to the disk area rental center 20 (step S22).

If the customer terminal 10 is properly authenticated based on the authentication result transmitted from the authentication terminal 30, the disk area rental center 20 transmits a disk area lending request input screen to the customer terminal 10. (Step S23).

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing one embodiment of a lending request input screen. In FIG. 8, the lending request input screen is provided with a lending request input column, and the lending request input column includes “desired capacity”, “use period”,
Items such as “transfer rate”, “security level”, and “other” are provided. The customer enters the desired conditions for each of these items,
It is not necessary to input all the items (required capacity and usage period are essential items). For example, when the transfer rate and the security level are not specified, it is sufficient to simply click the “Send” button while leaving blank.

When the lending request input screen transmitted from the disk area rental center 20 is displayed, the customer terminal 10 inputs a lending request such as a desired disk capacity, a transfer rate, and a use period, and clicks a “Send” button. By clicking, the disk area rental center 20
Is transmitted to the user as loan request information (step S2).
4).

When the disk area rental center 20 receives the rental request information transmitted from the customer terminal 10, the disk area rental center 20 sends the information to the disk management system 22a or 22b via the network 200 in the disk area rental center 20. A search process is performed to determine whether there is a disk area satisfying the lending request (step S25).

The disk management system 22a or the disk management system 22b searches whether or not a disk area satisfying the lending request information from the customer terminal 10 exists in each of the large-capacity disks 23a and 23b. ) Is transmitted to the customer terminal 10 (step S26).

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an example of notification of the disk area status transmitted to the customer terminal. In FIG.
On the display screen of the disk area status, if the disk area rental center 20 has a disk area that satisfies the lending request from the customer terminal 10 based on the search result of the disk capacity in the disk management system 22a or the disk management system 22b. In the disk management system 22a, a message indicating that lending is possible and a message indicating that a lending request that does not completely satisfy the lending request but is close to the request exists, is present. Alternatively, if there is no available free disk space in any of the disk management systems 22b, a message indicating that lending is not possible is displayed.

After confirming the above message, if the desired disk capacity exists and the user wants to rent, click the “Rental Request” button provided at the bottom of the display screen to send the rental application request to the disk area. Transmit to the rental center 20 (step S2
7).

When the disk area rental center 20 receives the lending application request from the customer terminal 10, the disk area rental center 20
The rental application screen is transmitted to the customer terminal 10 (step S28).

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a lending application screen. In FIG. 10, the lending application screen is provided with a lending application column, and the lending application column includes “application classification (individual / company)”, “company name / organization name”, “industry type”, “application person”. Items such as “name”, “location (postal code, address)”, “contact information (telephone number, FAX number, mail address)”, and “payment method” are provided.

When the lending application screen transmitted from the disk area rental center 20 is displayed, the customer terminal 10 displays the application category (individual, company), company name / organization name, industry, application person in charge, location (address). ), Contact information (telephone number, FAX number, mail address), payment method, etc., and then click the "Send" button to send the rental application information to the disc area rental center 20. (Step S2
9).

For example, in step S29, if "bank transfer" or "postal money order" is desired in the "payment method" input field on the lending application screen confirmed by the customer terminal 10, immediately after the application is completed, Rental is not possible, but if you wish to pay by "credit card", you can use it immediately after completing the application.

<Payment by Credit Card>
When the lending application information from the customer terminal 10 is transmitted, the disc area rental center 20 checks the contents of the above-mentioned payment method, and if it wants to pay by "credit card", Since the number has been entered, based on the credit card number, a credit card company terminal (not shown) judges its validity, and if it is authenticated,
A disk area lending process is executed for the customer terminal 10 based on the lending request (step S30).

<In the case of payment by bank transfer or postal money order> The disc area rental center 20 confirms the contents of the above-mentioned payment method, and desires a payment method such as "bank transfer" or "postal money order". If the payment is confirmed by the above method, a disk area lending process is executed for the customer terminal 10 from the start date of the lending period of the lending request as soon as payment is confirmed (step S).
30).

<Second Embodiment> FIG. 11 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing a disk area rental system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 11, a disk area rental system according to a second embodiment of the present invention includes a customer terminal 10 and a disk area rental center via a communication line 100 constructed by the Internet network, a CATV network, a satellite network, or the like. 20a and the authentication terminal 30 are connected, and the disk area rental center 20a is connected to the disk area rental center 20a.
The disk area rental centers 20b and 20c are connected via a network (not shown).

