JP2006330870A - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

A conventional information processing apparatus has a problem that personal information is scattered inside the information processing apparatus and the personal information cannot be sufficiently managed.
An information storage unit that stores information including individual information that is information including personal information that is information relating to an individual, and a personal information search unit that searches for personal information stored in the information storage unit. 102 and an individual information processing unit 104 that performs predetermined processing on individual information including personal information searched by the personal information search unit 102 stored in the information storage unit 101.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that handles personal information.

In recent years, management of personal information such as names, telephone numbers, and credit card information has become important from the viewpoint of privacy protection and confidentiality. As an apparatus for managing such personal information, for example, when a problem occurs that the confidentiality of personal information is lost, predetermined personal information is selected and transmitted to a predetermined transmission destination. There is something to do. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-297800 A (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, conventionally, personal information is often scattered between information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer and a server, and inside each information processing apparatus. For this reason, as a result of losing the location of the personal information to be managed, overlooking the personal information to be managed, or leaving the personal information to be deleted without deleting it, sufficiently managing the personal information There was a problem that could not be.

  As a result, for example, if the personal information read from the server as needed by a personal computer serving as an information processing terminal is not sufficiently managed and left in the personal computer as it is, the personal computer may be taken out. If stolen, personal information may be leaked.

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an information storage unit that stores information including individual information that is information including personal information that is information about an individual, and an individual that searches the personal information stored in the information storage unit The information processing apparatus includes an information search unit and an individual information processing unit that performs a predetermined process on the individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit.
With this configuration, personal information can be managed easily and reliably.

In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the individual information processing unit acquires the individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit from the information storage unit and transmits the information to the outside. Information processing apparatus.
With such a configuration, the scattered personal information in the information processing apparatus can be centrally managed externally, and the personal information can be easily managed.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention further includes an individual information storage unit in which the individual information is stored in the information processing apparatus, and the individual information processing unit includes personal information searched by the personal information search unit. An information processing apparatus that accumulates individual information in the individual information storage unit.
With this configuration, scattered personal information in the information processing apparatus can be centrally managed by the individual information storage unit, and personal information can be easily managed.

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to the above information processing apparatus, wherein the individual information storage unit is restricted in access.
With this configuration, it is possible to ensure the safety of personal information.

Further, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is the information processing apparatus, wherein the individual information processing unit changes an identifier of the individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit to a predetermined identifier. It is.
With this configuration, personal information can be easily managed.

In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the individual information processing unit changes at least a part of the personal information searched by the personal information search unit stored in the information storage unit. It is the information processing apparatus which performs.
With such a configuration, since no one other than the related person can use the personal information in the information processing apparatus, it is possible to enhance the safety of the personal information and sufficiently protect the privacy.

In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the individual information processing unit deletes individual information including personal information searched by the personal information search unit stored in the information storage unit. It is the information processing apparatus which performs.
With this configuration, the personal information scattered in the information processing apparatus cannot be used, and even if the information processing apparatus is taken out, the personal information cannot be used.

In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the individual information processing unit encrypts individual information including personal information searched by the personal information search unit stored in the information storage unit. It is the information processing apparatus which performs the process to perform.
With such a configuration, since no one other than the related person can use the personal information in the information processing apparatus, it is possible to enhance the safety of the personal information and sufficiently protect the privacy.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus further including a processing notification unit that notifies that the individual information processing unit has performed the predetermined process.
With this configuration, it can be confirmed that the processing has been performed normally.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention further includes a notification destination designation information storage unit storing an e-mail address of an administrator of the information processing apparatus in the information processing apparatus, wherein the process notification unit includes the notification The information processing apparatus transmits an e-mail for notifying that the process has been performed to a transmission destination indicated by an e-mail address of an administrator stored in the destination designation information storage unit.
With this configuration, the administrator can confirm that the processing has been performed normally and which user wants to have personal information.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention further includes a timer unit that outputs instruction information for instructing a search for personal information at a predetermined time in the information processing apparatus, wherein the personal information search unit includes the timer unit. The information processing apparatus searches for the personal information based on the instruction information from.
With this configuration, processing performed by the individual information processing unit can be automated, individual information can be processed without particular operation by the user of the information processing apparatus, and processing can be performed reliably. Is possible.

The information processing system of the present invention is an information processing system including an information processing apparatus and a server, and the information processing apparatus stores information including individual information that is information including personal information that is information about an individual. A stored information storage unit; a personal information search unit that searches for personal information stored in the information storage unit; and personal information searched by the personal information search unit stored in the information storage unit An individual information processing unit that acquires the individual information from the information storage unit and transmits it to the server, wherein the server transmits the individual information storage unit in which the individual information is stored, and the information processing device transmits The information processing system includes a receiving unit that receives the individual information and an individual information storage unit that stores the individual information received by the receiving unit in the individual information storage unit.
With this configuration, scattered personal information in the information processing apparatus can be centrally managed by the server, and personal information can be easily managed.

The information processing system according to the present invention is an information processing system in which the personal information search unit searches the personal information before the connection with the server is released.
With this configuration, when the connection is released from the server, personal information on the information processing apparatus cannot be used. Therefore, the personal information can be safely managed without being taken out to the outside. .

  According to the information processing apparatus and the like according to the present invention, personal information can be managed easily and reliably.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component and step which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment perform the same operation | movement, re-explanation may be abbreviate | omitted.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the information processing system in the present embodiment. The information processing system according to the present embodiment includes an information processing apparatus 10 and a server 20. The information processing apparatus 10 includes an information storage unit 101, a personal information search unit 102, a search condition information storage unit 103, an individual information processing unit 104, an identifier setting information storage unit 105, a transmission destination information storage unit 107, a process notification unit 108, a notification A destination information storage unit 109, a timer unit 110, and a time setting information storage unit 111 are provided. The server 20 includes a receiving unit 201, an individual information storage unit 202, and an individual information storage unit 203. The information processing apparatus 10 and the server 20 are connected via a network 30. The individual information processing unit 104 includes an identifier changing unit 1041, an individual information transmitting unit 1042, and an individual information deleting unit 1043.

