KR20240029245A - Platform for social media service based non-face-to-face issuing of visa - Google Patents

Abstract

A method performed by a server device implementing a non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on a social media service is provided. The disclosed method includes receiving a scanned image of a user's passport from an in-app application available within a client application of a social media service, and extracting passport information indicated on the passport from the scanned image (the passport information is the user's passport information). (including identity records), and using the identity records to verify that the user's creditworthiness is above a threshold value and, if it is confirmed that the user's creditworthiness is above a threshold value, to issue a visa to the user, having the creditworthiness provided to the authorities' server device. It includes the steps of transmitting a request for to the relevant authority server device, receiving the progress status of the requested issuance from the relevant authority server device, and providing the progress status for presentation in the in-app application.

Description

Non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on social media services {PLATFORM FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICE BASED NON-FACE-TO-FACE ISSUING OF VISA}

This disclosure relates to a non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on social media services.

It is predicted that exchanges such as tourism between countries will increase rapidly after the COVID-19 incident. Accordingly, the number of applications for issuance of visas (VISA) required to enter the country to be visited is expected to increase rapidly. The existing visa issuance process involves the applicant visiting a local travel agency, visa application center, or consulate of the target country before visiting, submitting a paper passport and ID card, and the visa issuance officer checks the applicant's identity. , as the demand for visa issuance increases, the time it takes for visa issuance to be completed will also increase.

Currently, an electronic visa (visa.go.kr) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea is being operated. This is not a non-face-to-face method, as those who apply for visa issuance online must visit the consulate and submit their passport and ID card. In addition, several countries are implementing an electronic visa system, but this is also aimed at visa-free countries, so it is not a completely non-face-to-face system.

A non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on social media services is disclosed in this document.

In an example, a method performed by a server device implementing a non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on a social media service includes the following: Receiving a scanned image of a passport; extracting passport information shown in the passport from the scanned image (the passport information includes the user's identity record); The identity record is used to check whether the user's credit rating is above the standard value, and if it is confirmed that the user's credit rating is above the standard value, the credit rating is provided to the relevant authority server device and a request for issuance of a visa to the user is made to the relevant authority server device. transmitting to; and receiving the progress of the requested issuance from the relevant authority server device and providing the progress for presentation in the in-app application.

The foregoing overview is provided to introduce in a simplified form some aspects that are discussed further below in the detailed description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to delineate the scope of the claimed subject matter. Furthermore, the claimed subject matter is not limited to implementations that provide any or all of the advantages discussed herein.

According to the present disclosure, a platform that implements a non-face-to-face, paperless visa issuance procedure based on a social media service can be provided.

The visa issuance platform according to this disclosure operates in conjunction with the public affairs system of the country for which a visa is being applied, and provides comprehensive services such as shopping, tourism, and tax refunds to those visiting the target country based on information obtained during the non-face-to-face visa issuance process. We can provide you with personalized service.

According to the present disclosure, the time and cost required can be reduced compared to the existing visa issuance method, which involves submitting a paper passport and ID card and undergoing an identity evaluation by visiting a travel agency, visa application center, or consulate in person, and providing convenience to visa applicants. It can be promoted.

According to the present disclosure, a system can be constructed that allows visa issuance to be reviewed based on the applicant's credit information in addition to the applicant's identity information in visa issuance.

Figure 1 shows an example of a system enabling visa issuance based on social media services.
Figure 2 shows an example of a scanned passport image used in the system of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a flowchart showing an example process for implementing a non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on social media services.

Various terms used in this disclosure are selected from the terminology of common terminology in consideration of their function in this document, which may be perceived differently depending on the intent, conventions, or emergence of new technologies of those skilled in the art. In certain instances, some terms may be given meanings as set forth in the detailed description. Accordingly, terms used in this document should be defined consistently with their meaning in the context of this disclosure, and not simply by their names.

In this document, the terms "comprise", "have", etc. are used to specify the presence of elements listed later, such as certain features, numbers, steps, operations, components, information, or combinations thereof. Unless otherwise indicated, these terms and variations thereof are not intended to exclude the presence or addition of other elements.

