Business card management system

Abstract

To provide business card information highly useful for service users.SOLUTION: A business card management system is provided with a server device 200 having a business card information storage unit 11 for storing business card information, an information terminal 100 networked with the server device 200 and capable of browsing the stored business card, a condition acquisition unit 9 for acquiring extraction conditions for determining that the information terminal 100 is useful to a user, and a company information analysis unit 10 for extracting business card information satisfying extraction conditions from the business card information stored in the business card information storage unit 11, and thereby displaying the business card information satisfying the extraction conditions on the information terminal 100.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a business card management system for managing information related to business cards.

Background Art

[0002] In a business card management service providing system capable of registering, organizing, and viewing business card information, there are a plurality of service users who use the business card management service providing system. Furthermore, in some business card management service providing systems, it is possible to illustrate the network information of "who owns whose business card?" for the registered business card information. By grasping the connection of business card information with a plurality of other service users from the illustrated network information, it is possible to smoothly carry out business activities by using the network information held by other service users.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] Patent Document 1 discloses a system that uses business card-related information related to business cards to identify and output the person the service user should meet next. In Patent Document 1, for the service user, the person to meet is a business card contact who is indirectly connected through other service users. The person to meet is determined using information with meeting ease and freshness as parameters.

[0005] In the case of Patent Document 1, business card information related to the service user is preferentially acquired, and the connection can only develop from the network around the service user.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] In view of the above, the business card management system according to the present invention is a server device having a business card information storage unit for storing business card information, an information terminal network-connected to the server device and capable of viewing the stored business cards, a condition acquisition unit for acquiring extraction conditions for determining that it is useful for the user of the information terminal, a company information analysis unit for extracting business card information that satisfies the extraction conditions from the business card information stored in the business card information storage unit, and is provided with characterized in that the business card information that satisfies the extraction conditions is displayed on the information terminal.

Effect of the Invention

[0007] According to the present invention, the service user himself / herself can obtain an opportunity to acquire business card information that has not developed his / her own network, and it becomes possible for the service user to smoothly build a new network.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiment for Carrying Out the Invention

[0009] Hereinafter, a preferred first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiment described below shows an example when the present invention is specifically implemented, and is one of the specific embodiments of the configuration described in the claims. For example, a part of the configuration shown below may be omitted or replaced with other configurations, etc. Other configurations may be included.

[0010] Figure 1 shows a configuration diagram of an information processing system including a business card management service providing system 200, which is a business card management system according to the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, one information terminal that uses this business card management service providing system 200 is referred to as a service user terminal 100. The service user terminal 100 is network-connected to the business card management service providing system 200 and is operated by a service user who uses the business card management service providing system 200. On the Web browser 4 of the service user terminal 100, there are a business card information registration unit 5 where the service user can register business card information by himself / herself, a business card information browsing unit 6 where the registered business card information and useful business card information can be browsed, and an activity history registration unit 7 where the service user can register the activities performed for each registered business card information. These are realized as functions on a Web page displayed on the Web browser 4.

[0011] The business card management service providing system 200 has a program 8 for executing the service. The program 8 operates on a server device owned by the business card management service providing system, and is provided with an activity history analysis unit 9 that extracts company conditions useful for the service user from the activity history information registered by the service user, and a company information analysis unit 10 that extracts companies useful for the service user from the company information. Further, in the business card management service providing system 200, a business card information storage unit 11 for storing the business card information registered by the service user and an activity history storage unit 12 for storing the activity history are provided.

[0012] <Service User Terminal 100> The configuration of the service user terminal 100 used in the information processing system according to this actual embodiment will be described. The service user terminal 100 is a device that can browse, edit, and operate the business card management service providing system 200 using a smartphone, a PC (personal computer), or the like. The service user terminal 100 is connected to the Internet 3 and is connected to the business card management service providing system 200 via the Internet. The business card management service providing system 200 can be connected using the Web browser 4 installed on the service user terminal 100. On the business card management service providing system screen displayed by the Web browser 4, it is possible to register business card information and business card images by using the business card information registration section 5, browse business card information, business card images, and activity history information by using the business card information browsing section 6, and register activity history information by using the activity history registration section 7.

