JP2002189956A - Agreement confirmation system for service, agreement confirmation server used for the same, and computer- readable recording medium stored with agreement request program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the convenience of agreement confirmation for provided service to both a service provider and a user. SOLUTION: A written agreement request program 21 is made resident on a user's terminal 20 and when the terminal 20 is connected to a network, written agreement for AP software which is installed on the terminal 20 and whose agreement not confirmed yet is requested of the agreement confirming server 1. The agreement confirming server 1 extracts corresponding written agreement from a database 3 and sends it to the terminal 20. The terminal 20 sends the result of agreement confirmation of the written agreement to a service providing server 10 of the service provider through the agreement confirming sever 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a service consent confirmation system in which a consent confirmation server for a service provided to a user of a terminal is performed by a consent confirmation server on a network, and an agreement confirmation server used for the system. And a computer-readable recording medium storing a consent form request program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Usually, a user confirms consent regarding use of application software (hereinafter referred to as "AP software") offline when a user installs AP software on a terminal. This permits the installation of the AP software only when the consent confirmation is obtained. In this case, the provider of the AP software (hereinafter referred to as “service provider”) confirms the result of the user's consent confirmation. I can't figure out.

When a service provider wants to grasp the result of consent confirmation, as a first method, a program for connecting to a network at the time of installing AP software and notifying the server operated by the service provider of the result of consent confirmation. May be incorporated in the AP software in advance.

[0004] As a second technique, a homepage for accepting consent confirmation in a server operated by a service provider may be disclosed on the Internet, and a user may access and confirm consent.

[0005]

However, in the first method, the service provider must develop a program for notifying consent confirmation and incorporate it into the AP software, which is different from the AP software development. Costly and time-consuming. Also, at this time, it is necessary to consider the processing when the network connection is incomplete.

In the second method, a user starts a browser for accessing a home purge disclosed on the Internet using his / her own terminal, accesses a service provider's homepage, and confirms consent. You have to do the operation. The need for the user's voluntary operation raises a barrier in using the AP software, which has the disadvantage of affecting the acquisition of the user.

[0007] This inconvenience is the same not only when providing the AP software but also when obtaining an agreement confirmation for providing the network service.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a service which can improve the convenience for both a service provider and a user with regard to confirming the agreement of the provided service. An object of the present invention is to provide a consent confirmation system, a consent confirmation server used therefor, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a consent document request program.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a service agreement confirmation system according to the first invention of the present application provides an agreement confirmation when a service is provided by a service provider to a terminal user. A service consent confirmation system that is performed by a consent confirmation server connected to the terminal via a network, wherein the consent confirmation server comprises: a management unit that manages a consent document for each service; and When there is a request, extracting means for extracting the corresponding consent form using the managing means, transmitting means for transmitting the consent form extracted by the extracting means to the terminal, and consent transmitted by the transmitting means. Receiving means for receiving, from a terminal, the result of the consent confirmation for the document, a notifying means for notifying the service provider of the result of the consent confirmation received by the receiving means, The terminal has request means for requesting a consent document addressed to the terminal itself to the consent confirmation server, and notifies the consent confirmation server from the terminal of the result of the consent confirmation for the consent document obtained by the request means. It is characterized by the following.

[0010] In the present invention, the agreement is managed for each service provided by the agreement confirmation server, and the agreement is requested from the user terminal to the agreement confirmation server. Is automatically performed on the network for the user, so that the operability for the user can be improved.

[0011] Further, the service provider notifies the service provider of the result of the consent confirmation for the consent form at the terminal, so that the service provider can reduce the cost of developing a program for notifying the consent confirmation. The result of the consent confirmation can be reliably obtained without any trouble.

Here, the agreement includes an agreement item for the service and an agreement level. The service provider is provided with a service providing server, and the service providing server transmits the agreement from the notification unit. Receiving means for receiving a notification of the confirmation result, and deciding means for deciding a service to be provided according to the consent item and the consent level included in the result of the consent confirmation received by the receiving means. .

