INFORMATION CORRELATION SYSTEM, USER INFORMATION CORRELATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20100070508A1
• Filed: 02/19/2008
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Watanabe, Masafumi
• Application Number:
  US12/527,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20100070508A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/747
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification

Abstract

When a collation result of user information is not matched, user information in one system need be prevented from being leaked to the other system. When hash values for an item serving as a key of correlation match with each other between a plurality of user information lists, it is determined that relevance is present, and then user information of the corresponding user is correlated.

Claims

1. An information correlation system for correlating a plurality of user information lists each containing a plurality of items, wherein

when hash values for an item serving as a key of correlation match with each other between the plurality of user information lists, it is determined that relevance is present, and

user information of a corresponding user is correlated.

2. The information correlation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of correlation rules are provided that define a relation between an item contained in one user information list and an item contained in the other user information list, and the relevance of the user information lists is determined in accordance with the correlation rules.

3. The information correlation system as claimed in claim 1, comprising a correlation result holding unit that holds a set of an identifier of one user information list and an identifier of the other user information list that are determined as being relevant.

4. The information correlation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hash values used for collation of the user information lists are generated only from a combination of registered items.

5. The information correlation system as claimed in claim 1, comprising an item combination searching unit that, when the relevance is to be determined on the basis of a combination of the plurality of items, determines whether the user information list serving as a correlation target has the plurality of items.

6. A user information correlating method for correlating a plurality of user information lists each containing a plurality of items, wherein

when hash values for an item serving as a key of correlation match with each other between the plurality of user information lists, it is determined that relevance is present, and

user information of a corresponding user is correlated.

7. The user information correlating method as claimed in claim 6, wherein a plurality of correlation rules are provided that define a relation between an item contained in one user information list and an item contained in the other user information list, and the relevance of the user information lists is determined in accordance with the correlation rules.

8. The user information correlating method as claimed in claim 6, comprising a correlation result holding step of holding a set of an identifier of one user information list and an identifier of the other user information list that are determined as being relevant.

9. The user information correlating method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the hash values used for collation of the user information lists are generated only from a combination of registered items.

10. The user information correlating method as claimed in claim 6, comprising an item combination searching step of, when the relevance is to be determined on the basis of a combination of the plurality of items, determining whether the user information list serving as a correlation target has the plurality of items.

11. A computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer system to execute processing of

determining that relevance is present when hash values for an item serving as a key of correlation match with each other between a plurality of user information lists, and

correlating user information of a corresponding user.

12. The computer-readable medium storing the program as claimed in claim 11, wherein a plurality of correlation rules are provided that define a relation between an item contained in one user information list and an item contained in the other user information list, and a computer system is caused to execute processing of determining the relevance of the user information lists in accordance with the correlation rules.

13. The computer-readable medium storing the program as claimed in claim 11, for causing a computer system to execute correlation result holding processing of holding a set of an identifier of one user information list and an identifier of the other user information list that are determined as being relevant.

14. The computer-readable medium storing the program as claimed in claim 11, wherein the hash values used for collation of the user information lists are generated only from a combination of registered items.

15. The commuter-readable medium storing the program as claimed in claim 11, for a computer system to execute, when the relevance is to be determined on the basis of a combination of the plurality of items, item combination searching step of determining whether the user information list serving as a correlation target has the plurality of items is executed.