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

Abstract

Provided is a technology that enables users to suitably perform mutual assistance.　An information processing device according to the present disclosure is an information processing device that manages mutual assistance among users. In addition, the information processing device comprises a control unit that executes: acquiring first information from each of users belonging to a cooperation body in which a plurality of the users engage in business in different fields are organized; providing the first information to a network so as to be readable so that each of the users belonging to the cooperation body can share the mutual information with each other; acquiring the amount of profit obtained from the business by each of the users belonging to the cooperation body; summing, for each of the users, profit reduction amounts, each being obtained by multiplying the amount of profit by a first ratio; and calculating, for each of the users belonging to the cooperation body, a contribution cost that is obtained by multiplying the summed profit reduction amount by a second ratio and is distributed to the user.

Description

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

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program for managing mutual support between users.

[0002] In recent years, there has been growing social interest in starting new businesses and entrepreneurship, but in many cases, there are no favorable opportunities for starting a business. For example, if you are unable to raise funds, you may not be able to start a business, and many people who aspire to start a business are forced to give up their dreams and hopes.

[0003] Furthermore, given the social imperative to stimulate economic recovery through the development of vibrant venture businesses, technologies are being proposed that enable business development for individual projects.

[0004] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a new business planning contracting system that enables business development for each individual project and makes use of unused intellectual and technical resources. With this technology, each practical team can participate in a project when one arises that falls within their field of knowledge or technology, and can receive compensation for their involvement in the project in accordance with their asset allocation ratio.

[0005] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-132237

[0006] While there is a need to transform society through the development of vibrant venture businesses, it is often difficult for individuals to maintain their dreams and hopes for their businesses. This is because, for example, a lack of experience, connections, credibility, or capital can lead to situations where people give up on realizing their dreams and hopes. Furthermore, the cooperation of many people is essential to realizing individual dreams and hopes.

[0007] According to the technology described in Patent Document 1, members of a practical team working to achieve a new business plan can effectively utilize their own specialized skills or knowledge to advance the plan. Therefore, for example, when a client who does not have the appropriate knowledge or skills is trying to achieve a desired plan, it seems possible to obtain the cooperation of many people participating as a practical team. However, this technology allows practical teams to advance a common plan while utilizing their specialized skills or knowledge, and does not provide mutual support between users when they are each working on their own separate businesses.

[0008] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technology that enables users to preferably provide mutual support to each other.

[0009] The information processing device of the present disclosure is an information processing device that manages mutual support among business practice users. In a collaboration organization that organizes a plurality of the business practice users engaged in businesses in different fields, the information processing device acquires predetermined first information from each of the business practice users belonging to the collaboration organization, provides the first information in a viewable manner on a predetermined network so that each of the business practice users belonging to the collaboration organization can share information with each other, acquires the amount of profits that the business practice users have obtained from the business, acquires an investment rate for each of the business practice users from an administrator user who invests in each of the business practice users, and calculates the amount of profits by the management user. a control unit that executes the following: adding up the profit return amount for each of the business practice users, which is multiplied by a predetermined first rate based on the investment rate from the affiliated users; calculating the contribution rate of each of the business practice users belonging to the affiliated entity by dividing the profit return amount of the business practice user by the total profit return amount, which is the summed profit return amount; and calculating a contribution fee, which is an expense to be distributed to the business practice user, for each of the business practice users belonging to the affiliated entity by multiplying the total profit return amount by a predetermined second rate based on the contribution rate of the business practice user.

[0010] In the above-described information processing device, the business practice users belonging to the collaboration entity can share the first information with each other, enabling mutual use of information about each business practice user's experience, connections, and credibility, as well as information about business ideas, products, services, and sales. Furthermore, the sharing of profits that can be returned between the business practice users belonging to the collaboration entity promotes a chain of growth within the collaboration entity. In other words, cooperation from colleagues belonging to the same collaboration entity can be obtained to realize individual dreams and hopes, thereby enabling optimal mutual support among the business practice users.

