JP2001306935A - Management system for information-dedicated site such as ir - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow each enterprise to thoroughly reduce any labor and cost to perform the maintenance of an IR-HP, and to realize effective net IR activities. SOLUTION: This system is constituted of a means 10 for transmitting electronic IR(Investor Relation, or official reports investors) information from an enterprise to a specific company, a means 11 for automatically performing the layout of the received IR information in the enterprise page of the HP(home page) of the specific company, and a means 13 for obtaining a fixed banner part A such as an enterprise name in the page of the IR information of the enterprise from the server of the enterprise and a variable part B after the layout from the server of the specific company so that the fixed banner part A and the variable part B can be linked to each other so as to be simultaneously viewed as an IR information screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an IR (Inves)
tor Relation This is related to the management system of information specialized sites such as public relations for investors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, the current state of digitization of institutional information disclosure will be described. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established an electronic disclosure system (EDGAR) in 1984,
In 996, the rules for submitting documents that were required by the securities issuer to be reported to the SEC were changed from written documents to electronic files via the Internet. In Japan, TDnet, a database service for financial statements, operated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange is 19
Operated from 1998, EDINET by the Ministry of Finance 2001
It is scheduled to start operation from the year. In the context of IR, which is an optional information disclosure activity in response to the institutionalization of information disclosure, the importance of digitization and the use of the Internet is increasing.

On the other hand, in the overseas (world), a digital network in which companies, investors, and analysts who are participants in the capital market exchange information electronically is established from an early stage as an electronic distribution route of IR information. Have been. For example, First Call (FC), which is said to be the global standard for analyst report databases, has been conducting electronic distribution of analyst reports since 1986.

[0004] Professional investors routinely use these highly specialized services to obtain corporate information.
Companies around the world also use these channels to communicate information directly to capital market participants. In other words, it is not enough to put IR information on a general free financial information site or on its own website (homepage) in order to reach the target who really wants to appeal. Moreover, highly specialized services are closed networks for security reasons, and are often not accessible from the Internet.

Until now, it has been virtually impossible for Japanese companies to directly transmit IR information to such electronic distribution routes.

[0006] There is also an increasing demand for fair disclosure. In the past, when Japanese business leaders visited overseas institutional investors directly to conduct so-called road shows, the act itself was a strong IR message.
However, such activities are not uncommon these days, and the demands of the capital markets are now shifting to the new theme of how to transmit IR information in a “fair” manner. 199 about what is considered a “fair”
Discussions have begun at the US Securities and Exchange Commission at the end of the year, but in general, "giving the majority of investors and analysts the opportunity to get the same information without being biased toward a particular target."
Can be interpreted as In response to this request, the homepage (HP) is also the most promising weather because of its characteristics.

In fact, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
It is also being considered that fair disclosure was carried out with the posting on P. In the future, companies will be investing in targeted IRs and investing in an unspecified number of targets using the web and specialized information networks.
It is expected that both will be promoted simultaneously.

[0008]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] Homepage (HP)
Regarding, most public companies have opened websites between the appearance of the Internet and the present. However, now that the opening has been completed, it is now time to consider how to use it in the future. As a result, recently, HP renewals that clearly narrow down the purpose and target have been progressing.

[0009] In particular, the demand for strengthening the IR page (IR-HP) for investors in the corporate HP has been significantly increased.
However, each company has a heavy burden on the work of laying out and updating the IR-HP, and maintaining and managing the server, and the IR-HP has not been sufficiently strengthened at present.

An object of the present invention is to solve the inconveniences of the above-mentioned conventional example, so that each company can drastically reduce the labor and cost for maintenance of IR-HP, and can realize an effective net IR activity. To provide a site operation system.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, first, means for transmitting electronic IR (Investor Relations) information from a company to a specific company,
Means for automatically laying out the R information on the company page of the specific company's HP (homepage). If the reader clicks the IR button on the company's HP, the company name of the company's IR information page Fixed banner part A
Is obtained from the server of the company, and the variable part B laid out is obtained from the server of the specific company.
The gist is that the fixed banner portion A and the variable portion B are linked to each other so as to be simultaneously displayed as one IR information screen.

