# US 8,543,610 B2 · Human relationships registering system and device for registering human relationships, program for registering human relationships, and medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by computer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,543,610 B2 - Document ID: US8543610B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/410,011 - Filed: 2012-03-01 - Published: 2012-06-28 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2000-10-17 - Assignees: Mekiki Co., Ltd.; Mekiki Creates Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hikaru Deguchi; Kenichi Ninomiya - Inventors: Hikaru Deguchi; Kenichi Ninomiya - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8543610B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06F 16/2291: {User-Defined Types; Storage management thereof} - G06F 16/24: Querying - G06F 16/2425: {Iterative querying; Query formulation based on the results of a preceding query} - G06F 16/24575: {using context} - G06F 16/2471: {Distributed queries} - G06F 16/27: Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor - G06F 16/285: {Clustering or classification} - G06F 16/9535: Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation - G06Q 10/42: Determination of affinities or common interests between users - G06Q 10/48: using social graphs - H04L 51/52: for supporting social networking services - H04L 67/306: User profiles - Y10S 707/99942: Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation - Y10S 707/99943: Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface - Y10S 707/99944: Object-oriented database structure - Y10S 707/99945: Object-oriented database structure processing - Y10S 707/99948: Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image - Y10S 707/99952: Coherency, e.g. same view to multiple users - Y10S 707/99953: Recoverability - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract To provide a human relationships registering system, a method and a server for registering human relationships, a program for registering human relationships, and a medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by a computer, all of which are used to establish wide and close relationships with members having a variety of occupations or engaged in various technical fields and to obtain expert knowledge or information. The human relationships registering system comprises first data processing units 2 and 3 including sections for receiving personal data of a new member, and a second data processing unit including a section for storing the received personal data. The second data processing unit stores the personal data of the new member in correlation to an existing member when the existing member confirms the new member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus including a server coupled to a communication network configured to establish and update relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the apparatus comprising: a database configured to store personal attribute information of the members and relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members; a message communicator of the server configured to communicate via the communication network a relationship request to each of one or more second members indicating that a first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the one or more second members; a data retriever of the server configured to search the database, in response to receiving from the first member one or more key words of a search criteria including a specified relationship degree and the personal attribute information of a specified member, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree, the specified member being any member other than the first member who is registered to the relationships registering system; and a data sender of the server configured to communicate to the first member at least a portion of the personal attribute information of at least a subset of the one or more third members. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data retriever searches, in response to receiving biographical information as one of the one or more keywords of the search criteria, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree and have biographical data corresponding to the biographical information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the biographical information is occupational information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the biographical information is educational information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the biographical information is information of a technical field. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message communicator is further configured to communicate to the first member via the communication network a relationship acceptance from at least a subset of the one or more second members indicating that the at least a subset of the one or more second members have accepted the relationship request. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members is numeric. ### Claim 8 A method, implemented by an apparatus including a server coupled to a communication network, for establishing and updating relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to the communication network, the method comprising: storing, at a database, personal attribute information of the members; storing, at the database, relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members; communicating, at a message communicator of the server via the communication network, a relationship request to each of one or more second members indicating that a first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the one or more second members; searching the database, at a data retriever of the server and in response to receiving from the first member one or more key words of a search criteria including a specified relationship degree and the personal attribute information of a specified member, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree, the specified member being any member other than the first member who is registered to the relationships registering system; and communicating, at a data sender of the server, to the first member at least a portion of the personal attribute information of at least a subset of the one or more third members. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: communicating to the first member, at the message communicator of the server via the communication network, a relationship acceptance from at least a subset of the one or more second members indicating that the at least a subset of the one or more second members have accepted the relationship request. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: searching, in response to receiving biographical information as one of the one or more keywords of the search criteria, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree and have biographical data corresponding to biographical information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the biographical information is occupational information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the biographical information is educational information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the biographical information is information of a technical field. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members is numeric. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer readable instructions thereon for establishing and updating relationships between members registered to a relationships registering system coupled to a communication network, that when executed by an apparatus including a server coupled to the communication network cause the apparatus to perform a method comprising: storing personal attribute information of the members; storing relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members; communicating via the communication network a relationship request to each of one or more second members indicating that a first member wishes to establish a direct relationship with the one or more second members; searching the database, in response to receiving from the first member one or more key words of a search criteria including a specified relationship degree and the personal attribute information of a specified member, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree, the specified member being any member other than the first member who is registered to the relationships registering system; and communicating to the first member at least a portion of the personal attribute information of at least a subset of the one or more third members. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, which when executed by the apparatus including the server causes the apparatus to perform further perform the step of: communicating to the first member via the communication network a relationship acceptance from at least a subset of the one or more second members indicating that the at least a subset of the one or more second members have accepted the relationship request. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, which when executed by the apparatus including the server causes the apparatus to perform further perform the step of: searching, in response to receiving biographical information as one of the one or more keywords of the search criteria, specifically for one or more third members that are related to the specified member within the specified relationship degree and have biographical data corresponding to biographical information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the biographical information is occupational information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the biographical information is educational information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the biographical information is information of a technical field. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the relationship degree data indicating respective relationship degrees between at least some of the members is numeric.