INFORMATION DISCLOSURE SYSTEM, INFORMATION DISCLOSURE SERVER, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION DISCLOSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20150278546A1
• Filed: 10/04/2013
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Uekubo, Masaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,507,958 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/60 Business processes related to postal services shipping G06Q10/083; franking apparatus G07B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

An information disclosure system includes: an information disclosing unit; a setting unit; a history storage unit; and an interaction frequency calculating unit. The information disclosing unit discloses at least part of user'"'"'s information as disclosure information to a communicating party. The setting unit sets a disclosure range for disclosing the user'"'"'s information as the disclosure information. The history storage unit stores a history of communication between the user and the communicating party. The interaction frequency calculating unit calculates an interaction frequency between the user and the communicating party based on the history of the communication. The setting unit sets the disclosure range based on the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit.

Claims

1. An information disclosure system that discloses user'"'"'s information to a communicating party, the information disclosure system comprising:

an information disclosing unit that discloses at least part of the user'"'"'s information as disclosure information to the communicating party;

a setting unit that sets a disclosure range for disclosing the user'"'"'s information as the disclosure information in the information disclosing unit;

a history storage unit that stores a history of communication between the user and the communicating party; and

an interaction frequency calculating unit that calculates an interaction frequency between the user and the communicating party based on the history of the communication stored in the history storage unit,

wherein the setting unit sets the disclosure range based on the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit.

2. The information disclosure system according to claim 1, wherein, when the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit changes from a previously calculated interaction frequency, the setting unit changes a disclosure range to set.

3. The information disclosure system according to claim 2, wherein the setting unit sets a narrower disclosure range than a previous disclosure range when the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit is lower than the previously calculated interaction frequency, and

sets a wider disclosure range than the previous disclosure range when the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit is higher than the previously calculated interaction frequency.

4. The information disclosure system according to claim 3, wherein, when a first interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit based on the history of the communication stored in the history storage unit before a first time is lower than the previously calculated interaction frequency, the setting unit sets the disclosure range to a first disclosure range narrower than a previously set disclosure range, and

when a second interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit based on the history of the communication stored in the history storage unit before a second time after the first time is higher than the first interaction frequency, the setting unit sets the disclosure range to a second disclosure range wider than the first disclosure range.

5. The information disclosure system according to claim 3, wherein the setting unit sets a narrower disclosure range than the previous disclosure range by narrowing a disclosure range of information that makes it possible to specify the user among the user'"'"'s information, and

sets a wider disclosure range than the previous disclosure range by widening the disclosure range of the information that makes it possible to specify the user among the user'"'"'s information.

6. The information disclosure system according to claim 1, wherein, when the history of the communication stored in the history storage unit includes communication performed from the user to the communicating party, the interaction frequency calculating unit calculates a higher interaction frequency of the user and the communicating party when the communication is newly performed from the user to the communicating party than when the communication is a response to communication previously performed from the communicating party to the user.

7. The information disclosure system according to claim 1, wherein, when the history of the communication stored in the history storage unit includes communication performed from the communicating party to the user, the interaction frequency calculating unit calculates a higher interaction frequency of the user and the communicating party when the communication is a response to communication previously performed from the user to the communicating party than when the communication is newly performed from the communicating party to the user.

8. The information disclosure system according to claim 6, wherein, by detecting a time interval of communication between the user and the communicating party in the history of the communication stored in the history storage unit, the interaction frequency calculating unit determines whether or not the communication performed between the user and the communicating party is a response to communication previously performed between the user and the communicating party.

9. The information disclosure system according to claim 1, wherein the history storage unit stores as the history of the communication a behavior history indicating that the user and the communicating party have been at positions close to each other.

10. The information disclosure system according to claim 9, further comprising a mobile terminal of the user and a mobile terminal of the communicating party,

wherein, when the mobile terminal of the user and the mobile terminal of the communicating party approach each other and perform communication, the history storage unit stores information related to the communication as the history of the communication.

11. The information disclosure system according to claim 1, further comprising:

data storage unit that stores image capturing data including the user and the communicating party as image capturing subjects; and

extracting unit that extracts the history of the communication from the image capturing data stored in the data storage unit, and storing the history of the communication in the history storage unit.

