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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2022
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Kaji, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromitsu Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Uchiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Shigemoto, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a data circulation control method, an approval server including a processor and a memory controls access to data between a provision party computer providing the data and a use party computer using data. The method includes: a purpose accomplishment status notifying step in which the use party computer notifies the approval server of a use status of the previously approved data; a use application step in which the use party computer makes application to the approval server for a use policy including protection level information related to a security measure when the data is used and a use purpose of the data; and an access control step in which the approval server controls access of the use party computer to the data of the provision party computer based on the use status of the data, the protection level information, and the use purpose of the data.