JP2002230183A - Electronic questioning/answering system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent any illegal action which can be caused by making wireless without damaging any effect by making wireless in an electronic questioning/ answering system represented by electronic examination or electronic voting using a near-range wireless system. SOLUTION: A near-range wireless access point 50, a questioning/answering program distributing server 52, and a totaling server 64 are connected to an electronic questioning/answering network 51. This questioning/answering program distributing server 52 is provided with a questioning/answering program 53 having authentication information, and the near-range wireless access point 50 is obtained from the authentication information 52. The questioning/answering terminal 54 obtains a legal questioning/answering program 55 from the questioning/answering program distributing server 52 through the near-range wireless access point 50, and prepares and transmits the answer information through the near-range wireless access point 50 to the totaling server 64.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a short-distance wireless access point apparatus and an information relay method in the apparatus, and more particularly to acquiring authentication information from a question answering program distribution server connected to a network, and from the distribution server. A relay method for relaying program distribution to a question-answering client, and determining whether to relay answer information that the client intends to transmit to a tallying server similarly connected to the network based on authentication information and the relaying method A near field wireless access point comprising the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a technique for answering a question using an electronic device connected to a network, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-288941 is disclosed.
There is an Internet test system in the official gazette. With this technology, it is possible to conduct tests electronically using a terminal connected to the Internet and a test program, eliminating the hassle of distributing and grading test questions to the business sponsoring the test. It is stated that the merit is that the user has an effect that he can select the time when he wants to take the test and take the test.

[0003] In some foreign language proficiency tests, a computer terminal installed at the test site is used.
There is one that achieves the same effect as that of the first publication. In order to prevent question respondents' fraud in these conventional technologies,
Question respondents need to be convened to the venue and monitored.

[0004]

When such a conventional technique is used, if it is necessary to monitor the examinees for wrongdoing, the examinees must be convened to the venue and information can be distributed by short-range wireless communication. Is desirable. However, when using a wireless connection, it is difficult to confirm the physical connection, unlike when using a wired connection.In particular, by roaming a specific answering terminal as a communication master, unauthorized writers outside the venue There is a possibility that data can be transmitted and received from the terminal. This is the act of taking the proxy exam,
This is an issue that must be prevented even in general questions and answers. Similarly, it is also a cheating act for a valid writer terminal to communicate and obtain information obtained by communicating with other writer terminals as an answer, and if it is not prevented by general question answering act It is a task that must not be done.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a question answering system utilizing wireless communication, especially short-distance wireless communication, in which an answer entry terminal is used as a communication master to perform proxy entry by roaming and communicate with another terminal. An object of the present invention is to provide a short-distance wireless access point and a method for preventing fraudulent transmission of transmitted information as a response.

[0006]

The present invention has the following arrangement to attain the above object. A short-distance wireless access point that transmits and receives data to and from an answer entry terminal that performs short-range wireless communication is used. The access point is network-connected to an answer entry program distribution server and an authentication server, and the answer entry program distribution server is connected to the answer entry terminal. And relaying the answer entry program including the authentication information and the question answer information.

When the answer entry terminal completes the entry operation and transmits the entry data, the access point determines whether or not the entry terminal that has transmitted the entry data has the correct authentication information. Control data relay. For example, if it is determined that data has been transmitted from an entry terminal that does not have the correct authentication information, data relaying may be suppressed.

[0008] The delivered program may have the following functions in addition to including the authentication information. A function of suppressing communication with devices other than the access point, a function of not accepting input from other programs (accepting input such as pen input or keyboard input), and other functions during the operation of the program including after transmission of response information. Has at least one function of preventing display of the program.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an electronic question answering system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an electronic question answering system will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a question answering terminal used by a question answerer, a question answering program distribution server, and a short-range wireless access point relaying data transmission and reception between the two in the electronic question answering system of the present embodiment. It is.

