JP6508842B2 - Information tracking device, information tracking method and information tracking program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information tracking device, an information tracking method, and an information tracking program that enable the disclosure of information after limiting the parties to which the information should be disclosed.

  Information on contacts is recorded in, for example, business cards, shop cards, brochures, letters, e-mails, various notifications, as well as portable possessions, but the information freshness thereof deteriorates over time. Although the writer of the information should normally update this information at every opportunity for changes to the stated fact, all the information, such as a large number of distributed papers and data transmitted via the Internet, should be updated. Updating is not realistic.

  Therefore, in the conventional system or the like, there is a problem that time passes without the information to be updated being updated, and finally the latest information can not be tracked. As a result, the relationship between the business operator and the customer is cut off, the knowledge of the person can not be communicated, and the return destination of the found item is also unclear. In order to solve this problem, it is necessary to have a mechanism capable of extracting and tracking the latest information based on the information recorded in the past.

  When a member who subscribes to a service for managing business card information exchanges business cards in a business card folder, a first business card including an identification number and confidential information is stored together with written information, which is to be delivered to the other party in advance. It is known that a certain pocket is set on each page, and an index on which the identification number of the first business card stored in the pocket on (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Also, in a business card information providing system, it is a computer system constructed for a person who performs business card exchange using a business card type recording medium (digital business card) as a business card, and a business card which centrally manages the latest business card information. A communication network such as an information management server, a user terminal used by a business card exchangeer, and an internet network enabling communication between the business card information management server and the user terminal, the business card information management server being provided in the user terminal Providing the latest business card information on a digital business card is known (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2005-7890 A JP 2004-86620 A

  For example, the business card exchanged in the past, the business contractor, etc., the other party such as the address, telephone number, and e-mail address described in the business card received in the past by relocation of the business location, retirement, etc. If there is no connection with the person, the other side loses the means to contact. Also, even if you know the phone number of a mobile phone etc., if this phone number is a call such as a phone not registered by the other party, the other party can not answer the call by alerting you to a business or a nuisance call etc. There are many cases.

  And it is difficult for the person whose address, telephone number and e-mail address change in the business card etc. passed in the past to notify the change contact address etc. to a large number of people to some extent, actually With the passage of time, many of the past personal connections will be broken.

  In such a case, for example, it is conceivable to leave information on the Internet and search for it using a general search engine, but this alone can not only confirm the authenticity of the information found, There is a danger that personal information may be leaked to an unspecified number of people because it is impossible to limit who should be disclosed. On the other hand, a method is also conceivable in which the website URL is printed on a business card and the update information is described on the website having the website URL.

  However, as with search engines, this can also lead to the disclosure of personal information by leaking website URLs to an unspecified number of people, and it also responds to changes in URLs that accompany changes in Internet domain names. Can not do it.

  In addition, there are some systems that connect information input person A and specific reader B via communication network and reflect information update timely, but information input person A and specific reader B are identical. If you are not a user (member) on the system, you can not view the information itself. In other words, this is because information input person A lacks the step of confirming that viewer B is the appropriate person to be disclosed, and if this step is absent, for any person who requires disclosure. Information will be disclosed indiscriminately. Therefore, the viewer B who requests viewing of information is forced to become the user of the service in which the information input person A stores update information.

  On the other hand, in a system that permits information input person A and viewer B not to be a user on the same system, it is difficult to set a viewer restriction, and therefore, the disclosed information business is based on publicly known corporate business etc. Limited to those related to persons, products and services. That is, while allowing information input person A and viewer B not to be users on the same system, while preventing personal information from being leaked to an unspecified number of people, the request for information disclosure of viewer B is accepted. In addition, a new step of specifying whether the viewer B is a person who should disclose information for the information input person A is additionally required.

  For example, in patent document 1, it is an invention for the purpose of updating business card information, but the giver and the receiver of the business card must be members of the same service that manages the business card information. Also, in order to identify both, it is supposed to use a unique identification number and confidential information concealed by the coating means. However, it may not be practical from the cost point of view that film processing is accompanied by all the hand cards etc. handed over, and if business cards etc. are not paper media, film processing is also difficult. Above all, there is a disadvantage that the restriction on viewers does not work when the code number that has been subjected to the film processing leaks through the communication network, which may in turn cause the leakage of personal information.

  Moreover, in patent document 2, it is invention which updates the said business card information recorded on the other party's terminal which passed the business card using the identification information which defines business card information uniquely. However, in this case, it is necessary to develop a dedicated application (software) conforming to the specifications of various terminals, and there is also a complication that the other party who has handed over the business card must also install the application in his own terminal. If a dedicated application corresponding to the terminal in hand is not released to the first place, it is impossible to use the mechanism itself. Further, in the specification of storing the business card information of the acquaintance in the terminal on which the dedicated application is installed, the use method of borrowing a terminal owned by another person lacks convenience.

  That is, in order for an unspecified number of people to try to track information, it is desirable that an apparatus, system, etc. that can be easily obtained and used by anyone can be used. In this respect, if it is a web system released on the Internet, it can be accessed not only by personal computers, but also by mobile phones, smart phones, tablet terminals, game machines, etc. These devices are homes, schools, offices, public facilities, etc. It can be said that it is very convenient because it is full of various places today.

  However, when using a web system, it is not easy to identify a person who is sufficient to disclose personal information. For example, social networking services (SNS) can provide information tracking in that contact information is constantly updated. SNS also has a mechanism to disclose information on the basis of the relationship between members of the same service, and in these conventional methods, the disclosure restriction also applies to non-users (non-members) on the system. I can not

  That is, in order to disclose personal information using the conventional web system or the like, the information disclosing person (hereinafter, disclosing person) and the information tracking person (hereinafter, disclosing requester) are members of the same system. It is assumed that there is. Although this is effective as a method of identifying a known person, that is, "person who is requested to receive an information disclosure request (hereinafter referred to as a legitimate requester)", at the same time, the disclosure requester is also a registered member of the same system as the disclosing person. If it does not, it means that it can not be disclosed, which is very inconvenient.

  This not only requires the step of registering as a registered member of the system to request disclosure of information, but for those who can not meet the necessary requirements for registered members of the system, even the means of requesting information disclosure has been cut off. Will be In order to solve this problem, while allowing non-members of the system to search for information, it is possible to restrict information disclosure to a person who does not comply with the intention of the disclosing person, that is, “person for whom information disclosure request should be denied”. A mechanism is needed.

  The present invention solves the above problems by using a web system released on the Internet. That is, when the freshness of the various information described in the past is deteriorated, the present situation which can not track (search and extract) the update information can be overcome. At the same time, the disclosure requester does not need to be a member on the same system, and performs mutual identification between the two parties, providing a disclosure restriction function so that information is not disclosed to persons who are not intended by the disclosing person. Technologies are needed to minimize the risk of information disclosure.

  The present invention is a software technology that extracts update information based on "past information" recorded not only on paper media such as business cards but also on any object including electromagnetic recording or recorded as sound. At the same time, the present invention relates to an information tracking technology that enables the disclosure of the information after limiting the parties to which the update information should be disclosed, even among members (members) of the same system.

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an information tracking device, an information tracking method, and an information tracking program that enable the disclosure of the information after limiting the parties to which the information should be disclosed.

In order to solve the above problems, an information tracking device according to the present invention can access, from a registered member or a non-registered member, an information tracking database capable of registering and searching registered information on a plurality of registered members via a communication network. It is an information tracking device which can register and search an information tracking identification code by which each of the registered members can identify the registered member given to a predetermined medium in an information tracking database. The information tracking device associates and stores the registration information on the registered member for each information tracking identification code, and is disclosed by another registered member or a non-registered member according to the registration information on the registered member. A question for determining whether or not the disclosure to the disallowed in-presence dissident is within the disclosing person's assumption with respect to the disclosing request for the registration information from the claimant terminal, and a correct answer to the question According to the marking judgment criteria to judge the in-presence disclosure requester of the presence or absence of disclosure to the question answer and the disclosure restriction level to the in-vision disclosure requester about the registration information in the case of the disclosure the information storing and disclose information disclosure range is predetermined in association for each of the information track identification code or pre-registered mail address of the registered member add Database and receives input data input or retrieval relating to the registration information from the registration member terminal or the disclosure is a claimant terminal user terminal the registration member is operated, the input or search relating to the registration information to said user terminal Information retrieval input / output means for outputting output data of a result of the above, and the question corresponding to the disclosure request is extracted from the information tracking database according to the disclosure request, and the extracted question is used as the disclosure requester terminal Question presentation authentication means for presenting the answer of the question answered from the disclosure requester terminal to the presence or absence of the disclosure information based on the scoring judgment criteria, and at least the disclosure to the user terminal Message transfer means for transferring a request or response message regarding the information. The information tracking database can register, for each registered member, states of use or non-use of a plurality of e-mail addresses used or used by the registered member, and the information search input / output means When the information tracking identification code is designated for the disclosure request for the registered member, the output data of the search result of the information tracking identification code designated for the retrieval is retrieved from the information tracking database When information is output to the disclosure requester terminal, or when the e-mail address is designated for a search, the information tracking is performed when the e-mail address designated for the search matches any of the pre-registered e-mail addresses. Output of the result of the search about the status of use or non-use of the specified search-specified email address extracted from the database Output data of the search result to the effect that there is no search target if the search request is output to the disclosure requester terminal and the search designated e-mail address does not match any of the pre-registered e-mail addresses. Is output to the disclosure requester terminal, and the question presentation authentication means extracts or does not extract the disclosure information from the information tracking database according to the presence or absence of the determined disclosure information determined, and the disclosure information is output. When extracted, the message transfer means is characterized in that the message related to the extracted disclosure information is transferred to the claimant's terminal via the communication network.

  According to the information tracking device, the information tracking method, and the information tracking program according to the present invention, it is possible to disclose the information after limiting the person to disclose the information.

It is a block diagram showing composition of a 1st embodiment of an information tracking system concerning the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the table structure of the information tracking database shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the tying between the data elements of the information tracking database shown in FIG. It is an explanatory view which presents disclosure information in an information tracking device of a 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the authentication question shown in FIG. 4, and disclosed information. It is a figure which shows the example of a search menu display of alpha ID displayed on a user terminal, and an e-mail address. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the authentication question displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a marking result display of the answer regarding the authentication question displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a message input display transmitted to the disclosing person displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the transmission confirmation with respect to the disclosure requester displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of transfer of the message contained in the e-mail transmitted / received to a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display regarding alpha ID search displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display regarding a mail address search displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display regarding preparation creation registration of the authentication question displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the other display example regarding preparation registration of the authentication question displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display regarding arrangement | positioning edit of the authentication question displayed on a user terminal. It is an information tracking processing flow figure used for an information tracking device. It is a member registration process flow figure used for an information tracking device. It is an alpha ID registration process flow figure used for an information tracking device. It is an e-mail address registration process flow figure used for an information tracking device. FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the e-mail address registration process used in the information tracking device continued from FIG. 20; It is an authentication question preparation registration processing flow figure used for an information tracking device. FIG. 23 is a flowchart of an authentication question creation registration process used for the information tracking device continued from FIG. 22; It is a hardware block diagram showing the composition of a 2nd embodiment of the information tracking device concerning the present invention. It is a block diagram showing composition of a 3rd embodiment of an information tracking device concerning the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the table structure of the information tracking database shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a registration screen regarding the new registration of the mail address displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a registration screen regarding alpha ID registration displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen regarding the alpha ID list list displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting screen regarding the alpha ID folder function displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen regarding the disclosure information of alpha ID displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting screen regarding the post office box displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen regarding the message input to the post office box displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a message notification etc. regarding the post office box displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of an edit input screen regarding the reservation mail displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the progress state regarding the reservation mail etc. which are displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a management screen of the utilization condition of the mail address displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the disclosure information regarding the copyright displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a lossy compression mode characteristic.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an information tracking system according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. Here, parts that are the same as or similar to each other are given the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted. The embodiment described here will be described by taking an example of an information tracking system.

First Embodiment
The configuration of the first embodiment of the information tracking system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 23. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of an information tracking system and an information tracking device 1A according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a table configuration of the information tracking database 2A shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of linking between data elements of the information tracking database 2A shown in FIG. The other figures will be appropriately described below.

  First, referring to FIG. 1, users of one or more clients 4 (eg, registered member terminal 41, disclosure requester terminals 42 of other registered members, disclosure requester terminals 43 of unregistered members, etc.) in the information tracking system Each request / response operation processing and the like by data communication between the terminal 4 and the server 3 and the information tracking device 1A will be described.

  The information tracking system in the present embodiment is configured to include an information tracking device 1A, a server 3, a user terminal 4, a communication network 9, and the like. In this information tracking system, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, clients (user terminals) 4 such as registered member terminals 41, disclosure requester terminals 42 of other registered members, disclosure requester terminals 43 of non-registered members, etc. 3 can access a communication network (for example, the Internet) 9. Further, the information tracking device 1A is communicably connected to the server 3. Note that the information tracking device 1A may be able to access the communication network 9.

  The information tracking device 1A executes information tracking processing as described later according to the request of the client 4 via the server 3. First, response processing and the like of the server 3 and the client 4 via the Internet 9 will be described. In the example of the system configuration of FIG. 1, the server 3 operates as a web server, and the information tracking device 1A operates as an application server. That is, the information tracking device 1A has a function as an application server of the information tracking application in the configuration example shown in FIG.

  The server 3 and the client 4 can each access the communication network 9 via a communication interface such as, for example, wireless communication (wireless LAN, mobile phone, etc.), wired communication (wired LAN, ADSL, etc.), or a combination thereof. It is.

  The server 3 has a function of receiving a request from a client (user terminal) 4 and transmitting the requested data to the client 4 using HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). The server 3 transmits a WWW (World Wide Web) document described in, for example, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) to the client 4.

  The client 4 receives the transmitted WWW document using browser software or the like and displays it on the screen. Browser software parses and displays HTML. Further, the browser software cooperates with a program language such as Java (registered trademark), JavaScript (registered trademark), XML, etc., and other software that processes voice, moving images, and the like.

  The client 4 requests necessary data from a link destination designated by a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or the like, and processes, for example, data returned from the server 3 with browser software. The terminal in the client 4 (user) is, for example, a personal computer, a portable terminal, a mobile phone, or the like. In addition, an OS (Operating System) is installed in the terminal, and the OS manages start and end, tasks, and the like related to application software such as browser software, spreadsheet software, and document creation software.

