Matching Support System, Matching Support Method, and Matching Support Program
The matching support system addresses the challenge of discovering promising original works and authors by using a database of indexed original work information, enabling efficient browsing and selection for commercial users, and facilitating effective communication and contract management.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2021140652
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2021-08-31
- Publication Date
- 2025-06-18
- Estimated Expiration
- 2041-08-31
AI Technical Summary
Commercial users, including publishers, face challenges in discovering promising original works and original authors efficiently, as the vast number of submissions on novel submission sites makes it time-consuming and unreliable, with popularity rankings not guaranteeing commercial success.
A matching support system that includes a database associating original work information with various indexes, such as reading progress, evaluation metrics, and plot correlations, allowing commercial users to efficiently browse and select original works and authors through a user-friendly interface, with notifications and communication tools to facilitate contact and contract management.
The system enables efficient matching between original works, original authors, and commercial users, reducing the time and uncertainty in discovering promising content, and providing a platform for effective communication and contract management.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present invention relates to a matching support system, a matching support method, and a matching support program.
Background Art
[0002] When a writer such as a novelist wants to publish a work created by himself / herself, the writer may bring his / her work to a publishing company and try to sell it. If the work is adopted by the publishing company through the sales pitch, the writer's work will be published as a book by the publishing company. However, the probability of a work being adopted through a sales pitch is not very high. Therefore, when a writer wants to publish a work, in many cases, the writer undertakes so-called self-publishing at his / her own expense. In addition, there are also cases where a writer applies his / her work to a writing competition hosted by a publishing company or the like. In this case, if the writer's ability is recognized in the writing competition, the writer's work will be published as a book by the publishing company.
[0003] However, self-publishing is very difficult for writers who do not have enough financial resources. In addition, not many people are recognized for their ability through winning a writing competition or the like. From such a perspective, a publishing system for works that enables a writer to express and develop new talents via a network has been proposed (for the above, see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Prior Art Documents
Patent Documents
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Patent Document 1
Summary of the Invention
Problems to be Solved by the Invention
[0005] Incidentally, not only in the above-mentioned work contests, but also for commercial users including publishers, it is difficult to achieve commercial success without efficiently discovering the original works and original authors of the works. For this reason, commercial users browse so-called novel submission sites and focus on discovering original works and original authors.
[0006] However, there is a problem that a huge number of original works are posted on novel submission sites, and the work of discovering promising original works and original authors takes a great deal of time for commercial users. In addition, although there are sometimes popularity rankings of original works and original authors posted on novel submission sites, publishing a book by an original work or original author ranked at the top of the popularity ranking does not necessarily guarantee commercial success. That is, there is a need for a technology that can discover promising original works and original authors from a perspective different from the popularity ranking.
[0007] Moreover, there is a possibility that many commercial users have checked the original works ranked at the top of the popularity ranking. Therefore, for example, even if a certain commercial user makes a contract offer to the original author of that original work, there may already be another commercial user who has made a contract with that original author. For this reason, in addition to the popularity ranking, it is desirable to be able to discover original works and original authors that commercial users cannot notice.
[0008] Therefore, in one aspect, an object is to provide a matching support system, a matching support method, and a matching support program for supporting efficient matching between original works and original authors and commercial users.
Means for Solving the Problem
[0009] In one embodiment, a matching support system is a matching support system that supports matching between either one or both of an original work and the original author of the original work and a commercial user of the original work, and includes a database that stores in association the original work information of the original work and index information representing a plurality of types of indexes including the reading progress of a reader with respect to the original work information, an option for selecting the index information, and a screen including at least a part of the original work information displayed in response to a selection for the option, and is provided to a first terminal of the commercial user, and a server that notifies an access of the commercial user to a second terminal of the original author in response to an access from the commercial user to the part of the original work information.
[0010] In the above configuration, the index may include the number of evaluations of a plurality of types of evaluation items of the reader with respect to the original work, and the screen may be configured to include the number of evaluations in association with a symbol that emotionally represents the evaluation item.
[0011] In the above configuration, the index may include at least the plot of the original work and the correlation between the characters appearing in the original work include as a configuration.
[0012] In the above configuration, the server may be configured to request a third terminal of a reader who has read the original work based on a first instruction of the original author to create a recommendation text of the original work for an unread person of the original work.
[0013] In the above configuration, when the server detects the access, the server may specify the handling of the original work by the commercial user based on the access type of the access, associate the specified handling with the original work information in the database, and notify the second terminal.
[0014] In the above configuration, when the server detects the access, the server may be configured to provide a contact screen limited to the original author and the commercial user to both the original author and the commercial user.
[0015] In the above configuration, when a request to display a contract screen for viewing a contract document regarding the handling of the original work is detected after the provision of the communication screen, the contract document information of the contract document is managed in association with the history information of the contract document information, and the contract screen may be displayed on both the first terminal and the second terminal.
[0016] In the above configuration, when the server notifies the second terminal of a plurality of accesses from different commercial users, the second terminal displays the notification sources of the plurality of accesses, and based on the plurality of accesses notified to the second terminal and another access directed to any one of the notification sources selected by the original author, after managing the contract document information or before managing the contract document information, if the agreement between both the original author and the commercial user regarding the handling is determined, the editing operation on the original work information may be opened to the commercial user who is a party to the contract.
[0017] In the above configuration, the database stores the original work information, the setting information including the characters appearing in the original work and the character images of the characters, and the original author information including the history of the original author in association with each other. When the server detects a second instruction including a specific display item in the screen, the server may be configured to display the setting information or the original author information in the screen according to the specific display item.
[0018] In the above configuration, when the server detects a third instruction to register the original work information, the server may acquire the original work information from another database that stores the original work information in a state where viewing by the reader is restricted, and register the acquired original work information in the database.
[0019] In one embodiment, the matching support method is a matching support method in which a server supports matching between either one or both of an original work and the original author of the original work and a commercial user of the original work. The server refers to a database that stores in association the original work information of the original work and index information representing a plurality of types of indexes including the reading progress of readers with respect to the original work information, selects the index information, and provides a screen including the selected index information and at least a part of the original work information displayed in response to the selection for the option to the first terminal of the commercial user. In response to access from the commercial user to the part of the original work information, the access of the commercial user is notified to the second terminal of the original author.
