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Device and method for information communication, system and method for supporting information exchange and human relation fostering, and computer program

US7814319B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateJul 28, 2003
Grant dateOct 12, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0633
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Face-to-face information exchange and fostering of human relations implemented by communication through the virtual world are favorably supported. A user's personal information or other real-world information related to the user is taken one after another into a portable device with memory incorporated. Further, data is taken out of the device and matched with data from another user's device. Thus, information exchange and fostering of human relations are supported in the real world through the virtual world. For example, the present invention is used to provide places for intra-generational and intergenerational encounters or to build message boards for job hunting activities or looking for a match.

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