The second embodiment of the present invention is different from the above-described first embodiment of the present invention in that a plurality of disk area rental centers 20a to 20c are connected by a network in the disk area rental center. They are connected to each other. These are realized by the cooperation of the disc area rental centers 20a to 20c.

FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram showing the tie-up status of the disk area rental center in the disk area rental system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 12, each of the disk area rental centers 20a to 20c shares a large capacity disk via the disk management system 22d from the mediation server 21a by sharing the network 200, for example, based on a lending request transmitted from a customer terminal. It is also possible to search the disk capacity of the large-capacity disk 23b via the disk management system 22b from the mediation server 21c based on a lending request from another customer terminal.
It is also possible to search for the disk capacity.

Further, in the second embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 12 shows the configuration sharing the network 200.
By configuring the networks provided in each disk area rental center as shown in the first embodiment of the present invention to be connected to each other, the disk area rental centers can be associated with each other.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram showing a processing example of the disk area rental system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 13, first, a disk area rental center 20 is transmitted from a customer terminal 10 via a communication line.
a is accessed (step S31).

On the screen of the customer terminal 10 to which access has been completed in step S31, a use guide homepage screen of the present disk area rental system transmitted from the disk area rental center 20a is displayed (step S32).

When the customer who checks the home page screen for the use of the disc area rental system displayed on the screen of the customer terminal 10 does not hold the authentication registration ID,
"Authentication registration" displayed at the bottom of the display screen (see Fig. 3)
By clicking the button, the user accesses the authentication terminal 30 and requests authentication registration processing (step S33).

At step S33, authentication terminal 30
Receives the request for the authentication registration process from the customer terminal 10, and transmits a customer authentication registration screen to the customer terminal 10 (step S34).

At the customer terminal 10, after filling in each item of a customer information input column provided on the customer authentication registration screen as shown in FIG. 6, the “send” button is clicked to send the customer authentication information to the authentication terminal 30. It transmits (step S35). If an erroneous input or an error occurs after the input, all the input information is deleted by clicking the “clear” button.

Upon receiving the customer authentication information from the customer terminal 10, the authentication terminal 30 registers the customer authentication information with the customer terminal 10, and then performs a unique authentication registration ID.
Is issued and the authentication registration ID is notified (step S3
6).

When the authentication terminal 30 displays an authentication registration completion notice as shown in FIG.
By clicking the "disk area rental center" button of the banner advertisement provided below the screen, the user again accesses the disk area rental system 20a (step S37).

Here, as in step S32, the home page screen of the use guide of the disk area rental system transmitted from the disk area rental center 20a is displayed on the screen of the customer terminal 10 which has completed the access (step S38). .

After confirming the displayed usage guide homepage screen (see FIG. 3), the customer terminal 10 inputs the authentication registration ID issued by the authentication terminal 30 into the authentication registration ID input field, and clicks the “Send” button. Click to transmit the authentication registration ID (step S39).

The disc area rental center 20a
The authentication registration ID transmitted from the customer terminal 10 is
0 to request the authentication processing of the customer terminal 10 (step S40).

[0114] The authentication terminal 30 determines, based on the authentication registration ID transmitted from the disk area rental center 20a,
An authentication process is performed to determine whether or not the authentication information matches the customer authentication information of the customer terminal 10 already registered in the authentication terminal 30 (step S41), and the authentication result is transmitted to the disk area rental center 20a (step S42).

The disc area rental center 20a
If the customer terminal 10 has been properly authenticated based on the authentication result transmitted from the authentication terminal 30, a disk area lending request input screen is transmitted to the customer terminal 10 (step S43).

The client terminal 10 displays a rental request input screen (FIG. 8) transmitted from the disk area rental center 20.
Is displayed), enter a request for lending such as the desired disk capacity, transfer rate, and usage period, and click "Send".
By clicking the button, the information is transmitted to the disk area rental center 20a as lending request information (step S44).

The disk area rental center 20a
Upon receiving the rental request information transmitted from the customer terminal 10, the disk management system 22a via the network 200 in the disk area rental center 20a.
Alternatively, a search process is performed on the disk management system 22b to determine whether there is a disk area satisfying the lending request (step S45).

