KR20030010029A - Method and system for certification of purchased goods - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and method for authenticating a purchase commodity is provided to authenticate a commodity purchase by on-line, decorate an avatar in accordance with a purchased commodity, and supply a participation right in an on-line event or an on-line association of like-minded persons for a user who purchased a specific commodity. CONSTITUTION: A maker(500) and a seller(400) register a commodity authentication number(S501). The maker(500) records an authentication number in a corresponding commodity and supplies the commodity(S502). If a consumer(300) purchases the commodity(S503), the seller(400) or a consumer(300) receives an authentication for a commodity purchase(S504a,S504b). If the consumer(300) connects to an on-line community(200) and requests an item related to the purchased commodity(S505), the on-line community(200) requests an authentication for the commodity purchased by the consumer(300) to a commodity authentication system(100)(S506). The commodity authentication system(100) checks whether a commodity purchase fact of the consumer(300) is registered by referring to a commodity DB and a member DB(160) and informs the result to the on-line community(200). If the consumer(300) purchased the corresponding commodity, the on-line community(200) makes the consumer(300) use an item related to the commodity purchased by the consumer(300)(S508).

Description

System and method of purchased goods {Method and system for certification of purchased goods}

The present invention relates to a system and method for purchasing product certification, and in particular, to authenticate the fact of purchase for goods purchased in the real world, and to use the certified product as an item of an avatar such as chatting, online games, etc. It relates to a purchase product certification system and method utilized.

Recently, as Internet users spend more time on the Internet, more and more users use avatars, which are called their alter egos, in a virtual world called the Internet community.

For example, in the case of avatar chat, the avatar may be displayed at the time of chatting and the facial expression of the avatar may be changed according to the chat contents or by the user's manipulation. By the way, there are also sites that allow you to decorate your avatar with various accessories or clothing depending on your performance in the online community, and even give you money to decorate your avatar.

On the other hand, in online games such as Lineage, various items can be obtained according to the activity of the game. Such items are transferable, and in some cases, money is actually sent and received on the offline.

Like this, the desire to decorate his avatar is high, but to decorate his avatar, he had to work hard online or pay for the item. Therefore, even if a person's avatar is decorated with many items on a meeting site or a chat site, the person does not actually have such an item in many cases.

Therefore, it would be nice to be able to decorate the avatar of the cyber world with goods purchased in the real world. In addition, from the standpoint of a manufacturer or a seller, merchandise sales may be promoted by linking real world products with cyber world items.

On the other hand, if you can qualify to participate only in the person who purchased a certain product when performing various events or signing up on the Internet site, it can help to sell the product. For example, it would be nice if only a person who purchased more than a few albums from a famous singer's fan club is eligible to join, or the person who can participate in a quiz event is the person who bought a particular product. will be.

In addition, one of the problems with online auctions is that it is impossible to verify whether the auctioneer actually has the goods. If there's a way to verify that you've bought something, you'll be able to solve this problem.

On the other hand, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-0000604 discloses a method and system for finding an element owner of an article using a communication network. In the present invention, if the article with its unique identifier and its information are registered in this system, the person who acquires the article can access the system and input the corresponding identifier to show the registered owner's information. The owner can be contacted.

However, this method is limited to the method and system that allows the original owner to be found in case of loss of the item, and affects online activities such as decorating an avatar or participating in an online event. Does not have

In addition, Korean Patent Publication No. 2001-0067511 discloses a communication fee reduction method using a product assigned a password and a unique number. In the present invention, a unique number and a password are written on a promotional product, and a consumer who receives the promotional product connects to the Internet and enters a password, a unique number, and a telephone number as described in the product. The phone bill is to be reduced.

However, this method only reduces phone charges using promotional products and has nothing to do with online activities such as decorating avatars or participating in online events.

The present invention has been made in view of this point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a purchased product authentication system and method for authenticating online purchase of a product.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a purchased goods authentication system and method for decorating an avatar according to the purchased goods.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a purchase product authentication system and method that can qualify for participation in online events or online communities only for those who purchased a particular product.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a purchased goods authentication system and method that can confirm whether the person who puts the goods in the auction in the online auction actually has the goods.

1 is a block diagram showing a consumer, a seller, a manufacturer, and an online community connected to the product authentication system of the present invention through the Internet.

Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the internal configuration of the product authentication system of the present invention.

