Communication method, communication system, communication device, managing device, recording medium and user information module
First Claim
1. A communication method wherein a plurality of communication apparatuses and a management apparatus communicate via a communications network, comprising the steps of:
- holding by said communication apparatus a user information module including user attribute information, from which user trends can be derived, indicating an attribute of a user of the communication apparatus;
sending by said communication apparatus said user attribute information of the user of that communication apparatus to other of said communication apparatus,receiving and holding by said communication apparatus the user attribute information of a user of the other communication apparatus from the other communication apparatus; and
sending by any of said communication apparatus said user attribute information of the user of said other communication apparatus to said management apparatus.
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Abstract
The object is to provide a communication system enabling a server to obtain a grasp of the behavior of users on a communications network even when communication is performed between users on the communications network without going through the server. A communication apparatus 31 has a user information module containing user attribute information indicating an attribute of a user 41. When the communication apparatus 31 communicates with a communication apparatus 33, the communication apparatus 31 sends user attribute information of the user 41 to the communication apparatus 32 and receives and holds user attribute information of a user 42 from a communication apparatus 32, and the communication apparatus 31 sends said held user attribute information of the user 42 to a management apparatus 5.
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38 Claims
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1. A communication method wherein a plurality of communication apparatuses and a management apparatus communicate via a communications network, comprising the steps of:
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holding by said communication apparatus a user information module including user attribute information, from which user trends can be derived, indicating an attribute of a user of the communication apparatus; sending by said communication apparatus said user attribute information of the user of that communication apparatus to other of said communication apparatus, receiving and holding by said communication apparatus the user attribute information of a user of the other communication apparatus from the other communication apparatus; and sending by any of said communication apparatus said user attribute information of the user of said other communication apparatus to said management apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communication system where a plurality of communication apparatuses and a management apparatus communicate via a communications network, wherein
said communication apparatus holds a user information module containing user attribute information, from which user trends can be derived, indicating an attribute of a user of the communication apparatus, any of said communication apparatus communicating with another communication apparatus sends said user attribute information of the user of the communication apparatus to said other communication apparatus and holds by receiving the user attribute information of the user of the other communication apparatus from the other communication apparatus, and any of said communication apparatus sends said held user attribute information of the user of said other communication apparatus to said management apparatus.
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22. A communication apparatus for communicating with other communication apparatuses and a management apparatus via a communications network comprising:
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a storage means; a communication interface; and a control means, wherein said storage means storing a user information module containing user attribute information, from which user trends can be derived, indicating an attribute of a user of the communication apparatus, said communication interface, when communicating with another communication apparatus, based on control from said control means, sending said user attribute information to said other communication apparatus and receiving said user attribute information of a user of the other communication apparatus from the other communication apparatus, said control means writing said received user attribute information in said storage means, and said communication interface sending said received user attribute information which said control means read from said storage means. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A management apparatus managing communication performed by a plurality of communication apparatuses through a communications network, comprising:
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a communication interface for receiving, from a communication apparatus, user attribute information, from which user trends can be derived, indicating an attribute of a user of another communication apparatus obtained by said communication apparatus by communication between said communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus; a storage means for storing said received user attribute information; and a processing means for managing an attribute of communication performed between said plurality of communication apparatuses based on the user attribute information stored in said storage means. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A storage medium storing a user information module used by a communication apparatus communicating with another communication apparatus via a communications network, wherein
said user information module includes: -
identification information for identifying the user information module; attribute information, from which user trends can be derived, indicating an attribute of a user; identification information for identifying a user; transaction content information indicating contents of a transaction performed with a user of said other communication apparatus; and user attribute information of a user of said other communication apparatus communicated with. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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36. A user information module used by a communication apparatus communicating with another communication apparatus via a communications network which includes:
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identification information for identifying the user information module, attribute information, from which user trends can be derived, indicating an attribute of a user, identification information for indicating a user, transaction content information indicating a content of a transaction performed with a user of said other communication apparatus, and said user attribute information of the user of said other communication apparatus communicated with. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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