As used in this document, the terms “first,” “second,” etc. are intended to identify several similar elements. Unless otherwise specified, such terms are not intended to impose limitations on these elements or on a particular order of their use, but are used merely to refer to several elements separately. For example, an element may be referred to in one example by the term “first” while the same element may be referred to by a different ordinal number, such as “second” or “third” in another example. In such instances, these terms are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Additionally, use of the term “and/or” in a list of multiple elements includes any one or multiple of the listed items as well as all possible combinations of those items. Furthermore, singular forms include plural meanings, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Certain examples of the present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the examples presented in this document. Rather, these examples are given to provide a better understanding of the scope of the disclosure.

Figure 1 shows an example of a system 100 that enables visa issuance based on social media services.

As shown, the example system 100 provides a non-face-to-face, paperless service to the user 115 upon the user's 115 request to visit a destination country other than the country of his or her nationality. It includes an interworking service server device 140 that implements a visa issuance platform 145 to help issue visas for target countries in a (paperless) manner. The visa platform 145 may be a platform approved by the relevant authorities (e.g., Ministry of Justice) of the target country to receive and notify visa issuance applications for members of the social media service platform 155. Visa issuance platform 145 may have computer hardware and/or software operating in accordance with any of the various techniques described herein. For example, visa issuance platform 145 may generate, transmit, or receive information (e.g., data, signals, commands, messages, addresses, etc.) to perform any of the methods described in detail later herein. may have computer hardware and/or software capable of processing, relaying, routing and/or otherwise processing. Additionally, visa issuance platform 145 may have a repository where such information can be stored. In certain examples, visa issuance platform 145 may be built on cloud technologies (e.g., Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure).

In the example of FIG. 1 , the mobile terminal 116 carried by the user 115 may be communicatively coupled with the social media service server device 160 . For example, mobile terminal 116 may be any suitable type of portable computing device, such as a cell phone, smartphone, tablet, laptop computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., and may be connected to a telecommunication network. (e.g., 3rd Generation (3G), 4th Generation (4G), 5th Generation (5G) or later next-generation wireless communication networks) or Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), Such as Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) (e.g., Wi-Fi), Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) (e.g., Bluetooth), and/or the like. It may be communicatively coupled to another computing device, such as the social media service server device 150, through a communication network including a wireless network, a wired network such as Ethernet, or any suitable combination thereof.

In the illustrated example, the interworking service server device 140 is configured to serve social media services on the social media service platform 155 (e.g., over the Internet) via a communication link and/or network. is communicably coupled with a serviced device. Social media services are provided by the visa issuance platform 145 implemented on the linked service server device 140 to provide various services (such as shopping or tourist attraction recommendations based on artificial intelligence (AI)), including non-face-to-face visa issuance services. It may be used to provide marketing services that provide promotions such as personalized recommendations and issuing electronic coupons, and/or tax refund services that process tax refunds electronically.

Accordingly, the visa issuance platform 145 allows applications and screening for visa issuance to be performed uniformly through an online system based on social media services, instead of the existing visa issuance paradigm through paper passport and ID verification. And, in a different way from the electronic visa for visa-free countries implemented in some countries, it realizes a stable and convenient non-face-to-face visa issuance process based on both the identity information and credit information of the visa applicant, while allowing the applicant who has been issued a visa to travel and travel. It can serve as a comprehensive service platform that provides useful information and satisfactory experiences for tourism and visits. For example, the visa issuing platform 145 may allow the user 115 to have a public account of the platform 145 on a social media service (which may also be referred to as a “social media service official account” or “official account” for short). It can encourage you to become a follower of .

