JP2000354059A - Information data transmitting-receiving system and information data transfer equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information data transmitting-receiving system and information data transfer equipment, which can protect the privacy of transmitters and receivers and can easily perform the transmission and reception of personal information. SOLUTION: An information data transmitting-receiving system converts at least part of information data transmitted from transmission-side terminal equipment 11 into converted data by a predetermined method through means of information data transfer equipment 20 and transmits the converted data to reception-side terminal equipment 12. Since the transmission-side characteristic address which is the mail address or the IP(Internet protocol) address contained in the information data will not be recognized easily by the receiver, the receiver cannot specify the transmitter easily.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information data transmission / reception system for information data transmitted / received using a communication line such as a mobile telephone line, a general telephone line, an ISDN line, and an information data transfer device used in the information data transmission / reception system. More particularly, the present invention relates to an information data transmission / reception system capable of preventing leakage of personal information of a sender and a recipient in transmission / reception of an e-mail, and an information data transfer device used in the information data transmission / reception system.

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2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of communication devices such as portable telephones and information processing devices such as personal computers (PCs) and the development of information communication technology, information has been frequently transmitted and received using, for example, electronic mail. ing.
Generally, a sender who is a sender of information specifies a receiver which is a receiver of information, transmits information such as a message, and the receiver receives the information. For example, when using the so-called Internet, the sender inputs a so-called mail address, which is the Internet protocol address (IP address) of the receiver, to a terminal device such as a PC, and transmits the server device such as a provider via a communication line. And transmits the information to the terminal device of the receiver. When using a mobile phone, the sender enters the receiver's telephone number into the mobile phone and sends the information to the receiver's terminal device via the communication service company's server device via the communication line. I do.

[0003]

When transmitting information data, the sender must know the e-mail address or telephone number of the recipient, and the relationship between the sender and the recipient is determined by the e-mail address or telephone number. If the relationship can be directly taught from the recipient, the character and personality of the sender and receiver can be roughly understood, so it is not necessary to consider the trouble that may occur with the transmission and reception of information data,
If the character, personality, etc. of the transmitting / receiving partner are unknown, it is necessary to consider the above-mentioned trouble.

When it is desired to establish a friendship with another person by transmitting / receiving electronic mail using the Internet or transmitting / receiving electronic mail using a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone, the transmission / reception of the electronic mail is accompanied. hand,
Since the e-mail address or telephone number is recognized by the recipient, it is necessary to consider the above-mentioned trouble.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information data transmission / reception system and an information data transfer device capable of easily transmitting and receiving personal information without the sender's mail address itself being recognized by the recipient.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information data transmitting and receiving system in which information data transmitted from a transmitting terminal is transmitted to a receiving terminal via an information data transmitting device. Converts at least a part of the information data transmitted from the transmitting side terminal device by a predetermined method, and transfers the transfer data including the converted data and the unconverted data of the information data to the receiving side. An information data transmission / reception system for transmitting data to a terminal device.

According to the present invention, the information data transmitted from the transmitting terminal device is transmitted to the receiving terminal device via the information data transfer device, and at least one of the information data transmitted from the transmitting terminal device is transmitted. The data of the section is converted by the information data transfer device into conversion data by a predetermined method, and the transfer data including the conversion data and the unconverted data of the information data is transferred to the receiving terminal device. The receiver cannot directly identify the sender's unique address unique to the sender's terminal, making it difficult to identify the sender, and protecting the privacy of the sender who transmits information data using the sender's terminal. Can be.

The present invention also relates to an information data transmitting / receiving system in which information data transmitted from a transmitting terminal device is transmitted to a receiving terminal device via an information data transferring device. An information data transmission / reception system characterized in that at least a part of information data transmitted from an apparatus is compared with inquiry data, and a predetermined process is performed based on a result of the comparison.

According to the present invention, at least a part of the information data transmitted from the transmitting terminal device is queried and compared with the inquiry data by the information data transfer device, and based on the comparison result, the information data is transmitted. Since the transfer device performs a predetermined process, for example, information data transmitted from a sender who does not satisfy the usage conditions is not transmitted to the receiver. Therefore, the receiver does not unilaterally transmit unnecessary information data, and does not feel troublesome.

Further, the present invention provides an information data transmitting and receiving system in which information data transmitted from a transmitting terminal device is transmitted to a receiving terminal device via an information data transfer device. A sender's unique address unique to the terminal device, a receiver's public address corresponding to the receiver's unique address unique to the receiver terminal device,
The information data transfer device determines whether the transmission-side unique address is included in the inquiry data referenced by the information data transfer device, and determines whether the transmission-side unique address is the inquiry data. In the case where it is included, it is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies a predetermined condition, and the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies the predetermined condition. If the public address of the receiving party is included in the inquiry data, it is determined whether the public address of the receiving party is included in the inquiry data. Judge whether the registered information corresponding to the public address of the receiving side satisfies the predetermined condition, and determine whether the address specific to the transmitting side is satisfied. Converting the sender's public address corresponding to the sender's unique address, further converting the receiver's public address to the receiver's unique address, and transferring the transfer data including at least the sender's public address, the receiver's unique address, and the message to the receiver An information data transmission / reception system that transmits to a terminal device and returns a notification to the transmitting terminal device that the message has been transferred to the receiving terminal device.

