JP3855110B2 - Theft prevention method and system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an anti-theft method for credit cards, mobile phones, etc. and its system, and more particularly, when an anti-theft object represented by a credit card or the like is used via a computer network, the anti-theft object. The present invention relates to an anti-theft method and a system thereof that can immediately notify a right holder using the Internet and a pager .
[0002]
[Prior art]
The development of electronic technology has been remarkable, and in economic activities, transactions using credit cards and money cards have become more common than cash exchanges. Also, the number of wireless portable telephones is increasing than that of wired telephones. Human economic activities are in the direction of being carried out in a network system that combines a communication line and a computer.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In network systems in which computers and communication technologies are combined, transactions using credit cards and the like will increase in the future, and mobile phones tend to be used for communication. The problem is illegal use of credit cards and mobile phones, that is, plagiarism. Transactions using magnetic storage information media such as credit cards are easier than cash transactions, and are conducted via a worldwide computer network. There is consideration. If a mobile phone is also stolen, a large amount of call charges will be charged to the right holder.
[0004]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
In view of the above-described drawbacks, the present invention has been proposed to suitably solve this problem, and a theft prevention method and system for preventing a credit card or a mobile phone from being stolen via a computer network. The purpose is to provide.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The purpose is to provide an electronic station for reporting on the Internet, register the e-mail address of the right holder of the credit card or mobile phone in this electronic station, and when the credit card or mobile phone is used, An e-mail is transmitted from the computer of the institution or the computer of the telephone company to the e-mail address of a right holder such as a credit card or a mobile phone for the use, and the e-mail address received by the electronic station paging center receives the e-mail information, paging center, legitimate right holder (the fact of the use of such as credit cards and mobile phone) the e-mail of the contents is achieved by displaying on the display unit of the pager to hold .
[0006]
Legitimate rights holders of credit cards and theft prevention object such as a mobile phone, their own and when you use it, when a person has used legitimate admits his own family, such as its use, that the pager to be self-possessed Since the fact of use is displayed, it can be confirmed each time the anti-theft object is used. In other words, when another person steals a credit card, for example, and illegally uses it, it is displayed on the pager as well, so that the right holder of the card can immediately know that the card has been stolen. You can stop using the credit card by reporting to an institution or telephone company.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, the antitheft method and system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of preferred embodiments.
[0008]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an antitheft system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This anti-theft system is configured by connecting an electronic mail network, a paging network, and a bank computer or a telephone company computer to each other wirelessly or by wire. The electronic mail network is mainly the Internet, and a notification electronic mail station (INT) serving as an anti-theft e-mail server described later in detail is provided in the Internet. The paging network constitutes a pager communication network, and the paging center (PP) in the paging network (PP), when an anti-theft e-mail is sent to the electronic mail station for notification (INT), INT) reports the contents of the anti-theft e-mail. Then, the paging center (PP) notifies the pager corresponding to the address of the anti-theft e-mail, rings the pager, and displays the content of the anti-theft e-mail on the display unit.
[0009]
As an example, a case where a credit card possessed by Mr. M who is a right holder is incorporated in this anti-theft system will be described. If the domain name of the electronic mail station for reporting (INT) provided on the Internet is “YYYY.COM” and the address for Mr. M's notification is “CCC”, the address of Mr. M ’s anti-theft email is “CCC@YYYY.COM”. The pager A owned by Mr. M is registered as a pager that can be notified from the paging network, and the pager A and the notification address “CCC” are associated with each other.
[0010]
When Mr. M uses his own credit card, or when his family uses Mr. M's credit card, the fact that this credit card has been used and the amount of money used is reported to the bank E computer, and bank E Computer automatically sends Mr. M's anti-theft e-mail to the Internet. The contents of the e-mail are a symbol representing the type of credit card (VISA, Master, etc.), the code number of the bank E, and the amount used in a predetermined currency unit. For example, the address is [A04] 20000 Send “CCC@YYYY.COM” to the Internet.
[0011]
An e-mail sent to the Internet is sent to a server having the domain name. The anti-theft e-mail addressed to Mr. M immediately arrives at the electronic mail station (INT) for reporting, and a notification that the content [A04] 20000 addressed to the address CCC has arrived is sent to the electronic mail station (INT) for reporting. To the paging center (PP). The paging center (PP) calls the pager A owned by Mr. M indicated by the address CCC, transmits the content [A04] 20000 of the e-mail, and displays it on the display unit of the pager A.
[0012]
Mr. M looks at the display of pager A that rang after a credit card transaction, so that his or his family's credit card transaction is a VISA card (symbol A) transaction, and the bank has code number 04 It can be confirmed that the amount is RMB 20000, and that this anti-theft system is functioning normally.
[0013]
Even when another person who obtained Mr. M's credit card illegally conducts a transaction using this credit card, the information is transmitted to the pager A owned by Mr. M as described above. By seeing the content displayed when the pager A is activated, Mr. M can immediately know the fact that his credit card has been stolen and that it is currently being used illegally. Therefore, Mr. M can report to the police and request the card company to stop the credit card.
[0014]
In the above-described embodiment, the credit card was stolen, but the same anti-theft system can be used to prevent the mobile phone from being stolen. Suppose now that you or your family made a call using Mr. N's mobile phone. In this case, the telephone company computer F designates the mail contents [-222-] indicating that the mobile phone is being used, and designates Mr. N's anti-theft e-mail address “DDD@YYYY.COM” to the Internet. And send automatically. The e-mail flows through the Internet communication network, and finally reaches an electronic mail station (INT; domain name YYYY.COM) which is a server for preventing theft. The paging center (PP) receives a report from the electronic mail station for notification (INT), calls the pager B owned by Mr. N corresponding to the address “DDD” of Mr. N, and a mobile phone is used for the display unit. [−222−] is displayed, indicating that the Mr. N can confirm that the anti-theft system is operating normally by looking at the content displayed on the pager B immediately after using the mobile phone.
[0015]
Even when Mr. N's mobile phone is stolen by another person and another person calls on Mr. N's mobile phone, the fact of use of the mobile phone is displayed on the pager B owned by Mr. N as described above. By seeing this display, Mr. N can immediately know that his / her mobile phone has been stolen and used, so Mr. N delivered to the police and stopped using the mobile phone that had been stolen by the telephone company. Can be charged.
[0016]
The above-described embodiment relates to the prevention of theft of credit cards and mobile phones. However, the above-described anti-theft system is not limited to the prevention of theft of these devices, but other than bank checks, money cards, etc. It can also be effectively applied to anti-theft against anti-theft objects.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the anti-theft method and system according to the present invention, it is possible to extremely effectively prevent theft of anti-theft objects such as credit cards and mobile phones.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an anti-theft system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
A, B Pager INT Notification electronic mail station PP Paging center E, F Computer

