JP6747683B1 - Information processing device, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology capable of easily overlooking economic information and technical information. An information processing device stores information on a company associated with a classification such as an industry. For each of the plurality of technical fields, the name of the technical field and the company specified based on the search expression in the patent document are stored in association with each other. The search formulas of patent documents are set for each technical field. The control unit of the information processing apparatus performs a first step of accepting an operation for designating a category such as an industry or an operation for designating a technical field from a user, and an operation for designating a category such as an industry. Accordingly, the second step of presenting to the user the information of the company associated with the category of the designated industry or the like, and the technical field without the user inputting the search expression of the patent document including the patent category According to the operation for designating, the third step of presenting the information of the company associated with the relevant technical field to the user is executed. [Selection diagram] Fig. 21

Description

The disclosure in the present specification relates to an information processing device, a method, and a program.

Refer to economic information such as macroeconomic indicators, industry trends, company trends, etc. when conducting business activities by various personnel such as management, business divisions, R&D divisions, sales divisions, legal divisions, etc. Is being done. For example, the management or the like makes an overview of the economy by referring to economic indicators and the like, while making reference to economic news and the like to make decisions in consideration of trends in the industry and trends of individual companies. In addition, business divisions, R&D divisions, etc., will study business strategies and R&D strategies, taking into consideration news such as social issues and trends of competitors in the industry.

In order to support business activities, technologies that allow various types of information to be viewed easily are also being considered. For example, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2007-52512 (Patent Document 1) states that “a management, such as a plurality of companies belonging to the same company group, is a scheme for reorganization and integration among a plurality of companies, In order to judge the directionality, it is easy to see and understand, and the technology for the purpose of providing necessary and sufficient materials is described. According to Patent Document 1, it is described that the sales of group companies, the breakdown of the number of employees, and the like are displayed to provide materials useful for management's judgment.

JP, 2007-52512, A

As in the technique of Patent Document 1, in order to assist the management and the like in making various judgments in business activities, the sales of each company, the business field, etc. are visualized.

On the other hand, in order for a business or the like to carry out business activities, it is necessary to manage resources for providing value to customers. Such resources include, for example, technology development capabilities.

However, even if the breakdown of the number of employees of a company is visualized as in Patent Document 1, only the number of employees shows what kind of technology development capabilities the company and other companies have, that is, the ability to create what value. It is difficult to figure out what is there.

In order for companies to provide new value in the form of products and services, it is necessary to make a decision as to what kind of technical knowledge they will hold as their own resources. It is also important to quickly find another company that already has technical resources when the company does not have the necessary technical resources. As a result, it becomes possible to search for the possibility of collaborating with the other company, to make the other company an acquisition candidate, to use the other company as a benchmark, and the like.

Therefore, there is a need for a technology that allows an easy overview of economic information and technical information.

According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device that provides a user with information about a company in response to a user's input operation. The information processing device includes a control unit and a storage unit. The storage unit stores, for each industry category, the name of the industry category and the information about the company associated with the industry category, and for each of the multiple technology fields, the technology field name and the patent The company specified based on the search formula of the document is stored in association with the company. The search formulas of patent documents are set for each technical field. The control unit responds to a first step of accepting an operation for designating a category such as an industry or an operation for designating a technical field from a user and an operation for designating a category such as an industry. The second step of presenting to the user the information of the company associated with the category of the designated industry and the like, and for designating the technical field without the user having to input the search expression of the patent document including the patent category And a third step of presenting to the user the information of the company associated with the technical field in accordance with the operation.

According to the present disclosure, there is provided a method in which an information processing device provides a user with information about a company in response to a user's input operation. The information processing device includes a control unit and a storage unit. The storage unit stores, for each industry category, the name of the industry category and the information about the company associated with the industry category, and for each of the multiple technology fields, the technology field name and the patent The company specified based on the search formula of the document is stored in association with the company. The search formulas of patent documents are set for each technical field. The method is performed by the control unit according to a first step of accepting an operation for designating a category such as an industry or an operation for designating a technical field from a user, and an operation for designating a category such as an industry. Then, the second step of presenting to the user the information of the company associated with the category of the designated industry and the like, and designating the technical field without the user inputting the search expression of the patent document including the patent category And a third step of presenting the information of the company associated with the relevant technical field to the user according to the operation for performing.

According to the present disclosure, there is provided a program for operating an information processing device that provides information about a company to a user in response to a user's input operation. The information processing device includes a processor and a storage unit. The storage unit stores, for each industry category, the name of the industry category and the information about the company associated with the industry category, and for each of the multiple technology fields, the technology field name and the patent The company specified based on the search formula of the document is stored in association with the company. The search formulas of patent documents are set for each technical field. The program responds to the processor with a first step of accepting an operation for designating a category such as an industry or an operation for designating a technical field from a user, and an operation for designating a category such as an industry. , A second step of presenting to the user the information of the company associated with the specified category of industry and the like, and specifying the technical field without the user performing an operation of inputting a search expression for patent documents including the patent classification And a third step of presenting the information of the company associated with the relevant technical field to the user according to the operation.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a technology that allows an easier overview of economic information and technical information. As a result, for example, it is possible to support the management, the business department, and the research and development department to think about the management strategy and the technical strategy as one.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the information provision system 1. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a terminal device 10 that constitutes the information providing system 1 according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the server 20. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the industry definition database 281. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the patent definition database 282. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the company database 283 and the data structure of the news database 284. It is a figure which shows the data structure of M&A matter database 285. 3 is a flowchart showing processing of the server 20 and the terminal device 10 which constitute the information providing system 1. The example of a screen in case the terminal device 10 received designation|designated of the "industry" tab from a user is shown. In the screen example shown in FIG. 9, a screen example transiting when the user designates the industry classification is shown. In the screen example shown in FIG. 10, a screen example transiting when the user specifies the industry category is shown. The example of a screen which changes when the terminal device 10 receives a user's operation to the industry definition button 312B is shown. The example of a screen in case the terminal device 10 received designation|designated of a "patent" tab from a user is shown. In the screen example shown in FIG. 13, a screen example transiting when the user designates the small patent classification is shown. The example of a screen which changes when the terminal device 10 receives a user's operation to the patent definition button 322D is shown. The example of a screen which changes by receiving specification of a patent classification is shown. The example of a screen when the terminal device 10 receives designation|designated of a "company" tab from a user is shown. The example of a screen in case the terminal device 10 received specification of a "news" tab from a user is shown. The example of a screen in case the terminal device 10 received designation|designated of the "M&A" tab from a user is shown. An example of a screen when the terminal device 10 receives a search from the user through the global search area 302 is shown. It is a figure which shows another Example which draws a graph on the graph display part 329D.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

<1 composition>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the information providing system 1.
As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system 1 includes a terminal device 10 of a user and a server 20 for providing information to the user. The server 20 is for providing information regarding the economy to the user, and specifically, provides various information such as industry, industry, market, company, consumer trend, and technology trend. The users are, for example, personnel of various layers constituting a company such as a management layer of a business company, a business section, a research and development section, a sales section, and a legal section. The user performs business strategy planning, R&D strategy planning, intellectual property strategy planning, etc. based on the information provided from the server 20 in the company, and each person in charge of the company. Share information with other people to promote business. For example, a business unit staff member considers in which market to develop a business based on consumer trends. As used herein, "market" includes markets that are considered mature and established, and emerging markets that are not considered established. The emerging market specifically includes a market in a growing period in which the market size is beginning to expand, a market just born, or a market that is not considered to exceed the so-called chasm. In addition, the staff of the R&D department investigates technological trends, and while considering the limit of the value that can be provided to the customer by the technology that the company is familiar with, examines the technical field to be newly tackled by the company.

The terminal device 10 and the server 20 are communicatively connected via the network 80. For example, the user of the terminal device 10 accesses a website provided by the server 20 by using a browser or the like.

The terminal device 10 is a device operated by each user. The terminal device 10 is realized by, for example, a stationary PC (Personal Computer), a laptop PC, a smartphone compatible with a mobile communication system, a mobile terminal such as a tablet, or the like.

The terminal device 10 is communicatively connected to the server 20 via the network 80. The terminal device 10 communicates with a communication device such as a wireless base station 81 compatible with a communication standard such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) and a wireless LAN router 82 compatible with a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) standard such as IEEE 802.11. As a result, the network 80 is connected.

The server 20 manages information of each user of the terminal device 10. For example, the server 20 stores login information of each user, settings of each user, and the like, and performs a process of authenticating a user of the terminal device 10 that accesses the server 20.

