Patent ID: 8938433
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An information management apparatus comprising: a confidential data storing section configured to store as confidential data, a plurality of individual identifiers (IDs) and data which is related to each of the plurality of individual IDs, wherein the data which is related to each of the plurality of individual IDs comprises action data including movement information associated with each of the plurality of individual IDs; a receiving section configured to receive a first search condition used to acquire desired confidential data, wherein the first search condition includes action data and is transmitted from a first service providing unit; a searching section which is executed by a processor, configured to extract first candidate data which matches to the first search condition, from said confidential data storing memory; a transmission record storing section configured to store a plurality of anonymized data which have previously been transmitted to said first service providing unit; an anonymizing section configured to generate first transmission data by carrying out processing to contain the first candidate data and first data of the plurality of anonymized data based on the first data having data of a same kind as the first candidate data; and a transmitting section configured to transmit the first transmission data to said first service providing unit; an ID correspondence storing section configured to relate and store the plurality of individual IDs and a plurality of service individual IDs which are different every service providing unit; and an ID converting section configured to receive the first candidate data and replace a first individual ID which is contained in the first candidate data, with a first service individual ID corresponding to the first individual ID, wherein said transmitting section transmits the first transmission data which contains the first service individual ID, to said first service providing unit.