JP2009217521A - Service-providing system, service-providing method, information management server device, information management method, and information management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine information needed by a service-providing server device and information a user terminal wants to provide and to provide the service-providing service device with appropriate information. <P>SOLUTION: An information management server in a service-providing system specifies a user terminal on the basis of an acquired request when it receives the acquisition request of personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal from the service-providing server which has received use requests of a variety of services from the user terminal, specifies the personal attribute information requested by the service-providing server device, transmits a selection request for selecting information provided for the service-providing server by the specified personal attribute information to the user terminal, acquires the personal attribute information specified by the result of selection, and provides it for the service-providing server when the result of selection that the personal attribute information to be provided for the service-providing server device has been selected is received from the user terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a user terminal that uses various services via a network, a service providing server device that provides various services to the user terminal, and personal attribute information indicating personal information that identifies the user terminal. The present invention relates to a service providing system, a service providing method, an information management server device, an information management method, and an information management program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the Internet has become widespread, and various systems using various services using the Internet have been provided. In such a system, when a user wants to receive some service on the Internet, personal attribute information (for example, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit number, etc.) is displayed on the service providing site that provides the service. Is often required.

  In the conventional system described above, the user needs to input personal attribute information every time the service is used, which is not convenient for the user. Therefore, recently, various mechanisms for improving user convenience are being provided (see Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, this system uses a user terminal (user ID = 07ab) that uses various services via the Internet and personal attribute information registered in advance by the user terminal. An information management server device that operates an information management site to be held, and a service providing server device that operates a service providing site that provides various services to user terminals.

  In such a configuration, the user terminal accesses the service providing server device to use the service, inputs the user ID and the like (see (1) in FIG. 14), and receives the access. The device transmits an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to ID = 0ab of the user terminal to the information management server device (see (2) in FIG. 14). Upon receiving this request, the information management server device provides the personal attribute information registered in association with the user terminal ID = 0ab to the service providing server device (see (3) and (4) in FIG. 14). . After that, the service providing server apparatus that has received the personal attribute information provides the service to the user terminal (see (5) in FIG. 14).

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  However, the above-described conventional technique has a problem in that it cannot determine information required by the service providing server device and information desired to be provided by the user terminal, and cannot provide appropriate information to the service providing server device. there were.

  Specifically, in order to properly use information provided according to the purpose of use, a user generally registers a plurality of pieces of information for one attribute information item in the information management server device. It has been broken. For example, a user terminal used by a user registers “email address 1” and “email address 2” as e-mail addresses in the information management server apparatus, and “credit number 1” and “credit number” as credit numbers. 2 "is registered. In such a state, the service providing server device that has received access from the user terminal A transmits an information acquisition request corresponding to the user terminal A to the information management server device. Here, the information management server device stores a plurality of “email addresses” and “credit numbers” in association with the user terminal A, and it is not possible to decide which information to respond specifically by any method. I must.

  For example, the information management server device may consider a method of responding all stored information to the service providing server device. However, in this case, unnecessary information is acquired for the service providing server device, and information that the user terminal does not want to provide is provided, from the viewpoint of personal information protection. It is not preferable.

  On the other hand, a method in which the information management server device provides only the information specified by the information providing server device among the stored information is also conceivable. However, in this case, the information providing server device needs to determine and specify whether or not the information to be provided is appropriate information. For example, the user terminal A provides a service when the mobile phone mail address is registered in “mail address 1”, and the mobile phone mail address is registered in “mail address 2” in the user terminal B. The server device has to designate different items for each of the user terminal A and the user terminal B in order to obtain the necessary mobile phone mail address. In other words, in the service providing server device, it is necessary to specify the items to be acquired according to the user, but the service providing server device side that cannot grasp what information is registered in the information management server device gives the user It is practically difficult to specify items to be acquired accordingly.

  As another method, a method of causing the service providing server device to specify a more specific information item name such as a mail address of a mobile phone is also conceivable. However, in this case, it is necessary to make an agreement in advance between the service providing server device and the information management server device, such as what information is provided when specified. In addition, when the information stored in the information management server device is increased, it is necessary to increase the information that can be specified in the same manner on the service providing server device side. Lack.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and determines information required by the service providing server device and information desired to be provided by the user terminal, and provides the service providing server device with the information. An object of the present invention is to provide a service providing system, a service providing method, an information management server device, an information management method, and an information management program capable of providing appropriate information.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a user terminal that uses various services via a network, a service providing server device that provides various services to the user terminal, A service providing system comprising an information management server device for providing personal attribute information indicating personal information identifying a user terminal to the service providing server device, wherein the information management server device corresponds to the user terminal In addition, it corresponds to the user terminal from the attribute information storage means for storing the personal attribute information which is the personal information related to the user terminal, and the service providing server device that receives the use request of the various services from the user terminal. When the personal attribute information acquisition request is received, the user terminal is identified based on the acquisition request, and the previous Information specifying means for specifying personal attribute information requested from the service providing server apparatus from the attribute information storage means, and information to be provided to the service providing server apparatus from the personal attribute information specified by the information specifying means is selected. The selection request means for transmitting a selection request to the user terminal and the selection result when the personal attribute information provided to the service providing server device is selected from the user terminal is specified by the selection result. Information transmitting means for acquiring personal attribute information from the attribute information storage means and transmitting it to the service providing server apparatus; and when the user terminal receives a selection request from the information management server apparatus, information management is performed on the selection result. And a selection result transmitting means for transmitting to the server device.

  According to the present invention, the information management server device stores personal attribute information, which is personal information related to the user terminal, in association with the user terminal, and provides a service provision in which usage requests for various services are received from the user terminal When receiving an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal from the server device, the user attribute information is specified based on the acquisition request and the personal attribute information requested from the service providing server device And a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing server device from the specified personal attribute information is transmitted to the user terminal, and the selection result in which the personal attribute information to be provided to the service providing server device is selected is used. When received from the user terminal, the personal attribute information specified by the selection result is acquired and transmitted to the service providing server device. When the selection request is received from the information management server device, the selection result is transmitted to the information management server device. Therefore, the information required by the service providing server device and the information desired to be provided by the user terminal are determined, and the service It is possible to provide appropriate information to the providing server device.

  Exemplary embodiments of a service providing system, a service providing method, an information management server device, an information management method, and an information management program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the main terms used in the present embodiment, the outline and features of the service providing system according to the present embodiment, the configuration of the service providing system and the flow of processing will be described in order, and finally various modifications to the present embodiment will be described. An example will be described.

[Explanation of terms]
First, main terms used in this embodiment will be described. The “service providing system” used in the present embodiment includes a “user terminal” (corresponding to the “user terminal” recited in the claims) that uses various services via a network, and a user terminal. A service providing site (corresponding to the “service providing server device” described in the claims) that provides various services, and personal attribute information indicating personal information for identifying the user terminal on the service providing site. The provided “information management site” (corresponding to the “information management server device” described in the claims) is connected to be communicable with each other via a network such as the Internet. In this embodiment, the case where each device is connected to the network one by one will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of devices may be connected.

  A “user terminal” is a terminal device that has a function of connecting to a network using a Web browser and provides personal attribute information to a “service providing site” to use a service. A workstation, a home game machine, an Internet TV, a PDA, or a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or PHS. Note that “07ab” is assigned to the “user terminal” as an “identifier (user ID, user ID)” for identifying the own device, and when using the service or providing personal attribute information, Communication (request) is made by adding this identifier to the browser.

