JP4516007B2 - Intellectual property creation support method by cooperative intellectual property management system, information providing system with sublicense management function, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention uses network technology and computer technology to license software or a computer system incorporating the software (hereinafter simply referred to as “system”, and using it is referred to as “system use”). In particular, the present invention relates to an information provision system having a sublicense management function and an intellectual property creation support method using a linked intellectual property management system. In this specification, “intellectual property” is used as a general term for intellectual property and intellectual property rights, unless otherwise specified.

  In general, a person who develops software licenses the use of the system to a third party. In this case, a person who develops software or provides a computer system incorporating the software is called a “licensor”, and a person who has signed a license to use the system with the licensor is called a “license”. A license contract in the software industry usually includes only the licensee's own use of the system as a contract, and the licensee does not grant a sublicense to a third party. This is because if the third party wishes to use the system, it is only necessary to negotiate directly with the licensor.

  However, if there is a specific licensee candidate who has a human, economic, regional or other connection with the licensee and who has a license demand similar to that licensee, the licensee candidate may If it is possible to intervene with a license rather than negotiating a license, it is reasonable not only for the licensee candidate but also for the licensor to avoid complicated procedures. The license demand is also expected to increase. In addition, a plurality of licensees using the same system can cooperate to facilitate a large-scale information-related service that is difficult with only one licensee.

  In particular, if the system is an intellectual property management system that performs processing related to the search and distribution of intellectual property information such as patent information that includes special terms, multiple licensees including licensees who are familiar with the search formula cooperate. It is appropriate for a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises that do not usually have access to intellectual property information or do not know how to access intellectual property information, and therefore cannot obtain useful intellectual property information. In addition, IP information can be provided efficiently and an opportunity to use it can be provided.

  Recently, intellectual property headquarters have been established in local universities. Universities are organizations that are expected to demonstrate high intellectual potential, and have major seeds for business or intellectual property creation. However, at present, funds, materials, and human resources are not equally secured in the intellectual property headquarters of all universities. Therefore, these local universities cooperate as licensees of the above intellectual property management systems, cooperate with each other, and provide IP information appropriately to local SMEs, etc. By increasing the number of points of contact, needs and seeds can be fused, and the local intellectual industry can be promoted.

In the present invention, for example, a plurality of intellectual property management systems are linked under a sublicense contract, thereby creating a new intellectual value together with an information requester. It aims to provide a method for supporting the creation of intellectual property.
Another object of the present invention is to facilitate the implementation of the intellectual property creation support method without changing the contents of the sublicense contract regarding the use of the computer system including the intellectual property management system without bothering the licensor. An object of the present invention is to provide an information providing system that can be managed and is easy to use for a licensee to which a sublicense has been granted.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer program for realizing such an information providing system in a general-purpose computer system.

The intellectual property creation support method provided by the present invention is provided for a first type licensee, for a first type intellectual property management system having a database, and for a second type licensee that has received a sub-license for system use from the first type licensee . a second intellectual property management system is a method performed by the cooperative intellectual property management system that works through a computer network of the first intellectual property management system, the identification name of the second type licensee, the phase and to be recorded in said database in association with specific information for identifying the second license condition inherited a part or all of the first license condition system utilization was observed in the one licensee; the second intellectual contact goods management system, the demand for the resulting IP creation supported in the second type licensee, the input device or host system of its own system Accepted through been operated terminal, the step of requesting retrieval of intellectual property information based on the demand accepted in the first intellectual property management system and; said request the first intellectual accepted from the second intellectual property management system goods management system, before Symbol to get the slave intends search formula in the second license conditions that are recorded in the database, along with performing a search of intellectual property information which is a creation target by the search formula of this, before the SL-specific generates a browser screen for the second type licensee for displaying the identification name of the second type licensee read from said database based on the information source information, the result before dangerous cord, before Kivu a step of browser screen and laid distributing browser screen of that in the second intellectual property management system; the second intellectual property management system which has received the distribution of the browser screen, the browser picture A step of displaying on a display provided in the local system or the operating terminal; having a intellectual property creation assisting method according to the cooperative intellectual property management system.
The “first type licensee” is a person who has been granted a license to use the system from the licensor that developed the system, for example, a company, a university, etc., and the “sublicense” is a license granted by the licensee. An “IP management system” is an information processing system with a communication function that performs information processing related to support for the creation of intellectual property. “Intellectual property information” is, for example, a gazette published electronically from domestic and foreign public organizations, electronic technical information distributed on a network, know-how, etc. regarding inventions, devices, designs and trademarks.
In one embodiment, the identification information of the source of the demand associated with the identification information of the second type licensee is recorded in the database, and the first intellectual property management system stores the search result. The demand source identification information read from the database on the basis of the identification information of the second type licensee is also laid out in the information display destination display area of the browser screen.

The information providing system of the present invention is an information providing system with a sublicense management function that can function as, for example, the first intellectual property management system described above, and has the following components.
(1) A search engine that searches for electronic information.
(2) the identification name of the second type licensee having concluded the sublicense between the first kind licensees with fastening authority sublicense system use, the recognized system use the first type licensee first A second type licensee DB recorded in association with unique information for specifying a second license condition that inherits a part or all of one license condition.
(3) the second type licensee DB reads the identification name stored in the read browser screen generating means for generating a browser screen for displaying the identification names as information source.
(4) Demand receiving means for receiving a demand for IP creation support generated in the second type licensee from the information providing system for the second type licensee.
(5) in response to reception of the demand by the demand receiving unit, the second type license valid DB on the recorded intends accordance with the second license condition and search formula, the search engine by search type this control means for delivering with to perform search, the results are posted before Chivu browser screen browser screen of this search received information providing system for said second type licensee to.
An embodiment further includes the following components.
(6) Text information extracting means for extracting text information from electronic information that is commonly used by the second type licensee.
(7) Information classification means for classifying the extracted text information according to a predetermined classification rule and storing each classification result in an information DB prepared for each classification in advance.
(8) The previously acquired keyword information for IP information search is collated with the text information stored in the information DB, and the keyword information having a relatively high degree of collation is used as the analysis keyword for the second type licensee. Analyzing / collating means stored in the keyword DB.
(9) Search formula creation means for creating the search formula based on the second license condition and the analysis keyword stored in the keyword DB.