  The information storage unit 101 stores information including individual information that is information including personal information that is information relating to an individual. “Personal information” specifically refers to information that can identify an individual, information that is used to contact an individual, information related to an individual's privacy, and the like. For example, name, age, gender, address, telephone number, e-mail address (hereinafter referred to as e-mail address), credit card information, work place, company ID, membership number, password, and the like. “Individual information” is information including at least one of these pieces of information, for example, a file. However, the individual information may be a record, a table, or the like constituting a database that includes at least one of these pieces of information. “Information including individual information” may be information composed only of one or more individual information, or information composed of individual information and information other than individual information, for example, a file that does not include personal information. It may be. The data structure of “personal information” and “individual information” does not matter. The information storage unit 101 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium such as a hard disk or a Flash ROM, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

The personal information search unit 102 searches for personal information stored in the information storage unit 101. Specifically, using a keyword or the like related to personal information as a search condition, a search is performed as to whether information matching the search condition is included. Keywords related to personal information are, for example, “
This is a keyword that appears as an attribute name of personal information such as “name”, “name”, “address”, “ID”, “phone number”, and the like. It may also be a keyword that is considered highly likely to be included in personal information, such as “@” included in a normal email address, prefecture name, “male”, “female” included in the address. . In addition, instead of keywords, personal information may be searched based on character string characteristics or the like. For example, if it is a 10-digit number, there is a high possibility that it is a telephone number, so such a character string may be searched. Further, if the number is 12 digits, there is a high possibility that it is a credit card number, so such a character string may be searched. In addition, an AND search or an OR search may be performed by combining search conditions such as these keywords. Furthermore, specific search conditions may be excluded as necessary. For example, the name of the user who handles the information processing apparatus 10 may be excluded during the search. The search conditions when the personal information search unit 102 performs a search are normally stored in a memory or the like, and the personal information search unit 102 acquires the search conditions during the search. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the personal information search unit 102 acquires the search conditions stored in the search condition information storage unit 103. The personal information search unit 102 normally searches the information stored in the information storage unit 101 for whether or not personal information is included for each predetermined unit. This predetermined unit is, for example, a file unit. There is no limitation on the timing or trigger for the personal information search unit 102 to search. For example, the search may be performed when an instruction from the outside is accepted, or the search may be performed in accordance with the output of the result of the information processing apparatus 10 executing some program or the like. Further, when turning off the power of the information processing apparatus 10 or when logging off from the information processing apparatus 10, a search may be performed before that. In the present embodiment, as an example, a case will be described in which personal information is searched based on instruction information from a timer unit 110 described later. The personal information search unit 102 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the personal information retrieval unit is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware such as a dedicated circuit.

  The search condition information storage unit 103 stores search condition information that is information having search conditions that the personal information search unit 102 acquires at the time of search. The data structure of search condition information does not matter. The search condition information storage unit 103 may be rewritable or non-rewritable stored search condition information. The search condition information storage unit 103 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium such as a hard disk or a Flash ROM, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The timer unit 110 outputs instruction information for instructing a search for personal information to the personal information search unit 102 at a predetermined time. Specifically, the timer unit 110 measures the time, and indicates the instruction information when the preset date and time is reached based on the time setting information that is information for setting the date and time stored in the memory or the like. Is output. The date and time set for the timer unit 110 may be a specific date such as March 6 or a schedule such as 10:00 every Friday night. Alternatively, a relative time such as the time when the information processing apparatus 10 is activated or a predetermined time has elapsed since the acquisition of the individual information may be set. In the present embodiment, the case where timer unit 110 outputs instruction information based on time setting information stored in time setting information storage unit 111 will be described. The timer unit 110 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the personal information retrieval unit is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware such as a dedicated circuit. For example, when the personal information search unit 102 performs a search triggered by receiving an instruction from a user or the server 20 or when the information processing apparatus 10 is disconnected from the server 20, the search is performed. For example, the timer unit 110 may be omitted.

The time setting information storage unit 111 stores time setting information. More specifically, the time setting information is information for setting the date and time when the personal information search unit 102 executes the search. The data structure of the time setting information does not matter. The time setting information storage unit 111 may be rewritable or non-rewritable stored time setting information. The time setting information storage unit 111 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium such as a hard disk or Flash ROM, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

The individual information processing unit 104 performs a predetermined process on the individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit 102 stored in the information storage unit 101. “Predetermined processing” refers to, for example, the individual information processing unit 104 moving individual information including searched personal information to a predetermined directory in the information processing apparatus 10 set in advance, This is a process of outputting to a predetermined recording medium or a process of transmitting to other devices such as a server 20 and a network storage set in advance via the network 30 or the like. The “predetermined process” is a process in which, for example, the individual information processing unit 104 deletes individual information including searched personal information. This deletion process will be described in detail in the description of the individual information deletion unit 1043 described later. The “predetermined process” is, for example, a process in which the individual information processing unit 104 changes a part of the personal information included in the individual information so that the personal information cannot be decoded. Specifically, the individual information processing unit 104 includes a process of deleting personal information included in the individual information or rewriting a part thereof with a different character string or a symbol such as “*”. The “predetermined process” is, for example, a process in which the individual information processing unit 104 changes the identifier of the individual information including the searched personal information to a predetermined identifier, a so-called rename process. The process of changing the identifier will be described in detail in the description of the identifier changing unit 1041 described later. The “predetermined process” is, for example, a process in which the individual information processing unit 104 encrypts the individual information including the searched personal information. “Encrypting individual information” includes encrypting the entire individual information and encrypting a part of the individual information including the personal information. It does not matter what algorithm is used for this encryption, such as public key encryption or secret key encryption. For ensuring security, it is preferable that the key for decrypting the encrypted individual information can be handled only by the administrator of the information processing apparatus 10, for example. Note that the individual information processing unit 104 may perform a combination of two or more of the processes described above. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the individual information processing unit 104 includes an identifier changing unit 1041, an individual information transmitting unit 1042, and an individual information deleting unit 1043. Then, the identifier changing unit 1041 acquires individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit 102, changes the identifier of the individual information, and the individual information transmitting unit 1042 receives the individual information whose identifier has been changed. A case will be described in which the individual information deletion unit 1043 deletes individual information including personal information that is transmitted to the outside of the processing apparatus 10 and searched by the personal information search unit 102 stored in the information storage unit 101. Here, the process in which the individual information processing unit 104 changes the identifier of the individual information is performed based on identifier setting information stored in an identifier setting information storage unit 105 described later. Further, the process in which the individual information processing unit 104 acquires and transmits the individual information is performed based on transmission destination information stored in the transmission destination information storage unit 107 described later. The individual information processing unit 104 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the individual information processing unit 104 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit). Further, when the individual information processing unit 104 performs transmission processing, it may include a transmission device such as a modem or a network, a driver for these, and the like.
The identifier changing unit 1041 performs a process of changing the identifier of the individual information including the personal information searched by the individual information searching unit 102 to a predetermined identifier, so-called renaming process. Specifically, the identifier changing unit 1041 performs processing for changing the file name if the individual information is a file. The file name change performed by the identifier changing unit 1041 may be regular or irregular. When changing to a regular file name, for example, the file name may be changed to a sequential file name, or the date and time when processing may be performed. In addition,
If it is regular, it should be an identifier that can identify which individual information identifier has been changed, and which information processing device has been stored. This is preferable in managing individual information. For example, it may be possible to change the identification information of the information processing apparatus 10 or the user name of the user who operates the information processing apparatus 10 to a new file name added to the file name of the original individual information. The method for changing the individual information identifier 104 by the individual information processing unit 104 is performed based on identifier setting information which is information for setting a method for changing the individual information stored in the memory or the like. The identifier changing unit 1041 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the identifier changing unit 1041 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The identifier setting information storage unit 105 stores identifier setting information. Specifically, the identifier setting information is information that defines an identifier change rule when the individual information processing unit 104, specifically, the identifier changing unit 1041 in this case changes the identifier, and the data structure of the identifier setting information is It doesn't matter. The identifier setting information storage unit 105 may be rewritable or non-rewritable stored identifier setting information. The identifier setting information storage unit 105 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium such as a hard disk or a flash ROM, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The individual information transmission unit 1042 transmits the individual information including the personal information searched by the individual information search unit 102 to an external device of the information processing apparatus 10, such as the server 20 or one or more other devices. Specifically, the individual information transmitting unit 1042 transmits the individual information via the network 30 or the like to the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information based on the transmission destination information stored in the memory or the like. Here, the transmission destination information is stored in a transmission destination information storage unit 107 described later, and the individual information transmission unit 1042 acquires the transmission destination information and transmits the individual information to the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information. The case where it does is demonstrated. The individual information transmitted by the individual information transmitting unit 1042 may be individual information that has been subjected to some processing by another processing unit or the like of the individual information processing unit 104. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the individual information transmitting unit 1042 transmits the individual information whose identifier has been changed by the identifier changing unit 1041. The individual information transmitting means 1042 may or may not include a transmission device for transmitting data such as a modem or a network. The individual information transmission unit 1042 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software such as a driver that drives the transmission device. The individual information transmitting unit 1042 is realized by a communication unit such as a LAN, infrared communication, a short-range wireless communication unit such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), an electronic mail transmission unit, or the like. Further, the individual information transmitting unit 1042 may be realized by a wireless or wired broadcasting unit.