  In addition, the “service providing site” refers to, for example, a web server device that provides various services such as a VOD (Video On Demand) service, a music distribution service, and a free mail service to a “user terminal” via a network. It is a server device. In addition, this "service providing site" has acquired personal attribute information that identifies the "user terminal" that received the service request when receiving a service request for use of the service from the "user terminal" As a condition, the service is provided to the “user terminal”.

  The “information management site” stores personal attribute information registered in advance by a user terminal with which a contract is made, and provides the stored personal attribute information in response to a request from the “service providing site”. Here, as personal attribute information stored in the “information management site”, for example, for the same item such as a mail address of a company, home, mobile phone, or a telephone number of a company, home, home, home IP phone, etc. A plurality of pieces of information are stored, and each can identify an individual independently.

[Outline and features of service provision system]
Next, the outline and characteristics of the service providing system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the service providing system according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this service providing system is configured such that a user terminal, a service providing site, and an information management site are connected to each other via a network such as the Internet so that they can communicate with each other. In particular, it is possible to determine the information required by the service providing site and the information that the user terminal wants to provide and provide appropriate information to the service providing site. The point has the main feature.

  This main feature will be specifically described. The information management site stores personal attribute information, which is personal information related to the user terminal, in the attribute information DB in association with the user terminal. To give a specific example, the attribute information DB includes “a user ID that uniquely identifies a user terminal, an“ attribute information item name ”that indicates an attribute information item, and personal information that belongs to the attribute information item. "07ab, email address, company, k07ab@example.co.jp", "07ab, email address, home, k07ab @" as "identification name" to identify, "value" indicating personal information identified by the identification name example.myhome.com "," 07ab, email address, mobile, k07ab_mobile@mobile.example.com "," 07ab, phone number, company, 03-xxx-xxxx "," 07ab, phone number, home, 044-xxx -xxxx "," 07ab, phone number, home, 098-xxx-xxxx "," 07ab, phone number, home IP phone, 050-xxx-xxxx "," 07ab, address, home, Tokyo ○○ ", etc. Remember.

  In such a state, when the information management site receives an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal from a service providing site that has received use requests for various services from the user terminal, the information management site responds to the acquisition request. Based on this, the user terminal is specified, and the personal attribute information requested from the service providing site is specified (see (1) and (2) in FIG. 1).

  More specifically, the user terminal transmits a service use request to the service providing site. Upon receiving the request, the service providing site obtains the user ID “07ab” from the service use request, and among the personal attribute information corresponding to the user ID “07ab”, the personal attribute necessary for providing the service on its own device. An acquisition request for “email address, address” is sent to the information management site as information. Then, the information management site specifies the user terminal based on “user ID = 07ab, acquisition request = email address, address” included in the acquisition request, and is requested from the service providing site. Personal attribute information is "07ab, email address, company, k07ab@example.co.jp", "07ab, email address, home, k07ab@example.myhome.com", "07ab, email address, mobile phone, k07ab @ mobile .example.com ”,“ 07ab, address, home, Tokyo OO ”and the attribute information DB.

  The information management site transmits a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing site from the specified personal attribute information to the user terminal (see (3) in FIG. 1). Specifically, in the above example, the information management site, regarding the “email address” in the specified personal attribute information, “07ab, email address, company, k07ab@example.co.jp”, “07ab, email” “Address, home, k07ab@example.myhome.com”, “07ab, email address, mobile phone, k07ab_mobile@mobile.example.com” was identified, so which of these items is provided to the service provider site The user terminal is inquired in a format for selecting the items “company”, “home”, and “mobile”. In addition, as a format to be selected, for example, a generally widely used format in which these are displayed on a Web screen and which is provided can be selected by a check box or a pull-down menu can be used.

  As a method for the information management site to send a selection request to the user terminal, for example, the information management site generates a session number for each acquisition request from the service providing site, and this session number is transmitted via the service providing site. After the notification to the user terminal, a format for directly communicating with the user terminal using this session number may be used. In addition, when the attribute information is previously received from the user terminal, the information management site also accepts an IP address and stores it in the attribute information DB, and transmits a selection request using this IP address. Good. Further, the information management site may transmit a selection request to the user terminal via the service providing site without generating a session number or the like, and receive the selection result from the user terminal via the service providing site. . As described above, various methods can be used as a method for the information management site to transmit the selection request to the user terminal.

  Then, when the user terminal receives a selection request from the information management site, the user terminal transmits the selection result to the information management site (see (4) in FIG. 1). Specifically, in the above example, when the user terminal receives a check box for selecting the attribute items “company”, “home”, and “mobile” as a selection request from the information management site, the user terminal A selection result in which the attribute item “company” is selected by the operation is transmitted to the information management site.

  After that, when the information management site receives the selection result from the user terminal in which the personal attribute information provided to the service providing site is selected, the information management site acquires the personal attribute information specified by the selection result from the attribute information DB. It is transmitted to the service providing site (see (5) in FIG. 1). Specifically, in the above example, when the information management site receives a selection result in which the attribute item “company” provided to the service providing site is selected from the user terminal, the “use” included in the selection result is displayed. Personal attribute information “e-mail address: k07ab@example.co.jp” specified from the user ID = 07ab and “address: Tokyo ○○” that the user terminal did not need to select from the attribute information DB To the service provider site.

  The service providing site that has received “e-mail address: k07ab@example.co.jp” and “address: Tokyo ○○” from the information management site as the personal attribute information of the user terminal transmits a service use request. A service is provided to the original user terminal (see (6) in FIG. 1).

  As described above, the service providing system according to the first embodiment can provide only the information selected by the user terminal when there is a plurality of pieces of information necessary for the service providing site. It is possible to determine information required by the service providing site and information desired to be provided by the user terminal, and provide appropriate information to the service providing site.

[Service providing system configuration]
Next, the configuration of the service providing system shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the service providing system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the service providing system includes a service providing site 10, an information management site 20, and a user terminal 30, and the configuration of each device will be described here.

(Configuration of service providing site 10)
First, the configuration of the service providing site 10 according to the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the service providing site 10 includes a communication control I / F unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a control unit 14.

  The communication control I / F unit 11 controls communication related to various information exchanged with various devices connected to the network. To give a specific example, the communication control I / F unit 11 transmits information related to the service provided to the user terminal 30 or receives a reacquisition request from the user terminal 30 and sends the reacquisition request. It transmits to the information management site 20, transmits a request for acquiring personal attribute information of the user terminal to the information management site 20, and receives personal attribute information from the information management site 20.

  The storage unit 12 stores data and programs necessary for various processes performed by the control unit 14, routing information for communication via a network, and the service information DB 13 that is particularly closely related to the present invention. Prepare. The service information DB 13 stores various types of information related to services provided to the user terminal 30. For example, setting information for use as various types of information such as a VOD (Video On Demand) service, a music distribution service, and a free mail service, Stores content information and the like.

  The control unit 14 has an internal memory for storing a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program that defines various processing procedures, and required data, and is particularly closely related to the present invention. The personal attribute information requesting unit 15 and the service providing unit 16 are provided, and various processes are executed by these units.