Figure 3a is a configuration of the product DB, Figure 3b is a configuration of the member DB, Figure 3c is a view showing the configuration of the member company DB.

4 is a view showing a configuration example of a product authentication code.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a product authentication procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which a manufacturer registers a product certification code for a product.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for receiving product certification after selling or purchasing a product.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a product authentication procedure according to another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a chat site using an avatar as an example of the online community 200.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for a user who purchases a product to use an item related to the product purchased in the online community 200.

11A to 11C illustrate examples of web pages according to the procedure of FIG. 10.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which the online community 200 stores information related to a product purchased by a member.

In the purchased product authentication method of the present invention, the producer or seller registers the product certification number in the product certification system for the product produced or sold by the producer or seller. Merchandise includes both tangible and intangible goods or services. When a consumer purchases a product for which a product certification number is registered, the fact is registered in the product certification system. The online community can offer a variety of benefits to the person who bought a particular product, including the use of the item, eligibility for membership, and participation in the event. At this time, the online community asks the product certification system whether the corresponding member has purchased the corresponding product, and provides the corresponding benefit only if it is authenticated.

On the other hand, in the case of a product that stores its own serial number or product number, such as CPU, RAM, PDA, etc., there is no need to register a product certification number separately. In the case of such a product, when the user connects to the Internet, the user may automatically read and authenticate the operating system information or install a program that reads the information of the parts installed in the computer and transmits the information to the authentication system.

1 is a block diagram showing a state in which a consumer 300, a seller 400, a producer 500, and an online community 200 are connected to the product authentication system 100 of the present invention through the Internet N.

The producer 500 or the seller 400 registers a product certification number in the product certification system 100 for the product produced or sold by the producer 500 or the seller 400. In addition to the general estates that are shaped and transportable, goods or services that have no shape, such as real estate such as houses and houses, downloads of music files, communication fees, fees for specific sites, and online or offline lectures, etc. It is also a concept that includes nothing.

When the consumer 300 purchases a product for which a product certification number is registered, the fact is registered in the product certification system 100. The product purchase facts are registered directly by the consumer 300 or manually or automatically by the seller 400.

The online community 200 may provide various benefits to the person who purchases a specific product, such as use of an item, membership qualification, and participation in an event. At this time, the online community 200 asks the product certification system 100 whether the member purchased the corresponding product is true, and provides a corresponding benefit only when the certification is made.

Next, an internal configuration of the product authentication system 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the internal configuration of the product authentication system of the present invention.

Web server 110 is a consumer (300), seller (400), producer (500) is connected to the product authentication system 100 via the Internet using a web browser registration of the product certification number, registration of the product purchase facts And so on.

The communication server 120 allows the online community 200 to check the product purchase facts by accessing the product authentication system 100. In addition, the producer 500 or the like may use a separate communication software other than the web browser to register the product certification number.

The authentication server 130 performs functions such as authentication number generation, encryption, and authentication confirmation of the product. The operation of the authentication server 130 will be described later.

DB server 140 is a product DB (150) that stores information about the product, a member DB (160), a seller 400, a producer (500), an online community (200), etc. that store information about the member It serves to manage the member company DB (170) that stores information about the member company.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the structure of the database of the goods authentication system 100 is demonstrated. 3A shows the configuration of the product DB 150, FIG. 3B shows the configuration of the member DB 160, and FIG. 3C shows the structure of the member company DB 170.

The merchandise DB 150 stores information about the merchandise registered by the producer 500 or the seller 400 and ownership information about each merchandise. 3A shows an example of a table managing this information.

In FIG. 3A, the product DB 150 includes a product information table 151 and an individual product table 152. The product information table 151 is made for each product type registered. For example, when the mobile phone model name B of A company is registered in the product authentication system 100, one record for the model is created in the product information table. The individual product table 152 is generated for each product. For example, if A sells 50,000 mobile phone model names B, 50,000 records are created in the individual product table.

The product information table 151 may include, for example, a product classification field storing a classification of a product such as a mobile phone, a television, a record, a manufacturer field storing a manufacturer or a seller of the corresponding product, a model name field storing a model name of the corresponding product, It has a product information field for storing information such as the specification of the product, and a code field for storing the product code assigned to the product.

The individual product table 152 includes a product code field for storing a product code indicating a corresponding product, a serial number field for storing a serial number for distinguishing each individual product, and an owner field indicating who is the owner of the corresponding product. .

