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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

  • US 20140325592A1
  • Filed: 09/18/2013
  • Published: 10/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information management method executed by an information management apparatus which manages information, the information management method comprising:

  • receiving, from a first server via a network, device history information and first anonymized user information, the device history information indicating a history of an operation of a device used by a first user, and the first anonymized user information being generated by anonymizing, according to a predetermined rule, first user information including attribute information which allows identification of the first user;

    receiving, from a second server, via the network, service history information and second anonymized user information, the service history information indicating a history of service used by a second user, the second anonymized user information being generated by anonymizing, according to the predetermined rule, second user information including attribute information which allows identification of the second user, and the second server being different from the first server; and

    associating the device history information and the service history information with each other and managing, as composite information, the device history information and the service history information associated with each other, when the first anonymized user information and the second anonymized user information are determined to be identical or similar.

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