Personal information input method and program, and portable device provided with this program

Abstract

To save or reduce the labor of inputting personal information to a system requested for personal information.SOLUTION: A processor of a portable device 10 performs a first step of registering personal information in a storage device of its own potable device, and a second step of reading the personal information registered in the storage device and of passing it to a personal information request system 50 via a short-range wireless communication device when detecting that the own potable device touches the short-range wireless communication device of the personal information request system 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a personal information input method and program for inputting personal information such as an address into a system, and to a portable device equipped with this program. [Background technology]

[0002] When shopping online, there are occasions when you need to input personal information such as your address, name, and contact details into a computer device. There may also be occasions when you need to input personal information into a computer device located in a public place. Although inputting character information is generally done by operating a keyboard, if the number of opportunities to input personal information increases, the time and effort required to input information increases. Also, for users who are not good at inputting information, the increase in the number of opportunities to input personal information will make the world an increasingly inconvenient place. The applicant has disclosed Patent Document 1 as one means for improving this inconvenience. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] International Publication No. WO2016 / 098744 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] An object of the present invention is to eliminate or reduce the effort required for inputting personal information by using a means different from that of Patent Document 1. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] To solve this problem, the present invention proposes a method for inputting personal information such as an address into a personal information request system. That is, a processor of a portable device executes a first step of registering personal information in a storage device of the portable device. Also, when it detects that a short-range wireless communication device of the portable device has come close to a short-range wireless communication device of the personal information request system, a second step of reading the personal information registered in the storage device and transferring it to the personal information request system via the short-range wireless communication device is executed. When a portable device on which personal information is registered is brought close to a personal information request system, the personal information is passed from the portable device to the personal information request system and subjected to a predetermined process. Effect of the Invention

[0006] Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate or reduce the effort required for inputting personal information. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0007] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a data structure diagram of personal information stored in the portable device of FIG. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a data structure diagram of a usage history stored in the portable device of FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a modification of the embodiment of FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0008] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. [Outline of the embodiment] 1, a mobile device 10 such as a smartphone executes an installed dedicated application to register personal information such as an address in a storage device built into the device. The personal information to be registered is information inputted from a touch panel or the like of the device, information read from an IC card 20 touched to the device, or information read from a database 40 on a network. After that, the mobile device 10 touches a personal information request system 50 to pass the personal information from the device to the system 50, and the personal information is used for a specified process in the system 50. This overview will be explained in detail below.

[0009] [Portable Device] The mobile device 10 is a computer device suitable for carrying around, such as a smartphone, and includes an input device, a display device, a processor, a storage device, a short-range wireless communication device, and a network communication device. The input device and the display device are, for example, touch panels. The processor executes the dedicated application to realize various functions. The storage device is an internal memory, an external memory, an internal SIM, or the like. The short-range wireless communication device is compatible with standards such as NFC (Near Field Communication), and performs data communication with IC cards (IC chips) 20, 30 touched to this machine. The short-range wireless communication device of this machine also performs data communication with a short-range wireless communication device provided in a personal information request system 50 by touching. The network communication device communicates with a personal information database (personal information DB) 40 on a network through a wireless LAN, a mobile network, or the like. In this application, the "near-field wireless communication device" is not limited to the NFC standard, but may be any device that complies with a standard that allows data to be sent and received by touch. In addition, in this application, "touch" refers to approaching within a distance that allows communication, and is not limited to contact, but also includes non-contact cases.

[0010] [Personal information memory IC] The personal information storage IC 20 is the above-mentioned IC card 20, and includes an IC chip in which personal information such as an address is registered in advance. As the personal information storage IC 20, for example, a My Number card or the like in which personal information such as an address is stored can be used.

[0011] [ID memory IC] The ID storage IC 30 is an IC card equipped with an IC chip in which the IC card's unique identifier (such as a card number, hereinafter referred to as "ID") is preregistered. For example, a My Number card storing My Number or a credit card storing a credit card number may be used as the ID storage IC 30. This ID is used to search the personal information DB 40 for personal information linked to the ID.

[0012] [Personal information DB] The personal information DB 40 stores one or more pieces of personal information associated with each user ID. As the user ID, the ID stored in the ID storage IC 30 or an identifier unique to the mobile device 10 can be used. In this application, "personal information" includes address, name, and contact information (such as telephone number), but is not limited to the personal information of the person corresponding to the user ID, and may also be personal information of others. For example, in addition to the person's home address and work address, it is also possible to use personal information of others such as the delivery address of a package.

[0013] [Personal information request system] The personal information request system 50 is a computer device that uses the personal information provided from the mobile device 10 for predetermined processing, and includes an input device, a display device, a processor, a storage device, a near-field wireless communication device, and a network communication device. The input device and the display device are, for example, a touch panel. The processor executes a program to perform a predetermined process using the personal information. The storage device is hardware that stores data. The short-range wireless communication device acquires personal information from the touched mobile device 10 according to a standard such as NFC. The network communication device is responsible for communication when executing processes in cooperation with other external systems (not shown). Here, the details of the process executed by the personal information request system 50 are not important as long as it handles personal information. The personal information request system 50 may be installed in a public place.

