JP2011081575A - Profile information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate management of profile information of a user. <P>SOLUTION: A profile information management system 100 includes: a profile information storage part 130 storing a first profile including profile information of a first user; a profile information input reception part 122 receiving input of profile information corresponding to an item from the first user when the profile information corresponding to the item designated from a second user is not included in the first profile when a provision request of the first profile is performed together with designation of the item set as the necessary profile information demanded from another user as a use condition of a specific service provided by the second user from the second user, and storing the profile information into the profile information storage part 130; and a profile information provision part 124 providing the profile information corresponding to the designated necessary item of the first profile to the second user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a profile information management system.

  There are various websites on a network such as the Internet. When using such a website, input of profile information such as user information may be required. Conventionally, when registering profile information on each website, it has been necessary to input it individually.

  Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-185449) discloses a personal information storage unit that stores a plurality of personal information of a user and a disclosure range of each of the plurality of personal information stored in the personal information storage unit. The public range storage means for storing whether all of the users who wish to view or a predetermined user among the users who wish to browse, and the public range of the predetermined personal information of the predetermined user wish to browse The first disclosure process is performed when all of the users who want to browse are permitted, and the disclosure is permitted when the disclosure range of the predetermined personal information of the predetermined user is a predetermined user among the users who want to browse. A site manager side system having a personal information disclosing means for performing a second disclosing process for disclosing to a user managed as having been performed is described.

  Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-75887) discloses a notification in which a user information management apparatus that registers and manages a plurality of users as a group in a group management database generates notification information regarding update of registration information in the group management database. A configuration is described that includes information generation means and information transmission means that automatically distributes notification information to users registered in the group management database. In this device, when member information that constitutes a group such as registration of a new user, change of a user profile, deletion of user registration, etc. is changed, information regarding the update of these registration information is automatically sent to group members as an e-mail. It is supposed to announce by distributing it automatically.

JP 2004-185449 A JP 2001-75887 A

  However, it has been troublesome to enter profile information for each website as before. In addition, if the profile information is registered for each website in this way, when the profile information is changed, all profiles must be updated individually, which is complicated to manage.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a technique for simplifying management of user profile information.

According to the present invention,
A profile information storage unit for storing a first profile including profile information of a first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items;
From the second user, the second user's identification information and the designation of items set as necessary profile information required from other users as the use conditions of the specific service provided by the second user If there is a request for provision of one profile and profile information corresponding to the item specified by the second user is not included in the first profile, the first user A profile information input receiving unit that receives input of profile information corresponding to the item, and stores the profile information in the profile information storage unit;
There was a request for provision of the first profile from the second user together with designation of items set as necessary profile information required from other users as conditions for using a specific service provided by the second user. A profile information providing unit that refers to the profile information storage unit and provides the second user with profile information corresponding to the designated required item of the first profile;
A profile information management system is provided.

  According to this configuration, if the user registers his / her profile in the profile information storage unit, the user can use other services without entering the profile information individually even when using other services. Can do. In addition, when profile information of a new item is input when using another service, the contents are also stored in the profile of the profile information storage unit, so that the user's profile can be enhanced.

According to the present invention,
Profile information stored in association with identification information of the first user together with information indicating which of the plurality of types of profiles the profile information of the first user corresponding to each of the plurality of items is included in for each item A storage unit;
Provideable user information storage for storing identification information of other users capable of providing profile information of the first user included in the profile for each type of profile in association with the identification information of the first user And
When there is a request for provision of the profile of any kind of the first user from the second user, the provisionable user information storage unit is referred to based on the identification information of the second user, It is determined whether or not the profile of the type of the first user can be provided to the second user, and if possible, the profile information storage unit is referred to and the second user is referred to. A profile information providing unit for providing the profile information included in the profile of the type;
A profile information management system is provided.

  According to this configuration, for example, the user can separately use the private ID and the business one without acquiring individual IDs and individually registering profile information.

According to the present invention,
When the profile or address book including the profile information of the first user corresponding to each of the plurality of items is updated, the profile information of the first user is synchronized with the update of the profile or address book. An update relationship information storage unit for storing settings of a lower profile or address book to be updated;
When the profile information of the first user included in any profile or address book is updated, the update relation information storage unit is referred to and updated in synchronization with the update of the profile or address book. When a lower profile or address book is set, the profile information of the first user included in the lower profile or address book is set to the profile corresponding to the updated item of the upper profile or address book. An information update unit for updating with information;
A profile information management system is provided.

  According to this configuration, when the user's profile is updated, the user's address information in the other user's address book set synchronously can also be updated, and management can be simplified.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, management of user profile information can be simplified.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the profile information management system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of an internal structure of a user ID information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of an internal structure of a profile information storage part. It is a figure which shows typically the profile displayed on the display of a user's terminal by a profile information provision part. It is a figure which shows an example of an internal structure of the user information storage part which can be provided. It is a figure which shows an example of the internal structure of a profile item memory | storage part. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the service provision process part of the profile information management system contained in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the format of the profile item provided to a user. It is a figure which shows the other example of the format of the profile item provided to a user. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of a service provision process part and a profile information management part. It is a block diagram which shows the other example of a structure of the profile information management system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of an internal structure of an update related information storage part. It is an image figure which shows the state in which each profile and an address book are updated when it is set as shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of an internal structure of an address information storage part. It is a figure which shows typically the address book displayed on the display of a user's terminal by an address information provision part. It is a figure which shows the other example of the profile displayed on the display of the user's terminal demonstrated with reference to FIG. In embodiment of this invention, it is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure in which each user can participate in a some site and service with one profile. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of applying for the use of a site with the user whose personal profile is memorize | stored in the profile information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of an internal structure of an intermediate management table.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted as appropriate.

  As described above, conventionally, when using various websites, when registering profile information on each website, it is necessary to enter each profile information individually, and it was troublesome to enter profile information for each website. It was. In the present embodiment, the profile information management system has a configuration for commonly managing profile information used in a plurality of websites. However, unlike IDs and passwords, the profile information required for various websites differs for each website. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the already registered profile information can be used on other websites, and when a new necessary item occurs, the user is requested to input and is input by the user. Keep accumulating profile information.

In the present embodiment, the profile information management system provides a service for allowing a user to register his / her profile and providing the profile to other users under a predetermined condition. The service of the user information management system can include the following contents, for example.
(1) If a profile is registered under the management of the profile information management system, when using other services that require profile registration, the profile information that has already been registered is entered individually. In addition, it can be used on other websites, and when a new necessary item is generated, the user is requested to input and the profile information input by the user is accumulated.

  Further, if the profile information is sequentially accumulated in this way, the profile information becomes enormous and management becomes difficult. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the user information management system devises a profile providing method and an updating method.

  For example, a large amount of profile information is organized, and a plurality of types of profiles having different uses are prepared so that only necessary profile information can be provided to other users according to the use. When using various websites, the profile information required for each use scene differs for private use, business use, etc. even for the same person. However, conventionally, there is no service that provides a plurality of types of profiles for one ID. Therefore, for example, the user has to acquire individual IDs for private use and business use and individually register profile information.

  Also, for example, when a user's profile is disclosed to other users, different types of profile information may be desired to be disclosed depending on the relationship with the other users. For example, you may only want to share your business profile with someone who only has a business relationship. In addition, there may be a case where a profile for a member in a certain group such as an employee of the same company is disclosed only to the member. However, since there has been no service that can prepare a plurality of types of profiles, it has not been possible to set the profile publicly according to the usage scene. For example, Patent Literature 1 describes that a user's personal information is set to be disclosed to an unspecified number of users or only to some predetermined users, and different disclosure processes are performed. Yes. However, in such a method, it is necessary to set a user that can be disclosed for each personal information, and management becomes complicated.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the service of the user information management system can include, for example, the following contents.
(2) Each user has a plurality of types of profiles for one ID.
That is, the user information management system provides a plurality of types of profiles having different uses for each user. That is, the user can have a plurality of types of profiles for one user ID. In the present embodiment, a plurality of types of profiles having different uses can be, for example, “internal use”, “external use”, “private use”, and the like.

