Personal information intermediary method

• US 7,363,658 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2001
• Issued: 04/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Moise; Emmanuel L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pyzocha; Michael
• Application Number:
  US09/956,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20020188851A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,406 Days
• Field of Search: 713/200, 726/26, 707/10, 705/2
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

In a personal information intermediary method of the invention, a first recording medium stores respective items of personal information of registered users and a second recording medium stores respective items of destination information of registered local terminals. A transmission request, including a personal information selection result and a destination selection result, which is sent by a particular user among the registered users, is received. A personal information item is read from the first recording medium, the personal information item corresponding to the personal information selection result of the transmission request. A destination information item is read from the second recording medium, the destination information item corresponding to the destination selection result of the received transmission request. The personal information item of the particular user is transmitted to a particular local terminal among the registered local terminals that is indicated by the destination information item.

Claims

1. A personal information intermediary method which is performed by an intermediary system having a first recording medium that stores respective items of personal information of registered users and a second recording medium that stores respective items of destination information of registered local terminals, comprising:

receiving a transmission request, including a personal information selection result and a destination selection result, which is sent by a particular user among the registered users, wherein the intermediary system has an item/group file defining a relationship between transmission items and predefined groups of the personal information, and wherein the personal information selection result indicates a result of the particular user'"'"'s selection of a group, from among the predefined groups, of the particular user'"'"'s personal information, wherein each group of the particular user'"'"'s personal information may comprise one or plural items of personal information within the respective group;

acquiring a requested personal information item from the first recording medium by retrieving the item/group file to obtain correspondence between the requested personal information item and the selected personal information group indicated by the personal information selection result;

acquiring a requested destination information item from the second recording medium, the requested destination information item corresponding to the destination selection result of the received transmission request;

transmitting the personal information item of the particular user to a particular local terminal among the registered local terminals that is indicated by the destination information item; and

receiving a confirmation result message from an authority terminal, the confirmation result message confirming the authenticity of the transmitted personal information, wherein

when an authority confirmation is needed for the received transmission request and the requested personal information item is either a health insurance certificate item or a driver'"'"'s license item, a confirmation request message is created by retrieving the item/group file and reading from the item/group file a record corresponding to either the health insurance certificate item or the driver'"'"'s license item, and the confirmation request message is transmitted to the authority terminal.

2. The personal information intermediary method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting, prior to said receiving a transmission request, a destination selection display to the particular user to select the destination information item, the destination selection display including a list of the respective destination information items of the registered local terminals.

3. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer, having a first recording medium that stores respective items of personal information of registered users and a second recording medium that stores respective items of destination information of registered local terminals, to execute a personal information intermediary method comprising:

first program code means for causing the computer to receive a transmission request, including a personal information selection result and a destination selection result, which is sent by a particular user among the registered users, wherein an item/group file defines a relationship between transmission items and predefined groups of the personal information, and wherein the personal information selection result indicates a result of the particular user'"'"'s selection of a group, from among the predefined groups, of the particular user'"'"'s personal information, wherein each group of the particular user'"'"'s personal information may comprise one or plural items of personal information within the respective group;

second program code means for causing the computer to acquire a requested personal information item from the first recording medium by retrieving the item/group file to obtain correspondence between the requested personal information item and the selected personal information group indicated by the personal information selection result;

third program code means for causing the computer to acquire a requested destination information item from the second recording medium, the requested destination information item corresponding to the destination selection result of the received transmission request;

fourth program code means for causing the computer to transmit the personal information item of the particular user to a particular local terminal among the registered local terminals that is indicated by the destination information item; and

fifth program code means for causing the computer to receive a confirmation result message from an authority terminal, the confirmation result message confirming the authenticity of the transmitted personal information, wherein

when an authority confirmation is needed for the received transmission request and the requested personal information item is either a health insurance certificate item or a driver'"'"'s license item, a confirmation request message is created by retrieving the item/group file and reading from the item/group file a record corresponding to either the health insurance certificate item or the driver'"'"'s license item, and the confirmation request message is transmitted to the authority terminal.

4. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code instructions causing a computer, having a first recording medium that stores respective items of personal information of registered users and a second recording medium that stores respective items of destination information of registered local terminals, to execute a personal information intermediary method, comprising:

causing the computer to receive a transmission request, including a personal information selection result and a destination selection result, which is sent by a particular user among the registered users, wherein an item/group file defines a relationship between transmission items and predefined groups of the personal information, and wherein the personal information selection result indicates a result of the particular user'"'"'s selection of a group, from among the predefined groups, of the particular user'"'"'s personal information, wherein each group of the particular user'"'"'s personal information may comprise one or plural items of personal information within the respective group;

causing the computer to acquire a requested personal information item from the first recording medium by retrieving the item/group file to obtain correspondence between the requested personal information item and the selected personal information group indicated by the personal information selection result;

causing the computer to acquire a requested destination information item from the second recording medium, the requested destination information item corresponding to the destination selection result of the received transmission request;

causing the computer to transmit the personal information item of the particular user to a particular local terminal among the registered local terminals that is indicated by the destination information item; and

causing the computer to receive a confirmation result message from an authority terminal, the confirmation result message confirming the authenticity of the transmitted personal information, wherein

when an authority confirmation is needed for the received transmission request and the requested personal information item is either a health insurance certificate item or a driver'"'"'s license item, a confirmation request message is created by retrieving the item/group file and reading from the item/group file a record corresponding to either the health insurance certificate item or the driver'"'"'s license item, and the confirmation request message is transmitted to the authority terminal.

5. A personal information intermediary computer system comprising:

a first recording medium storing respective items of personal information of registered users;

a second recording medium storing respective items of destination information of registered local terminals; and

a programmed computer processor controlling the system according to a process comprising;

receiving a transmission request, including a personal information selection result and a destination selection result, which is sent by a particular user among the registered users, wherein an item/group file defines a relationship between transmission items and predefined groups of the personal information, and wherein the personal information selection result indicates a result of the particular user'"'"'s selection of a group, from among the predefined groups, of the particular user'"'"'s personal information, wherein each group of the particular user'"'"'s personal information may comprise one or plural items of personal information within the respective group;

acquiring a requested personal information item from the first recording medium by retrieving the item/group file to obtain correspondence between the requested personal information item and the selected personal information group indicated by the personal information selection;

acquiring a requested destination information item from the second recording medium, the destination information item corresponding to the requested destination selection result of the received transmission request;

transmitting the personal information item of the particular user to a particular local terminal among the registered local terminals indicated by the destination information item; and

receiving a confirmation result message from an authority terminal, the confirmation result message confirming the authenticity of the transmitted personal information, wherein

when an authority confirmation is needed for the received transmission request and the requested personal information item is either a health insurance certificate item or a driver'"'"'s license item, a confirmation request message is created by retrieving the item/group file and reading from the item/group file a record corresponding to either the health insurance certificate item or the driver'"'"'s license item, and the confirmation request message is transmitted to the authority terminal.