JP2003131991A - Address data accumulation/update system, address data accumulation/update method, web server and address information use system provided for address data accumulation/update, and web server provided for address information use - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an address information use system by which an individual or the like can utilize address information, and the address information can be widely collected to permit public use. SOLUTION: This system is comprised of: a first system part 10 that reads character information from a business card or the like as character data associated with an address to perform character recognition, stores the address information in a database for address book 431 and can generate each address book as a Web page; a second system part that has a message board for which an address book preparer has an operational privilege as a host in the database for address book 431, and, if new information is written on the message board from either of the sides of an information terminal 11 classified as a client side or a host side, notifies a concerned side different from a person who has written as such; and a third system part 300 that has a large-scale database part 441 different from the database for address book 431, and, if a pieces of the address information, for the database for address book 431, is modified or newly registered, collects the modified or newly registered piece of the address information to register it with the large-scale database part 441.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an address information utilization system that utilizes address information created when an address book or the like is created, and a web server, an address data storage / update system, and address data storage provided for this system. The present invention relates to an updating method and a web server used for an address data storage / update system.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an address book and a schedule book exist in many people's paper-medium notebooks and electronic notebooks.
Such an address book is uniquely written by the owner when necessary. Also, many people often have a separate address book for work. In many cases, the owner's address book is also written by himself / herself when necessary.

By the way, in recent years, with the spread of information devices such as personal computers, it is often the case that the personal computers are equipped with databases for address books and schedule books. In this case as well, the owner independently inputs the address information as necessary. Then, some companies share the input address information using an intranet such as a LAN.

Recently, the Internet is also used to check data such as corporate or individual telephone numbers, which are posted on NTT corporate town pages or personal data target hello pages. Is possible. The data such as the telephone number is formed by the telephone company such as NTT independently inputting the data for each user.

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By the way, the address book data described above is originally entered by the individual or corporation, and basically, it is used in the company by using the LAN. Except for others, it is in a stand-alone state and cannot be used by others. However, for a newly established company, an individual who has just moved, an individual who uses a telephone company other than NTT, a corporation, etc., there is no way to know address information such as a telephone number, and such an individual or corporation. It is inconvenient if you want to contact.

Further, in business in Japan, business cards are often exchanged with the other party, but it is not possible to transfer address data such as addresses and telephone numbers described in the business cards to one's own address book. It is very annoying to busy people. For this reason, business cards tend to be stored instead of being transcribed, but in this case, it is very inconvenient when it is desired to contact the person on the business card. Further, when it is desired to contact a person who exchanged a business card at a business trip destination or the like, there are many cases where the business card cannot be contacted because the person does not have the business card.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned telephone directory data such as NTT does not correspond to address information such as URLs, electronic mail addresses, and mobile phone numbers used on the Internet. Especially mobile phones and email addresses
The companies used are often different, and it is difficult to collect it as address information, making it difficult for the public to use.

For this reason, it would be very convenient if there were a system in which the data in the address book could be widely stored and used, and the information described in each address book could be used even on the go. Become.

The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to make it possible to utilize the address information of an individual or a corporation as the address information of the individual or the corporation, and It aims to form a generally available address book database by widely collecting address information of the address book.

Among these, the invention that widely uses the address information is the address information utilization system of the present invention and the web server provided for the address information utilization system. Collect the address information and form the address book database. An address data storage / update system, an address data storage / update method, and a web server used for address data storage / update are included in the present invention.

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In order to achieve the above object, an address data storage / update system of the present invention comprises:
In an address data storage / update system that sequentially collects and stores address data of corporations and individuals, an address book database for corporations and individuals to write their own address information and use it as their own address book,
An information terminal that enables access to the address book database via a network, and a large database section that stores corporate or individual address information that enables a large number of people to search for address information, unlike the address book database. When new address information is written in the address book of the member existing in the address book database or the address information is changed, the new address information or the changed address information is updated in the large database unit. The data update / registration means for registering and the data check means for checking whether the registered data is correct or incorrect when updating / registering the address information in the large-scale database part by the data update / registration means. is there.

By doing so, the contents written in the address book database are written in the large database unit by the data updating / registering means. As a result, the information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals and corporations is collected in the integrated large database unit. As a result, even if a new change occurs in the address information, the address information can be immediately written in the large-sized database section and can be examined by a third party. Further, by collecting address data in the address book database, it becomes possible to provide a comprehensive address data search and utilization service such as mobile phones and fixed telephones of different companies, URLs and mail addresses. .

Further, when updating / registering the address information in the large-sized database section by the data updating / registering means, the data checking means checks the correctness of the data. For this check, for example, the landline phone number is determined by the area of residence, so by checking the consistency between the phone number and the address, it is possible to check whether the data of the phone number or address is correct. can do. In addition, it is possible to maintain consistency with address information existing in the address book of other individuals or corporations. For example, if there is an error in only one place in the address related information item,
It is possible to immediately pick up address information in which an error exists. Also, in the case of personal names or corporate names in email addresses, URLs, etc., it is possible to check spelling errors and the like.

In addition to the above invention of the address data storage / update system, another invention further comprises a search means for searching the address information stored in the large-sized database section. Therefore, if you need the address information registered in the large database,
It is possible to withdraw immediately.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the above-described invention of the address data storage / update system, the searched address information is further transmitted to an information terminal requesting acquisition of the address information searched by the searching means. It is provided with a transmitting means for transmitting. Therefore, it becomes possible to browse the search results in the large-scale database section on the information terminal side, and the convenience on the information terminal side is improved.

In addition to the above inventions of the address data storage / updating system, another invention is that the specific address information in the address book database is updated / updated.
Even if the address information is collected by the registration means, the address information disclosure restriction means is provided to prevent the address information from being disclosed. By doing so, it becomes possible to maintain the confidentiality of the address information that should be kept secret from others, and to protect the privacy of others. That is, the address data storage / update system of the present invention can be used with peace of mind.

Another invention is an address data storing / updating method in which address data of a corporation or an individual is sequentially collected and stored in a large database unit which enables address information retrieval from a third party. Address information storing step of storing the address information in the address book database when the user writes his or her own address information,
When the address information collecting step of collecting the address information stored by the address book information storing step and the address information collected by the address information collecting step are registered in the large-scale database section, there is no error in the registered address information data. And a data check step for checking whether or not

By doing so, the contents written in the address book database are written in the large database unit by the address information collecting step. As a result, the information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals and corporations is collected in the integrated large database unit. As a result, even if a new change occurs in the address information, the address information can be immediately written in the large-sized database section and can be examined by a third party. Further, by collecting address data in the address book database, it becomes possible to provide a comprehensive address data search and utilization service such as mobile phones and fixed telephones of different companies, URLs and mail addresses. .

Further, when updating / registering the address information in the large-scale database section in the address information collecting step, the data checking step checks the correctness of the data. For this check, for example, the landline phone number is determined by the area of residence, so by checking the consistency between the phone number and the address, it is possible to check whether the data of the phone number or address is correct. can do. Also, in the case of personal names or corporate names in email addresses, URLs, etc., it is possible to check spelling errors and the like.

Furthermore, in addition to the above-mentioned invention of the address data storage / update method, another invention further searches the address information stored in the large-sized database section when the information terminal requests the information search. And a search step for For this reason, it becomes possible to browse the search results in the large-scale database unit on the information terminal, and the convenience on the information terminal side is improved.

In addition to the above invention of the address data storing / updating method, another invention is further directed to an information terminal which has requested acquisition of the address information searched in the searching step, the searched address information. Is included. For this reason, it becomes possible to browse the search results in the large-scale database unit on the information terminal, and the convenience on the information terminal side is improved.

Further, according to another invention, in addition to the above inventions of the address data storage / update method, even when specific address information in the address book database is collected by the address information collecting step, The address information disclosure restriction process is provided to prevent information from being disclosed. By doing so, it becomes possible to maintain the confidentiality of the address information that should be kept secret from others, and to protect the privacy of others. That is, the invention of the address data storing / updating method of the present invention can be used without anxiety.

Further, another invention is a web server for accumulating / updating address data in which, when a corporation or an individual writes unique address information in an address book database, the written data is sequentially collected and stored. Unlike the address book database, a large database part that stores corporate and individual address information to enable a large number of people to search for address information, and a new address in the address book of the members existing in the address book database. When the information is written or the address information is changed, the data updating / registering means for updating / registering the new address information or the changed address information in the large-sized database section, and the large-scale by the data updating / registering means Registered when updating / registering address information in the database section Is intended to includes a data checking means for checking whether there correctness data dress information.

By using this web server, the contents written in the address book database are written in the large database section by the data updating / registering means. As a result, the information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals and corporations is collected in the integrated large database unit in the web server. As a result, even if a new change occurs in the address information, the address information can be immediately written in the large-sized database section and can be examined by a third party. Further, by collecting address data in the address book database, it becomes possible to provide a comprehensive address data search and utilization service such as mobile phones and fixed telephones of different companies, URLs and mail addresses. .

Further, when updating / registering the address information in the large-sized database section by the data updating / registering means, the data checking means checks whether the data is correct or incorrect. For this check, for example, the landline phone number is determined by the area of residence, so by checking the consistency between the phone number and the address, it is possible to check whether the data of the phone number or address is correct. can do. Also, in the case of personal names or corporate names in email addresses, URLs, etc., it is possible to check spelling errors and the like.

Another aspect of the present invention is a web server for accumulating / updating address data for storing address data of corporations and individuals that have been sequentially collected. A large database unit that stores address information, and data update that enables writing new address information to the large database unit or updating changed address information.
Registration means, and a data check means for checking whether the registered data is correct or incorrect by using the data of another database section when updating / registering the address information in the large database section by the data updating / registering means,
It is equipped with.

By using this web server, it is possible to write new address information in the large-scale database section or change the already written address information by using the data updating / registering means. Also, new address information is written in the large database section,
When the address information of the large-scale database section is changed, the address information newly registered / changed in the large-scale database section is checked using the data check means. Therefore, it is possible to confirm whether the address information registered in the large-scale database section is correct or not, and prevent the address information from being described incorrectly.

Further, another invention is that in addition to the invention of the web server used for accumulating / updating the address data described above, it further comprises search means for searching the address information stored in the large-scale database section. is there. For this reason, it becomes possible to browse the search results in the large-scale database unit on the information terminal, and the convenience on the information terminal side is improved.

Further, another invention is that in addition to the invention of the web server for accumulating / updating the address data described above,
The information processing device further comprises a transmitting unit that transmits the searched address information to the information terminal that has requested the acquisition of the address information searched by the searching unit. For this reason, it becomes possible to browse the search results in the large-scale database unit on the information terminal, and the convenience on the information terminal side is improved.

Another invention is that in addition to the invention of a web server used for accumulating / updating the address data described above,
Even if the specific address information in the address book database is collected by the data updating / registering means, the address information disclosure limiting means is provided so as not to disclose the address information. By doing so, it becomes possible to maintain the confidentiality of the address information that should be kept secret from others, and to protect the privacy of others. That is, the invention of the data storage / update method of the present invention can be used with peace of mind.

Still another aspect of the present invention is an address information utilization system utilizing an address book stored in an address book database, in which character information written on a business card is read to perform character recognition as address-related character data. And a first system unit capable of storing the recognized address information in the address book database in association with the address book creator and generating each address book for the address book creator as a web page. , The address book creator has a message board with the operational authority as a host in the address book database, and new information is written to this message board from either side of the information terminals classified as the client side or the host side. When the information is updated, it is sent to a different party from the one who wrote that the information was updated. It has a second system part to know and a large database part different from the address book database, and when the address information of the address book database is changed or newly registered, this change or new registration is performed. And a third system unit for collecting the address information and registering it in the large-scale database unit.

By using the address information utilization system, the first system section reads the address information written on the business card, and stores it as address-related character data in the address book database and the respective address book creators. Stored as an address book for. Then, the address book creator can generate the address information described in each address book as a web page.

In the second system section, the address book creator in the first system section described above has the authority to operate as a host in the address book database used in the first system section. It has a message board. And in this message board, if there is a writing,
Since a mail to that effect is sent to the other party different from the person who wrote the message, it is not necessary to access the message board to check whether the message has been written one by one, and unnecessary access can be reduced. Further, by using the message board, it becomes possible to write between the host and a specific client while watching the progress according to one case or topic, unlike sending and receiving of mail.

Further, in the third system section, a large database section different from the address book database is provided, and the address information of the address book database is changed or newly registered in this large database section. In this case, the address information related to the changed or new registration is collected and stored. Therefore, as described in the first system section, a large-scale database, which collects address information from the address book database that each address book creator has and that is configured by business card editing, stores a huge amount of address-related information. It is possible to form a part. By forming such a large database unit, convenience is improved when a third party searches for address information.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the above invention of the address information utilizing system, the first system section further transmits from an information terminal having a reading means for reading the character information written on the business card as image information. Configured to receive the image information and the information of the address book creator who desires to create an address book using a business card,
Further, the first system unit receives the image information via the communication network, and recognizes predetermined data necessary for creating an address book from the image information as address-related character data, and a character recognition unit. Address book database that stores the address-related character data recognized by the address book creator in association with each other, and the address book database for each address book for multiple address book creators. And a web server connected to the Internet network that enables access to a dedicated address book from a plurality of address book creators.

