JP2003167835A - Member registering system and method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a member registering method capable of reducing input items and workload by a user. <P>SOLUTION: When an e-mail is received from a terminal device 2 operated by an applicant of the member registration, an e-mail address of the received e-mail is read out, and whether the read e-mail address exists in the member information database 13 or not is retrieved. When the e-mail address does not exist in the member information database 13 as a result of retrieval, a membership number and a password are allocated to the applicant, and stored in the member information database 13 as the member information of a new member. Then an e-mail including URL 35 linked to a Web page for providing the service to the new member, the membership number and the like is created, and transmitted to the e-mail address of the terminal device 2 of the new member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a member registration system and method and a program which are carried out using a computer network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various member services have been provided on Internet homepages and the like. In order to receive such member service, membership registration is performed regardless of whether it is paid or not. For such member registration, an offline method of mailing a registration form containing necessary information such as the name and address of the applicant for membership registration may be used, but since the clerical work becomes complicated, it may be done on the website. The method of online registration is widespread.

Such online member registration is
Generally, first, the user himself
Enter the URL of the homepage for member registration to display the homepage, and then enter the necessary information such as name and email address in the specified input box displayed on the homepage and send it. Was there.

[0004]

However, in the above member registration method, since it is necessary to input the URL first to display the home page and then input the necessary information one by one, the number of input operations is large, For the user, there is a disadvantage that the operation is complicated and time-consuming, and the communication cost becomes high. In particular, when inputting a URL, if the number of characters is large and even if one character is erroneously input, the target homepage will not be displayed, so the work is extremely complicated and nervous, and many users are reluctant to do the work.
For this reason, the target home page is accessed mainly by following a registered menu when accessing from a mobile phone, or by a keyword search by a search engine when accessing from a personal computer device. The reality is that

Further, in recent years, since there are a plurality of carriers (carriers) such as mobile phones and the languages used for the web pages differ depending on the carriers, there are a plurality of types of web pages depending on the carrier to which the terminal device belongs. Be prepared.
For example, a plurality of web pages such as an i-mode version, a J-sky version, an EZweb version, etc. are prepared. Therefore, in the above member registration method, when the necessary data on the home page displayed by inputting the URL is input, it is necessary to also input the type of carrier, and for the user, there are many items to be input at the time of member registration. The work was also complicated in terms.

Further, in the above member registration method, after inputting and transmitting the necessary data on the home page displayed by inputting the URL, the member number and the like to be input when authenticating the member on the web page for receiving the service are newly provided. I had to get it by receiving it by e-mail or checking what was displayed on the web page. Then, when the service is received on the web page, the member number or the like obtained is input.

As described above, according to the conventional member registration method,
There is a problem that the number of input items and the amount of work by the user are large and complicated. Further, in the mobile phone terminal, the method of directly inputting the URL to display the home page and registering as a member is difficult to understand, and the usability is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a member registration system, method, and program capable of reducing the input items and the work amount of the user.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a member registration system of the present invention is a system for performing member registration via a computer network, in which member information including an electronic mail address of a member is stored. The member database, the means for receiving e-mail from the terminal device operated by the applicant for membership registration, the e-mail address of the received e-mail, and the read e-mail address exists in the member database. A means to search whether there is, and the result of the above search,
If the above-mentioned e-mail address does not exist in the member database, the member identification information is assigned to the desired person, and the member identification information is stored in the member database as the member information of the new member. The gist of the present invention is to provide a means for generating an e-mail including the URL linking to the provided web page and the member identification information, and transmitting the e-mail to the e-mail address of the terminal device of the new member.

That is, the member registration system of the present invention is
When an e-mail is received from a terminal device operated by a member registration applicant, the e-mail address of the received e-mail is read and it is searched whether the read e-mail address exists in the member database. . Then, as a result of the search, when the electronic mail address does not exist in the member database, the member identification information is assigned to the applicant and the member identification information is stored in the member database as the member information of the new member. Then, an e-mail including the URL linking to the web page providing the service to the new member and the member identification information is generated and transmitted to the e-mail address of the terminal device of the new member.