In the information providing system configured as described above, since the type 2 licensee DB can grasp the relationship between the type 1 licensee and the type 2 licensee at any time, the type 1 licensee is given authority to use the system. Even if the licensor is not involved in the license agreement, the same effect as when the license agreement is indirectly concluded with the second type licensee can be obtained. Further, since the second license based on the conditional search results recorded in the second type licensee DB is published in browser screen for the second type licensee, it is possible to realize a user-friendly information providing system for the second licensee it can. In particular, the type 2 licensee can construct an environment as if a self-sending information providing system was constructed without newly introducing a special computer system.

The computer program of the present invention is a computer program for operating a computer as an information providing system with a sublicense management function. The computer is uniquely identified by the above-described search engine and type 2 licensee identification name. It is a computer program for functioning as DB management means, browser screen generation means, demand reception means, and control means that are recorded in the second type licensee DB in association with information.

According to the present invention, the information providing system with the sublicense management function is, for example, the first intellectual property management system, and the second licensee terminal or computer system to which the sublicense is granted is, for example, the second intellectual property management system. These intellectual property management systems work together to provide appropriate intellectual property information to IP creation customers, thereby creating a new computer system for intellectual property management on the type 2 licensee side. Even if it is not introduced, it will be possible to build an environment for creating new intellectual value.
Moreover, it becomes easy to expand such an environment locally and in a field. Further, the contents of the sublicense contract when the environment or the like is expanded in this way can be managed without bothering the licensor.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a cooperative intellectual property management system to which the present invention is applied will be described.
[Concept of cooperative IP management system]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of a cooperative intellectual property management system according to the present invention. This cooperative intellectual property management system 1 is based on, for example, an intellectual property management system installed in each of a plurality of universities, not only in the laboratory (instructor) in the university but also in the area where each university exists. A wide variety of intellectual property information is narrowed down to the external corporate groups, manufacturing companies, service companies, entrepreneurs, individual businesses, home businesses and students, and electronic media such as browsers and e-mails. To be distributed through.

  The collaborative IP management system also accepts access from specialists such as public institutions, public interest groups, financial institutions, educational institutions, investment institutions, research institutions, lawyers and patent attorneys, consulting companies, advertising and publicity, etc. Form opportunities for opportunities electronically. In this way, through the formation of opportunities for IP information distribution and opportunity provision, the business needs or IP creation needs of off-campus companies and the various seeds that exist on campus are merged. In addition, companies that are consumers of intellectual property creation will work together in each region to create an environment for creating new intellectual value.

  “IP information” is mainly assumed to be patent information such as domestic patent publications, patent publications, patent publications and other publications, foreign patents, etc., but not only such patent information but also trademark rights. , Information on design rights, copyright information, technical information such as published technical information, non-patent document information provided by the CSDB (computer software database) of the Japan Patent Office, and the like can also be included. In the case of a trademark right, “patent” is replaced with “trademark” among the components of the system described later. For design rights, copyrights, etc., the same rules can be used by replacing terms.

[Overall configuration of cooperative IP management system]
As shown in FIG. 2, the cooperative intellectual property management system 1 is provided in the first intellectual property management system MLs provided in the first type licensee and the second intellectual property management system in cooperation with the first intellectual property management system MLs. A plurality of second intellectual property management systems SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3 that operate as described above are connected to the Internet.
The first type licensee is a licensee who has the authority to give a sub-license for system use to a third party, and the second type licensee is a licensee that has been granted a sub license from the first type licensee. In this example, it is assumed that University A in the A region is a first-class licensee, and that the intellectual property headquarters (secretariat) and multiple laboratories (teachers) are comprehensive contracts each with authority to use the system. .
In this example, among the second type licensees, B University in B area, C University in C area, and D University in D area support intellectual property creation in cooperation with A university. As in the case of University A, each type 2 licensee is a comprehensive contract in which the Intellectual Property Headquarters (Secretariat) and multiple laboratories (instructors) each have authority to use the system.
The first-type licensee and the second-type licensee are not necessarily limited to universities, but may be companies, corporate groups, and other institutions.

  The first intellectual property management system MLs is an information providing system configured by a Web server loaded with the computer program of the present invention (an abbreviation of World Wide Web server; a computer that provides content to be viewed with a browser). The computer program is loaded into the Web server through the Internet or a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. This computer program is read and executed by the processor of the Web server, and constructs various functions related to license management and intellectual property information management in the Web server.

  The first intellectual property management system MLs constitutes an intranet between the operation terminal provided in the intellectual property headquarters and the operation terminal provided in each of a plurality of laboratories within the university A. Authority ID_A is set in the first intellectual property management system MLs. A unique authority ID within the intranet is also set for each operation terminal connected to the intranet.

  The second intellectual property management systems SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3 may be substantially general-purpose computer systems having a communication function and a browser function. This computer system also has an intranet on campus. Authority ID_B for the second intellectual property management system SLs1 provided at the university B, authority ID_C for the second intellectual property management system SLs2 provided at the university C, authority ID_D for the second intellectual property management system SLs3 provided at the university D Is set. A unique authority ID within the intranet is set for each operation terminal connected to the intranet of each university.

