Information management device, information management method, and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11675755-B2
Application number	US-202117186759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2021
Priority date	Sep 17, 2019
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information management device includes an individual information manager configured to allocate a second identifier to a second individual obtained by performing a first operation on a first individual to which a first identifier is allocated; and a data generator configured to generate first data including the first identifier, the first operation, and the second identifier.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing device arranged corresponding to a first process downstream from a second process, the first process performing a first operation on a first individual that has been obtained by performing a second operation on a third individual in the second process and allocated a first identifier in the second process, to obtain a second individual, comprising:
an information reader circuit configured to read the first identifier from a second storage medium associated with the first individual;
processing circuitry configured to detect, via a user input or a detector, the first operation performed in the first process,
allocate a second identifier to the second individual obtained in the first operation, and
generate first data including the first identifier read by the information reader circuit, the first operation detected, and the second identifier allocated to the second individual and store the first data in a database; and
an information writer circuit configured to write the second identifier to a first storage medium associated with the second individual, wherein the first operation and the second operation are operations that change a unit of management of an individual.

2. The management information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry calculates a first value based on the first data, wherein the first value is associated with the first data in the database.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the information writer circuit writes first notification information including the first value and the second identifier to the first storage medium associated with the second individual.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to transmit the first data to a first information processing device arranged corresponding to the third process when the processing circuitry receives a first information acquisition request including the first value from the first information processing device.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein
the processing circuitry sets a flag including permission or non-permission of disclosure in association with the first data in the database, and
the processing circuitry transmits the first data when the flag indicates permission.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein
the processing circuitry does not transmit the first data when the flag indicates non-permission.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the information reader circuit reads, from the second storage medium associated with the first individual, second notification information including a second value and the first identifier, the second value being based on second data, and
the processing circuitry generates third data, the third data including the second value, the first identifier, the first operation, and the second identifier.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein
the second data includes a third identifier of the third individual, the second operation, and the first identifier.

9. The information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry calculates a third value based on the third data, wherein the third value is associated with the third data.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the information writer circuit writes third notification information including the third value and the second identifier to a first storage medium for the second individual.

11. The information processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuitry transmits a second information acquisition request including the second value to a second information processing device arranged corresponding to the second process and receive the second data from the second information processing device.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11 , wherein
the processing circuitry receives, from a first information processing device arranged corresponding to the third process, a third information acquisition request including the third value,
when the third information acquisition request is received, the processing circuitry transmits the second information acquisition request to the second information processing device, and
the processing circuitry transmits the second data and the first data to the first information processing device.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein
a flag including permission or non-permission of disclosure is associated with the second data, and
the processing circuitry transmits the third information acquisition request to the second information processing device when the flag indicates permission.

14. The information processing device according to claim 13 , wherein
the processing circuitry does not transmit the third information acquisition request to the second information processing device when the flag indicates non-permission.

15. The information processing device according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry specifies a history of operations performed on the second individual based on the first data and the second data.

16. The information processing device according to claim 15 , wherein the processing circuitry determines whether the history of operations on the second individual has inconsistency based on an order of the operation in the second data and the operation in the first data.

17. The information processing device according to claim 15 , wherein the processing circuitry determines whether the history of operation on the second individual has inconsistency in accordance with whether the first identifier in the second data matches the first identifier in the first data.

18. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the second identifier includes an identifier that identifies a unit of management of the second individual.

19. The information processing device according to claim 18 , wherein the second identifier further includes at least one of an identifier that identifies the type of the second individual, an identifier that uniquely identifies the second individual, and an identifier of a management system configured to perform management of the second individual.

20. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry generates, as the first data, data including the first identifier, a type of the first operation, and the second identifier.

21. The information processing device according to claim 20 , wherein the processing circuitry acquires the type of the first operation performed on the first individual.

22. The information processing device according to claim 20 , wherein the first operation and the second operation each includes at least one of a create operation to create an individual, a unite operation to unite a plurality of individuals, a divide operation to divide an individual, a convert operation to convert an individual, and a delete operation to delete an individual.

23. An information processing method in an information processing device arranged corresponding to a first process downstream from a second process, the first process performing a first operation on a first individual that has been obtained by performing a second operation on a thi

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Ishii Gaku
• Sunagawa Eiichi

Classifications

• G06F21/6218 Primary

  to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database · CPC title

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06F16/215 Primary

  Improving data quality; Data cleansing, e.g. de-duplication, removing invalid entries or correcting typographical errors · CPC title

• G06Q10/087

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title

• G06F21/44

  Program or device authentication · CPC title