By doing so, the address book of a plurality of address book creators can be created, and each address book creator can go to the web server to browse his / her own address book. Address book creation can be established as a business. Therefore, in a society that uses business cards and the like, it is possible to significantly reduce time loss and loss that occur when creating, checking, and using an address book. Also, since the address book can be placed as a web page on the web server so that it can be browsed, you can use a personal computer installed at each place where you can connect to the Internet network or a mobile phone that you always carry without having to carry the address book with you. You can check and check other people's addresses regardless of time.

Further, the character information of the read business card is transmitted as it is to the character recognition means as image information without being processed by the information terminal side, so that the operation of the information terminal becomes extremely light. In addition, it is possible to put high-precision character confirmation software in the character recognition means instead of in each information terminal, and it is generally cheap and efficient when viewed as a system. It can be a system.

In addition to the above invention of the address information utilizing system, another invention is that the first system section is required for creating an address book after reading the character information described in the business card as image information. The recognized address-related character data transmitted from an information terminal having a reading / character recognizing means for recognizing predetermined data as address-related character data, and an address book for which an address book is desired to be created using a business card. The first system unit receives the address-related character data and the address book creator information via the communication network, and receives the address-related character data as an address. The address book database that is stored in association with the book creator and the address book database for multiple address book creators are stored in the address book database. And a web server connected to the Internet that enables each to generate a web page by using the base and allows a plurality of address book creators to access their own address book. .

By doing so, the address book of a plurality of address book creators can be created, and each address book creator can go to the web server to browse his / her own address book. Address book creation can be established as a business. Therefore, in a society that uses business cards and the like, it is possible to significantly reduce time loss and loss that occur when creating, checking, and using an address book. Also, without carrying an address book, it is possible to confirm or check other people's addresses regardless of time by using a personal computer installed at each place that can be connected to the Internet network or a mobile phone that is always carried.

Further, since the character information of the business card read by the information terminal is transmitted as character data, it is possible to check and correct the character data in the information terminal. Therefore, more accurate data can be transmitted, and highly accurate data can be used in the information terminal.

Further, in another invention, in addition to each invention of the address information utilization system described above, the second system section is further provided with personal information on the host side and between the host and the client. Only a message board database in which message board information having operational authority is stored, and when new information is written to the message board information from the client side or the host side, the new information is written in the message board database. Message board information updating means to be added as information, and when the information is updated by the message board information updating means, information notification means for notifying the other party different from the person who wrote that the information was updated,
It is equipped with.

In this way, when the host or client newly writes to the message board, the information notifying means notifies the other party (client or host side) that the writing has been performed. This eliminates the need for the host side or the client side to access the site where the message board information exists in order to check whether or not new writing has been performed, and saves unnecessary time and effort.

Further, in another invention, in addition to each invention of the above-mentioned address information utilizing system, the second system section is further posted between the personal information of the host side and between the host and the client and the host side. Only the message board information for which only the user has the operational authority is stored, and the message board database that is also used as the address book database of the first system unit and the message board information from the client side or the host side are updated. When information is written,
Message board information updating means for adding the new information as message board information in the message board database, and a person different from the person who wrote that the information was updated when the information was updated by the message board information updating means And an information notification means for notifying the side.

In this way, when the host or client newly writes to the message board, the information notifying means notifies the other party (client or host side) that the writing has been performed. This eliminates the need for the host side or the client side to access the site where the message board information exists in order to check whether or not new writing has been performed, and saves unnecessary time and effort. Further, the message board database is also used as the address book database of the first system section. As a result, as compared with the case where independent address book databases coexist, information related to own addresses is aggregated in one address book database, and user convenience is improved.

Further, according to another invention, in addition to the above inventions of the address information utilization system, the second system unit further ranks the client by the host for browsing personal information, According to the present invention, the information browsing limiting means for limiting the types of personal information that can be browsed is provided.

If the rank is divided, a limit is set for browsing personal information (information in the address book database, etc.) of the host according to the divided rank. For example, personal information (for example, address book or schedule book) of all hosts can be set to be viewed by a person who has a close relationship with the host, and personal information of the host can be set by the host as personal information such as an acquaintance. It is possible to make a setting that allows only browsing of the favorite column in which the URL is registered.

By setting such browsing restrictions, it is possible to allow the host side to view the schedule on the host side at any time, for example, for a couple, a lover, or a person who has a business relationship in a company. The convenience of is improved. Further, since the browsing can be restricted to a certain person, the confidentiality of the personal information on the host side can be maintained. Further, even when the telephone number or the like is changed on the host side, the contents of the change can be viewed at any time, and it is possible to solve the problem such as not being able to contact. Therefore, the convenience on the client side is significantly improved.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the above inventions of the address information utilizing system, the third system section writes unique address information and information in a favorite column by a corporation or an individual, and the third system section makes it unique. Address book database for use as an address book, and a large database section that stores corporate or individual address information to enable address information search for a large number of people, unlike the address book database, Data for updating / registering the new address information or the changed address information in the large database section when new address information is written in the address book of the member existing in the book database or the address information is changed. Update and registration means,
When updating / registering the address information in the large-sized database section by the data updating / registering means, the data checking means for checking whether the registered data is correct or not is provided.

By doing so, the contents written in the address book database are written in the large database section by the data updating / registering means. As a result, the information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals and corporations is collected in the integrated large database unit. As a result, even if a new change occurs in the address information, the address information can be immediately written in the large-sized database section and can be examined by a third party. Further, by collecting address data in the address book database, it becomes possible to provide a comprehensive address data search and utilization service such as mobile phones and fixed telephones of different companies, URLs and mail addresses. .

Further, when updating / registering the address information in the large-sized database section by the data updating / registering means, the data checking means checks the correctness of the data. For this check, for example, the landline phone number is determined by the area of residence, so by checking the consistency between the phone number and the address, it is possible to check whether the data of the phone number or address is correct. can do. In addition, it is possible to maintain consistency with address information existing in the address book of other individuals or corporations. For example, if there is an error in only one place in the address related information item,
It is possible to immediately pick up address information in which an error exists. Also, in the case of personal names or corporate names in email addresses, URLs, etc., it is possible to check spelling errors and the like.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the above inventions of the address information utilizing system, the third system section writes unique address information and information in a favorite column by a corporation or an individual, and unique Address book database that is used as an address book of the first system section or the second system section and is also used as an address book database of at least one of the first system section and the second system section. New address information has been written to or changed in the large database section that stores corporate or individual address information to enable search and the address book of members existing in the address book database. In this case, the new address information or the changed address information is updated / registered in the large database section. The data update / registration means and the data check means for checking the registered data for correctness when updating / registering the address information in the large-scale database section by the data updating / registration means. .

By doing so, the contents written in the address book database are written in the large database unit by the data updating / registering means. As a result, the information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals and corporations is collected in the integrated large database unit. As a result, even if a new change occurs in the address information, the address information can be immediately written in the database and can be examined by a third party. Further, by collecting address data in the address book database, it becomes possible to provide a comprehensive address data search and utilization service such as mobile phones and fixed telephones of different companies, URLs and mail addresses. .

Further, when updating / registering the address information in the large-sized database section by the data updating / registering means, the data checking means checks the correctness of the data. For this check, for example, the landline phone number is determined by the area of residence, so by checking the consistency between the phone number and the address, it is possible to check whether the data of the phone number or address is correct. can do. In addition, it is possible to maintain consistency with address information existing in the address book of other individuals or corporations. For example, if there is an error in only one place in the address related information item,
It is possible to immediately pick up address information in which an error exists. Also, in the case of personal names or corporate names in email addresses, URLs, etc., it is possible to check spelling errors and the like.

Further, the address book database also serves as the address book database of the first system section. As a result, as compared with the case where independent address book databases coexist, information related to own addresses is aggregated in one address book database, and user convenience is improved.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the above inventions of the address information utilizing system, further, in the third system section, specific address information in the address book database is collected by the data updating / registering means. Even when the address information is released, an address information disclosure limiting means is provided so that the address information is not published. By doing so, it becomes possible to maintain the confidentiality of the address information that should be kept secret from others, and to protect the privacy of others. That is, the address information utilization system of the present invention can be used with peace of mind.

Another aspect of the present invention is a web server provided with an address book database and used in an address information utilization system that utilizes the address book stored in the address book database. In addition, character recognition is performed on the read character information as address-related character data, the recognized address information is stored in association with the address book creator, and each of the address book creators stores it. A first system unit that can generate an address book as a web page, and a message board that the address book creator has operational authority as a host in the address book database, and the message board has a client side or a host side. When new information is written from either side of the information terminals classified into A second system unit for notifying different mating the person who wrote that the update information has been made,
It has a large database section that is different from the address book database, and when the address information in the address book database is changed or newly registered, the changed or newly registered address information is collected to create a large database. And a third system section registered in the section.

By providing the address information utilization system using such a web server, the first system section reads the address information written on the business card,
It is stored as address-related character data in the address book database as an address book for each address book creator. Then, the address book creator can generate the address information described in each address book as a web page.

In the second system section, the address book creator in the first system section has the authority to operate as a host in the address book database used in the first system section. It has a message board. And in this message board, if there is a writing,
Since a mail to that effect is sent to the other party different from the person who wrote the message, it is not necessary to access the message board to check whether the message has been written one by one, and unnecessary access can be reduced. Further, by using the message board, it becomes possible to write between the host and a specific client while watching the progress according to one case or topic, unlike sending and receiving of mail.

Further, in the third system section, a large database section different from the address book database is provided, and the address information of the address book database is changed or newly registered in this large database section. In this case, the address information related to the changed or new registration is collected and stored. Therefore, as described in the first system section, a large-scale database, which collects address information from the address book database that each address book creator has and that is configured by business card editing, stores a huge amount of address-related information. It is possible to form a part. By forming such a large database unit, convenience is improved when a third party searches for address information.

Furthermore, in another invention, in addition to the invention of the web server provided for the above-mentioned address information utilizing system, the first system section further comprises the image information of the business card and the address book creation using the business card. Receiving means for receiving the information of the address book creator who desires to obtain the address book, and character recognizing means for recognizing predetermined data necessary for creating the address book from the image information received by the receiving means as address-related character data. The address book database stores the address-related character data recognized by the character recognition means in association with the address book creator. The address book database is used as a web page by using the address book database. It is possible to generate and access the address book creator's own address book via the Internet. And makes it possible.

By doing so, the address book of a plurality of address book creators can be created, and each address book creator can go to the web server to browse his / her own address book. Address book creation can be established as a business. Therefore, in a society that uses business cards and the like, it is possible to significantly reduce time loss and loss that occur when creating, checking, and using an address book. Also, since the address book can be placed as a web page on the web server so that it can be browsed, you can use a personal computer installed at each place where you can connect to the Internet network or a mobile phone that you always carry without having to carry the address book with you. You can check and check other people's addresses regardless of time.

Further, the character information of the read business card is not processed on the information terminal side and is transmitted as image information to the present web server and transmitted to the character recognition means, so that the operation of the information terminal becomes extremely light. In addition, high-precision character confirmation software can be installed in the character recognition means, and when the system is configured using this web server, the address book is generally cheap and efficient, and the data accuracy is high. It can be a creation / use system.

Another invention is that in addition to the invention of the web server provided for the address information utilization system described above,
The first system unit includes a receiving unit that receives address-related character data read from a business card and information about an address book creator who desires to create an address book using the business card. The address database stores address-related character data in association with the address book creator. Using this address book database, the address book can be generated as a web page, and the address book creator It makes it possible to access the address book dedicated to the person via the Internet network.

By doing so, the address book of a plurality of address book creators can be created, and each address book creator can go to the web server to browse his / her own address book. Address book creation can be established as a business. Therefore, in a society that uses business cards and the like, it is possible to significantly reduce time loss and loss that occur when creating, checking, and using an address book. Also, without carrying an address book, it is possible to confirm or check other people's addresses regardless of time by using a personal computer installed at each place that can be connected to the Internet network or a mobile phone that is always carried.

Further, since the present web server adopts a method of transmitting the character information of the business card read by the information terminal as character data, it is possible to check and correct the character data in the information terminal. Therefore, more accurate data can be transmitted, and highly accurate data can be used in the information terminal.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the invention of the web server provided for the above-mentioned address information utilization system, the second system section is further posted between the personal information on the host side and between the host and the client. Also, a message board database in which message board information is stored that only the host side has the operational authority, and when new information is written to the message board information from the client side or the host side, the new information is used for the message board. Message board information updating means to be added as message board information in the database, and information notification when the information is updated by the message board information updating means, which is different from the person who wrote the fact that the information was updated And means.

