Personal-information managing apparatus and personal-information handling apparatus
First Claim
1. A personal-information managing apparatus that inputs or stores personal information to issue the input or stored personal information to a personal-information handling apparatus, the personal-information managing apparatus comprising:
- a usage permission policy manager to manage usage permission policy in which a boundary between usage permission and usage prohibition of the personal information is defined;
a personal information request receiver to receive a request for the personal information from the personal-information handling apparatus;
a usage-permission issuing unit to obtain the usage permission policy corresponding to the received request via the usage permission policy manager, and to issue a usage permit corresponding to the usage permission policy and the requested personal information to the personal-information handling apparatus;
a usage permit issue history manager to manage issued history information including the usage permit and usage permission issue history relating to the personal information;
a credibility establishing unit to establish credibility of information exchange with the personal-information handling apparatus in relation to the issuing of the usage permit and the personal information, anda confirming unit to confirm a transfer of the personal information with a user included in transfer information when the transfer information received from a transfer destination of the personal information is detected in the issued history information.
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Abstract
A personal-information managing apparatus includes: a usage permission policy managing unit to manage usage permission policy in which a boundary between usage permission and usage prohibition of personal information is defined; a personal information request receiving unit to receive a request for the personal information from the personal-information handling apparatus; a usage-permission issuing unit to obtain the usage permission policy corresponding to the received request via the usage permission policy managing unit, and to issue a usage permit corresponding to the usage permission policy and the requested personal information to the personal-information handling apparatus; a usage permit issue history managing unit to manage the issued usage permit and usage permission issue history relating to the personal information; and a credibility establishing unit to establish credibility of information exchange with the personal-information handling apparatus in relation to the issuing of the usage permit and the personal information.
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8 Claims
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1. A personal-information managing apparatus that inputs or stores personal information to issue the input or stored personal information to a personal-information handling apparatus, the personal-information managing apparatus comprising:
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a usage permission policy manager to manage usage permission policy in which a boundary between usage permission and usage prohibition of the personal information is defined; a personal information request receiver to receive a request for the personal information from the personal-information handling apparatus; a usage-permission issuing unit to obtain the usage permission policy corresponding to the received request via the usage permission policy manager, and to issue a usage permit corresponding to the usage permission policy and the requested personal information to the personal-information handling apparatus; a usage permit issue history manager to manage issued history information including the usage permit and usage permission issue history relating to the personal information; a credibility establishing unit to establish credibility of information exchange with the personal-information handling apparatus in relation to the issuing of the usage permit and the personal information, and a confirming unit to confirm a transfer of the personal information with a user included in transfer information when the transfer information received from a transfer destination of the personal information is detected in the issued history information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7)
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3. A personal-information handling apparatus that requests and obtains personal information from a personal-information managing apparatus to use the obtained personal information, the personal-information handling apparatus comprising:
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a personal information requester to request necessary personal information from the personal-information managing apparatus including a confirming unit to confirm a transfer of the personal information with a user included in transfer information when the transfer information received from a transfer destination of the personal information is detected in the issued history information including a usage permit and usage permission issue history relating to the personal information; a personal information obtaining unit to receive a usage permit designating a usage permission policy in which a boundary of usage permission or usage prohibition of the personal information is defined, and to receive the requested personal information; a credibility establishing unit to establish credibility of information exchange with the personal-information managing apparatus in relation to the requesting or receiving of the personal information and the usage permit, the personal-information managing apparatus manages issued history information including the usage permit and usage permission issue history relating to the personal information; and a personal information processor to interpret the usage permission policy designated by the received usage permit, and to use the personal information using the interpreted result. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 8)
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