JP7503910B2 - Inheritance information processing method, inheritance information processing device, inheritance information processing program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an inheritance information processing method, an inheritance information processing device, an inheritance information processing program, and a recording medium.

A device has been developed that uses the occurrence of an abnormality in the successor to notify the successor of a message that the successor had registered before his/her death. For example, there is a transfer target information processing device that includes a processor that enables the successor terminal device to store the transfer start decryption key decrypted with the protected decryption key in the second storage area when an abnormality occurs in the successor, enables the agent terminal device to store the transfer decryption key decrypted with the transfer start decryption key in the second storage area, and enables the successor terminal device to obtain and decrypt the transfer target information that is sent from the successor terminal device and stored in the first storage area using a key predetermined by the successor, which is included in the information necessary for transfer start decrypted with the transfer decryption key. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2019-149726 A

However, with the technology of Patent Document 1 mentioned above (hereinafter, the prior art), it was difficult to transfer multiple independent pieces of inheritance information to each successor.

The object of the present invention is to provide an inheritance information processing method, an inheritance information processing device, an inheritance information processing program, and a recording medium that contribute to enabling an inheritor associated with each inheritance information to easily view the contents of the inheritance information when the inheritee sets multiple inheritance information that are independent of each other.

An inheritance information processing method according to one aspect of the present invention is an inheritance information processing method in an inheritance information processing system including a display device having a display medium and an inheritance information processing server connected by a communication network, the method comprising: displaying an inheritance information setting page on the display medium, which allows a successor to set one or more independent inheritance information by individually associating the inheritance information with information specifying the successor's contact address; when it is detected that the inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, storing the inheritance information and the information specifying the contact address in a storage device in association with each other; and when predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, storing the first contact address of a first successor on the inheritance information setting page. When first succession information set in association with information specifying a second contact address of a second successor and second succession information set in association with information specifying a second contact address of a second successor are stored in the storage device, information of a first page address of a first succession information viewing page including the first succession information and not including the second succession information is transmitted to the first contact address , and when it is detected that the second succession information has been set after the first succession information has been set on the succession information setting page, a matching rate between contents of the first succession information and contents of the second succession information is determined, and information regarding a degree of similarity of contents of the second succession information to contents of the first succession information is displayed on the display medium .

An inheritance information processing device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a communication unit that communicates with a display device having a display medium, and displays an inheritance information setting page on the display medium for a successor to set one or more independent inheritance information in association with information specifying a contact address of the successor. When it is detected that the inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, the inheritance information and the information specifying the contact address are associated with each other and stored in a storage device. When predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, the first inheritance information set on the inheritance information setting page in association with information specifying a first contact address of a first successor is stored in a storage device. and a control unit that, when second succession information set in association with information specifying the first succession information and information specifying a second contact address of the second successor is stored in the storage device, transmits information of a first page address of a first succession information viewing page that includes the first succession information and does not include the second succession information to the first contact address, and when it is detected that the second succession information has been set after the first succession information has been set on the succession information setting page, determines a matching rate between a content of the first succession information and a content of the second succession information, and displays information regarding a degree of similarity of the content of the second succession information to the content of the first succession information on the display medium .

An inheritance information processing program according to one aspect of the present invention includes a communication process for communicating with a display device having a display medium, and displaying an inheritance information setting page on the display medium for a successor to set one or more independent inheritance information in association with information identifying a contact address of the successor, and when it is detected that the inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, storing the inheritance information and the information identifying the contact address in association with each other in a storage device, and when a predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, storing the first inheritance information and the information identifying a first contact address of a first successor set on the inheritance information setting page in association with each other in a storage device. When second succession information set in correspondence with information identifying the second contact address of the second successor is stored in the storage device, information of a first page address of a first succession information viewing page that includes the first succession information but does not include the second succession information is sent to the first contact address, and when it is detected that the second succession information has been set after the first succession information has been set on the succession information setting page, a control process is executed to determine a matching rate between the content of the first succession information and the content of the second succession information, and to display information regarding the degree of similarity of the content of the second succession information to the content of the first successor on the display medium .

A recording medium according to one aspect of the present invention includes a communication process for communicating with a display device having a display medium, and a display medium that displays an inheritance information setting page for a successor to set one or more independent inheritance information in association with information specifying a contact address of the successor. When it is detected that the inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, the inheritance information and the information specifying the contact address are stored in association with each other in a storage device. When a predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, the first inheritance information and the second contact address of the second successor are stored in association with each other in the inheritance information setting page. When second inheritance information set in correspondence with information specifying a contact address is stored in the storage device, information of a first page address of a first inheritance information viewing page that includes the first inheritance information but does not include the second inheritance information is sent to the first contact address , and when it is detected that the second inheritance information has been set after the first inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, a matching rate between the content of the first inheritance information and the content of the second inheritance information is determined, and information regarding the degree of similarity of the content of the second inheritance information to the content of the first inheritance information is displayed on the display medium is recorded in the inheritance information processing program that causes a computer to execute the following control process.

The present invention contributes to the fact that, when a successor sets multiple pieces of inheritance information that are independent of each other, the successor associated with each piece of inheritance information can easily refer to the contents of the inheritance information.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of an inherited information processing system and an inherited information processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing another example of the functional configuration of an inherited information processing system and an inherited information processing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a flow diagram showing an example of the operation flow of an inherited information processing server according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an image of a succession information setting page displayed on a display medium. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a table in which ID information of a successor is associated with a contact address. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an image of a succession information viewing page displayed on a display medium. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of an image of the inheritance information setting page displayed on a display medium. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of an image of the inheritance information viewing page displayed on the display medium. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a table in which ID information of a successor and percentage information of succession information are associated with each other; FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a table for determining the degree of similarity of inheritance information; FIG. 11 is a flow diagram showing an example of the operation flow of the inherited information processing server in the first modification example. A diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a computer that realizes the functions of each unit by a program.

(How one aspect of the present invention was invented)

The inventor of the present invention has conceived that when a successor sets succession information, not only is a single piece of succession information assigned to a single successor, but multiple pieces of mutually independent succession information may be assigned to one or multiple successors.

Information that is independent of each other is, for example, information that has substantially different content, information with different subject matter, and information that is newly set at different times. When multiple pieces of succession information are set independently of each other, only the successor to whom the succession information is assigned can view the succession information, and other successors must be able to view the succession information exclusively so that they cannot view it.

The inventor of the present invention therefore came up with an inheritance information processing device and inheritance information processing method that would allow the inheritor associated with each inheritance information to easily view the contents of the inheritance information when the inheritee sets multiple inheritance information that are independent of each other, and came to invent one aspect of the present invention.

In this disclosure, the following terms are defined:

(This Service)
The inheritance information processing service provided by the inheritance information processing server in the present disclosure is referred to as the present service. In the following description, the inheritance information processing service provided by the inheritance information processing server in the present disclosure may be referred to as the present service. The basic service of the present service is to notify the successor who is registered as the successor of the inheritance information registered by the successor before the abnormality occurs, triggered by the occurrence of an abnormality in the successor, such as the death of the successor.

(user)
The user of this service is called a User. A User is, for example, a person who accesses a website related to this service and receives the provision of this service on that website. Users include a successor who sets the succession information and a successor who inherits the succession information.

(Succession)
Succession in this disclosure may be general succession such as inheritance, or specific succession such as assignment.