[0013] <Business card information registration section 5> In the business card information registration section 5, it is possible for a service user who uses the business card management service providing system to register business card information. As an example, the registration of business card information can be achieved by manually entering text information from a business card as a medium and converting it into text. It is also possible to digitize a business card as a medium using a scanner or a camera function, and then use OCR (Optical Character Reader) to convert the character information written on the business card image into text. Furthermore, it is possible to image a business card as a medium using a scanner or a camera function, and have an external operator convert the business card image into text and register it. In this case, it is also possible to use OCR in combination.

[0014] <Business card information browsing section 6> The business card information viewing section 6 can view the business card information registered by service users in the business card management service providing system. Here, the business card information refers to the business card image registered in the business card information registration section 5, and character information such as the company name written on the business card image, the name of the business card exchange partner, the affiliation, the position, the company address, the phone number, and the URL. It is also possible to change, update, and delete the business card information from the business card viewing screen. In the business card information viewing section 6, service users can view the business card information registered in the business card management service providing system. Also, business card information that is useful to service users can be displayed in descending order of priority. When the business card information is publicly available to other service users of the same affiliated company, other service users can also view the service user's business card information. The business card information viewing section 6 can also view the activity history registered in the activity history registration section 7 described below for each business card information.

[0015] <Activity history registration section 7> The activity history registration section 7 can register the activity history with the business card exchange partner of the business card information registered in the business card information registration section 5. Here, the activity history refers to, for example, having a direct meeting with the business card exchange partner, contacting the business card exchange partner by email, receiving a call or email from the business card exchange partner, sending a direct email to the business card exchange partner, etc., which are histories related to activities with the business card exchange partner. In the activity history registration section 7, it is possible to register the date and time, activity types such as visits, calls, and emails, the content of the activity, and other participants at the time of the activity. For one piece of business card information, the activity history can be registered multiple times. The registered business card information can also be edited and deleted. Also, it may be configured such that an action that is the target of leaving an activity history can be made executable from the viewing screen using the business card information viewing section 6 on the web browser 4, and the actions executed through that viewing screen can be left in the activity history.

[0016] <Business card management service providing system 200> The business card management service providing system 200 includes the entire system that provides the business card management service to service users. The business card management service providing system 200 is connected to the Internet 3. Through the Internet 3, it provides services related to business card management to the service user terminals 100. There may be multiple service user terminals 100 connected to the business card management service providing system 200. In the business card management service providing system 200, systems such as the activity history analysis unit 9, the company information analysis unit 10, the business card information storage unit 11, and the activity history storage unit 12 are stored. As described above, the activity history analysis unit 9 and the company information analysis unit 10 are stored in the program 8.

[0017] <Program 8> Program 8 stores the programs necessary to operate the business card management service providing system. Here, the programs include, in addition to the activity history analysis unit 9 and the company information analysis unit 10, those that cause the business card information stored in the business card information registration unit 5 to be stored in the business card information storage unit 11, those that cause the activity history registered in the activity history registration unit 7 to be stored in the activity history storage unit 12, those that associate the business card image and the business card information so that they are uniquely displayed, those that externally output the business card information to a file, and so on. Note that these programs are not separate, and may be configured as one or more programs capable of realizing multiple functions.

[0018] <Activity History Analysis Unit 9> The activity history analysis unit 9 functions as a condition acquisition unit that extracts conditions (extraction conditions) for obtaining company information useful to the service user from the activity history registered by the activity history registration unit 7. Conditions for companies with high usefulness include, for example, companies that include business contents that are newly acquired as targets for which an increase in sales channels can be expected, companies with high performance, companies with low performance, companies that have been in business for a certain number of years since their founding, companies that have been in business for a short period since their founding, companies with a high growth rate of business scale, companies with a low growth rate of business scale, and the like. There may be multiple conditions that are useful to the service user. Conditions that are useful to the service user may be not only positive conditions such as "companies with good performance", but also backward-looking conditions such as "companies with low performance", as long as they are preset conditions and are judged by the service user to be useful when they are satisfied. Also, conditions that are useful to the service user may be obtained from the activity history registered by the activity history registration unit 7. Conditions for companies with high usefulness obtained from the activity history include, for example, the frequency of activities with the business card contact being more than a predetermined number of times, the continuation of activities with the business card contact for a longer period than a predetermined period, and positive words such as "business negotiation completed", "continue to use in the future", and "additional order" being registered in the content of the activity history. Furthermore, it may be determined that it is useful based on both the result based on company information and the result based on the activity history.

