Human relationships registering system and device for registering human relationships, program for registering human relationships, and medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by computer
First Claim
1. An apparatus including a server coupled to a communication network configured to establish and update relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the apparatus comprising:
- a database configured to store degrees of relationship between the members and personal attribute information including identification information of the members;
a data receiver configured to receive a first member request via the communication network for the direct human relationships of a second member stored in the database;
a data retriever configured to retrieve from the database, in response to the first member request, personal attribute information of at least a third member directly related to the second member;
a data sender configured to communicate via the communication network to a first member the retrieved personal attribute information of at least the third member; and
a message communicator configured to communicate via the communication network to the third member a first message indicating that the first member wishes to establish a direct human relationship with the third member, and to communicate via the communication network a second message to the first member indicating that the third member has accepted the direct human relationship with the first member,wherein the database is further configured to update the degrees of relationship between the members to indicate a direct human relationship between the first member and the third member once the message communicator communicates the second message.
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Abstract
To provide a human relationships registering system, a method and a server for registering human relationships, a program for registering human relationships, and a medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by a computer, all of which are used to establish wide and close relationships with members having a variety of occupations or engaged in various technical fields and to obtain expert knowledge or information. The human relationships registering system comprises first data processing units 2 and 3 including sections for receiving personal data of a new member, and a second data processing unit including a section for storing the received personal data. The second data processing unit stores the personal data of the new member in correlation to an existing member when the existing member confirms the new member.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus including a server coupled to a communication network configured to establish and update relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the apparatus comprising:
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a database configured to store degrees of relationship between the members and personal attribute information including identification information of the members; a data receiver configured to receive a first member request via the communication network for the direct human relationships of a second member stored in the database; a data retriever configured to retrieve from the database, in response to the first member request, personal attribute information of at least a third member directly related to the second member; a data sender configured to communicate via the communication network to a first member the retrieved personal attribute information of at least the third member; and a message communicator configured to communicate via the communication network to the third member a first message indicating that the first member wishes to establish a direct human relationship with the third member, and to communicate via the communication network a second message to the first member indicating that the third member has accepted the direct human relationship with the first member, wherein the database is further configured to update the degrees of relationship between the members to indicate a direct human relationship between the first member and the third member once the message communicator communicates the second message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus including a server coupled to a communication network configured to establish and update relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the apparatus comprising:
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a database configured to store identification information and relationships data of the members reflecting degrees of relationship between the members; a data receiver configured to receive, from a first member, identification information of a second member that has relationships data stored in the database reflecting a direct relationship with the first member; a data retriever configured to retrieve from the database, in response to the received identification information of the second member, identification information of a third member that has relationships data reflecting a direct relationship with the second member; a data sender configured to communicate via the communication network the retrieved identification information of the third member to the first member; a message communicator configured to communicate via the communication network to the third member a first message indicating that the first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the third member, and to communicate via the communication network a second message to the first member indicating that the third member has accepted the direct relationship with the first member, wherein the database is further configured to update the relationships data to reflect a direct relationship between the first member and the third member once the message communicator communicates the second message; and the data retriever is further configured to retrieve from the database, in response to the update of the relationships data, identification information of at least a fourth member that has relationships data reflecting a direct relationship with both the first member and the third member; and the data sender is further configured to communicate via the communication network the retrieved identification information of at least the fourth member to the first member. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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