(Succession Information)
The inheritance information in this disclosure is information that is passed on from the inheritee to the successor when an abnormality occurs to the inheritee. The inheritance information may be, for example, a will, a membership number and password for logging in to an arbitrary website, a membership number and password for using an arbitrary service, a bank account number and a PIN, an arbitrary message that the inheritee wants to convey to the successor, etc. The membership number, password, PIN, etc. may be text information or image information. In addition, the arbitrary message may be text information, still image information, video information, etc. The type of inheritance information does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

The definitions of terms used in this disclosure have been explained above. If a special meaning is given to a defined term, it may be further defined in the description of the embodiments.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In the embodiments, components having the same functions are given the same reference numerals, and duplicated descriptions will be omitted. The embodiment described below shows one specific example of the present disclosure. The configurations shown in the embodiments, the processes or the order of processes in the flow charts, etc. are merely examples, and do not limit the technology of the present disclosure.

(Embodiment 1)
The configurations of the inheritance information processing system 1 and the inheritance information processing device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 3. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the inheritance information processing system 1 and the inheritance information processing device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing another example of the functional configuration of the inheritance information processing system 1 and the inheritance information processing device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the inheritance information processing system 1 includes an inheritance information processing device 100, a display device 200, and a storage device 300. In FIG. 1, the inheritance information processing device 100 is also referred to as an inheritance information processing server 10.

In FIG. 1, the inheritance information processing device 100 and the inheritance information processing server 10 can be read as interchangeable. In FIG. 1, the inheritance information processing server 10 is described as including the inheritance information processing device 100 but not the storage device 300, but as shown in FIG. 2, the inheritance information processing server 10 may be configured to include the inheritance information processing device 100 and the storage device 300.

In the following, the inherited information processing server 10 includes both the system configuration shown in FIG. 1 and the system configuration shown in FIG. 2. In other words, whether or not the inherited information processing server 10 includes a storage device 300 does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

As described below, the inheritance information processing server 10 is a computer or recording medium having the function of displaying an inheritance information setting page on the display medium 201 of the display device 200 via a communication network, storing inheritance information set by the user, the inheritee, on the inheritance information setting page in the storage device 300, and, when trigger information indicating that an abnormal situation has occurred regarding the inheritee, sending information for viewing the inheritance information to a contact address that has been set in advance in association with the inheritance information, thereby providing this service. The inheritance information processing server 10 may be realized, for example, by a combination of a general-purpose computer and software that performs each operation described in this embodiment.

Note that there may be multiple inherited information processing servers 10 and storage devices 300 shown in FIG. 1, and multiple inherited information processing servers 10 shown in FIG. 2. In such cases, multiple functions may be distributed across multiple servers and multiple devices.

Also, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, multiple display devices 200 may be connected to the inheritance information processing server 10 via a communication network. For example, the display device 200a used when the inheritee uses the service, the display device 200b used when the first successor uses the service, and the display device 200c used when the second successor uses the service may be different. For example, if the inheritee, the first successor, and the second successor are family members living together or belong to the same organization, the display device 200 used when the inheritee, the first successor, and the second successor use the service may be the same device. Furthermore, the inheritance information processing system 1 may include a display device 200 used when one or more other inheritees use the service, not shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.

In the following description, the storage device 300 may be referred to as a storage server 300. The communication unit 101 and the storage device 300 may be connected to each other via a communication network.

In Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the inherited information processing device 100 includes a communication unit 101 and a control unit 102. The communication unit 101 and the control unit 102 are connected to each other by wire or wirelessly. In Fig. 3, the display device 200 includes a display medium 201, an input unit 202, a communication unit 203, a memory 204, and a control unit 205. Each element included in the display device 200 is connected to some or all of the other elements by wire or wirelessly based on the design specifications.

The communication unit 101 is connected to the communication unit 203 in the display device 200 via a communication network, and has the function of transmitting and receiving information. The communication network may be a network configured with electric communication lines. The communication network may be a wired communication network or a wireless communication network. The communication network may be, for example, the Internet, a dedicated line, a LAN (Local Area Network), etc.

When used by the successor, for example, as described below, the display device 200 may have a function to request the succession information processing server 10 to display an inheritance information setting page, and to display the inheritance information setting page on the display medium 201 based on a control signal transmitted from the inheritance information processing server 10 in response to the request. When used by the successor, for example, as described below, the display device 200 may have a function to read a notification sent from the inheritance information processing server 10 to the successor's contact address, and to display the contents of the read notification on the display medium 201.

The display device 200 may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a wearable terminal, or a dedicated terminal.

The display medium 201 may be, for example, a two-dimensional display, or a three-dimensional display in virtual reality, mixed reality, or the like. The two-dimensional display may be a liquid crystal display, an organic electroluminescence display, or the like. The type of display does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

The input unit 202 has a function for selecting the display content on the display medium 201 and a function for inputting or editing characters. The input unit 202 accepts input from the user.

The input unit 202 may be, for example, at least one of a keyboard, a mouse, a hardware button, a touch operation using a touch panel, a stylus pen using a touch panel, an input based on detection of the user's line of sight, and a voice input. The keyboard may be an externally connected physical keyboard or a software keyboard on a touch panel. In addition, when the display medium 201 is a three-dimensional display in virtual reality, mixed reality, or the like, information input or information selection may be based on a dedicated controller, a user's gesture, or the like.

The communication unit 203 is connected to the communication unit 101 via a communication network, and receives signals or information from the inherited information processing server 10. The communication unit 203 may be, for example, a communication module including an antenna for wireless communication. The communication unit 203 may also be, for example, a communication module for wired communication.

The memory 204 may have a function of storing information received by the communication unit 203 from the inherited information processing server 10. When the communication unit 203 receives various application software described below, the memory 204 may store various application software. In the following description, the display device 200 may store various information received from the inherited information processing server 10, for example, in the memory 204.

The control unit 205 performs various controls in the display device 200. For example, the control unit 205 causes the communication unit 203 to store information received from the inherited information processing server 10 in the memory 204. The control unit 205 causes the input unit 202 to receive input by the user.

The control unit 205 also has a function to display, for example, information on the inheritance information setting page received from the inheritance information processing server 10 on the display medium 201. The control unit 205 also has a function to display predetermined information on the display medium 201 based on, for example, various applications or instructions from the inheritance information processing server 10. The function of the control unit 205 to display various information on the display medium 201 is a publicly known technology, so a detailed description will be omitted.

The control unit 205 may be, for example, a control circuit that controls each unit by an electrical signal. Specifically, the control unit 205 may be configured by an integrated circuit such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). The control unit 205 may also be realized by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit). The control unit 205 may be, for example, a web browser.

In the above description, the display medium 201 and other elements of the display device 200 are described as being built into the display device 200, but they may be external to the display device 200.

1 and 2, the storage device 300 stores, for example, inheritance information set by the inheritee in association with a contact address on an inheritance information setting page, as described below. The storage device 300 may store various application software. The various application software may, for example, cause the services provided by the inheritance information processing server 10 to be executed in a standalone manner on the display device 200 in response to a user request. The various application software may also be, for example, source code such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript (registered trademark), etc., which is loaded and operated by a web browser installed on a client PC.

In the inherited information processing device 100, the communication unit 101 communicates with the display device 200 having the display medium 201. Specifically, the communication unit 101 has a function of transmitting and receiving information to and from the communication unit 203 in the display device 200 via a communication network. The communication unit 101 also has a function of receiving information from the storage device 300.

