Profile information disclosure method, profile information disclosure program and profile information disclosure apparatus

• US 20030158822A1
• Filed: 07/22/2002
• Published: 08/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kawaguchi, Kinji
• Application Number:
  US10/199,131
• Publication Number:
  US 20030158822A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/75
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A profile information disclosure method, profile information disclosure program and profile information disclosure apparatus which can reduce the effort required for inputting profile information, by providing a mechanism for disclosing profile information to a variety of sites, thereby eliminating the need for inputting profile information many times over.

Claims

1. A profile information disclosure method of sequentially performing:

a step of determining, when an information disclosure request appended with identification information of a user is received, whether or not the request is valid, based on said identification information; and

a step of disclosing, when the request is determined to be valid, profile information of the user specified by said identification information.

2. A profile information disclosure method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of updating, when an information update request appended with identification information of the user is received, the profile information of the user specified by said identification information.

3. A profile information disclosure method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a step of determining, when an update confirmation request appended with identification information of the user is received, whether or not the request is valid, based on said identification information;

a step of determining, when the request is determined to be valid, whether or not the profile information of the user specified by said identification information is updated; and

a step of disclosing, when determined that the profile information is updated, the updated profile information.

4. A profile information disclosure method according to claim 1,

wherein said step of disclosing profile information, discloses only profile information suited to a disclosure level according to a category of a site to which the information is disclosed.

5. A profile information disclosure method according to claim 1,

wherein said step of disclosing profile information, discloses profile information to information disclosure sites with the exception of predetermined non-disclosure sites.

6. A profile information disclosure method according to claim 1,

wherein said identification information is a digital certificate.

7. A profile information disclosure program for realizing on a computer:

a registration function for registering user profile information;

a determining function for determining, when an information disclosure request appended with identification information for a user is received, whether or not the request is valid, based on said identification information; and

a disclosing function for disclosing, when the request is determined to be valid by said determining function, the profile information of the user specified by said identification information.

8. A profile information disclosure apparatus comprising:

registration means for registering user profile information;

determining means for determining, when an information disclosure request appended with identification information for a user is received, whether or not the request is valid, based on said identification information; and

disclosing means for disclosing, when the request is determined to be valid by said determining means, the profile information of the user specified by said identification information.