JP6713898B2 - Information transmitting device and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information transmission device and a program.

A technique has been known in which a user's life pattern or the like is specified based on measurement data of activity-related amounts related to activities of humans represented by power consumption, and is useful for targeted advertisements (for example, Patent Document 1). 1).
[Prior Art Document]
[Patent Document]
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-134017

When providing personal information to a third party, a technique that can appropriately prevent leakage to the third party has been desired.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an information transmission device is provided. The information transmitting device stores the beneficiary information relating to the service beneficiary and the time limit information indicating the period during which the beneficiary information can be transmitted to the service provider who provides the service beneficiary in association with each other. May be provided. The information transmitting device may include an information transmitting unit that transmits the beneficiary information to the service provider according to the time limit information.

In the information transmission device, the information storage unit may store a plurality of types of beneficiary information and the time limit information corresponding to each of the plurality of types of beneficiary information, and the information transmission unit may be a plurality of units. According to the time limit information corresponding to each type of the beneficiary information, each of the plurality of types of the beneficiary information may be transmitted. The information storage unit may store the beneficiary information and the time limit information different for each category of the service provider in association with each other, and the information transmission unit may store the beneficiary information in the transmission destination. It may be transmitted according to the above-mentioned time limit information corresponding to the category of the service provider. The information storage unit may store, for each category of the service provider, transmission permission/inhibition information indicating the transmission permission/inhibition of each of the plurality of types of the beneficiary information. The beneficiary information may be transmitted according to the time limit information.

The information storage section may store the beneficiary information and the time limit information different for each of the plurality of service providers in association with each other, and the information transmitting section may store the beneficiary information in the destination. It may be transmitted according to the time limit information corresponding to the service provider. The information storage unit may store, for each of the plurality of service providers, transmission permission/inhibition information indicating the transmission permission/inhibition of each of the plurality of types of the beneficiary information, and the information transmission unit may include the transmission permission/inhibition information and the transmission permission/inhibition information. The beneficiary information may be transmitted according to the time limit information.

The information storage unit may store consideration information indicating a consideration for transmitting the beneficiary information to the service provider. The beneficiary information includes at least one of attribute information of the service beneficiary, electricity usage information indicating electricity usage status, gas usage information indicating gas usage status, and water usage information indicating water usage status. Good. The beneficiary information may include information obtained by analyzing at least one of the electricity usage information, the gas usage information, and the water supply usage information. The beneficiary information may include at-home information indicating whether or not there is a person at home in the residence of the service beneficiary.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for causing a computer to function as the information transmitting device.

The above summary of the invention does not enumerate all necessary features of the invention. Further, a sub-combination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

1 schematically shows an example of a communication environment of the information transmitting device 100. 1 schematically shows an example of setting information 400 in the information transmitting device 100. 1 schematically shows an example of a functional configuration of the information transmitting device 100. 1 schematically shows an example of the flow of processing by the information transmitting apparatus 100. 1 schematically shows an example of the flow of processing by the information transmitting apparatus 100. 1 schematically shows an example of the flow of processing among the communication terminal 300, the courier service server 210, and the information transmitting apparatus 100. 1 schematically shows an example of a hardware configuration of a computer 1000 that functions as the information transmission device 100.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, not all of the combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the solving means of the invention.

FIG. 1 schematically shows an example of a communication environment of the information transmitting device 100. The information transmitting apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment manages beneficiary information regarding the service beneficiary 30 who enjoys the service provided by the service provider 200. Although one service beneficiary 30 is illustrated in FIG. 1, the information transmitting device 100 may manage beneficiary information of a plurality of service beneficiaries 30.

The service provided by the service provider 200 may be any service. For example, the service provider 200 provides services such as home delivery, advertisement, retail, medical care, nursing care, finance, insurance, security, and eating out.