As described above, in the member registration system of the present invention, a person who wishes to register as a member can complete the member registration simply by sending an electronic mail from a terminal device to a predetermined address. Eliminates the need to perform complicated operations such as accessing the homepage and entering necessary member information. In addition, since the e-mail sent back to the e-mail sent by the person who wishes to register as a member includes the member identification information and the URL, the user can save the trouble of re-obtaining the member number and the like, and click the URL. Just by doing so, it becomes possible to immediately access the home page for which the service is provided. Therefore,
The number of data input operations required for member registration is significantly reduced, communication time is shortened, and communication costs are low,
Great benefits for users. Further, as a service provider, more users can be obtained and the number of accesses can be expected to be improved because the home page can be easily accessed. Further, since the member identification information of the registered member is stored in the member database as the member information of the new member, the service provider can relatively easily form the member information into a database, which can be used for market research, for example. Is possible. Further, in the case of attempting to make a charge for a service for a mobile phone terminal, conventionally, it could not be easily done unless it was registered in a menu list page sponsored by a carrier. Moreover, it is very difficult to register in the menu list. However, in the present invention, since the member identification information such as the membership number is easily issued, for example, the member number is written on the transfer form or the like to make the transfer, and the pay service is provided to the user after the transfer is confirmed. This makes it possible to charge easily. It should be noted that if the member identification information can be notified, the payment method can be a method other than the transfer, and prepaid or postpaid payment is not required.
It is also possible to make a payment through virtual currency available on the network.

In the member registration system of the present invention, a plurality of web pages for providing services to new members exist for each carrier of the terminal device, and the terminal device which has transmitted the electronic mail from the read electronic mail address. A means for determining a carrier and a means for creating a URL of the corresponding carrier based on the carrier of the determined terminal device are provided, and when the email for the new member is generated, the above-mentioned URL is created in the email. In case of including "," the user inputs the information such as the type of carrier in order to automatically identify the carrier of the terminal device of the applicant for membership registration and automatically create the URL corresponding to the carrier. Since it is not necessary to do so, the amount of work required for member registration is further reduced.

In the member registration system of the present invention, if the e-mail sent from the terminal device operated by the member registration applicant does not include the text or subject data, the user who wishes to register as a member. Enter a predetermined e-mail address and send a so-called "empty mail" to complete membership registration. Therefore, the amount of work for the user to register as a member is further reduced.

In the member registration system of the present invention, there are a plurality of web pages for providing services to new members for each of a plurality of services, and a plurality of e-mails received from the terminal device operated by the person who wishes to register as a member. When the service specifying information for specifying a predetermined service among the services is included, the service specifying information is read for the new member by reading the service specifying information and creating a URL corresponding to the service based on the read service specifying information. The U created above when generating the email
If RL is included, and if multiple services are provided by multiple web pages,
Simply by including the service identification information that identifies the service that the user wants to use in an email and sending it to a predetermined address, membership registration will be completed automatically and a reply including the URL of the web page providing the service will be sent. You can receive email. And when receiving the service, the UR included in the reply mail is not required even if you follow the menu or use the search engine.
Just click L to access the web page. Thus, the work for accessing the web page to receive the service provided to the member after the member registration is extremely simplified, the communication time is shortened, and the communication cost can be reduced.

In the member registration system of the present invention, when there are a plurality of web pages that provide services to new members, a URL information storage section for storing URL information of these web pages is provided, and the URL information storage section is provided. If the target URL is extracted by searching from the URL, even if the number of services provided increases or the URL of the web page providing the service increases, the URL information storage unit Target U by search
By extracting the RL, it becomes possible to perform a quick mail creation process.

In the member registration system of the present invention, when the terminal device is a mobile phone terminal, the data input of the mobile phone terminal is more complicated than that of a computer device, so that the data input is extremely troublesome. The simplified effects of the present invention are remarkable and effective.

Further, the member registration method of the present invention is a method of performing member registration via a computer network, and a step of storing member information including a member's e-mail address in a member database and a member registration applicant. A step of receiving an email from the terminal device operated by, a step of reading the email address of the received email, and a step of searching whether the read email address exists in the member database, As a result of the search, if the e-mail address does not exist in the member database, the member identifying information is assigned to the applicant and the member identifying information is stored in the member database as the member information of the new member. Links to web pages that provide services to Generating an e-mail containing the RL and the member identification information, and summarized in that comprising the steps of transmitting to the electronic mail address of the new members of the terminal device.

