JP2003162625A - Method of general meeting management and program for use in system of general meeting management as well as server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for smoothly performing a general meeting while ensuring reliability and safety for a general meeting management utilizing an IT technology. <P>SOLUTION: A general meeting management server extracts a member having a voting right from a member database, and generates authentication information every member having the voting right, which is transmitted to each member and also registered in an authentication database. When a client terminal makes a request of issuing a voting right certification file, the general meeting management server performs authentication by means of ID and authentication information. When having succeeded in authentication, the encrypted certification file of the voting right of the member including at least the ID and the number of the voting rights is generated and transmitted. When the client terminal transmits the voting right certification file and makes an invoke request of the voting right, the general meeting management server performs verification of the voting right certification file. When having succeeded in the verification, the invoking of the voting right is authorized, and the voting right invoking contents are registered in a decision detail DB. Subsequently, the voting right invoking contents registered in the decision detail database are totalized and output, appropriately. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of operating a general meeting (hereinafter referred to as "general meeting") by members of an organization, a program and a server used in a general meeting management system, and in particular, exercise of voting rights via a network. The present invention relates to a general meeting management method, a program and a server used for the general meeting management system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a system in which a so-called electronic vote is conducted via a network such as the Internet, and a voter takes a vote without directly going to a conference room or the like. For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-76075,
A system has been introduced in which a qualified person is provided with a terminal capable of transmitting an ID number capable of identifying himself / herself and the vote contents transmitted from the terminal via relay means are totaled. In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
In the 001-76075 publication, after inputting authentication information from a terminal and obtaining permission to participate in voting, a question and answer and a voting act are performed, and the voting result is aggregated by a host computer and the aggregated result is given to each terminal. The method of holding the general meeting to be distributed is introduced. In addition, since no special device is required,
A combination of an ID and a password, the use of a digital certificate, etc. are widely used as a means of confirming the identity of a network.

The general assembly is not limited to voting in the above-mentioned elections, and all the members of the group participate to make decisions common to the group through the proceedings of the proceedings. In general, attendance of all members is generally due to the Articles of Incorporation and regulations at such general meetings, but the attendance rate is generally low at large general meetings, and in fact, the power of attorney is submitted to proceed with the proceedings. The reality is that it is unavoidable. When operating such a general meeting using the technology described above, the identity of the member can be confirmed by using the combination of the ID and password described above as a means of authenticating the member himself or by using a digital certificate. Then, it is possible to make a voting act.

[0004]

However, at the general meeting, in addition to the legitimacy of the person himself, the legitimacy of the voting right (when the members have acquired primitive based on their status, or
There is a special circumstance that it is necessary to confirm). There is also a restriction that proxy voting by proxy should be limited to the general meeting. For example, at general meetings such as general meetings of stockholders in stock companies and general meetings of employees in limited companies, where it is widely practiced to determine a third party and solicit proxy exercise of voting rights, Authentication of the legitimacy of the voting right is indispensable, but when transferring the voting right to the agent, it may be necessary to transfer the ID and password to the agent or transfer the electronic certificate. It is not preferable in terms of security, such as being known to a third party and using the digital certificate for other purposes. Furthermore, there is a threat such as so-called spoofing or falsification of the number of voting rights, etc., only by authenticating the identity of either the member himself or his agent, and the reliability of the proceedings of the General Assembly and the decision-making items. Can be lost.

The present invention solves the above problems and ensures the reliability and safety of the operation of the member general meeting,
The purpose is to provide a means to do smoothly.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention which provides means for solving the above-mentioned problems, at least an identification information for uniquely identifying a member of the general assembly is formed. A member database in which a member ID and member information related to the number of voting rights owned by each member are stored in association with each other, the member ID, and authentication information corresponding to the member ID And the issue information of the voting right certifying file are stored in association with each other, a vote content database that stores the bill content, and the voting right exercise status for each member ID, and a valid voting right. General meeting management system comprising a server that gives a voting right certificate to a person who subsequently authenticates and accepts a request for exercising voting rights, and a client terminal that connects to the server via a network A general meeting management method using,
(A) a step in which the server extracts a member having a voting right from the member database and generates authentication information for each member having the voting right; A voting right certification file including: a first process comprising a step of sending the same to the certification information database and registering it in the certification information database; and (b) the client terminal transmits the member ID and the certification information. Is issued, the server inquires the authentication information database about whether the member ID and the authentication information sent from the client terminal are valid, and performs authentication. And a step of inquiring the authentication information database as to whether or not a voting right certification file is issued for the member who has been successfully authenticated. If a voting right certification file has not been issued for the member, a step of generating an encrypted voting right certification file for the member including at least the member ID and the number of voting rights; A second process comprising the step of transmitting the right certification file to the client terminal and updating the issue information of the voting right certification file of the authentication information database; and (c) the client terminal A step of sending a voting right certification file to request the exercise of voting rights; a step in which the server decrypts and verifies the voting right certification file sent from the client terminal; About the steps to send the bill content and whether voting rights have been exercised , Querying the voting item database, the member I
If the voting right of D is not exercised, the step of accepting the input of the exercise of the voting right and registering the exercise of the voting right in the voting statement database is a third step.
And (d) a fourth process in which the server aggregates and outputs the voting rights exercise contents registered in the voting details database at a predetermined interval. A method is provided.

[0007] More preferably, in the general meeting management method, the server registers / deletes a member ID to be registered / deleted with respect to the member database, depending on whether the voting right of each member is gained or lost. And the member ID for the member to be registered / deleted.
In addition to the step of sending a notification including the above, processing for reflecting the change in voting rights during the session shall be performed every session or as soon as possible.

Further, the issuance information of the voting right certification file stored in the authentication information database shall be registered with the number of times of issuing the voting right certification file, and the client terminal which has received the voting right certification file, When a request for transfer of the voting right is sent to the server together with the designation of a person who exercises the voting right by proxy, the server accepts the request and transfers the voting right. Decryption of the certification file to confirm the legitimacy of the request for transfer of the voting right, generation management information indicating the number of times the file is issued included in the voting right certification file, and the issuance of the voting right certification file in the certification information database. A verification process including a process of collating information is performed, and when the voting right is recognized by the verification, the new voting right certification file is And transmits to the proxy exercised to the terminal of the Kekken, to update the issue information of the voting rights certificate file members, the General Assembly management methods, including the transfer acceptance of more secure voting rights certificate file is provided.