At this time, the product code stored in the product code field is used to match the product code stored in the code field of the product information table 151.

In FIG. 3A, an example in which a table is provided for each individual product is described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. If the number of products sold is large, or if it is not necessary to store who owns each individual product, it is possible to generate only the product information table instead of creating a record for each product.

The member DB 160 maintains information about the member. 3B shows an example of a table managing this information.

Each member is assigned a unique code. The member DB 160 includes a member code field for storing a member code assigned to a member, a name field for storing a member's name, an address field for storing a member's address, a social security number field for storing a member's social security number, And a telephone number field for storing the member's telephone number and an email field for storing the member's email address.

Meanwhile, although the individual product table 152 of FIG. 3A stores who is the owner of the individual product, the information about the owner is preferably a member code stored in the member DB 160. In addition, although the individual product table 152 of FIG. 3A stores who owns individual products, it is also possible to store in the member DB 160 who owns individual products.

The member company DB 170 stores information of member companies such as the seller 400, the producer 500, and the online community 200. It is also possible to make a separate member company DB (170) for each seller, producer, online community.

Each member company is assigned a unique code. The member company DB 170 stores a member company code field for storing a member company code assigned to the member company, a company name field for storing the name of the member company, an address field for storing an address of the member company, and a phone number for storing a phone number of the member company. A number field and an e-mail field for storing a member's e-mail address. In addition, the member company DB 170 further includes a billing information field for charging a member company a fee for using the product authentication system. The billing information can also be organized in a separate table. The billing information includes information on the use of the certification system, the charges, and the amount paid.

Next, with reference to Figure 4 will be described an example of the product authentication code used in the present invention. 4 is a view showing a configuration example of a product authentication code.

Product certification code of Figure 4 is a product classification field indicating the classification of goods, such as mobile phones, televisions, records, manufacturers field representing the manufacturer or seller of the product, model name field representing the model name of the product, serial number of each individual product Contains a serial number field that indicates These fields correspond to the merchandise classification field, manufacturer field, model name field, and serial number field of Fig. 3A, respectively.

Each of these fields is assigned an arbitrary number of digits. For example, product classification is assigned to 8 digits, manufacturer to 16 digits, model name to 8 digits, and serial number to 16 digits.

Alternatively, one product field may be provided instead of the product classification, manufacturer, and model name fields. For example, each time the producer 500 or seller 400 applies for a product certification code, the product code is allocated one by one. As shown in FIG. 4, the number of models that can be provided for each manufacturer may be limited. When the number of model name fields or manufacturer fields is increased, the total number of digits of the product certification code increases, but one product type field is provided. This problem is solved.

Or, it is also possible to configure the product certification code only with the product classification code, product code and serial number code, the present invention is not limited to a specific code configuration.

If you use the product authentication code as shown in Figure 4 as it is possible to steal, it is preferable to encrypt it. That is, once a code is assigned as shown in FIG. 4 and then encrypted using an arbitrary encryption method, it is helpful to prevent theft since the encrypted code alone does not easily know which product code is related.

Next, a product authentication procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a product certification procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which a manufacturer registers a product certification code for a product, and FIG. 7 is a product after selling or purchasing a product. This is a flow chart showing the process of getting authenticated.

First, the producer 500 or the seller 400 registers the product certification number (S501). In FIG. 5, only the producer 500 registers the product certification number for convenience of illustration, but the seller 400 may also register the product certification number.

A procedure for registering the product certification number by the producer 500 or the seller 400 will be described with reference to FIG. 6. Hereinafter, a case in which the producer 500 registers a product certification number is described, but the procedure is the same even when the seller 400 registers a product certification number.

The registration of the product certification number may be performed by accessing the web server 110 of the product certification system 100 using a web browser, using a separate communication program, or applying for the registration of the product certification number in writing. have. Hereinafter, a case of registering a product certification number online.

First, the producer 500 logs in to the product authentication system 100 (S610). Then, the product authentication system 100 sends out a screen for inputting the information on the product, the producer 500 inputs the information about the product to register (S620). The information about the product may include the type of the product, the model name, the standard of the product, the price of the product, the number of products to be registered, and the like. If you do not register serial numbers for individual products, you do not need to enter the number of products.

The authentication server 130 of the product authentication system 100 that received the product information generates an authentication number. The generated authentication number is preferably encrypted by a predetermined encryption method (S640).

