Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and transmitting medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTatsuo Itabashi, Kimiyoshi Yoshida
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Abstract
Personal information of a user is provided to an information provider from any location, through a simple apparatus, and with reliability. Personal information is pre-stored in a user profile database of a server. When the user accesses a service provider device from a terminal device through the server and the Internet, the service provider device requests the personal information of that user. The server reads the requested personal information from the user profile database and transfers the personal information to the service provider device. This novel arrangement makes it unnecessary for the user to input the personal information.
Claims24
A method of selectively providing personal information in online transactions, comprising the steps of:
- storing personal information of a user;
- receiving an online transaction request with a service provider from said user;
- transmitting an indication of said online transaction request to said service provider;
- receiving a request for personal information related to said requested online transaction from said service provider;
- authenticating the request for personal information with said user;
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- transmitting the requested personal information to said service provider if said user authenticates said request for personal information.
A method of selectively providing personal information in online transactions, comprising the steps of:
- storing personal information of a user;
- receiving an online transaction request with a service provider from a user terminal of said user;
- transmitting an indication of said online transaction request to said service provider;
- receiving a request for personal information related to said requested online transaction from said service provider;
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- transmitting the requested personal information to said service provider.
A method of selectively providing personal information in online transactions, comprising the steps of:
- storing personal information of a user in a user profile database, said personal information including an item and an attribute related to said item;
- receiving an online transaction request with said service provider from a user terminal of said user;
- transmitting an indication of said online transaction request to said service provider;
- receiving a request for personal information related to said requested online transaction from said service provider;
- and
- checking the attribute of said personal information requested by said service provider;
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- providing the personal information as a result of said checked attribute to said service provider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.