Patent ID: 8271315
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A personal information utilization system comprising: a personal information storage means; a communication means; and a processor configured for controlling operation of the personal information storage means and the communication means, said personal information storage means storing personal information of a plurality of information disclosing persons and storing first commodity provision information pertaining to a first commodity provided to at least one of the plurality of information disclosing persons by a first commodity provider, and the processor further configured for: a) receiving second commodity provision information from a second commodity provider that is different than the first commodity provider, the second commodity provision information received from an information search side terminal via said communication means, the second commodity provision information including at least one of an attribute of the first commodity or information pertinent to providing the first commodity; b) checking said received second commodity provision information against the first commodity provision information; c) identifying, as a result of said checking, at least one specific information disclosing person from the plurality of information disclosing persons, the at least one specifically identified information disclosing person associated with said first commodity provision information, said identifying by using the second commodity provision information as a key such that the second commodity provision information at least partially coincides with the first commodity provision information; d) reading out at least a portion of the personal information of said at least one specifically identified information disclosing person from said personal information storage means; and e) transmitting said read out at least a portion of the personal information to said information search side terminal via the communication means.