  In the example shown in FIG. 1, an environment is required that allows mutual communication with user terminals 4 such as a disclosing person and a disclosure requester in the disclosure information via the Internet 9 shown in FIG. The disclosing party must be a registered member of the information tracking system, but the disclosing requester does not necessarily have to be a registered member of the information tracking system. Also, the disclosing party and the disclosing claimer need not be able to communicate at the same time.

  A user's terminal 4 such as a registered member terminal 41 of a disclosing person or a disclosure requester terminal 42 of another registered member and a disclosure requester terminal 43 of a non-registration member is equipped with a web browser for browsing a website However, this is not limited to a general browser, and at least a web page can be browsed.

  In the information tracking system, in order to search for disclosure information related to the search target main information, the search target main information included in the original information must be unique on the system. Therefore, the disclosing person requests the information tracking system to newly issue search target main information necessary for disclosing the disclosure information (a character string ID is used as an information tracking identification code uniquely determined to be the search target main information). Call it "alpha ID" or "alpha ID"). On the other hand, since the e-mail address (hereinafter referred to as e-mail address) also has a character that is a unique character string on the Internet 9, it is possible to use this character string as the main information to be searched instead of the alpha ID. It is.

  It is not necessary to include personal information in the disclosure information extracted based on the search target main information. For example, as a contact point between the disclosing party and the information tracking system, while making it possible to transfer a message to a separately registered disclosing person's e-mail address to which the disclosing party's message is forwarded, If you hide it (in a state where it can not be confirmed), the possibility of information leakage will be dramatically reduced.

  This message transfer destination is not limited to the e-mail address, and it is possible to send a message to the Internet, including telephones, various individuals and specific persons (including representatives of corporations and groups, persons in charge of each department, etc.). It is possible to use any means (including a so-called messenger service on the Internet 9, a private message function of SNS, etc.), and in the following, these will be referred to as a message transfer function.

  The method of setting the search target main information on the information tracking system enables the case where it is an alpha ID or an email address. First, a disclosing person who is a registered member logs in using his registered member terminal 41, and opens a menu screen (referred to as "my page") for operating member information. As an example of searching the search target main information, FIG. 6 (a) described later shows an example of a display screen in the case of searching an e-mail address in FIG. 6 (b) when searching for an alpha ID. Here, in FIG. 6 and the like, the alpha ID is described as “ACID”.

  In order to publish disclosure information using the alpha ID, the discloser requests the information tracking device 1A to generate the alpha ID on the my page (for example, FIG. 28). When the information tracking device 1A receives an alpha ID generation request from the disclosing person, the information tracking device 1A generates an alpha ID which is unique on the alpha ID table 22 of the information tracking database 2A, and as shown in FIG. The user ID specifying the member and the alpha ID are linked (combined) and stored in the alpha ID table 22. A plurality of alpha IDs can be associated with one user ID.

  In this way, the alpha ID is determined for the disclosing person to assign to and use the medium (paper media such as business cards and catalogs, articles such as goods and products, personal belongings such as individuals and companies, electronic data, etc.), etc. Can (Figure 3). In the information tracking device 1A, in order to disclose the disclosure information, the disclosure information attached to the alpha ID is further input and stored in the alpha ID table 22.

  Further, when using the message transfer function, a contact for receiving a message is additionally registered in the alpha ID table 22. Also, when making it possible to select “public / private” at a specific point in time, the disclosing person selects / registers the public availability attribute.

  On the other hand, since the e-mail address is not issued by the information tracking system (in the present embodiment, it is assumed to be the information tracking device 1A), whether or not the disclosing person is appropriate when using it as search target main information It must be confirmed on the information tracking system. That is, after a disclosing person who is a registered member of the information tracking system logs in to the system using his registered member terminal 41 and opens "My Page" to operate member information, an e-mail address that he wants to use as search target main information Into the information tracking system.

  When it is confirmed by the information tracking device 1A that the e-mail address has not been registered as search target main information on the information tracking database 2A, in order to confirm that the e-mail address is under the control of the disclosing person, The information tracking device 1A sends a confirmation e-mail to the e-mail address.

  When the web page specified in the e-mail is opened in order to confirm that the disclosing person has received the e-mail sent to the e-mail address, the information tracking device 1A checks the fact that the disclosing person browsed the web page. The information tracking device 1A confirms that the e-mail address is under the control of the disclosing person.

  The information tracking device 1A associates the e-mail address with the user ID, and stores the e-mail address in the e-mail address table 23. As a result, it is determined that the e-mail address will be main search target information that can be used by the user (disclosure person). In order to disclose the disclosure information, the disclosure person further inputs the disclosure information attached to the search target main information and stores it in the information tracking database 2A.

  Furthermore, when the disclosing party uses the message transfer function, the contact is registered to receive the message. Also, when "public / private" is selected at a specific point in time, the disclosing person selects / registers the public / unavailable attribute.

  In order to request disclosure of disclosure information based on search target main information via the user terminal 4, the disclosure requester does not have to be a registered member of the information tracking system. For example, the disclosure requester opens a search page on a system as shown in FIG. 6 via the user terminal 4 and inputs search target main information (alpha ID or mail address), and the information tracking device 1A tracks information The search target main information is searched and extracted from the database 2A.

  The information tracking device 1A confirms the disclosure information attached to the search target main information, and when the disclosure availability attribute is set, it is shown in FIG. The disclosure information is output to the user terminal 4 of the disclosure requester. Further, when the message transfer function is effective, it is displayed to the disclosing person that the disclosing person can transmit a message as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, for example.

  Next, a detailed configuration example of the information tracking device 1A of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The information tracking device 1A shown in FIG. 1 manages the information tracking database 2A so that access processing such as search, registration, and update can be performed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the information tracking database 2A includes a member information table 21, an alpha ID table 22 and an e-mail address table 23 including search target main information, and an authentication question data table 24. .

  The information tracking device 1A can access, via the communication network 9, the information tracking database 2A capable of registering and searching registration information on a plurality of registered members from the registered member or the non-registered member. In addition, the information tracking apparatus 1A registers and searches the information tracking database 2A with an information tracking identification code (hereinafter referred to as alpha ID or αID) capable of specifying the registered member given to the medium predetermined by each registered member. It is possible.

  The information tracking device 1A stores registration information (including disclosure information) related to a registered member in association with the alpha ID table 22 for each alpha ID.

  The information tracking database 2A further indicates the presence or absence of a disclosure request for registration information from the disclosure requester terminal 42 or 43 operated by another registered member or a non-registered member according to the registered information on the registered member. One or more questions to be judged, the correct answer to the question, the scoring judgment criteria for the presence or absence of disclosure for the question answer, and the disclosure information in which the disclosure range of the registration information in the case of the disclosure is predetermined. , Alpha ID of registered member or e-mail address registered in advance and stored.

  The information tracking device 1A manages, based on the information tracking database 2A, the registration information associated with the alpha ID or the e-mail address regarding the registered member. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 1, the information tracking device 1A includes an information search input / output means 11, a question presentation authentication means 12, a message transfer means 13, and a question / answer preparation means 14.

  Here, the configuration and operation of the information tracking device 1A of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 as well. Here, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view for presenting disclosure information in the information tracking device 1A of the first embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a view showing a relationship between an authentication question shown in FIG. 4 and disclosure information.

  The information search input / output unit 11 performs other processing (question presentation authentication unit 12) to realize search processing of disclosure information from the user terminal 4, disclosure request / registration, request processing of various registrations and response processing. Data input / output between the message transfer means 13 and the question / answer preparation means 14 etc.) and access to the information tracking database 2A are performed.

  To this end, the information search input / output unit 11 has a search information receiving unit 111, a search information analysis unit 112, and a disclosure information output unit 113, as shown in FIG.

  The search information receiving unit 111 is an input related to registration information from the user terminal 4 of the registered member terminal 41 operated by the registered member, the disclosure requester terminal 42 of another registered member, or the disclosure requester terminal 43 of a non-registered member Accept search input data.

  The search information analysis unit 112 performs access processing such as search, extraction, registration, update and the like on data in the database based on the information tracking database 2A with respect to input data concerning registration information from the user terminal 4 based on the information tracking database 2A.

  The disclosure information output unit 113 outputs the output data of the result of the input or the search regarding the registration information to the registered member terminal 41 or the disclosure requester terminal 42 or 43 through the server 3. That is, the server 3 receives output data from the disclosure information output unit 113 of the information search input / output unit 11 and executes a response process to the request of the client (user terminal) 4.

  As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the question presentation authentication means 12 may, for example, respond to the disclosure request of the disclosure requester terminal 42 of the other registered member or the disclosure requester terminal 43 of the non-registration member. The question corresponding to the disclosure request is extracted from the above, and the extracted question is presented to the discloser requester terminal 42 or 43. The question presentation authentication means 12 determines the presence or absence of provision of the disclosure information based on the answer to the question answered from the discloser requester terminal 42 or 43.

  When the question presentation authentication means 12 extracts or does not extract disclosure information from the information tracking database 2A according to the presence or absence of provision of the determined disclosure information, the message transfer means 13 extracts the disclosure information. A message regarding the extracted disclosure information is transferred to the disclosure requester terminal 42 or 43 via the communication network 9.

  For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 1, the question presentation authentication means 12 has a question extraction unit 121, a question output unit 122, an answer reception unit 123, an answer scoring unit 124, and a scoring result output unit 125.

  As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the question extraction unit 121 responds to the disclosure request of the user terminal 4 (e.g., a non-registration member discloser requester terminal 43), the authentication question data table 24 of the information tracking database 2A. The question corresponding to the search object main information is extracted from.

  The question output unit 122 presents (outputs) the extracted question to the user terminal 4 via the information search input / output means 11.

  The answer receiving unit 123 receives an answer to the question output from the question output unit 122 and answered from the user terminal 4 via the information search input / output unit 11.

  The answer scoring unit 124 extracts the correct answer corresponding to the question from the authentication question data table 24, and marks the received answer based on the extracted correct answer.

  The grading result output unit 125 extracts a first grading standard judgment corresponding to the question from the authentication question data table 24 and determines a grading result of the graded answer based on the first grading standard judgment. The scoring result output unit 125 outputs the scoring result to the user terminal 4 via the information search input / output means 11. Thereby, a graded result is displayed on user terminal 4, for example like Drawing 8 (a) or (b).

  The message transfer means 13 transfers at least a request or response message regarding disclosure information to the registered member terminal 41 and the disclosure requester terminal 42 or 43. Transfer of a message means, for example, sending an email including a message from a predetermined email address on the information tracking system side to the disclosure requester or an email address designated by the disclosure party, or the designated URL of the message written to a designated URL destination. Send an e-mail to notify

  For example, on the display screen of the user terminal 4, when the message transmission button is clicked after passing the authentication question shown in FIG. 8 (c), the disclosure requester then performs message editing as shown in FIG. The message is sent together with a message confirmation display as shown in FIG. The message sent from the user terminal 4 by the disclosure requester is, as shown in FIG. 11, a message transfer destination e-mail address designated by the disclosure requester from the predetermined e-mail address of the information tracking system It is forwarded to the registrant's registered e-mail address.

  The question presentation authentication means 12 is, for example, an alpha specified via the information search input / output means 11 at the time of a disclosure request from the disclosure requester terminal 42 of another registered member or the disclosure requester terminal 43 of a non-registered member. If the ID or e-mail address matches the registered member's alpha ID or pre-registered e-mail address stored in the information tracking database 2A, the question corresponding to the matched registered member's alpha ID or pre-registered e-mail address It extracts from information tracking database 2A. The question presentation authentication means 12 outputs the extracted question to the disclosure requester terminal 42 or 43 through the information search input / output means 11.

  When an answer is received after presenting the question, the question presentation authentication means 12 determines the correct answer to the answer to the question by the disclosure requester terminal 42 or 43, and discloses the scoring result of the determined answer based on the scoring judgment criteria Determine the availability of information.

  In the information tracking database 2A, different other information tracking identification codes whose association is permitted and registration information can be registered as disclosure information.

  The information retrieval input / output means 11 can present different information tracking identification codes that are permitted to be associated and information associated with the disclosure information. Note that an example with another different information tracking identification code for which association is permitted will be described in the example of the third embodiment described later.

  Next, an example of the configuration of the information tracking database 2A shown in FIG. 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the information tracking database 2A has a data table including a member information table 21, an alpha ID table 22, an e-mail address table 23, and an authentication question data table 24.

  The member information table 21 is a table for storing a login name for logging in to the information tracking system, a login password, and an e-mail address of a contact. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the member information table 21 includes, for each user ID for identifying a registered member, an administrator name, a login name, a login password, a contact e-mail address, a status indicating a registration status, and the like. .

  The alpha ID table 22 is a table that links alpha IDs defined in the first place, disclosure information of registered members, and the like for each target medium to be subjected to information tracking. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the alpha ID table 22 is, for each alpha ID, a registered member ID of a registered member to be registered, a flag indicating a setting state of presence / absence of disclosure (disapproval attribute state), authentication question data table 24 Data to be linked, a message transfer destination, disclosure information to be disclosed, and the like. The data stored in the alpha ID table 22 is generated and stored for each registered member and for each alpha ID, for each creation and registration of an alpha ID.

  Then, in response to the registration request of the alpha ID from the user (registered member terminal 41), the alpha ID uniquely determined by the information tracking device 1A is decided. When the user discloses updated information, information associated with the alpha ID is further input and stored in the information tracking database 2A. Furthermore, when the user uses the message transfer function, the contact is additionally registered to receive the message. In addition, when "public / private" is selected at a specific time of the information, this public availability attribute state is selected and registered.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the e-mail address table 23 stores, for each user ID and e-mail address, an open / close attribute, a question ID (quiz_ID), a message transfer destination, and update information.

  Since the e-mail address is not issued by the information tracking system, it has to be confirmed on the information tracking system whether the disclosing person is suitable for using it as the search target main information (FIG. 3). That is, after a disclosing person who is a member of the information tracking system logs in to the information tracking system using his / her terminal and opens "My Page" to operate the member information, the e-mail address that he wants to use as the search target main information is Input to the tracking system (shown in FIG. 27 described later).

  If it is confirmed that the e-mail address is not yet registered as the search target main information on the information tracking system, the information tracking device 1A confirms that the e-mail address is under the control of the disclosing person. Send confirmation email to email address.