  The transmission destination information storage unit 107 stores transmission destination information. Specifically, the transmission destination information is information related to the transmission destination of the individual information transmitted by the individual information processing unit 104, particularly the individual information transmission unit 1042 here. The destination information is information that designates a destination such as an IP address, a MAC address, or a mail address of the destination. The data structure of the destination information is not limited. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which transmission destination information for specifying the server 20 as a transmission destination is stored. The transmission destination information storage unit 107 may be rewritable or non-rewritable stored identifier setting information. The transmission destination information storage unit 107 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium such as a hard disk or FlashROM, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

The individual information deleting unit 1043 performs processing for deleting individual information including the personal information searched by the individual information searching unit 102. This deletion process is a process for making individual information inaccessible, such as a process for completely deleting individual information from the recording medium, a process for allowing overwriting with other data while hiding individual information, Moreover, the process etc. which overwrite another information on individual information are included. For example, the file management information may be changed to make the file inaccessible. The individual information deleting unit 1043 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the individual information deleting unit 1043 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The process notification unit 108 notifies that the individual information processing unit 104 has performed a predetermined process. Specifically, based on the notification destination information stored in the memory or the like, the notification destination outside the information processing apparatus 10 indicated by the notification destination information is notified that the processing by the individual information processing unit 104 has been performed. To send information. The content of information notified by the processing notification unit 108 is not limited. The process notification unit 108 may determine whether or not the process is performed by the individual information processing unit 104 and determine whether or not to perform the notification. For example, when information indicating that some processing has been performed is acquired from the individual information processing unit 104, it may be determined that the processing by the individual information processing unit 104 has been performed. When the above personal information is detected, it may be determined that the processing by the individual information processing unit 104 has been performed. The information notifying that the processing has been performed by the individual information processing unit 104 transmitted or output by the processing notification unit 108 may be simply information notifying that the processing has been performed by the individual information processing unit 104. Moreover, the information which notifies what kind of process was performed with respect to what kind of individual information by the individual information processing part 104 may be sufficient. In this case, the individual information processing unit 104 stores information indicating what kind of processing has been performed on what kind of individual information in a memory or the like, and the processing notification unit 108 performs this processing before the notification. It is necessary to acquire information indicating that the process has been performed from the individual information processing unit 104. The processing notification unit 108 controls, for example, a processing unit that transmits information in the information processing apparatus 10 and transmits information indicating that processing has been performed by the individual information processing unit 104 to a predetermined notification destination. You may make it transmit to. Further, the processing notification unit 108 itself may be provided with means for transmitting mail, and information indicating that the processing has been performed by the individual information processing unit 104 may be transmitted by mail. Further, the processing notification unit 108 itself may include a transmission unit other than the mail, and information indicating that the processing has been performed by the individual information processing unit 104 may be transmitted to the notification destination. Instead of notifying the external notification destination, the processing notification unit 108 displays information such as a dialog for notifying that the processing has been performed by the individual information processing unit 104 on the display or the like of the information processing apparatus 10. Also good. In the present embodiment, the processing notification unit 108 has means for transmitting mail, and this notification destination information is based on notification destination information stored in a notification destination information storage unit 109 described later. A case will be described in which information for notifying that processing has been performed by the individual information processing unit 104 is notified to the e-mail address indicated by E-mail. The process notification unit 108 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the processing notification unit 108 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit). Further, when transmitting the information notified by the process notification unit 108, the process notification unit 108 may or may not include a transmission device for transmission such as a modem or a network. Further, the processing notification unit 108 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software such as a driver that drives the transmission device. The processing notification unit 108 is realized by communication means such as LAN, infrared communication, near field communication means such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), or e-mail transmission means. Further, the processing notification unit 108 may be realized by a wireless or wired broadcasting unit.

The notification destination information storage unit 109 stores notification destination information. Specifically, the notification destination information is information regarding the notification destination of information for notifying that the processing has been performed by the individual information processing unit 104. For example, it is information for designating a notification destination such as a mail address of the notification destination, an IP address, or a MAC address. The data structure of the notification destination information does not matter. Here, a case where the notification destination information is a mail address of an administrator or a user of the information processing apparatus 10 will be described. The notification destination information storage unit 109 may be rewritable or non-rewritable stored identifier setting information. The notification destination information storage unit 109 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium such as a hard disk or FlashROM, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The receiving unit 201 receives individual information transmitted from the information processing apparatus 10 via the network 30. The receiving unit 201 may or may not include a receiving device for receiving a modem or a network. The receiving unit 201 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software such as a driver that drives the receiving device. The receiving unit 201 is realized by communication means such as LAN, infrared communication, short-range wireless communication means such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), or e-mail transmission means. The receiving unit 201 may be realized by a wireless or wired broadcasting unit.