Further, according to the above configuration, when the voting right certification file is lost, the client terminal is operated, and the member ID and the member are again provided to the server. The server issues a request for reissuing the voting right certification file by sending the authentication information corresponding to the ID, authenticates the server, and if the authentication is successful, the new voting A right proof file is transmitted to the client terminal that made the request, and the issue information of the voting right proof file is updated.
A more secure method of managing the general assembly including the reissuance of a voting right certificate file is provided.

The verification processing of the voting right certification file of the server is performed by the member I included in the voting right certification file.
This can be easily performed by searching the authentication information database with D as a key.

In addition, based on the fact that the regular general meeting is held in Japan about once a year, the server further encrypts and generates the session information in the voting right certification file. The verification process of the voting right certification file of the server may include a process of collating the session information included in the voting right certification file with the session for exercising the voting right. Further, from the viewpoint of checking the forgery of the voting right certification file, a collation process with the issue information of the voting right certification file stored in the authentication information database may be included.

It is also preferable that a password with a time limit is used as the authentication information, and a request time limit for the voting right certification file is set.

Particularly when applied to a general meeting of shareholders in a stock company or an employee general meeting in a limited company, the member is an investor, and the number of investment units is used as the member information stored in the member database. , It can be used to determine whether or not you have voting rights. Of course, exception handling means, etc. may be provided in consideration of cases in which voting rights cannot be exercised due to stocks without voting rights or laws and regulations.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, a program to be executed by a computer constituting a server for giving a voting right certificate to a legitimate voting right holder in a general meeting management system for carrying out each of the above methods, Also provided are a program to be executed by a computer that constitutes a server that authenticates a legitimate voter and accepts a voting request, and a server.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described. The system configuration used in the present invention is a general management system (100 in FIG. 1) and a terminal or a voting right transferee terminal (hereinafter referred to as a client terminal) connected to a network (500 in FIG. 1) (referred to as a client terminal in FIG. 1). 200).

The general meeting management system (100 in FIG. 1) includes a member database (101 in FIG. 1), an authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1), a vote detailed database (103 in FIG. 1), and a general meeting management server. Server called (Fig. 1
120) and the terminal on the side of the general assembly operator (130 in FIG. 1)
And are connected to each other.

The general meeting management server (120 in FIG. 1) receives a request from the terminal (130 in FIG. 1) or the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) of the person in charge of managing the general meeting, and receives WWW service means (110 in FIG. 1). ) And authentication information generation means (FIG. 1).
1112), authentication means (1113 in FIG. 1), voting right certification file generation means (1114 in FIG. 1), verification means (1131 in FIG. 1), and voting information management means (11 in FIG. 1).
32) and. Of course, it may be configured by connecting one or more servers having the above means to each other.

The member database (101 in FIG. 1) is
At least member IDs and member information related to the number of voting rights owned are stored in association with each other. The authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1) stores the member ID, the authentication information corresponding to the member ID, and the issuing information of the voting right certification file in association with each other. The voting details database (103 in FIG. 1) stores the bill content and the voting right exercise status for each member ID. The bill content stores at least bill information that requires a vote at the general meeting.

The authentication information generating means (1112 in FIG. 1) is
At the time of holding the general meeting, members who have voting rights are extracted, and authentication information is generated for each member who has the voting rights,
It is a processing means for transmitting. Authentication means (1113 in FIG. 1)
Is I sent from the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1).
D and the authentication information are the authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1).
Is a processing means for inquiring to verify the validity. Voting right certification file generation means (1114 in FIG. 1)
Generates an encrypted voting right certifying file for the member who has authenticated the authenticating means (1113 in FIG. 1) as having a valid voting right, and sends it to the client terminal (20 in FIG. 1).
0) and the issuing information of the voting right certification file of the authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1) is updated. Verification means (1131 in FIG. 1)
Is a processing means for decrypting the voting right certification file sent from the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1), inquiring the result to the authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1), and authenticating its validity. Further, the voting information management means (1132 in FIG. 1) is the terminal (13 in FIG.
0) or in response to a request from the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) to exercise the voting right,
It is a processing unit that totals the voting rights exercise contents stored in the voting details database (103 in FIG. 1) and returns the result. Each of the above processing means is a general meeting management server (1 in FIG. 1).
This is realized by readablely storing and holding a program for performing each of the above processes using the hardware of 20) in the storage holding device of the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1). The WWW service means (110 in FIG. 1) is a processing means for performing information communication between the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) and each of the processing means by WWW (World Wide Web) technology.

The terminal of the person in charge of managing the general meeting (130 in FIG. 1)
Is an information processing terminal that requests execution of totaling of voting results. Further, when the general meeting is convened or the acceptance of the exercise of voting rights is started, it is possible to instruct the general meeting management server (120 in FIG. 1) to start each series of processes.

The client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) is an information processing terminal that accesses the general meeting management server (120 in FIG. 1), receives the voting right certification file, and exercises it. If it is possible to send and receive files and files, the connection form and type are not limited.

The voting right certification file is composed of at least information obtained by encrypting appropriately selected items from the member ID, the number of voting rights owned by the member, session information of the general meeting, generation management information and the like. .

Next, the method of the present invention carried out by using the general meeting management system having the above-mentioned configuration will be described. First, when a predetermined date and time arrives, or when an instruction is sent from the terminal (130 in FIG. 1) of the general assembly administration staff,
A structure in which the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) has voting rights based on member information related to the number of voting rights owned by each member, which is stored in the member database (101 in FIG. 1). Members are extracted, and authentication information is generated for each member having the voting right. Subsequently, the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) registers the authentication information in the authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1) and sends it to the extracted member.