  When the web page specified in the e-mail is opened in order to confirm that the disclosing person has received the e-mail sent to the e-mail address, the information tracking device 1A checks the fact that the disclosing person browsed the web page. recognize. After recognition of the information tracking device 1A, the information tracking device 1A authenticates that the mail address is under the control of the disclosing person.

  The authentication question data table 24 stores authentication questions for determining whether the disclosure information of the disclosure person may be disclosed to the disclosure requester. The data stored in the authentication question data table 24 is created or set in advance for each registered member.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the authentication question data table 24 stores, for each user ID and question ID, the question ID title, the highest score, the certification point, the allocation of each question, each question and correct answer. . The authentication question is linked to the disclosure information by the question ID, and the question information, the question title and the like linked to the question ID in the authentication question data table 24 are extracted from the disclosure requester.

  The authentication question is a group of questions such as quiz and question format as shown in FIG. 7 that the disclosing person presents to the information searcher (disclosing requester), and belongs to the disclosing person's assumption in relation to the disclosing person. If the disclosure requester is a disclosure requester (assumed disclosure requester), it is composed of one or more questions that can be answered correctly. Since each correct answer can be derived from the respondent's own knowledge / memory without relying on a predetermined character string, even if the content of the question changes, it is possible to respond to the unforeseen disclaimer.

  On the other hand, since it is not a predetermined character string, even a regular biller can not necessarily derive a correct answer. However, the problem is that the certification question has multiple questions, and when the scoring result reaches a certain score or more (certified point), for example, the requester who belongs to the in-group group the answerer as shown in FIG. It can be solved by the method of estimating.

  That is, the authentication question is characteristically made up of a plurality of questions, and for example, as shown in FIG. 16, the judgment of the presence or absence of disclosure for the answer of the question is made with respect to the logical highest point (total score when all questions are correct) It is possible to freely set a reference authentication boundary point (a borderline that can be judged as an unanticipated disclosure requester). Alpha ID is retrieved, and the authenticity of the legitimate claimant who is guessed after the authentication question is determined by the question content set by the disclosing person.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 16, for example, distribution points such as +1 point, +10 point, 0 point, and -1 point are possible as distribution points for each question. For example, for a target person belonging to an assumed group who does not want to disclose, a corresponding question is created, and when the question is correctly answered, -10 points are added (positive or negative weighting possible). This can also prevent the disclosing person from disclosing information to a group that does not like disclosing information.

  Further, it is desirable that a plurality of authentication question numbers to be combined with the update information extracted by one search target main information can be set. In the authentication question, for example, as shown in FIG. 14 to FIG. 16, the combination of the input form of the character string, the multiple selection form of the answer, etc. may be made optional in the answer of the question.

  For example, assuming that the original information is a business card and the search target main information is an alpha ID written on the surface of the business card, the disclosing party handed over the business card to the business card. In the example shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of alpha IDs (.alpha.ID # 1, .alpha.ID # 2,..., .Alpha.ID # m) are assigned to each of a plurality of types of business cards distributed by one registered member. Show. For example, if each of these business cards is used separately and distributed by the registered member's student age, working adult age, or other hobby circle activities, the intended target group may also request disclosure of disclosure information. It is easy to imagine.

  The registered member can easily create an authentication question corresponding to each assumed target group for each αID of the assumed target group. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, it becomes easy to set the disclosure range of the disclosure information for each of the assumed target groups.

  Not only are the business associates involved, they may also be private friends. Then, in order to display the authentication question of the contents in view of the relationship with the other party, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of authentication question groups for one alpha ID # 1 (for example, question group A concerning the company age) , Questions about high school days, etc.) can also be registered.

  As in the table configuration example of the information tracking database 2A shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the search target main information and the authentication question data are linked to the publication of the update information and stored in the database. Further, as shown in FIG. 17 described later, in the processing flow in which the disclosure information is disclosed based on the search target main information, the information tracking device 1A displays the authentication question and asks the disclosure requester for an answer, and the answer To determine whether it is the other party to be disclosed.

  Furthermore, in the information tracking system according to the present embodiment, the information tracking database 2A can register, for each registered member, a plurality of e-mail addresses used or used by the registered member.

  The information search input / output means 11 corresponds to the e-mail address extracted from the information tracking database 2A when the e-mail address designated for the search matches the e-mail address registered in advance in response to the disclosure request for the registered member. The state of use or non-use is presented, and if it does not match the registered e-mail address, it is presented (output) that there is no search object.

  The question / answer preparation means 14 receives the question and correct answer preparation data of the input data from the registered member terminal 41, and ties it to either the registered member's alpha ID or a pre-registered e-mail address based on the preparation data. Then, the information tracking database 2A can be registered.

  For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 1, the question and answer preparation means 14 has a question recording unit 141, a correct answer recording unit 142 and an authentication reference recording unit 143.

  The question recording unit 141 receives a question from the input data from the registered member terminal 41 and, via the search information analysis unit 112, either the registered member's alpha ID or a pre-registered e-mail address based on the created data. It is linked to the heel and can be registered in the information tracking database 2A.

  The correct answer recording unit 142 receives the creation data of the correct answer corresponding to the question data among the input data from the registered member terminal 41, is linked as the correct answer to the predetermined question based on the created data, and is transmitted to the information tracking database 2A. Allow registration.

  The authentication criteria recording unit 143 records, in the information tracking database 2A, a scoring judgment criterion for certification determination as a legitimate biller based on the score of scoring or the correct answer rate, for each question group.

  The authentication criterion recording unit 143 may set another judgment criterion different for each question group. This makes it possible to increase the degree of difficulty in correctly answering the question by making the question such that only the person who is familiar with the registered member knows more depending on the disclosure range of the disclosure information, and the disclosure information can be easily made to other disclosure group targets. It can be made that it does not break through to the person who assumed it.

For example, the display screen shown in FIG. 14 to FIG. 16 is an example of creating an authentication question by the processing of the question / answer creating means 14 of the information tracking device 1A via the registered member terminal 41 when the registered member creates a question. It is.
・ Scoring criteria for the presence or absence of disclosure to the answer to the question If the registered member assigns a point such as +1 point to the correct answer or -1 point to the wrong answer, or if the points such as +10 or 0 point It is possible. Also, for example, for a target person who continues to a group who does not want to disclose, the corresponding question is created, and when the correct answer (including the case where it is applicable) is given to the question, -10 points are added, etc. . This can prevent the disclosing person from disclosing information to a group that does not like disclosing information.

  For example, another judgment standard different from one scoring judgment standard may be set for each question group of the disclosure target group as shown in FIG. This makes it possible to increase the degree of difficulty in correctly answering the question by making the question such that only the person who is familiar with the registered member knows more depending on the disclosure range of the disclosure information, and the disclosure information can be easily made to other disclosure group targets. It can be made that it does not break through to the person who assumed it.

  It is also assumed that personal information is included in the disclosed update information and the like included in the disclosure information. As a disclosure request flow, there is a concern that personal information may be leaked to an unspecified number if there is no way to specify the person to be disclosed. Therefore, it is necessary to implement a mechanism for the system to automatically confirm that the disclosure requester is "the disclosing party that the disclosure person originally expects to be disclosed" (assumed to be a regular requester).

  In order to specify a regular biller, for example, a method may be considered in which an authentication password is additionally written when the search target main information is written on a business card or the like. However, when the password becomes known, its meaning is lost. In other words, the authentication password needs to be variable, and at the same time the password must be recognized and input by the authorized biller even after the change.

  A means to satisfy such conditions is an authentication question. The certification question consists of, for example, a QA-type question group that the disclosing person presents to the information searcher, and consists of one or more questions that should be able to be answered by the corresponding legitimate claimant in relation to the disclosing person. Ru. Unlike the authentication password, each correct answer in the question group can be derived from the respondent's own knowledge / memory without relying on a predetermined character string, so even if the question content changes, the legal requester can respond. It becomes possible.

  On the other hand, for non-regular billers who have nothing to do with the discloser, there may be only a large number of answers to questions that are difficult to imagine with the respondent's own knowledge, or a combination of answers may be a considerable number of authentication questions. It will be difficult to break through easily.

  On the other hand, since the correct answer is not only a predetermined character string, even a regular biller can not necessarily derive a correct answer. However, this problem can be solved by a method in which a plurality of questions relating to the authentication question are made, and when the scoring result reaches a certain point or more, the respondent is presumed to be a regular biller. That is, the authentication question is characterized by having a plurality of questions, and the authentication boundary point as a judgment criterion for marking (a borderline that can be judged as a regular requester) with respect to the logical highest point (total point when all questions are correct) There is a feature that can be set freely.

  Therefore, although the alpha ID is retrieved and the authenticity of the regular biller who is guessed after the authentication question is determined by the question content set or created by the disclosing person, if it is composed of a plurality of questions, the regular bill For the person, for example, it is more certain to obtain a score higher than the authentication boundary point, which is a scoring criterion, by deriving from their own knowledge and memory. On the other hand, it is not always easy for non-legal claimants to break through the authentication question.

  In addition, it is desirable that a plurality of authentication question numbers to be associated with disclosure information extracted by one search target main information can be set. For example, assuming that the original information of the disclosing person is a business card and the main information to be searched is an alpha ID written on the surface of the business card, the disclosing person handed over this business card to the disparate person. . Not only are the business associates involved, they may also be private friends.

  Therefore, in order to display the authentication question of the content in consideration of the relationship with the other party, as shown in FIG. 5, it is also possible to link a plurality of authentication questions to one alpha ID. Also, when one disclosing person assigns multiple different alpha IDs to each other, as shown in FIG. 4, using multiple business cards as original information, it is also necessary to link multiple questions to each alpha ID. Is also possible.

  In the means such as the above authentication question etc., as in the flow shown in FIG. 3, the step of linking the search target main information and the authentication question data for the disclosure of the disclosure information is necessary, and As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, in the flow where the disclosure information is disclosed based on the search target main information, the certification question is displayed, the request for disclosure request is sought and the answer is scored, and it is the partner who should be disclosed The step of determining the These flows and the like will be described later in detail in the description of FIGS. 17 to 23.

  Although the identity verification of the disclosing person viewed from one disclosing claimant side is clear by the collation with the alpha ID already presented by the disclosing person himself, this is the case when the e-mail address is used as the search target main information Not The email address is, in most cases, a service operator (for example, a mobile phone carrier or an internet service provider) or affiliated organization (school or work), which is given (lending for a fixed period) to an individual. Depending on when you join the company and when you belong to your organization, you can not deny the possibility of using the same email address.

  That is, since users (administrators) of one email address are different depending on the time, when trying to extract information by using the email address as the search target main information, the disclosure requester gets unexpected disclosing person's information or Or, problems may occur such as transferring a message to an unexpected party.

  This kind of problem that occurs due to the difference in the search target main information also requires the identity verification of the disclosing person, that is, the other party seen from the disclosing claim person, but this confirmation can also be solved by using the authentication question. When a message is sent using the above-mentioned message transfer function, the person who received it (disclosure person) also challenges the authentication question specified by the sender (disclosure requester), and the marking result above the authentication boundary point Implement a means that can not read the message content without presenting it (authentication question on the disclosure requester's side). However, in this case, the disclosing requester who sends the message to the disclosing person also needs to create an authentication question as described later. Although the disclosure requester can use other means instead of the authentication query, the disclosure requester also needs to be a member of the information tracking system when using the authentication query of the information tracking system in combination. There is.

  For example, in the information tracking system, it is possible to conceal the information including the disclosure requester's personal information and the like from the disclosure requester to the disclosure person as described below, and perform an authentication question on the disclosure person side. Specifically, the disclosure requester question 12 set for the disclosure requester terminal 42 by using the inquiry response creation means 14 to the disclosure person (addressed to the registered member who is the disclosure request object), the question presentation authentication means 12 registers the registered member terminal 41 To present.

  The question presentation authentication means 12 determines whether or not the result of scoring the response from the registered member terminal 41 for the request for disclosure requester is the disclosure requester question of which the response to the request for disclosure requester is predetermined by the disclosure requester terminal 42 When it is determined that the disclosure is made based on the criteria, the message transfer means 13 transfers the message including the information disclosed by the disclosure requester created by the disclosure requester terminal 42 to the registered member terminal 41.

  On the other hand, when the question presentation authentication means 12 does not disclose based on the second scoring criterion of the presence or absence of disclosure of the question of the disclosure requester, the message transfer means 13 displays the information disclosed by the disclosure requester. Are transmitted to the registered member terminal 41.

  As such, when the disclosing person (the recipient of the message) and the disclosing requester (the sender of the message) mutually use the authentication question, highly accurate mutual authentication confirmation is possible even on the web system.

  Means for mainly realizing the message transfer function as described above is the message transfer means 13 shown in FIG. 1 which will be described later. The message transfer means 13 can transfer a message to each individual / specific person (including a representative of a corporation / group, a person in charge of each department, etc.). For example, the transfer method to the message transfer destination is not limited to the e-mail address, but any method capable of sending various personal-addressed messages from the Internet 9 including the telephone (so-called messenger service on the Internet 9, private message function of SNS, etc.) And the like) can be used.

  For this purpose, the message transfer unit 13 has a form output unit 131, a message reception unit 132, an input data inspection unit 133, a message transmission unit 134, and a processing result output unit 135, as shown in FIG.

  The form output unit 131 outputs a form displayed to the user terminal 4 for transferring a message from the disclosure requester to the disclosing person or from the disclosing person to the disclosing person. For example, the form output unit 131 outputs (displays) display data and the like related to the message editing form as shown in FIG. 9 to the user terminal 4 via the information search input / output means 11.

  The message receiving unit 132 receives an e-mail from the disclosure requester or the disclosing party transmitted to a predetermined e-mail address managed by the system.

  The input data inspection unit 133 checks the consistency of the data input to the form output from the form output unit 131 for each of the input items. For example, the input data examination unit 133 examines the reply address of the e-mail address, the sender name, etc. shown in FIG. 9 for inappropriate characters, numerical values, etc. and checks whether the predetermined number of characters limit is exceeded.

  The message transmission unit 134 transmits a message from the predetermined e-mail address managed by the system to the e-mail address of the disclosing requester or disclosing person. For example, the message transmission unit 134 transmits (transfers) a message as shown in FIG.

  The processing result output unit 135 transmits the processing result such as completion of transfer of the message to the user terminal 4 via the information search input / output unit 11. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the processing result output unit 135 outputs the processing result output unit 135 to the user terminal 4 of the disclosure requester.

