JP2002279101A - Server system and method for supporting negotiation among a plurality or right related persons - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To grasp information on the right related persons about the property right and contents, and to enable all of the right related persons to efficiently negotiate with each other. SOLUTION: A representative terminal 3A gains access to a server 5 according to a request from a representative copyright related person, and inputs writing information on writing and copyright related person information including negotiation presenting information to a low-ranking copyright related person to the server 5. The server 5 extracts information including at least the negotiation presenting information from the writing information and the copyright related person information, generates a Web page carrying the extracted information, provides the same and receives a reply. The server 5 forces the copyright related person to negotiate on the contract in a designated negotiation method when a denial reply is input, and receives input of approval reply and contents of the contract at the end of contract negotiation when the contract negotiation is ended. The server 5 discriminates the input end of the approval reply when the approval reply is obtained, and enters the acquisition of approval reply in the input end.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a case where a plurality of persons related to a predetermined property right (hereinafter, rights-related persons) exist.
The present invention relates to a technique for supporting negotiations on various matters between the plurality of rights related parties.

The present invention can be applied to various types of property rights in which a plurality of rights-related persons can exist. Among them, the following description will be made taking a copyright as an example. In this example, the “copyright” includes, in principle, the copyright granted to the author, as well as the neighboring right granted to a specific person who is in a position to use the work. "Copyright-related party" means a person who uses a work with permission from the copyright holder or the neighboring copyright holder, as well as the copyright holder and the neighboring copyright holder, and translates and arranges the copyrighted work. And authors of secondary works made into movies. Copyright parties can be individuals or groups.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art As illustrated in Article 10 of the Copyright Act, there are various works such as novels, script, music, dance, painting, architecture, and movies. In many cases, a plurality of copyright-related persons exist hierarchically. For example, if the copyrighted work is music, and the copyright holder is the representative copyright-related person, the music is placed under the CD.
(Record Disc Maker) licensed from the copyright holder to sell fixedly on a recording medium such as (Compact Disc), or from the copyright holder or the above record maker to broadcast music on television. There may be licensed broadcasters and the like.

[0004] Some types of literary works include a plurality of sub-literary works. For example, when the work is a movie, it is a script, a novel that is the original of the movie, music used in the movie, works of art, and the like.

[0005]

As described above, a copyrighted work includes a plurality of copyright-related persons, such as a copyright holder, a neighboring right holder, and a person who is permitted to use the copyrighted work. A work may include a plurality of sub-works. From the viewpoint of increasing the distribution of copyrighted works, it is desirable that all copyright-related persons and sub-licensed works related to the copyrighted work be managed reliably. Similarly, from the viewpoint of increasing the distribution of copyrighted works, all copyright-related parties negotiate various contents, such as the terms of use of the copyrighted work and the distribution ratio of profits from the use of the copyrighted work (hereinafter, contract negotiations) ) Can be performed efficiently.

[0006] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to be able to ascertain all rights-related persons related to a predetermined property right.

Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to grasp information on contents relating to a predetermined property right.

[0008] It is yet another object of the present invention to enable all rights-related parties to negotiate efficiently.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A negotiation support server system according to the present invention, when there are a plurality of rights related persons (including right holders) related to a predetermined property right, includes the plurality of rights related persons. A server system for supporting negotiations between parties, comprising: means for inputting mutual relation information including information indicating mutual relations of a plurality of rights related parties; Means for receiving, from a terminal, negotiation presentation information that is information including negotiation contents to be presented to one or more rights-related parties to be a negotiation partner; Means for providing to the terminal of the right-related person.

[0010] According to the negotiation support server system according to the present invention, since the mutual relation information including the information indicating the mutual relation of a plurality of right related persons is input, all the right related persons relating to a predetermined property right are grasped. be able to. Further, according to the negotiation support server system according to the present invention, information including negotiation contents to be presented to one or more rights-related parties to be negotiated from the terminal of the rights-related party as the negotiation source according to the mutual relation information. It is possible to receive input of certain negotiation presentation information and provide the input negotiation presentation information to the terminals of one or more rights-related parties as negotiation partners. Negotiation presentation information can be provided to the other party, so that all rights-related parties can efficiently perform negotiations.