In the present invention, the service providing server can provide a service according to the consent item and the consent level included in the result of the consent confirmation.

[0014] The consent confirmation server according to the second invention of the present application comprises:
A consent confirmation server that performs consent confirmation over a network when a service provided by a service provider is provided to a user of a terminal, comprising: a management unit that manages a consent document for each service; When there is a request, extracting means for extracting the corresponding consent form using the managing means, transmitting means for transmitting the consent form extracted by the extracting means to the terminal, and consent transmitted by the transmitting means. Receiving means for receiving the result of the consent confirmation from the terminal from the terminal, and notifying means for notifying the service provider of the result of the consent confirmation received by the receiving means.

[0015] The service is a provision of application software installed in the terminal, and the management means manages a consent form for each application software. Further, the service is a network service provided to the terminal via a network.

[0016] The transmitting means transmits an agreement receiving program which causes the terminal of the transmission destination to accept the agreement confirmation and informs the agreement confirmation server of the result. Is executed, the result of the consent confirmation is received.

The consent form managed by the management means includes an agreement item for the service and an agreement level, and the receiving means receives the agreement confirmation result for the agreement item and the agreement level. Features.

The computer-readable recording medium storing the agreement request program according to the third invention of the present application is:
A consent document requesting program for confirming the consent status of the application software installed on the user's terminal, the step of causing the terminal to confirm the consent status for each application software, and the consent not being confirmed for the terminal Requesting a consent confirmation server for a consent form for the application software.

Here, the agreement request program refers to a value indicating the agreement for each application software when confirming the agreement.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a service agreement confirmation system according to one embodiment. In FIG. 1, the consent confirmation server 1 has a configuration in which a main body 2 and a database 3 are connected, and a plurality of end user terminals 20 via the Internet 9a.
a to 20c and the Internet 9
b is connected to the service providing servers 10a to 10c of a plurality of service providers. The Internet 9 is an example, and another wide area communication network may be used.

The consent confirmation server 1 sends a consent form to the request from the terminal 20 (,), and the terminal 20
This is a device that accepts the result of software consent confirmation (), and notifies the service providing server 10 a of this consent confirmation result (), and is realized by a computer system. The result of this consent confirmation includes confirmation (OK), rejection (NG), and unconfirmed as consent items. Also, the consent confirmation server 1
Is operated by a system operator.

The terminal 20 is a computer system in which AP software provided by a service provider and a consent request program 21 are installed, and is used for personal computers, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and other home appliances having communication functions. Equivalent to. The agreement request program 21 is provided by, for example, a system operator of the agreement confirmation server 1.

The consent form request program 21 checks the consent state of the AP software in the terminal 20, requests the consent form for the unconfirmed AP software to the consent confirmation server 1, and is sent together with this consent form. Execute the consent acceptance program. This consent receiving program causes the terminal 20 to receive the consent confirmation by the end user and notifies the consent confirmation server 1 of the result. For connection to the Internet 9a, a dial-up connection or the like is mainly used for a telephone line, and a constant connection or the like is used for a LAN.

The consent form request program 21 may be installed by distributing a recording medium storing the consent form request program 21 to the end user and allowing the end user to install it. May be automatically installed on the terminal 20. Also, when the AP software by the service provider is installed in the terminal 20, the consent confirmation program 21 may be installed together. Here, the recording medium refers to various recording media capable of recording a program, such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a semiconductor memory.

The service providing server 10 is a device for receiving a notice of the agreement result from the agreement confirmation server 1, and is realized by a computer system. After obtaining the consent confirmation, the terminal 20 may be provided with a network service such as providing information or changing settings ().

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the internal configuration of each of the consent confirmation server 1 and the terminal 20. In the figure, as an example, the terminal 2 is selected from a plurality of terminals 20.
0a is used.

The main body 2 of the consent confirmation server 1 is a terminal 20a
The controller 7 extracts the corresponding agreement and the agreement acceptance program from the database 3 and transmits the agreement to the terminal 20a when the request for agreement is received from the database 3, or notifies the service providing server 10 of the agreement confirmation result from the terminal 20a.
And a communication interface unit 8 that manages a communication function with the terminal 20a and the service providing server 10a. The function of each unit may be realized by software or hardware.