Here, FIG. 9 shows an example of a message input display to be transmitted to the disclosing person displayed on the user terminal 4. Further, FIG. 10 shows a display example of transmission confirmation to the disclosure requester displayed on the user terminal 4, and FIG. 11 shows a transfer example of a message contained in an electronic mail transmitted and received to the user terminal 4. FIG. 12 shows a display example regarding alpha ID search displayed on the user terminal. FIG. 13 shows a display example regarding mail address search displayed on the user terminal.

-Message transfer function to alpha ID set with alpha ID folder It is not necessary to include personal information in the disclosure information including the update information extracted based on the search target main information. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, while making it possible to transfer a message to the registered disclosing person's e-mail address (hereinafter, message transfer destination) as a contact point between the disclosing person and the information tracking device 1A. By concealing this contact from the disclosure requester (in a state in which it can not be confirmed), the possibility of information leakage is further reduced.

  And this transfer destination is not limited to the e-mail address, and it is possible to use telephone or any other means that can send various personal-addressed messages from the Internet (including so-called messenger service on the Internet, private message function of SNS, etc.) (Hereinafter referred to as the message transfer function).

According to the information tracking system
・ There is no disclosure restriction and setting of disclosure information with disclosure restriction is possible ・ The above can be done for each αID ・ It becomes anti spam mail ・ It is possible to keep the connection of personal connection ・ owned goods, right etc It is possible to manage the owner, right holder, etc. of the person, etc. ・ It is possible to disclose the update information of the person by the access from the third party, not the access to the third party from the person. Usually, there is no need to access the relevant person who can not be contacted from the person or who is unknown, etc.-It is necessary to disclose information to an unspecified number of people like blogs and websites etc. It is also possible to disclose information to a specific third party.

  In this information tracking system, member information and business cards of various services and not only personal information that is processed publicly are handled, but it is generally transmitted and received in paper media such as information on stores, goods and services, brochure contents, etc. In addition to electromagnetic information that flows on the Internet, as well as owner information, video and video information, art work information, audio information, etc., in addition to electromagnetic information flowing on the Internet, we update [past information], And, it is an effective technology that can be disclosed.

  For example, "tracking" of video / moving image information, physical artwork information, and audio information among them is mainly intended to track a copyright holder. Among them, for video / video information and physical works of art, it is possible to use a method in which main information to be searched is mixed in the work with minimal characters.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 17 to FIG. 23, a flow regarding information tracking processing and the like used in the information tracking device 1A will be described. First, an information tracking process flow used for the information tracking device 1A of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  After the main power supply of the information tracking device 1A is turned on, after passing through the start-up process and the like, the information tracking process is received from the user terminal 4 and the information tracking process is started.

  The information search input / output unit 11 of the information tracking device 1A receives the request process for opening the search page from the user terminal 4 and transmits display data etc. regarding the search page menu (screen display etc.) to the user terminal 4 (step S1). Note that, in the configuration example of FIG. 1, the server 3 receives the processing data from the information tracking device 1A, and transmits the response processing data to the user terminal 4 for which the request processing has been performed via the Internet 9.

  From the user terminal 4, an alpha ID or a mail address, which is search target main information, is input (step S2).

  When the information search input / output unit 11 receives a search request for search target main information from the user terminal 4 via the Internet 9, the information search input / output unit 11 searches the information tracking database 2A for the corresponding search target main information (step S3).

  If the information search input / output unit 11 does not hit the corresponding search target main information as a result of the search, the process proceeds to step S5 (step S4 No).

  The information search input / output unit 11 transmits a response indicating that there is no search target to the corresponding user terminal 4 (step S5), and ends this search processing.

  On the other hand, when the information search input / output unit 11 hits the corresponding search target main information by the search, the process proceeds to step S6 (step S4 Yes).

  The information search input / output unit 11 extracts table data relating to the search target main information for which a search hit has occurred from the information tracking database 2A (step S6). For example, the information search input / output unit 11 extracts corresponding table data from the alpha ID table 22 when the search target main information is an alpha ID, and the mail address table when the search target main information is a mail address. The corresponding table data is extracted from 23.

  The information search input / output unit 11 checks the disclosure availability attribute state from the extracted table data, and advances the process to step S10 when the disclosure availability attribute state is non-disclosure (step S6 No). On the other hand, when the open / close attribute state is open (Yes at step S6), the information search input / output unit 11 advances the process to step S7.

  If the question ID (quiz_ID) is not registered (step S7 No), the information search input / output unit 11 determines that the disclosure information has no disclosure restriction, and the corresponding disclosure information is the alpha ID table 22 or the mail address table 23 Extract from table data). After extraction, the information search input / output unit 11 advances the process to step S11.

  On the other hand, if the question ID (quiz_ID) is registered (Yes at step S7), the information search input / output means 11 extracts the question of the corresponding question ID from the authentication question data table 24. The information search input / output means 11 advances the process to step S8.

  The information search input / output unit 11 transmits the question extracted by the question presentation authentication unit 12 to the user terminal 4, and the question presentation authentication unit 12 transmits the question from the user terminal 4 to the question via the information search input / output unit 11. If an answer is received, the answer is scored based on the correct answer for each question (step S8).

  The question presentation authentication means 12 scores the answer based on the correct answer for each question, and determines whether the scoring result is greater than or equal to a predetermined authentication point (step S9). If it is less than the authentication point (No in step S9), the question presentation authentication unit 12 determines that the information disclosure is not possible, and advances the process to step S10.

  The information search input / output unit 11 receives the determination that the information disclosure is not possible from the question presentation authentication unit 12, and transmits a response indicating that the information disclosure is not possible to the user terminal 4 (step S10). After the response, the search page menu processing ends.

  On the other hand, if it is above the authentication point (Yes at step S9), the question presentation authentication means 12 determines that the information disclosure is possible, and advances the process to step S11.

  The information search input / output unit 11 transmits the disclosure information to the user terminal 4 (step S11).

  If the message transfer destination is not registered in the corresponding table data (No at step S12), the information search input / output unit 11 transmits the disclosure information to the user terminal 4 and then ends the search page menu process.

  On the other hand, when the message transfer destination is registered in the corresponding table data (step S12 Yes), the information search input / output unit 11 disclosed the disclosure information to the disclosing person by the message transfer unit 13 Send a message to that effect to the e-mail address registered in the message forwarding destination.

  If there is no update information about the transmission message in the corresponding table data (No at step S13), the information transfer input / output unit 11 ends the search page menu process.

  On the other hand, when there is update information on the transmission message in the corresponding table data (Yes in step S13), the message transfer means 13 transmits a message including the extracted update information to the designated destination e-mail address (step S14) . After the end of the process, the information search input / output unit 11 ends the search page menu process.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 18, a member registration process flow used for the information tracking device 1A will be described.

  The information search input / output unit 11 of the information tracking device 1A receives the request processing for opening the member registration page from the user terminal 4, and transmits display data and the like regarding the member registration page menu to the user terminal 4 (step S21).

  The information search input / output unit 11 waits for an answer input whether to register using an account such as another SNS (step S22).

  When registering using an account such as another SNS (Yes at step S22), the process proceeds to step S23.

  The message transfer means 13 connects to another SNS or the like, and acquires account information such as a contact destination e-mail address (step S23). After acquiring the account information, the process proceeds to step S28.

  On the other hand, when not registering using an account such as another SNS (No at step S22), the information search input / output means 11 receives the input of contact information including the mail address in the prescribed form, and the information tracking database The contact information is temporarily registered in the member information table 21 of 2A (step S24).

  The message transfer means 13 sends a confirmation e-mail to the temporary registration e-mail address (step S25).

  The message transfer means 13 confirms the access to the designated URL notified by the confirmation e-mail (step S26).

  The message transfer means 13 confirms the e-mail address associated with the accessed specified URL (step S27).

  After the message transfer means 13 confirms the corresponding e-mail address of the member registration requester, the information search input / output means 11 authenticates the provisionally registered e-mail address as the contact address and assigns the user ID to the member registration requester (step S28). Thereby, the information search input / output means 11 registers the user ID of the member registration requester in the member information table 21, associates the user ID with the contact point information, and stores it in the information tracking database 2A. After the processing is completed, the member registration processing is ended.

  Next, an alpha ID registration process flow used for the information tracking device 1A will be described with reference to FIG.

  The information search input / output means 11 receives the request process for opening the alpha ID registration page from the user terminal 4, and transmits display data etc. regarding the alpha ID registration page menu (step S31).

  Subsequently, the information search input / output unit 11 waits for a request to register an alpha ID (step S32).

  In the case of a request for registering an alpha ID (Yes in step S32), the information search input / output unit 11 assigns a new alpha ID based on the alpha ID table 22 (step S33).

  The information search input / output unit 11 receives input of disclosure information including item contents of a medium, an object, etc. to be registered to be associated with the new alpha ID (step S34). In addition to this, as the disclosure information, an input for disclosing personal information such as a home telephone number, a mobile number, an address, etc. may be received, and the input is accepted in a later process (a change / correction menu etc.) May be

  The information search input / output unit 11 waits for a request to register the input content (step S35). When the input content is not registered (step S35 No), the alpha ID registration process is ended.

  On the other hand, when the input content is registered (Yes at step S35), the information search input / output unit 11 registers the disclosure information including the item content of the medium, the object, etc. to be registered. S36).

  Subsequently, the information search input / output unit 11 waits for a request for registration of another alpha ID, and in the case of a request for registration of another alpha ID (step S37 Yes), returns to the process of step S33. . On the other hand, when another alpha ID is not registered (step S37 No), this alpha ID registration process is ended.

  In the case of a request for not registering the alpha ID (No in step S32), the information search input / output unit 11 selects the already registered alpha ID linked to the user ID of the registered member based on the alpha ID table 22. (Step S38).

  The information search input / output unit 11 receives a change or the like of the disclosure information including the item content associated with the selected alpha ID (step S39).

  When the change of the item content associated with the alpha ID is not requested (No at step S310), the information search input / output unit 11 ends the present alpha ID registration process.

  If it is requested to change the item content associated with the alpha ID (Yes at step S310), the information search input / output unit 11 changes the disclosure information including the item content associated with the selected alpha ID. And register (step S311).

  Subsequently, the information search input / output unit 11 waits for a request for changing the item content associated with another registered alpha ID, and changes the item content associated with the other registered alpha ID. If the request is to be made (Yes at step S312), the process returns to step S38. On the other hand, when the other already registered alpha ID is not changed (step S312 No), this alpha ID registration process is ended.

  Next, the e-mail address registration process flow used for the information tracking device 1A will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The information search input / output means 11 receives the request process for opening the mail address registration page from the user terminal 4 and transmits display data etc. regarding the mail address registration menu to the user terminal 4 (step S41).

  The information search input / output means 11 receives the mail address registration execution from the user terminal 4 and transmits display data etc. prompting the user to enter or select a mail address (step S42).

  The information search input / output means 11 receives the input data of the mail address notified from the user terminal 4 or the selected data of the selected mail address (step S43).

  The information search input / output means 11 confirms whether the mail address related to the input data or the selected data is registered in the mail address table 23 of the information tracking database 2A (step S44).

  If the e-mail address is registered (Yes at step S44), the information search input / output unit 11 confirms on the e-mail address table 23 whether the registered e-mail address is temporarily registered (step S45).

  If the registered e-mail address is under temporary registration (Yes at step S45), the process proceeds to step S47. On the other hand, if the registered e-mail address is not temporarily registered (No at Step S45), the information search input / output unit 11 confirms whether registration permission has been received from the person registered earlier (Step S46). In the present flow processing example, “registration permission” can be determined, for example, by the “overlapping registration” flag of the mail address table 23c shown in FIG. 26 described later. Further, in the present flow processing example, for example, a group sharing of a plurality of registered members, and a sharing mail address of a division of a corporation, etc. are jointly managed by a plurality of persons, and each is a co-manager. Change of management right as shown in FIG.

  If registration permission is received from the person registered earlier (Yes at step S46), the process proceeds to step S48. On the other hand, if the registration permission has not been received from the person registered earlier (No at Step S46), the process proceeds to Step S47.

  The information search input / output unit 11 notifies the user terminal 4 that the mail address is not registerable (step S47). After notifying that registration is not possible, the e-mail address registration process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the e-mail address is not registered (No at step S44), the information search input / output unit 11 records the e-mail address as being temporarily registered in the e-mail address table 23 (step S48).

  The message transfer means 13 transmits an e-mail including a message to the effect that the e-mail address has been temporarily registered and a designated URL as an access destination for prompting confirmation (step S49).

  After confirming the access to the designated URL, the message transfer means 13 confirms that the e-mail address of the member registration requester is a legitimate e-mail address (step S410).

  In response to the confirmation by the message transfer means 13, the information search input / output means 11 determines that the registrant is the owner of the mail address (step S411).

  The information search input / output unit 11 rewrites the item regarding the registration state of the mail address table 23 from temporary registration to main registration of the mail address (step S412).

  Further, the information search input / output unit 11 updates the mail address table 23 in response to the input of the information accompanying the registration information related to the mail address (step S413).

  Subsequently, if the setting is not a setting for presenting a question when disclosure of the disclosure information related to the registration information is requested (No in step S414), the process proceeds to step S416.

  On the other hand, when the setting is to present a question when there is a disclosure request (step S 414 Yes), the information search input / output unit 11 sends an email to associate authentication question data corresponding to the disclosure information of the email address. The question ID to be linked to the address table 23 is stored (step S415).

  Subsequently, when it is not set to receive a message from the disclosure requester (No in step S416), the process proceeds to step S418. .

  On the other hand, if the setting is to receive a message from the disclosure requester (Yes at step S416), the information search input / output unit 11 stores the input message transfer destination in the mail address table 23 (step S417).

  Subsequently, when the disclosure information of the e-mail address is disclosed at the present time (Yes at step S418), the information search input / output unit 11 stores the disclosure availability attribute as "disclosure" in the e-mail address table 23 (step S419). After this processing is completed, the e-mail address registration processing is ended.

  On the other hand, when the disclosure information of the e-mail address is not disclosed at present (No at step S418), the information search input / output unit 11 stores the disclosure permission attribute as "private" in the e-mail address table 23 (step S420). After this processing is completed, the e-mail address registration processing is ended.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 22 and 23, an authentication question creation and registration process flow used for the information tracking device 1A will be described.