The communication unit 101 and the storage device 300 are connected to each other via a wired or wireless network. The communication unit 101 may be, for example, a communication module including an antenna for wireless communication, or a communication module for wired communication. The form, standards, and other specifications of the network connecting the communication unit 101 and the storage device 300 do not limit the scope of this disclosure.

The control unit 102 displays an inheritance information setting page on the display medium 201, which allows the successor to set one or more independent inheritance information in association with information identifying the successor's contact address, and when it is detected that the inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, stores the inheritance information and the information identifying the contact address in association with each other in the storage device 300. In addition, when the control unit 102 receives predetermined trigger information related to the successor, and when the first inheritance information set on the inheritance information setting page in association with information identifying the first contact address of the first successor and the second inheritance information set on the inheritance information setting page in association with information identifying the second contact address of the second successor are stored in the storage device 300, the control unit 102 transmits information on the first page address of the first inheritance information viewing page, which includes the first inheritance information and does not include the second inheritance information, to the first contact address.

The control unit 102 may be a control circuit that controls each unit by an electrical signal. Specifically, the control unit 102 may be configured by an integrated circuit such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). The control unit 102 may also be realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit). Details of the functions of the control unit 102 will be described later.

Above, with reference to Figures 1 to 3, configuration examples of the inheritance information processing system 1, the inheritance information processing server 10, and the inheritance information processing device 100 according to this embodiment have been described.

The inheritance information processing system 1 according to this embodiment provides the service to the user, for example, by the above-mentioned configuration example. The service may be provided, for example, by the user accessing a website related to the service. The service may be triggered by the occurrence of an abnormality in the successor, and may notify the successor of the inheritance information that the successor registered before the abnormality occurred.

For example, the successor may access a website related to this service and request the provision of a setting service for the succession information and the successor. The succession information processing server 10 that receives the request may transmit information for displaying an succession information setting page to the display device 200a operated by the successor, who is the user, and may display an area on the display medium 201a for setting the succession information and information specifying the contact address of the successor. The definition of the information specifying the contact address will be described later.

When the successor uses the display device 200a to set one or more pieces of mutually independent inheritance information and information specifying the contact address of the successor associated with the inheritance information, the inheritance information processing server 10 may store the set one or more pieces of inheritance information and information specifying the contact address of the successor associated with the inheritance information in the storage device 300 as information set by the successor. The inheritance information and information specifying the contact address of the successor may be associated with the information of the successor, for example, based on unique identification information assigned to the successor.

Then, when the succession information processing server 10 receives trigger information notifying the occurrence of an abnormal situation regarding the successor, it may notify the contact address of the successor associated with each piece of information to view one or more pieces of succession information set by the successor stored in the storage device 300.

For example, a first successor who receives information for viewing the first succession information via a contact address may view the first succession information using display device 200b based on the information for viewing the first succession information. On the other hand, a second successor who receives information for viewing the second succession information via a contact address may view the second succession information using display device 200c based on the information for viewing the second succession information.

In addition, the information for viewing the succession information may be, for example, page address information for accessing a specific page including the succession information, as described below. The specific page including the succession information may be, for example, a succession information viewing page included in a website related to this service, and the first succession information viewing page includes the first succession information, but does not include the second succession information set independently of the first succession information. Also, the second succession information viewing page includes the second succession information, but does not include the first succession information set independently of the second succession information.

In this way, this service provides a succession information processing service that enables exclusive viewing of messages, etc. by notifying the contact address of the first successor of page address information for accessing the first succession information viewing page that includes succession information set for the first successor and does not include succession information set for successors other than the first successor.

This provides an inheritance information processing system 1 that helps enable the inheritors associated with each piece of inheritance information to easily refer to the contents of the inheritance information when the inheritee sets multiple pieces of inheritance information that are independent of each other.

Note that this service only requires that the successor uses the succession information processing server 10 to set multiple pieces of succession information that are independent of each other and that the successor can view the succession information, and the manner in which the service is provided does not limit the scope of this disclosure. For example, the succession information processing server 10 may transmit application software that operates standalone without using a web browser to the display device 200, and various services may be provided on the display medium 201 using the downloaded application software.

Figure 4 is a flow diagram showing an example of the operation flow of the succession information processing server 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of an image of the succession information setting page displayed on a display medium. Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of a table that associates the ID information of the successor with the contact address. Figure 7 is a diagram showing an example of an image of the succession information viewing page displayed on a display medium.

Below, the processing procedure of the basic operation of the inheritance information processing server 10 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 4 to 7.

In the following description, the display of specific information on the display medium 201 using information such as various programs transmitted from the inherited information processing server 10 to the display device 200 and then stored in the memory 204 is the same as the inherited information processing server 10 directly or indirectly controlling the display of the specific information.

In other words, in an embodiment of the present invention, the control by the various programs provided to the display device 200 from the inherited information processing server 10 and the control by the inherited information processing server 10 may be referred to as control by the inherited information processing server 10, etc. Even if it is simply referred to as control by the inherited information processing server 10, it may be interpreted to have the same meaning as control by the inherited information processing server 10, etc.

Note that each flow diagram described below merely illustrates, as an example, the steps necessary to explain the processing procedures for the operation of the inheritance information processing server 10 according to the present disclosure. This does not prevent steps related to the processing of other operations from being appropriately inserted between the steps of each flow diagram, as long as the functions of the embodiment of the present invention are exercised.

When a system for providing this service is constructed, the user interface is generally programmed in an event-driven manner, but for ease of explanation, the flow diagrams in the embodiments of the present invention are not necessarily described based on event-driven flow diagrams. Furthermore, generally, events are generated by the display device 200, but they may also be generated by the inherited information processing server 10. Event processing may be performed by the display device 200, or may also be performed by the inherited information processing server 10. In other words, the subject of event generation or event processing does not limit the present invention.

The explanations regarding the flow diagrams above may also be applied to the flow diagrams described below.

In FIG. 4, the inheritance information processing server 10 displays an inheritance information setting page on the display medium 201a of the display device 200a operated by the user, the inheritee (step S401). The inheritance information setting page is a page on which the inheritee can set one or more independent pieces of inheritance information by individually associating them with information that identifies the successor's contact address.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the inheritance information setting page may display an area 500 in which inheritance information can be set by the input unit 202a, and an area 501 in which information specifying the contact address of the successor to whom the inheritance information is to be inherited can be set by the input unit 202a, in one-to-one correspondence.

As shown in FIG. 5, the inheritance information set in area 500a and the inheritance information set in area 500b are mutually independent information. Mutually independent information may be, for example, information with different subject matter as shown in FIG. 5. Mutually independent information may be, for example, information with different areas in which the contents are set as shown in FIG. On the other hand, for example, the first inheritance information and information in which the first inheritance information is partially modified or added to are not mutually independent information.

In this disclosure, "setting" may mean arbitrarily writing any character information or the like using the input unit 202. In this disclosure, "setting" may mean selecting a piece of text using a pull-down menu or check box prepared in advance using the input unit 202. The method of setting the inheritance information and the information identifying the contact address does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

In the initial state, when the user has not yet set any inheritance information, the inheritance information setting page may not display areas 500 and 501. In the initial state, the inheritance information setting page may display only area 500a in which the first inheritance information can be input, and area 501a in which information specifying the first contact address of the first successor to whom the first inheritance information is to be inherited can be input.