When the user 115 follows this official account, the linked service server device 130 connects the follower user 115, for example, by using an Application Programming Interface (API) provided for social media services. It is possible to obtain basic social media service information about from the social media service server device 160. In some example implementations, such social media service basic information may include the following parameters:

- openid: The unique ID of the user account of the social media service, the plaintext ID may be encrypted;

- nickname: indicates the user's nickname;

- sex: Indicates the user's gender, for example, 1 indicates male, 2 indicates female, and 0 indicates not set;

- city: City name included in the user's (office, residence or any other postal) address;

- country: Country name included in the user's address;

- province: Province name included in the user's address;

- language: indicates the user's preferred language;

- headimgurl: Indicates the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the profile picture file associated with the user's account (if the user does not set a profile picture, it is set to null), for example, after the actual URL of the profile picture file. It may be followed by a number indicating the size of the file (for example, 0 for a 640 x 640 image, or another number such as 46, 64, 96, 132, etc.); and/or

- subscribe_time: Indicates the timestamp of when the user followed the official social media service account (or the last follow time if the user followed multiple times).

In the example of FIG. 1, the social media service platform 155 is a social media service client application (client application) executable on a specific operating system (OS) (e.g., iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, iPadOS, etc.) 117) (which may be used by user 115 to log into user 115's account on a social media service) (e.g., a WeChat app). Furthermore, such social media service platform 155 can be used as an in-app application (e.g., WeChat) within the client application 117 without the need to download a separate app from Google Play or the App Store like the client application 117. A mobile app streaming service that supports running a mini program may be provided, and in this case, the social media service official account of the visa issuance platform 135 may be linked to at least one in-app application 118. For example, if the user 115 is a follower of an official account linked to the in-app application 118, the in-app application 118 allows the user 115 to use the camera of the mobile terminal 116. )'s passport and provide such scanned image (e.g., after conversion according to Base64 format) to the visa issuance platform 145 in association with the user's 115 social media service account, and so on. This allows communication with the visa issuing platform 145. For example, communication between the social media service platform 155 and the visa issuing platform 145 may be secured based on random number matching, AES 128, or other encryption methods.

In the illustrated example, the visa issuance platform 145 may be implemented (e.g., through a platform that provides a Neural Network (NN) based recognition solution, e.g., a social media service platform 155 or another platform not shown, or The visa issuing platform 145 itself may perform NN-based processing on the scanned image of the user's 115 passport.

For example, referring to FIG. 2, various elements shown in the passport can be recognized from the scanned passport image 200, such elements being recognizable by optical character recognition (OCR) technology, e.g. , may contain text representing identity records. In particular, the visa issuance platform 145 may generate, from recognition of several of such text elements, such as the solid red-lined elements of the elements shown in Figure 2 surrounded by solid blue and red lines for reference, an identity record for use in visa issuance; For example, passport information such as passport number, passport holder's name, passport holder's gender, passport holder's date of birth, passport holder's nationality, passport issuance date, passport expiration date, etc. (e.g., in JSON format with key and value) ) can be extracted.

Additionally, as can be seen in FIG. 2 , the user identity photo 202 displayed surrounded by a dotted line for reference may also be a recognizable element from the scanned passport image 200 . For example, the visa issuance platform 145 may perform NN-based image processing on the identity photo 220 (e.g., the identity photo 220 of a user wishing to apply for a visa may be combined with a profile photo associated with his or her social media service account, a scanned passport, etc.). After receiving the image 200, a comparison may be performed on the spot with other photos of the image, such as a taken selfie photo, and a comparison may be made of any suspicious areas from the identity photo 220 (e.g., a face that does not match between the compared photos). When an area is recognized, you can instruct immediate taking of a photo capturing that area. Such instructions may include an indication of the specific range of angles the face will take with respect to the camera so that the area can be better captured in an instant shot, and any facial accessories to be removed or repositioned from the face that may interfere with recognition of the area (e.g. glasses, sunglasses, masks, nose rings, earrings and/or other types of jewelry), and/or the like. In this way, the visa issuance platform 145 processes the identity photo 202 to enable a stable and convenient non-face-to-face visa issuance process by allowing those with relatively more certain identities to apply for visa issuance and the identities of those with different identities to be reconfirmed. You can do it.

Referring again to FIG. 1 , system 100 is illustrated as further comprising an authority server device 120 and a credit rating agency server device 130, each of which can communicate with other server devices of system 100 via a communications network. is communicatively coupled with.

