Information processing system, information processing device, terminal device, program, and information processing method

Abstract

To provide an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, a terminal apparatus, a program, and an information processing method capable of easily grasping connections between a plurality of companies.SOLUTION: An information processing system executes: reception processing for receiving selection of company attribute information regarding at least one company attribute from business card information, news information, affiliated information, business partner information, and competitive information; and display processing for displaying connections between one company and other companies on a terminal apparatus based on the company attribute information received in the reception processing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing device, a terminal device, a program, and an information processing method. [Background technology]

[0002] For example, when analyzing a company for the purpose of conducting business activities such as formulating sales policies or creating business plans, it is necessary to collect various types of company information corresponding to the business activities, and in response to such needs, technology has been proposed that provides company information to users who are analyzing companies.

[0003] Patent document 1 discloses a technology for providing corporate information to a user by displaying on a display unit news information originating from a company specified by the user, as well as news information related to the company specified by the user that originates from other companies. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP2018-32159A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Incidentally, in this type of technology that provides corporate information to users, if the relationships between multiple companies are provided to the user as corporate information and the corporate information is provided by displaying it on the user's terminal, then in light of the diversification and complexity of current corporate activity, it would be convenient if the relationships between each company could be visualized so that the user could understand them.

[0006] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and has an objective of providing an information processing system, an information processing device, a terminal device, a program, and an information processing method that can easily grasp the connections between multiple companies. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the information processing system of the present invention executes a reception process for receiving a selection of company attribute information relating to at least one of company attributes from among business card information, news information, affiliated information, client information, and competitor information, and a display process for displaying on a terminal device the connections between one company and other companies based on the company attribute information received in the reception process.

[0008] This allows the connections between one company and other companies to be displayed on a terminal device based on company attribute information, making it easy to understand the connections between multiple companies.

[0009] The display processing performed by this information processing system causes a terminal device to display one company as a target company and other companies as associated companies connected to the target company, while displaying the connections between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the target company with the display of the associated companies.

[0010] The display processing performed by this information processing system causes a terminal device to display one company as a target company and other companies as associated companies connected to the target company, while displaying the connections between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the target company and the display of the associated companies with a linked display in which the coloring is changed for each company attribute information.

[0011] Furthermore, the display processing executed by the information processing system causes the terminal device to display one company as a target company and other companies as associated companies connected to the target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the target company with the display of the associated companies with a linking display, and displays corporate attribute information that is the factor that connected the one company with other companies based on the selection of the linking display.

[0012] The display processing performed by the information processing system causes a terminal device to display one company as a target company and other companies as associated companies connected to the target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the target company with the display of the associated companies with a link display, and changes the thickness of the link display based on company attribute information.

[0013] Furthermore, the display process performed by the information processing system causes the terminal device to display one company as a target company and other companies as associated companies connected to the target company, and changes the coloring of the display of the target company or the associated companies of companies associated with corporate attribute information similar to that of the company to which the user who owns the terminal device belongs to, in a way that is different from the coloring of the display of the other associated companies.

[0014] The display processing performed by the information processing system causes the terminal device to display one company as a first target company and display other companies as first associated companies connected to the first target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the first target company with a connecting display that connects the display of the first associated company, displaying any first associated company connected to the first target company with a connecting display as a second target company different from the first target company and displaying other companies connected to the second target company as second associated companies connected to the second target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the second target company with a connecting display that connects the display of the second associated company, and connecting the first target company and the second target company with a connecting display, and displaying a display of the connection between the display of the first target company and the display of the first associated company and a display of the connection between the display of the second target company and the display of the second associated company.

[0015] The display processing performed by the information processing system causes the terminal device to display one company as a first target company and other companies as first associated companies connected to the first target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the first target company with a connecting display that links the display of the first associated company, and displays any first associated company connected to the first target company with a connecting display as a second target company different from the first target company and displays other companies connected to the second target company as second associated companies connected to the second target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the second target company with a connecting display that links the display of the second associated company, displaying the connection between the display of the first target company and the display of the first associated company connected by the connecting display and the connection between the display of the second target company and the display of the second associated company connected by the connecting display in parallel.