[0011] In the information processing device, the second rate may be a rate based on the cumulative contribution rate of the business user over several years. In this way, even if the amount of profit of each business user fluctuates from year to year, the cumulative contribution rate over several years can mitigate such fluctuations, and the contribution of each business user is continuously returned, thereby realizing continuous mutual support between business users.

[0012] Furthermore, in the information processing device described above, the control unit may further provide the administrator user with recommendation information for organizing the affiliated entities. In this case, the recommendation information may include information regarding the contribution rate of the business practice user in the affiliated entities to which the business practice user previously belonged and a predetermined growth rate of the affiliated entities. This allows the administrator user to organize the affiliated entities after fully considering combinations that can maximize the chain of growth of each business practice user in the affiliated entities.

[0013] The present disclosure can also be understood from the aspect of an information processing method by a computer. That is, the information processing method of the present disclosure is an information processing method for managing mutual support among business practice users, in which a computer acquires predetermined first information from each of the business practice users belonging to a collaboration organization that organizes a plurality of the business practice users engaged in businesses in different fields, provides the first information in a viewable manner on a predetermined network so that each of the business practice users belonging to the collaboration organization can share information with each other, acquires the amount of profits obtained by each of the business practice users belonging to the collaboration organization from an administrator user who invests in each of the business practice users, and acquires the amount of profits obtained by each of the business practice users from an administrator user who invests in each of the business practice users. The system performs the following steps: obtaining an investment rate; adding up the profit return amount for each of the business practice users, which is calculated by multiplying the amount of profit by a predetermined first rate based on the investment rate from the administrator user; calculating the contribution rate of each of the business practice users belonging to the affiliated entity by dividing the profit return amount of the business practice user by the total profit return amount, which is the added-up profit return amount; and calculating the contribution fee, which is the expense to be distributed to the business practice user, for each of the business practice users belonging to the affiliated entity by multiplying the total profit return amount by a predetermined second rate based on the contribution rate of the business practice user.

[0014] The present disclosure can also be understood from the aspect of an information processing program. That is, the information processing program of the present disclosure is an information processing program for managing mutual support among business practice users, and includes the steps of: acquiring predetermined first information from each of the business practice users belonging to a collaboration organization in which a plurality of the business practice users engaged in businesses in different fields are organized; providing the first information in a viewable manner on a predetermined network so that each of the business practice users belonging to the collaboration organization can share information with each other; acquiring, for each of the business practice users belonging to the collaboration organization, the amount of profits that the business practice users have obtained from the business; and providing, for each of the business practice users, an amount of profits that the business practice users have obtained from the business from an administrator user who invests in each of the business practice users. the contribution rate for each of the business practice users; the profit return amount obtained by multiplying the amount of profit by a predetermined first rate based on the contribution rate from the administrator user; the profit return amount for each of the business practice users belonging to the affiliated entity is calculated by dividing the profit return amount of the business practice user by the total profit return amount, which is the totaled profit return amount; and the contribution fee for each of the business practice users belonging to the affiliated entity is calculated by multiplying the total profit return amount by a predetermined second rate based on the contribution rate of the business practice user, which is the expense to be distributed to the business practice user.

[0015] According to the present disclosure, mutual support between users can be preferably implemented.

[0016] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system in a first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing in more detail the components of a server included in the information processing system in the first embodiment, and also showing the components of a user terminal that communicates with the server. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the flow of operation of the information processing system in the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the profit return amount calculated for each business practice user. FIG. 5 is a first diagram for explaining the contribution fee calculated for each business practice user. FIG. 6 is a second diagram for explaining the contribution fee calculated for each business practice user.

[0017] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The configurations of the following embodiments are examples, and the present disclosure is not limited to the configurations of the embodiments.

[0018] First Embodiment An overview of an information processing system according to a first embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information processing system according to this embodiment. The information processing system 100 according to this embodiment includes a network 200, a server 300, and a user terminal 400. The information processing system according to the present disclosure is a system that manages mutual support between users, and the management of this mutual support is executed by the server 300.