The member registration program of the present invention is a program for performing member registration via a computer network, and a procedure for storing member information including a member's e-mail address in a member database and a member registration applicant. A procedure for receiving an electronic mail from the terminal device operated by, a procedure for reading the electronic mail address of the received electronic mail and searching for whether the read electronic mail address exists in the member database; As a result of the above search, if the e-mail address does not exist in the member database, the member identification information is assigned to the applicant, and the member identification information is stored in the member database as the member information of the new member. UR links to web pages that provide services to And generating an e-mail including the member identification information, and summarized in that to execute a step of transmitting the electronic mail address of the new members of the terminal device to the computer device.

In the present invention, "URL" is generally a mark for using a web server, and represents an access means, a host name, a domain name, a port, a path name, a file name and the like. It is a mark including a character string or a symbol, but it is not limited to this, and it is intended to include various forms as long as it specifies an information resource in a computer device on the Internet.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

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

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a server which is connected to the Internet 3 via a route control device and a telephone line and which performs member registration by this system. Although the server 1 is shown as one device in the figure, a plurality of devices may be provided. Further, in the server 1, various software and hardware necessary for this system, such as hardware resources and software necessary for realizing various functions such as WWW server function, mail server function, database server function, etc. Is equipped with.

Numeral 2 is a terminal device. In this example, the terminal device 2 is a mobile phone terminal, and
It has an input unit such as a keyboard, a mouse, and buttons, as well as a display unit such as a CD. Each of the terminal devices 2 is connected to the Internet 3 similarly to the server 1, and various Ws existing on the Internet 3 respectively.
A WWW browser for browsing web pages existing in the WW server is provided, and each is connected to the server 1 via the Internet 3 and can perform communication.

The server 1 of this system is
First, when an e-mail relating to a registration application (hereinafter referred to as an "application e-mail") is received from a terminal device 2 operated by a member registration applicant, the e-mail address of the received application e-mail is read and the read e-mail address is read. Is present in the member information database 13 (see FIG. 2) of the server 1 or not. Then,
As a result of the search, if the e-mail address does not exist in the member information database 13, the member identification information such as the member number and password is assigned to the applicant, and the member identification information is used as the member information of the new member. Store in database 13. And U that links to the web page that provides services to new members
An electronic mail including the RL and the member identification information (hereinafter referred to as “reply mail”) is generated and transmitted to the electronic mail address of the terminal device 2 of the new member.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing the server 1.

In the figure, 11 is a transmission / reception control unit,
It controls communication including data transmission / reception with the terminal device 2 performed via the Internet 3.

Reference numeral 12 is a database storage unit, which is a member information database 13 and a service information database 1.
4 is stored.

The member information database 13 stores at least the electronic mail address of the terminal device 2 of the registered member and the member identification information such as the member number and password assigned to the member.

In addition to the above information, the member information database 13 may store member-specific information such as the member's name, address, telephone number and fax number. Further, data such as date of birth, age, sex, residence area, school name, occupation, subscription paper, reading magazine, hobbies and tastes can be stored. The above-mentioned hobbies and tastes are, for example, categories that indicate the target of interest of the user, and are, for example, “fashion”, “life”, “sports”, “video,”
"Music / Books""HobbyCulture""Cars / Motorcycles""Restaurant""HomeAppliances""Services""Beauty and Health""Leisure and Travel""Manga""Art""Cooking""Computer""BusinessTrends"""Volunteer" etc. can be set. These pieces of information may be input online on a web page or by e-mail, or by mail or offline such as FAX.

By storing such personal information and hobby / preference information of the member, information on the access history is stored in the web page accessed by the registered member and collated with the hobby / preference information. , Can be used for market research, etc., or can be used as attribute information when sending a direct mail.

In the service information database 14,
When there are multiple services provided to members registered in the member registration system, service identification information that identifies each service, such as a service number, and the URL of the web page that provides the service from this service identification information Information needed to generate a URL (eg URL
Character string following the last slash "/") and are stored.

In the service information database 14,
In addition to the above information, for example, information such as an access history of registered members accessing each web page can be accumulated and stored.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a database management means, which is a database for writing new data, extracting data, reading data, and updating data stored in the member information database 13 and the service information database 14 in the database storage unit 12. Manage. Specifically, as will be described later, when searching for whether or not the email address of the received application mail exists in the member information database 13, or when generating the URL to be included in the reply mail, the service information Information necessary for generating the URL of the web page corresponding to the service specifying information is extracted from the database 14 by searching.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a web page storage unit, which stores web page files constituting a web site that provides services.

