JP2020068031A - Program, management method, management server, and communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an appropriate login method to be selected even if a user forgets which login method has been used.
A program according to the present invention is a program of a computer that has a storage unit and manages login to a predetermined service, and includes a login method corresponding to the predetermined service in identification information for identifying a user. Of these, the login method used by the user is associated and stored in the storage unit, a transmission request of information for requesting login to a predetermined service is acquired from the communication terminal of the user, and in response to the acquisition of the transmission request. , Of the information for specifying the login method used by the user and requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service, only the information for requesting the login by the specified login method is transmitted to the communication terminal. , Is characterized by causing a computer to execute.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a program, a management method, a management server, and a communication terminal.

  Conventionally, there is known a technique called single sign-on, which enables login to a plurality of services by one-time authentication. In particular, among login methods by single sign-on, a method that enables login to other services by authentication by a predetermined social networking service is called a social login method. Patent Document 1 discloses an information processing system capable of recording the authentication strength of a user as a history.

JP, 2008-225726, A

  Such a single sign-on login method is provided for each social networking service. Therefore, conventionally, services that support a plurality of login methods, including a single sign-on login method, have been provided. However, in the related art as described above, when logging in to a service corresponding to a plurality of types of login methods, the user may forget which login method he or she has used to log in. There is.

  One aspect of the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and enables an appropriate login method to be selected even when a user forgets which login method has been used. An object is to provide a program, a management method, a management server, and a communication terminal.

  A program according to the present invention is a program of a computer that has a storage unit and manages login to a predetermined service, and is used by a user among login methods corresponding to a predetermined service as identification information for identifying the user. The login method is associated and stored in the storage unit, a transmission request of information for requesting login to a predetermined service is acquired from the user's communication terminal, and the user uses it in response to the acquisition of the transmission request. The computer that specifies only the specified login method and sends only the information for requesting the login by the specified login method among the information for requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service to the communication terminal. It is characterized by making it execute.

  Further, the program according to the present invention further stores information for requesting login by the specified login method in storing and transmitting information indicating a history of the user using the login method in the storage unit. It is preferable to send the information to be presented to the user based on the history of the present.

  Further, in the program according to the present invention, the login method corresponding to the predetermined service is a login method by single sign-on using a token corresponding to the user, which is transmitted from the authentication server to the management server, and is stored. In the above, it is preferable that when the token corresponding to the user is transmitted from the authentication server, the login method corresponding to the token is stored as the login method used by the user.

  Further, the management method according to the present invention is a management method for managing login to a predetermined service, wherein the identification information for identifying the user indicates the login method used by the user among the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service. Stored in association with each other, from a user's communication terminal, obtain a request to send information for requesting login to a predetermined service, and specify the login method used by the user in response to obtaining the request to send, Among the information for requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service, only the information for requesting the login by the specified login method is transmitted to the communication terminal.

  The management server according to the present invention is a management server that manages login to a predetermined service, and the identification information for identifying the user indicates the login method used by the user among the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service. From the storage unit that stores the information in association with each other, a transmission request of information for requesting login to a predetermined service is acquired from the user's communication terminal, and the login method used by the user is determined according to the acquisition of the transmission request. Of the information for identifying and requesting login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service, only the information for requesting login by the identified login method is transmitted to the communication terminal. Characterize.

  A program according to the present invention is a program of a communication terminal that requests a user to log in to a predetermined service, and stores the login method used by the user among the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service. In response to the acquisition of the display instruction from, the login method used by the user is specified, and among the information for requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service, the login by the specified login method is requested. It is characterized in that the communication terminal is made to output only the information for doing so.

  Further, the program according to the present invention manages login to a predetermined service by, in identification, storing the user's identification information and the login method used by the user among the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service in association with each other. It is preferable to acquire the login method used by the user of the communication terminal from the management server and further specify the acquired login method.

  A communication terminal according to the present invention is a communication terminal that requests a user to log in to a predetermined service, and a storage unit that stores the login method used by the user among the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service. , The login method specified by the user from among the information for specifying the login method used by the user according to the acquisition of the display instruction from the user and requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service. And a control unit that outputs only the information for requesting.

  A program according to the present invention is a program of a computer that has a storage unit and manages login to a predetermined service corresponding to a plurality of login methods including a login method that uses user's billing information. The identification information for identification is associated with the billing information indicating the billing record for the user in the predetermined service and stored in the storage unit, and the transmission request of the information for requesting the login to the predetermined service is acquired from the user's communication terminal. Then, in response to the acquisition of the transmission request, it is determined based on the billing information whether or not there is a billing record for the user in the predetermined service, and if it is determined that there is a billing record, login using the billing information is performed. If it is determined that there is no record of billing by sending the information for requesting login by the method to the communication terminal, the predetermined service Among the information for requesting the login by the corresponding login method, the computer is caused to execute only the information for requesting the login by the login method other than the login method using the charging information. To do.

  A program, a management method, a management server, and a communication terminal according to an aspect of the present invention allow an appropriate login method to be selected even when a user forgets which login method has been used. .

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the management server which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the captured image management system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view showing an example of composition of appearance of a photograph sticker creation device concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the external appearance of the photograph sticker creation device concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention from another angle. It is a figure explaining movement of a user in a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the imaging | photography part with which the photograph sticker preparation apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is equipped. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the background part with which the photograph sticker preparation apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is equipped. It is a figure showing the example of composition of the edit part with which the photograph sticker creation device concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention is equipped. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a post-service customer part with which the photograph sticker | sticker production apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is equipped. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition inside a photograph sticker creation device concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing according to single sign-on example 1. It is a figure which shows each screen example displayed. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to example 2 of single sign-on. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing according to account combination example 1. It is a figure which shows the example of a database in case the billing information in two accounts is integrated. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to account combination example 2. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing according to account combination example 3. It is a figure which shows the example of a database when two accounts are integrated by the single account. It is a figure which shows the example of the membership database which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the image preservation determination database which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the login method management table T1. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of a login screen transmission process. It is a figure which shows an example of a login screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a login screen. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of login processing. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the login method management table T2. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of login processing. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the login method management table T3. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of a login screen display process.

[Embodiment 1]
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13 and 19 to 29. Descriptions of configurations other than the configurations described in the following specific embodiments may be omitted if necessary, but the configurations are the same as those described in other embodiments. Further, for convenience of description, members having the same functions as the members shown in the respective embodiments are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be appropriately omitted. Further, the shapes of the configurations and the dimensions such as length, size, and width described in the drawings do not reflect the actual shapes and dimensions, and are appropriately changed for the sake of clarity and simplification of the drawings. is doing.

(Captured image management system 10)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the captured image management system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The captured image management system 10 functions as a login system or an account integration system. As shown in FIG. 2, the captured image management system 10 includes a photograph sticker creating apparatus 1, a mobile terminal 6, a management server 4, and a plurality of authentication servers 7. The photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 is an apparatus having a function of photographing a user, a function of printing a photographed image as a photograph sticker, and a function of transmitting the photographed image to the management server 4. The mobile terminal 6 is an information processing terminal possessed by the user and having a communication function, and is, for example, a mobile phone, a multifunctional mobile phone (so-called “smartphone”), a notebook PC (Personal Computer), a tablet terminal, or the like. The management server 4 and the authentication server 7 are information processing devices such as PCs or workstations. The mobile terminal 6 is an example of a communication terminal.

  The outline of the captured image management system 10 will be described below. The photographed image management system 10 provides the user with a service (image management service) that realizes photographing of the user, editing of the image, printing of the image as a photograph sticker, and saving of the image on the image providing site. Photographing, image editing, and photo sticker printing services are provided by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 installed in a store such as a game center. The image storage service is provided by the management server 4 that manages the image providing site. The user can save the captured image of himself / herself in the image providing site by operating the mobile terminal 6 that he / she owns.

  Pre-member registration is required to save images on the image providing site. The user registers himself / herself in the image providing site as a free member. Free members do not have to pay a membership fee, but are limited in the number of images that can be stored on the image providing site. In this embodiment, the free member can save only one image for each game on the image providing site.

  The user can change his or her own membership attribute from a free member to a paid member by paying a certain membership fee. In the present embodiment, the paying member can save all photographed images generated by one time of photographing in the image providing site.

  The flow from photography to image storage in the captured image management system 10 will be briefly described below. One or a plurality of users pay the price to the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 and play a game relating to photography and image editing. The user photographs himself as a subject during the game. The user selects some of the images to be edited from the images generated by shooting and edits them as desired. Further, the user inputs his / her mail address into the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 in order to save the image on the image providing site later.

  After the game ends, the user gets the photo sticker. On the other hand, the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 associates the generated image with the input user's email address and sends it to the management server 4. The management server 4 sends an email to the received email address instructing that the received image should be stored in the image providing site. The user receives this mail at his / her mobile terminal 6. The mail describes the procedure for saving the image on the image providing site. The user performs an operation for saving an image on the mobile terminal 6 according to the procedure. As a result, the image is stored in the image storage area dedicated to the user on the image providing site.

  After saving the image in the image providing site, the user can log in to the image providing site using the mobile terminal 6 or another desired device and download the image.

  The user can log in to the image providing site by transmitting the user authentication information to the management server 4. Also, the user provides the image using the login method by single sign-on by transmitting the authentication information of the user in the membership service to the authentication server 7 managed by the business operator that provides the membership service. You can log in to the site. The membership service is, for example, a social networking service. The authentication information is, for example, an account name, email address or password. The authentication information may be a user image or the like, as described later.

(Configuration of photo sticker creation device)
The configuration and function of each device constituting the captured image management system 10 will be described in detail below. First, details of the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of the external appearance of the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 mainly includes a photographing unit 11, an editing unit 12, and a post-service group 13. The photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed in a state where the photographing unit 11 and the editing unit 12 are in contact with each other, and the editing unit 12 and the post-customer service unit 13 are in contact with each other.

(Photographing unit 11)
The photographing unit 11 includes a photographing unit 21 and a background unit 22. The imaging unit 21 and the background unit 22 are installed apart from each other by a predetermined distance. Shooting control is performed in a shooting space that is a space formed between the shooting unit 21 and the background unit 22.

  The imaging unit 21 is a device that allows a user to perform imaging control. The photographing unit 21 is located in front of the user who enters the photographing space and controls photographing. A front panel 41 of the image capturing unit 21 that forms a surface that faces the image capturing space is provided with a touch panel monitor or the like used by the user during image capturing control. Assuming that the left side is the left side and the right side is the right side when viewed from the user facing the shooting unit 21 in the shooting space, the left side of the shooting unit 21 is constituted by the side panel 42A and the right side is the side panel 42B. Composed by.

  The background part 22 is attached to the left end of the back panel 51, which is a plate-like member located on the back side of the user who is facing the direction of the shooting part 21 and is performing shooting control, and is wider than the side panel 42A. And a side panel 52A (FIG. 4) that is a plate-shaped member that is attached to the right end of the rear panel 51 and has a narrower width than the side panel 42B.

  The side panel 42A that constitutes the left side surface of the image capturing unit 21 and the side panel 52A of the background section 22 are provided on substantially the same plane, and their upper portions are connected by a connecting portion 23A that is a plate-shaped member. Further, the side panel 42B forming the right side surface of the photographing section 21 and the side panel 52B of the background section 22 are provided on substantially the same plane, and their upper portions are connected by the connecting section 23B which is a plate-shaped member.

  An opening formed by being surrounded by the side panel 42A of the photographing section 21, the connecting section 23A, and the side panel 52A of the background section 22 serves as a doorway G1 of the photographing space. An opening formed by being surrounded by the side panel 42B of the photographing section 21, the connecting section 23B, and the side panel 52B of the background section 22 also serves as the entrance / exit G2 of the photographing space.