  When receiving a service use request from the user terminal 30, the personal attribute information request unit 15 transmits an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal 30 to the information management site 20. Specifically, in the above example, the personal attribute information request unit 15 receives a service use request from the user terminal 30 and, when receiving the service use request, the user ID that uniquely identifies the user terminal 30 from the service use request. “07ab” is acquired, and an acquisition request for the personal attribute information “email address, address” required by the service providing site corresponding to the user ID “07ab” is transmitted to the information management site 20. For example, when the personal attribute information request unit 15 receives from the user terminal 30 a service use request by a web browser logged in using the user ID “07ab”, the user ID “ 07ab "is acquired, and an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the personal attribute information" email address, address "corresponding to the user ID" 07ab "is transmitted to the information management site 20 together with the user ID" 07ab ".

  In addition, the personal attribute information request unit 15 receives a request for reacquisition of personal attribute information when receiving an instruction from the user terminal 30 to request the information management site 20 to acquire personal attribute information again. It transmits to the management site 20. Specifically, in the above example, the personal attribute information request unit 15 transmits the personal attribute transmitted from the user terminal 30 after the personal attribute information provided to the service providing site 10 is selected by the user terminal 30. When the communication control I / F unit 11 receives an instruction to request acquisition of information again, a request for reacquisition of personal attribute information is transmitted to the information management site 20.

  The service providing unit 16 provides various services to the user terminal 30. Specifically, in the above example, the service providing unit 16 is used when receiving the service use request when the personal attribute information of the user terminal 30 that has received the service use request is acquired by the personal attribute information requesting unit 15. The service specified by the user terminal 30 is acquired from the service information DB 13 and provided to the user terminal 30.

(Configuration of information management site 20)
Next, the configuration of the information management site 20 according to the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the information management site 20 includes a communication control I / F unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 25.

  The communication control I / F unit 21 controls communication related to various information exchanged with various devices connected to the network. For example, the communication control I / F unit 21 transmits a request for selecting personal attribute information to the user terminal 30 or receives a result of selecting personal attribute information from the user terminal 30. The personal attribute information acquisition request or reacquisition request is received from the service providing site 10 or the personal attribute information is transmitted to the service providing site 10.

  The storage unit 22 stores data and programs necessary for various types of processing by the control unit 25, routing information for communication via a network, and the like, and particularly as closely related to the present invention, the personal attribute information DB 22a And an attribute information selection control DB 22b.

  The personal attribute information DB 22a stores personal attribute information, which is personal information related to the user terminal, in association with the user terminal. Specifically, in the above example, as shown in FIG. 3, the personal attribute information DB 22 a is “a user ID that uniquely identifies a user terminal” and an “attribute information item name” that indicates an item of attribute information. "Identification name" identifying personal information belonging to the attribute information item, "Value" indicating personal information identified by the identification name "07ab, email address, company, k07ab@example.co.jp", "07ab, email address, home, k07ab@example.myhome.com", "07ab, email address, mobile phone, k07ab_mobile@mobile.example.com", "07ab, phone number, company, 03-xxx-xxxx", " 07ab, phone number, home, 044-xxx-xxxx "," 07ab, phone number, home, 098-xxx-xxxx "," 07ab, phone number, home IP phone, 050-xxx-xxxx "," 07ab, address , Home, Tokyo ○○ ”. In addition, information including various data and parameters can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the personal attribute information DB.

  The attribute information selection control DB 22b stores a session number for identifying a session with the service providing server apparatus that has requested the personal attribute information, a user terminal, an attribute information item, and a selection result. Specifically, in the above example, the attribute information selection control DB 22b uses “session number for identifying a session with the service providing site 10 that has requested the personal attribute information, and various services via the network. A “user ID” uniquely identifying the user terminal, an “attribute information item” indicating an item requested from the service providing site 10, and a “selection result” indicating a result selected by the user terminal are stored. . In addition, when new information is stored, the attribute information selection control DB 22b overwrites the information if a combination of “session number, user terminal, attribute information item, selection result” is stored. If it is stored and not stored, it is stored as new information (record). A specific example will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In addition, information including various data and parameters can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  The control unit 25 has a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program defining various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing necessary data, and particularly as closely related to the present invention, The information specifying unit 25a, the session information generating unit 25b, the confirmation requesting unit 25c, the selection requesting unit 25d, the selection result storing unit 25e, and the information providing unit 25f are provided, and various processes are executed by these. Here, the outline of each control unit will be described here, and the detailed contents will be described with specific examples from FIG.

  When the information specifying unit 25a receives an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal 30 from the service providing site 10 that has received use requests for various services from the user terminal 30, based on the acquisition request. The user terminal is specified, and the attribute information item requested from the service providing site 10 is specified from the attribute information DB 22a. More specifically, in the above example, the information specifying unit 25a receives an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal 30 from the service providing site 10 that has received use requests for various services from the user terminal 30. In this case, the user terminal is identified as “user ID = 07ab” based on the acquisition request, and the attribute information items “email address” and “address” requested from the service providing site 10 are attributed. It is specified from the information DB 22a.

  The session information generation unit 25b generates a session number when the user terminal and the attribute information item are specified by the information specifying unit 25a, and sets the generated session number, the specified user terminal, and the attribute information item as attributes. Store in the information selection control DB 22b. More specifically, in the above example, the session information generating unit 25b specifies “user ID = 07ab” and attribute information items “mail address” and “address” of the user terminal 30 by the information specifying unit 25a. In this case, a session number “00000011” is generated, and the specified user terminal 30 and the attribute information items “mail address” and “address” are associated with the generated session number “00000011” in the attribute information selection control DB 22b. To store.

  When the session information generation unit 25b stores the session number, the user terminal, and the attribute information item in the attribute information selection control DB 22b, the confirmation request unit 25c selects the attribute item information to which the stored session number is added. A selection confirmation request indicating that it is necessary is transmitted to the user terminal via the service providing site. Specifically, the confirmation request unit 25c uses the session information generation unit 25b to determine that the session number “00000011”, the user terminal “07ab”, the attribute information items “mail address”, and “address” are attribute information. When stored in the selection control DB 22b, a selection confirmation request indicating that selection of the attribute item information to which the stored session number “00000011” is added is necessary is sent to the user terminal 30 via the service providing site 10. Send to. Note that the confirmation request unit 25c receives an automatic response message using a URL, a Web screen on which the user can select “YES” or “NO” as a selection confirmation request, and text data. And voice can be sent, and the sending method is not limited to this.

  When the selection request unit 25d receives from the user terminal a response indicating that the selection confirmation request transmitted from the confirmation request unit 25c is to be selected, the selection request unit 25d identifies the user terminal from the response and identifies the user. An identification name corresponding to the attribute information item of the terminal is acquired from the attribute information DB 22a and transmitted to the user terminal as a selection request. Specifically, in the example described above, when the selection request unit 25d receives a response from the user terminal 30 that the selection request unit 25d receives a selection confirmation request transmitted by the confirmation request unit 25c, The user terminal 30 “user ID = 07ab” is identified, and the identification name “company”, “home”, corresponding to the attribute information item “mail address” of the identified user terminal 30 “user ID = 07ab”, “Mobile” is acquired from the attribute information DB 22a and transmitted to the user terminal 30 as a selection request. The selection requesting unit 25d has a plurality of attribute information items specified by the information specifying unit 25a as a selection confirmation request (“mail address” in the above example, and only one type of “address”). Send a Web screen that allows you to select (Exclude from selected items). For example, the selection requesting unit 25d can use a generally widely used format in which these are displayed on the Web screen, and which is provided is selected using a check box or a pull-down menu.

