Abstract: According to the invention, techniques for authenticating that a digitally signed document is genuine. Specific embodiments according to the present invention can determine whether a digital signature was generated by a digital signature generator, or if the digital signature was generated by a third party posing as the digital signature generator. Specific embodiments can provide independent verification of digital signer identity based upon prior signed messages, time/date stamps, and the like. Techniques according to the present invention can be embodied in methods, apparatus, computer software and systems.

Abstract: According to the invention, techniques for authenticating that a digitally signed document is genuine. Specific embodiments according to the present invention can determine whether a digital signature was generated by a digital signature generator, or if the digital signature was generated by a third party posing as the digital signature generator. Specific embodiments can provide independent verification of digital signer identity based upon prior signed messages, time/date stamps, and the like. Techniques according to the present invention can be embodied in methods, apparatus, computer software and systems.

Abstract: According to the invention, techniques for authenticating that a digitally signed document is genuine. Specific embodiments according to the present invention can determine whether a digital signature was generated by a digital signature generator, or if the digital signature was generated by a third party posing as the digital signature generator. Specific embodiments can provide independent verification of digital signer identity based upon prior signed messages, time/date stamps, and the like. Techniques according to the present invention can be embodied in methods, apparatus, computer software and systems.

Abstract: A system for checking disclosure of information on a network, the system includes: a storage device which stores a record including a public location of the information on the network, disclosure start time and disclosure termination time of the information on the network, and disclosed contents of the information on the network; a communication control unit connected to the network, which receives a message including the public location of the pertinent information from the network when the information has been altered; and a processing device which makes access to the public location of the information on the network based on the public location included in the message when the communication control unit has received the message. The communication control unit receives disclosed contents of the pertinent information from the network after altered in accordance with the access by the processing device.

Abstract: A contracting method and system are arranged to obtain description data in which a description content presented by one of the concerned parties with a contract to the other is built or data for specifying the description content before the concerned parties make an electronic contract for provision of a commodity or service (contract data creation signing process), generate contract data containing the description data or the specifying data (contract data creation signing process), and writing an electronic signature of both or either of the concerned parties with the contract data (contract data creation singing process and contract data signing process).

Abstract: An apparatus includes: an inspection receiving module which receives an inspection request for announcement data from an information registration terminal; an inspection processing module which requests an information disclosure server for announcement data and stores the acquisition result of the requested announcement data in a storage module; an alert sending module which sends an alert message to the information registration terminal when the requested announcement data has failed to be acquired; a certification issuing module which creates a certificate described with acquisition information of announcement data; and a storage module which stores inspection target information and a announcement archive.

Abstract: If money is paid in from a customer, an outstanding amount of a real account of the customer in each of financial institutions is identified, to calculate a shortage between the outstanding amount and a predetermined amount. Whether the money amount paid in from the customer exceeds the shortage is decided and, if the pay-in money amount does not exceed the shortage, the pay-in money amount is determined to be a pay-in money amount for the real account, to perform pay-in processing. If the pay-in money amount exceeds the shortage, the shortage is determined to be a pay-in money amount for the real account. Then, almost the same arithmetic operations are repeated on real accounts other than the real account for which the pay-in money amount has been determined, to determine a pay-in money amount for the real accounts other than that real account, thus performing pay-in processing.

Abstract: Light sources are disposed at a plurality of different positions for an object body to be photographed, and a plurality of images corresponding to respective light source positions are photographed, and from the change in the direction or the color on the surface of the object body to be photographed, the parameters to be the coefficient for introducing the direction or the color on the surface of the object body observed from the light source position are measured, and an image can be synthesized for any light source position using the above-mentioned data. Thereby, it is made possible to synthesize an image for any light source position with the data which can be easily available as the images of an object body photographed with a camera and so on, without needing many hands or special tools.

Abstract: An insurance agency system 1100 notifies a payment intermediary system 1200 of a payment intention. When the payment intermediary system 1200 receives a payment intention notification, it notifies a beneficiary system 1300 of the payment intention. When the beneficiary system 1300 receives the payment intention notification, it notifies the payment intermediary system 1200 of a deposit account. If the payment intermediary system 1200 receives the deposit account notification before the payment due date or during a payment period specified by the payer, the amount specified by the payer is deposited in the deposit account.