[0019] Network 200 is, for example, an IP network. As long as network 200 is an IP network, it may be wireless, wired, or a combination of wireless and wired. For example, in the case of wireless communication, user terminal 400 may access a wireless LAN access point (not shown) and communicate with server 300 via a LAN or WAN. Furthermore, network 200 is not limited to these examples and may be, for example, a public switched telephone network, an optical fiber line, an ADSL line, a satellite communication network, or the like.

[0020] The server 300 is connected to a user terminal 400 via a network 200. For the sake of simplicity, one server 300 and four user terminals 400 are shown in Fig. 1, but it goes without saying that the number of user terminals is not limited to this.

[0021] Server 300 may be any electronic device with the processing capabilities for arithmetic and processing operations such as data acquisition, generation, and updating, including personal computers, servers, mainframes, and other electronic devices. That is, server 300 may be configured as a computer having a processor such as a CPU or GPU, a main storage device such as RAM or ROM, and an auxiliary storage device such as an EPROM, a hard disk drive, or removable media. The removable media may be, for example, a USB memory or a disk recording medium such as a CD or DVD. The auxiliary storage device stores an operating system (OS), various programs, various tables, and the like.

[0022] In addition, the server 300 may appropriately use SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), or IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provided by a cloud server, without providing software, hardware, an OS, etc. dedicated to the information processing system 100 of this embodiment.

[0023] The user terminal 400 may be any electronic device such as a mobile terminal owned by a user (such as a business practice user or an administrator user, as described below) who uses the information processing system 100, and may be, for example, a mobile terminal, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, a wearable terminal, a personal computer, or other terminal device.

[0024] Next, a detailed description will be given mainly of the components of the server 300 with reference to Fig. 2. Fig. 2 shows in more detail the components of the server 300 included in the information processing system 100 in the first embodiment, and also shows the components of the user terminal 400 that communicates with the server 300.

[0025] The server 300 has, as its functional units, a communication unit 301, a storage unit 302, and a control unit 303. The server 300 loads a program stored in an auxiliary storage device into a working area of ​​a main storage device and executes it. The execution of the program controls each functional unit, thereby realizing each function that matches the predetermined purpose of each functional unit. However, some or all of the functions may be realized by hardware circuits such as ASICs and FPGAs.

[0026] Here, the communication unit 301 is a communication interface for connecting the server 300 to the network 200. The communication unit 301 is configured to include, for example, a network interface board and a wireless communication circuit for wireless communication. The server 300 is connected to the user terminal 400 and other external devices via the communication unit 301 so as to be able to communicate with them.

[0027] The storage unit 302 includes a main storage unit and an auxiliary storage unit. The main storage unit is a memory in which the programs executed by the control unit 303 and the data used by the control programs are expanded. The auxiliary storage unit is a device in which the programs executed by the control unit 303 and the data used by the control programs are stored. The storage unit 302 also stores data transmitted from the user terminal 400, etc., and stores the first information (described later) and the amount of profit of each business practice user. The server 300 acquires the data transmitted from the user terminal 400, etc. via the communication unit 301.

[0028] The control unit 303 is a functional unit that controls the server 300. The control unit 303 can be realized by an arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU. The control unit 303 further includes four functional units: a first acquisition unit 3031, a provision unit 3032, a second acquisition unit 3033, and a calculation unit 3034. Each functional unit may be realized by the CPU executing a stored program.

[0029] The first acquisition unit 3031 acquires predetermined first information from each business practice user belonging to the collaboration entity. Here, the first information is information about the experience, connections, and credibility of each business practice user, and this first information may include information about business ideas, products, services, and sales. The collaboration entity is an organization of multiple business practice users engaged in businesses in different fields. Such first information is transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the business practice user, and the first acquisition unit 3031 acquires the first information by acquiring such information transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the business practice user, and stores the information in the memory unit 302 of the server 300.

