Server device, information providing method and information succession system

• US 8,607,329 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2008
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ICON PLC
• Original Assignee: ICON PLC
• Inventors: Tsuchiya, Toshiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Khoshnoodi, Nadia
• Application Number:
  US12/808,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20110040985A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,818 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 726/17
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

An information succession system, which operates in accordance with inputted information to provide access to inputted information, including the personality of the original user, to successors of the original user. An encryption processing unit encrypts inputted information and generates keys used in association with access by users. A character/personality data generation unit generates data indicative of a user'"'"'s character or personality by analyzing user input information. That character data is stored in a character data memory unit and is associated with the user'"'"'s identification information. A request information analysis unit analyzes and characterizes requests. Request characteristics are stored in the character data memory unit and associated with the user making the request. A transmitting information generation unit generates transmitting (output) information based on the generated personality data of the user and the characteristic of the request.

Claims

1. A server device connected to a first terminal device and a second terminal device, comprising:

a first reception processing unit that receives a user input information, which at least contains one or more sentences written by a user, and a user identification information, which is used to identify the user, from the first terminal device, and stores them into a first received information storage area,

a personality data generation unit that generates a personality data indicating a user'"'"'s personality by analyzing the user input information stored in the first received information storage area, and stores the personality data into a personality data storage area,

a personality data storage unit that stores the personality data stored in the personality data storage area correlating to the user identification information,

a second reception processing unit that receives a request information, which contains a message to the user from a person, from the second terminal device together with the user identification information corresponding to the user, and stores them into a second received information storage area,

a request information analyzing unit that generates a characteristic data indicating a substance of the message by analyzing the request information, and stores the generated characteristic data into a characteristic data storage area,

a personality data searching unit that searches the personality data corresponding to the user using the user identification information from among all of the personality data stored in the personality data storage unit,

a communication information generation unit that extracts one or more sentences from among the user input information corresponding to the user identification information of the user in order to provide a response corresponding to the substance of the message indicated by the characteristic data and that matches the personality indicated by the personality data, generates a communication information indicating an imitative response from the user to the person using the extracted user input information, and stores said imitative communication information into a communication information storage area, and

a sending processing unit that makes the server device send the imitative communication information stored in the communication information storage area to the second terminal device.

2. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the personality data generation unit generates a vocabulary distribution data, which indicates an appearance frequency of each word, by classifying a character information included in the user input information by words, and generates the personality data by comparing the vocabulary distribution data and a previously generated standard vocabulary distribution data.

3. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the personality data generation unit generates the personality data by choosing plural elements as elements of specifying the personality, and rating the chosen element on the scales of a predetermined number.

4. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the personality data generation unit generates new personality data by analyzing the user input information with referencing the personality data stored in the personality data storage unit whenever the user input information is provided from the first terminal device, and stores them into the personality data storing unit accumulatively.

5. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the request information analyzing unit generates the characteristic data by extracting at least one word characterizing the whole of the request information from among the words included in a character information of the request information, and interchanges the characteristic data with the second terminal device.

6. The server device according to claim 1, further comprising;

an encryption processing unit that encrypts the user input information using an encryption key acquired from the encryption definition file,

a data storage unit that stores the user input information, which is encrypted by the encryption processing unit, with correlating to the user identification information,

a data searching unit that searches the user input information correlated to the user identification information from among the user input information stored in the data storage unit, then, searches the user input information in connection with the predetermined characteristic data from among the searched user input information, and

a decryption processing unit that decrypts the searched user input information using a decryption key in an encryption definition file acquired from an encryption definition file management unit;

wherein the communication information generation unit generates the communication information using the characteristic data, the personality data and the searched user input information.

7. The server device according to claim 6 which comprises a information succession system having;

an application server that executes sending and receiving of information via a network,

an encryption definition management server that manages an encryption definition file which contains a encryption key for encrypting the information, and

a database server that stores the information encrypted using the encryption key;

wherein the encryption definition management server manages a first encryption definition file in which all of dummy files and real encryption definition files are encrypted, a second encryption definition file which is encrypted after renewing the information, and extracts the desired encryption definition file using a standard character string determined as necessary.