In FIG. 1, first, the question answering program distribution server generates authentication information unique to the program to be distributed (step 10), and transmits the authentication information to the short-range wireless access point connected to the network (step 11). ). The authentication information is for authenticating the distributed program. The short-range wireless access point is
The authentication information is obtained (step 12). Next, the question answering program distribution server generates a question answering program incorporating the authentication information (step 13). When the question answering terminal satisfies a predetermined condition, for example, after the question answering terminal or / and the respondent enters a question answering work place in a short-range wireless area, the question answering terminal sends a question to the question answering program distribution server. Request an answer program (step 14). The short-range wireless access point relays this request (step 15). Based on the request, the question answering program distribution server transmits the question answering program in which the authentication information is embedded (step 16),
At that time, the short-distance wireless access point is relayed (step 17). Steps 15 and 17 make it possible to distribute the program in a limited area, thereby minimizing the distribution of the program to an unauthorized person or unfairness due to prior acquisition.

Next, the question answering terminal acquires the question answering program in which the authentication information is embedded (step 18), and creates answer information that is an answer to the question (step 1).
9). In the answer information creating step 19, the question answering program does not accept any input other than artificial input such as pen input or keyboard input, thereby preventing creation of answer information via another program. Further, in this step, the display of an unauthorized program other than the question answering program is prevented, so that the creation of answer information using the contents displayed by the unauthorized program using the memory of the writer is prevented. After creating the answer information, the question answering terminal transmits the answer information to the tallying server (step 20).

When relaying the response information, the short-range wireless access point determines whether the authentication information included in the transmitted response information is correct (step 21), and controls the relay based on the determination. That is, if it is not correct, the relay is refused (step 22). If it is correct, the answer information is relayed to the tallying server, and the tallying server receives the answer information (step 2).
3). Step 1 determines whether the authentication information is correct.
It is determined that the case where the authentication information acquired in step 2 and the authentication information attached to the answer information satisfy a predetermined relationship is correct. The predetermined relationship includes that the acquired authentication information matches the attached authentication information, and that the acquired authentication information matches the attached authentication information when the acquired authentication information is converted by a predetermined method, or vice versa. It is.

The short-distance wireless access point may compare the received authentication information with the information indicating the correct authentication information stored in the storage device in advance. Step 2
According to 1, the tallying server can acquire the answer information correctly generated by the question and answer program correctly distributed.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the electronic question answering system of the present embodiment. The short-range wireless access point 50 is connected to the electronic question answering network 51. A question answering program distribution server 52 is connected to the electronic question answering network 51. The question answering program distribution server 52 has a question answering program 53 including authentication information. The question answering terminal 54 connected to the electronic question answering network 51 via the short distance wireless access point 50 by the short distance wireless communication acquires the question answer program 55 including the authentication information and generates answer information. The question answering program 55 communicates with a predetermined device such as the short-distance access point 50. Further, the question answering program 55 may have a function of suppressing communication with devices other than these devices. Question answering program 55
May have the following functions. This function is a function to suppress the reception of input from other programs, a function to receive input by artificial operation such as pen input or keyboard input, a function to suppress the display of other programs until submission of answer information, etc. is there. With these functions, the question answering terminal 56 having the unauthorized question answering program 57
It is possible to prevent fraudulent activities such as short-range wireless communication with another device, for example, the question answering terminal 54, sending answer information to the question answering terminal 55, and displaying answer information on the question answering terminal 54.
A legitimate question and answer program 59 having authentication information
The question answering program 59 communicates with the short-range wireless access point 50 even if the question-answering terminal 58 having the following is connected to the question answering network 51 via the other question answering terminal 55 and the short-range wireless access point 50. Because of the features, such fraud can be prevented.
Unauthorized question answering program 6 without authentication information
1 is a short-range wireless access point that suppresses relaying of a connection from a question-answering program that does not have the correct authentication information even if the question-answering terminal 60 having With the features of 50, such fraud can be prevented.

In addition, because of the feature of the present invention that short-range wireless communication is used for connection to the question-answering network 51, a question-answering terminal 63 having a question-answering program 63 having valid authentication information but existing outside the short-range wireless communication range. 62 cannot be connected to the question answering network 51. The question answering terminal 54, which is a question answering terminal connectable to the question answering network 51, creates answer information. The short-range wireless access point 50 that has transmitted the created answer information from the question answering terminal 54 determines whether transfer or reception is possible using the authentication information attached to the answer information. If the transfer is possible, the short-range wireless access point 50 transmits the response information to the aggregation server 64.

