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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeyoshi Oe, Tokyo, JP;
Huiyu Zhang, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Koshiro Nomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Saki Kato, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A facility usage control apparatus is configured to register identity identification information for registration of a user who makes a reservation to use a predetermined facility, a mobile terminal of the user, and reservation information of the facility in association with each other, control authentication using the identity identification information for registration based on identity identification information for authentication acquired from the user through a first authentication terminal installed at the facility, identify the reservation information associated with the identity identification information for registration of the user who has been successfully authenticated, determine availability of the facility based on the identified reservation information, make a signature request to the mobile terminal associated with the identity identification information for registration when the user is determined that he/she can use the facility, and acquire signature data input by the user to the mobile terminal.