System for granting permission of user's personal information to third party

• US 20030047602A1
• Filed: 09/11/2002
• Published: 03/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dentsu Incorporated (Dentsu Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dentsu Incorporated (Dentsu Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Iida, Takahito, Givotovsky, Nicholas
• Granted Patent: US 6,766,946 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/305 for record players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1025 Identification of user by a PIN code
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2529 Mini-discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/028 with computer assistance
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/31 using in-band signals, e.g. subsonic or cue signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/70 : characterised in that receivers can be addressed

Abstract

A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party includes a terminal unit for entering a personal information of a user and a permission information indicating at least one permissible use of the personal information of the user by a third party, for storing the personal information and the permission information entered, for receiving from the third party an item in accordance with the permission information stored therein from the third party, and an information management unit electrically connected to the terminal unit for managing the personal information and the permission information stored in the terminal unit, for evaluating the personal information stored therein in accordance with the permission information stored therein if an access to the personal information is requested from the third party, and for providing to the third party the requested personal information if the access to the requested personal information is permissible in accordance with a result of the evaluation.

Claims

1. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party, comprising:

a terminal means for entering a personal information of a user and a permission information indicating at least one permissible use of said personal information of said user by a third party, for storing said personal information and said permission information entered, for receiving from said third party an item in accordance with said permission information stored therein from said third party; and

an information management means electrically connected to said terminal means for managing said personal information and said permission information stored in said terminal means, for evaluating said personal information stored therein in accordance with said permission information stored therein if an access to said personal information is requested from said third party, and for providing to said third party said requested personal information if said access to said requested personal information is permissible in accordance with a result of said evaluation.

2. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 1, wherein said terminal means comprising:

(a) a data input device operable by said user for entering said personal information of said user and said permission information indicating at least one permissible use of said personal information by said third party;

(b) a memory electrically connected to said data input device for storing said personal information and said permission information entered from said data input device;

(c) a receiving device for receiving from said third party an item in accordance with said permission information stored in said memory as a consequence of permitting said access to said personal information requested from said third party.

3. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 2, wherein said item is an advertisement and/or a latest information of a product and/or a service pertinent to said personal information of said user.

4. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 3, wherein said terminal means further comprising

(d) an interactive device for interacting said user with said third party associated with said advertisement and/or said latest information,

wherein said interactive device is operable by said user for ordering said product and/or said service to said third party.

5. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 4, wherein said terminal means further comprising

(e) a display device electrically connected to both said data input device and said receiving device for displaying said information entered from said data input device, said advertisement and/or said latest information received by said receiving device.

6. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 2, wherein said receiving device is further capable of listening to a musical composition by receiving signals transmitted from a broadcasting station,

wherein said broadcasting station is configured to convert at least one musical composition and a musical information associated with said musical composition to corresponding signals, respectively and for transmitting said signals.

7. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 6, wherein said receiving device is further capable of selectively storing a musical information associated with said musical composition being transmitted from said broadcasting station into said memory by a predetermined operation.

8. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 5, wherein said a receiving device is further capable of receiving a content selected by said user from a library of multimedia.

9. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 8, wherein said library of multimedia is any one of or a combination of two or more of:

(a) a library of music;

(b) a library of printed matters, said printed matter including books, magazines, newspapers, any types of journals;

(c) a library of computer programming codes, said computer programming codes including open source codes and/or closed source codes to be used for producing a computer program;

(d) a library of movies; and

(e) a library of animations.

10. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 9, wherein said interactive device is further capable of interacting said user with said third party associated with said content selected by said user from said library of multimedia.

11. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 10, wherein said display device is further capable of displaying said content received by said receiving device.

12. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 1, wherein said information management means comprising:

(a) a request receiving device for receiving from said third party a request of accessing to said personal information stored in said memory;

(b) an evaluation device for evaluating whether or not said request of accessing to said personal information from said third party is permissible in accordance with said permission information stored in said memory;

(c) an output device for providing to said third party said requested personal information in accordance with said result of said evaluation performed by said evaluation device; and

(d) an update device for updating said permission information stored in said memory if it is desirable by said user.

13. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 12, wherein said update device is also capable of updating said personal information stored in said memory if it is desirable by said user.

14. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 13, wherein said update device is configured to be only operable by said user.

15. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 2, further comprises:

a sub-system for granting access to selected of said library of multimedia, comprising;

(a) a memory for storing said library of multimedia and a content permission information associated with each content in said library of multimedia;

(b) a data input device for entering a set of attributes for said multimedia stored in said memory;

(c) a data retriever for retrieving information about a particular medium of said library in accordance with said entered set of attributes;

(d) an update device for updating said retrieved information about said particular medium of said library, if necessary; and

(e) an output device for providing said retrieved information or said updated information if it were updated in accordance with said content permission information.

16. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 15, wherein said update device in said sub-system is capable of updating said content permission information stored in said memory.

17. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 16, wherein said update device in said sub-system is configured to be only operable by at least one claimant of each of rights associated with a particular content of said library of multimedia.

18. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 16, wherein said library is any one of or a combination of two or more of:

(a) a library of music;

(b) a library of printed matters, said printed matter including books, magazines, newspapers, any types of journals;

(c) a library of computer programming codes, said computer programming codes including open source codes and/or closed source codes to be used for producing a computer program;

(d) a library of movies; and

(e) a library of animations.

19. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 1, wherein said personal information comprises:

(a) fixed personal information, the fixed personal information including a name, a date of birth, and a gender of the user; and

(b) variable personal information, the variable personal information including an age, an occupation, a status of marriage, a dependent (if applicable), an annual income, and a preference of the user.

20. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 19, wherein said personal information further comprises

(c) dynamically generated personal usage information including both granular and aggregated service usage activity data generated by said user through interaction with systems and services.

21. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 19, wherein said permission information is a Privacy Information Use Permission (PIUP), wherein said PIUP comprises:

(a) permitted privacy information described with privacy information identification (ID);

(b) permitted relations described with a user ID and a trader ID; and

(c) permitted conditions described with user permission codes.

22. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 1, wherein said content permission information according to the present invention is Content Use Permission (CUP), wherein the CUP comprises:

(a) permitted content described with content identification (ID);

(b) permitted relation described with right holder ID, trader ID and consumer ID; and

(c) permitted conditions described with content permission codes, wherein the permitted conditions include intellectual property rights associated with the permitted content.

23. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 1, wherein said system is configured in any form of a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook type computer, or a desktop type computer.

24. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 1, wherein said terminal means is a mobile phone, and wherein said information management means is a control processor installed in said mobile phone.

25. A system for granting permission of a user'"'"'s personal information to a third party according to claim 15, wherein said terminal means is a mobile phone, wherein said information management means is a control processor installed in said mobile phone, and wherein said subsystem is a content management device.