KR20030033854A - Method for managing user personal information, the server computer thereof and the system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method, a system and a server computer for managing the personal information of a user are provided to efficiently maintain the consistency of the modified personal information by storing the position information of the clients referring the personal information in a server and transmitting the modified personal information of the user to each client. CONSTITUTION: A web server operation part(121) receives the personal information from the user. A data storing part(122) stores the personal information and the position information of the client computes referring the personal information of the user. A processing part(111) transmits the extracted personal information to the client computer by extracting the personal information stored in the data storing part(122) according to a request from the client computer, updates the personal information in the data storing part(123) with the modified personal information, and transmits the modified personal information to the client computer referring the personal information of the user by using the position information of the client computer stored in the data storing part(123).

Description

Method for managing user personal information, the server computer about and the system

The present invention relates to a method and system for managing personal information or taste of a user in a home network environment or a worldwide web environment.

In the existing home network environment, as shown in FIG. 5A, the user desires the home server in the home by using a mobile phone, a PDA, or other equipment, that is, the temperature of the house, the brightness of the lamp, the channel of the TV, the audio volume. After inputting such information, the home server sets and controls the devices of the home connected to the home network differently according to the taste set by the user.

In addition, under the existing World Wide Web environment, a web user registers as a member of the site in order to receive information or services from a specific website. In order to register as a member, as shown in FIG. The user must enter the personal information. That is, when a user accesses a specific website and clicks a member registration button, a web page as shown in FIG. 6A is displayed, and when a user enters his or her personal information into the web page, the personal information of the user is entered into the website. Is stored in the data storage unit.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 5C, some websites, including Yahoo, provide customized web pages showing different pages according to the user's tastes or characteristics (e.g. education, occupation, region, interests, etc.). In order to construct a web page according to a user's taste and characteristics, such sites display a web page requesting the user with the most detailed and various information as shown in FIG. 6B to obtain the user's taste or characteristic information.

However, when the user's taste information is stored using the mobile phone in the existing home network environment, the mobile phone is always required to transmit the same to the home server. In order to solve this problem, it is possible to store information on other devices in the home connected to the home network, but in this case, when the personal information of one device is modified, it is different from the personal information of the other device to maintain the consistency of user personal information data. There is a problem that cannot be done. In addition, when a user goes to a place other than home, a terminal containing his or her personal information is necessary, and each terminal requires a specific interface for inputting or modifying the user's personal information and also stores personal information. There is a problem in that a sufficient memory space is required to do this.

In addition, in the existing World Wide Web environment, a user can use a number of websites. In this case, the personal information required for each website is the same as the name, social security number, address, education, occupation, etc. If you become a member of the site or want to organize your own custom web page, you have the inconvenience of having to repeatedly enter the same data. In addition, when personal information, ie, address or interest of the user, is changed, the user has to go to each website for registering his personal information and have to change personal information.

The present invention solves this problem by storing the personal information or taste of the user's personal name, social security number, age, address, etc. in a single server, if the user's personal information is required anywhere, the same information is repeatedly inputted This is to make it possible to refer to the location information (URL) of the server and the authentication of the user without the need.

In addition, the present invention is to ensure that when the user's personal information is changed, the server keeps the location information of the clients that referred to it to transmit the changed user personal information to each client to efficiently maintain the consistency of the changed personal information .

1 is a schematic block diagram of a personal information management system according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram specifically showing the intelligent client and intelligent server shown in FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which an intelligent client refers to user personal information stored in an intelligent server according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of notifying the intelligent client of the changed user personal information by the intelligent server when the user personal information is changed according to the present invention.

5a to 5c show a prior art for managing personal information;

6A and 6B illustrate an example of a web page in which a user inputs personal information according to the related art.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: personal information management system 110: intelligent client

120: intelligent server 111: personal information processing unit

112: client agent 121: web server application unit

122: storage unit 123: personal information storage unit

124: Client List 125: Server Agent

The present invention has an intelligent server that stores and manages user personal information in order to solve the above problems, and when user personal information is required, the user accesses the intelligent server through the Internet to bring user personal information every time. This can avoid the hassle of entering information.