The product authentication system 100 generating the authentication number stores the contents in the product DB 150 and the member company DB 170, and notifies the producer 500 of the generated authentication number (S650). At this time, the product authentication code stored in the database is preferably a code before encryption.

Returning to FIG. 5 again, the producer 500 registered the product certification number supplies the goods after recording the certification number on the corresponding product (S502). When the seller 400 registers the product certification number, the seller 400 records the certification number in the corresponding product. The certification number can be recorded by attaching a sticker that records the certification number to the product, placing a coupon with the certification number written on a number, barcode, or special symbol in the package, or entering the certification number into the product itself depending on the product. There is a way.

In the method of inputting the authentication number into the product itself, the authentication number is stored in a product having a storage device such as, for example, a CPU, a RAM, a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook computer, and the consumer 300 uses the product. When the product authentication system 100 is accessed, the product authentication system 100 automatically transmits the authentication number stored in the product authentication system 100 to register the fact of purchase of the product.

When the consumer 300 purchases a product in which a product certification number is registered (S503), the seller 400 or the consumer 300 receives authentication that the product has been purchased (S504a, S504b). Although FIG. 5 shows a case in which both the seller 400 and the consumer 300 can receive authentication that they have purchased a product, it is also possible for only the seller 400 to apply for certification on the fact that the product has been purchased.

As a method of receiving a certification that a product has been purchased, the seller 400 or the consumer 300 accesses the product certification system 100 and inputs a product certification code recorded on the product and information on the consumer who purchased the product. By receiving the authentication method, and by receiving the product authentication code and information about the consumer who purchased the product from the online shopping mall to the product authentication system 100 in the case of purchasing the product in the online shopping mall or joining a paid member. Method, and if the authentication number is stored in a product having a storage device, such as a CPU or RAM, a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook computer, etc., when the user connects to the Internet, the product authentication system 100 automatically authenticates. There are various ways.

In addition, the personal information of the buyer is written on the coupon that records the authentication number included in the product packaging as numbers, barcodes, special symbols, etc., and sent to the product certification system 100 or the producer 500 for authentication. If there is a document that can prove ownership, such as a building, and if it is sent to the product authentication system 100 may be used, such as a method for authenticating it in the product authentication system (100).

FIG. 7 illustrates in detail how the seller 400 or the consumer 300 accesses the product authentication system 100 and inputs the product authentication code recorded in the product and information about the consumer who purchased the product in detail. It is a flow chart.

First, the seller 400 or the consumer 300 logs in to the product authentication system 100 (S710). If only the seller 400 can apply for authentication of the purchased product and enter the ID and password registered at the time of login, the person who did not purchase the product can prevent unauthorized application for the product. Can be.

The seller 400 or the consumer 300 logged into the product authentication system 100 inputs a product authentication number recorded in the product (S720). At this time, it is also possible to enter the information on the person and the product information about the person who purchased the product with the product certification number. If you enter information about the product, such as the model name, along with the product certification number, if the product certification number is encrypted, it is not easy to know what model the number represents. .

The authentication server 130 of the product authentication system 100 that receives the product authentication number decrypts the corresponding number (S730). If the product authentication number is not encrypted, step S730 can be omitted.

Based on the decrypted product authentication code, the authentication server 130 checks whether the product code exists, whether there is already an owner for the product, and whether the product code and the entered model name match. It is determined whether or not (S740).

If the entered product certification number is not a valid product certification number, the authentication server 150 sends an error message to the user (S760), if the valid product certification number, the authentication server 150 is a product DB ( The product DB 150 is updated, such as recording the owner at 150 (S750). On the other hand, when the information about the person who purchased the goods is not stored in the member DB (160), the information about the purchaser entered is stored in the member DB (160).

The consumer 300 authenticated with the purchase of the product may access the online community 200 and perform various activities related to the corresponding product. For example, you can decorate your avatar with items related to a product purchased from the online community 200 using the avatar, participate in an online event where only the person who purchased the product has a chance to participate, Your information at the meeting site may include information about your purchase.

Hereinafter, an example of decorating an avatar with an item related to a purchased product will be described. In FIG. 5, when the consumer 300 authenticated to purchase a product connects to the online community 200 and applies for an item related to the purchased product (S505), the online community 200 purchases the corresponding product by the consumer 300. The authentication request to the product authentication system 100 whether the one is correct (S506). When the product authentication system 100 receives the authentication request, the product DB 150 and the member DB 160 check whether the corresponding consumer 300 purchases the corresponding product and registers the result. Informed to 200 (S507).