[0020] In one embodiment, the matching support program is a matching support program for causing a server to execute a process of supporting matching between either one or both of an original work and the original author of the original work and a commercial user of the original work. The server refers to a database that stores in association the original work information of the original work and index information representing a plurality of types of indexes including the reading progress of readers with respect to the original work information, selects the index information, and provides a screen including the selected index information and at least a part of the original work information displayed in response to the selection for the option to the first terminal of the commercial user. In response to access from the commercial user to the part of the original work information, the server is caused to execute a process of notifying the access of the commercial user to the second terminal of the original author.
Advantages of the Invention
[0021] According to the matching support system, the matching support method, and the matching support program, efficient matching between the original work or the original author and the commercial user can be supported.
Brief Description of the Drawings
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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
[0023] Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present case will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0024] (First Embodiment) The matching support system ST includes a server 100 and an internal DB (Database) 110. The matching support system ST may or may not include an external DB 120. The server 100 may be called an application server. The internal DB 110 may be called a system-internal DB server. The external DB 120 may be called a system-external DB server. By the cooperation of the server 100 and the internal DB 110, it is possible to support the matching between either one or both of the original work and the original author P2 of the original work and the commercial user P1 of the original work. In this embodiment, the internal DB 110 is an example of a database, and the external DB 120 is an example of another database.
[0025] The original work may be a novel, a comic, a scenario, a game scenario, or the like. That is, the original work is not particularly limited as long as it is a created original work. From such a viewpoint, the original authors of the original work include various creators who engage in creative activities such as writers, comic artists, scenario writers, and scenario writers. On the other hand, examples of commercial users include various business operators such as publishing houses, broadcasting stations including television stations and radio stations, movie distribution companies, game makers, or employees belonging to such business operators. The business operator may be a corporation or an individual. The commercial user is not particularly limited to the various business operators and employees described above as long as it is a business operator that commercially uses the original work.
[0026] Server 100, internal DB 110, and external DB 120 are installed in data center DC that provides a public type of cloud service. Server 100, internal DB 110, and external DB 120 are connected to each other by communication network NW1 such as LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network). Also, communication network NW1 is connected to communication network NW2 such as the Internet. The first terminal 10, the second terminal 20, and the mobile base station BS are wired-connected to communication network NW2.
[0027] As a result, the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 can directly access server 100. Also, the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 can indirectly access each other via server 100. On the other hand, the third terminal 30 is wirelessly connected to the mobile base station BS. Therefore, the third terminal 30 can also directly access server 100. Also, the second terminal 20 and the third terminal 30 can indirectly access each other via server 100 and the mobile base station BS.
[0028] Note that in FIG. 1, the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 are shown as PCs (Personal Computers), but one or both of the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 may be smart devices such as smartphones or tablet terminals. Also, the third terminal 30 is shown as a smartphone, but the third terminal 30 may be a PC. Furthermore, the connection between the first terminal 10 and communication network NW2 may be wireless or may partially include wireless. Similarly, the connection between the second terminal 20 and communication network NW2 may be wireless or may partially include wireless. The connection between the third terminal 30 and communication network NW2 may be wired or may partially include wired.
[0029] Here, the first terminal 10 is a terminal operated by a commercial user (such as an editor of a publishing house) P1. The second terminal 20 is a terminal operated by the original author P2. The third terminal 30 is a terminal operated by a reader P3 of the original work created (such as written) by the original author P2. The original author P2 can operate the second terminal 20 to create an original work. Although details will be described later, after creating the original work, when the original author P2 performs a predetermined operation on the second terminal 20, the second terminal 20 transmits the original work to the external DB120 as original work information. Thereby, the external DB120 stores the original work information as a registration target in the internal DB110. The external DB120 stores the original work information in a state where browsing by the commercial user P1 and the reader P3 is restricted.
[0030] Also, after transmitting the original work information, when the original author P2 gives a predetermined instruction to the second terminal 20, the server 100 acquires the original work information from the external DB120 and registers it in the internal DB110. Thereby, the internal DB110 stores the original work information. When the internal DB110 stores the original work information, the server 100 publishes the original work information for the commercial user P1 and the reader P3. Thereby, the commercial user P1 can browse the original work information via the first terminal 10. Also, the reader P3 can browse the original work information via the third terminal 30. The commercial user P1 browses the original work information in the internal DB110 in combination with various indicators described later. If it is promising to turn the original work information into a book, a video, etc., by operating the first terminal 10, the commercial user P1 can access the original author P2 who created the original work of the original work information via the server 100. Note that by the original author P2 performing another predetermined operation on the second terminal 20, the second terminal 20 can also directly transmit the original work to the internal DB110 as original work information. In this case, the server 100 can select whether to publish or not publish the original work information based on the instruction from the original author P2 transmitted from the second terminal 20.
[0031] Hereinafter, the details of the matching support system ST will be described.
[0032] First, with reference to FIG. 2, the hardware configuration of server 100 that executes the matching support method will be described. Since internal DB 110 has the same hardware configuration as server 100, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 2, external DB 120, first terminal 10, second terminal 20, and third terminal 30 (not shown in the figure) also have the same hardware configuration as server 100, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
[0033] As shown in FIG. 2, server 100 includes CPU (Central Processing Unit) 100A as a processor, and RAM (Random Access Memory) 100B and ROM (Read Only Memory) 100C as memories. Server 100 includes network I / F (interface) 100D and HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 100E. Instead of HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 100E, an SSD (Solid State Drive) may be adopted. Server 100 may include at least one of input I / F 100F, output I / F 100G, input / output I / F 100H, and drive device 100I as necessary. From CPU 100A to drive device 100I are connected to each other by internal bus 100J. That is, server 100 can be realized by a computer.
[0034] An input device 18 is connected to input I / F 100F. Examples of the input device 18 include a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like. A display device 19 is connected to output I / F 100G. Examples of the display device 19 include a liquid crystal display and the like. A semiconductor memory 13 is connected to input / output I / F 100H. Examples of the semiconductor memory 13 include a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, a flash memory, and the like. Input / output I / F 100H reads the matching support program stored in semiconductor memory 13. Input I / F 100F and input / output I / F 100H are provided with, for example, USB ports. Output I / F 100G is provided with, for example, a display port.