According to the present invention, the information data transmitted from the sender includes at least the transmission-side unique address unique to the transmission-side terminal device and the reception-side public address corresponding to the reception-side unique address unique to the reception-side terminal device. And a message including at least characters, wherein the information data transfer device determines whether or not the transmission-side unique address is included in the inquiry data referenced by the information data transfer device, and determines whether the transmission-side unique address is If it is included in the data, it is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies a predetermined condition, and the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies the predetermined condition. If it is determined whether the public address of the receiver is included in the inquiry data, and if the public address of the receiver is included in the data for inquiry, It is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the public address on the receiving side satisfies a predetermined condition, and if the registration information corresponding to the public address on the receiving side satisfies the predetermined condition, the transmitting side The unique address is converted to a sender public address corresponding to the sender unique address, and further, the recipient public address is converted to a recipient unique address, and transfer data including at least the sender public address, the recipient unique address, and the message. Is transmitted to the receiving terminal device, and a notification notifying that the message has been transferred to the receiving terminal device is returned to the transmitting terminal device. Therefore, when transmitting the information data, at least the transmitting terminal device A unique sender-specific address,
What is necessary is just to transmit the receiver's public address corresponding to the receiver's unique address unique to the receiver's terminal device, and a message including at least characters. When transmitting the information data, it is not necessary to input a so-called password, and the information data can be transmitted easily. Further, since the transmission-side unique data is converted into the transmission-side public address and transmitted to the reception-side terminal device, the transmission-side unique address is not recognized by the receiver. Therefore, since the sender cannot be easily specified, the privacy of the sender can be protected. At the time of transmitting the information data of the sender, the receiver does not know the receiver's unique address, so the privacy of the receiver is also protected.

Still further, the present invention includes at least a transmission-side unique address unique to the transmission-side terminal device, a reception-side public address corresponding to the reception-side unique address specific to the reception-side terminal device, and a message including at least characters. Information data transmitted from the transmitting terminal device, at least a part of the information data is converted into converted data by a predetermined method, and the transfer data including the converted data is converted to the receiving terminal device. It is determined whether or not the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data referenced by the information data transfer device, and if the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data, Determines whether the registration information corresponding to the sender's unique address satisfies a predetermined condition and responds to the sender's unique address. If the registration information that satisfies the predetermined condition, it is determined whether the public address of the receiving side is included in the inquiry data, and if the public address of the receiving side is included in the data for inquiry, It is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the receiver's public address satisfies a predetermined condition, and if the registration information corresponding to the receiver's public address satisfies the predetermined condition, the transmitting side Convert the unique address to a public address corresponding to the sender's unique address, further convert the receiver's public address to the receiver's unique address, and receive transfer data including at least the sender's public address, the receiver's unique address, and the message. Transmitting a message to the transmitting terminal and notifying the transmitting terminal that the message has been transferred to the receiving terminal. It is a data transfer device.

According to the present invention, the information data transfer device comprises:
At least, a sender-side unique address unique to the sender-side terminal, a receiver-side published address corresponding to the receiver-side unique address unique to the receiver-side terminal, and at least a part of information data including a message including at least characters. The data is converted into conversion data by a predetermined method, and transfer data including the conversion data is transmitted to the receiving terminal device. The information data transfer device also determines whether or not the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data referenced by the information data transfer device. If the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data, the information data transfer device determines the sender's unique address. It is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the address satisfies a predetermined condition, and if the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies the predetermined condition, the reception-side public address is Determine whether it is included in the inquiry data,
If the receiving side public address is included in the inquiry data, it is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the receiving side public address satisfies a predetermined condition, and the registration information corresponding to the receiving side public address is If the predetermined condition is satisfied, the sender's unique address is converted into a public address corresponding to the sender's unique address, and the receiver's public address is converted into a receiver's unique address. And transmitting the transfer data including the receiving side unique address and the message to the receiving side terminal, and returning a notification to the transmitting side terminal that the message has been transferred to the receiving side terminal. Therefore, only when the sender satisfies the use condition, the information data is reliably transferred to the receiver, and the sender can surely know whether the information data has been transferred to the receiver.

Still further, according to the present invention, when the sender's unique address is not included in the inquiry data, and when the registration information corresponding to the sender's unique address does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the receiver's public address is referred to. When the information is not included in the transmission data, and when the registration information corresponding to the receiving side public address does not satisfy the predetermined condition, a notification of the predetermined content is returned to the transmitting side terminal device. And

According to the present invention, the information data transfer device comprises:
If the sender-specific address is not included in the inquiry data,
When the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address does not satisfy the predetermined condition, when the reception-side public address is not included in the inquiry data, and when the registration information corresponding to the reception-side public address is predetermined. If the condition is not satisfied, a notification of predetermined contents is returned to the transmitting terminal device. Therefore, after transmitting the information data, the sender can know how the information data was processed. According to the result, if necessary, further information data can be transmitted.

Further, the present invention relates to an information data transmitting / receiving system which is performed between members who have registered personal information of a predetermined type via a communication line, wherein at least The information data including the sender's unique address unique to the sender's terminal, the receiver's public address corresponding to the receiver's unique address unique to the receiver's terminal, and a message containing at least characters is transmitted through the information data transfer device. In the information data transmitting and receiving system transmitted to the receiving terminal device, the sender as a member selects a receiver as a member based on a personal information sheet on which at least a part of the personal information is displayed, and Information data including the recipient's public address, which is the recipient's public address displayed on the sheet, and a message containing at least characters Is transmitted from the transmitting terminal to the information data transfer device, and the information data transfer device determines whether or not the transmission-side unique address is included in the inquiry data referenced by the information data transfer device. If it is included in the inquiry data, it is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the sender's unique address satisfies a predetermined condition, and the registration information corresponding to the sender's unique address is determined by the predetermined condition. Is satisfied, it is determined whether or not the public address of the receiver is included in the inquiry data. If the public address of the receiver is included in the data for inquiry, the registration information corresponding to the public address of the receiver is determined. Determines whether or not the registration information corresponding to the public address of the receiving side satisfies the predetermined condition. To the public address corresponding to the sender's unique address, further convert the recipient's public address to the recipient's unique address, and transfer the transfer data including at least the sender's public address, the recipient's unique address, and the message to the recipient. An information data transmission / reception system that transmits to a terminal device, and returns a reply notification to the transmitting terminal device that the message has been transferred to the receiving terminal device.

