摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a comfortable communication environment by simplifying the input operation of a personal information to be required for purchasing an article or receiving the provision of services through a network. SOLUTION: In the authentication system for communication through the network constructed by mutually connecting terminal equipment such as personal computers or portable terminal equipment through a communication line such as telephone line or leased line, an authentication server 1 having a user data base 11 for storing information on a user is installed on the network, a universal ID issued by the authentication server 1 is acquired and held, and when accessing Shops 3a-3c on the network, an accessing person presents the universal ID. On the side of Shops 3a-3c, the information stored in the user data base 11 is acquired on the basis of the universal ID. |