In this way, when the host or client newly writes to the message board, the information notifying means notifies the other party (client or host side) that the writing has been performed. This eliminates the need for the host side or the client side to access the site where the message board information exists in order to check whether or not new writing has been performed, and saves unnecessary time and effort.

Further, another invention is that in addition to the invention of the web server provided for the address information utilization system,
The second system section stores personal information on the host side, message board information posted between the host and the client, and only the host side has the operational authority, and the address of the first system section is stored. A message board database that is also used as a book database, and message board information updating means for adding new information to the message board information as message board information in the message board database when new information is written from the client side or the host side. When the information is updated by the message board information updating means, the information notifying means for notifying the other party different from the person who wrote the fact that the information has been updated is provided.

In this way, when the host or client newly writes in the message board, the information notifying means notifies the other party (client or host side) that the writing has been performed. This eliminates the need for the host side or the client side to access the site where the message board information exists in order to check whether or not new writing has been performed, and saves unnecessary time and effort. Further, the message board database also serves as the address book database of the first system section. As a result, as compared with the case where independent address book databases coexist, information related to own addresses is aggregated in one address book database, and user convenience is improved.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the invention of the web server provided for the above-mentioned address information utilization system, the second system section further provides for browsing personal information.
The host classifies the clients into ranks, and comprises information browsing restriction means for restricting the types of personal information that can be browsed according to the ranks.

With this rank division, a limit is set for viewing personal information (information in the address book database, etc.) of the host according to the divided rank. For example, personal information (for example, address book or schedule book) of all hosts can be set to be viewed by a person who has a close relationship with the host, and personal information of the host can be set by the host as personal information such as an acquaintance. It is possible to make a setting that allows only browsing of the favorite column in which the URL is registered.

By setting the browsing restrictions in this way, the schedule on the host side can be browsed at any time, for example, to a couple, a lover, or a person having a business relationship in a company, and the browsing side can The convenience of is improved. Further, since the browsing can be restricted to a certain person, the confidentiality of the personal information on the host side can be maintained. Further, even when the telephone number or the like is changed on the host side, the contents of the change can be viewed at any time, and it is possible to solve the problem such as not being able to contact. Therefore, the convenience on the client side is significantly improved.

Further, another invention is that in addition to the invention of the web server provided for the address information utilization system,
The third system section is an address book database for corporations and individuals to write their own address information and favorite column information and use it as their own address book.
Unlike the address book database, a large database part that stores corporate or individual address information to enable search of address information for a large number of people, and new address information in the address book of members existing in the address book database Is written or the address information is changed, the data updating / registering means for updating / registering the new address information or the changed address information in the large database part, and the large database by the data updating / registering means. When updating / registering address information in the department,
Data checking means for checking whether the registered data is correct or not.

By doing so, the contents written in the address book database are written in the large database section by the data updating / registering means. As a result, the information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals and corporations is collected in the integrated large database. As a result, even if a new change occurs in the address information, the address information can be immediately written in the large-sized database section and can be examined by a third party. Further, by collecting address data in the address book database, it becomes possible to provide a comprehensive address data search and utilization service such as mobile phones and fixed telephones of different companies, URLs and mail addresses. .

Further, when updating / registering the address information in the large-sized database section by the data updating / registering means, the data checking means checks the correctness of the data. For this check, for example, the landline phone number is determined by the area of residence, so by checking the consistency between the phone number and the address, it is possible to check whether the data of the phone number or address is correct. can do. In addition, it is possible to maintain consistency with address information existing in the address book of other individuals or corporations. For example, if there is an error in only one place in the address related information item,
It is possible to immediately pick up address information in which an error exists. Also, in the case of personal names or corporate names in email addresses, URLs, etc., it is possible to check spelling errors and the like.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the invention of the web server provided for the address information utilization system described above, the third system section writes the address information and the information in the favorite column unique to the corporation or individual. An address book database that is used as an original address book and is also used as an address book database of at least one of the first system unit and the second system unit,
Unlike the address book database, a large database part that stores corporate or individual address information to enable search of address information for a large number of people, and new address information in the address book of members existing in the address book database Is written or the address information is changed, the data updating / registering means for updating / registering the new address information or the changed address information in the large database part, and the large database by the data updating / registering means. When updating / registering address information in the department,
Data checking means for checking whether the registered data is correct or not.

By doing so, the contents written in the address book database are written in the large database unit by the data updating / registering means. As a result, the information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals and corporations is collected in the integrated large database unit. As a result, even if a new change occurs in the address information, the address information can be immediately written in the large-sized database section and can be examined by a third party. Further, by collecting address data in the address book database, it becomes possible to provide a comprehensive address data search and utilization service such as mobile phones and fixed telephones of different companies, URLs and mail addresses. .

Further, when updating / registering the address information in the large-sized database section by the data updating / registering means, the data checking means checks the correctness of the data. For this check, for example, the landline phone number is determined by the area of residence, so by checking the consistency between the phone number and the address, it is possible to check whether the data of the phone number or address is correct. can do. In addition, it is possible to maintain consistency with address information existing in the address book of other individuals or corporations. For example, if there is an error in only one place in the address related information item,
It is possible to immediately pick up address information in which an error exists. Also, in the case of personal names or corporate names in email addresses, URLs, etc., it is possible to check spelling errors and the like.

Further, the address book database also serves as the address book database of the first system section. As a result, as compared with the case where independent address book databases coexist, information related to own addresses is aggregated in one address book database, and user convenience is improved.

Further, in another invention, in addition to each invention of the web server provided for the above-mentioned address information utilization system, further, in the third system section, the specific address information in the address book database is further updated / updated. Even if the address information is collected by the registration means, the address information disclosure restriction means is provided to prevent the address information from being disclosed. By doing so, it becomes possible to maintain the confidentiality of the address information that should be kept secret from others, and to protect the privacy of others. That is, the invention of the web server provided for the address information utilization system of the present invention can be used with peace of mind.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the address information utilization system 1 of the present invention will be described below. In the following description, the first system section related to address editing using a business card or the like in the address information usage system 1 will be referred to as an address book creation / usage system section 10, and a second system related to a service using a message board will be described. Part
The message board service unit 200 is used. In addition, a third system unit that stores and updates data such as telephone numbers and URLs of individuals and corporations is the address data storage / update system unit 300.
And These address book creation / use system unit 10,
The message board service unit 200 and the address data storage / update system unit 300 are closely related to each other as described later.

(Regarding Address Book Creation / Use System Unit 10) An embodiment of the address book creation / use system unit 10 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9. The following address book creation / use system section 1
In the description of No. 0, the configuration in the case where the address book creation / use system unit 10 is realized as an independent system will be described. However, the address book creation / use system unit 10 can be easily applied as a part of the address information use system 1 described later. The entire address information utilization system 1 will be described later.

Although the information read in this embodiment is the character information written on a business card known as a business card, it is also used to read the character information written on an envelope, a catalog, a magazine, etc. other than the business card. The invention can be applied.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the address book creation / use system unit 10 of the present invention.
The address book creation / use system unit 10 is a kind of client server system. As the information terminal 11 serving as a client terminal, the scanner 3 serving as a reading unit is used.
A mobile phone 11a with a mobile phone 11a, a mobile phone 11b without a scanner, a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) 11c, a mobile information device (not shown), etc. are adopted.

Each information terminal 11 can be connected to the Internet network 15 which is a part of the communication network via the respective Web servers 12, 13 and 14. The system server 16 serving as the server of the client server system,
It is a web server connected to the Internet network 15.

Each mobile phone 11a, 11b is connected to each base station 1
7 and other communication facilities (not shown) to connect to the web servers 12 and 13. To the Internet network 15, a business card input device 19 serving as a reading means arranged in a service store 18 for business card input service is connected to a high speed communication network 20 such as ADSL or optical fiber via a web server 21. Further, in the organization 22 of a company or the like, a scanner device 23 as a reading means for reading information of a business card and a personal computer 24 as an information terminal are arranged.
Is connected to the LAN 25 in the organization 22, and the LAN 2
5 is connected to the web server 27 via the fireall 26. This web server 27 is connected to the Internet network 15.

In the address book creation / use system section 10 shown in FIG. 1, only one information terminal 11, service shop 18, business card input device 19, organization 22, and scanner device 23 are shown, respectively. These are typical examples, and a plurality of devices are arranged for each.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 11a is a telephone device which has a scanner 31 as a means for reading a business card and can be connected to the Internet network 15. In this mobile phone 11a, as shown in FIG. 2, the jack part 34 of the scanner 31 is inserted and fitted into the jack part 33 of the main body 32 of the mobile phone 11a. By this fitting, the circuit section in the main body 32 of the mobile phone 11a and the circuit section of the scanner 31 are electrically connected.

The circuit section in the main body 32 of the mobile phone 11a is
ROM (Read Only Memory) serving as a storage medium in which programs and the like for executing the functions of the mobile phone 11a are stored
35, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 36 serving as a storage medium for temporarily storing a telephone number, and the scanner 3
1 and the interface unit 37 with the mobile phone 11a, and a micro processing unit (Micro processing) for controlling each unit in the mobile phone 11a.
Unit) 38 and the like.

The scanner 31 is provided with a jack portion 34 fitted into the jack portion 33 of the main body 32, and a scanner portion 39 which is an image scanner for reading character information such as a business card. The circuit unit of the scanner 31 includes a RAM 40 that temporarily stores the read information, a RAM 41 that serves as a mobile-side software storage unit for temporarily storing the software that has been read, and the scanner 31 of the mobile phone 11a. A communication function unit 42 for communicating with the main body 32 and an interface unit 43 for the main body 32
And a scanner function unit 44 that causes the scanner unit 39 to function. In addition, when the mobile phone 11a is adapted to the system in which the software is not loaded from the system server 16, the RAM 41 may be unnecessary.

As shown in FIG. 3, the system server 16 includes a character recognition-related software section 51, a program section 52, a database section 53, and the Internet network 15.
An interface unit 54 that is connected to the mobile phone 11a and serves as a part of receiving means, a data storage unit 55 that temporarily stores data transmitted from the mobile phone 11a, and a control unit that controls each unit in the system server 16. 56 and.

The character recognition-related software section 51 is transmitted to the mobile phone 11a or the like, or the system server 16
A part that is a part of a software storage unit that stores software for character recognition processing, and a storage unit such as a hard disk or the like plays the function.
As the types thereof, there are related software 61 for scanning for reading characters of a business card as image information, character data conversion software 62 for recognizing character data from the read image information and converting it into character data, and address from the character data. The character recognition software 64, which is the address recognition software 63 that grasps and takes in the character data to be read, and other software. Software composed of the scanning software 61 and the character data conversion software 62 is generally called OCR software.

The program section 52 includes a system server program 71 for operating the system server 16, and
The member authentication program 72 for recognizing members (including the address book creator) who can enjoy the service described below, and the scanning software 61 and / or the character recognition software 64 are transmitted to the mobile phone 11a or the service shop 1
8 or the organization 22 or the like requests the transmission program 73 for transmitting those software 61, 64
And other programs (for example, a search program) are stored. This program section 52 is
An ultra-small arithmetic processing unit, a storage unit such as a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk, and the like work together to carry out its function. The transmission program 73 is stored in the database unit 53.
Has a function of transmitting the data retrieved and extracted to the information terminal 11.

The database section 53 includes a message board database 81 that collects data written on the message boards for performing the message board service and an address book database 82 that collects data about addresses for performing the address book creation / use service. In order to perform the schedule book providing service, the schedule book database 83 that collects the schedule data, the favorite column database 84 for performing the service for the favorite column, the mobile phones 11a, 11b, the personal computer 11c, etc. When accessing the system server 16, those information terminals 11
The web page database 85 that collects the web pages displayed on the display unit 29, the member database 86 that collects the member information such as the member's name and mobile phone number, and other databases.

Here, in the database section 53, a storage device such as a hard disk has its function. The member corresponds to a host or client of a message service described later, an address book creator of the address book service, a schedule book creator of the schedule book providing service, and the like. The address book database 82
In, the character data associated with each address book is stored in association with each address book creator.
Similarly, in the schedule book database 83, data relating to each schedule is stored in association with each schedule book creator.

The data storage unit 55 is composed of a storage device such as a RAM or a hard disk, and is a part for temporarily storing the transmitted image information. The control unit 56 is composed of a microminiaturized arithmetic processing unit, and the control unit 56 and the character recognition software 64 constitute a character recognition means.
Further, the control unit 56 and the interface unit 54 constitute a receiving means.