[0030] Here, the user terminal 400 in this embodiment has, as functional units, a communication unit 401, an input / output unit 402, and a storage unit 403. The communication unit 401 is a communication interface for connecting the user terminal 400 to the network 200, and is configured to include, for example, a network interface board and a wireless communication circuit for wireless communication. The input / output unit 402 is a functional unit for displaying information transmitted from the outside via the communication unit 401, and for inputting information when transmitting the information to the outside via the communication unit 401. The storage unit 403 is configured to include a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device, similar to the storage unit 302 of the server 300.

[0031] The input / output unit 402 further includes a display unit 4021, an operation input unit 4022, and an image / audio input / output unit 4023. The display unit 4021 has a function of displaying various information and is realized, for example, by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display, an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display, or the like. The operation input unit 4022 has a function of accepting operation input from a user and is realized, specifically, by soft keys or hard keys on a touch panel or the like. The image / audio input / output unit 4023 has a function of accepting input of images such as still images and videos and is realized, specifically, by a camera using an image sensor such as a Charged-Coupled Device (CCD), a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS), or a Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS). The image / audio input / output unit 4023 has a function of accepting input and output of audio and is realized, specifically, by a microphone or speaker.

[0032] The business practice user can use the user terminal 400 configured in this manner to transmit the first information to the server 300. Here, the server 300 may provide the user terminal 400 with an interface for inputting the first information. In this case, the business practice user can transmit the first information to the server 300 by inputting information into the interface via the user terminal 400.

[0033] The providing unit 3032 then provides the first information to the network 200 so that it can be viewed. Here, the providing unit 3032 can provide the first information acquired from each of the business practice users so that each of the business practice users belonging to the collaborative entity can share information with each other by transmitting the first information acquired from each of the business practice users to the network 200. Note that the business practice users can view the first information transmitted to the network 200 in this manner via the user terminal 400. At this time, the server 300 may also provide the user terminal 400 with an interface for viewing the first information.

[0034] The second acquisition unit 3033 acquires the amount of profit earned by each business practice user belonging to the collaboration entity from the business. As described above, the business practice users belonging to the collaboration entity are each engaged in businesses in different fields. Therefore, the above-mentioned amount of profit is, in other words, the amount of profit from each business in different fields. Such amount of profit is transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the business practice user, and the second acquisition unit 3033 acquires the amount of profit by acquiring such information transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the business practice user, and stores this amount in the memory unit 302 of the server 300.

[0035] The calculation unit 3034 sums up the profit return amount (to be described later) for each business user. Then, it calculates the contribution fee (to be described later) for each business user belonging to the collaboration entity. The details of the process executed by the calculation unit 3034 will be described later with reference to FIG. 3.

[0036] The control unit 303 executes the processes of the first acquisition unit 3031, the provision unit 3032, the second acquisition unit 3033, and the calculation unit 3034, thereby functioning as a control unit according to the present disclosure.

[0037] Here, the flow of operations of the information processing system 100 in this embodiment will be described. Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating the flow of operations of the information processing system 100 in this embodiment. Fig. 3 explains the flow of operations between the components of the information processing system 100 in this embodiment and the processes executed by each component.

[0038] In this embodiment, first, first information is input to the user terminal 400 of the business practice user (S101). Here, the first information is information about the experience, personal connections, and credibility of each business practice user, and the business practice user can input the first information to the user terminal 400 using a predetermined interface. Then, the first information is transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the business practice user to the server 300.

[0039] The server 300 acquires the first information transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the business practice user (S102). The server 300 then stores the first information in the storage unit 302, registers the information in a predetermined database, and transmits the registered information to the network 200, thereby providing the first information (S103).

[0040] In this way, the first information is provided so that the business users belonging to the collaboration entity can share information with each other, and the business users can mutually utilize information about the experience, connections, and credibility of other users, as well as information about business ideas, products, services, and sales, and can obtain cooperation from colleagues belonging to the same collaboration entity in carrying out their own businesses. In other words, this allows mutual support among users.