As a result of the search processing in step S45,
If there is no disk area satisfying the lending request in the disk management system 22a or the disk management system 22b, the disk area rental center 20a
Is another affiliated disk area rental center 2
A confirmation request screen as to whether or not to execute the search processing of 0b and 20c is transmitted to the customer terminal 10 (step S46).

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a confirmation request screen of a search process of another disk area rental center. In FIG. 14, since a disk area based on the lending request does not exist at the disk area rental center 20a, a confirmation message as to whether or not to search the status of another disk area rental center is displayed. Click "YES" to request, or "NO" to cancel confirmation.

Here, there is no need to request the other disk area rental center to confirm the disk area search processing that satisfies the lending request information. The above processing must be approved in the initial setting stage (at the time of application). This makes it possible to automate search processing for another disk area rental center.

After confirming the message displayed on the displayed confirmation request screen, the customer terminal 10 searches for another disk area rental system, and clicks "YES" to transmit a confirmation request (step S47). ).

The disk area rental center 20a to which the confirmation request has been transmitted accesses the other disk area rental center 20b via a shared network (not shown) and transmits a search processing request based on the lending request ( Step S48).

The disk area rental center 20b
The disk area satisfying the lending request transmitted from the disk area rental center 20a is a large capacity disk 23 managed by the disk area rental center 20b.
A search process is performed to determine whether or not the file exists in the file c (step S49).

The disk area rental center 20b
The search result of the large-capacity disk 23c in step S49 is transmitted to the disk area rental center 20a (step S50).
0a transmits a message indicating the search result as shown in FIG. 9 to the customer terminal 10 (step S5).
1).

After confirming the above message, if the desired disk capacity exists and the user wants to rent, click the “Request for Rental” button provided at the bottom of the display screen in FIG. 9 to request the rental application. Is transmitted to the disk area rental center 20a (step S52).

The disk area rental center 20a
Upon receiving the lending application request from the customer terminal 10, a lending application screen as shown in FIG. 10 is transmitted to the customer terminal 10 (step S53).

When the lending application screen transmitted from the disk area rental center 20a is displayed, the customer terminal 10 displays the application classification (individual, company), company name / organization name, industry, application person in charge, location (address). ), Contact information (telephone number, FAX number, mail address), payment method, etc., and then click the "Send" button to send the rental application information to the disk area rental center 20a. (Step S
54).

The disk area rental center 20a
When the rental application information is received from the customer terminal 10, a completion notification of the reception of the rental application information is transmitted to the disk area rental center 20b (step S5).
5).

In step S55, the disk area rental center 20b, which has received the notification of completion of accepting the rental application, executes a disk area lending process based on the lending request to the customer terminal 10 (step S56).

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, if there is no disk capacity satisfying the lending request in the large-capacity disk held at the disk area rental center where the customer terminal has performed the customer authentication processing, You can check the status of large-capacity disks held by other affiliated disk area rental centers without accessing a new disk area rental center and performing customer authentication processing. Can be borrowed, so that if a large-capacity disk area is suddenly needed, it can be dealt with promptly.

The embodiments described above show preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not limited to the embodiments. Various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is possible to

[0132]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the disk area rental system, the rental method, and the recording medium on which the program of the present invention are recorded, a public third party organization is established on a communication line. By providing an authentication terminal, the authentication process of the customer terminal and the authentication process of the disk area rental center can be performed openly, and their validity can be authenticated by a public organization, so the reliability of this system can be improved. It can be greatly improved.

According to the disk area rental system, the rental method and the recording medium on which the program of the present invention are recorded, the customer terminal accesses the disk area rental center 24 hours a day to obtain the desired disk capacity and transfer rate. Since a disk area can be lent based on a lending request such as security level, use start date, etc., it is possible to easily cope with a case where a large disk capacity is urgently required.

