Patent ID: 8407781

Claim:
An information providing support device for supporting provision of information according to an information providing request, the information providing support device comprising an information storage unit for memorizing at least information input by a user of the information providing support device; an information providing request receiving unit for receiving the information providing request without intermediation of a user operation; an internal information retrieval unit for retrieving relevant information from the information storage unit in response to the information providing request received by the information providing request receiving unit, the relevant information being information relevant to the information providing request; an information providing request presenting unit for presenting a predetermined information manager with the information providing request for which the relevant information has been retrieved by the internal information retrieval unit and the relevant information in association with each other, the information manager being authorized to permit the provision of the information stored in the information storage unit, wherein the information providing request presenting unit presents the relevant information retrieved in response to the information providing request, as a provision candidate in association with the information providing request and also presents information for making an inquiry as to provision adequacy of the provision candidate; and an information provision adequacy determining unit for determining whether or not the relevant information can be provided in a case where the retrieved relevant information is set as the provision candidate, wherein: the information provision adequacy determining unit determines the provision adequacy of the relevant information presented as the provision candidate according to a reply from the information manager to the inquiry.