PERSONAL INFORMATION LEAKAGE PREVENTIVE DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20110055914A1
• Filed: 01/26/2007
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Sugahara, Taro
• Application Number:
  US12/161,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20110055914A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6263 during internet communication, e.g. revealing personal data from cookies
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2105 Dual mode as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable

Abstract

Conventional service providing systems personalized according to the user'"'"'s information need to provide personal information. Therefore, there has been a problem that personal information might be leaked by service providers. A reliable proxy is installed between a user terminal and a service provider server to manage the personal information on the user. The proxy receives information necessary to create a content from the service provider server, creates a content reflecting the personal information from the information necessary to create the content, and transmits it to the user'"'"'s terminal A countermeasure against estimation of personal information is taken for even a request of a user to acquire a sub-content and so forth.

Claims

1. A personal information leakage preventive system in a system where a service providing server, a proxy, and a user terminal device used by a service user are connected with each other via a network, comprising the following means (a) to (e):

(a) means for transmitting, by the user terminal device, a content obtaining request which is used for obtaining a content on the service providing server to the proxy;

(b) means for, by the proxy;

receiving the content obtaining request; and

transmitting the content obtaining request to the service providing server;

(c) means for transmitting, by the service providing server, one or more contents template corresponding to the content obtaining request, and a rule, which is used to select one contents template by using personal information on the service user and to generate a content reflecting the personal information on the user from the contents template, to the proxy;

(d) means for, by the proxy;

selecting one contents template by using the personal information on the user based on the rule;

generating a content reflecting the personal information on the user from the contents template; and

transmitting the content to the user terminal device; and

(e) means for displaying, by the user terminal device, the content by using a browser software program.

2. The personal information leakage preventive system according to claim 1, upon the user terminal device displaying the content by using the browser software program, further comprising the following means (a) to (g):

(a) means for, upon a subcontent being necessary for displaying the content, transmitting, by the user terminal device, a subcontent obtaining request which is used for obtaining the subcontent to the proxy;

(b) means for receiving, by the proxy, the subcontent obtaining request;

(c) means for, by the proxy;

determining sets of subcontent obtaining requests necessary for displaying contents generated from the each contents template for each of the content; and

transmitting, upon each of the sets of the subcontent obtaining requests being the same, the subcontent obtaining requests contained in the each of the sets of the subcontent obtaining requests in a predetermined sequence to the service providing server;

(d) means for, by the proxy;

determining sets of subcontent requesting requests necessary for displaying contents generated from the each contents template for each of the contents; and

transmitting, upon each of the sets of the subcontent obtaining requests not being the same, all the subcontent obtaining requests in a predetermined sequence to the service providing server;

(e) means for transmitting, by the service providing server, subcontents corresponding to all the received subcontent obtaining requests to the proxy;

(f) means for, by the proxy;

storing the received subcontents; and

of the stored subcontents,

transmitting the subcontent requested by the user terminal device to the user terminal device; and

(g) means for displaying, by the user terminal device, the subcontent by using the browser software program.

3. The personal information leakage preventive system according to claim 1, in which the network comprises one or more hyperlinked server, and after the user terminal device uses the browser software program to display the content, further comprising the following means (a) to (g):

(a) means for, upon receiving an operation for accessing a hyperlink from the user, transmitting, by the user terminal device, a hyperlinked content obtaining request for obtaining a hyperlinked content to the proxy;

(b) means for receiving, by the proxy, the hyperlinked content obtaining request from the user terminal device;

(c) means for, by the proxy;

determining sets of hyperlinked content obtaining requests corresponding to hyperlinks contained in a content for each of the contents generated from the each contents template; and

transmitting, upon each of the sets being the same, hyperlinked content obtaining requests to the hyperlinked server;

(d) means for, by the proxy;

determining sets of hyperlinked content obtaining requests corresponding to hyperlinks contained in each content for each of the contents generated from each contents template; and

transmitting, upon each of the sets of the hyperlinked content obtaining requests not being the same, a predetermined warning message to the user terminal device;

(e) means for, by the hyperlinked server;

receiving the hyperlinked content obtaining request; and

transmitting a corresponding content to the proxy;

(f) means for transmitting, by the proxy, the received content to the user terminal device; and

(g) means for displaying, by the user terminal device, the received content or the predetermined warning message by using the browser software program.

5. The personal information leakage preventive system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal device and the proxy are physically integrated to each other.

4. A personal information leakage preventive system in a system where a service providing server, a proxy, a hyperlinked server, and a user terminal device used by a service user are connected with each other via a network, comprising the following means (a) to (i):

(a) means for transmitting, by the user terminal device, a content obtaining request which is used for obtaining a content on the service providing server to the proxy;

(b) means for, by the proxy;

receiving the content obtaining request; and

transmitting the content obtaining request to the service providing server;

(c) means for transmitting, by the service providing server, contents templates corresponding to the content obtaining request, a rule, which is used to select one contents template based on the personal information and to generate a content reflecting the personal information on the user from the contents template, and contents, which are referred to by hyperlinks contained in the contents templates;

(d) means for storing, by the proxy, the contents template and the rule, and the content referred to by the hyperlink in a cache memory;

(e) means for, by the proxy;

determining, for each content template, a set of hyperlink obtaining requests corresponding to hyperlinks that are contained in contents generated from the contents template or are contained in contents that are linked by hyperlinks in the contents and are stored in cache memory, and link to contents other than any content in the cache memory;

determining whether each of the sets is the same; and

transmitting, upon each set being not the same, a predetermined warning message to the user terminal device;

(f) means for, by the proxy;

selecting one contents template by using the personal information on the user based on the rule;

generating a content reflecting the personal information on the user; and

transmitting the content to the user terminal device;

(g) means for, by the user terminal device;

receiving and displaying the content; and

transmitting, upon receiving an operation for accessing a hyperlink from the user, a hyperlinked content obtaining request for obtaining a hyperlinked content to the proxy;

(h) means for, by the proxy;

searching the cache memory for the content corresponding to the hyperlinked content obtaining request; and

transmitting the content to the user terminal device; and

(i) means for displaying, by the user terminal device, the received content or displaying the predetermined warning message by using a browser software program.

7. The personal information leakage preventive system according to claim 4, wherein the user terminal device and the proxy are physically integrated to each other.

6. A personal information leakage preventive method in a system where a service providing server, a proxy, and a user terminal device used by a service user are connected with each other via a network, the personal information leakage preventive method comprising the following steps (a) to (e):

(a) a step of transmitting, by the user terminal device, a content obtaining request which is used for obtaining a content on the service providing server to the proxy;

(b) a step of, by the proxy;

receiving the content obtaining request; and

transmitting the content obtaining request to the service providing server;

(c) a step of transmitting, by the service providing server, one or more contents template corresponding to the content obtaining request, and a rule, which is used to select one contents template by using personal information on the service user and to generate a content reflecting the personal information on the user from the contents template, to the proxy;

(d) a step of, by the proxy;

selecting one contents template by using the personal information on the user based on the rule;

generating a content reflecting the personal information on the user; and

transmitting the content to the user terminal device; and

(e) a step of displaying, by the user terminal device, the content by using a browser software program.