As illustrated, the server 20 includes a communication IF (Interface) 22, an input/output IF 23, a memory 25, a storage 26, a processor 29, and the like.

The communication IF 22 is an interface for inputting/outputting signals for the server 20 to communicate with an external device. The input/output IF 23 functions as an interface with an input device for receiving an input operation from the user and an output device for presenting information to the user. The memory 25 is for temporarily storing a program, data processed by the program, and the like, and is a volatile memory such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory). The storage 26 is a storage device for storing data, and is, for example, a flash memory or an HDD (Hard Disc Drive). The processor 29 is hardware for executing the instruction set described in the program, and is composed of an arithmetic unit, registers, peripheral circuits, and the like.

<1.1 Configuration of Terminal Device 10>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the terminal device 10 that constitutes the information providing system 1 according to the first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the terminal device 10 includes a plurality of antennas (antennas 111 and 112), a wireless communication unit (first wireless communication unit 121, second wireless communication unit 122) corresponding to each antenna, and operation. The reception unit 130 (including the touch sensitive device 131 and the display 132), the voice processing unit 140, the microphone 141, the speaker 142, the position information sensor 150, the camera 160, the storage unit 180, the control unit 190, including. The terminal device 10 also has functions and configurations not specifically shown in FIG. 2 (for example, a battery for holding power, a power supply circuit for controlling power supply from the battery to each circuit, and the like). Although not shown, the terminal device 10 may accept an input operation from a user by connecting to a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse and a touch pad. As shown in FIG. 2, the blocks included in the terminal device 10 are electrically connected by a bus or the like.

The antenna 111 radiates a signal emitted by the terminal device 10 as a radio wave. Further, the antenna 111 receives a radio wave from space and gives a received signal to the first wireless communication unit 121.

The antenna 112 radiates a signal emitted by the terminal device 10 as a radio wave. Further, the antenna 112 receives radio waves from the space and gives a received signal to the second wireless communication unit 122.

Since the terminal device 10 communicates with other wireless devices, the first wireless communication unit 121 performs modulation/demodulation processing for transmitting/receiving a signal via the antenna 111. The second wireless communication unit 122 performs modulation/demodulation processing and the like for transmitting/receiving a signal via the antenna 112, because the terminal device 10 communicates with other wireless devices. The first wireless communication unit 121 and the second wireless communication unit 122 are communication modules including a tuner, an RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) calculation circuit, a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) calculation circuit, a high frequency circuit, and the like. The first wireless communication unit 121 and the second wireless communication unit 122 perform modulation/demodulation and frequency conversion of a wireless signal transmitted/received by the terminal device 10, and give a received signal to the control unit 190. The first wireless communication unit 121 is compatible with mobile communication systems such as 5G, 4G, and LTE. In addition, the second wireless communication unit 122 is compatible with short-range wireless communication such as WiFi and Bluetooth (registered trademark).

The operation receiving unit 130 has a mechanism for receiving an input operation by the user. Specifically, the operation reception unit 130 is configured as a touch screen, and includes a touch sensitive device 131 and a display 132. The touch sensitive device 131 receives an input operation by the user of the terminal device 10. The touch sensitive device 131 detects the contact position of the user on the touch panel by using, for example, a capacitive touch panel. The touch sensitive device 131 outputs a signal indicating the user's touch position detected by the touch panel to the control unit 190 as an input operation.

The display 132 displays data such as images, moving images, and texts under the control of the control unit 190. The display 132 is realized by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display.

The voice processing unit 140 performs modulation/demodulation of a voice signal. The voice processing unit 140 modulates the signal given from the microphone 141 and gives the modulated signal to the control unit 190. Further, the audio processing unit 140 gives an audio signal to the speaker 142. The voice processing unit 140 is realized by, for example, a processor for voice processing. The microphone 141 receives a voice input and gives a voice signal corresponding to the voice input to the voice processing unit 140. The speaker 142 converts the voice signal given from the voice processing unit 140 into a voice and outputs the voice to the outside of the terminal device 10. For example, the terminal device 10 can receive an input operation by the user's voice by receiving the voice uttered by the user with the microphone 141 and performing the voice recognition process by the control unit 190.

The position information sensor 150 is a sensor that detects the position of the terminal device 10, and is, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module. The GPS module is a receiving device used in a satellite positioning system. In the satellite positioning system, signals from at least three or four satellites are received, and the current position of the terminal device 10 equipped with a GPS module is detected based on the received signals.

The camera 160 is a device having a photographing function and generating a photographed image. The terminal device 10 can detect the movement of the user's body based on the captured image. For example, the terminal device 10 detects a user's head movement, facial expression movement, and hand movement based on the image captured by the camera 160. Thereby, the terminal device 10 can process the movement of the user's hand in the same manner as the user's operation on the pointing device. For example, the terminal device 10 may detect that the user moves the hand and move the pointer. In addition, the terminal device 10 detects the movement of the finger of the user's hand and detects the action of the user holding the hand (“gu” shape) or opening the hand (“par” shape). Thus, it may be determined that a click (tap) operation has been performed on the pointing device. As a result, the user can hold the hand and move it while performing the same operation as drag and drop.

In addition, the user's facial expression (feelings such as emotions) may be determined based on the image captured by the camera 160. That is, the terminal device 10 can receive the determination result of the facial expression of the user as an input operation.

The storage unit 180 is composed of, for example, a flash memory or the like, and stores data and programs used by the terminal device 10. The storage unit 180 stores, for example, the user information 181. The user information 181 indicates the setting for the user of the terminal device 10 to use the service provided by the server 20. For example, the user information 181 includes the profile of the user, the search conditions saved by the user, the graph drawing settings saved by the user, and the like in the service provided by the server 20.

The control unit 190 reads the program stored in the storage unit 180 and executes the instructions included in the program to control the operation of the terminal device 10. The control unit 190 is, for example, an application processor. The control unit 190 operates according to the program, and thereby exhibits the functions of the input operation reception unit 191, the transmission/reception unit 192, the data processing unit 193, and the display control unit 194.

The input operation receiving unit 191 performs a process of receiving a user's input operation to an input device such as the touch sensitive device 131. The input operation reception unit 191 determines whether the user's operation is a flick operation, a tap operation, or a drag (swipe) operation based on the information on the coordinates at which the user touches the touch-sensitive device 131 with a finger or the like. Determine the type of operation such as whether there is.

The transmission/reception unit 192 performs processing for the terminal device 10 to transmit/receive data to/from an external device such as the server 20 according to a communication protocol.

The data processing unit 193 performs a process on the data received by the terminal device 10 according to a program, and outputs the calculation result to a memory or the like.

The display control unit 194 performs processing such as displaying a display image on the display 132.

<1.2 Functional configuration of the server 20>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the server 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the server 20 functions as a communication unit 201, a storage unit 202, and a control unit 203.

The communication unit 201 performs processing for the server 20 to communicate with an external device.

The storage unit 202 stores data and programs used by the server 20. The storage unit 202 stores an industry definition database 281, a patent definition database 282, a company database 283, a news database 284, and an M&A case database 285.

In the present embodiment, the information provider of the information providing system 1 provides various information such as industry, industry, market, company, consumer trend, and technology trend. The present embodiment will be described based on an example in which “industry” is defined and the classification of companies is set in these “industry”. It should be noted that the “industry”, “market”, etc. may be defined and then the companies may be classified into these.

The industry definition database 281 shows information on industries and the like included in each hierarchy, which is a hierarchical classification of industries, industries, and markets. Details will be described later.

The patent definition database 282 shows information on patent documents included in each hierarchy, which is obtained by classifying technologies hierarchically. Details will be described later.

The company database 283 is a database relating to company information. Details will be described later.

The news database 284 is a database related to news articles. Details will be described later.

The M&A case database 285 is a database relating to M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions). Details will be described later.

The control unit 203 exerts the functions shown as various modules by the processor of the server 20 performing processing according to a program.

The transmission/reception module 2041 performs a process in which the server 20 transmits/receives a signal to/from an external device by the communication unit 201.

The operation determination module 2042 performs a process of determining the content of the operation performed by the user of the terminal device 10. For example, in the terminal device 10, in the screen displayed on the browser or the like, in response to the user performing an input operation on the object displayed on the screen, the terminal device 10 performs the process associated with the object. From the server to the server 20. The operation determination module 2042 determines the content of the operation performed by the user (such as which object is designated) based on the received signal.

The screen generation module 2043 performs processing for the server 20 to generate a screen to be displayed on the browser or the like of the terminal device 10.