In such a case, the hidden areas 500 and 501 may be displayed on the inheritance information setting page by, for example, pressing a new button (not shown) using the input unit 202. The image of the initial state of the inheritance information setting page does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

In FIG. 5, areas 500 and 501 are displayed as areas surrounded by solid lines for ease of explanation, but may be displayed in other ways. The display manner of areas 500 and 501 on the inheritance information setting page does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

The information identifying the contact address of the successor may be the contact address of the successor. The contact address may be an email address, an ID for a specific application such as a social network service or chat, or a telephone number, etc.

In addition, the information specifying the contact address of the successor may be the ID information of the successor, and the information on the contact address of the successor may be stored in the storage device 300 in association with the ID information. The ID information of the successor is, for example, information that can be assigned when using the service, and may be the name, nickname, relationship to the successor, or membership number of the successor. The ID information of the successor may be set by the user on a specified page or screen of the website related to the service. In addition, the ID information of the successor may be registered in association with the contact address of the successor on a specified page or screen of the website related to the service.

The ID information of the successor associated with the contact address of the successor may be managed, for example, by a table 601 that associates the ID information of the successor with the contact address, as shown in FIG. 6. The information in table 601 may be stored by storage device 300. Note that in FIG. 6, the contact address is illustrated as an email address, but as described above, the contact address may be a telephone number, etc.

For example, when information on the first contact address of the first successor is associated with the ID information of the first successor and stored in the storage device 300, information on the page address of the first succession information viewing page for viewing the first succession information is sent to the first contact address based on the ID information of the first successor, as described below.

When this service is provided, the method of setting information identifying a contact address may be such that only the contact address can be set, or such that only the successor's ID information can be set, or such that both the contact address and the successor's ID information can be selectively set at will.

The succession information setting page is displayed on the display medium 201a based on the information of the succession information setting page transmitted from the succession information processing server 10 to the display device 200a in response to a request from the user, the successor. The request from the successor may be a request made to the succession information processing server 10 using the input unit 202a to transmit information of the succession information setting page to the display device 200a in order for the user to receive the provision of the service. The request is made so that the successor can set the succession information and information specifying the contact address of the successor. The request may be made, for example, by the user pressing a specified button to request the setting of the succession information, etc. on the display medium 201 displaying a specified page on a website related to the service.

In addition, as a prerequisite for receiving the provision of this service, the user may need to access, for example, a website related to this service. In such a case, the user may be able to access the personal page by using a predetermined membership number and password for logging in to the website related to this service. The membership number may be, for example, the email address or telephone number of the predecessor.

Next, in FIG. 4, the inheritance information processing server 10 determines whether the inheritance information, etc. has been set on the inheritance information setting page (step S402). If the inheritance information, etc. has not been set (step S402: NO), the server may enter a standby state until the inheritance information, etc. is set.

On the other hand, when the inheritance information processing server 10 detects that inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page (step S402: YES), it associates the inheritance information with information identifying the contact address and stores them in the storage device 300 (step S403).

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when first succession information 502a is set in area 500a and information 503a specifying the first contact address of the first successor is set in area 501a, the succession information processing server 10 associates the first succession information 502a with the information specifying the first contact address 503a and stores them in the storage device 300 as information set by the successor. The first succession information 502, etc. may be stored in the storage device 300 in association with information specifying the successor who set the information. The information specifying the successor may be, for example, the ID information of the successor that can be assigned in this service.

Next, in FIG. 4, the succession information processing server 10 determines whether or not an edit request for the succession information has been received from the display device 200a (step S404), and if an edit request has been received (step S404: YES), causes the display medium 201a to display the succession information setting page. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the second succession information 502b and information 503b specifying the second contact address of the second successor are set, the succession information processing server 10 may store this information in the storage device 300.

In the above description, the first inheritance information 502a and the second inheritance information 502b are set at different times, but this is not limited to the above. After the first inheritance information 502a is set, the second inheritance information 502b may be set before a transition to another page is selected, or before the user logs out of the website related to this service.

In FIG. 5, only the first inheritance information 502a and the second inheritance information 502b are displayed on the inheritance information setting page, but other inheritance information not shown may be set by the user and displayed on the display medium 201. Furthermore, inheritance information that has already been set may be able to be deleted or modified as appropriate.

On the other hand, in FIG. 4, if the inheritance information processing server 10 does not receive a request to edit the inheritance information (step S404: NO), it determines whether or not it has received specific trigger information related to the inheritee (step S405). If the inheritance information processing server 10 does not receive the specific trigger information (step S405: NO), it may enter a standby state until it receives a request to edit the inheritance information (step S404).

On the other hand, when the succession information processing server 10 receives a predetermined trigger information related to the successor (step S405: YES), when the first succession information 502a set in association with information 503a specifying the first contact address of the first successor on the succession information setting page and the second succession information 502b set in association with information 503b specifying the second contact address of the second successor are stored in the storage device 300, the succession information processing server 10 transmits information of the first page address of the first succession information viewing page, which includes the first succession information 502a but does not include the second succession information 502b, to the first contact address (step S406).

The specified trigger information may be information indicating that an abnormal situation has occurred to the subject of the trigger information. Specifically, the specified trigger information may be information indicating that the subject of the trigger information has died, information indicating that the subject has become in a state requiring nursing care at a specified level, and information indicating that the subject has started job hunting or retired, or other information indicating that the subject has become unable to manage and process the contents of the inheritance information by himself/herself.

The inheritance information processing server 10 may receive the specified trigger information by input from the provider or administrator of this service. The inheritance information processing server 10 may also receive the specified trigger information from an external system different from the inheritance information processing system 1, based on ID information of the subject of the trigger information, etc. The external system may be, for example, a system of a specified institution that manages the death of the subject of the trigger information, or a system of a specified institution that manages information on the care status of the subject of the trigger information. A description of the operation related to linking with an external system will be omitted as it is publicly known.

In step S406, when the succession information processing server 10 first receives specific trigger information related to the successor, it may extract one or more pieces of succession information that were set before the occurrence of an abnormal event such as the death of the successor and that are stored in the storage device 300, for example, based on ID information identifying the successor.

For example, when the succession information processing server 10 receives specific trigger information related to the successee, and at least the first succession information 502a and the second succession information 502b are stored in the storage device 300, it generates a first succession information viewing page that includes at least the first succession information 502a and does not include the second succession information 502b.

The timing at which the inheritance information viewing page is generated does not limit the scope of this disclosure. However, the inheritance information viewing page may be generated after specific trigger information related to the inheritee is received. This is because the occurrence of an abnormal event, such as the death of the inheritee, is used as a trigger to determine the content of one or more pieces of inheritance information that the inheritee wishes to inherit. This eliminates the need to edit the content of the inheritance information viewing page every time the content of the inheritance information is edited by the inheritee, and reduces the amount of information processing in the inheritance information processing server 10.

In step S406, the inheritance information processing server 10 then sends the information of the first page address of the first inheritance information viewing page to the first contact address.

In addition, when the first contact address is set as the ID information of the first successor on the succession information setting page, the information of the first page address may be sent to the first contact address based on the ID information of the first successor.

In other words, when the information identifying the contact address of the successor is the ID information of the successor, and the contact address information of the successor can be stored in storage device 300 in association with the ID information, when the first contact address information is stored in storage device 300 in association with the ID information of the first successor, the first page address information may be sent to the first contact address based on the ID information of the first successor.

When the succession information processing server 10 receives specific trigger information related to the successor, it may disable editing of the succession information setting page and then transmit the first page address information to the first contact address. The state in which editing of the succession information setting page is disabled may be a state in which the successor's successor's succession information setting page has been erased, or a state in which access to the succession information setting page is prohibited.