According to the present invention, the information data is transmitted between the members who have registered the predetermined personal information via the communication line and transmitted from the transmitting terminal device.
The information data including the sender's unique address unique to the sender's terminal, the receiver's public address corresponding to the receiver's unique address unique to the receiver's terminal, and a message containing at least characters is transmitted through the information data transfer device. To the receiving terminal device. Further, the sender who is a member selects the recipient who is a member based on the personal information sheet on which at least a part of the personal information is displayed, and receives the public address of the recipient displayed on the personal information sheet. The information data including the side publication address and a message including at least characters are transmitted from the transmitting terminal device to the information data transfer device. The information data transfer device determines whether the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data referenced by the information data transfer device. If the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data, the information sender's unique address is used. It is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the address satisfies a predetermined condition, and if the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies the predetermined condition, the public address of the reception side is queried. Judge whether or not the registration information corresponding to the reception side public address satisfies a predetermined condition when the reception side public address is included in the inquiry data. If the registration information corresponding to the public address of the receiving side satisfies a predetermined condition, the unique address of the transmitting side is changed to the public address of the transmitting side corresponding to the unique address of the transmitting side. Converted into further converts the recipient public address to the receiving unique address, and transmits the transfer data including said at least sender public address and the receiver unique address message to the receiving terminal apparatus,
In addition, a reply notification is transmitted to the transmitting terminal device indicating that the message has been transferred to the receiving terminal device. Therefore, the sender's unique address and the recipient's unique address are not easily known to the sender and the recipient and other members, and the privacy of the sender and the recipient is protected.

Still further, according to the present invention, the information data transfer device may be arranged such that, when the sender's unique address is not included in the inquiry data, when the registration information corresponding to the sender's unique address does not satisfy a predetermined condition, If the receiving party's public address is not included in the inquiry data, and if the registration information corresponding to the receiving party's public address does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the transmitting terminal is notified of the predetermined content. Is returned.

According to the present invention, the information data transfer device comprises:
If the sender-specific address is not included in the inquiry data,
When the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address does not satisfy the predetermined condition, when the reception-side public address is not included in the inquiry data, and when the registration information corresponding to the reception-side public address is predetermined. If the condition is not satisfied, a notification of the predetermined content is returned to the transmitting terminal device, so that the sender and the receiver can know the result of the transmission of the information data, and respond to the transmission result. Therefore, various measures can be taken. For example, if the information message was not forwarded to the recipient, more information data can be sent if necessary.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the predetermined condition determined by the information data transfer device includes at least a use expiration date and a usable number of times.

According to the present invention, the predetermined conditions determined by the information data transfer device include at least the use expiration date and the number of usable times. It can be limited by the number of possible times. If the use conditions are not satisfied, the information data transmission / reception system of the present case cannot be used.

[0022]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing an information data transmitting / receiving system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The information data transmission / reception system 10 is provided, for example, between members who have registered a predetermined type of personal information.
The information data 40 such as a message is transmitted / received via a communication line such as a mobile phone line, a general telephone line, and an ISDN line, and is used when a friendship between members is established. Specifically, it is suitably used for a marriage partner / dating partner introduction service operated for the purpose of introducing a marriage partner / dating partner.

The information data transmission / reception system 10 generally includes a transmission-side terminal device 11 for transmitting information data 40.
And information data 40 transmitted from the transmitting terminal device 11
Is transferred to the receiving terminal device 12 as transfer data 41, and the receiving terminal device 12 that receives the transfer data 41. In this specification, the sender is a person who transmits the information data 40 using the transmission side terminal device 11, and the receiver is a person who receives the information data 40 using the reception side terminal device 12.

The transmitting terminal device 11 and the receiving terminal device 12 are portable telephones, general telephones, so-called personal computers (PCs), and have at least a communication function capable of transmitting and receiving information data 40 and characters and the like. And a character input function for creating a message or the like. When the transmitting terminal device 11 receives the information data 40, the receiving terminal device 1 is used as the receiving terminal device.
2 transmits information data 40, and each functions as a transmitting terminal device.

The information data transfer device 20 transmits the information data 40 transmitted from the transmitting terminal device 11 as described later.
Query data and query,
Perform a predetermined process based on the comparison result, and convert at least a part of data of the information data 40 transmitted from the transmission-side terminal device 11 into conversion data by a predetermined method, The transfer data 41 including the converted data and the unconverted data of the information data 40 is transmitted to the receiving-side terminal device 12.

The information data transfer device 20 includes an input device 21 which is also an interface for receiving the information data 40 transmitted from the transmission side terminal device 11, and a transmission side terminal device 1.
1, a primary storage device 22 for temporarily storing the information data 40 transmitted from the main storage device 23, a main storage device 23 for storing inquiry data as a predetermined type of personal information, and at least one of the information data 40. The central processing unit 24 inquires and compares the data of the part with the inquiry data, and converts at least a part of the information data 40 into conversion data.
And a secondary storage device 25 for temporarily storing the transfer data 41, and an output device 26 which is also an interface for transmitting the transfer data 41 to the receiving terminal device 12. The information data transfer device 20 is also a so-called server device having a communication function of transmitting and receiving the information data 40 and the transfer data 41.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of a method of converting information data 40 into transfer data 41 by information data transfer apparatus 20.

