Information management system and information management method

An information image card management server for managing an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus is constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other and comprises a parent card apparatus held at a client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein in response to a request from one client, the information image card management server issues a parent card apparatus proper to the one client.

A client capable of using an information image card apparatus,

• wherein the information image card apparatus is constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other and comprises a parent card apparatus held at the client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein on receiving the issue of a parent card apparatus proper to the client, the child card apparatus can be issued on the basis of the parent card apparatus to an information image card management server for managing the information image card apparatus.

An information image card apparatus comprising:

• a parent card apparatus proper to each client which is constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other and is issued by an information image card management server;
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• a child card apparatus which is generated at the client on the basis of the parent card apparatus and can be distributed on a network enabling bidirectional communication.

An information image card management server for managing an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus is constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other and comprises a parent card apparatus held at a client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein the information image card management server permits exchange of only child card apparatuses between the clients which agreed to exchange information image cards with each other.

An information management method using an information image card constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus is constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other and comprises a parent card apparatus held at the client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed over the network, and
• wherein an information image card management server manages an information image card exchange keeping space for each client, and an information card exchange requesting client carries out registration to the card exchange keeping space of an information card exchange requested client, so that exchange of the information image cards is carried out only when the information card requested client permits exchange of the information image card apparatuses.

An information management method using an information image card constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus is constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other and comprises a parent card apparatus held at the client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed over the network, and
• wherein an information image card management server manages a common information image card exchange keeping space common to a plurality of clients, and an information card exchange requesting client carries out registration to the common information image card exchange keeping space, so that exchange of the information image cards is carried out only when the information card requested client permits exchange of the information image card apparatuses.

An information image card management server for managing an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus comprises a parent card apparatus held at a client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein the information image card management server monistically manages the distribution of the child card apparatus over the network.

A client capable of holding an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus comprises a parent card apparatus held at the client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein a parent card apparatus capable of monistically changing information related to the child card apparatus over the network is held.

A client capable of holding an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus comprises a parent card apparatus held at the client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein a child card apparatus on which a change of information made via the parent card apparatus is monistically reflected is held.

An information image card management server for managing an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus is constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other and comprises a parent card apparatus held at a client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein the information image card management server manages a public information space in which public information can be uploaded for each client.

A client capable of holding an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus is constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other and comprises a parent card apparatus held at the client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein public information can be uploaded to a public information space managed by an information image card management server.

An information management method using an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus is constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other and comprises a parent card apparatus held at a client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network,
• an information image card management server manages a public information space for each client, and
• the client can upload public information to the public information space.

An information image card management server for managing an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus comprises a parent card apparatus held at a client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein the information image card management server transmits the child card to a recipient as an attachment file of an electronic mail in response to a request from a sender.

A client capable of holding an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus comprises a parent card apparatus held at the client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein the child card apparatus is generated on the basis of the parent card apparatus held thereat and the child card is transmitted as an attachment file of an electronic mail.

A client capable of holding an information image card apparatus constituted as an information unit having image information and related information linked with each other,

• wherein the information image card apparatus comprises a parent card apparatus held at the client and a child card apparatus which can be distributed on a network, and
• wherein the client has client software for information image for receiving and expanding the child card apparatus generated on the basis of the parent card apparatus held by a sender.