A program storage unit 29 stores the main program. This main program is
Which is used in the control means 10 described later,
It is composed of programs that control various operations as described later.

Reference numeral 10 is a control means, which realizes various functions in the system of the present invention, which will be described later, such as transmission / reception of electronic mail, data retrieval accompanying it, and data creation.

The control means 10 includes the electronic mail receiving means 22, the electronic mail reading means 23, and the identification information creating means 2
4, a URL creating means 25, an electronic mail creating means 26, and an electronic mail sending means 27.

The electronic mail receiving means 22 receives the "application mail" transmitted from the terminal device 2 operated by the applicant for membership registration. The "application mail" is an electronic mail that is sent to a predetermined mail address defined in the system when the user wants to register as a member. The “application mail” includes the electronic mail address of the terminal device 2 that sent the application.

The electronic mail reading means 23 reads the electronic mail address of the "application mail" received by the electronic mail receiving means 22. The e-mail address read here is confirmed by the database management means 19 by searching whether it exists in the member information database 13. Further, the electronic mail reading means 23 determines the carrier of the terminal device 2 which has transmitted the application mail from the read electronic mail address.

When the electronic mail address does not exist in the member information database 13 as a result of the search by the database management unit 19, the identification information creating unit 24 is a member such as a member number or password as a new member for the applicant. Assign identification information. The member identification information assigned here is stored in the member information database 13 as the member information of the new member by the database management means 19.

The URL creating means 25 is a UR that links to a web page that provides services to new members.
Create L. At this time, if necessary, the database management means 19 extracts the information necessary for generating the URL of the web page corresponding to the service from the service information database 14 by searching.

At this time, since there are a plurality of web pages for providing services to new members for each carrier of the terminal device 2, the URL creating means 25 of the terminal device 2 determined by the electronic mail reading means 23. The URL of the corresponding carrier is created based on the carrier.

The electronic mail creating means 26 creates a "reply mail" to the "application mail". In this "reply mail", the member identification information such as the member number and password assigned by the identification information creating means 24,
An electronic mail including the URL created by the URL creating means 25 is created. The destination address of the “reply mail” is the address of the terminal device 2 which has transmitted the application mail read by the electronic mail reading means 23.

The electronic mail sending means 27 sends the "reply mail" created by the electronic mail creating means 26 to the electronic mail address of the terminal device 2 of the new member.

Next, a first example of the basic operation of the above system which is the method of the present invention will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 and an example of the display screen shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. In the following description, "S" is "step"
Means

First, the electronic mail receiving means 22 of the server 1
Receives an application mail sent by a user desiring to register as a member to a predetermined electronic mail address for member registration (S100).

The application mail is, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, an electronic mail address 30 for member registration (in this example, "ad@camp.net" that is easy to input).
And the electronic mail address 31 of the user's terminal device 2. Further, this application mail does not include the title and the body text, and the title column 32 and the body column 3
Reference numeral 3 is a blank so-called "blank mail". in this way,
A user who wishes to register as a member can enter a predetermined e-mail address and send a so-called "empty e-mail" to complete the membership registration, which greatly reduces the amount of work required for the user to register as a member. Membership registration can be completed with a simple operation.

Next, the electronic mail reading means 23 acquires the mail address of the user who sent from the received application mail (S110). At this time, the electronic mail reading means 23 determines the carrier of the terminal device 2 to which the application mail is transmitted from the acquired electronic mail address. For example, if the user's email address is "yuko @ docom
o. ne. jp ”, it is followed by“ @ ”and“ doco
It can be determined from the character string "mo" that the carrier is NTT DOCOMO, and it is possible to determine that the user who sent the mail needs to browse the "i-mode version" web page to provide the service.

Next, the database management means 19 searches whether or not the acquired mail address is registered in the member information database 13, and if it is registered, the process proceeds to step 130, and if not registered. The process proceeds to step 140 (S120).

If the acquired mail address is registered in the member information database 13, step 130
In the above, the email address of the user who has sent the application email by the email creating means 26 creates an email notifying that it has already been registered, and sends it to the email address of the user read by the email sending means 27. .