When the above process is completed, the terminal of the member having the voting right registered in the member database (101 in FIG. 1) (200 in FIG. 1) and the general management server (120 in FIG. 1) are registered. The ID for accessing and the authentication information are delivered, and the request for the voting right certification file described below is ready. The authentication information may be a password generated by a one-way function or the like so as to be valid only at the general meeting of the current year.

The member who has received the authentication information operates the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) to access the general meeting management server (120 in FIG. 1). The general management server (120 in FIG. 1) that receives the request requests the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) to transmit the member ID and the authentication information. When the member inputs and transmits the member ID and the authentication information in response to the request, the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) confirms that the member ID and the authentication information are valid. The authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1) is inquired as to whether or not it is authenticated.
When the authentication is successful, the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) determines whether or not the voting right certification file is issued for the member ID in the authentication information database (10 in FIG. 1).
Contact 2). When the voting right certification file is not issued for the member, the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) generates a voting right certification file including at least the member ID and the number of voting rights, and the client It is transmitted to the terminal (200 in FIG. 1). When the transmission is completed, the general meeting management server (120 in FIG. 1) updates the issuance information of the voting right certification file related to the member ID in the authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1).

When the above process is completed, the voting right certifying file for exercising the voting right is delivered to the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1), and the voting right described below is ready to be exercised. Has become. Further, when the voting right certification file is generated, the issue information of the voting right certification file is updated, so that the same voting right certification file will not be issued twice. The voting right certification file is generated by a one-way function or the like, and is configured so that it can be decrypted only by the general assembly manager.

The member who has received the voting right certification file subsequently operates the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) to make a request for exercising voting rights to the general meeting management server (120 in FIG. 1). . Upon receiving the request, the general meeting management server (120 in FIG. 1) requests the transmission of the voting right certification file, and when the voting right certification file is transmitted,
The voting right certification file is decrypted, and it is confirmed whether the member ID is registered in the authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1) and the validity thereof is verified. If the voting rights are recognized by the above verification, the general meeting management server (see FIG.
120) is the voting details database (103 in FIG. 1)
The bill content is taken out from and sent to the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1).

The client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) that has received the bill contents displays the bill contents and allows the members to refer to the bill. Subsequently, the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) inquires of the voting details database (103 in FIG. 1) whether or not the exercise of the voting rights has been completed for the member whose voting rights have been confirmed by the verification. When the voting right is not exercised for the member, the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) prompts the member to input the content of exercising the voting right. The method for the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) to prompt the user to exercise the voting rights is not particularly limited, but for example, the voting statement database (103 in FIG. 1) is provided with an input form and It is realized by taking it out, transmitting it to the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1), and making it respond. When the content of exercising voting rights is transmitted from the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) and the input of the content of exercising voting rights is completed, the voting details database (103 in FIG. 1) is associated with the member ID, Registration of the content of exercising voting rights is performed.

In this way, each time a voting right is exercised by a member having a voting right, each member ID is
The details of the exercise of rights will be displayed one by one in the voting statement database (1 in Figure 1
03) is registered. Then, at a predetermined interval or at the terminal of the person in charge of managing the general meeting (13 in FIG. 1).
In response to the instructions from 0), the general meeting management server (120 in FIG. 1)
Compiles and outputs the voting rights exercise contents registered in the voting details database (103 in FIG. 1). The output mode is
Output to paper media, magnetic recording media, etc., and aggregate the contents on WWW
It is only necessary to select a desired mode such as disclosure through the service means (110 in FIG. 1).

Assuming that there is a person who acquires and loses the voting right during the session, the general meeting management server (see FIG.
120) of the above, in accordance with the advantages and disadvantages of the voting rights of each member,
The member ID to be registered / deleted is extracted from the member database (101 in FIG. 1), the member ID is issued / deleted for each member, and the member ID is converted into the member ID.
It is also preferable to include a member ID updating unit (1111 in FIG. 1) for transmitting to a member who is not assigned.

Further, according to the present invention, the voting right can be exercised by transferring the voting right certification file to another person and proxying the exercise of the voting right. The reason is that after the issuance of the voting right certification file, the general assembly management side verifies the voting right certification file and accepts the exercise of voting rights regardless of whether the accessing person is the person himself or herself. Is.

More preferably, the issuing information of the voting right certification file of the authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1) is:
It is assumed that the number of times of issuing the voting right certification file is stored, and the voting right certification file is generated including generation management information indicating the number of times the file is issued. When a request for transfer of voting rights is accepted from the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1), the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1)
The client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) is requested to send the voting right certification file and to designate a person who exercises voting rights by proxy, decrypt the sent voting right certification file, and set the member ID. In addition, the legitimacy of the request for transfer of the voting right is verified by taking out the generation management information and comparing it with the number of times of issuing the voting right certification file. Subsequently, the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) updates the issuance information of the voting right certification file of the member whose voting right is recognized by the verification, and generates a new voting right certification file, A new voting right certification file is transmitted to the terminal of the designated person. As a result, all or some of the voting rights in the voting right certification file relating to the transfer are updated to be invalid, and a new voting right certification file is issued to the transferee accordingly. As a result, safer transfer of voting rights is realized.

With the same configuration, even if the voting right certification file is lost, the voting right certification file can be reissued. When a request for reissuing the voting right certification file is received from the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1), the general assembly management server (120 in FIG. 1) sends the member I to the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1).
D and request authentication information corresponding to the member ID,
The member ID sent from the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1) and the authentication information are inquired to the authentication information database (102 in FIG. 1) as to whether or not they are valid, and authentication is performed. Update the issue information of the voting right certification file of the member whose voting right is recognized by the authentication, generate a new voting right certification file, and send it to the client terminal (200 in FIG. 1). Becomes According to the above method, since the old voting right certification file becomes invalid, the voting right certification file will not be illegally duplicated and illegally exercised, so that reissuing can be permitted.

[0034]

Next, one embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a general meeting of shareholders will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 2, a member database (hereinafter, referred to as an investor DB) 101, an authentication information database (hereinafter, referred to as an authentication information DB) 102, and a vote detailed database (hereinafter, referred to as an authentication information DB)
A voting detailed statement DB 103), a server 120 called a general meeting management server, and a terminal 130 on the general manager side, a general management system 100, and investors and investors connected to the network 500. A terminal 200 of the agent who has received the transfer (hereinafter referred to as a terminal such as an investor) is shown.

