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

Claim 0:
1. An authentication server comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
store 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;
receive, 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;
perform 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
transmit the settlement destination information including the payee information associated with the first facial feature information to the user terminal when the authentication is successful.