[0035] A portable recording medium 14 is inserted into the drive device 100I. Examples of the portable recording medium 14 include removable disks such as CD (Compact Disc)-ROM and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). The drive device 100I reads a matching support program recorded on the portable recording medium 14. The network I / F 100D includes, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) port and a communication circuit.
[0036] In the RAM 100B, a matching support program stored in at least one of the ROM 100C, the HDD 100E, and the semiconductor memory 13 is temporarily stored by the CPU 100A. In the RAM 100B, a matching support program recorded on the portable recording medium 14 is temporarily stored by the CPU 100A. By executing the stored matching support program by the CPU 100A, the CPU 100A realizes various functions described later and also executes various processes described later. Note that the matching support program may be in accordance with the flowchart described later.
[0037] Next, with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8, the functional configurations of the server 100, the internal DB 110, and the external DB 120 will be described. Note that FIG. 3 shows the main parts of the functions of the server 100, the internal DB 110, and the external DB 120.
[0038] As shown in FIG. 3, the server 100 includes a user screen providing unit 101, an access notification unit 102, a recommendation text request unit 103, a handling specifying unit 104, and a communication unit 105. The server 100 also includes a contract management unit 106, a contact screen providing unit 107, an information display unit 108, and an original work information acquisition unit 109. On the other hand, the internal DB 110 includes a system user storage unit 111, an original work storage unit 112, an index storage unit 113, and a communication unit 115. The external DB 120 includes a registration target storage unit 121 and a communication unit 125.
[0039] The user screen providing unit 101 included in the server 100, ···, the handling specifying unit 104 and the contract management unit 106, ···, the original work information acquisition unit 109 can be realized by the CPU 100A and the RAM 100B cooperating to execute a matching support program. The system user storage unit 111, the original work storage unit 112, and the index storage unit 113 included in the internal DB 110, and the registration target storage unit 121 included in the external DB 120 can be realized by the above-described HDD 100E or the like. The communication units 105, 115, 125 can be realized by the above-described communication I / F 100D. The server 100, the internal DB 110, and the external DB 120 are connected to each other via the communication units 105, 115, 125.
[0040] The registration target storage unit 121 of the external DB 120 stores, as registration targets, the original work information of the original work created by the original author P2 in a state where browsing by the commercial user P1 and the reader P3 is restricted. As shown in FIG. 4, the registration target storage unit 121 includes a plurality of items such as an original work ID, an original author ID, an original text, characters, character images, correlation relationships, plots, and themes. The registration target storage unit 121 may include items other than these items. For example, the registration target storage unit 121 may include the number of characters in the original text.
[0041] In the original work ID item, an identifier for identifying the original work information is registered. In the original author ID item, an identifier for identifying the original author P2 is registered. Note that these identifiers may be used alone, either a character, a number, or a symbol, or in combination. The same applies to the identifiers described later. In the original text item, texts such as stories or episodes created by the original author P2 are registered. In the character item, information such as the roles, names, genders, and ages of the characters appearing in the original text is registered. In the character image item, so-called character settings such as the personalities, characteristics, and special skills of the characters are registered. In the correlation relationship item, blood relationships (such as parent-child or siblings) or love relationships of the characters are registered. In the plot item, the plot of the original text is registered. Note that the plot is a summary of important events in the original text. An important event is an event that has a great impact on the subsequent development. In the theme item, the theme of the original text (such as love or fantasy) is registered. Thus, in the registration target storage unit 121, original work information including various items is stored in units of original work IDs.
[0042] The system user storage unit 111 of the internal DB110 stores user information of users who use the matching support system ST, such as commercial user P1, original author P2, and reader P3. It can be said that the system user storage unit 111 manages the user accounts. As shown in FIG. 5, the system user storage unit 111 includes a plurality of items such as user ID, user type, user name, field of expertise, experience, number of fans, and footprint. The system user storage unit 111 may include items other than these. For example, the system user storage unit 111 may include a password associated with the user ID required for logging in to the matching support system ST. Also, it is possible that the system user storage unit 111 does not include the password associated with the user ID, and another system different from the matching support system ST holds the password associated with the user ID.
[0043] In the item of user ID, the identifier for identifying the above-mentioned user is registered. In the item of user type, a numerical value or a character string representing the type of user can be registered. For example, the commercial user P1 can be represented by the numerical value "1" or the character string "EDITOR". If no numerical value or character string is registered in the item of user type, the user of that user type is the original author P2 or the reader P3. For example, the numerical value "2" may represent both the original author P2 and the reader P3, or the numerical value "2" may represent the original author P2 and the numerical value "3" may represent the reader P3. Note that the identifier registered in the item of user ID is different from the identifier registered in the item of the above-mentioned original author ID. In the item of user name, the user's name, company name, etc. are registered. It may be the real name or a name other than the real name (for example, a stage name or a pen name).
[0044] In the item of area of expertise, the user's proficient creation category and creation genre are registered. Examples of creation categories include novels and scripts. Examples of creation genres include themes such as love and fantasy. In the item of experience, past commercial activity history, trading company names, contest participation history and award history, as well as event participation history such as attending a private school are registered. If it is the commercial user P1, past contests held by oneself may be registered. In the item of number of fans, the number of followers on SNS (Social Networking Service) or the number of followers within the cloud service provided by executing the matching support system ST is registered. Note that the number of followers on SNS can be registered by obtaining it from an external server that provides the SNS. In the item of footprint, for example, the number of UU (Unique User) that the commercial user P1 has viewed the original work is registered. If the number of UU of the commercial user P1 increases, the original author P2 can confirm that their original work has been viewed by many commercial users P1, which not only leads to an improvement in creative motivation, but also the original author P2 can grasp the spiritual distance from the commercial user P1 (for example, expectations for publication). In this way, in the system user memory unit 111, information including various items is stored in units of user ID.