The information data 40 transmitted from the transmitting terminal device 11 includes at least a transmitting side unique address unique to the transmitting side terminal device 11 and a receiving side publication address corresponding to the receiving side specific address unique to the receiving side terminal device 12. An address and a message containing at least characters are included.

When the mobile phone is used as the transmission terminal device 11 or the reception terminal device 12, the transmission-side unique address and the reception-side unique address are given by a communication service company that provides a mobile phone communication service to be used. A so-called mail address corresponding to an IP address, which is generally related to a telephone number of a mobile phone and a domain name of a communication service company. 12
When used as an IP address, it is an IP address. The receiving side announcement address is assigned in correspondence with the receiving side unique address, and is included in the above-mentioned inquiry data.

For example, when a mobile phone is used as the transmission-side terminal device 11, the sender uses a character input function of the mobile phone to input a message including at least characters (for example, "Please mail") and to send the message as a destination. Recipient public address (for example, “012345 @ nozz”
e. com ”) and transmits it to the information data transfer device 20. In this case, the transmission-side unique address unique to the transmission-side terminal device 11 (for example, “09098765432 @ a
bc. ne. jp ”) is automatically transmitted to the information data transfer device 2
0 is sent with the message and the recipient's public address. The information data 40 is transmitted to the information data transfer device 20 via the server device of the communication service company contracted by the sender.

The information data 40 is stored in the information data transfer device 2
0, the data is transferred to the receiving-side terminal device 12 as the transfer data 41 by a predetermined method as described later. The transmission side unique address included in the information data 40 (for example, “09098765432@abc.n”)
e. jp ”) is converted by the information data transfer device 20 into a sender's public address (for example,“ 05432@nozze.com ”) corresponding to the sender's unique address, and the receiver's public address (for example,“ 012345 @ ”).
nozze. com ”) is transmitted by the information data transfer device 20 to the receiving side unique address“ 090234456789@xyz.ne.jp ”corresponding to the receiving side public address.
Is converted to The message is transferred as it is without conversion. The transfer data 41 including the unconverted message, the sender's public address and the receiver's unique address is transmitted to the receiver's terminal device 12, and the receiver can receive the message from the sender.

The sender does not need to know the unique address of the receiver if he knows the public address of the receiver, and the receiver cannot easily know the unique address of the sender. Can be

As described above, when the mobile phone is used as the receiving terminal device 12, the receiving side unique address is a so-called mail address corresponding to the IP address given by the communication service company that provides the mobile phone communication service to be used. It is generally related to the telephone number of the mobile phone and the domain name of the communication service company. When a PC is used as the transmitting terminal device 11 or the receiving terminal device 12, the IP Since the address is an address, the transfer data 41 is transferred using the unique address on the receiving side as a mail address or an IP address.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the inquiry data stored in the main storage device 24, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of the basic information file 27 stored in the main storage device, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of a registration information file 28 stored in the main storage device, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of a personal information file 29 stored in the main storage device.

The main storage device 24 is composed of a plurality of data files, and corresponds to the basic information file 27 in which the member number, unique address, and public address of the member are stored, and the member's unique address, member number, and the like. It includes a registration information file 28 in which the associated expiration date and available number of times are stored, and a personal information file 29 in which the personal information of the member associated with the member's unique address, member number, etc. is stored. . Basic information file 27,
Various data stored in the registration information file 28 and the personal information file 29 are the inquiry data.

The basic information file 27 includes a member number assigned to each member at the time of member registration, a unique mail address or IP address of the member, which is a sender's unique address or a receiver's unique address, A transmission-side publication address or a publication address serving as a reception-side publication address assigned in correspondence with the unique address is stored.

The registration information file 28 stores a validity period as a use condition and a usable number of times.
For example, the expiration date is determined at the time of member registration such that the number of usable times is one year from the date of member registration and the number of usable times is 100 times, and may be set by paying a usage fee according to the content. . The number of usable times is, as described later, the information data transmitting / receiving system 10 of the present embodiment.
Each time is used, it is updated once and stored. If the use expiration date has passed or if the number of usable times is 0, the information data transmission / reception system 1 of the present embodiment
0 is not available.

The personal information file 29 stores personal information registered at the time of member registration. The personal information is stored in the member information for using the information data transmitting / receiving system 10 of the present embodiment as described above. It is registered at the time of registration, for example, member's name, current address, date of birth,
Permanent domicile, main place of birth, relationship, occupation, work location, annual income, final education, height, weight, blood type, body type, religion, marriage, number of children, favorite clothes, sight, smoking, drinking, current Includes information about your home type, qualifications, feats, hobbies, motto and other personal information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the function of the information data transfer apparatus 20. The function of the information data transfer apparatus 20 will be described in further detail with reference to FIG.

The information data 40 including the public address of the receiving side, the message, and the unique address of the transmitting side are transmitted from the transmitting side terminal apparatus 11 to the information data transferring apparatus 20. The information data 40 is transmitted to the central processing unit 24 via the primary storage device 2 in step S2.
2 is stored.

In step S3, the transmission-side unique address of the information data 40 is read, and in step S4, it is determined whether or not the transmission-side unique address is stored in the basic information file 27. If the sender-specific address is not stored in the basic information file 27, the process proceeds to step S
In 5, for example, a use-disapproval notice with the content “cannot be used because it has not been registered” is returned to the transmission-side terminal device 11.

