Patent ID: 7079922

Claim:
A certification system including a certification apparatus, a portable terminal apparatus, and a commodity vending apparatus, wherein said certification apparatus comprises: registration means for registering personal information certified to a user; storage means for storing personal identification information inherent to said user; request reception means for receiving presented personal identification information sent from said portable terminal apparatus, and a personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user; judgment means for judging whether said personal identification information coincides wit said presented personal identification information; and information sending means for sending certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request to said portable terminal apparatus when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a judgment of said judgment means, wherein said portable terminal apparatus is a portable telephone which comprises: a display operable to display information thereon; input means for entering said presented personal identification information; request sending means for sending said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request to said certification apparatus; information reception means for receiving said certification information sent from said certification apparatus as a result of sending said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request to said certification apparatus; certification information transmitting means for transmitting said certification information to said commodity vending apparatus; means for causing the received certification information to be displayed on said display; means for erasing said certification information and the presented personal identification information and a password after completion of a purchase; and wherein said commodity vending apparatus comprises: certification information receiving means for receiving said certification information from said portable terminal apparatus; and purchase permission judgment means for judging whether purchase of a prescribed commodity is permitted on a basis of said certification information.