On the other hand, if the acquired mail address is not one registered in the member information database 13, the identification information creating means 24 creates a member number and password (S140 to S150), and the URL creating means 25 reads the electronic mail. The URL of the corresponding carrier is created based on the carrier of the terminal device 2 determined by the means 23 (S160). In this way, since the carrier of the terminal device 2 of the member who desires to register is automatically determined and the URL corresponding to the carrier is automatically created, the user does not have to input information such as the type of carrier. Therefore, the amount of work required for member registration is further reduced.

Next, the database management means 19 stores the acquired mail address and the member number and password created by the identification information creation means 24 in the member information database 13 and performs member registration (S17).
0).

Then, the electronic mail creating means 26
Member number, password, UR linking to web page
A reply mail in which L is entered is created (S180). In this reply mail, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the e-mail address 31 of the terminal device 2 that has transmitted the application mail is entered in the destination field, and the e-mail address 30 for member registration is entered in the sender field. There is.

The title column 32 describes the requirement statement "completion of member registration", and the body column 33 describes "Your membership number is 1235679. The temporary password is a1b.
It is 2c3d4. The posted photos page is http: // w
ww. canp. net / i. Click on toko! Message text is written. In this example,
"Http://www.camp.net/i.to
"ko" is the URL 35 that links to the web page that provides the service, and the service provided there is browsing of posted photos. Here, the posted photo is, for example, a photo taken by a self-photographing device such as a so-called photo booth machine and posted online, or a photo taken by a digital camera and posted by a terminal device such as a personal computer. Also,
Access by displaying the e-mail address for member registration on the operation screen of the self-photographing device, posting a poster with the e-mail address near the housing of the self-photographing device, or posting it in a magazine. You can expect an effect.

After that, the created reply mail is sent by the electronic mail sending means 27 to the terminal device 2 of the user (S190).

As described above, according to the present invention, the member registration applicant can complete the member registration simply by sending an “empty mail” as an application mail from the terminal device 2 to a predetermined address. There is no need to perform complicated work such as accessing a home page and inputting necessary member information as in the conventional case. Further, since the reply mail to the application mail sent by the member registration applicant includes the member identification information such as the member number and the URL, the user can save the trouble of re-obtaining the member number and the above UR.
By clicking L, it becomes possible to immediately access the home page for which the service is provided. Therefore, the number of data input operations required for member registration is significantly reduced, the communication time is shortened, and the communication cost is low, which is a great advantage for the user.

Further, as a service provider, since more users can be acquired and the home page can be easily accessed, the number of accesses can be expected to be improved. In addition, since the member identification information of the registered member is stored in the member information database 13 as the member information of the new member, the service provider can relatively easily form the member information into a database, which is used for market research, for example. It becomes possible to do. Further, in the case of attempting to make a charge for a service for a mobile phone terminal, conventionally, it could not be easily done unless it was registered in a menu list page sponsored by a carrier. Moreover, it is very difficult to register in the menu list. However, in the present invention, since the member identification information such as the membership number is easily issued, for example, the member number is written on the transfer form or the like to make the transfer, and the pay service is provided to the user after the transfer is confirmed. This makes it possible to charge easily. It should be noted that if the member identification information can be notified, the payment method can be a method other than the transfer, and prepaid or postpaid payment is not required. It is also possible to make a payment through virtual currency available on the network. Further, since the terminal device 2 is a mobile phone terminal, the mobile phone terminal requires more complicated data input than a computer device or the like. Therefore, the data input operation is extremely simplified. Is remarkable and effective.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a second example of the method of the present invention.

In this example, there are a plurality of web pages for providing services to new members for each of a plurality of services, and the e-mail received from the terminal device 2 of the user includes service specifying information for specifying a predetermined service. If the service specific information is read, the UR corresponding to the service is read based on the read service specific information.
L is created and the URL created above is included in the reply mail.

That is, first, in the electronic mail receiving means 22 of the server 1, the user desiring to register as a member receives the terminal device 2
The application mail transmitted to the predetermined e-mail address for member registration using is received (S100).

The application mail is, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, an electronic mail address 30 for member registration (“ad@camp.net” in this example) and an electronic mail address 31 of the terminal device 2 of the user. Is included. Also, this application email is not "empty email"
A service number 34 (“S142569P” in this example) that identifies a predetermined service among a plurality of services is described.

