Human relationships registering system, method and device for registering human relationships, program for registering human relationships, and medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by computer

• US 20030126189A1
• Filed: 10/17/2001
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mekiki Creates Company Limited (Mekiki Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Mekiki Company Limited
• Inventors: Ninomiya, Kenichi, Deguchi, Hikaru
• Granted Patent: US 6,879,985 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• 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. A human relationships registering system comprising:

a first data processing unit including section for inputting personal data of new members;

and a second data processing unit including section for storing the received personal data of the new members by confirming relationships of the new members with existing members and by correlating the new members with the existing members.

2. The human relationships registering system of claim 1, wherein the second data processing unit stores relationships coefficients representing degrees of relationships between particular members who agree to establish human relationships therebetween, and stores relationships coefficients of members who are related to the members who agree to establish human relationships.

3. The human relationships registering system of claim 2, wherein the agreement between the members is confirmed by exchanging e-mails.

4. The human relationships registering system of claim 2 or 3, wherein the second data processing unit creates human relationships data on the basis of stored personal data and relationships coefficients in response to members'"'"' requests and provide the created data to the members.

5. A method of registering human relationships, comprising:

inputting personal data of new members in a server;

and storing the personal data of the new members in the server by confirming the new members'"'"' relationships with existing members and by correlating the new members with the existing members.

6. The method of registering human relationships of claim 5, further comprising:

storing relationships coefficients representing degrees of relationships between particular members who agree to establish human relationships therebetween, and relationships coefficients of members who are related to the members who agree to establish human relationships.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the agreement between the members is confirmed by exchanging e-mails.

8. The method of claim 6 or 7, further comprising:

creating human relationships data on the basis of stored personal data and relationships coefficients in response to members'"'"' requests and providing the created data to the members.

9. A server for registering human relationships, comprising:

a section for receiving personal data of new members;

a section for confirming the received personal data by referring them back to existing members;

and a section for storing the confirmed data in correlation with the existing members.

10. The server of claim 9, wherein the storing section stores relationships coefficients representing degrees of relationships between particular members who agree to establish human relationships, and relationships coefficients of members who are related to the members who agree to establish human relationships.

11. The server of claim 10, wherein the agreement between the members is confirmed by exchanging e-mails.

12. The server of claim 10 or 11, wherein human relationships data are created on the basis of stored personal data and relationships coefficients between members in response to members'"'"' requests, and the created data are provided to the members.

13. A human relationships registering program used by a server defined in any one of claims 9 to 12, the server being a computer.

14. A recording medium for storing the human relationships registering program defined in claim 13, and being readable by a computer.