[0014] [Registering personal information on mobile devices] (1) The processor of the portable device 10 registers personal information inputted from an input device of the portable device 10 in a storage device. (2) The processor of the portable device 10 reads the personal information from the personal information storage IC 20 that has been touched to the short-range wireless communication device of the portable device 10, and registers the personal information in the storage device. (3) The processor of the portable device 10 acquires one or more pieces of personal information linked to the user ID from the personal information DB 40 via the network communication device, and registers the pieces of personal information in the storage device. At this time, the processor uses the ID read from the ID storage IC 30 touched to the near-field wireless communication device as the user ID. Alternatively, the processor uses a unique identifier of the portable device 10 that is pre-registered in the storage device of the portable device 10 as the user ID. Alternatively, the processor uses an ID input from the input device as the user ID. When multiple pieces of personal information are acquired from the personal information DB 40, the processor displays the multiple pieces of personal information on the display device and allows the user to select the personal information to be registered from the input device. The processor registers the selected personal information in the storage device. The processor registers one or more pieces of personal information in the storage device by the above methods (1)-(3), as shown in Fig. 2. A single type of method may be used to register a plurality of pieces of personal information, or a combination of a plurality of methods may be used to register a plurality of pieces of personal information. The registration of personal information may be performed in front of the personal information request system 50 when the system is used, or the registration may be completed in advance at some time.

[0015] [Edit personal information] When a request to change or delete registered personal information is received from the input device, the processor of the portable device 10 displays the personal information to be edited on the display device and accepts a decision to input or delete the changed personal information from the input device. The processor reflects the decided change or deletion of the personal information in the storage device.

[0016] [Export personal information] When a user requests output of registered personal information, the processor of the portable device 10 reads out one or more pieces of registered personal information from the storage device and displays them on the display device. If only one piece of personal information has been registered, the user operates the input device to confirm the personal information to be used. If multiple pieces of personal information have been registered, the user operates the input device to select and confirm the personal information to be used. As a prerequisite for the mobile device 10 to display the personal information on the display device, the processor may authenticate the user in advance. A user of the mobile device 10 touches the mobile device 10 to a near field communication device of the mobile device 10. A processor of the mobile device 10 detects the touch to the personal information request system 50 and transmits the confirmed personal information to the personal information request system 50. The touch to the near field communication device may be performed at the request of the personal information request system 50. In the above, the "registered one or more pieces of personal information" are not limited to the personal information registered by the dedicated application of the present embodiment, but may be personal information registered in advance by another application. Also, the storage device may be built into the SIM card.

[0017] [Log Recording] When the processor of the portable device 10 transmits the personal information, it records in the storage device the transmission date and time of the personal information (date and time of use), the place where the personal information was transmitted (place of use), and the identifier of the transmitted personal information (personal information used) in association with each other, as shown in Fig. 3. When the processor can use the location information function (GPS function, etc.) of the portable device 10, the location information acquired by the function may be recorded as the information indicating the place of use. Also, when the identifier of the system can be acquired from the personal information request system 50, the identifier of the system may be recorded as the information indicating the place of use. It is also conceivable that such a log can be used to track the leakage of personal information.

[0018] [Use of personal information] The processor of the personal information request system 50 executes a predetermined process using the personal information acquired from the portable device 10 via its own short-range wireless communication device. When using the personal information, the acquired personal information may be displayed on a display device, and a confirmation of use may be input from an input device. The processor may return receipt data indicating receipt of the personal information to the portable device 10 via the short-range wireless communication device. The processor of the portable device 10 may record the above log when it receives the receipt data of the personal information from the personal information request system 50.

[0019] [Effects of this embodiment] According to the present embodiment described above, by touching the mobile device 10 such as a smartphone to the personal information request system 50, personal information registered in the mobile device 10 can be input to the personal information request system 50. This reduces the effort required for inputting personal information.

[0020] [Variations] In FIG. 4, the processor of the portable device 10 may read out personal information registered in the storage device, encode the personal information into a personal information code such as a two-dimensional code using a pre-stored encoding algorithm, and display the personal information code on a display device. The user of the portable device 10 causes a reading device such as a scanner of the personal information request system 50 to read the personal information code displayed on the display device of the portable device 10 . The processor of the personal information request system 50 obtains the personal information by decoding the personal information code read by the reader using a decoding algorithm corresponding to the encoding stored in advance. Even in this way, the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained. The embodiment is as described above, but the scope of the present invention is the scope of the invention described in the claims, and is not limited to the above embodiment. [Explanation of symbols]

[0021] 10 Portable Devices 20 Personal information storage IC 30 ID memory IC 40 Personal information DB 50 Personal Information Request System

Claims

1. A method for inputting personal information such as an address into a personal information request system, comprising: a processor of the mobile device, A step of reading out personal information of other people stored in a storage device and passing it to the personal information request system; and recording a log including an identifier of the personal information used when passing on the personal information of the other person.

2. The personal information input method according to claim 1, wherein the log also includes the date and time of use and the location of use.

3. A program for inputting personal information such as an address into a personal information request system, a processor of the mobile device; A step of reading out personal information of other people stored in a storage device and passing it to the personal information request system; and a step of recording a log including an identifier of the personal information used when transferring the personal information of the other person.

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