[0041] Next, the amount of profit is input to the user terminal 400 of the business practice user (S104). Here, the amount of profit is the amount of profit that each business practice user belonging to the collaboration entity has earned from their own business, and can be input to each user terminal 400 of the business practice user. Then, the amount of profit is transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the business practice user to the server 300.

[0042] The server 300 acquires the amount of profit transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the business practice user and stores it in the storage unit 302 (S105). Note that the server 300 acquires the amount of profit for each business practice user by acquiring the amount of profit transmitted from each user terminal 400 of the business practice user.

[0043] The investment rate is input to the user terminal 400 of the administrator user (S106). The investment rate is the proportion of investment from the administrator user to each business practice user, and is determined in advance. The investment rate for each business practice user is then transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the administrator user to the server 300.

[0044] After receiving the investment rate transmitted from the user terminal 400 of the administrator user, the server 300 then calculates the profit return amount (S107). Here, the profit return amount is calculated for each business user by multiplying the amount of profit by a predetermined first rate based on the investment rate from the administrator user. This will be explained below with reference to FIG. 4.

[0045] 4A and 4B are diagrams for explaining the profit return amount calculated for each business user. Here, Fig. 4A is a diagram illustrating the profit amount and the investment rate from the administrator user for three business users (business users A, B, and C), and Fig. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of calculating the profit return amount based on the information shown in Fig. 4A.

[0046] In this embodiment, as shown in Figure 4(b), the first ratio is set to the investment ratio / 2. In this case, for business practice user A, the profit amount is 1 million yen and the investment rate from the administrator user is 100%, i.e., the first ratio is 50%, so the profit return amount is calculated to be 500,000 yen. Similarly, for business practice user B, the profit amount is 200,000 yen and the investment rate from the administrator user is 60%, i.e., the first ratio is 30%, so the profit return amount is calculated to be 60,000 yen. For business practice user C, the profit amount is 400,000 yen and the investment rate from the administrator user is 50%, i.e., the first ratio is 25%, so the profit return amount is calculated to be 100,000 yen.

[0047] 3, the server 300 calculates the total amount of profit return (S108). The total amount of profit return is calculated by adding up the amount of profit return for each business practice user. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the total amount of profit return is calculated to be 660,000 yen.

[0048] In this embodiment, a portion of the total return amount is distributed to each business user by the administrator user (the management entity that invests in each business user) as a market creation contribution fee. As described above, the business users belonging to the collaboration entity are each engaged in businesses in different fields. These businesses in different fields may organically overlap in the future to form a larger market. In other words, the business activities of each business user can be considered to lead to market creation, and therefore a portion of the total return amount is distributed to each business user by the administrator user as a contribution fee for such market creation.

[0049] Therefore, the server 300 calculates the contribution fee equivalent to the market creation contribution fee (S109). In detail, the server 300 calculates the contribution fee by multiplying the total profit return amount (the total profit return amount) by a predetermined second rate based on the contribution rate of each user for each business practice user belonging to the collaboration entity. This will be explained with reference to FIG. 5.

[0050] 5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating the contribution fee calculated for each business user. Fig. 5A illustrates the profit return amount and contribution rate for the three business users (business users A, B, and C) shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. 5B illustrates an example of calculating the contribution fee based on the information shown in Fig. 5A.

[0051] In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5A, the contribution rate (contribution rate to the profit return) for each business practice user is calculated by dividing the profit return amount for each business practice user by the total profit return amount. Then, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5B, the second rate is calculated as the contribution rate x 30%. Then, for business practice user A, the total profit return amount is 660,000 yen, and the contribution rate is 75.8%, i.e., the second rate is 22.7%, so the contribution fee is calculated as 150,000 yen. Similarly, for business practice user B, the total profit return amount is 660,000 yen, and the contribution rate is 9.1%, i.e., the second rate is 2.7%, so the contribution fee is calculated as 18,000 yen. For business practice user C, the total profit return amount is 660,000 yen, and the contribution rate is 15.1%, i.e., the second rate is 4.5%, so the contribution fee is calculated as 30,000 yen.