In the illustrated example, the visa issuance platform 145 may transmit the visa issuance request of the user 115 to the authorities server device 120. For example, security technology such as encryption processing may be applied between the linked service server device 140 and the relevant authority server device 120 to protect the personal information of the user 115.

In the illustrated example, visa issuance platform 145 may provide user 115 information based on identity information about user 115 (e.g., by checking user 115's identity photo, as previously mentioned), and Also, based on the credit information, it may be determined whether to forward the visa issuance request of the user 115 to the relevant authority server device 120. In this way, the visa issuance method that combines the user 115's background check and credit evaluation is a safe method that can prevent abuse. For example, the visa issuance platform 145 uses the identity record of the user 115 to check whether the user's credit rating is above a reference value, and if so, sends a request to the relevant authority server to issue a visa to the user 115. to the device 120, but otherwise may not transmit such a request to the authority server device 120.

Furthermore, while forwarding the user's 115 visa issuance request to the authorities server device 120, the visa issuance platform 145 may provide access to a software application running on the credit rating agency server device 130. Information about the credit rating of the user 115 (e.g., the credit rating itself and/or A value indicating whether the credit rating is above the standard value) can be transmitted. For example, the credit rating agency server device 130 accumulates the credit rating of citizens of the country of nationality of the user 115 (e.g., by evaluating each citizen based on his or her income, education level, average monthly spending, residence, and/or other factors). It may be operated by a credit rating agency. In addition, the credit rating agency server device 130 may be linked with the social media service server device 150 to receive information about the purchase amount of the user 115 through the social media service from the social media service server device 150. .

In the illustrated example, the authorities server device 120 determines whether the user 115 is a good customer with high credit rating based on the transmitted credit information, and if so, grants a visa (e.g., multiple visa) to the user 115. The visa issuing platform 145 may be able to access visa information about the issued visa (e.g., through an API for linking with the relevant authority server device 120). Additionally, the relevant authority server device 120 may transmit the progress status to the visa issuance platform 145 while visa issuance is in progress. Then, the visa issuance platform 145 may provide the progress of visa issuance to the social media service platform 155 so that such progress can be presented to the user 115 (e.g., on the in-app application 118). there is. For example, the visa issuing platform 145 may push a message informing progress to the in-app application 118 using a social media service-based API.

Meanwhile, as mentioned above, in addition to the visa platform 145, the linked service server device 140 provides other services, such as linkage and promotion with shopping facilities such as duty-free shops that allow tax refund after shopping (personal preference of the visa applicant). (Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based recommendation of shopping facilities and provision of discount coupons that can be used at recommended stores), linkage with shopping facilities, recommendation of tourist courses (e.g., destination, age of visa applicant) , providing a location-based map service based on an artificial intelligence (AI)-based recommendation model based on gender, etc.), customer management (management and use of information on the identity and credit rating of visa applicants), etc. It may include a platform that provides services. Additionally, the linked service server device 140 may be linked to an online customer center system (not shown) that quickly resolves user complaints such as inquiries and errors regarding visa procedures.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing an example process 300 for implementing a non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on social media services. For example, the process 300 of FIG. 3 may be performed by a computing device such as the interlocking service server device 140 (in particular, its processor). Other example flows of process 300 are also considered. For example, process 300 may also include additional operations not shown and/or may include some, but not all, of the operations illustrated with respect to FIG. 3 .

At operation 310, a scanned image of the user's passport is received from an in-app application available within a client application of the social media service. The user can run the client application on his or her mobile terminal to log in to the user's personal account on the social media service and scan his or her passport with the camera of the mobile terminal through the in-app application.

At operation 320, passport information as shown in the user's passport (which includes the user's identity record) is extracted from the scanned passport image. For example, text representing an identity record can be recognized with OCR technology from a scanned image of a passport.