In a preferred embodiment, the mutual relationship is
This is a hierarchical relationship, and the negotiation support server system uses the negotiation method according to the mutual relationship information as follows: (1) The highest-level rights-related party is the negotiation source, and all lower-level rights-related parties are negotiating partners. (2) a negotiation method in which only the higher-level rights-related party is the negotiating source, and only the nearest lower-level rights-related party to the higher-level rights-related party is the negotiation partner; and (3) the above (2) In the negotiation method of (1), each time information indicating that the negotiation has been completed is received, the negotiation method of sequentially moving down the hierarchy of the negotiation source and the negotiation partner; In the negotiation method in which only the highest-ranked right-related party of the lower-level rights-related party is the negotiating partner, and (5) in the above-mentioned (4) negotiation method, each time information indicating that negotiation has been completed is received, , The order of negotiation source and negotiation partner is moved up Comprising means for performing at least one of the negotiation process of the going negotiation method (1) to (5).

In a preferred embodiment, when the negotiation is completed based on the provided negotiation presentation information, the negotiation support server system inputs arrangement content information, which is information indicating the content determined in the negotiation. And means for adjusting the content of the negotiation presentation information to be provided to another negotiation partner whose negotiation has not been completed, based on the input agreement content information.

In a preferred embodiment, the negotiation support server system includes means for inputting information relating to the content relating to the predetermined property right (including information relating to the content itself as well as information relating to sub-contents constituting the content). . As a result, it becomes possible to grasp information on contents related to a predetermined property right (and information on sub-contents if there are sub-contents constituting the content).

The functions constituting the system of the present invention can be implemented by a computer, and a computer program for that can be installed or loaded into the computer through various media such as a disk storage, a semiconductor memory, and a communication network. .

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the number of copyright-related persons is assumed to be six, and the six copyright-related persons have a hierarchical relationship as shown in FIG. (The number of rights-related parties is more than 6, and the relationship between copyright-related parties is often more complicated than the illustrated one.)

Specifically, among the six copyright-related persons, there is a representative copyright-related person (hereinafter, referred to as a representative copyright-related person), and the nearest lower-ranking person of the representative copyright-related person. It is assumed that a secondary copyright-related party A and a secondary copyright-related party B exist as copyright-related parties. It is assumed that these secondary copyright holders A and B have lower copyright holders as follows.

That is, it is assumed that the secondary copyright-related person A has a tertiary copyright-related person A as the nearest lower-order copyright-related person. On the other hand, it is assumed that the secondary copyright-related party B has a tertiary copyright-related party B as the nearest lower-level copyright-related party. It is assumed that a quaternary copyright related person B exists as a related person.

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail. In the following description, when simply referred to as “lower copyright related persons”, secondary copyright related persons A and B
It is assumed that tertiary copyright parties A and B and quaternary copyright parties B are included.

FIG. 2 shows an overall configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a copyright-related terminal 3A to 3F and a contract negotiation support server system (hereinafter abbreviated as "server") 5 are connected to a communication network such as the Internet 1. And are connected.

The copyright-related party terminals 3A to 3F are computer systems such as personal computers used by copyright-related parties. Specifically, the copyright-related terminal 3A is a terminal of a representative copyright-related person (hereinafter, representative terminal) 3A, and the copyright-related terminal 3B is a terminal of the secondary copyright-related person A (hereinafter, referred to as a terminal). , A secondary A terminal) 3B, and the copyright-related terminal 3C is a terminal of a tertiary copyright-related person A (hereinafter, a tertiary A terminal) 3C. The copyright-related terminal 3D is a secondary B terminal (hereinafter, secondary B terminal) 3D.
And the copyright-related party terminal 3E is a tertiary copyright-related party B
(Hereinafter, a tertiary B terminal) 3E, and the copyright holder terminal 3F is a terminal of a quaternary copyright related person B (hereinafter, a quaternary B terminal).
Terminal) 3F.