  The second intellectual property management system SLs1 is also connected to a plurality of user systems US1 existing in the B area via the Internet. The user system US1 is a terminal held by a person who has a demand for IP creation, for example, an off-campus company group, a manufacturing company, a service company, an entrepreneur, an individual company, a household company, or a student. These terminals may be general-purpose personal computers having a communication function and a browser function. Similarly, the second intellectual property management system SLs2 includes a plurality of user systems US2 existing in the C region, the second intellectual property management system SLs3 includes a plurality of user systems US2 existing in the D region, and the first intellectual property management system MLs includes A plurality of user systems US4 existing in the A area are connected.

  From the user systems US1 to US4, various needs information including a request for provision of intellectual property information is transmitted to the intellectual property management systems MLs, SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3 through an e-mail or a browser. The intellectual property management systems MLs, SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3 distribute intellectual property information to the user systems US1 to US4. “Distribution of intellectual property information” means that the browser of the user systems US1 to US4 browses the intellectual property information and downloads it as necessary.

  One of the features of the cooperative intellectual property management system 1 is that the first intellectual property management system MLs searches for intellectual property information on behalf of the second intellectual property management systems SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3 based on the sublicense contract. The search results are distributed as if the second intellectual property management systems SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3 performed the search. Specifically, the browser screen is personalized and distributed for the second intellectual property management systems SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3. Thereby, the structure of 2nd intellectual property management system SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3 can be simplified. In the following description, the personalized browser screen is referred to as “my page”.

  An example is as follows. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that a user system US11 in the B area makes an information provision request to the second intellectual property management system SLs1 of the B university by an electronic medium such as an electronic mail. It is assumed that the information provision request includes a keyword for creating a search expression. The second intellectual property management system SLs1 makes an information search request including the request content from the user system US11 to the first intellectual property management system MLs through an electronic medium such as an electronic mail.

  The first intellectual property management system MLs creates a search formula that estimates the demand of the information request source by analyzing the contents of the information search request, and searches for the corresponding intellectual property information. Then, the search result is edited and laid out on My Page BZB1 for University B, and this My Page BZB1 is transmitted to the second intellectual property management system SLs1. If necessary, the second intellectual property management system SLs1 publishes the search result with intellectual property related information specific to the B university or the B region added to the My Page BZB1. Thereby, user system US11 can acquire the intellectual property information which he desires from 2nd intellectual property management system SLs1, without being conscious of existence of the 1st kind intellectual property management system MLs.

  In addition, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 3, even for the second type licensee, in response to an information search request from a user system SLs4 provided in a person who does not need to cooperate for supporting the creation of intellectual property, for example, F company Thus, the search result can be laid out and distributed on My Page BZA1 for University A. The second type licensee to be linked or the second type licensee that is not linked is identified by, for example, a licensee ID or authority_ID.

  As shown in FIG. 4, for laboratory terminals connected to the first intellectual property management system MLs via the intranet, lab My Page BZA2, BZA3, BZA4 or e-mail respectively. The information search result is accepted through and the search result is posted on each of my pages BZA2, BZA3, and BZA4. This makes it possible to search for IP information in each laboratory.

  The first intellectual property management system MLs operates as described above in relation to the second intellectual property management systems SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3. In addition, the first intellectual property management system MLs also has various functions related to intellectual property creation support by the region. FIG. 5 shows an outline of information input / output to / from the first intellectual property management system MLs or a connected organization.

  That is, for a second type licensee application, that is, an authority ID application, an authority ID is issued after a predetermined condition check. In addition, the local information received from the IP management system or user system connected to the user, company information, appeal information, information provision needs, and intellectual property information (raw IP information) obtained by the search, etc. The second intellectual property management system SLs1, SLs2, SLs3, the shared page accessible by the user systems US1 to US4, and the dedicated page accessible only by one or several systems are posted regularly or irregularly. Alternatively, IP information or the like is provided by e-mail. As a result, the above-mentioned “place for opportunity provision” is formed. “Appeal information” is self-suggested information of a university, a company, etc., for example.

  The first intellectual property management system MLs is also connected to the second intellectual property management systems SLs1, SLs2, SLs3, user systems US1 to US4, specialist terminals operated by specialists such as lawyers and patent attorneys, and other plural terminals. And conduct a video conference using Internet TV technology. The video conference is performed for dialog search described later or for advice on creating an intellectual property.

[Configuration of the first IP management system]
Here, a specific configuration example of the Web server that operates as the first intellectual property management system MLs will be described with reference to FIGS. Since this Web server is one intellectual property management system that is a component of the cooperative intellectual property management system 1, it will be described as the intellectual property management system 10 for the sake of convenience.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a connection relationship between the intellectual property management system 10 and other terminals connected to the intellectual property management system 10. The IP management system 10 is roughly divided into a functional block including a license management block 1100, an information search block 1200, an information output block 1300, and a communication block 1400. The intellectual property management system 10 is connected to a terminal 102 provided in the intellectual property headquarters which is a member of the first type licensee and terminals 103 and 10n provided in each laboratory via a local network 101. Thus, an intranet is constructed.

  The intellectual property management system 10 also includes various computer systems or terminals included in the second type licensee via the Internet INT, for example, the computer system 21 that operates as the second intellectual property management system SLs1 of the University B, and the F company described above. Terminals 22 and 23 operating as user system SLs4 are connected. Connected to the computer system 21 is an intranet 211 that connects a plurality of terminals 212 and 21m provided in a laboratory in the university.