This makes it possible to prohibit subsequent editing even if a third party knows the ID and password used to log in to the succession information setting page of the successor in question.

In FIG. 4, the inheritance information processing server 10 determines whether access to the page address sent to the successor's contact address has been detected (step S407), and may enter a standby state if access is not detected (step S407: NO). On the other hand, when the inheritance information processing server 10 detects access to the page address sent to the successor's contact address (step S407: YES), it displays the corresponding inheritance information viewing page on the display medium 201 of the display device 200 used by the successor (step S408).

For example, when the first successor accesses the first page address using the display device 200b, the succession information processing server 10 detects the access and displays the first succession information viewing page on the display medium 201b.

As shown in FIG. 7, for example, the first succession information viewing page includes at least the contents of the first succession information 502a, and does not include the contents of the second succession information 502b that has not been inherited by the first successor. Note that, as described below, when specific trigger information related to the successee is received, if other succession information set in the succession information setting page in association with the first contact address of the first successor is stored in the storage device 300, the contents of the other succession information may be included in the first succession information viewing page together with the first succession information.

In FIG. 7, the inheritance information 502a is displayed in an area surrounded by a dashed line for ease of explanation, but other display formats are also possible. The display format of the inheritance information on the inheritance information viewing page does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

The above describes an example of the processing procedure of the inheritance information processing server 10 according to embodiment 1.

The various programs for executing this service on the display device 200 are transmitted from the inherited information processing server 10 to the display device 200 as appropriate. The timing at which the various programs for executing this service are transmitted to the display device 200 does not limit the present invention. In the case of a website, the transmission of the various programs for realizing basic functions may be completed at the time the provision of the service begins.

In addition, each page on the website related to this service may be scrollable. For example, in the display medium 201 shown in Figures 5 and 7, multiple pieces of inheritance information may be displayed by operating a scroll bar or touch panel (not shown). Also, in the display medium 201 shown in Figures 5 and 7, a page showing multiple pieces of inheritance information may be composed of multiple pages.

As described above, the inheritance information processing method using the inheritance information processing server 10 according to the present embodiment is an inheritance information processing method in an inheritance information processing system 1 including a display device 200 having a display medium 201 and an inheritance information processing server 10 connected by a communication network, and displays an inheritance information setting page on the display medium 201 for the inheritee to set one or more independent inheritance information in association with information identifying the contact address of the inheritor individually, and when it is detected that the inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, the inheritance information and the information identifying the contact address are stored in the storage device 300 in association with each other, and when a predetermined trigger information related to the inheritee is received, when the first inheritance information set in association with information identifying the first contact address of the first inheritor on the inheritance information setting page and the second inheritance information set in association with information identifying the second contact address of the second inheritor are stored in the storage device 300, information on the first page address of the first inheritance information viewing page, which includes the first inheritance information and does not include the second inheritance information, is sent to the first contact address.

This helps ensure that when a successor sets multiple pieces of inheritance information that are independent of each other, the successors associated with each piece of inheritance information can easily view the contents of the inheritance information.

In the above, the first succession information viewing page has been described as including the first succession information, but for example, when the succession information processing server 10 receives specific trigger information related to the successee, and the third succession information set in the succession information setting page in association with information specifying the first contact address is further stored in the storage device 300, the first succession information viewing page may further include the third succession information.

Figure 8 is a diagram showing another example of an image of an inheritance information setting page displayed on the display medium 201. Figure 9 is a diagram showing another example of an image of an inheritance information viewing page displayed on the display medium 201.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, if the successor associated with the third succession information 502c is the first contact address 503a, the first succession information viewing page includes at least the first succession information 502a and the third succession information 502c, as shown in FIG. 9.

This allows the successor to check all of the multiple succession information set for the succession destination at once on a single succession information viewing page.

For example, when the successor sets multiple pieces of succession information, it is also conceivable that after setting the first succession information for the first successor, the third succession information may be set for the first successor, for example, several years later. Even in such a case, by including the third succession information in the first succession information viewing page generated in response to the first succession information, the successor can view the first succession information and its related items at once, even if the successor does not set the items related to the first succession information as additional items in the first succession information, but sets the third succession information independently of the first succession information.

In the above description, the inheritance information is set on the inheritance information setting page in association with information specifying a contact address. However, for example, there may be inheritance information stored in the storage device 300 without association with information specifying a contact address. In such a case, inheritance information that is not associated with information specifying a contact address has no successor set, and therefore may be erased from the inheritance information setting page when specific trigger information related to the successor is received.

In other words, when specific trigger information related to the successor is received, and the fourth succession information set on the succession information setting page is not associated with information identifying a contact address and is further stored in the storage device 300, the storage device 300 may be controlled so that the fourth succession information is deleted from the succession information setting page. In such a case, the fourth succession information may be erased from the succession information setting page, and the contents of the fourth succession information may remain stored in the storage device 300.

As a result, when specific trigger information related to the successor is received, even if the ID and password for accessing the succession information setting page of the successor is leaked to a third party, the confidentiality of information for which a successor has not been set can be maintained. In other words, the successor can write the succession information that does not associate with a successor on the succession information setting page as a secret memorandum that will not be disclosed to anyone.

In the above, it was explained that when the information specifying the contact address is the successor's ID information, the successor's ID information and the successor's contact address are stored in correspondence with each other in the storage device 300. However, if the successor's contact address does not exist, only the successor's ID information may be set as the information specifying the contact address, and the contact address corresponding to the ID information may not be set.

For example, as shown in table 601 in FIG. 6, the contact address corresponding to ID "bbb" is set to "blank," when the predecessor sets a young grandchild as the successor, a contact address specific to the young successor may not yet be created. In such a case, on the succession information setting page, the predecessor sets only ID information as information specifying the succession information and contact address for the young successor, and a contact address such as an email address to be associated with the ID information may not be set.

After the specified trigger information regarding the predecessor is received, when the young successor grows up and a contact address specific to that successor is created, information for viewing the succession information from the predecessor may be sent to the contact address of the successor by setting the contact address in association with the ID information of the successor on a website related to this service.

In other words, when the succession information processing server 10 receives specific trigger information related to the successee in a case where the information of the second contact address is not associated with the ID information of the second successor and stored in the storage device 300, the information of the second page address of the second succession information viewing page that includes the second succession information but does not include the first succession information may be sent to the second contact address in response to the information of the second contact address being associated with the ID information of the second successor and stored in the storage device 300.

This allows the successor to transfer the succession information to a successor who has not yet created a contact address such as an email address.

Although the case where a young grandchild is set as the successor has been described, this is not limited thereto, and for example, the future spouse of the child of the successor may be set as the successor. Furthermore, the display mode of the fact that the contact address information corresponding to the ID information of the successor has not been set does not limit the scope of this disclosure. In other words, the display mode of the fact that the contact address information has not been set is not limited to "blank" shown in FIG. 6, and may be any other display mode.

In the above, it was explained that when the successor sets multiple pieces of inheritance information on the inheritance information setting page, the relationship between the pieces of inheritance information is not displayed. However, for example, the percentage information on who has set what amount of inheritance information may be displayed on the display medium 201.

In other words, when the succession information processing server 10 detects that succession information has been set on the succession information setting page, it may display on the display medium 201 the percentage information of the succession information associated with each piece of information that specifies the contact address of the successor for one or more pieces of succession information set on the succession information setting page.

