JP2007265090A - Information processor and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable various transactions or the like without disclosing personal information to other party. <P>SOLUTION: A server 100 is prepared that comprises a memory 110 for storing personal information about user terminal 200 and code information corresponding to the personal information as one set, and a responding means for responding a request from the user terminal 300 on the condition that the code information is stored in the memory 110 when at least the code information is transmitted from a user terminal 300 different from the user terminal 200. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing system, and particularly relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing system with high confidentiality of personal information.

  In recent years, the personal information protection law has been enacted, and companies, governments, and the like are becoming more conscious of preventing unauthorized use and leakage of personal information. As a result, even if one individual discloses personal information to a company or the like, the company is taking measures to prevent the disclosed personal information from leaking.

  However, from the viewpoint of one individual, the following problems arise when personal information is disclosed. That is, for example, a person who wants to purchase a house may disclose personal information such as a contact address and a name such as an address and a telephone number in order to request a material to a house maker or developer. Similarly, a person who wants to purchase a house may disclose personal information in order to register as a member so that he can be notified of new properties at a house exhibition hall or the like. In such a case, a person who wants to purchase a house may disclose unnecessary information such as a sales phone or direct mail from a house maker even after purchasing the house by disclosing the contact information.

  There is also a problem when the personal information disclosure partner is an individual. That is, for example, when an individual is exhibiting in an Internet auction and another individual makes a successful bid for the product, the successful bidder may disclose personal information to the exhibitor for shipping the product. In this case, the merchandise seller is typically an individual, but it is unclear whether or not personal information is properly protected so as not to leak.

  In this way, there are situations where personal information must be disclosed to the other party in conducting various transactions, etc., but one individual may be damaged by disclosure of personal information I can't deny that.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to enable various transactions and the like without disclosing personal information to the other party.

In order to solve the above problems, an information processing apparatus of the present invention provides:
A memory that stores a set of personal information related to the first user terminal and code information corresponding to the personal information;
In response to a request from the second user terminal, provided that the code information is stored in the memory when at least the code information is transmitted from a second user terminal different from the first user terminal. Response means for responding.

  In addition, in order to prevent impersonation of the user of the second user terminal, a part of personal information corresponding to the code information may be transmitted from the second user terminal. At this time, a collation unit that collates each piece of information from the second user terminal and each piece of information stored in the memory, and only when the collation unit determines that the pieces of information match each other. It is advisable to make the above response.

  However, for example, if the user of the first user terminal registers only the P-code in the second user terminal managed and operated by the sweepstakes site operator, he / she can apply for the sweepstakes site. Assuming an example of use in a situation where an email is sent, since it is not necessary to send personal information to the second user terminal, whether or not a part of the personal information is sent depends on the use of the present invention. Just decide.

  The creating means for creating the code information may be provided in the information processing apparatus or may be provided in the first user terminal.

The response means includes
Transfer of electronic data transmitted from the second user terminal;
An instruction to convey a tangible object transmitted from the second user terminal;
Or
The determination of whether or not the attribute of the personal information stored in the memory satisfies a predetermined condition or the transfer of the attribute is executed.

  Specifically, it is conceivable to transfer electronic data transmitted from the second user terminal to the first user terminal or another user terminal different from the first and second user terminals. In this case, for example, assuming that the second user terminal is installed in the developer, the developer can send the property material to the customer, and for this purpose, the first user terminal sends personal information more than necessary. There is no need to inform the second user terminal.

  In addition, an instruction mail to a transportation company or the like so that the tangible object transmitted from the second user terminal is transported to the first user terminal or another user terminal different from the first and second user terminals. Etc. can be considered. In such a case, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

  It should be noted that at least a part of the personal information stored in the memory (for example, only the name, only the work phone number, only the information about membership, only the information about adults, etc.) It is also possible to transfer to a user terminal different from the two-user terminal. Thus, for example, if the second user terminal is installed in a rental video shop, the rental video return period has been delayed for a long time, so the user's address is sent to collect the video through a collection company. In other words, a deterrent that prevents a user who does not want to know an address or the like from being overdue will work.

  Determination of whether or not the attribute of the personal information stored in the memory satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, whether it is 18 years or older) or transfer of the attribute (for example, information indicating that it is 18 years or older) Transfer). In this case, for example, assuming that the second user terminal is installed at a driving school, a movie theater, etc., the person who visited the driving school to obtain a driver's license is asked for an There is an advantage that it is possible to check the identity of customers in a movie theater with restrictions.