The beneficiary information may be so-called personal information of the service beneficiary 30. The personal information of the service beneficiary 30 is, for example, the name, address, sex, telephone number, date of birth, age, blood type, etc. of the service beneficiary 30, and the beneficiary information is, for example, a prefecture if it is an address. Or municipality, male or female if sex, area code or city code if phone number, year or month of birth if date of birth, type A, type B, type O or AB if blood type Attribute information defining attributes in a predetermined unit, such as

The information transmitting device 100 receives the beneficiary information of the service beneficiary 30 from the communication terminal 300 used by the service beneficiary 30 via the network 10, for example. The network 10 includes, for example, the Internet and a telephone network. The communication terminal 300 may be any terminal as long as it can communicate with the information transmitting device 100 via the network 10. The communication terminal 300 is, for example, a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, and a PC (Personal Computer).

The beneficiary information may include information on the beneficiary home 50, which is the residence of the service beneficiary 30, and the information on the consumer is similar to this. For example, the beneficiary information includes electricity usage information indicating the electricity usage status in the beneficiary home 50. The electricity usage information includes, for example, information on the amount of electricity used. The information transmission device 100 may receive electricity usage information from the smart meter installed in the beneficiary home 50 via the network 10. The information transmitting apparatus 100 may acquire the electricity usage information of the beneficiary home 50 from an electric power company supplying electricity to the beneficiary home 50.

The beneficiary information may include gas usage information indicating a gas usage status in the beneficiary home 50. The gas usage information includes, for example, gas usage information. The information transmission device 100 may receive the gas usage information from the gas meter installed in the beneficiary home 50 or a device attached to the gas meter via the network 10. The information transmission device 100 may acquire the gas usage information of the beneficiary home 50 from a gas company that provides gas to the beneficiary home 50.

The beneficiary information may include water use information indicating the usage status of water in the beneficiary home 50. The water use information includes, for example, information on the amount of water used. The information transmission device 100 may receive the water use information from the water meter installed in the beneficiary home 50 or a device attached to the water meter via the network 10. The information transmitting device 100 may acquire the water use information of the beneficiary home 50 from the waterworks.

The information transmitting device 100 may receive information about the beneficiary home 50 from the communication device 52 installed in the beneficiary home 50. The communication device 52 may collect various types of information from a plurality of sensors, electronic devices, and the like in the beneficiary home 50 and transmit the information to the information transmitting device 100. The communication device 52 collects various information from, for example, an IoT (Internet of Things) device in the beneficiary home 50. That is, the communication device 52 may function as an IoT gateway.

The beneficiary information may include information obtained by analyzing the collected beneficiary information. For example, the beneficiary information includes information obtained by analyzing at least one of electricity usage information, gas usage information, and water usage information. The analysis of the beneficiary information may be executed by the information transmitting device 100. Further, the analysis of the beneficiary information may be performed by a device other than the information transmitting device 100, and in that case, the information transmitting device 100 receives the analysis result from the device.

Beneficiary information may include any information obtained by analyzing electricity usage information, gas usage information, and/or water usage information using known techniques. The beneficiary information includes, for example, at-home information indicating whether or not there is a person at the beneficiary home 50. The beneficiary information may include information on home electric appliances in the beneficiary home 50. The beneficiary information may include electricity usage status information indicating the amount of electricity used in the beneficiary home 50. The beneficiary information may include information on the electricity usage status for each home electric appliance in the beneficiary home 50. The beneficiary information may include information on the family structure of the service beneficiary 30. The beneficiary information may include information on the life pattern of the service beneficiary 30. The information on the life pattern includes, for example, the wake-up time of the residents of the beneficiary house 50, the time to go out, the time to return home, and the time to sleep.

The information transmitting apparatus 100 may further manage time limit information indicating a period during which the beneficiary information can be transmitted to the service provider 200. The information transmitting apparatus 100 may store the beneficiary information and the time limit information in association with each other.