  Conventionally, if the profile information is registered for each website, it is necessary to change the information on all sites when the profile information is changed, and the management is complicated. Also, if there is a change in your profile information, you will need to notify your acquaintance of the change. Patent Document 2 describes a configuration in which when information on members managed as a group is updated, the information is distributed to group members. However, even in this case, if the member who has been contacted does not update his / her address book, the old information remains.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the service of the user information management system can include, for example, the following contents.
(3) In any profile or address book that includes the same user's profile information, when the user's profile information is updated, other profiles and corresponding profiles in the address book that are set to be updated synchronously Information can also be updated.
Thereby, for example, the user of a certain profile can change his / her information in the address book of an acquaintance or the like that is set synchronously only by changing his / her profile information.

First, if the profile is registered under the management of the profile information management system in (1), when using other services that require profile registration, the profile information that has already been registered is individually registered as profile information. It is possible to use it on other websites without entering the URL, and when a new required item arises, the user is requested to input and the profile information input by the user is accumulated. Function and
The function having a plurality of types of profiles for one ID of (2) will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a profile information management system 100 in the present embodiment.
The profile information management system 100 includes a user authentication processing unit 110, a profile information management unit 120, and a service provision processing unit 160. The user authentication processing unit 110 includes a user authentication unit 112 and a user ID information storage unit 114. The profile information management unit 120 includes a profile information input reception unit 122, a provable user setting reception unit 123, a profile information provision unit 124, a profile item management unit 128, a profile information storage unit 130, and a provable user. An information storage unit 131 and a profile item storage unit 132 are included.

  The user authentication processing unit 110 performs processing for authenticating the user of the profile information management system 100. The user authentication unit 112 stores identification information of the user of the profile information management system 100 and the like. A user who uses the profile information management system 100 needs to be authenticated by the user authentication processing unit 110. In the processing in the profile information management system 100, the authenticated user is associated with the internal ID used in the profile information management system 100, and the processing is performed with the user identified based on the internal ID.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the user ID information storage unit 114. The user ID information storage unit 114 includes a login ID field, a pass field, an internal ID field, a profile ID field, and an address book ID field.

  The login ID is identification information for identifying a user when each user logs in in order to use the service provided by the profile information management system 100. The login ID can be, for example, the user's email address. The pass is a password that is associated with the login ID and authenticates the user. When the user uses the profile information management system 100, the user authentication unit 112 requests the user to input a login ID and a password. When the user inputs the login ID and password, the user authentication unit 112 refers to the user ID information storage unit 114 to authenticate the user.

  In the present embodiment, the user may be configured to log in under the management of the profile information management system 100 after being authenticated by another authentication system outside the profile information management system 100. For example, the login ID “xyz-99” can be a login ID of a user who logs in through authentication by such an external authentication system. Therefore, the profile information management system 100 does not manage user password information. In this case, the user authentication unit 112 authenticates the user by making an authentication request to another authentication system and acquiring an authentication result from the authentication system.

  The internal ID is internal identification information for identifying the user in the profile information management system 100 and is uniquely assigned to the user of the profile information management system 100. Each user is assigned a profile ID and an address book ID. A profile ID is assigned to each type of profile. As will be described later, the profile information management system 100 includes an address information management unit 140 that provides an address book and stores address information included in each address book. The address book ID is assigned to each address book, details of which will be described later.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the profile information storage unit 130 corresponds to identification information of each user together with information indicating which of the plurality of types of profile information of each user corresponding to each of the plurality of items is included in each item. Then remember. The profile information input receiving unit 122 receives input of profile information from the user. The user inputs profile information using the operation unit of his / her terminal. In addition, the user can select any of “internal use”, “external use”, “private use”, etc., and set different items for each profile or input different information. The profile information received by the profile information input receiving unit 122 is stored in the profile information storage unit 130.

  The provable user information storage unit 131 stores the profile information included in each profile in association with the identification information of other users who can provide the profile information for each type of profile. The provisionable user setting reception unit 123 receives input of identification information of other users who can provide the profile from the user who is the creator of the profile. The identification information of other users received by the provable user setting reception unit 123 is stored in the provable user information storage unit 131.

  The profile information providing unit 124 displays the profile information received by the profile information input receiving unit 122 and the profile information stored in the profile information storage unit 130 on the display of the user terminal, and is stored in the profile information storage unit 130. Process to provide the profile information to other functional blocks. When there is a profile provision request from any user, along with designation of the user's internal ID and profile ID, the profile information provision unit 124 refers to the provable user information storage unit 131 and designates the designated profile ID It is determined whether or not the profile information included in the profile is set to be provided to the user. When it is set that the profile information can be provided, the profile information providing unit 124 provides the user with the profile information included in the profile of the corresponding profile ID from the profile information storage unit 130.

  The profile item storage unit 132 stores items to be included in each profile in association with item codes for identifying each item. Further, the profile item storage unit 132 can store items to be included in each profile for each group classified for each similar item.

  The profile item management unit 128 performs management to classify items so that the profile is easy to see when there is addition or deletion of profile items. For example, when the profile item management unit 128 receives the setting of a new item, the profile item management unit 128 also receives a designation of a group including the new item. As will be described later, the profile items may be added as appropriate in addition to the items prepared first. In that case, if the added item is added under the item of the existing profile, items that are completely irrelevant are lined up, which makes it difficult to manage or difficult to see. The profile item management unit 128 supports the added items to be classified into groups of similar items.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the profile information storage unit 130.
Here, the profile information of the user with the internal ID “0001” is shown as an example. The profile information storage unit 130 includes a profile ID field, an item code field, an item name field, a content field, and a synchronization field.

  Here, the profile ID “PB-0001” is the ID of the basic profile of the user, the profile ID “PN-0001” is the ID of the internal profile of the user, and the profile ID “PG-0001” is the ID of the external profile of the user. Profile ID “PP-0001” indicates the ID of this user's private profile.

  An item code is assigned to each of a plurality of items included in the profile, and identifies each item. Here, for example, the name is included in any of the basic profile, internal profile, external profile, and private profile. The name is likely to be the same in any profile. In the present embodiment, the item code is set so that items that can be input with the same profile information in other types of profiles among items included in a plurality of types of profiles can be associated with each other. For example, here, the number “0001” at the end is set to be common. As another example, the profile information management system 100 may include a table that stores associations between items.

  The item name is a name indicating the content of information corresponding to each item. Here, although shown for the sake of understanding, the profile information storage unit 130 may be configured not to include an item name column. The content is profile information input from each user corresponding to each item.

  The synchronization field stores a setting as to whether or not to synchronize profile information corresponding to similar items included in other types of profiles. Here, “re” indicates a state of being synchronized with each other. For example, for the item name “name”, the item code “ip-b-0001” of the basic profile is set to be synchronized with the private profile (PP). In this case, the profile information content “xxxx” stored corresponding to the item code “ip-b-0001” is stored as the profile information of the item code “ip-p-0001” corresponding to the private profile. It can be similar to what has been done. With this configuration, when the same profile information is input, there is no need to input each profile. Moreover, when the profile information of an item with any profile is changed, the profile information of the item of another synchronized profile can be updated at the same time.

