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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Takashi Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kotaro Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Hayaashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Goishi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kotaro Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Hayaashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Goishi, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An identification information centralizing method capable of receiving services provided by a plurality of corporations by using a single item of identification information. Centralized ID information () for identifying a customer is assigned by a centralizing corporation. Individual ID information () which is uniquely assigned to identify the customer by a plurality of corporations which provide services to a pre-registered customer is registered in a database () in such a manner as to be associated with the centralized ID information (), so that provision of services by a plurality of corporations is made possible by using the single item of centralized ID information ().