The service recipient 30 may set the transmittable period indicated by the time limit information. The service beneficiary 30 may set the time limit information by communicating with the information transmitting device 100 via the network 10 using the communication terminal 300, for example. The setting of the transmittable period may be performed in arbitrary units. For example, the transmittable period is start date and end date, start time and end time, daily unit, week unit, monthly unit, year unit, day unit, seasonal unit, even number, odd number, and child It is set in an arbitrary unit such as an event unit such as a space.

The information transmitting device 100 may transmit the beneficiary information to the service provider 200. The information transmitting apparatus 100 may transmit the beneficiary information to the service provider 200 according to the time limit information corresponding to the beneficiary information. The information transmitting apparatus 100 may transmit the beneficiary information to the service provider 200 only during the transmittable period indicated by the time limit information corresponding to the beneficiary information.

As a result, the service beneficiary 30 can limit the period in which the beneficiary information is provided to the service provider 200. Conventionally, if the personal information is permitted to be provided to the service provider 200, the personal information may continue to be provided. However, according to the information transmitting apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, the service is received. Since the beneficiary information is provided only for the period set by the person 30, it is possible to prevent the beneficiary information from being continuously provided.

For example, when the service provider 200 is a courier, it is possible to receive a home-delivery service that restricts delivery of parcels at home by providing home-home information. In this case, it is possible to prevent the in-home information from being unnecessarily provided by limiting the in-home information to the period during which the package is considered to arrive.

The information transmitting apparatus 100 may store a plurality of types of beneficiary information and time limit information corresponding to each of the plurality of types of beneficiary information, and may store a plurality of types according to the time limit information corresponding to each of the plurality of types of beneficiary information. Each of the types of beneficiary information may be transmitted to the service provider 200. Thereby, different time limit information can be set for each type of beneficiary information.

The information transmitting apparatus 100 may store the beneficiary information and the time limit information different for each category of the service provider 200 in association with each other, and store the beneficiary information in the time limit corresponding to the category of the service provider 200 of the transmission destination. It may be sent according to the information. The category of the service provider 200 may be arbitrarily determined based on the type of business. For example, the category of the service provider 200 is determined based on the industry classification or the like. By storing different time limit information for each category of the service provider 200 in association with each other, it is possible to set a transmittable period suitable for each category of the service provider 200.

The information transmitting apparatus 100 may store, for each category of the service provider 200, transmission permission/inhibition information indicating transmission/reception of each of the plurality of types of beneficiary information, and provides the beneficiary information in accordance with the transmission/denial information and the time limit information. May be transmitted to the person 200. Thereby, the beneficiary information permitted to be transmitted can be different for each category, and only the beneficiary information suitable for the category can be transmitted.

The information transmitting apparatus 100 may store the beneficiary information in association with the time limit information different for each of the plurality of service providers 200, and the beneficiary information may be stored in accordance with the time limit information corresponding to the service provider 200 of the transmission destination. You may send it. Accordingly, it is possible to set the transmittable period suitable for each of the plurality of service providers 200.

The information transmitting apparatus 100 may store, for each of the plurality of service providers 200, transmission permission/inhibition information indicating transmission/reception of each of a plurality of types of beneficiary information, and provides the beneficiary information in accordance with the transmission/denial information and the time limit information. May be transmitted to the person 200. Thereby, the beneficiary information permitted to be transmitted can be different for each of the plurality of service providers 200, and only the beneficiary information suitable for the service provider 200 can be transmitted.

Conventionally, when the service provider 200 acquires the personal information of the service beneficiary 30, a procedure using a consent form for using the personal information has been performed, but according to the present embodiment, the service beneficiary 30 uses the communication terminal. Since setting regarding provision of beneficiary information can be performed via 300, the procedure for using personal information can be simplified.

The information transmitting apparatus 100 may further store consideration information indicating a consideration for transmitting the beneficiary information to the service provider 200. The consideration may be arbitrary, such as points in a so-called point service, money, and products. The consideration information may be set by the service provider 200. For example, the service provider 200 sets points in the point service provided by itself as the consideration. Further, for example, the service provider 200 makes a contract with an arbitrary business operator that is implementing the point service, and sets points in the point service as consideration.