  The individual information storage unit 202 stores the individual information received by the receiving unit 201 in the individual information storage unit 203. The individual information storage unit 202 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the individual information storage unit 202 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The individual information storage unit 203 stores the individual information received by the receiving unit 201. The individual information stored in the individual information storage unit 203 is retrieved and read from an external device, for example, the information processing apparatus 10, for example, as necessary, or the personal information is It is possible to use. However, it is preferable that the individual information storage unit 203 restricts access from an external device or the like in order to ensure security. For example, it is possible to change or delete the individual information stored only by the server administrator, and the user registered in advance sets the access right so that only the stored individual information can be read. . As described above, a configuration for acquiring information and the like of the individual information storage unit 203 of the server 20 from the information processing apparatus 10 and the like, a process for restricting access to the individual information storage unit 203, and the like are well-known techniques and will be described here. Is omitted. The individual information storage unit 203 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium such as a hard disk or FlashROM, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The network 30 may be any network as long as it can transmit and receive data between the information processing apparatus 10 and the server 20. The network 30 may be a wireless or wired network using an IP protocol or the like, for example. Communication in this network may be realized by terrestrial broadcasting, cable television broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, or the like. Further, as long as data communication is possible between the information processing apparatus 10 and the server 20, the two may be connected in any way. For example, instead of connecting via a network, a serial bus such as IEEE1394 or USB may be used.

Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S201) The timer unit 110 determines whether or not a preset time has been reached based on the time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit 111. If the set time is reached, the process proceeds to step S202. If the time is not reached, the process returns to step S201.
(Step S202) The timer unit 110 outputs instruction information for starting a search to the personal information search unit 102.
(Step S203) The personal information search unit 102 sets the value of the counter K to 1.

  (Step S204) The personal information search unit 102 acquires a search condition from the search condition information stored in the search condition information storage unit 103, and uses this search condition to store the information stored in the information storage unit 101. Personal information is searched for the Kth file. Here, the Kth file containing the personal information is the individual information.

(Step S205) From the search result of step S204, the personal information search unit 102 determines whether the Kth file contains information that matches the search condition. If matching information is included, the process proceeds to step S206. If not included, the process proceeds to step S210.
(Step S206) The individual information processing unit 104 acquires the Kth file. This Kth file is individual information.

  (Step S207) The identifier changing unit 1041 of the individual information processing unit 104 uses the identifier setting information in which the identifier setting information storage unit 105 stores the identifier of the individual information acquired in step S206, that is, the file name of the Kth file. Based on the change.

  (Step S208) The individual information transmission unit 1042 of the individual information processing unit 104 uses the transmission destination information stored in the transmission destination information storage unit 107 as the transmission destination information. Is transmitted to a destination specified by the server 20, here the server 20.

(Step S209) The individual information deleting unit 1043 of the individual information processing unit 104 deletes the Kth file from the information storage unit 101.
(Step S210) The personal information search unit 102 increments the value of the counter K by 1.

  (Step S211) The personal information search unit 102 determines whether or not the Kth file is stored in the information storage unit 101. If stored, the process returns to step S204, and if not stored, the process proceeds to step S212.

  (Step S212) The process notification unit 108 determines whether the personal information search unit 102 has detected one or more pieces of personal information. If detected, the process proceeds to step S213. If not detected, the process returns to step S201.

(Step S213) The process notification unit 108 is a notification in which the notification destination information specifies information for notifying that the individual information processing unit 104 has performed processing based on the notification destination information stored in the notification destination information storage unit 109. Notify by e-mail first. Then, the process returns to step S201. It should be noted that the identifier of the individual information transmitted in step S208 is stored in a memory or the like, and which file is transmitted to the server 20 when the processing notification unit 108 performs notification using the stored identifier. May be notified. Further, for the individual information whose identifier has been changed in step S207 or the like, the identifier before and after the change is stored in a memory or the like, and when the process notification unit 108 performs the notification, You may make it notify what kind of identifier change was performed with respect to such individual information.
In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

Next, the operation of the server 20 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S301) The receiving unit 201 determines whether or not individual information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S302. If not received, the process returns to step S301.
(Step S302) The individual information storage unit 202 stores the individual information received in step S301 in the individual information storage unit 203. Then, the process returns to step S301.
In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.

Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing system in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of the information processing system.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a management table of time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit 111. The time setting information management table has attributes of “processing day classification”, “time designation”, “designated day”, and “designated date”. “Processing date category” is an attribute for determining whether the date when the timer unit 110 outputs instruction information is to set only a specific date or a date that satisfies a predetermined condition. is there. Here, one of the attribute values “daily”, “weekly”, and “designated date” can be set. “Time designation” is an attribute for setting a time for the timer unit 110 to output the instruction information. The “designated day of the week” is an attribute for the timer unit 110 to set the day of the week to output the instruction information, and is valid only when the “processing day category” attribute is “weekly”. The “specified date” is an attribute for the timer unit 110 to set a date for outputting the instruction information, and is valid only when the “processing date category” is “specified date”. In FIG. 5, since the “processing day category” is “weekly”, the timer unit 110 is set to output instruction information at 18:15 every Tuesday. If the “processing date category” is “designated date”, the timer unit 110 is set to output the instruction information at 18:15 on May 20, 2014. Also, a plurality of time settings can be set by increasing the record of the time setting information.

  Based on the time setting information as shown in FIG. 5, the timer unit 110 determines that the set time has come at 18:15 every Tuesday, and outputs instruction information to the personal information search unit 102.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a search condition information management table stored in the search condition information storage unit 103. The search condition information management table has an attribute “keyword”. The “keyword” is a keyword that is a search condition used by the personal information search unit 102 when searching. The data structure of “keyword” does not matter. Here, the keywords “TEL”, “name”, “address”, “age”, “gender”, “family composition”, “annual income”, and “spouse name” are set as keywords.

FIG. 7 shows search condition information displayed on a display unit (not shown) of the information processing apparatus 10 for changing the search condition information stored in the search condition information storage unit 103 as shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a setting screen. “Modification category” is an input field for designating what kind of change is made to the search condition information. “New” is a new addition of a keyword as a search condition, and “Modification” is already The change of the set keyword, “deletion” is a value for designating deletion of the already set keyword. “Before change” indicates an input field for the user to specify a keyword to be changed, and “After change” indicates an input field for specifying a keyword after change. The update button 71 is a button for outputting an instruction to change the contents displayed in each input field described above. For example, the user sets “Correction category” to “Correction”, selects “Home” as the keyword “Before change”, enters the keyword “Address” as the keyword “After change”, and then updates By pressing the button 71 using a mouse or the like, the keyword “home” that has already been set can be corrected to the keyword “address”. However, if the “correction category” is “new”, there is no keyword before the change, and therefore, for convenience, the keyword input as “after change” is displayed as the keyword “before change”. If the “correction category” is “deleted”, there is no keyword after change, and therefore, for convenience, the keyword input as “before change” is displayed as the “after change” keyword. The keywords for searching for personal information can be customized as described above.