The general meeting management server 120 includes an investor ID updating means 1111, an authentication information generating means 1112, an authenticating means 1113, and a voting right certifying file generating means (hereinafter referred to as a token file generating means in this embodiment) 1
114, a shareholder management program 111 realized by a computer program, a verification means 1131 and a voting information management means 1132 a general meeting management program realized by a computer program, and a WWW service means 110.
And are equipped with.

The investor DB 101 associates the investor number, the name of the investor, the e-mail address of the investor, the investor ID, and the number of investment units and the number of voting rights owned as member information related to the number of voting rights owned. It is a database to be stored. The authentication information DB 102 includes an investor ID, a password corresponding to the investor ID, and a voting right certification file (hereinafter referred to as a token file in this embodiment).
It is a database that stores each year by associating it with the issue information of. The voting details DB 103 stores, for each year, a bill content file, a voting right exercise status for each investor ID, and an input form for accepting requests from the investor terminal 200 and the terminal 130 on the side of the general meeting operator. It is a database. The bill content file stores in advance bill information that requires a vote at the general meeting of the current year.

The WWW service means 110 connects the processing means of the investor terminal 200 and the general meeting management server 120 to the HT.
TP (Hyper-Text Transfer Pr
autocol), SMTP (Simple Mail)
Transfer Protocol), POP (Po
st Office Protocol), FTP (F
HTML that supports Internet protocols such as file transfer protocol) and has hyperlinks classified according to various requests from investors.
(Hyper Text Markup Langua
ge) Files and subordinate files are hierarchically provided to transmit / receive the investor ID / authentication information / token / file, and accompanying input from the investor terminal 200, data to the investor terminal 200. It is a processing means for transmitting. The investor ID updating means 1111 is an investor DB
Is a processing means for registering / deleting the investor ID based on the number of investment units stored in. At the time of holding the general meeting, the authentication information generating means 1112 extracts investors who have voting rights,
It is a processing means for generating and transmitting a password using a one-way function such as a hash function for each investor having a voting right. The authentication unit 1113 is a processing unit that inquires the authentication information DB 102 about the ID and the authentication information sent from the investor terminal 200, and authenticates the validity of the inquiry. The token file generation means 1114 is the authentication means 1113.
To the investor who has authenticated that he has a legitimate voting right, encrypts / generates a unique token file, sends it to the terminal 200 such as the investor, and sends the authentication information DB.
102 is a processing means for updating the token file issuance information. The verification unit 1131 is a processing unit that decrypts the token file sent from the investor terminal 200, inquires of the result to the authentication information DB 102, and authenticates its validity. Also, the voting information management means 1132
Is a processing unit that receives the request from the terminal 130 of the general manager of the general meeting or the terminal 200 of the investor, totals the voting rights exercise contents stored in the voting details DB 103, and responds with the result.

The terminal 130 on the side of the general assembly operator is an information processing terminal that instructs the general assembly management server 120 to start a series of processing and requests the totalization of the voting results when the general assembly is called.

The investor terminal 200 is an information processing terminal placed in a sales office, home, etc. of the investor and agent, and is equipped with a browser and electronic mail management software.
It is an information processing terminal that accesses the general meeting management server 120, receives a token file, and exercises voting rights based on the token file.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 shows a case where the general assembly manager uses the general assembly management system of the present invention to extract a person having a voting right from the investor DB 101 and to access the general assembly management server 120 for each of the extracted investors. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing up to the transmission of the password. First, the operation up to the decision of the voting person will be described with reference to FIG.

The person in charge of managing the general meeting is the terminal 1 on the side of the general meeting operator.
The general management server 120 is accessed from 30 and the investor management program 111 is executed (step A1). First, the investor ID updating means 1111 of the investor management program 111 accesses the investor DB 101 to check the consistency of the investor DB 101 (step A2).
More specifically, an investor with one or more voting rights who has not yet issued an investor ID (a voting right acquirer) or a person who has an investor ID but should have no voting rights ( Those who have lost voting rights). Subsequently, the ID updating means 1111
Registers and deletes the investor ID in the investor DB 101 based on the check result, and the investor I
For the investors who are the targets of registration / deletion of D, WWW
Through the service means 110, that effect and the investor ID
The e-mail containing the message is transmitted after being subjected to desired encryption processing (step A3). Subsequently, the authentication information generating means 1
112 is called, and the authentication information generating means 1112 extracts the investor to whom the investor ID is given, and uses a password that can be used only for the investor general meeting of the year,
It is generated by a one-way function or the like such as a hash function (step A4). Then, the authentication information generating means 1112 extracts the data in the above step as the general meeting management data for the year.
The created investor ID, password, and number of voting rights stored in the investor DB 101 are registered in the authentication information DB 102, and the token file issuance information is initialized (step A5). Subsequently, the authentication information generation unit 1112 applies the desired encryption process to all the investors registered in the authentication information DB 102, via the WWW service unit 110, with the respective passwords generated in the above process. It is sent by e-mail (step A6).

Next, the operation until the token file is added will be described with reference to FIG. Figure 4
7 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing from the investor receiving the password to the general meeting management server until receiving the token file.

The investor who has acquired the password for the relevant year uses the investor terminal 200 to execute the general meeting management server 120.
To request a voting right certification file (step B1). Receiving this, the authentication means 1113 of the general meeting management server 120 displays a screen requesting the input of the investor ID and the password on the investor terminal 200 via the WWW service means 110 (step B2). When the ID and the password are input from the terminal 200 such as the investor (step B3), the authentication means 1113 causes the authentication information DB.
Access 102 and inquire whether the investor ID and password are consistent (step B4). Here, when the ID and the password do not match, the authentication means 1113 displays an error message indicating that the ID and the password do not match on the screen of the investor terminal 200 and ends (step B10). When the ID and password match, the token file generating means 1114, which has been notified by the authenticating means 1113, inquires the issue information (whether or not issued or the number of times of issuance) of the token file of the said investor for the year ( Step B5). Here, even if the ID and password match, if the token file has already been issued (issue = present or the number of issuance is not 0), the token file generation means 1114 will An error message indicating that the file has been issued is displayed on the investor terminal 200 and the process ends (step B2).
0).