The representative terminal 3A accesses the server 5 in response to a request from the representative copyright-related person, and transmits the work information, which is information on the copyrighted work, and the negotiation presentation information to each lower copyright-related person. The copyright-related information including the information is input to the server 5. The copyrighted work information is information related to the copyrighted work, for example, a copyrighted work sold through the Internet 1, the creator of the copyrighted work, a copyright holder, an outline, and other copyrighted works used for the copyrighted work. Things (for example, if the copyrighted work is a movie, the music, artworks, and script used in the movie,
Hereafter, the information includes information on the sub-work. Further, the copyright-related person information is information about the copyright-related person, such as attribute information (for example, the name of each copyright-related person, an e-mail address, etc.) about each copyright-related person, This is information including information indicating a rights relationship between related parties (that is, information indicating the rights relationship shown in FIG. 1), and information for presenting negotiations to lower copyright related parties. Negotiation presentation information is information indicating what the negotiator wants to the negotiating partner. Specifically, the terms of use of the work, the distribution ratio of profits from the use of the work, This is information including the price (royalty) for use.

The server 5 includes a database (hereinafter, copyright information DB) 7 for storing copyright information, a database (hereinafter, copyright information DB) 9 for storing copyright related information. Is provided. When the copyrighted work information and the copyright-related information are received from the representative terminal 3A, the server 5 sends an ID for identifying the copyrighted work (hereinafter referred to as the copyrighted work I).
D) to link the copyrighted work ID to copyrighted work information and copyrighted party information, store the copyrighted work information linked to the copyrighted work ID in the copyrighted work information DB 7, and copy the copyrighted party information to the copyrighted work information DB 7. It is stored in the copyright-related person information DB 9.

The server 5 extracts predetermined information including at least negotiation presentation information from the stored copyrighted work information and copyrighted party information, and posts the predetermined information to each lower copyrighted party. (Hereinafter referred to as a contract negotiation support page) (that is, for example, the secondary copyright related person A generates a contract negotiation support page to be provided to the secondary copyright related person A, The following copyright-related party B:
A contract negotiation support page to be provided to the secondary copyright related person B is generated). The server 5 provides a user interface for inputting an answer as to whether or not to approve the posted negotiation presentation information on the contract negotiation support page to be generated (for example, a character string of “approve” in which a predetermined command is embedded). Is displayed and a button is displayed with "Reject". The predetermined information may include negotiation presentation information from the representative copyright related party to another lower copyright related party in addition to the negotiation presentation information from the representative copyright related party. This allows the lower copyrighted party to refer to the terms of use for other lower copyrighted parties and the revenue share,
It is possible to determine whether or not to accept the negotiation presentation information from the representative copyright related person.

The server 5 is a terminal 3 for each lower-level copyright-related person.
B to 3F include a command for requesting access to a predetermined contract negotiation support page and information for authenticating access to the page (access ID and password, etc., hereinafter, access authentication information). It generates and sends an e-mail (hereinafter referred to as a support page guide e-mail). When the access authentication information is correctly input from the lower copyright related person's terminals 3B to 3F, the server 5 displays a contract negotiation support page corresponding to the input access authentication information on the access source terminal 3B. ~ 3F. The server 5 receives a response to the posted negotiation presentation information from the terminals 3B to 3F.