The patent definition database update module 2044 performs processing for updating the patent definition database 282. The server 20 periodically obtains the search result of the search formula for each small classification of patents based on the setting of the search formula described later. The server 20 updates the patent definition database 282 based on the updated search result. The frequency of updating the patent definition database 282 may be set arbitrarily. The server 20 acquires the search result of the search formula for each subclass of the patent, for example, in conjunction with the frequency of issuance of patent publications (in conjunction with the patent publication issuance schedule, the patent publication publication publication schedule). Alternatively, the patent definition database may be updated every fixed period such as monthly or quarterly.

The news database update module 2045 performs a process of updating the news database 284. The server 20 acquires a news article from each distributor who distributes the news article. The server 20 updates the news database 284 based on the news articles acquired from each distributor.

The M&A case database update module 2046 performs a process of updating the M&A case database 285. The server 20 acquires the article of the M&A case from each distributor who delivers the article of the M&A case. Alternatively, the M&A case database updating module 2046 acquires the article of the M&A case by extracting the news article related to the M&A case from the news articles. For example, based on a predetermined keyword included in a news article (for example, a keyword that is preset as being highly related to M&A, such as “acquisition” or “sale”), the article of the M&A case is extracted from the news article. It may be done. Alternatively, the business operator that operates the service of the server 20 may accumulate news articles and generate a learned model based on the results of determining that the articles are M&A items.

<Data structure>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of the industry definition database 281.

Each record of the industry definition database 281 includes an item “major classification”, an item “medium classification”, an item “small classification”, and an item “company”.

The item “major category” indicates the category of industry, industry, market, etc. defined by the operator who operates the information providing system 1. The categories shown in the item "major category" include the categories shown in the items "medium category" and "item minor category". That is, the category shown in the item "major category" shows a wider range as a concept than the category shown in the item "medium category" and the category shown in the item "small category".

The item “medium classification” indicates a classification obtained by further subdividing the classification shown in the item “major classification”.

The item “small classification” indicates a classification obtained by further subdividing the classification shown in the item “medium classification”.

In the illustrated example, both the industry sub-category “fixed communication” and the industry sub-category “mobile communication” belong to the industry middle category “communication infrastructure”. In addition, the industry middle classification “communication infrastructure” and the industry middle classification “broadcasting/publishing” are both industries belonging to the industry general classification “advertisement/information and communication service”.

The item “company” indicates information on the company included in the item “small classification”. In addition, with respect to the category shown in the item “sub-category”, a company may correspond to a plurality of categories. For example, a large company having a plurality of business fields may correspond to a plurality of categories shown in the item “small category”.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data structure of the patent definition database 282.

Each record of the patent definition database 282 includes an item “major category”, an item “medium category”, an item “small category”, an item “search formula setting”, an item “company”, and an item “patent document”. , The item “number of times cited”, and information on other patent documents.

The item “major classification” indicates the classification of patent documents defined by the business operator who operates the information providing system 1. It should be noted that the item “major category”, the item “medium category”, and the item “small category” are all categories uniquely defined by the operator who operates the information providing system 1, and are international patents granted to patent documents. It is different from classification (IPC: International Patent Classification), FI (classification by the Japan Patent Office), and F-term (classification by the Japan Patent Office).

The item “medium classification” indicates a classification obtained by further subdividing the classification shown in the item “major classification”.

The item “small classification” indicates a classification obtained by further subdividing the classification shown in the item “small classification”.

The item “retrieval expression setting” indicates a retrieval expression for patent documents that is set in association with the classification shown in the item “small classification”. The patent document search formula is based on keywords and bibliographic items of the patent document (for example, patent classification (IPC, FI, F term, etc.) assigned to the patent document, patent applicant, filing date, and other matters). It is set in advance.

The item “company” indicates information on the company of the patent applicant or the patentee included in the list of patent documents extracted according to the search formula shown in the item “search formula setting”. It should be noted that the patent documents to be extracted may be limited to those that have already been issued by the setting of the search formula, or those for which the patent publication has been issued may be extracted.

It should be noted that a group of related companies is defined in advance as a “company group”. The group of related companies includes a group of companies having a certain capital relationship such as a subsidiary and an equity method affiliated company. When the patent documents extracted according to the search formula include a group of related companies, the patent documents of the “company group” in the item “company” may be aggregated.

Note that the item “company” may include, in addition to company information, a business operator with a corporate status such as a general corporate judicial person or a specified non-profit organization, or may include an individual without a corporate status. ..

The item “patent document” indicates the information of the patent document of the company (or “company group”) shown in the item “company” of the list of patent documents extracted based on the search formula. The item “patent document” includes information on bibliographic items of each patent document, information on claims, specifications, drawings, and the like, and information obtained by analyzing these according to a predetermined rule. For example, as information obtained by analyzing a patent document, in addition to quantitative information such as the number of characters in each claim of the claims, the number of pages in the specification, the number of drawings, etc., a technical content such as a frequent keyword included in the specification May be included in the information.

The item “number of times of citation” indicates information about the number of times each document shown in the item “patent document” is cited in examination of other patent documents (number of times of citation). It can be said that the more patent documents that are cited, the more patent applications that are likely to be technically relevant have been made after the filing date of the patent documents.

The patent definition database 282 stores, as information regarding other patent documents, a progress record of examination, information regarding trials and other patent applications regarding individual documents shown in the item “patent document”, the examination stage of other patent applications, and the stage after the patent right is established. Contains information about each procedure. For example, the patent definition database 282 includes the number of requests for viewing file record items, the presence or absence of opposition, the presence or absence of inter partes trial procedures such as invalidation trials, the presence or absence of assessment system trial procedures such as trials for appeal against refusal, and trial actions to cancel trial decisions. Information such as whether or not a proposal has been filed, whether or not there is a divisional application (and the number of divisional applications), whether or not there is a foreign application (and the number of foreign applications), and the timing of these procedures may be included. For example, when the number of times of requesting browsing of file record items reaches a certain number of times, the patent document is relatively likely to be interested in the business operator or relatively likely to be technically related to other patent documents. there is a possibility. Further, when the divisional application is filed over multiple generations, the patent document may be determined to be important to the right holder.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the data structure of the company database 283 and the data structure of the news database 284.

Each record of the company database 283 includes an item “company ID”, an item “company name”, an item “industry”, an item “patent classification”, an item “group company”, and items related to other company information. including.

The item “company ID” is information for identifying each company.

The item “company name” indicates the name of the company.

The item “industry” indicates a subcategory in which companies are classified in the industry definition database 281. As shown in the figure, there are cases where a plurality of industry subcategories are set for a company.

The item "patent classification" indicates a patent subclass (item "small classification") associated with a company by referring to the item "company" in the patent definition database 282. For example, in the patent sub-classification shown in the patent definition database 282, the server 20 registers a company (or “corporate group”) whose patent documents are accumulated in a certain amount or more in the item “patent classification” of the company in the corporate database 283. The patent subclass may be set. It should be noted that the invention is not limited to the small patent classification, and the company, the middle patent classification, and the large patent classification may be set in association with each other.

The item “group company” indicates information on a company that is highly related to the company specified by the item “company ID”. A highly related company is a company having a certain capital relationship, such as a subsidiary company or an equity method affiliated company. In the item “group company”, information (company ID) identifying a highly related company and information indicating a relationship with the company identified by the item “company ID” (stock holding ratio, etc.) may be held. Good.

The company database 283 includes information on company accounting such as financial statements as information on other companies for each company. For example, the company database 283 includes information about the balance sheet (B/S), income statement (P/L), cash flow statement (C/F), etc. for each company. The information on the statement includes sales, sales growth rate, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, operating profit, operating profit ratio, ordinary profit, ordinary profit ratio, net profit and the like.

In addition, the company database 283 also includes information on a company's securities code, stock price (changes in stock price, market capitalization, number of issued shares, trading volume, etc.), whether it is a listed company or an unlisted company, the nationality of the company, and the company. Representative name, company address, company bank, date of company listing, date of company delisting, number of employees, average annual income, average age, audit corporation, company Includes information such as business description, business segment information, and business segment sales breakdown.

Each record of the news database 284 includes an item “article ID”, an item “article creator”, an item “article delivery date”, an item “article title and text”, and an item “keyword”.

The item “article ID” is information for identifying each article acquired by the server 20.

The item “article creator” is information indicating a distributor who distributes the article.

The item “article delivery date” indicates the timing when the deliverer delivers the article.

The item “article title, body” indicates the title of the article and the content of the article body.

The item “keyword” indicates the company, industry classification, and patent classification specified by the article title and article text.

