US 12,259,999 B2
Information management device, information management system and information management method
Rahul, Swindon (GB)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,480.
Claims priority of application No. 21161326 (EP), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0284121 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) [G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information management device which manages personal information data of a user, the information management device comprising:
a controller; and
a wireless communication circuit,
wherein the controller comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the controller is configured to function as:
a first storage unit configured to store the personal information data for each item and store a propriety status of consent to use the personal information data for each item;
a second storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of application software that can be activated and the personal information data used by the plurality of pieces of application software;
a third storage unit configured to store a correlation model indicating a correlation between a plurality of network communicable terminals owned by the user and a probability that the user uses a plurality of terminals for each time slot;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire, when an activation request to any one piece of application software of the plurality of pieces of application software is inputted, use information data which is the personal information data used by the one piece of application software from the second storage unit, and acquire the propriety status of consent to use the use information data for each item from the first storage unit; and
a determination unit configured to determine a first terminal which is a terminal of the plurality of terminals with a highest probability of being used by the user based on a current time and the correlation model stored in the third storage unit, in a case where a non-consent item which is an item without consent to use is included in an acquisition result by the acquisition unit,
the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit an inquiry signal which inquires propriety status of consent to use the non-consent item to the first terminal determined by the determination unit,
the determination unit is configured to determine a second terminal which is a terminal with a second highest probability of being used by the user after the first terminal among the plurality of terminals as a transmission destination of the inquiry signal based on the current time and the correlation model, when a reply signal including a reply of the user to inquiry of the inquiry signal is not received in the wireless communication circuit within a predetermined period of time after the inquiry signal is transmitted to the first terminal, and
the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit the inquiry signal to the second terminal.