Storage medium, transmission support device, and transmission support method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11947520-B2
Application number	US-202217590841-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2022
Priority date	May 10, 2021
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a transmission support program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process includes generating a management identifier of a message in response to reception of the message; returning the management identifier to a transmitter of the message; when receiving the management identifier and lists of personal identifiers of individuals who have attributes according to conditions regarding the attributes, from each of a plurality of companies that holds information on the attributes of the individuals, based on reception of the conditions and the management identifier from the transmitter, specifying the personal identifiers that are duplicate between the lists that have the management identifier that is common; and transmitting the specified personal identifiers and the received message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a transmission support program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
generating a management identifier of a message in response to reception of the message;
returning the management identifier to a transmitter of the message;
receiving, from each of a plurality of companies that receives the management identifier from the transmitter of the message, generates a list of personal identifiers of individuals whose attributes meet a condition regarding personal attributes and transmits the management identifier and the list, the management identifier and the list;
specifying one or more personal identifiers that exist in two or more lists that are included in lists received from the plurality of companies and have a same management identifier; and
transmitting the specified one or more personal identifiers and the received message.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of companies holds destinations of the individuals as the personal identifiers and transmits the lists of the destinations and the management identifier, wherein the specifying includes when receiving the lists of the destinations and the management identifier from each of the plurality of companies, specifying one or more destinations that exist in two or more lists that are included in lists received from the plurality of companies and have a same management identifier, and the transmitting includes transmitting the received message to the specified one or more destinations.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits print data that includes the message to be printed on postal items to a postal company that holds information involved to mail the postal items to the individuals in association with the personal identifiers, wherein the transmitting includes stopping transmission of the received message to transmit the specified one or more personal identifiers to the postal company.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the specifying includes notifying the transmitter of a number of the specified one or more personal identifiers, wherein the transmitter sends the notified number of delivery objects to a delivery company that holds information involved to deliver the delivery objects to the individuals in association with the personal identifiers, and the transmitting includes stopping transmission of the received message to transmit the specified personal identifiers to the delivery company.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the specifying includes specifying a first number that is a number of the specified one or more personal identifiers and a second number that is a number of identifiers in a union of the personal identifiers of the individuals separately held by the plurality of companies, and the transmitting includes transmitting a ratio of the first number to the second number to the transmitter.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the process further comprising: when receiving a message and conditions regarding attributes of individuals from a transmission requester of the message, transmitting the message to a first company that transmits the message to the individuals as an agency of the transmission requester; and when receiving a management identifier of the message generated by the first company in response to reception of the message from the first company, transmitting the conditions and the management identifier to each of a plurality of second companies that holds information on the attributes, wherein the plurality of second companies transmits lists of personal identifiers of the individuals who have the attributes according to the conditions and the management identifier to the first company, and the first company specifies the one or more personal identifiers that exist in two or more lists that are included in lists received from the plurality of second companies and have a same management identifier, and transmits the specified one or more personal identifiers and the received message.

7. A transmission support device comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more processors configured to:
generate a management identifier of a message in response to reception of the message,
return the management identifier to a transmitter of the message,
receiving, from each of a plurality of companies that receives the management identifier from the transmitter of the message, generates a list of personal identifiers of individuals whose attributes meet a condition regarding personal attributes and transmits the management identifier and the list, the management identifier and the list,
specify the one or more personal identifiers that exist in two or more lists that are included in lists received from the plurality of companies and have a same management identifier, and
transmit the specified one or more personal identifiers and the received message.

8. The transmission support device according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of companies holds destinations of the individuals as the personal identifiers and transmits the lists of the destinations and the management identifier, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: when receiving the lists of the destinations and the management identifier from each of the plurality of companies, specify one or more destinations that exist in two or more lists that are included in lists received from the plurality of companies and have a same management identifier, and transmit the received message to the specified one or more destinations.

9. The transmission support device according to claim 7 , wherein the transmitter transmits print data that includes the message to be printed on postal items to a postal company that holds information involved to mail the postal items to the individuals in association with the personal identifiers, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to stop transmission of the received message to transmit the specified one or more personal identifiers to the postal company.

10. The transmission support device according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to notify the transmitter of a number of the specified one or more personal identifiers, wherein the transmitter sends the notified number of delivery objects to a delivery company that holds information involved to deliver the delivery objects to the individuals in association with the personal identifiers, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to stop transmission of the received message to transmit the specified personal identifiers to the delivery company.

11. The transmission support device according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: specify a first number that is a number of the specified one or more personal identifiers and a second number that is a number of identifiers in a union of the personal identifiers of the individuals separately held by the plurality of companies, and transmit a ratio of the first number to the second number to the transmitter.

12. The transmission support device according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: when receiving a message and conditions regarding attributes of individuals from a transmission requester of the message, tr

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Dai
• Inoue Koki

Classifications

• G06F16/2365 Primary

  Ensuring data consistency and integrity · CPC title

• G06Q30/0256 Primary

  User search · CPC title

• G06Q30/0251 Primary

  Targeted advertisements · CPC title

• G06F16/2457

  with adaptation to user needs · CPC title