[0052] In this way, a portion of the total profit return amount is distributed to each business practice user as a contribution fee, meaning that the profits that can be returned are shared among business practice users belonging to the alliance, and the return amount based on one user's profits can be returned to another user. In other words, this allows users to support each other. Furthermore, as fellow business practice users belonging to the alliance grow, the profits that can be returned tend to increase, so the growth of fellow business practice users directly leads to one's own growth, creating a chain of growth within the alliance. Furthermore, the ability of each business practice user belonging to the alliance to mutually utilize information within the alliance regarding experience, connections, and credibility, as well as information about business ideas, products and services, and sales, can also be a driving force behind this chain of growth.

[0053] The second ratio may be a ratio based on the cumulative contribution rate of the business user over multiple years, which will be described with reference to FIG.

[0054] Fig. 6 is a second diagram for explaining the contribution fee calculated for each business practice user. Here, Fig. 6(a) is a diagram illustrating the amount of profit, the amount of profit return, the contribution rate, and the cumulative contribution rate over three years for the three business practice users (business practice users A, B, and C) shown in Fig. 4 above, and Fig. 6(b) is a diagram illustrating an example of calculating the contribution fee for the third year based on the information shown in Fig. 6(a).

[0055] The information for the first year shown in Figure 6(a) is the same as that shown in Figure 5 above, and the contribution fees at this time are calculated to be 150,000 yen for business practice user A, 18,000 yen for business practice user B, and 30,000 yen for business practice user C, which are contribution fees based on the contribution rate of each business practice user for that year.

[0056] In the example shown in Figure 6(a), focusing on business practice user A, the amount of profit in the second year was 5 million yen, a significant increase from the first year, but the amount of profit in the third year was 800,000 yen, a decrease compared to the first year. Here, if only the third year is considered, the contribution rate of business practice user A is 33.3%, which is lower than the contribution rate of business practice user B. Therefore, if the contribution fee is calculated according to the contribution rate of each business practice user for that year, the contribution fee earned by business practice user A will be smaller than the contribution fee earned by business practice user B.

[0057] On the other hand, business practice user A contributed more to the profit return over three years than business practice user B. In more detail, for each business practice user, if the cumulative contribution rate over multiple years is calculated by, for example, taking the arithmetic mean of the contribution rates for the first and second years for the second year, and by taking the arithmetic mean of the contribution rates for the first, second, and third years for the third year, the cumulative contribution rate of business practice user A in the third year is 58.9%, which is higher than the cumulative contribution rate of business practice user B in the third year, 28.1%.

[0058] By calculating contribution fees based on this cumulative contribution rate, even if the amount of profit made by each business practice user fluctuates from year to year, the cumulative contribution rate can mitigate this fluctuation, and the contributions of each business practice user are continuously returned, thereby realizing continuous mutual support among users.

[0059] Specifically, as shown in Figure 6(b), the second ratio in this case is calculated as the cumulative contribution ratio x 30%. In this case, for user A, the total return amount is 1.2 million yen, the cumulative contribution ratio is 58.9%, or the second ratio is 17.7%, so the contribution fee is calculated as 212,000 yen. Similarly, for user B, the total return amount is 1.2 million yen, the cumulative contribution ratio is 28.1%, or the second ratio is 8.4%, so the contribution fee is calculated as 101,000 yen. For user C, the total return amount is 1.2 million yen, the cumulative contribution ratio is 13.0%, or the second ratio is 3.9%, so the contribution fee is calculated as 47,000 yen. In this way, even if user A's contribution ratio in the third year is relatively low, a relatively large portion of the total return amount in the third year will be returned to user A as a contribution fee depending on the cumulative contribution ratio taking into account the contribution ratio up to that point.