  The personal information search unit 102 uses the keyword obtained from the search condition information stored in the search condition information storage unit 103 for each file with respect to the information stored in the information storage unit 101, and the keyword is obtained. Search whether it is included. This search is a so-called OR search for searching whether or not at least one of the keywords shown in FIG. 6 is included.

  As shown in FIG. 8, information for specifying a file to be excluded from the search target is set in advance as excluded file information, and the above search is not performed for the file specified by this excluded file information. You may do it. The excluded file information in FIG. 8 is a file in which file names of files excluded from search targets are registered. No search is performed for a file whose file name matches one of the file names registered in the excluded file information. As described above, for example, in the process of the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 2, the process for preventing the file not to be searched from being searched is performed as a process before searching the file using a keyword in step S <b> 204. Then, it is determined whether or not the file name of the file matches the file name included in the excluded file information. If the file name matches, the search process for the file is not performed, and the process may proceed to step S210. The excluded file information may be information other than the file name as long as it is information that can specify the file to be excluded. For example, it may be information indicating the extension of the file or the application that created the file.

  As a result of searching for one file, if the keyword as shown in FIG. 6 is not included, the personal information search unit 102 searches for the next file stored in the information storage unit 101.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a file stored in the information storage unit 101. The file name of this file is a file name “kokuaku”, and it is assumed that this file includes text data “name”, “TEL”, and “address” as shown in FIG.

  Here, if the personal information search unit 102 performs a search in the file as shown in FIG. 9, the file includes “name”, “TEL”, “address” among the keywords shown in FIG. ”Is included, the personal information search unit 102 determines that this file matches the search condition. That is, the file shown in FIG. 9 is determined to be individual information including personal information.

  The individual information processing unit 104 acquires a file as shown in FIG. 9 determined by the personal information search unit 102 that matches the search condition.

  Next, the identifier changing unit 1041 of the individual information processing unit 104 changes the file name of the file shown in FIG. 9 acquired from the information storage unit 101 based on the identifier setting information stored in the identifier setting information storage unit 105. .

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the identifier setting information stored in the identifier setting information storage unit 105. Here, it is assumed that information “information processing apparatus identification information + file name” is stored as the identifier setting information. The “information processing apparatus identification information + file name” is a file name that is obtained by adding the identification information of the information processing apparatus 10 before the file name of the file to be processed as the changed file name. The rules for change are defined. If the identification information of the information processing apparatus 10 is “clt04”, the individual information processing unit 104
Changes the file name “kkyoaku” shown in FIG. 9 to “clt04kokuaku” based on the identifier setting information shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a management table of transmission destination information stored in the transmission destination information storage unit 107. The transmission destination information management table has attributes of “transmission destination”, “address”, and “folder”.
“Destination” is the name of the device that is the destination of the file whose file name has been changed. Here, the destination is the server 20 that is the management server. “Address” is the IP address “10.250.130.3” of the server 20 that is the destination device. “Folder” is a folder name that is a storage destination of a transmitted file in the server 20 that is a transmission destination device, and here, “clt04” that is the same as the identification information of the information processing apparatus 10 is set. . Here, only one transmission destination is specified, but when a plurality of transmission destinations are used, the number of records in this transmission destination information management table may be increased.

  The individual information transmission unit 1042 of the individual information processing unit 104 converts the file whose file name has been changed by the individual information processing unit 104 into transmission destination information stored in the transmission destination information storage unit 107 as shown in FIG. Send based on. That is, the file is transmitted to the device designated by the IP address “10.250.130.3”, that is, the server 20. At this time, for example, the information of the “folder” shown in FIG. 11 is included in the header of the file to be transmitted.

  The individual information deleting unit 1043 of the individual information processing unit 104 deletes the file shown in FIG. 9 stored in the information storage unit 101.

  The receiving unit 201 of the server 20 receives a file as illustrated in FIG. 9 that is transmitted from the information processing apparatus 10 via the network 30 and whose file name is changed. The individual information storage unit 202 sets the received file in the “folder” of FIG. 11 in the individual information storage unit 203 based on the information of the “folder” included in the received file header or the like. Accumulate in a folder named “clt04”. The individual information accumulated in the individual information storage unit 203 is managed as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a management table of individual information stored in the individual information storage unit 203. The individual information management table has attributes of “folder” and “file”. “Folder” is an identifier of a folder for storing individual information. “File” indicates a file name stored in each folder of the individual information storage unit 203. The data structure of “folder” and “file” is not limited.

  Thereafter, the search processing by the personal information search unit 102 and the processing based on the search result by the individual information processing unit 104 and the like are performed for all the files stored in the information storage unit 101 as described above.

  Next, the process notification unit 108 determines whether or not the personal information search unit 102 has detected one or more files that match the search condition, and only when it is determined that the file has been detected, the notification information storage unit Based on the notification destination information 109, information for notifying that the processing by the individual information processing unit 104 is performed is transmitted.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a notification destination information management table stored in the notification destination information storage unit 109. The notification destination information has attributes of “notification destination” and “address”. “Notification destination” is the name of the notification destination, such as a user name or a title. Here, “the person” who is the user of the information processing apparatus 10, “manager A” and “manager B” who are the managers of the information processing apparatus 10
The “boss” who is the boss of the user of the information processing apparatus 10 is set. “Address” is an e-mail address corresponding to “notification destination”. The data structure of “notification destination” and “address” does not matter.

  The processing notification unit 108 transmits information for notifying that the processing by the individual information processing unit 104 is performed to each mail address indicated by the “address” of the notification destination information illustrated in FIG. 13. As a result, “personal information of the information processing device clt04 has been moved to the management server” as shown in FIG. 14 to the “person”, “administrator A”, “administrator B”, and “supervisor”. An email with the contents of will be sent. Note that the file names of the moved files may be displayed in a list, for example, so that it can be seen what files have been moved. Moreover, you may make it display what kind of file the file name was changed, for example in the form of a list. By receiving such a notification, the “person”, “manager A”, “manager B”, and “boss” have stored the personal information stored in the information processing apparatus 10 having the identification information “clt04”. Can be known to have been moved to the server 20.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, information stored in the information storage unit 101 in the information processing apparatus 10 is moved to the server 20 that is an external apparatus. The personal information can be centrally managed by the server 20. For this reason, personal information can be easily managed. In addition, the administrator of the server 20 can manage personal information intensively and professionally, and it is possible to prevent problems that personal information is tampered with or leaked. In addition, since the individual information scattered in the information processing apparatus 10 is automatically collected, it is possible to prevent personal information from being lost or accidentally leaking out together with other information. It becomes possible to manage personal information reliably. In addition, when the user himself / herself collects the individual information scattered in the information processing apparatus 10, the accuracy with which the scattered individual information can be collected depends on the knowledge and skill of the user. Therefore, depending on the user, individual information cannot be collected sufficiently, and as a result, there is a possibility that management of personal information may be insufficient, but in this embodiment, based on search condition information Since the personal information search unit 102 automatically searches for personal information, an administrator having specialized knowledge or the like sets in advance sufficient search condition information for searching for personal information. Thus, regardless of the user's knowledge and skill, the personal information search unit 102 can perform a search with few search omissions and sufficiently collect personal information, and improve the quality of management of personal information. Can Now, it is possible to reliably manage personal information. In addition, the user of the information processing apparatus 10 is also freed from the task of managing personal information, and when using personal information, the individual information moved from the individual information storage unit 203 in the server 20 is used. Since it is only necessary to search for necessary personal information, it is not necessary to search for and collect personal information scattered in the information processing apparatus 10, and work efficiency can be improved.