The function of receiving information from a predetermined device included in each of the question answering terminals 56 to 63 and the short-range wireless access point 50 is realized by the following configuration. In the case of FIG. 1, in step 21, the short-range wireless access point 50 determines that the authentication information is correct based on whether the authentication information acquired in step 12 and the authentication information attached to the answer information satisfy predetermined conditions. Do it. If it is correct, the short-range wireless access point 50 transmits an answer to the aggregation server. Note that the predetermined condition includes a case where the acquired authentication information and the attached authentication information match, a case where one is converted by a predetermined method and the other matches.

Further, each of the question answering terminals 56 to 63 and the short-range wireless access point 50 store in a storage device specific information for specifying a device to which information to be received is to be transmitted, and attach the information to the transmitted information. The specified information and the stored information are compared. As a result of the comparison, if there is one corresponding to the attached specific information in the storage device, the transmitted information is received. The corresponding information includes the same specific information as the attached information, and the same specific information included in the storage device when the attached specific information is converted according to a predetermined rule.

The short-range access point 50 can also suppress the relay of the connection to the network 51 or the interrogation terminal or the transfer of information with the above-described configuration.

Next, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an electronic test system will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 3 shows a short-distance wireless access installed at an examination site that relays data transmission and reception between the examination terminals 156 to 162 and the examination program distribution server 152 used by the examinee when the present invention is applied to the electronic examination system. It is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of point 150. FIG. 4 shows a configuration diagram for realizing this processing procedure.

In FIG. 3, first, the examination program distribution server 152 generates authentication information unique to the program to be distributed (step 110), and transmits the authentication information to the short-range wireless access point 150 connected to the network 151 (step 110). Step 111). The delivered exam program has at least a function of creating answer information by the examinee, but the question information may be separately distributed using paper.

The short-range wireless access point 150 receives and acquires the authentication information (step 112).

Next, the test program distribution server 152 generates a test program incorporating the authentication information (step 113). The examinee has an examination terminal. After entering the examination hall in the short-range wireless area, the examination terminal requests the examination program distribution server for the examination program (step 114). Entrance to the examination hall may be detected by the input of the examinee. The test terminal may be brought by the test taker or distributed at the test site, and the present invention is applicable to both cases.

The short-range wireless access point 150 relays this request to the examination program distribution server 152 via the network 151 (step 115).

The test program distribution server 152 transmits the test program in which the authentication information is embedded (step 116).

The short-range wireless access point 115 in the examination hall relays the examination program (step 1).
17). By the steps 115 and 117, the program can be distributed to the examination terminal at the examination hall.
Further, it is possible to minimize unfairness such as distribution of a program to an improper examinee terminal possessed by an improper examinee outside the examination hall, and an unauthorized examinee obtaining an examination program in advance. For example, the short-range wireless access point 150 attaches and transmits specific information specifying a device to which a program should be transmitted, and when the specific information held by the test terminal satisfies a predetermined condition, the test terminal May be received. The predetermined condition includes the above-described condition. The short-range wireless access point 1
The specific information transmitted by 50 may be attached to the request transmitted from the test terminal in step 114.

Each examination terminal acquires an examination program in which the authentication information is embedded (step 118), and creates an electronic answer as an answer to the examination question based on the input by the examinee (step 119). In the electronic answer preparation step 119, the examination program does not accept any input other than artificial input such as pen input or keyboard input, thereby preventing creation of an electronic answer via another unauthorized examination program or the like. Further, in this step, the display of the unauthorized examination program other than the examination program is prevented, thereby preventing the examinee from storing the contents displayed by the unauthorized examination program and inputting the contents into the valid examination program to create an electronic answer.

After each test terminal has created an electronic answer via the short-range wireless access point 150, the terminal transmits the electronic answer to the totaling server (step 120). When relaying the electronic answer, the short-range wireless access point 150 determines whether or not the authentication information included in the sent electronic answer is correct (step 121). If the authentication information is not correct, the relay is rejected (step 122). The electronic answer is relayed to the tallying server, and the tallying server receives the electronic answer (step 123).