  When the selection result storage unit 25e receives from the user terminal the selection result in which the personal attribute information provided to the service providing site is selected, the selection result storage unit 25e identifies the user terminal and the session number from the selection result, and specifies the use In association with the user terminal and the session number, the identification name specified by the selection result is acquired from the attribute information DB 22a and stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b. More specifically, the selection result storage unit 25e receives the selection result “company” selected from the personal attribute information provided to the service providing site 10 from the user terminal 30. The user name “User ID = 07ab” and the session number “00000011” are identified from “Company”, and the identification name “Company” identified by the selection result is associated with the identified user terminal and session number. Is acquired from the attribute information DB 22a and stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b. Further, the selection result storage unit 25e similarly obtains from the attribute information DB 22a and stores it in the attribute information selection control DB 22b for the “address” that is not required to be selected by the user terminal 30.

  The information providing unit 25f receives the personal attribute information reacquisition request from the service providing site after the identification name specified by the selection result by the selection result storage unit 25e is stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b. A user terminal and a session number are identified from the reacquisition request, and a value corresponding to the identification name stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b in association with the identified user terminal and session number is obtained from the attribute information DB 22a. , Send to the service provider site. Specifically, the information providing unit 25f stores the identification name “company” and “address” specified by the selection result by the selection result storage unit 25e in the attribute information selection control DB 22b. When a reacquisition request for personal attribute information is received from the providing site 10, the user terminal “user ID = 07ab” and the session number “00000011” are identified from the reacquisition request, and the identified user terminal and session are identified. The values “company = 03-xxx-xxxx” and “address = Tokyo ○○” corresponding to each of the identification names “company” and “address” stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b in association with the number Obtained from the attribute information DB 22a and transmitted to the service providing site 10.

(Configuration of user terminal 30)
Finally, the configuration of the user terminal 30 according to the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the user terminal 30 includes a communication control I / F unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a control unit 33.

  The communication control I / F unit 31 controls communication related to various information exchanged with various devices connected to the network. For example, the communication control I / F unit 31 receives a selection confirmation request or a selection request from the information management site 20, transmits a service use request to the service providing site 10, A response to the selection confirmation request and a selection result are transmitted to the site 20.

  The storage unit 32 stores data and programs necessary for various types of processing by the control unit 33. For example, the storage unit 32 stores routing information for communicating with other devices and performs various types of processing by the control unit 33. It has a buffer that becomes a temporary area.

  The control unit 33 has a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program that defines various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing necessary data. In particular, the control unit 33 is closely related to the present invention. The web browser unit 34, the confirmation response unit 35, the selection result transmission unit 36, and the reacquisition request unit 37 are provided, and various processes are executed by these units. Here, the outline of each control unit will be described here, and the detailed contents will be described with specific examples from FIG.

  The web browser unit 34 performs various controls of a web browser that uses various services via a network such as the Internet. Specifically, in the above example, the Web browser unit 34 activates a Web browser by a user's instruction operation, and when a user ID is input, a service use request including the user ID is serviced. It transmits to the providing site 10 and executes various services provided from the service providing site 10. Further, when receiving an automatic response message (URL) including HTTP 302 or the like from the service providing server 10 or the information management site 20, the Web browser unit 34 automatically responds without accepting the user's operation. Send a message.

  When the confirmation response unit 35 receives a selection confirmation request from the information management site 20, the confirmation response unit 35 transmits a response indicating whether or not to select personal attribute information to the information management site 20 without going through the service providing site 10. Specifically, in the above example, the Web browser unit 34 receives a selection confirmation screen by the Web browser as a selection confirmation request from the information management site 20 via the service providing site 10. Then, the confirmation response unit 35 accepts the selection of “YES” or “NO” displayed on the Web screen as a response whether or not to select personal attribute information by the user's operation. Then, the confirmation response unit 35 notifies the received item to the Web browser unit 34, and the Web browser unit 34 transmits it to the information management site 20 without going through the service providing site 10. When an automatic response message (URL) including HTTP 302 or the like is received as a selection request from the service providing site 10, the Web browser unit 34 automatically transmits a response to the message to the information management site 20. .

  When the selection result transmission unit 36 receives a selection request from the information management site 20, the selection result transmission unit 36 transmits the identification name selected as the selection result to the information management site 20. Specifically, in the above example, the Web browser unit 34 receives a selection screen by the Web browser as a selection request from the information management site 20. Then, the selection result transmission unit 36 accepts the selection “company” by the user from the selection screen (for example, a check box or the like) for selecting the received “mail address: company, home, mobile” identification name. Then, the selection result transmission unit 36 notifies the received identification name “company” to the Web browser unit 34, and the Web browser unit 34 transmits the selected identification name “company” to the information management site 20.

  The reacquisition request unit 37 transmits an instruction to the service providing site 10 to request acquisition of personal attribute information again after the selection result transmission unit 36 transmits the selection result to the information management site 20. Specifically, in the above example, the reacquisition request unit 37 again acquires personal attribute information after the selection result transmission unit 36 transmits the identification name “company” as the selection result to the information management site 20. An instruction to request is transmitted to the service providing site 10. When an automatic response message (URL) including HTTP 302 or the like is received from the information management site 20 as a message indicating that information can be provided, the Web browser unit 34 automatically sends a response to the message. It transmits to the service providing site 10.

[Processing by service providing system]
Next, processing by the service providing system will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. 4 and 5 are sequence diagrams illustrating the flow of processing in the service providing system according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the user terminal 30 (user ID = 07ab) activates a Web browser according to a user's instruction operation, together with login information (user ID, password) input by the user. Then, a service use request is transmitted to the service providing site 10 (step S101). At this time, the user terminal 30 designates a service to be used and transmits a service use request.

  Then, the service providing site 10 sends an acquisition request for personal attribute information (attribute items: e-mail address, telephone number) necessary for providing the service to the information management site 20 together with the received user ID (07ab). Transmit (step S102).

  Then, the information management site 20 that has received the acquisition request specifies the user ID (07ab) and attribute items (email address, telephone number) from the acquisition request, generates a session number (00000011), and generates The specified user ID (07ab) and attribute items (email address, telephone number) are stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b in association with the session number (00000011) (steps S103 to S105).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6A, the information management site 20 sets “00000011, 07ab, mail address, unset” as “session number, user ID, attribute information item, selection result”. ”,“ 00000011, 07ab, telephone number, unset ”and stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b. Here, the “selection result” is “not set” because the information provided to the service providing site 10 is not selected by the user at this stage, and is selected by the user. When the selected result is received, the identification name of the selected result is stored in “Selection Result”. FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the attribute information selection control DB.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the information management site 20 storing the session number, user ID (07ab), and attribute item in the attribute information selection control DB 22b needs to select the attribute item information to which the stored session number is added. The selection confirmation request shown is transmitted to the user terminal 30 via the service providing site 10 (steps S106 and S107).

  As a specific example, the information management site 20 transmits a selection confirmation request indicating that selection of attribute item information to which the stored session number is added is necessary to the service providing site 10. Then, the service providing site 10 transmits a URL including a response message such as HTTP 302 and a session number to the user terminal 30.