In addition, the present invention can maintain the consistency of the user personal information by transferring the changed user personal information to all clients that refer to the user personal information when the user personal information is changed to solve the above problems.

One feature of the present invention for solving the above problems is, in a method for providing user personal information on a communication network, the client computer using the location information of the server computer for managing the user personal information input from the user Requesting the personal information of the user from the server computer, extracting user personal information stored in the server computer according to the request, and transmitting the user personal information to the client computer; Performing the operation of the client computer by using the user personal information received from the.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a method for maintaining consistency of user personal information held by client computers by an intelligent server computer that manages user personal information, the method comprising the steps of: receiving changed user personal information from a user; Updating information with the received changed user personal information, extracting location information of client computers referencing the changed user personal information, and using the extracted location information of the client computers to the client computers. And transmitting the changed user personal information through a communication network.

Here, the user personal information includes at least one of personal information of the user, taste information of the user, and user characteristic information.

Here, the client computer is a home server in a home network environment, and the task of the client computer is to control a device connected to the home network.

Here, the client computer is a web server that provides an Internet service, and the task of the client computer is to provide personalized information to the user.

A further aspect of the present invention is a server computer for managing user personal information on a communication network, comprising: a web server application unit for receiving user personal information from a user, the user personal information and the user from the server computer; The data storage unit stores the location information of the client computer referring to the personal information, and extracts the user personal information stored in the data storage unit in response to a request for user personal information from the client computer. And transmit the user personal information stored in the data storage device to the changed user personal information when receiving the changed user personal information from the user through the web server application unit, and the client stored in the data storage device. And a processing unit for transmitting the changed user personal information to a client computer referencing the user personal information through a communication network using location information of a computer.

In still another aspect of the present invention, in a system for managing user personal information on a communication network, a user inputs location information of a server computer managing user personal information from a user and accesses the server computer through a communication network to provide user personal information. A client computer including a user input processing unit for requesting a user, a data storage unit for storing user personal information and location information of the client computer referencing the user personal information and stored in the data storage unit in response to a request of the client computer Extracts user personal information and transmits the extracted user personal information to the client computer through a communication network, receives changed user personal information from a user, updates user personal information stored in the data storage unit, and changes The user personal information is to include a processor for transmission over a communication network to a client computer that is referring to the user's personal information using the position information of client computers stored in the data storage section.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the attached FIGS. 1 to 4.

1, a personal information management system 100 including an intelligent server 120 and an intelligent client 110 is illustrated.

The intelligent server 120 stores and manages user personal information and provides user personal information when a request is made from a client. The intelligent client 110 requests and receives necessary user personal information by accessing an intelligent server and receives a client personal information. Do the work. The intelligent server may be a conventional personal computer or computer workstation having a web server application and sufficient memory and processing capability, and the intelligent client may be a home server in a home network environment or a specific web server. In addition, the intelligent client and the intelligent server are connected by a communication network. The communication network means the Internet, but other network networks, for example, a LAN, a WAN, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a public switched data network (PSDN), a cable TV network, a wireless communication network, and the like, are also possible.

The intelligent server 120 includes a web server application unit 121, a storage unit 122 storing user personal information 123 and a client list 124, and a server agent 125.

The web server application unit 121 provides a graphical user interface (GUI) so that a user can set or change user personal information from the outside. Since the GUI is provided through the web server application unit, the user can set personal information through any device with Internet access.

The storage unit 122 stores the user personal information 123 and the client list 124. The user personal information stores personal information such as preference information, personal information, taste / characteristics, and the like, and a server agent. By 125, only necessary information required by the client is extracted. The client list 124 stores the location information of the intelligent client referring to the user personal information from the intelligent server. When the user personal information stored in the storage unit 122 is changed, the client list 124 is changed to the clients referring to the user personal information. Deliver user personal information.