In some example implementations, the passport information may further include an identity photo of the user (e.g., capturing the entire front of the user's face). The extracted identity photo and other photos of the user (e.g., a profile photo of the user's personal account on a social media service) or a scanned image of the user's passport are then received (e.g., pursuant to a request made when extracting passport information). ) Neural network-based image comparison may be performed on (selfie photos taken instantly by the user, and/or similar). Such image comparison may include detecting features on the user's face (e.g., eyes, nose, and/or mouth), recognizing multiple regions of the user's face based on the detected features (e.g., segmenting into multiple regions), and determining whether each recognized region matches between the two photos of the user. If it is determined that there are facial areas that do not match, a message requesting a snapshot photo of the user in which those areas are captured may be provided for presentation in the in-app application, and additionally in this snapshot (e.g., the user An indication of a specific range of angles that the user's face will take (for the camera provided in the mobile terminal), facial accessories to be removed or repositioned on the user's face (such as glasses, sunglasses, masks, nose rings, earrings and/or Displays of different types of jewelry (which can be detected based on a neural network from other photos compared to the user's identity photo), or both, may be provided for presentation in an in-app application. Accordingly, the user can take the face at the displayed angle range and/or remove the displayed facial accessory or adjust the position of the facial accessory on the face and capture the corresponding facial area as a new photo through the in-app application.

In operation 330, it is determined whether the user's creditworthiness is equal to or greater than a reference value using the user's extracted identity record. For example, an identity record may be transmitted to a credit bureau server device, and subsequently a value indicating creditworthiness and/or whether creditworthiness is above a reference value may be received from the credit bureau server device.

If it is confirmed in operation 330 that the user's credit rating is greater than or equal to the reference value, the process 300 continues with operation 340.

In operation 340, a request is made to the authority server device for issuance of a visa for the user, while creditworthiness is provided to the authority server device. For example, sending a visa issuance request to the relevant authority server device and requesting the credit rating agency server device to forward the user's credit rating to the relevant authority server device may be performed together.

At operation 350, progress status of the requested visa issuance is received from the authority server device. For example, progress may include receipt of a user's request for visa issuance, progress in screening for visa issuance, completion of visa issuance, and/or the like.

In operation 360, the progress of the visa issuance is provided for presentation in the in-app application. In this regard, when visa issuance is completed, information obtained about the user while the process 300 is performed may be utilized for various purposes. For example, credit information provided for non-face-to-face visa issuance (e.g., the user's credit rating and/or a value indicating whether such credit rating is above a standard value) is reliable information that has a very high correlation with the user's purchasing index. We build big data from the credit information of multiple visa applicants, and based on this, we recommend shopping or tourist attractions to users who have completed visa issuance (especially the user's personal account on social media services) and provide promotions such as issuing discount coupons. It can be used in a way that provides In another example, passport information extracted for non-face-to-face visa issuance may be used to generate a unique identifier in the form of an encoded image (e.g., as a QR code), which can be later stored (e.g., on a competent authority server device). may be associated with an authentication identifier for use in accessing tax refund services (provided by). If a user requests a tax refund by scanning a unique identifier through an in-app application, the authentication identifier may be used to query (e.g., an authority server device) whether such tax refund is allowed.

If operation 330 determines that the user's credit rating is below the reference value, process 300 ends. In some examples, even if the user's credit rating is lower than the reference value, prior to the end of process 300, the credit rating itself and/or the authority server device may be notified that the credit rating is lower than the reference value, and such information may also be separately credited. There may be no notification from the evaluator server device to the relevant authority server device.

The following are various examples related to non-face-to-face visa issuance platforms based on social media services.

In Example 1, a method performed by a server device implementing a non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on a social media service includes receiving a scanned image of a user's passport, and from the scanned image, Extracting passport information (the above passport information includes the above user's identity record), using the above identity record to check whether the above user's credit rating is above the reference value, and confirming that the above credit rating is above the above reference value If so, transmitting a request for issuance of a visa for the user to the relevant authority server device while ensuring that the credit rating is provided to the relevant authority server device, and receiving the progress of the requested issuance from the relevant authority server device and includes steps for providing the above progress status.

Example 2 includes the subject matter of Example 1, where the scanned image is received from an in-app application available within the client application of the social media service above, and the progress is processed by the in-app application above. It is provided for presentation in .

Example 3 includes the subject matter of Example 1 or Example 2, where extracting the passport information includes recognizing text representing the identity record using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology from the scanned image. Includes.