FIG. 7 is a functional configuration diagram of the license management block 1100 that the intellectual property management system 10 has. The license management block 1100 has a unique information management unit 1101.
The unique information management unit 1101 manages unique information related to the first type licensee and the second licensee input from a data input device described later.
The first specific information related to the first type licensee includes, for example, the name of University A, the names of the constituent members (IP headquarters, each laboratory) included in the comprehensive contract, each contact information including the e-mail address, First authority information including passwords set for members of University A, a range of system usage recognized by the licensor, and first license conditions including data necessary for using the system.
The second specific information related to the second type licensee is, for example, the second authority including the names of B University, C University, D University, companies, etc., contact information, passwords set for each university member or company, etc. Information, second license conditions derived from the first license conditions, that is, copied or partially modified.
The unique information management unit 1101 accumulates the first unique information in the first type licensee DB 1105 and the second unique information in the second type licensee DB 1107.

  The license management block 1100 also has an authority ID management unit 1103. This authority ID management unit 1103 extracts information related to the authority ID from the unique information stored in the first-type licensee DB 1105 and the second-type licensee DB 1107, and the second-type licensee is subtracted from which first-type licensee. Whether the license has been granted is represented by association of authority IDs, and the result is stored in the authority DB 1109.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the contents of the first type licensee DB 1105, the second type licensee DB 1107, and the authority ID DB 1109. The upper part of FIG. 8 is a first unique information field 1151 for the first type licensee stored in the first type licensee DB 1105.
The first unique information field 1151 indicates that each member of the first type licensee (in this example, the person in charge of the intellectual property headquarters of A university and the laboratory) belongs to the first type licensee, A university. License ID 1051 to represent, ID for identifying an operator by contract and authority_ID 1052 that also serves as a login password, region range 1053 that represents a region range where the system can be used, and address of a layout data file for creating a My Page 1054, an address 1055 of a memory area in which search conditions and the like are recorded, a mail address 1056, and an option 1057 are provided. The option 1057 is, for example, whether or not the person has the authority to grant a sublicense, whether or not the person has the authority to design the default My Page uniquely.

  The middle part of FIG. 8 is a second unique information field 1171 for a second type licensee stored in the second type licensee DB 1107. The items in the second unique information field 1171 are the same as those in the first unique information field 1151.

In the first unique information field 1151 and the second unique information field 1171, either the licensee ID and authority_ID pair, or the licensee ID and authority_ID is a constituent member recorded in the first unique information field 1151. It becomes the usage authority set to. Among the usage rights, the usage rights set for the type 2 licensee are associated with the usage rights set for the type 1 licensee.
For example, it is managed as a usage authority of a lower layer of the usage authority set for the first type licensee. Accordingly, the licensor can grasp the relationship between the first type licensee and the second type licensee at an arbitrary time point.

The license conditions granted to the first type licensee from the licensor and the license conditions granted to the second type licensee from the first type licensee are recorded in the contract term information recorded in the area (not shown) and the area range 1053. It is specified by the search condition recorded in the area specified by the information and the address 1055. The search conditions are, for example, the range and type of information that can be provided, combinations of search condition combinations that can be used, search rule combination rules, search expression generation rules, and the like.
Of these license conditions, those set as the first type licensee are called first license conditions, and those set as the second type licensee are called second license conditions. The second license condition inherits a part or all of the first license condition because of the sub-license. In this way, taking over the license conditions is called “inheritance”.

  Although not shown, the individual license IDs 1051 stored in the first type licensee DB 1105 and the second type licensee DB 1107 are, for example, the detailed information recording area such as the name of the institution of each licensee (for example, University A). It is linked to the address, and authority_ID 1052 is linked to the address of the detailed information recording area such as the name, affiliation (laboratory name, etc.) of the constituent member, and the specialized field. Information can be read from the detailed information recording area.

  The lower part of FIG. 8 shows an authority information field 1191 for a certain type 2 licensee stored in the authority DB 1109. The authority information field 1191 is provided with the authority type ID 1091 of the second-type licensee, the license ID 1092 of the first-type licensee as the license source, and the authority ID 1093 of the first-type licensee as the inheritance source.

  The license management block 1100 further includes a my page generation unit 1111 and an authentication processing unit 1113. The my page generation unit 1111 generates my pages for the first type licensee and the second type licensee. As shown in FIG. 9, the My Page generates My Page templates 2111, 2131 for the second type licensee based on the My Page template 2011 for the first type licensee. The layout data file 1054 of the constituent member and the constituent member of the second type licensee is modified to generate unique ones (2013, 2015, 2017, 2113, 2135, 2133, 2135).

  The authentication processing unit 1113 authenticates whether or not the person who operates the accessed terminal has a valid authority with reference to various authorities stored in the authority DB 1109.

  The my page generated by the my page generation unit 1111 is output to the information output block 1300. On the other hand, the authentication result by the authentication processing unit 1113 is output to the information search block 1113.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the information search block 1200 includes a search condition block 1210 for creating a search expression and storing it in the search expression DB 1211. The information search block 1200 is also a patent information site that provides patent information among IP information based on the search formula stored in the search formula DB 1211 and the identification information of the person authenticated by the authentication processing unit 1113 or not shown. For example, the internal patent information DB is searched for information by theme, and a search engine 1212 that accumulates the results in the search result DB 1213 is provided. In addition, the search result is edited, an abstract for each patent information is created and stored in the abstract DB 1215, and an edit processing unit 1214 for generating information such as the number of hits by theme is provided. In addition, a contact information creating unit 1216 is provided for creating contact information including information such as the number of hits by the search and storing it in the contact information DB 1217.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the search condition block 1210 includes a text information extraction unit 2210 that extracts text information from the HP or the like of the provider to be acquired acquired through the communication block 1400, and provides the extracted text information according to the classification rule 2215. A basic information DB 2221 for basic information, an appeal information DB 2223 for appeal information, and an information classification unit 2213 for storing related information DB 2225 for related information.

