US 12,489,743 B2
Avatar management system, avatar management method, program, and computer- readable recording medium
Ryusuke Saito, Tokyo (JP); Chihiro Kaneyama, Tokyo (JP); and Yuko Koike, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TOPPAN INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOPPAN INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/383,032.
Application 18/383,032 is a continuation of application No. 17/994,928, filed on Nov. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,831,637.
Application 17/994,928 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/018598, filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-178128 (JP), filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056436 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/0823 (2013.01) [H04L 9/32 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. An avatar management system for authenticating avatars, comprising:
a hardware processor configured to:
register, using an avatar registration unit, an available avatar by having a storage unit to store the available avatar used in a network service provided to an end user on a network;
assign, using an authentication information assignment unit, authentication information indicating authenticity of the registered avatar to a registration target avatar registered in the avatar registration unit, and
authenticate, using an authenticity confirmation unit, a designated avatar by confirming authenticity of the designated avatar according to an assignment condition of the authentication information to the designated avatar, in accordance with an authenticity confirmation inquiry made by designating the avatar used in the network service, wherein:
the authentication information is an authenticity certificate assigned to the registered avatar, that is associated with information unique to the registration target avatar.