If the transmission-side unique address is stored in the basic information file 27 in step S3, it is determined in step S6 whether or not the validity period has expired.
This determination can be made by comparing the reception date of the information data 40 with the usage expiration date stored in the registration information file 28 to determine whether the reception date has passed the usage expiration date.

If the reception date of the information data 40 has passed the expiration date in step S 6, in step S 7, a use-disapproval notice indicating, for example, “the usage date has passed, and cannot be used.” A reply is sent to the transmitting terminal device 11. For example, when the use expiration date is May 31, 1999 and the reception date is June 1, 1999, the information data transfer device 20 returns a use-disapproval notice to the transmission-side terminal device 11.

If it is within the validity period in step S6, the usable number of times is compared with the minimum usable number of 1 in step S8. If the usable number is less than 1, for example, "usable" You can't use it because you're running out of times. "
Is returned to the transmission-side terminal device 11. For example, when the number of usable times is 0, the information data transfer device 20 returns a use-disapproval notice to the transmitting-side terminal device 11.

If the available number of times is 1 or more, step S
At 10, the receiving side public address is read from the information data 40, and at step S11, it is determined whether or not the receiving side public address is stored in the basic information file 27. If the public address of the receiving side is not stored in the basic information file 27, in step S12, an unavailability notification of, for example, "Not registered and cannot be used" is returned to the transmitting side terminal device 11. I do.

If the receiving side public address is stored in the basic information file 27 in step S11, the reception date of the information data 40 and the expiration date of the recipient stored in the registration information file 28 are stored in step S13. To determine whether the recipient is available. In step S13, if the reception date of the information data 40 has passed the expiration date of the recipient, step S13
In step 14, for example, a message indicating that the message cannot be transferred due to the destination member's convenience is returned to the transmitting side terminal device 11, and in step S15, for example, The message cannot be transferred because the expiration date has expired. "Is transmitted to the receiving terminal device 12. The recipient who has received the inquiry notification knows that the message has been sent to himself and, if he further wishes to use the information data transmission / reception system 10, may update the expiration date.

If the reception date of the information data 40 is within the validity period of the recipient in step S13, the gender of the sender and the gender of the recipient stored in the personal information file 29 are compared in step S16. If the genders are the same, in step S17, a use-disapproval notice is returned to the transmitting-side terminal device 11, for example, stating that "it is not registered and cannot be used."
In the present embodiment, between male and female members,
Since the information data transmission / reception system 10 is used for the purpose of building a friendly relationship on the premise of marriage, step S16
, Use restrictions are added based on the gender of the sender and the receiver. However, the use restrictions are determined by the purpose of using the information data transmission / reception system 10, and the present invention is particularly limited to the use restrictions. It is not something to be done.

If the sender and receiver have different genders in step S16, the sender public address corresponding to the sender unique address is stored in the secondary storage device 25 in step S18, and the sender public address corresponding to the receiver public address is stored in step S19. The message stored in the primary storage device 22 is stored in the secondary storage device 25 in step S20.
Store in 5. That is, in steps S18 and S19, of the data included in the information data 40, the sender's unique address is replaced with the sender's published address, and the receiver's published address is replaced with the receiver's unique address. As a result, the data is converted. .

In step S21, the secondary storage device 25
The transfer data 41 including the sender's public address, the receiver's unique address, and the message stored in the terminal device 12 is transmitted to the receiver's terminal device 12.

The public address of the receiving side is assigned in correspondence with the unique address of the receiving side in the information data transmission / reception system 10, so that the public address of the receiving side is changed to a mail address or I without using the information data transfer device 20.
Even if the information data 40 is transmitted as the P address, the information data 40 does not reach the transmission destination on the Internet, and the information data 40 is not transmitted. In the case of using a server device of a communication service company, all of the public addresses on the receiving side are transmitted to the information data transfer device 20.
All the information data is transmitted and received via the information data transfer device 20.

In step S 22, the available number of times is updated and stored in the registration information file 28 with the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the number of available times of the sender as the available number of times.

In step S23, the receiving terminal device 1
A transmission completion notification, which is a notification notifying that the information data 40 has been transferred as the transfer data 41 to the transmission terminal device 11, is returned to the transmission-side terminal device 11. As the transmission completion notification, for example, "The message has been transferred. The expiration date is May 3, 1999.
Up to one day. Available 88 times left. Thank you for using. ].

The recipient who has received the transfer data 41 recognizes the message and, since the transfer data 41 includes the sender's public address, sends the reply e-mail to the sender based on the sender's public address. Can be transmitted via the information data transfer device 20.

Although the transfer data 41 includes the sender's public address, the mail address or the IP address
Since the address does not include the sender's unique address, it is difficult for the receiver to identify the sender, which is effective for protecting the privacy of the sender. It is possible to prevent troubles caused by anonymity associated with transmission and reception of e-mail, and prevent troubles caused by so-called stalking. Especially if you are a female member, your e-mail address or I
E-mail transmission / reception using the information data transmission / reception system 10 according to the present embodiment, in which there is a concern that the P-address is known, and the e-mail address or the IP address which is also the contact of the user himself / herself is not likely to be easily known to others. Is higher when compared to other systems.

FIG. 8 is a personal information sheet 50 displaying personal information of members used in the information data transmission / reception system 10.

The personal information sheet 50 displays a part of the registered personal information at the time of member registration, and is distributed to the members. The registration information is registered at the time of member registration for using the information data transmission / reception system 10 of the present embodiment as described above. For example, the member's name, current address, date of birth, permanent residence, Habitat, relationship, occupation, work location, annual income, final education, height, weight, blood type, body type, religion, marriage history, number of children, favorite clothes, sight, smoking, drinking, current housing Kinds, qualifications, special skills, hobbies, mottoes and other personal information, membership numbers, e-mail addresses, or telephone numbers specific to senders or receivers, or sender addresses, receiver addresses, and receiver announcements. The published address and gender of the address are included.

