System and method for managing customer address information in electronic commerce using the internet

Abstract

A system and method for managing customer address information in electronic commerce using the Internet are provided. Customers' detailed address information is received from customer terminals connected over the Internet, a unique address number corresponding to the detailed address information is produced, and the produced unique address number and the corresponding detailed address information are separately stored and managed in separate database (DBs), thereby effectively preventing leakage of the customers' detailed address information due to hacking or a malicious program.

1 . A system comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:   storing an address information for a user on a first database;   generating, by a management server, a unique number for the user with the corresponding address information;   in response to a management server not being connected over a computer internet network with a second database, temporarily store the unique number in a temporary table; and   in response to the management sever being connected over the computer internet network with the second database, transferring the unique number from the temporary table to the second database and storing the unique number on the second database, the management server being coupled to the first database with a first administrator account and the second database with a second administrator account, thereby protecting unauthorized access of the address information.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the management server is configured to extract the unique number each time the address information is input at a user interface.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 synchronizing and storing the address information in a backup database.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 in response to the first database not operating, redirecting access request from the first database to the backup database.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 in response to a request from a customer terminal, searching the second database for the unique number; and   extracting the address information corresponding to the unique number in the first database.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 synchronizing and storing the address information in a backup database.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first database only stores the address information for a corresponding unique number; and   the second database only stores the unique number for the corresponding user.   
     
     
         8 . A method comprising:
 storing an address information for a user on a first database;   generating, by a management server, a unique number for the user with the corresponding address information, the generating being performed by a processor of a machine;   in response to a management server not being connected over a computer internet network with a second database, temporarily store the unique number in a temporary table; and   in response to the management sever being connected over the computer internet network with the second database, transferring the unique number from the temporary table to the second database and storing the unique number on the second database, the management server being coupled to the first database with a first administrator account and the second database with a second administrator account, thereby protecting unauthorized access of the address information.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the management server is configured to extract the unique number each time the address information is input at a user interface.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 synchronizing and storing the address information in a backup database.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 in response to the first database not operating, redirecting access request from the first database to the backup database.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 in response to a request from a customer terminal, searching the second database for the unique number; and   extracting the address information corresponding to the unique number in the first database.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 synchronizing and storing the address information in a backup database.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the first database only stores the address information for a corresponding unique number; and   the second database only stores the unique number for the corresponding user.   
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that,
 when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:   storing an address information for a user on a first database;   generating, by a management server, a unique number for the user with the corresponding address information;   in response to a management server not being connected over a computer internet network with a second database, temporarily store the unique number in a temporary table; and   in response to the management sever being connected over the computer internet network with the second database, transferring the unique number from the temporary table to the second database and storing the unique number on the second database, the management server being coupled to the first database with a first administrator account and the second database with a second administrator account, thereby protecting unauthorized access of the address information.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein:
 the management server is configured to extract the unique number each time the address information is input at a user interface.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 synchronizing and storing the address information in a backup database.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 in response to the first database not operating, redirecting access request from the first database to the backup database.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 in response to a request from a customer terminal, searching the second database for the unique number; and   extracting the address information corresponding to the unique number in the first database.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 synchronizing and storing the address information in a backup database.