The database 3 stores a consent document management table 4, a consent document 5, and a consent receiving program 6. The agreement 5 is prepared for each AP software and is formed by a text file. The consent receiving program 6 is a program that causes the terminal 20 to display the consent form 5 on the screen, accepts the consent confirmation by the end user, and notifies the result to the consent confirmation server. The consent form management table 4 manages the file name of the AP software, the file name of the consent form 5, the file name of the consent acceptance program 6, and the like in association with each other.

The terminal 20a has a service provider (company A)
AP software A and a consent agreement request program 21a are installed, a timer 22a for measuring polling timing when requesting an agreement from the consent confirmation server 1 at a constant interval, and a communication interface for controlling a communication function with the agreement confirmation server 1 And a portion 23a. The other terminals 20b and 20c have the same configuration.

The service providing server 10a is operated individually by the service provider. The service providing server 10a receives a consent confirmation notification from the consent confirmation server 1, and performs a process such as starting to provide a network service to the terminal 20a. The same applies to the other service providing servers 10b and 10c.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the flow of processing for confirming consent to AP software by the present consent confirmation system. Here, the service providing server 10a and the terminal 20a are used as an example from the plurality of service providing servers 10 and the terminals 20.

As a preparation stage for the consent confirmation processing, first, the consent form request program 21
a is installed (d1).

The service provider or the operator of the consent confirmation server 1 stores data such as the consent form 5 and the consent reception program 6 for each AP software in the database 3 and is managed by the consent form management table 4 ( d2). As this storage method, the information may be stored from a remote place via the Internet. If the type of the consent form 5 or the consent acceptance program 6 is small, the terminal 2
0a may be installed.

Subsequently, the AP software A is installed in the terminal 20a (d3). When creating the installer of the AP software A, the service provider sets a registry value indicating consent not confirmed at the time of installation so as to be compatible with the present system.

This registry value is used when the agreement request program 21a checks the agreement status, and is set, for example, as shown in the image diagram of FIG.
In the figure, the registry value is indicated by "Confirm" and is set for each AP software. "Confirm = 0" means unconfirmed, "Confir
"m = 1" indicates consent confirmation, and "Confirm = 2" indicates consent rejection.When the AP software A is installed, as shown in FIG.
rm = 0 "is set. When the other AP software B and C are installed in the terminal 20 and the consent confirmation is obtained, the AP is set as shown in FIG.
“Confirm = 1” is set for each of the software B and C.

Next, in the consent confirmation processing of FIG.
When a becomes a network connection state such as a dial-up connection at some timing (d4), the agreement request program 21a checks a registry value for each AP software installed in the terminal 20a according to an instruction from the timer 22a ( d5).

If there is a registry value for which consent has not been confirmed (d6), the consent form request program 21a
Access the consent confirmation server 1 and request transmission of a consent form for AP software for which consent has not been confirmed (d
7).

In the consent confirmation server 1, the controller 7
Searches the consent form management table 4, extracts the consent form 5 and the consent acceptance program 6 for the AP software, and transmits them to the terminal 20a (d8).

At the terminal 20a, after receiving the agreement 5 and the agreement acceptance program 6, the agreement 20
When 1a starts the agreement receiving program 6, the agreement receiving program 6 displays the agreement 5 on the screen of the terminal 20a,
The user is urged to confirm the consent (d9). When the user confirms the consent (d10), the consent receiving program 6 reflects the result in the registry value (d11) and notifies the result to the consent confirmation server 1 (d12). The consent confirmation server 1 notifies the result of the consent confirmation to the service providing server 10a (d13). At this time, the access destination (URL or the like) of the service providing server 10a is the one stored in the agreement management table 4 of the agreement confirmation server 1.

The consent form request program 21a periodically accesses the consent confirmation server 1 in accordance with the instruction from the timer 22a while the network connection is being made, and repeats the same processing.