  The personal information regarding the first user terminal may be acquired from the first user terminal or a database connected to the network.

  It is good to provide the transmission means which transmits the code information to the 2nd user terminal.

  The information processing system according to the present invention includes the information processing apparatus, the first user terminal, and the second user terminal connected to each other via a network.

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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same part.
(Embodiment 1)
1. Outline Description FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a server 100 and user terminals 200 and 300. These are connected to each other via a network (not shown) such as the Internet or a public telephone network.

  First, an example of the outline of the information communication system shown in FIG. 1 will be described. Here, a case where a person who wants to purchase a house uses the user terminal 200 and a person in charge of the house exhibition hall uses the user terminal 300 will be described as an example.

  A person who desires to purchase a home transmits personal information and private code (hereinafter referred to as “P code”) as code information to the server 100 through the user terminal 200. Note that the information to be transmitted may be encrypted as necessary. The P code may be a unique code or a PIN (Personal Identity Number) code consisting of about 4 to 8 digits.

  In this state, if a house purchase applicant wishes to register as a member at a house exhibition hall, for example, instead of the disclosure of personal information that has been made in the past, the P code and a part of personal information ( For example, name). When the person in charge of the house exhibition hall wants to notify the new property, the person in charge of the house exhibition requests the server 100 to transfer the notice with the P code and the name disclosed by the house purchase applicant.

  When the server 100 receives the transfer request from the user terminal 300, the server 100 calculates personal information corresponding to the P code added to the transfer request, and the name of the personal information and the name added to the transfer request. Perform the verification. If it is determined that the names match each other, the notification is transferred.

  As a result, the home purchase applicant can obtain the notification of the new property information without giving any contact information such as his / her address and telephone number to the housing exhibition side. After that, for example, when a house purchaser wishes to purchase a house, the P code may be deleted or changed. Or, in a situation where the P code cannot be changed, transfer stop request processing may be performed. Of course, this transfer cancellation request may be limited to the transfer from the house exhibition hall, or may include the cancellation of transfer from the other second user terminal.

  In this way, when the server 100 performs the name collation, the names should not match each other, so that the home buyer is not notified of the new property thereafter. In addition, when performing a transfer cancellation request process, the names match each other, but it is determined whether or not a transfer cancellation request is made at the time of the matching process, and a transfer cancellation request is made. Sometimes it is sufficient not to transfer.

  Moreover, if a house purchase applicant possesses a plurality of P codes, it is possible to use the P codes properly according to the transmission destination. Thus, for example, the first P code can be used for the housing exhibition hall A, and the second P code can be used for the housing exhibition hall B, or It is possible to use the second P code for the first P code and the developer, and further, for the housing relationship, the first P code and for other destinations. It is also possible to use the second P code.

2. Next, the configuration and operation of the information communication system shown in FIG. 1 will be described. Each means described below may be configured by hardware or software.

  The server 100 includes a memory 110 and a transfer unit 120 described below. The memory 110 stores a pair of personal information and P code transmitted from the user terminal 200. Personal information usually includes a name, address, telephone number, email address, and the like. This description does not prevent one individual from having a plurality of P codes. The memory 110 is only an example, and other storage media such as a database and a file can be used as long as the personal information and the P code are stored in a pair.

  The transfer unit 120 executes a transfer process under a predetermined condition when a transfer request such as a call, telegram, or e-mail is made from the user terminal 300. This condition is that the transfer means 120 transmits the house purchase applicant's P code and the house purchase applicant's name from the user terminal 300, and the P code, the name and the information stored in the memory 110. Based on the above, it is determined that the P code belongs to a home purchase applicant.

  It should be noted that the server 100 can be managed or used by a carrier or the like so that the transfer target can be mail or home delivery. As described above, the transfer unit 120 is merely an example, and it is only necessary to link the user terminal 200 and the user terminal 300 when it is determined that the P-code belongs to a home purchase applicant.

  In addition, the server 100 may have a web service function when the server 100 itself is connected to the Internet. When the web service function is not provided, it is preferable to connect to an external web server via the Internet.

  The user terminal 200 includes a P code creation unit 210, a P code transmission unit 220, a P code / personal information transmission unit 230, and a memory 250, which will be described below. The user terminals 200 and 300 may have a communication function, such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a PDA (Personal digital Assistant).