[0060] 3, the server 300 transmits the amount of the contribution fee calculated in the process of S109 to the user terminals 400 of the administrator user and the business practice users. The user terminals 400 of the administrator user and the business practice users then acquire the information transmitted from the server 300 (S110). This allows the administrator user (the management entity that invests in each business practice user) to grasp the market creation contribution fee to be distributed to each business practice user and to carry out the distribution process. Furthermore, each business practice user can grasp the market creation contribution fee that can be distributed to them.

[0061] This process allows business users belonging to a federation to share information about the experiences, connections, and credibility of other users, as well as business ideas, products, services, and sales information, and the sharing of profits that can be returned between business users belonging to the federation promotes a chain of growth within the federation. In other words, cooperation from colleagues belonging to the same federation is obtained in order to realize individual dreams and hopes.

[0062] According to the information processing system 100 described above, mutual support between users can be preferably implemented.

[0063] Second Embodiment An information processing system 100 according to a second embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the server 300 further provides the administrator user with recommendation information for organizing the federation.

[0064] As described in the first embodiment, the information processing system 100 can promote a chain of growth among the business users in the collaboration entity. However, if the collaboration entity is not properly organized, the information within the collaboration entity cannot be effectively shared, and the chain of growth described above may be hindered.

[0065] Therefore, the server 300 provides the administrator user who will be organizing the collaboration body with information in advance regarding the experience, connections, and credibility of each business practice user, as well as information regarding business ideas, products, and services, and sales information, as recommended information for organizing the collaboration body.

[0066] In this way, when an administrator user organizes a collaboration by combining business practice users who are each engaged in businesses in different fields, the administrator user can organize the collaboration after giving careful consideration to combinations that allow information to be effectively mutually utilized within the collaboration, and combinations that maximize profits from each business in different fields within the collaboration.

[0067] Furthermore, in this case, the recommendation information may include information about the contribution rate of the business user to a collaborative entity to which the business user previously belonged and a predetermined growth rate of the collaborative entity, where the growth rate is, for example, the percentage increase or decrease in the total amount of profit return in the collaborative entity over multiple years, comparing the first year in which the business user belonged to the collaborative entity with the final year.

[0068] Information regarding the contribution rate of a business practice user in a collaboration entity to which the business practice user previously belonged represents the business practice user's profit contribution to the collaboration entity, and a business practice user with a high contribution rate can be considered to have effectively utilized information shared within the collaboration entity and achieved results in the business he or she is engaged in. Furthermore, the growth rate of a collaboration entity to which the business practice user previously belonged represents the chain of growth of each business practice user in the collaboration entity, and a business practice user who belonged to a collaboration entity with a high growth rate can be considered to have generously cooperated with colleagues in the collaboration entity and contributed to the growth of the organization as a whole.

[0069] In this way, the server 300 provides the administrator user with the above-mentioned contribution rates and growth rates as recommended information, enabling the administrator user to organize the collaboration body after carefully considering combinations that can maximize the chain of growth of each business practice user in the collaboration body.

[0070] The information processing system 100 described above also makes it possible to provide mutual support to users in an appropriate manner.

[0071] <Other Modifications> The above-described embodiment is merely an example, and the present disclosure may be modified as appropriate within the scope of the gist thereof. For example, the processes and means described in the present disclosure may be freely combined and implemented as long as no technical contradiction occurs.

[0072] Furthermore, the processing described as being performed by one device may be shared and executed by multiple devices. For example, the first acquisition unit 3031 and the provision unit 3032 may be formed in a processing device separate from the server 300. In this case, the separate processing device is configured to be able to cooperate favorably with the server 300. Furthermore, the processing described as being performed by different devices may be executed by a single device. In a computer system, the hardware configuration (server configuration) by which each function is realized can be flexibly changed.

[0073] The present disclosure can also be realized by supplying a computer program that implements the functions described in the above embodiments to a computer, and having one or more processors in the computer read and execute the program. Such a computer program may be provided to the computer on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium connectable to the computer's system bus or via a network. Non-transitory computer-readable storage media include, for example, any type of disk, such as a magnetic disk (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk drive (HDD), etc.), an optical disk (e.g., a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, a Blu-ray disk), a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), an EPROM, an EEPROM, a magnetic card, a flash memory, an optical card, or any type of medium suitable for storing electronic instructions.

