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Will information management and disclosure system and method, and program storage medium thereof

US6246991A · kind A · utility

53Cited by
3References
33Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 1997
Grant dateJun 12, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q50/18
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A will information management and disclosure system keeps in custody deposit information that includes information about a depositor's last word and testament to be unsealed in accordance with unsealing conditions registered in advance by the depositor and disclosed to predetermined recipients, unseals the deposit information under predetermined unsealing conditions. The system comprises a depositor's terminal for entering as electronic information the deposit information prepared by the depositor in a rewritable manner, and a host processing system. The host processing system comprises an electronic information depositing part for keeping in custody the entered electronic information in accordance with predetermined depositing conditions, an unsealing part for unsealing the deposit information in accordance with predetermined unsealing conditions, and a recipient-specified delivery part for disclosing the deposit information to recipients designated in advance by the depositor and satisfying predetermined conditions, using predetermined means.

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