  On the other hand, for example, even in the item name “name”, different information may be used for the business scene and the private scene, such as when the business uses a maiden name. In such a case, it can be set that the item code “ip-b-0001” of the basic profile is not synchronized with the internal profile (PN) or the external profile (PG) for the item name “name”. On the other hand, for the item name “name”, “ip-n-0001” of the in-house profile can be set in synchronization with the external profile (PG). In this case, as profile information of the item code “ip-g-0001” corresponding to the external profile, the content “× XXX” stored in correspondence with the item code “ip-n-0001” is stored. It can be similar to what has been done.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a profile displayed on the display of the user terminal by the profile information providing unit 124.
Different IDs are assigned to the user profiles for each type of profile. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the ID “PN-0001” is assigned to the in-house profile 304 of the user. Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 4B, the ID “PG-0001” is attached to the external profile 306 of this user.

  Further, when the user selects a tab described as “basic”, “private profile”, “add”, etc., a basic profile 302, a private profile 308, and an add page 310 are displayed, respectively. The basic profile 302 can be a page for a user to input profile information, and the user can input basic information that is common to all profiles, such as name and date of birth, from the basic profile 302 page. Can be entered. In the addition page 310, for example, a setting for adding a new type of profile can be performed. A user who is browsing each profile can load profile information included in the profile into his / her address book or the like by pressing the “acquire button 320”. Details of this processing will be described later.

  As the in-house profile 304 in FIG. 4A, “name”, “name (phonetic)”, “mail address”, “extension”, “affiliated department”, and the like are displayed. As the external profile 306 in FIG. 4B, “name”, “name (phonetic)”, “mail address”, “phone number (representative)”, “phone number (direct communication)”, and the like are displayed. Items included in each profile can be set individually.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the provable user information storage unit 131. The provisionable user information storage unit 131 includes a profile ID field and a provisionable user field.

  For example, for the profile with the profile ID “PN-0001”, the user with the internal ID “0002” and the profile with the profile ID “PG-0001” have the profile ID “PP-0001” with the user with the internal ID “0003”, etc. "Is set as a user that can be provided by a user with an internal ID" 0004 ".

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the profile item storage unit 132.
The profile item storage unit 132 includes a profile type field, a classification field, a small classification field, a code field, and an item name field. Here, an example is shown in which items are set for each type of profile. Corresponding to the type of each profile, each item is classified for each similar content. Each item is assigned an item code. In this way, by grouping similar items into groups, it can be made easier to see when displayed on the profile screen later. Although not shown here, the profile item storage unit 132 can also store designations such as the input format of the contents of items input for each item name. For example, it is possible to store “full-width” as the input format for the item name “name” and “half-width numbers” as the input format for the item name “phone number”. Thereby, the content which a user inputs can be unified.

Next, a procedure for registering a profile will be described with reference to FIGS.
When a user registers as a user in order to use the profile information management system 100, registration of at least one type of profile is required. In addition, when creating a profile, it is necessary to register as a user in the profile information management system 100.

  When there is a profile registration request from the user, the profile information providing unit 124 displays a profile input screen as shown in FIG. 4 on the display of the user's terminal. The profile information input receiving unit 122 receives input of profile information from the user. Here, for example, the user can also input profile information from the page of the basic profile 302. It is also possible to accept the setting of whether or not the profile information input from any profile page is to be synchronized as the information of the corresponding item of the other profile. Information received by the profile information input receiving unit 122 is stored in the profile information storage unit 130.

  When the user creates a profile, the provable user setting reception unit 123 receives settings of other users who disclose the profile for each type of profile. The information received by the provable user setting receiving unit 123 is stored in the provable user information storage unit 131.

  With the above configuration, the user can have a plurality of types of profiles for one ID, and can select another user who can provide the profile according to the application.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the service provision processing unit 160.
The service provision processing unit 160 includes a request item setting reception unit 162, a service provision unit 164, a user information acquisition unit 166, a service use user information storage unit 168, a request item storage unit 170, and a service information storage unit 172. including.

  In the present embodiment, the administrator of the service providing unit 164 is also a user of the profile information management system 100, and various IDs and the like may be registered in the user ID information storage unit 114.

  The service providing unit 164 provides a specific service. Here, the specific service can be, for example, provision of an application or information (site, etc.) or sale of a product such as a shopping site. For example, when the service providing unit 164 provides a service for providing a product such as a shopping site, the administrator uses user information for managing customers and the like. In this case, usually, an unspecified number of users who want to use the service of this site apply for service provision to the service providing unit 164. In addition, when the service providing unit 164 provides information to be shared, such as an in-house project of a certain company or a parenthood of a nursery school, the administrator sets members who can use this service in advance. In addition, each member can be invited to access the service providing unit 164.

  The service information storage unit 172 stores information such as applications necessary for the service providing unit 164 to provide a service.

  The user information acquisition unit 166 acquires user information of a user who uses the service provided by the service providing unit 164. The service use user information storage unit 168 stores the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 166 in association with the identification information of each user. In the present embodiment, the service providing unit 164 permits the use of the service only when the user information of necessary items can be acquired from the user who applied for the use of the service.

  The administrator of the service providing unit 164 sets necessary user information items required from the user as the usage conditions for the specific service. In the present embodiment, the administrator of the service providing unit 164 refers to the items and item codes stored in the profile item storage unit 132 of the profile information management unit 120 and identifies the necessary user information items with the item codes. And set. In addition, the administrator of the service providing unit 164 can also set which type of profile is to be obtained among a plurality of types of profiles. The request item setting receiving unit 162 receives a setting from the administrator. The request item storage unit 170 stores the item codes of necessary items received by the request item setting reception unit 162.

  When there is an application for use of a specific service along with designation of user identification information from any of the users, the service providing unit 164 refers to the service use user information storage unit 168 and uses that user as a service use condition. It is determined whether the user information of the set item has already been registered. When the user information of the user is not registered or when there is no essential item among the items set as the service use conditions, the service providing unit 164 causes the user information acquisition unit 166 to acquire the user information of the user.

  The user information acquisition unit 166 sends the service information to the profile information providing unit 124 of the profile information management unit 120 together with the identification information of the administrator, the identification information of the user who applied for the service, and the designation of the item code of the necessary item. Request the profile of the user who applied for usage.

  The profile information providing unit 124 refers to the provable user information storage unit 131 and determines whether or not the profile of the user can be provided based on the identification information of the administrator and the identification information of the user who applied for the service. If possible, the profile information of the item specified by the specified item code is provided.

  When the necessary profile information cannot be acquired from the profile information providing unit 124, the user information acquiring unit 166 requests the user to approve the registration or provision of the profile. For example, if a user who applied for a specific service does not have identification information or has not registered a profile, the user is invited to use the service of the profile information management system 100. It can also be.

  In addition, even if the user profile information is provided from the profile information providing unit 124, the user information acquisition unit 166 prompts the user to input the profile information of the item when the profile information of the required item cannot be acquired.

Next, processing for setting items will be described.
When a user who is an administrator of the service provision processing unit 160 receives an instruction to set a required item, the request item setting reception unit 162 causes the user to specify the type of profile. Next, the request item setting reception unit 162 notifies the profile item management unit 128 of the profile information management unit 120 of the specified profile type. The profile item management unit 128 reads the format of the profile type item from the profile item storage unit 132 and provides the format to the request item setting reception unit 162. The user selects necessary items according to the format. At this time, the user can select “required”, “required” and content matching, or “arbitrary” for each item. If the profile information of an item for which “required” is selected is entered, the service cannot be provided. Further, if the profile information of the item for which “essential” and content matching is selected does not match the content set in advance by the administrator, this service cannot be provided. For example, the administrator of the service provision processing unit 160 can also specify the user's profile ID as content to be matched. In this way, users who are allowed to use can be set in advance. Even if the profile information of the item for which “optional” is selected is not input, the service can be received.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a format of a profile item provided to the user. FIG. 8A shows a state before setting, and FIG. 8B shows a state after setting. Here, a profile type column and a necessary item column are displayed. The necessary item field includes an item name field, an item code field, a display name field, an input format field, and a condition field. Here, the company profile is selected as the profile type, and the format for the company profile is displayed.