  Further, even if the information processing apparatus 10 is taken out or stolen by the individual information processing unit 104 deleting or encrypting the personal information in the information processing apparatus 10, it is not a related party. However, since the personal information in the information processing apparatus 10 cannot be used, it is possible to enhance the safety of the personal information and sufficiently protect the privacy.

  In addition, since the identifier of the individual information having the personal information is changed when transmitting the individual information to the server 20, by changing the identifier so that the individual information after the movement can be easily managed, Easy management of personal information.

In addition, the process of moving the individual information of the information processing apparatus 10 to the server 20 is automated using the timer unit 110, and the individual information is stored in the server without any particular operation by the user of the information processing apparatus 10. 20 and the processing can be executed reliably.
In addition, since the process notification unit 108 notifies that the individual information has been moved to the server 20, it can be confirmed that the process has been performed normally.

  In addition, since the process notification unit 108 notifies the administrator of the information processing apparatus 10 that the individual information has been moved to the server 20, the administrator can check whether the personal information is being managed normally. In addition, it is possible to confirm which user has the personal information.

  In the present embodiment, the case where there is one information processing apparatus 10 has been described. However, the present invention can be applied even when there are a plurality of information processing apparatuses 10, and even in such a case, the above-described implementation is performed. The same effect as that of the embodiment is produced. Further, in this case, since personal information scattered in a plurality of information processing devices 10 can be collected in one server 20, the administrator of the server 20 can manage personal information in a concentrated manner. It is possible to manage personal information more efficiently and reliably than a user of each information processing apparatus 10 manages personal information.

  Further, in this embodiment, processing such as search is performed based on the instruction information output from the timer unit 110. However, in the present invention, for example, when the information processing apparatus 10 is logged off or when the power is turned off. When the connection between the information processing apparatus 10 and the server 20 is released, the individual information may be transmitted to the server 20 when the personal information search unit 102 starts searching for personal information. By doing in this way, for example, even if a user tries to carry out the personal information acquired from the server 20 using the information processing apparatus 10 to the outside together with the information processing apparatus 10, the information processing apparatus 10 is removed from the server 20. Before the connection is released, all personal information on the information processing apparatus 10 is transmitted to the server 20, and only the individual information processed in a state that cannot be used remains on the information processing apparatus 10. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the personal information from being taken out of, for example, an in-house network. In addition, when the connection between the information processing apparatus 10 and the server 20 is released, in order for the personal information search unit 102 to start searching for personal information, for example, an instruction to log off or power off is sent to the information processing apparatus 10. What is necessary is just to make the personal information search part 102 perform a search triggered by the input. Since the configuration that causes the processing unit to execute processing at the timing before such connection is released is a known technique, description thereof is omitted here.

  Note that the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification. Note that the software that implements the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program searches a personal information search step for searching for personal information from information including individual information, which is information including personal information that is stored in the computer, by the personal information search step. This is a program for executing an individual information processing step for performing a predetermined process on the individual information including the personal information.

  In the program, the individual information processing step is a program for further executing an individual information transmission step of acquiring and transmitting individual information including the personal information searched in the personal information search step.

  In the program, the individual information processing step is a program for changing an identifier of individual information including the personal information searched in the personal information searching step to a predetermined identifier.

  In the program, the individual information processing step is a program for performing a process of changing at least a part of the personal information searched in the personal information search step.

  In the program, the individual information processing step is a program for performing processing for deleting individual information including the personal information searched in the personal information searching step.

  Further, in the program, the individual information processing step is a program for performing processing for encrypting individual information including the personal information searched in the individual information searching step.

  In the program, the program further causes the computer to execute a process notification step of notifying that the process has been performed in the individual information processing step.

  Moreover, in the program, the process notification step is a program for performing notification using the electronic mail that the process has been performed.

  Further, in the program, the process notification step is a program for transmitting an e-mail for notifying that the process has been performed to an e-mail address of an administrator.

  In the program, the computer may further execute a timer step for outputting instruction information for instructing search of personal information at a predetermined time, and the personal information search step may include instruction information output by the timer step. Is a program for searching for the personal information based on the above.

  In the program, the personal information search step is a program for searching for the personal information using a keyword related to the personal information.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. The information processing apparatus 150 is configured to store the individual information acquired by the individual information processing unit 104 in the information processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, instead of transmitting the information to the outside of the information processing apparatus 10. The individual information storage unit 152 is moved.

  The information processing device 150 includes an information storage unit 101, a personal information search unit 102, a search condition information storage unit 103, an individual information processing unit 104, an identifier setting information storage unit 105, an individual information storage unit 152, a process notification unit 108, a notification destination An information storage unit 109, a timer unit 110, and a time setting information storage unit 111 are provided. The individual information processing unit 104 includes an identifier changing unit 1042, an individual information deleting unit 1043, and an individual information storage unit 1044. Since the configuration other than the individual information storage unit 1044 and the individual information storage unit 152 is the same as that of the information processing apparatus 10 of the first embodiment, a detailed description of the configuration and operation is omitted.

The individual information storage unit 1044 stores individual information including the personal information searched by the individual information search unit 102 in a memory or a hard disk in the information processing apparatus 10. Specifically, the individual information storage unit 1044 stores the individual information in a storage destination set in advance in a memory or the like. For example, the individual information storage unit 1044 may move the individual information to a directory or the like different from the information storage unit 101 on the same recording medium as the information storage unit 101. Further, the information may be stored in a hard disk or memory different from the information storage unit 101, an optical disk that can be attached to and detached from the information processing apparatus 10, a magnetic disk, or the like. Here, a case where the individual information storage unit 1044 stores individual information in the individual information storage unit 152 will be described. Individual information transmission means 10
The individual information transmitted by 42 may be individual information that has been subjected to some processing by other processing means or the like of the individual information processing unit 104. In the present embodiment, a case where the individual information storage unit 1044 stores the individual information whose identifier has been changed by the identifier change unit 1041 will be described. The individual information storage unit 1044 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the individual information storage unit 1044 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The individual information storage unit 152 stores individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit 102. The individual information stored in the individual information storage unit 152 can be used by searching, reading, or correcting the individual information from an external device, for example, as necessary. is there. However, it is preferable that the individual information storage unit 152 restricts access from an external device or the like in order to ensure security. For example, it is possible to change or delete the individual information stored only by the server administrator, and the user registered in advance sets the access right so that only the stored individual information can be read. . Also, a password or the like is requested at the time of access. Since the process for performing such access restriction is a known technique, a description thereof will be omitted. The individual information storage unit 152 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium such as a hard disk or FlashROM, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 150 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 16, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 denote the same or corresponding steps.