[0045] The original work storage unit 112 of the internal DB 110 stores, in association with each other, original work information and index information representing a plurality of types of indices including the reading progress of the reader P3 with respect to the original work information. As shown in FIG. 6, the original work storage unit 112 includes a plurality of items such as an original work ID, an original author ID, an original work text, the number of characters, a theme, characters, character images, correlation relationships, and a plot. Since these items are basically the same as the items included in the registration target storage unit 121 of the external DB 120, detailed descriptions thereof are omitted. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the original work storage unit 112 includes a plurality of items such as a recommendation text, an index ID, a review, and a contract in addition to these items. The original work storage unit 112 may include items other than these items.
[0046] In the item of the recommendation text, a recommendation text for the original work addressed to unreaders of the original work is registered. The unreaders are readers P3 who have not yet read the original work. The recommendation text is created by a reader who has finished reading the original work, based on a request from the original author P2. The readers who have finished reading the original work are readers P3 who have finished reading the original work. For example, the original author P2 can input an instruction to request a specific reader P3 to create a recommendation text to the second terminal 20. Based on this instruction, the server 100 requests the third terminal 30 of the reader P3 who has finished reading the original work to create a recommendation text for the original work addressed to the reader P3 who has not yet read the original work. When the creation of the recommendation text is requested, the reader P3 who holds the third terminal 30 can input the recommendation text to the third terminal 30. The recommendation text is transmitted from the third terminal 30 and registered in the item of the recommendation text. Note that although the recommendation text is created for unreaders of the original work, the viewers of the recommendation text are not limited to unreaders of the original work, and readers who have finished reading the original work and commercial users can also view the recommendation text.
[0047] In the item of the index ID, an identifier for identifying index information is registered. The index information is stored in the index storage unit 113. Details of the index information will be described later. In the item of the review, reviews and impressions of the reader P3 on the original work (hereinafter simply referred to as reviews) are registered. The reader P3 who has read the original work can operate the third terminal 30 to input a review. The review is transmitted from the third terminal 30 and registered in the review item. In the item of the contract, contract information regarding the contract document exchanged between the commercial user P1 and the original author P2 is registered. The contract information includes a contract regarding the handling of the original work (such as publication in book form or filming). The contract information is sequentially updated through negotiations between the commercial user P1 and the original author P2 until both the commercial user P1 and the original author P2 reach an agreement, and the past contract information is accumulated as history information. When an agreement is obtained between both the commercial user P1 and the original author P2, the contract information of the contract document based on the agreement is registered as the final contract information. In this way, the original work information and the index information are stored in the original work storage unit 112 in an associated manner.
[0048] The index storage unit 113 of the internal DB110 stores index information. As shown in FIG. 7, the index storage unit 113 includes a plurality of items such as an index ID and a plurality of types of indexes. The index storage unit 113 may include items other than these items. In the item of the index ID, an identifier for identifying index information is registered. Thereby, the original work information and the index information are associated. In the item of the index, numerical values that can be expressed by quantities and numerical values calculated by various quantities and a predetermined calculation formula (such as ratios) are registered as indexes. Since it is assumed that numerical calculations using quantity aggregation and calculation formulas generate more load than the services provided by the matching support system ST, the aggregation and numerical calculations may be requested from another server (not shown) different from the server 100, and the aggregation result and the calculation result may be obtained from the other server. In this way, a plurality of types of indexes are registered in the item of the index.
[0049] Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the indicators include indicators representing the interest in the original work, indicators representing the start of reading, indicators representing the completion of reading one story, indicators representing the immersion in the original work, indicators representing the completion rate, indicators representing readability, and the like. These indicators represent the reading progress of the reader P3 and can be calculated by using the corresponding calculation formulas respectively.
[0050] For example, in the case of the completion rate, it can be calculated by the ratio of the number of UUs of the reader P3 who has read the final story to the number of UUs of the reader P3 who has read the first story. The completion rate can be used to specify to what extent the original work has been read or to what extent the reader has deviated from the original work during the reading of the original work. Also, in the case of readability, it can be calculated by the ratio of the staying time of the reader P3 who has read the original work to the number of characters in the original text of the original work. Readability can be used to specify how easy it is to read the original work. Note that these calculation methods for the completion rate and readability are just examples, and other calculation methods may be appropriately adopted as long as the completion rate and readability can be calculated. For example, the accuracy of the completion rate and readability may be improved by adopting a correction coefficient or the like.
[0051] In addition, as indicators, there are the number of bookmarks registered by the commercial user P1 as their favorite original work, the bookmark rate calculated based on the number of bookmarks and a predetermined calculation formula, the scout rate calculated based on the number of scouts by which the commercial user P1 has scouted the original author P2 and a predetermined calculation formula, and the like. Also, as indicators, there are the number of times of original work rewrite, plot creation degree, character creation degree, etc. The number of times of original work rewrite can be represented by the number of times the original author P2 has revised the original work. The plot creation degree can be represented by, for example, the plot creation amount relative to the reference plot creation amount pre-set by the operation administrator of the matching support system ST. The character creation degree can be represented by the character creation amount relative to the reference character creation amount pre-set by the operation administrator. If the original author P2 incorporates a large number of plots or a large number of characters, the numerical values of the plot creation degree and the character creation degree will increase. These indicators are just examples and are not particularly limited to these. For example, the indicators may be increased or decreased based on design, operation, etc.
[0052] Returning to FIG. 3, when the user screen providing unit 101 detects a screen request for the commercial user screen transmitted from the first terminal 10, it provides the commercial user screen to the first terminal 10. The commercial user screen includes at least a plurality of options for selecting indicator information. When a selection is made for an option, the commercial user screen further includes a part of the original work information displayed according to the selection. The commercial user screen may include all of the original work information and various accompanying information associated with the original work information. The access notification unit 102 notifies the second terminal 20 of the original author P2 of the access by the commercial user P1 in response to the access from the commercial user P1 to a part of the original work information. Thereby, the original author P2 can grasp the access from the commercial user P1.
[0053] For example, if there is an access by the commercial user P1 to view the original work of the original author P2, the original author P2 can grasp this access. If there is an access by the commercial user P1 to register the original work of the original author P2 as a bookmark, the original author P2 can grasp this access. If there is an access by the commercial user P1 to scout the original author P2, the original author P2 can grasp this access. In this way, the matching support system ST can support the matching between the commercial user P1 and the original author P2. Note that detailed descriptions of the recommendation text request section 103, the handling identification section 104, the contract management section 106, the contact screen providing section 107, the information display section 108, and the original work information acquisition section 109 will be described later.