Basic information is information that is not directly related to technical information and is specific to the organization of the recipient, appeal information is information that the organization claims externally, and related information is the organization Is information about related technologies.
The classification rule is a rule for identifying whether the item included in the text information corresponds to the basic information, the appeal information, or the related information. For example, when the item is a noun such as a technical term, a product name, and a use, it is classified as related information, when it is approximated to a prearranged claim form, it is classified as appeal information, and otherwise it is classified as basic information. Basic information is stored in the basic information DB 2221, appeal information is stored in the appeal information DB 2223, and related information is stored in the related information DB 2225 as common terms for each provision target.

  The search condition block 1210 also has an analysis / collation unit 2227. This analysis / collation unit 2227 analyzes the collation degree between the search keyword stored in advance in the patent keyword information DB 2229 for each patent information, basic information, appeal information, and related information with reference to the term correspondence table 2230. Analysis keywords are generated and stored in the analysis keyword DB 2231.

  The search condition block 1210 further includes a search formula creation unit 2233. The search formula creation unit 2233 creates a search formula for regular delivery based on the analysis keyword stored in the analysis keyword DB 2231, and stores this in the search formula DB 1211 (FIG. 10) together with the identification information of the person to be provided. accumulate.

  As illustrated in FIG. 12, the information output block 1300 includes an information extraction unit 1311 and a layout editing unit 1313. The information extraction unit 1311 extracts a search result for the provision target person from the search result DB 1213 and the abstract DB 1215, and the layout editing unit 1313 uses the extracted search result of the first type licensee and the second type licensee. The processing for posting on each browser screen that is individualized for each constituent member is performed. The processing result of the layout editing unit 1313 is transmitted to the communication block 1400.

The communication block 1400 exists mainly for forming a place for providing the above-mentioned opportunity and for providing a tool for more accurately searching for intellectual property information.
The configuration of the communication block 1400 is as shown in FIG. That is, the communication block 1400 includes an I / O control unit 1401 for enabling connection with the local network 101 and the Internet INT and PtoP (peer-to-peer) shown in FIG.

The I / O control unit 1401 performs two-way communication with a communication partner based on communication setting information such as a protocol for each communication partner recorded in the communication control information management DB 1403. Connected to the I / O control unit 1401 are an electronic camera, a microphone and a conversation device 1405 having these interfaces, a multimedia output device 1407 including a display and a microphone, and a data input device 1409 including a keyboard and a mouse. The
The conversation device 1405 and the multimedia output device 1407 are devices for enabling, for example, an Internet video conference, and the data input device 1409 is for inputting unique information about the above-described first-type licensee and second-type licensee. It is a device.

  The communication block 1400 also includes a communication management unit 1411 and a database management system (DBMS) 1413. The communication management unit 1411 forms an electronic bulletin board, for example. The DBMS 1413 accumulates and reads data in and from the company appeal information DB 1415, the special appeal information DB 1417, the other appeal information DB 1419, the regional information DB 1421, the needs information DB 1423, and the seeds information DB 1425.

[Operation overview of IP management system]
Next, an example of a procedure for operating the above-described intellectual property management system 10 as the first intellectual property management system MLs provided in University A will be described.

{First type licensee registration process}
FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the first type licensee registration process.
The first intellectual property management system MLs loads the licensee ID (ml_ID) given by the licensor, the first license condition, viewer software for displaying my page, etc. (ST11), and the system user, that is, the knowledge of University A, is loaded. Input of personal information such as a person in charge of the financial department or a person in charge of a laboratory is accepted (ST12). For each user, an authority_ID is assigned, and this authority_ID is registered in the first type licensee DB 1105 together with the authority content (ST13). This is repeated for all users of University A (ST14: No).

{Type 2 licensee registration process}
FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the second type licensee registration process.
The first intellectual property management system MLs loads the licensee ID (sl_ID), the second license condition, the viewer software for displaying my page, etc. given from the authorized user among the first type line senses (ST21). ), And accepts input of personal information such as a user of the system, for example, a person in charge of the intellectual property headquarters of B University, a person in charge of the laboratory, etc. (ST22) For each user, the authority_ID is numbered, and this authority_ID is registered in the second type licensee DB 1107 together with the authority content (ST23). Also, the authority_ID of the user is registered in the authority ID DB 1109 together with the licensee ID (ml_ID) of the licensee of the first type licensee and the authority_ID of the first type licensee from which the first license condition is inherited (ST24).
This is repeated for all users (ST25: No).

{Search expression creation process}
FIG. 16 is a procedure diagram of search expression creation processing. This process is usually executed when determining a search expression used for regular distribution of thematic patent information. However, when creating a search expression for irregular distribution, it can be executed in the same manner.
The first intellectual property management system MLs extracts text information from the homepage (HP) of a provision target person, for example, a company that exists in the A area and has the user system US4 (ST31). In order to properly grasp common terms, as many text information as possible and a wide range of text information are extracted. Instead of accessing the home page, text information may be extracted from an e-mail received from the person to be provided or digitized PR information.