When the server agent 125 receives a request from the intelligent client, the server agent 125 extracts necessary personal information, such as taste information, personal information, and personal taste / characteristics, from the user personal information stored in the storage unit 122 and responds to the intelligent client. At this time, the location information of the client requesting the personal information is stored in the client list, and if the user personal information is modified, the changed personal information is transmitted to all the clients by referring to the client list and the consistency among all the clients referencing the user personal information Maintain consistency.

The intelligent client 110 includes a personal information processing unit 111 and a client agent 112. The client agent 112 existing in the web server or the home server client receives the URL of the intelligent server and the user ID / PASSWORD from the user and requests user personal information required by the intelligent server through the communication network. In addition, the client agent converts user personal information received from the intelligent server to meet the needs of the intelligent client.

The personal information processing unit 111 performs a desired task through the personal information transmitted from the client agent 112. For example, in the case of a home server, each device may be operated through a preference of a delivered individual, and in the case of a web server of a specific website, personal information may be stored to manage their members. In addition, in the case of generating a personalized personal web page, it is possible to construct a personalized web page by analyzing the taste / characteristics of the individual. In addition, when the changed personal information is received from the intelligent server, the personal information stored by the user is changed to the changed personal information to maintain consistency with the intelligent server.

Detailed configurations of the client agent 112 included in the intelligent client 110 and the server agent 125 included in the intelligent server 120 are illustrated in FIG. 2.

The client agent 112 includes a personal information analyzer 200, a user input processor 210, and a communication unit 220. The server agent 125 includes a user authentication unit 230 and a personal information manager 240. ), A client list manager 250, and a communicator 260.

The user input processing unit 210 of the client agent 112 receives the URL of the intelligent server, the ID of the user, and the PASSWORD from the user, and constructs a query for requesting personal information from the intelligent server using the input information. That is, the user input processor accesses the intelligent server using the URL of the input server and transmits the user's ID and PASSWORD to the intelligent server through the communication unit 220 for user authentication.

The personal information analyzing unit 200 analyzes the user personal information transmitted from the intelligent server and processes the user personal information.

The communication unit 220 serves to transmit and receive information with each other through a communication network such as an intelligent server and the Internet.

The user authentication unit 230 of the server agent 125 checks whether the user is registered using the user ID and PASSWORD transmitted from the intelligent client.

The personal information manager 240 analyzes the request of the intelligent client and extracts necessary information from the user personal information 123 stored in the storage 122. When the user personal information is changed, the personal information is changed to the user personal information. Send to all clients that reference it.

The client list manager 250 manages location information of all clients referring to personal information stored in the intelligent server.

The communication unit 260 transmits and receives information through a communication network such as an intelligent client and the Internet.

Now, referring to FIG. 3, a process in which a client such as a web server or a home server refers to user personal information in an intelligent server will be described. In other words, when a user registers as a member of a specific website, or wants to create his or her own customized web page from a specific website, or wants to control devices connected to a home network in the home through taste information input in advance. By inputting only the URL of the intelligent server that stores its own personal information, the user's own ID, and the PASSWORD, the personal information necessary for the user can be retrieved and processed from the intelligent server.

The user connects to a client such as a web server or home server and inputs the URL of the intelligent server that stores his / her personal information, his ID, and the password (step 300). Of course, before step 300, the user must first access the intelligent server that stores / manages personal information and registers to set up a user ID and password.

Then, the intelligent client connects to the intelligent server and requests user personal information (step 310). That is, the user input processing unit 210 of the client agent 112 of the intelligent client 110 connects to the intelligent server using the URL of the intelligent server input from the user and has undergone the authentication procedure through the ID and PASSWORD input by the user. After requesting necessary user personal information.

The client list management unit 250 of the intelligent server stores the location information of the client requesting the user personal information in the client list of the storage unit (step 320). When the information is changed, the changed user personal information is transmitted to all clients through the location information stored in the client list.

Next, the personal information manager 240 of the intelligent server analyzes the request of the intelligent client, extracts the user personal information requested by the intelligent client from the user personal information stored in the storage unit (step 330), and then extracts the extracted user personal information from the communication network. In step 340, the intelligent client transmits the information to the intelligent client.

