US 7,529,934 B2
Individual certification method
Tomonori Fujisawa, Tokyo (Japan); and Shouji Satou, Kuroiso (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Eighting, Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/488,163
PCT Filed Sep. 02, 2002, PCT No. PCT/JP02/08902
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 01, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/021457, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 13, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 2001-265929 (JP), filed on Sep. 03, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0250068 A1, Dec. 09, 2004
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 713—168  [713/155; 713/161; 713/171; 380/270; 705/67] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An individual authentication method comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a mobile terminal, a verification code generated by an authentication server in response to a request from the mobile terminal;
returning the verification code through a sales management server to the authentication server;
verifying the verification code generated in said authentication server to verification code transmitted from the sales management server; and
transmitting personal information corresponding to the verification code to said sales management server when it is determined that the two verification codes are identical, wherein an original face picture corresponding to the personal information and a dot arrangement with a plurality of specific colors different from bar code are received as the verification code by said mobile terminal and are displayed.