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

• US 8,543,610 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Issued: 09/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mekiki Company Limited, Mekiki Creates Company Limited (Mekiki Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Mekiki Company Limited, Mekiki Creates Company Limited (Mekiki Company Limited)
• Inventors: Deguchi, Hikaru, Ninomiya, Kenichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US13/410,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-899
• US Class Current: 707/791
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2291 User-Defined Types; Storage management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2425 Iterative querying; Query formulation based on the results of a preceding query
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2471 Distributed queries
• 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: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99944 Object-oriented database structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99952 Coherency, e.g. same view to multiple users
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

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.

Claims

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 personal attribute information of the members and relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members;

a message communicator of the server configured to communicate via the communication network a relationship request to each of one or more second members indicating that a first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the one or more second members;

a data retriever of the server configured to search the database, in response to receiving from the first member one or more key words of a search criteria including a specified relationship degree and the personal attribute information of a specified member, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree, the specified member being any member other than the first member who is registered to the relationships registering system; and

a data sender of the server configured to communicate to the first member at least a portion of the personal attribute information of at least a subset of the one or more third members.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data retriever searches, in response to receiving biographical information as one of the one or more keywords of the search criteria, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree and have biographical data corresponding to the biographical information.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the biographical information is occupational information.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the biographical information is educational information.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the biographical information is information of a technical field.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message communicator is further configured to communicate to the first member via the communication network a relationship acceptance from at least a subset of the one or more second members indicating that the at least a subset of the one or more second members have accepted the relationship request.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members is numeric.

8. A method, implemented by an apparatus including a server coupled to a communication network, for establishing and updating relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the method comprising:

storing, at a database, personal attribute information of the members;

storing, at the database, relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members;

communicating, at a message communicator of the server via the communication network, a relationship request to each of one or more second members indicating that a first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the one or more second members;

searching the database, at a data retriever of the server and in response to receiving from the first member one or more key words of a search criteria including a specified relationship degree and the personal attribute information of a specified member, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree, the specified member being any member other than the first member who is registered to the relationships registering system; and

communicating, at a data sender of the server, to the first member at least a portion of the personal attribute information of at least a subset of the one or more third members.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

communicating to the first member, at the message communicator of the server via the communication network, a relationship acceptance from at least a subset of the one or more second members indicating that the at least a subset of the one or more second members have accepted the relationship request.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

searching, in response to receiving biographical information as one of the one or more keywords of the search criteria, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree and have biographical data corresponding to biographical information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the biographical information is occupational information.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the biographical information is educational information.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the biographical information is information of a technical field.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members is numeric.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer readable instructions thereon for establishing and updating relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to a communication network, that when executed by an apparatus including a server coupled to the communication network cause the apparatus to perform a method comprising:

storing personal attribute information of the members;

storing relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members;

communicating via the communication network a relationship request to each of one or more second members indicating that a first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the one or more second members;

searching the database, in response to receiving from the first member one or more key words of a search criteria including a specified relationship degree and the personal attribute information of a specified member, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree, the specified member being any member other than the first member who is registered to the relationships registering system; and

communicating to the first member at least a portion of the personal attribute information of at least a subset of the one or more third members.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, which when executed by the apparatus including the server causes the apparatus to perform further perform the step of:

communicating to the first member via the communication network a relationship acceptance from at least a subset of the one or more second members indicating that the at least a subset of the one or more second members have accepted the relationship request.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, which when executed by the apparatus including the server causes the apparatus to perform further perform the step of:

searching, in response to receiving biographical information as one of the one or more keywords of the search criteria, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree and have biographical data corresponding to biographical information.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the biographical information is occupational information.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the biographical information is educational information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the biographical information is information of a technical field.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members is numeric.