The mobile phone 11b is connected to the internet 15
It is a device that can access a web page on the system server 16 and can correct the address book in the web page with a normal mobile phone that can access the. The personal computer 11c is an ordinary personal computer that can access the Internet network 15 and is a device that can browse a web page on the system server 16 and can correct an address book in the web page.
The business card input device 19 is a scanner device dedicated to business cards,
The information described on the business card is captured as digital image information and transmitted to the system server 16 via the high-speed communication network 20 and the Internet network 15.

Scanner device 23 placed on tissue 22
Is a device having software corresponding to the scanning software 61 and software corresponding to the character recognition software 64 inside thereof or in the personal computer 24. Each web server 12, 13, 14, 21, 27
Is a server that is connected to the Internet network 15 and exchanges various information via the Internet network 15.

Next, the operation related to the address book in the address book creation / use system unit 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 9.

The owner of the mobile phone 11a, which serves as an information terminal, first accesses the system server 16, downloads the latest scanning software 61 for capturing the characters of a business card as image information, and stores it in the RAM 41. At this time, the system server 16 confirms whether or not the user is a member, and permits the download only when it is determined that the user is a member. The download is performed by the control unit 56 and the transmission program 73.

When the mobile phone 11a is manufactured, the software corresponding to the scanning software 61 is preliminarily RA.
You may put it in M41. Further, the character recognition software 64 may be downloaded together with the scanning software 61, or only the character recognition software 64 may be downloaded and stored in the RAM 41 when the scanning software is already stored.

Next, the latest scanning software 61
By operating the mobile phone 11a having, the character information written on the business card is captured as image information. At this time, the microminiature arithmetic processing unit 38 of the mobile phone 11a operates the scanner unit 39 to perform reading. Then, the image information is transmitted to the system server 16.

At this time, the operation unit 30 is operated to operate the member ID.
Member authentication is performed by inputting. It should be noted that a program for automatically importing a telephone number is installed in the scanning software 61 so that the information on the telephone number of the mobile phone 11a, which is the information as the address book creator, is simultaneously displayed when the image information is transmitted to the system server 16. It may be transmitted.

The system server 16 uses the input member I
Authenticate as a member from the information of D or phone number,
Start receiving image information. This authentication is performed by the control unit 56 operating the member authentication program 72.

The received image information is stored in the data storage unit 55.
Will be temporarily stored in. Then, the control unit 56 operates the character data conversion software 62 in the character recognition software 64 to convert the image information into character data or predetermined significant data. After that, when the address recognition software 63 is operated to recognize a predetermined character or image from the character data or the like, the address-related character data following the character or the address-related character data preceding the character or the character or the like. Extract character data related to addresses including.

In this embodiment, the predetermined characters are "company", "corporation", "(shares)", "(present)", "(combined)",
"(Goods)", "phone", "FAX", "address", "Tokyo",
"Nagano Prefecture", "〒", "URL", "mail" etc. are adopted. Further, as the predetermined image, it is possible to recognize a telephone pattern, a FAX symbol, and the like. In addition, the kanji part within 2 to 10 characters, which is the character of the largest point in the business card, is recognized as the name.

The address-related character data includes a name, a company name, a company address, a title, a telephone number, a FAX number, a URL, an electronic mail ID and the like. When these character data are extracted, the control unit 56 stores the character data in the address book database 82 in association with the information of the address book creator. After that, the data storage unit 5
The data as the image information stored in 5 is deleted.

Next, the owner of the mobile phone 11a appropriately checks whether the contents of the address book converted into data by the system server 16 are correct. For this check, as shown in FIG. 5, the mobile phone 11a is first operated to access the system server 16 via the Internet network 15. At this time, initially, a general-purpose home page that can be accessed by members other than the member is set up by the control unit 56. An example of such a general homepage 101 is shown in FIG. The display unit 29 of the mobile phone 11a displays the general home page 101.

The owner of the mobile phone 11a selects to enter the address book service from the menu of each service. This selection is made by clicking on the entrance click section 102 marked "Enter" in the general home page 101 shown in FIG. If the user wants to know the content of each service, he or she can do so by clicking on the explanation click section 103 labeled "Explanation".

The outline of each service will be described later. Here, a case where the address book service is selected will be described. When the address book service is selected, the system server 16 launches a member authentication home page 111 (see FIG. 7) that can receive the address book service from the web page database 85. Then, the authentication homepage 1 is displayed on the display unit 29 of the mobile phone 11a.
11 is displayed, and the owner of the mobile phone 11a operates the operation unit 3
0 to operate the member I of the member authentication homepage 111
Enter the required items in the D column 112 and the password column 113,
Click on the part that says "Go".

Then, the input data is transmitted to the system server 16, and the member authentication program 72 confirms whether or not the member is a member. If you are a member,
The classification menu home page 121 (see FIG. 8) that displays the classification menu of the address book for (address book creator) is launched. When character data is extracted from a business card and made into a database, the data is automatically divided into persons who belong to an organization such as a company and persons who do not belong to them (individuals) and save the data. In the case of business cards written in English, they do not belong to any of them and are distinguished as "gaijin". Furthermore, if it is unknown whether it is classified as a person belonging to the organization, an individual, or a foreigner, or if the classification is unknown due to a reading error, etc.,
It is classified as "Unknown (Classification not possible)" and made into a database.

Classification menu home page 12 shown in FIG.
When it is desired to open a predetermined item in 1, the disclosure click section 122 described as “open” is clicked to open the home page of the address book in which the people classified into the predetermined category are collected. Home page of this address book 13
An example of No. 1 is shown in FIG. Homepage of this address book 1
At 31, the respective data in the web page database 85 of the system server 16 and the address book database 81 are docked and formed. The formed homepage 131 of the address book of the predetermined category is transmitted to the mobile phone 11a and displayed on the display unit 29 thereof. The display unit 2
Since the size of 9 is small, it is actually a scroll screen.

In the homepage 131 of the address book,
In addition to the items shown above, a memo field 132 and a photo field 133 are provided. The memo field 132 is a field in which items such as when the target person is met and what features the face has are entered in a memorandum during the correction work. Photo column 1
33, when a face photograph is attached to a business card, etc., the face photograph is saved as an image file in the address book database 82, and when it is "Yes", it can be linked to the image file. It is a column that is set like this.

The address book creator who is a member looks at the home page 131 of this address book and checks whether or not the input and displayed data is correct. If an error is found, click on the relevant item of the relevant person. Then, by inverting the color of the clicked portion, the corrected portion is designated. After that, the "correction" that is placed below the part that is displayed as "individual correction"
By clicking the correction button portion 134 displayed as, the corresponding portion is enlarged and displayed, and the correction can be performed. In addition,
To make corrections to all members, click the member correction button 135 marked "Correction of all" at the top, and first the input column for each item of the person at the top will be displayed. One input field for each item is displayed and you can correct it. In this way, the input items of the next person automatically appear, and the items are sequentially corrected.

When it is desired to rearrange the display order of the items in the address book or the display order from the top to the bottom, for example, when the left end is to be the company name, and the order from the top to the bottom is from the name Iueo to the telephone number. When the user wants to do so, by clicking the rearrangement button 136 arranged at the upper part, a rearrangement selection screen appears and can be executed.

When the correction work is completed, the end button 137 displayed as "End all corrections" is clicked in the upper left part of the screen. Then, the corrected data is transmitted to the system server 16, and the address book database 82 is changed (corrected).

The address book is checked and corrected by the above steps. If you want to use the address book instead of checking or correcting it, the steps are the same as those shown in Fig. 5, but instead of correcting the final part, you should check the contents of the address book and use it for writing letters. Becomes

The telephone field 138 and UR in the address book
The L column 139 and the E-mail column 140 are linked to each other. That is, when the telephone field 138 is clicked, the mobile phone 11a automatically calls the telephone number destination. Also, by clicking the URL in the URL column 139, it is possible to jump to the home page. Furthermore, when the ID in the email ID column 140 is clicked, the email software starts up and the email can be sent to the other party.

Further, in the address book, images such as face photographs and illustrations corresponding to the persons of the respective address information may be pasted. Furthermore, it is preferable that the image of the face photograph, illustration, etc. be in a link format, and when the image of the face photograph, illustration, etc. is clicked, the email writing screen in which the email address for the person is described will be launched. Is also good.

As described above, the telephone field 138 in the address book,
Since the URL column 139 and the e-mail ID column 140 are linked to each other, the address book can be used in a completely different manner from the conventional address book.
Business operations are streamlined. Also, the system server 1
Since multiple address books can be formed in 6 in a row, it is possible to develop business that has never existed before. Moreover, the work of inputting a business card can be efficiently performed, while the correction work can be performed in the idle time or the work clearance time, so that the work efficiency is further improved.

Although one embodiment of the address book creation / use system unit 10 of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment and does not depart from the scope of the present invention. Various changes can be implemented. For example, in the above-described embodiment, various services other than the address book creation / use service are provided as services provided by the system server 16 and are associated with each other. However, only the address book creation / use service is provided. May be done.

In the above embodiment, the mobile phone 1
Although an example in which the image information read from the computer 1a using the scanning software 61 is transmitted to the system server 16 is shown, the information of the business card is read by the business card input device 19 and the image information is transmitted to the system server 16. May be. In this case, the service shop 18 transmits the image information of the business card to the system server 16 and then receives from the system server 16 the URL of the browsing home page where the entered data can be browsed, and sends it to the person who brought in the business card. It is preferable to inform the URL.

The person who brought in the business card who has obtained the URL of the browsing homepage returns to his / her home and then uses his / her mobile phone 11
Access the URL using b or PC 11c,
It is checked whether the data input at the service store 18 is correct. If an error is found, the person who brings in the business card will correct the data by following the steps described above (no member authentication is required). Then, the work of docking the corrected data with the conventional address book is performed. At this time, whether or not the member is a member is authenticated.

If the person who brings in the business card is not a member who uses the address book, an inquiry screen is displayed as to whether or not to become a member and save the data of the browsing home page as the address book. On the other hand, if the member does not wish to become a member, the data is input at the service store 18 and stored in the data storage unit 55.
The data stored in is deleted after a predetermined time.

Also, the mobile phone 11a is the system server 1
Download the character recognition software 64 from 6.
It may be stored in the AM 41 and the address-related character data may be extracted in the mobile phone 11a. in this case,
Both the character data conversion software 62 that temporarily converts all the character information into character data and the address recognition software 63 that extracts only the character data before and after a predetermined character from the character data may be downloaded. However, character recognition software of a completely different type from the software 62 and 63 may be downloaded.

That is, for example, only the character data of "URL" can be recognized, and when the "URL" is recognized, a small-capacity character recognition software that uses only the character information following the "URL" as the character data, or "URL" And "MAI
It is also possible to recognize only "L" and download the small-capacity character recognition software that uses the information that follows as character data. After the character recognition processing, the character recognition software is deleted from the RAM 41.

By doing so, the RAMs 40 and 41 can be used for storing other data, the download time can be shortened, and the operation of the microminiature arithmetic processing unit 38 can be performed quickly and lightly.

When the storage unit in the mobile phone 11a has a large capacity and the mobile phone 11a is equipped with a highly functional ultra-compact processor 38, the scanning software 61 and the characters are stored in the mobile phone 11a. Recognition software 6
4 may be made resident. However, even in this case,
It is preferable that the latest high-performance scanning software 61 and character recognition software 64 can be downloaded from the system server 16 as appropriate. The method of making both software 61 and 64 resident is also applicable to the business card input device 19 of the service store 18.

Although the scanner 31 and the business card input device 19 are shown as the means for reading the business card, the scanner device 23 arranged in the tissue 22 may be used. In the above embodiment, the scanning software 61 and the character recognition software 64 are incorporated in the scanner device 23 and the personal computer 24, and the data is checked and corrected before being transmitted to the system server 16. ,
One or both of the software may not be incorporated. Then, the information of the business card may be fetched as image information by the built-in or downloaded scanning software 61, transmitted to the system server 16, and then the data may be checked / corrected in the personal computer 24 or the like.

In the above embodiment, the mobile phone 1
Mobile phone 11a to facilitate reading with 1a
Although the scanner 31 is provided at the bottom of the mobile phone 11a, it may be attached to a part of the side or the back of the mobile phone 11a, or the scanner 31 may be attached to the main body 32 via a connection cable.

Further, the URL or the like to be read is often written in fine characters, so that if the focus is slightly off, the reading accuracy will be extremely lowered. Therefore, in order to keep a constant distance between the scanner 31 (internal reading element portion) and the business card and to perform a smooth operation (scan), the scanner 31 is provided with a reading guide and operation support means such as a roller. Is preferred.
Further, when reading with the scanner 31, a lamp or sound notifying means for notifying whether or not the subject is in focus may be provided.

Further, the object to be read is a business card in the above example, but it may be an envelope, a catalog, a magazine or the like dedicated to a company. Further, as the address-related data to be read, for example, only "URL", only e-mail ID, only telephone number, or a combination of any of the items shown above may be used. Is also good. Further, as the address-related items, a zip code, a personal address, etc. may be adopted in addition to the items described above.

