IP Library Granted Patent US 12,438,875
Granted Patent B2
US 12,438,875 · App. 18/575,641 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Server apparatus, online learning system, program, and storage medium

Inventor: Mairu Kikuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AKAmedia Japan Inc.
H04L63/0861H04L63/0823
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Patent No.
US 12,438,875
App. No.
18/575,641
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A server apparatus includes: a registration data storage unit that stores user registration data corresponding to information written in an official certificate; a temporary data storage unit that temporarily stores official certificate data; and a verification processing unit that verifies the user registration data stored in the registration data storage unit against the official certificate data stored in the temporary data storage unit, wherein the temporary data storage unit does not retain the official certificate data used in the verification, after the verification in the verification processing unit.

Claims (25)

1. An online learning system comprising:

a server apparatus comprising:

a first processor;

a temporary data storage; and

a registration data storage; and

a second processor; wherein

the first processor is configured or programmed to:

acquire, from a user terminal, data of a face photo-attached official certificate photographed by the user terminal, and cause the temporary data storage to temporarily store the same;

acquire face photo data to be stored in the registration data storage as user registration data that correspond to information written in an official certificate, the user registration data including face photo data from the user terminal;

acquire, from the user terminal, data of a user's face image photographed by the user terminal;

execute a first verification by comparing the acquired face photo data against the data of the face photo-attached official certificate stored in the temporary data storage;

execute a second verification by comparing the acquired user's face image against the data of the face photo-attached official certificate stored in the temporary data storage;

when both of the first verification and the second verification are successful, cause the temporary data storage not to retain the data of the face photo-attached official certificate used in the first verification and the second verification after the first verification and the second verification, and cause the registration data storage to register the user registration data including the face photo data used in the first verification;

perform identity verification based on the face photo data acquired from the user terminal and the user registration data including the face photo data used in the verification; and

cause the registration data storage to retain the user registration data including the face photo data used in the verification, continuously after the identity verification; and

the second processor is configured or programmed to perform face authentication of a user when an online learning material is to be distributed to the user terminal based on an image photographed by the user terminal and the face photo data stored in the registration data storage.

2. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program that, in order to cause a user registration data storage to store user registration data corresponding to information written in an official certificate, causes a processor of a computer to execute:

a processing of, from a user terminal, acquiring data of a face photo-attached official certificate photographed by the user terminal, and causing a temporary data storage to temporarily store the same;

a first verification processing of, from the user terminal, acquiring face photo data to be stored as user registration data in a registration data storage, and executing a first verification by comparing the acquired face photo data against the data of the face photo-attached official certificate stored in the temporary data storage;

a second verification processing of, from the user terminal, acquiring data of a user's face image photographed by the user terminal, and executing a second verification by comparing the acquired user's face image against the data of the face photo-attached official certificate stored in the temporary data storage;

a data processing of, when both of the first verification and the second verification are successful, without retaining the data of the face photo-attached official certificate used in the first verification and the second verification in the temporary data storage, registering the user registration data including the face photo used in the first verification in the user registration data storage;

a processing of, performing identity verification based on the face photo data acquired from the user terminal and the user registration data including the face photo data used in the verification;

a processing of, causing the registration data storage to retain the user registration data including the face photo data used in the verification, continuously after the identity verification; and

a processing of, performing face authentication of a user when an online learning material is to be distributed to the user terminal based on an image photographed by the user terminal and the face photo data stored in the registration data storage.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 2 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2024
From: KIKUCHI, MAIRU
To: AKAMEDIA JAPAN INC.
Reel/Frame 068472/0660 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2021-110841 · Jul 2, 2021 · national
JP 2021-114586 · Jul 9, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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