For example, when the service provider 200 is a mail-order trader, the mail-order trader may set different consideration information for each type of beneficiary information. For example, a mail-order trader can easily acquire useful beneficiary information by setting more consideration information for more useful beneficiary information when performing a target advertisement or the like. Further, the service beneficiary 30 can obtain more consideration by providing the beneficiary information more useful to the mail-order trader. The service provider 200 may set a larger amount of consideration information as the transmittable period of the beneficiary information indicated by the time limit information is longer.

FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of the setting information 400 in the information transmitting device 100. The setting information 400 includes a beneficiary information column 410 and a plurality of service provider columns 420. The service provider column 420 includes a propriety information column 422, a time limit information column 424, and a point information column 426.

The permission/prohibition information column 422 includes transmission permission/prohibition information indicating whether or not to permit transmission of the corresponding beneficiary information to the corresponding service provider 200. The time limit information column 424 includes time limit information indicating a period in which the corresponding beneficiary information can be transmitted to the corresponding service provider 200. The information in the availability information column 422 and the time limit information column 424 may be settable by the service beneficiary 30.

The point information column 426 includes information on points that the service beneficiary 30 can obtain by transmitting the corresponding beneficiary information to the corresponding service provider 200. The information on the points may be an example of consideration information. The points in the point information column 426 may be settable by the service provider 200.

As shown in FIG. 2, the service beneficiary 30 may be able to set transmission permission/inhibition information and time limit information for each service provider 200 and for each beneficiary information. The setting of the transmission allowance information and the time limit information by the service beneficiary 30 may be performed using the communication terminal 300 by an arbitrary method. For example, the service beneficiary 30 accesses the information transmitting apparatus 100 using the communication terminal 300 and edits the transmission permission/inhibition information and the time limit information included in the setting information 400 stored in the information transmitting apparatus 100. Further, in response to a request from the service provider 200, the information transmitting apparatus 100 transmits a request for setting transmission permission information and time limit information to the communication terminal 300, and the service beneficiary 30 uses the communication terminal 300 in response to the setting request. Transmission permission/prohibition information and time limit information may be set.

FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of a functional configuration of the information transmitting device 100. The information transmission device 100 includes an information acquisition unit 102, an information storage unit 104, an information analysis unit 106, an instruction reception unit 108, an information setting unit 110, an information transmission unit 112, an information reception unit 114, and an authentication processing unit 116.

The information acquisition unit 102 acquires the beneficiary information. The information acquisition unit 102 may receive the beneficiary information from the communication terminal 300. The information acquisition unit 102 may receive the beneficiary information from a smart meter, a gas meter, a device attached to the gas meter, a water meter, a device attached to the water meter, or the like installed in the beneficiary home 50. The information acquisition unit 102 may receive the beneficiary information from the communication device 52 installed in the beneficiary home 50.

The information storage unit 104 stores the beneficiary information acquired by the information acquisition unit 102. The information analysis unit 106 analyzes at least one of the beneficiary information acquired by the information acquisition unit 102, and outputs another type of beneficiary information as an analysis result. The information storage unit 104 may store the beneficiary information output from the information analysis unit 106.

The instruction receiving unit 108 receives an instruction to set transmission permission/inhibition information and time limit information for each of the plurality of beneficiary information items stored in the information storage unit 104. The instruction receiving unit 108 receives, for example, an instruction to set transmission permission/inhibition information and time limit information from the communication terminal 300. The information setting unit 110 sets transmission permission/inhibition information and time limit information for each of the plurality of beneficiary information according to the setting instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 108.