According to step 121, the tallying server 164
Can obtain an electronic answer generated correctly by an examination program that can prevent unauthorized examination acts distributed correctly. In addition,
The determination in step 121 may be made by comparing the previously stored specific information for specifying the device that transmits the information to be received or transferred with the specific information attached to the transmitted information. Alternatively, the authentication may be performed based on the result of comparing the authentication information acquired in step 112 with the authentication information attached to the response information. For example, step 11
It is determined that the case where the authentication information acquired in step 2 and the authentication information attached to the answer information satisfy a predetermined relationship is correct. The predetermined relationship includes that the acquired authentication information matches the attached authentication information, and that the acquired authentication information matches the attached authentication information when the acquired authentication information is converted by a predetermined method, or vice versa. It is.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an electronic test system that executes the processing flow shown in FIG. The short-range wireless access point 150 installed in the examination hall is connected to the electronic examination network 151. By installing short-range wireless access points at multiple venues and connecting them via an electronic test network, it is possible to take tests at remote locations. An examination program distribution server 152 is connected to the electronic examination network 151, and the examination program distribution server 152 has an examination program 153 including authentication information. An examination terminal 154 connected to the electronic examination network 151 via the short-range wireless access point 150 via the short-range wireless communication acquires the examination program 155 including the authentication information and generates an electronic answer. Examination program 1
55, do not communicate with devices other than 150, accept only input by artificial operation such as pen input or keyboard input without accepting input from other programs, and display other programs during operation of the program. not allowed,
It is characterized by the following. Due to this feature, when the examination terminal 156 having the unauthorized examination program 157 performs short-range wireless communication with the 154 and sends the electronic answer to the 155, and displays the electronic answer on the 154, etc. Can not be received due to the feature that it cannot be received. As described above, this feature can be realized by receiving information transmitted from a predetermined device or suppressing reception transmitted from a predetermined device. These are executed in a configuration using the above-described specific information and authentication information.

Similarly, after obtaining a valid examination program 159 having authentication information, the examinee exits the examination hall and the examination answering terminal 158 trying to cheat is used by the examination program 155.
Even if an attempt is made to connect to the network 151 via the (test terminal 154) and the short-range wireless access point 150, the test program 159 (test terminal 158) is characterized by communicating with the short-range wireless access point 150. Misconduct can be prevented. This can also be realized by the above-described configuration.

Similarly, a test terminal 160 having an unauthorized test program 61 having no authentication information installed in advance is used for the short-distance wireless access point 1.
Even if an attempt is made to connect to the network 151 via the access point 50, the characteristic of the access point 150 that does not relay the connection from the examination program that does not have the correct authentication information is as follows.
Such fraud can be prevented. That is, as described above, it becomes possible by confirming the authentication information in step 121.

Also, due to the feature of the present invention that short-range wireless communication is used for connection to the network 151, the examination terminal 162 which has the examination program 163 having valid authentication information but is not in the examination hall is connected to the network 151. Can not do it. The examination terminal 154 that can be connected to the network 151 creates an electronic answer according to the input of the examinee, and transmits the electronic answer 65 to the totaling server 164.

FIG. 5 is a display example on the screen of an examination terminal when the present invention is applied to an electronic examination system. In contrast to the examination terminal 170 on which the legitimate examination program operates, the examination terminal 171 has an unauthorized examination program running. The examination terminal 171 sends the electronic answer to the questionnaire 170 and tries to promote cheating. Test terminal 171 on test terminal 170
Even if the unauthorized examination program 173 that receives the electronic answer sent by the examinee is running, the valid examination program 172 is always displayed on the front, and the examinee stores the contents displayed on the 173 and inputs the information to the 172. Acts can be prevented. This is because the examination terminal 170 executes the following processing. That is, execution of programs other than the program to which the authentication information is attached is suppressed. For example, when the authentication information stored in the examination terminal 170 and the authentication information attached and transmitted to the program satisfy a predetermined relationship, the processing of the program is executed. The predetermined relationship is as described above.

Next, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an electronic voting system will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. FIG. 6 shows a processing procedure of a voting terminal and a voting program distribution server used by a voter and a short-range wireless access point installed in a voting hall for relaying data transmission and reception between the voting terminal and the voting program when the present invention is applied to an electronic voting system. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. This flowchart is executed by the configuration shown in FIG.