  The information search input / output means 11 receives the request process for opening the registered member page from the user terminal 4 and transmits display data etc. regarding the registered member page to the user terminal 4 (step S51).

  Further, the information search input / output means 11 receives the request process of the authentication question management page from the user terminal 4 and transmits display data etc. regarding the authentication question management page to the user terminal 4 (step S52).

  When the information search input / output unit 11 receives the selection of the authentication question type in the authentication question management page menu from the user terminal 4, the information search input / output unit 11 proceeds to each selected process (step S53).

  When the one-and-multiple question type question is selected, the question and answer preparation means 14 transmits the display data etc. of the one-and-multiple question type question menu to the user terminal 4 (step S541).

  The question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data of a question from the user terminal 4 via the information search input / output means 11 (step S 542).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data of a character string to be a correct answer from the user terminal 4 (step S543).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data of the correct answer point from the user terminal 4 (step S544).

  When the choice type question is selected, the question and answer preparation means 14 transmits display data etc. of the choice type question menu to the user terminal 4 (step S551).

  The question / answer preparation means 14 receives input data of a question from the user terminal 4 (step S 552).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data of a character string to be a correct answer from the user terminal 4 (step S553).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data of a character string to be a wrong answer from the user terminal 4 (step S554).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data of the correct answer and the point of incorrect answer from the user terminal 4 (step S555).

  When the multiple selection question is selected, the question and answer preparation means 14 transmits display data and the like of the multiple selection question menu to the user terminal 4 (step S561).

  The question / answer preparation means 14 receives input data of a question from the user terminal 4 (step S562).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data of a character string to be a correct answer from the user terminal 4 (step S563).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data of a character string to be a wrong answer from the user terminal 4 (step S564).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data of the correct answer and the point of incorrect answer from the user terminal 4 (step S565).

  The question / answer preparation means 14 subsequently returns the process to step S53 when there is a request for preparation of an authentication question from the user terminal 4 (Yes at step S57). On the other hand, when the creation of the authentication question from the user terminal 4 is completed (No at step S57), the process proceeds to step S58.

  If there is a request to change the order of questions (Yes at step S58), the question and answer preparation unit 14 receives the selection of the exchange of questions (step S59). On the other hand, if there is no request to change the order of questions (No at Step S58), the process proceeds to Step S510.

  The question and answer preparation means 14 calculates the score at the time of all the correct answers of the question set in the disclosure information, and transmits it to the user terminal 4 as display data (step S510).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives the point setting of the authentication reference point from the user terminal 4 (step S511).

  Next, the question and answer preparation means 14 receives input data such as a title and a name for the question prepared from the user terminal 4 (step S512).

  After making a registration request for creating a question, the information search input / output means 11 assigns a question ID to the question created by the question / answer creation means 14 and associates the question ID with the user ID, and data on these questions is identified in the authentication question data table 24 To (step S513). After this processing ends, the authentication question creation and registration processing ends.

  The processing flow as described above also corresponds to processing steps when the information tracking device 1A operates as an application server in the example of the system configuration of FIG.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the inability to track (search / extract) update information when the freshness of various information described in the past has deteriorated. In addition, the disclosure requester does not need to be a member on the same system, and mutual identity verification is performed between the two, and a disclosure restriction function is provided so that information is not disclosed to a person who is not intended by the disclosing person. Can minimize the risk of information leakage.

  Also, for example, it is a software technology that extracts update information based on "past information" recorded not only on paper media such as business cards but also on all objects including electromagnetic recordings or recorded as sound. Even if the members of the same system (members) are not, it is possible to enable the disclosure of the information after limiting the parties to which the update information is to be disclosed.

As described above, according to the information tracking device, the information tracking method, and the information tracking program of the present embodiment, it is possible to disclose the information after limiting the person to disclose the information.
Second Embodiment
The configuration of the second embodiment of the information tracking device according to the present invention will be described below using FIG. Here, the information tracking device 1B shown in FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the information tracking device 1A shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 24, the information tracking device 1B includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU) 101, a read only memory (ROM) 102, a random access memory (RAM) 103, a hard disk drive (HDD) 104, and a CD / DVD-. It is a computer provided with a ROM (Compact Disk / Digital Versatile Disk ROM) 105, a keyboard 106, a mouse 107, a monitor 108, an interface 109, and an information tracking database 2B.

  The CPU 101 starts the boot process based on the boot program stored in the ROM 102 at the time of start-up such as after turning on the power provided to the information tracking device 1B. The ROM 102 is a memory that stores (stores) an activation program of the CPU 101 and the like.

  After startup, the CPU 101 reads an application (information tracking device program) of the information tracking device 1B from the HDD 104 or the CD-ROM 105 or the like, and stores the read application in the RAM 103 or the like. A RAM 103 is a main memory (storage device) of the CPU 101, and is used as a work area or the like in addition to the main memory when the CPU 101 executes an application. One application is a program that causes the CPU 101, the RAM 103, and the like to operate as the information tracking device 1B.

  The CPU 101, the RAM 103, etc. execute the processing of each means shown in FIG. 1 in accordance with this application. The application installed and executed in the computer realizes the processing of each means of the information tracking device 1A shown in FIG. 1 and operates as the information tracking device 1B by cooperating with the hardware provided in the computer.

  The HDD 104 is, for example, a hard disk drive. The HDD 104 stores, for example, operating system (OS) software, basic software such as browser software, and various data such as an information tracking processing program and history data. The HDD 104 may be another storage device such as a non-volatile silicon disk, for example.

  The CD / DVD-ROM 105 is a drive device for reading an application recorded in a medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM / RAM, various data, and the like. The CD / DVD-ROM 105 may be a drive device for reading another recording medium such as a DVD or a USB memory (Universal Serial Bus flash drive).

  The interface 109 mediates access between the computer and the Internet 9 and access with the server 3 and the like. That is, the interface 109 realizes data transfer of input and output between the computer and an external device or the like.

  The keyboard 106 and the mouse 107 are used when the operator of the information tracking system performs an input operation, an activation operation, and the like on the information tracking device 1B as necessary. The monitor 108 is a display device used in confirming the operation state of the information tracking device 1B, and in data input / setting for operation / maintenance and the like.

  The information tracking database 2B may be a database provided in the server 3 or another storage device or the like, and the information tracking apparatus 1B accesses the information tracking database 2B via a network (LAN). It may be

  As described above, according to the information tracking device, the information tracking method, and the information tracking program of the present embodiment, it is possible to disclose the information after limiting the person to disclose the information.

Third Embodiment
A third embodiment of the information tracking system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 25 to FIG. Here, FIG. 25 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the third embodiment of the information tracking device according to the present invention. FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of a table configuration of the information tracking database 2C shown in FIG. 27 to 38 are examples of a menu screen or the like displayed on the display screen of the user terminal 4 shown in FIG. FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an example of irreversible compression mode characteristics of audio data and the like.

  The information tracking device 1C of the third embodiment manages the information tracking database 2C so as to be capable of access processing such as search, registration, and update. As shown in FIG. 25, the information tracking apparatus 1C includes an information search input / output unit 11c, a question presentation authentication unit 12c, a message transfer unit 13c, a question / answer generation unit 14c, and a post office box management unit 15c. . Further, as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the information tracking database 2C includes a member information table 21c, an alpha ID table 22c including search target main information, an e-mail address table 23c, and an authentication question data table 24c. And an alpha folder table 25c.

  Note that, in the following, with respect to the information tracking device 1C of the third embodiment, differences from the information tracking device 1A of the first embodiment will be mainly described. Specifically, configurations of differences with respect to the message transfer unit 13c, the post-box management unit 15c, and the information tracking database 2C, and their functions will be described.

  In the information tracking system according to the present embodiment, the information tracking database 2C can register, for each registered member, the use or non-use state of a plurality of e-mail addresses used or used by the registered member. Specifically, the "Type" stored in the mail address table 23c shown in FIG. 26 can be used to register the use or non-use state of a plurality of mail addresses used or used by registered members. In the following, registration types “Type A”, “Type B” and “Type C” according to the usage state of the e-mail address shown in FIG. 27B will be mainly described.

  The following description will be given first with reference to an example of a menu screen or the like displayed on the display screen of the user terminal 4 regarding the new registration of “search target main information: mail address” shown in FIG. For example, in the registered member terminal 41, the following operation is performed as new registration of "search target main information: mail address".

  1. A login operation is performed on a display screen as shown in FIG. 27A, for example, on a my page (http: // ** abbreviation ** / mypage / mailpot / mmail_list) of the information tracking system.

  2. The registered member performs new registration of the mail address via the registered member terminal 41 as shown in FIG.

3. The registered member inputs a mail address to be added from the mail type as shown in FIG. 27 (b). For example, registration of the following mail types is possible.
(1) Type A E-mail Address This is an e-mail address that has been used at the time of registration in the information tracking system, and that reception of e-mail has been confirmed from the system side. The registration of this address type is registered when a confirmation e-mail is sent to a designated e-mail address from the system side and a predetermined link destination in the confirmation e-mail is accessed.
(2) Type B E-mail Address This is an e-mail address that does not have the usage right at the time of registration in the information tracking system and can not confirm receipt of a new e-mail. It is a case where you can not prove the fact while declaring what you have used in the past.
(3) Type C E-mail Address This is a virtual e-mail address that can not send and receive e-mail. In the information tracking system, like Type A, it can be utilized for a predetermined function in the system.

  4. The registered member can confirm on the my page whether or not the registered e-mail address is in the list of registered e-mail addresses.

Moreover, after registering in the information tracking system, the registered member can delete the registered e-mail address from the “search main information: e-mail address” by the following operation.
1. Registered Email Address List (Type A)
http: // ** abbreviation ** / mypage / mailpot / mmail_list
2. Open the setting screen of the e-mail address you want to delete 3. At the bottom of the setting screen "Change management rights", click the "Abandon management rights" button. By pressing the "Abandon" button on the setting screen, this mail address can be deleted as "search target main information: mail address" in the information tracking system. That is, the mail address can be deleted from the mail address table 23c of the information tracking database 2C shown in FIG.

  In the mail address table 23c, as shown in FIG. 26, the mail address is stored so as to be distinguishable into attributes (Type A, Type B and Type C) of types according to the predetermined usage state described above. As information tracking at the time before registration of αID, it is to enable tracking of information by mail address. Thus, the registered member can trace information before registration of the αID by the mail address, and can trace information at least one of the αID and the mail address after registration of the αID.

(Specification of mail type)
Collect email address information that each individual has used in the past. This is a mechanism to allow others to confirm the circumstances even after the right to use the e-mail address has disappeared or after the use has been discontinued for personal reasons.

  When registering an e-mail address in the information tracking system, it is necessary to prove that the user has the right to use the e-mail address. However, in this case, paradoxically, information can not be registered for an e-mail address for which the usage right has been lost prior to registration in the information tracking system.

  Therefore, the email address that can prove that it is in use at the time of registration to this information tracking system is "Type A", and although it can not be proven, the email address that the user himself declares used in the past is "Type B We call and manage.

  There is no reply from the person who sent the mail. In such a case, the other party may not already use the address. However, this situation can not be confirmed at present unless using a method other than e-mail such as telephone. However, if the address can be searched on the information tracking system and some information can be extracted, the situation can be grasped. Furthermore, if a transfer destination is set to this information, it becomes possible to transmit a message without knowing the new address of the other party.

  If e-mail address information that can be searched and extracted by the information tracking system is "Type B", the credibility of the information will be marked with a question mark. This is because "Type B" can be registered in the information tracking system without proving the use of the address. Therefore, if the extracted information is derived from "Type B", the information is clearly stated.

  There is a risk in sending a message containing personal information of the sender based on the information from "Type B". Therefore, the sender can encrypt the message, and can use the means of not disclosing the content unless the identity of the other party is confirmed. This means is a secret message function.

  For example, nowadays, from the viewpoint of protection of personal information, personal information of the graduate is not described in the graduation list. This makes it difficult to hold an alumni association. This problem can be solved by registering the e-mail address currently in use by the alumni in the information tracking system and listing it on the roster.

  However, some students may not want to register their personal e-mail address currently in use with the information tracking system just to create a roster. In light of such circumstances, it is appropriate for the school side to register the official e-mail address given by the school to each student.

  However, on the other hand, in the case of a school which has not given students an e-mail address, they will have to issue an e-mail address just for the purpose of creating a directory. Moreover, even if the e-mail address is issued, the right to use it can not but be removed at the same time as the student concerned graduates. In other words, this work is not only complicated but does not make much sense. Because registration to the information tracking system requires a unique string, the existence of the mailbox function is not important. If it does not have a mailbox, that is, it does not function as an e-mail address, it will be solved if the information tracking system generates an e-mail address of only a string.

  For example, a student performs an issuing procedure of a virtual e-mail address "Type C" on My Page on the information tracking system, and the e-mail address generated here is posted on the roster. Since this virtual address does not have a mailbox, the user can not confirm the use.

  However, since it is issued on the user's own personal page, it can be determined on the information tracking system that the personal identification has been completed. As a result, “Type B” and “Type C” can not receive mail as well, but can be said to be similar in that personal identification is completed. The address of "Type C" can be managed in the same manner as "Type A", but unlike "Type A", there is a restriction that the right can not be transferred.

(merit)
<Confirmation of the present condition>
When changing the e-mail address, it is common to send a notice such as "notice of e-mail address change" to acquaintances, but it is difficult to convey it to all persons who know the address.

  If a person who does not know the fact of email address change / disappearance sends an email to the address, a reply such as "MAILER-DAEMON" or "Mail Delivery Subsystem" indicating that the email address does not exist will be made automatically. It is easy to understand the situation. However, in the case of a free e-mail service etc. whose e-mail address does not disappear, even such a message is not replied. As a result, the situation where emails are sent but not sent back is synonymous with "ignore", which may lead to a crack in human relationships. If it is a business e-mail address, it may lose the trust of the customer. The e-mail address registration function of the information tracking system avoids such a problem.

<Identification of E-mail address holder>
In many cases, the e-mail address is lent by the business. And if the service contract with the company is canceled or you leave the organization, you lose the right to use the e-mail address. The problem here is the "after" of the e-mail address that has lost its usage right. In some cases, another person may continue to use it.

