WO2023073753A1

WO2023073753A1 - Matching device, matching method, computer program

Info

Publication number: WO2023073753A1
Application number: PCT/JP2021/039241
Authority: WO
Inventors: 昇西村
Original assignee: 昇西村
Priority date: 2021-10-25
Filing date: 2021-10-25
Publication date: 2023-05-04
Also published as: JP7106086B1; JPWO2023073753A1

Abstract

Proposed is a technique for matching needs disclosed by need disclosers with ideas disclosed by idea disclosers, using a method that was impossible in the past.　A server is provided with: an idea data recording unit 223 that records idea data, which is data about ideas provided by users from user terminals; a need data recording unit 225 that records need data, which is data about needs provided by users from terminals; and a matching unit 227 that extracts combinations of one need and a plurality of ideas that solve the one need, combinations of a plurality of needs and one idea that solves the plurality of needs, and combinations of a plurality of needs and a plurality of ideas that solve the plurality of needs, on the basis of a plurality of sets of idea data recorded by the idea data recording unit 223 and a plurality of sets of need data recorded by the need data recording unit 225. Thus these combinations of needs and ideas are: 1:N, N:1, and N:N.

Description

Matching device, matching method, computer program

The present invention relates to technology for matching ideas and needs, or between people with ideas and people with needs.

In this application, we define "needs" as the human desire to "do something about something" in all kinds of fields, such as technical, theoretical, social, and cultural issues. In this application, an "idea" is defined as a solution to the human desire to "solve something in this way" in all kinds of fields, such as technical problems, theoretical problems, social problems, and cultural problems. do.

Needs (or problems) give rise to real applications by satisfying (or solving) them, thereby making people's lives better. Ideas are needed to satisfy needs and put applications into practical use. Satisfying needs by matching them with ideas makes it possible to create applications that make people's lives better.
Appropriate ideas that should be matched to the needs that exist in the world, of course, sometimes have to create new things that do not exist in the past, but they already exist but are not known to those who need them. There are many things.
Therefore, it is theoretically possible to appropriately match existing needs with new or existing ideas, thereby making people's lives better.
Not only that, by satisfying needs, those who have needs can, for example, manufacture products that could not be manufactured in the past. You may be able to solve problems, make the movie you always wanted to make, or become a successful business. On the other hand, those who provide those who have needs with ideas that match their needs will generally receive financial benefits from the recipients of the ideas.
Therefore, various people can benefit from being able to match needs and ideas.

This type of matching between needs and ideas has been widely practiced for a long time.
For example, under the name of open innovation, many companies are already making attempts to publicize their needs and solicit ideas that can solve those needs.
In addition, there are many events and websites on the Internet for the purpose of matching manufacturing companies and sales companies, or matching investors with venture companies that want to receive investment.
Many of such existing services employ the following mechanism.
First, in such a service, a plurality of need disclosers disclosing needs and a plurality of idea disclosing persons disclosing ideas participate, respectively. The needs disclosers disclose their own needs so that each idea discloser can view them, and the idea disclosers disclose their own ideas so that each needs discloser can view them. Then, when the needs discloser finds an idea that is preferable to match his or her needs in the browsed items, the idea discloser accesses the idea discloser who provided the idea, or the idea discloser If you find a need in your browsing that you would like to match to, then access the Need Discloser who provided the need.
By matching needs and ideas in this manner, the Needs Discloser strives to satisfy the need and produce an application.
Such a mechanism is based on the premise that the person disclosing needs and the person disclosing ideas independently discover needs or ideas that should be matched with their own needs or ideas.

