Patent ID: 6754665
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus for acquiring personal information of any of a plurality of owners of personal information from an information providing apparatus for providing said personal information, the personal information of each owner including a plurality of items, said information processing apparatus comprising:personal information storage means for storing personal information of a plurality of owners; registration means for registering said personal information of said owners into said personal information storage means; retrieval requesting means for transmitting a retrieval request command together with a keyword corresponding to an item of said personal information of any one of said plurality of owners; retrieval history means for storing a retrieval history of retrieval performed in response to the retrieval request, wherein the retrieval history includes at least an identifier of said information processing apparatus requesting said retrieval request and an identifier of said information providing apparatus; and checking means for checking said retrieval history and whether said personal information of said information providing apparatus has been updated or not.