  Many e-mail addresses provided by mobile phone companies to service users are often used again. For example, it is assumed that the e-mail address “aaa@bbb.ne.jp” used by the mobile phone contractor A for two years from 2010. Naturally, when the mobile phone subscriber A changes the telephone contract to another carrier, the address also disappears. This once deleted address can be used by other users unless there is another user. That is, there may occur a situation where the mobile phone contractor A uses “aaa@bbb.ne.jp” from 2010 to 2012, and a different mobile phone contractor B uses it from 2014.

  Due to this fact, it may well occur that the mobile telephone contractor B receives a message sent to the mobile telephone contractor A by the acquaintance X of the mobile telephone contractor A. If the mobile phone contractor B is malicious, if "spoofing" is performed as the mobile phone contractor A, the interests of the acquaintance X and the mobile phone contractor A may be impaired. Therefore, the e-mail address should be in a state where it can always be determined that the user is an acquaintance.

  This goes beyond mobile email. The same is true for corporate email addresses. When an employee retires, another employee or a system administrator takes over the e-mail address. If a customer who does not know this fact sends a message containing personal information, it can not be ruled out that an unintended person in charge may read it. It goes without saying that personal information that has been revealed in reliance on a specific person in charge may extend over unreliable persons. The e-mail address registration function of the information tracking system avoids such a problem.

  As mentioned above, there is a risk that new users of email addresses may impersonate old users, but new users may start using them without the intention of existing users. User C who has started using the new e-mail address resumes communication by contacting acquaintances with this fact. But once you start using it, you can not deny the possibility of receiving a lot of spam related to old users. If this gives up the use of the e-mail address, it will be necessary to notify the acquaintance again.

  At present, there is no means to check if someone has used an e-mail address you tried to use in the past. Sending an email to an unintended person or an email from an unintended person can lead to various problems. The e-mail address registration function of the information tracking system is to avoid such a problem. It should be noted that the same problem applies to the case where a telephone number is added to the registration function. In the information tracking system, for example, in the case of the registration function of the telephone number, when the transmission and the reception side depress a plurality of specific keys such as “#”, the registration authentication of the electric field number becomes possible.

(Basic specification of alpha ID)
FIGS. 28 and 29 show examples of display screens displayed on the user terminal 4 regarding the setting function and the like of the alpha ID. For example, FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen regarding alpha ID registration displayed on the user terminal 4. FIG. 29 is a view showing an example of a display screen regarding the alpha ID list displayed on the user terminal 4.

  In this information tracking system, in the case of an organization such as a corporation such as a company or other organizations as a registered member, it is also possible to specify representatives of departments, sections, groups, etc. among them by alpha ID. Also, although a group is composed of a plurality of members, the members may be changed depending on the situation. For example, if a fan of band AAA “wants to access the 2015 guitarist”, the tracking is even more difficult.

  However, the existence of the list function in the αID makes it possible to link the tracking information (αID) of all members to the information (αID) of the group. In other words, it is a team / group information tracking function, and at the same time it has a function that can also track the individuals who make up the group (chain of tracking information). Of course, it is possible to use not only things like shop cards, but also applications such as imprinting αIDs on work packages, CDs, and main subjects.

<Alpha ID folder function>
The alpha ID folder function is, for example, a storage function for aggregating a plurality of related alpha IDs in a case where it is targeted. In the information tracking system of the present embodiment, there is no limitation on the number of one αID per registered member. Depending on the application, one person, one company, one organization can use multiple αIDs in combination. In the case of an individual, for example, for work, for friends, for children (as a parent), for activity on the net, for writing on belongings, etc., each αID realizes the tracking of different information. To be possible.

  The function of associating one alpha ID with another alpha ID will be described with reference to FIG. In the alpha folder table 25c shown in FIG. 26, when one other alpha ID is linked to one alpha ID linked to the user ID, the other alpha ID linked in the list item is Stored.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 26, for the registered member's alpha ID “FFFFFFFFFFFF” of “user ID = 9”, the alpha ID such as “AAABBBBCCCDDDDDDDA”, “AAABBBBCCCDDDC”,. Is stored as a list. Since the list name "list of acquaintances" has a public attribute (status) of "public" and the question ID is empty, the authentication question is made public without being set.

  Further, in the example shown in FIG. 26, with regard to the alpha ID “HHHHHHHHHHHH” of the registered member of “user ID = 9”, the alpha ID such as “ZZZZZZZZZZZZ”, “YYYYYYYYYYYY”,. It is stored as a list. In this list name “customer”, the public attribute (status) is “public” and the question ID = 3, so at least 75 authentication points in the authentication question of the question ID = 3 in the authentication question data table 24c. It is considered to be a condition to be taken public.

  Here, FIGS. 30 and 31 show examples of display screens displayed on the user terminal 4 regarding the folder function of the alpha ID. For example, FIG. 30 shows an example of a setting screen regarding the alpha ID folder function displayed on the user terminal 4. Further, FIG. 31 shows an example of a display screen related to disclosure information of alpha ID displayed on the user terminal 4.

<Jump Function of Alpha ID>
If a large amount of αID is held, it is necessary to manage a large amount of registration information including disclosure information. However, this is too complicated and may cause updating to be neglected. Therefore, it is possible to mount a "jump function" (corresponding to "jump id" in the alpha ID table 22c shown in FIG. 26) to be described later in the α ID of the information tracking system.

  For example, in the example as shown in FIG. 4, the company employee αID # 1 used as a business card for work, the company business αID # 2 for individual business cards distributed to acquaintances in university years, and a hobby circle etc. It is assumed that different αIDs are used as in the case of αID # 3 for a local soccer club such as a business card distributed to acquaintances of. In principle, it is necessary to create update information for all these αIDs, but if there is no difference in the contents to be released in the information tracking system of this embodiment, any αID may be searched The same information can be displayed.

For example, in the case of the following three types of .alpha.
(A) Company employee α ID # 1: AAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAA
(B) αID # 2 for acquaintance in university days: BBBB-BBBB-BBBB-BBBB
(C) α ID # 3 for regional soccer clubs: CCCC-CCCC-CCCC-CCCC
For example, the disclosure information (which is linked to the database) attached to them does not necessarily have to be created on the information tracking system. For example, as the jump function, the alpha ID of the jump destination corresponding to the user ID and the alpha ID is stored in the “jump id”.

  When "jump id" in the alpha ID table 22c shown in FIG. 26 is set, the same disclosure information is displayed regardless of which of (a), (b) and (c) is searched. For example, when the jump to (a) is set, the disclosure information of (a) is displayed even if the αIDs of (b) and (c) are searched. Now, the effort for updating is one third. However, the αID of AAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAA is not displayed for the person who has searched for the αID in (b), and it is recognized that the information is BBBB-BBBB-BBBB-BBBB.

  On the other hand, there may be a case such as "I do not want to disclose the latest detailed information to the person I met in a company employee age of IT business" for some reason while continuing such usage method for some reason. . In this case, the jump function of (b) is released, and (b) it is changed to disclose the specific disclosure information. In this way, different information can be disclosed to the other party due to the later changing circumstances.

<Secret message function>
A person who publishes the information of the e-mail address used in the past (a registered member of the information tracking system) can receive the forwarding e-mail based on the public information. However, if the forwarded mail is "everyone can be sent", this will not be different from new spam mail. Therefore, the "authentication question" mentioned above limits who can transmit.

  The strength of security by authentication questions depends on the accuracy and level of questions created by users themselves. Also, even if the model response leaks to the net etc, the user can respond by changing the question contents as needed. If the forward e-mail is received in a state where the model answer of the authentication question is known, the identity of the sender is not certain. Therefore, there is a risk in returning a message including personal information to the forwarded mail.

  Such a problem can be solved by using the “secret message” using the authentication question as described above. Encrypt the contents of the message to be replied by the authentication question, and return it. The reply recipient, i.e., the recipient of the reply, once again challenges the sender's authentication question and can not read the message if the passing score (authentication boundary point) is reached.

  Furthermore, the "hidden message" can have an expiration date, and when the expiration date passes, the message data itself is deleted. Even if it is a question that can be surpassed by trying tens of times or thousands of times, this expiration date makes it difficult to break through with force. Further, the confidential message is recorded with the "disclosure date" when the authentication question is passed and the message content is disclosed. Also, the "disclosure date" is recorded each time it is disclosed. For example, in the information tracking database 2C, the expiration date, the disclosure date and time, the disclosure request address (mail reply address) and the like regarding these confidential messages are recorded and updated.

As described above, the message transfer unit 13c has the following functions.
・ Message date and time limiting function ・ Message concealment function (This message is presented after the question scoring result pass)

  In the information tracking device 1C, as shown in FIG. 26, the mail address can be classified into different types of attributes according to a predetermined use state. For example, when the registered member is not registered, the α ID is not issued, and thus, as information tracking at the time before α ID registration, it is possible to enable information tracking by an e-mail address. Thereby, information tracking before α ID registration can be performed by a mail address, and after α ID registration, information tracking can be made possible with at least one of α ID and mail address.

<Post-office box function>
The post-office box management means 15c receives a message from the user terminal 4 for each predetermined post-office box, and manages, for the received message, the presence / absence of disclosure, the disclosure deadline, and the like.

  The post office box management means 15c is not an e-mail address compatible service for people who do not have e-mail addresses in the post-office box of the information tracking system. It is a storage and management function dedicated to message reception, for use with limited time such as a specific date and time. Also, messages posted to a PO Box will be automatically forwarded to the designated e-mail address.

  Here, FIG. 32 shows an example of a setting screen regarding a post-office box displayed on the user terminal 4. Further, FIG. 33 shows an example of a display screen concerning message input to the post office box displayed on the user terminal 4, and FIG. 34 shows an example of message notification etc. on the post office box displayed on the user terminal 4.

The post office box management means 15c, for example, has a predetermined storage area divided by the name "branch (region center) name + post office box No." for the post office box, and manages the post office box concerned. Also, PO boxes may be configured to differ in nature from one country to another. For example, the case of each city is as follows.
United States ...... Maximum usage period 9 days Germany ...... Maximum usage period 15 days Japan ...... Maximum usage period 3 days For example, branch (regional center) names are generated not by country but by city. The number of PO boxes that can exist in each city is limited, and in the above case, for example, about 100,000 PO boxes exist in each of the New York, Berlin, and Akihabara branches.

  Each time a new PO box is registered, the remaining number decreases, and when the remaining number reaches 0, a new city center occurs. For example, the currently set Japanese PO Box Centers are as follows, each having about 100,000 PO Box. Registered members who have a PO Box can freely publish the PO Box any number of times within the scope of the maximum user organization.

  A published PO Box can be searched by entering a PO Box No. in the "PO Box" search box on the top page of the information tracking system. As a result of the search, if multiple PO boxes having the same No are published, choices are displayed for each PO box center. You can also set up certification questions when you open a PO Box. As an authentication question, it is possible to set, for example, a “password” and use the “password” as a question.

  The post office box does not disappear from My Page for a certain period of time after the maximum usage period of the post office box ends and becomes unusable. The day when it disappears from my page is called the withdrawal deadline. There is a limit to the number of PO Box that one user can hold at the same time, and the number of possessions includes those that have not reached the removal deadline. The number of days from the end of the usage period to the removal deadline varies depending on the PO Box Center (country or region as a virtual setting), but the longer the maximum usage period, the longer the number of days until the removal deadline. Therefore, opening a PO Box with a longer usage period than necessary restricts the re-opening of the PO Box for a long time.

(merit)
In an anonymous open forum on the Internet, there is no way for individual debaters to exchange their contacts. In the field of anonymous debate, there are agendas and areas that can be taken because of the anonymity. It may also be possible to find someone who has the same trouble or who has the expertise on the subject just because they are anonymous. However, because it is a public / anonymous place, it becomes extremely difficult for specific persons to have conversations involving privacy information. One example is off-party relationship between people with specific hobbies and preferences, related to relief consultation related to suicide and bullying, related to crime victim relief, etc. The PO Box function of the information tracking system solves these problems It is

  In addition, the PO Box can be used not only as a forum for online discussion, but also as a contact for events that end in a short time. For example, it is effective when it is too large to launch a receiving website such as an application destination for various recruitments of university circles or a sending destination of a questionnaire.

  Of course, although it is possible to use an email address as a delivery destination in the recruitment requirements as in the past, it is possible in this case to receive a message even after the recruitment ends, and it may also be a target for spam emails. On the other hand, since the PO Box of the information tracking system of the present embodiment is limited in time, unexpected reception can be eliminated for the receiver, and it is easy for the sender to clearly understand the possible application period.

<Reserved mail function & emergency setting>
The information tracking device 1C according to the present embodiment can transmit a reservation e-mail specifying a future date and time as a reservation e-mail function, and can transmit an emergency occurrence notification e-mail as an emergency setting function. . In the information tracking device 1C shown in FIG. 25, in addition to the functional units of the form output unit 131 to the processing result output unit 135 shown in FIG. 1, the message transfer means 13c further includes a reservation mail setting unit 136c and an emergency setting unit. 137c and a usage status management unit 138c.

  The reservation mail function is processed by the reservation mail setting unit 136c, and the emergency setting function is processed by the emergency setting unit 137c. In the emergency setting function, if there is no access (login) to the information tracking system in a predetermined period, an e-mail indicating that the emergency has occurred is sent to a notification destination determined in advance that the emergency has occurred. It is a function. The function of the usage status management unit 138c will be described later.

  35 and 36 show an example of a menu screen on the user terminal 4 of the reservation mail function and the emergency setting provided in the information tracking system of this embodiment. For example, FIG. 35 is a view showing an example of the editing input screen regarding the reservation mail displayed on the user terminal 4. Further, FIG. 36 is a view showing an example of a display screen of an elapsed state regarding a reservation e-mail etc. displayed on the user terminal 4.

  The reservation e-mail setting unit 136c can transmit a reservation e-mail specifying a future date and time etc. as a reservation e-mail function, and transmits a notification e-mail indicating that an emergency has occurred in cooperation with the emergency setting function. be able to.

  The emergency setting unit 137 c notifies in advance that the registered member's emergency has occurred if there is no access (login) to the information tracking system in a predetermined period according to the emergency setting set in advance. Send a notification email that an emergency has occurred earlier.

  For example, it is not possible to check if the website or blog has not been updated for a while, or if it has not been updated by the person's will or if it has fallen into something unexpected.

  On the other hand, in the emergency setting of this information tracking system, if an emergency occurrence notification mail is set in advance, the smartphone or the like in the case of some unexpected situations such as overseas travel, business trip, etc. It is possible to prevent identity theft using a mail such as a mobile phone or the inability to contact a person.