For example, the server 20 performs morphological analysis on the text included in the title of the article and the text of the article to obtain a company name (proper noun), a technical term, a securities code, a word indicating an industrial field, and a market included in the title and the text of the article. And the other words are extracted. The server 20 specifies the company name shown in the company database 283, the patent classification shown in the patent definition database 282, and the industry definition shown in the industry definition database 281 for the article based on the extracted words.

Alternatively, the server 20 may be configured such that the business operator or user who operates the information providing system 1 can attach tags of a company name, an industry classification, and a patent classification to the article title and the article body. The server 20 can generate a learned model by learning what tags are attached to the articles. The server 20 may specify the company, industry classification, and patent classification based on the learned model for the newly distributed article.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data structure of the M&A case database 285.

Each record of the M&A case database 285 includes an item “article ID”, an item “headline”, an item “date”, an item “target”, an item “buyer”, an item “seller”, and an item “patent”. Classification” is included.

The item “article ID” is information for identifying each article related to M&A.

The item “headline, body” indicates the content of the headline of the article related to M&A and the body of the article.

The item “date” indicates the date of the article regarding M&A. The date of the article regarding M&A includes the timing at which the M&A was observed and the timing at which the M&A was announced. That is, the timing (announcement date) when the parties of M&A announced, and the timing (observation date) when an article that was not a party of M&A, but who predicts, observes, or guesses the announcement of M&A is announced. There is.

The item “target” indicates a company targeted for M&A. That is, it indicates a company that the buyer acquires (is trying to acquire) from the seller.

The item “buyer” indicates a company on the buyer side of M&A.

The item “seller” indicates the company on the seller side of M&A.

The server 20 may specify the information of the company, the buyer company, and the seller company that are the target of the M&A by performing a morphological analysis based on the headline of the article regarding M&A and the text of the article.

Further, the business operator who operates the information providing system 1 may set the companies subject to M&A, the buyer companies, and the seller companies for each article related to M&A. The server 20 can generate a learned model by learning what kind of company is set for the article about M&A. The server 20 may specify the company or the like for the newly distributed M&A article based on the learned model.

The item “patent classification” indicates a patent classification associated with an article related to M&A. The server 20 identifies words such as a company, a technical term, and a market by performing a morphological analysis based on the headline of an article related to M&A and the text of the article. The server 20 identifies the patent classification that is highly related to the article regarding M&A based on the identified result. Further, the server 20 may specify the patent classification based on the headline of the article regarding the M&A, the text, the target company of the M&A, the buyer company, and the seller company. For example, the server 20 can identify the patent classifications respectively associated with the target company, the buyer company, and the seller company by referring to the company database 283.

Further, the business operator who operates the information providing system 1 may set the patent classification for the articles related to M&A. The server 20 can generate a learned model by learning what kind of patent classification is attached to the article regarding M&A. The server 20 may specify the patent classification for the newly distributed M&A article based on the learned model.

<Operation>
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing of the server 20 and the terminal device 10 which constitute the information providing system 1. The information providing system 1 provides information to the user via the screen of the terminal device 10 when the terminal device 10 accesses the server 20 with a browser or the like.

In step S801, the terminal device 10 accesses the server 20 in response to a user operation.

In step S851, the server 20 generates information for displaying a screen on the terminal device 10 and responds to the terminal device 10. For example, the server 20 responds to the terminal device 10 with information for displaying a screen for logging in to the website provided by the server 20, a screen for the top page of the website, and the like on the browser of the terminal device 10.

In step S803, the terminal device 10 displays the website provided by the server 20. Specifically, the terminal device 10 arranges the tab display area along the edge of the screen (for example, the left and right edges of the screen, or the upper and lower edges), and the "industry" is displayed in the tab display area. Each tab such as a tab, a "company" tab, and a "patent" tab is displayed. The terminal device 10 displays predetermined information in a portion beyond the tab display area from the edge of the screen. For example, the terminal device 10 displays information about the tab selected by the user.

In step S805, the terminal device 10 communicates with the server 20 and makes an inquiry to the server 20 in response to a user operation. For example, when the terminal device 10 detects an operation in which the user designates each tab displayed in the tab display area, the terminal device 10 requests the server 20 for information corresponding to the tab, according to the type of the designated tab. Further, for example, the terminal device 10 is in a state in which information related to a tab designated by the user is displayed on the screen, and is classified into an industry classification (industry subclass, industry middle classification, industry classification), patent classification (patent classification, patent classification). The middle classification, the small patent classification), the company name, etc. are displayed on the screen so that the user can specify them. The terminal device 10 requests the server 20 for information such as the industry category designated by the user in response to the user performing an operation of designating the industry category.

In step S853, the server 20 responds to the inquiry from the terminal device 10 and generates information for causing the terminal device 10 to display a screen. The server 20 returns the generated information to the terminal device 10.

In step S807, the terminal device 10 draws and displays a screen based on the information received from the server 20.

<Screen example>
Hereinafter, an example of a screen for allowing the user to have a bird's eye view of industry trends, industry trends, market trends, patent trends, etc. while switching between the tabs displayed in the tab display area will be described. In this way, an example will be described in which a business company or the like provides information necessary for operating the business company or the like such as a business plan, a research and development plan, and a sales plan.

FIG. 9 shows a screen example when the terminal device 10 receives the designation of the “industry” tab from the user. The terminal device 10 is accessing the server 20 by a browser or the like. FIG. 9 is an example of a screen displayed on the browser of the terminal device 10.

As shown in FIG. 9, the terminal device 10 arranges the tab display area 301 along the edge of the screen in the operation receiving unit 130 (display 132). In the tab display area 301, the terminal device 10 includes a tab “My Page” 301A, a tab “Industry” 301B, a tab “Company” 301C, a tab “Patent” 301D, a tab “News” 301E, and a tab “M&A”. "301F" and a tab "tool" 301G are displayed. As shown in FIG. 9, the tab “Industry” 301B is displayed in an emphasized manner as compared with other tabs. This notifies the user that the tab "industry" 301B is designated by the user.

The tab "My Page" 301A is a tab for transitioning to a screen for accepting settings when the user uses the information providing system 1. For example, the server 20 accepts settings when the user draws a graph, settings for the user to specify a company, industry, patent, etc. as favorites and the like, and other settings.

The tab “industry” 301B is a tab for transitioning to a screen that presents information for giving an overview of industries, industries, markets, etc. to the user. Specifically, in response to the user's operation on the tab “industry” 301B, the server 20 causes a transition to a screen for accepting an operation for the user to search for an industry.

The tab "Company" 301C is a tab for transitioning to a screen for presenting information on an individual company or a corporate group including a plurality of related companies to the user.

The tab "patent" 301D is a tab for transitioning to a screen for presenting information for giving an overview of technical information to the user based on patent documents. Specifically, the server 20 transitions to a screen for accepting an operation for the user to search for a patent in response to the user's operation on the tab “patent” 301D.

The tab "news" 301E is a tab for transitioning to a screen for presenting news articles for transmitting information on industries, industries, markets, etc. to the user.

The tab "M&A" 301F is a tab for transitioning to a screen for presenting an article for transmitting M&A information to the user.

The tab "tool" 301G uses a function of drawing various graphs to a user, a function of downloading IR (Investor Relations) information, a download function for providing a summary of industries, industries, markets, etc. as a material and other functions. This is a tab for transitioning to the screen to be displayed. The server 20 facilitates, for example, a starting point for materials for communication or decision-making among employees in various divisions such as management, business divisions, research and development divisions, or within each division in a business company. Various functions are provided on the screen of the tab "tool" 301G so that the screen can be prepared.

The terminal device 10 displays the global search area 302. As an operation for the global search area 302, the server 20 accepts the designation of a keyword from the user and presents the user with information on the industry, company, patent, etc. related to the keyword.

The terminal device 10 displays an industry list button 311B and an industry definition button 312B. The user can specify either the industry list button 311B or the industry definition button 312B. In the example of FIG. 9, the industry list button 311B is highlighted compared to the industry definition button 312B, and the industry list button 311B is designated by the user.

The terminal device 10 displays the search reception area 313B. By accepting the designation of the keyword from the user in the search acceptance area 313B, the industry definition database 281 is searched based on the accepted keyword. The server 20 responds the search result based on, for example, the name of each industry included in the industry classification, the industry classification, and the industry classification based on the keyword received from the user.

