Patent ID: 7058680

Claim:
An information distribution method, for a network system including a first information processing apparatus for providing information, a second information processing apparatus for obtaining said information, and a network for connecting said first and said second information processing apparatuses, comprising the steps of: said first information processing apparatus recording first information for a user; said second information processing apparatus recording second information for said user; said first information processing apparatus, while referring to said first information, generating a single first choice or multiple first choices concerning said information; said second information processing apparatus receiving said first single or multiple choices from said first information processing apparatus via said network; said second information processing apparatus, while referring to said second information, selecting as a single second choice said single first choice or selecting multiple second choices from among said multiple first choices concerning said information; said second information processing apparatus requesting that said first information processing apparatus obtain part or all of said information correlated with said single second choice or said multiple second choices; said first information processing apparatus transmitting said requested information to said second information processing apparatus, and said second information processing apparatus receiving said requested information; and said second information processing apparatus displaying said received information; wherein said first information is information concerning said user that can be disclosed, and said second information is secret information held by said user.