The server 5 has a terminal 3B of a lower-rights-related person.
When an answer (approval answer) for approving the posted negotiation presentation information is input from 3F to 3F, the input source of the input is identified, and the approval response is input to the identified input source. The contents of the contract at that time (that is, usage conditions, usage method, profit distribution rate, etc.) are recorded in the copyright-related person information DB 9. Conversely, when an answer (denial answer) to the effect that the posted negotiation presentation information is not approved is input, the server 5 uses a predetermined negotiation method (for example, telephone, facsimile, or e-mail) to enter the representative work. Contract negotiations between the rights-related party and the lower-level copyright-related party who has rejected the rejection, and when the contract negotiations have been completed, enter the approval response and the contract details at the end of the contract negotiations. Received from the lower copyright related party (or may be received from the representative copyright related party). When the approval response and the contract content at the end of the contract negotiation are input, the server 5 registers the information in the copyright-related person information DB 9.

When the approval reply is obtained from all the lower copyright related persons, the server 5 extracts predetermined information from the copyright related information DB 9 and transmits it to the terminal of the predetermined copyright related person. I do. More specifically, the server 5 extracts, from the copyright-related information DB 9, the content of each contract determined between the representative copyright-related person and each lower-level copyright-related person, and extracts it from the representative terminal. 3A to make the representative copyright-related person confirm the contents of each negotiation.

Hereinafter, the flow of the server 5 until all copyright-related persons obtain approval replies in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 3, first, the server 5 accesses the representative terminal 3A, and from the representative terminal 3A,
The copyrighted work information and copyrighted party information are received (step S1). Then, the server 5 issues the work ID, links the work ID to the work information and the copyright related information, and stores the work information linked with the work ID in the work information DB 7. The related person information is stored in the copyright related person information DB 9 (S2).

After that, the server 5 extracts predetermined information from the stored copyrighted work information and copyrighted party information and generates a contract negotiation support page in which the predetermined information is posted for each lower copyrighted party ( S3) A support page guide mail for accessing the generated contract negotiation support page is generated and transmitted (S4).

The server 5 is a terminal 3B of the lower-ranking copyright-related person.
If the access authentication information has been correctly input from to 3F (YES in S5), the contract negotiation support page corresponding to the input access authentication information is displayed on the access source terminal 3.
B to 3F (S6). The server 5 is the terminal 3
From B to terminal 3F, a response to the posted negotiation presentation information is received (S7).

The server 5 is a terminal 3B of the lower-ranking copyright-related person.
If the answer entered from ~ 3F is a denied answer (S
8), a contract negotiation is performed between the representative copyright-related person and the lower copyright-related person who has rejected the reply by the predetermined negotiation method. When the contract negotiation is completed, an approval reply and a contract negotiation are made. An input of the contract content at the time of termination is received from the lower copyright-related person who has made the above-mentioned negative response (S9). Server 5
When the approval reply and the contract contents at the end of the contract negotiation are input, the information is registered in the copyright-related person information DB 9 (S10, S11).

On the other hand, in step S8, the server 5
When the answer input from the terminal 3B to 3F of the lower copyright related person is an approval answer (YES in S8), the input source is identified, and the approval answer is input to the identified input source. Is registered in the copyright-related person information DB 9 (S11).

When the approval reply is obtained from all lower copyright related persons (YES in S12), the server 5 extracts predetermined information from the copyright related person information DB 9 and extracts it from the predetermined copyright related information. Is transmitted to the user's terminal (S13).

The preceding is an explanation of this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the server 5 may sell the copyrighted work on the Internet 1 at the time when the approval reply is obtained from all the lower copyright related persons.

In the present embodiment, the server 5 may periodically transmit information indicating the degree of collection of approval replies to a terminal of a predetermined copyright-related person (for example, a representative copyright-related person). good. Further, the server may transmit, to the request source terminal, information indicating the degree of collection of the approval replies in response to the request from the copyright-related party. Further, the server 5 responds to a request from a specific or unspecified user and transmits a part or the whole of at least one of the copyrighted work information and the copyrighted party information to a terminal of the requesting terminal. May be transmitted.