The terminal device 10 displays the belonging country selection area 314B. A plurality of countries or regions are selectably displayed in the belonging country selection area 314B. For example, when a user searches for information on a company associated with an industry, only the company in the country or region selected by the user is used as the data to which the user refers. As will be described later, in the industry list 315B, "sales increase rate", "operating profit ratio", and "price earnings ratio (PER)" are displayed based on the performance of each company included in each industry. ing. The terminal device 10 determines the range of companies that are the basis for calculating these “sales increase rate”, “operating profit rate”, and “price-earnings ratio” according to the selection result of the country selection area 314B.

The terminal device 10 displays the industry list 315B. As described above, in the industry list 315B, indexes such as “sales increase rate”, “operating profit rate”, “price-earnings ratio” are displayed in association with each industry category. In the industry list 315B, the terminal device 10 displays the hierarchical structure of the industry major classification, the industry middle classification, and the industry minor classification based on the industry definition database 281 in a manner that the user can recognize. In the industry list 315B, the terminal device 10 displays the name of each industry in a manner that can be specified by the user.

In the illustrated example, the terminal device 10 displays each industry in the industry major classification, and does not display each industry in the industry middle classification and industry minor classification.

This makes it easy for the user to take a bird's eye view of each industry shown in the industry classification. In addition, by restricting the display of the industry middle classification and the industry small classification, it becomes easy for the user to find the industry searched for from the industry large classification. Even when the user does not enter a keyword for searching the industry in the search box, the user can obtain information on the industry desired by hierarchically designating the industry from the industry general classification. For example, when there is an industry that the user wants to know, even if an appropriate keyword cannot be recalled, the information of the industry that the user wants to know can be obtained by overlooking each industry based on the hierarchical industry classification. Here, it is assumed that the user specifies the industry “advertisement/information and communication service” from the industry major categories in order to search for the industry. In response to the user's operation, the server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to transition from the screen shown in FIG. 9 to the screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a screen that transitions when the user specifies the industry category in the screen example shown in FIG.

Compared with FIG. 9, each industry in the industry middle category included in the industry major category “advertisement/information and communication service” is displayed on the terminal device 10 in a manner that can be designated by the user. That is, the server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to display each industry such as the industry intermediate classification “communication infrastructure” as shown in the industry intermediate classification display unit 316B. In the example shown in the figure, a triangular graphic displayed together with the industry classification “advertisement/information communication service” is indicated by a shape “▼” in which two vertices are arranged in the horizontal direction. As a result, it is indicated by the triangular figure that the medium industry category included in the industry major category is displayed.

On the other hand, in other industry classifications that do not display the classifications in the industry, a triangular figure is shown as a shape in which two vertices are aligned in the vertical direction. This makes it easy for the user to distinguish between and view the industry major categories that are displayed up to the industry major category and the industry major categories that are not displayed.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a screen that transitions when the user specifies a category in the industry in the screen example shown in FIG.

Compared to FIG. 10, each industry in the industry sub-category included in the industry middle category “communication infrastructure” is displayed on the terminal device 10 in a manner that can be specified by the user. That is, the server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to display each industry such as the industry subcategory “fixed communication” as shown in the industry subcategory display unit 371B. Compared to FIG. 10, the triangular figure displayed together with the industry category “communication infrastructure” is indicated by the shape “▼”. This indicates that, in response to the fact that the industry middle classification “communication infrastructure” is designated by the user, each industry of the industry subclass included in the industry middle classification “communication infrastructure” is displayed.

As described above, the user can easily overlook each industry with a hierarchical structure such as industry major classification, industry middle classification, and industry minor classification.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a screen that transitions when the terminal device 10 receives a user operation on the industry definition button 312B.

As shown in FIG. 12, the server 20 displays the industry definition 318B indicating the definition of each industry on the terminal device 10 in response to the user's operation on the industry definition button 312B. In the industry definition 318B, the terminal device 10 displays the hierarchical structure of each industry of the industry major classification, each industry of the industry middle classification, and each industry of the industry minor classification in a manner that allows the user to visually recognize the hierarchical structure. Further, on the terminal device 10, the names of each industry shown in the industry major classification, the industry middle classification, and the industry minor classification are displayed in a manner that can be designated by the user.

In the industry definition 318B, the terminal device 10 displays the content of the industry definition in association with each industry of the industry sub-classification. As shown in the figure, in the industry definition 318B, the terminal device 10 reads the content of the industry definition and the information of each company in the industry subcategory from the industry definition database 281 and displays it. The terminal device 10 accepts the user's operation for browsing the information of the company included in the industry sub-category in association with the industry sub-category.

In the example of FIG. 12 and the like, the terminal device 10 may display information on the designated industry category in response to the user's operation of designating the industry category. For example, the terminal device 10 displays the description of the specified industry sub-category in response to the user's operation to specify the industry sub-category, and the user can specify the name of the company belonging to the industry sub-category. The name of the patent classification (company database 283) associated with the companies belonging to the industry subclass is displayed in a mode that the user can specify. When the user specifies the name of the company on the screen, the terminal device 10 transitions to a screen (such as FIG. 17) that displays information on the specified company. In addition, when the user specifies the name of the patent classification on the screen, the terminal device 10 causes a transition to a screen (FIG. 16 or the like) displaying information on the specified patent classification.

FIG. 13 shows a screen example when the terminal device 10 receives the designation of the “patent” tab from the user.

The terminal device 10 displays a patent list button 321D and a patent definition button 322D. The user can specify either the patent list button 321D or the patent definition button 322D. In the example of FIG. 13, the patent list button 321D is highlighted compared to the patent definition button 322D, and the patent list button 321D is designated by the user.

The terminal device 10 displays the patent classification display unit 323D. As described above, the terminal device 10 can select the patent classification “finance/settlement”, the patent classification “AI” and other patent classifications included in the patent classification “ICT & Analytics” in the patent classification display unit 323D. Is displayed. Although not shown, the terminal device 10 may also display the names of other major patent classifications, intermediate patent classifications, etc. in a mode in which the user can specify the relevant major patent classifications and intermediate patent classifications.

Here, it is assumed that the terminal device 10 receives an operation for designating the patent subclass “artificial intelligence” from the user. The terminal device 10 transmits a signal indicating that the patent subclass “artificial intelligence” has been designated to the server 20. The server 20 responds to the request from the terminal device 10. In response to the user's operation on the terminal device 10, the server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to transition from the screen shown in FIG. 13 to the screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 shows an example of a screen that transitions when the user specifies the small patent classification in the screen example shown in FIG.

Compared to FIG. 13, on the terminal device 10, a company or a company group included in the patent subclass “artificial intelligence” is displayed in a manner that the user can specify. That is, the server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to display the company or company group included in the patent subclass “artificial intelligence” on the terminal device 10 based on the patent definition database 282, as shown in the patent subclass display unit 324D.

In the illustrated example, a triangular figure displayed together with the patent subclass “artificial intelligence” is indicated by a shape “▼”. This indicates that the company or company group included in the patent subclass “artificial intelligence” is displayed by the triangular figure.

As described above, the user can easily overlook a plurality of technical fields with a hierarchical structure such as a large patent classification, a middle patent classification, and a small patent classification, and what technical resources the company has acquired, You can easily get an overview of which fields you have invested in technological development.

Further, as in the example shown in the figure, the information of the company or the company group is not displayed until the user receives an operation for designating the small patent classification, so that a plurality of patent classifications of the patent classification can be displayed on the screen of the terminal device 10. More names can be displayed. This allows the user to easily specify the patent classification desired by the user based on the hierarchical patent classification. For example, even if the user has a name of a technical field that he/she wants to know but cannot recall an appropriate keyword to enter in the search box, the user specifies a higher patent classification such as a large patent classification or a mid-patent classification. By performing the operation, it is possible to obtain information on the desired small patent classification. That is, the user is associated with the patent classification by performing the operation of designating the patent classification that is also in the technical field without inputting the search expression for searching the patent document including the patent classification. Can recognize company information. Therefore, even for information in a technical field unknown to the user, by repeating the operation of designating the patent classification, it is possible to easily obtain information on a company in the technical field.

FIG. 15 shows an example of a screen which the terminal device 10 transits to when the user operates the patent definition button 322D.

As shown in FIG. 15, the server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to display the patent definition 325D indicating the definition of each patent classification in response to the user's operation on the patent definition button 322D. In the patent definition 325D, the terminal device 10 displays the hierarchical structure of each technical field of the major patent classification, each technical field of the patent mid-class, and each technical field of the minor patent classification in a manner that allows the user to visually recognize the hierarchical structure. Further, on the terminal device 10, the names of the respective technical fields shown in the large patent classification, the middle patent classification, and the small patent classification are displayed in a manner that can be designated by the user.