  The user terminal 30 that has received the message indicating the selection confirmation request transmits a response “execution” as to whether or not to select personal attribute information to the information management site 20 without going through the service providing site 10 (step S108). ).

  To give a specific example, the user terminal 30 that has received a URL including a response message such as HTTP 302 and a session number automatically sends a response to the URL by the Web browser unit 34 to the information management site 20. Send to. Note that the response automatically transmitted here indicates “execute” in response to the selection confirmation request.

  When the information management site 20 receives from the user terminal 30 a response indicating that the transmitted selection confirmation request is permitted, the user ID (07ab) and the session number (00000011) of the user terminal are identified from the response. (Step S109 and Step S110). Subsequently, the information management site 20 specifies the attribute information item “mail address, telephone number” stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b in association with the specified user ID (07ab) and the session number (00000011), An identification name corresponding to the identified attribute information item “mail address, telephone number” is acquired from the attribute information DB 22a and transmitted to the user terminal 30 together with the session number as a selection request (steps S111 to S113).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6B, the information management site 20 corresponds to the user ID (07ab) and the session number (00000011) specified from the response indicating that the selection confirmation request is permitted. In addition, “email address, telephone number” is specified as the attribute information item stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b. Then, the information management site 20 uses “mail address: company, home, mobile”, “phone number: as the identification name of the identified attribute information item“ mail address, phone number ”as shown in FIG. "Company, home, home, home IP phone". Then, since there are a plurality of acquired identification names, the information management site 20 creates a selection screen as shown in FIG. 8 and transmits it to the user terminal 30 as a selection request. FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of the specified attribute information item, FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating an example of the acquired identification name, and FIG. 8 is used by the information management site. It is a figure which shows the example of the selection request | requirement transmitted to a person's terminal.

  Returning to FIG. 5, the user terminal 30 that has received the selection request accepts the selection result and transmits the accepted selection result and the session number to the information management site 20 by the user's instruction operation (step S <b> 114). Here, it is assumed that “mail address: home, phone number: home IP phone” is selected as the selection result.

  Then, the information management site 20 that has received this selection result specifies the user ID (07ab) and the session number (00000011) of the user terminal from the selection result in the same manner as when the selection request is received (step S115). And step S116). Subsequently, the information management site 20 selects the attribute information by associating the received selection result “mail address: home, telephone number: home IP phone” with the specified user ID (07ab) and session number (00000011). The information is stored in the control DB 22b (step S117), and the user terminal is notified that the information has been stored (step S118).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6-3, the information management site 20 identifies the received selection result “mail address: home, phone number: home IP phone” with the specified user ID (07ab). And the session number (00000011) are stored in the attribute information selection control DB 22b. Then, the information management site 20 transmits a URL including a response message such as HTTP 302 and the session number to the user terminal 30 as a notification that the information has been stored. FIG. 6C is a diagram illustrating an example of storing the selection result.

  Returning to FIG. 5, thereafter, the user terminal 30 transmits an instruction “session number” for requesting the acquisition of the personal attribute information again to the service providing site 10 (step S <b> 119). The reacquisition request “session number, attribute information item (email address, telephone number)” instructed to the user terminal 30 is transmitted to the information management site 20 (step S120).

  As a specific example, the user terminal 30 that has received a URL including a response message such as HTTP 302 and a session number has the session number automatically added to the URL by the Web browser unit 34. As a response, a reacquisition request is transmitted to the service providing site 10. Then, the service providing site 10 transmits the received reacquisition request “session number, attribute information item (email address, telephone number)” to the information management site 20.

  The information management site 20 that has received the request again specifies the user ID (07ab) and the session number (00000011) of the user terminal from the request again in the same manner as when the selection request is received (step S121). And step S122). Subsequently, the information management site 20 acquires the selection result “mail address: home, phone number: home IP phone” from the attribute information selection control DB 22b, and the acquired “mail address: home, phone number: home IP phone” is acquired. Is acquired from the attribute information DB 22a and provided to the service providing site 10 (steps S123 and S125).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7-2, the information management site 20 has values corresponding to the user ID (07ab) and session number (00000011) of the user terminal specified from the request again. “K07ab@example.myhome.com, 050-xxx-xxxx” is acquired from the attribute information DB 22a and provided to the service providing site 10. FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating an example of provided personal attribute information.

  In this way, the service providing site 10 that has received the personal attribute information of the user terminal 30 that has transmitted the service use request provides the requested service to the user terminal 30 (step S126).

[Effects of Example 1]
As described above, according to the first embodiment, the information management site 20 stores the personal attribute information, which is personal information related to the user terminal 30, in association with the user terminal 30, and uses requests for using various services. When an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal 30 is received from the service providing site 10 received from the user terminal 30, the user terminal 30 is specified based on the acquisition request, and the service is provided. The personal attribute information requested from the site 10 is specified, and a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing site 10 from the specified personal attribute information is transmitted to the user terminal 30 and provided to the service providing site 10. When the selection result with the personal attribute information selected is received from the user terminal 30, the personal attribute information specified by the selection result is acquired. It is sent to the service provider 10. Further, when the user terminal 30 receives a selection request from the information management site 20, the user terminal 30 transmits a selection result to the information management site 20. As a result, it is possible to determine information required by the service providing site 10 and information desired to be provided by the user terminal 30 and provide appropriate information to the service providing site 10.

(Effects of users)
Also, the effects of the respective devices on the user, service providing side, and information management side will be specifically described. For users, it is possible to use the service by selecting the information stored in the information management site without having to input the attribute information to the individual service providing site every time. Save and improve convenience. Also, when using the service on the service providing site, whether you want to use the email address of the mobile phone as the contact address, the email address of the home PC, the address to be delivered to your home address, or the address to your home address It is possible to interactively select personal attribute information according to the purpose of use, such as whether to do so, so that information for various purposes can be registered on the information management site, and centralized management of information becomes easy .

(Effect of service provider)
For the service provider (service provider site), when requesting attribute information from the information management site, even if multiple attribute information is managed as one attribute item name on the information management site, the service provider site If only the attribute item name is specified, appropriate attribute information is provided, which makes it easy to use the information management site from the service providing site side. In addition, instead of inputting attribute information, attribute information can be acquired from an information management site. As a result, service provision to a user terminal such as a portable terminal with a limited input function is facilitated.

(Effect on the information management side)
For the information management side (information management site), it is possible to realize a service for centrally managing attribute information such as a plurality of email addresses and credit numbers, and expect a fee for use from the service providing site.

  By the way, the present invention can be applied to various services via a network. In the second embodiment, a service example suitable for the present invention will be specifically described. Here, an example of application to a settlement service site and an example of application to a mail order or customer consultation site will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and similarly applies to various services via a network. Can be applied.

(Application example to payment service site)
First, a settlement service site using the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a payment service system according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the payment service system according to the second embodiment includes a service providing site (payment service site) that performs automatic payment according to the service usage status of the user, and personal information including the user's credit number. It consists of an information management site to be managed and a user terminal that uses the service.

  Then, the information management site identifies “user ID that uniquely identifies the user”, “attribute information item name” indicating an item of personal attribute information, and a value corresponding to the attribute information item name as personal attribute information. “Identification name”, “Value” indicating personal attribute information “07ab, name, name, Taro Yamada”, “07ab, credit number, company A, 51XX XXXX XXXX XXXX”, “07ab, credit number, company B, 48XX XXXX XXXX XXXX "," 07ab, credit number, company C, 35XX XXXX XXXX XXXX ", etc.

