摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network authentication method for secure user identification information verification.SOLUTION: In a network authentication method, a content-provider server transmits a verification request to a verification server via a communication network upon receipt of correct user login data from a user terminal. After receiving hardware identification data and positioning information, which are associated with the user terminal and a portable personal electronic device carried by a user, the verification server transmits a verification reply indicating successful authentication of the identification information of the user when the hardware identification data is successfully verified while the positioning information indicates that the portable personal electronic device is in close proximity to the user terminal. |