[0054] Next, with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10, a part of the operation of the matching support system ST will be described.
[0055] First, as shown in FIG. 9, the user screen providing unit 101 waits until it detects a screen request for the commercial user screen from the first terminal 10 (step S1: NO). When a screen request is detected (step S1: YES), the user screen providing unit 101 provides the commercial user screen to the first terminal 10 (step S2). Thereby, the first terminal 10 displays the commercial user screen.
[0056] As shown in FIG. 10, the commercial user screen includes a search condition column 50. The search condition column 50 is a column for inputting and specifying conditions for narrowing down the original work information to appear on the commercial user screen. The search condition column 50 includes an input column for narrowing down the theme, an input column for narrowing down the number of characters, and a pull-down menu for narrowing down the writing status of the original author P2. The number of input columns and pull-down menus may be increased or decreased. The commercial user P1 (for example, an editor, etc.) can operate the first terminal 10 to input the theme and the number of characters and specify the writing status, thereby narrowing down the original work information to appear on the commercial user screen.
[0057] The user screen providing unit 101 waits until it detects a search condition from the first terminal 10 (step S3: NO). When it detects a search condition (step S3: YES), the user screen providing unit 101 displays a part of the original work information within the screen of the commercial user screen (step S4). More specifically, when the theme and the number of characters are input, the writing status is specified, and a predetermined operation (such as pressing the enter key) is performed, the first terminal 10 transmits the input theme, the number of characters, and the specified writing status to the server 100 as search conditions. Thereby, the user screen providing unit 101 can detect the search conditions.
[0058] When the user screen providing unit 101 detects a search condition, it extracts the original work information corresponding to the search condition from the original work storage unit 112. The user screen providing unit 101 transmits the extracted original work information to the first terminal 10. Thereby, the original work information is displayed as a search result list within the screen of the commercial user screen. Each time the same original work information is displayed, the original work display count of that original work information is incremented. Note that since the displayable area of the commercial user screen is not large enough to display the entire original work information, as shown in FIG. 10, a part of the original work information is displayed in the search result list. It is desirable that the part of the original work information includes the title of the original work. Thereby, the outline of the original work information can be easily grasped. In this way, the commercial user P1 can view the original work information corresponding to the search conditions input and specified in the search condition field 50.
[0059] The user screen providing unit 101 waits until it detects a selection of an option from the first terminal 10 (step S5: NO). When it detects a selection of an option (step S5: YES), the user screen providing unit 101 rearranges the display order of a part of the original work information (step S6).
[0060] As shown in FIG. 10, the commercial user screen also includes a plurality of types of options 51 for selecting index information. Any of the options 51 can be pressed by the pointer PT. Therefore, the commercial user P1 can operate the first terminal 10 to move the pointer PT and select any one or two or more options 51. In this embodiment, as an example, the option "reading rate" is selected. When an option is selected, the first terminal 10 transmits the selected option to the server 100. Thereby, the user screen providing unit 101 can detect the selection of the option.
[0061] When the user screen providing unit 101 detects the selection of an option, it rearranges the original work information based on the selected option. It is also possible to use both the narrowing down of the original work information based on the search conditions and the rearrangement based on the selection of the option, or the rearrangement based on the selection of the option alone without performing the narrowing down. Note that the narrowing down of the original work information based on the search conditions may be used alone without performing the rearrangement. The rearrangement may be in ascending order where the numerical value increases, or in descending order where the numerical value decreases. Since various indexes are associated with the original work information, rearrangement according to the option can be performed. After the user screen providing unit 101 finishes rearranging the original work information, it transmits the rearranged original work information to the first terminal 10. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 10, a part of the rearranged original work information is displayed as a search result list within the commercial user screen. In this embodiment, since the option "reading rate" is selected, a part of the original work information rearranged based on the option "reading rate" is displayed. In this way, since the commercial user P1 can rearrange the original work information according to the selected option, an investigation for discovering promising original works based on a plurality of types of indexes can be performed.
[0062] The access notification unit 102 waits until it detects an access from the first terminal 10 (step S7: NO). When it detects an access (step S7: YES), the handling specification unit 104 specifies the handling of the original work information (step S8), the access notification unit 102 notifies the second terminal 20 of the access (step S9), and the process ends. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, when any one is selected (for example, clicked) by the pointer PT from among a part of the original work information displayed in the search result list, an access indicating that the original work information has been selected is notified from the first terminal 10 to the access notification unit 102.
[0063] Thereby, the access notification unit 102 can detect the access. When it detects the access, the handling specification unit 104 specifies the handling of the original work information by the commercial user P1 based on the access type of the access. In the case of an access indicating that the original work information has been selected, it can be specified that the commercial user P1 is interested in the original work information. Therefore, the handling specification unit 104 registers the selection of the original work information as a footprint in the system user storage unit 111 as the handling of the original work information, and increments the original work click count. By aggregating the original work click count and the original work display count and calculating them by a predetermined calculation formula, an index indicating the interest in the original work (see FIG. 8) can be calculated.
[0064] Note that the access indicating that the original work information has been selected is an example of the access type and is not particularly limited thereto. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, after a part of any original work information is selected from the search result list, when any display item shown in the designation field 52 for designating the display target in the original work information is selected, the display target corresponding to the display item is displayed in the display area immediately below the designation field 52. In this case, an access indicating that the display item has been selected corresponds to an example of the access type. In the present embodiment, since the display item "original text of the work" is selected, it is used when calculating an index indicating the start of reading.
[0065] In addition, a bookmark button 53 indicating that the original work information is bookmarked and a scout button 54 that is pressed when scouting the original author of the original work information also correspond to examples of access. Based on such various accesses, the handling identification unit 104 identifies the handling of the original work information by the commercial user P1, and the access notification unit 102 registers and aggregates the handling identified by the handling identification unit 104 in the footprint of the user information in the system user storage unit 111. Since the user ID representing the original author and the original author ID of the user information are common, the handling can be associated with the original work information.
[0066] When the handling identification unit 104 identifies the handling described above, the access notification unit 102 notifies the second terminal 20 of the handling identified by the handling identification unit 104 as an access by the commercial user P1. More specifically, the access notification unit 102 notifies the handling identified by the handling identification unit 104 on the browsing screen displayed on the second terminal 20.