When the token file has not been issued (issue = none, or the number of issuance = 0), the token file generating means 1114 generates a token file that the relevant investor can use in the year, and the WWW is obtained. It is transmitted to the investor terminal 200 via the service means 110 (step B6). Subsequently, the token file generation means 1114 updates the data of the token file issuance information of the authentication information DB 102 to the one indicating that the issuance has been completed (issue = absent or present, or issue count + 1) (step B).
7). The token file generated in this embodiment is an encrypted file based on the investor ID, the number of voting rights owned by the qualified person, and the general meeting year. In particular, because it includes general year information, when you decrypt and verify the token file, you can
When the file is sent, it is possible to detect an error.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the operation until the investor exercises the voting right will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in which the investor who receives the token file accesses the general meeting management server and the general meeting management server verifies the token file.

When the date and time when the exercise of voting rights is approved comes, the general meeting management program is started. An investor, an agent, etc. (hereinafter referred to as an investor, etc.) who has acquired the token file for the current year access the general meeting management server 120 using the investor's terminal 200 and make a request to exercise voting rights. (Step C1) and the verification means 1131
A screen requesting transmission of the token file is displayed on the investor terminal 200 via the WWW service means 110 (step C2). Investor terminal 200 is a token
When the file is transmitted (step C3), the token file verification process is started. More specifically, the verification means 1131 decrypts the token file, extracts the investor ID and the general meeting year information, and outputs the authentication information DB 102.
(Step C4). If the token file cannot be received within a certain time, the verification means 1
131 indicates the time via the WWW service means 110.
An error message of “out” is displayed on the investor terminal 200, and the process ends (step C40). Also, the token
The investor ID retrieved from the file is the authentication information DB 10
2 does not exist, or when a significant investor ID cannot be retrieved, the verification unit 1131 similarly displays an error message indicating that verification of the token file has failed on the investor terminal 200, The process ends (step C50). Further, even when the investor ID exists, the token file issuing information of the investor in the authentication information DB 102 is referred to, and the token file issuing information issues the token file to the investor. If not, and if the year information is different from the general meeting year, the verification means 1131 similarly displays an error message on the voting right Internet-use terminal 200 and ends (step C60). . The investor ID determined from the token file is the authentication information DB 102.
If the token file has been issued and the year information is correct, the verification means 113
The voting information management means 1132 which received the instruction from 1 displays the name of the investor, the number of voting rights owned, and the general meeting proposal content for the current year on the investor terminal 200 from the investor DB 101 and the voting detail DB 103 ( Step C
5). Then, the voting information management means 1132 inquires about the voting status of the investor ID stored in the voting details DB 103 (step C6). If you have exercised your voting rights,
The voting information management means 1132 is a WWW service means 11.
The message indicating that the voting rights have already been exercised has been transmitted to the investor terminal 200 via 0, and the process ends (step C7).
0), if the voting right has not been exercised, the processing for accepting the exercise of the voting right is started (step C7).

Next, with reference to FIG. 6, the operation of the process in which the investor exercises the voting right will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in which an investor who succeeds in verifying a token file exercises voting rights.

When the token file is successfully verified and it is confirmed that the voting right of the investor ID has not been exercised yet, first, the voting information management means 1132 exercises the voting right to the investor terminal 200. Alternatively, a screen for inquiring about holding is displayed on the investor terminal 200 (step D1). If the right is selected to be exercised, the investor, etc., for each agenda item, based on the input form provided from the voting information management means 1132 via the WWW service means 110,
Input the content of exercise of voting rights (pros and cons of bill, partial approval, partial denial, etc.) (step D2). If the decision to suspend the voting is made, the following processing is not performed and the processing ends. When the input is completed, the voting information management means 1132
Displays the content of exercise of voting rights on the terminal 200 of the investor,
Inquire whether or not to confirm the exercise of rights (Step D
3). Here, if it is selected that the content of exercising the right is not confirmed due to the reason that the content of the input is desired to be corrected, the process returns to step D1. on the other hand,
When it is selected that the content of exercising the right is decided, the voting information management unit 1132 registers the investor ID, the number of voting rights owned, and the content of exercising the voting in the voting detail DB 103 in association with each other (step D4). Then, the voting information managing means 1132 displays on the investor terminal 200 that the exercise of voting rights has been completed via the WWW service means 110 (step D5).

When a request is made from the terminal 130 on the side of the general meeting or the terminal 200 of the investor etc. after the deadline or during the general meeting, the vote information management means 1132 accesses the vote detail DB 103 to make a decision. The content of the exercise of the right is totaled, and the result is provided via the WWW service means 110.

In this way, at the shareholders' meeting to be operated, the quorum necessary for the conclusion of the resolution and the majority required for the approval can be obtained without the shareholders having to go directly and prepare a proxy. Become. Of course, since the authority is managed by the token file, so-called "spoofing" acts and fraudulent acts are prevented, and the reliability of the voting results is expected to be improved. On the other hand, it will be easier for investors to access the token file by storing it in a magnetic recording medium and exercising their voting rights from another Internet connection terminal. ing.

In the above embodiment, WWW
Although the form in which the service means 110, the investor management program, and the general meeting management program are provided in one server has been described, these are distributed to a plurality of cooperating servers to distribute the server load and security risk. Is also preferable. For example, a modified implementation may be considered in which the investor management program and the general meeting management program are installed on separate servers. Further, for example, constructing the WWW service means 110 with another internet server, and further providing a firewall and installing the internet server equipped with the WWW service means 110 in a segment outside the firewall,
It is also preferable from the viewpoint of security.

In the above embodiment, the password generated by the authentication information generating means 1112 has been described as being usable only at the general meeting. However, after the password file stored in the authentication information server 102 is closed, Although it can be realized by deleting the password, a one-time password may be adopted to further maintain the security strength.