In this embodiment, the server 5 re-uses (for example, edits, translates, etc.) a registered work (hereinafter, referred to as an original work).
A copyrighted work) is created for sale.
Receiving input of copyrighted work information and copyright-related information about secondary works from representative copyrighted persons of secondary works, using already registered copyrighted work information and copyrighted party information Can be. Specifically, the server 5
Is required to input the work ID of the original work, obtain the work information and copyright related information linked to the input work ID, and transfer them to the terminal of the representative copyright related person of the secondary work. And display and display the copyrighted work information and copyrighted party information by the representative copyrighted party.The edited copyrighted work information and copyrighted party information are Register as copyrighted work information and copyrighted party information.
As a result, the work of registering the copyrighted work information and the copyright related person information of the secondary work is reduced, which is convenient for the person who registers such information.

According to the above-described embodiment, since the copyrighted work information and the copyrighted party information are managed in the server 5, it is possible to grasp all the copyrighted parties and sub-workpieces related to the copyrighted work. As a result, the distribution of copyrighted works can be activated.

Also, according to the above-described embodiment, the representative copyright-related person simply registers the copyrighted work information and the copyright-related information in the server 5 in advance, and the negotiation presentation information is sent to each lower copyright-related person. Since the contract is sent and the contract negotiation is carried out, it is intended that all rights-related parties can conduct the negotiation efficiently.

Further, according to the above-described embodiment, since the contents of the contract between the respective copyright-related persons are registered in the server 5, it is possible to easily perform the rights processing based on the contents of the contract. . In general, a copyrighted work involving a large number of copyright-related parties may be difficult to distribute because copyright processing differs depending on usage conditions, usage methods, etc., and is complicated.
According to this embodiment, rights processing is facilitated, so that even a work involving many copyright-related persons can be expected to be smoothly distributed.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this is an exemplification for describing the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to this embodiment. The present invention can be implemented in other various forms.

For example, in the first alternative embodiment, in each sub-work used for the work, a predetermined copyright-related person related to the sub-work may obtain copyright information and copyright information on the sub-work. The related person information is input to the server 5, and the server 5 supports contract negotiation between the copyright related persons of the sub-work for each sub-work. As for the input of the copyrighted work information and the copyright-related person regarding the sub-work, the copyrighted work ID and the copyright-related person information linked to the work ID can be acquired and edited by inputting the copyrighted work ID of the copyrighted work to the server 5.

According to the first alternative embodiment, it is possible to easily perform the right processing for the sub-work (that is, the right processing for partial use of the work).

In the second alternative embodiment, the server 5 sequentially receives approval replies from upper-ranked copyright-related persons.

In this regard, the hierarchical relationship related to the secondary copyright related person A is specifically described as an example.
Until an approval reply is obtained from the third party, even if an approval reply is obtained from the tertiary copyright-related person A, the approval reply is not accepted. In this case, if an approval reply is obtained from the secondary copyright related person A in the first negotiation presentation information, the server 5 accepts the approval reply from the tertiary copyright related person A. On the other hand, when the approval response is not obtained from the secondary copyright related person A in the first negotiation presentation information and the consent answer is obtained due to the change of the negotiation presentation information (for example, the representative copyright related person 30% of the revenue distribution rate
When the secondary copyright related party A desires the revenue sharing ratio of 35% and the approval response is obtained at the profit sharing ratio of 35%), automatically or in response to a request from the representative copyright related party , Adjust the negotiation presentation information to tertiary copyright party A (for example,
When the revenue distribution rate of the secondary copyright-related party A increases as in the above example, the revenue distribution rate to the tertiary copyright-related party A is lowered.) Notify. The server 5 receives an approval response or a denial response from the tertiary copyright holder A for the adjusted negotiation presentation information. If the answer to the adjusted negotiation presentation information is a negative answer, the server 5 sends the third copyright-related person A
In response to the request from the representative copyright related party and the secondary copyright related party A, one or both of them is negotiated.

In this second alternative embodiment, the server 5 adds the royalty and the revenue distribution rate in the contract contents when the approval reply is obtained every time the approval reply is obtained, and compares the result. Alternatively, the representative copyright related person may be notified.