  In such a configuration, the user terminal logs in to the service providing site using a Web browser (login ID (user ID) = 07ab, password) and transmits a service use request ((1 in FIG. 9). )reference).

  Then, the service providing site acquires the user ID (07ab) from the received service use request, and sends an acquisition request (name, credit number) corresponding to the acquired user ID (07ab) to the information management site. Transmit (see (2) in FIG. 9).

  The information management site that has received the acquisition request causes the user terminal to select a credit number having a plurality of identification names (see (3) in FIG. 9), similarly to the processing in steps S103 to S124 described in the first embodiment. ). Here, it is assumed that the user terminal selects “Company B” as the credit number.

  Then, the information management site is requested by the service providing site, and transmits “name = Taro Yamada, credit number = 48XX XXXX XXXX XXXX” to the service providing site as the personal attribute information selected by the user terminal ( The service providing site provides a service to the user terminal (see (5) in FIG. 9).

(Application example to mail order and customer consultation sites)
Next, the mail-order sales and customer consultation site using the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mail order or customer consultation system according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the mail order and customer consultation system according to the second embodiment uses a service providing site that provides mail order and customer consultation services, an information management site that manages personal information of users, and services. It consists of a user terminal.

  Then, the information management site identifies “user ID that uniquely identifies the user”, “attribute information item name” indicating an item of personal attribute information, and a value corresponding to the attribute information item name as personal attribute information. "Identification name", "Value" indicating personal attribute information "07ab, name, name, Taro Yamada", "07ab, address, company, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ...", "07ab, email address, home, k07ab@example.myhome.com ”,“ 07ab, phone number, parent's house, 098-xxx-xxxx ”, etc.

(Example of mail order)
In such a configuration, when the user terminal uses mail order, the user terminal logs in to the service providing site using a web browser (login ID (user ID) = 07ab, password) A usage request is transmitted (see (1) in FIG. 10).

  Then, the service providing site providing mail order acquires the user ID (07ab) from the received service use request, and acquires the personal attribute information corresponding to the acquired user ID (07ab) (name, address, (Email address, telephone number) is transmitted to the information management site (see (2) in FIG. 10).

  The information management site that has received this acquisition request causes the user terminal to select “address, e-mail address, telephone number” having a plurality of identification names, in the same manner as the processing in steps S103 to S124 described in the first embodiment ( (See (3) in FIG. 10). Here, it is assumed that the user terminal selects “address = home, mail address = home, phone number = home”.

  Then, the information management site is requested from the service providing site, and as personal attribute information selected by the user terminal, “name = Taro Yamada, address = Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, mail address=k07ab@example.myhome. com, phone number = 044-xxx-xxxx "(see (4) in FIG. 10), and the service providing site provides a service to the user terminal (see (5) in FIG. 10). .

(Example of customer consultation site)
In such a configuration, when the user terminal uses the customer consultation site, the user terminal logs in to the service providing site using a web browser (login ID (user ID) = 07ab, password), A service use request is transmitted (see (6) in FIG. 10).

  Then, the service providing site providing mail order acquires the user ID (07ab) from the received service use request, and the request for acquisition of personal attribute information corresponding to the acquired user ID (07ab) (name, email address) ) Is transmitted to the information management site (see (7) in FIG. 10).

  The information management site that has received this acquisition request causes the user terminal to select a “mail address” having a plurality of identification names (step (8) in FIG. 10) in the same manner as in steps S103 to S124 described in the first embodiment. )reference). Here, it is assumed that the user terminal selects “email address = company”.

  Then, the information management site is requested by the service providing site, and “email address=k07ab@example.co.jp” is transmitted to the service providing site as the personal attribute information selected by the user terminal (FIG. 10). The service providing site provides a service to the user terminal (see (10) in FIG. 10).

  In this way, the user can select the attribute information suitable for the purpose of use, use the service, and can save the trouble of inputting the personal attribute information. In addition, for the service providing site, it is possible to acquire appropriate attribute information with only the required attribute information item name.

  By the way, in Examples 1-2, although the information management site demonstrated the example which makes a user terminal select the identification name of the attribute information item which a service provision site designates, this invention is not limited to this. When the identification name is selected, the user terminal can be selected in a state where selection candidates that are highly likely to be selected based on the past selection history are selected in advance.

  Therefore, in the third embodiment, an example in which selection candidates that are highly likely to be selected based on the past selection history are determined will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing past selection history, FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the contents of attribute items currently requested from the service providing site, and FIG. 13 is for determining selection candidates. It is a figure which shows the coefficient for doing.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the information management site includes, as selection history, “item number for distinguishing history”, “user ID” indicating user, “attribute information item name” indicating selection requested item, “Status information 1 (service providing site)” indicating the provided service providing site, “Status information 2 (terminal type)” indicating the type of the selected user terminal, “Selection” indicating the result selected by the user terminal “Result identification name” ”such as“ 1, 07ab, mail address, company A, mobile phone, company ”is stored. For example, in the above-described example, the user terminal with the user ID “07ab” has selected “company” as the mail address and provided the attribute information to the service providing site (Company A).

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 12, the information management site requests “user ID“ identifying the user ”as the content of the attribute item currently requested from the service providing site. “Attribute information item name” indicating the attribute information item that needs to be selected, “Status information 1 (service providing site)” indicating the requested service providing site, and “Type of user terminal trying to use the service” “07ab, e-mail address, company A, mobile phone,-(unselected)” and the like are stored as “status information 2 (terminal type)”, “selection candidate” indicating an item determined as a selection candidate.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the information management site uses the attribute item currently requested from the service providing site as a coefficient (predetermined condition described in claims) for determining a selection candidate, A coefficient to be counted is stored depending on whether the selection history matches or does not match. For example, the information management site stores “condition = situation information 1, match = + 2, mismatch = −1”, “condition = situation information 2, match = + 1, mismatch = 0” and the like.

  In this state, the information management site displays “07ab, email address, status information 1 = Company A, status information 2 = mobile phone” shown in the first line of FIG. 12 as the personal attribute information requested from the service providing site. An example of determining a selection candidate of “” will be described. The information management site acquires the selection history of the requested attribute information item “mail address” from FIG. In this example, the information management site is “1, 07ab, email address, status information 1 = Company A, status information 2 = mobile, company” (first line in FIG. 11), “2, 07ab, email address, "Situation information 1 = Company B, situation information 2 = PC, home" (second line in FIG. 11) is acquired.

  Then, the information management site compares “situation information 1” on the first line in FIG. 11 and the first line in FIG. 12, and “situation information 2” on the second line in FIG. 11 and the second line in FIG. Since “situation information 1 = Company A” and “situation information 2 = mobile phone” coincide with each other, the count is set to “3” (2 + 1) based on FIG. Similarly, the information management site compares “situation information 1” on the second line in FIG. 11 and the first line in FIG. 12 and “situation information 2” on the second line in FIG. 11 and the second line in FIG. Since “situation information 1” and “situation information 2” do not match, the count is set to “−1” (−1 + 0) based on FIG.

  As a result, the information management site displays the selection result “07ab, mail address, status information 1 = Company A, status information 2 = mobile” shown in the first line of FIG. Based on the history of “1, 07ab, mail address, status information 1 = A company, status information 2 = mobile phone, company” shown in the eye, “company” is determined and stored in the selection candidate in the first row of FIG. . When the information management site transmits a selection request “07ab, email address, status information 1 = Company A, status information 2 = mobile” shown in the first line of FIG. The selection screen in the selected state is transmitted to the user terminal.