Figure 10 is a diagram showing an example of a table that associates the ID information of the successor with the percentage information of the inheritance information. For example, if the successor sets multiple pieces of inheritance information on the inheritance information setting page, with the "eldest son," "grandson," "second son," and "eldest daughter" as the successors, the table 1001 shown in Figure 10 may be displayed on the display medium 201 when the successor sets the inheritance information or when a specified button is pressed.

Table 1001 is a table showing the percentage information of the inheritance information associated with each piece of information that identifies the contact address of the successor for one or more pieces of inheritance information set by the successor. The percentage information of the inheritance information may be, for example, percentage information of the number of inheritance information items set, or percentage information of the total number of characters of the inheritance information set. The definition of the percentage information of the inheritance information may be any information that indicates the percentage of the amount of inheritance information set for the successor, and does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

This allows the successor to clearly see at a glance what extent of inheritance information has been set for whom when setting inheritance information for one or more successors on the inheritance information setting page. As a result, if there is an imbalance in the recipients of the inheritance information, the successor can easily have the opportunity to correct the imbalance.

The successors listed in the "Successor" column of table 1001 may be all successors for whom some succession information has been set by the successor, or may be successors who satisfy a specified condition set by the successor. The specified condition set by the successor may be, for example, the range of relatives, the range of the same organization in a company, or the range of the successor's siblings among relatives. The specified condition may be set by the successor.

Note that in table 1001 shown in FIG. 10, the "Successor" column is described as displaying the successor's ID information, but the "Successor" column may also display information identifying the successor's contact address.

In the table 1001 shown in FIG. 10, the "Successors" column is described as displaying the ID information of multiple successors, but the ID information of only one successor may be displayed. In such a case, the "Percentage of Succession Information" column in table 1001 may display "100%."

In the above, it was explained that when the successor sets multiple pieces of inheritance information on the inheritance information setting page, the relationship between the pieces of inheritance information is not displayed. However, for example, when one or more pieces of inheritance information are set and then other pieces of inheritance information are set, the inheritance information processing server 10 may display on the display medium 201 the degree of similarity of the contents of the one or more pieces of inheritance information to the contents of the other pieces of inheritance information.

In other words, when it is detected that the second inheritance information has been set after the first inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, the degree of match between the contents of the first inheritance information and the second inheritance information may be determined, and information regarding the degree of similarity between the contents of the second inheritance information and the contents of the first inheritance information may be displayed on the display medium 201.

The information regarding the degree of similarity may be, for example, information indicating the degree of similarity of the contents of the inherited information in a quantitative numerical value such as a percentage. Also, using a table that determines the degree of similarity of the inherited information, text information indicating the degree of similarity based on the calculated matching rate may be displayed on the display medium 201.

Figure 11 is a diagram showing an example of a table for determining the degree of similarity of inherited information. Table 1101 shown in Figure 11 is a determination table that associates a range of numerical values indicating the degree of similarity with information such as text indicating the degree of similarity. For example, if the matching rate between the content of the second inherited information and the content of the first inherited information is 30%, information such as "slightly similar" may be displayed on the display medium 201 based on the determination table 1101.

In FIG. 11, the judgment table 1101 is described as a five-level evaluation, but this is not limited thereto and may be a three-level evaluation. The definition of the evaluation in the judgment table 1101 does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

In addition, if multiple pieces of succession information including the first succession information are set on the successor's succession information setting page before the second succession information is set, information regarding the degree of similarity of the contents of the second succession information to each of the multiple pieces of succession information including the first succession information may be displayed on the display medium 201.

In addition, the information regarding the degree of similarity of the contents of the inheritance information may be displayed not only between inheritance information with different successors, but also between inheritance information with the same successor.

In other words, when it is detected that the third inheritance information associated with the first contact address has been set after the first inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, the degree of match between the contents of the first inheritance information and the third inheritance information may be determined, and information regarding the degree of similarity between the contents of the third inheritance information and the contents of the first inheritance information may be displayed on the display medium 201.

This allows the successor to understand the degree of similarity between the contents of the already set inheritance information and the newly set inheritance information when the successor sets multiple inheritance information on the inheritance information setting page. As a result, the successor can avoid inefficient tasks such as setting inheritance information with similar contents to the same successor.

In the above description, only one contact address is set as information for identifying the contact address or as information associated with the ID information of the successor, but this is not limited to the above. For example, multiple contact addresses may be set in association with one successor, and a priority order may be set for the multiple contact addresses. In such a case, information on the page address of the succession information viewing page may be sent to the contact address set to the first priority order.

In addition, in this disclosure, the succession information, information identifying the contact address, the successor's ID information, message information sent to the contact address, etc. may be encrypted with key information as appropriate before being stored, transmitted, and received.

In the above explanation, the succession information is described as being viewed on the succession information viewing page on the website related to this service, but this is not limited to this. For example, the contents of the succession information may be sent to the contact address of the successor. For example, an electronic file containing the contents of the succession information may be sent as an attachment to the contact address, which is an email address. In such cases, the electronic file may be encrypted using specified key information. The processes of encryption and decryption using key information are well known technology, so explanations will be omitted.

In the above description, it has been described that only the screen of the application provided by this service is displayed on the display medium 201, but this is not limited to the above. In other words, an application other than the application of this service may be displayed in a separate window on the display medium 201. In such a case, the application of this service may be displayed within the display area of any one of the windows.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible. Each modification is described below.

(Variation 1)
The above explanation was about the case where an abnormal event occurs to the predecessor when no abnormal event such as the death of the successor has occurred. However, if an abnormal event occurs to the successor before an abnormal event occurs to the predecessor, the predecessor may be encouraged to reset the successor.

In other words, when the succession information processing server 10 receives specific trigger information related to the first successor before receiving specific trigger information related to the successor, in a case where the contact address information of the successor is stored in the storage device 300, the succession information processing server 10 may send a specific message related to the first succession information to the contact address of the successor.

The specified message regarding the succession information may be, for example, a message indicating that the contact address associated with the first succession information needs to be reset, or a message indicating that the contact address associated with the first succession information is invalid. The specified message may be any message that prompts the resetting of the succession destination, and the specific content of the message does not limit the scope of this disclosure.

The contact address of the predecessor may be registered by the predecessor on the website related to the Service. In addition, if the ID used to log in to the website related to the Service is the predecessor's existing email address, etc., that email address, etc. may be used as the predecessor's contact address.

Figure 12 is a flow diagram showing an example of the flow of operations of the inherited information processing server 10 in Modification 1. Below, the processing procedure of the inherited information processing server 10 in Modification 1 will be described with reference to Figure 12.

In FIG. 12, the inheritance information processing server 10 displays an inheritance information setting page on the display medium 201a of the display device 200a used by the user, who is the inheritee, and when the inheritance information is set on the inheritance information setting page, the inheritance information and information specifying the contact address are associated with each other and stored in the storage device 300 (steps S401 to S403). The explanation of these steps will be omitted as they overlap with those in FIG. 4.

Next, the succession information processing server 10 determines whether or not an edit request for the succession information has been received (step S404), and if an edit request has not been received (step S404: NO), determines whether or not specific trigger information related to the successor set in the succession destination by the successee has been received (step S1201). The specific trigger information related to the successor may be information indicating that an abnormal situation has occurred to the successor, as described above.

If the succession information processing server 10 has not received the specified trigger information related to the successor (step S1201: NO), it determines whether or not it has received the specified trigger information related to the successee (step S405). Note that the explanation of the processing procedure from step S405 onwards is omitted because it overlaps with FIG. 4.