Example 4 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1 through 3, wherein the client application is used to log into the user's personal account on the social media service, and verifying whether the credit rating is greater than or equal to the threshold value. After transmitting the above identity record to the credit rating agency server device, receiving credit information including the credit rating, a value indicating whether the credit rating is greater than or equal to the above reference value, or both from the credit rating agency server device; It includes storing the information in association with the personal account, and the method further includes providing a promotion to the personal account according to the credit information when the progress indicates that the issuance of the visa has been completed. .

Example 5 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1 to 4, wherein the above method includes, when the above progress indicates that issuance of the above visa has been completed, an image in the form of an encoded image based on the above extracted passport information. generating a unique identifier, associating the generated unique identifier with an authentication identifier for use in accessing tax refund services, and scanning the generated unique identifier to determine if the requested tax refund is accepted. and using the above authentication identifier to query whether or not.

Example 6 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1 through 5, wherein the passport information further includes an identity photo of the user, and the method includes neural network-based image comparison against the identity photo and another photo of the user. Performing a step of recognizing a plurality of parts of the user's face and determining whether each of the plurality of parts matches between the identity photo and the other photo, and at least one of the plurality of parts is matching the identity photo and the other photo. If it is determined that there is no matching between the photos, it further includes providing a message requesting an instantly taken photo of the user in which at least one of the above body parts is captured.

Example 7 includes the subject matter of Example 6, wherein the scanned image is received from an in-app application available within a client application of the social media service above, and the progress is provided for presentation in the in-app application, but the above message is provided for presentation in the above in-app application, and the above method provides an indication of a specific range of angles that the user's face will take in the above instant shot when at least one non-matching area is determined, and the above instant shot and providing for presentation in the in-app application an indication of the facial accessory to be removed or repositioned from the face, or both.

Example 8 includes the subject matter of examples 6 or 7, wherein the other photo includes a profile photo of the user's personal account on the social media service.

Example 9 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 6 through 8, wherein the other photo includes a selfie photo taken instantly by the user after the scanned image has been received.

Example 10 provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to perform the method described in any of Examples 1 to 9.

In Example 11, the computing device includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is encoded as a set of computer program instructions executable by the processor to implement a non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on a social media service. The set includes instructions to receive a scanned image of the user's passport, instructions to extract the passport information shown in the passport from the scanned image (the passport information includes the user's identity record), and instructions to extract the passport information shown in the passport from the scanned image. Using the record, we check whether the above-mentioned user's credit rating is above the standard value, and if it is confirmed that the above-mentioned credit rating is above the above-mentioned standard value, the above credit rating is provided to the relevant authority server device and a request for the issuance of a visa for the above user is made. It includes a command for transmitting to the relevant authority server device, and a command for receiving the progress of the requested issuance from the relevant authority server device and providing the above progress status.

Example 12 includes the subject matter of Example 11, wherein the scanned image is received from an in-app application available within a client application of the social media service, and the progress is provided for presentation in the in-app application.

Example 13 includes the subject matter of Example 11 or Example 12, wherein the command to extract the passport information above includes a command to recognize text representing the above identity record using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology from the scanned image. Includes.

Example 14 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 11-13, wherein the client application is used to log into the user's personal account on the social media service, and verify that the credit rating is greater than or equal to the threshold value. After transmitting the above identity record to the credit rating agency server device, receiving credit information including the credit rating, a value indicating whether the credit rating is greater than or equal to the above reference value, or both from the credit rating agency server device; and storing the information in association with the personal account, and the set further includes instructions for providing a promotion to the personal account according to the credit information when the progress indicates that the issuance of the visa has been completed.

Example 15 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 11 through 14, wherein the set is: in the form of an encoded image based on the passport information extracted above, when the above progress indicates that issuance of the above visa has been completed; Instructions for generating a unique identifier, for associating the generated unique identifier with an authentication identifier for use in accessing tax refund services, and scanning the generated unique identifier to determine whether the requested tax refund is accepted. Contains a command that uses the above authentication identifier to query whether or not.