In FIG. 6, first, the voting program distribution server 252 generates authentication information unique to the program to be distributed (step 210), and transmits the authentication information to the short-range wireless access point 250 connected to the network 251 (step 210). 211).

The short-range wireless access point 250 acquires the authentication information (step 212).

Next, the voting program distribution server 252
Generates a voting program incorporating the authentication information (step 213). The voter has a voting terminal and requests the voting program from the voting program distribution server after the voting terminal enters the voting hall in the short-range wireless area (step 214). This request may be made based on the voter's input to the voting terminal. The short-range wireless access point 250 relays this request (step 215).

Next, the voting program distribution server 252
Transmits a voting program in which authentication information is embedded (step 216).

Next, the short-range wireless access point 250 in the voting hall relays (receives and transmits to the voting terminal) the transmitted voting program (step 217). Steps 215 and 217 make it possible to distribute the program to the voting terminals located in the voting hall, and to distribute the program to the voting terminals owned by the unauthorized voting parties outside the voting hall, and to obtain the voting program in advance. Inequality can be minimized. This can be realized by the same configuration as the examination system.

Next, the voting terminal obtains a voting program in which the authentication information is embedded (step 218), and creates an electronic vote representing the contents of the voting according to the input from the voter (step 219). In the electronic slip creation step 219,
The voting program does not accept any input other than artificial input such as pen input or keyboard input, thereby preventing creation of an electronic vote via another unauthorized voting program or the like. This prevention function can also be realized with the same configuration as the above-described test system.

Further, in the same step, the display of the unauthorized voting program other than the voting program is prevented, so that the contents displayed by the unauthorized voting program are memorized by the voter and input to the valid voting program to create an electronic vote. To prevent This configuration can also be realized with the same configuration as the examination system.

The voting terminal, after creating the electronic slip, the totaling server 2
The electronic form is transmitted to the server 64 (step 220). When relaying the electronic form, the short-range wireless access point 250 determines whether the authentication information included in the transmitted electronic form is correct (step 221). If the authentication information is not correct, the relay is rejected (step 222). The electronic form is relayed to the totaling server, and the totaling server receives the electronic form (step 223). According to step 221, the counting server can acquire only the electronic slips correctly generated by the correctly distributed voting program. The determination in step 221 is performed by the same processing as that of the above-described examination system and the like.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram when the present invention is applied to an electronic voting system. The short-range wireless access point 250 installed in the voting hall is connected to the electronic voting network 251. By installing short-range wireless access points in multiple venues and connecting them via an electronic voting network, remote voting is also possible. The voting program distribution server 252 is connected to the electronic voting network 251.

The voting program distribution server 252 has a voting program 253 including authentication information. Voting terminal 254 connected to the electronic voting network 251 via the short-range wireless access point 250 by short-range wireless communication
Acquires the voting program 255 including the authentication information and generates an electronic form.

The voting terminal 255 does not communicate with devices other than the short-range wireless access point 250, and accepts only input by an artificial operation such as pen input or keyboard input without receiving input from other programs. It is characterized in that display of other programs is not permitted during operation of the program. These features can be realized with the same configuration as the examination system described above. In addition, due to these features, the voting terminal 2 having the unauthorized voting program 257
56 transmits an electronic vote to the voting program 255 (voting device 254) by short-range wireless communication with the voting terminal 254,
If an attempt is made to perform a fraudulent action such as displaying on the voting terminal 254, the voting program 255 is
Unable to receive information from 57, fraud can be prevented.

Similarly, after acquiring a valid voting program 259 having authentication information, the voting terminal 258 going out of the voting hall and trying to perform an illegal operation is connected to the network 251 via the voting program 255 and the short-distance access point 250. Voting program 259 when trying to connect
Is characterized in that it communicates only with the short-range access point 250, so that such fraud can be prevented. This feature can also be realized with the same configuration as the above-described examination system.

Similarly, even if the voting terminal 260 having an unauthorized voting program 261 having no authentication information installed in advance or the like attempts to connect to the network 251 via the short-distance wireless access point 250, the voting terminal 260 has the correct authentication information. Such a fraud can be prevented by the feature of the short-distance access point 250 that does not relay the connection from the voting program without the voting program. This fraud prevention can also be realized with the same configuration as the examination system.