[0019] <Company information analysis unit 10> The company information analysis department 10 uses corporate information from business card information registered by other service users, although the service user has not registered with the business card management service providing system, and compares it with the conditions extracted by the activity history analysis department 9. The corporate information is obtained not only from the information registered in the business card management service providing system, but also from the company's homepage described on the business card, the quarterly reports searched by the company name, corporate information websites, etc. Here, corporate information refers to company name, number of employees, founding year, business content, business scale, annual performance, business growth rate, location of the head office, location of each branch office, products sold, sales services, main business, industry type, affiliated companies, capital, accounting reports, sustainability reports, employment information, IR information, etc. The business card information is obtained in the order of companies (in descending order of priority) that are close to the conditions extracted by the activity history analysis department 9. Alternatively, the company information is obtained in the order of companies that are close to the extracted conditions. The closeness of the conditions means that one or more conditions match the extracted conditions, or even if they do not match the extracted conditions, they are values close to the numerical values or words such as industry type, location region, and annual performance presented in the conditions. For example, in the case of industry type, it is determined to be close to the conditions if it is within the same industry type. In the case of the location region, it is determined to be close to the conditions if it is within the same prefecture. For numerical values such as annual performance, it is determined to be close to the conditions if it is within ±10% of the numerical value. In this way, in the case of content that cannot be quantified (such as industry type or location region), if it belongs to the same group as a result of categorization according to a predetermined rule, it is determined to be close to the conditions, and in the case of content that can be quantified (such as performance), it may be configured to be determined to be close to the conditions if it is within ±10%.

[0020] <Business card information storage department 11> The business card information storage department 11 can store the character information and business card images registered by the business card information registration department 5. When business card information is registered, updated, or deleted, the information stored in the business card information storage department 11 is changed. When a service user views business card information in the business card information viewing department 6, the information stored in the business card information storage department 11 is displayed. When the company information analysis department 10 obtains and analyzes corporate information, the analysis is performed based on the information in the business card information storage department 11.

[0021] <Activity history storage department 12> The activity history storage unit 12 can store the activity history registered by the activity history registration unit 7. When the activity history is updated or deleted, the information stored in the activity history storage unit 12 is changed. When browsing the activity history in the business card information browsing unit 6, the information stored in the activity history storage unit 12 is displayed. The activity history used for analysis in the activity history analysis unit 9 is based on the information stored in the activity history storage unit 12.

[0022] Figure 2 is a sequence diagram showing the transition of information processing between the service user terminal 100 and the business card management service providing system 200. The service user terminal 100 registers business card information using the business card information registration unit 5 from the web browser 4 on the service user terminal 100 (S501).

[0023] The business card information registered from the web browser 4 is transmitted to the business card management service providing system 200 through the Internet 3. At this time, analyze how useful the registered business card information is for the service user (hereinafter referred to as service user A) from the past usefulness conditions, and quantify the degree of usefulness. If there are no past conditions, analyze and quantify using the conditions that are useful for other service users.

[0024] In the business card management service providing system 200, the company information analysis unit 10 is used to obtain the company name from the business card information registered by service users other than service user A who have not registered the business card information registered by service user A (S201). At this time, other service users only obtain the business card information that is publicly available to service user A and a plurality of other service users.

[0025] For each company name obtained in S201, corporate information is obtained from the company's homepage, annual report, corporate information website, etc. (S1001).

[0026] Service user A registers the activity history using the activity history registration unit 7 for each piece of business card information registered in the business card management service providing system 200 (S701).

[0027] The activity history analysis unit 9 acquires the activity history registered by the service user A. Using the company information analysis unit 10, the activity history of the service user A and the information of S1001 are analyzed to extract the conditions for companies that are highly useful to the service user A (S901).

[0028] The company information analysis unit 10 acquires business card information that is close to the conditions extracted in S901 from the business card information registered by service users other than the service user A (S204). As described above, it is determined whether it is close to the conditions extracted based on company information such as the company's performance and business content. At that time, frequently occurring words and characteristic words may be extracted by text mining, or positive / negative words may be extracted from the description content of the activity history using artificial intelligence or the like.

