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

• US 7,941,447 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2010
• Issued: 05/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• 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: Deguchi, Hikaru, Ninomiya, Kenichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo; Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US12/711,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20100153442A1
• Time in Patent Office: 440 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-831
• US Class Current: 707/791
• 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 server coupled to a communication network configured to establish and update relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the apparatus comprising:

a database configured to store degrees of relationship between the members and personal attribute information including identification information of the members;

a data receiver configured to receive a first member request via the communication network for the direct human relationships of a second member stored in the database;

a data retriever configured to retrieve from the database, in response to the first member request, personal attribute information of at least a third member directly related to the second member;

a data sender configured to communicate via the communication network to a first member the retrieved personal attribute information of at least the third member; and

a message communicator configured to communicate via the communication network to the third member a first message indicating that the first member wishes to establish a direct human relationship with the third member, and to communicate via the communication network a second message to the first member indicating that the third member has accepted the direct human relationship with the first member,

wherein the database is further configured to update the degrees of relationship between the members to indicate a direct human relationship between the first member and the third member once the message communicator communicates the second message.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the degrees of relationship stored in the database comprise relationship coefficients.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first member request further includes a relationship coefficient indicating a direct human relationship between the second member and at least the third member.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data receiver is further configured to receive identification information of the first member and the third member, and the data retriever is further configured to retrieve from the database, in response to the received identification information of the first member and the third member, personal attribute information of at least a fourth member directly related to both the first member and the third member, and the data sender is configured to communicate via the communication network the retrieved personal attribute information of at least the fourth member to the first member.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data receiver is further configured to receive identification information of the first member and the third member stored in the database, and the data retriever is further configured to retrieve from the database, in response to the received identification information of the first member and the third member, personal attribute information of at least a fifth member directly related to the third member but not to the first member, and the data sender is configured to communicate via the communication network personal attribute information of at least the fifth member to the first member.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the updating of the degrees of relationship between the members includes updating the degrees of relationship between the first member and the members related to the third member, and the degrees of relationship between the third member and the members related to the first member.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the members comprises at least any one of a member name, a member identification code, and a member email address.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first member request is included in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first message and the second message comprise protocol emails.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first message and the second message comprise any electronic communication of information.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first member and the second member have a direct human relationship.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first member and the second member do not have a direct human relationship.

13. An apparatus including a server coupled to a communication network configured to establish and update relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the apparatus comprising:

a database configured to store identification information and relationships data of the members reflecting degrees of relationship between the members;

a data receiver configured to receive, from a first member, identification information of a second member that has relationships data stored in the database reflecting a direct relationship with the first member;

a data retriever configured to retrieve from the database, in response to the received identification information of the second member, identification information of a third member that has relationships data reflecting a direct relationship with the second member;

a data sender configured to communicate via the communication network the retrieved identification information of the third member to the first member;

a message communicator configured to communicate via the communication network to the third member a first message indicating that the first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the third member, and to communicate via the communication network a second message to the first member indicating that the third member has accepted the direct relationship with the first member,

wherein the database is further configured to update the relationships data to reflect a direct relationship between the first member and the third member once the message communicator communicates the second message; and

the data retriever is further configured to retrieve from the database, in response to the update of the relationships data, identification information of at least a fourth member that has relationships data reflecting a direct relationship with both the first member and the third member; and

the data sender is further configured to communicate via the communication network the retrieved identification information of at least the fourth member to the first member.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the identification information stored in the database comprises at least any one of a member name, a member identification code, and a member email address.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the received identification information of the second member is included in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first message and the second message comprise protocol emails.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first message and the second message comprise any electronic communication of information.