Of course, also in the present embodiment, it is possible to carry out a modification in which the investor can transfer the token file held by him / herself to another person, and proxy the exercise of voting rights. As a more preferable modification, the generation management information included in the token file and the issue information (issue count) of the token file in the authentication information DB 102 are configured to be synchronized, and the token file generating means 1114 is configured to have the WWW.
When the transfer request of the voting right from the client terminal is accepted through the service means 110, the request for the token file transmission and the designation of the person who exercises the voting right by proxy is sent to the investor terminal 200 and is transmitted. Verification means 1 for verification of token file (including generation management information and issue count)
Only when the verification is successful, the token file generation means 1114 updates the issue information of the token file of the corresponding investor ID and generates a new voting right certification file. The data is transmitted to the terminal of the designated person. With this configuration,
The transferred original token file becomes invalid, and even if a malicious person exercises the original token file, the generation management information matches the token file issuing information stored and held in the authentication information DB 102. Therefore, voting rights cannot be exercised. As described above, when the token file can be safely transferred, the present invention more preferably guarantees the exercise of the right by the agent authorized at the shareholders' meeting.

Furthermore, the same configuration as the above-described modified embodiment which enables the secure transfer of the token file can meet the request for reissuing the token file from the investor terminal 200. Becomes When a request for reissuing the token file is received from the investor terminal 200, the investor terminal 200 is again requested to the investor terminal 200.
The investor ID and the authentication information are requested, the authentication is performed again, and when the authentication is successful, the token file can be renewed and reissued. Even in this case, since the token file is updated, generation of the token file by a malicious investor is prevented.

[0055]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, in the operation of a general meeting via a network, the reliability of the content of voting rights can be secured and the proxy system can be effectively utilized. The reason is that a voting right certification file that has sufficient security strength is adopted, and further, it is configured so that authorization and restriction to an agent can be performed easily and safely. In addition, from another perspective, even when the primitive acquirer of voting rights and the person who actually exercises the voting rights are different,
This means that it will not hinder the exercise of voting rights. The reason is that by using the voting right certification file, the authentication means for the members themselves and the authentication means for the holder of the voting rights are separated, and the transfer is possible.

Of course, the adoption of the configuration for producing the above effects does not impair the transparency of voting contents and the ease of counting voting contents. The reason is that the conditions for issuing the voting rights certification file are set so that the principle of shareholder equality is maintained, and the advantages of network technology are not lost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a password for a general manager to extract a person who has a voting right from the investor DB 101 and to access the general manager operating server 120 for each of the extracted investors, in one embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart showing a process up to transmission of.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing from the investor receiving a password to accessing the general meeting management server and receiving the token file in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in which an investor who receives a token file accesses a general meeting management server and the general meeting management server verifies the token file in one embodiment of the present invention. .

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in which an investor who has successfully verified a token file exercises voting rights in an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 General Meeting of Shareholders Management System 101 Member Database, Investor DB 102 Authentication Information Database, Authentication Information DB 103 Voting Details Database, Voting Details DB 110 WWW Service Means 111 Investor Management Program 112 General Meeting Management Program 120 Server, General Meeting Management Server 130 General Meeting Operator terminal 200 Client terminal, investor terminal 500 Network 1111 Member ID updating means 1112 Authentication information generating means 1113 Authentication means 1114 Voting right certifying file generating means, token file generating means 1131 Verification means 1132 Voting information managing means