Next, the electronic mail reading means 23 acquires the mail address of the user who sent from the received application mail (S110). At this time, the electronic mail reading means 23 determines the carrier of the terminal device 2 to which the application mail is transmitted from the acquired electronic mail address.

The electronic mail reading means 23 also reads the service number 34 in the body column 33 from the received application mail (S115).

Next, the database management means 19 searches whether or not the acquired mail address is registered in the member information database 13, and if registered, proceeds to step 130, and if not registered. The process proceeds to step 140 (S120).

If the acquired mail address is registered in the member information database 13, step 130
In, the mail address of the user who sent the application mail creates and sends a mail notifying that the user has already registered.

On the other hand, if the acquired mail address is not registered in the member information database 13, the identification information creating means 24 creates a membership number and password (S140 to S150), and the URL creating means 25 reads the electronic mail. The URL of the corresponding carrier is created based on the carrier of the terminal device 2 determined by the means 23 (S160). At this time, the database management unit 19 retrieves the information necessary for generating the URL of the web page corresponding to the service number 34 from the service information database 14, and creates the URL corresponding to the service.

Next, the database management means 19 stores the acquired mail address and the member number and password created by the identification information creation means 24 in the member information database 13 and performs member registration (S17).
0).

Then, the electronic mail creating means 26
Member number, password, UR linking to web page
A reply mail in which L is entered is created (S180). In this reply mail, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, as the URL 35 linking to the web page providing the service, "http://www.camp.net/i.
“Toko / S142569P” is displayed.

After that, the electronic mail sending means 27 sends the created reply mail to the terminal device 2 of the user (S190).

According to this example, when a plurality of services are provided by a plurality of web pages, the service number 34 specifying the service the user desires to use is included in the application mail and transmitted to a predetermined address. By simply completing the membership registration, a reply mail including the URL of the web page providing the service can be received. When the service is provided, the web page can be accessed by simply clicking the URL included in the reply mail without following the menu or using the search engine. Thus, the work for accessing the web page to receive the service provided to the member after the member registration is extremely simplified, the communication time is shortened, and the communication cost can be reduced.

FIG. 9 shows a second example of the server 1. When there are a plurality of web pages that provide services to new members, the server 1 uses U of these web pages.
A URL database 15 for storing RL information is provided, and a target URL is extracted from the URL database 15 by searching. By doing so, even when the number of services provided increases or the URL of the web page providing the services increases, the target U can be retrieved from the URL database 15.
By extracting the RL, it becomes possible to perform a quick mail creation process. Other than that, it is the same as each of the above embodiments,
Similar parts are given the same reference numerals. In this example as well, the same operational effects as the above-described respective embodiments are exhibited.

The above member registration method is mainly executed by a program that operates on the server 1, and such a program is provided by being recorded in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or distributed via a computer network. Provided by.

In each of the above embodiments, an example in which the database storage unit 12 and the web page storage unit 28 are provided in one server 1 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, a database is It is also possible to separately provide a database server for storing and a web page server for storing web pages. in this case,
The web page server does not have to be provided in the server 1 and may be located anywhere on the Internet 3.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the web page storage unit 28 and the program storage unit 29 are separated, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be changed depending on the page description language used and the control method of the database. The web page storage unit 28 and the program storage unit 29 may be the same.

Further, in the above embodiment, an example in which a mobile phone terminal is used as the terminal device 2 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a mobile information terminal such as a PDA other than a mobile phone, a computer device, or the like. Can also be used as a terminal device.

[0076]

