Contract Analysis System for Fairness Simulation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Companies face difficulties in determining whether contract content is fair between contractors and assessing the associated risks, leading to intuitive and empirical compromises when making contracts, as existing systems lack the ability to simulate and analyze the fairness and risk implications of contract changes.

Innovation Solution

A contract assistance system that includes a contract terms setting unit, a contract analysis data storage unit, and a contract analysis unit to analyze and present the central state of a contract, balancing risks and profits between contractors, allowing users to understand the fairness and risks associated with contract changes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a company uses intuitive and empirical methods to make contract compromises, then the contract creation process is simple and quick, but the company cannot accurately determine whether the contract content is fair between contractors or assess the associated risks

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontract creation processVSAvoidfairness assessment and risk evaluation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a contract analysis system as an intermediary between the contract terms and the user. This system includes a contract analysis unit that objectively evaluates contract fairness and risk levels by analyzing contract terms against a database of historical contract data and legal standards, providing quantified fairness scores and risk assessments to guide compromise decisions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the contract analysis unit continuously evaluates contract terms and provides real-time feedback on fairness and risk levels. When contract terms are modified, the system re-evaluates and updates the fairness assessment, allowing users to iteratively adjust terms based on quantitative feedback until an optimal compromise is reached

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If the contract content deviates from the central state (fair value), then the company can pursue more advantageous terms, but the risk level increases and may cause monetary loss

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontract advantageVSAvoidrisk level

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic evaluation where the contract analysis unit continuously adjusts fairness and risk assessments based on modified contract terms. The system allows users to dynamically explore how different term modifications affect both contract advantage and risk level, enabling informed decisions about acceptable deviations from the central fair state

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of contract term evaluation by introducing quantified fairness scores and risk levels. The contract analysis unit analyzes specific contract parameters (such as payment terms, delivery conditions, liability clauses) and provides differentiated assessments for each parameter, allowing targeted optimization of advantageous terms while managing overall risk

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If existing contract systems provide only basic term selection, then the system is simple to operate, but the user cannot conduct simulation or study on contract fairness, risk levels, or the impact of word changes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem operationVSAvoidcontract analysis capability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-building a database of historical contract data, legal standards, and fairness criteria before contract analysis. The contract analysis unit uses this pre-prepared knowledge base to rapidly evaluate contract terms, providing comprehensive fairness and risk assessments without requiring complex real-time computations during contract creation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual contract analysis with an automated contract analysis unit that uses computational algorithms to evaluate fairness and risk. The unit processes contract terms through automated analysis against the database of historical data and legal standards, substituting manual empirical judgment with systematic computational evaluation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20240054423A1Contract assistance system and computer program product

Publication Date: 2024.02.15 SUETSUGU KATSUNORI

AI summary

Provided is a contract assistance system and computer program product capable of analyzing the content of a contract that is fair between contractors. A contract assistance system includes a contract terms setting unit configured to set contract terms including premise items serving as premises of a contract and a simulation item to be simulated, a contract analysis data storage unit configured to store contract analysis data used to analyze the contract, a contract analysis unit configured to analyze a central state of the simulation item that makes the content of the contract fair between the contractors, on the basis of the contract analysis data stored in the contract analysis data storage unit and the contract terms set by the contract terms setting unit, and a contract analysis results presentation unit configured to present analysis results obtained by the contract analysis unit.