Secondly, a means for distributing the IR information laid out on the company page of the specific company to a database of a third-party financial information vendor or a company financial information specialty site is added. Is the H of the specific company via the screen for transmission (upload) of the specific company
Provision of means to allow companies to freely update, change, or cancel the company page on P (homepage), 4th
The gist of the transmission screen of the specific company is that it has the same layout as the IR information page of the specific company's HP.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, if each company sends electronic IR information to a specific company, the information is automatically laid out on the company page of the HP of the specific company, and the reader can read the information. When the IR button on the company's HP is clicked, the company page of the specific company's HP is shown, but the company's HP is displayed on the company's HP.
Give the image that you are browsing R information.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned operation, the specific company automatically distributes the IR information file of each company to the professional information networks suitable for professionals, thereby indirectly informing each company. Corporate IR information is delivered to investors and analysts around the world. In this manner, the IR information laid out on the company page can be further electronically distributed in a specialized information network connecting investors around the world,
The company page will no longer be stand-alone, and Japanese companies will be able to easily and quickly have a highly distributed HP.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, each company can thoroughly reduce the labor and cost for opening and maintaining the IR-HP by the control system of the specific company.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the transmission (upload) screen of the specific company is formatted by laying out the same layout as the IR information of the company page of the specific company. It is easy to understand and versatile.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of an operation system for an information specialty site such as an IR of the present invention.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes each company, and 2 denotes a specific company that cooperates in IR information with each company 1 as a customer.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the flow of exchange between each company 1 and the specific company 2, and FIG.
FIG. 2 shows each company 1 side and FIG. 2 shows a specific company 2 side.

In FIG. 3, 3 is a backup server using a rental server of a pioneering large provider (IIJ) in Japan, 4 is an extremely reliable backbone of this large provider (IIJ), and 5 is a company 1 for each company. Server, 6 is a specific company 2 server, 7 is I
With a firewall having a 24-hour monitoring function of IJ, the specific company 2 is directly connected to the extremely reliable backbone 4 of the large provider (IIJ) via the firewall 7 via the dedicated line 8. In the figure, reference numeral 9 denotes a server of another company.

The site in the server 5 of each company 1 and the site in the server 6 of the specific company 2 are linked so that they look like one screen.

The present invention provides an electronic IR from each company 1
(Investor relations) means to send information to specific companies 10,
A means 11 for automatically laying out the received IR information on the company page of the HP (homepage) of the specific company 2 by file processing and HTML (layout and link) work, the reader presses an IR button on the HP of the company. If you click, you will see the IR information page of the company
The fixed banner portion A is obtained from the server of the company for the fixed banner portion A, and the variable portion B laid out is obtained from the server of the specific company, and the fixed banner portion A and the variable portion B are visually combined by a link as if they were one. I
There is provided a means 13 for simultaneously displaying as an R information screen. Also,
Means 16 are provided so that each company 1 can freely update, change, and cancel the company page of the HP of the specific company by itself.

This means 13 is, as shown in FIG.
And means 12b for linking to each company IR-HP at the same time.

Further, there are provided means 14 for processing and distributing a file for an information vendor, and means 15 for feeding back a question or opinion of a reader of a specific company HP to each company.

The means 10 and means 16 are almost the same, and can be easily performed in the Internet environment through the file transmission (upload) function of the HP of the specific company 2. In the means 10, each company 1 has a specific company 2 H
When the transmission screen is opened together with the password at P, the transmission screen becomes a formatted transmission (upload) screen, and is transmitted as a mail attachment, for example, in such a manner as to fill in the blank state of each item.

The means 11 automatically lays out the transmitted file on the company page of the HP of the specific company 2 based on a format preformatted by a program. In addition, this file automatically creates links to necessary pages by the program.

The layout status here takes an interface that matches the actual layout status.
For example, a screen as shown in FIG. 12, which will be described later, appears, and by clicking the respective buttons, a screen for uploading indicating the current status of the upload or the absence of data appears.

[0027] The IR-
Updating, changing, and canceling the HP are as follows.
The specific company 2 server has each company 1 of the specific company 2 HP
The IR information page is provided.
A screen for uploading each company 1 in the website of
The IR information page screen and the upload screen were formatted in the same layout.

As described above, the upload screen is provided in the server of the specific company 2. Then, since the upload screen is formatted, whenever necessary, each company 1 opens this upload screen and publishes whether to newly publish, delete or update,
Commands can be issued by clicking buttons such as delete and update. The command is executed by the server of the specific company 2 and the IR information page of each company 1 of the HP of the specific company 2 is disclosed, deleted, or updated.