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[Claims] 1. At least a member ID forming identification information for uniquely identifying a member of the general assembly and member information related to the number of voting rights owned by each member are associated with each other. And a member database stored therein, an authentication information database that stores the member ID, authentication information corresponding to the member ID, and issue information of the voting right certification file in association with each other, and bill content and configuration A voting details database that stores the voting status of each member ID, a server that gives a voting right certificate to a legitimate voting right holder, and then authenticates and accepts a voting right exercise request, and the server via the network. And a client terminal connected to the general meeting management system comprising: (a) the server from the member database, A step of extracting a member having a voting right and generating authentication information for each member having a voting right; and transmitting the authentication information to each member and registering it in the authentication information database. A first process consisting of: (b) a step in which the client terminal sends the member ID and the authentication information to issue a voting right certification file; and the server, The member ID sent from the client terminal
A step of inquiring the authentication information database as to whether or not the authentication information is legitimate, and performing authentication; The step of making an inquiry to the authentication information database, and in the case where a voting right certification file has not been issued for the member, including at least the member ID and the number of voting rights, the encrypted voting right certificate of the member A second process comprising: a step of generating a file; a step of transmitting the voting right certification file to the client terminal and updating the issue information of the voting right certification file of the authentication information database; (C) A step in which the client terminal sends the voting right certification file and makes a request to exercise voting rights. A step in which the server decrypts and verifies the voting right certification file sent from the client terminal; a step in which bill contents are transmitted to a member whose voting right is recognized by the verification; Whether or not the voting details database is inquired, and if the voting rights of the member ID have not been exercised, the entry of the voting rights exercise content is accepted and the voting details database A step of registering voting rights exercise contents, and (d) the server aggregates and outputs the voting rights exercise contents registered in the voting details database at predetermined intervals. A fourth process consisting of steps to perform, and a general meeting management method consisting of. 2. The method of operating a general assembly according to claim 1, wherein the server, with respect to the member database, registers a member ID to be registered / deleted in accordance with the gain or loss of voting rights of each member. A step of registering / deleting a member ID; and the member I to the member to be registered / deleted.
A method of operating a general meeting, comprising: transmitting a notification including D. 3. The method of operating a general meeting according to claim 1, wherein the issue information of the voting right certification file stored in the authentication information database indicates the number of times the voting right certification file has been issued, The file includes generation management information indicating the number of times the file has been issued, and the verification processing of the voting right certification file of the server includes the generation management information included in the voting right certification file and the verification information of the authentication information database. A process for collating with the voting right certification file issuance information, wherein the client terminal that has received the voting right certification file specifies, with respect to the server, a person who exercises voting rights on behalf of the voting right certification. A step of transmitting a file to request transfer of voting rights, wherein the server sends the vote sent from the client terminal. Decrypting the right certificate file to verify the legitimacy of the request for transfer of the voting right; generating a new voting right certificate file if the voting right is recognized by the verification; And a step of transmitting the voting right certification file to the terminal of the person who exercises the voting right by proxy and updating the issue information of the voting right certification file of the authentication information database. Management method. 4. The method of operating a general meeting according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the issue information of the voting right certification file stored in the authentication information database indicates the number of times the voting right certification file has been issued, The file includes generation management information indicating the number of times the file has been issued. Verification processing of the voting right certification file of the server includes generation management information included in the voting right certification file and the voting of the authentication information database. A step of collating with the right certificate file issuance information, wherein the client terminal receiving the voting right certificate file requests the server to reissue the voting right certificate file; Is a request for transmission of the member ID and the authentication information corresponding to the member ID to the client terminal. And the member ID sent from the client terminal
A step of inquiring of the authentication information database about whether the authentication information is valid or not, and performing authentication; and a step of generating a new voting right certification file if the authentication is successful. Transmitting the new voting right certification file to the client terminal that has made the request, and updating the issue information of the voting right certification file in the authentication information database, How to manage the general meeting. 5. The method for operating a general meeting according to claim 1, wherein the verification processing of the voting right certification file of the server uses the member ID included in the voting right certification file as a key. A general management method characterized by performing by searching the authentication information database. 6. The method for operating a general meeting according to claim 1, wherein the server further encrypts and generates the voting right certification file by including session information. A method of operating a general meeting, characterized in that the verification processing of the voting right certification file includes a processing of collating the session information contained in the voting right certification file with the session during which the voting rights are exercised. 7. The method of operating a general meeting according to claim 1, wherein the verification processing of the voting right certification file of the server includes issuing information of the voting right certification file stored in the authentication information database. The method of operating a general meeting, characterized by including the collation processing of. 8. The method for operating a general meeting according to claim 1, wherein the authentication information is a password with a time limit. 9. The member according to claim 1, wherein the member is an investor, and the member information related to the number of voting rights owned is the number of investment units. How to operate the general meeting. 10. A client terminal connected to a network, at least a member ID forming identification information for uniquely identifying a member of a general assembly, and the number of voting rights owned by each member. A member database that stores the member information to be stored in association with each other, an authentication that stores the member ID, authentication information corresponding to the member ID, and issue information of the voting right certification file in association with each other. A program that allows a computer, which is a server that is freely accessible to an information database and that is connected to a network to a client terminal, to execute a process of giving a voting right certificate to an authorized voting right holder. Then, the members who have voting rights are extracted from the member database, and the authentication information is generated for each member who has the voting rights. And a step of transmitting the authentication information to each of the members and registering the authentication information in the authentication information database, and a step of: , A step of requesting transmission of the member ID and the authentication information, and the member ID sent from the client terminal
A step of inquiring the authentication information database as to whether or not the authentication information is legitimate, and performing authentication; The step of making an inquiry to the authentication information database, and in the case where a voting right certification file has not been issued for the member, including at least the member ID and the number of voting rights, the encrypted voting right certificate of the member A step of generating a file; a step of transmitting the voting right certification file to the client terminal and updating the issue information of the voting right certification file of the authentication information database; A program that causes the computer to execute each of the processes. 11. The program according to claim 10, wherein the computer forming the server stores in the member database the member IDs to be registered / deleted in accordance with the gain or loss of voting rights of each member. The step of registering / deleting the member ID, and the member I to the member to be registered / deleted.
Transmitting a notification including D, and a program including :. 12. The program according to claim 10, wherein the issue information of the voting right certification file of the authentication information database indicates the number of times the voting right certification file is issued, and the voting right certification file is the file. Is generated including generation management information indicating the number of times of issuance, the computer constituting the server, from the client terminal receiving the voting right certification file, a step of receiving a request for transfer of voting rights, A step of requesting the client terminal to transmit the voting right certifying file and designating a person who exercises voting rights by proxy; decrypting the voting right certifying file sent from the client terminal, The step of verifying the legitimacy of the transfer request, and if the verification results in the right to vote Generating a voting right certifying file, transmitting the new voting right certifying file to the terminal of the person who exercises the voting right by proxy, and updating the issue information of the voting right certifying file in the authentication information database. A program comprising the steps of: 13. The program according to claim 10, wherein the issue information of the voting right certification file of the authentication information database is the number of times the voting right certification file is issued, and the voting right certification file is the file. Is generated including generation management information indicating the number of issuances of the voting right certification file, and the computer constituting the server receives a request for reissuing the voting right certification file from the client terminal that has received the voting right certification file. A step of requesting the client terminal to transmit the member ID and authentication information corresponding to the member ID; and the member ID sent from the client terminal
