ID MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ID MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ID MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
An ID management device according to one embodiment includes a checking unit, a setting unit and a notification unit. The checking unit checks the amount of advance payment made in association with an information processing application. The setting unit sets an available amount already issued or to be set within a credit limit for an applicant of the information processing application in association with ID information corresponding to the applicant to an amount within the amount of advance payment checked by the checking unit. The notification unit notifies the applicant of a setting message indicating that the available amount is set in association with the ID information corresponding to the applicant after the available amount set by the setting unit is reflected on the storage unit.
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12 . An ID management system comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire an amount of advance payment made by a user when applying for use of a postpaid service based on credit;
a generation unit configured to generate an ID identifying the user having paid the amount of advance payment acquired by the acquisition unit in the postpaid service;
a registration unit configured to register data where an available amount determined based on the amount of advance payment acquired by the acquisition unit and the ID generated by the generation unit are associated;
a notification unit configured to notify, before credit examination on the user is completed, the user of the ID to enable payment with a prepaid service within the available amount corresponding to the ID generated by the generation unit; and
a processing unit configured to perform, when credit is granted to the user by the credit examination on the user, processing for enabling use of the postpaid service based on the credit and corresponding to the ID generated by the generation unit.
13 . The ID management system according to claim 12 , wherein
the processing unit makes switching from the prepaid service to the postpaid service.
14 . The ID management system according to claim 12 , wherein
the registration unit registers the data where the ID, the available amount, a credit limit for the postpaid service, and a flag indicating the prepaid service or the postpaid service are associated into a storage unit.
15 . The ID management system according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a comparison unit configured to acquire the ID and an inquiry amount, acquire the flag corresponding to the ID by accessing the storage unit, and, when the flag indicates the prepaid service, compare the inquiry amount with the available amount.
16 . An ID management method executed in an ID management system including a processor, comprising:
an acquisition step of acquiring an amount of advance payment made by a user when applying for use of a postpaid service based on credit;
a generation step of generating an ID identifying the user having paid the amount of advance payment acquired in the acquisition step in the postpaid service;
a registration step of registering data where an available amount determined based on the amount of advance payment acquired in the acquisition step and the ID generated in the generation step are associated;
a notification step of notifying, before credit examination on the user is completed, the user of the ID to enable payment with a prepaid service within the available amount corresponding to the ID generated in the generation step; and
a processing step of performing, when credit is granted to the user by the credit examination on the user, processing for enabling use of the postpaid service based on the credit and corresponding to the ID generated in the generation step.