(Step S1601) The individual information processing unit 104 stores the Kth file, which is individual information whose file name has been changed, in the individual information storage unit 152.
In the flowchart of FIG. 16, the process is terminated by power-off or a process termination interrupt.

  If the individual information storage unit 152 is the same medium as the information storage unit 101, the process of step S209 is omitted, and the path of the file management information of the Kth file is stored in the information storage unit 101 as step S1501. The K-th file may be moved from the information storage unit 101 to the individual information storage unit 152 by changing the path to a path in the individual information storage unit 152.

  Next, a specific example of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. The personal information search unit 102 searches the personal information, and the individual information processing unit 104 acquires individual information including the personal information detected by the search, for example, a file including the personal information, and sets the file name of the file. Since the processing up to the change is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  The individual information storage unit 1044 of the individual information processing unit 104 stores the individual information whose file name has been changed in the individual information storage unit 152. The individual information accumulated in the individual information storage unit 152 is managed as shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a management table of individual information stored in the individual information storage unit 152. The individual information management table has attributes of “folder” and “file”. “Folder” is a name of a folder for storing individual information. “File” indicates a file name stored in each folder of the individual information storage unit 152. The data structure of “folder” and “file” is not limited.
Since the subsequent processing is the same as that in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, information stored in the information storage unit 101 in the information processing apparatus 150 is moved to the individual information storage unit 152 in the information processing apparatus 150. Can be collected and managed in the individual information storage unit 152. For this reason, personal information can be managed easily. In addition, since the individual information scattered in the information processing device 150 is automatically collected, it is possible to prevent personal information from being lost or accidentally leaking out together with other information. It becomes possible to manage personal information reliably. In addition, when the user himself / herself collects the individual information scattered in the information processing apparatus 150, the accuracy with which the scattered individual information can be collected differs depending on the knowledge and skill of the user. Therefore, depending on the user, individual information cannot be collected sufficiently, and as a result, there is a possibility that management of personal information may be insufficient, but in this embodiment, based on search condition information Since the personal information search unit 102 automatically searches for personal information, an administrator having specialized knowledge or the like sets in advance sufficient search condition information for searching for personal information. Thus, regardless of the user's knowledge and skill, the personal information search unit 102 can perform a search with few search omissions and sufficiently collect personal information, and improve the quality of management of personal information. Is possible Next, it is possible to reliably manage the personal information. In addition, the user of the information processing apparatus 10 is also freed from the task of managing personal information, and when using personal information, necessary personal information from the individual information moved into the individual information storage unit 152 is used. Therefore, it is not necessary to search or collect personal information scattered in the information processing apparatus 150, and work efficiency can be improved.

  Further, the access right of the individual information stored in the individual information storage unit 152 is limited, and the individual information processing unit 104 deletes or encrypts the personal information in the information processing apparatus 10, Even if the information processing device 10 is taken out or stolen, the individual information stored in the individual information storage unit 152 cannot be illegally accessed by anyone other than the related parties and is scattered in the information processing device 10. Since personal information cannot be used, it is possible to enhance the safety of personal information and sufficiently protect privacy.

  In addition, since the identifier of the individual information is changed when storing the individual information, it is easy to manage the personal information by changing the identifier so that the individual information can be easily managed after moving. Become.

  Moreover, the process etc. which move the individual information of the information processing apparatus 10 to the individual information storage part 152 using the timer part 110 can be automated, and the user of the information processing apparatus 10 does not perform any operation. The individual information can be moved to the individual information storage unit 152, and the processing can be surely executed.

  In addition, since the processing notification unit 108 notifies that the individual information has been moved to the individual information storage unit 152, it can be confirmed that the processing has been performed normally.

  In addition, since the process notification unit 108 notifies the administrator of the information processing apparatus 10 that the individual information has been moved to the individual information storage unit 152, the administrator of the information processing apparatus 150 can recognize the personal information. It is possible to confirm whether or not management is normally performed, which user has personal information, and the like.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process and each function may be realized by centralized processing by a single device or system, or may be realized by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. Also good.

Note that the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification. Note that the software that implements the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the following program. That is, in this program, the processing in this embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification. Note that the software that implements the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program searches a personal information search step for searching for personal information from information including individual information, which is information including personal information that is stored in the computer, by the personal information search step. This is a program for executing an individual information processing step for performing a predetermined process on the individual information including the personal information.

  In the program, the individual information processing step is a program for accumulating individual information including personal information searched in the personal information searching step.

  In the program, the individual information processing step is a program for changing an identifier of individual information including the personal information searched in the personal information searching step to a predetermined identifier.

  In the program, the individual information processing step is a program for performing a process of changing at least a part of the personal information searched in the personal information search step.

  In the program, the individual information processing step is a program for performing processing for deleting individual information including the personal information searched in the personal information searching step.

  Further, in the program, the individual information processing step is a program for performing processing for encrypting individual information including the personal information searched in the individual information searching step.

  In the program, the program further causes the computer to execute a process notification step of notifying that the process has been performed in the individual information processing step.

  Moreover, in the program, the process notification step is a program for performing notification using the electronic mail that the process has been performed.

  Further, in the program, the process notification step is a program for transmitting an e-mail for notifying that the process has been performed to an e-mail address of an administrator.

  In the program, the computer may further execute a timer step for outputting instruction information for instructing search of personal information at a predetermined time, and the personal information search step may include instruction information output by the timer step. Is a program for searching for the personal information based on the above.

  In the program, the personal information search step is a program for searching for the personal information using a keyword related to the personal information.

In each program in each of the above embodiments, processing performed by hardware in a transmission step for transmitting information, a reception step for receiving information, and the like, for example, processing performed by a modem or an interface card in the transmission step (Processing performed only by hardware) is not included.

  These programs may be executed by being downloaded from a server or the like, and a program recorded on a predetermined recording medium (for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like) is read out. May be executed.