12. The information disclosure system according to claim 2, further comprising group classifying unit that classifies a plurality of communicating parties into at least a first group and a second group, and setting the first group and the second group such that the setting unit sets a first disclosure range as the disclosure range to the first group and the setting unit sets a second disclosure range narrower than the first disclosure range as the disclosure range to the second group,

wherein, when the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit with respect to a communicating party belonging to the first group or the second group changes, the group classifying unit changes the first group or the second group to which the communicating party belongs, based on the change of the interaction frequency.

13. The information disclosure system according to claim 1, further comprising calculation result accumulating unit that accumulates a calculation result of the interaction frequency of the user and the communicating party previously calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit,

wherein the setting unit sets the disclosure range based on the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit and the calculation result accumulated in the calculation result accumulating unit.

14. The information disclosure system according to claim 13, wherein, when the setting unit determines that a value of the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit is more irregular than the calculation result accumulated in the calculation result accumulating unit, the setting unit keeps the disclosure range to set as is without changing the disclosure range.

15. An information disclosure server that discloses user'"'"'s information to a communicating party, the information disclosure server comprising:

information disclosing unit that discloses at least part of the user'"'"'s information as disclosure information to the communicating party;

setting unit that sets a disclosure range for disclosing the user'"'"'s information as the disclosure information in the information disclosing unit;

history storage unit that stores a history of communication between the user and the communicating party; and

interaction frequency calculating unit that calculates an interaction frequency between the user and the communicating party based on the history of the communication stored in the history storage unit,

wherein the setting unit sets the disclosure range based on the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit.

16. The information disclosure server according to claim 15, wherein, when the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit changes from a previously calculated interaction frequency, the setting unit changes the disclosure range to set.

17. A communication terminal that sets disclosure range for disclosing user'"'"'s information to a communicating party, the communication terminal comprising:

setting unit that sets a disclosure range for disclosing at least part of the user'"'"'s information as disclosure information to the communicating party;

history storage unit that stores a history of communication between the user and the communicating party; and

interaction frequency calculating unit that calculates an interaction frequency between the user and the communicating party based on the history of communication between the user and the communicating party,

wherein the setting unit sets the disclosure range based on the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit.

18. The communication terminal according to claim 17, wherein, when the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating unit changes from a previously calculated interaction frequency, the setting unit changes the disclosure range to set.

19. An information disclosing method of disclosing user'"'"'s information to a communicating party, the information disclosing method comprising:

disclosing at least part of the user'"'"'s information as disclosure information to the communicating party;

storing a history of communication between the user and the communicating party;

calculating an interaction frequency of the user and the communicating party based on the stored history of the communication; and

setting a disclosure range for disclosing the user'"'"'s information as the disclosure information based on the calculated interaction frequency.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a program that causes a computer to execute the information disclosing method according to claim 19.

21. An information disclosure system that discloses user'"'"'s information to a communicating party, the information disclosure system comprising:

information disclosing means for disclosing at least part of the user'"'"'s information as disclosure information to the communicating party;

setting means for setting a disclosure range for disclosing the user'"'"'s information as the disclosure information in the information disclosing means;

history storage means for storing a history of communication between the user and the communicating party; and

interaction frequency calculating means for calculating an interaction frequency between the user and the communicating party based on the history of the communication stored in the history storage means,

wherein the setting means sets the disclosure range based on the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating means.

22. An information disclosure server that discloses user'"'"'s information to a communicating party, the information disclosure server comprising:

information disclosing means for disclosing at least part of the user'"'"'s information as disclosure information to the communicating party;

setting means for setting a disclosure range for disclosing the user'"'"'s information as the disclosure information in the information disclosing means;

history storage means for storing a history of communication between the user and the communicating party; and

interaction frequency calculating means for calculating an interaction frequency between the user and the communicating party based on the history of the communication stored in the history storage means,

wherein the setting means sets the disclosure range based on the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating means.

23. A communication terminal that sets disclosure range for disclosing user'"'"'s information to a communicating party, the communication terminal comprising:

setting means for setting a disclosure range for disclosing at least part of the user'"'"'s information as disclosure information to the communicating party;

history storage means for storing a history of communication between the user and the communicating party; and

interaction frequency calculating means for calculating an interaction frequency between the user and the communicating party based on the history of communication between the user and the communicating party,

wherein the setting means sets the disclosure range based on the interaction frequency calculated by the interaction frequency calculating means.