However, in recent years, with remarkable progress in artificial intelligence technology, mechanisms and systems have appeared that do not rely solely on the autonomy of the person disclosing needs and the disclosing idea as described above in order to match needs and ideas. Such systems exist exclusively on the Internet.
An example of such a system is generally as follows.
In the matching service using the system (matching system), as in the case described above, a plurality of needs disclosers disclosing needs and a plurality of idea disclosing persons disclosing ideas participate. Needs disclosers register their needs in a matching system on the Internet, and idea disclosers register their ideas in the matching system. As a result, the needs discloser can view all ideas via the Internet, and the idea discloser can view all needs via the Internet. The matching system is equipped with artificial intelligence that can interpret the meaning of those needs and ideas. Notify the Needs Discloser and the Idea Discloser who disclosed the identified needs and ideas, respectively, of the paired needs and ideas.
According to such a matching system, the person disclosing needs and the person disclosing ideas do not have to voluntarily search for ideas that match their disclosed needs or needs that match their disclosed ideas. Depending on the capabilities of artificial intelligence, there will be no missing pairs of needs and ideas that can be matched.
It is self-evident that the greater the number of needs and ideas, the higher the probability of successful matching. In that respect, the Internet-based matching system is excellent because it can gather people who disclose needs and people who disclose ideas across national borders. However, when there are too many needs and ideas, it becomes difficult to find ideas that match the needs or needs that match the ideas only by relying on the needs discloser and the autonomy of the idea discloser. If artificial intelligence is used to automatically match needs and ideas, such problems will be eliminated, and the advantage of a high success rate of matching by collecting many needs and ideas will be emphasized. Become.

However, such existing services merely match the needs disclosed by the person disclosing the needs with the ideas disclosed by the person disclosing the idea, and cannot produce any further results.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a new service that could not be realized in the past in matching the needs disclosed by the person disclosing the needs and the ideas disclosed by the person disclosing the idea.

In order to solve the above problems, the inventors of the present application propose the following inventions.
The present invention is used by a plurality of idea presenter terminals, which are computer terminals connected to a predetermined network and used by idea presenters who disclose ideas that others want to use, and by needs presenters who disclose their needs. A matching device for matching a plurality of needs discloser terminals, which are computer terminals, with the idea discloser and the needs discloser, which can communicate via the network.
This matching device is a transmitting/receiving unit that transmits and receives predetermined data to and from the plurality of idea presenter terminals and the plurality of needs presenter terminals via the network. , receiving idea data, which is text data specifying the idea by text, and receiving needs data, which is text data specifying the need by text, from a plurality of needs discloser terminals. an idea data recording section for recording the plurality of idea data received by the transmission/reception section; a needs data recording section for recording the plurality of needs data received by the transmission/reception section; and the idea data recording section. and the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit, the needs specified by the needs data and the idea data solving the needs based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the needs data recording unit a matching unit that extracts at least one of the needs and the ideas as a plurality of combinations of the identified ideas, and based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit, the idea data an idea presenting unit that enables the identified idea to be browsed from the needs discloser terminal via the network; and a needs presenting unit that allows the terminal of the person presenting the idea to view the needs to be presented via the network.
Further, the transmitting/receiving unit in this matching device transmits the idea data and the needs data that triggered the extraction of the ideas and the needs paired by the matching unit to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively. Specific information, which is information for specifying the idea and the need paired by the matching unit, is transmitted to each of the terminal of the person presenting the idea and the terminal of the person presenting the need.