In summary of the above means 10, 11, and 16, the present invention
By systematizing the transmission of the R information, the transmission of the IR information and the linking of the layout are programmed, and each company 1 transmits the IR information to the specific company 2, and transmits the IR information to the specific company 2 in the server of the specific company 2. After transmitting the IR-HP of the specific company within the specific company HP through the (upload) screen and further transmitting, the electronic information file automatically completes the HTML (layout & link) work, so that the IR file can be sent whenever desired. Information can be updated.

The good conditions of the company IR-HP are to avoid gorgeous designs and to have a simple layout. First, the IR page of each company 1 (IR-HP)
Will be described. FIG. 4 shows an image of the development of the HP of each company 1. Reference numeral 25 denotes a top page of the HP of each company 1. IR to click when you want to know
Button 25a is provided.

Reference numeral 17 denotes an IR top page of the company site opened in this way, the details of which are shown in FIG. The IR top page 17 of this company site is formatted, and a common banner 17a,
Click button 17b for "What's New", click button 17c for "Press Release", click button 17d for "Financial Report", click button 17e for "To Investors",
Click button 17f for "financial indicator", click button 17g for "stock price information", click button 17h for "IR library", click button 17i for "IR calendar",
"Request for materials" click button 17j, "Contact"
Click button 17k is provided.

Further, the click button 17h of the “IR library” is used as a click button for an annual report (AR), a fact sheet fact book (CB), a shareholder communication, a business report, an environmental report, a company briefing material, and the like. Split.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 18 denotes a summary report (disclosure information stipulated by the Securities and Exchange Law; a report that reports on the results of the activities of the company in accordance with the format; 19 is a press release page (news to be sent from companies to mass media such as newspapers), 20 is a management message [for investors] (the company president explains the company to investors. Greetings) page, 21 for financial indicators (numerical values indicating corporate stability, growth, and security), 22 for the IR library page,
23 indicates an IR calendar page, and 24 indicates an inquiry page.

FIGS. 6 to 10 show the details of each of these pages. FIG. 6 shows the details of page 19 of the press release, FIG. 7 shows the details of page 18 of the financial report, and FIG.
Shows details of page 20 of the management message, FIG.
Shows details of the page of the financial index, and FIG. 10 shows details of page 22 of the IR library. Details of the inquiry page are shown in FIG.

The above-mentioned annual report (AR) of the IR library is an arbitrary report showing the activity status of a company for one year, and transmits detailed information that cannot be included in the financial report. A fact sheet / fact book is a data collection that summarizes only financial indicators. If it is a book, it is a fact book, and if it is a prop, it is a fact sheet. The Investors Guide is a simplified version of the annual report.

The IR calendar is for the company to inform investors of the schedule of annual IR activities such as briefings, financial results announcements, and general meetings. The data request is for requesting IR data and accepting IR-related inquiries. In addition, business reports can include a wide range of IR-related tools such as environmental reports.

The financial index indicates not only the financial value of the company but also the analysis result from what point of view of the financial value. For example, it is the result of a numerical analysis of the financial condition of the company from various viewpoints in terms of growth, profitability, security, productivity, and the like.

In the production of the IR page (IR-HP) of the HP of each company 1, the area A in FIG. 5 is data belonging to the server (5 in FIG. 3) of each company 1, The area B for displaying a banner with a unique design is data in the server 6 of the specific company 2 and these two data are linked.

On the other hand, FIG.
A search button 30a for extracting a page of a desired company by a search is provided on the top page 30 of the HP of the specific company 2, and by operating the search button 30a, as shown in FIG. The individual company page 26 for each company 1 of the specific company 2 is displayed.

The individual company page 26 in FIG. 12 corresponds to the IR top page 17 of the company site in FIG. 4, and the area A is information dedicated to the reader of the specific company 2.
Readers who enter from the company's website are areas that cannot be seen, and area B is the IR top page 17 of the company site.
In the area where it is possible to link to the corporate HP corresponding to the B area of the company and to show it together with the corporate banner which is the A area of the corporate HP, as if all the information is provided by the company. is there.

Clicking on the title of the desired company IR information will advance to the more detailed next page for the contents of this area B. The respective pages are the above-mentioned financial results page 18, the press release page 19, and investors. Page 20 of (manager's message), page 21 of financial indicators, page 22 of IR library, page 23 of IR calendar, page 24 of inquiry. In the case of page 20 of the manager's message, only textbooks in the form of a file are created, and letters created with words are attached and sent.