[0029] Furthermore, for the business card information acquired in S204 by the company information analysis unit 10 and the business card information owned by the service user A, the usefulness for the service user A is quantified (S205). Here, although the business card information owned by the service user A is also included, for example, for the business card information acquired in the past, it is valid because the usefulness may change by quantifying the usefulness at this time.

[0030] Here, the quantification of usefulness may be any method as long as the numerical value of the usefulness for the service user A increases as the business card information is closer to the conditions of S901, and decreases as it moves away from the conditions, and it is preferably calculated by an original calculation formula.

[0031] The quantified business card information is displayed to the business card information viewing unit 6 in descending order of the numerical value (S601).

[0032] Figure 3 is an operation flowchart of the company information analysis unit 10 in S204 of Figure 2. First, one piece of company information acquired in S201 is selected (S2041).

[0033] Analyze whether the obtained company information is useful to service user A (S2042). Whether it is useful is determined by the proximity to the conditions extracted by the activity history analysis unit 9 as described above.

[0034] If it is useful, obtain the business card information for display on the business card information viewing unit 6 of service user A (S2043). If it is not useful, return to S2041 without obtaining the business card information and select another company. This is done for all the companies obtained in S2041 (S2044). Note that instead of determining whether it is useful in S2042, the proximity to the conditions extracted by the activity history analysis unit 9 may be calculated for all the companies obtained in S2041.

[0035] FIG. 4 is an example of the viewing screen of the business card information viewing unit 6 where the business card information is displayed in S601 of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 shows a part of the functions of the business card information viewing unit 6, and the business card information viewing unit 6 may have viewing functions other than those shown in FIG. 4. They are arranged in descending order of proximity to the conditions extracted by the activity history analysis unit 9 from the top of the screen.

[0036] The overview of the displayed company (Company Name 1 Co., Ltd.) and the departments and names within the company of other service users (Service User B, Service User D) who own its business card are displayed. The overview of the company does not have to be in the form of text as shown in FIG. 4. For example, it may be in bullet points, table form, graph form, or presented on a separate page (link), etc.

[0037] The display content of other service users may include other information in addition to the department and name. For example, phone number, email address, working hours, schedule, etc. may be added. When only the company names (Company Name 2 Co., Ltd., Company Name 3 Co., Ltd.) and other service users (Service User C, Service User E) who own their business cards are displayed, by pressing the business card information of the displayed company name, the overview and the departments of other service users can be confirmed.

[0038] If multiple service users own the same business card, pressing "List" will display a list of all service users who own that business card. If you want to copy the business card information, pressing "Copy Business Card" allows you to copy it as your own business card (register it as the business card you saved). Pressing "Show More" will display the business card information not shown on the screen in order of high usefulness.

Explanation of symbols

[0039] 100 Service user terminal 200 Business card management service providing system 3 Internet 4 Web browser 5 Business card information registration section 6 Business card information viewing section 7 Activity history registration section 8 Program 9 Activity history analysis section 10 Company information analysis section 11 Business card information storage section 12 Activity history storage section

Claims

1. A server device having a business card information storage unit for storing business card information, An information terminal network-connected to the server device and capable of viewing the stored business cards, A condition acquisition unit for acquiring extraction conditions for determining that it is useful for the user of the information terminal, A company information analysis unit for extracting business card information that satisfies the extraction conditions from the business card information stored in the business card information storage unit Comprising, A business card management system, characterized in that business card information that satisfies the extraction conditions is displayed on the information terminal.

2. The company information analysis unit of the business card management system according to claim 1, characterized in that business card information that satisfies the extraction conditions is extracted for a user different from the user who stored the business card information in the business card information storage unit.

3. The business card management system according to claim 1, characterized in that the extraction conditions are set for each user.

4. The company information analysis unit of the business card management system according to claim 3, characterized in that, in addition to the business card information, companies that satisfy the extraction conditions are extracted from the company information obtained via the Internet.

5. The business card management system according to claim 2, characterized in that when a user different from the user who stored the business card information displays the business card information on the information terminal, the business card information can be registered as a business card stored by oneself.

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