The matching device of the present invention is used in combination with an idea presenter's terminal and a needs presenter's terminal, each of which is plural in number and which can communicate with the matching device via a network. An idea presenter's terminal is a computer terminal used by an idea presenter who discloses an idea that he or she wishes to be used by others. The needs discloser terminal is a computer terminal used by a needs discloser who discloses needs. The network is typically the Internet, but also includes intranets and combinations of the Internet and intranets.
As already explained, "needs" are human desires to "do something about something" in all kinds of fields, such as technical, theoretical, social, and cultural issues. An "idea" is a solution to the human desire to "solve things in this way" in all sorts of fields, including technical, theoretical, social, and cultural issues.
The matching device has a transceiver. The transmitting/receiving unit is a mechanism for performing communication via a network, and may be a well-known one. The ideas and needs described above can be expressed in text, as can be seen from the definitions. The transmitting/receiving unit is designed to receive idea data, which is text data specifying an idea by text, from multiple terminals of the person disclosing the idea, and text data specifying needs by text from the terminals of the multiple needs discloser. is adapted to receive needs data. The number of pieces of idea data sent from the terminal of the idea presenter to the transmitting/receiving unit is not limited to one, and may be plural. The number of needs data sent from the needs discloser terminal to the transmitting/receiving unit is the same, and may be more than one.
The matching device has an idea data recording section. A plurality of idea data received by the transmitting/receiving section are recorded in the idea data recording section. The matching device has a needs data recording unit. A plurality of needs data received by the transmitting/receiving section are recorded in the needs data recording section.
The matching device has an idea presentation unit. The idea presenting section enables the terminal of the need presenter to browse through the network the idea specified by the idea data based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording section. The matching device also includes a needs presenter. The needs presenting unit allows the terminal of the person presenting the idea to browse through the network the needs specified by the needs data based on the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit. As a result, the person disclosing the needs can grasp the ideas disclosed by the person disclosing the idea, and the person disclosing the idea can grasp the needs disclosed by the person disclosing the idea. This may be used by the Idea Publisher and the Needs Publisher who have received the specific information described below, where the Idea Provider and the Needs Publisher may It can also be used for matching that relies on the autonomy of the person disclosing the idea. In other words, the matching apparatus of the present invention does not necessarily require matching that relies on the autonomy of the person disclosing the idea and the person disclosing the needs, but it does not exclude it.
A matching device of the present invention includes a matching section. The matching unit solves the needs identified by the needs data and the needs based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit and the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit. At least one of needs and ideas is extracted as a plurality of pairs of ideas specified by the idea data.
The matching unit in the matching device of the present invention matches at least one of needs and ideas as a plurality of needs and ideas instead of 1:1 as is done in conventional matching schemes or matching systems. That is, the matching unit matches needs and ideas in a 1:N, N:1, or N:N relationship. Of course, in addition to at least one of these three relationships, the matching unit may also perform 1:1 matching.
For example, if needs and ideas are to be matched on a 1:N basis, the needs that could not be matched by the conventional matching device and could not be solved by the idea alone can be solved by combining them. of ideas can be matched to needs that could not be solved with only one idea. According to this, it may be possible to solve a single need with a combination of, for example, ideas that are seemingly unrelated and do not arise from the normal human thought process. In this case, it is assumed that the relationships among the N ideas are parallel relationships, discontinuous relationships, network relationships, tree-like relationships, or chains of linear causal relationships. can. However, the relationships between ideas are not limited to these.
In addition, if needs and ideas are matched N: 1, there may be new needs in normal human thinking, which are not assumed by conventional matching devices, and may be caused by a combination of multiple needs. Matching of a combination of one idea may be established. In this case, it is assumed that the relationship among the N needs is a parallel relationship, a discontinuous relationship, a network relationship, a tree-like relationship, or a chain of linear causal relationships. can. However, the relationships between needs are not limited to these.
In the case of N:N combinations of needs and ideas, new needs generated by combining multiple needs and new ideas generated by combining multiple ideas that can solve these new needs will be matched with It can be assumed that the relationships between the N needs and the relationships between the N ideas in this case are respectively as described above.
According to the matching device of the present invention, it is possible to achieve such matching between needs and ideas that is beyond human thinking and is at least difficult to achieve manually by humans. There is a saying that if the wind blows, the cooper will make a profit. The matching device of the present invention, for example, combines ideas that were far from each other to create new ideas. By creating a new need by combining needs that have long existed in the distant past, the applicant has named it the "winding chain", creating new ideas and needs that were not possible in the past. It is valuable in that it can create matches.
The above-described transmitting/receiving unit provided in the matching device of the present invention transmits to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively, idea data and needs data from which ideas and needs paired by the matching unit are extracted by the matching unit. Specific information, which is information specifying the ideas and needs paired by the matching unit, is transmitted to each of the terminal of the person who discloses the needs and the terminal of the person who discloses the needs. The specific information is generated, for example, by a matching section. The terminal of the idea presenter who received the specific information, the terminal of the presenter of the idea, and the person of the needs presenter who use the terminal of the needs presenter, respectively, can determine which needs or ideas the needs or ideas they have provided are matched with the specific information. It is possible to know whether The idea presenter and the needs presenter can then communicate with each other, for example, via a matching device, and develop an application based on the matching of needs and ideas. The specific information may include information specifying needs and ideas (for example, a unique identifier assigned to each need and idea), or may include needs data and idea data themselves. Also good. Even if the needs discloser or the idea discloser can only grasp the identifier as described above, the needs discloser and the idea discloser will be able to identify the ideas disclosed by the idea discloser, or Since the disclosed needs can be browsed, there is no problem in knowing the content of the needs or ideas.