  A background curtain unit 25 is provided above the background portion 22 so as to be supported by the back panel 51, the side panel 52A, and the side panel 52B. The background curtain unit 25 accommodates a plurality of wind-up type background curtains having different colors or patterns and used for the background. The background curtain unit 25 operates in conjunction with shooting by a camera or the like provided in the shooting unit 21, and lowers a curtain of a color selected by the user and winds other curtains at the time of shooting, for example.

  As the background curtain housed in the background curtain unit 25, an elevating type curtain that uses a plurality of curtains as one curtain for chromaki may be prepared. In addition, a curtain for chromaki is pre-attached to the rear panel 51 which is the back of the shooting space, and a plurality of types of background images for composition are prepared, and the background image desired by the user is displayed on the curtain portion in the editing control described later. It may be possible to synthesize them.

  An opening surrounded by the front panel 41 of the shooting unit 21, the connecting portion 23A, the connecting portion 23B, and the background curtain unit 25 is formed above the shooting space, and the ceiling strobe unit 24 covers the opening. It is provided. One end of the ceiling strobe unit 24 is fixed to the connecting portion 23A, and the other end is fixed to the connecting portion 23B. The ceiling strobe unit 24 has a built-in strobe that emits light toward the shooting space in accordance with shooting. A fluorescent lamp is provided inside the strobe that constitutes the ceiling strobe unit 24, and also functions as illumination of a shooting space.

(Editor 12)
The editing unit 12 is a device that allows a user to perform edit control, which is a process of editing an image obtained by shooting control. The editing unit 12 is provided so as to be connected to the photographing unit 11 so that one side surface contacts the back surface of the front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21. The editing unit 12 is provided with a configuration such as a tablet built-in monitor used by the user during editing control.

  When the configuration of the editing unit 12 shown in FIG. 3 is the configuration on the front side, the configurations used for editing control are provided on the front side and the back side of the editing unit 12 so that two sets of users can edit at the same time. It is provided.

  The front side of the editing unit 12 is a surface that is perpendicular to the floor and is substantially parallel to the side panel 42A, and includes a surface 71 and a slope 72 formed above the surface 71. The configuration used is provided on the slope 72. A support portion 73A having a columnar shape and supporting one end of the illumination device 74 is provided on the left side of the slope 72. A support portion 75 that supports the curtain rail 26 is provided on the upper surface of the support portion 73A. A support portion 73B (FIG. 4) that supports the other end of the lighting device 74 is also provided on the right side of the slope 72.

  A curtain rail 26 is attached above the editing unit 12. The curtain rail 26 is configured by combining three rails 26A to 26C so that the shape when viewed from above is a U-shape. One ends of the rails 26A and 26B provided in parallel are fixed to the connecting portion 23A and the connecting portion 23B, respectively, and both ends of the remaining one rail 26C are joined to the other ends.

  A curtain is attached to the curtain rail 26 so that the insides of the front front space and the rear front space of the editing unit 12 cannot be seen from the outside. A space in front of and in front of the back of the editing unit 12 surrounded by the curtains attached to the curtain rails 26 is an editing space in which the user performs editing control.

(Post-service department 13)
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the external appearance of the photo sticker creating apparatus viewed from another angle. The after-sales service unit 13 is a device for performing after-sales service and allowing a user to perform an operation for the after-sales service. The after-sales service includes a process of transmitting an image (including an edited image) to the management server 4, a process of causing a user to perform a mini game, a process of answering a questionnaire, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the after-sales service section 13 has a plate-shaped housing having a predetermined thickness, and is connected to the editing section 12 so that its back surface contacts the left side surface of the editing section 12. It is provided. On the front surface of the after-sales service section 13, a tablet built-in monitor used by the user when operating the after-sales service, and a discharge port for discharging the sticker paper on which an image (including an edited image) is printed are provided. A space in front of the post-customer service section 13 is a post-customer service space in which a user waiting for the completion of printing on the sticker paper operates the post-customer service.

(Move user)
The flow of the photograph sticker creating game and the movement of the user accompanying it will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating movement of a user.

  The user of the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 takes a picture formed between the photographing section 21 and the background section 22 from the doorway G1 as shown by the white arrow # 1 or from the doorway G2 as shown by the white arrow # 2. The space A1 is entered, and shooting control is performed by using a camera and a touch panel monitor provided in the shooting unit 21.

  It should be noted that, in photographing the image of the user, not all photographing involves photographing the image printed on the sticker paper, but is transmitted to the mobile terminal 6 (or, so that the mobile terminal 6 can view the image, In some cases, the image is only taken (for transmission to the management server 4). This is because the user's preference may be different between the image to be printed and the image to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 6, and at the time of the user's image capture, it is desired to capture images while being aware of transmission to the mobile terminal 6. It responds to the user's intention.

  The user who has finished the shooting control moves out of the shooting space A1 to the editing space A2-1 by using the doorway G1 as shown by the white arrow # 3, or moves to the doorway G2 as shown by the white arrow # 4. Use it to move out of the shooting space A1 and move to the editing space A2-2.

  The editing space A2-1 is an editing space on the front side of the editing unit 12, and the editing space A2-2 is an editing space on the back side of the editing unit 12. Which of the editing space A2-1 and the editing space A2-2 is to be moved is guided by the screen display of the touch panel monitor of the photographing unit 21 or the like. For example, the free space of the two editing spaces is guided as the destination. The user who has moved to the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2 starts editing control. The user of the editing space A2-1 and the user of the editing space A2-2 can simultaneously perform editing control.

  After the editing control is finished, printing of the image selected from the images (including the edited image) is started. During the printing of the image, the user who has finished the edit control moves from the edit space A2-1 to the post-sale service space A3 as indicated by a white arrow # 5 when the edit control is performed in the edit space A2-1. Receive post-service, and perform the operation for the post-service. When the editing control is completed in the editing space A2-2, the user moves from the editing space A2-2 to the after-sales service space A3 as shown by the white arrow # 6, and performs the after-sales service. In the space A3, the after-sales service is received, and the operation for the after-sales service is performed.

  When the printing of the image is completed, the user receives the sticker paper from the discharge port provided in the post-service department 13, and ends the series of photo sticker creating games.

(Structure of each member)
Next, the configuration of each member included in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 will be described.

(Photographing unit 21)
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the photographing unit 21 provided in the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1. The imaging unit 21 is configured by attaching a front panel 41, a side panel 42A, and a side panel 42B to a base portion 43 having a box shape.

  The front panel 41 is located in front of a user who performs shooting control in the shooting space A1, and the side panels 42A and 42B are located on the left and right sides of the user who performs shooting control in the shooting space A1, respectively. The connecting portion 23A is fixed above the side panel 42A, and the connecting portion 23B is fixed above the side panel 42B.

  A shooting / display unit 81 is provided at the substantially center of the front panel 41. The shooting / display unit 81 includes a camera 91, a front strobe 92, and a touch panel monitor 93.

  The camera 91 is composed of an image pickup device such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor), and photographs the user in the photographing space A1. The moving image captured by the camera 91 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 in real time. The image captured by the camera 91 at a predetermined timing such as when the user gives a shooting instruction is stored as an image (still image).

  The touch panel monitor 93 provided below the camera 91 is composed of a monitor such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and a touch panel laminated on the monitor. The touch panel monitor 93 has a function as a live view monitor for displaying a moving image captured by the camera 91 and a function for displaying various GUI (Graphical User Interface) images and accepting a user's selection operation by the touch panel. There is. On the touch panel monitor 93, the moving image after the images such as the background are appropriately combined is displayed.

  An upper strobe 82 is installed above the front panel 41 with reference to the position of the photographing / display unit 81. A left strobe 83 is installed on the left side and a right strobe 84 is installed on the right side. Below the photographing / display unit 81, a lower strobe 85 is provided so that the upper surface of the base portion 43 partially projects.

  The upper strobe 82 irradiates the user from the upper front. The left strobe 83 irradiates the user from the left front, and the right strobe 84 irradiates the user from the right front. The lower strobe 85 irradiates the user from the lower front.

  The base portion 43 is also provided with a foot strobe 86 that illuminates the foot of the user. Fluorescent lamps are provided inside the upper strobe 82, the left strobe 83, the right strobe 84, the lower strobe 85, and the foot strobe 86, and the fluorescent lamps inside the strobes that constitute the ceiling strobe unit 24 are used for photographing. It is used as illumination in the space A1. As will be described later, by adjusting the light emission amount of each fluorescent lamp, or by adjusting the number of fluorescent lamps to emit light, the brightness in the photographing space A1 becomes the content of the photographing control performed by the user. It is adjusted accordingly.

  On the right side of the foot strobe 86, a coin insertion / return port 87 through which a user inputs money is provided.

  Spaces 43A and 43B formed on the left and right of the upper surface of the base portion 43 with the lower strobe 85 interposed therebetween are used as a luggage storage space for a user who performs image capturing control to put baggage or the like. On the front panel 41, for example, in the vicinity of the ceiling, a speaker for outputting sounds such as a guidance voice for shooting control, BGM (Back Ground Music), and sound effects is provided.

(Background part 22)
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the background portion 22 provided in the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1. As described above, the background curtain unit 25 is provided above the rear panel 51. A rear central strobe 101 for irradiating a user who is performing photographing control in the photographing space A1 from the rear center is attached to substantially the center of the background curtain unit 25.

  A rear left strobe 102 that illuminates a user who is performing image capturing control in the image capturing space A1 from the left rear is attached to a position on the doorway G1 side above the rear panel 51. A rear right strobe 103 for irradiating the user who is performing image capturing control in the image capturing space A1 from the right rear is attached to a position on the doorway G2 side above the rear panel 51.

(Editor 12)
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the editing unit 12 included in the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1. As shown in this figure, in the editing unit 12, a tablet built-in monitor 131 is provided substantially at the center of the slope 72. A touch pen 132A is provided on the left side and a touch pen 132B is provided on the right side across the tablet built-in monitor 131.

  The tablet built-in monitor 131 is configured by providing a tablet, which can be operated and input using the touch pens 132A and 132B, on a monitor such as an LCD in a superimposed manner. On the tablet built-in monitor 131, for example, an edit screen, which is a screen used for editing the image selected as the image to be edited, is displayed. When two people perform editing work simultaneously, the touch pen 132A is used by one user and the touch pen 132B is used by the other user.

  It should be noted that the editing of the image performed by the editing unit 12 is not limited to the image to be printed, and the image is intended to be transmitted only to the mobile terminal 6 by the user (that is, the image that is not printed). May be an edit to. This is because there is a difference in user preference between the image to be printed and the image transmitted to the mobile terminal 6 and used on the web. For example, an image used for a blog or the like is printed. This is for responding to the user's intention to edit the image differently.

(Post-service department 13)
A post-service department 13 is provided on the left side of the editing unit 12. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the post-sales service section 13 provided in the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1.

  A tablet built-in monitor 161 is provided in the upper center of the post-service group 13. A touch pen 162A is provided on the left side of the monitor with built-in tablet 161, and a touch pen 162B is provided on the right side. Similarly to the tablet built-in monitor 131, the tablet built-in monitor 161 is also configured by providing a tablet on which an operation input can be made by using the touch pen 162A or 162B so as to be superimposed on a monitor such as an LCD. On the tablet built-in monitor 161, a screen used in a post-customer service process such as a mini game is displayed.

  A non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 is provided below the tablet built-in monitor 161, and a sticker sheet discharge port 164 is provided below the non-contact type IC reader / writer 163. A speaker 165 is provided below the sticker sheet discharge port 164.

  The non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 communicates with the non-contact type IC in proximity to read data from the non-contact type IC and write data to the non-contact type IC.