The address book creation / use system unit 1
0 is configured only by the mobile phone 11a with the scanner 31, the telephone communication network, the Internet network 15, and the system server 16, or the business card input device 18, the high-speed communication network 20, the web server 21, the Internet network 15, and the system server 1.
6 and the personal computer 11c and / or the mobile phone 11b, or the scanner device 23, the personal computer 24, the web server 27, the Internet network 15 and the system server 16 only. Further, the constituent devices shown in FIG. 1 may be combined as appropriate, or another device not shown in FIG. 1 may be appropriately added.

Further, the system server 16 does not have to perform all the above-mentioned functions by itself, but some functions, for example, another server connected to the system server 16 with the database unit 53 or the Internet network. 15
You may make it share with the other web server connected to.

Further, after the image information is transmitted to the system server 16, the character data may be converted into data using only the character data conversion software 62 in the character recognition software 64. In this case, the address book creator then accesses the system server 16 to insert predetermined data into each item of the address book to complete the address book.

(About Message Board Service Unit 200) Next, regarding the message board service unit 200, FIG. 10 to FIG.
It will be described based on 3. In the following explanation,
The configuration when the message board service unit 200 is realized as an independent system will be described. However, the message board service unit 200 can be easily applied as a part of the address information utilization system 1 described later. The entire address information utilization system 1 will be described later.

In the following description, the address book creation /
Among the information terminals 11 in the usage system unit 10, the one serving as the information terminal 11 on the host side is the mobile phone 11A (or the information terminal 11A), and the one serving as the information terminal 11 on the client side for the host is the mobile phone 11B (or The information terminal 11B) will be described below. Also, it will be omitted and simply referred to as a host or a client. These hosts or clients are members of the message board service, the hosts are basically paid members, but the clients are basically free members.

Further, as a configuration other than the information terminals 11A and 11B, the information terminals 11A and 1B are connected via the Internet.
An address book / message board server 201 connected to 1B is provided. This address book / message board server 201
As shown in FIG. 10, has a program section 202 and a database section 203. The address book / message board server 201 may not be provided independently, and the system server 16 described above may also serve as the address book / message board server 201.

Further, similarly to the system server 16 described above, the data transmitted from the information terminal 11A, 11B and the interface section 204 which is connected to the above-mentioned Internet network 15 and is a part of the receiving means are temporarily stored. It has a data storage unit 205 for temporarily storing and a control unit 206 for controlling each unit in the address book / message board server 201.

The program section 202 is provided with a server program 210 for activating the address book / message board server 201. Further, the program unit 202 stores a message board program 211. The message board program 211 sends the URL for accessing this message board to the other party when the message board is started up, and when the message board URL is sent from the other party who is the host, the message board top page 260 (Fig. 11
The message is displayed as a message board display 261 in (see), and when there is a message on the message board, a mail is sent to the other party who wrote the message.

Further, the program section 202 is provided with a member authentication program 212 for authenticating whether or not the user is a member. Further, the program section 202 stores an address book program 213 for making settings for permitting browsing of information in the address book and for permitting browsing. Further, the program unit 202 stores a search program for performing various searches, a transmission program for transmitting the obtained data to the information terminal 11, and the like.

The program section 202 has its function by cooperation of a micro arithmetic processing unit (not shown) and a storage section such as a ROM, a RAM and a hard disk.

The database section 203 of the message board service section 200 has substantially the same contents as the database section 53 shown in FIG. That is, the message board database 220, the address book database 221, the schedule book database 222, the favorite column database 223, and the web page database 22.
4 and a member database 225 and a setting information database 226.

However, unlike the database unit 53 of FIG. 3 described above, the database unit 203 includes an address book, a schedule book, setting information for browsing favorite fields, and a host and a client for each message board. It also has a setting information database 226 for storing information regarding. Note that the setting information database 226 may be configured to be stored in the message board database 220, the address book database 221, the schedule book database 222, and the favorite column database 223, instead of being provided independently. .

In the database unit 203, a storage device such as a hard disk has its function as in the database unit 53 of FIG. 3 described above.

As described above, the mobile phones 11a and 11b can access the address book / message board server 201 through the Internet network 15. When the address book / message board server 201 is accessed, the mobile phones 11a and 11b are authenticated as to whether they are the host or the client by inquiring the setting information database 226. After such authentication is performed and a confirmation is obtained, the message board database 220 can be accessed. When the message board database 220 is accessed, the general homepage 101 of the address book / message board service as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display units 29 and 29A of the mobile phones 11a and 11b described above.

The general home page 101 is provided with a message board service, an address book service, a schedule book service, and an entrance click section 102 marked "Enter" for proceeding to each web page in the favorite column. There is. In addition, when it is desired to know the contents of each service, an explanation screen (not shown) is displayed by clicking the explanation click section 103 labeled "Explanation".

By clicking the entrance click section 102 for receiving the message board service,
It progresses to the message page top page 260 shown in FIG. On this message board service top page 260, as shown in FIG. 11, a message board display 261 showing the message boards currently being created (displaying the name of the other party) is displayed in a list. The name of the other party of the message board is also written on the message board display 261.

The top page 260 for this message board
The message board display 261 displays not only the message board when the user is the host, but also the message board when the client (displayed as “guest” in FIG. 11). This display may be displayed separately on the host side and the client side, or may be displayed in order of Aiue according to the name of the other party. Then, when any message board display 261 is selected and clicked, a corresponding message board home page 262 as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed.

The message board home page 262 is managed by the host by launching (sponsoring) the host. In addition, like the usual message board, among the written messages, a fixed number of messages or all the written messages within a fixed period are displayed. As a result, it becomes possible to write in accordance with one case or topic rather than communicating with the other party in a one-shot manner like e-mail. An example thereof is shown in FIG.

Further, in principle, one message board home page 262 can be written by one host and one client. However, two or more clients may be allowed to write on the message board home page 262 depending on the change of the setting content. In addition, the host can create a plurality of message board homepages 262 and can simultaneously advance another message board homepage 262 with another client. Here, even if a plurality of message board homepages 262 are provided, it is possible to simultaneously transmit to each message board homepage 262.

In the message board home page 262, only the host takes the initiative and has all the authority regarding the use of the message board home page 262. That is, the host has various authorities with respect to the message board homepage 262, such as the authority to set access restrictions on the message board homepage 262 and rank the clients, which will be described later, or the authority to delete the client and the message board homepage 262.

Unlike the ordinary bulletin board on the Internet network 15, this message board home page 262 has a CGI.
When the message for updating the message board homepage 262 is written instead of updating the message board homepage 262 by using the (Common Gateway Interface) function, the other party who uses the message board homepage 262 indicates that "new message is available". Send an email. Thereby, the other party (host or client) of the message board homepage 262 instantly receives the message board homepage 262.
You can recognize that there was a new writing in.

The e-mail transmission function is performed by activating the message board program 211 described above, and a part of the message board program 211 functions as a part of the information notifying means. Further, when the message board homepage 262 is written, the function of adding new information to the message board homepage 262 is also performed by another part of the message board program 211, and another part of the message board program 211 is performed. It functions as a part of the information updating means. Each of these functions is executed under the control of the control unit 206.

An address book (see FIG. 9) or the like may be provided in association with the message board home page 262. For example, in the address book, address information of various people such as a lover or friend of a host, an acquaintance, a boss of a company, a colleague or a senior junior is written. Also, a favorite column described later may be provided in the address book.

Then, for each person registered in this address book, the host ranks as shown in FIG. This ranking is based on the relationship with the host, for example, "wife / husband", "lover", "friend", "acquaintance".
And so on. Also, if necessary, "boss"
You can also rank them such as "colleagues" or "senior / junior". Then, according to this rank, even if the message board home page 262 is used in the same way, the information delivered to the client is different.

For example, a client flagged with "wife / husband" is notified to the other party when the above address book or schedule book is updated. And, "wife
A client who is a “husband” can access the Internet network 15 and browse the updated content.

Further, the client flagged as "friend" is notified when the address information of the host in the address book is updated. Then, the client who is a “friend” can browse the content regarding the updated address information of the host. Furthermore, the clients flagged as “acquaintances” are message board homepage 2
Only writing and browsing to 62 can be performed. It should be noted that people of all ranks can browse the favorite column described later.

In this way, the address book program 213 limits the browsing of information about the host according to the rank of the client. The address book program 213 functions as an information browsing restriction unit in cooperation with the control unit 206. Also, the setting information for ranking is stored in the setting information database 226. The information stored in this setting information includes a password and ID assigned to each rank-divided individual. Then, the viewer may be authenticated with the password or ID. Further, as another authentication method, biometrics authentication such as fingerprint, vocal cord, iris, etc. may be performed.

In addition to the address book and schedule book described above, it is preferable to provide "favorite" (hereinafter referred to as "favorite" column) in association with the message board home page 262 described above. The favorite column is
This is the place where the URL of the site that the host likes in the Internet network 15 is set. This favorite column is classified into categories such as "store", "company", "public office", "hospital", and the like. Then, in the display in each category (folder), a specific U
Display showing RL (for example, "○○ company homepage")
Etc.), the enter button or the like of the mobile phones 11a and 11b can be pressed to display the home page of the XX company.

Here, when the host registers the URL of a specific store or company in the favorite column, the service points may be given to the host by the registration. As a result, the host can receive the service corresponding to the points in the shops and companies registered in this favorite column, or in the service providing application range to which these shops and companies belong. Also, not only the registration of URLs of specific shops, but also the URLs to be registered
It is preferable that the service points are given to the host even when the items are classified according to the type of shop or company, or when the mail address is written.

When the host changes the address information in the address book relating to itself, it is the client whose address information is stored in the address book / message board server 201 and has a specific rank (for example, lover). Of the address information of a person belonging to a friend, etc.), the portion related to the host is automatically updated. Along with this, for clients whose address information has been changed,
You will be notified by email that the address information for the host has changed.

The address information of the client of the specific rank is updated by the address book program 21.
3 performs the function, and this address book program 21
3 functions as a part of the address information updating means.

When the host's schedule book is rewritten, the contents of the host's schedule book are displayed in the same row as that of the host's schedule book for those who belong to a specific rank. The notification may be sent by email.

The client name may be registered in the address book by a nickname. In this case, if another client has already registered the same nickname in the address book / message board server 201, the same nickname will be used. The nickname may be configured so that it cannot be registered.

According to the above configuration, when the host or client newly writes to the message board home page 262, the message board program 211 notifies the other party (client or host side) that the writing has been performed. . As a result, the host side or the client side does not need to access the site where the message board home page 262 exists just to check whether or not new writing has been performed, and it does not waste time and effort. . That is, it is possible to reduce unnecessary access.

Further, the host is given all the authority regarding the message board home page 262. further,
By the authority of the host, the clients are divided into specific ranks, respectively, and the restriction of viewing the personal information of the host is set according to the rank. Thereby, for example, a person who has a close relationship with the host can set the personal information such as the address book and the schedule book so as to be viewable.

Therefore, for a person who has a close relationship with the host (for example, a couple, a lover, or a person who has a business relationship in a company), the schedule on the host side can be viewed at any time, or the telephone number on the host side can be viewed. Even if a change occurs, if the change content can be viewed at any time, it is not necessary for the client side to check the information one by one, and the convenience of the client side is improved. In addition, for a person such as an acquaintance, it is sufficient to set only the favorite column of the personal information of the host to be browsed, and the disclosure of the personal information of the host can be appropriately limited.

Further, the message board home page 262 has 1
It is provided only between a human host and one client, and a host can have a plurality of message board homepages 262, and other message board homepages 262 can be similarly held between different clients. Therefore, at the same time as the topic progresses with a specific client, another message board home page 262 is provided with another client, and another topic can be advanced on this message board home page 262. . As an example,
For example, there is a case where a salesperson makes a meeting or introduces various information to different customers, or a friend and a lover make a schedule for different days.

Further, by setting the rank division on the host side, at least one of the address book, the schedule book and the favorite column can be browsed. Thereby, it becomes possible to browse the information that the client can browse according to the rank of the client, and the convenience on the client side is improved.

Since the information that can be browsed on the client side is limited by the setting on the host side, the information that the client can browse is limited in the relation between the host and the client. Thereby, it becomes possible to browse only necessary information with a specific client. Further, it becomes possible to keep the confidentiality of information such as an address with respect to other people.

Further, when the address information of the host is registered in the address book of another host or client,
When the host changes the information about itself in the address book, it is possible to update the information about the changed host in the address book of another host or client. Therefore, it is not necessary to re-input the address book information of other hosts or clients. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the trouble of other hosts and clients.

Further, by providing the favorite column, it becomes possible for a person who has accessed this favorite column to easily access the site recommended by the person who has the address book. As a result, it is possible to increase the number of people who access the site via the favorite column than before, and obtain the advertising effect and sales promotion effect of the person who has the site.