The personal information sheet has a photograph column 51 for displaying a photograph of the member and a personal information display section 52 for displaying a part of the registration information. In the personal information display section 52, a public address that is a public address of the transmitting side or a public address of the receiving side is displayed.

The member serving as the sender checks the contents of the distributed personal information sheets 50 and sends a message to the member who wishes to contact the member.
After creating the message, the information data 40 including the message is transmitted using the public address of the recipient described on the personal information sheet 50 as the public address of the receiving side. Since the sender's unique address is automatically included in the information data 40, the sender does not need to input a password or the like required when transmitting e-mail over the general Internet when transmitting the information data 40.

The sender's unique address, which is a mail address or an IP address, is converted into a corresponding sender's public address by the information data transfer device 20 as described above, and transmitted to the receiver's terminal device 12. The privacy is protected because the recipient does not recognize the sender's unique address.

The recipient can receive the transfer data 41 transmitted by the information data transfer device 20, read the message, and, based on the sender's public address included in the transfer data 41, read the personal information sheet 50.
, The sender's personal information can be confirmed.
When confirming the message and the sender's personal information, and wishing to contact the sender, the reply message and the sender's public address are input to the receiver's terminal 12, and the receiver's terminal 12 is connected to the sender's terminal. 11 can be transmitted.

In this way, it is possible to transmit and receive information data between members while sufficiently protecting the privacy of the members. Can build relationships.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure when the sender uses the information data transmission / reception system 10.

First, in step T1, the member serving as the sender checks the contents of the distributed personal information sheets 50, and determines a member who wishes to contact by transmitting a message.

In step T2, the receiver's public address is input, and in step T3, the message is input.
In step T4, a transmission operation such as pressing a transmission button is performed. In step T5, the transmission-side unique address is transmitted to the information data transfer device 20 together with the reception-side announcement address and the message.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure when the receiver uses the information data transmission / reception system 10.

The recipient can receive the transfer data 41 in step R 1, read the message in step R 2, and, based on the sender's public address included in the transfer data 41, read the personal information sheet 50.
To confirm the sender's personal information.

In step R3, it is determined whether or not to respond to the message.
Do nothing. When responding, step S4
In, the reply message and the sender's public address are input to the receiver terminal device 12, and the receiver terminal device 12 is transmitted as the sender terminal device 11.

The personal information may be posted on a so-called homepage on the Internet by the person who operates the marriage / dating partner introduction service using the information data transmission / reception system 10 of the present embodiment. The use of this homepage requires a membership, and the registration number, the sender's unique address, the expiration date, the number of usable times, and the like can be used for checking the usage conditions. For example, if the registration number and the sender's unique address are not registered, connection to the personal information on the homepage can be prevented.

On the home page, members can be searched and sorted according to various search conditions. Therefore, when determining a recipient to send a message, the recipient can be quickly determined, which is extremely convenient. is there.

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As described above, according to the present invention, information data transmitted from a transmitting terminal is transmitted to a receiving terminal via an information data transfer device and transmitted from the transmitting terminal. At least a part of the information data is converted by the information data transfer device into conversion data by a predetermined method, and the transfer data including the conversion data is transferred to the reception terminal device. This makes it difficult to identify the sender and the privacy of the sender who sends information data using the sender terminal device can be protected. Therefore, the use frequency of the information data transmission / reception system according to the present invention can be increased.

Further, according to the present invention, at least a part of the information data transmitted from the transmitting side terminal device is compared with the inquiry data by the information data transfer device,
Since the information data transfer device performs a predetermined process based on the comparison result, the information data transmitted from the sender who does not satisfy the use condition is not transmitted to the receiver. Therefore, the receiver does not unilaterally transmit unnecessary information data, and does not feel troublesome.

Further, according to the present invention, the information data transmitted from the sender includes at least a sender-side unique address unique to the sender-side terminal and a receiver-side publication address corresponding to the receiver-side unique address unique to the receiver-side terminal. The information data transfer device includes an address and a message including at least characters, and the information data transfer device queries whether or not the sender-specific address is included in the inquiry data referred to by the information data transfer device. If it is included in the data, it is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies a predetermined condition, and the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies the predetermined condition. Inquiry whether the public address of the receiver is included in the inquiry data if it is, and if the public address of the receiver is included in the inquiry data, It is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the receiver's public address satisfies a predetermined condition, and if the registration information corresponding to the receiver's public address satisfies the predetermined condition, the transmitting side The unique address is converted to a sender public address corresponding to the sender unique address, and further, the recipient public address is converted to a recipient unique address, and transfer data including at least the sender public address, the recipient unique address, and the message. 41
Is transmitted to the receiving terminal device, and a notification notifying that the message has been transferred to the receiving terminal device is returned to the transmitting terminal device, so that the sender, when transmitting the information data,
It is sufficient to transmit at least a message unique to the sender terminal, a sender-specific address unique to the sender terminal, a receiver publication address corresponding to the receiver-specific address unique to the receiver terminal, and at least a character. There is no need to input a so-called password, the complexity of input is reduced, and information data can be easily transmitted. Further, since the transmission-side unique data is converted into the transmission-side public address and transmitted to the reception-side terminal device, the transmission-side unique address is not recognized by the receiver. Therefore, since the sender cannot be easily specified, the privacy of the sender can be protected. When transmitting the sender's information data, the receiver does not know the receiver's unique address,
The privacy of the recipient is also protected. That is, the information data transmission / reception system according to the present invention can be used with confidence, and the number of uses is increased.