Thereafter, it is conceivable that the service provider performs a network service such as providing information or changing settings to the terminal 20a in accordance with the agreement item and agreement level indicated by the agreement confirmation result.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the consent confirmation server 1 manages the consent form for each AP software, and the consent form request program 21 resident on the user terminal 20 checks the consent state of the AP software. By requesting the consent confirmation server for the unconfirmed confirmation from the consent confirmation server, access to the network for consent confirmation is automatically performed. Since it is only necessary to passively perform the consent confirmation operation without voluntary operation of the user, the operability for the user can be improved.

As a result, it is possible to obtain a user as a service provider. In particular, in a consent confirmation service for transmitting information or contents in a push (or pseudo-push) type from the service providing server 10 by specifying a user, or a consent confirmation service for AP software preinstalled on the terminal 20. It is valid.

According to the present embodiment, the result of the consent confirmation for the consent form of the application software is notified from the consent confirmation server 1 to the service provider.
As a service provider, the result of the consent confirmation can be reliably obtained without the cost and effort of developing a program for notifying the consent confirmation.

Thus, as a service provider,
The number of actual users of the AP software can be ascertained, and by using the information for specifying the terminal 20, the contents of the network service for the terminal 20 can be determined according to the item or level to which the user has agreed. Can be set, or the setting of the terminal 20 can be changed.

According to the present embodiment, the consent form 5 is managed by the consent confirmation server 1 and is transmitted to the terminal 20, so that when the text of the consent form 5 is changed, the consent form is confirmed in a timely manner. Can be obtained.

According to the present embodiment, since a plurality of service providers can jointly use the consent confirmation system, the system operator provides a modularized function of setting a registry value to each service provider. In the case of distributing and embedding in the AP software, the service provider does not need to individually develop a program for confirming consent, so that the cost and the burden on the service provider can be reduced.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment, a description has been given of the confirmation of consent for the AP software when the AP software is installed in the terminal 20, but the present invention is applied to the AP software. It is not limited. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the consent confirmation server obtains the consent confirmation for the network service, not for the AP software. Here, the network service refers to distribution of contents, change of terminal settings, provision of starting a member service on the Web, and the like.

A consent confirmation system according to the present embodiment,
For the basic configuration of the consent confirmation server, etc., see FIGS.
Since they are the same as those shown in, detailed description is omitted here.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the flow of processing for confirming consent to a network service. As a preparation stage of the consent confirmation processing, first, the consent request program 21a is installed in the terminal 20a for which consent is to be confirmed (d2).
1).

The operator (or service provider) of the consent confirmation server 1 stores data such as the consent form 5 for the network service and the consent reception program 6 in the database 3, which are managed in the consent form management table 4. (D22). As this storage method, the information may be stored from a remote place via the Internet. If the types of the consent form 5 and the consent acceptance program 6 are small, they may be installed in the terminal 20a in advance.

Next, in the consent confirmation processing, when the terminal 20a enters a network connection state such as a dial-up connection at some timing (d23), the consent form request program 21a accesses the consent confirmation server 1 and sends it to its own terminal. Is requested (d24). Here, the confirmation of the registry value as performed for the AP software is not performed.

In the consent confirmation server 1, the controller 7
Searches the agreement management table 4 and finds the corresponding agreement 5
Is extracted and transmitted to the terminal 20a (d25).

At the terminal 20a, after receiving the agreement 5 and the agreement acceptance program 6, the agreement request program 2
When 1a starts the agreement receiving program 6, the agreement receiving program 6 displays the agreement 5 on the screen of the terminal 20a,
The user is urged to confirm the consent (d26). When the user confirms the consent (d27), the consent receiving program 6 notifies the result to the consent confirmation server 1 (d28). The consent confirmation server 1 notifies the result of this consent confirmation to the service providing server 10a (d29).

Thereafter, the service provider performs a network service such as providing contents and changing settings to the terminal 20a in accordance with the agreement item and agreement level indicated by the agreement confirmation result (d30).

