Patent ID: 11887094
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A settlement method comprising:
storing, by an authentication server, settlement destination information indicating, in association with each other, a destination of a request for electronic settlement in a store in which no dedicated store terminal is installed, first facial feature information determined from a first facial image of a salesclerk of the store, and payee information indicating the store as a payee of the electronic settlement;
receiving, by the authentication server and from a user terminal that makes the electronic settlement, second facial feature information determined from a second facial image of the salesclerk, the second facial image captured by a camera installed in the user terminal;
performing, by the authentication server, authentication by collating the second facial feature information with the first facial feature information, wherein the authentication is successful when the second facial feature information and the first facial feature information match; and
transmitting, by the authentication server, the settlement destination information including the payee information associated with the first facial feature information to the user terminal when the authentication is successful.