  The administrator of the service provision processing unit 160 inputs “required”, “optional”, “unnecessary”, and the like in the condition column. In addition, the content to be matched is input to the item “essential” and content matching. Here, “ab233” is input for the project ID. As a result, only the user with the project ID “ab233” can receive the service provided by the service provision processing unit 160.

  For example, in the information in the display name column, the name corresponding to the item name is set by default, but the administrator can change it. For example, in FIG. 8A, the display name of the item code “ip-n-0001” is entered as “name” which is the same as the item name by default. As shown in FIG. 8B, the administrator can change the display name when displaying this item on the screen to “name”.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another example of the format of profile items provided to the user. FIG. 9A shows a state during setting, and FIG. 9B shows a state after the setting. Here, a private profile is selected as the profile type, and the format for the private profile is displayed.

  In the state shown in FIG. 9A, for example, a process when the administrator sets a new item that is not in the format and whose display name is “golf score” will be described. For example, a screen in which an administrator sets items can be configured such that a button such as “Set new item” is displayed. When the user presses the button, the profile item management unit 128 of the profile information management unit 120 accepts input of an item name of a new item from the user who is an administrator. Here, the profile item management unit 128 can cause the administrator to sequentially select item classification and small classification. As a result, the administrator can register a new item in an appropriate classification. Further, for example, the profile item management unit 128 may display other item names including “golf” from among the already registered item names based on characters such as “golf”. As a result, it is possible to prevent duplicate registration of items having similar contents.

  When a new item is registered, the profile item management unit 128 generates a new item code and stores it in the profile item storage unit 132 in association with the item information of the item. The new item code is also notified to the request item setting reception unit 162. The request item storage unit 170 stores a newly generated item code, an item name, a display name, and the like.

  Next, in the present embodiment, processing of the profile information management system 100 when the user applies for service use of the service provision processing unit 160 will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the service provision processing unit 160 and the profile information management unit 120.

  When there is a use application from the user (step S200), the service providing unit 164 determines whether or not the user information of the user has been registered in the service use user information storage unit 168 (step S202). When the user information is not registered (NO in step S202), the service providing unit 164 refers to the request item storage unit 170 to provide the profile information of the profile information management unit 120 with the necessary profile type and necessary items. Notification to the unit 124. The profile information providing unit 124 refers to the profile information storage unit 130 to determine whether a necessary type of profile is registered (step S204).

  When the necessary type of profile is registered (YES in step S204), the profile information providing unit 124 determines whether or not the profile information corresponding to the required item is registered among the notified items ( Step S206). When the essential item is not registered (NO in step S206), the profile information providing unit 124 causes the user to input the profile information of the item (step S208). When the profile information is input (YES in step S210), the profile information providing unit 124 notifies each user of the profile information in association with the item code to the user information acquiring unit 166. The user information acquisition unit 166 acquires these pieces of profile information, and determines whether or not the items for which the matching condition is set among the essential items are matched (step S212). If they match (YES in step S212), the acquired profile information is registered as user information in the service use user information storage unit 168 (step S214), and use of the service is permitted (step S218). If new profile information is input in step S210, the profile information is also registered in the profile information storage unit 130.

  On the other hand, if the required type of profile is not registered in step S204 (NO in step S204), the user is requested to register the profile (step S230). When the profile is registered (YES in step S232), the process proceeds to step S206 and the same process is performed. If user information is registered in step S202 (YES in step S202), it is determined whether or not a necessary item has been changed after the user information is registered (step S240). If the necessary item has been changed (YES in step S240), the process proceeds to step S206, and the same processing is performed. On the other hand, if there is no change in the necessary items in step S240 (NO in step S240), the process proceeds to step S218, and the use of the service is permitted. On the other hand, when the items for which the matching condition is set do not match among the essential items in step S212 (NO in step S212), the user is requested to input again (step S224). If re-input is made (YES in step S226), the process proceeds to step S212, and the same processing is performed. If re-input is not performed in step S226 (NO in step S226), the use is disabled (step S234).

  In step S230 described above, for example, if the user who applied for the use of a specific service does not have identification information or has not registered a profile, the user is requested to register the profile, The user may be invited to use the service of the profile information management system 100. In addition, the administrator of the service providing unit 164 sets a candidate for a user of a service provided by the service providing unit 164. If the candidate for the user does not have identification information or does not register a profile, It is also possible to request the candidate to register a profile and invite the candidate to use the service of the profile information management system 100.

  With the above configuration, if the user registers his / her profile in the profile information storage unit 130 of the profile information management unit 120, the administrator of the service can use the profile information management system 100 even when using other services. If the user is set as a user, other services can be used without individually entering profile information. In addition, when profile information of a new item is input when using other services, the contents are also stored in the profile of the profile information storage unit 130, so that the user's profile can be enhanced. .

  Note that all or a part of the configuration of the service provision processing unit 160 may be set outside the management of the administrator of the profile information management system 100.

  Next, in any one of the profiles and address books including the profile information of the same user in (3), when the profile information of the user is updated, another profile or address book set to be updated synchronously. The function which can update the corresponding profile information of will be described.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another example of the profile information management system 100 in the present embodiment.
In addition to the user authentication processing unit 110 and the profile information management unit 120 described with reference to FIG. 1, the profile information management system 100 further includes an address information management unit 140, an information update unit 150, and an update relation information storage unit. 152.

  In the present embodiment, the profile information management system 100 provides a plurality of types of address books having different uses for each user. That is, the user can have a plurality of types of address books for one user ID. Here, a plurality of types of address books having different uses can be, for example, “internal”, “external”, “private”, and the like. For example, the user can manage address information of the same person in each of a plurality of types of address books. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, an address book ID is assigned to each type of address book.

  The address information management unit 140 includes an address information input receiving unit 142, an address information providing unit 144, and an address information storage unit 148.

  The address information storage unit 148 stores address information included in each address book. The address information input receiving unit 142 receives input of address information to be included in the address book from the user. The user can input address information using the operation unit of his / her terminal. The address information received by the address information input receiving unit 142 is stored in the address information storage unit 148.

  The address information providing unit 144 performs processing for displaying the address information received by the address information input receiving unit 142 and the address information stored in the address information storage unit 148 on the display of the user terminal.

  Further, the address information management unit 140 may further include a function of integrating a plurality of users' address books based on user instructions and sharing them among the users of these address books. At this time, the address information storage unit 148 can store information identifying the user who is the original owner in association with each address information.

  When the profile or address book including the profile information of a certain user corresponding to each of a plurality of items is updated, the update relationship information storage unit 152 relates to the profile information of the user, and updates the profile or address book. Memorize settings for subordinate profiles or address books to be updated in sync. When the profile information of any user included in any profile or address book is updated, the information update unit 150 refers to the update relationship information storage unit 152 and updates the profile or address book. If a subordinate profile or address book to be updated in synchronization is set, the profile information of the user included in the subordinate profile or address book is the profile corresponding to the updated item of the superordinate profile or address book. Update with information. However, even if the profile information of any user is updated, the information update unit 150 updates the information if there is no corresponding item information (for example, null) because the information is deleted. It is possible to prevent the lower profile or address book from being updated.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the update relationship information storage unit 152.
Here, for example, the ID of a lower profile or address book to be updated in synchronization is stored for each profile ID. In the present embodiment, as will be described later, an address book item may include a profile ID. Therefore, based on the profile ID, it is possible to grasp the correspondence between the information of each registration target person in each address book and the profile information.

  For example, the lower ID “AN-0002” or “AN-0003” is associated with the profile of the upper ID “PN-0001”. Further, the lower ID “AN-0101” is associated with the upper ID “AN-0002” and “AN-0003”, respectively. Here, for example, the address book of ID “AN-0101” is integrated with the address book of ID “AN-0002” and the address book of ID “AN-0003” and is shared by users of these address books. It can be an address book. With this setting, when the address book before integration is updated, the information of the integrated address book can be updated synchronously.