  The sticker sheet discharge port 164 is formed by a sticker sheet on which an image created by a user in the editing space A2-1 performing editing control is printed, or by a user in the editing space A2-2 performing editing control. The sticker paper on which the image is printed is ejected. A printer is provided inside the editing unit 12, and an image is printed by the printer.

  The speaker 165 outputs sounds such as guide voice, BGM, and sound effects at the time of post-service.

(Internal structure of photo sticker creation device 1)
Next, the internal structure of the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration example of the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1. The same components as those described above are designated by the same reference numerals. A duplicate description will be omitted as appropriate.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, executes a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 206 or a storage unit 202, and controls the overall operation of the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1. A storage unit 202, a communication unit 203, a drive 204, a ROM 206, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 207 are connected to the control unit 201. The control unit 201 is also connected to the imaging unit 21, the editing unit 12, the post-service group 13, and the printing unit 211.

  The storage unit 202 is a non-volatile storage medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and stores various setting information supplied from the control unit 201. The information stored in the storage unit 202 is appropriately read by the control unit 201.

  The communication unit 203 is a network interface such as the Internet, and communicates with an external device under the control of the control unit 201.

  A removable medium 205 such as an optical disk or a semiconductor memory is appropriately mounted on the drive 204. The computer program and data read from the removable medium 205 by the drive 204 are supplied to the control unit 201, stored in the storage unit 202, or installed.

  The ROM 206 stores programs and data executed by the control unit 201. The RAM 207 temporarily stores data and programs processed by the control unit 201.

  The image capturing unit 21 performs a process related to the user's image capturing control in the image capturing space A1. The imaging unit 21 includes a coin processing unit 221, a background control unit 222, an illumination control unit 223, a camera 91, a touch panel monitor 93, and a speaker 224.

  The coin processing unit 221 detects insertion of coins into the coin insertion / return port 87. When the coin processing unit 221 detects that a predetermined amount of coins, such as 300 yen, has been inserted, the coin processing unit 221 outputs a start signal indicating this to the control unit 201.

  The background control unit 222 raises and lowers the background curtain stored in the background curtain unit 25 according to the background control signal supplied from the control unit 201. The background curtain may be selected manually by the user.

  The illumination control unit 223 controls light emission of each strobe in the shooting space A1 according to the illumination control signal supplied from the control unit 201. As described above, in the shooting space A1, in addition to the strobe light of the ceiling strobe unit 24, the upper strobe 82, the left strobe 83, the right strobe 84, the lower strobe 85, the foot strobe 86, and the background strobe portion provided in the photographing unit 21. A rear central strobe 101, a rear left strobe 102, and a rear right strobe 103, which are provided at 22, are provided. A fluorescent lamp is also provided inside each strobe.

  In addition, the illumination control unit 223 adjusts the light emission amount of the fluorescent lamps provided inside each strobe or adjusts the number of fluorescent lamps to be emitted, so that the lighting control unit 223 can perform the shooting control step performed by the user. Accordingly, the brightness in the shooting space A1 is adjusted.

  The camera 91 shoots under the control of the control unit 201 and outputs an image (image) obtained by the shooting to the control unit 201. Further, when performing the user authentication described later, the camera 91 performs image authentication by capturing a part of the body of the user, the posture (pose) of the user, or the movement (gesture) of the user as a still image or a moving image. An image (authentication image) for generating such information (image authentication information) may be captured and transmitted to the control unit 201.

  The editing unit 12A performs a process related to the editing control of the user in the editing space A2-1. The editing unit 12A includes a tablet built-in monitor 131 provided on the front side of the editing unit 12, touch pens 132A and 132B, and a speaker 231. The editing unit 12B also has the same configuration as the editing unit 12A, and performs processing relating to the editing control of the user in the editing space A2-2.

  The tablet built-in monitor 131 displays the edit screen under the control of the control unit 201, and detects the user's operation on the edit screen. A signal indicating the content of the user's operation is supplied to the control unit 201, and the image to be edited is edited.

  The after-sales service department 13 performs processing regarding after-sales service in the after-sales service space A3. The after-sales service section 13 includes a tablet built-in monitor 161, touch pens 162A and 162B, a non-contact type IC reader / writer 163, and a speaker 165.

  The printing unit 211 includes a printer 241, which is a configuration for performing print control, and a sticker sheet unit 242. The printer 241 prints the image or the edited image obtained by the editing control by the user on the sticker paper stored in the sticker paper unit 242 attached to the printer 241, and discharges the sticker paper to the sticker paper discharge port 164. . The post-editing service section 13 and the printing section 211, which are surrounded by the one-dot chain line, are configured to perform the post-editing service for the user in the post-editing service space A3.

  In addition, in the process related to print control, the printing unit 211 prints the photographed image (or the edited image) on the sticker paper, and also acquires the image transmitted to the management server 4 outside the margin (such as the end of the sticker paper). A URL (Uniform Resource Locater) for doing so and a sticker ID (image acquisition ID) may be printed. The sticker ID is an identifier for uniquely identifying one or a plurality of images (including a photographed image and an edited image) generated in one game by the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1, and is used by the user during one game. This is an identifier for acquiring the generated image. The user accesses the URL for acquiring the image and inputs the sticker ID to open a web page (image acquisition page) for acquiring the image generated in one game in the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1. It can be displayed on the mobile terminal 6.

  This is because, for example, when the post-service department 13 or the like receives an input of an email address from a user, a correct address cannot be received due to a timeout or a mistake input, and information such as a URL for acquiring an image is transmitted to the user. This is for enabling the user to obtain the image by accessing the URL printed on the sticker paper and inputting the sticker ID when it is not possible.

  Note that the printing unit 211 may print a predetermined mail address or a QR code (registered trademark) instead of the URL as the information for acquiring the image. When the predetermined mail address is printed, the user receives a mail in which the URL for acquiring the image is described from the management server 4 by sending a blank mail to the predetermined mail address. You can When the QR code (registered trademark) is printed on the sticker paper, the user accesses the image acquisition page by accessing the web page indicated by the QR code (registered trademark) using the mobile terminal 6. You can also access it directly.

(Management server 4)
Next, details of the management server 4 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the management server 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the management server 4 mainly includes a control unit 401, a storage unit 402, and a communication unit 403. The control unit 401 includes one or a plurality of processors and their peripheral circuits, and integrally controls each member included in the management server 4. The control unit 401 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an LSI (Large-Scaled IC), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or the like. The storage unit 402 is a device that stores programs or various data used in the management server 4, and is, for example, a semiconductor memory device. The communication unit 403 is a communication interface circuit for the management server 4 to communicate with other devices included in the captured image management system 10.

  The management server 4 may periodically send the member information stored in the member database 422 of the storage unit 402 to the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1. The photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 may periodically download the member information. In this case, it is desirable that the management server 4 and the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 communicate with each other in the morning and at night when the communication load is relatively small and the member information is transmitted and received.

(Details of control unit 401)
As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 401 includes a communication control unit 411, a mail creation unit 412, a web page creation unit 413, an image management unit 414, an authentication unit 415, and an acquisition unit 416. Each of these units is a functional module realized by a program executed by the control unit 401. Each of these units may be implemented in the management server 4 as firmware. Further, the control unit 401 controls the entire management server 4 and performs various determination processes and account integration processes, which will be described later.

(Communication control unit 411)
The communication control unit 411 controls communication by the communication unit 403.

(Email creation unit 412)
The email creating unit 412 creates an email to be sent to the email address of the user who played with the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In the present embodiment, the mail creating unit 412 uses the data stored in the mail database 421 to create a mail that is sent to the mail address input from the communication control unit 411 and that guides the saving of images. , To the communication control unit 411. The e-mail for storing the image includes a URL for acquiring the image, to which identification information for identifying the user is added. The identification information for identifying the user is, for example, a member ID made up of a character string set for each user by the management server 4 or the user himself. The identification information may be the user's email address, telephone number, face image, or the like. The identification information is added as a URL query parameter, for example. With this, when the user accesses the image providing site indicated by the URL, the user can be identified on the image providing site.

(Web page creation unit 413)
The web page creation unit 413 creates a web page displayed on the mobile terminal 6 or the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 (various monitors described later). In the present embodiment, the web page creation unit 413 uses the data stored in the web page database 423 to create a web page according to the access request received from the mobile terminal 6 or the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1, and communicates. It is output to the control unit 411. Although details will be described later, the web page creation unit 413 creates a web page according to the membership type of the user.

  In the following, “page” means data to be transmitted and displayed by the management server 4 to a communication terminal such as the mobile terminal 6 or the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1, such as a web page. The page usually includes text data and image data, and may further include audio data and moving image data.

(Image management unit 414)
The image management unit 414 manages the image provided to the user through the image providing site. In the present embodiment, the image management unit 414 saves the image designated by the user among the images created by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in the image database 424.

(Authentication unit 415)
The authentication unit 415, for example, receives a user authentication request from the mobile terminal 6 when logging in to the image management service, and performs user authentication. The authentication unit 415 determines whether or not the member is a pre-registered member by using the image data (captured image for authentication, login image) transmitted from the mobile terminal 6, and accesses the image providing site (image. (Login to the management service) and saving of unsaved images in the user's My Page, and includes an image data acquisition unit, a feature amount extraction unit, and a collation unit (not shown). In this embodiment, the face image of the user is assumed as the login image and the personal identification data, but the present invention is not limited to this. As will be described later, other than the user's face image may be used as the login image and the personal identification data.

  The image data acquisition unit acquires, from the mobile terminal 6 via the communication unit 403, the image data of the authentication captured image captured by the mobile terminal 6, and transmits the image data to the feature amount extraction unit.

  The characteristic amount extraction unit extracts the characteristic amount of the image data transmitted from the image data acquisition unit and transmits the characteristic amount to the matching unit.

  The collation unit collates the feature amount of the image data transmitted from the feature amount extraction unit with the user personal identification data stored in the member database 422. The matching method may be performed by using any technique. For example, whether or not the contour points (retina etc.) of a specific organ are compared by comparing whether or not the contour points of the face match each other. For example, comparison is made. Then, as a result of the comparison, when the reliability is equal to or higher than the threshold value, it is determined that the feature amount of the transmitted image data and the user personal identification data stored in the member database 422 match. When the feature amount and the personal identification data match, the matching unit determines that the user authentication is successful, and permits (logs in) the mobile terminal 6 to access the user page of the image providing site. Of the captured images captured by the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1, a captured image that is not stored in the user's My Page is sent to the image management unit 414. My page is a page unique to each user on the image providing site. By accessing My Page, the user can view the photographed image that has been photographed and stored by the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1.

  On the other hand, if the feature amount and the personal identification data do not match, the matching unit notifies the mobile terminal 6 that the user authentication has failed.

  If the user authentication fails a predetermined number of times, the user ID and password authentication may be requested. Alternatively, when a plurality of types of authentication are possible, an operation of switching the authentication method to another authentication method may be performed to request authentication by the other authentication method.

(Acquisition unit 416)
The acquisition unit 416 acquires various information from an external device. For example, the acquisition unit 416 acquires information indicating that it is required to integrate at least a part of each piece of information associated with a plurality of accounts registered in a predetermined service.

(Details of storage unit 402)
As shown in FIG. 1, the storage unit 402 includes a mail database 421, a member database 422, a web page database 423, an image database 424, and an image storage determination database 425.

(Mail database 421)
The mail database 421 stores various data for creating a mail to be sent to the user.

(Member database 422)
The member database 422 stores various information (member information) about users who are members of the image providing site. FIG. 19 shows an example of the member database 422. As shown in FIG. 19, in the present embodiment, in the member database 422, personal identification data (for example, face information) for identifying the user who uses the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and information for identifying the user (user identification information). ) Is stored for each user. The user identification information may include, for example, the user's member ID, email address, nickname, password, date of birth, address, member attributes, membership date, and terminal ID of the mobile terminal held by the user. Further, as the member attribute, for example, a paid member and a free member can be cited. The member ID is an example of identification information.

