PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD

• US 20100306230A1
• Filed: 10/19/2007
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Softbank BB Corporation (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Softbank BB Corporation (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Son, Masayoshi
• Application Number:
  US12/445,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20100306230A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A personal information management system is characterized in describing a telephone number while reading out a coordinate position on an application sheet on which a coded coordinate position on the sheet is printed, transmitting by a mobile phone a handwriting image read out by a digital pen to a database managing server, analyzing by the database managing server image data received by a wireless communication terminal device, extracting the telephone number allocated to the wireless communication terminal device, and, in accordance with the extracted telephone number, detecting personal information associated with the telephone number from a telephone number/address associating type database. With this, in letter mailing service, etc., an opportunity for the exposure of personal information is shortened, so that the possibility of the leakage of personal information is reduced, repetitive descriptions of the same content are avoided, and troublesome work can be eased.

Claims

1. A personal information management system which manages personal information including the residences and names of individuals, comprising:

a personal information database in which are stored personal information including either the residence or the name of each of the individuals and the telephone number assigned to the wireless communication terminal used by the each individual in association with each other;

a database managing server located in the network and operable to manage the personal information database;

a handwriting image readable sheet on which coordinate positions of the sheet are printed in the form of encoded symbols;

a handwriting image reading unit operable to read the coordinate positions while writing a handwriting stoke on the sheet with a writing member;

an image data generation unit operable to generate the image of the handwriting written with the writing member on the basis of the coordinate positions read by the handwriting image reading unit;

a communication interface provided in the wireless communication terminal and operable to transmit the image data generated by the image data generation unit to the database managing server through the network; and

an image analysis unit provided in the database managing server and operable to analyze the image data received through the communication interface, and extract the telephone number assigned to the wireless communication terminal,

wherein the database managing server detects the personal information associated with the telephone number from the personal information database on the basis of the telephone number which is extracted by the image analysis unit.

2. The personal information management system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the communication interface is provided with the functionality of storing and maintaining the telephone number assigned to the wireless communication terminal, and transmitting the telephone number which is stored and maintained to the database managing server when the image data is transmitted, and

wherein the database managing server is provided with the functionality of checking the telephone number extracted from the image data against the telephone number stored and maintained in the communication interface and determining whether the personal information can be detected or not on the basis of the consistency therebetween.

3. The personal information management system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a printing unit which is connected to the database managing server through the network and operable to print the personal information detected by the database managing server.

4. The personal information management system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein a paper identifier is printed on the handwriting image readable sheet in the form of encoded symbols for identifying the handwriting image readable sheet,

wherein the handwriting image reading unit and the communication interface are provided with the functionality of acquiring and transmitting the paper identifier,

wherein the database managing server is provided with the functionality of transmitting the paper identifier received from the communication interface to the printing unit together with the personal information, and

wherein the printing unit is provided with the functionality of printing the paper identifier together with the personal information as received.

5. The personal information management system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the handwriting image readable sheet is an application sheet which is used for requesting the delivery of a postal matter, and

wherein a paper medium to be printed by the printing unit is a transmittal slip which to be attached to the postal matter for showing the destination of the postal matter.

6. A personal information management method of managing personal information including the residences and names of individuals by a personal information database in which are stored the personal information including either the residence or the name of each of the individuals and the telephone number assigned to the wireless communication terminal used by the each individual in association with each other, the personal information management method comprising:

a step of writing a handwriting with a writing member on a handwriting image readable sheet on which coordinate positions of the sheet are printed in the form of encoded symbols, and concurrently reading the coordinate positions of the handwriting image readable sheet by a handwriting image reading unit;

a step of generating an image of the handwriting written with the writing member by an image data generation unit on the basis of the coordinate positions read by the handwriting image reading unit, and transmitting the generated image data to the database managing server by the wireless communication terminal through the network;

a step of analyzing the image data received from the wireless communication terminal by an image analysis unit of the database managing server, and extracting the telephone number assigned to the wireless communication terminal; and

a step of detecting the personal information associated with the telephone number from the personal information database on the basis of the telephone number which is extracted by the image analysis unit.

7. The personal information management method as claimed in claim 6,

wherein, in the step of generating an image of the handwriting, the wireless communication terminal transmits the telephone number assigned to and stored and maintained in the wireless communication terminal to the database managing server when the image data is transmitted, and

wherein, in the step of detecting the personal information, the database managing server checks the telephone number extracted from the image data against the telephone number stored and maintained in the communication interface and determines whether the personal information can be detected or not on the basis of the consistency therebetween.

8. The personal information management method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

a step of receiving and printing the personal information detected by the database managing server through the network by a printing unit.

9. The personal information management method as claimed in claim 8,

wherein a paper identifier is printed on the handwriting image readable sheet in the form of encoded symbols for identifying the handwriting image readable sheet,

wherein, in the step of generating an image of the handwriting, the paper identifier is acquired together with the coordinate position, and transmitted to the database managing server,

wherein, in the step of receiving and printing the personal information, the printing unit receives the paper identifier together with the personal information from the database managing server, and prints the paper identifier together with the personal information.

10. The personal information management method as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the handwriting image readable sheet is an application sheet which is used for requesting the delivery of a postal matter, and

wherein a paper medium to be printed by the printing unit is a transmittal slip which to be attached to the postal matter for showing the destination of the postal matter.