In the patent definition 325D, the terminal device 10 displays the contents of the technical field definition in association with each technical field of the patent subclass. As shown in the figure, in the patent definition 325D, the terminal device 10 sets the content of the definition of the technical field and the search expression of the patent document associated with the patent subclass (in the item “search expression setting” of the patent definition database 282). Search formula) and each company or group of companies included in the patent subclass. In the illustrated example, the terminal device 10 displays the content of the definition of the technical field in the patent definition 325D, but does not display the search formula and the company or the corporate group included in the patent subclass, and details of the search formula. The specification of the user for displaying and the specification of the user for displaying the details of the company or the company group are displayed in a manner that can be accepted.

Here, it is assumed that the user performs an operation of designating the small patent classification on the screens shown in FIGS. The terminal device 10 transmits to the server 20 a signal indicating that the operation for designating the patent subclass has been received from the user. In response to the request from the terminal device 10, the server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to display the details of the small patent classification specified by the user.

FIG. 16 shows an example of a screen which is transited by receiving the designation of the patent classification. For example, it is assumed that an operation for instructing the patent subclass “artificial intelligence” by the user is accepted on the screens of FIGS. 13 to 15.

As shown in FIG. 16, the terminal device 10 displays a company group 326D for displaying a company or a company group included in the patent subclass.

The terminal device 10 displays information for overlooking which industry has been researched and developed in the technical field indicated in the patent subclass based on the information of the company or the corporate group included in the patent subclass. ..

In the illustrated example, the terminal device 10 displays, in the graph display unit 329D, the industry for each year based on the patent application date based on the list of patent documents extracted based on the search formula associated with the patent subclass. The score regarding the number of patent applications for each is displayed. In the illustrated example, the server 20 specifies the industry classification to which the company or the corporate group belongs, based on the information of the company or the corporate group included in the patent subclass. As a result, it becomes easy for the user to take a bird's eye view of the time-series change in which industry the technology development was performed based on the patent classification. For example, the server 20 acquires, based on the patent definition database 282, information on the number of patent applications for each company or company group extracted based on the setting of the search formula for the patent subclass. The server 20 refers to the industry definition database 281 for the information on the number of patent applications, identifies the industry subclass to which each company or group of companies belongs, and adds the number of patent applications to the identified industry subclass. ..

Here, when a company or a company group belongs to a plurality of industry sub-categories, the number of patent applications may be added for each industry. Further, when a company or a company group belongs to a plurality of industry sub-categories, the number of patent applications may be added to some of the industries.

Further, in the illustrated example, the score of each year is displayed by calculating the score based on the number of times each patent document is cited (the number of times cited). The score is calculated, for example, by performing a calculation such that the score of a certain patent application increases as the number of times of citation increases, and the scores of the respective patent applications are totaled.

In other words, instead of simply displaying the number of patents in each industry as a graph based on only the number of patents, the number of citations is taken into account and the number of patents is corrected to improve the technology The higher the score, the higher the score. As a result, by arranging the scores in time series, the higher the number of companies entering the technology development, the higher the score, and it becomes easier for the user to overlook the technology trend.

The number of patents in each industry may be displayed as a graph without considering the number of times of citation.

In the illustrated example, the score is calculated every year from 2013 as the year of patent application. For example, it is understood by the user that in 2013, patent applications have been filed for industry “A”, industry “B”, industry “C”, industry “D”, and other industries. After that, since 2014 and 2015, the score on the vertical axis of the graph is increasing, so that the user understands that the number of patent applications of each company is gradually increasing. Subsequently, the score increased significantly from 2015 to 2016, the score decreased from 2016 to 2017 and 2018, and the scores of industry “E” and industry “F” increased significantly. User understands that

By referring to this graph, the user can see that the patent subclass “artificial intelligence” is actively developed in specific industries (industry “E” and industry “F”) through 2015, 2016, and 2017. You can get an overview of what was done.

As illustrated, the terminal device 10 displays the details of the industry in the graph shown in the graph display unit 329D in the detailed explanation unit 330D. The detailed explanation part 330D is an area for displaying the name of each industry.

The terminal device 10 receives the designation of the condition for drawing the graph on the graph display unit 329D from the user in the classification designation unit 327D and the date designation unit 328D.

The classification designation unit 327D accepts designation of whether to draw the score breakdown for each of the industry sub-categories or the industry sub-categories for the graph shown in the graph display unit 329D. Note that it is also possible to accept from the user that the drawing is performed separately for each of the industry major categories.

The date designating unit 328D receives designation of the range of patent application for drawing the graph with respect to the graph shown in the graph displaying unit 329D.

Note that FIG. 16 shows an example in which the small patent classification is designated. The server 20 also refers to the patent definition database 282 in the case where the patent middle classification or the patent large classification is designated by the user, and similarly, in the company group 326D, the companies included in the patent middle classification or the patent large classification are displayed. The company group may be displayed. For example, in the graph display unit 329D, based on a list of patent applications associated with the patent classification (that is, a set of patent application lists for each of the patent subclasses, which is a hierarchy lower than the patent classification,) for each industry. The scores may be drawn separately.

As described above, by designating the patent classification, the user can get a bird's eye view of in which industry the specific technical field has been utilized.

FIG. 17 shows a screen example when the terminal device 10 receives the designation of the “company” tab from the user. For example, when the server 20 receives an operation for designating a company or a company group from the user in FIG. 14 or the like, the server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to transition to the screen in FIG. 17 or the like in order to display information about the company.

In the example of FIG. 17, the terminal device 10 includes a reception unit 341C for receiving designation of an industry or a company, a company information display unit 342C for displaying information of a specific company, and a company related to the specific company. A related company display unit 345C for displaying information is displayed.

In the illustrated example, "TT" corporation is designated by the user. In the company information display unit 342C, the terminal device 10 determines the company name, company description, industry in which the company is classified (industry definition database 281), and patent classification assigned to the company for "TT" Co., Ltd. The patent definition database 282) and other information are displayed. As shown in the industry display unit 343C, the terminal device 10 displays the industry in which the company is classified so that the user can specify the industry. When the user performs an operation to specify an industry, the terminal device 10 highlights the “industry” tab and displays an explanation about the industry. As shown in the patent classification display unit 344C, the terminal device 10 displays the patent classification assigned to the company so that the user can specify it. When the user performs an operation of designating a patent classification, the terminal device 10 highlights the “patent” tab and transitions to the screen shown in FIG. 16 or the like to display an explanation about the patent classification specified by the user. Let

As a result, users can easily circulate information on industries, patents, and companies, and take a bird's eye view of the entire industry, grasp trends in the technical field, and easily obtain information on individual companies. can do.

FIG. 18 shows a screen example when the terminal device 10 receives the designation of the “news” tab from the user.

The illustrated example shows an example in which the terminal device 10 displays a specific news article. The server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to display a news article by referring to the news database 284.

The terminal device 10 includes an article display unit 351E for displaying a specific article, an affiliated company display unit 352E for displaying a company related to the article, and an associated industry display unit for displaying an industry related to the article. 353E and a related patent display section 354E for displaying the patent classification related to the article are displayed.

The server 20 refers to the item “keyword” of the news database 284 to display the keyword related to the article on the related company display unit 352E, the related industry display unit 353E, and the related patent display unit 354E. The user can search using the keywords displayed on the related company display unit 352E, the related industry display unit 353E, and the related patent display unit 354E. For example, the server 20 presents the details of the patent classification shown in FIG. 16 and the like by accepting an operation for searching the patent classification while the keyword is displayed on the related patent display unit 354E on the terminal device 10. Transition to screen.

FIG. 19 shows an example of a screen when the terminal device 10 receives the designation of the “M&A” tab from the user.

In the illustrated example, the user specifies a keyword to search for M&A articles and displays the search results. The server 20 displays the M&A article on the terminal device 10 by referring to the M&A case database 285.

The terminal device 10 displays a search acceptance unit 361F for accepting a search for M&A articles.

The server 20 causes the terminal device 10 to display the search result display unit 365F for displaying the search result of the M&A article based on the M&A case database 285.

