To disallow a third person to impersonate a recipient and to prove that an article is delivered when the article of commerce which is ordered without meeting by using a network, etc. is delivered.

When the article is ordered, the orderer sends one's fingerprint features from an ordering terminal 1 to an electronic commerce server 2. The electronic commerce server 2 sends the fingerprint features of the orderer and an order number to an identification terminal 3 arranged at a store, etc., that the orderer specifies as a reception destination. When a recipient makes a request to receive the article, a sales clerk of the store obtains fingerprint features of the recipient by using the identification terminal 3 and collates them with the fingerprint features of the orderer sent from the electronic commerce server 2. Only when they coincide each other, the article in handed over. Further, the identification terminal 3 sends certificate information consisting of the fingerprint features of the recipient and the order number to the electronic commerce server 2 and it is preserved in a certificate information preserving part 24.