  The P code creation means 210 creates a P code. For the P code creation means 210, for example, a one-time password generator can be used. The generation timing of the P code may be when the person who wants to purchase a home desires to acquire the P code, or may be periodic, and is not limited to any timing.

  The memory 250 stores the P code created by the P code creation means 210 and personal information. The memory 250 is an example, and other storage media such as a database and a file can be used as long as they can store personal information and a P code.

  The P code transmission unit 220 transmits the P code stored in the memory 250 to the user terminal 300. Note that the P code transmission unit 220 itself is not an essential component of the user terminal 200. For example, the P code may be given verbally to a person who wants to buy a house, or to the person in charge at the house exhibition hall, or by filling in a member registration form prepared at the house exhibition hall, etc. It is also possible to use various communication means such as telephone and e-mail. In addition, the P code transmission means 220 can transmit a P code in accordance with an instruction from a house purchase applicant, or can transmit a P code in accordance with an instruction from a person in charge of a house exhibition hall.

  The P-code / personal information transmission unit 230 transmits the P-code and personal information stored in the memory 250 to the server 100. The P code / personal information transmission unit 230 is an essential component in the user terminal 200 in the present embodiment. The other means 210, 250, etc. can be mounted on an IC card, for example. In this case, the user terminal 200 needs to include a reading unit that reads information stored in the IC card.

  Note that the above-described configuration of the user terminal 200 is not necessarily provided in one terminal. For example, instead of the user terminal 200, an IC card including an IC reader / writer and a means for transmitting a P code, and a means corresponding to the memory 250 and / or the P code creation means 210 is prepared. In this case, the user terminal can read out the P code and personal information stored in the IC card with the IC reader / writer and transmit it to the server 100 with the P code transmitting means.

  The user terminal 300 includes a P-code receiving unit 310, a transfer request unit 320, and a memory 330, which will be described below.

  The P code receiving unit 310 receives the P code transmitted from the P code transmitting unit 230. As described above, since the P code transmission unit 230 is not essential, the P code reception unit 310 is not used with the user terminal 200 that does not include the P code transmission unit 230.

  The memory 330 stores the P code received by the P code receiving unit 310. The memory 330 is an example, and other storage media such as a database and a file can be used as long as the P code can be stored.

  The transfer request unit 320 transmits the P code stored in the memory 330 and makes a transfer request to the server 100.

3. 2. Description of Operation FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing the operation of the information communication system shown in FIG. First, an administrator or the like of the server 100 is provided with a “personal information input field”, “P code creation button”, “P code deletion request button”, “password setting field”, “password input field”, and the like. A page is created and stored in advance in a web server in the server 100. The administrator of the server 100 creates a web page provided with a “P code input field”, a “name input field”, and the like, and stores them in advance in the web server in the server 100 (step S1). ). These web pages are used on the user terminals 200 and 300.

  Here, the web page for the user terminal 200 may allow the user of the user terminal 200 to select the valid time / number of times of the P code, or may specify the transfer medium to be permitted (for example, “Please select the mail transfer / telephone transfer / mail that you can accept.” You can also select it for each P code.)

  When a person who wants to purchase a home desires to receive the service of the present embodiment, the user accesses the server 100 by operating the user terminal 200 (step S2), and downloads a web page for the user terminal 200. (Step S3).

  A person who wants to buy a home enters his / her personal information into the “personal information entry field” through an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, and then creates a P-code when the person who wants to buy a home presses the “Create” button. A P-code is created by the means 210 (step S4), and stored in the memory 250 together with the personal information previously input (step S5).

  In addition, the P code creation means 210 displays the created P code in a web page or selects a home purchaser's personal address to input the mobile phone's own e-mail address. A P code may be transmitted to the address.

  Thereafter, the home purchase applicant selectively sets a password that prompts the user to input the P-code deletion request for the purpose of preventing the request due to impersonation when the P-code deletion request is described later. For the same purpose, such a password may be used when transmitting a P-code or acquiring a web page. However, login may be requested instead of or together with the password.

  Subsequently, when the home purchase applicant presses the transmission button in the web page, the P-code / personal information transmission unit 230 reads out the personal information and the P-code stored in the memory 250 and sends the web mail to the server 100 or the like. (Step S6). The server 100 stores a pair of personal information and P-code transmitted from the user terminal 200 in the memory 110 (step S7).