Example 16 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 11-15, wherein the passport information further includes an identity photo of the user, and the set includes neural network-based image comparison against the identity photo and another photo of the user. A command to recognize a plurality of parts of the user's face and determine whether each of the plurality of parts matches between the identity photo and the other photo, and at least one of the plurality of parts is matched to the identity photo and the other photo. If it is determined that there is no match between the photos, it includes a command that provides a message requesting an instant photo of the user in which at least one part of the stomach is captured.

Example 17 includes the subject matter of Example 16, wherein the scanned image is received from an in-app application available within a client application of the social media service, and the progress is provided for presentation in the in-app application, wherein the message is is provided for presentation in the above in-app application, and the above set is an indication of a specific range of angles that the user's face will take in the above instant shot when at least one non-matching area is determined, the above face in the above instant shot It further includes instructions that provide for presentation in the in-app application of the facial accessory to be removed or repositioned, or both.

Example 18 includes the subject matter of Example 16 or Example 17, wherein the other photo includes a profile photo of the user's personal account on the social media service.

Example 19 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-18, wherein the other photo includes a selfie photo taken instantly by the user after the scanned image has been received.

In certain instances, an apparatus, device, system, machine, etc. referred to herein may be, include, or be implemented on any suitable type of computing device. A computing device may include a processor and a computer-readable storage medium readable by the processor. A processor may execute one or more instructions stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The processor may also read other information stored in the computer-readable storage medium. Additionally, the processor may store new information within the computer-readable storage medium and may update any information stored within the computer-readable storage medium. The processor may include, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a processor core, or a microprocessor. , a microcontroller, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), other hardware and logic circuits, or any suitable combination thereof. You can. The computer-readable storage medium is encoded with various information, such as a set of processor executable instructions that can be executed by a processor and/or other information. For example, a computer-readable storage medium may include computer program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device (e.g., a processor) to perform some of the operations disclosed herein and/or information, data, and/or information used in such operations. Variables, constants, data structures, etc. can be stored internally. Computer-readable storage media include, for example, read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and removable memory. (removable memory, non-removable memory, flash memory, solid-state memory, other types of memory devices, hard disks, magnetic media such as floppy disks and magnetic tapes, CDs) -ROM, optical recording media such as DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, other types of storage devices and storage media, or any suitable combination thereof.

In certain instances, the operations, techniques, processes, or any aspect or portion thereof described herein may be embodied in a computer program product. Such a computer program may be any type of programming language (e.g., compiled or interpreted) that can be executed by a computer, such as assembly, machine language, or procedural. It can be implemented in a language, an object-oriented language, etc., and can be combined with a hardware implementation. The computer program product may be distributed in the form of a computer-readable storage medium or may be distributed online. For online distribution, some or all of the computer program product may be temporarily stored or temporarily generated within a server (e.g., on a computer-readable storage medium on the server).

The above description has been presented to illustrate and describe several examples in detail. Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that many modifications and variations may be made in light of the above teachings without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In various examples, the techniques described above are performed in a different order and/or some of the components of the systems, architectures, devices, circuits and the like described above are combined or combined in different ways, replaced by other components or equivalents thereof, or Appropriate results can be achieved with any substitution.

Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure should not be limited to the disclosed form, but should be defined by the following claims and equivalents thereof.

116: mobile terminal
140: Interworking service server device
145: Visa issuance platform
150: Social media service server device
155: Social media service platform

Claims (14)

