Information intermediary apparatus, information management apparatus, and information communication system
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Abstract
An information intermediary apparatus for communicating through a communication network with an information management apparatus having user information stored therein, the information intermediary apparatus, which includes: a first communication section for establishing communication through the communication network with the information management apparatus; a second communication section for communicating with a portable communication apparatus having identification information for identifying a user; an identification information-obtaining section, connected with said second communication section, for obtaining said identification information from said portable communication apparatus through said second communication section; a user information input unit, connected with said first communication section, for inputting user information for the user of the portable communication apparatus; and a data-identifying section, connected with said identification information-obtaining section and said user information input unit, for associating said identification information with the user information.
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66 Claims
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22. An information management apparatus for receiving from an information intermediary apparatus, through a communication network, information relating to a registered user who is registered at the information intermediary apparatus and storing the received user information, the information management apparatus comprising:
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a receiving section for receiving information relating to;
user identification information obtained from a portable communication apparatus connected to the information intermediary apparatus; and
user information relating to the registered user registered at the information intermediary apparatus, by communicating with the information intermediary apparatus;
a storing section for storing the user identification information and the user information associated with said user identification information;
a search condition-accepting section connected with the information intermediary apparatus through said receiving section, said search condition-accepting section accepts from a browsing user a search condition for searching the user information of the registered user stored in said storing section;
a retrieving section connected with said storing section and said search condition-accepting section for retrieving from said storing section user information that satisfies said search condition; and
a transmission section connected with said receiving section and said retrieving section for sending the user information retrieved by said retrieving section to the information intermediary apparatus through said receiving section. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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61. A method for managing information relating to a registered user, who is registered at an information intermediary apparatus, said user information being received from the information intermediary apparatus through a communication network, and storing the received user information, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving information relating to user identification information obtained from a portable communication apparatus connected to the information intermediary apparatus and user information relating to said registered user registered at the information intermediary apparatus, by communicating with the information intermediary apparatus;
(b) storing said user identification information and the user information associated with said user identification information;
(c) accepting from a browsing user a search condition for searching the stored user information of the registered user;
(d) retrieving stored user information that satisfies said search condition; and
(e) sending the retrieved user information to the information intermediary apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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