In the third alternative embodiment, the server 5 sequentially receives approval replies from lower-ranking copyright-related persons having a low profit distribution ratio, and each time an approval reply is obtained, the server 5 Royalties and revenue sharing rates in the contract details of the above, and notify the representative copyright holder of the result of the addition. The representative copyright-related party can negotiate with a lower copyright-related party with a high revenue sharing ratio according to the notified result. According to the third alternative embodiment, it is possible to easily adjust the profit distribution ratio and the like with other lower copyright related parties.

In the fourth alternative embodiment, when the server 5 obtains a group of profits after a predetermined period has elapsed since the use of the work, the server 5 again distributes the profits among the copyright-related persons. Support contract negotiations such as rates.

In a fifth alternative embodiment, the server 5 causes a copyright-related party to negotiate a contract on a predetermined Web page.

In the sixth alternative embodiment, the server 5 causes the contract negotiation to be sequentially performed only with the nearest lower copyright related person. More specifically, the server 5 sets the representative copyright-related parties to negotiate a contract with only the secondary copyright-related parties A and B, and when the contract negotiations are completed, the secondary copyright-related parties. Related party A is only tertiary copyright related party A,
The second copyrighted party B negotiates a contract with only the third copyrighted party B. Then, when the contract negotiation between the secondary copyright-related party B and the tertiary copyright-related party B is completed, the server 5 negotiates a contract with only the fourth copyright-related party B. To do.

The processing of the server 5 in this case will be specifically described. When an approval response is obtained from the secondary copyright related person A, the server 5 transmits information on the tertiary copyright related person A and the tertiary copyright related person A. A web page describing a field for inputting negotiation presentation information to related party A is provided to secondary copyright related party A. When the negotiation presentation information is input to the Web page, the server 5 generates a contract negotiation support page in which the negotiation presentation information is described, and sends a support page guide mail for guiding to the page to a tertiary copyright-related mail. To the terminal 3C of the person A. The server 5 also performs the above-described processing on the lower-order copyright-related party regarding the secondary copyright-related party B.

In a seventh alternative embodiment, the representative copyright-related party inputs the total revenue distribution ratio for the lower copyright related parties in each hierarchy, and the server 5 transmits the respective lower copyright related Automatically adjusts the revenue share presented to other sub-copyright related parties based on the results of negotiations with related parties.
To give a concrete example, the representative copyright-related person
The total revenue distribution rate for the lower copyright related parties in the hierarchy related to the secondary copyright related party B is 70%, and the breakdown is that the revenue distributed rate for the secondary copyright related party B is 40%.
%, The revenue sharing ratio for tertiary copyright holder B is 20%,
If the profit sharing ratio for the fourth copyright-related party B is entered as 10%, as a result of the negotiation between the representative copyright related party and the secondary copyright related party B, the profit sharing rate becomes 4%.
When it becomes 5%, the server 5 sets the revenue distribution rate to the tertiary copyright-related party B to 18% and the revenue distribution rate to the quaternary copyright-related party, for example, so that the overall revenue distribution rate falls within 70%. The rate is adjusted to, for example, 7%.

In the eighth alternative embodiment, the royalty amount for the use of the work is input to the server 5 sequentially from the lower copyright related person at the terminal.
Will add the amount of royalties entered,
A predetermined process is performed based on the added amount. For example, a predetermined upper copyright related person (for example, a representative copyright related person) assigns a desired amount of royalties of its own rights to the server 5.
When the sum of the royalty amounts input from the respective lower copyright related persons becomes equal to or more than the amount input to the predetermined upper copyright related persons, the server 5 executes It is assumed that an approval reply has been received from the upper copyright related party and the respective lower copyright related parties.

In the ninth alternative embodiment, when the server 5 receives the input of the negotiation presentation information from the negotiation source, the above-mentioned denial reply is input from the negotiation partner, and the negotiation presentation information is presented by the negotiation partner. At this time, an input of information indicating an allowable range of negotiation contents that can be approved (hereinafter, allowable negotiation information) is accepted. The permissible negotiation information is not displayed on the terminal of the negotiation partner.

