| 20110239286 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL AUTHENTICATION AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - To authenticate fingerprint information detected by a mobile communications terminal at a fingerprint registration depot provided on the Internet, to thereby perform appropriate and reliable electronic authentication and electronic settlement, in a mobile communications terminal authentication and settlement system in which a mobile communications terminal accesses various websites on the Internet to perform electronic authentication and electronic settlement, the mobile communications terminal includes an operation panel that can be used in common for a fingerprint sensor mode and a touch panel mode. On the Internet, there is provided a fingerprint registration depot, to which the mobile communications terminal is connected and at which detected fingerprint information is compared with fingerprint authentication information registered in advance, to thereby perform fingerprint authentication. The mobile communications terminal is authorized to access the various websites via the Internet when authentication is successfully performed at the fingerprint registration depot. | 09-29-2011 |