  Further, the computer that executes these programs may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means existing in one apparatus, for example, an individual information transmission means and a process notification section, may be physically realized by one medium.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention can easily and surely manage personal information scattered in the information processing apparatus, and can process information such as a computer that handles the personal information. It is useful as an information processing system including an apparatus and an information processing terminal such as a computer that handles personal information.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system according to a first embodiment Flow chart for explaining the operation of the information processing system Flow chart for explaining the operation of a server connected to the information processing system Schematic diagram showing the configuration of the information processing system The figure which shows the time setting information management table of the information processing system The figure which shows the search condition information management table of the same information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the information processing system The figure which shows the exclusion file information of the same information processing system The figure which shows the example of the file stored in the information storage part of the information processing system The figure which shows the identifier setting information management table of the information processing system The figure which shows the transmission destination information management table of the same information processing system The figure which shows the individual information management table of the same information processing system The figure which shows the notification information management table of the same information processing system The figure which shows the example of the mail which the process notification part of the information processing system notifies FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing device according to a second embodiment. Flow chart for explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus The figure which shows the separate information management table | surface of the same information processing apparatus

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10,150 Information processing apparatus 20 Server 30 Network 101 Information storage part 102 Personal information search part 103 Search condition information storage part 104 Individual information processing part 105 Identifier setting information storage part 107 Transmission destination information storage part 108 Process notification part 109 Notification destination information Storage unit 110 Timer unit 111 Time setting information storage unit 152, 203 Individual information storage unit 201 Reception unit 202 Individual information storage unit 1041 Identifier changing unit 1042 Individual information transmission unit 1043 Individual information deletion unit 1044 Individual information storage unit

Claims (38)

An information storage unit storing information including individual information that is information including personal information that is information related to an individual;
A personal information search unit for searching for personal information stored in the information storage unit;
An information processing apparatus comprising: an individual information processing unit that performs a predetermined process on the individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the individual information processing unit acquires the individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit from the information storage unit and transmits the acquired information to the outside. An individual information storage unit for storing the individual information;
The individual information processing unit
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein individual information including personal information searched by the personal information search unit is accumulated in the individual information storage unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein access restriction is performed on the individual information storage unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the individual information processing unit changes an identifier of individual information including personal information searched by the personal information search unit to a predetermined identifier. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the individual information processing unit performs a process of changing at least a part of the personal information searched by the personal information search unit stored in the information storage unit. . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the individual information processing unit performs processing for deleting individual information including personal information searched by the personal information search unit stored in the information storage unit. . The information according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the individual information processing unit performs a process of encrypting individual information including personal information searched by the individual information search unit stored in the information storage unit. Processing equipment. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a process notification unit that notifies that the individual information processing unit has performed the predetermined process. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processing notification unit performs notification that the processing has been performed using an electronic mail. A notification destination designation information storage unit storing an email address of an administrator of the information processing apparatus;
The said process notification part transmits the email for notifying that the said process was performed to the transmission destination which the administrator's email address stored in the said notification destination designation | designated information storage part shows. Information processing device. A timer unit for outputting instruction information for instructing a search for personal information at a predetermined time;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the personal information search unit searches the personal information based on instruction information from the timer unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the personal information search unit searches for the personal information using a keyword related to the personal information. An information processing system comprising an information processing device and a server,
The information processing apparatus includes:
An information storage unit storing information including individual information that is information including personal information that is information related to an individual;
A personal information search unit for searching for personal information stored in the information storage unit;
An individual information processing unit that acquires the individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit stored in the information storage unit from the information storage unit and transmits the acquired information to the server; Is
An individual information storage unit for storing the individual information;
A receiving unit that receives the individual information transmitted by the information processing apparatus;
An information processing system comprising: an individual information storage unit that stores individual information received by the receiving unit in the individual information storage unit. The information processing system according to claim 14, wherein the individual information processing unit changes an identifier of individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search unit to a predetermined identifier. The information processing system according to claim 14, wherein the individual information processing unit performs a process of changing at least a part of the personal information searched by the personal information search unit. The information processing system according to any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein the individual information processing unit performs processing for deleting individual information including personal information searched by the personal information search unit. The information according to any one of claims 14 to 17, wherein the individual information processing unit performs a process of encrypting individual information including the personal information searched by the individual information search unit stored in the information storage unit. Processing system. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a process notification unit that notifies that the individual information processing unit has performed the predetermined process. The information processing system according to claim 19, wherein the processing notification unit performs notification that the processing has been performed using an electronic mail. A notification destination designation information storage unit storing an email address of an administrator of the information processing apparatus;
21. The process notification unit transmits an e-mail for notifying that the process has been performed to a transmission destination indicated by an e-mail address of an administrator stored in the notification destination designation information storage unit. Information processing system. A timer unit for outputting instruction information for instructing a search for personal information at a predetermined time;
The information processing system according to any one of claims 14 to 21, wherein the personal information search unit searches the personal information based on instruction information from the timer unit. The information processing system according to any one of claims 14 to 21, wherein the personal information search unit searches the personal information before the connection with the server is released. The information processing system according to any one of claims 14 to 23, wherein the personal information search unit searches the personal information using a keyword related to the personal information. A personal information retrieval step for retrieving personal information from information including individual information that is information including personal information that is information relating to stored individuals;
An information processing method comprising: an individual information processing step for performing a predetermined process on the individual information including the personal information searched in the personal information search step. The individual information processing step includes
26. The information processing method according to claim 25, wherein individual information including personal information searched in the personal information search step is accumulated. On the computer,
A personal information retrieval step for retrieving personal information from information including individual information that is information including personal information that is information relating to stored individuals;
The program for performing the separate information processing step which performs a predetermined process with respect to the said individual information containing the personal information searched by the said personal information search step. 28. The program according to claim 27, wherein the individual information processing step acquires and transmits individual information including the personal information searched in the personal information search step. The individual information processing step includes
28. The program according to claim 27, wherein individual information including personal information searched in the personal information search step is accumulated. The individual information processing step includes
30. The program according to claim 27, wherein an identifier of the individual information including the personal information searched by the personal information search step is changed to a predetermined identifier. The individual information processing step includes
The program according to any one of claims 27 to 30, wherein processing for changing at least a part of the personal information searched in the personal information search step is performed. The individual information processing step includes
The program according to any one of claims 27 to 30, wherein a process of deleting individual information including personal information searched in the personal information search step is performed. The individual information processing step includes
The program according to any one of claims 27 to 30, wherein a process of encrypting individual information including personal information searched in the individual information search step is performed. On the computer,
The program according to any one of claims 27 to 33, further causing a processing notification step of notifying that the processing has been performed by the individual information processing step. The process notification step includes:
35. The program according to claim 34, wherein the notification that the processing has been performed is performed using an electronic mail. The process notification step includes:
36. The program according to claim 35, wherein an e-mail for notifying that the processing has been performed is transmitted to an e-mail address of an administrator. On the computer,
A timer step for outputting instruction information for instructing search of personal information at a predetermined time is further executed.
The personal information search step includes
The program according to any one of claims 27 to 36, wherein the personal information is searched based on the instruction information output by the timer step. The program according to any one of claims 27 to 37, wherein the personal information search step searches the personal information using a keyword related to the personal information.

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