[0016] The display processing performed by the information processing system causes a terminal device to display one company as a target company and other companies as associated companies connected to the target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the target company with the display of the associated companies with a linking display, and classifies and displays the connection between the display of the target company connected by the linking display and the display of the associated companies into arbitrary groups based on arbitrary criteria.

[0017] The display process performed by the information processing system causes a terminal device to display one company as a target company and other companies as related companies connected to the target company, and classifies and displays the target company and the related companies based on at least two of the connections between the one company and the other companies, namely capital relationship, collaborative relationship, customer relationship, competitive relationship, and purchasing relationship.

[0018] The display process performed by the information processing system causes a terminal device to display one company as a target company and other companies as associated companies connected to the target company, and displays the target company and the associated companies on a map according to the location of the one company and the locations of the other companies.

[0019] The display processing performed by the information processing system causes a terminal device to display one company as a target company and other companies as associated companies connected to the target company, while displaying the connections between the one company and other companies by connecting the display of the target company with the display of the associated companies or between the displays of the associated companies with a connecting display, and displays the connections between the display of the target company and the display of the associated companies connected by the connecting display as a time series of the emergence or extinction of connections between the one company and other companies over any period of time.

[0020] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the information processing device of the present invention is an information processing device comprising a processor, a memory in which a program is stored, and a storage unit in which corporate attribute information relating to at least one of corporate attributes among business card information, news information, affiliation information, business partner information, and competitor information is stored, and by executing the program by the processor, a reception process for receiving a selection of corporate attribute information and a display process for displaying on a terminal device connections between one company and other companies based on the corporate attribute information received in the reception process.

[0021] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the terminal device of the present invention displays connections between one company and another company based on a reception process that receives a selection of company attribute information relating to at least one of the following company attributes: business card information, news information, affiliated information, client information, and competitor information.

[0022] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the program of the present invention causes an information processing device implemented by a computer to execute a reception process for receiving a selection of company attribute information relating to at least one of company attributes from among business card information, news information, affiliated information, client information, and competitor information, and a display process for displaying on a terminal device the connections between one company and other companies based on the company attribute information received in the reception process.

[0023] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the information processing method of the present invention uses an information processing device implemented by a computer to execute a reception process for receiving a selection of company attribute information relating to at least one of company attributes from among business card information, news information, affiliated information, client information, and competitor information, and a display process for displaying on a terminal device the connections between one company and other companies based on the company attribute information received in the reception process. Effect of the Invention

[0024] According to the present invention, the connections between a plurality of companies can be easily understood. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0025] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of a configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of the configuration of a computer that implements an information processing device and a user terminal of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining an outline of the functions of an information processing device in the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining an outline of company attribute information processed by the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining an outline of the process of the reception processing unit of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining an outline of processing of a display processing unit of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 8] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 9] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 10] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 11] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 12] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 13] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 14]FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 15] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 16] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0026] Next, an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

[0027] 1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of the configuration of an information processing system according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the information processing system 10 mainly comprises an information processing device 20 and a plurality of user terminals 30 which are terminal devices, and these are connected to each other via a network N such as the Internet.

[0028] In this embodiment, the information processing device 20 is provided in a business operator 1, and the user terminal 30 is owned by a plurality of users 2 who use the services provided by the business operator 1. In this embodiment, the users 2 are, for example, personnel in charge of customer management or the like in a given company.

[0029] In this embodiment, the service provided by the operator 1 is a service that executes information processing to visually display connections between one company and other companies on the user terminal 30, for the purpose of providing information about an arbitrary company based on a request from the user 2 (the company in which the user 2 is engaged) to the user 2 via the user terminal 30.

[0030] When starting to use this service, the user 2 is required by the business operator 1 to input various information about the company he or she works for (for example, type of business, company size, sales amount, etc.).

[0031] Next, a specific configuration of each part of the information processing system 10 will be described.

[0032] In this embodiment, the information processing device 20 and the user terminal 30 are implemented by computers having substantially the same hardware configuration, for example, desktop or notebook computers.

[0033] FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of the configuration of a computer.

[0034] As shown in the figure, the computer comprises, as its main components, a processor 101, a memory 102, a storage 103, a transmitting / receiving unit 104, and an input / output unit 105, which are electrically connected to each other via a bus 106.