FIG. 13 is an image diagram showing a state in which each profile and address book are updated when the settings are made as shown in FIG.
For example, when the profile of “PN-0001” is updated, the information update unit 150 updates the lower address book ID “AN-0002”, the address book ID “AN-0003”, which are set to be updated in synchronization. And the information of the corresponding item of the registration subject specified by “PN-0001” of the address book ID “AN-0101” is updated.

  On the other hand, for example, in the address book of the address book ID “AN-0101”, even when the information of any item of the registration target specified by “PN-0001” is updated, the information update unit 150 Address book ID “AN-0002”, address book ID “AN-0003”, and profile ID “PN-0001” are not updated.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the address information storage unit 148.
The address information storage unit 148 includes an address book ID column, an address number column, an item code column, an item name column, a content column, and a synchronization status column. The address book ID “AN-0002” indicates the ID of the user's in-house address book.

  An item code is assigned to each of a plurality of items included in the address book, and identifies each item. Here, for example, the name is included in both the profile and the address book. The name is likely to have the same contents in both the profile and the address book. In the present embodiment, the item code is set so that items that can be input with the same information among items included in the profile and the address book can be associated with each other. For example, here, the number “0001” at the end is set to be common. As another example, the profile information management system 100 may include a table that stores associations between items.

  The item name is a name indicating the content of information corresponding to each item. Here, although shown for understanding, the address information storage unit 148 may be configured not to include an item name column.

  The contents are address information input from each user corresponding to each item. In the present embodiment, the item of the address book includes “profile ID”. When the user of the address book inputs the profile ID of the person to be registered, the address information can be set to synchronize with the profile specified by the input profile ID. When such a setting is made, the update relationship information storage unit 152 stores the address book ID of this address book in association with the lower ID of the profile ID.

  In the synchronization status column, information indicating whether the profile is synchronized, whether synchronization is possible, and the like are stored. For example, “PN-0001” is input as the profile ID for the person to be registered with the address number “1.”, and the synchronization status is “being set”. This indicates that this address information is set in synchronization with the profile specified by the profile ID “PN-0001” of the registration target person.

  On the other hand, “PN-0005” is input as the profile ID for the registration target person of the address number “2.”, and “setting is possible”. This indicates that the address information can be synchronized with the profile specified by the profile ID “PN-0005” of the registration target person, but is not synchronized.

  When any profile stored in the profile information storage unit 130 is updated, the profile information providing unit 124 notifies the information update unit 150 of the profile ID of the updated profile. The information update unit 150 refers to the update relationship information storage unit 152. When the subordinate ID is associated with the profile ID of the updated profile, the information updating unit 150 corresponds to the item code of the updated item of the profile ID and the item code from the profile information providing unit 124. Get profile information.

  The information updating unit 150 specifies address information of a person to be registered in the address book to be updated based on the lower ID acquired from the profile information providing unit 124. Next, the information update unit 150 identifies an item to be updated based on the item code, and updates the address information of the item with the updated profile information. In the present embodiment, an item code is assigned to each item, and items to which the same information can be input are set so as to be associated with each other. Therefore, it is possible to grasp the corresponding items of the address information and the profile information.

  In addition, even when the user of the address book is synchronized with the profile, the user can input the address information himself / herself through the address information input receiving unit 142 and further update the address information. However, in the present embodiment, since the address book ID is set as the lower ID, the information update unit 150 does not update the profile information of the profile set synchronously even if the address information is updated.

  In the present embodiment, the user of the address book can also acquire the address information of the registration target person who wants to input address information from the profile of the registration target person. For example, when the user of the address book can view the profile of the registration target person, the profile information of the profile is acquired by pressing the acquisition button 320 while browsing the profile of the registration target person shown in FIG. , Can be taken into your address book. When the acquisition button 320 is pressed, the profile information providing unit 124 of the profile information managing unit 120 provides the profile information of the profile to the information updating unit 150. The information updating unit 150 writes the profile information acquired from the profile information providing unit 124 in the address information storage unit 148 as address information. Here, when the acquisition button 320 is pressed, the identification information of the user in the address book is displayed to the user of the profile, and it is confirmed whether or not the synchronization setting with the address book of the user can be performed. It is also possible to set the synchronization after the approval of the user is obtained.

  For example, when the user of the address book knows the profile ID of the person to be registered, the synchronization setting button is displayed in the address book by entering the profile ID in the profile ID field of his / her address book. It can also be done. In addition, the user of the profile can notify the acquaintance of his / her profile ID and prompt the user to synchronize with his / her profile.

FIG. 15 is a diagram schematically showing an address book displayed on the display of the user terminal by the address information providing unit 144.
A different ID is assigned to each address book in the user address book. For example, as shown in FIG. 15A, an ID “AN-0002” is assigned to the in-house address book 404 of the user. Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 15B, the ID “AG-0002” is assigned to the external address book 406 of the user.

  When the user selects a tab described as “basic”, “private address book”, “add”, etc., a basic address book 402, a private address book 408, and an add page 410 are displayed, respectively. The basic address book 402 can be a page for the user to input address information. The user can use basic information that is common to all address books, such as the name and date of birth of each registered person. Can be entered from the page of the basic address book 402. On the addition page 410, for example, a setting for adding a new type of address book can be performed.

  In the in-house address book 404 of FIG. 15A, “name”, “mail address”, “extension”, “profile ID”, and the like are displayed as address information of each registration number. In the external address book 406 of FIG. 15B, “name”, “mail address”, “phone number (representative)”, “profile ID”, and the like are displayed as address information of each registered number.

  Further, in both the internal address book 404 and the external address book 406, a detail button 420 is provided next to the address information of each registered number. When the detail button 420 is pressed, the detailed address information of the person to be registered can be viewed.

  Further, in both the internal address book 404 and the external address book 406, a synchronization release button 422, a synchronization setting button 424, and a synchronization setting button 426 are provided beside the address information of each registered number. Here, for the address information of the registration number “1” in FIG. 15A, a synchronization release button 422 is displayed, and “being synchronized” is displayed below it. This indicates that the address information of the registration number “1” is currently synchronized with the profile of the person to be registered. When the user presses the synchronization release button 422, the synchronization state is released.

  For the address information of the registration number “2” in FIG. 15A, a synchronization setting button 424 is displayed. This indicates that the address information of the registration number “2” is not synchronized with the profile of the person to be registered, but can be synchronized. When the user presses the synchronization setting button 424, this address information is synchronized with the profile of the person to be registered. The same applies to the address information of the registration number “2” in FIG.

  On the other hand, the synchronization setting button 426 is painted out for the address information of the registration number “1” in FIG. This indicates that the address information of the registration number “1” is not synchronized with the profile of the person to be registered, and cannot be set as it is. Below the synchronization setting button 426, link information “How to synchronize?” Is shown. When the user clicks on this character, a method for synchronizing is displayed. For example, if the person to be registered is not set to be able to provide his / her profile to users in the address book, there is a procedure for sending an e-mail or message for prompting the person to be registered to be able to provide his / her profile. Indicated. In addition, when the registration target person does not use the service of the profile information management system 100, the registration target person can register for use of the profile information management system 100 service, create a profile, and provide a profile. A procedure for sending an e-mail or message for prompting is shown.

  With the above configuration, when the user's profile is updated, the user's address information in the other user's address book set synchronously can also be updated, and the management can be simplified.

