Delivery management system, server, delivery management method, delivery user terminal, client user terminal, and information processing method

A server comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• issue, via a communication network, conditional authentication information for locking or unlocking a predetermined compartment of a vehicle that is a place of delivery of a package, the conditional authentication information specifying a condition for deletion of the conditional authentication information;
• wherein the server is not permitted to issue the conditional authentication information when (i) an electronic payment for a fee associated with the package has not been completed and (ii) a client user who has submitted a request to deliver the package to the predetermined compartment has specified that the client user will pay for the fee at the time of delivery of the package,
• wherein the server is permitted to issue the conditional authentication information when (i) the electronic payment for the fee has been completed and (ii) the client user has specified that the client user will pay for the fee at the time of delivery of the package,
• wherein an unlock signal including the conditional authentication information is transmitted via a short range wireless communication network to a lock and unlock device to unlock the predetermined compartment,
• wherein a lock signal is transmitted via the short range wireless communication network to the lock and unlock device to lock the predetermined compartment after the predetermined compartment is unlocked, and
• wherein the conditional authentication information is deleted in response to a determination that the specified condition is met.

A delivery management method that is executed by a server, the delivery management method comprising:

• not permitting, by the server, issuance of conditional authentication information for locking or unlocking a predetermined compartment when (i) an electronic payment for a fee associated with a package has not been completed in a case where a vehicle having the predetermined compartment is specified as a place of delivery of the package and (ii) a client user who has submitted a request to deliver the package has specified that the client user will pay for the fee at the time of delivery of the package, the conditional authentication information specifying a condition for deletion of the conditional authentication information;
• permitting, by the server, issuance of the conditional authentication information for locking or unlocking the predetermined compartment when (i) the electronic payment for the fee has been completed in the case where the vehicle is specified as a place of delivery of the package and (ii) the client user has specified that the client user will pay for the fee at the time of delivery of the package;
• and
• issuing, by the server via a communication network, the conditional authentication information when issuance of the conditional authentication information is permitted,
• wherein an unlock signal including the authentication information is transmitted via a short range wireless communication network to a lock and unlock device to unlock the predetermined compartment,
• wherein a lock signal is transmitted via the short range wireless communication network to the lock and unlock device to lock the predetermined compartment after the predetermined compartment is unlocked, and
• wherein the conditional authentication information is deleted in response to a determination that the specified condition is met.

A delivery management system comprising:

• a client user terminal that is used by a client user who submits, via a communication network, a request to deliver a package to a predetermined compartment of a vehicle;
• a lock and unlock device provided in the vehicle, the lock and unlock device being configured to lock or unlock the predetermined compartment;
• a delivery user terminal that is used by a delivery user who delivers the package, the delivery user terminal being configured to transmit, via a short range wireless communication network, an unlock signal to the lock and unlock device to unlock the predetermined compartment with the use of conditional authentication information;
• the delivery user terminal is configured to transmit, via the short range wireless communication network, a lock signal to the lock and unlock device to lock the predetermined compartment after the predetermined compartment is unlocked;
• and
• a processor configured to make an electronic payment for a fee when a request to pay for the fee associated with the package has been made from the client user terminal, and
• the processor being configured to issue, via the communication network, the conditional authentication information to the delivery user terminal when the processor has made the electronic payment in a case where there is specification that the client user pays for the fee at the time of delivery of the package,
• wherein the conditional authentication information specifies a condition for deletion of the conditional authentication information from the delivery user terminal, and
• wherein the conditional authentication information is deleted from the delivery user terminal in response to a determination that the specified condition is met.