A step of inquiring the authentication information database as to whether or not the authentication information is legitimate, and performing authentication, and if a voting right is recognized by the authentication, a new voting right certification file is created. And a step of transmitting the new voting right certification file to the requesting client terminal and updating the issue information of the voting right certification file in the authentication information database. A program characterized by. 14. The program according to claim 10, wherein the server further encrypts and generates the voting right certification file including session information. . 15. The program according to claim 10, wherein the authentication information is a password with a time limit. 16. A client terminal connected to a network, at least a member ID forming identification information for uniquely identifying a member of the general assembly, authentication information corresponding to the member ID, and voting rights. A server that is freely accessible to an authentication information database that stores the issued information of the certification file in association with each other, and a voting details database that stores the bill content and the voting status of each member ID. Is a program that causes a computer, which constitutes a server connected to a network to a client terminal, to execute processing for authenticating a valid voter and accepting a request for exercising voting rights. At least the member ID that has been sent to the member beforehand. And a step of requesting transmission of an encrypted voting right certification file including the number of voting rights, a step of decrypting and verifying the voting right certification file sent from the client terminal, and a voting right by the verification. For members who have been approved, the steps to send the bill content, the inquiry to the voting details database regarding whether or not the voting rights have been exercised, and the voting rights for the member ID have not been exercised In this case, the step of receiving the input of voting rights exercise contents and registering the voting rights exercise contents in the voting statement database, and the voting right authentication / voting right exercise acceptance process consisting of: The voting summary table consists of steps for totaling and outputting the voting rights exercise contents registered in the voting details database. Program to be executed and Seth, consisting processing to the computer. 17. The program according to claim 16, wherein the verification processing of the voting right certification file performed by the server searches the authentication information database with a member ID included in the voting right certification file as a key. A program characterized by: 18. The program according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the verification processing of the voting right certifying file performed by the server includes session information included in the voting right certifying file and a session for exercising voting rights. A program characterized by including collation processing. 19. The program according to any one of claims 16 to 18, wherein the verification processing of the voting right certification file performed by the server is based on the issue information of the voting right certification file stored in the authentication information database. A program characterized by including collation processing. 20. The member is an investor, and the member information related to the number of voting rights owned, which is stored in the member database, is the number of investment units. The program according to any one of 10 to 19. 21. At least a member ID forming identification information for uniquely identifying a member of the general assembly and member information relating to the number of voting rights owned by each member are associated with each other. A member database that is stored as a member, an authentication information database that stores the member ID, authentication information corresponding to the member ID, and issuance information of a voting right certification file in association with each other; , A voting details database that stores the status of voting rights for each member ID, a server that gives a voting right certificate to a legitimate voter, and then authenticates and accepts a voting request, and the server via the network A server for giving a voting right certificate to a legitimate voting right holder in a general meeting management system, which comprises: A WWW service unit that performs communication, and a member having a voting right is extracted from the member database, authentication information is generated for each member having the voting right, and the authentication information is transmitted to the client terminal. Authentication information generating means for registering the authentication information in the authentication information database, and requesting transmission of the member ID and the authentication information to the client terminal requesting a voting right certification file, the client terminal From the member ID and the authentication information sent from the inquiries to the authentication information database as to whether or not the member ID and the authentication information are valid, and an authentication unit that performs authentication, and a member for which the authentication is successful, Queries the authentication information database for the issuance of a voting right certification file, and issues a voting right certification file for the members. If not, at least the member ID and the number of voting rights are included, and an encrypted voting right certification file of the member is generated and transmitted to the client terminal, and A server comprising: a voting right certification file generating means for updating the issue information of the voting right certification file. 22. According to the advantages and disadvantages of voting rights of each member,
Regarding the member ID to be registered / deleted, the member ID is registered / deleted in / from the member database, and the member ID is addressed to the member whose member ID is to be registered / deleted. 22. The server according to claim 21, further comprising an ID updating means for transmitting a notification including the member ID. 23. The issue information of the voting right certification file in the authentication information database indicates the number of times the voting right certification file is issued, and the voting right certification file includes generation management information indicating the number of times the file is issued. The voting right certifying file generating unit is generated, and includes a verifying unit that decrypts the voting right certifying file sent from the client terminal, and verifies the validity of the request for transfer of the voting right. When a request for transfer of the voting right is received from the client terminal, the client terminal is requested to send the voting right certification file and to designate a person who exercises the voting right by proxy. , A request for transfer of the voting right by verifying whether the voting right certification file sent from the client terminal is valid or not If the validity of is confirmed, a new voting right certification file is generated, and the new voting right certification file is transmitted to the terminal of the person who exercises the voting right on behalf of the member. The server according to claim 21 or 22, wherein the issuing information of the voting right certification file is updated. 24. The issue information of the voting right certification file in the authentication information database indicates the number of times the voting right certification file is issued, and the voting right certification file includes generation management information indicating the number of times the file is issued. When the voting right certification file generating means receives a request for reissuing the voting right certification file from the client terminal, the voting right certification file generating means generates the membership ID and the configuration for the client terminal. Requesting the authentication information corresponding to the member ID, performing the authentication means, and performing authentication whether or not the member ID and the authentication information sent from the client terminal are valid. In addition, when the reissue request for the voting right certification file is justified, a new voting right certification file is generated and the new voting right certification file is generated. , Transmits the voting to the client terminal where the request was made, the server according to claim 21 or 22, characterized in that, to update the published information voting certificate file of the members. 25. The voting right certification file generating means further includes the session information and stores the voting right certification file,
25. The server according to any one of claims 21 to 24, wherein the server is encrypted and generated. 26. The server according to claim 21, wherein the authentication information generated by the authentication information generating means is a password with a time limit. 27. At least a member ID forming identification information for uniquely identifying a member of the general assembly and member information related to the number of voting rights owned by each member are associated with each other. And a member database stored therein, an authentication information database that stores the member ID, authentication information corresponding to the member ID, and issue information of the voting right certification file in association with each other, and bill content and configuration A voting details database that stores the status of voting rights for each member ID, a server that gives a voting right certificate to a legitimate voter, and then authenticates and accepts a voting request, and connects to the server via a network It is a server that authenticates legitimate voting rights holders in a general meeting management system consisting of , WWW service means for communicating with the client terminal, and at least the member ID and the vote sent in advance to the member when accessed from the client terminal requesting the exercise of voting rights. Requesting transmission of an encrypted voting right certifying file including the number of rights, decrypting the voting right certifying file sent from the client terminal, and verifying means for verifying the voting right; The voting content of the member has not been exercised by sending the bill content to the client terminal and inquiring of the voting details database as to whether or not the voting right of the member has been exercised. In the case of accepting the input of voting content, and the input of voting content from the above terminal is completed Includes a voting information management means for registering the content of exercising voting rights in the voting details database, aggregating the contents of exercising voting rights registered in the voting details database at predetermined intervals, and outputting the result. A server characterized by that. 28. The verification means verifies the voting right certification file by searching the authentication information database with the member ID included in the voting right certification file as a key. The server according to claim 27. 29. The verification means further compares the session information contained in the voting right certification file with the session for exercising the voting right as a verification process. The listed server. 30. The verification means further collates the issue information of the voting right certifying file stored in the authentication information database as a verification process, according to any one of claims 27 to 29. Server. 31. The member is an investor, and the member information related to the number of voting rights owned, which is stored in the member database, is the number of investment units. 21. The server according to any one of 21 to 30.