HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, PROGRAM FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, AND MEDIUM STORING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING PROGRAM AND READABLE BY COMPUTER
First Claim
1. An apparatus including a server coupled to a communication network configured to establish and update relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the apparatus comprising:
- a database configured to store personal attribute information of the members, the personal attribute information of each member including an e-mail address, name, and username, and also to store relationship coefficients indicating respective degrees of relationship between the members;
a message communicator configured to communicate via the communication network a first message to a second member indicating that a first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the second member, and to communicate via the communication network a second message to the first member indicating that the second member has accepted the direct relationship with the first member;
the database further configured to update, once the direct relationship is established between the first member and the second member, the relationship coefficients stored in the database to reflect the direct relationship between the first member and the second member;
a data retriever configured to retrieve from the database identities of target members satisfying one or more key words of a search criterion of the first member, the one or more key words including at least a target relationship coefficient indicating the degree of relationship between the target members to be identified and the second member; and
a data sender configured to communicate to the first member via the communication network the retrieved identities of target members.
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Abstract
To provide a human relationships registering system, a method and a server for registering human relationships, a program for registering human relationships, and a medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by a computer, all of which are used to establish wide and close relationships with members having a variety of occupations or engaged in various technical fields and to obtain expert knowledge or information. The human relationships registering system comprises first data processing units 2 and 3 including sections for receiving personal data of a new member, and a second data processing unit including a section for storing the received personal data. The second data processing unit stores the personal data of the new member in correlation to an existing member when the existing member confirms the new member.
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1. An apparatus including a server coupled to a communication network configured to establish and update relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the apparatus comprising:
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a database configured to store personal attribute information of the members, the personal attribute information of each member including an e-mail address, name, and username, and also to store relationship coefficients indicating respective degrees of relationship between the members; a message communicator configured to communicate via the communication network a first message to a second member indicating that a first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the second member, and to communicate via the communication network a second message to the first member indicating that the second member has accepted the direct relationship with the first member; the database further configured to update, once the direct relationship is established between the first member and the second member, the relationship coefficients stored in the database to reflect the direct relationship between the first member and the second member; a data retriever configured to retrieve from the database identities of target members satisfying one or more key words of a search criterion of the first member, the one or more key words including at least a target relationship coefficient indicating the degree of relationship between the target members to be identified and the second member; and a data sender configured to communicate to the first member via the communication network the retrieved identities of target members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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