Further, according to the present invention, the information data transfer device includes at least a transmission-side unique address unique to the transmission-side terminal device, a reception-side public address corresponding to the reception-side unique address unique to the reception-side terminal device, At least a part of information data including a message including at least characters is converted into conversion data by a predetermined method, and transfer data 41 including the conversion data is transferred to the receiving terminal device. In addition, the information data transfer device,
It is determined whether or not the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data referenced by the information data transfer device. If the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data, the registration information corresponding to the sender's unique address is determined. It is determined whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied.If the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies the predetermined condition, whether the reception-side public address is included in the inquiry data. It is determined whether or not the receiving side public address is included in the inquiry data, and whether the registration information corresponding to the receiving side public address satisfies a predetermined condition,
If the registration information corresponding to the receiver's public address satisfies the predetermined conditions, the sender's unique address is converted to the sender's public address corresponding to the sender's unique address, and the receiver's public address is received. The message is transferred to the receiving terminal device by transmitting the transfer data 41 including at least the transmitting side public address, the receiving side unique address and the message to the receiving side terminal device, and the message is transferred to the receiving side terminal device. Reply to notification Therefore, the information data is transferred to the receiver only when the sender satisfies the use condition. That is, since the use of the sender who does not satisfy the use condition can be restricted, the transmission of the information data of the sender who does not satisfy the use condition does not hinder the use of the regular member who satisfies the use condition.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, in the information data transfer apparatus, when the transmission-side unique address is not included in the inquiry data, the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address does not satisfy the predetermined condition. If the public address of the receiving party is not included in the inquiry data, and if the registration information corresponding to the public address of the receiving party does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the contents set in the transmitting terminal are set in advance. Reply to notification. Therefore, the sender:
After transmitting the information data, it is possible to know how the information data was processed. According to the result, if necessary, further information data can be transmitted.

Further, according to the present invention, the information data is transmitted via a communication line between members who have registered predetermined personal information, and transmitted from the transmitting terminal.
The information data including at least the sender-side unique address of the sender-side terminal device, the receiver-side published address corresponding to the receiver-side unique address of the receiver-side terminal device, and a message including at least characters, the information data transfer device. The information is transmitted to the receiving terminal device via the communication terminal. Further, the sender who is a member selects a recipient who is a member based on the personal information sheet on which at least a part of the personal information is displayed, and a public address of the recipient displayed on the personal information sheet,
Information data including a message including at least characters is transmitted from the transmitting terminal device to the information data transfer device. The information data transfer device determines whether the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data referenced by the information data transfer device. If the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data, the information sender's unique address is used. It is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the address satisfies a predetermined condition, and if the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies the predetermined condition, the public address of the reception side is queried. Judge whether or not the registration information corresponding to the reception side public address satisfies a predetermined condition when the reception side public address is included in the inquiry data. However, if the registration information corresponding to the public address of the receiving side satisfies a predetermined condition, the unique address of the transmitting side is changed to the public address corresponding to the unique address of the transmitting side. Then, further convert the receiver's public address to the receiver's unique address, transmit the transfer data 41 including at least the sender's public address, the receiver's unique address, and the message to the receiver's terminal, and send it to the transmitter's terminal. A notification is sent back to the receiving terminal device indicating that the message has been transferred. Therefore, the sender's unique address and the receiver's unique address are not known to other members, and the privacy of the sender and the recipient is protected. Since privacy is protected, the desire to use the information data transmission / reception system according to the present invention can be increased.

Further, according to the present invention, in the information data transfer apparatus, when the transmission-side unique address is not included in the inquiry data, the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address does not satisfy a predetermined condition. If the public address of the receiving party is not included in the inquiry data, and if the registration information corresponding to the public address of the receiving party does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the contents set in the transmitting terminal are set in advance. , The sender and the receiver can recognize the result of the transmission of the information data.

Further, according to the present invention, the predetermined condition determined by the information data transfer device includes at least a use expiration date and a usable number of times.
The use conditions of the sender can be limited by the use expiration date and the number of usable times. If the use conditions are not satisfied, the information data transmission / reception system of the present case cannot be used.

As described above, according to the present invention, in transmitting information data, while protecting its own privacy, information data, for example, e-mail can be easily transmitted by a simple input method. In addition, the recipient can protect his own privacy and reply with a reply message. Therefore, it is possible to keep in touch with each other after sufficiently examining and recognizing the other party's personal information, so that it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a trouble that may occur due to the anonymity of the e-mail.

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FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing an information data transmission / reception system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows information data 40 by the information data transfer device 20.
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of a method of converting the data into transfer data 41.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing contents of inquiry data stored in a main storage device 24;

FIG. 4 is a basic information file 2 stored in a main storage device.
7 is a diagram showing the contents of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a registration information file 2 stored in a main storage device.
8 is a diagram showing the contents of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a personal information file 2 stored in a main storage device.
9 is a diagram showing the contents of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining functions of the information data transfer device 20;

8 is a personal information sheet 50 displaying personal information of members used in the information data transmission / reception system 10. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure when a sender uses the information data transmission / reception system 10.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure when a receiver uses the information data transmission / reception system 10.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Information data transmission / reception system 11 Transmitting terminal device 12 Receiving terminal device 20 Information data transfer device 30 Personal information sheet