The consent form request program 21a periodically accesses the consent confirmation server 1 in accordance with the instruction from the timer 22a while the network connection is being made, and repeats the same processing. Here, when an agreement or the like for a new service is registered in the agreement confirmation server from another service provider, the service is confirmed.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained for the confirmation of consent to the network service.

[Third Embodiment] In the first embodiment, in step d14 of FIG. 3, the service provider providing the AP software provides the network service according to the consent item and the consent level. did. In the second embodiment, a service provider that provides only a network service performs the same processing in step d30 in FIG. In the present embodiment, a process for realizing the provision of the network service according to the agreement item and the agreement level will be described in detail.

First, a process when a service provider providing AP software provides a network service according to an agreement item and an agreement level will be described.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the service agreement confirmation system 1, the terminal 20a, and the service providing server 10a in the present embodiment. The basic configurations of the consent confirmation system, the consent confirmation server 1 and the like in the present embodiment are almost the same as those shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. Here, only the differences will be described.

The consent form management table 14 stored in the database 3 of FIG. 6 is provided with a new item of “set consent level” in the consent form management table 4 of FIG. That is, a plurality of consent items are provided for each of the AP software A to C, and consent levels 1, 2,... Are provided for each consent item. A plurality of consent items are provided for each of the network services D to E when the AP software service provider also provides a network service, and each consent item has consent levels 1, 2,.... The setting of these consent items and consent levels may be performed by the service provider,
The operator of the consent confirmation server 1 may perform it.

The service providing server 10a has a service level management table 15 and a user management table 16
Is connected. The service level management table 15 is a table for managing the consent level and the contents of the provided service corresponding to the consent level. The user management table 16 is a table that manages user IDs and terminal IDs and consent levels for consent items that the user has agreed on.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the flow of processing for confirming consent to AP software and network services.
Since the basic part of the processing is the same as that shown in FIG. 3, here, only the part of the processing for providing the network service according to the consent item and the consent level will be described.

The consent document transmitted by the consent confirmation server 1 to the user terminal 20a in step d8 includes the consent document for the network service in addition to the consent document for the AP software. And the consent level are described.

The notification of the consent confirmation result in steps d12 and d13 includes the presence or absence of consent for each consent item for the AP software and the network service, and the consent level for the consented item.

The agreement confirmation result notification is sent to the agreement confirmation server 1
The service providing server 10a receives the agreement level for the terminal 20a in the user management table 16, and searches and determines the service level management table 15 for the network service according to the agreement level. Then, in step d14, provision of a network service according to the agreement item and agreement level is started.
As for the AP software, only the function corresponding to the consent item and the consent level for which the consent has been obtained is provided by the AP software A installed on the terminal 20a.

Next, a description will be given of a process when a service provider providing only a network service provides a network service according to an agreement item and an agreement level.

The basic configuration of the consent confirmation system, consent confirmation server and the like in this case is the same as that shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, and a detailed description is omitted here.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flow of processing for confirming consent to a network service. Since the basic part of the processing is the same as that shown in FIG. 5, only the part of the processing for providing the network service according to the consent item and the consent level will be described here.

The agreement sent by the agreement confirmation server 1 to the user terminal 20a in step d25 describes the agreement item and agreement level.

The consent confirmation result notification in steps d28 and d29 includes the presence or absence of consent for each consent item for the network service, and the consent level for the consented item.

The agreement confirmation result notification is sent to the agreement confirmation server 1
The service providing server 10a receives the agreement level for the terminal 20a in the user management table 16, and searches and determines the service level management table 15 for the network service according to the agreement level. Then, in step d30, provision of a network service according to the agreement item and agreement level is started.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a network service according to an agreement item and an agreement level for each terminal.

In this embodiment, the service level management table 15 and the user management table 16 are managed by the service providing server 10a. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The information may be managed by the confirmation server 1.

[0076]

As described above, according to the service consent confirmation system and the consent confirmation server according to the present invention, the consent document is managed for each service by the consent confirmation server, and the consent document is transmitted from the user terminal. By making a request to the consent confirmation server, access to the network for consent confirmation is automatically performed, so that operability for the user can be improved.