The online community 200 that receives the authentication result from the product authentication system 100 provides the consumer 300 to use the item related to the purchased product if the corresponding consumer 300 has purchased the corresponding product (S508). .

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 8. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a case where a product is authenticated when a computer purchases a product that can confirm the purchase fact, such as a CPU, a RAM, various peripherals, software, a music file, and the like.

Many CPUs, RAM, peripherals, software, etc., are designed to let the computer know about the product. Therefore, a program for reading the unique product codes of these products can be installed on the computer of the consumer 300, and the program can be used to identify which product the consumer 300 is using.

First, the consumer 300 who wants to receive the product certification receives the product search program from the product certification system 100 and installs it on his computer (S801). After that, when the consumer 300 accesses the product authentication system 100 and requests authentication of a desired product (S802), the product search program installed in the computer of the consumer 300 may store the corresponding product on the computer of the consumer 300. Check if it is installed and send the result to the product authentication system (100). Then, the product authentication system 100 updates the product DB 150 according to the result.

In this state of product certification, the procedures of S803 to S806 requesting items related to the authenticated product by accessing the online community 200 to the online community 200 are the same as those of S505 to S508 of FIG. 5. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.

Meanwhile, in the above example, the product search program is installed on the user's computer to be authenticated, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In many cases, the computer's operating system can read information about components such as the CPU, RAM, and video card installed in the computer. In this case, the information can be read directly from the computer's operating system.

Next, some examples of how to use the product when the product purchased in the real world is certified will be described.

First, it can be used as an accessory for an avatar. When using an avatar in chatting or online games, the avatar can be decorated with accessories such as hairpins, hats, clothes, shoes, and sunglasses. At this time, the person who purchased a specific product can decorate the avatar with a specific accessory.

This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11.

9 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a chat site using an avatar as an example of the online community 200. The chat site using the avatar uses a web server 210 for allowing users to access the chat site using a web browser, a communication server 220 for communicating with the product authentication system 100, and a web browser. It includes a chat server 230 for chatting between the connected members, and an avatar generator 240 for generating avatars of the members.

In addition, the chat site can be used by the member DB 260 and the avatar generator 240 that store various information about the member, such as the member's name, ID, password, contact information, the shape of the member's avatar, and the items they have. Avatar DB (270) that stores the graphic information about the body shape of the various avatars, the item DB (280) that stores information about the various items that can be used by members, DB server for managing these databases 250. The content stored in the item DB 280 may further include information on actual goods related to each item for authentication to the product authentication system 100 in addition to the item name and graphic information.

A member 300 having purchased a product and registered a product purchase fact in the product authentication system 100 will be described in a procedure for using an item related to the purchased product in the chat site of FIG.

First, the member 300 logs in to a chat site using a web browser (S1010). In the following description, it is assumed that the member 300 has already joined the chat site as a member.

When the member 300 logs in to the chat site, the chat site transmits a menu for shopping an item to the member 300 in addition to a menu for selecting a chat room. When the member selects the item shopping menu, a screen for shopping for an item is displayed as shown in FIG. 11A. When a member selects a product item, for example, shoes purchased among them, the name of the manufacturer of the item appears as shown in FIG. 11B. When a member selects a manufacturer of a product he has purchased, the chat site retrieves the model name and / or graphic information of the products produced by the manufacturer from the item DB 280 and displays it on the screen. Members can choose the products they have purchased. Then, as shown in FIG. 11C, a screen for selecting the item name selected by the member and how to purchase the corresponding item appears. If the member actually purchased an item, the user can apply for the use of the corresponding item by pressing the actual purchase authentication button 1100 (S1020 of FIG. 10).

When the member presses the actual purchase authentication button (1100) to apply for item use, the chat site connects to the product authentication system (100) through the communication server (220) and checks whether the corresponding member actually purchased the product. Request (S1030). In this case, the data transmitted from the chat site to the product authentication system 100 includes personal information about a member, for example, a social security number, information about a product to be checked, for example, a manufacturer name and a product model name.

As a result of the check, if the purchase of the corresponding product is not true (No in S1040), the chat site sends an error message (S1060) to prevent the member from using the item. On the other hand, if it is true that the member purchased the corresponding product (Yes in S1040), the chat site provides the member 300 with the corresponding item. That is, the item is provided to the avatar of the member 300. In the example of FIG. 11, a picture of a member's avatar wearing Reebok shoes is provided.