Also, due to the feature of the present invention that short-range wireless communication is used for connection to the network 251, the voting terminal 262 having the voting program 263 having valid authentication information but not in the voting hall is connected to the network 251. Can not do it. The voting terminal 254 that can be connected to the network 251 creates an electronic form and transmits the electronic form 265 to the counting server 264.

Further, with the same configuration and method, an electronic bidding system, an electronic questionnaire system and the like can be realized. In the three embodiments described above,
Although the counting server and the program distribution server are separate information processing devices, they may be realized by one information processing device.

[0051]

According to the configuration of the present invention described above, it is possible to prevent inconveniences including fraud in the electronic question answering system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a processing procedure when the present invention is applied to a general electronic question answering system.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a general electronic question answering system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the present invention is applied to an electronic test system.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram when the present invention is applied to an electronic test system.

FIG. 5 is a screen display example of a test terminal when the present invention is applied to an electronic test system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the present invention is applied to an electronic voting system.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram when the present invention is applied to an electronic voting system.

[Explanation of symbols]

50: short-distance wireless access point, 51: question answering network, 52: question answering program distribution server, 5
3: a question answering program including authentication information; 54: a valid question answering terminal having a valid question answering program; 55
... A legitimate question and answer program including authentication information, 56... A fraudulent question and answer terminal that has a fraudulent question and answer program and transmits information to the communication 54, 57. Is an unauthorized question answering terminal that attempts to connect to 50 via 54 from outside the venue, 59 ... legitimate question answering program, 60 ...
Unauthorized question answering terminal that is in the venue but cannot communicate with 50 because it does not have a legitimate question answering program, 61 ... Unauthorized question answering program, 62 ... Unauthorized that has a legitimate question answering program but cannot communicate with 50 because it is outside the venue Question answering terminal, 63 ... legitimate question answering program, 64 ... 5
Total server receiving answer information relayed by 0, 65 ... response information

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Junji Nakata 1099 Ozenji Temple, Aso-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Hitachi, Ltd.System Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Koichi Sano 1099 Ozenji Temple, Aso-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture (72) Inventor Shoichi Nakagami 1-6-27 Shinsuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo F-term (reference) 2C028 BC01 BD02 BD03 CA01 CA13 DA01 5K072 AA24 BB02 BB13 BB25 CC03 DD17

Claims (6)

[Claims] An electronic question answering system for electronically realizing a question and an answer related to the question, comprising a question answering program that causes an information processing device to display a question content and accept an input of an answer to the question. In an electronic question answering system having an answer program distribution device, a question answering device that performs information processing according to the question answering program, and a relay device that relays information between the question answering program distribution device and the question answering device. The question answering program distribution device, the relay device,
The first authentication information that specifies the question answering program to be transmitted is transmitted, the relay device stores the transmitted first authentication information, and the question answering program distribution device transmits the first authentication information to the relay device.
The question and answer program to be distributed and the second authentication information corresponding to the first authentication information are transmitted, and the relay device transmits the question and answer program and the second authentication transmitted to the question and answer device. Transmitting information, the question answering device outputs a question content according to the transmitted question answering program, and uses the question answering program transmitted according to the input of the user to provide an answer to the output question content. Create and in the relay device,
The response information indicating the created response and the second authentication information are transmitted, and the relay device transmits the response information based on the stored first authentication information and the transmitted second authentication information. An electronic question answering system characterized by determining whether or not to relay. 2. The electronic question answering system according to claim 1, wherein the relay device relays the answer information when the first authentication information and the second authentication information satisfy a predetermined relationship. An electronic question answering system characterized by the following. 3. The electronic question answering system according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined relationship is that the first authentication information and the second authentication information are the same. 4. The electronic question answering system according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined relationship is obtained by converting one of the first authentication information and the second authentication information by a predetermined method. An electronic question answering system characterized in that the password matches the other. 5. The electronic question answering system according to claim 1, further comprising an answer collecting device for collecting answer information, wherein said relay device sends said answer information to said answer collecting device. An electronic question answering system characterized by transmitting. 6. The electronic question answering system according to claim 1, wherein the relay device and the question answering device have a wireless function, and transmission and reception between the relay device and the question answering device are performed. A question answering system characterized by being executed wirelessly.