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 7,493,345 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2007
• Issued: 02/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mekiki Company Limited, Mekiki Creates Company Limited (Mekiki Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Mekiki Company Limited, Mekiki Creates Company Limited (Mekiki Company Limited)
• Inventors: Ninomiya, Kenichi, Deguchi, Hikaru
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo; Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US11/964,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20080114775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 10, 707100-1041, 707200-206
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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. An apparatus including a human relationships registering server connected to members'"'"' terminals via a communication network, the apparatus comprising:

a database configured to store personal attributes of members who exchanged a first message wishing to establish a human relationship and a second message agreeing to establish a human relationship;

a message communicator configured to receive a first message indicating that a first member wishes to establish a human relationship with a second member from a first member'"'"'s terminal, communicate the received first message to a second member'"'"'s terminal, receive a second message indicating that the second member agrees to establish a human relationship with the first member from the second terminal, and communicate the received second message to the first terminal;

a data storer configured to store a first member'"'"'s personal attributes and a second member'"'"'s personal attributes in association with each other in the database when the received second message is communicated to the first terminal;

a data receiver configured to receive key words of a search criteria including the second member'"'"'s personal attributes from the first terminal;

a data retriever configured to retrieve a third member'"'"'s personal attributes stored in association with the received second member'"'"'s personal attributes from the database, the third member establishing a human relationship with the second member;

a data transmitter configured to communicate the retrieved third member'"'"'s personal attributes to the first terminal; and

a data associator configured to associate the first member'"'"'s personal attributes with the third member'"'"'s personal attributes stored in the database, when receiving a first message indicating that the first member wishes to establish a human relationship with the third member from the first terminal, communicating the received first message to a third member'"'"'s terminal, receiving a second message indicating that the third member agrees to establish a human relationship with the first member from the third terminal, and communicating the received second message to the first terminal.

2. An apparatus including a human relationships registering server connected to members'"'"' terminals via a communication network, the apparatus comprising:

a database configured to store personal attributes of each member in association with personal attributes of other member who establishes a human relationship with the member;

a message communicator configured to receive a first message indicating that a first member wishes to establish a human relationship with a second member from a first member'"'"'s terminal, communicate the received first message to a second member'"'"'s terminal, receive a second message indicating that the second member agrees to establish a human relationship with the first member from the second terminal, and communicate the received second message to the first terminal;

a data storer configured to store a first member'"'"'s personal attributes and a second member'"'"'s personal attributes in association with each other in the database when the received second message is communicated to the first terminal;

a data receiver configured to receive key words of a search criteria including the second member'"'"'s personal attributes from the first terminal;

a data retriever configured to retrieve a third member'"'"'s personal attributes stored in association with the received second member'"'"'s personal attributes from the database, the third member establishing a human relationship with the second member;

a data transmitter configured to communicate the retrieved third member'"'"'s personal attributes to the first terminal; and

a data associator configured to associate the first member'"'"'s personal attributes with the third member'"'"'s personal attributes stored in the database, when receiving a first message indicating that the first member wishes to establish a human relationship with the third member from the first terminal, communicating the received first message to a third member'"'"'s terminal, receiving a second message indicating that the third member agrees to establish a human relationship with the first member from the third terminal, and communicating the received second message to the first terminal.

3. An apparatus including a human relationships registering server connected to members'"'"' terminals via a communication network, having a database configured to store identification code of each member in association with identification code of other member who establishes a human relationship with the member the apparatus comprising:

a message communicator configured to receive a first message indicating that a first member wishes to establish a human relationship with a second member from a first member'"'"'s terminal, communicate the received first message to a second member'"'"'s terminal, receive a second message indicating that the second member agrees to establish a human relationship with the first member from the second terminal, and communicate the received second message to the first terminal;

a data storer configured to store a first member'"'"'s personal attributes and a second member'"'"'s personal attributes in association with each other in the database when the received second message is communicated to the first terminal;

a data retriever configured to receive key words of a search criteria including the second member'"'"'s identification code from the first terminal, retrieve a third member'"'"'s identification code stored in association with the second member'"'"'s identification code from the database, and communicate the retrieved third member'"'"'s identification code to the first terminal, the third member establishing a human relationship with the second member; and

a data associator configured to associate the first member'"'"'s identification code with the third member'"'"'s identification code stored in the database, when receiving a first message indicating that the first member wishes to establish a human relationship with the third member from the first terminal, communicating the received first message to a third member'"'"'s terminal, receiving a second message indicating that the third member agrees to establish a human relationship with the first member from the third terminal, and communicating the received second message to the first terminal.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the database stores member'"'"'s personal attributes in association with the member'"'"'s identification code, and the data retriever retrieves the third member'"'"'s personal attributes stored in association with the retrieved third member'"'"'s identification code from the database and communicates the retrieved third member'"'"'s personal attributes to the first terminal.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the member'"'"'s identification code is an e-mail address of the member.