In this way, if the member can use the item corresponding to the purchased product in his avatar, the purchase of the corresponding product will be increased in order to use the accessory in the avatar, thereby facilitating the sale of the product.

In addition, in the above description, but the example of the case where the product authentication system 100 and the online community 200 exists separately, it is also possible to operate the product authentication system 100 in the online community 200.

In addition, the present invention can be utilized to increase the reliability of information indicating the member's wealth at a meeting site or matchmaking site. That is, the online community 200, such as a meeting site or matchmaking site, receives information about the products of which the member has authenticated the purchase for each member from the product certification system 100, and is a member of the online community 200. Include it in the information database. Then, when each member checks the information of the member they are interested in, it can check which products the member purchases and uses, which helps to increase the reliability of the site.

The internal structure of such a site is similar to the block diagram of FIG. For example, if the chat site does not provide a chat service, the chat server may be removed from the block diagram of FIG. 9.

The procedure for updating the member's information in the meeting site as the member purchases the product will be described with reference to FIG. 12.

When the user first joins the member while filling out the member personal information (S1200), the online community 200 transmits the personal information of the member 300 to the product authentication system 100 through the communication server 220. Request the purchased product information of the 300 (S1210).

The product authentication system 100 extracts information about the product purchased by the member 300 from the contents stored in the product DB 150 and the member DB 160 and communicates with the online community 200 through the communication server 120. In step S1220, the online community 200 updates the member DB 260 according to the received information.

The member DB 260 established at the time of membership registration may be updated every time the member 300 purchases an article or may be updated every predetermined period of time. 12 illustrates a case in which the member DB 260 is updated at predetermined time intervals. That is, when a certain period of time passes (YES in S1230), the online community 200 requests the product certification system 100 for information about a new product purchased by each member during the corresponding period (S1240).

Then, the product authentication system 100 retrieves the information about the products purchased by the members requested during the period from the database and transmits to the online community 200. The online community 200 that has received the information about the new purchase product updates the member DB 260 according to the information (S1250).

In this way, the member DB 260 records the information about the product actually purchased by the member, and when the members of the meeting site request information about each other's interested parties, this is shown. For example, a member can find out what has a car and what has a home appliance. In this way, marriage fraud and the like that can occur at a conventional meeting site or matchmaking site can be reduced.

In addition, the present invention may be used as a participation condition or a subscription condition of an online event. For example, in the case of an online giveaway quiz event, when a member accesses the event through the Internet in order to participate in the event, the online community 200 prompts the user to enter his / her personal information, for example, a social security number or a name. If so, enter your member ID and password. According to the input information of the member, the online community 200 asks the product certification system 100 whether the member has purchased a specific product, and participates in the quiz event only for members who have been certified to purchase the product. Can be. By doing so, it becomes possible to promote the sale of a specific product.

The present invention can also be utilized for online auctions. That is, the person who puts the item in the auction checks whether the item has been purchased so that the buyer can participate in the auction only if the item is authenticated, or whether the item has been authenticated. By raising the auction information can increase the reliability of the auction.

While the invention has been described using some preferred embodiments, these embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the rights set forth in the appended claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a purchase product authentication system and method that can authenticate online that a product has been purchased.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to decorate an avatar or participate in an online event, an online club, etc. according to the purchased product, thereby promoting the purchase of the product.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to confirm whether the person who puts the item in the auction in the online auction actually has the object, thereby increasing the reliability of the auction.