The instruction receiving unit 108 may receive an instruction to set the consideration information for each of the plurality of beneficiary information items stored in the information storage unit 104. The instruction receiving unit 108 receives, for example, an instruction to set consideration information from the service provider 200. The information setting unit 110 sets consideration information for each of the plurality of beneficiary information according to the setting instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 108.

The information transmission unit 112 transmits the beneficiary information stored in the information storage unit 104 to the service provider 200. The information transmitting unit 112 may transmit the beneficiary information to the service provider 200 in accordance with the transmission availability information corresponding to the beneficiary information. The information transmitting unit 112 may transmit the beneficiary information to the service provider 200 according to the time limit information corresponding to the beneficiary information.

For example, every time the information acquisition unit 102 acquires the beneficiary information, the information transmission unit 112 transmits the beneficiary information to the service provider 200 according to the transmission permission/inhibition information and the time limit information corresponding to the beneficiary information. For example, when the information acquisition unit 102 regularly acquires the in-home information, each time the in-home information is acquired, the transmission propriety information indicates that transmission is possible and the time limit information indicates that the time limit information is within the transmission possible period. To the received at-home information.

The information receiving unit 114 receives various kinds of information. The information receiving unit 114 receives a transmission request of the beneficiary information from the service provider 200, for example. The transmission request may include the type of beneficiary information. When the information receiving unit 114 receives the transmission request, the information transmitting unit 112 specifies the target service provider 200 and the beneficiary information, and the transmission permission/prohibition information corresponding to the specified service provider 200 and the beneficiary information. Whether or not the beneficiary information can be transmitted is determined by referring to the time limit information.

The information transmitting unit 112 transmits the beneficiary information to the service provider 200 when it is determined that the transmission is possible, and rejects the transmission of the beneficiary information when it is determined that the transmission is not permitted. When rejecting the transmission of the beneficiary information, the information transmitting unit 112 may not give any notification to the service provider 200 that has transmitted the transmission request, or may give some notification. For example, the information transmitting unit 112 transmits information indicating that the requested beneficiary information cannot be transmitted to the service provider 200.

The authentication processing unit 116 executes an authentication process. The authentication processing unit 116 authenticates the service provider 200 before transmitting the beneficiary information to the service provider 200, for example.

Note that it is not essential that the information transmission device 100 has all the above-described configurations. For example, a part of the configuration described above may be included in another device, and the information transmission device 100 and the other device may communicate with each other via the network 10. The other device includes, for example, at least one of the information analysis unit 106 and the information acquisition unit 102.

FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the flow of processing by the information transmitting device 100. FIG. 4 illustrates an example of the flow of processing from the information transmitting apparatus 100 receiving a transmission request for beneficiary information from the service provider 200 and transmitting the beneficiary information to the service provider 200 in response to the transmission request. .. Each process shown in FIG. 4 is executed mainly by the control unit included in the information transmitting apparatus 100.

In step (step may be abbreviated as S) 402, the information receiving unit 114 receives a transmission request of the beneficiary information from the service provider 200. The information receiving unit 114 notifies the information transmitting unit 112 of the information specifying the service provider 200 of the transmission source and the transmission request.

In S404, the information transmission unit 112 identifies the service provider 200 that is the transmission source of the transmission request. In S406, the information transmitting unit 112 refers to the type of beneficiary information included in the transmission request and identifies the beneficiary information to be transmitted.

In step S<b>408, the information transmission unit 112 determines whether or not the target beneficiary information can be transmitted to the service provider 200. The information transmitting unit 112 determines the transmission propriety by referring to the transmission propriety information and the time limit information corresponding to the service provider 200 and the beneficiary information identified in S404 and S406.

The information transmitting unit 112 indicates that the transmission permission/prohibition information permits the target beneficiary information to be transmitted to the target service provider 200, and the time limit information is the target beneficiary information. When it is shown that the transmission is possible within the service provider 200, the transmission is determined to be possible. When the transmission permission/prohibition information indicates that the target beneficiary information is not permitted to be transmitted to the target service provider 200, the information transmission unit 112 determines that the transmission is prohibited. When the time limit information indicates that the target beneficiary information is not within the period in which the target beneficiary information can be transmitted to the target service provider 200, the information transmitting unit 112 determines that the transmission is not possible.