[0067] Here, as shown in FIG. 11(a), the browsing screen includes a login button 60 on the top page. The top page can be commonly and generally displayed on the terminal operated by itself by the commercial user P1, the original author P2, or the reader P3. As long as it is the top page of the browsing screen, the original work can be searched by the commercial user P1, the original author P2, or the reader P3 without logging in to the matching support system ST. When the login button 60 included in the top page is pressed by the pointer PT, a login screen (not shown) is displayed. When a user ID alone or a combination of a user ID and a password is input on the login screen, the user screen providing unit 101 provides a browsing screen corresponding to the user type. For example, when the user screen providing unit 101 determines that the user is an original author based on the user ID and password, as shown in FIG. 11(b), a browsing screen for the original author is displayed on the second terminal 20.
[0068] The viewing screen used by the original author includes an access status button 61, a scouting status button 62, and the like. The access status button 61 is a button that notifies the original author P2 of the handling of the original work information. When the access status button 61 is pressed by the pointer PT, the screen transitions to a screen where it is possible to confirm that the original work information has been viewed by the commercial user P1 or bookmarked. On the other hand, when the scouting status button 62 is pressed by the pointer PT, the screen transitions to a screen where it is possible to confirm the scouting or offer status to the original author P2 based on the pressing of the scouting button 54 (see FIG. 10) by the commercial user P1. As a result, the original author P2 can grasp that there has been access from the commercial user P1. Note that for buttons such as the reader data button and the review button, the screen also transitions to a corresponding screen according to the button.
[0069] As described above, both the commercial user P1, the original author P2, and the reader P3 can search for the original work from the top page of the viewing screen, but it is not efficient to discover promising original works and original authors through the viewing screen. For this reason, in the present embodiment, a screen for commercial users that can efficiently discover original works and the original author P2 using a plurality of types of indicators is adopted separately from the viewing screen.
[0070] Also, on the commercial user screen, it is possible to view the evaluation items of the original work information by the commercial user P1 and the reader P3. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the commercial user screen includes a plurality of selective icons 55 that simply represent the feelings of the reader P3 after reading and a review 56 of the original work information as evaluation items. The number of evaluation items may be increased or decreased as appropriate. The share number (number of shared) of the original work information or the like may be included as an evaluation item on the commercial user screen. The number of commercial users P1 and readers P3 who have selected the icon 55 is associated as the evaluation number with the icon 55.
[0071] In this way, the commercial user P1 can qualitatively and quantitatively strive to understand the original work information based on the symbol 55 and the evaluation number. Note that the evaluation items by the reader P3 appear at the very end where the details of the original work information are displayed, as shown in Fig. 12(b), after the outline of the original work information is selected by the pointer PT on the browsing screen as shown in Fig. 12(a). When the reader P3 presses the bookmark button 63 or the impression button 65, it is added to the number of bookmarks and the evaluation number of impressions on the commercial user screen. When the reader P3 presses the review button 66, a review input field is displayed on the third terminal 30, and when the reader P3 inputs a review, the input review appears in the review 56 on the commercial user screen.
[0072] As described above, the matching support system ST includes an internal DB110 and a server 100. The internal DB110 stores in association the original work information of the original work and the index information representing a plurality of types of indexes including the reading progress of the reader P3 with respect to the original work information. The server 100 provides a commercial user screen including an option 51 for selecting index information and a part of the original work information displayed in response to the selection of the option 51 to the first terminal 10 of the commercial user P1. The server 100 notifies the second terminal 20 of the original author P2 of the access of the commercial user P1 in response to the access from the commercial user P1 to a part of the original work information. With such a configuration, efficient matching between the commercial user P1 and the original author P2 can be supported. In particular, according to the present embodiment, efficient matching between the commercial user P1 and the original author P2 can be supported in a state where specific numerical values such as the quantity and ratio of the index are concealed from the commercial user screen. Regarding the specific numerical values such as the quantity and ratio of the index, it may be designed to be publicly displayed on the commercial user screen, or may be switched between concealment and disclosure according to the setting.
[0073] (Second Embodiment) Next, with reference to FIG. 13, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 13, the recommendation text request unit 103 waits until a first instruction is detected (step S11: NO). When the first instruction is detected (step S11: YES), the recommendation text request unit 103 requests the third terminal 30 of the reader P3 who has finished reading the original work to create a recommendation text for the original work for the reader P3 who has not yet read the original work.
[0074] More specifically, the recommendation text request unit 103 waits until a first instruction from the second terminal 20 for requesting the creation of a recommendation text for the original work for unreaders of the original work is detected. The first instruction includes user information (such as a user ID) of the reader P3 who has finished reading the original work. The original author P2 can operate the browsing screen to access the reader P3 who has described a review for the original work. For example, if the same original author P2 publishes various original works and the same reader P3 describes reviews for each original work each time, it can be estimated that the original author P2 and the reader P3 are closer to each other than the readers P3 who do not describe reviews. In this case, the original author P2 can request the creation of a recommendation text for the reader P3 who is close to himself / herself.
[0075] Therefore, when the original author P2 performs a predetermined operation on the second terminal 20 designating the reader P3 who is close to the original author P2 together with the target original work, the second terminal 20 transmits a first instruction including the user information of the designated reader P3 to the server 100. Thereby, the recommendation text request unit 103 can detect the first instruction. When the recommendation text request unit 103 detects the first instruction, it requests the third terminal 30 of the designated reader P3 to create a recommendation text for the target original work. As a result, if the reader P3 logs in to the third terminal 30, the reader P3 can confirm the recommendation text creation request from the original author P2. If the reader P3 creates a recommendation text and transmits it from the third terminal 30, the recommendation text request unit 103 registers the recommendation text in the recommendation text item of the original work information in the original work storage unit 112. Thereby, the recommendation text can also be displayed on the screen for commercial users, and the commercial user P1 can efficiently grasp the image when promoting the original work.