Claims (6)

When an anti-theft object to be processed via a computer network is used through the computer, the computer involved in the use is allowed to verify that the anti-theft object set in advance in the electronic mail network related to the computer network. Send an e-mail about the usage status information of the anti-theft object to the e-mail address of the right holder,
When the server set in advance in the electronic mail network receives this e-mail, it immediately reports the usage status information in the e-mail to the center of the paging network .
The center of the paging network , upon receiving a report from the server, calls a pager possessed by the right holder specified by the e-mail address of the e-mail, and displays the anti-theft object on the display unit of the pager . An anti-theft method characterized in that information on the usage status of the system is displayed.   The anti-theft method according to claim 1, wherein the anti-theft object includes any one of a credit card, a check, a money card, and a mobile phone.   The anti-theft method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic mail network uses the Internet and transmits the electronic mail by e-mail. When an anti-theft object to be processed via a computer network is used, to a pre-set email address addressed to the right holder of the anti-theft object in the electronic mail network associated with the computer network A computer related to the use for sending an e-mail about information on the usage status of the anti-theft object;
A server that is provided in the electronic mail network, and that is set in advance to receive an e-mail regarding information on the usage status of the anti-theft object;
The server receives the e-mail, receives a report from the server, calls the pager possessed by the rightful owner specified by the e-mail address of the e-mail, and displays the usage status of the anti-theft object on the pager . An anti-theft system characterized by comprising a paging network center for displaying information.   The anti-theft system according to claim 4, wherein the anti-theft object is any one of a credit card, a check, a money card, and a mobile phone.   5. The anti-theft system according to claim 4, wherein the electronic mail network is the Internet and the electronic mail is an E-mail.

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