The terminal device 10 searches for M&A articles (for example, “target” companies, “buyer” companies, “seller” companies shown in M&A articles, patent classifications in which these companies are classified in the patent definition database 282, M&A article text). Based on the technical terms shown in (1), the companies related to the search result of the M&A article are displayed on the company display unit 362F, the industries related to the search result are displayed on the industry display unit 363F, and the patents related to the search result are displayed. The classification is displayed on the patent display section 364F. The terminal device 10 displays information about these companies, industry classifications, and patent classifications on the company display unit 362F, the industry display unit 363F, and the patent display unit 364F in such a manner that the designation from the user can be accepted. The server 20 receives the information of these companies by accepting an operation in which the user specifies the company, industry classification, and patent classification displayed on the company display unit 362F, the industry display unit 363F, and the patent display unit 364F in the terminal device 10. To a screen for presenting (such as FIG. 17), a screen for presenting information on industry classification (FIGS. 9 to 12), and a screen for presenting information on patent classification (FIGS. 13 to 16 etc.) Make a transition.

As a result, the user can easily move to a page showing information on the industry, patent, and company, starting from the M&A article.

FIG. 20 shows an example of a screen when the terminal device 10 receives a search from the user through the global search area 302.

In the terminal device 10, when the server 20 receives a search from the user in the global search area 302, the server 20 presents the user with relevant news articles, patent classifications, company information, industry information, M&A article information, and the like.

The terminal device 10 displays a shortcut display unit 371 indicating a shortcut for browsing each item (news article, patent classification, company information, industry information, etc.).

The terminal device 10 includes a news display unit 372 for displaying related news articles and a patent classification display unit 373 for displaying related patent classifications based on the search condition received from the user in the global search area 302. , A company display section 374 for displaying information on related companies, and an industry display section 375 for displaying information on related industries. The terminal device 10 displays each patent classification in the patent classification display unit 373 in a manner that the user can specify. The terminal device 10 displays the information of the designated patent classification in response to the operation of the user who designates the patent classification.

As shown in FIG. 20, the terminal device 10 arranges items, such as a news display unit 372 and a patent classification display unit 373, whose information is regularly updated at the top of the screen. As a result, the user can easily browse the information that is updated daily. That is, news articles are distributed by distributors every day. Further, the list of patent documents extracted based on the search formula associated with the small patent classification is updated regularly (weekly, monthly, quarterly, half year, etc.). On the other hand, information on companies and information on industries that classify companies tend not to be updated as frequently as news articles and patent documents. Therefore, by displaying the news articles and the search results regarding the patent classification at the top of the screen, the user can easily understand the daily changes in industry, industry, companies, and technological trends.

<Another graph drawing example 1>
In the example of FIG. 16, the example of drawing the graph showing the relationship between the patent classification and the industry has been described. In the example of FIG. 16, a graph is drawn in a format in which information regarding the number of patent applications is accumulated for each year. In addition to this, a graph may be drawn in another format in order to give the user a bird's eye view of what industry has been utilized in a specific technical field. For example, the market share of the industry may be drawn every certain period.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing another embodiment for drawing a graph on the graph display unit 329D.

In the example of FIG. 21, in the graph display unit 329D, each year is set on the horizontal axis and the ratio of each industry is set on the vertical axis to draw a graph. That is, regardless of the number of patents in each year, the ratio of each industry to the number of patents in each year (or the score calculated based on the number of patents) is presented to the user.

In the example of FIG. 21, it can be recognized by the user that the shares of the industry “E” and the industry “F” are rapidly expanding from 2015 to 2016 and 2017.

<Another graph drawing example 2>
In the example of FIG. 16, the example of drawing the graph showing the relationship between the patent classification and the industry has been described. In addition to this, various charts can be drawn based on the information held in the server 20, for example, each information included in the patent definition database 282 and each information included in the industry definition database 281. Good. The server 20 may present an edit screen to the user so that the user can edit the settings for drawing the chart.

For example, in the example of FIG. 16 and FIG. 21, the example of drawing the relationship between the number of patent applications and the industry for each year has been described. In addition, it may be possible to draw a chart based on information about financial statements of each company.

For example, as shown in the patent definition database 282, the server 20 can acquire the number of patents for each corporate group based on the list of patent documents extracted based on the search formula associated with the patent classification. Here, as the information about the financial statements, the relationship between the number of patent applications and the classification of the sales scale of the corporate group may be drawn based on the sales scale of each corporate group. For example, by classifying the sales scale into a plurality of stages, each patent document included in the list of patent documents can be classified into one of a plurality of stages of the sales scale based on the company group. As a result, it is possible to get a bird's eye view of the time-series transition of the sales scale of companies engaged in technological development in a certain technical field.

Further, as shown in FIG. 21, the server 20 may display an edit button 332D on the screen of the terminal device 10 for the user to set conditions for drawing the chart. In response to the user's operation on the edit button 332D, the terminal device 10 displays a screen for accepting the designation of the condition for drawing the chart from the user.

Further, in the examples of FIGS. 16 and 21, the classification designation unit 327D and the date designation unit 328D accept the designation of the condition for drawing the graph from the user, but the classification designation unit 327D and the date designation unit 328D do. Not limited to this, the designation of other conditions may be accepted. The terminal device 10 may be able to change the “condition for drawing a graph” to be displayed together with the chart according to the setting of the user. The terminal device 10 may display, for example, the operation unit for changing the conditions for drawing the chart based on the information about the financial statements together with the chart.

<Appendix>
The matters described in each of the above embodiments will be additionally described below.

<Appendix 1>
An information processing device (10, 20) for providing information about a company to a user in response to a user's input operation, the information processing device including a control unit (29) and a storage unit (25, 26). Prepare The storage unit stores, for each industry, industry or market (hereinafter, “industry etc.”) category, the name of the industry category or the like and the information of the company associated with the industry category (281). The storage unit stores, for each of the plurality of technical fields, the name of the technical field and the company specified based on the search formula of the patent document in association with each other (282). The search formula of the patent document is set for each technical field (282, item “search formula setting”, FIG. 5). The control unit receives a user operation (FIGS. 9 to 12) or a technical field operation (FIGS. 13 to 16) for designating a category such as an industry, and a first step; The second step (FIGS. 10 to 12) of presenting to the user the information of the company associated with the specified industry classification, etc., in accordance with the operation for designating the classification of the industry etc., and the user includes the patent classification. The third step of presenting the information of the company associated with the technical field to the user according to the operation for designating the technical field without performing the operation of inputting the search expression of the patent document (FIGS. 13 to 13) 16) and are executed.

<Appendix 2>
The control unit further, based on the operation of the user designating the technical field, information indicating the designated technical field and information indicating the classification of the industry or the like to which the company associated with the relevant technical field is associated (329D). The information processing apparatus according to (Supplementary Note 1), which executes the fourth step of presenting and to the user.

<Appendix 3>
In the fourth step, in response to the user's operation, a graph is drawn according to the specified technical field and the classification of the industry related to the technical field, and the drawn graph is presented to the user (329D), (Supplementary note) The information processing device according to 2).

<Appendix 4>
The information of the company stored in the storage unit includes the information of the company associated with a plurality of industries and the like. In the fourth step, the company associated with the designated technical field is associated with the classification of the plurality of industries and the like. In this case, the information processing apparatus according to (Supplementary Note 3), which draws a graph based on a plurality of classifications of industries (329D).

<Appendix 5>
The storage unit is configured to store information regarding the financial statements of the company as information about the company (283), and the control unit is associated with the technical field designated by the user and the technical field. The information processing apparatus according to any one of (Supplementary note 1) to (Supplementary note 4), which presents information about a company's financial statements to a user.

<Appendix 6>
In response to a user's operation, the control unit draws a graph with a specified technical field and information about a financial statement of a company associated with the technical field, and presents the drawn graph to the user. The information processing device according to attachment 5).

<Appendix 7>
The control unit receives an operation for the user to edit the condition for drawing the graph (332D), draws the graph based on the edited condition, and presents the drawn graph to the user (Appendix 3). The information processing device according to any one of (Supplementary note 4) and (Supplementary note 6).

<Appendix 8>
In the first step, the control unit receives, on the screen presented to the user, a first image (301B) for accepting an operation for designating a classification such as an industry and a second image for accepting an operation for designating a technical field. The image (301D) is displayed on one screen, the second step is executed in response to the user's operation on the first image, and the third step is executed in response to the user's operation on the second image, The information processing apparatus according to any one of (Supplementary note 1) to (Supplementary note 7), which presents the first image and the second image to the user regardless of whether the second step or the third step is executed. ..

<Appendix 9>
In the first step, the first image and the second image are arranged and presented to the user along the edge portion (301) of the screen presented to the user, and in the second step, information on the company based on the classification such as the industry is displayed. In the case of presenting to the user and in the case of presenting the information of the company based on the technical field to the user in the third step, the company's information is displayed on the center side of the screen with respect to the area where the first image and the second image are displayed. The information processing device according to (Supplementary note 8), which displays information.