(Web page database 423)
The web page database 423 stores various data for creating a web page of the image providing site displayed on the mobile terminal 6 or the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 (various monitors described later).

(Image database 424)
The image database 424 stores images of the user created by the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 that are instructed by the user to be saved in the image providing site. Images are stored in the image database 424 separately for each user registered as a member in the member database 422.

  Although not shown, the storage unit 402 also has a temporary storage database that temporarily stores data such as images received from the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1.

(Image storage determination database 425)
The image storage determination database 425 records whether or not the user has stored the captured image captured by the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 in My Page. FIG. 20 shows an example of the image storage determination database 425. As shown in FIG. 20, the image storage determination database 425 includes a member ID, a password, a mail address, a seal ID, a registration date and time when the captured image is registered in the management server 4, and a seal for identifying the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1. The machine ID, the captured image data, and the presence / absence of image storage are recorded. For example, if there are three pieces of image data A1, A2, and A3 captured by the user with the member ID “001”, and A1 of them is stored in My Page, as shown in FIG. In the “presence / absence of image save” corresponding to A1, information (shown by a circle in FIG. 20) indicating that the image is saved is recorded, and in the “presence / absence of image save” corresponding to unsaved A2 and A3. Indicates that information is not stored (indicated by x in FIG. 20) is recorded. It should be noted that “NULL” may be recorded if not saved, and the “NULL” may be deleted if saved.

(Details of communication unit 403)
In this embodiment, the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1, the mobile terminal 6, and the authentication server 7 are communication partners of the communication unit 403. The communication unit 403 receives data from another device or transmits data to another device under the control of the communication control unit 411.

(Mobile terminal 6)
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 6 mainly includes a control unit 601, a storage unit 608, a communication unit 609, an operation unit 606, and a display unit 607. The control unit 601 includes one or a plurality of processors and their peripheral circuits, and integrally controls each member included in the mobile terminal 6. The control unit 601 is, for example, a CPU, DSP, LSI, ASIC, FPGA, or the like. The storage unit 608 is a device that stores programs or various data used in the mobile terminal 6, and is, for example, a semiconductor memory device. The communication unit 609 is a communication interface circuit that allows the mobile terminal 6 to communicate with other devices included in the captured image management system 10.

  The operation unit 606 is a device that receives an input operation from a user, and is, for example, a keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The operation unit 606 may be a touch panel or the like integrated with the display unit 607. The display unit 607 is a display panel or the like that presents various kinds of information to the user, for example, information that is a starting point for logging in to a predetermined service.

  The control unit 601 also controls the entire mobile terminal 6 and also functions as an operation control unit 604, a communication control unit 603, and a display control unit 602. Each of these units is a functional module realized by a program executed by the control unit 401. Each of these units may be implemented in the management server 4 as firmware. The operation control unit 604 controls the operation unit 603. The communication control unit 603 controls communication by the communication unit 609. The display control unit 602 controls information display on the display unit 607. For example, the communication control unit 603 controls the communication unit 609 so that the operation control unit 604 acquires a signal corresponding to an input operation on the operation unit 606 and performs communication corresponding to the acquired signal. The display control unit 602 outputs the web page input from the communication control unit 603 to the display unit 607, so that the display unit 607 can display the web page.

(Single sign-on example 1)
A first example of the single sign-on method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. In this example, when the mobile terminal 6 presents information as a starting point for logging in to a single predetermined service provided by the management server 4, and when a predetermined response from the user to the information is given, the service is provided. Is sent to the management server 4 for determining whether or not the login is possible for each of the plurality of types of single sign-on methods, and the management server 4 acquires the information. For each of a plurality of types of single sign-on methods, it is determined whether or not login to the service is possible, and the process flow of transmitting information indicating each determination result to the mobile terminal 6 will be described step by step. .

  In the following, as a single sign-on method, a social login by a social networking service will be described as an example, but the processing described in this example and the following examples will be applied to any single sign-on method not classified as social login. It can also be applied. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to this example.

  In step S101, the control unit 401 transmits information indicating a screen including a login button according to this example to the mobile terminal 6 via the communication unit 403. Here, the login button is associated with information indicating a social login method that can be used for logging in to a predetermined service, that is, a social login method supported by a predetermined service.

  In step S102, the control unit 601 acquires the information via the communication unit 609 and displays the screen on the display unit 607. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of each screen displayed on the display unit 607. 12A shows an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 607 in this step. Here, the button 651 is a login button according to this example. The button 653 is a button for the user to newly register for a predetermined service. The procedure for performing new registration may be existing.

  In step S103, the control unit 601 determines whether the button 651 displayed on the display unit 607 has been selected. If the button 651 is selected, the process of step S104 is subsequently executed. If not, the process of accepting the selection of the button 651 is continued in this step. When the button 653 is selected, the process for new registration is executed.

  In step S104, the control unit 601 is the account information (ID, password, etc.) stored in the storage unit 608, of each social networking service corresponding to part or all of the social login method notified in step S101. The account information and the information indicating that the determination as to whether or not the social login is possible using each account information is requested are transmitted to the management server 4. The account information of each social networking service is stored in the storage unit 608 as a cookie, for example.

  In step S105, the control unit 401 uses the account information acquired from the mobile terminal 6 to determine whether or not social login is possible by inquiring each of the authentication servers 7 of the corresponding social networking services.

  In step S106, the control unit 401 determines whether or not the determination has been made regarding the social login method corresponding to the account information of all the social networking services notified from the mobile terminal 6. If the determination is made for all the social login methods, the process of step S107 is subsequently executed. If not, the determination process for the remaining social login methods is executed again in step S105.

  In step S107, the control unit 401 transmits, to the mobile terminal 6, information indicating a screen showing options for login by which social login method.

  In step S108, the control unit 601 causes the display unit 607 to display a screen showing options for which social login method is used for login.

  FIG. 12B is a diagram showing an example of the screen. Here, each button is displayed when the user has performed social login by the corresponding social networking service. When any one of the options, that is, any of the buttons 655 to 659 is selected by the user, the process of step S109 is subsequently executed.

  When there is no social login method that is an option, the control unit 601 may display a screen for prompting new registration on the display unit 607. Further, a login method that does not correspond to the single sign-on method may also be displayed as an option on the screen shown in FIG.

  In step S109, the control unit 601 transmits to the management server 4, information requesting login to a predetermined service by the selected social login method.

  In step S110, the control unit 401 executes the login process by the social login method notified from the mobile terminal 6, and transmits the information indicating the screen after login to the mobile terminal 6. Subsequently, the control unit 601 causes the display unit 607 to display the screen after login. FIG. 12C is a diagram showing an example of a screen after login when the button 655 is selected. In the screen shown in FIG. 12C, a text 661 indicates which social login method the user has used to log in. The text 663 indicates the ID of the user in the predetermined service. The button 665 is a starting point of a predetermined service A that can be executed free of charge. The button 667 is a button serving as a starting point of a predetermined service B that can be executed for a fee.

  According to the procedure described above in this example, even if the user forgets which single sign-on method the user has used to log in, after that, it becomes possible to log in using the preferred single sign-on method desired by the user. .

  The above-described processing in the mobile terminal 6 may be realized by any of the browser installed in the mobile terminal 6, an application corresponding to a predetermined service, or a browser operating on the application. The same applies to each of the following examples.

  When the screen including the login button is derived from the application installed in the mobile terminal 6, the process of step S101 may be omitted, and in step S102, one screen of the application including the button 651 may be displayed.

  Further, also in other screens, when the screen comes from an application, it is not always required that the information indicating the screen itself be transmitted from the management server 4 to the mobile terminal 6. For example, in the above case, in step S107, the control unit 401 transmits to the mobile terminal 6 information indicating which social networking service enables social login to a predetermined service, which is illustrated in FIG. 12B. The screen itself may be generated by the application by referring to the information.

  Further, in each of the following examples, the description corresponding to the transmission of the information indicating each screen by the control unit 401 is appropriately omitted.

  Further, the display of the login button is not essential, and the process of determining whether or not the login is possible by each social login method may be automatically started. Alternatively, the process may be automatically started before the login button is selected by the user. In particular, when an application installed on the mobile terminal 6 is used to log in through an application corresponding to a predetermined service, a process of determining whether or not login is possible by each social login method is caused by the activation of the application. The screen may be automatically started and the screen illustrated in FIG. 12B may be displayed without displaying the button 651.

  Alternatively, the account information of each social networking service described above in step S104 may be stored in the storage unit 402 of the management server 4 in association with the member information. In the above configuration, the account information may not be transmitted from the mobile terminal 6 to the management server 4.

  Further, in step S106, the control unit 401 does not necessarily have to make a determination for all the social login methods, and if the number of social login methods determined to be log-in reaches a predetermined number, the control unit 401 determines the remaining social login methods. The determination process may be terminated and the process of step S107 may be executed. In particular, in a mode in which the predetermined number is 1, the processes of steps S107 to S109 may be omitted, and the control unit 401 may execute the login process by the social login method in the process corresponding to step S110. .

  In addition, as another mode of the screen illustrated in FIG. 12B, buttons corresponding to all social login methods supported by a predetermined service may be displayed on the screen. In the above configuration, the button corresponding to the social login method that the target user can log in is highlighted on the screen in a selectable manner, and the button corresponding to the social login method that cannot log in is displayed on the screen in a non-selectable format. Good. In addition, the display mode of the screen, particularly the buttons, may be determined on the management server 4 side, or, for example, the control unit 601 may use the management server 4 based on the method defined by the application installed on the mobile terminal 6. Alternatively, the information may be determined by referring to the information received from.

  Also, "social login is possible" means that the user has previously permitted the login by the target social login method to be authenticated, and the management server 4 or the mobile terminal in the single sign-on example 2 described later. 6 may have the token required for social login sent from the server of the social networking service. Alternatively, “social login possible” may simply mean that the corresponding social networking service can be logged in. In the latter case, the configuration may be such that after any of the buttons 655 to 659 on the screen shown in FIG. 12B is selected, a transition is made to the authentication screen as to whether or not to allow the corresponding social login method.

  Further, in step S109, the control unit 601 transmits the information requesting the login for the predetermined service by the selected social login method to the server of the corresponding social networking service, not to the management server 4, and the server concerned. From the above, information indicating that the authentication is performed is transmitted to the management server 4, and the subsequent processing may be executed.

  Further, the presentation of the information serving as the starting point for logging in to the predetermined service is not limited to the mode in which the login button exemplified by the button 651 is displayed on the display unit 607. For example, information may be presented by voice, or selection of options may be possible.

  Further, the screen including the button 651 may be displayed when the login by a predetermined method or any method fails.

(Single sign-on example 2)
A second example of the single sign-on method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the present example and the subsequent examples, redundant description of the items already described will not be repeated.

  The single sign-on method according to this example is configured such that the mobile terminal 6 instead of the management server 4 inquires the authentication server 7 of the corresponding social networking service whether or not login is possible by each social login method. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to this example.

  From step S101 to step S103, the same processing as in single sign-on example 1 is executed. When the button 651 is selected in step S103, the process of step S204 is subsequently executed.

  In step S204, the control unit 601 logs in to a predetermined service for some or all of the social login methods of which corresponding account information is stored in the storage unit 608 among the social login methods notified in step S101. It is determined by querying each of the corresponding social networking service servers.

  In step S205, the control unit 601 determines whether the determination has been performed for all candidate social login methods. If the determination has been made for all candidate social login methods, then the process of step S108 is executed. If not, the determination process for the remaining social login methods is executed again in step S204. Further, the processing from step S108 to step S110 is the same as that in the single sign-on example 1.