As an advantage of the present information tracking system, it is possible to carry out the information transmission prepared for the case as a registered member's emergency setting. The registered member performs the following operations as a reservation email and an emergency setting.
-The scheduled mail function is a function to send a previously created mail on a specific date. This "specific day" can be selected from calendar type options.
The reservation e-mail function is a function of transmitting the reservation e-mail on condition that a specific situation as shown in, for example, FIGS. 36 (a) and 36 (b) has occurred in addition to mere date specification.

  Note that, for example, the following specific situation is referred to as "emergency situation". The emergency is determined based on how long no re-login is made from the last date and time when the registered member logged in to the my page of the information tracking system. As a basic usage, "notice of emergency" is triggered by not logging in for x days, x weeks, x months, x years from the last login date. In setting “emergency”, a period (a value of x and a unit such as day or week) is set.

  Also, as a special usage, for example, it is possible to set a specific date specified by the user himself rather than the last login date and time, as the starting date of the triggering of the emergency. For example, if "18 days from May 1st, 2017" is set, the login up to the same day is not considered, but if you do not log in again for 18 days or more after that day, an emergency will be triggered and a reservation email will be sent. Ru.

  Since the reservation e-mail is sent at a future time, the destination e-mail address set at the reservation time may be invalid at the transmission execution time. That is, at the moment of setting a reservation, the other party has the e-mail address, but may not have the right to use the e-mail address in the future. In this case, the other party can not receive it no matter how much it sends. Therefore, we will implement the "automatic tracking function" of the reservation email transmission destination in this information tracking system.

  Here, the “automatic tracking function” of the reservation e-mail transmission destination requires an e-mail address management function by the use state management unit 138 c shown in FIG. 25 as described later. The usage state management unit 138c manages the e-mail addresses in the e-mail address table 23c shown in FIG.

  Here, FIG. 37 shows an example of a use status management screen of the e-mail address displayed on the user terminal 4. For example, as shown in FIG. 37, the usage status management unit 138c causes the user terminal 4 to display a usage status management screen for the email address of the email address table 23c. On the use status management screen of the e-mail address shown in FIG. 37, for example, a setting page regarding the e-mail address "kosaku@every.jp" is displayed.

  The primary purpose of this information tracking system is to make it known that the e-mail address has not been used already. The item of "state" shown in FIG. 37 has options of "in use", "not in use", and "erasure of ownership", and any one of them is set. These settings are stored, for example, in a mail address table 23c shown in FIG. The reason why the "non-use" and the "existence of ownership" are divided is because the behavior when an e-mail is sent to the e-mail address differs between the "non-use" and the "exclusion of ownership".

  In the example shown in FIG. 37, the setting related to the mail address "kosaku@every.jp" is set with "Status" set to "Not used", "Email Transfer" set to "Yes", and "Forward address" is set. It shows that it is set by "abcd@helper.jp". Further, as shown in FIG. 26, these settings are stored in a table corresponding to “id = 1” and “user_id = 1” (registered member “patent Taro” in the example) of the mail address table 23c.

(1) Non-use address · There is no reply even if the mail is sent (because the administrator does not open the mail).
・ Error messages such as "Mailer Daemon" are not sent back because they exist on the system.
Although there is an e-mail address, there is a possibility that the use of the mailbox itself is restricted by not logging in for a long time. That is, there is a possibility that the error message does not return but "does not arrive".
・ In the future, there is a possibility that the other party can read the mail.

(2) When the address of the ownership right disappears • If an e-mail is sent, an error message such as “Mailer Daemon” may be returned (when the address does not exist).
・ The ownership of the person disappears. However, there is a possibility that, for example, a successor or a system administrator has taken over the e-mail address. In this case, no error message is sent back. If the successor does not manage, the message will not be sent back either.
・ In some cases, an unexpected person may open the mail.
At least, there is no possibility that the former owner will read the email.

  In this information tracking system, it is not possible to disclose the e-mail address currently in use (= actually in use), and it is meaningless to disclose it in the first place. In the information tracking system, publishing an email address means exposing it to the Internet. In some cases, it may be an attack target of spam emails if published badly.

  Therefore, it is safe that what can be released is a mail address that is not currently used (utilized), that is, a "mail address used in the past". The fact that the registrant of the e-mail address "discontinues use" includes not only the fact that "ownership has been lost" but also an address that simply "not use". Therefore, in order for the registrant of the e-mail address to be in the "public" state as the "e-mail address used in the past", the e-mail address is declared to be in the "non-use" or "ownership loss" state. There must be. This is because the system can not determine whether the person is still using the e-mail address.

  That is, "If you do not declare that the e-mail address has been discontinued, you can not publish the information about the e-mail address" means that the e-mail address for which e-mail ownership has been confirmed on this information tracking system The setting of “state” will be changed from “in use” to “not in use” or “exclusion of ownership”.

  Note that if you register in the information tracking system in the above-mentioned Type A to Type C category, the ownership has already disappeared, that is, in the case of the e-mail address registered as Type B, the setting of “Status” is “ There is no other option, since it can not be considered except “capitalization”. In addition, since Type C, which is a virtual email address, also has no email receiving capability, there are no setting options for "state" other than "ownership disappearance".

  Therefore, in the automatic tracking function, immediately before the transmission of the reservation e-mail, it is confirmed whether the e-mail address as the destination (transmission destination) is registered in the information tracking system and is not disclosed. Registered e-mail addresses can not release information unless they declare that they have stopped using it.

  In the information tracking system, the fact that it is published as main search target information means that the search target person has not already used the e-mail address. If the destination e-mail address is disclosed on the information tracking system and the transfer destination is set, the e-mail is automatically sent to the transfer destination. If the automatic tracking function sends an e-mail to the forwarding destination, this question is invalidated even if an authentication question is set for the destination e-mail address. That is, even if an authentication question corresponding to the e-mail address of the transmission destination is set, mail can be forwarded without passing the authentication question.

  In the first place, in order to set up an authentication question related to mail forwarding, the email address must be published on the information tracking system, and in order to publish, it must be declared that the use of the email address has been discontinued. . In addition, for reservation mail, for example, it is not possible to set a mail address published on the information tracking system. Therefore, at the time of setting of the reservation mail, it means that the authentication question is not set in the mail address of the destination, so the automatic tracking function transfers the mail ignoring the authentication question.

(merit)
・ You can make a reservation mail such as New Year Mail or Birthday Mail when you are free, and send it automatically without forgetting it.
・ You can send reminder emails to yourself in the future.
・ If you are in an accident such as a fatal accident or unconsciousness, you can send a message to related parties such as a family by setting emergency situation.
-By setting emergency status in stages, it is possible to change the content of the transmission message according to the degree of severity.
・ You can also set it such as “send a birthday mail to your daughter after 10 years only if you have died etc.” (emergency status + date specified)
・ If an accident occurs in your own body, you will be able to stop your credit card and various contracts, disclose the hidden place of valuables and wills, and give instructions after the fact by "Reservation email + Emergency situation declaration".

  The information tracking system can also aim to eliminate unexplained situations. I want to eliminate the situation where the user's own death immediately loses communication and also prevent the situation where the tracking information of αID is not updated. The function (means) for realizing this purpose is "emergency setting".

  If it is not possible to update the tracking information of the information tracking system by one's own hand, it is necessary to disclose the login account and password to acquaintances and relatives, and to take over the operation. However, on the other hand, it is necessary to avoid the situation where the setting of the reservation mail is canceled by the person who will take over (the successor). Therefore, the information tracking system has a function to limit the login account. The parent account has the authority to operate all of the My Pages, but the child account does not have the authority to operate the outbox, etc.

  The inheritor of the child account can set the e-mail forwarded based on the public information of the information tracking system to be forwarded to the e-mail address of the inheritor, and the Adro card (equivalent to electronic business card) linked to αID Information can be updated. However, for example, there is a restriction that it is not possible to operate a reserved email that may be sent to the successor itself in the future, or to access the "outbox" where the email sent by the dead person is present. .

<Example of using information tracking system>
Conventional business cards and shop cards lose value when information becomes old. If a unique character string (α ID) is included in the card information and update information can be extracted using this as a key, the conventional shortcomings can be overcome. Depending on how it is used, this function can be considered, for example, as follows.
(1) It can be used for private business cards-It can respond to changes in personal information associated with relocation, change of name, marriage, career change etc. (2) It can be used for corporate business cards-It can respond to changes in corporate information due to relocation, change of name, consolidation or retirement・ Able to cope with information loss due to employee relocation / retirement ・ Employee directory can be managed collectively for each team ・ Can be left as a means of communication with retired employees ・ Employee can maintain an easy environment (For venture companies)
・ Care for customers is perfect (reliability improvement)
(3) Use as a business card for doctors, professionals, etc.-Can respond to changes associated with office relocation, renaming, consolidation, etc.-Aftercare for customers as professionals will be perfect (reliability UP)
・ We will not miss good customers after independence

(4) Advantages of the customer side, the trading partner side, etc. The following can be expected as the merits of the customer side, the trading partner side, etc. (for example, in the cases of (2) and (3)).
・ I can contact the person in charge regardless of relocation, cancellation, consolidation of the company ・ I can identify the takeover after the person in charge (responsible person) leaves off ・ I can always identify the person in charge, so I can be confident even if I reveal confidential information Even if a reliable person in charge changes his job, he can follow up his job change destination-The company clearly indicates the person's individual α ID = extremely great sense of security

(5) Use as owner information of belongings ・ After loss, return receipt is possible even if the listed personal information changes ・ Returning of found items becomes easy ・ There is no need to write personal information directly on belongings ( Difficult to see)
・ The owner information can be recorded in detail even on articles with only a small space

(6) Use as event information The following merits can be expected by describing αID in the brochure, catalog, etc. of event information.
・ I can identify the people involved even if it is a one-time event execution organization ・ I can identify the people concerned even if the name of the event or the organization committee changes ・ Even if it is a single event, the person who is interested We can dig out ・ We can cooperate with other events effectively (list function)
(7) Use for shop cards-Even if a store is moved or closed, customers can be recalled to future business-Event notification and emergency notification can be issued to customers (list function)
・ It is easy to develop discriminatory service to other stores that compete (list function)
・ Can be used as a means to notify contacts of engineers etc. even after complete retirement

(8) Advantages on the customer side In the case of a shop card, a "card" must be given to the customer. On the contrary, it will be ineffective for customers who do not receive cards. However, as shown in Figure 3, for example, the most practical use of αID is described in the receipt, even if you forgot to hand over the shop card, even if the goods purchased in Japan visited 10 years ago, even the receipt If it remains, the latest information on the purchased store can be extracted. The following can be expected as advantages of the customer side in the case of (7).
-Even after customers know about a closed store, they can follow up store personnel-Can manage multiple pieces of store information collectively-Can obtain timely information on deals with the nearest store-Favorite by industry・ We can list it every area

  Also, travelers, in particular, can easily follow the information of stores visited several decades ago. For example, when the Olympics is held in Tokyo in 2020, it is thought that the number of foreign tourists visiting the country will increase thereafter. Although there are attractive stores and services in Japan, the rise and fall are fierce. Therefore, when the store name in Japanese, the location of the company, etc. change, it is difficult for foreigners, etc. to grasp the name change, location change, etc. due to language problems, so use αID By doing so, it is possible to help attract revisiters to Japan, as it can follow the information many years later.

(9) Merchandise and item information-Even after consolidation of sales companies and manufacturers, the right holder, responsible person and department in charge can be linked using αID, so it is easy to identify.
・ Even if it is a very small item, since it is possible to assign an α ID to each item, it is possible to find a contact from the item.
・ Even out-of-print products of absorbing companies, the response can be confirmed over a long period ・ If αID for each product item, follow-up of product information is easy ・ In the case of individual writer, indie work, etc., the work (painting, crafts Since the αID can be described on the medium surface of a CD, printing on a case, etc., etc., it is particularly effective as information transmission. For example, FIG. 38 shows a display example of the disclosure information about the copyright displayed on the user terminal 4.

(10) Shopping mall group information ・ Even if it is an abstract subject such as a team or a group, clear contact information can be secured ・ Even after team dissolution, the contact information of individual members can be kept (list function)
For example, indie music groups, etc., it is not surprising that they will break up at any time. And even if there are still works such as CD labels, it is difficult to catch the news after that.

(effect)
When the person in charge is leaving, etc., when the business partner who holds the business card of the person in charge tries to contact, the effort to reach a new person in charge is reduced and the contact information of the department in charge etc. Information tracking is possible. This makes it possible to avoid losing contact opportunities with customers.
Although there is a problem on the side of maintenance such as motivation of individual such as person in charge in the information dispatch by homepage, blog etc., especially information or person in charge about individual thing which is a specific object with the passage of time, day and day It is difficult to find out the information on the website, blog etc.

  For example, if the information tracking number for each department or the like is described in the business card column, it becomes easy to track information on contacts such as the department in charge on the Internet.

(Others)
This information tracking system does not deal with various private membership information and business cards, and does not handle only personal information that is publicly processed, but is generally exchanged by paper media such as information on stores, goods and services, brochure contents, etc. Information, as well as electromagnetic information flowing on the Internet, as well as owner information, video and video information, art work information, audio information, etc., which are described in various portable items, and update all "past information" Technology that is effective for

  Among these, "tracking" of video / moving image information, physical artwork information, and audio information can be used mainly for tracking copyright holders. Among them, for video / video information and physical works of art, it is possible to use a method in which main information to be searched is mixed in the work with minimal characters.

  As a method of tracking information of voice information, first, a method of reading out the main information to be searched orally in the voice information can be considered. However, in this case, it is not possible to deny the possibility that the main voice information part (hereinafter, sound source data) and the search target main information part added to this are separated and distributed individually.

  Therefore, as a method other than printing, for example, means for converting (encoding) the search target main information into voice of a predetermined sound range (frequency band) and mixing it in the main sound source portion is used. The audio encoding method of the search target main information includes, for example, a method of reproducing Morse-encoded one at a specific frequency.

  There are various methods for mixing encoded search target main information into the main sound source. For example, in the case of using Morse code, Morse encoded search target main information is generated as voice of a fixed frequency Then, mix this in the sound source data. This "voice of a fixed frequency" refers to a band frequency that is difficult for humans to hear.