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An information data transmitting / receiving system in which information data transmitted from a transmitting terminal device is transmitted to a receiving terminal device via an information data transferring device, wherein the information data transmitting device transmits the information data from the transmitting terminal device. Converting at least a part of the information data to be transmitted by a predetermined method, and transmitting transfer data including the converted data and the unconverted data of the information data to a receiving terminal device. Information data transmission and reception system. 2. An information data transmitting / receiving system in which information data transmitted from a transmitting terminal device is transmitted to a receiving terminal device via an information data transferring device, wherein the information data transmitting device transmits the information data from the transmitting terminal device. An information data transmission / reception system, wherein at least a part of the information data to be compared is compared with inquiry data, and a predetermined process is performed based on the comparison result. 3. An information data transmission / reception system in which information data transmitted from a transmission terminal device is transmitted to a reception terminal device via an information data transfer device, wherein the information data includes at least a unique transmission terminal device. The information data transfer device includes a sender-side unique address, a receiver-side published address corresponding to the receiver-side unique address unique to the receiver-side terminal device, and a message including at least characters. It is determined whether or not it is included in the inquiry data referenced by the transfer device. If the transmission-side unique address is included in the inquiry data, the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies a predetermined condition. Judge whether or not
If the registration information corresponding to the sender's unique address satisfies the predetermined condition, it is determined whether the receiver's public address is included in the inquiry data, and the receiver's public address is included in the inquiry data. If it is included, it is determined whether or not the registration information corresponding to the receiving side public address satisfies a predetermined condition, and the registration information corresponding to the receiving side public address satisfies the predetermined condition. In this case, the sender's unique address is converted into a sender's published address corresponding to the sender's unique address, and the receiver's published address is converted into a receiver's unique address. The transmission data including the message and the message is transmitted to the receiving terminal device and the transmitting terminal device is notified that the message has been transferred to the receiving terminal device. Information data transmission and reception system, characterized by returning a. 4. An information data including at least a transmission-side unique address unique to a transmission-side terminal device, a reception-side publication address corresponding to a reception-side unique address unique to a reception-side terminal device, and a message including at least characters. So,
An information data transfer device that converts at least a part of the information data transmitted from the transmission terminal device into conversion data by a predetermined method, and transmits transfer data including the conversion data to the reception terminal device. Judge whether or not the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data referred to by the information data transfer device, and if the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data, correspond to the sender's unique address. It is determined whether the registration information that satisfies the predetermined condition is satisfied.If the registration information corresponding to the unique address of the transmission side satisfies the predetermined condition, the public address of the reception side is changed to the inquiry data. It is determined whether or not the information is included in the inquiry information. If the public address of the receiving side is included in the inquiry data, the registration information corresponding to the public address of the receiving side is determined in advance. Determine whether the conditions are met,
If the registration information corresponding to the receiving side public address satisfies a predetermined condition, the transmitting side specific address is converted to a public address corresponding to the transmitting side specific address,
Further, the receiver-side public address is converted into a receiver-side unique address, transfer data including at least the sender-side public address, the receiver-side unique address, and the message are transmitted to the receiver-side terminal device, and the transmitter-side terminal device receives the transfer data. An information data transfer device for returning a notification that a message has been transferred to the device. 5. When the sender's unique address is not included in the inquiry data, and when the registration information corresponding to the sender's unique address does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the receiver's public address is included in the inquiry data. If not, and if the registration information corresponding to the receiving side public address does not satisfy the predetermined condition, a notification of the predetermined content is returned to the transmitting side terminal device. 4. The information data transfer device according to 4. 6. An information data transmission / reception system performed between members who have registered a predetermined type of personal information via a communication line, wherein at least the transmission side terminal device is transmitted from the transmission side terminal device. The information data including the unique transmission-side unique address, the reception-side published address corresponding to the reception-side unique address specific to the reception-side terminal device, and the message including at least characters is transmitted to the reception-side terminal via the information data transfer device In the information data transmitting and receiving system transmitted to the device, the sender as a member selects a receiver as a member based on the personal information sheet on which at least a part of the personal information is displayed, and is displayed on the personal information sheet. Information data including a receiver's public address, which is the public address of the recipient, and a message containing at least characters. To the information data transfer device, the information data transfer device determines whether the sender's unique address is included in the inquiry data referenced by the information data transfer device, and includes the sender's unique address in the inquiry data. If the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies the predetermined condition, it is determined whether the registration information corresponding to the transmission-side unique address satisfies the predetermined condition. Determines whether the receiver's public address is included in the inquiry data.If the receiver's public address is included in the inquiry data, registration information corresponding to the receiver's public address is predetermined. It is determined whether or not the condition is satisfied, and if the registration information corresponding to the public address of the receiving side satisfies a predetermined condition, the unique address of the transmitting side is changed to the unique address of the transmitting side. To the public address corresponding to the address, further convert the public address of the receiving side to the specific address of the receiving side, and transmit the transfer data including at least the public address of the transmitting side, the specific address of the receiving side, and the message to the receiving side terminal device. An information data transmission / reception system, which returns a notification to the transmitting terminal device that the message has been transferred to the receiving terminal device. 7. The information data transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the sender-side unique address is not included in the inquiry data, and the registration information corresponding to the sender-side unique address does not satisfy a predetermined condition. If is not included in the inquiry data, and if the registration information corresponding to the receiver's public address does not satisfy the predetermined condition, a notification of the predetermined content is returned to the transmitting terminal device. The information data transmission / reception system according to any one of claims 3 and 6, characterized in that: 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined condition determined by the information data transfer device includes at least a use expiration date and a usable number of times. An information data transmission / reception system according to any one of the preceding claims. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined condition determined by the information data transfer device includes at least a use expiration date and a usable number of times. The information data transfer device according to claim 1.