Method of changing and delivering personal information, and personal information change and delivery system

• US 6,950,858 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2001
• Issued: 09/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Internet Research Institute, Inc. (IRI Acquisition Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Internet Research Institute, Inc. (IRI Acquisition Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ogami, Motoya
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, David Y.
• Application Number:
  US09/794,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20010021946A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,673 Days
• Field of Search: 709/202, 709/203, 709/217
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A method of changing and distributing personal information by which efforts of both of an information contributor and a recipient are reduced and the personal information is always kept up-to-date more easily and correctly. The present method of changing and distributing personal information comprises steps of: changing concerned personal information by a personal information contributor; updating and storing the concerned personal information by a computer system linked via a computer network; and when a recipient set by the personal information contributor requests for update, delivering deliver permit items only among the concerned personal information to the recipient by the computer system.

Claims

1. A method of changing and delivering personal data, comprising steps of:

receiving changes to concerned personal data from a personal data contributor;

updating and storing the concerned personal data by a computer system linked via a computer network according to the received changes, and

when a request for the updated personal data is received from a recipient among a plurality of recipients set by the personal data contributor, delivering only deliver-permit-items among the concerned personal data items to the recipient by the computer system, the deliver-permit-items being set by the personal data contributor and defining which items of the personal data are to be delivered based on the recipient;

receiving from the recipient a selection of an application software which requires conversion of the data format of the personal data to be delivered;

converting the personal data to be delivered to the recipient into a target format of the selected application software; and

then delivering the converted personal data to the recipient by the computer system.

2. A method of changing and delivering personal data according to claim 1, further comprising steps of:

receiving from the recipient a selection of an information processor to which the delivered personal data is further delivered;

storing the received selection of the information processor,

converting the personal data delivered to the recipient into the data suited to the selected information processor, and

delivering to the selected information processor the converted personal data by the computer system.

3. A method of changing and delivering personal data, comprising steps of:

receiving changes to concerned personal data from a personal data contributor;

updating and storing the concerned personal data by a computer system linked via a computer network according to the received changes;

wherein when a request for the undated personal data is received from a recipient among a plurality of recipients set by the personal data contributor, delivering only deliver-permit-items among the concerned personal data items to the recipient by the computer system, the deliver-permit-items being set by the personal data contributor and defining which items of the personal data are to be delivered based on the recipient,

receiving from the recipient a selection of an information processor to which the delivered personal data is further delivered;

storing the received selection of the information processor, and

converting the personal data delivered to the recipient into the data suited to the selected information processor, and delivering to the selected information processor the converted personal data by the computer system.

4. A personal data change and delivery system comprising a host computer, said computer including:

a first memory part for storing an identification data of a personal data contributor and personal data concerned thereto and storing data of recipients and delivery permit items thereof, the delivery permit items being set by the personal data contributor and defining which items of the personal data are to be delivered based on the recipients;

an access gate for, when receiving through a communication line a request from the personal data contributor for a change of the associated personal data or for a change of recipients, verifying the identity of the personal data contributor, and if not legitimate, then breaking down communications, while if legitimate, then receiving the changed personal data or recipients from the personal data contributor, and updating the data contents of the personal data or recipient list;

a user access gate for, when a request for update of the personal data is received from one of the recipients, verifying the identity of the recipient, and if not legitimate, then breaking down communications, while if legitimate, then supplying a personal access filter with the data about the recipient; and

a personal access filter for, on the one hand, when a request for change of delivery-permit-items among the concerned personal data is received from the personal data contributor through a communication line, verifying the identity of the contributor, and if not legitimate, then breaking down communications, while if legitimate, then receiving the changed data of the delivery-permit-items among the concerned personal data, then updating the delivery-permit-items among the concerned personal data in the first memory part, and on the other hand, when the recipient data supplied from the user access gate is received, searching the recipient list in the first memory part, and if the relevant recipient is contained therein, then extracting the corresponding data from the first memory part, and delivering to the recipient only the delivery-permit-items for the recipient among the extracted personal data.

5. A personal data change and delivery system according to claim 4, wherein said host computer further includes a license access filter for storing data about application software for which the recipient designates data conversion, converting the delivery-permit-items among the personal data supplied from the personal access filter into the data format of the application software, and delivering the converted data to the recipient.

6. A personal data change and delivery system according to claim 5, wherein said host computer further includes a device access filter for storing data about an information processor selected by the recipient, converting the data of the delivery-permit-items among the personal data supplied from the personal access filter into the data format of the selected information processor, and delivering the converted data to the information processor.

7. A personal data change and delivery system according to claim 4, wherein said host computer further includes a device access filter for storing data about an information processor selected by the recipient, converting the data of the delivery-permit-items among the personal data supplied from the personal access filter into the data format of the information processor, and delivering the converted data to the information processor.