If it is determined that the transmission is possible, the process proceeds to S410, and if it is determined that the transmission is not possible, the process proceeds to S412. In S410, the information transmitting unit 112 transmits the target beneficiary information to the target service provider 200. Then, the process ends. In S412, the information transmission unit 112 refuses to transmit the target beneficiary information to the target service provider 200. Then, the process ends.

FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of the flow of processing by the information transmitting apparatus 100. FIG. 5 is a process of transmitting the beneficiary information to the service provider 200 that can transmit the obtained beneficiary information among the plurality of service providers 200 every time the information acquisition unit 102 obtains the beneficiary information. An example of the flow of is shown. Each process shown in FIG. 5 is executed mainly by the control unit included in the information transmitting apparatus 100.

In S502, the information acquisition unit 102 acquires the beneficiary information. In S504, the information transmitting unit 112 identifies the service provider 200 whose transmission permission/inhibition information corresponding to the beneficiary information acquired in S502 indicates that transmission is possible.

In S506, the information transmitting unit 112 refers to the time limit information corresponding to the beneficiary information acquired in S502 for one of the service providers 200 identified in S504, and within the transmittable period. Determine if there is. When it is determined that the transmission is possible, the process proceeds to S508, and when it is determined that the transmission is not possible, the process proceeds to S510.

In S508, the information transmitting unit 112 transmits the target beneficiary information to the target service provider 200. In S510, the information transmission unit 112 refuses to transmit the target beneficiary information to the target service provider 200.

In S512, it is determined whether confirmation has been completed for all the service providers 200 identified in S504. When it is determined that the process is not completed, the process returns to S506. If it is determined that the process is completed, the process ends.

FIG. 6 schematically shows an example of the flow of processing among the communication terminal 300, the courier service server 210, and the information transmitting apparatus 100. The delivery agent server 210 is a server device included in a delivery agent, which is an example of the service provider 200. Here, a case where the communication terminal 300 has installed an application for receiving a home delivery service of a home delivery company will be described as an example.

In S602, the communication terminal 300 accesses the courier server 210 via the application. In S604, the courier server 210 transmits the delivery information of the package addressed to the service beneficiary 30 and the inquiry information to the communication terminal 300. The inquiry information may include content for inquiring whether the service provided by the courier service is desired and content for showing beneficiary information necessary for providing the service. In this example, the inquiry information includes the content of inquiring whether or not the at-home delivery service is desired, and that the address and the at-home information are necessary when the at-home delivery service is desired. Here, the description will be continued regarding the case where the service beneficiary 30 desires a home-delivery service.

In S606, the communication terminal 300 accesses the information transmitting device 100. The information for accessing the information transmitting device 100 may be included in the app of the courier, or may be stored in the communication terminal 300 separately from the app of the courier.

In S608, the information transmitting unit 112 of the information transmitting apparatus 100 transmits the authorization screen to the communication terminal 300 and causes the communication terminal 300 to display the authorization screen. The authorization screen may include a content for inquiring of the courier about whether to authorize the address and at-home information to be transmitted, and an authorization period. The service beneficiary 30 browses the authorization screen, selects whether or not to authorize, and sets time limit information indicating the authorization period. Here, the description of the case of authorization is continued.

In S610, the communication terminal 300 transmits the information indicating the approval and the time limit information to the information transmitting apparatus 100. The information receiving unit 114 of the information transmitting device 100 receives the information. The information receiving unit 114 edits the transmission permission/inhibition information and the time limit information stored in the information storage unit 104 based on the information.

In S612, the information transmitting unit 112 transmits the authorization code to the communication terminal 300. In S614, the communication terminal 300 redirects the authorization code received in S612 to the courier server 210. The authorization code may be data required when performing authentication processing between the courier server 210 and the information transmitting apparatus 100.