When the URL of a specific company or store is registered in this favorite column, service points may be given to the registered host. Therefore, in order to obtain service points, many hosts will register URLs of specific companies or stores. Then, when the client accesses the message board home page 262, by browsing the favorite column of the host and accessing the site of a specific company or store via this favorite, the advertisement of the specific company or store, etc. Advertising effect can be obtained.

(Address data storage / update system unit 3
00) Next, the address data storage / update system unit 300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 18. In the following description, the configuration when the address data storage / update system unit 300 is realized as an independent system will be described. However,
The address data storage / update system unit 300 can be easily applied as a part of the address information utilization system 1 described later. The entire address information utilization system 1 will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 14, the address data storage / update system section 300 has a large database server 301 for storing corporate and personal data. This database server 301 connects a database unit 302, a program unit 303, the above-mentioned Internet network 15 and an interface unit 304 which is a part of receiving means, and the above-mentioned information terminal 11.
The data storage unit 305 temporarily stores the data transmitted from a, 11b, 11A, and 11B, and the control unit 306 that controls each unit in the database server 301. The database server 301 may not be provided independently, and the system server 16 and the address book / message board server 201 may also serve as the database server 301.

In the large database section 302, a storage device such as a hard disk has its function.
Further, the large-scale database section 302 has a corporate database section 310 and an individual database section 311, respectively, in which data about each individual or corporate is stored. The stored data includes, for example, telephone numbers, fax numbers, mobile phone numbers, URLs, email addresses,
There are addresses and postal codes. These data are stored in a table format for each individual or corporation, or in a folder for each individual or corporation.

As will be described later, points are given to a person who has registered address data, but a point storage database 316 for storing the point giving data is different from the database section 302. Stored in the hard disk area 315 of the. However, the point storage database 316 may be stored in the database unit 302.

Further, the program section 303 includes a member authentication program 320 and a data update / registration program 32.
1, a database server program 322, a data transmission program 323, a data check program 324, a search program 325, and an address information disclosure restriction program 326 are stored. The program unit 303 is a micro-computing processor (not shown) or RO (not shown).
The storage unit such as the M, the RAM, and the hard disk cooperates with each other to perform the function.

Of these, the database server program 322 operates the database server 301. In addition, the data update / registration program 321
Is for updating the data of the corresponding part of the database unit 302 by acquiring the changed data when the member changes the data (for example, address change, telephone number change, etc.) that occurred in the individual or the corporation. is there.

In the case of changing the data, first, the data updating / registering program 3 which functions as a part of the data updating / registering means before the member changes the data.
The data update / registration top page 330 as shown in FIG. When the data update / registration top page 330 is displayed,
Click the "Update" button 331 on the data update / registration top page 330.

Then, as shown in FIG. 16, a registration information change page 340 is displayed. Address information such as a telephone number, name, address, etc. is entered in the input search field 341 present on the registration information change page 340, and the "search" button 342 is clicked. Then, the database unit 302
Search program 32 that functions as a part of search means
5, the corporate or individual data to be changed is extracted as shown in FIG. 17, and the search result display page 343 is displayed.
Is displayed in the data display field 344 of.

Then, the member changes the corporate or individual data displayed in the data display field 344. After making the change, the send button 345 is clicked to send the changed data to the database server 301. Thereby, the data is overwritten and updated. When overwriting and updating the data, the data update / registration program 321 updates the data after the data check by the data check program 324 described later.

Further, the data update / registration program 321
Not only changes the data, but also the large database unit 30
It is also possible to newly register data of corporations and individuals that do not exist in 2. In this case, the data update shown in FIG.
When the "new registration" button 332 on the registration top page 330 is clicked, the information of the corporation or the individual who is the target of the new registration is written, and the new registration page 3 shown in FIG.
50 is displayed. Then, by writing the information of the corresponding corporation or individual in the input field 351 indicating each address information item and clicking the send button 352, a new corporation or individual is registered.

In this case, as will be described later, because of the data check by the data check program 324, the temporary registration is performed once before the data is directly updated or the new registration is performed, but the temporary registration is not performed. You may make it register.

When the data is changed or the data is newly registered in this way, the member is given points according to the number of cases. Then, when a predetermined number of points are accumulated, the member can enjoy a predetermined service (for example, redemption of merchandise or winning of a trip) according to the number of points. Therefore, a database 316 for storing points is provided in the database unit 302. Note that the points may not be given.

[0187] Further, the member can change the registration information change page 340 and the search result display page 34 as shown in Figs.
In addition to changing the registration information in 3 or directly writing the new registration information in the new registration page 350 as shown in FIG.
It is also done by writing or changing information in the address book or favorite field that the member has independently. That is, the address data storage / update system unit 300 collects address information by using the address book data used in the address book creation / use system unit 10 and the message board service unit 200 described above.

When the system server 16 connects the address book / message board server 201 to the Internet network 15 and directly connects it to the database server 301, the update information and new registration information can be written in the above-mentioned favorite column or address book. , When new information is written by editing a business card, the data update / registration program 321 is started.
By the patrol, the contents are also transmitted to the database unit 302 in the database server 301. Thereby,
The database unit 302 stores changed information and new information. As the address book, one existing in the system server 16 or the address book / message board server 201 described above is used.

However, the address book may exist only in the database server 301, and in that case, the database unit 30 in the database server 301 may be used.
The address book database (not shown) is present in the hard disk area 315 different from the data storage area 2 or in the database unit 302.

Before officially storing in the database unit 302, the registered new information or changed information is checked by the data check program 324 functioning as a part of the data check means. Thereby, it is possible to determine whether the new information or the changed information registered by the host (member) is correct. In this case, the host first updates the information
When the registration is made, the contents are once stored in the data storage unit 305 serving as a temporary registration area in the database unit 302. Then, for the information registered in the data storage unit 305, the data check program 324 is activated later to perform data check.

In this case, for example, when the address and the telephone number are registered, the office number is almost specified by the address, so that the address and the telephone number are matched. Further, when the URL is registered, it is checked whether the target homepage can be reached by following the URL. Further, the address information of a specific person stored in the address book of a specific person or corporation may be the same as the address information of the specific person stored in the address book of another person or corporation.

In this case, when the data update / registration program 321 is activated to collect the address information, the consistency with the address information existing in the address book of another person can be ensured. When the address information to be registered is different due to such matching, the fact is notified.

As an example, there is a case where an error occurs in character recognition when a previously registered person and a person at a company read a business card and register address information. In such a case, the search program 325 and the data check program 324 search and display the address information of the person of the same company registered previously, which is similar to the read address information. Then, it may be possible to ask the person who is going to register the address information whether or not there is an error in the character recognition result. If the address information of the previously registered person is correct, the address information of the previously registered person may be replaced for each item of the address information.

By doing so, it is possible to give a person who is going to change the address information or a person who is newly trying to register the address information an opportunity to confirm the address information. In addition, email address and UR
In L and the like, personal names and corporate names are often used, but it is possible for the data check program 324 to check spelling errors and the like in such electronic mail addresses and URLs. Also,
Even if an error occurs in the reading as a result of the character recognition described on the business card, it is possible to correct the error after the fact and input / register accurate address information.

Further, when such a difference is detected while collecting the address information, the fact is notified to the owner of the address book. By doing so, the owner of the address book can be given an opportunity to confirm the address information. As described above, the registered information is consistent.

Further, in the address data storage / update system unit 300 of this embodiment, the search program 3
25 may be provided with a registration data use function. When the registration data use function is provided, for example, when a person of the same company as the previously registered person registers the address information, the company name and information for specifying the company are input. After inputting the predetermined information, the large-scale database unit 302 is searched for data regarding the company using the search program 325. Then, if the corresponding data exists, the name of only the person who is going to register is input on the web page for inputting the data.

As another registered data use function,
For example, when a person in the same company as a person who has previously registered reads a business card, the search program 325 first searches the large database unit 302 based on the read information. As a result, if one or more items of the address information match,
Address information of other items may be extracted based on the item, and new registration may be performed based on the name of the person who is trying to register.

Here, in order to access the large database unit 302 in this embodiment, only the member may access it. In this case, in order to authenticate whether or not the user is a member, a web page for member authentication (not shown) is displayed first, and the member ID is input on this web page. At this time, the telephone number of the mobile phone 11a or the like may be input together with the member ID. Then, only when the user is authenticated as a member, it is possible to search the corporate or personal data stored in the database unit 302.

It should be noted that the data search using the large-scale database unit 302 may be performed by a member other than the member. Further, when a member and a person other than the member search for data, a difference may be provided in searchable items.

[0200] When the user is authenticated as a member, or when it is possible to search by a member other than the member, data search of the large-scale database section 302 can be performed by activating the search program 325 which functions as a part of the search means. Become. In addition, the web page for the search is shown in FIG.
6 is the same as the configuration of the registration information change page 340 of FIG. That is, when performing a data search using the large database unit 302, first, FIG.
The address information is input to the input search field for searching, which is similar to the input search field 341 on the registration information change page 340 shown in FIG.

In the input search field, the name, address, telephone number, fax number, mail address, URL, etc. of the corporation or individual to be searched are input. In this input field, only one address information item may be entered or a plurality of address information items may be entered. And after inputting in the input field,
When a search button similar to the search button 342 in FIG. 16 is clicked, the search operation of the large database section 302 is executed. Then, when the information of the applicable corporation or individual exists, the address information is displayed in the data display column similar to the data display column 344 in FIG.

Here, there are cases where individuals or the like do not want to disclose their own information. In this case, on the home page 131 of the address book as shown in FIG. 9 that displays the address information in the address book of each member, the address of this individual or corporation is described for each individual or corporation whose address information is described. A check box (not shown) is provided to indicate that information is not disclosed. Then, by checking this check box, the address information of the corresponding individual or corporation will not be collected in the large database unit 302, or even if it is collected in the large database unit 302, the address information will be published. Never be done.

As another method, in the case of newly registering in the large-scale database unit 302, for example, an e-mail to the effect that the person to be registered is registered is sent, and personal information is not provided if desired. It is preferable to notify that it will be made public. In this case, a flag indicating that the information of the individual etc. is not disclosed is set.

Note that the restriction of publication corresponding to the check box and the transmission of an e-mail indicating whether or not to publish are read by the address information disclosure restriction program 326, which functions as a part of the address information disclosure restriction means. It is done by being done.

The data transmission program 323 functions as a part of transmission means. This data transmission program 323 responds to a request from the information terminal, which is a client terminal, for acquisition of search data or a request for acquisition of data in the address book from the host to the address book. Search program 32
Search by 5 and get. Then, the acquired data is transmitted to the specific information terminal 11.

With the above configuration, the address book creation / use system section 10 and the message board service section 200
The contents written in the address book databases 82 and 221 are written in the database unit 302 by the data update / registration program 321 serving as data update / registration means. As a result, the information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals and corporations is collected in the integrated large database unit 302.

As a result, even if there is a new change in the address information, the address information can be immediately written in the database section 302 and examined by a third party. Further, by collecting the address information in the address book databases 82 and 221, it is possible to provide a comprehensive service for searching and using address data such as mobile phones and fixed phones of different companies, and URLs and mail addresses. It will be possible.

Further, the data update / registration program 321
When the address information is updated / registered in the database unit 302, the data check program 324 checks whether the address information is correct. By this check, for example, the consistency between the address and the telephone number and the consistency with the address information that damages the address book of another person can be obtained. Thereby, in the address information item,
If there is an error in only one place, the address information in which the error exists can be picked up immediately. Also,
If the personal name or the corporate name is used in the e-mail address or URL, it is possible to check spelling errors.

Further, since the search program 325 is provided, when the address information registered in the database unit 302 is required, it is possible to search for this address information by this search program 325 and immediately retrieve it. In addition, the address information extracted by the search program 325 is changed by the data transmission program 323.
The address information is transmitted to the information terminal 11 that has requested the acquisition. Therefore, the search result in the database unit 302 is
The client side can immediately browse and the convenience of the client side is improved.

Further, if it is desired not to publish the address information in the address book, the address information disclosure restriction program 326 restricts the disclosure of the address information. As a result, the confidentiality of address information that should be kept secret from others can be maintained, and the privacy of others can be protected. Therefore, this service can be used by anyone with peace of mind.

Further, when the search program 325 is provided with the registration data use function, the work required to input the address information can be greatly reduced, and the input can be performed quickly.

Although the configuration of the address data storage / update system section 300 has been described above, the present invention can be modified in various ways. For example, the above data update
Although the registration program 321 is described as collecting address information in the address book, the registration program 321 is not limited to this, and may access / pause a general Internet site.

Further, for the address information and the like in the database unit 302, a database unit for separately storing and backing up the address information may be separately provided. In this way, even if the address information stored in the database unit 302 is damaged, the system can be operated without shutting down. The control unit 30
6 cooperates with programs and members in the database server 301 to provide communication means, data update / registration means,
It also has functions such as data check means, member authentication means, address information disclosure restriction means, and search means.

