Server and control method for managing permission setting of personal information disclosure
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1. A server comprising:
- first means for categorizing permission setting values indicating whether object information items of various attribute of a registered user are disclosable to other persons or not depending on a level of the disclosability; and
second means for managing the permission setting values hierarchically.
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Abstract
A server having the function of categorizing permission setting values indicating whether object information items of various attribute of a registered user are disclosable to other persons or not depending on a level of the disclosability, and managing the permission setting values hierarchically.
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21 Claims
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1. A server comprising:
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first means for categorizing permission setting values indicating whether object information items of various attribute of a registered user are disclosable to other persons or not depending on a level of the disclosability; and
second means for managing the permission setting values hierarchically. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 9)
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4. A server according to claim 4, wherein,
said detection means checks, when there is a request from the user to change the setting value for either of the permission levels other than said executability of open operation for any of the object information items, consistency of the permission setting value for each level higher than the level for which the change request has been made with the setting value for which the change request has been made.
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10. A server comprising:
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an interface for receiving transmitted information;
storage means; and
means for reading information stored in the storage means therefrom, wherein said storage means has an entry table for storing object information items corresponding to various attribute of a registered user and permission setting values indicating whether said attribute information items are disclosable to other persons or not, said permission setting values being categorized in accordance with a level of the disclosability thereof. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for controlling a server, comprising the step of:
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categorizing permission setting values indicating whether object information items corresponding to various attribute of a registered user are disclosable to other persons or not into a plurality of levels; and
hierarchically managing said object information items by imparting thereto vertical relations depending on a level of the disclosability. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A service providing system comprising:
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a presence server for categorizing permission setting values indicating whether object information items of various attribute of a registered user are disclosable to other persons or not depending on a level of the permission and hierarchically managing the permission setting values;
a service providing server for providing a service to a user; and
a terminal with which the user receives the service provided by said service providing server, wherein said service providing server issues, to said presence server, an access request for a specified one of the object information items of the user to which the service is to be provided, said presence server transmits to said service providing server, a portion of the object information item for which the access request has been issued which can be given within a range of the permission setting values, and the service providing server provides the service to the user based on the received portion of the object information item.
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21. A method for providing a service using a system having at least a presence server which categorizes permission setting values indicating whether object information items of various attribute of a registered user are disclosable to other persons or not depending on a level of the permission and hierarchically manages the permission setting values;
- a service providing server which provides service to a user; and
a terminal which allows the user to receive the provided service, the method comprising the steps of;
issuing from said service providing server to said presence server, an access request for a specified one of the object information items of the user to which the service is to be provided, transmitting from said presence server to said service providing server, a portion of the object information item for which the access request has been issued which can be given within a range of the permission setting values, and providing service to the user by the service providing server based on the received portion of the object information item.
- a service providing server which provides service to a user; and
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