  According to the procedure described above, in addition to the same effect as the single sign-on example 1, the effect of reducing the load on the management server 4 is achieved.

(Single sign-on example 3)
A third example of the single sign-on method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 13. In the single sign-on method according to this example, the control unit 601 included in the mobile terminal 6 is information stored as a cookie or the like in the storage unit 608, and account information used for single sign-on (social login), The configuration refers to information indicating whether or not login is possible by each single sign-on method, for example, a history of past single sign-on availability. For example, in the process corresponding to step S204 in the flowchart of FIG. 13, the control unit 601 refers to the information stored in the storage unit 608 and refers to the target social login method to access a single predetermined service. Determine whether you can log in.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to determine whether single sign-on is possible without inquiring about the server of the social networking service.

  When the social login cannot be performed by the selected method due to a factor such as password change, the control unit 601 displays on the display unit 607 a screen indicating options of which social login method to log in. It may be displayed again. In other words, in the above case, the process of step S108 may be executed again.

  Further, as another aspect, information indicating whether or not login by each single sign-on method is possible may be associated with member information such as an email address and stored in the storage unit 402 included in the management server 4. For example, in the process corresponding to step S105 in the flowchart of FIG. 11, the control unit 401 can refer to the information stored in the storage unit 402 to log in to a predetermined service by the target social login method. It may be determined whether or not.

(Single sign-on example 4)
A fourth example of the single sign-on method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, the single sign-on method used for logging in to a single predetermined service is determined according to the information indicating the priority order associated with each of the plurality of types of single sign-on methods.

  For example, when the information indicating the priority order is stored in the storage unit 608 of the mobile terminal 6, in the process corresponding to step S108 of the flowchart in FIG. 11, the control unit 601 does not present the option to the user, Among the social login methods notified from the management server 4, the social login method having the highest priority is determined to be used for login.

  Further, when the information indicating the priority is stored in the storage unit 402 of the management server 4, the control unit 401 refers to the information and has the highest level in steps corresponding to step S107 and subsequent steps in the flowchart of FIG. The social login method with priority may be determined to be used for login and the login process may be executed subsequently.

  Even if priority is not set for each single sign method, if there is only one single sign on method that can log in to a predetermined service, the option is not presented to the user. Login by the single sign-on method may be performed.

  Further, particularly when single sign-on is performed regardless of the user's selection, the control unit 601 may cause the display unit 607 to display which single sign-on method has been used for login.

  According to the configuration of this example, since the single sign-on method used for login is automatically determined according to the priority order, the user's labor is reduced.

(Single sign-on example 5)
The fifth example of single sign-on will be described below.

  The storage unit 402 stores a login method management table T1 that manages the login method of the user.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the login method management table T1. The login method management table T1 stores a member ID, a mail address, and a login method in association with each other.

  The member ID is identification information of a user who is a member of the image providing site. The email address is the email address of the user. The member ID and the mail address have the same value as the member database 422.

  The login method is information about the login method by single sign-on that the user can use to log in to the image providing site. The login method available to the user is a login method corresponding to a membership service that allows the user to cooperate with the image providing site. The information regarding the login method includes a membership service, a user ID, a token, a date and time, and the number of times.

  The membership service is information indicating a membership service such as a social networking service corresponding to a login method available for logging in to the image providing site. The membership service may be a service such as a messaging service or a service for members provided by a mobile communication carrier. The user ID is information that identifies a user in each membership service. The token is information indicating the token corresponding to the user, which is transmitted from the authentication server 7 of each membership service to the management server 4 when the user uses the login method. The token is, for example, an access token or an ID token in OpenID Connect. The date and time is the latest date and time when the user used each login method, for example, the date and time when the token was received. The number of times is the number of times the user has used each login method. The user ID, the token, the date and time, and the number of times are not associated with the membership service corresponding to the login method that is not used by the user. The date and time and the number of times are examples of information indicating the history of the user's use of each login method.

  In the example shown in FIG. 21, the membership service of "twitcher", "basebook", and "instagraph" is associated with the user whose membership ID is "001". That is, it is shown that the user whose member ID is “001” has permitted the cooperation of the image providing site with “twitcher”, “basebook”, and “instagraph”. Further, the user ID, the token, the date and time, and the number of times are associated with the membership service of “twitcher” and “basebook” of the user whose member ID is “001”. That is, it is shown that the user whose member ID is "001" has used the login method corresponding to "twitcher" and "basebook". The user ID, token, date and time, and the number of times are not associated with the membership service of “instagraph” of the user whose member ID is “001”. Therefore, it is shown that the user whose member ID is "001" is not using the login method corresponding to "instagraph".

  Various data of the login method management table T1 may be stored as a part of the member database 422. The information about the login method in the login method management table T1 is set when the user permits the image providing site to cooperate with the membership service at the image providing site. The information regarding the login method is deleted when the user cancels the cooperation between the image providing site and the membership service at the image providing site. Further, the information regarding the login method is updated in the login processing described later.

  FIG. 22 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of login screen transmission processing according to the fifth example of single sign-on. The login screen transmission process is realized by the control unit such as the CPU of these devices cooperating with the constituent elements of each device based on the programs stored in the mobile terminal 6, the management server 4, and the authentication server 7 in advance. To be done.

  First, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 transmits a request for transmitting the display information of the login screen of the image providing site to the management server 4 (S701). For example, the control unit 601 transmits a login screen transmission request in response to a user's operation of selecting a URL included in an e-mail for preserving an image transmitted from the management server 4 in advance. The login screen transmission request is, for example, an HTTP request for the selected URL. The management server 4 acquires the transmission request for the display information of the login screen transmitted from the control unit 601. The image providing site is an example of a predetermined service.

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 specifies the login method used by the user of the mobile terminal 6 in response to the acquisition of the transmission request (S702). The control unit 401 identifies the user of the mobile terminal 6. For example, the control unit 401 identifies the user of the mobile terminal 6 based on the identification information added to the URL of the HTTP request that is the transmission request. The control unit 401 refers to the login method management table T1 and identifies the login method used by the user from among the login methods associated with the identified user identification information. The login method used by the user is a login method in which the membership service is associated with the user ID, the token, the date and time, and the number of times.

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 transmits the display information of the login screen including only the login button by the specified login method among the login buttons by the login method corresponding to the image providing site to the mobile terminal 6 (S703). For example, the control unit 401 generates the display information of the login screen in which the login buttons corresponding to the specified login method are arranged and displayed based on the date and time and the number of times the user has used the login method.

  In this case, the control unit 401 refers to the login method management table T1 and acquires the date and time and the number of times associated with the specified login method. The control unit 401 generates the display information of the login screen that displays the login buttons arranged based on the acquired date and time and number of times. For example, the login buttons corresponding to the specified login method are arranged in the order of the number of acquired times, and if there are multiple login methods with the same number of times, the login buttons corresponding to the plurality of login methods are The date and time of the order are arranged in ascending order. Login buttons are arranged in ascending order of the number of acquired times, and if there are multiple login methods with the same number of times, the login buttons corresponding to the plurality of login methods are arranged in the order of the acquired date and time. Good. The control unit 401 transmits the generated display information of the login screen to the mobile terminal 6. The login button is an example of information for requesting login. The display information of the login screen is an example of information for presenting the login button to the user.

  The control unit 401 may generate the display information of the login screen in which the login buttons are arranged and displayed based on one of the acquired date and time and the number of times. For example, the control unit 401 may generate the display information of the login screen in which the login buttons are arranged and displayed in the order of newest or oldest date and time when the user used each login button. In addition, the control unit 401 may generate the display information of the login screen in which the login buttons are arranged and displayed in the descending order of the number of times the user has used each login button or in the descending order.

  In addition, the control unit 401 includes a login button corresponding to another login method other than the identified login method among the login methods using single sign-on in a manner different from the login button corresponding to the identified login method. Display information on the screen may be generated. The different aspects are, for example, different sizes, colors or display effects. The different aspect may be an aspect that cannot be selected or visually recognized by the user. In this case, it may be controlled so that the user can select or view the login button corresponding to another login method according to the user's operation on the login screen.

  When the login method is not associated with the user, the control unit 401 indicates that the user cannot use the login method by single sign-on, or the login screen including the character information prompting the login by the method other than single sign-on. May be generated. Thereby, the management server 4 enables the user to appropriately select a login method other than single sign-on.

  Then, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 displays the login screen on the display unit 607 based on the received display information of the login screen (S704), and ends the series of processes.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of the login screen 700. The login screen 700 includes a login button 701 and a login form 702. The login button 701 is a button for requesting login to the image providing site. The login button 701 is displayed for each of the specified login methods. In addition, the login button 701 is associated with each of the corresponding login methods with a large number of times on the upper side, and when there are a plurality of login methods with the same number of times, the associated dates and times are arranged in ascending order. Arranged. The login form 702 is an object for logging in by a login method other than single sign-on.

  By selecting the login button 701, the user can log in to the image providing site by the login method corresponding to the selected login button 701. When the login button 701 is selected, the control unit 601 transmits a login request by the login method corresponding to the selected login button 701 to the management server 4.

  In addition, the user can log in to the image providing site by a login method other than single sign-on using the login form 702.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram showing another example of the login screen, and FIG. 24A is a diagram showing an example of the login screen 710. The login screen 710 includes a button display object 711 in addition to the login button 701 and the login form 702. The button display object 711 is an object for displaying a login button corresponding to another login method other than the specified login method.

  By selecting the button display object 711, the user can log in to the image providing site by another login method. When the button display object 711 is selected, the control unit 601 newly displays a login button corresponding to another login method instead of the button display object 711.

  FIG. 24B is a diagram showing an example of the login screen 720. The login screen 720 is displayed when the button display object 711 is selected on the login screen 710. The login screen 720 includes a button non-display object 721 and a login button 722 in addition to the login button 701 and the login form 703.

  The button non-display object 721 is an object for hiding the login button 722. The login button 722 is a button for requesting login by another login method. The user can hide the login button 722 and display the login screen 710 by selecting the button non-display object 721. That is, the login button 722 is included in the login screen 710 in a mode that cannot be selected and viewed by the user, and is controlled so that the login button 722 can be selected and viewed according to the user's operation.

  As described above, the management server 4 includes the button display object 711 in the login screen 710, thereby allowing the user to select a login method that has not been used.

  The management server 4 may specify the login method in S702 based on the user's email address. For example, when the mail address of the user is a mail address having the domain of the mobile communication carrier, the management server 4 further specifies the login method using the membership service provided by the mobile communication carrier. By doing so, the management server 4 enables the user to appropriately select the login button corresponding to the login method that the user may use.

  FIG. 25 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of login processing according to the fifth example of the single sign-on method. The login process is realized by the control unit such as the CPU of these devices cooperating with the constituent elements of each device based on the programs stored in the mobile terminal 6, the management server 4, and the authentication server 7 in advance. .

  First, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 transmits a login request for the image providing site to the management server 4 by the login method corresponding to the login button 701 selected by the user on the login screen 700 (S801). The login request is transmitted, for example, as an HTTP request for the URL associated with the selected login button.

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 transfers the connection of the mobile terminal 6 to the authentication server 7 (S802). The control unit 401 identifies the authentication server 7 corresponding to the login method corresponding to the received login request from the plurality of authentication servers 7. The control unit 401 transmits a connection instruction to connect to the specified authentication server 7 to the mobile terminal 6. The connection instruction is, for example, HTTP redirect.

