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Information providing apparatus, information providing method, and information providing system

  • US 9,521,444 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2015
  • Issued: 12/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information providing apparatus, comprising:

  • an inputter that obtains log information and personal information corresponding to the log information;

    a tentative ID giver that gives tentative IDs to the personal information, each of the tentative IDs being given at each predetermined timing;

    a first storage that stores correspondence-relationship information indicating a correspondence relationship between the personal information and the each of the given tentative IDs;

    a receiver that receives a request for outputting information including a requested tentative ID given at one past timing, on the request the requested tentative ID being identified by i) a current tentative ID given to the personal information and ii) the one past timing when the requested ID was given to the personal information;

    an information processor that determines, in accordance with the request, link-relationship information indicating a correspondence relationship between the requested tentative ID and the current tentative ID, based on the correspondence-relationship information stored in the first storage;

    a second storage that stores the determined link-relationship information; and

    an outputter that outputs first information including the requested tentative ID or second information indicating that outputting of the first information is not permitted, based on the link-relationship information stored in the second storage.

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