The first intellectual property management system MLs classifies the text information extracted in this way into basic information, appeal information, and related information according to the classification rule, and accumulates them in the corresponding DB (ST32). The classification rules and the like are as described above. Thereafter, the classified text information is decomposed into a plurality of phrases by, for example, a known morphological analysis. The term correspondence table 2230 showing the correspondence between patent terms and general terms or synonyms in advance is referred to, and the extracted terms and phrases used in the patent keyword information accumulated in advance are collated (ST33). ).
Then, patent keyword information having a high degree of matching between phrases is stored in the analysis keyword DB 2231 as an analysis keyword (ST34). Thereafter, based on the search condition read from the search condition file for the providing target person (search condition add), for example, the logical condition that can be taken in the case of a certain phrase, and the analysis keyword stored in the analysis keyword DB 2231, A search formula for the provision target person is created, and this is linked to the authority_ID of the provision target person and stored in the search formula DB 1211 (ST31).

{Search and regular delivery processing}
A procedure for searching for patent information in the first intellectual property management system MLs using the search formula created in this manner and distributing the search result to the provision target will be described. FIG. 17 is a procedure diagram of search and regular distribution processing by the first intellectual property management system MLs.
The first intellectual property management system MLs measures the current date and time with an internal timer, for example, and has a function of monitoring whether or not the current date and time has reached a scheduled scheduled delivery date determined in advance by a sublicense contract. Have. When it is detected that the scheduled delivery date has been reached by this function (ST41: Yes), the first intellectual property management system MLs reads the search formula for the person to be provided from the search formula DB 1211, and the search engine 1212 uses the patent information site. (Or patent information DB) is searched for patent information that matches the search formula (ST42). Here, it is assumed that the patent information obtained by the search is the full text (including drawings) of the patent publication.

  The search engine 1212 accumulates the full text of the patent gazette as a search result in the search result DB 1213 with a plurality of items of the gazette as one of the patent keywords (ST43). Further, each patent gazette is edited by the editing processing unit 1214, and data of each abstract part, for example, a “summary” part of the patent gazette is extracted. The extracted abstract is linked to the patent gazette stored in the search result DB 1213 and stored in the abstract DB 1215 (ST44). For example, the link can be established by making the publication number, the patent number, etc. the same.

  Thereafter, all the abstracts related to the provision target person are extracted from the abstract DB 1215 and sorted in the order of the numbers given in the gazette, and these are posted on the my page for the provision target person (ST45). In addition, contact information indicating that the search result for the provision target person is posted on the My Page is created, and this contact information is automatically distributed to the terminal of the provision target person by e-mail or the like (ST46). The recipient who saw e-mail, etc. accesses the first IP management system MLS through his / her terminal, browses the abstract posted on My Page, and selects “Details” of the abstract (ST47: Yes), the full text (including drawings) of the corresponding patent information is extracted from the search result DB 1213 and posted on my page (ST48). In this way, the provision target person first confirms whether or not the patent information he desires has been distributed in the abstract, and if the desired patent information has been distributed, by selecting "Details" and confirming, Patent information can be accessed efficiently.

Here, the my page for the provision target person will be described in detail.
The first intellectual property management system MLs creates a My Page having a layout unique to the laboratory on a terminal provided in the laboratory within the university, and posts the search result of patent information on the My Page. In addition, the second intellectual property management systems SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3 of other universities that have been granted sublicenses in order to support the creation of intellectual property in cooperation with the second intellectual property management systems SLs1, SLs2, and SLs3. Create a My Page to make it appear as if you searched for information. On the other hand, for a terminal or user system of the second type line sense that does not need to be linked, a My Page for University A is created to appeal that University A is an information source or a service provider.

Examples of the My Page as described above are shown in FIGS. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a My Page when the first intellectual property management system MLs distributes the search result of patent information to a laboratory terminal for University A connected through an intranet.
In this My Page 3001, in the area 3011 representing the information source, for example, the letters “A University Intellectual Property Headquarters” specified by the authority_ID recorded in the first type licensee DB 1105 are displayed. The name of “◇◇ lab” specified by the authority_ID is displayed in the next area indicating the information providing destination.
The theme selection area 3013 can display the search result for each theme by clicking this. In the search period display area 3015, “current day”, “one week ago”, “one month ago”, and the like are displayed. The hit number display area 3017 displays the number of hits in the theme, and the abstract display area 3019 displays abstracts accumulated in the abstract DB 1215. By clicking on the details 3020 in the abstract display area 3019, the full text of the patent information stored in the search result DB 1213 is displayed in PDF or the like.

  FIG. 20 shows that the first intellectual property management system MLs receives a request from the second intellectual property management system SLs1 of the University B intellectual property headquarters and distributes the search result of the patent information to the second intellectual property management system SLs1. It is explanatory drawing of my page at the time. In this My Page 4001, in the area 4011 representing the information source, for example, the text “B University Intellectual Property Headquarters” specified by the authority_ID recorded in the second type licensee DB 1107 is displayed. The name of “◇◇ lab” of University B specified by authority_ID is displayed in the next area indicating the provider. The theme selection area 4013, search period display area 4015, hit count display area 4017, abstract display area 4019, and details 4020 are the theme selection area 3013, search period display area 3015, hit count display area 3017, and abstract display area, respectively. 3019 and details 3020 are the same.

The first intellectual property management system MLs causes the user system US4 to display a my page 5001 illustrated in FIG. 21 and a my page 6001 illustrated in FIG.
A My Page 5001 in FIG. 21 is a My Page for allowing the user system US4 in the A area to browse, and a My Page in FIG. 22 is for allowing the user system US1 in the B area to browse through the second intellectual property management system SLs1. My page. The My Page shown in FIG. 21 is also used when the second type licensee is an F company having a base outside University A. 21 and 22, theme selection areas 5013 and 6013, search period display areas 5015 and 6015, hit count display areas 5017 and 6017, abstract display areas 5019 and 6019, and details 5020 and 6020 are shown in FIG. The theme selection area 3013, search period display area 3015, hit count display area 3017, abstract display area 3019, and details 3020 are the same.