  Subsequently, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 transmits an authorization request including authentication information to the authentication server 7 (S803). The control unit 601 acquires the authentication information of the user in response to receiving the connection instruction. For example, the control unit 601 acquires the display information of the authentication information input screen from the authentication server 7, and displays the input screen on the display unit 607. The control unit 601 receives the input of the authentication information by the user on the displayed input screen and acquires the input authentication information. Note that the control unit 601 may obtain the user authentication information stored in the storage unit 608 in advance without accepting the input by the user. In this case, when the control unit 601 acquires the authentication information from the storage unit 608, the control unit 601 may display a screen or the like for acquiring consent from the user regarding acquisition or transmission of the authentication information.

  The control unit 601 transmits an authorization request including the acquired authentication information to the authentication server 7 indicated by the connection instruction. The authentication information is, for example, the user ID and password of the user in the membership service corresponding to the login method.

  Subsequently, the authentication server 7 transmits the authorization code to the mobile terminal 6 and transfers the connection of the mobile terminal 6 to the management server 4 (S804). The authentication server 7 executes the user authentication process by comparing the user authentication information stored in advance with the authentication information included in the received authorization request. When the authentication is successful, the authentication server 7 generates the authorization code, sets the expiration date of the generated authorization code, and stores it in association with the authorization code. The authentication server 7 transmits to the mobile terminal 6 a connection instruction including the generated authorization code to connect to the management server 4.

  Then, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 transmits the authorization code to the management server 4 (S805). The control unit 601 connects to the management server 4 based on the connection instruction received from the authentication server 7. The control unit 601 transmits the received authorization code to the management server 4 upon connection. When the connection instruction is HTTP redirect, the authorization code is added as a URL query parameter to the redirect destination URL. In this case, the control unit 601 transmits the authorization code by accessing the URL of the redirect destination.

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 transmits a token request to the authentication server 7 (S806). The token request includes the authorization code received by the control unit 401.

  Subsequently, the authentication server 7 transmits a token response to the management server 4 (S807). If the authorization code included in the received token request corresponds to the authorization code generated by the authentication server 7 and the expiration date associated with the authorization code has not passed, the authentication server 7 token To generate. The authentication server 7 sends a token response including the generated token.

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 determines whether or not the user associated with the token included in the token response is stored in the login method management table T1 (S808). For example, the control unit 401 acquires the user ID of the user in the membership service from the authentication server 7 based on the received token. When the acquired user ID is stored in the login method management table T1, the control unit 401 determines that the user is stored in the login method management table T1.

  When it is determined that the user is stored in the login method management table T1 (S808-Yes), the control unit 401 of the management server 4 transmits a login response indicating that the login is successful (S809), and a series of The process ends. In this case, the control unit 401 further transmits information for providing a predetermined service. The information for providing the predetermined service is, for example, display information of a web page for providing the predetermined service.

  When it is determined that the user is stored in the login method management table T1, the control unit 401 updates the information stored in the login method management table T1. The control unit 401 stores the received token and the date and time when the token was received in the login method management table T1. Further, the control unit 401 increases the number of times stored in the login method management table T1.

  When it is determined that the user is not stored in the login method management table T1 (S808-No), the control unit 401 transmits a login response indicating that the login has failed (S810), and ends the series of processes. . In this case, the control unit 401 may transmit information or the like that prompts member registration to enable use of a predetermined service.

  As described above, the management server 4 carries the display information of the login screen 700 including only the login button 701 corresponding to the login method used by the user among the login buttons corresponding to the login method corresponding to the image providing site. It is transmitted to the terminal 6. By doing so, the management server 4 can select an appropriate login method even if the user forgets which login method by single sign-on has been used.

  Further, the management server 4 transmits the display information of the login screen in which the plurality of login buttons 701 are arranged and displayed based on the date and time when the user used each login method. By doing so, even if the user has used a plurality of login methods, the management server 4 can appropriately select the most recently used login method. That is, in general, the case where a user uses a plurality of single sign-on login methods is often the case where the membership service used by the user is switched. By presenting the login method that the management server 4 has used most recently, the user can appropriately select the login method corresponding to the switched social networking service.

  Further, the management server 4 transmits the display information of the login screen in which the plurality of login buttons 701 are arranged and displayed based on the number of times the user has used each login method. By doing so, the management server 4 can appropriately select the login button used most by the user even when the user properly uses a plurality of login methods.

  Further, when the token corresponding to the user is transmitted from the authentication server 7, the management server 4 stores the login method corresponding to the authentication server 7 as the login method used by the user. As a result, only when the authentication by the authentication server 7 is successful, the login method is stored as the login method used by the user. Therefore, the management server 4 allows the user to appropriately select a login method that allows login. It is possible.

  The management server 4 may store information regarding the login method used by the mobile terminal 6 in the login method management table T1 in association with the identification information of the mobile terminal 6. The login method used by the mobile terminal 6 is the login method by which the mobile terminal 6 sends a login request. In this case, in S702, the management server 4 specifies only the login method used by the mobile terminal 6 that has transmitted the transmission request among the login methods used by the user. By doing so, the management server 4 makes it possible to properly select the login method used by the mobile terminal 6 that has transmitted the transmission request, even when the user uses the plurality of mobile terminals 6 properly. .

  Further, the management server 4 may store the number of failed login failures when the user uses each login method in the login method management table T1. In this case, the management server 4 may transmit the display data of the login screen that is arranged and displayed based on the number of failures of each login method. For example, the management server 4 may arrange the login buttons so that the login button corresponding to the login method in which the number of failures is a predetermined number or more is on the lower side. Further, the management server 4 may not display the login button corresponding to the login method in which the number of failures is a predetermined number or more. The case where the login has failed is a case where the user corresponding to the token included in the token response received by the authentication server in S807 is not stored in the login method management table T1. The case where the login fails may include the case where the authorization code of S804 is not issued in response to the authorization request of S803.

  Further, the management server 4 may function as the authentication server 7 for a login method by single sign-on to another service different from the image providing site. That is, the management server 4 transmits the authorization code in response to receiving the authorization request from the mobile terminal that has transmitted the login request for the other service, or has received the token request from the server that provides the other service. A token response may be sent accordingly. Further, the management server 4 may transmit the user identification information to the server that provides the other service in response to a request from the server that provides the other service based on the token included in the token response.

(Modification of Example 5 of single sign-on)
In the above description, the login screen 700 displays the login button 701 corresponding to the login method by single sign-on, but the present invention is not limited to this. On the login screen 700, a login button corresponding to the login method using the billing information may be displayed. In this case, the storage unit 402 of the management server 4 stores a login method management table T2 instead of the login method management table T1.

  FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the login method management table T2. The login method management table T2 stores a member ID, a mail address, a login method, and a charging login method in association with each other.

  The member ID, email address, and login method are the same as the member ID, email address, and login method in the login method management table T1. The billing login method is information about a login method using billing information that can be used by the user to log in to the image providing site.

  The billing login method includes a billing platform, account identification information, billing record, token, date and time and number of times. The billing platform is information indicating the billing platform used by the user. The user can pay the membership fee for changing the membership attribute of the user to a paying member for the charging platform used by the user. The management server 4 changes the membership attribute of the user to a paying member in response to the acquisition of the billing information indicating that the user has paid the membership fee from the billing platform used by the user. The account identification information is information set in each billing platform for identifying a user who uses the billing platform. The billing record is information indicating the billing record for the user from the billing platform, and is information such as the date and time when the user paid the membership fee to the billing platform and the amount of the paid membership fee. As will be described later, the token is information indicating a token transmitted from the management server 4 to the mobile terminal 6 in the login method using the charging information. The date and time is the latest date and time when the user used each login method, for example, the date and time when the management server 4 transmitted the token. The number of times is the number of times the user has used each login method.

  Note that in the example shown in FIG. 26, one member ID is associated with one charging login method, but as with the single sign-on login method, one member ID is associated with a plurality of charging login methods. Good.

  The charge login method data of the login method management table T2 is associated with the user when the management server 4 acquires from the charge platform information indicating that the user has paid the membership fee.

  In this case, in step S <b> 702 of the login screen transmission process, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 refers to the login method management table T <b> 2, and selects one of the login methods by single sign-on that is associated with the identification information of the user of the mobile terminal 6. Specify the login method used by the user.

  Further, the control unit 401 refers to the login method management table T2 and determines whether or not there is a record of billing for the user. For example, when the user is associated with the charging login information in the login method management table T2, the control unit 401 determines that the user has a record of charging. When it is determined that there is a billing record, the control unit 401 further identifies a login method that uses billing information associated with the user.

  Further, in step S703, the control unit 401 displays the login button corresponding to the specified single sign-on login method and the login method using the billing information arranged on the basis of the associated date and time or the number of times. Generate display information. The login buttons may be arranged according to whether the corresponding login method is based on the billing information. For example, the control unit 401 may generate the display information of the login screen such that the login button corresponding to the login method using the billing information is located above or below the login screen regardless of the associated date and time or the number of times. Good.

  FIG. 27 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of login processing by the login method using the charging information. This processing is executed when the user selects the login button corresponding to the login method using the billing information displayed on the login screen. This process is realized by the control units of these devices cooperating with the components of each device based on the programs stored in the mobile terminal 6, the management server 4, and the authentication server 7 in advance. In this example, the authentication server 7 is a server managed by the administrator of the billing platform.

  First, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 transmits to the management server 4 a login request for the image providing site by the login method using the charging information, which corresponds to the login button selected by the user on the login screen (S901). .

  Then, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 transfers the connection of the mobile terminal 6 to the authentication server 7 (S902).

  Subsequently, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 transmits a billing certificate transmission request for requesting the transmission of the billing certificate to the authentication server 7 (S903). The billing proof is information certifying that the payment of the membership fee by the user has been completed. The billing certificate transmission request includes authentication information for identifying the user in the authentication server 7.

  Subsequently, the authentication server 7 transmits the billing certificate to the mobile terminal 6 and transfers the connection of the mobile terminal 6 to the management server 4 (S904). The authentication server 7 executes the user authentication process by comparing the user authentication information stored in advance with the authentication information included in the received billing certificate transmission request. When the authentication is successful, the authentication server 7 determines whether or not the payment of the membership fee by the user is completed, and when it is determined that the payment is completed, the authentication server 7 sets the charging proof for the user. The authentication server 7 sends to the mobile terminal 6 a connection instruction including the set billing certificate for connecting to the management server 4.

  Subsequently, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 transmits the billing certificate to the management server 4 (S905). The control unit 601 connects to the management server 4 based on the connection instruction received from the authentication server 7. The control unit 601 transmits the received billing certificate to the management server 4 upon connection.

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 transmits a billing information request to the authentication server 7 (S906). The billing information request includes the billing certificate received by the control unit 401.

  Subsequently, the authentication server 7 transmits a billing information response to the management server 4 (S907). When the billing certificate included in the received billing information request is the billing certificate set by the authentication server 7, the authentication server 7 transmits a billing information response including billing information. The billing information includes account identification information for identifying the user in the authentication server 7 and information regarding payment of the membership fee by the user.

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 refers to the login method management table T3, and identifies the user corresponding to the received account identification information (S908).

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 sets an authorization code for the specified user and transmits the set authorization code to the mobile terminal 6 (S909).

  Subsequently, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 transmits a token request to the management server 4 (S910). The token request includes the received authorization code.

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 transmits a login response indicating that the login is successful to the mobile terminal 6 (S911), and ends the series of processes. The control unit 401 generates an access token for the mobile terminal 6 to access the management server 4 when the authorization code included in the token request matches the authorization code set by the control unit 401. The control unit 401 stores the generated access token as a token for the charging login method in the login method management table T3. The control unit 401 also transmits a login response including the generated access token and indicating that the login is successful to the mobile terminal 6.

  As described above, the management server 4 enables the login to the image providing site by the login method using the billing information. This allows the management server 4 to easily log in using the billing information even when the user who is a paying member who paid the membership fee does not subscribe to the membership service.