  Each component of the profile information management system 100 shown in each figure is not a hardware unit configuration but a functional unit block. Each component of the profile information management system 100 includes an arbitrary computer CPU, memory, a program for realizing the components shown in the figure loaded in the memory, a storage unit such as a hard disk for storing the program, and a network connection interface. It is realized by any combination of hardware and software. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications to the implementation method and apparatus. Each component of the profile information management system 100 can be configured to transmit and receive data via an external network such as the Internet, an internal network such as a LAN, and the like.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, these are the illustrations of this invention, Various structures other than the above are also employable.

  In the above embodiment, the case where an individual registers a profile and an address book has been described as an example. However, the profile and the address book may be registered by a group such as a company or a circle. For example, when a company registers a profile and an address book, employee profile information can be stored in the in-house address book. Further, the profile information of the business partner can be stored in the external address book.

  The address book can also be set to be open or closed to other users for each type of address book. Also, the disclosure target can be set to be disclosed without limitation by the user, or only for other users synchronized with the profile. For example, as described above, when a company registers an address book, profile information for employees outside the company can be stored in the outside address book. By setting such an address book to be provided to a business partner or the like, the user of the business partner can easily view the profile information of the employees of this company. On the other hand, when the profile information of the business partner is also stored in the external address book, it is preferable that such information is set not to be provided to other users. Based on the above, for the address book, for each registered person, the settings provided to other users, the settings to be disclosed to all users, etc. are set as appropriate, or when a predetermined condition is satisfied, for example, when an employee code is included It can be set as appropriate, such as setting to be disclosed only to the public.

  Note that the information update unit 150 can enter the profile information of other users who meet the attribute based on the attribute of each user's profile in the address book of the user. For example, profile information of a hospital or store near the user's house can be added to the address book based on the address. The user of the address book can delete it appropriately when unnecessary address information is added to his / her address book.

  7 having the same function as the address book stored in the address information storage unit 148 shown in FIG. 11 can be used as the service use user information storage unit 168 shown in FIG. In this way, when the user profile registered in the service user information storage unit 168 is updated, the user information of the user stored in the service user information storage unit 168 is also updated synchronously. Can do.

  Further, the case where the administrator of the service providing processing unit 160 sets a new item that is not in the format has been described above as an example. However, the user of the profile inputs a new item to add to his / her profile. It can also be done. Thereby, the user of a profile can enrich his profile. Also in this case, the profile item management unit 128 can perform the same processing as described above.

  Further, when the profile item management unit 128 accepts the setting of a new item to be included in the profile and stores the item in the profile item storage unit 132 as an item to be included in the profile, the new profile information providing unit 124 stores the new item. It can be shown to each user who has already stored his / her profile in the profile information storage unit 130. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating another example of the profile displayed on the display of the user terminal described with reference to FIG. 4. Here, in addition to the tabs shown in FIG. 4, a tab “new arrival information” (new arrival information page 312) is further provided. On the new arrival information page 312, the system administrator or the like displays a notification or notification to the user of this profile.

  When a new item to be included in the new profile is added to the profile item storage unit 132, the information can be displayed on the new arrival information page 312. Here, when a new item to be included in a new profile is added to the profile item storage unit 132, this information may be presented to all users or may be presented only to some users. . As an example to present only to some users, for example, when a new item whose display name is “golf score” is set, a user who has entered “golf” as a hobby, etc. It can be displayed only on the new arrival information page 312 of such a user. In addition, as another example to be presented only to some users, for example, when one of the profile users adds a new item to be included in the new profile, the information is synchronized with the profile and address book of the user It can be displayed only on the new arrival information page 312 of other users who are related to each other, such as set users.

  In the new arrival information page 312, when the user checks a box of an item displayed as “new profile item” and selects it, and presses a button 330 “add this item”, this item is added to the user's profile. Can be imported. Thereby, the user can input the profile information for the newly captured item. The profile information input reception unit 122 can receive a user input and store the profile information in the profile information storage unit 130 as a part of the user profile. Thereby, each user can enrich his profile with a simple procedure.

  In the above embodiment, the procedure for setting the profile item by the administrator has been described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, for example, but the user of the profile can also add the item.

  In addition, even when a profile user sets or a user who is an administrator of the service providing processing unit 160 sets, if the user can arbitrarily add a profile item, for example, a plurality of items having the same item name Since the item names of items that are set or input by the user are different, a plurality of items are added as different items even if the items are actually the same, and more items are set than necessary, making management difficult there is a possibility. For example, if there is an item with the item name “name” that has already been set to enter full-width content, the item “name” that another user has newly set to enter the content in half-width katakana If a name item is set, data input with different rules for the same item name exists, and the data cannot be managed uniformly.

  For example, when the user inputs the item “favorite music” even though the item “favorite music” is already set in the profile item storage unit 132, if the input is received without limitation , There will be similar items "Favorite Music" and "Favorite Music".

  Therefore, when the user selects a button such as “Set New Item” and inputs an arbitrary item name, the profile item management unit 128 stores the already set item name stored in the profile item storage unit 132. It is possible to perform a process of searching for similar items and presenting the candidates to the user. For example, if the user selects a button such as “Set New Item” and enters “Name”, the item “Name” already exists. Enter the required information for this item. Can be presented to the user. In addition, when the user selects a button such as “Set New Item” and enters “Favorite Music”, an item “Favorite Music” or a similar item “Favorite ○○” is presented. Then, it is possible to perform processing for presenting similar items already stored in the profile item storage unit 132 to the user. On the other hand, when the user selects an item presented, the item can be set as an item of the user's profile.

  Further, the profile item management unit 128 selects a button such as “set new item” by the user, inputs an arbitrary item name, and stores the already set item name stored in the profile item storage unit 132. When searching for similar items from among them, the item names already included in the user's profile may not be presented as candidates. For example, if the user has already registered profile information for the item “Favorite Music”, the user selects a button such as “Set New Item” and enters “Favorite Entertainer”, for example, The item management unit 128 presents the similar item “favorite XX” to the user, but at this time, the item “favorite music” may not be presented. This prevents the user from registering the profile information with the same item name twice.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the configuration in which each user has a plurality of profiles such as “internal use”, “external use”, and “private use” is described, but each user has only one profile. It can also be configured. Also in this case, each user can be configured to participate in a plurality of sites and services with one profile.

  FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram showing this configuration. Here, each of the users X, Y, and Z has a personal profile. Identification information is attached to the profile of each user X, Y, Z, and is distinguished by the identification information. Here, the identification information of the personal profiles of the users X, Y, and Z is “X”, “Y”, and “Z”, respectively. On the other hand, Company A and Company B each provide a predetermined site on the Internet. Here, conventionally, in order for the user X to participate in the site of the company A, for example, the user X has to register profile information in the site of the company A. And the profile information of the user X was memorize | stored in the site of A company. Therefore, when the site of company A is closed, the profile information of user X is also inaccessible from user X.

However, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, each individual's profile is registered by the individual, and the provider who provides the site bundles only necessary profile item information from the personal profile ( (Aggregating) only. In the example shown in FIG. 17, for example, user X and user Z participate in the site of company A. In this case, company _A is provided with profile information XA including only profile items required by company A among the personal profiles of user X. Further, the user X can participate in the site of the company A and the site of the company B only by preparing one personal profile. At this time, profile information X _A including only profile items required by company _A is provided on the site of company _A, but profile information X including only profile items required by company B is provided on the site of company B. _B is provided. As a result, the processing on the site provider side is simplified, and the profile user can manage the profile by himself / herself and can participate in a plurality of sites with only one profile.

