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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Sunao Hashimoto, Nakai-machi, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention suitably manages personal information of client users in a distributed environment in which clients to request resource service and servers to provide the resource service are connected via a network, and provides resources customized based on user's personal information. The personal information management apparatus has a personal information storage unit that stores personal information, and a personal information management unit that performs registration, modification, and deletion of personal information entries for the personal information storage unit. On receiving a personal information fetching request containing character strings of a predetermined format, the personal information management apparatus fetches a relevant personal information entry from the personal information storage unit, analyzes a received character string to replace a partial character string with the relevant personal information, and thus replies to the request. Resource providers not managing personal information can also provide resources customized by use of personal information.