[0035] The processor 101 is an arithmetic unit that controls the operation of the computer, controls the transmission and reception of data between each element, and performs processes required for executing application programs.

[0036] In this embodiment, the processor 101 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and executes application programs deployed in a memory 102 (described below) to perform various processes.

[0037] The memory 102 is implemented by a main storage device that is configured as a volatile storage device such as a dynamic random access memory (DRAM).

[0038] This memory 102 is used as a working area for the processor 101, and also stores a basic input / output system (BIOS) that is executed when the computer is started, various setting information, and the like.

[0039] The storage 103 stores data and the like used for various processes by application programs and the like.

[0040] The transmitting / receiving unit 104 connects the computer to the network N. This transmitting / receiving unit 104 may be compatible with a wireless communication standard such as Wi-Fi, or may be equipped with a short-range communication interface such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy).

[0041] If necessary, information input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse and output devices such as a display are connected to the input / output unit 105. In this embodiment, a keyboard, a mouse, and a display are each connected.

[0042] The bus 106 transmits, for example, address signals, data signals, and various control signals between the processor 101, memory 102, storage 103, transmission / reception unit 104, and input / output unit 105 that are connected thereto.

[0043] 3 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of the functions of the information processing device 20. As shown in the figure, the information processing device 20 includes a storage unit 21, a reception processing unit 22, an extraction processing unit 23, and a display processing unit 24.

[0044] The storage unit 21 is realized by partitioning the storage area of ​​the storage 103. In this embodiment, the storage unit 21 stores company attribute information D in the form of a database.

[0045] 4 is a diagram illustrating an outline of the configuration of company attribute information D. As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, the company attribute information D is made up of business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, business partner information d4, and competitor information d5.

[0046] Business card information d1 is information written on a business card, and includes information about the company to which the person who exchanged business cards belongs, such as the company name, department name, name, telephone number, mobile phone number, or email address, or personal information identifying the person who exchanged business cards.

[0047] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the business card information d1 includes information about a person with whom a business card was exchanged, obtained directly from the person with whom the business card was exchanged or from the business to which the person belongs, such as, for example, the signature field of an email, a telephone inquiry, or an inquiry via a website.

[0048] In this embodiment, news information d2 includes various news related to companies, such as news about partnerships between companies, news about companies introducing optional services or technologies, news about corporate litigation and fundraising, etc.

[0049] In this embodiment, the affiliation information d3 is information related to affiliations, which are relationships formed by grouping a number of companies and forming long-term transactions within the group, and is configured to include, for example, information about the affiliation to which a given company belongs, or information about companies belonging to a given affiliation.

[0050] In this embodiment, the business partner information d4 is information on business partners including, for example, major business partners of a given company, and the competitive information d5 is information on competitive relationships between a plurality of companies.

[0051] The corporate attribute information D further includes various information about the company (corporate information) such as the company's industry (business content), sales, number of employees, capital, profits, fiscal year end, industry information, group companies, organizational chart, photos of the company building, whether or not there are transactions, location, representative, business characteristics, etc.

[0052] The reception processing unit 22, the extraction processing unit 23, and the display processing unit 24 shown in FIG. 3 are realized by the processor 101 executing a program stored in the memory 102.

[0053] In this embodiment, the reception processing unit 22 executes a process of receiving various information input by the user 2 via the user terminal 30.

[0054] 5 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of the processing of the reception processing unit 22. As shown in the figure, the reception processing unit 22 executes a target company reception process S1, a company attribute information reception process S2, and an operation reception process S3.

[0055] In this embodiment, the target company reception process S1 executes a process to accept a selection when a user 2 selects a company as a target company in a service provided by an operator 1 and requests that connections be displayed on the user terminal 30.

[0056] For example, when User 2 requests a display of connections between a certain company, "Company A," and other companies in order to search for other companies to which "Company A" is connected, User 2 selects "Company A" as the target company via user terminal 30, and the selection is accepted.

[0057] In this embodiment, the company attribute information reception process S2 executes a process of receiving a selection by a user 2 of at least one of company attribute information D from business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, business partner information d4, and competitive information d5.

[0058] For example, when User 2 requests to display the connections between "Company A," which he / she has selected as the target company, and other companies, he / she selects business card information d1 if he / she requests to display other companies that have exchanged business cards with "Company A" (its representative), or selects business partner information d4 if he / she requests to display other companies that do business with "Company A," and the selection is accepted.