<Appendix 10>
In the storage unit, each of the plurality of technical fields is stored in association with any one of the plurality of technical fields, and in the third step, the technical field classification and the name of the technical field belonging to the technical field classification are stored. Are presented to the user in association with each other, and in response to receiving the designation of the name of the technical field from the user, the list of companies associated with the designated technical field is presented to the user. 9. The information processing device according to any one of 9).

<Appendix 11>
In response to accepting the operation for designating the technical field in the first step, in the third step, the classification of the technical field and the name of the technical field belonging to the classification of the technical field are associated and presented to the user. Then, the information processing apparatus according to (Supplementary note 10), which accepts an input operation for presenting a search expression of a patent document set to a technical field to a user (FIG. 15, 325D).

<Appendix 12>
In the second step, the information of the technical field to which the company is associated is presented to the user together with the information of the company (FIG. 17, 342C, 344C), and the information described in any of (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 11). Processing equipment.

<Appendix 13>
In the second step, the information of the technical field presented together with the information of the company is presented to the user so that the user can specify it (344C), and in response to the operation of designating the information of the technical field, the information is specified by the third step. The information processing apparatus according to (Appendix 12), which presents information of the technical field to the user (FIG. 16 ).

<Appendix 14>
The control unit further executes the fifth step of presenting the news article distributed from the media to the user, and in the fifth step, based on the technical term included in the news article, determines the technical field related to the technical term. The information processing apparatus according to any one of (Supplementary Note 1) to (Supplementary Note 13), which specifies and presents information of the specified technical field to the user (FIGS. 18 and 19).

<Appendix 15>
In the fifth step, the information on the technical field is presented to the user in a manner that the user can specify (354E, 364F), and in response to the user specifying the information on the technical field, the information on the technical field is displayed to the user. The information processing apparatus according to (Supplementary Note 14), which is presented to.

10 terminal device, 20 server, 281 industry definition database, 282 patent definition database, 283 company information database, 284 news database, 285 M&A case database, 301 tab display area, 301B tab "industry", 301C tab "company", 301D tab "Patent", 301E tab "News", 301F tab "M&A".

Claims (17)

An information processing apparatus that provides information about a company to the user in response to a user's input operation, the information processing apparatus including a control unit and a storage unit,
The storage unit is
For each industry, industry or market (hereinafter referred to as “industry etc.”) classification that is not a patent classification assigned to a patent document, the name of the classification of the industry etc. and the information of the company associated with the classification of the industry etc. are stored. Then
For each of the plurality of technical fields, the name of the technical field and the company specified based on the search formula of the patent document are stored in association with each other, and the search formula of the patent document is set for each technical field,
The control unit is
A first step of accepting from the user an operation for designating a classification of the industry or the like that is not a patent classification assigned to a patent document , or an operation for designating the technical field;
A second step of presenting, to the user, information about a company associated with the specified classification of the industry or the like according to an operation for specifying the classification of the industry or the like that is not the patent classification given to the patent document ;
Corresponding to the information indicating the specified technical field and the corresponding technical field according to the operation for designating the technical field, even if the user does not perform the operation of inputting the search expression of the patent document including the patent classification. And a third step of presenting to the user the information indicating the classification of the industry or the like with which the attached company is associated . The control unit, in the third step,
Based on an operation of the user designating the technical field, information indicating the designated technical field, information indicating a classification of the industry or the like with which a company associated with the technical field is associated , and the information of the company associated with the classification of the industry such as you presented to the user, the information processing apparatus according to claim 1. In the third step,
In response to an operation of the user, a technical field in which the specified, the draw a graph by a classification of the industry such as associated with the art, presents a graph drawn on the user, according to claim 2 Information processing equipment. The corporate information stored in the storage unit includes the enterprise information associated with the plurality of classification of the industry such as,
In the third step, when said company associated with the art to be specified is associated with the classification of such plurality of the industry, to draw a graph based on the classification of such plurality of industry, claim 3 The information processing device according to 1. The storage unit is configured to store, as the information on the company, information about financial statements of the company,
The information according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control unit presents to the user a technical field designated by the user and information regarding the financial statements of a company associated with the technical field. Processing equipment. In response to the user's operation, the control unit draws a graph based on the designated technical field and information on the financial statements of a company associated with the technical field, and draws the drawn graph by the user. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, which is presented to. The control unit receives an operation for the user to edit the condition for drawing the graph, draws the graph based on the edited condition, and presents the drawn graph to the user. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, claim 4, or claim 6. The control unit is
In the first step, on the screen presented to the user, a first image for accepting an operation for designating the classification of the industry or the like instead of the patent classification assigned to the patent document, and for designating the technical field The second image that accepts the operation of is displayed on one screen,
The second step is executed in response to the user's operation on the first image, and the information indicating the technical field is displayed in a specifiable manner in response to the user's operation on the second image. Perform the third step,
The information processing according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the first image and the second image are presented to the user regardless of which of the second step and the third step is performed. apparatus. In the first step, the first image and the second image are arranged and presented to the user along an edge of a screen presented to the user,
In the case where the information of the company based on the classification such as the industry is presented to the user in the second step, and the information of the company based on the technical field is presented to the user in the third step, the first 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information of the company is displayed on the center side of the screen with respect to the area for displaying the image and the second image. In the storage unit, each of the plurality of technical fields is stored in association with one of the classifications of the plurality of technical fields,
In the third step, the technical field classification and the technical field name belonging to the technical field classification are associated with each other and presented to the user, and in response to receiving the designation of the technical field name from the user. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a list of companies associated with the designated technical field is presented to the user. In response to accepting the operation for designating the technical field in the first step,
In the third step, the classification of the technical field and the name of the technical field belonging to the classification of the technical field are associated and presented to the user,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, which accepts an input operation for presenting the search expression of the patent document set to the technical field to the user. In the second step,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, which presents to the user, together with information on the company, information on the technical field with which the company is associated. In the second step, the information of the technical field presented together with the information of the company is presented to the user so that the user can specify the information, and in response to the operation of designating the information of the technical field, the third step The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the information of the designated technical field is presented to the user by. The control unit further includes
Performing the fifth step of presenting news articles delivered from the media to the user,
The said 5th step WHEREIN: Based on the technical term contained in the said news article, the said technical field relevant to the said technical term is pinpointed, and the information of the pinpointed technical field is shown to the said user. The information processing device according to any one. In the fifth step, the information of the technical field is presented to the user in a manner that the user can specify, and the information of the technical field is displayed in response to the user designating the information of the technical field. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, which is presented to a user. An information processing apparatus is a method of providing information about a company to the user in response to a user's input operation, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a control unit and a storage unit,
The storage unit is
For each industry category that is not a patent category assigned to a patent document, the name of the industry category and the information about the company associated with the industry category are stored.
For each of the plurality of technical fields, the name of the technical field and the company specified based on the search formula of the patent document are stored in association with each other, and the search formula of the patent document is set for each technical field,
In the method, the control unit
A first step of accepting from the user an operation for designating a classification of the industry or the like that is not a patent classification assigned to a patent document , or an operation for designating the technical field;
A second step of presenting, to the user, information about a company associated with the specified classification of the industry or the like according to an operation for specifying the classification of the industry or the like that is not the patent classification given to the patent document ;
Corresponding to the information indicating the specified technical field and the corresponding technical field according to the operation for designating the technical field, even if the user does not perform the operation of inputting the search expression of the patent document including the patent classification. Presenting to the user information indicating a classification, such as the industry, with which the attached company is associated . A program for operating an information processing device that provides information about a company to the user in response to a user's input operation, the information processing device including a processor and a storage unit.
The storage unit is
For each industry category that is not a patent category assigned to a patent document, the name of the industry category and the information about the company associated with the industry category are stored.
For each of the plurality of technical fields, the name of the technical field and the company specified based on the search formula of the patent document are stored in association with each other, and the search formula of the patent document is set for each technical field,
The program causes the processor to
A first step of accepting from the user an operation for designating a classification of the industry or the like that is not a patent classification assigned to a patent document , or an operation for designating the technical field;
A second step of presenting, to the user, information about a company associated with the specified classification of the industry or the like according to an operation for specifying the classification of the industry or the like that is not the patent classification given to the patent document ;
Corresponding to the information indicating the specified technical field and the corresponding technical field according to the operation for designating the technical field, even if the user does not perform the operation of inputting the search expression of the patent document including the patent classification. And a third step of presenting to the user information indicating the classification of the industry or the like with which the attached company is associated .