Method, apparatus, and computer product for computing credibility

Abstract

A credibility computing apparatus calculates credibility of a certificate based on use duration of the certificate. The use duration is a duration from the date of issue of the certificate to the current date.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic for explaining a chain of processes for verifying identity of a person;

FIG. 2 is a schematic for explaining issuance of a passport based on credibility according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a credibility computing apparatus according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an example of the contents of credibility information;

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of a credibility computing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of a credibility computing apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a processing procedure performed by the credibility computing apparatus shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a certificate updating process performed by the credibility computing apparatus shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a process for determining availability of a service by using the credibility computing apparatus shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a process for determining a loan amount by using the credibility computing apparatus shown in FIG. 3; and

FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram of a computer that realizes the procedures, methods, or steps according to the above embodiments.

Claims

1. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program that causes a computer to compute credibility of a certificate that indicates the possibility that the certificate is duly acquired by a person to be certified with the certificate, wherein the computer program causes the computer to execute: acquiring attribute information that includes a date of issue of the certificate;calculating a use duration of the certificate, wherein the use duration is a duration from the date of issue to a current date; andcomputing credibility of the certificate based on calculated use duration.

2. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring includes acquiring the attribute information from the certificate.

3. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring includes acquiring the attribute information from a storage unit connected via a network to an information processing device in which the computer program is executed.

4. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information includes previous credibility that is credibility of the certificate when the certificate was issued, and the computing includes computing current credibility of the certificate based on the calculated use duration and the previous credibility.

5. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring includes acquiring attribute information of a plurality of certificates,the calculating includes calculating a use duration of each of the certificates, andthe computing includes computing credibility of each of the certificates based on calculated credibility of a corresponding certificate, and then computing credibility of the certificates as a group from the credibility of each of the certificates.

6. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the computing includes computing credibility of the group of the certificates based on credibility having computed in the past as credibility of certificate with a use duration of zero.

7. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the computer program further causes the computer to execute: determining a type of the certificate; andacquiring a parameter for computing credibility of the certificate corresponding to the type, andthe computing includes computing credibility of the certificate by using the parameter.

8. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the parameter includes a coefficient that indicates a degree of easiness of counterfeiting of the certificate, and the computer program further causes the computer to execute: correcting the computed credibility of the certificate by using the coefficient.

9. A credibility computing apparatus that computes credibility of a certificate that indicates the possibility that the certificate is duly acquired by a person to be certified with the certificate, the credibility computing apparatus comprising: an information acquiring unit that acquires attribute information that includes a date of issue of the certificate;a use-duration calculating unit that calculates a use duration, wherein the use duration is a duration from the date of issue to a current date; anda credibility computing unit that computes credibility of the certificate based on calculated use duration.

10. The credibility computing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the information acquiring unit acquires the attribute information from the certificate.

11. The credibility computing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the information acquiring unit acquires the attribute information from a storage unit connected via a network to an information processing device in which the computer program is executed.

12. The credibility computing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the attribute information includes previous credibility that is credibility of the certificate when the certificate was issued, and the credibility computing unit computes current credibility of the certificate based on the calculated use duration and the previous credibility.

13. A method of computing credibility of a certificate that indicates the possibility that the certificate is duly acquired by a person to be certified with the certificate, the method comprising: acquiring attribute information that includes a date of issue of the certificate;calculating a use duration of the certificate, wherein the use duration is a duration from the date of issue to a current date; andcomputing credibility of the certificate based on calculated use duration.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the acquiring includes acquiring the attribute information from the certificate.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the acquiring includes acquiring the attribute information from a storage unit connected via a network to an information processing device on which the method is executed.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the attribute information includes previous credibility that is credibility of the certificate when the certificate was issued, and the computing includes computing current credibility of the certificate based on the calculated use duration and the previous credibility.

17. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program that causes a computer to determine whether to provide a service to a person based on credibility of a certificate presented by the person, wherein the computer program causes the computer to execute: computing credibility of the certificate based on a use duration of the certificate, wherein the use duration is a duration from a date of issue of the certificate to a current date; anddetermining whether to provide any one of the service and contents of the service based on comparison of computed credibility of the certificate and a threshold.

18. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 17, wherein the computer program further causes the computer to execute requesting the person to present another certificate when the computed credibility of the certificate is smaller than the threshold.

19. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 17, wherein the contents of the service includes an upper limit of loan, and the computer program further causing the computer to execute the upper limit of loan based on computed credibility and information regarding a correspondence between upper limits of loan and credibility.

20. An apparatus for determining whether to provide a service to a person based on credibility of a certificate presented by the person, the apparatus comprising: an credibility computing unit that computes credibility of the certificate based on a use duration of the certificate, wherein the use duration is a duration from a date of issue of the certificate to a current date; anda determining unit that determines whether to provide any one of the service and contents of the service based on comparison of computed credibility of the certificate and a threshold.

21. A method of determining whether to provide a service to a person based on credibility of a certificate presented by the person, the method comprising: computing credibility of the certificate based on a use duration of the certificate, wherein the use duration is a duration from a date of issue of the certificate to a current date; anddetermining whether to provide any one of the service and contents of the service based on comparison of computed credibility of the certificate and a threshold.