[0059] In this embodiment, when user 2 requests to display connections between one company and other companies, the operation reception process S3 executes a process to receive operation information required for the display and input by user 2 via user terminal 30.

[0060] For example, as described below, the device accepts input of operation information for displaying details of corporate attribute information D that is the cause of a connection between a certain company and other companies, classifying and displaying the connections between a certain company and other companies based on arbitrary criteria as described below, displaying them on a map based on the location of each company, or displaying the emergence or extinction of connections between each company based on a timeline.

[0061] These processes in the reception processing unit 22 are executed based on information input by, for example, the user 2 operating the cursor via a mouse to select any icon on the screen interface displayed on the user terminal 30, or by placing the cursor over any icon.

[0062] In this embodiment, the extraction processing unit 23 shown in Figure 3 executes a process of extracting other companies connected to a certain target company by comparing company attribute information D related to the certain company with company attribute information D related to the other companies, based on the processing in the target company reception process S1 and company attribute information reception process S2 of the reception processing unit 22.

[0063] In this embodiment, the display processing unit 24 executes display processing to display connections between one company and other companies on the user terminal 30 based on the processing of the reception processing unit 22 and the accompanying processing of the extraction processing unit 23.

[0064] 6 is a block diagram for explaining an outline of the processing of the display processing unit 24. As shown in the figure, the display processing unit 24 executes a basic display process S10, a company attribute information display process S11, a comparison display process S12, a classification display process S13, a map display process S14, and a time-series display process S15.

[0065] The basic display process S10 is a process for executing a display process for displaying on the user terminal 30 basic information regarding the connections between one company and other companies.

[0066] 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen interface displayed on the user terminal 30 by the basic display process S10. For example, when the user 2 selects "Company A" as a target company in the target company reception process S1, in the basic display process S10, as shown in the figure, "Company A" is displayed in a frame as a target company and larger than other displays (display of the target company), and other companies connected to "Company A" (for example, "Company N", "Company O", "Company X", etc.) are displayed in frames as related companies (display of related companies).

[0067] On the other hand, in this embodiment, the basic display process S10 executes information processing to visually display on the user terminal 30 the connection between one company (target company) and other companies (related companies) based on at least one of the company attribute information D among the business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, business partner information d4, and competitive information d5 received in the company attribute information reception process S2, by connecting the display of the target company with the display of the related companies with a linear connecting display.

[0068] Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the basic display process S10 displays the linear connection display by changing the color for each of the business card information d1, the news information d2, the affiliated information d3, the client information d4, and the competitor information d5.

[0069] For example, the connection between "Company A" and "Company X" and between "Company A" and "Company N", which are connections based on business card information d1, is displayed in "red", while the connection between "Company A" and "Company R", which is a connection based on group information d3, is displayed in "green", and so on. In this way, the coloring is changed according to the company attribute information D.

[0070] In FIG. 7, for convenience of illustration, the change in color of the linked display in accordance with the company attribute information D is represented by changing the line type. However, instead of changing the color of the linked display, it is also possible to actually change the line type and display it as shown in FIG. 7.

[0071] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the basic display process S10 executes a process of changing the thickness of the line-shaped connection display in accordance with the company attribute information D and displaying it on the user terminal 30.

[0072] For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the thickness of the link display between "Company D" and "Company X," who have a particularly deep connection based on the group information d3 (for example, a parent-child relationship), or between "Company N" and "Company P," who have a particularly deep connection based on the customer information d4 (for example, a business partnership), is changed in accordance with the company attribute information D.

[0073] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the basic display process S10 executes a process in which, when a company associated with company attribute information D similar to the company in which user 2 is engaged is displayed on the user terminal 30 as a target company or an associated company, the color of the display of the target company or the color of the display of the associated company is changed to the color of the display of other associated companies and displayed on the user terminal 30.

[0074] Specifically, for example, when a company in an industry (business content) similar to that of the company in which user 2 is engaged and information regarding the company's industry (business content) is included in the company attribute information D is displayed as a target company or an associated company on the user terminal 30, the color of the display of the target company or the associated company of the company is changed to the color of the display of other associated companies.

[0075] For example, as shown in Figure 7, the coloring used when displaying "Company A," a company in an industry (business content) similar to the company in which User 2 is engaged, as the target company, and the coloring used when displaying "Company D," "Company N," "Company O," "Company V," and "Company X" as related companies are changed to the coloring used when displaying other related companies (e.g., "Company B," "Company E," "Company F," and "Company M," etc.), and are displayed on user terminal 30.

[0076] In this embodiment, when a company that includes warnings such as a company that has been involved in incidents in the past, has ties to anti-social forces, or is suspected of violating laws and regulations is displayed as a target company or related company, the basic display process S10 executes a process to change the color of the display frame of the target company or the color of the display frame of the related company to the color of the display frame of another target company or the color of the display frame of the related company and display it on the user terminal 30.

[0077] For example, as shown in Figure 7, if any of the above-mentioned notes are included in the company attribute information D for "Company K" displayed as a related company, the color of the display frame for "Company K" will be changed to the color of the display frame for other target companies or the color of the display frame for related companies and displayed on the user terminal 30.

[0078] In the present embodiment, the company attribute information display process S11 shown in FIG.

[0079] In this embodiment, when a linked display between the display of the target company and the display of related companies is selected, this company attribute information display process S11 executes a process of displaying on the user terminal 30 the company attribute information D that was the factor that connected one company with another company.

[0080] For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when user 2 selects the connection display by placing the cursor over the connection display between "Company A" and "Company D," a link to news information d2 contained in corporate attribute information D that is the cause of the connection between "Company A" and "Company D" is displayed.

[0081] At this time, when user 2 selects a link with the cursor, details of the news information d2 (eg, a press release) are displayed.

[0082] On the other hand, the company attribute information display process S11 executes a process of displaying on the user terminal 30 the industry (business content) included in the company attribute information D of the target company or related company when display of the target company or related company is selected.

[0083] For example, as shown in FIG. 9, when User 2 selects "Company B" which is a display of related companies with the cursor, the industry (business content) of "Company B" is displayed.

[0084] In this case, by performing any operation (e.g., double-clicking) on ​​the display of the related company, for example, company attribute information D regarding "Company B", which is the display of the related company, may be configured to be displayed in the sidebar of the screen interface shown in Figure 9.

[0085] The corporate attribute information D displayed in the sidebar includes, for example, business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, business partner information d4, and competitor information d5, as well as various other information such as sales revenue, number of employees, capital, profits, fiscal year end, industry information, group companies, organizational chart, photos of the company building, whether or not there are transactions, location, representative, etc.

[0086] Furthermore, when the display of the target company or related companies that include some kind of caution is selected, the company attribute information display process S11 executes a process of displaying the cautions included in the company attribute information D of the target company or related companies on the user terminal 30.

[0087] For example, as shown in FIG. 10, when user 2 selects with the cursor "Company K" whose associated company display frame has been changed in color, a warning about "Company K" (eg, a warning about legal violations) is displayed.

[0088] In this embodiment, the related company display process S12 shown in Figure 6 executes a process of displaying on the user terminal 30 connections between a company that has connections with other companies that have connections with a given company but do not have connections with the given company, and connections between other companies that have connections with the given company (i.e., connections between other companies).

[0089] Specifically, one company, the target company, is displayed as a first target company (display of the first target company), and another company, the related company, is displayed as a first related company (display of the first related company).

[0090] In this embodiment, by connecting the display of the first target company and the display of the first related company with a linked display, information processing is performed to visually display on the user terminal 30 the connection between one company (the first target company) and another company (the first related company) based on at least one of company attribute information D among business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, business partner information d4, and competitive information d5 received in the company attribute information reception process S2.

[0091] On the other hand, any other company that is a first related company is displayed as a second target company different from the first target company (display of the second target company), and other companies that are connected to this second target company are displayed as second related companies (display of the second related companies).

[0092] In this embodiment, by connecting the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company with a linked display, information processing is performed to visually display on the user terminal 30 the connection between another company (the second target company) and another company (the second related company) based on at least one of company attribute information D among business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, business partner information d4, and competitor information d5 received in the company attribute information reception process S2.

[0093] These display of connections between the display of the first target company and the display of the first related company (one display) and the display of connections between the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company (other display), and the display of the first target company and the display of the second target company are linked in a linked display to display a display 100 of connections between the display of the first target company and the display of the first related company and a display 200 of connections between the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company, as shown as an example in Figure 11.

[0094] In this embodiment, the comparison display process S13 shown in FIG. 6 is a process for executing a process of displaying a plurality of connections between one company and other companies in parallel on the user terminal 30.

[0095] Specifically, for any one of multiple displays of connections between a company and other companies, the target company is displayed as a first target company (display of first target company) and the related company is displayed as a first related company (display of first related company).

[0096] In this embodiment, by connecting the display of the first target company and the display of the first related company with a linked display, information processing is performed to visually display on the user terminal 30 the connection between one company (the first target company) and another company (the first related company) based on at least one of company attribute information D among business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, business partner information d4, and competitive information d5 received in the company attribute information reception process S2.

[0097] On the other hand, for any other display in the multiple displays of the connections between the one company and other companies, any first related company in the one display is displayed as a second target company different from the first target company in the one display (display of the second target company), and other companies connected to this second target company are displayed as second related companies (display of the second related company).

[0098] In this embodiment, by connecting the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company with a linked display, information processing is performed to visually display on the user terminal 30 the connection between one company (the second target company) and another company (the second related company) based on at least one of company attribute information D among business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, business partner information d4, and competitor information d5 received in the company attribute information reception process S2.

[0099] When a display of the connection between the display of the first target company and the display of the first related company (one display) and a display of the connection between the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company (another display) are displayed side by side on the user terminal 30, for example, when user 2 selects the "Compare" icon displayed in the display of company attribute information D shown in Figures 9 and 10, a display 100 of the connection between the display of the first target company and the display of the first related company and a display 200 of the connection between the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company are displayed side by side, as shown as an example in Figure 12.

[0100] In this embodiment, the classification display process S14 shown in Figure 6 executes a process of classifying the connections between the display of the target company and the display of related companies connected by a linked display into arbitrary groups based on arbitrary criteria such as business type (industry), company size, region, etc., and displaying them on the user terminal 30.

[0101] In this embodiment, this classification display process S14 classifies (industry classification) the connections between the display of the target company connected by the linked display and the display of the related companies based on the business type (industry) of the one company and the other companies, and displays the connections between the companies on the user terminal 30 by grouping them into multiple group displays G1 to G3, as shown in an example in Figure 13.

[0102] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the classification display process S14 classifies the display of the target company and the display of related companies based on at least two of the connections between one company and another company among capital relationship, collaborative relationship, customer relationship, competitive relationship, and capital relationship, and displays them on the user terminal 30.

[0103] For example, as shown in Figure 14, the display of the target company "Company A" is placed at the center, with the displays of related companies that have a capital relationship with "Company A" placed in the first quadrant, the displays of related companies that have a collaborative relationship with "Company A" placed in the second quadrant, the displays of related companies that are customers of "Company A" placed in the third quadrant, and the displays of related companies that are competitive with "Company A" placed in the fourth quadrant.

[0104] In this embodiment, the map display process S15 shown in Figure 6 executes a process of displaying the target company and related companies on a map according to the respective locations (e.g., the locations of the head offices) of one company and another company that have a connection based on the company attribute information D, as shown in an example in Figure 15.

[0105] In this embodiment, the time series display process S16 shown in Figure 6 executes a process of displaying on the user terminal 30 the connection between the display of the target company and the display of the related company connected by a linked display as a time series of the emergence or extinction of a connection between one company and another company over any period of time.

[0106] For example, as shown in Figure 16, based on the time when a connection between a given company and other companies was established, the transition of the connection between a given company and other companies over a two-year period from September 2020 to September 2022 is displayed in chronological order as a connection between a display of the target company connected by a linked display and a display of related companies.

[0107] When a user 2 uses a service provided by a business operator 1 using such an information processing system 10, the user 2 first registers for use of the service by inputting various information about the company in which the user 2 works (e.g., industry, company size, sales, etc.).

[0108] When using the service, the user selects and inputs any one company as the target company, and also selects and inputs business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, business partner information d4, and competitor information d5, etc., which make up the company attribute information D.

[0109] Based on the input of these pieces of information, the connections between the one company and the other companies are displayed on the user terminal 30 of the user 2. In this embodiment, the one company is displayed as a target company and the other companies are displayed as associated companies, and the display of the target company and the display of the associated companies are linked with a link display, thereby displaying the connections between the one company and the other companies.

[0110] At this time, the linear connection display is displayed with different colors for each of the business card information d1, news information d2, affiliated information d3, client information d4, and competitor information d5, etc. Therefore, it is possible to grasp at a glance what kind of corporate attribute information D is the basis for the connection between one company and another company.

[0111] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the thickness of the line connection display is changed to a thicker line if there is a deep connection according to the company attribute information D. Therefore, the depth of the connection between any companies can be grasped at a glance.

[0112] On the other hand, the display of the target company or the display of the related company related to the company attribute information D similar to that of the company in which the user 2 is engaged is displayed in a different color from that of the other related companies. Therefore, the user 2 can at a glance grasp the companies having attributes similar to the company in which the user 2 is engaged.

[0113] Furthermore, when a target company or related company is displayed with the company attribute information D containing some cautions, the frame color of the display is changed. Therefore, it is possible to know at a glance which companies require caution when doing business with them.

[0114] In addition to such basic displays, in this embodiment, based on operation information input by user 2 via user terminal 30, it is possible to display details of company attribute information D, to display connections between other companies, and to display multiple connections between one company and other companies in parallel.

[0115] Furthermore, based on input of operational information, the connections between one company and other companies can be classified based on any criteria and displayed, displayed on a map, or displayed in a time series.

[0116] Therefore, depending on the purpose of User 2 (the company in which User 2 works) analyzing companies, the connections between one company and other companies can be displayed from various perspectives, thereby providing User 2 with useful information when analyzing companies.

[0117] In this way, the information processing system 10 can display the connections between one company and other companies on the user terminal 30 based on the company attribute information D, allowing the user 2 to easily understand the connections between multiple companies.

[0118] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[0119] In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which a linear connecting display connects the display of the target company with the display of the related company, but the connecting display is not limited to a linear display and may be, for example, a shape such as a triangle, a square, a circle, etc., an arrow, or any other display.

[0120] Furthermore, differences may be set for the display of the target company and the display of the related companies in terms of font, size, color, frame shape or thickness, etc., and these differences may be associated with the company attribute information D, allowing user 2 to grasp the differences in the company attribute information D at a glance.

[0121] In the above embodiment, the user terminal 30 is implemented by a desktop or notebook computer. However, the user terminal 30 may be implemented by a smartphone or tablet computer.

[0122] In the above embodiment, the case where the information processing device 20 is provided in the business entity 1 has been described, but the information processing device 20 may be implemented in a cloud environment. [Explanation of symbols]

[0123] 1 Operator 2. Users 10. Information Processing Systems 20 Information processing device 30 User terminal (terminal device)

Claims

1. A reception process for receiving a selection of at least one of business attribute information related to a business attribute from among business card information, news information, affiliation information, business partner information, and competitor information; a display process for displaying one company as a target company and displaying other companies as related companies connected to the target company based on the company attribute information received in the reception process, while displaying on a terminal device a display of the connection between the display of the target company and the display of the related companies; An information processing system that executes the above.

2. The display process includes: The terminal device, a linking indicator connecting the indication of the target company and the indication of the related company to indicate a connection between the one company and the other company; The information processing system according to claim 1 .

3. The display process includes: The terminal device, a link display in which the display of the target company and the display of the related company are connected with a link display in which the color is changed according to the company attribute information, thereby displaying the connection between the one company and the other company; 3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The display process includes: The terminal device, indicating a connection between the one enterprise and the other enterprise by connecting the representation of the target enterprise with the representation of the related enterprise by a linking representation; displaying the company attribute information that is a factor that connects the one company and the other company based on the selection of the link display; 3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

5. The display process includes: The terminal device, When displaying the one company as a target company and displaying the other companies as related companies connected to the target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and the other companies by connecting the display of the target company and the display of the related companies with a linking display, changing and displaying the thickness of the linked display based on the company attribute information; 3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