  The search menu can be selected for the user system US4 or the like. FIG. 23 is a my page at this time. In this My Page 7001, an area 7011 representing a search menu provider is a character of “Intellectual Property Headquarters of University A” specified by the authority_ID recorded in the first type licensee DB 1107 and “Intellectual Property Information Search”. Menu "is displayed. In addition, a number search 7013, a field-specific search 7015, a theme-specific search 7017, a category search 7019, a keyword search 7021, and a dialog search 7023 are provided as selectable search menus.

  When the dialog search 7023 is selected, a transition is made to my page as shown in FIG. In the area 8011 representing the search menu selection service provider in the My Page 8001 illustrated in FIG. 24, the “University Intellectual Property Headquarters” specified by the authority_ID recorded in the first type licensee DB 1107 is displayed. Characters and “interactive search menu” are displayed. In addition, in the video area 8013, a video screen of a search specialist displayed by the conversation device 1405 provided in the first intellectual property management system MLs is displayed. Further, a technical field specific area is displayed around the video area 8013. In the illustrated example, an “electric / electronic” field 8015, a “machinery” field 8017, a “chemistry” field 8019, and an “others” field 8021 are formed. The person who operates the user system US4 or the like first specifies the technical field identification by selecting any one of the areas 8015 to 8021 based on the video displayed on the video screen and the conversation content, By communicating the daily language and the technical field that you want to the specialist, create an appropriate search expression.

{Search and irregular distribution processing}
The search and distribution of patent information can be performed at any time, that is, irregularly, for example, triggered by the input of a search expression.
FIG. 18 is a procedure diagram of search and irregular distribution processing.
For example, when a search expression is input (ST51: Yes), the first intellectual property management system MLs receives patent information that matches the input search expression from the patent information site (or patent information DB). Search is performed (ST52). As described above, the full text of the patent publication as the search result is stored in the search result DB 1213 (ST53). In addition, the edit processing unit 1214 edits the patent gazette and extracts the abstract part. The extracted abstract is accumulated in the abstract DB 1215 (ST54). Thereafter, all abstracts related to the provision target person are extracted and sorted in numerical order, and these are posted on the provision target person's My Page (ST55).

Normally, the My Page in this case indicates that the University of Intellectual Property Headquarters as shown in FIG. 21 is the information source, but in the case of an information search request from the second intellectual property management system SLs1 My page is as shown in FIG.
The target audience accesses the first intellectual property management system MLs or the second intellectual property management system SLs1 through his / her terminal, browses the abstract posted on My Page, and selects “Details” of the abstract. If so (ST56: Yes), the full text (including drawings) of the corresponding patent information is extracted from the search result DB 1213 and posted on My Page (ST57). In this way, the target audience first confirms whether the patent information they want is delivered by abstract, and if the desired patent information is delivered, select `` Details '' to confirm, Patent information can be accessed efficiently.

As is apparent from the above description, according to the cooperative intellectual property management system 1 of the present invention, the sublicense contract for use of the system and the contents thereof can be handled in the first intellectual property management system MLs without bothering the licensor. Can be managed.
In addition, it is possible to grant a sublicense from the first type licensee to the second type licensee using the human, economic and regional connections between the licensees, while the second type licensee to which the sublicense is granted. Since the system can be used without introducing a large-scale computer system, the demand for license can be easily increased.

  In particular, if the first type licensee is a university, the university grants sublicenses to other universities, increases the second type licensee, and operates the intellectual property management system provided for each licensee in cooperation with each other. Appropriate patents not only for on-campus laboratories but also for local companies, corporate groups, entrepreneurs, individual businesses, home businesses, and students who have no means of searching for patent information but are aware of intellectual property creation Information can be narrowed down and distributed. Thereby, for example, the profit structure of the intellectual property headquarters between universities can be strengthened while contributing to local companies where each university exists.

  In addition, universities can create search expressions on behalf of campuses and local companies, or support the creation of search expressions, and automatically distribute patent information narrowed down by the search expressions. Patent information can be pinpointed to companies that do not have an organization equivalent to the headquarters. In addition, each search formula includes keywords that are commonly used by the company, etc., making patent information more familiar, deepening the understanding of the patent information, It can contribute to the promotion and the creation of new patents.