  For example, since the general human audio frequency (audible band) is 20 Hz to 20 KHz, writing Morse code at a frequency outside this range, that is, less than 20 Hz or higher than 20 KHz, without damaging the sound source data transmitted to the ear Search target main information can be mixed. However, in the recent audio lossless compression technology, since the frequency of the inaudible band is excluded and stored, there is a risk that the main information to be searched for may be lost at the time of compression by using the frequency of this band. Therefore, from a practical point of view, for example, it is necessary to add search target main information to the original data (as additional data) using a signal of a frequency that can not be excluded by the lossy compression technique as shown in FIG.

  Widely spread MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (MP3) format data, Ogg format data (example of multimedia container format according to RFC 3533 data), AAC format data (video / audio digital data format according to ISO / IEC 14496-3) In the case of compressing audio information, for example, the inaudible band, that is, a portion of data whose frequency is relatively inaudible by the human ear is excluded.

  For example, in MP3 format data, a recording and compression mode is generally used, but in any mode, frequency sound below 40 Hz is excluded. Therefore, in the case of mixing the Morse signal at a low frequency, sound of 40 Hz or higher and lower frequency is used. However, when the low frequency band is mixed with the low frequency Morse hospital in the case of the sound source data of a type where the low frequency band is often used, this signal becomes noise.

  Therefore, in such a case, it is necessary to mix Morse code with high frequency voice that is hardly used in the sound source data. In the first place, in the irreversible compression technology like MP3, since the optimum recording / compression mode is selected in consideration of the content of the sound source data, the recording and the morse signal may be assumed similarly in view of the characteristics of the sound source data. It sets based on the minimum and the highest frequency of the frequency characteristic in compressed mode.

  In addition, when speech-encoding search target main information, it is desirable to add unchanged flag information to the search target main information. This is intended to be a standard for extracting the encoded code from the speech information. If the main information to be searched is "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP", a flag string "SR" indicating that it is the main information to be searched is added as a prefix, for example, and a character string "SRABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP" is generated. And Morse encoding and then encoding.

  When extracting main information to be searched from speech information, after detecting the peak (peak) of the signal frequency using a general spectrum analyzer or fast Fourier transform (FFT) for the frequency component in the speech, In the illustrated example, the head portion of the search target main information can be efficiently determined by searching the Morse-encoded signal “SR”, that is, “... It is possible to restore the search target main information by removing the flag information ("SR" in the above-mentioned example) after converting the Morse code obtained thereby into character string information. Further, by searching the search target main information with the information tracking system, it is possible to confirm the latest information (for example, copyright information etc.) about the main sound source.

  As described above, the present invention is a technology that enables acquisition of update information related to information described and stored in the past by using search target main information. This is a technology that enables updating of not only personal information such as contact information but also various types of document information represented by an instruction manual and a testament, video, image and sound. This will restore the relationships between things and people that can be easily lost under conventional circumstances, and clarify the author's right to become unclear as time passes, and in the future it will It contributes to cultural development.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the inability to track (search / extract) update information when the freshness of various information described in the past has deteriorated. In addition, the disclosure requester does not need to be a member on the same system, and mutual identity verification is performed between the two, and a disclosure restriction function is provided so that information is not disclosed to a person who is not intended by the disclosing person. Can minimize the risk of information leakage.

  Also, for example, it is a software technology that extracts update information based on "past information" recorded not only on paper media such as business cards but also on all objects including electromagnetic recordings or recorded as sound. Even if the members of the same system (members) are not, it is possible to enable the disclosure of the information after limiting the parties to which the update information is to be disclosed.

  As described above, according to the information tracking device, the information tracking method, and the information tracking program of the present embodiment, it is possible to disclose the information after limiting the person to disclose the information.

[Other embodiments]
While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Moreover, this embodiment can be implemented in other various forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. This embodiment and its modifications are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof as well as included in the scope and the gist of the invention.

  1A, 1B, 1C ... information tracking device, 2A, 2B, 2C ... information tracking tracking database, 3 ... server, 4 ... client (user terminal), 9 ... Internet (communication network), 11, 11c ... information retrieval input / output Means, 12, 12c ... question presentation authentication means, 13, 13c ... message transfer means, 14, 14c ... question answer preparation means, 15c ... post-office box management means, 21, 21c ... member information table, 22 22c ... alpha ID table, 23, 23c: mail address table 24, 24c: authentication question data table, 25c: alpha folder table, 41: registered member terminal, 42: disclosure requester terminal of other registered member, 43: disclosure requester of unregistered member Terminal 111 search information receiving unit 112 search information analyzing unit 113 disclosure information output unit 121 setting Extraction unit 122 Question output unit 123 Answer reception unit 124 Answer scoring unit 125 Evaluation result output unit 131 Form output unit 132 Message reception unit 133 Input data inspection unit 134 Message Transmission unit 135 Processing result output unit 136c Reservation mail setting unit 137c Emergency setting unit 138c Usage status management unit 141 Question recording unit 142 Correct answer recording unit 143 Authentication standard recording unit

Claims (7)

An information tracking database capable of registering and searching registration information concerning a plurality of registered members is accessible from the registered member or the non-registered member via a communication network, and each registered member is given to a predetermined medium An information tracking apparatus capable of registering and searching for an information tracking identification code capable of identifying the registered member in an information tracking database,
The registration information on the registered member is linked and stored for each information tracking identification code, and the information from the disclosure requester terminal operated by another registered member or a non-registered member according to the registration information on the registered member A question for determining whether or not the disclosure to the disallowed in-presence disclosure requester belongs to the disclosing person's assumption with respect to the disclosure request for the registered information, the correct answer to the question, and the disclosing of the answer to the question A marking judgment criterion for determining the presence or absence as the in-presence disclosure requester, and a disclosure range corresponding to the disclosure restriction level for the in- provision disclosure requester with respect to the registration information in the case of the disclosure being predetermined and the disclosure information, and the information tracking database that stores in association for each of the information track identification code or pre-registered mail address of the registered member,
The input data of the input or search for the registration information is received from the user terminal which is the registered member terminal operated by the registered member or the disclosure requester terminal, and the user terminal receives the input or search result of the registration information. Information retrieval input / output means for outputting output data;
According to the disclosure request, the question corresponding to the disclosure request is extracted from the information tracking database, the extracted question is presented to the disclosure requester terminal, and the question is answered from the disclosure requester terminal Question presenting and authenticating means for determining the presence or absence of the provision of the disclosure information based on the scoring judgment criteria;
Message transfer means for transferring to the user terminal at least a request or response message relating to the disclosure information;
In the information tracking database, it is possible to register, for each of the registered members, states of use or non-use of a plurality of e-mail addresses used or used by the registered members,
The information search input / output means responds to the disclosure request to the registered member,
When the information tracking identification code is designated for retrieval, output data of the search result obtained by retrieving the information tracking identification code designated for the retrieval from the information tracking database is output to the disclosing biller terminal.
Alternatively, when the e-mail address is designated for a search, if the e-mail address designated for the search matches any of the pre-registered e-mail addresses, the designated for the search extracted from the information tracking database The output data of the search result about the state of use or non-use of the mail address is output to the disclosing claimant terminal, and the mail address designated for the search matches any of the pre-registered mail addresses. If not, output data of the search result indicating that there is no search target is output to the disclosure requester terminal,
When the question presentation authentication means extracts the disclosure information without extracting or extracting the disclosure information from the information tracking database according to the presence or absence of the determined disclosure information, the message transfer means An information tracking apparatus, which transmits the message related to the extracted disclosure information to the disclosure requester terminal via the communication network. The question presenting authentication means stores the information tracking identification code or the mail address designated through the information search input / output means in the information tracking database when the disclosure request from the disclosure requester terminal is requested. When the information tracking identification code of the registered member or the pre-registered e-mail address matches, the question corresponding to the information tracking identification code of the registered member or the pre-registered e-mail address matches The information tracking device according to claim 1, wherein the information tracking device is extracted from an information tracking database, and the extracted question is presented to the disclosure requester terminal. The information tracking database, the registered member in the linkage has been said information track identification code and association tying been other of the information track to the registered members permitted by any of the registered members of the plurality of registration members The identification code can be registered and stored as information associated with the disclosure information of the registered member ,
When presenting the information tracking identification code linked to the registered member , the information search input / output means associates the information tracking identification code linked to the registered member with the disclosed information of the registered member The information tracking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information tracking identification code can be presented to the user terminal together with the other information tracking identification code linked to the registered member registered as the registered information. Receiving the question and the correct answer of the input data from the registered member terminal, the information tracking identification code of the registered member or the pre-registered e-mail address is received based on the created data. The information tracking device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising: question / answer creating means capable of associating and registering in the information tracking database. The second request of the disclosure requester question and correct answer set for the registered member of the disclosure request target using the question answer preparation means by the disclosure requester terminal, and the second scoring of the presence or absence of the disclosure request answer It is possible to create judgment criteria and
When the marking result of the answer to the disclosure requester question from the registered member terminal indicates that there is a disclosure based on the second scoring criterion, the message transfer means is a disclosure created by the disclosure requester terminal Forwarding a message notifying information disclosed by the claimant to the registered member terminal;
The message transfer means transfers, to the registered member terminal, a message notifying that the disclosure requester does not disclose the information disclosed by the disclosure requester, when the disclosure is determined not to be made based on the second scoring criterion. The information tracking device according to claim 4 . An information tracking database capable of registering and searching registration information concerning a plurality of registered members is accessible from the registered member or the non-registered member via a communication network, and each registered member is given to a predetermined medium The information tracking identification code that can identify the registered member can be registered and searched in the information tracking database,
The registration information on the registered member is linked and stored for each information tracking identification code, and the information from the disclosure requester terminal operated by another registered member or a non-registered member according to the registration information on the registered member A question for determining whether or not the disclosure to the disallowed in-presence disclosure requester belongs to the disclosing person's assumption with respect to the disclosure request for the registered information, the correct answer to the question, and the disclosing of the answer to the question A marking judgment criterion for determining the presence or absence as the in-presence disclosure requester, and a disclosure range corresponding to the disclosure restriction level for the in- provision disclosure requester with respect to the registration information in the case of the disclosure being predetermined Access to the information tracking database, which stores the information tracking identification code of the registered member or the email address registered in advance, An information tracing method used scan available information tracking device,
The information tracking device performs the following steps:
Accepting input data relating to the registered information or search from the registered member terminal operated by the registered member or the user terminal as the disclosure requester terminal;
Outputting output data as a result of the input or search related to the registration information to the user terminal;
Extracting the question corresponding to the disclosure request from the information tracking database according to the disclosure request, and presenting the extracted question to the disclosure requester terminal;
Determining the presence or absence of provision of the disclosure information based on the scoring criterion based on the scoring criteria that is answered by the disclosure requester terminal;
Forwarding to the user terminal at least a request or response message relating to the disclosure information;
In the information tracking database, it is possible to register, for each of the registered members, states of use or non-use of a plurality of e-mail addresses used or used by the registered members,
Outputting the output data of the result of the input or search regarding the registration information, the disclosure request for the registered member,
Outputting the output data of the search result obtained by searching the information tracking identification code specified by the search from the information tracking database when the information tracking identification code is specified by search; ,
Alternatively, when the e-mail address is designated for a search, if the e-mail address designated for the search matches any of the pre-registered e-mail addresses, the designated for the search extracted from the information tracking database The step of outputting the output data of the result of the search for the state of use or non-use of the e-mail address to the disclosing claimant terminal, the e-mail address designated for the search is any of the pre-registered e-mail addresses. If the two do not match either, the step of outputting output data of the search result to the effect that the search target does not exist is executed to the disclosure requester terminal,
In the step of determining the presence or absence of provision of the disclosure information, the disclosure information is extracted without extracting or extracting the disclosure information from the information tracking database according to the presence or absence of the disclosure information determined. Performing the step of transferring the message relating to the extracted disclosure information to the disclosing claimant terminal via the communication network. An information tracking database capable of registering and searching registration information concerning a plurality of registered members is accessible from the registered member or the non-registered member via a communication network, and each registered member is given to a predetermined medium An information tracking apparatus capable of registering and searching for an information tracking identification code capable of identifying the registered member in an information tracking database,
The registration information on the registered member is linked and stored for each information tracking identification code, and the information from the disclosure requester terminal operated by another registered member or a non-registered member according to the registration information on the registered member A question for determining whether or not the disclosure to the disallowed in-presence disclosure requester belongs to the disclosing person's assumption with respect to the disclosure request for the registered information, the correct answer to the question, and the disclosing of the answer to the question A marking judgment criterion for determining the presence or absence as the in-presence disclosure requester, and a disclosure range corresponding to the disclosure restriction level for the in- provision disclosure requester with respect to the registration information in the case of the disclosure being predetermined and the disclosure information, and the information tracking database that stores in association for each of the information track identification code or pre-registered mail address of the registered member,
The input data of the input or search for the registration information is received from the user terminal which is the registered member terminal operated by the registered member or the disclosure requester terminal, and the user terminal receives the input or search result of the registration information. Information retrieval input / output means for outputting output data;
According to the disclosure request, the question corresponding to the disclosure request is extracted from the information tracking database, the extracted question is presented to the disclosure requester terminal, and the question is answered from the disclosure requester terminal Question presenting and authenticating means for determining the presence or absence of the provision of the disclosure information based on the scoring judgment criteria;
An information tracking apparatus comprising: message transfer means for transferring at least a request or response message regarding the disclosure information to the user terminal;
In the information tracking database, it is possible to register, for each of the registered members, states of use or non-use of a plurality of e-mail addresses used or used by the registered members,
The information search input / output means responds to the disclosure request to the registered member,
When the information tracking identification code is designated for retrieval, output data of the search result obtained by retrieving the information tracking identification code designated for the retrieval from the information tracking database is output to the disclosing biller terminal.
Alternatively, when the e-mail address is designated for a search, if the e-mail address designated for the search matches any of the pre-registered e-mail addresses, the designated for the search extracted from the information tracking database The output data of the search result about the state of use or non-use of the e-mail address is output to the disclosing claimant terminal, and the e-mail address specified for the search matches any of the pre-registered e-mail addresses. If not, output data of the search result indicating that there is no search target is output to the disclosure requester terminal,
Furthermore, when the question presentation authentication unit extracts or does not extract the disclosure information from the information tracking database according to the presence or absence of the determined disclosure information, the message is extracted when the disclosure information is extracted The forwarding means forwarding the message relating to the extracted disclosure information to the disclosure requester terminal via the communication network;
Information tracking program to make a computer function.

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