SERVICE USER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM IN SHARED TERMINAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a client/server type system in which one piece of client equipment is shared by a plurality of users for ensuring the secure authentication of a client and a user through the system. SOLUTION: The client equipment is configured to authenticate a user using the client by comparing the authentication information of the user with preliminarily registered user authentication information. The client transmits inalterable client specific information and user specific information authenticated by the client to a server by using a secure communication path unwiretapable/unalterable by a third person. The server is configured to execute the authentication of the client and the user using the client by comparing the received information with preliminarily registered client and user information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO