US-12621303-B2 - Method and apparatus for transferring qualification information

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Abstract

Provided is a method of providing a qualification authentication result performed by a user terminal, the method including receiving a qualification authentication request for a user of the user terminal from an external device, performing access authentication to authentication information of a user account of the user in response to a selection input for the received qualification authentication request, and in response to the access authentication being successful, providing the external device with a qualification authentication result obtained by searching for target qualification information indicated by the qualification authentication request among qualification information registered in the authentication information of the user account.

Inventors

Chun Ho Kim
Yong Ha YOO
Woo Young Park
Myung Jun Kim

Assignees

KAKAO CORP.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20220617
Priority Date: 20210618

Claims (20)

1 . A method of providing a qualification authentication result for a first user terminal, the method comprising: providing, to the first user terminal and a second user terminal, a chat room; receiving, from the second user terminal, a qualification authentication request for a user of the first user terminal; receiving, from the first user terminal and in response to the qualification authentication request, a selection of one of a plurality of qualification options; in response to authenticating the user of the first user terminal, determining, based on the selection of the one of the plurality of qualification options, a qualification authentication result by: receiving, based on the selection of the one of the plurality of qualification options, based on a user account of the user, and based on a mapping of user accounts and qualification information, a certificate that uniquely identifies an identity of the user and a registration number corresponding to an association between the user and a legal entity; and based on determining that the certificate of the qualification authentication result indicates that qualification information registered in authentication information of the user account does not satisfy the qualification authentication request: providing access, by the first user terminal, to the chat room; and causing display, in the chat room, of a message indicating that the user account does not satisfy the qualification authentication request.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the authenticating the user of the first user terminal comprises: requesting an authentication input to the user; and determining whether the authentication input received from the user and registration information stored in advance in at least one of the user terminal and a server corresponding to the authentication information match.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining whether the authentication input received from the user and registration information stored in advance in at least one of the user terminal and a server corresponding to the authentication information match comprises accessing the authentication information of the user account when the authentication input received from the user and the registration information match.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the association between the user and the legal entity corresponds to an employment status of the user.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the qualification authentication request indicates a qualification type, and wherein the certificate corresponds to the qualification type.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: providing access, by a third user terminal, to the chat room based on determining that second qualification information registered in second authentication information of a second user account corresponding to the third user terminal satisfies the qualification authentication request.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second user terminal comprises an electronic device for a service operated by a service provider.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the qualification authentication request comprises receiving the qualification authentication request via the chat room.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the sending the identification of the user account of the user comprises: outputting an address to a website to which users are allowed to access from the first user terminal; and searching for the qualification information based on access to the website.
10 . A computing device configured to provide a qualification authentication result for a first user terminal, the computing device comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to: provide, to the first user terminal and a second user terminal, a chat room; receive, from the second user terminal, a qualification authentication request for a user of the first user terminal; receive, from the first user terminal and in response to the qualification authentication request, a selection of one of a plurality of qualification options; in response to authenticating the user of the first user terminal, determine, based on the selection of the one of the plurality of qualification options, a qualification authentication result by: receiving, based on the selection of the one of the plurality of qualification options, based on a user account of the user, and based on a mapping of user accounts and qualification information, a certificate that uniquely identifies an identity of the user and a registration number corresponding to an association between the user and a legal entity; and based on determining that the certificate of the qualification authentication result indicates that qualification information registered in authentication information of the user account does not satisfy the qualification authentication request: provide access, by the first user terminal, to the chat room; and cause display, in the chat room, of a message indicating that the user account does not satisfy the qualification authentication request.
11 . The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to authenticate the user of the first user terminal by causing the computing device to: request an authentication input to the user; and determine whether the authentication input received from the user and registration information stored in advance in at least one of the user terminal and a server corresponding to the authentication information match.
12 . The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to determine whether the authentication input received from the user and registration information stored in advance in at least one of the user terminal and a server corresponding to the authentication information match by accessing the authentication information of the user account when the authentication input received from the user and the registration information match.
13 . The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the association between the user and the legal entity corresponds to an employment status of the user.
14 . The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the qualification authentication request indicates a qualification type, and wherein the certificate corresponds to the qualification type.
15 . The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to: provide access, by a third user terminal, to the chat room based on determining that second qualification information registered in second authentication information of a second user account corresponding to the third user terminal satisfies the qualification authentication request.
16 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions configured to provide a qualification authentication result for a first user terminal, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to: provide, to the first user terminal and a second user terminal, a chat room; receive, from the second user terminal, a qualification authentication request for a user of the first user terminal; receive, from the first user terminal and in response to the qualification authentication request, a selection of one of a plurality of qualification options; in response to authenticating the user of the first user terminal, determine, based on the selection of the one of the plurality of qualification options, a qualification authentication result by: receiving, based on the selection of the one of the plurality of qualification options, based on a user account of the user, and based on a mapping of user accounts and qualification information, the qualification authentication result by identifying a certificate that uniquely identifies an identity of the user and a registration number corresponding to an association between the user and a legal entity; and based on determining that the certificate of the qualification authentication result indicates that qualification information registered in authentication information of the user account does not satisfy the qualification authentication request: provide access, by the first user terminal, to the chat room; and cause display, in the chat room, of a message indicating that the user account does not satisfy the qualification authentication request.
17 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to authenticate the user of the first user terminal by causing the computing device to: request an authentication input to the user; and determine whether the authentication input received from the user and registration information stored in advance in at least one of the user terminal and a server corresponding to the authentication information match.
18 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to determine whether the authentication input received from the user and registration information stored in advance in at least one of the user terminal and a server corresponding to the authentication information match by accessing the authentication information of the user account when the authentication input received from the user and the registration information match.
19 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the association between the user and the legal entity corresponds to an employment status of the user.
20 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the qualification authentication request indicates a qualification type, and wherein the certificate corresponds to the qualification type.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2021-0079584 filed on Jun. 18, 2021, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Invention One or more example embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for transferring qualification information. 2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with development of mobile smart devices, the use of online platform services for interaction with other users through networks is increasing. Typical examples of the online platform services for interaction with other users include a social networking service (SNS), which is an online platform that creates and strengthens social relationships through communication, information sharing, and network expansion between users, and an instant messaging service (IMS), which is an online platform for real-time content communication between two or more users. Subscription services for various products may be provided in such services as the SNS and the IMS. SUMMARY According to an aspect, there is provided a method of providing a qualification authentication result performed by a user terminal including receiving a qualification authentication request for a user of the user terminal from an external device, performing access authentication to authentication information of a user account of the user in response to a selection input for the received qualification authentication request, and in response to the access authentication being successful, providing the external device with a qualification authentication result obtained by searching for target qualification information indicated by the qualification authentication request among qualification information registered in the authentication information of the user account. The performing of the access authentication may include requesting an authentication input to the user in response to performing the access authentication, and determining whether the authentication input received from the user and registration information stored in advance in at least one of the user terminal and a server corresponding to the authentication information match The performing of the access authentication may include accessing the authentication information of the user account when the authentication input received from the user and the registration information match. The providing the external device with the qualification authentication result may include requesting a server in which the authentication information of the user account is stored to search for the target qualification information indicated by the qualification authentication request. The receiving of the qualification authentication request may include receiving a qualification authentication request message including metadata for designating a qualification type from the external device as the qualification authentication request. The providing the external device with the qualification authentication result may include searching for qualification information corresponding to the designated qualification type as the target qualification information by using the metadata included in the qualification authentication request message from among the qualification information registered in the authentication information of the user account. The external device may be one of another user terminal and an electronic device for a service operated by a service provider. The receiving of the qualification authentication request may include receiving the qualification authentication request for requesting authentication for the same qualification type to the user account and another user account in a chat room in which the user account and the other user account participate. The method of providing the qualification authentication result performed by the user terminal according to an example embodiment may further include, in response to a case in which the target qualification information indicated by the qualification authentication request is searched from the qualification information registered in the authentication information of the user account, receiving a website address to which users having the target qualification information are allowed to access from the external device. According to another aspect, there is provided an user terminal including a communicator and a processor configured to receive a qualification authentication request for a user of the user terminal from an external device, perform access authentication to authentication information of a user account of the user in response to a selection input for the received qualification authentication request, and in response to the access authentication being successful, provide the external device with a qualification authentication result obtained by searching for target qualification information