Further, according to the disk area rental system, the rental method and the recording medium on which the program of the present invention are recorded, the system can rent a desired disk capacity from a customer via a communication line.
Since it can be used after securing a desired security level, it can be used as a data center of a company or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a disk area rental system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a disk area rental center according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a use guidance notification of the disk area rental system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an authentication registration process between the disk area rental system and an authentication terminal;

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing a processing example of a disk area rental system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a customer authentication registration screen.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an example of an authentication registration completion notification screen.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a lending request input screen.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing one embodiment of a display screen of a search result of a disk area.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing one embodiment of a lending application screen.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a disk area rental system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a tie-up situation of a disk area rental center according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram showing a processing example of a disk area rental system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing an example of a confirmation request screen for another disk area rental center.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 customer terminal 20 disk area rental center 30 authentication terminal 100 communication line

Claims (39)

[Claims] 1. A disk area rental system in which a customer terminal and a disk area rental center for renting a disk area are connected via a communication line, wherein the customer terminal and the disk area rental center are provided on the communication line. A disk area rental system, wherein an authentication terminal for authenticating both of the above is connected. 2. The disk area rental center, a mediation server that mediates lending of a disk area to the customer terminal, a state of a large-capacity disk connected to the mediation server via a network, and lent to the customer terminal. The disk area rental system according to claim 1, further comprising: a disk management system that manages the disk area. 3. The disk area rental system according to claim 2, wherein said disk area rental center includes a plurality of said large capacity disks. 4. The disk area rental system according to claim 3, wherein said disk management system is provided for each of said plurality of large capacity disks. 5. The authentication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the authentication terminal performs an authentication registration process based on an authentication registration request from the mediation server, and notifies the mediation server that the authentication registration has been completed. 4. The disk area rental system according to any one of 4. 6. The mediation server transmits a use guidance screen in response to access from the customer terminal, and confirms whether or not the customer terminal has been authenticated and registered by the authentication terminal. The disk area rental system according to any one of claims 2 to 5. 7. The authentication terminal, when the customer terminal has not been registered for authentication, inquires of the customer terminal for customer authentication information, and based on the customer authentication information returned in response to the inquiry, 7. The disk area rental system according to claim 6, wherein an authentication registration ID is issued after executing the processing. 8. When the customer terminal is authenticated by the authentication terminal, the mediation server inquires of the customer terminal for an authentication registration ID, and based on the inquired authentication registration ID, the authentication terminal 7. The disk area rental system according to claim 6, wherein the disk area rental system is requested to perform authentication processing of the validity. 9. The intermediary server, when the authentication terminal verifies the validity of the authentication registration ID inquired of the customer terminal, inquires the customer terminal for lending request information. Item 8. A disk area rental system according to Item 8. 10. The lending request information includes at least a desired disk capacity of the customer terminal,
10. The disk area rental system according to claim 9, comprising information of a use period, a transfer rate, and a security level. 11. The mediation server, when the rental request information is transmitted from the customer terminal, determines whether or not there is a disk area satisfying the rental request information in a large-capacity disk held by the disk area rental center. 11. The disk area rental system according to claim 10, wherein the search is performed. 12. The disk area rental system according to claim 11, wherein the mediation server transmits the presence or absence of a disk area satisfying the rental request information to the customer terminal as a search result. 13. The client terminal, in the search result transmitted from the mediation server,
If there is a disk area you want to rent,
13. The disk area rental system according to claim 12, wherein a rental application request is transmitted to the mediation server. 14. The disk area rental system according to claim 13, wherein the mediation server transmits a lending application form to the customer terminal when the lending application request is transmitted from the customer terminal. 15. The disk area rental according to claim 14, wherein the customer terminal transmits, to the mediation server, lending application information in which necessary information is entered in the lending application form transmitted from the mediation server. system. 16. The mediation server, when the rental application information is transmitted from the customer terminal, a disk management system that manages the status of a large-capacity disk having a disk area that satisfies the rental request. 16. The disk area rental system according to claim 15, wherein a rental process is executed. 17. The disk area rental center is connected to another disk area rental center via the network, and in the search result transmitted from the mediation server,