  In this state, if a house purchase applicant wishes to register as a member at the house exhibition hall, the P code and, for example, a name are written on the member registration form. The person in charge of the housing exhibition hall inputs information described in the member registration form to the user terminal 300. In the user terminal 300, the input information is stored in the memory 330. As a result, the transfer processing and transfer request described above can be executed.

  Note that the user terminal 300 may be installed in the house exhibition hall, and a person who wants to purchase a house may directly input a P code, a name, and the like to the user terminal 300. In particular, when a P-code is transmitted to the mobile phone, the P-code transmission means 220 transmits the P-code directly to the user terminal 300 using infrared communication, Internet communication, etc., and receives the P-code. If the means 310 receives the P code (step S8), there is an advantage that there is no transmission error of the P code between the user terminals 200 and 300.

  Further, the administrator of the server 100 creates a web page in which the destinations of the own terminal 300 are registered in advance for a plurality of user terminals 300 that are P code transmission destinations, and stores them in the web server in the server 100. You can also keep it. In this way, since the mobile page that is the user terminal 200 can refer to the web page, it is possible to transmit the P code by designating the destination of the user terminal 300 that desires to transmit the P code. You can also.

  In this case, for example, it can be suitably used in a large-scale general housing exhibition hall. In other words, the person in charge of each company can make a promotional billboard and carry out promotional activities. Specifically, create a web page where the destinations of all participating companies in the large-scale general housing exhibition are registered, and advertise "Please specify our address on the P-code site." Just do it. In addition, it is not essential that the P code is directly transmitted from the user terminal 200 to the user terminal 300. The P code may be transmitted from the user terminal 200 to the server 100 and transmitted from the server 100 to the user terminal 300.

  Thereafter, when the person in charge at the housing exhibition hall wants to notify the member of a new property, the transfer request means 320 accesses the server 100 by operating the user terminal 300 (step S9). The user terminal 300 downloads a web page for the user terminal 300 (step S10).

  The person in charge of the house exhibition hall inputs the P code and the name acquired from the house purchase applicant through the input device such as a keyboard and a mouse in the “P code input field” and the “name input field”, respectively. As a result, the P code and the name are stored in the memory 330 by the transfer request unit 320 (step S11).

  After that, when the person in charge of the house exhibition hall presses the send button in the web page, the transfer request means 320 reads the P code and name stored in the memory 330 and sends them to the server 100 via web mail or the like. Thus, a transfer request is made (step S12).

  In addition, the person in charge of the house exhibition hall transmits a notice of a new property, which is an object to be transferred to the person who wants to purchase a house, in association with the P code and the name to the manager of the server 100 or the like. If the transfer request target is electronic data such as an electronic file, it may be transmitted from the user terminal 300 to the server 100 by e-mail or the like (step S13), or the transfer request target may be a paper medium such as a paper catalog. In that case, it may be sent to the server administrator by mail or the like. Alternatively, it may be transmitted to a carrier that uses the server 100.

  When the server 100 receives the transfer request from the transfer request unit 320, the server 100 first refers to the memory 110 based on the P code added to the transfer request. As a result, personal information corresponding to the P code is read. Then, the name in the read personal information is collated with the name transmitted from the user terminal 300 (step S14).

  Here, when the P code is a unique code, it is possible to determine whether or not transfer is possible only by collating the name in the personal information with the name transmitted from the user terminal 300. Furthermore, if the P code is reasonably complex (for example, 9 digits or more), it is possible to determine whether or not transfer is possible only by having the user terminal 300 transmit the P code.

  On the other hand, when the P code is not a unique code, the specific P code may be associated with a plurality of personal information. In other words, for example, when a 4-digit PIN code “0000” is used as the P code, a plurality of people may accidentally become the same P code. In such a case, although it is a rare case, there is a possibility that an individual with the same surname and the same name has registered the same P code. Therefore, it is not possible to determine whether or not transfer is possible only by collating the name in the personal information with the name transmitted from the user terminal 300.

  Therefore, in order to cope with this, when the P code is not a unique code, the user terminal 300 may acquire information other than the name (for example, a part of the address) in the personal information. In this way, when it is not possible to determine whether transfer is possible due to the above reasons, the server 100 further prompts the user terminal 300 to transmit information other than the name among the personal information, thereby determining whether transfer is possible. Can be judged.