More specifically, for example, the server 5 sends the negotiation presentation information from the negotiation source as negotiation presentation information.
It is assumed that, in response to “the desired revenue distribution ratio to the negotiation partner: 30%”, “permissible revenue distribution ratio: 35%” is received as the permissible negotiation information. In this case, the server 5 sends a
Negotiation presentation information “Desired revenue distribution rate to negotiation partner: 30%”
Is displayed, but the allowable negotiation information “allowable revenue distribution rate: 35
% "Is not displayed.

After that, the server 5 receives the rejection reply from the terminal of the negotiation partner, and sends the negotiation presentation information “the profit distribution rate requested by the negotiation partner: 32” as the negotiation presentation information.
% ". In this case, since the “revenue distribution rate requested by the negotiation partner: 32%” is lower than the “allowable revenue distribution rate: 35%”, the server 5 provides the negotiation presentation information “the negotiation partner requests from the negotiation partner”. Revenue distribution rate: 32
% ”Is deemed to have been approved by the negotiation source, and this negotiation is to be terminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a plurality of copyright related persons existing in an embodiment of the present invention and a right relationship between the plurality of copyright related persons.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing the flow of processing performed by a server in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing the flow of processing performed by a server in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internet 3A-3F Copyright-related terminal 5 Contract negotiation support server system 7 Database (copyright information DB) 9 Database (copyright-related information DB)

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A server system for supporting negotiation between a plurality of rights-related persons when there are a plurality of rights-related persons related to a predetermined property right, wherein the plurality of rights-related persons Means for inputting mutual relation information including information indicating the mutual relation of the parties, and presenting the information to one or more rights related parties to be negotiated from the terminal of the right related party as the negotiation source according to the mutual relation information Means for receiving an input of negotiation presentation information, which is information including negotiation contents, and transmitting the inputted negotiation presentation information to the negotiation partner 1
Or a means for providing to the terminals of a plurality of rights-related persons. 2. The mutual relationship is a hierarchical relationship, and the negotiation method according to the mutual relationship information is as follows: (1) The highest-level rights-related party is the negotiation source, and all lower-level rights-related And (2) a negotiation method in which a higher-level rights-related party is the negotiating source, and only the closest lower-level rights-related party of the higher-level rights-related party is the negotiating party. (3) In the negotiation method of (2), each time information indicating that the negotiation is completed is received, the negotiation source and the negotiation partner are sequentially moved down the hierarchy. ) A negotiation method in which the lower-level rights-related party is the negotiating source and only the closest higher-level rights-related party to the lower-level rights-related party is the negotiation partner; Each time the information indicating the end is received, Negotiation support server system according to claim 2, further comprising means for performing at least one of the negotiation process of the negotiation process going carry the negotiations source and the negotiator hierarchy (1) to (5). 3. A means for inputting, when negotiations are completed based on the provided negotiation presentation information, information on the details of the negotiations, the information indicating the contents of the negotiations; and 2. The negotiation support server system according to claim 1, further comprising: means for adjusting the content of negotiation presentation information to be provided to another negotiation partner whose negotiation has not been completed. 4. The negotiation support server system according to claim 1, further comprising means for inputting information relating to the content relating to the predetermined property right. 5. A method for supporting negotiations between a plurality of rights-related persons when there are a plurality of rights-related persons related to a predetermined property right, the method comprising: Inputting mutual relation information including information indicating the mutual relation between the two parties; and, in accordance with the mutual relation information, negotiating to be presented to one or more rights related parties to be negotiated from the terminal of the right related party as the negotiation source Accepting an input of negotiation presentation information that is information including contents; and transmitting the input negotiation presentation information to the negotiation partner 1
Or providing to terminals of a plurality of rights related persons.