The conceptual diagram of a cooperation type intellectual property management system. The whole block diagram of a cooperation type intellectual property management system. The figure which showed the role of the 1st intellectual property management system and the 2nd intellectual property management system with respect to the information delivery to a user system. A diagram showing how information is exchanged with the terminals of each laboratory on campus. The figure which showed the outline | summary of the information input / output to the 1st IP management system, or the connected organization. The figure which showed the connection relation with the whole structure of an intellectual property management system, and another terminal. The function block diagram of a license management block. Explanatory drawing which showed the example of contents of 1st type licensee DB, 2nd type licensee DB, and authority IDDB. Explanatory drawing which showed the relationship between my page for 1st type licensees and my page for 2nd type licensees. The functional block diagram of an information search block. The functional block diagram of a search condition block. The function block diagram of an information output block. Functional block diagram of a communication block. The procedure figure of the 1st type licensee registration processing. The procedure figure of a 2nd type licensee registration process. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of search expression creation processing. The procedure figure of a search and a regular delivery process. Procedure diagram of search and irregular distribution processing The figure which showed the example of my page for every researcher distributed in the university for A university which is the 1st type licensee. The figure which showed the example of my page for every researcher delivered to the university for B university which is the 2nd type licensee. The figure which showed the example of my page which A University distributes off campus. The figure which showed the example of my page which B University distributes off campus. The figure which showed the selection screen of a search menu. The figure which showed the example of a screen when performing an interactive search.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cooperation type IP management system 10, 21 ... IP management system, MLs ... 1st IP management system, SLs 1-3 ... 2nd IP management system, 102, 103, 10n, 22, 23, 212, 21m, SLs4 ... terminal, US1 to US4, US11 ... user system, INT ... Internet, BZA1 to BZA5, BZB1, BZB2 ... browser (my page), 1100 ... license management block, 1200 ... information retrieval block, 1300 ... information output block, 1400 ... communication block, 1101 ... unique information management unit, 1103 ... authority ID management unit, 1105 .. 1st type licensee DB, 1107... 2nd type licensee DB, 1109... Authority ID DB, 1111 ..My page generation unit, 1113 ... authentication processing unit, 1210 ... search condition block, 1211 ... search expression DB, 1212 ... search engine, 1213 ... search result DB, 1214 ... Edit processing unit, 1216 ... contact information creation unit, 1215 ... abstract DB, 1217 ... contact information DB, 2210 ... text information extraction unit, 2213 ... information classification unit, 2215 ... classification Rule DB, 2221 ... Basic information DB, 2223 ... Appeal information DB, 2225 ... Related information DB, 2227 ... Analysis / collation unit, 2229 ... Patent keyword information DB, 2230 ... Term Correspondence table, 2231 ... analysis keyword DB, 2233 ... search formula creation unit, 1311 ... information extraction unit, 1313 ... layout editing unit, 401 ... I / O control unit, 1403 ... communication control information management DB, 1405 ... conversation device, 1407 ... multimedia output device, 1409 ... data input device, 1411 ... communication management Department, 1413 ... DBMS, 1415 ... Company appeal information DB, 1417 ... Specialist peel information DB, 1419 ... Other appeal information DB, 1421 ... Regional information DB, 1423 ... Need information DB, 1425 ... Seeds information DB.

Claims (5)

A first intellectual property management system provided in the first type licensee and having a database, and a second intellectual property management system for the second type licensee that has received a sub-license for system use from the first type licensee are computer networks. A method executed by a cooperative intellectual property management system that cooperates through
The first intellectual property management system specifies a second license condition in which the identification name of the second type licensee is inherited from a part or all of the first license condition of the system use approved by the first type licensee. Recording in the database in association with specific information for;
The second intellectual property management system accepts the demand for intellectual property creation support generated in the second type licensee through the input device of the own system or the operation terminal connected to the own system, and the intellectual property based on the accepted demand Requesting the first intellectual property management system to retrieve information;
The first intellectual property management system that has received the request from the second intellectual property management system obtains a search expression that conforms to the second license condition recorded in the database, and the knowledge that is to be created by this search expression. While searching for goods information, generating a browser screen for the second type licensee for displaying the identification name of the second type licensee read from the database based on the unique information as an information source, Laying out the search results on the browser screen and distributing the browser screen to the second intellectual property management system;
The second intellectual property management system receiving the distribution of the browser screen includes displaying the browser screen on a display included in the own system or the operation terminal;
Intellectual property creation support method by cooperative intellectual property management system. In the database, identification information of the source of the demand associated with the identification information of the second type licensee is recorded,
In the first IP management system, the source of the demand read from the database based on the identification information of the second type licensee in the display area of the information providing destination on the browser screen where the search result is laid out Lay out together with the identification information of
The intellectual property creation support method according to claim 1. A search engine for searching electronic information;
The identification name of the second-type licensee that has concluded the sub-license with the first-type licensee who has the authority to conclude a sub-license for system use is the first license condition for system use that is recognized by the first-type licensee. A second-type licensee DB recorded in association with specific information for specifying a second license condition that is partially or entirely inherited;
Browser screen generation means for reading the identification name recorded in the second type licensee DB and generating a browser screen for displaying the read identification name as an information source;
Demand receiving means for receiving demand for IP creation support generated in the second type licensee from the information providing system for the second type licensee;
Upon receipt of demand by the demand reception means, a search expression according to the second license condition recorded in the second type license DB is acquired, and the search engine is caused to perform a search by using the search expression and received. Control means for posting the result of the search on the browser screen and distributing the browser screen to the information providing system for the second type licensee.
Information provision system with sublicense management function. Text information extraction means for extracting text information from electronic information that is commonly used by the second type licensee;
Information classification means for classifying the extracted text information according to a predetermined classification rule, and storing each classification result in an information DB prepared for each classification in advance;
The keyword information for IP information search acquired in advance is collated with the text information stored in the information DB, and the keyword information having a relatively high degree of collation is stored in the keyword DB as an analysis keyword for the second type licensee. Accumulating analysis / verification means;
Search expression creating means for creating the search expression based on the second license condition and the analysis keyword stored in the keyword DB;
Further having
The information providing system according to claim 3. A computer program for operating a computer as an information providing system with a sublicense management function;
Said computer;
A search engine that searches for electronic information;
The identification name of the second-type licensee that has concluded the sub-license with the first-type licensee who has the authority to conclude a sub-license for system use is the first license condition for system use that is recognized by the first-type licensee. DB management means for recording in the second-type licensee DB in association with specific information for specifying the second license condition that partially or entirely inherits;
Browser screen generation means for reading out the identification name recorded in the second type licensee DB and generating a browser screen for displaying the read identification name as an information source;
Demand receiving means for receiving demand for IP creation support generated in the second type licensee from the information providing system for the second type licensee;
Upon receipt of the demand, a search formula according to the second license condition recorded in the second type license DB is acquired, and the search engine is caused to search by this search formula, and the received search result A computer program for causing the browser screen to function as control means for distributing the browser screen to the information providing system for the second type licensee.

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