  Such a mechanism can be managed by the following procedure. Here, the profile information management unit 120 shown in FIG. 1 can perform this management. The profile information management unit 120 may further include an intermediate management table 500 in place of or in addition to the provideable user information storage unit 131 shown in FIG. The intermediate management table 500 can be configured to be included in the profile information management unit 120. The configuration of the intermediate management table 500 will be described later.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a user whose personal profile is stored in the profile information storage unit 130 applies for use of a site. First, the user applies for participation by designating his / her profile ID and a tag (ID) of the site he / she wishes to participate in (step S300). For example, when the user presses a login button of a site that the user wants to participate in, the ID of the site and the profile ID of the user can be automatically notified to the profile information management unit 120. The profile information management unit 120 presents the profile items that need to be disclosed to the administrator of the site in order to participate in the site. The site administrator can set a profile item and an optional profile item that are essential for using the site. When the user approves to provide at least information on profile items set to be mandatory at the site (YES in step S302), the profile information management unit 120 associates the user profile ID with the site ID. The attachment is stored in the intermediate management table 500 (step S304).

  FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the intermediate management table 500. The intermediate management table 500 includes a profile ID column, a site tag (ID) column, and an additional item approval column. When the user approves in step S302 of FIG. 18, “Approved” is stored in the additional item approval column.

  Returning to FIG. 18, when the profile ID and the site tag (ID) are associated with each other in the intermediate management table 500 and “Approved” is displayed in the additional item approval column, the corresponding site of the user is displayed. Usage is permitted (step S306). However, after this, for example, the administrator of the site may add a profile item or an optional profile item that is essential for using the site. If a profile item is added on the site (YES in step S308), whether or not the content of the added profile item can be provided to the administrator of the site when the user uses this site next time Is inquired to the user (step S310). When the user approves the provision of information on the added profile item (YES in step S310), the process returns to step S306, and the user can be permitted to use the site. On the other hand, when the user does not approve providing information of the added profile item (NO in step S310), the user cannot use the site (step S312). In this case, the profile information management unit 120 can also delete the association information between the user and the site from the intermediate management table 500. Note that such processing can be performed only in the case of profile items that are set to be mandatory on the site. The profile item set as optional can be provided to the site if the user approves, but not provided to the site if the user does not approve it. However, even in this case, the user can keep the site usable.

  In step S302, even if the user does not approve providing the information of the profile item that is mandatory (NO in step S302), the user is prohibited from using the site (step S312).

  Also, in the above, an example has been shown in which the user can use the site when the user approves the provision of information on the required profile item, but such processing is approved by the site side. It can also be done after obtaining. For example, in the intermediate management table 500 shown in FIG. 19, a “site approval” column is further provided to store whether the site side has approved or not, and the site can be used when both the user and the site approve each other. And so on.

  Furthermore, the user can select a profile item that can be published on the site from among the profile items that the user has approved to be provided to the site. In the above processing, the profile item approved by the user to be provided to the site is disclosed to the site manager. However, it is possible for the user to separately select whether or not the information can be disclosed on the site and disclosed to other users. The profile information management unit 120 includes, for each combination of the profile ID of the user profile and the site ID, a profile item that can be provided to the site administrator and a profile item that can be disclosed to other users within the site. A storage unit that stores the setting may be further included.

  With the above configuration, if a user has one personal profile, when using multiple sites, the user can use other sites without entering profile information each time. Become. Also, when it is desired to publish his / her information at each site, the information to be disclosed can be set for each site. Further, through the above processing, each site can manage the user profiles linked by the tag (ID) in a bundle.

The present invention also includes the following aspects.
(Item a1)
Profile information stored in association with identification information of the first user together with information indicating which of the plurality of types of profiles the profile information of the first user corresponding to each of the plurality of items is included in for each item A storage unit;
Provideable user information storage for storing identification information of other users capable of providing profile information of the first user included in the profile for each type of profile in association with the identification information of the first user And
When there is a request for provision of the profile of any kind of the first user from the second user, the provisionable user information storage unit is referred to based on the identification information of the second user, It is determined whether or not the profile of the type of the first user can be provided to the second user, and if possible, the profile information storage unit is referred to and the second user is referred to. A profile information providing unit for providing the profile information included in the profile of the type;
Profile information management system including
(Item a2)
In the profile information management system described in item a1,
The profile information storage unit stores the profile information in association with item codes for identifying the items prepared for the plurality of types of profiles,
The profile information management system in which the item code is set so that items that can be input with the same profile information in other types of profiles can be associated with each other.
(Item a3)
In the profile information management system described in item a2,
When the input of profile information to the item of one type of the profile is received from the first user, the same profile information of the other type of the profile is input based on the item code of the item. When the first user confirms whether or not the corresponding profile information is also associated with the corresponding item to be obtained, and there is an instruction from the first user to associate the profile information, the correspondence of the other one type of the profile The profile information management system further includes a profile information input receiving unit that associates the profile information with the item to be stored and stores the profile information in the profile information storage unit.
(Item a4)
In the profile information management system according to any of items a1 to a3,
An address information storage unit that stores the address information of the first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items in the first address book in association with the identification information of the first address book;
An update relationship information storage unit for storing information indicating a setting as to whether or not to synchronize the one type of the profile of the first user and the first address book;
When the one type profile of the first user and the first address book are set to be synchronized, the profile information included in the one type profile of the first user is updated. Then, the information update for updating the address information of the first user in the first address book with the profile information corresponding to the updated item of the one type of profile of the first user. And
A profile information management system further comprising:
(Item a5)
In the profile information management system described in item a4,
The first address book is managed by a second user,
Based on the setting of the provideable user information storage unit, it is determined whether or not the one type of profile of the first user can be provided to the second user. Profile information management further including an address information providing unit that presents information indicating that synchronization between the first address book and the one type of profile of the first user is possible in one address book system.
(Item a6)
In the profile information management system according to item a4 or item a5,
The profile information providing unit provides the second user with an address of the second user when providing the second user with the profile information included in the one type of profile of the first user. A profile information management system for presenting information indicating that the profile information included in the one type of profile of the first user can be captured in a book.
(Item a7)
Computer
Profile information stored in association with identification information of the first user together with information indicating which of the plurality of types of profiles the profile information of the first user corresponding to each of the plurality of items is included in for each item Storage means,
Provideable user information storage for storing identification information of other users capable of providing profile information of the first user included in the profile for each type of profile in association with the identification information of the first user means,
When there is a request for provision of the profile of any kind of the first user from the second user, based on the identification information of the second user, the provisionable user information storage means is referred to, It is determined whether or not the profile of the type of the first user can be provided to the second user, and if possible, the profile information storage means is referred to and the second user is referred to. Profile information providing means for providing the profile information included in the profile of the type;
Profile information management program to function as.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Profile information management system 110 User authentication process part 112 User authentication part 114 User ID information storage part 120 Profile information management part 122 Profile information input reception part 123 Providable user setting reception part 124 Profile information provision part 128 Profile item management part 130 Profile Information storage unit 131 Providable user information storage unit 132 Profile item storage unit 140 Address information management unit 142 Address information input reception unit 144 Address information provision unit 148 Address information storage unit 150 Information update unit 152 Update relation information storage unit 160 Service provision processing Unit 162 request item setting reception unit 164 service provision unit 166 user information acquisition unit 168 service use user information storage unit 170 request item storage unit 172 service information storage unit 302 Profile 304 Internal profile 306 External profile 308 Private profile 310 Add page 312 New information page 320 Acquire button 330 Button 402 Basic address book 404 Internal address book 406 External address book 408 Private address book 410 Add page 420 Detail button 422 Sync release button 424 Sync Setting button 426 Synchronization setting button 500 Intermediate management table

Claims (16)