  The server 100 determines whether the names match each other. In this case, since the names should be determined to match each other, the notification requested from the user terminal 300 is transferred (step S15). Specifically, when the transfer target is electronic data, the notification may be transferred to the mail address of the home purchase applicant. On the other hand, when the transfer target is a paper medium, the notice may be mailed to the address of the person who wants to purchase a house.

  After that, when a house purchase applicant actually purchases a house of another company's property, for example, when the transfer of the material related to the user terminal 300 becomes unnecessary, the server 100 is accessed by operating the user terminal 200. (Step S16), a web page for the user terminal 200 is downloaded (Step S17), and a P code deletion request is made to the server 100 (Step S18). When requesting deletion of a P code, the user is prompted to enter a password so that a malicious P code deletion request due to impersonation is not accepted.

  When a request for deleting a desired P code is made, the server 100 deletes the P code stored in the memory 110 (step S19). Thereafter, if the person in charge of the housing exhibition hall wants to notify the member of a new property, the user terminal 300 accesses the server 100 in the same manner as in steps S9, S10, S12, and S13 described above ( In step S20, a web page for the user terminal 300 is downloaded (step S21), a transfer request is made (step S22), and electronic data is transmitted (step S23).

  The server 100 performs collation similarly to step S14 (step S24). Here, since the P code from the user terminal 200 has already been deleted from the memory 110 in the server 100, the names should be determined not to match each other in the matching process. Returns to the user terminal 300 that the verification based on the transmitted P-code has failed (step S25). Of course, a reply indicating failure may be omitted.

  As described above, creating the P code at the user terminal 200 is typically an effective technique when the user terminal 200 does not have an online connection environment with respect to the server 100. This method is also effective when the time difference between the registration of personal information and the creation of the P code is large. As an example of this, a P code is created with a mobile phone where the user wishing to purchase a home is the user terminal 200, the P code is disclosed to a housing exhibition hall, and then the server 100 is sent from the mobile phone or the like. Personal information and P-code can also be sent to.

(Modification)
For the convenience of the user, the P code may be transmitted from the user terminal 200 to the user terminal 300 via radio. For example, the user terminal 200 is a mobile phone, the user of the user terminal 200 is a customer who visits a department store, the user terminal 300 is a PC installed in each tenant shop in the department store, and the user of the user terminal 300 is a store manager. Then, specifically, for example, an RFID tag that transmits a P code to the user terminal 200 is provided, and an RFID reader that is connected to the user terminal 300 and reads the P code transmitted from the RFID tag is provided at the entrance of the shop. By providing it, the above transmission becomes possible.

  However, it is assumed that the user of the user terminal 200 agrees that the P code is transmitted prior to using the system. In addition, when the user terminal 300 receives a P code, a transmission unit that transmits a P code reception notification to the server 100 is provided, and the user terminal 200 is provided in the server 100 based on the P code reception notification. A changing means is provided for changing the web page for use to a page on which information indicating the user terminal 300 that is the transmission source of the notification is described.

  In this state, when a customer who is a user of the user terminal 200 stops at a shop in which he / she is interested, a P code is transmitted from the user terminal 200 to the user terminal 300. For this reason, when the user of the user terminal 200 stops at a plurality of shops, a P code is transmitted to the user terminal 300 of each shop. As a result, the server 100 receives the P code reception notification from each user terminal 300.

  After that, when the user of the user terminal 200 wants to obtain bargain information from some of the shops visited, he / she does not want to obtain the information from other shops. By operating, the server 100 is accessed and a web page in which information indicating the user terminal 300 is described is downloaded.

  Then, the user of the user terminal 200 transmits, to the server 100, an instruction that does not permit execution of the above-described transfer request or the like for a shop that does not want to acquire bargain information or the like. The server 100 performs a filtering process or the like on the shop for which the instruction is given, so that the transfer request described above is not executed.

  Of course, when the execution of the transfer request described above is permitted, the shop to be authorized is linked to the memory 110 and responds when a transfer request is made from the shop, while from other shops. It is also possible not to respond to the transfer request.

  Needless to say, the attachment positions of the RFID tag and the RFID reader may be reversed. In this case, the P code transmission means 220 of the user terminal 200 is activated with the trigger that the RFID reader in the user terminal 200 has received a signal from the RFID tag. Then, the P code transmission means 220 transmits the P code directly to the user terminal 300 using infrared communication or the like. Subsequent operations are the same as those after step S8.