[0076] (Third Embodiment) Next, with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 14, when the access notification unit 102 detects an access from the first terminal 10, the contact screen providing unit 107 provides a contact screen (step S21). More specifically, the contact screen providing unit 107 provides a contact screen limited to the original author P2 and the commercial user P1 who scouted the original author P2 to both the second terminal 20 of the original author P2 and the first terminal 10 of the commercial user P1. As a result, on the first terminal 10, as shown in FIG. 15, the contact screen 70 is displayed in a predetermined area of the management screen displayed in response to the pressing of the scout button 54. More specifically, when the scout button 71 on the management screen is pressed by the pointer PT and any one of the original authors P2 extracted based on the pull-down for specifying the scout type is pressed, the contact screen 70 that can communicate with the pressed original author P2 is displayed. Also on the second terminal 20, as shown in FIG. 16, the contact screen 80 is displayed. In this way, since the contact screens 70 and 80 are provided to both the commercial user P1 and the original author P2, the contract content and various conditions can be reconciled.
[0077] When a contact screen is provided, the contract management department 106 manages contract document information (step S22). More specifically, when the contract button 72 (see FIG. 15) is pressed after the provision of the contact screen, the contract management department 106 detects a display request based on the pressing of the contract button 72, manages the contract document information of the contract regarding the handling of the original work information in association with the contract history information, and displays a contract screen (not shown) for viewing the contract document on both the first terminal 10 of the commercial user P1 and the second terminal 20 of the original author P2 separately from the contact screen. Thereby, the original author P2 can negotiate the contract content and various conditions while checking the contract document. Note that the contract management department 106 can register the contract document information of a pre-prepared contract (for example, a publishing contract, etc.) in the contract item of the original work information in the original work storage unit 112. When the contract document information is updated, the contract management department 106 can register the contract document information before the update in association with the latest contract document information as history information in the contract item. The contract management department 106 may associate the user information of the commercial user P1 and the user information of the original author P2 with the contract document information.
[0078] As a result, even if the original author P2 lacks knowledge related to contracts, it is possible to avoid a one-sided contract prepared by the commercial user P1. Also, when the original author P2 focuses on creative activities, it is not necessary to spend time on troublesome procedures related to the contract, and time can be used efficiently. Note that the contract management department 106 may cooperate with an external server (not shown) that provides legal advice, and notify the second terminal 20 of this advice, either for a fee or free of charge, in response to an instruction from the second terminal 20. Thereby, the lack of knowledge related to contracts can be compensated for.
[0079] After managing the contract information, the contract management unit 106 determines whether there is an agreement between both the original author P2 and the commercial user P1 regarding the handling of the original work information based on the access notified by the access notification unit 102 to the second terminal 20 and another access from the original author P2 to the commercial user P1 (step S23). The contract management unit 106 may determine whether there is an agreement between both the original author P2 and the commercial user P1 regarding the handling of the original work information before managing the contract information. As described in the first embodiment, in some cases, the original author P2 may be scouted by a plurality of different commercial users P1 and access may be notified. In this case, the server 100 can display the name of the commercial user P1, which is the source of the plurality of access notifications, on the contact screen before contract information management of the second terminal 20 or the contract screen after contract information management. When any commercial user P1 is selected by the original author P2 via the contact screen or the contract screen by the contract management unit 106, the second terminal 20 can transmit another access to the server 100 as a response to the access from any selected commercial user P1. Thereby, the contract management unit 106 can detect another access from the second terminal 20. For example, in response to a scout from the commercial user P1 to the original author P2, if the original author P2 confirms the final contract document on the contract screen and has the intention of agreement, the second terminal 20 is operated to reply that it is affirmative to the contract presented by the commercial user P1. If the other access transmitted by the second terminal 20 includes affirmative information indicating affirmation to the commercial user P1, the contract management unit 106 determines that there is an agreement (step S23: YES). The affirmative information may be, for example, an affirmative character string such as "Accepted" or a predetermined identification flag indicating affirmation such as "0", or it may be predetermined information issued based on the pressing of a conclusion button displayed on the contract screen where the final contract document is displayed.
[0080] On the other hand, if negative information indicating a negative attitude towards the commercial user P1 is included in another access, the contract management department 106 determines that there is no agreement (step S23: NO). The negative information may be, for example, a negative character string such as "withdrawal" or a predetermined identification flag indicating negativity such as "1", or it may be another predetermined information issued based on the pressing of a withdrawal button displayed on the contract screen where the final contract document is displayed. When it is determined that there is no agreement, the contract management department 106 ends the process.
[0081] When it is determined that there is an agreement, the contract management department 106 releases the editing operation (step S24) and ends the process. More specifically, when there is an agreement, the contract management department 106 registers the final contract document information in the contract items, notifies the first terminal 10 of the character information indicating the conclusion of the contract, and releases the editing operation (so-called red insertion) for the original work information restricted to the original author P2 to the commercial user P1 who is a party to the contract. As a result, the editing operation for the original work information is also released to the commercial user P1 who is a party to the contract, and smooth correction work can be performed on one piece of original work information.
[0082] Note that red insertion mainly refers to correcting and writing in text, such as in red, during proofreading. In red insertion, typos, omissions, numerical errors, style unification, semantic twists, duplicate expressions, and symbol errors in the text are corrected. In this embodiment, as an example, a configuration in which the editing operation is released to the commercial user P1 after managing the contract document information has been described. However, a configuration in which the editing operation is released to the commercial user P1 before managing the contract document information may also be used. In this embodiment, as an example, a configuration in which the editing operation is released to the commercial user P1 after managing the contract document information has been described. However, a configuration in which the editing operation is released to the commercial user P1 before managing the contract document information may also be used.
[0083] (Fourth Embodiment) Next, referring to FIGS. 17 and 18, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 17, the information display unit 108 waits until a second instruction is detected (step S31: NO). The second instruction includes a specific display item shown in the designation field 52 of the screen for commercial users (see FIG. 10) and is transmitted from the first terminal 10. For example, the second instruction includes display items such as "Settings, etc." and "Original author".
[0084] When the second instruction is detected (step S31: YES), the information display unit 108 determines whether the display item is "Settings, etc." (step S32). For example, as shown in FIG. 18, when the display item "Settings, etc." is pressed by the pointer PT, the second instruction includes the display item "Settings, etc." Thereby, the information display unit 108 determines that the display item is "Settings, etc." (step S32: YES). In this case, the information display unit 108 displays the setting information (step S33). The setting information includes, as shown in FIG. 18, the plot of the original work, the characters appearing in the original work, the portraits of the characters, and the like. Thereby, the commercial user P1 can scout the original author P2 with reference to the charm of the composition of the original work and the characters appearing therein.