A profile information storage unit for storing a first profile including profile information of a first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items;
From the second user, the second user's identification information and the designation of items set as necessary profile information required from other users as the use conditions of the specific service provided by the second user If there is a request for provision of one profile and profile information corresponding to the item specified by the second user is not included in the first profile, the first user A profile information input receiving unit that receives input of profile information corresponding to the item, and stores the profile information in the profile information storage unit;
There was a request for provision of the first profile from the second user together with designation of items set as necessary profile information required from other users as conditions for using a specific service provided by the second user. A profile information providing unit that refers to the profile information storage unit and provides the second user with profile information corresponding to the designated required item of the first profile;
Profile information management system including In the profile information management system according to claim 1,
A profile item storage unit for storing items to be included in the profile;
When an item corresponding to the item specified by the second user is not stored in the profile item storage unit as an item to be included in a profile, the item is accepted as a new item setting, and the item is A profile item management unit for storing in the profile item storage unit as an item to be included in the profile;
A profile information management system further comprising: In the profile information management system according to claim 2,
The profile item storage unit stores the item for each group classified for each similar item,
The profile item management unit is a profile information management system that accepts designation of a group including the new item when the setting of the new item is accepted. In the profile information management system according to claim 2 or 3,
When the profile item management unit accepts the setting of the new item, it accepts input of the item name of the item,
When an item name of a new item is input, similar items of other already registered items based on the similarity between the character string included in the item name and the character strings of other already registered items Profile information management system that extracts names and presents them to users. In the profile information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A provisionable user information storage unit that stores identification information of other users capable of providing the profile information included in the first profile in association with identification information of the first profile;
The profile information providing unit accepts designation of identification information of the second user together with a request for provision of the first profile from a second user, and stores the provisionable user information based on the identification information of the second user. When it is determined whether or not it is possible to provide the first profile to the second user, and the first user's approval is obtained even when it is possible or not A profile information management system that provides the second user with profile information corresponding to the designated necessary item in the first profile with reference to the profile information storage unit. In the profile information management system according to claim 5,
A request item storage unit that stores a setting of necessary items of profile information requested from another user as a use condition of a specific service provided by the second user;
When there is an application for use of the specific service together with designation of identification information of the first profile from the first user, the identification information of the second user, the identification information of the first profile, and the set A profile information acquisition unit requesting the profile information providing unit to provide the first profile, together with the designation of the item,
A service providing unit that allows the first user to use the service when the profile information acquiring unit acquires profile information of the necessary item;
A profile information management system further comprising: In the profile information management system according to claim 6,
The request item storage unit stores, as the necessary items, a setting of an essential item and an item that the required and corresponding profile information needs to match a predetermined condition,
The service providing unit acquires the first profile information when the profile information acquisition unit acquires profile information of the essential item and the profile information of the item that needs to match matches the predetermined condition. Profile information management system that allows users of the above to use the service. In the user information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A provisionable user information storage unit that stores identification information of other users capable of providing the profile information included in the first profile in association with identification information of the first profile;
The profile information storage unit stores the first user's profile information in association with the first user's identification information together with information indicating which of a plurality of types of profiles is included in each item.
The provisionable user information storage unit corresponds to the identification information of the first user with the identification information of the other user capable of providing the profile information of the first user included in the profile for each type of the profile. Remember,
When there is a request for providing the profile of any type of the first user from a second user, the profile information providing unit stores the available user information based on the identification information of the second user. Referring to the profile information storage unit to determine whether or not the second user can provide the profile of the type of the first user. A profile information management system that provides the second user with the profile information included in the profile of the type. In the user information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
When the profile or address book including the profile information of the first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items is updated, the profile information of the first user is synchronized with the update of the profile or address book. An update relationship information storage unit that stores settings of a lower profile or address book to be updated,
When the profile information of the first user included in any profile or address book is updated, the update relation information storage unit is referred to and updated in synchronization with the update of the profile or address book. When a lower profile or address book is set, the profile information of the first user included in the lower profile or address book is set to correspond to the updated item of the upper profile or address book. An information update section to update with profile information;
Profile information management system including When the profile or address book including the profile information of the first user corresponding to each of the plurality of items is updated, the profile information of the first user is synchronized with the update of the profile or address book. An update relationship information storage unit for storing settings of a lower profile or address book to be updated;
When the profile information of the first user included in any profile or address book is updated, the update relation information storage unit is referred to and updated in synchronization with the update of the profile or address book. When a lower profile or address book is set, the profile information of the first user included in the lower profile or address book is set to the profile corresponding to the updated item of the upper profile or address book. An information update unit for updating with information;
Profile information management system including In the user information management system according to claim 10,
A profile information storage unit that stores a first profile including profile information of a first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items in association with identification information of the first profile;
An address information storage unit that stores the address information of the first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items in the first address book in association with the identification information of the first address book;
Further including
The update relation information storage unit stores a setting of the first address book as a lower address book that is updated in synchronization with the update of the first profile, with respect to the profile information of the first user. ,
When the profile information included in the first profile is updated, the information update unit updates the address information of the first user in the first address book to the updated information of the first profile. A profile information management system for updating with the profile information corresponding to an item. In the profile information management system according to claim 10,
A profile information storage unit that stores a first profile including profile information of a first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items in association with identification information of the first profile;
Address information that is included in the first address book managed by the second user and that stores the address information of the first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items in association with the identification information of the first address book A storage unit;
Provideable user information storage unit that stores identification information of other users capable of providing the profile information included in the first profile in association with the identification information of the first profile;
Based on the setting of the providable user information storage unit, it is determined whether the first profile of the first user can be provided to the second user. An address information providing unit for presenting information indicating that the address information of the first user in the address book can be synchronized with the first profile;
A profile information management system further comprising: In the profile information management system according to claim 10,
A profile information storage unit that stores a first profile including profile information of a first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items in association with identification information of the first profile;
Address information that is included in the first address book managed by the second user and that stores the address information of the first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items in association with the identification information of the first address book A storage unit;
Provideable user information storage unit that stores identification information of other users capable of providing the profile information included in the first profile in association with the identification information of the first profile;
When there is a provision request for the first profile of the first user from the second user, the second user refers to the available user information storage unit based on the identification information of the second user, and It is determined whether or not the first profile can be provided to two users, and if possible, the profile information storage unit is referred to and the second user is referred to the first profile. When providing the profile information included and providing the profile information included in the first profile, the first user has the first address book in the first address book to the second user. A profile information providing unit for presenting information indicating that the profile information included in the first profile of the user can be captured;
A profile information management system further comprising: In the profile information management system according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
The profile information storage unit also stores a second profile including profile information of a third user corresponding to each of the plurality of items,
The profile information providing unit accepts the setting of a new item to be included in the profile by the profile item management unit, and stores the new item in the profile item storage unit as an item to be included in the profile. Is added to the third user, and
The profile information input receiving unit receives the input when the third user inputs profile information corresponding to the new item, and uses the profile information as a part of the second profile. Profile information management system stored in the information storage unit. Computer
Profile information storage means for storing a first profile including profile information of a first user corresponding to each of a plurality of items;
From the second user, the second user's identification information and the designation of items set as necessary profile information required from other users as the use conditions of the specific service provided by the second user If there is a request for provision of one profile and profile information corresponding to the item specified by the second user is not included in the first profile, the first user Profile information input receiving means for receiving input of profile information corresponding to the item and storing the profile information in the profile information storage means,
There was a request for provision of the first profile from the second user together with designation of items set as necessary profile information required from other users as conditions for using a specific service provided by the second user. In this case, profile information providing means for providing profile information corresponding to the designated necessary item of the first profile to the second user with reference to the profile information storage means,
Profile information management program to function as. When the profile or address book including the profile information of the first user corresponding to each of the plurality of items is updated, the profile information of the first user is synchronized with the update of the profile or address book. Update relation information storage means for storing settings of lower profile or address book to be updated,
When the profile information of the first user included in any profile or address book is updated, update is performed in synchronization with the update of the profile or address book with reference to the update relationship information storage means When a lower profile or address book is set, the profile information of the first user included in the lower profile or address book is set to the profile corresponding to the updated item of the upper profile or address book. Information updating means for updating with information,
Profile information management program to function as.

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