(Embodiment 2)
1. Description of Configuration FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the following points. That is, the server 100 includes a P-code creating unit 130, and the user terminal 200 includes a personal information transmitting unit 260 and a P-code receiving unit 240 instead of the P-code / personal information transmitting unit 230.

2. Explanation of Operation First, the administrator of the server 100 creates a web page provided with “personal information input field”, “P-code deletion request button”, “password setting field”, “password input field”, and the like. In advance, it is stored in a web server in the server 100. This web page is used on the user terminal 200. The web page for the user terminal 300 is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  When a person who wants to purchase a home desires to receive the service of the present embodiment, the user accesses the server 100 by operating the user terminal 200 (step S2), and downloads a web page for the user terminal 200. (Step S3).

  When the home purchase applicant inputs his / her personal information in the “personal information input field” through an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, the personal information is stored in the memory 250 (step S5). The password setting is the same as in the first embodiment.

  Subsequently, when the home purchase applicant presses the send button in the web page, the personal information sending means 260 reads the personal information stored in the memory 250 and sends it to the server 100 through web mail or the like (step S6). ). For example, the server 100 creates a P code by the P code creating means 130 triggered by receiving personal information transmitted from the user terminal 200 (step S4).

  Note that the P code creating unit 130 may create a plurality of P codes in advance and select one of these P codes triggered by reception of personal information, for example. Then, the personal information and the P code transmitted from the user terminal 200 are stored in a pair in the memory 110 (step S7). Further, the P code creating unit 130 transmits the created P code to the user terminal 200. The subsequent operation is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  When the P code is created on the server 100 side as in the present embodiment, for example, the P code can be acquired using only the browser of the mobile phone. In addition, since there is only one P code creation source, it is possible to create a unique P code, and there is an advantage that erroneous transfer processing is unlikely to occur.

(Embodiment 3)
1. Explanation of Configuration FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information communication system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment differs from the second embodiment in the following points. That is, the personal information transmission unit 260 is excluded from the user terminal 200, and the server 100 can acquire the personal information from the existing database (DB) 400 in which the personal information is stored.

2. Explanation of Operation First, as in the first and second embodiments, web pages for the user terminals 200 and 300 are stored in the web server of the server 100. In this state, when the server 100 acquires personal information from the database 400, the P code is generated by the P code generation means 130 using the trigger as a trigger (step S4), and the personal information and P code from the database 400 are stored in the memory 250. A pair is stored (step S7).

  Subsequently, the P code creation unit 130 notifies the user terminal 200 that the P code has been created. In this notification, for example, a description of the contents of the P code, an inquiry about whether or not the P code is necessary, and the like can be described. Therefore, when the user of the user terminal 200 wants to use the P code as a result of referring to the description of the contents of the P code, the user terminal 200 responds that the P code is necessary and does not want to use the P code. In this case, a reply that the P code is unnecessary may be made. However, even if the user does not respond to this notification, the P code is not used as a result, and this is not inconvenient for the user.

  The server 100 discards the P code when a reply that the P code is unnecessary is made. On the other hand, when a response indicating that the P code is required is made, the users of the user terminals 200 and 300 can receive various services using the P code, as described in the first and second embodiments.

It is a block diagram which shows the typical structure of the information communication system of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the information communication system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the information communication system shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the typical structure of the information communication system of Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the typical structure of the information communication system of Embodiment 3 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

Server 100, memory 110, transfer means 120, P code creation means 210, P code transmission means 220, P code / personal information transmission means 230, memory 250, P code reception means 310, transfer request means 320, memory 330

Claims (6)

A memory that stores a set of personal information related to the first user terminal and code information corresponding to the personal information;
In response to a request from the second user terminal on the condition that the code information is stored in the memory when at least the code information is transmitted from a second user terminal different from the first user terminal. An information processing apparatus comprising response means for responding.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a creation unit that creates the code information. The response means includes
Transfer of electronic data transmitted from the second user terminal;
An instruction to convey a tangible object transmitted from the second user terminal;
Or
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein determination of whether or not an attribute of the personal information stored in the memory satisfies a predetermined condition or transfer of the attribute is executed.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the personal information related to the first user terminal is acquired from a database connected to a network or the first user terminal.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit the code information to the second user terminal.   An information processing system comprising the information processing apparatus according to claim 1, the first user terminal, and the second user terminal connected to each other via a network.

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