In S616, the courier server 210 uses the authorization code received in S614 to execute an authentication process with the information transmitting apparatus 100. The authentication processing unit 116 of the information transmitting apparatus 100 may determine that the authentication is possible when the authorization code received from the home delivery agent server 210 matches the authorization code transmitted to the communication terminal 300 in S612. In S618, the information transmitting apparatus 100 transmits the beneficiary information to the home delivery agent server 210 to the home delivery agent server 210.

In this example, the information transmission device 100 transmits the address and the home-at-home information to the delivery company server 210. The information transmitting apparatus 100 may transmit the beneficiary information to the courier server 210 multiple times within the transmittable period indicated by the time limit information received in S610. The information transmitting apparatus 100, for example, periodically transmits the beneficiary information to the delivery company server 210. Further, the information transmitting apparatus 100 may transmit the beneficiary information to the delivery company server 210 each time a request is received from the delivery company server 210.

FIG. 7 schematically shows an example of a computer 1000 that functions as the information transmission device 100. The computer 1000 according to the present embodiment includes a CPU peripheral unit having a CPU 1010, a RAM 1030, and a graphic controller 1085 that are mutually connected by a host controller 1092, a ROM 1020 that is connected to the host controller 1092 by an input/output controller 1094, and a communication I/O. The F1040, the hard disk drive 1050, the DVD drive 1070, and the input/output unit having the input/output chip 1080 are provided.

The CPU 1010 operates based on programs stored in the ROM 1020 and the RAM 1030, and controls each unit. The graphic controller 1085 acquires image data generated by the CPU 1010 or the like on a frame buffer provided in the RAM 1030 and displays it on the display 1090. Alternatively, the graphic controller 1085 may internally include a frame buffer that stores image data generated by the CPU 1010 or the like.

The communication I/F 1040 communicates with other devices via a network by wire or wirelessly. Further, the communication I/F 1040 functions as hardware that performs communication. The hard disk drive 1050 stores programs and data used by the CPU 1010. The DVD drive 1070 reads a program or data from the DVD-ROM 1072 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1050 via the RAM 1030.

The ROM 1020 stores a boot program executed by the computer 1000 at startup and a program dependent on the hardware of the computer 1000. The input/output chip 1080 connects various input/output devices to the input/output controller 1094 via, for example, a parallel port, a serial port, a keyboard port, a mouse port, and the like.

The program provided to the hard disk drive 1050 via the RAM 1030 is stored in a recording medium such as the DVD-ROM 1072 or an IC card and provided by the user. The program is read from the recording medium, installed in the hard disk drive 1050 via the RAM 1030, and executed by the CPU 1010.

A program installed in the computer 1000 and causing the computer 1000 to function as the information transmitting apparatus 100 may cause the CPU 1010 or the like to cause the computer 1000 to function as each unit of the information transmitting apparatus 100. When the information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 1000, the information acquisition unit 102, the information storage unit 104, which are concrete means in which software and the various hardware resources described above cooperate with each other. It functions as the information analysis unit 106, the instruction reception unit 108, the information setting unit 110, the information transmission unit 112, the information reception unit 114, and the authentication processing unit 116. Then, by implementing the calculation or processing of information according to the purpose of use of the computer 1000 in the present embodiment by these specific means, the specific information transmission device 100 according to the purpose of use is constructed.

In the above-described embodiment, the information transmitting apparatus 100 has been described by taking the example of transmitting the beneficiary information to the service provider 200 according to the transmission permission/inhibition information and the time limit information. The information may be sent to the service provider 200. For example, when transmitting the address to the service provider 200, the information transmitting apparatus 100 transmits the address according to a preset granularity such as only the prefecture name, the municipality, all the address information, and the like. Further, for example, when transmitting the age to the service provider 200, the information transmitting apparatus 100 transmits the age according to a preset granularity such as 20s, 20s to 25s, 23s, and the like.