[0085] On the other hand, when the display item "Original author" is pressed by the pointer PT, the second instruction includes the display item "Original author". In this case, the information display unit 108 determines that the display item is not "Settings, etc." (step S32: NO) and skips the process of step S33. Then, the information display unit 108 determines whether the display item is the original author (step S34). Since the second instruction includes the display item "Original author", it is determined that the display item is the original author (step S34: YES). In this case, the information display unit 108 displays the original author information (step S35) and ends the process. The original author information includes, although not shown, the history of the original author P2 such as the name of the original author P2, past commercial activities, trading company names, contest participation history and award history, and event participation history such as participation in a private school. Thereby, the commercial user P1 can scout the original author P2 with reference to the history of the original author P2. If it is determined that the display item is not the original author (step S34: NO), the information display unit 108 ends the process.
[0086] (Fifth Embodiment) Next, referring to FIG. 19, the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 19, the original work information acquisition unit 109 waits until the third instruction is detected (step S41: NO). The third instruction includes the original work ID and is transmitted from the second terminal 20. When the third instruction is detected (step S41: YES), the original work information acquisition unit 109 acquires the original work information (step S42), registers the original work information (step S43), and ends the process.
[0087] More specifically, when the third instruction is detected, the original work information acquisition unit 109 acquires the original work information from the registration target storage unit 121 of the external DB 120 and registers the acquired original work information in the original work storage unit 112 of the internal DB 110. Thereby, the cooperation between the external DB 120 and the internal DB 110 can be achieved.
[0088] As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims. For example, the matching support program may be downloaded to at least one of the first terminal 10, the second terminal 20, and the third terminal 30 via the communication networks NW1 and NW2.
[0089] In the above-described embodiment, a physical server has been described as an example of the server 100. However, the server 100 may be a virtual server. Further, each function of the server 100 may be distributed to a plurality of servers according to the load and service type, or each storage unit of the internal DB 110 and the external DB 120 may be distributed to a plurality of DBs according to the load and management aspects. On the other hand, all of the functions and storage units of the server 100, the internal DB 110, and the external DB 120 may be integrated into one device.
Explanation of Reference Numerals
[0090] ST Matching Support System 100 Server 101 User Screen Provision Unit 102 Access Notification Unit 110 Internal DB 111 System User Memory Unit 112 Original Work Memory Unit 113 Index Memory Unit 120 External DB
Claims
1. A matching support system for supporting matching between either one or both of the original work and the original author of the original work and a commercial user of the original work, a database that stores in association the original work information of the original work and index information representing a plurality of types of indexes including the reading progress of readers with respect to the original work information, a server that provides a screen including an option for selecting the index information and at least a part of the original work information displayed in response to the selection of the option to a first terminal of the commercial user, and notifies the second terminal of the original author of the access of the commercial user in response to the access from the commercial user to the part of the original work information, A matching support system including the above.
2. The index includes the number of evaluations of a plurality of types of evaluation items of the reader with respect to the original work, The screen includes the evaluation number in association with a symbol that emotionally represents the evaluation item, The matching support system according to claim 1, characterized in that.
3. The index includes at least the plot of the original work and the correlation between the characters appearing in the original work, The matching support system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.
4. The server requests a third terminal of a reader who has read the original work to create a recommendation text for the original work for unreaders of the original work based on a first instruction from the original author. The matching support system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that.
5. When the server detects the access, based on the access type of the access, it identifies the handling of the original work by the commercial user, associates the identified handling with the original work information in the database, and notifies the second terminal. The matching support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that.
6. When the server detects the access, the server provides a contact screen limited to the original author and the commercial user to both the original author and the commercial user. The matching support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that.
7. After providing the contact screen, when the server detects a request to display a contract screen for viewing a contract regarding the handling of the original work, the server manages the contract information of the contract document in association with the history information of the contract information, and displays the contract screen on both the first terminal and the second terminal. The matching support system according to claim 6, characterized in that.
8. When the server notifies the second terminal of a plurality of accesses from different commercial users, the server displays the notification sources of the plurality of accesses on the second terminal, and based on the plurality of accesses notified to the second terminal and another access directed to any of the notification sources selected by the original author, after managing the contract information or before managing the contract information, when determining the agreement between the original author and the commercial user regarding the handling, the server opens an editing operation on the original work information to the commercial user who is a party to the contract. The matching support system according to claim 7, characterized in that.
9. The database stores the original work information, the setting information including the characters appearing in the original work and the character images of the characters, and the original author information including the history of the original author, in association with each other. When the server detects a second instruction including a specific display item within the screen, the server displays the setting information or the original author information within the screen according to the specific display item. The matching support system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that.
10. When the server detects a third instruction to register the original work information, the server acquires the original work information from another database that stores the original work information in a state where access by the reader is restricted, and registers the acquired original work information in the database. The matching support system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that.
11. A matching support method in which a server supports matching between either one or both of an original work and the original author of the original work and a commercial user of the original work, wherein the server, With reference to a database that stores in association the original work information of the original work and index information representing a plurality of types of indexes including the reading progress of the reader with respect to the original work information, a screen including options for selecting the index information and at least a part of the original work information displayed in response to the selection of the options is provided to the first terminal of the commercial user, and in response to access from the commercial user to the part of the original work information, the access of the commercial user is notified to the second terminal of the original author. The matching support method, characterized in that.
12. A matching support program for causing a server to execute a process for supporting matching between either one or both of an original work and the original author of the original work and a commercial user of the original work, wherein the server, With reference to a database that stores in association the original work information of the original work and index information representing a plurality of types of indexes including the reading progress of the reader with respect to the original work information, a screen including options for selecting the index information and at least a part of the original work information displayed in response to the selection of the options is provided to the first terminal of the commercial user, and in response to access from the commercial user to the part of the original work information, the access of the commercial user is notified to the second terminal of the original author. The matching support program, characterized in that the process is executed.
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