Patent ID: 8255970

Claim:
A personal information distribution management system comprising: a personal information service apparatus for providing a personal information capsule which includes personal information and handling conditions for handling said personal information; and a personal information utilization apparatus for utilizing personal information, wherein said personal information utilization apparatus includes: reception condition transmission means for transmitting a reception policy, indicative of reception conditions under which said personal information utilization apparatus receives personal information to, said personal information service apparatus through a communications network, personal information reception means for receiving the personal information capsule from said personal information service apparatus through the communications network; checking means for confirming conditions for handling of the personal information included in the personal information capsule which was received by the personal information reception means, in order to confirm limitations related to the utilization of the personal information; and said personal information service apparatus includes: selection condition determination means for checking a transmission policy, indicative of transmission conditions under which the personal information is transmitted to said personal information utilization apparatus, against the reception policy received from said personal information utilization apparatus to determine selection conditions for selecting personal information which is provided to said personal information utilization apparatus; personal information selecting means for selecting personal information in accordance with the selection conditions determined by said selection condition determination means, capsule generation means for generating a personal information capsule which encapsulates personal information together with the selection conditions; wherein said selection conditions include conditions for handling the personal information in accordance with the transmission policy, indicative of transmission conditions under which personal information is transmitted to said personal information utilization apparatus, and wherein the reception policy is received from said personal information utilization apparatus; said personal information determined in accordance with said selection conditions; and personal information transmission means for transmitting the personal information capsule generated by said capsule generation means to said personal information utilization apparatus through the communications network.