The granularity may be set for each of a plurality of types of beneficiary information. Further, the granularity may be set for each category of the service provider 200. The granularity may be set for each service provider 200. The setting of the granularity may be performed by the service beneficiary 30. The service beneficiary 30 sets the granularity by, for example, using the communication terminal 300 to communicate with the information transmitting device 100 via the network 10.

The information transmitting apparatus 100 may be able to set time limit information including a plurality of transmittable periods and granularity for each of the plurality of transmittable periods with respect to one beneficiary information. For example, when the time limit information includes three periods, the information transmitting apparatus 100 sets a coarser granularity for a later period. As a result, the granularity of the beneficiary information transmitted to the service provider 200 can be roughened every time the period elapses. The information transmitting apparatus 100 may set finer granularity for a later period. As a result, the granularity of the beneficiary information transmitted to the service provider 200 can be made finer each time the period elapses.

Further, for example, when the time limit information includes a plurality of repeated periods such as weekdays and holidays, the information transmitting apparatus 100 may be able to set different granularity for each type of period. For example, the information transmitting apparatus 100 may be able to set finer granularity than weekday for weekdays. Further, for example, the information transmitting apparatus 100 may be able to set a granularity that is coarser than the granularity of a holiday for weekdays.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiment. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the description of the scope of claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

The execution order of each process such as operations, procedures, steps, and steps in the devices, systems, programs, and methods shown in the claims, the specification, and the drawings is "preceding" or "prior to". It should be noted that the output of the previous process can be realized in any order unless it is used in the subsequent process. The operation flow in the claims, the description, and the drawings is described by using “first,” “next,” and the like for the sake of convenience, but it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. Not a thing.

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Claims (4)

An item of beneficiary information regarding a service beneficiary is associated with time limit information indicating a period during which the value of the beneficiary information corresponding to the item can be transmitted to a service provider that provides a service to the service beneficiary. An information storage unit that stores the items and the time limit information that is different for each category of the service provider in association with each other, and stores a plurality of types of items for each category of the service provider. An information storage unit that stores transmission availability information indicating whether the value of the beneficiary information is transmittable for each of
An instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to set the time limit information and the transmission permission/inhibition information stored in the information storage unit,
An information setting unit that sets the time limit information and the transmission permission/inhibition information according to the setting instruction received by the instruction receiving unit;
An information transmission unit for transmitting the value of the beneficiary information to the service provider according to the time limit information and the transmission permission/inhibition information corresponding to the category of the service provider of the transmission destination ,
The items stored in the information storage unit include the age or address of the service beneficiary,
The information setting unit can set a plurality of transmittable periods as the time limit information for the age or the address,
The information setting unit, for each category of the service provider, for each of the plurality of transmittable periods, it is possible to set the value of age or address value of different granularity,
The information transmitting unit, when transmitting one value to the service provider in a plurality of transmittable periods included in the time limit information set for an item corresponding to the one value, In each transmittable period, information of the same granularity as the granularity set in the transmittable period is transmitted,
Information transmission device. The information storage unit stores consideration information indicating a consideration for transmitting the value of the beneficiary information to the service provider, the consideration information being set by the service provider, and for each item. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein different consideration information can be set . The beneficiary information items include attribute information of the service beneficiary, electricity usage information indicating electricity usage status, gas usage information indicating gas usage status, water usage information indicating water usage status , and service enjoyment. look including a home information indicating whether or not there are those who are at home to the person's residence,
The instruction receiving unit transmits a request for setting the transmission permission/inhibition information and the time limit information to a communication terminal used by the service receiver in response to a request from the service provider, and the communication in response to the setting request. The information transmission device according to claim 1 or 2 , which receives a setting instruction of the transmission permission information and the time limit information transmitted from a terminal . A program for causing a computer to function as the information transmitting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

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