  In this way, the information management site uses the method described above for the selection request shown in each row of FIG. 12 to determine each selection candidate and transmit the selection screen in a state where it is selected to the user terminal. Will be. When the information management site determines a selection candidate as a selection request and transmits a selection screen in a state where it is selected to the user terminal, the information management site is not limited to using the above-described method, but selects from a selection history. A selection candidate may be determined unilaterally.

  Thus, when the information management site transmits a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing site from the specified personal attribute information to the user terminal, the history of the selection results stored in the selection history The selection request is transmitted to the user terminal in a state in which selection candidates that are highly likely to be selected by the user terminal are selected in advance, so that the user can select based on the past selection history It is possible to improve the convenience for the user by selecting a candidate with high default in advance.

  In addition, when the information management site transmits a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service site from the specified personal attribute information to the user terminal, the information management site and the predetermined predetermined information stored in the selection history Based on the condition (coefficient), the selection request is transmitted to the user terminal in a state in which selection candidates that are highly likely to be selected by the user terminal are selected in advance, thereby further improving user convenience. It is possible. Specifically, the information management site not only records the identification name as a selection result for each user ID and attribute information item name as the selection history, but also stores information such as the terminal type when the user selects. By additionally storing as “situation information”, it is possible to select selection candidates whose situation information on the history and current situation information are similar, and further improve the convenience of the user as a whole system Is possible.

  In addition, for example, when using from a PC, an e-mail address previously used from a PC is determined as a selection candidate, and when using from a mobile phone, an e-mail address previously used from a mobile phone is used. As a result, it is possible to realize extraction of wired candidates according to the situation of use.

  In the above-described example, the case where “type of service providing site” and “type of user terminal” are used as the situation information has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, Various information such as the line type can be used.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms other than the embodiments described above. Therefore, as shown below, (1) a transmission path for a selection request, (2) a system configuration, etc., (3) different embodiments will be described by being divided into programs.

(1) Selection request transmission path For example, in the first embodiment, the information management site is selected when the re-acquisition request is received after the selection confirmation request is transmitted to the user terminal and the selection result is received. Although an example of providing personal attribute information to a service providing site has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information management site should receive and provide an acquisition request for personal attribute information from the service providing site. When there is a plurality of information, the user terminal may be selected via the service providing site, and the result may be provided to the service providing site. That is, the result can be obtained by transmitting the selection screen to the user terminal without generating the session number described in the first embodiment.

(2) System configuration etc. Also, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed among the processes described in the present embodiment (for example, the process of acquiring the user ID from the service use request). Can also be done manually. In addition, the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, and information including various data and parameters shown in the above-described document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. It can be configured by integrating (for example, integrating the information specifying unit and the session information generating unit of the information management site). Further, all or any part of each processing function performed in each device may be realized by a CPU and a program analyzed and executed by the CPU, or may be realized as hardware by wired logic.

(3) Program The information management method described in the present embodiment can be realized by executing a prepared program on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. This program can be distributed via a network such as the Internet. The program can also be executed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-ROM, an MO, and a DVD and being read from the recording medium by the computer.

  As described above, a service providing system, a service providing method, an information management server device, an information management method, and an information management program according to the present invention are provided in a user terminal that uses various services via a network and the user terminal. It is useful to be composed of a service providing server device that provides various services and an information management server device that provides personal attribute information indicating personal information for identifying the user terminal to the service providing server device. It is suitable for determining information required by the service providing server device and information desired to be provided by the user terminal and providing appropriate information to the service providing server device.

1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a service providing system according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a service providing system according to a first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the information memorize | stored in personal attribute information DB. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of a process in the service provision system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of a process in the service provision system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the information stored in attribute information selection control DB. It is a figure which shows the example of the attribute information item specified. It is a figure which shows the example which stores the selection result. It is a figure which shows the example of the identification name acquired. It is a figure which shows the example of the provided personal attribute information. It is a figure which shows the example of the selection request | requirement transmitted to a user terminal by an information management site. It is a figure which shows the example of the payment service system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the mail order and customer consultation system which concern on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the past selection log | history. It is a figure which shows the content of the attribute item currently requested | required from the service provision site. It is a figure which shows the coefficient for determining a selection candidate. It is a figure for demonstrating a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

10 Service Providing Site 11 Communication Control I / F Unit 12 Storage Unit 13 Service Information DB
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 14 Control part 15 Personal attribute information request part 16 Service provision part 20 Information management site 21 Communication control I / F part 22 Storage part 22a Personal attribute information DB
22b Attribute information selection control DB
25 control unit 25a information specifying unit 25b session information generating unit 25c confirmation request unit 25d selection request unit 25e selection result storage unit 25f information providing unit 30 user terminal 31 communication control I / F unit 32 storage unit 33 control unit 34 Web browser unit 35 confirmation response unit 36 selection result transmission unit 37 reacquisition request unit

Claims (10)