In addition, the service provider notifies the service provider of the result of the consent confirmation for this consent document accepted by the terminal, so that the service provider can develop a program for notifying the consent confirmation. It is possible to reliably obtain the result of the consent confirmation without any trouble or trouble.

According to the computer-readable recording medium storing the agreement request program according to the present invention, since the same agreement request program can be used in all terminals, for example, the operator of the agreement confirmation server can use the same program. It is only necessary to develop the service provider, and it is not necessary for each service provider to develop the service individually. Therefore, the burden on the service provider such as development cost and labor can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a service agreement confirmation system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an internal configuration of a consent confirmation server 1 and a terminal 20a.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of processing for confirming consent to AP software.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an image of setting a registry value.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of processing for confirming consent to a network service.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating another internal configuration of the consent confirmation server 1, the terminal 20a, and the service providing server 10a.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flow of processing for confirming consent to AP software and a network service.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another flow of processing for confirming consent to a network service.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Consent Confirmation Server 2 Main Body 3 Database 4 Consent Form Management Table 5 Consent Form 6 Consent Acceptance Program 7 Controller 8 Communication Interface 9a, 9b Internet 10a, 10b, 10c Service Providing Server 20a, 20b, 20c Terminal 21a Consent Form Request Program 22a Timer 23a Communication interface

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A service consent confirmation system in which a consent confirmation server when a service provided by a service provider is provided to a terminal user is performed by a consent confirmation server connected to the terminal via a network. The consent confirmation server includes: a management unit that manages a consent form for each service; an extraction unit that, when requested by the terminal, extracts a corresponding consent form using the management unit; Transmitting means for transmitting the consent form extracted by the extracting means to the terminal; receiving means for receiving from the terminal a result of the consent confirmation for the consent form transmitted by the transmitting means; and a result of the consent confirmation received by the receiving means Notification means for notifying the service provider of the request, wherein the terminal includes request means for requesting an agreement confirmation server addressed to the own terminal to the agreement confirmation server; A service consent confirmation system characterized in that a result of the consent confirmation for the consent document acquired by the request means is notified from the terminal to the consent confirmation server. 2. The consent form includes a consent item and a consent level for a service, a service providing server is arranged in a service provider, and the service providing server is configured to confirm consent from the notifying means. Claims comprising: receiving means for receiving a notification of the result; and determining means for determining a service to be provided according to the consent item and the consent level included in the result of the consent confirmation received by the receiving means. The consent confirmation system according to item 1. 3. A consent confirmation server which performs consent confirmation via a network when a service provided by a service provider is provided to a user of a terminal, comprising: a management means for managing a consent document for each service; Extracting means for extracting a corresponding consent form using the management means when there is a request from the terminal; transmitting means for transmitting the consent form extracted by the extracting means to the terminal; Receiving means for receiving, from a terminal, the result of the consent confirmation for the consent document transmitted by the means, and notifying means for notifying the service provider of the result of the consent confirmation received by the receiving means, server. 4. The consent confirmation server according to claim 3, wherein said service is provision of application software installed on said terminal, and said management means manages a consent form for each application software. . 5. The consent confirmation server according to claim 3, wherein the service is a network service provided to the terminal via a network. 6. The transmitting means transmits a consent receiving program which causes a terminal of a transmission destination to receive a consent confirmation and notifies a consent confirmation server of a result of the consent confirmation. 6. The consent confirmation server according to claim 3, wherein a result of the consent confirmation is received by executing the reception program. 7. The consent form managed by the management means includes an agreement item for the service and an agreement level, and the receiving means receives a result of the agreement confirmation for the agreement item and the agreement level. The consent confirmation server according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein: 8. A consent document requesting program for confirming the consent status of application software installed on a user terminal, the program comprising: a step of causing the terminal to confirm a consent status for each application software; Requesting a consent confirmation server for a consent form for application software for which consent has not been confirmed, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a consent form request program. 9. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein said consent form request program refers to a value indicating the consent state for each application software when confirming the consent state. recoding media.