On the other hand, if the succession information processing server 10 receives the specified trigger information regarding the successor (step S1201: YES), it sends a specified message regarding the succession information to the contact address of the successee (step S1202).

As described above, the specified message regarding the inheritance information may be a message that prompts the user to reset the successor, and may include information about a third page address of a page where the user can reset information that identifies a contact address to be associated with the first inheritance information. This allows the recipient to easily reset the successor of the first inheritance information.

Next, the inherited information processing server 10 determines whether access to the third page address has been detected (step S1203), and may enter a standby state if access has not been detected (step S1203: NO).

On the other hand, if the inheritance information processing server 10 detects access to the third page address (step S1203: YES), it displays the inheritance information setting page on the display medium 201a (step S401).

In FIG. 12, the third page address is described as being the page address of the inheritance information setting page, but this is not limited to the above. The third page address may be the page address of a specific page for re-setting the inheritance destination, which is different from the page address of the inheritance information setting page.

As described above, in this variant 1, when the succession information processing server 10 receives specific trigger information regarding the first successor before receiving specific trigger information regarding the successor, in a case where the contact address information of the successor is stored in the storage device 300, the succession information processing server 10 may send a specific message regarding the first succession information to the contact address of the successor.

This ensures that, for example, even if the first successor dies before the successor, the successor is given the opportunity to decide whether or not to pass on the first succession information to another successor.

It is also possible to set in advance that if an abnormality occurs with the first successor, the information will be passed on to another successor. In such a case, however, it is not possible to reliably give the successee an opportunity to review the contents of the succession information at the time when it is decided that the information will be passed on to another successor.

In contrast, the inheritance information processing server 10 according to this modified example 1 has the effect of reliably providing the inheritee with an opportunity to review the contents of the inheritance information at the time when it is decided to have the information inherited by a successor other than the first successor.

In the above, a case has been described in which the information to be passed on to the first successor is the first succession information, but the information to be passed on to the first successor may be multiple pieces of succession information.

In other words, when the successor sets the first succession information and the third succession information in association with information specifying the first contact address of the first successor on the succession information setting page, and when the information of the successor's contact address is stored in the storage device 300, the succession information processing server 10 may send a specified message regarding the first succession information and the third succession information to the successor's contact address when it receives specified trigger information regarding the first successor before receiving specified trigger information regarding the successor.

As a result, when there are multiple pieces of succession information associated with the first successor, the successees can be notified collectively that they need to reset the successor, which ultimately makes processing in the succession information processing server 10 more efficient.

In such a case, the specified message may include information for identifying a contact address to be associated with the first inheritance information, and information for a fourth page address of a page on which information for identifying a contact address to be associated with the third inheritance information can be set individually.

This allows the successors to be notified collectively that it is necessary to reset the successor, while giving them an opportunity to consider whether or not the successor to be reset for the first succession information and the successor to be reset for the third succession information should be the same.

The contents of this modified example 1 may be applied not only to the contents of the embodiment but also to the contents of the other modified examples.

(Variation 2)
In the first variant example, it was explained that if specific trigger information regarding the successor is received before specific trigger information regarding the predecessor is received, a specific message urging the successor to be reset is sent to the contact address of the predecessor. However, it may also be possible to set in advance that if an abnormality occurs with the first successor, the first succession information will be inherited by another successor.

However, simply setting a pre-defined rule that if an abnormality occurs with the first successor, the property will be passed on to another successor would mean that the contents of the succession information for the first successor and the contents of the succession information for the other successor would be completely identical, making it difficult to include information about the individual relationship with the person being succeeded.

In contrast to this, in this second variant, when specific trigger information regarding the first successor is received, it may be possible to set it so that part of the content of the first succession information is changed when the first succession information is to be passed on to another successor different from the first successor.

In other words, on the succession information setting page, it is possible to associate information that identifies multiple contact addresses for which succession priorities have been set with the succession information, and it may be possible to change part of the content of the succession information for each successor corresponding to the information that identifies multiple contact addresses for which succession priorities have been set.

This makes it possible to set in advance that if an abnormality occurs to the first successor, the property will be passed on to another successor, while making it possible to differentiate the content of the succession information for the first successor from the content of the succession information for the other successor. As a result, the succession information for the first successor can include information regarding the relationship between the first successor and the person to whom it has been passed on, and the succession information for the other successor can include information regarding the relationship between the other successor and the person to whom it has been passed on.

The contents of this modified example 2 may be applied not only to the contents of the embodiment but also to the contents of the other modified examples.

(An example of a computer hardware configuration)
The functions of each unit in the embodiment and each modification may be realized by a program.

That is, the inheritance information processing program according to one aspect of the present invention may cause a computer to execute a communication process for communicating with a display device 200 having a display medium 201, a control process for displaying an inheritance information setting page on the display medium 201, in which the inheritee sets one or more independent inheritance information in association with information identifying the contact address of the inheritor, and, when it is detected that the inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, storing the inheritance information and the information identifying the contact address in association with each other in the storage device 300, and, when a predetermined trigger information related to the inheritee is received, when the first inheritance information set in association with information identifying the first contact address of the first inheritor on the inheritance information setting page and the second inheritance information set in association with information identifying the second contact address of the second inheritor are stored in the storage device 300, information on the first page address of the first inheritance information viewing page, which includes the first inheritance information and does not include the second inheritance information, may be executed.

An example of the hardware configuration of a computer in such a case is shown in Figure 13.

As shown in FIG. 13, the computer 9000 has, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 9001, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 9002, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 9003, a storage device 9004, an input/output interface (I/F) 9005, a read interface (I/F) 9006, and a communication interface (I/F) 9007. Each of the above-mentioned parts is directly or indirectly connected via a bus 9008.

The storage device 9004 is, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD). The computer 9000 is connected to an input/output (I/O) device 9009 via an input/output interface 9005. The input/output device 9009 includes devices having input and output functions, such as a magnetic disk device, as well as input devices whose main function is an input function and output devices whose main function is an output function. Examples of input devices are input keys, a mouse, a touch panel, and a scanner. Examples of output devices are a display, a speaker, and a printer.

The reading interface 9006 reads the program or data recorded on the recording medium 9010. The recording medium 9010 is, for example, a semiconductor memory, an optical recording medium, a magnetic recording medium, a magneto-optical recording medium, etc.

The communication interface 9007 receives data from other devices and transmits data to other devices via the network 9011. The network 9011 may be a wired network or a wireless network. The other devices may be client devices or server devices.

For example, a program stored in ROM 9003, a program stored in storage device 9004, a program recorded on recording medium 9010, or a program received by a communication interface from another device is loaded into RAM 9002. In the above embodiment and each of the variations, for example, the CPU 9001 executes a program loaded into RAM 9002, thereby realizing the functions of each part in the above embodiment, etc.

The functions of each part of the computer 9000 may be realized by cloud computing.

The inheritance information processing program or the described functions executed by the computer in the inheritance information processing system 1 may be recorded on a non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium is any storage medium that can be accessed by a computer, a CPU, an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), etc. The arbitrary storage medium is, for example, a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, a magnetic storage device, an optical disk, etc., and is not limited to the examples given.

In the above explanation, "including at least one of" A, B, and C may mean that it may be a combination of one or two or more of A, B, and C.