[0074] REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100: Information processing system 200: Network 300: Server 301: Communication unit 302: Storage unit 303: Control unit 400: User terminal

Claims

1. An information processing device for managing mutual support among business practice users, comprising: in a federation formed by organizing a plurality of business practice users engaged in businesses in different fields, acquiring predetermined first information from each of the business practice users belonging to the federation; providing the first information viewable on a predetermined network so that each of the business practice users belonging to the federation can share information with each other; acquiring, for each of the business practice users belonging to the federation, an amount of profit obtained from the business by the business practice user; acquiring an investment rate for each of the business practice users from an administrator user who invests in each of the business practice users; summing up the profit return amount for each of the business practice users, which is obtained by multiplying the amount of profit by a predetermined first rate based on the investment rate from the administrator user; and calculating, for each of the business practice users belonging to the federation, a contribution rate of the business practice user by dividing the profit return amount of the business practice user by a total profit return amount, which is the sum of the profit return amounts; An information processing device comprising a control unit that executes the following: calculating a contribution fee for each of the business practice users belonging to the collaborative entity, the contribution fee being the cost to be distributed to the business practice user, which is the total profit return amount multiplied by a predetermined second rate based on the contribution rate of the business practice user.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the second ratio is a ratio based on the cumulative contribution rate of the business practice user over multiple years.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control unit further executes providing the administrator user with recommendation information for organizing the linked body.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the recommendation information includes information regarding the contribution rate of the business practice user in the affiliated entity to which the business practice user previously belonged and a predetermined growth rate of the affiliated entity.

5. An information processing method for managing mutual support among business practice users, comprising: a computer, in a federation formed by organizing a plurality of business practice users engaged in businesses in different fields, acquiring predetermined first information from each of the business practice users belonging to the federation; providing the first information in a viewable manner on a predetermined network so that each of the business practice users belonging to the federation can share information with each other; acquiring, for each of the business practice users belonging to the federation, an amount of profit obtained from the business by the business practice user; acquiring an investment rate for each of the business practice users from an administrator user who invests in each of the business practice users; summing up the profit return amount for each of the business practice users, which is calculated by multiplying the amount of profit by a predetermined first rate based on the investment rate from the administrator user; and calculating, for each of the business practice users belonging to the federation, a contribution rate of the business practice user by dividing the profit return amount of the business practice user by a total profit return amount, which is the sum of the profit return amounts; An information processing method which executes the following: calculating a contribution fee for each of the business practice users belonging to the collaborative entity, the contribution fee being the cost to be distributed to the business practice user, which is the total profit return amount multiplied by a predetermined second rate based on the contribution rate of the business practice user.

6. An information processing program for managing mutual support among business practice users, comprising: a computer that, in a federation formed by organizing a plurality of business practice users engaged in businesses in different fields, acquires predetermined first information from each of the business practice users belonging to the federation; provides the first information in a viewable manner on a predetermined network so that each of the business practice users belonging to the federation can share information with each other; acquires, for each of the business practice users belonging to the federation, the amount of profit obtained from the business by the business practice user; acquires an investment rate for each of the business practice users from an administrator user who invests in each of the business practice users; adds up the profit return amount for each of the business practice users, which is calculated by multiplying the amount of profit by a predetermined first rate based on the investment rate from the administrator user; and calculates the contribution rate of each of the business practice users belonging to the federation by dividing the profit return amount of the business practice user by the total profit return amount, which is the sum of the profit return amounts. An information processing program that executes the following: calculating a contribution fee for each of the business practice users belonging to the collaborative entity, which is the total profit return amount multiplied by a predetermined second rate based on the contribution rate of the business practice user, and is the expense to be distributed to the business practice user.

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