Patent ID: 10354300

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an electronic-commerce assisting method capable of smoothly and securely conducting electronic commerce on a communication network, and to an electronic-commerce assisting server for realizing the same. The present invention is configured to have a communication terminal (2) for a person desiring to purchase a product, who connects to a cybershop (40) on a communication network (32) and who desires the purchase of a product using a credit card; an electronic-commerce server (46), disposed in the cybershop (40), for determining whether or not the electronic commerce should be concluded on the basis of the credit confirmation of the credit card; and an electronic-commerce assisting server (44) which requests the communication terminal (2) to transmit unique number data within the IC card (10) having a credit card function via the communication network (32), which converts the received unique number data into a credit card number in order to generate credit limit data of the credit card, and which transmits credit OK/NG data to the electronic-commerce server (46).