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A web server that allows you to access the system using a web browser, A communication server for accessing the system through a communication means, A product DB for storing information about the product to be certified; Member DB for storing information about consumers, A member company database that stores information about producers, sellers, and online communities; DB server for managing the DB, When an authentication request is received from the online community about whether a particular consumer purchases a specific product through the communication means, an authentication server that authenticates whether the corresponding consumer has purchased the product from contents stored in the product DB and the member DB. Purchasing goods authentication system having a. The system of claim 1, wherein the product DB includes a product code field for storing a unique product code for each product, and a model name field for storing a model name of the corresponding product. The method of claim 2, wherein the authentication server checks whether the entered product code matches a product code stored in the product DB when a seller or a consumer connected through a web server inputs a product code and buyer information. And, if there is a match, stores the fact that the corresponding purchaser has purchased the corresponding product in the product DB and the member DB. The method of claim 2, wherein the authentication server matches a product code and a product model name stored in the product DB when a seller or a consumer connected through a web server inputs a product code, a product model name, and buyer information. And confirming whether the corresponding purchaser has purchased the corresponding product in the product DB and the member DB in case of a match. The product of claim 1, wherein the product is a component mounted on a computer, and the authentication server receives the information about the component mounted on the computer from the user's computer through the communication server and updates the product DB. Purchase product certification system. A web server that allows access to the system using a web browser, a communication server that allows access to the system through communication means, a product DB that stores information about the product to be authenticated, and a member that stores information about the consumer. Whether the consumer has purchased the product from a DB, a member company DB storing information about the producer, seller, and online community, a DB server for managing the DB, and contents stored in the product DB and the member DB In the purchase product authentication method using a purchase product authentication system having a certificate server for authenticating whether or not, A product purchase registration step of updating the contents of the product DB with the corresponding information as the consumer or seller enters the information about the purchased product and the purchaser by accessing the authentication system using a web browser; Upon receiving an inquiry about whether a particular member has purchased a specific product from the online community through a communication network, confirming whether the member has purchased the product from the contents of the product DB and the member DB, and notifying the online community of the result of purchasing the product. Certification step Purchasing product certification method comprising a. The method of claim 6, wherein the method Purchasing, further comprising a product registration step of generating a code for the product and storing the information on the product in the product DB as the producer or seller requests information certification while providing information on the product Product certification method. The method of claim 7, wherein the product registration step Generating a code for the requested product, Storing the generated code and information about the received product in the product DB; Encrypting the generated code; Notifying the producer or seller of an encrypted code Purchasing product authentication method comprising a. The method of claim 8, wherein the product purchase registration step Receiving a code of a product, information about the product and information about the buyer from the consumer or seller Decrypting the code entered by the consumer or seller, Searching for information about a product corresponding to an input code by searching for a code decrypted in the product DB; If the product information entered by the user is identical with the product information stored in the product DB, updating the fact that the entered buyer has purchased the product in the product DB Purchasing product authentication method comprising a. A communication server that allows access to the system via a communication means, a product DB storing information about the product to be authenticated, a member DB storing information about the consumer, and information about producers, sellers, and online communities Using a purchase company authentication system having a member company DB, a DB server for managing the DB, and a certification server for authenticating whether the corresponding consumer has purchased the product from the contents stored in the product DB and the member DB. In the purchase product authentication method, A product purchase registration step of updating the product DB by accessing a computer of the user who applied for a product purchase registration and obtaining information on parts installed in the computer; Upon receiving an inquiry about whether a particular member has purchased a specific product from the online community through a communication network, confirming whether the member has purchased the product from the contents of the product DB and the member DB, and notifying the online community of the result of purchasing the product. Certification step Purchasing product certification method comprising a. The product purchase registration step of claim 10, wherein Transmitting a program for reading and transmitting information about components installed in the user's computer, to the user's computer; Receiving information about components installed in the computer from the program; Updating the product DB using the received information Purchasing product authentication method comprising a. The product purchase registration step of claim 10, wherein Accessing the user's computer and requesting the operating system of the user's computer for information about components installed in the user's computer; Receiving information about components installed in the computer from the operating system of the user's computer; Updating the product DB using the received information Purchasing product authentication method comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 12, Inquiring whether the user has purchased the goods related to the item from the online commodity authentication system in response to the user accessing the online community applying for the use of the item; And allowing the user to use the item in the online community notified by the purchase product authentication system that the user has purchased the product. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 12, Requesting information about a product purchased by the user as the user accessing the online community to the purchase product authentication system, Establishing, by the online community, a member database of the user according to the information about the product purchased by the user received from the purchase product authentication system; And displaying information on the goods purchased by the user stored in the user's member database as another member of the online community requests the information about the user. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 12, Requesting the purchased product authentication system whether the user purchased a specific product in response to a user accessing an online community requesting membership or event participation; And allowing the user to register or participate in an event in the online community notified by the purchase product authentication system that the user has purchased the specific product. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 12, Requesting the purchase product authentication system whether the user has purchased the item as a user who accesses the online community makes an application for placing the item at an auction, And permitting the application of the user in the online community notified by the purchase product authentication system that the user has purchased the article.