Electronic Transaction System Using Identification Codes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic business transaction systems pose risks to personal information security, as product purchasers must disclose their addresses to delivery services, and there is uncertainty about product delivery to alternate addresses, making the system inconvenient and insecure for both buyers and suppliers.
Innovation Solution
An electronic business transaction system where product purchasers use an identification code instead of their name and address, allowing an information administrator to securely transmit this information to the delivery service provider, ensuring products are delivered without revealing personal details to suppliers or delivery services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the product purchaser discloses their name and address to the product supplier and delivery service provider, then the product can be delivered to the correct address, but the risk of personal information leakage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an information administrator as an intermediary that manages the connection between purchasers and delivery services. The administrator holds the master database of names and addresses, while purchasers use identification codes and delivery services use temporary codes. This intermediary structure allows accurate delivery without direct exposure of personal information between purchasers and delivery services.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates temporary copies of identification information (temporary identification codes) that reference the original personal information without exposing it. These temporary codes are generated by the information administrator and used by delivery services to access delivery information without directly handling or exposing the purchaser's actual name and address.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the product purchaser uses an alternate address for delivery, then the risk of information leakage is reduced, but the convenience of receiving products decreases as the purchaser must go to the alternate address
Solution Approach 1:
The information administrator acts as a mediator that manages multiple address types (home addresses and alternate addresses) in its master database. It can selectively provide appropriate delivery information to delivery services based on the transaction, enabling delivery to alternate addresses without requiring the purchaser to physically visit the alternate location or exposing home addresses to delivery services.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the delivery information management into multiple layers: the information administrator holds the complete master database, purchasers have identification codes, and delivery services have temporary codes. This segmentation allows flexible delivery arrangements including alternate addresses while maintaining security and convenience.
3Reliability
If the product purchaser notifies the name and address of the product receiver to the product supplier and delivery service provider, then the product can be delivered to the receiver, but the risk of personal information leakage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information administrator serves as an intermediary that manages receiver information in its master database. When a purchaser wants to deliver to a receiver, the administrator generates a temporary identification code that references the receiver's information without exposing it. The delivery service uses this temporary code to access the correct delivery information through the administrator, preventing direct exposure of the receiver's personal information.
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AI summary
An electronic business transaction system is provided for a product purchaser to purchase a product from a product supplier, and for a product delivery service provider to deliver the product to an address of the product purchaser or a product receiver. The product purchaser instructs an identification code and the product to the product supplier without disclosing a name and the address of the product purchaser or the product receiver. A terminal of an information administrator identifies the name and the address of the product purchaser or the product receiver according to the identification code of the product purchaser or the product receiver. The terminal of the information administrator instructs the name and the address of the product purchaser or the product receiver to the product delivery service provider without disclosing the identification code of the product purchaser or the product receiver, so that the product delivery service provider delivers the product.