Patent ID: 7836512
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An information transmission terminal for transmitting personal information of a plurality of users including a user of the information transmission terminal and respective users of other terminals to a predetermined communication device, comprising: a request receiving unit that receives a transmission request information requesting a transmission of the personal information and a usage policy prescribing a utilization range of the personal information from the predetermined communication device; a transfer destination information storing device that stores a transfer destination reference table previously associating the personal information with transfer destinations of the transmission request information and the usage policy based on an information to be collected representing one or more kinds of the personal information such that the transfer destination reference table indicates a candidate for transmitting personal information to the predetermined communication device out of the information transmission terminal and the other terminals; a request transferring unit that transfers the transmission request information and the usage policy received by the request receiving unit to each of the other terminals when the transfer destination reference table indicates that the candidate for transmitting personal information to the predetermined communication device includes the other terminals; a personal information storing device that stores personal information of the user of the information transmission terminal and a privacy policy of the personal information of the user of the information transmission terminal; a policy judgment unit that determines whether the usage policy prescribing a utilization range of the personal information received from the predetermined communication device satisfies the privacy policy of the personal information of the user of the information transmission terminal when the transfer destination reference table indicates that the candidate for transmitting personal information to the predetermined communication device includes the information transmission terminal; a personal information transmitting unit that transmits personal information received from respective ones of the other terminals when the transfer destination reference table indicates that the candidate for transmitting personal information to the predetermined communication device includes the other terminals and the usage policy satisfies a privacy policy of users of the respective ones of the other terminals, and transmits personal information of the information transmission terminal when the transfer destination reference table indicates that the candidate for transmitting personal information to the predetermined communication device includes the information transmission terminal and the policy judgment unit determines that the usage policy satisfies the privacy policy of the personal information of the user of the information transmission terminal, to the predetermined communication device in response to the transfer of the transmission request information and the usage policy by the request transferring unit.