If there is no disk area desired to be lent, the client terminal is inquired of whether or not to execute a process for confirming the existence of a disk area satisfying the rent request information with respect to the other disk area rental center. 13. The disk area rental system according to claim 12, wherein: 18. The client terminal, when the confirmation request is transmitted from the intermediary server, executes a confirmation process for determining whether or not there is a disk area satisfying the rental request information with respect to the other disk rental center. 18. The disk area rental system according to claim 17, wherein a request for confirming whether the disk area is transmitted is transmitted. 19. The intermediary server, when confirming, in the confirmation request from the customer terminal, whether or not there is a disk area satisfying the lending request to the other disk area rental center, the other disk area rental center. 19. The disk area rental system according to claim 18, wherein an inquiry is made to a disk management system that manages the status of large-capacity disks held in the center. 20. The disk area rental system according to claim 19, wherein the mediation server transmits the presence or absence of a disk area satisfying the rental request information to the customer terminal as a search result. 21. The client terminal, in the search result transmitted from the mediation server,
If there is a disk area you want to rent,
21. The disk area rental system according to claim 20, wherein a rental application request is transmitted to the mediation server. 22. The disk area rental system according to claim 21, wherein, when the lending application request is transmitted from the customer terminal, the mediation server transmits a lending application form to the customer terminal. 23. The disk area rental according to claim 22, wherein the customer terminal transmits, to the mediation server, lending application information in which necessary information is entered in the lending application form transmitted from the mediation server. system. 24. The mediation server, when the rental application information is transmitted from the customer terminal, transmits to the other disk area rental center holding a large-capacity disk having a disk area satisfying the rental request information. 24. The disk area rental system according to claim 23, wherein a process of renting the disk area to the customer terminal is executed. 25. The mediation server according to claim 1, wherein, when lending a disk area satisfying the lending request information, the mediation server charges the customer terminal for a lending fee for the disk area. Disc area rental system described in section. 26. A rental method of a disk area rental system in which a customer terminal and a disk area rental center for renting a disk area are connected via a communication line, wherein the customer terminal and the disk are provided on the communication line. An authentication terminal for authenticating both the legitimacy of the area rental center is connected; a step of accessing the disk area rental center from the customer terminal; a step of inquiring an authentication registration ID from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal; In response to the inquiry, when the authentication terminal does not have an authentication registration ID, a step of transmitting an authentication registration request from the customer terminal to the authentication terminal; a step of inquiring customer authentication information from the authentication terminal to the customer terminal; On the other hand, the customer authentication information Transmitting from the customer terminal to the authentication terminal; and performing authentication registration I based on the customer authentication information from the authentication terminal.
Issuing a D to the customer terminal; re-accessing the disk area center from the customer terminal and transmitting the issued authentication registration ID; and sending the authentication registration I from the disk area rental center.
Transmitting an authentication processing request of the customer terminal based on D to the authentication terminal; authenticating the customer terminal based on the authentication registration ID at the authentication terminal; and Transmitting the authentication result of the validity of the client terminal to the disk area rental center; and, if the validity of the customer terminal is authenticated in the authentication result, inquiring a desired lending request at the customer terminal; Transmitting, in response to the inquiry, lending request information from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center; and determining whether a disk area based on the lending request exists in a large-capacity disk held at the disk area rental center. Searching for a search result; And transmitting a lending application request from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center when there is a disk area satisfying the lending request information in the search result. Transmitting a lending application form from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal; transmitting lending application information from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center; based on the lending application information, Performing a lending process of a disk area satisfying the lending request information, a rental method of a disk area rental system. 27. The disk area rental center, a mediation server that mediates lending of a disk area to the customer terminal, a state of a large-capacity disk connected to the mediation server via a network and lent to the customer terminal 27. The disk management system according to claim 26, further comprising: a disk management system that manages the disk area rental system. 28. The disk area rental system according to claim 27, wherein said disk area rental center includes a plurality of said large capacity disks. 29. The disk area rental system according to claim 28, wherein said disk management system is provided for each of said plurality of large capacity disks. 30. The rental request information includes at least a desired disk capacity of the customer terminal,
30. The rental method of the disk area rental system according to claim 26, wherein the rental method comprises information of a use period, a transfer rate, and a security level. 31. The disk area rental center is connected to another disk area rental center via the network, and in the search result transmitted from the disk area rental center, there is no disk area desired to be lent. In this case, inquiring to the customer terminal whether or not to execute a process for confirming whether or not a disc area satisfying the lending request information exists for the other disk area rental center; and Transmitting a confirmation request as to whether or not to execute a confirmation process as to whether or not there is a disk area that satisfies the lending request information to the rental center; and holding the disk area rental center at the other disk area rental center. Large capacity disk Searching the disk management system that manages the status of the disk area for the existence of the disk area satisfying the lending request information; and transmitting a search result by the search from the other disk area rental center to the disk area rental center. Transmitting the search result from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal; and in the search result from the customer terminal, if there is a disk area that satisfies the lending request information, sends a lending application request to the disk area. Transmitting a rental application form from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal; and transmitting the rental application information in which necessary information is input from the customer terminal to the rental application form. Transmitting the disk area to the customer terminal for the other disk area rental center holding a large capacity disk having a disk area satisfying the rental request information. 