8. The server device according to claim 1 wherein the communication information is an imitative message generated by an artificial intelligence based on the personality data.

9. The server device according to claim 1 wherein the user input information used for the generation of the personality data includes a diary, an electronic mail or a blog.

10. An information providing method of a server device connected to a first terminal device and a second terminal device, comprising;

a first receiving processing step that receives a user input information, which at least contains one or more sentences written by a user, and a user identification information, which is used to identify the user, from the first terminal device, and stores them into a first received information storage area,

a personality data generation step that generates a personality data indicating a user'"'"'s personality by analyzing the user input information stored in the first received information storage area, and stores the personality data into a personality data storage area,

a personality data storage step that stores the personality data stored in the personality data storage area correlating to the user identification information,

a second reception processing step that receives a request information, which contains a message to the user from a person, from the second terminal device together with the user identification information corresponding to the user, and stores them into a second received information storage area,

a request information analyzing step that generates a characteristic data indicating a substance of the message by analyzing the request information, and stores the generated characteristic data into a characteristic data storage area,

a personality data searching step that searches the personality data corresponding to the user using the user identification information from among all of the personality data stored in the personality data storage unit,

a communication information generation step that extracts one or more sentences from among the user input information corresponding to the user identification information of the user in order to provide a response corresponding to the substance of the message indicated by the characteristic data and that matches the personality indicated by the personality data, generates a communication information indicating an imitative response from the user to the person using the extracted user input information, and stores said imitative communication information into a communication information storage area, and

a sending processing step that makes the server device send the imitative communication information stored in the communication information storage area to the second terminal device.

11. The information providing method of the server device according to claim 10, wherein the personality data generation step generates a vocabulary distribution data, which indicates a appearance frequency of each word, by classifying a character information included in the user input information by words, and generates the personality data by comparing the vocabulary distribution data and a previously generated standard vocabulary distribution data.

12. The information providing method of the server device according to claim 10, wherein the personality data generation step generates a personality data by choosing plural elements as elements of specifying the personality, and rating the chosen element on the scales of a predetermined number.

13. The information providing method of the server device according to claim 10, wherein the personality data generation step generates new personality data by analyzing the user input information with referencing a personal data stored in the personality data storage unit whenever the user input information is provided from the terminal device, and to store them into the personality data storing unit accumulatively.

14. The information providing method of the server device according to claim 10, wherein the request information analyzing step generates the characteristic data by extracting at least one word characterizing the whole of the request information from among words included in a character information of the request information, and interchanges the characteristic data with the second terminal device.

15. The information providing method of the server device according to claim 10, further comprising;

an encryption processing step that encrypts the user input information using an encryption key acquired from the encryption definition file,

a data storage step that stores the user input information, which is encrypted by the encryption processing unit, with correlating to the user identification information,

a data searching step that searches the user input information correlated to the user identification information from among the first user input information stored in the data storage unit, then, searches the user input information in connection with the predetermined characteristic data from among the searched user input information, and

a decryption processing step that decrypts the searched user input information using the decryption key in an encryption definition file acquired from an encryption definition file management unit,

wherein the communication information generation step generates the communication information using the characteristic data, the personality data and the searched user input information.

16. The information providing method of the server device according to claim 15, further comprising a step that manages a first encryption definition file in which all of dummy files and real encryption definition files are encrypted, a second encryption definition file which is encrypted after renewing the information, and extracts the desired encryption definition file using a standard character string determined as necessary.

17. The information providing method of the server device according to claim 10 wherein the communication information is an imitative message generated by an artificial intelligence based on the personality data.

18. The information providing method of the server device according to claim 17 wherein the user input information used for the generation of the personality data includes a diary, an electronic mail or a blog.