A user terminal that uses various services via a network, a service providing server device that provides various services to the user terminal, and a server that provides personal attribute information indicating personal information that identifies the user terminal A service providing system comprising an information management server device provided to a device,
The information management server device
Attribute information storage means for storing personal attribute information, which is personal information related to the user terminal, in association with the user terminal;
When receiving an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal from the service providing server device that has received the use request for the various services from the user terminal, based on the acquisition request, the user terminal Information specifying means for specifying personal attribute information requested from the service providing server device from the attribute information storage means;
Selection request means for transmitting a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing server device from the personal attribute information specified by the information specifying means to the user terminal;
When a selection result in which personal attribute information to be provided to the service providing server device is selected is received from the user terminal, the personal attribute information specified by the selection result is acquired from the attribute information storage means and the service providing server Information transmitting means for transmitting to the device;
The user terminal is
A selection result transmitting means for transmitting the selection result to the information management server device when a selection request is received from the information management server device;
A service providing system characterized by comprising: A session for identifying a session with the service providing server device that has requested the personal attribute information when the information specifying unit of the information management server device receives an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal. A selection confirmation request indicating that selection of the personal attribute information to which the generated session number is added is necessary is transmitted to the user terminal via the service providing server device,
The selection requesting means of the information management server device sends the selection request to the user terminal when receiving a response from the user terminal that the selection confirmation request transmitted by the information specifying means is selected. Send
Whether or not the selection result transmission means of the user terminal selects the personal attribute information when receiving a selection confirmation request from the information management server device in addition to transmitting the selection result to the information management server device. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the response is transmitted to the information management server device without going through the service providing server device. The selection result transmitting means of the user terminal transmits the re-acquisition request for the personal attribute information to the information management server device via the service providing server device after transmitting the selection result to the information management server device.
The information transmission means of the information management server device is specified by the selection result received from the user terminal when the reacquisition request for the personal attribute information is received from the user terminal via the service providing server device. 3. The service providing system according to claim 2, wherein the personal attribute information is acquired from the attribute information storage means and transmitted to the service providing server device. The information management server device further comprises selection history information storage means for storing a history of selection results received from the user terminal,
The selection requesting unit of the information management server device transmits the selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing server device from the personal attribute information specified by the information specifying unit when the selection request is transmitted to the user terminal. A selection request is transmitted to the user terminal in a state in which selection candidates that are highly likely to be selected by the user terminal are pre-selected based on a history of selection results stored in the history information storage means. The service providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The selection history information storage means of the information management server device further stores status information indicating information related to the user terminal when the selection result is selected in association with the selection result,
The selection requesting unit of the information management server device transmits the selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing server device from the personal attribute information specified by the information specifying unit when the selection request is transmitted to the user terminal. Based on the situation information stored in the history information storage means and a predetermined condition, a selection request is made to the user terminal in a state where selection candidates that are likely to be selected by the user terminal are selected in advance. The service providing system according to claim 4, wherein: A user terminal that uses various services via a network, a service providing server device that provides various services to the user terminal, and a server that provides personal attribute information indicating personal information that identifies the user terminal A service providing system comprising an information management server device provided to the device,
The information management server device
An attribute information item indicating an item requested from the service providing server device in association with the user terminal, an identification name for identifying information stored in the attribute information item, and the identification name Attribute information storage means for storing personal attribute information composed of values indicating information;
Attribute information selection control storage means for storing a session number for identifying a session with the service providing server device that has requested the personal attribute information, the user terminal, the attribute information item, and the selection result;
When receiving an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal from the service providing server device that has received the use request for the various services from the user terminal, based on the acquisition request, the user terminal Information specifying means for specifying the attribute information item requested from the service providing server device from the attribute information storage means,
When the user terminal and the attribute information item are specified by the information specifying means, the session number is generated, and the generated session number, the specified user terminal and the attribute information item are stored in the attribute information selection control storage means. Session information generating means for storing;
When a session number, a user terminal, and an attribute information item are stored in the attribute information selection control storage unit by the session information generation unit, it is necessary to select the attribute information item to which the stored session number is added. A confirmation request means for transmitting a selection confirmation request indicating to the user terminal via the service providing server device;
When receiving a response from the user terminal to perform selection in response to the selection confirmation request transmitted by the confirmation request unit, the attribute information is associated with the user terminal and the session number specified by the response. A selection request that further specifies an attribute information item stored in the selection control storage unit, acquires an identification name corresponding to the specified attribute information item from the attribute information storage unit, and transmits the identification name to the user terminal as the selection request Means,
When a selection result in which personal attribute information provided to the service providing server device is selected is received from the user terminal, the user terminal and the session number are identified from the selection result, and the identified user terminal and session are identified. A selection result storage means for acquiring an identification name specified by the selection result in association with the number from the attribute information storage means and storing it in the attribute information selection control storage means;
After the identification name specified by the selection result storage means is stored in the attribute information selection control storage means, the re-acquisition request is received when the personal attribute information reacquisition request is received from the service providing server device. A user terminal and a session number are identified from the acquisition request, and a value corresponding to the identification name stored in the attribute information selection control storage unit in association with the identified user terminal and session number is stored in the attribute information storage unit. Information providing means for acquiring and transmitting to the service providing server device;
The service providing server device includes:
Reacquisition for transmitting a request for reacquisition of personal attribute information to the information management server device when an instruction to request acquisition of the personal attribute information from the user terminal is received from the information management server device Request means;
The user terminal is
Confirmation response means for transmitting a response as to whether or not to select the personal attribute information to the information management server device without going through the service providing server device when a selection confirmation request is received from the information management server device When,
A selection result transmitting means for transmitting the identification name selected as the selection result to the information management server device when a selection request is received from the information management server device;
After the selection result is transmitted to the information management server device by the selection result transmission unit, an instruction to request acquisition of the personal attribute information again, a reacquisition instruction unit to transmit to the service providing server device,
A service providing system characterized by comprising: A user terminal that uses various services via a network, a service providing server device that provides various services to the user terminal, and a server that provides personal attribute information indicating personal information that identifies the user terminal A service providing method suitable for a service providing system comprising an information management server device provided to a device,
The information management server device
Attribute information storage means for storing personal attribute information, which is personal information related to the user terminal, in association with the user terminal;
When receiving an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal from the service providing server device that has received the use request for the various services from the user terminal, based on the acquisition request, the user terminal And specifying the personal attribute information requested from the service providing server device from the attribute information storage means,
A selection requesting step for transmitting to the user terminal a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing server device from the personal attribute information specified in the information specifying step;
When a selection result in which personal attribute information to be provided to the service providing server device is selected is received from the user terminal, the personal attribute information specified by the selection result is acquired from the attribute information storage means and the service providing server An information transmission step for transmitting to the device;
The user terminal is
A selection result transmission step of transmitting the selection result to the information management server device when a selection request is received from the information management server device;
A service providing method characterized by including: A user terminal that uses various services via a network, a service providing server device that provides various services to the user terminal, and a server that provides personal attribute information indicating personal information that identifies the user terminal The information management server device in a service providing system comprising an information management server device provided to the device,
Attribute information storage means for storing personal attribute information, which is personal information related to the user terminal, in association with the user terminal;
When receiving an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal from the service providing server device that has received the use request for the various services from the user terminal, based on the acquisition request, the user terminal Information specifying means for specifying personal attribute information requested from the service providing server device from the attribute information storage means;
Selection request means for sending a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing server device from the personal attribute information specified by the information specifying means to the user terminal;
When a selection result in which personal attribute information to be provided to the service providing server device is selected is received from the user terminal, the personal attribute information specified by the selection result is acquired from the attribute information storage means and the service providing server Information transmitting means for transmitting to the device;
An information management server device comprising: A user terminal that uses various services via a network, a service providing server device that provides various services to the user terminal, and a server that provides personal attribute information indicating personal information that identifies the user terminal An information management method suitable for the information management server device in a service providing system comprising an information management server device provided to the device,
Attribute information storage means for storing personal attribute information, which is personal information related to the user terminal, in association with the user terminal;
When receiving an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal from the service providing server device that has received the use request for the various services from the user terminal, based on the acquisition request, the user terminal And specifying the personal attribute information requested from the service providing server device from the attribute information storage means,
A selection requesting step for transmitting to the user terminal a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing server device from the personal attribute information specified in the information specifying step;
When a selection result in which personal attribute information to be provided to the service providing server device is selected is received from the user terminal, the personal attribute information specified by the selection result is acquired from the attribute information storage means and the service providing server An information transmission step for transmitting to the device;
Information management method characterized by including A user terminal that uses various services via a network, a service providing server device that provides various services to the user terminal, and a server that provides personal attribute information indicating personal information that identifies the user terminal An information management program to be executed by a computer as the information management server device in a service providing system configured with an information management server device provided to the device,
Attribute information storage means for storing personal attribute information, which is personal information related to the user terminal, in association with the user terminal;
When receiving an acquisition request for personal attribute information corresponding to the user terminal from the service providing server device that has received the use request for the various services from the user terminal, based on the acquisition request, the user terminal Information specifying procedure for specifying the personal attribute information requested from the service providing server device from the attribute information storage means,
A selection request procedure for transmitting to the user terminal a selection request for selecting information to be provided to the service providing server device from the personal attribute information identified by the information identification procedure;
When a selection result in which personal attribute information to be provided to the service providing server device is selected is received from the user terminal, the personal attribute information specified by the selection result is acquired from the attribute information storage means and the service providing server An information transmission procedure to be transmitted to the device;
An information management program for causing a computer to execute.

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