(Overall of Address Information Utilization System 1) In the above description, each of the address book creation / utilization system unit 10, the message board service unit 200, and the address data storage / update system unit 300 of the present invention is described. However, in the following description, the entire address information utilization system 1 including these combinations will be described with reference to FIG.
It will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the following description, the address book creation / use system section 10 and the message board service section 200 described above are used.
And the address data storage / update system unit 300 are integrated, the configuration of the server and the Internet network 1
How to connect to 5 is slightly different. There are also components that are unique to the integrated system. However, basically, the same various programs and various databases as those described above are used, and the components are the same as those described above.

First, the address information utilization system 1 shown in FIG. 19 has an address information utilization server 400 which adopts a configuration similar to that of the system server 16 and the address book / message board server 201 described above. In addition to the address information use server 400, the database server 301 of the address data storage / update system unit 300
It has a database server 401 having almost the same configuration as the above. Further, other configurations are the same as those of the address book creation / use system unit 10 shown in FIG.

The integrated address information utilization system 1 of the present invention is provided with a router 402 for each of the address information utilization server 400 and the database server 401 to exchange packet data with the Internet network 15. The router 402 is connected to a LAN 403 such as Ethernet (registered trademark) or FDDI. The address information utilization server 400 and the database server 401 are connected via this LAN 403.

Here, although the address information utilization server 400 and the database server 401 are separately provided in the present embodiment, both of them are provided with the program units 410 and 440 and the database unit 411, respectively, as will be described later.
And a large-scale database section 441. These program sections 410 and 440 and the database section 4 are provided.
11. Of course, it is possible to integrate the large database unit 441. In addition, both program sections 410, 440,
And database unit 411, large-scale database unit 441
Is different from the program section 41
0, 440, the database unit 411, and the large database unit 441 may be divided.

Here, as shown in FIG. 20, the address information utilization server 400 connects the program section 410, the database section 411, and the Internet network 15 and is an interface 412 which is a part of receiving means.
And a data storage unit 413 that temporarily stores the data transmitted from the information terminal 11, and a control unit 414 that controls each unit of the address information utilization server 400.

Of these, the program section 410 includes a server program 420 and a member authentication program 421.
An address book program 422, a message board program 423, a data transmission program 424, and other programs (for example, a search program) are stored. The program unit 410 is designed to cooperate with a storage unit such as a micro-computing processor, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk, etc., to perform its function.

Note that these various programs have the same functions as the programs with the same names already described. That is, the server program 420 includes the system server program 71 and the server program 2 described above.
10 also has the same function, and the member authentication program 421 also has the same function as the member authentication programs 72 and 212 described above. The address book program 422 is the address book program 21 described above.
3 has the same function as the above, and the message board program 423
It has the same function as the message board program 211 described above. The transmission program 424 is the transmission program 7 described above.
It has the same function as 3.

Further, the database section 411 includes a message board database 430 and an address book database 43.
1, a schedule book database 432, a favorite column database 433, a web page database 434, a member database 435, and a setting information database 436 are stored.

These various databases also have the same functions as the programs with the same names already described. That is, the message board database 430 also serves as the above message board databases 81 and 220 and has the same function, and the address book database 431 also serves as the above address book databases 82 and 221 and the same. Play a function. The schedule book database 432 is the schedule book database 83,
222 also serves as the same function, and the favorite column database 433 also serves as the favorite column databases 84 and 223 and has the same function.

The web page database 434 is also available.
Has the same function as the above-mentioned web page databases 85 and 224.
Has the same function as the member databases 86 and 225 described above. Further, the setting information database 436 has the same function as the above-mentioned setting information database 226.

The database server 401 is shown in FIG.
1, the database server 401 also has a configuration similar to that of the address information utilization server 400. As its configuration, the program unit 4
40, a large-scale database unit 441, an interface 442 that is connected to the Internet network 15 and is a part of receiving means, a data storage unit 443 that temporarily stores data transmitted from the information terminal 11, A control unit 444 that controls each unit of the database server 401
And have. The control unit 444 cooperates with each program, the ROM, and the RAM to transmit the data and update the data.
It also has a function as a registration means, a data check means, a member authentication means, an address information disclosure restriction means, and a search means.

The program section 440 includes a member authentication program 450, a data update / registration program 451, a database server program 452, a data transmission program 453, a data check program 454, a search program 455, and an address information disclosure restriction program 45.
6 is stored. The program unit 440 is also designed to cooperate with a storage unit such as an ultra-small arithmetic processing unit, a ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk to perform its function.

Of these, the member authentication program 450 is
Although it has the same function as the member authentication program 320 described above, the member authentication program 450 does not have to be provided because the member authentication program 421 in the address information utilization server 400 can be substituted. The data update / registration program 451 is the data update / registration program 32 described above.
The database server program 452 has the same function as the database server program 452 described above.
It has the same function as 22.

The data transmission program 453 has the same function as the above-mentioned data transmission program 323, and the data check program 454 has the same function as the above-mentioned data check program 324. Further, the search program 455 has the same function as the above-mentioned search program 325.

The large database section 441 includes a corporate database section 460 and an individual database section 4
61 is provided, and the large database unit 4 is further provided.
A hard disk area 462 different from 41 is provided, and a point storage database 463 is stored in this hard disk area 462.

[0230] Here, the corporate database unit 460 is
It has the same functions as the corporate database unit 310 described above, and the personal database unit 461 has the same functions as the personal database unit 311 described above. The hard disk area 462 has the same function as the hard disk area 315 described above, and the point storage database 463 has the same function as the point storage database 316.

The address information utilization server 400 and the database server 401 having the above-mentioned configuration are LA
It is connected through N403. Therefore, it is possible to exchange data between the two servers 400 and 401.

When using this address information utilization system 1, first, a member or a general person accesses a general home page 470 similar to that shown in FIG. 6 and shown in FIG.
On this general homepage 470, a message board service,
An entrance click section 471 is provided for each of the address book service, the schedule book service, and the service in the favorite column, which is marked “Enter” for proceeding to the respective web pages. At the same time, the general website 470 is also provided with an entrance click section 471 for updating / newly registering address information in the database server 401.

[0233] If the user wants to know the contents of each service, he or she clicks on the explanation click section 472 labeled "Explanation" to display an explanation screen (not shown).

Of these, when the entrance click portion 471 for receiving the message board service is clicked, the process proceeds to the message board top page 260 described in FIG. When the entrance click section 471 for receiving the address book service is clicked, the authentication homepage 111 of the member who can receive the address book service is started up as described in FIG.

[0235] Further, when the entrance click part 471 for receiving the schedule book service is clicked, the web page showing a schedule book (not shown) is displayed. Also, when the entrance click section 471 for receiving the service of the favorite column is clicked, the web page showing the favorite column (not shown) is displayed.

The message board service, address book service, schedule book service, and service in the favorite column are as described above. The case of updating / registering the database is also as described above.

When updating and newly registering the address information in the database section 411 of the address information utilization server 400, the entrance click section 471 of FIG. 22 for updating and newly registering the address information is clicked. . Then, the screen shifts to the data update / registration top page 330 shown in FIG. 15, and the “update” button 331 and the “new registration” button 332 are displayed on the data update / registration top page 330. The operation after clicking the “Update” button 331 and the “New registration” button 332 is as described above.

According to the address information utilization system 1 described above, a comprehensive service regarding address information is developed,
It can be provided to a large number of people. That is, it is possible to create the address book for each address book creator by reading the address information written on the business card.

When a message board with another person is provided in relation to the address book, when the host or client newly writes on the message board home page 262, the message board program indicates that the writing has been performed. 423
Is notified to the other party (client or host side). This eliminates the need for the host side or the client side to access the site of the message board home page 262 only for checking new writing, and saves time and effort. That is, it is possible to reduce unnecessary access.

Further, when the favorite column is provided, a person who has accessed the favorite column can easily access the site recommended by the person who has the address book. As a result, it is possible to increase the number of people who access the site via the favorite column than before, and obtain the advertising effect and sales promotion effect of the person who has the site.

Further, by starting the data update / registration program 451 of the database server 401, information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals or corporations (for example, the address book database 431 in the address information utilization server 400). Information) is collected in the integrated large database unit 441. As a result, even if a new change occurs in the address information, the address information is immediately written in the large database unit 441,
It becomes possible for a third party to investigate. Further, by collecting the address information in the address book database 431, for example, mobile phones or landlines of different companies, and even U.
It becomes possible to provide a comprehensive search service for address data such as RL and e-mail address.

[0242] As for other effects, the address book creation / use system unit 10, the message board service unit 200, and the address data storage / update system unit 3 described above are used.
As described in 00.

Although one embodiment of the address information utilization system 1 of the present invention has been described above, the present invention can be variously modified in addition to this. This will be described below.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, it is explained that the address information use server 400 and the database server 401 are connected via the LAN 403. However, between the address information use server 400 and the database server 401, an internet network is used. Alternatively, the connection may be made via 15. Alternatively, a dedicated line may be used for connection.

As for the retrieved address information, a voice guidance program may be separately stored in the address information utilization server 400 and voice guidance may be provided. In the case of performing voice guidance, it is possible to use it from a normal telephone line without going through the Internet network 15, and the convenience is further improved.

[0246]

According to the present invention, the contents updated in the address book database are written in the database by the data update / registration means. As a result, the information described in the address book uniquely owned by many individuals and corporations is collected in a large integrated database. As a result, even if a new change occurs in the address information,
Immediately write the address information to the database,
It becomes possible for a third party to investigate. Also, by collecting the address data of the address book database,
For example, mobile phones, landlines, and URLs from different companies
It is possible to provide a comprehensive search service for address data such as email addresses and email addresses.

When the data updating / registering means updates / registers the address information in the database, the data checking means checks whether the data is correct or incorrect.
For this check, for example, the landline phone number is determined by the area of residence, so by checking the consistency between the phone number and the address, it is possible to check whether the data of the phone number or address is correct. can do. Also,
It is possible to maintain consistency with the address information in the address book of other individuals or corporations. For example, if there is an error in only one place in the address related information item, the address information with the error is immediately You can pick it up. Also, in the case of personal names or corporate names in email addresses, URLs, etc., it is possible to check spelling errors and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an address book creation / use system unit in an address information use system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structure and functional configuration diagram of a scanner part of a mobile phone with a scanner shown in the address book creation / use system part of FIG. 1 and its periphery.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a functional configuration of a system server shown in the address book creation / use system section of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of data exchange between a mobile phone with a scanner used in the address book creation / use system section of FIG. 1 and a system server. Information of a business card is read and the system server is used as character data. It is a figure which shows the flow until it preserve | saved in.

5 is a diagram showing a flow of data exchange between a mobile phone with a scanner used in the address book creation / use system section of FIG. 1 and a system server. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flow until the input address book data is modified and stored.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a general homepage that appears when a system server is accessed to check and correct the address book created in the address book creation / use system section of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a member authentication home page that appears when the address book service is selected on the general home page of FIG. 6;

8 is a diagram showing an example of a classification menu home page that appears when a member is authenticated on the member authentication home page in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing an example of a home page displaying an address book of a predetermined category that appears when a person who belongs to an organization (company or the like) is selected on the category menu home page of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an address book in the message board service section in the address information utilization system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the outline of a function structure of a message board server.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a message board use top page operated by a message board service unit in the address information use system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12: In the message board top page of FIG.
It is a figure which shows the example of the message board homepage displayed after clicking a message board display.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of rank division performed in the message board service unit in the address information use system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an outline of a functional configuration of a database server in a data storage / update system unit in the address information utilization system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a data update / registration top page in the data storage / update system unit in the address information utilization system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

16 is a diagram showing an example of a registration information update page displayed after clicking the "Update" button on the data update / registration top page in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a search result display page displayed after inputting address information in the input search field and clicking the “search” button on the registration information update page of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a new registration page displayed after clicking a “new registration” button on the data update / registration top page of FIG. 15;

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an address information utilization system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

20 is a diagram showing an outline of a functional configuration of an address information use server shown in the address information use system of FIG.

21 is a diagram showing an outline of a functional configuration of a database server shown in the address information utilizing system of FIG.