As described above, according to the present invention, a person who wants to register as a member can complete the member registration by simply sending an electronic mail from a terminal device to a predetermined address.
There is no need to perform complicated work such as accessing a home page and inputting necessary member information as in the conventional case. Also, the member identification information and UR will be sent to the e-mail returned to the e-mail sent by the member registration applicant
Since L is included, the user can save access to the member number and the like again and can immediately access the home page for which the service is provided by simply clicking the URL. Therefore, the number of data input operations required for member registration is significantly reduced, and
Communication time is shortened and communication costs are low, which is a great advantage for users. Further, as a service provider, more users can be obtained and the number of accesses can be expected to be improved because the home page can be easily accessed. Further, since the member identification information of the registered member is stored in the member database as the member information of the new member, the service provider can relatively easily form the member information into a database, which can be used for market research, for example. Is possible. Further, in the case of attempting to make a charge for a service for a mobile phone terminal, conventionally, it could not be easily done unless it was registered in a menu list page sponsored by a carrier. Moreover, it is very difficult to register in the menu list. However, in the present invention, since the member identification information such as the membership number is easily issued, for example, the member number is written on the transfer form or the like to make the transfer, and the pay service is provided to the user after the transfer is confirmed. This makes it possible to charge easily. It should be noted that if the member identification information can be notified, the payment method can be a method other than the transfer, and prepaid or postpaid payment is not required. It is also possible to make a payment through virtual currency available on the network.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a peripheral structure of a system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing a server.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a first example of the method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a first example of a member registration application mail.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a first example of a member registration completion mail.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a second example of the method of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a second example of a member registration application mail.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a second example of a member registration completion mail.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram showing a second example of a server.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 server 2 Terminal device (member terminal) 3 Internet 10 Control means 11 Transmission / reception control unit 12 Database storage 13 Member information database 14 Service information database 15 URL database 19 Database management means 22 E-mail receiving means 23 E-mail reading means 24 Identification information creation means 25 URL creation means 26 E-mail creation method 27 E-mail sending means 28 Web page storage 29 Program storage section 30 e-mail address 31 e-mail address 32 Title column 33 body 34 Service number 35 URL

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A system for performing member registration via a computer network, wherein a member database in which member information including an e-mail address of the member is stored,
A means for receiving an e-mail from a terminal device operated by a member registration applicant, and reading the e-mail address of the received e-mail and checking whether the read e-mail address exists in the member database. If the e-mail address does not exist in the member database as a result of the search and the search result, the member identification information is assigned to the desired person and the member identification information is stored in the member database as the member information of the new member. And means for generating an e-mail including a URL linking to a web page providing a service to a new member and the member identification information, and transmitting it to the e-mail address of the terminal device of the new member. A member registration system that is characterized by 2. A means for determining a carrier of the terminal device which has transmitted the electronic mail from a read electronic mail address, wherein a plurality of web pages for providing services to new members exist for each carrier of the terminal device. And a means for creating a URL of a corresponding carrier based on the determined carrier of the terminal device, and when creating an e-mail for a new member, the e-mail includes the created URL. The member registration system according to claim 1. 3. The member registration system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic mail transmitted from the terminal device operated by the person who desires to register as a member does not include data of the text or the subject. 4. A plurality of web pages for providing services to new members exist for each of a plurality of services, and a predetermined service among a plurality of services is included in an email received from a terminal device operated by a member registration applicant. When the service specifying information for identifying a member is included, the service specifying information is read, and a means for creating a URL corresponding to the service based on the read service specifying information is provided to generate an e-mail to a new member. To
The member registration system according to claim 1, wherein the created URL is included. 5. When there are a plurality of web pages that provide services to new members, a URL information storage section for storing URL information of these web pages is provided, and a target URL is stored from the URL information storage section. The member registration system according to claim 2 or 4, which is adapted to be extracted by a search. 6. The member registration system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone terminal. 7. A method for registering a member via a computer network, comprising the steps of storing member information including a member's e-mail address in a member database, and sending an e-mail from a terminal device operated by a person who desires to register as a member. Receiving the email, reading the email address of the received email, searching for whether the read email address exists in the member database, and as a result of the search, the email If the address does not exist in the member database, the member identification information is assigned to the applicant and
The step of storing the member identification information in the member database as the member information of the new member, the URL linking to the web page providing the service to the new member and the e-mail including the member identification information are generated, And a step of sending to the electronic mail address of the terminal device. 8. A program for performing member registration via a computer network, a procedure for storing member information including an e-mail address of a member in a member database, and an e-mail from a terminal device operated by a person who wishes to register as a member. Receiving the email, reading the email address of the received email, searching for whether the read email address exists in the member database, and the result of the search, the email If the address does not exist in the member database, the procedure for assigning the member identification information to the applicant and storing the member identification information in the member database as the member information of the new member, and the web for providing service to the new member An electronic message containing the URL linking to the page and the member identification information above. A member registration program for causing a computer device to execute a procedure for generating a message and transmitting it to the electronic mail address of the terminal device of the new member.