6. The display process includes: The terminal device, When displaying the one company as a target company and displaying the other companies as related companies connected to the target company, a display color of the target company or a display color of an associated company of the company associated with the company attribute information similar to that of the company to which the user who owns the terminal device belongs is changed from a display color of another associated company; 3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

7. The display process includes: The terminal device, displaying the one company as a first target company and the other company as a first related company connected to the first target company, while displaying a connection between the one company and the other company by connecting the display of the first target company and the display of the first related company with a linking display; Any of the first related companies connected to the first target company by the linking display is displayed as a second target company different from the first target company, and the other company connected to the second target company is displayed as a second related company connected to the second target company, while displaying the connection between the other companies by connecting the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company with a linking display that connects the display of the second target company, and linking the first target company and the second target company with the linked display, and displaying a display of a connection between the display of the first target company and the display of the first associated company, and a display of a connection between the display of the second target company and the display of the second associated company; 3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

8. The display process includes: The terminal device, displaying the one company as a first target company and the other company as a first related company connected to the first target company, while displaying a connection between the one company and the other company by connecting the display of the first target company and the display of the first related company with a linking display; and displaying any of the first related companies connected to the first target company by the linking display as a second target company different from the first target company, and displaying the other company connected to the second target company as a second related company connected to the second target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and the other company by connecting the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company with a linking display that connects the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company, displaying in parallel the connection between the display of the first target company and the display of the first related company connected by the linked display and the connection between the display of the second target company and the display of the second related company connected by the linked display; 3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

9. The display process includes: The terminal device, When displaying the one company as a target company and displaying the other companies as related companies connected to the target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and the other companies by connecting the display of the target company and the display of the related companies with a linking display, The connections between the display of the target company and the display of the related company connected by the linked display are classified into arbitrary groups based on arbitrary criteria and displayed.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

10. The display process includes: The terminal device, When displaying the one company as a target company and displaying the other companies as related companies connected to the target company, classifying and displaying the display of the target company and the display of the related companies based on at least two of the connections between the one company and the other company, namely, capital relationship, collaboration relationship, customer relationship, competitive relationship, and purchasing relationship; 3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

11. The display process includes: The terminal device, When displaying the one company as a target company and displaying the other companies as related companies connected to the target company, Displaying a representation of the target company and a representation of the related companies on a map according to the location of the one company and the location of the other company; 3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

12. The display process includes: The terminal device, When displaying the one company as a target company and displaying the other companies as related companies connected to the target company, while displaying the connection between the one company and the other companies by connecting the display of the target company and the display of the related companies or between the displays of the related companies with a linking display, displaying the connection between the display of the target company and the display of the related company connected by the linked display as a time series showing the occurrence or extinction of a connection between the one company and the other company over an arbitrary period of time; 3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

13. A processor; A memory in which a program is stored; A storage unit storing corporate attribute information relating to at least one corporate attribute among business card information, news information, affiliate information, client information, and competitor information, When the program is executed by the processor, A reception process for receiving a selection of the company attribute information; a display process for displaying one company as a target company and displaying other companies as related companies connected to the target company based on the company attribute information received in the reception process, while displaying on a terminal device a display of the connection between the display of the target company and the display of the related companies; An information processing device that executes the above.

14. displaying one company as a target company and displaying other companies as related companies connected to the target company based on a reception process for receiving a selection of company attribute information related to at least one of business card information, news information, affiliate information, client information, and competitor information, while displaying a display of a connection between the display of the target company and the display of the related companies; Terminal device.

15. An information processing device implemented by a computer, A reception process for receiving a selection of at least one of business attribute information related to a business attribute from among business card information, news information, affiliation information, business partner information, and competitor information; a display process for displaying one company as a target company and displaying other companies as related companies connected to the target company based on the company attribute information received in the reception process, while displaying on a terminal device a display of the connection between the display of the target company and the display of the related companies; A program that executes the following.

16. Using an information processing device implemented by a computer, A reception process for receiving a selection of at least one of business attribute information related to a business attribute from among business card information, news information, affiliation information, business partner information, and competitor information; a display process for displaying one company as a target company and displaying other companies as related companies connected to the target company based on the company attribute information received in the reception process, while displaying on a terminal device a display of the connection between the display of the target company and the display of the related companies; An information processing method for performing the above.

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