22 is a diagram showing an example of a general-purpose home page that appears when an address information use server is accessed to check and correct an address book created in the address information use system of FIG. 19;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Address Information Utilization System 10 Address Book Creation / Usage System Unit (First System Unit) 11 Information Terminal 11a Mobile Phone with Scanner (Information Terminal) 11b Mobile Phone (Information Terminal) 11c Personal Computer (Information Terminal) 11A, 11B Mobile Telephone (information terminal) 15 Internet network (part of communication network) 16 System server (web server) 51 Character recognition software section 52, 202, 303, 410, 440 Program section 53, 203, 302, 411, 441 Database section 54, 204, 304, 412, 442 Interface unit (part of transmission means) 55, 205, 305, 413, 443 Data storage unit 56, 206, 306, 414, 444 Control unit (part of communication means, character recognition Part of means, part of receiving means, part of member authentication means 200 message board service unit 201 address book message server 206, 406 control unit (part of communication means, part of reception means, part of member authentication means, one of search means) Part, part of transmitting means, part of message board information updating means, part of information notifying means, part of information browsing limiting means) 210, 420 Server programs 211, 423 Message board program (one of message board information updating means Part, part of information notifying means) 212, 320, 421, 450 Member authentication program 213, 422 Address book program (part of information browsing restriction means) 220, 430 Message board database 221, 431 Address book database 222, 432 Schedule book database 223, 433 Favorite column database 224, 434 Web Page database 225, 435 Member database 226, 436 Setting information database 300 Address data storage / update system unit 301, 401 Database server 302, 441 Large database unit 306, 444 Control unit (part of communication means, part of receiving means) , Part of member authentication means, part of data update / registration means, part of transmission means, part of data check means, part of search means, part of address information disclosure restriction means) 310,460 For corporations Database part 311,461 Personal database part 321,451 Data update / registration program (part of data update / registration means) 322,452 Database server program 323,424,453 Data transmission program (part of transmission means) 324 , 454 data check program (Part of data check means) 325,455 Search program (part of search means) 326,456 Address information disclosure restriction program (part of address information disclosure restriction means) 400 Address information utilization server

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[Claims] 1. An address data storage / update system for sequentially collecting and storing address data of a corporation or an individual, for an address book for the corporation or an individual to write their own address information and utilize it as their own address book. A database, an information terminal that enables access to the address book database via a network, and, unlike the address book database, stores address information of corporations and individuals for enabling address information search for a large number of people. In the case where new address information is written in or changed in the large database section and the address book of the member existing in the address book database, the new address information or the changed address information is displayed. Data update / registration procedure for updating / registering in the large database section And an address data characterized by: a data checking means for checking whether the registered data is correct or incorrect when updating and registering the address information in the large-scale database part by the data updating / registering means. Storage / update system. 2. The address data storage / update system according to claim 1, further comprising a search means for searching address information stored in the large-scale database section. 3. The transmitting means for transmitting the searched address information to the information terminal that has requested the acquisition of the address information searched by the searching means. Address data storage / update system. 4. Even if specific address information in the address book database is collected by the data update / registration means, an address information disclosure restriction means is provided to prevent the address information from being disclosed. The address data storage / update system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. A method for accumulating / updating address data of a corporation or an individual, in which the address data of the corporation or an individual is sequentially collected and stored in a large-scale database that enables a third party to search for the address information. If you write
The address information storing step of storing the address information in the address book database, the address information collecting step of collecting the address information stored in the address book information storing step, and the address information collected in the address information collecting step A method for accumulating / updating address data, comprising: a data check step of checking whether the data of the registered address information is correct when registering in the large-scale database section. 6. The address data storage according to claim 5, further comprising a search step of searching address information stored in the large-sized database section when an information search request is made from the information terminal.・ How to update. 7. The transmission method according to claim 6, further comprising a transmission step of transmitting the retrieved address information to the information terminal that has requested acquisition of the address information retrieved by the retrieval step. Address data storage / update method. 8. Even if specific address information in the address book database is collected by the address information collecting step, an address information disclosure limiting step is provided to prevent the address information from being disclosed. The data storage / updating method according to claim 5, wherein the data storage / updating method is used. 9. A web server for accumulating / updating address data in which when a corporation or an individual writes unique address information in an address book database, the written data is sequentially collected and stored. Unlike the database, a large database part that stores the address information of corporations and individuals to enable address information search for a large number of people, and new address information is written in the address book of the members existing in the above address book database. Data updating / registering means for updating / registering the new address information or the changed address information in the large-sized database section when the address information is changed, When updating / registering the address information in the database, it will be registered. A web server for accumulating / updating address data, comprising: a data check means for checking whether the data of the address information is correct or not. 10. A web server for storing / updating address data of sequentially collected corporate or individual address data, and storing corporate or individual address information for enabling address information retrieval by a large number of people. A large database section, a data updating / registering means capable of writing new address information in the large database section or updating changed address information, and the large database section by the data updating / registering means. When updating / registering the address information in, the data check means for checking whether the registered data is correct or not by using the data in the other database section, and storing / updating the address data. A web server to serve. 11. The web server for accumulating / updating address data according to claim 9 or 10, further comprising a search means for searching address information stored in the large-scale database section. 12. The address according to claim 11, further comprising a transmission unit that transmits the searched address information to an information terminal that has requested acquisition of the address information searched by the searching unit. A web server used to store and update data. 13. An address information disclosure restricting unit for preventing the address information from being disclosed even when the specific address information in the address book database is collected by the data updating / registering unit. A web server for accumulating / updating address data according to claim 9. 14. In an address information utilizing system utilizing an address book stored in an address book database, the character information written on a business card is read to perform character recognition as address-related character data, and it is recognized. A first system unit that stores address information in association with the address book creator in the address book database and can generate each address book for the address book creator as a web page; and the address book. The creator has a message board with operational authority as a host in the address book database,
When new information is written on this message board from any one of the information terminals classified as the client side or the host side, it notifies the other party different from the person who wrote that the information was updated. When the address information of the address book database is changed or newly registered, this change or new registration is performed. And a third system unit for collecting the registered address information and registering it in the large-scale database unit. 15. In the first system section, image information transmitted from an information terminal having a reading unit for reading character information written on a business card as image information and an address book creation using the business card. Is configured to receive information of an address book creator who desires
The system unit of the character recognition means for receiving the image information through a communication network and recognizing predetermined data necessary for creating an address book from the image information as address-related character data, and the character recognition means. Using the address book database, an address book database that stores the recognized address-related character data in association with the address book creator and each address book for a plurality of the address book creators are stored. A web server connected to the Internet network, each of which can be generated as a web page and which enables a plurality of the address book creators to access the address book dedicated to the person. The address information utilization system according to claim 14. 16. The reading and character recognition in the first system unit, which reads character information written on a business card as image information and then recognizes predetermined data necessary for creating an address book as address-related character data. It is configured to receive the recognized address-related character data transmitted from an information terminal having means, and information of an address book creator who desires to create an address book using the business card. The system section of (1) receives an address-related character data and the address book creator's information via a communication network, and stores the address-related character data in association with the address book creator. , Each of the address books for a plurality of the above address book creators and their respective web pages using the above address book database. 15. A web server connected to the Internet, which enables a plurality of address book creators to access the address book dedicated to the person, and a web server connected to the Internet. Address information utilization system. 17. The message board database in which the second system section stores personal information on the host side and message board information posted between the host and the client and only the host side has the operational authority. And, when new information is written to the message board information from the client side or the host side, the message board information updating means for adding the new information as message board information of the message board database, and the information by the message board information updating means. 17. The information notifying means for notifying the other party different from the person who has written that the information has been updated when the information is updated, according to any one of claims 14 to 16. The address information utilization system according to item 1. 18. The second system unit stores personal information on the host side and message board information posted between the host and the client and only the host side has the operational authority. A message board database that is also used as the address book database of the first system unit, and, when new information is written to the message board information from the client side or the host side, the new information is sent to the message board database. The message board information updating means to be added as the message board information and the information notification for notifying the other party different from the person who wrote that the information was updated by the message board information updating means. An address information utilization system according to any one of claims 14 to 16, further comprising: 19. The second system section further comprises an information browsing limiting means for ranking the clients by the host when browsing the personal information and limiting the types of personal information that can be browsed according to the rank. The address information utilization system according to claim 17 or 18, characterized by being provided. 20. The third system unit is a database for an address book for a corporation or an individual to write unique address information or information in a favorite column and utilize it as an unique address book, and for the address book. Unlike the database, a large database part that stores the address information of corporations and individuals to enable address information search for a large number of people, and new address information is written in the address book of the members existing in the above address book database. Data updating / registering means for updating / registering the new address information or the changed address information in the large-sized database section when the address information is changed, When updating / registering address information in the database section, the registered data may be correct or incorrect. Address information utilization system according to any one of claims 14 to 19, characterized by comprising a data checking means for checking squid, a. 21. The third system section is used by a corporation or an individual to write unique address information or information in a favorite column to utilize as a unique address book, and the first system section or the second system section. The address book database, which is also used as the address book database of at least one of the system parts of the above, and the address information of corporations and individuals for enabling the address information retrieval of a large number of people unlike the above address book database. When new address information is written to or changed in the large database section that is stored and the address book of the member existing in the address book database, the new address information or the changed address Data updating / registering means for updating / registering information in the large-scale database section, and the above-mentioned data 20. Data updating means for checking whether or not the registered data is correct when updating / registering the address information in the large-scale database section by the new / registering means, and The address information utilization system according to any one of items. 22. In the third system section, even if specific address information in the address book database is collected by the data updating / registering means, the address information is prevented from being disclosed. 22. The address information use system according to claim 20, further comprising a disclosure restriction means. 23. An address book database is provided,
In the web server used for the address information utilization system that utilizes the address book stored in this address book database, the information written on the business card is read as address-related character data for the read character information. A first system unit for performing character recognition, storing the recognized address information in association with the address book creator, and generating each address book for the address book creator as a web page; The address book creator has a message board with operational authority as a host in the address book database,
When new information is written on this message board from any one of the information terminals classified as the client side or the host side, it notifies the other party different from the person who wrote that the information was updated. When the address information of the address book database is changed or newly registered, this change or new registration is performed. And a third system unit for collecting the registered address information and registering it in the large-scale database unit. 24. The first system unit, receiving means for receiving image information of a business card, and information of an address book creator who wishes to create an address book using the business card, and the receiving means. Character recognition means for recognizing predetermined data necessary for creating an address book from the received image information as address-related character data, wherein the address book database is the address recognized by the character recognition means. The related character data is stored in association with the above-mentioned address book creator, and the address book database can be used to generate the address book as a web page. 24. The address information access according to claim 23, which enables access to the address book dedicated to that person. Web server for use in the system. 25. The first system unit receives the address-related character data read from a business card and information about an address book creator who wishes to create an address book using the business card. The address book database stores the address-related character data in association with the address book creator, and uses the address book database to generate the address book as a web page. 24. The web server provided for the address information utilization system according to claim 23, wherein the web server is provided for enabling the address book creator to access the address book for the address book creator via the Internet. 26. A message board database in which the second system unit stores personal information on the host side and message board information posted between the host and the client and only the host side has the operational authority. And, when new information is written to the message board information from the client side or the host side, the message board information updating means for adding the new information as message board information of the message board database, and the information by the message board information updating means. Any of claims 23 to 25, further comprising: information notifying means for notifying the other party different from the person who has written that the information has been updated, when the information is updated. A web server provided for the address information utilization system according to item 1. 27. The second system unit stores personal information on the host side and message board information posted between the host and the client and only the host side has the operational authority. A message board database that is also used as the address book database of the first system unit, and, when new information is written to the message board information from the client side or the host side, the new information is sent to the message board database. The message board information updating means to be added as the message board information and the information notification for notifying the other party different from the person who wrote that the information was updated by the message board information updating means. Means for providing the address information utilization system according to any one of claims 23 to 25. Ebusaba. 28. The second system unit further comprises an information browsing limiting means for ranking the client by the host when browsing the personal information and limiting the types of personal information that can be browsed according to the rank. The web server provided for the address information utilization system according to claim 26 or 27. 29. The third system section is a database for an address book for a corporation or an individual to write unique address information or information in a favorite column and utilize it as an unique address book; Unlike the database, a large database part that stores the address information of corporations and individuals to enable address information search for a large number of people, and new address information is written in the address book of the members existing in the above address book database. Data updating / registering means for updating / registering the new address information or the changed address information in the large-sized database section when the address information is changed, When updating / registering address information in the database section, the registered data may be correct or incorrect. Web server providing the address information utilization system according to any one of claims 23 to 28, characterized by comprising: a data check means for checking squid, a. 30. The third system section is used by a corporation or an individual to write unique address information or favorite column information and utilize it as an original address book, and at the same time, the first system section or the second system section. The address book database, which is also used as the address book database of at least one of the system parts of the above, and the address information of corporations and individuals for enabling the address information retrieval of a large number of people unlike the above address book database. When new address information is written to or changed in the large database section that is stored and the address book of the member existing in the address book database, the new address information or the changed address Data updating / registering means for updating / registering information in the large-scale database section, and the above-mentioned data 29. When the address information is updated / registered in the large-scale database unit by the new / registration means, the data check means for checking whether the registered data is correct or not is provided. A web server for use in the address information utilization system according to any one of items. 31. In the third system section, even if specific address information in the address book database is collected by the data update / registration means, the address information is prevented from being disclosed. 31. The web server provided for the address information utilization system according to claim 29, wherein a disclosure limiting means is provided.