A method performed by a server device implementing a non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on a social media service,
Receiving a scanned image of the user's passport from an in-app application available within a client application of the social media service;
extracting passport information shown in the passport from the scanned image, wherein the passport information includes an identity record of the user;
The identity record is used to determine whether the user's credit rating is above the reference value, and when the credit rating is confirmed to be above the reference value, the credit rating is provided to the relevant authority server device and the issuance of a visa to the user is made. transmitting a request to the authority server device;
Receiving progress of the requested issuance from the relevant authority server device, and providing the progress for presentation in the in-app application.
method. According to paragraph 1,
Extracting the passport information includes recognizing text representing the identity record from the scanned image using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology,
method. According to paragraph 1,
The client application is used to log in to the user's personal account on the social media service, and confirm whether the credit rating is above the reference value by sending the identity record to the credit rating agency server device. Receiving credit information including the credit rating, a value indicating whether the credit rating is greater than or equal to the reference value, or both, and storing the credit information in association with the personal account,
The method further includes providing a promotion to the personal account according to the credit information when the progress indicates that the issuance of the visa has been completed.
method. According to paragraph 1,
When the progress indicates that the issuance of the visa has been completed, generating a unique identifier in the form of an encoded image based on the extracted passport information;
associating the generated unique identifier with an authentication identifier for use in accessing tax refund services;
comprising using the authentication identifier to query whether a requested tax refund is allowed through scanning of the generated unique identifier,
method. According to paragraph 1,
The passport information further includes an identity photo of the user,
The method performs neural network-based image comparison on the identity photo and the other photo of the user to recognize a plurality of areas of the user's face and determine whether each of the plurality of areas matches between the identity photo and the other photo. determining, and if it is determined that at least one of the plurality of parts does not match between the identity photo and the other photo, sending a message requesting an instantly taken photo of the user in which the at least one part is captured. Further comprising providing for presentation in an in-app application,
method. According to clause 5,
An indication of a specific range of angles that the user's face will take in the instant shot when the at least one non-matching area is determined, an indication of a facial accessory to be removed or repositioned from the face in the instant shot, or both. further comprising providing all for presentation in the in-app application,
method. According to clause 5,
The other photo includes a profile photo of the user's personal account on the social media service,
method. As a computing device,
processor,
Comprising a memory, wherein the memory is encoded as a set of computer program instructions executable by the processor to implement a non-face-to-face visa issuance platform based on a social media service, the set comprising:
A command for receiving a scanned image of the user's passport from an in-app application available within a client application of the social media service,
Instructions for extracting passport information shown in the passport from the scanned image, wherein the passport information includes an identity record of the user,
The identity record is used to determine whether the user's credit rating is above the reference value, and when the credit rating is confirmed to be above the reference value, the credit rating is provided to the relevant authority server device and the issuance of a visa to the user is made. A command for transmitting a request to the authority server device,
Containing a command for receiving the progress of the requested issuance from the relevant authority server device and providing the progress for presentation in the in-app application
Computing device. According to clause 8,
The command for extracting the passport information includes a command for recognizing text representing the identity record from the scanned image using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology,
Computing device. According to clause 8,
The client application is used to log in to the user's personal account on the social media service, and confirm whether the credit rating is above the reference value by sending the identity record to the credit rating agency server device. Receiving credit information including the credit rating, a value indicating whether the credit rating is greater than or equal to the reference value, or both, and storing the credit information in association with the personal account,
The set further includes instructions for providing a promotion to the personal account according to the credit information when the progress indicates that the issuance of the visa has been completed,
Computing device. According to clause 8,
The set includes, when the progress indicates that the issuance of the visa has been completed, a command for generating a unique identifier in the form of an encoded image based on the extracted passport information, and sending the generated unique identifier to a tax refund service. instructions for associating an authentication identifier for use in accessing an authentication identifier, and instructions for using the authentication identifier to query whether a requested tax refund is permitted through scanning of the generated unique identifier.
Computing device. According to clause 8,
The passport information further includes an identity photograph of the user, and the set performs a neural network-based image comparison on the identity photograph and other photographs of the user to recognize a plurality of regions of the user's face and identify the plurality of regions of the user's face. A command for determining whether each part matches between the identity photo and the other photo, and if it is determined that at least one of the plurality of parts does not match between the identity photo and the other photo, the at least one part is captured , Containing a command for providing a message requesting an instantly taken photo of the user for presentation in the in-app application,
Computing device. According to clause 12,
The set may include: an indication of a specific range of angles that the user's face will take in the instant shot if the at least one non-matching area is determined; an indication of a facial accessory to be removed or repositioned from the face in the instant shot; or Further comprising instructions providing both for presentation in the in-app application,
Computing device. According to clause 12,
The other photo includes a profile photo of the user's personal account on the social media service,
Computing device.