Personal information buying/selling method

• US 7,133,838 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2001
• Issued: 11/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Infrontia Corporation (NEC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Infrontia Corporation (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Tokuma, Yasuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Fadok, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAQ, NAEEM U
• Application Number:
  US09/985,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20020055884A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,828 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 705/26.43
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0617 Representative agent
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

When an information seller registers personal information in an information manager, the information seller transmits the personal information from an information seller terminal 10 through a network 100 to an information manager terminal 20, and the information manager accumulates the personal information in a data base 26. When a personal information buyer purchases personal information from the information manager, the buyer transmits a personal information purchase request from an information buyer terminal 30 through the network 100 to the information manager terminal 20, and the information manager terminal 20 searches the data base to transmit the personal information corresponding to the request through the network 100 to the information buyer terminal 30.

Claims

1. A method of buying and selling personal information through a network, comprising:

transmitting a personal information to be registered from a seller terminal through said network to an information manager terminal;

accumulating the personal information thus transmitted into a data base of said information manager terminal;

transmitting a personal information purchase request from a buyer terminal through said network to said information manager terminal, when said buyer terminal purchases the personal information from said information manager terminal;

searching the data base to extract seller terminals which are connected with information corresponding to the personal information purchase request;

transmitting the information on a buyer of said buyer terminal to the seller terminals thus extracted to check whether the personal information can be supplied or not; and

searching the personal information of the seller terminals who agree to transmit the personal information to said buyer terminal through said network by said information manager terminal,

wherein said information manager transmits settlement information on the personal information buying/selling through said network to a settlement terminal, receives an information supply charge from said personal information buyer on the basis of the settlement information at said settlement terminal and pays an information purchase charge to said personal information seller,

wherein the information purchase charge is paid in accordance with a personal information level to be supplied.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said personal information buyer is registered as one of members in said information manager in advance, and personal information is sold to only the members.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when a personal information registration request is transmitted from said personal information seller, a personal information-input screen information used to input personal information is transmitted to said seller terminal by said information manager.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when a personal information purchase request is transmitted from said personal information buyer, a personal information selecting-menu screen information to select personal information is transmitted to said buyer terminal by said information manager.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when a personal information registration request is transmitted from said personal information seller, said information manager transmits information indicating the overall summary of the personal information buying/selling to a seller terminal, and accepts registration of the personal information when said personal information seller agrees with the content of the information thus transmitted.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in response to a request from said personal information buyer, said information manager carries out a questionnaire investigation to said personal information seller on buyer'"'"'s behalf.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said personal information buyer transmits a using object and an investigation item to said information manager terminal when a personal information purchase request is transmitted.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said personal information seller registers whether said seller accepts a questionnaire investigation when personal information is registered.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said personal information seller registers a check-needed information level for information levels registered when personal information is registered.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said personal information seller registers a settlement account when personal information is registered.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said settlement terminal contains an information seller account, an information manager account and an information buyer account, and said information manager transfers the information supply charge from said information buyer account to said information manager account and transfers the information purchase charge from said information manager account to said information seller account.