  Note that the management server 4 may specify the login method using the charging information when it is determined in S702 that the user has a history of charging and the mobile terminal 6 is a terminal compatible with the charging platform. By doing so, the management server 4 enables the user to appropriately select the login method available.

  That is, in S903, the authentication server 7 accepts only the billing certificate transmission request from the specific type of mobile terminal 6 (for example, a multifunctional mobile phone), and receives from another type of mobile terminal 6 (for example, a notebook PC). The billing proof transmission request may not be accepted. In this case, even if the login button corresponding to the login method using the billing information is selected on the login screen, depending on the type of the mobile terminal 6, login may not be possible. The management server 4 displays the login button corresponding to the login method that uses the charging information only when the mobile terminal 6 is a terminal compatible with the charging platform, thereby appropriately selecting the login method available to the user. Let It should be noted that the management server 4 determines whether or not the mobile terminal 6 is compatible with the billing platform based on the information of the User-Agent of the browser application used by the mobile terminal 6 to access the image providing site. To judge.

  In addition, when it is determined that the user has a history of billing and the mobile terminal 6 is a terminal that does not support the billing platform, the management server 4 logs in using the billing information by using the mobile terminal 6 of a specific type. Character information indicating that the method is possible may be displayed on the login screen. As a result, the management server 4 enables the user to log in to the image providing site more smoothly.

(Single sign-on example 6)
The sixth example of single sign-on will be described below.

  The storage unit 402 of the management server 4 stores a login method management table T1. The storage unit 608 of the mobile terminal 6 also stores a login method management table T3.

  FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the login method management table T3. The login method management table T2 is a table that manages information related to the login method for which the login request is transmitted from the mobile terminal 6 among the login methods corresponding to the image providing site. The login method management table T2 stores membership services, user IDs, authorization codes, dates and times in association with each other.

  The membership service and user ID are the same as the membership service and user ID in the login method management table T1. The authorization code is information indicating the authorization code most recently transmitted to the mobile terminal 6 from the authentication server 7 of each membership service when the user uses the login method. The date and time is the latest date and time when the user used each login method, for example, the date and time when the mobile terminal 6 received a login response indicating that the login was successful. The number of times is the number of times the user has used each login method, for example, the number of times the mobile terminal 6 has transmitted a login request for each login method. The login method does not store information about the membership service corresponding to the login method that the user has never used.

  FIG. 29 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of login screen display processing according to the sixth example of single sign-on. The login screen transmission process is realized by the control units of these devices cooperating with the components of each device based on the programs stored in the mobile terminal 6, the management server 4, and the authentication server 7 in advance.

  First, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 acquires a login screen display instruction in response to a user operation (S1001). The control unit 601 acquires a display instruction in response to a user's operation on the operation unit 603, which selects a URL included in a mail for guiding the storage of an image transmitted from the management server 4 in advance. The control unit 601 transmits a transmission request of the login method to the management server 4 via the communication unit 609 in response to the acquisition of the display instruction. The login method transmission request includes the user's identification information or email address.

  Subsequently, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 transmits information regarding the login method used by the user to the mobile terminal 6 (S1002). The control unit 401 acquires the identification information or the mail address of the user included in the transmission request in response to the reception of the transmission request of the login method. The control unit 401 refers to the login method management table T1 stored in the storage unit 402, and acquires information regarding the login method used by the user corresponding to the acquired identification information or mail address. The control unit 401 transmits the acquired information on the login method to the mobile terminal 6 via the communication unit 403.

  Subsequently, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 identifies the login method used by the user (S1003). The control unit 601 identifies the login method stored in the login method management table T2 stored in the storage unit 608 as the login method used by the user. The control unit 601 further specifies the login method acquired from the management server 4.

  Subsequently, the control unit 601 displays a login screen including only the login button of the specified login method among the login buttons of the login method corresponding to the image providing site (S1004), and ends the series of processes. The control unit 601 acquires the display data of the login screen stored in the storage unit 608 in advance. The control unit 601 generates the display data of the login screen including only the login button of the specified login method by editing the acquired display data so that only the login button of the specified login method is included. . The control unit 601 outputs the generated display data to the display unit 607 to display the login screen including only the login button of the specified login method.

  As described above, the mobile terminal 6 displays the login screen including only the login button of the login method used by the user among the login buttons of the login method corresponding to the image providing site. By doing so, the mobile terminal 6 can select an appropriate login method even if the user forgets which login method the user has used.

  Further, the mobile terminal 6 does not have to acquire the information regarding the login method from the management server 4.

  In this case, in step S903, the mobile terminal 6 identifies only the login method stored in the login method management table T3 as the login method used by the user. By doing so, even when the user uses different login methods for each mobile terminal 6, the mobile terminal 6 can appropriately select the login method to be used by each mobile terminal 6.

[Embodiment 2]
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 12 and 14 to 18. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as the members described in the above embodiment will be designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated. In this embodiment, it is shown that the mobile terminal 6 integrates information associated with a plurality of accounts registered in a predetermined service, for example, billing information and at least a part of information stored in the predetermined service. The information is transmitted to the management server 4, and the management server 4 merges at least a part of the information associated with a part of the account with at least a part of the information associated with another account. The flow of processing for updating will be described.

(Account integration example 1)
A first example of integrating information associated with an account will be described with reference to FIGS. 12, 14 and 15. In this example, an example of a configuration will be described in which, when a predetermined process is executed in a predetermined service, a user is presented with an option as to whether or not to integrate at least a part of information associated with a plurality of accounts. . Hereinafter, a case where the predetermined process is a billing process and the integrated information is billing information will be described as an example. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to this example.

  In step S601, the control unit 601 uses the account information stored in the storage unit 608 to transmit information requesting login for a predetermined service to the management server 4 via the communication unit 609. The login may be a social login as described above in each single sign-on example.

  In step S602, the control unit 401 refers to the member database 422, executes login processing based on the notified account information, and transmits information indicating a screen after login to the mobile terminal 6 via the communication unit 403. .

  When it is inappropriate to perform the login process because the information corresponding to the account information does not exist in the member database 422, the control unit 401 notifies the mobile terminal 6 of information indicating that the login cannot be performed. It may be notified and the process of step S601 may be executed again.

  In step S603, the control unit 601 determines whether or not a user operation for instructing charging has been performed in a predetermined service. Note that the user operation for instructing charging means, for example, a user operation starting from the button 667 in FIG. 12C. If the operation is performed, the process of step S604 is subsequently executed, and if not, the process of accepting the operation in this step is continued until the predetermined service is logged out.

  In step S604, the control unit 601 determines whether the user associated with the account currently used for login is also associated with another account, that is, whether the user has a plurality of accounts. Information that requests the determination and the billing process is transmitted to the management server 4.

  In step S605, the control unit 401 refers to the member database 422 and determines whether or not the target user has a plurality of accounts. The case in which the user is determined to have a plurality of accounts will be described later. If the user has a plurality of accounts, that is, if there are other accounts associated with the user, the process of step S606 is subsequently executed. If not, the process of step S610 is subsequently executed. To be executed.

  In step S606, the control unit 401 transmits, to the mobile terminal 6, information indicating a plurality of accounts owned by the target user.

  In step S607, the control unit 601 causes the display unit 607 to display a screen that proposes to integrate the charging information of the currently logged-in account and the charging information of at least one of the other accounts.

  Here, FIG. 12D is a diagram illustrating an example of the screen. In the screen illustrated in FIG. 12D, the text 669 is a sentence proposing to integrate the charging information. Buttons 671 and 673 are buttons serving as a starting point of the process of integrating the charging information of the account being logged in and the charging information of the account corresponding to each button. The button 675 is a button serving as a starting point of the process of integrating the billing information of all accounts including the currently logged-in account. A button 677 is a button for instructing not to integrate any billing information.

  Even if there are many accounts that are candidates for integration, that is, if there are three or more accounts that combine the logged-in account and the billing information, the accounts to be integrated may be selected using a check box or the like. Good.

  In step S608, the control unit 601 determines whether or not a user operation for instructing integration of billing information has been performed. When the operation is performed, here, when any of the buttons 671 to 675 is selected, the control unit 601 transmits information indicating an instruction to integrate the corresponding billing information to the management server 4, and then the step When the process of S609 is executed and the user operation is not performed, here, when the button 677 is selected, the control unit 601 transmits information indicating that the charging information is not integrated to the management server 4. Then, the process of step S610 is executed.

  In step S609, the control unit 401 executes the integration processing of the billing information in the plurality of instructed accounts for the information stored in the member database 422. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a database when the charging information in two accounts is integrated. Further, each field item such as “primary key” in the database (table) of FIG. 15 corresponds to information associated with an account. The “primary key” of the database indicates the number given to each record in the table. The “account ID” indicates an email address that is an ID of an account in a predetermined service. “Social login” indicates the login method of the corresponding account. Note that the item "social login" having a value of "-" indicates that the corresponding account logs in using a method other than social login. The “payment history” is an item indicating how much the account has been charged, and corresponds to an example of charging information. The “owned point” indicates a point given to a target account in a predetermined service. The “stored image” indicates the number of images stored in a predetermined service. The saved image and the like are associated with each account and separately saved in the image database 424. A "nickname" is a name used in the execution of a given service. “Paid member” indicates whether or not the target account is a paying member who pays a membership fee for each predetermined period. A value “1” indicates a paying member, and a value “0” indicates a paying member. Indicates that you are not a member. Note that the database separately has field items such as an account ID of the social networking service corresponding to the value of “social login”, which is not illustrated in FIG. 15 and FIG. 18 described later.

  In addition, “integration” of each field item, that is, each piece of information associated with the account means that at least one of the pieces of information after the integration is the addition value of the pieces of information before the integration, a selected value, or a sum. It means updating to a set, an intersection, a mean value, a median value, or a value equivalent thereto. Note that some field items, such as “owned points”, may have a configuration in which the value after integration is larger than the total value before integration.

  In addition, if at least one of the information associated with the multiple accounts to be integrated is updated to the values listed above (including information that is not a numerical value), it will be associated with other accounts to be integrated. The information thus obtained may be updated to a predetermined value or deleted.

  When a plurality of pieces of information associated with a plurality of accounts to be integrated are updated to the values listed above, those pieces of information or values may be the same or different from each other.

  In the case of the example shown in FIG. 15, in step S605, if the “account ID” of the database, that is, the value of the registered email address is the same, the control unit 601 determines that those accounts are associated with the same user. It is determined that

  Note that when social login is performed for each account, it is possible to refer to the resource of the corresponding social networking service account by the token described above, so the email address in the database illustrated in FIG. 15 is used. The value set in the corresponding social networking service may be set as the value of each field item such as.

  In addition, the control unit 601 may determine that those accounts are not only email addresses but also accounts that are associated with the same user if the value of a predetermined field item is a unique value for each user. . Examples of other field items include the MAC address of the mobile terminal 6 and my number.

  Here, FIG. 15 (A) shows the database before the account billing information is integrated, and FIG. 15 (B) shows the billing information of the account of the primary key 1 and the billing of the account of the primary key 2. It shows a database when the information and the information are integrated. As shown in FIG. 15 (B), the value of the payment history of each account after the integration of the charging information is “¥ 5000”. The items that have been integrated once may or may not have a configuration in which the integrated state is continued, that is, a configuration in which integrated values are continuously reflected, such as common values. In the configuration in which the integrated state is continued, the fact that the billing information of each account is integrated is separately stored in the storage unit 402 in a database format or the like, and any account, in this example, the account of the primary key 1 Alternatively, when the billing information of any of the accounts of the primary key 2 is updated, the billing information of other associated accounts may be updated to the same value. Further, in the configuration in which the integrated state is continued, the set of items already integrated between the accounts is not presented as an option to be integrated in the process of step S607. Further, even in the configuration in which the integrated state is continued, the continuation of the integrated state thereafter may be cancelable at a predetermined or arbitrary timing.