Then, the personal information analyzing unit 200 of the intelligent client analyzes the user personal information received from the intelligent server and performs the client's own work (step 350).

Thus, by performing the client's work, the user can receive the customized information according to the user's own taste (step 360).

Now, referring to FIG. 4, when the user changes personal information in the intelligent server, the user personal information possessed by the intelligent server and the intelligent client is prevented from having different values, so that the personal information data of the intelligent server and the intelligent client can be stored. In order to be consistent, we describe the process by which the intelligent server sends the changes to all clients using personal information.

The user accesses an intelligent server and inputs user personal information (step 400). That is, the intelligent server provides a GUI for inputting user personal information through the web server application unit 121 and receives personal information from the user through the GUI.

The input changed user personal information is stored in the storage unit 122, and the user personal information previously stored in the storage unit 122 is changed (step 410).

Next, the server agent 125 is notified of the changed personal information (step 420).

Next, the client list manager 250 extracts location information of the client referring to the changed user personal information from the client list 124 stored in the storage 122 (step 430).

Next, the changed user personal information is transmitted to the location (URL) of the client extracted in step 430 through the communication network (step 440).

Then, the intelligent client changes its own user personal information by using the changed user personal information transmitted from the intelligent server (step 450).

According to the present invention as described above, a user stores his personal information in a specific location, that is, a personal information management server computer, and then, wherever personal information is needed, the user can obtain necessary information only through the URL of the server, his ID, and password. Can be imported, eliminating the hassle of entering user personal information each time.

In addition, when personal information is changed for a number of websites or home servers that refer to user personal information, the personal information management server that stores personal information delivers the changed user personal information to them and replaces them with the changed contents. To ensure consistency of personal information.

Claims (9)

In the method for providing user personal information on a communication network, Requesting, by the client computer, the personal information of the user from the server computer using the location information of the server computer managing the user personal information input from the user; The server computer extracts user personal information stored in the server computer according to the request and transmits the user personal information to the client computer; And the client computer performing the operation of the client computer using the user personal information received from the server computer. A method of maintaining the consistency of user personal information held by client computers by an intelligent server computer that manages user personal information, Receiving the changed user personal information from the user, Updating existing user personal information with the received changed user personal information; Extracting location information of client computers referring to the changed user personal information; And transmitting the changed user personal information to the client computers via a communication network using the extracted location information of the client computers. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The user personal information includes at least one of personal information of the user, taste information of the user, and user characteristic information. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The client computer is a home server in a home network environment, And the task of the client computer is to control the device connected to the home network. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The client computer is a web server for providing an Internet service, And the task of the client computer is to provide personalized information to the user. A server computer for managing user personal information on a communication network, A web server application unit for receiving user personal information from a user; A data storage unit for storing the user personal information and location information of a client computer referencing the user personal information from the server computer; Extract user personal information stored in the data storage unit in response to a user personal information request from a client computer, and transmit the extracted user personal information to the client computer through a communication network, and the user changed through the web server application unit. Upon receiving the personal information, the user personal information stored in the data storage device is updated with the changed user personal information, and the changed user personal information is referred to the user personal information by using the location information of the client computer stored in the data storage device. A user personal information management server computer comprising a processing unit for transmitting to a client computer via a communication network. The method of claim 6, The user personal information comprises at least one of user's personal information, user's taste information, user characteristic information. The method of claim 6, The client computer is a home server or a web server for providing an Internet service in a home network environment. In a system for managing user personal information on a communication network, A client computer including a user input processing unit which receives location information of a server computer managing user personal information from a user and accesses the server computer via a communication network to request user personal information; A data storage unit for storing user personal information and location information of a client computer referring to the user personal information, and extracting user personal information stored in the data storage unit in response to a request of the client computer, thereby extracting the extracted user personal information. Transmitting to the client computer through a communication network, receiving changed user personal information from the user, updating user personal information stored in the data storage unit, and location information of the client computer stored in the data storage unit. And a server computer including a processing unit for transmitting the client personal information to a client computer referring to the user personal information through a communication network.