31. The method for renting a disk area rental system according to claim 26, further comprising the step of: 32. The disk area rental center further comprises a charging step of charging the disk area rental fee to the customer terminal when renting a disk area satisfying the rental request information. 32. A method for renting a disk area rental system according to any one of items 26 to 31. 33. A recording medium storing a program of a disk area rental system in which a customer terminal and a disk area rental center for renting a disk area are connected via a communication line, wherein the customer terminal is provided on the communication line. An authentication terminal for authenticating both the terminal and the disk area rental center is connected, a process of accessing the disk area rental center from the customer terminal, and an authentication registration ID from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal. Inquiry processing; In response to the inquiry, when the authentication terminal does not have an authentication registration ID, processing of transmitting an authentication registration request from the customer terminal to the authentication terminal; processing of inquiring customer authentication information from the authentication terminal to the customer terminal In response to the inquiry, the customer authentication information Transmitting from the customer terminal to the authentication terminal; and performing authentication registration I based on the customer authentication information from the authentication terminal.
D to the customer terminal, re-access the disk area center from the customer terminal, and transmit the issued authentication registration ID; and execute the authentication registration I from the disk area rental center.
A process of transmitting an authentication processing request of the customer terminal based on D to the authentication terminal; a process of authenticating the validity of the customer terminal based on the authentication registration ID at the authentication terminal; Transmitting the authentication result of the validity of the customer terminal to the disk area rental center; and, when the validity of the customer terminal is authenticated in the authentication result, inquiring a desired lending request at the customer terminal; In response to the inquiry, a process of transmitting rental request information from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center; and, in a large-capacity disk held at the disk area rental center, whether a disk area based on the rental request exists. A search process for determining whether or not the search is performed; Transmitting a lending application request from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center when there is a disk area satisfying the lending request information in the search result, A process of transmitting a lending application form from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal; a process of transmitting lending application information from the customer terminal to the disk area rental center; and A recording medium storing a program for recording a process for executing a process of lending a disk area to be filled, and a program for executing the process. 34. The disk area rental center, a mediation server that mediates lending of a disk area to the customer terminal, a state of a large-capacity disk connected to the mediation server via a network and lent to the customer terminal 34. A recording medium storing the program according to claim 33, comprising: a disk management system that manages the program. 35. The recording medium according to claim 34, wherein said disk area rental center includes a plurality of said large capacity disks. 36. The recording medium according to claim 35, wherein said disk management system is provided for each of said plurality of large capacity disks. 37. The rental request information includes at least a desired disk capacity of the customer terminal,
37. The recording medium according to claim 33, wherein the recording medium comprises information of a use period, a transfer rate, and a security level. 38. The disk area rental center is connected to another disk area rental center via the network, and in the search result transmitted from the disk area rental center, there is no disk area desired to be lent. In the case, a process of inquiring of the customer terminal whether or not to execute a process of confirming whether or not there is a disk area satisfying the lending request information with respect to the other disk area rental center; A process of transmitting a confirmation request as to whether or not to execute a process of confirming whether or not there is a disk area satisfying the rental request information to the rental center; and holding the disk area rental center at the other disk area rental center. Large capacity disk status A process of searching a managed disk management system for the existence of a disk area satisfying the rental request information; a process of transmitting a search result of the search from the other disk area rental center to the disk area rental center; A process of transmitting the search result from the area rental center to the customer terminal; and in the search result from the customer terminal, if there is a disk area satisfying the rental request information, a lending application request is sent to the disk area rental center. A process of transmitting; a process of transmitting a lending application form from the disk area rental center to the customer terminal; and a lending application information in which necessary information is input from the customer terminal to the lending application form to the disk area rental center. A process of transmitting, and a process of causing the other disk area rental center holding a large capacity disk having a disk area satisfying the rental request information to execute a process of renting the disk area to the customer terminal, A recording medium recording the program according to any one of claims 33 to 37, wherein a program for executing the program is recorded. 39. The disk area rental center has recorded a program for executing a charging process for charging a rental fee of the disk area to the customer terminal when renting a disk area satisfying the rental request information. A recording medium recording the program according to any one of claims 33 to 38.