Patent EP-3629278-A1 (EP)
Inventor: CASATI EGIDIO
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2019-09-27
Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of verification of parental responsibility holders' consent for the utilization/purchase/consumption of products/services by minors, wherein: a minor user (1) uses a first electronic communication device (11) to connect via a telecommunication network (2) to a management server (31) of a provider of products/services (3) and request the utilization/purchase/consumption of a first given product/service that is provided by the provider of products/services (3) and that is utilizable/purchasable/consumable by minors having the consent of at least one respective parental responsibility holder; the management server (31) redirects the first electronic communication device (11) to a verification server (41) of a verification service provider (4), informing the verification server (41) that the first given product/service requested is utilizable/purchasable/consumable by minors having the consent of at least one respective parental responsibility holder, wherein said verification server (41) stores first identification data that includes data related to first authentication credentials that identify the minor user (1), data related to the age of the minor user (1) and data related to second authentication credentials that identify a parental responsibility holder (5) of the minor user (1); the verification server (41) requests the minor user (1) to authenticate himself/herself via the first electronic communication device (11); the minor user (1) provides the verification server (41) with the first authentication credentials via the first electronic communication device (11); the verification server (41) identifies the minor user (1) and detects that said minor user (1) is a minor based on the first authentication credentials provided by said minor user (1) and on the first identification data stored, and notifies the minor user (1), via the first electronic communication device (11), that the first given product/service requested is utilizable/purchasable/consumable only with the consent of the parental responsibility holder (5) of said minor user (1); the minor user (1) sends, via the first electronic communication device (11), a request for consent to a second electronic communication device (51) used by the parental responsibility holder (5) of said minor user (11); the parental responsibility holder (5) of the minor user (1) uses the second electronic communication device (51) to connect via a telecommunication network (2) to the verification server (41) and to provide the latter with the second authentication credentials; the verification server (41) identifies the parental responsibility holder (5) of the minor user (1) based on the second authentication credentials provided by said parental responsibility holder (5) of the minor user (1) and on the first identification data stored, and asks said parental responsibility holder (5) of the minor user (1) for consent for the utilization/purchase/consumption of the first given product/service by said minor user (1); the parental responsibility holder (5) of the minor user (1) provides or refuses, via the second electronic communication device (51), consent for the utilization/purchase/consumption of the first given product/service by said minor user (1); the verification server (41) notifies the minor user (1) and/or the management server (31) of whether the parental responsibility holder (5) of the minor user (1) has provided or refused consent for the utilization/purchase/consumption of the first given product/service by said minor user (1).