The click button of the title of the desired company IR information in the area B of the individual company page 26 is almost the same as the click button of the IR top page 17 of the company site in FIG. 5, and "What's New" Click button 26b, "Press release" click button
26c, a click button 26d for "Financial Summary", a click button 26e for "To Investors", a click button 26f for "Financial Indicators", a click button 26g for "Stock Price Information",
There are a click button 26h for "IR library", a click button 26i for "IR calendar", and a click button 26j for "Request material". A click button 26k for "Contact" is added. A unique "Contact" button 26l is provided. this
The 26l inquiry goes directly to the individual company.

As described above, the specific company 2 has means 14 for processing the IR information of each company laid out again according to the specification specified by the financial information vendor, and distributing the file. The distribution destinations are domestic investors 27, overseas individual investors 28, and representative financial information vendors 29 as shown in FIG.
[Corporate financial information that provides sophisticated financial information at extremely high prices using a professional network closed to professional investors, and includes private Reuters (A), Bloomberg (B), and First Call (C) ), Maltex (D), Quick (E), etc.] and specialized sites.

The IR information of each company laid out above is
The menu is a basic menu that can be viewed only from the HP of the specific company 2 and the HP of each company 1, and is divided into other distribution menus. The distribution contents by this means 14 can be completely or completely according to the request of each financial information vendor 29. In some cases, in some cases, only the distribution menu excluding the basic menu.

The distribution method is to store the data in a storage medium such as a CD-R and distribute and distribute by physical means.
There are various methods such as uploading a file from the Internet environment to the database of the financial information venture through the computer of the specific company 2 and distributing the file by attaching it to an e-mail. These distributions can be automated.

The means 15 for feeding back the questions and opinions of the specific company distribution information reader to each company 1
Is received by the HP of the specific company 2 and is fed back to each company 1.

In the above-described embodiment, the IR (information for an arbitrary investor of a company which has been made public or in preparation for publication) has been described. Corporate legally (but not voluntarily) investor information may be subject to the same invention.

[0048]

As described above, the system for operating an information specialty site such as IR according to the present invention does not require each company to produce, set up, and operate an IR-HP. The labor and cost for opening and maintaining the IR-HP can be drastically reduced.

Also, instead of the conventional single HP, it functions indirectly as a part of the global financial information network, and it is possible to strengthen the desired distribution destinations, and in particular, it has a great effect on the stock price formation of a company in general. Distribution function to foreign and domestic institutional investors who exert a strong
It can realize effective net IR activities, such as inducing the access of IR readers from the IR page (IR-HP).

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of an operation system of an information specialty site such as IR of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a flow of exchange between each company and a specific company in one embodiment of the system for operating an information specialty site such as IR of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a network between each company and a specific company.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an HP development image of each company.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a screen of an IR top page.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a screen of a press release.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a screen of a settlement report.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a screen for investors.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a screen of a financial index.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing an IR library.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a screen of an IR top page of HP of a specific company.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a screen of an individual company page in each company of the HP of the specific company.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing an inquiry page screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Each company 2 ... Specified company 3 ... Backup server 4 ... Extremely reliable backbone of large provider (IIJ) 5 ... Each company's server 6 ... Specified company's server 7 ... Firewall 8 ... Dedicated line 9 ... Other companies Server 10, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 13, 14, 15, 16 ... means 17 ... IR top page of corporate site 17a ... banner 17b-17k ... click button 18-24 ... page 25 ... top page 25a ... IR Button 26… Individual company page 26b ～ 26l… Click button 27… Domestic investors 28… Overseas investors 29… Financial information vendor 30… Top page 30a… Search button

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A means for transmitting electronic IR (Investor Relations) information from a company to a specific company, and automatically laying out the received IR information on the company page of the HP of a specific company (homepage). Means, reader is the company's HP
If you click on the IR button above, the IR of the company
In the information page, the fixed banner portion A is obtained from the server of the company for the fixed banner portion A such as the company name, and the fixed portion B is obtained from the server of the specific company. A system for operating a website specializing in information such as IR, comprising means for simultaneously displaying two IR information screens. 2. The IR information professional according to claim 1, further comprising means for distributing the IR information laid out on the company page of the specific company to a database of a third party financial information vendor or a corporate financial information specialized site. Site operation system. 3. A company sends (uploads) a specific company
3. The system for operating an information specialist site such as IR according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a means for freely updating, changing, and canceling the company page of the HP (homepage) of the specific company through a screen for use is provided. 4. The transmission screen of the specific company is H of the specific company.
4. The system for operating an IR or other information specialty site according to claim 3, wherein the same layout as that of the IR information page of the company P is used.