The inheritance information processing method, inheritance information processing device, inheritance information processing program, and recording medium of the present invention are effective in general technologies related to support for setting inheritance information.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Inheritance information processing system 10 Inheritance information processing server 100 Inheritance information processing device 101 Communication unit 102 Control unit 200 Display device 201 Display medium 202 Input unit 203 Communication unit 204 Memory 205 Control unit 300 Storage device 9000 Computer 9001 CPU
9002 RAM
9003 ROM
9004 Storage device 9005 Input/output interface 9006 Reading interface 9007 Communication interface 9008 Bus 9009 Input/output device 9010 Recording medium 9011 Network

Claims (18)

An inherited information processing method in an inherited information processing system including a display device having a display medium and an inherited information processing server connected via a communication network, comprising:
displaying on the display medium an inheritance information setting page for the successor to set one or more independent pieces of inheritance information in association with information specifying the contact address of the successor;
When it is detected that the succession information has been set on the succession information setting page, the succession information is associated with information specifying the contact address and stored in a storage device;
When predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, and first succession information set in association with information specifying a first contact address of the first successor on the succession information setting page and second succession information set in association with information specifying a second contact address of the second successor are stored in the storage device, information of a first page address of a first succession information viewing page including the first succession information and not including the second succession information is transmitted to the first contact address,
when it is detected that the second inheritance information has been set after the first inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, a matching rate between the contents of the first inheritance information and the contents of the second inheritance information is determined, and information regarding the degree of similarity of the contents of the second inheritance information to the contents of the first inheritance information is displayed on the display medium.
How to process succession information. The information identifying the contact address of the successor is the contact address of the successor;
The method for processing inheritance information according to claim 1 . When the information identifying the contact address of the successor is ID information of the successor, and the contact address information of the successor can be stored in the storage device in association with the ID information, and the first contact address information is stored in the storage device in association with the ID information of the first successor,
The information of the first page address is sent to the first contact address based on the ID information of the first successor.
The method for processing inheritance information according to claim 1 . The first succession information viewing page is generated after the predetermined trigger information regarding the successor is received.
The method for processing inheritance information according to claim 1 . when the predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, after disabling editing of the succession information setting page, sending the first page address information to the first contact address;
The inheritance information processing method according to claim 1 . When the predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, third succession information set in the succession information setting page in association with information specifying the first contact address is further stored in the storage device,
The first succession information viewing page further includes the third succession information,
The method for processing inheritance information according to claim 1 . When the predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, fourth succession information set on the succession information setting page without being associated with information identifying the contact address is further stored in the storage device.
controlling the storage device so that the fourth inheritance information is deleted from the inheritance information setting page;
The inheritance information processing method according to claim 1 . When the second contact address information is not stored in the storage device in association with the ID information of the second successor, when the predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received,
information of a second page address of a second succession information viewing page including the second succession information and not including the first succession information is transmitted to the second contact address in response to the information of the second contact address being stored in the storage device in association with the ID information of the second successor;
The method for processing inheritance information according to claim 3. when it is detected that the succession information has been set on the succession information setting page, displaying on the display medium information on the proportion of the succession information associated with each piece of information specifying a contact address of a successor for one or more pieces of succession information set on the succession information setting page;
The method for processing inheritance information according to claim 1 . when it is detected that the third inheritance information has been set after the first inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, a matching rate between the contents of the first inheritance information and the contents of the third inheritance information is determined, and information regarding the degree of similarity of the contents of the third inheritance information to the contents of the first inheritance information is displayed on the display medium.
The inheritance information processing method according to claim 6. When the information on the contact address of the predecessor is stored in the storage device, the predetermined trigger information regarding the first successor is received before the predetermined trigger information regarding the predecessor is received,
sending a predetermined message regarding the first succession information to a contact address of the successor;
The inheritance information processing method according to claim 1 . The predetermined message includes information of a third page address of a page on which information identifying a contact address to be associated with the first succession information can be reset.
The inheritance information processing method according to claim 11 . When the information on the contact address of the predecessor is stored in the storage device, the predetermined trigger information regarding the first successor is received before the predetermined trigger information regarding the predecessor is received,
sending a predetermined message regarding the first succession information and the third succession information to a contact address of the successor;
The inheritance information processing method according to claim 6. The predetermined message includes information for identifying a contact address to be associated with the first succession information, and information for identifying a contact address to be associated with the third succession information, the fourth page address of a page on which the information for identifying a contact address to be associated with the third succession information can be individually set.
The inheritance information processing method according to claim 13 . On the succession information setting page, it is possible to associate information specifying a plurality of contact addresses for which an inheritance priority order is set with the succession information, and it is possible to change a part of the content of the succession information for each successor corresponding to the information specifying the plurality of contact addresses for which an inheritance priority order is set.
The inheritance information processing method according to claim 1 . A communication unit that communicates with a display device having a display medium;
A succession information setting page is displayed on the display medium so that the successor can set one or more independent pieces of succession information in association with information specifying the contact address of the successor. When it is detected that the succession information has been set on the succession information setting page, the succession information and the information specifying the contact address are associated with each other and stored in a storage device. When predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, the first succession information and the second contact address of the second successor are stored in association with each other on the succession information setting page. a control unit that, when second inheritance information set in association with information identifying a response is stored in the storage device, transmits information of a first page address of a first inheritance information viewing page that includes the first inheritance information and does not include the second inheritance information to the first contact address , and, when it is detected that the second inheritance information has been set after the first inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, determines a matching rate between the content of the first inheritance information and the content of the second inheritance information, and displays information on the degree of similarity of the content of the second inheritance information to the content of the first inheritance information on the display medium ;
A successor information processing device comprising: A communication process for communicating with a display device having a display medium;
A succession information setting page is displayed on the display medium so that the successor can set one or more independent pieces of succession information in association with information specifying the contact address of the successor. When it is detected that the succession information has been set on the succession information setting page, the succession information and the information specifying the contact address are associated with each other and stored in a storage device. When predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, the first succession information set in association with information specifying the first contact address of the first successor and the second contact address of the second successor on the succession information setting page are stored in a storage device. a control process for transmitting information of a first page address of a first inheritance information viewing page including the first inheritance information and not including the second inheritance information to the first contact address when second inheritance information set in association with information specifying a contact address is stored in the storage device, and determining a matching rate between contents of the first inheritance information and contents of the second inheritance information when it is detected that the second inheritance information has been set after the first inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, and displaying information on a degree of similarity of contents of the second inheritance information to contents of the first inheritance information on the display medium ;
A successor information processing program that causes a computer to execute the above. A communication process for communicating with a display device having a display medium;
A succession information setting page is displayed on the display medium so that the successor can set one or more independent pieces of succession information in association with information specifying the contact address of the successor. When it is detected that the succession information has been set on the succession information setting page, the succession information and the information specifying the contact address are associated with each other and stored in a storage device. When predetermined trigger information related to the successor is received, the first succession information set in association with information specifying the first contact address of the first successor and the second contact address of the second successor on the succession information setting page are stored in a storage device. a control process for transmitting information of a first page address of a first inheritance information viewing page including the first inheritance information and not including the second inheritance information to the first contact address when second inheritance information set in association with information specifying a contact address is stored in the storage device, and determining a matching rate between contents of the first inheritance information and contents of the second inheritance information when it is detected that the second inheritance information has been set after the first inheritance information has been set on the inheritance information setting page, and displaying information on a degree of similarity of contents of the second inheritance information to contents of the first inheritance information on the display medium ;
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a successor information processing program for causing a computer to execute the above.

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