  In step S610, the control unit 401 performs the charging process, and transmits the information indicating the result of the charging process to the mobile terminal 6. When step S609 is transited to this step, that is, when the billing information is integrated, the control unit 401 may reflect the result of the billing process to all of the plurality of accounts having the integrated billing information. . Further, the control unit 401 also transmits information indicating that the billing information has been integrated, to the mobile terminal 6.

  In step S611, the control unit 601 causes the display unit 607 to display a screen indicating that the billing process has been completed and a screen indicating that the billing information integration process has been performed.

  According to the above procedure, the user can be prompted to integrate the distributed information when a predetermined process, that is, a billing process in this example, is executed.

  Note that in step S604, only the information requesting the charging process may be transmitted from the control unit 601 to the management server 4. In the above configuration, the control unit 401 may determine whether or not the target user has a plurality of accounts due to the reception of the information.

  Further, in step S606, control unit 401 may transmit to mobile terminal 6 information indicating that it is proposed to integrate billing information and the like. In a broad sense, the control unit 401 integrates at least a part of information associated with a plurality of accounts when a predetermined process is executed in a predetermined service, for example, when information requesting a billing process is received. You may be presented with the option of whether or not.

  Further, in step S609, the control unit 401 may delete the account information of the account for which the integration of the charging information or the like has not been instructed, from the member database 422 after appropriately confirming the confirmation screen. Further, the deletion of the account information may be executed after a predetermined period has elapsed from the integration process.

  In addition, when the billing information and the like are integrated, a screen for confirming again whether or not the billing process may be continuously performed may be displayed on the mobile terminal 6.

(Account integration example 2)
A second example of integrating information associated with an account will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16. In the present example and the subsequent examples, redundant description of the items already described will not be repeated.

  In this example, a case will be described in which the predetermined process that is the starting point for presenting the integration of the information is that the management server 4 receives information requesting login for a predetermined service. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to this example. Unless otherwise specified, the processing in each step of the flowchart of FIG. 16 is the same as the processing in the corresponding step of the flowchart of FIG.

  After the process of transmitting the information requesting the login from the mobile terminal 6 to the management server 4 is executed in step S601, the process of step S605 is subsequently executed.

  If the target user has a plurality of accounts in step S605, the process of step S606 is subsequently executed, and if not, the process of step S610 is subsequently executed.

  In step S608 executed subsequent to steps S606 and S607, when a user operation for instructing the integration of the charging information is performed, the control unit 601 transmits information indicating an instruction for integrating the charging information to the management server 4, Subsequently, when the process of step S609 is executed and the user operation is not performed, the control unit 601 transmits information indicating that the charging information is not integrated to the management server 4, and then the process of step S602 ′. Is executed.

  In step S 602 ′, which is executed subsequent to step S 608 or step S 609, the control unit 401 executes login processing as in the account integration example 1, and transmits information indicating a screen after login to the mobile terminal 6. . It should be noted that when the process proceeds from step S609 to step S602 ', the control unit 401 also transmits to the mobile terminal 6, information indicating that the charging information has been integrated, in addition to the information indicating the screen after login.

  In step S <b> 611 ′, the control unit 601 causes the display unit 607 to display a screen indicating that the user has logged in and a screen indicating that the charging information integration process has been performed.

  According to the above procedure, when login is performed, the user can be prompted to integrate the distributed information.

(Account integration example 3)
A third example of integrating information associated with an account will be described step by step with reference to FIG. In this example, a configuration will be described in which the control unit 601 included in the mobile terminal 6 determines whether or not the target user has a plurality of accounts. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to this example.

  From step S601 to step S603, the same processing as in the account integration example 1 is executed. In step S603, if a user operation for instructing charging is performed in a predetermined service, the process of step S705 is subsequently executed, and if not, the process of accepting the operation is continued in step S603.

  In step S705, the control unit 601 refers to various account information stored in the storage unit 608 as a cookie or the like, and determines whether the target user has a plurality of accounts. If the user has a plurality of accounts, that is, if there are other accounts associated with the user, the process of step S607 is performed subsequently, otherwise, the process of step S610 is performed subsequently. To be executed.

  From step S607 to step S611, the same processing as in the account integration example 1 is executed.

  According to the procedure described above, in addition to the same effect as the account integration example 1, there is an effect that the load on the management server 4 is reduced.

(Account integration example 4)
A fourth example of integrating information associated with accounts will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, a configuration for integrating a plurality of accounts into a single account will be described.

  In the account integration examples 1 to 3, the process of integrating the billing information associated with each of a plurality of accounts has been described as an example, but in this example, the control unit 401 controls the information associated with each of the plurality of accounts. All of the above, and then the account itself into a single account.

  Further, in the case of integrating accounts, a reference account may be set. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a database when two accounts are integrated into a single account. Here, FIG. 18 (A) shows the database before the accounts are integrated, and FIG. 18 (B) shows that the account of primary key 1 and the account of primary key 2 are based on the latter account. Shows an example of a database when integrated into a single primary key 2 account.

  In each field item of the database shown in FIG. 18B, for items such as “owned points”, the values before integration may simply be summed up, but in the case of an item for setting any value such as a nickname, The value of the reference account may be set.

  In this way, the control unit 401 may combine the first account and the second account into a single account. Further, the information associated with the single account may be information in which all the information associated with the first account and all the information associated with the second account are integrated. It should be noted that it can be understood that the single account is a third account newly generated by referring to the accounts to be integrated, here, the first account and the second account. Good. According to the above configuration, it is possible to realize the management server 4 that can integrate a plurality of accounts into a single account.

  Here, "all of the information associated with the account" means all of the information that the user can recognize when using a predetermined service, for example, a field item whose value is a meaningless symbol string. Need not be included.

  If the item that is the target of any of the accounts to be integrated, that is, the information associated with the account has a predetermined value, for example, a value indicating that the account is a paying member, the account is integrated based on which account. Regardless of whether or not to do so, the value of the item after integration may be the predetermined value. As a result, if any of the information has a predetermined value, the predetermined value can be taken over even after the integration of accounts.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 18, the item “paid member” of the reference account (account with the primary key 2) indicates that the account is not a paid member, but the integrated account is the account with the primary key 1. The value of the item may be taken over and set to a value indicating a paying member.

  In other words, the control unit 401, when integrating a plurality of accounts, when the non-standard account is an account registered in the pay service and the non-standard account is not an account registered in the pay service, The integrated account may be set to the account registered in the pay service. As a result, the paid service can be continuously enjoyed.

  In addition, the item "social login" of the account after integration indicates that the account can be logged in using either "twitcher" or "basebook". The integrated account may be configured to be able to log in only by the social login method used for one of the accounts before the integration, for example, the reference account. In the above configuration, the value of "social login" in the account of primary key 2 in FIG. 18B is "basebook" only.

  In each of the above-described account integration examples, the configuration in which the integration process of part or all of the information associated with the account is presented due to a predetermined process, such as a billing process or a login, has been described. The process may be executable at any timing according to the user's operation.

  Further, when a part or all of the information associated with three or more accounts is integrated, the control unit 401 may perform the integration processing collectively for those accounts, or a part of the information, for example, two accounts. The configuration may be such that the integration processing of is repeated.

[Example of software implementation]
The control blocks of the management server 4 and the mobile terminal 6 (particularly the control unit 401 and the control unit 601) may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or by software. You may.

  In the latter case, the management server 4 and the mobile terminal 6 include a computer that executes the instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function. The computer includes, for example, one or more processors and a computer-readable recording medium that stores the program. Then, in the computer, the processor reads the program from the recording medium and executes the program to achieve the object of the present invention. As the processor, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) can be used. As the recording medium, a "non-transitory tangible medium" such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. Further, a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program may be further provided. The program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. Note that one aspect of the present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

  In the above description, the captured image management system 10 has the mobile terminal 6, but it may have a communication terminal such as a desktop PC instead. In this case, each function realized by the mobile terminal 6 is similarly realized by the communication terminal.

  Further, in the above description, the present invention is implemented in the captured image management system 10, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention may be implemented in any system having a management server, an authentication server, and a communication terminal, and providing a predetermined service corresponding to a plurality of login methods. The predetermined service is, for example, a game service, a prize service, a healthcare service, or the like.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 Photo sticker creation device 4 Management server 6 Mobile terminal 10 Photographed image management system 414 Image management unit 415, 614 Authentication unit

Claims (9)

A computer program that has a storage unit and manages login to a predetermined service,
The identification information for identifying the user is stored in the storage unit in association with the login method used by the user among the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service,
From the user's communication terminal, obtain a transmission request for information for requesting login to the predetermined service,
In response to the acquisition of the transmission request, specify the login method used by the user,
Among the information for requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service, only the information for requesting the login by the specified login method is transmitted to the communication terminal,
A program for causing the computer to execute the following. Furthermore, the information that indicates the history of the user using the login method is stored in the storage unit,
In the transmitting, information for requesting login by the specified login method, information for presenting to the user based on the stored history is transmitted,
The program according to claim 1. The login method corresponding to the predetermined service is a login method by single sign-on using a token corresponding to the user, which is transmitted from the authentication server to the management server,
In the storing, when a token corresponding to the user is transmitted from the authentication server, a login method corresponding to the token is stored as a login method used by the user,
The program according to claim 1. A management method for managing login to a predetermined service,
The identification information for identifying the user is stored in association with the login method used by the user among the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service,
From the user's communication terminal, obtain a transmission request for information for requesting login to the predetermined service,
In response to the acquisition of the transmission request, specify the login method used by the user,
Among the information for requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service, only the information for requesting the login by the specified login method is transmitted to the communication terminal,
A management method characterized by including the following. A management server that manages login to a predetermined service,
A storage unit that stores identification information for identifying a user in association with a login method used by the user among login methods corresponding to the predetermined service,
From the user's communication terminal, a request for transmitting information for requesting login to the predetermined service is acquired, and in response to the acquisition of the transmission request, the login method used by the user is specified, and the predetermined Of the information for requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the service of, a control unit for transmitting only the information for requesting the login by the specified login method to the communication terminal,
A management server comprising: A program of a communication terminal that requests a user to log in to a predetermined service,
Among the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service, the login method used by the user is stored,
In response to acquiring the display instruction from the user, specify the login method used by the user,
Of the information for requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service, only the information for requesting the login by the specified login method is output,
A program for causing the communication terminal to execute the following. From the management server that manages login to the predetermined service, the identification information of the user and the login method used by the user among the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service are stored in association with each other. The login method used by the user of the communication terminal is acquired, and the acquired login method is further specified.
The program according to claim 6. A communication terminal that requests a user to log in to a predetermined service,
Of the login methods corresponding to the predetermined service, a storage unit that stores the login method used by the user,
Of the information for identifying the login method used by the user in response to obtaining the display instruction from the user and requesting the login by the login method corresponding to the predetermined service, the identified login A control unit that outputs only the information for requesting the login by the method,
A communication terminal comprising: A program of a computer having a storage unit, which manages login to a predetermined service corresponding to a plurality of login methods including a login method using a user's billing information,
The identification information for identifying the user is associated with billing information indicating a billing record for the user in the predetermined service, and stored in the storage unit.
From the user's communication terminal, obtain a transmission request for information for requesting login to the predetermined service,
In response to the acquisition of the transmission request, based on the billing information, it is determined whether or not there is a billing record for the user in the predetermined service,
If it is determined that the billing record is present, information for requesting login by the login method using the billing information is transmitted to the communication terminal, and if it is determined that the billing record is not present, the predetermined service is provided. Out of the information for requesting the login by the corresponding login method, only the information for requesting the login by the login method other than the login method using the billing information is transmitted to the communication terminal,
A program for causing the computer to execute the following.