The matching unit performs at least two data based on one of the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit and at least two of the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit. A set of a new need, which is a new need that is a combination of the needs specified by the two needs data, and one idea specified by the idea data that solves the new need is extracted. The transmitting/receiving unit transmits to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively, the idea data and the needs data that triggered the extraction of the idea and the new need paired by the matching unit. specific information, which is information specifying the idea and the need from which the set of the new need and the idea paired by the matching unit is supplied to the terminal of the person disclosing the idea and the terminal of the person disclosing the need, respectively; may be sent.
This makes it possible to match one idea with multiple needs. In other words, this enables N:1 matching of needs and ideas. However, "new needs" is sufficient if it is a set of multiple needs combined into one idea. does not necessarily need to be created.
A new need, which is a combination of multiple needs, may be something that one would never even think of. According to N:1 matching of needs and ideas, it may be possible to create new applications by combining such new needs with, for example, unused ideas. In the case where one idea and multiple needs are combined, for example, if X needs exist as parallel or discontinuous relationships, the targets for which matching is attempted for the idea are two. to a round robin of X need combinations. However, since there seems to be a limit to combining multiple needs, the limit will probably be a combination of three or four needs at most. Matching between new needs and one idea can be done in a round-robin fashion as described above. Alternatively, if the relationship between X needs is, for example, a network relationship, a tree relationship, or a chain of linear causal relationships, one new need can be extracted and matched with the initial single idea.

The matching unit is configured to match at least two of the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit and one of the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit. a set of a need specified by the needs data and a new idea, which is a combination of the ideas specified by at least two idea data that solves the needs, is extracted; The idea presenter terminal and the idea disclosing party transmitting the idea data and the needs data, which triggered the extraction of the new idea and the needs paired by the matching unit, to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively. Specific information, which is information for specifying the idea and the need that are the basis of the set of the need and the new idea that are paired by the matching unit, is transmitted to each terminal of the needs discloser. may
This makes it possible to match multiple ideas with one need. In other words, 1:N matching of needs and ideas becomes possible. However, a "new idea" is sufficient if it is a set of multiple ideas combined to meet one need. does not necessarily need to be created.
By matching a new idea, which is a combination of multiple ideas, with a single need, it becomes possible to solve needs that could not be matched with a single idea by matching multiple ideas. Sometimes. When one need and multiple ideas are combined, for example, if Y ideas exist as parallel or discontinuous relationships, the targets for which matching is attempted for the need are 2 to Y It can be a brute force combination of ideas. In this case, it is considered that there is not so much limit on the number of ideas to be combined. Matching of a new idea with one need can be done in a round-robin fashion as described above. Alternatively, if the relationship between Y ideas is a network relationship, a tree relationship, or a chain of linear causal relationships (although the relationship is not limited to these), It is also possible to extract one new idea from the relationship analysis results and match it with one initial need.

The matching unit performs at least extracting a set of a new need that is a combination of needs specified by two of the needs data and a new idea that is a combination of the ideas specified by at least two of the idea data that solves the new need; The transmitting/receiving unit sends the idea data and the needs data that triggered the extraction of the new idea and the new need paired by the matching unit to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively. Information specifying the idea and the needs from which the set of the new needs and the new idea paired by the matching unit is sent to the terminal of the person who discloses the idea and the terminal of the person who discloses the needs, which have been transmitted. The specific information may be transmitted.
This makes it possible to match multiple ideas with multiple needs. In other words, N:N matching of needs and ideas becomes possible.
By combining multiple ideas to create new ideas, by combining multiple needs to create new needs, and by combining new needs and new ideas, we are able to match needs and ideas that have never occurred before. It may be possible. As already mentioned, it is not always necessary for the matching device to generate specific new needs (and data that should be called new needs data) and specific new ideas (and data that should be called new idea data). Street. The combination of multiple needs and the combination of multiple ideas have already been described. New needs and new ideas can be matched by, for example, round-robin analysis or relationship analysis between multiple needs or between multiple ideas.

The matching section is text specified by the needs data for the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording section and the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording section. Interpreting the meaning of the needs to generate need interpretation data corresponding to the meaning of the needs, and interpreting the meaning of the idea being text specified by the idea data to correspond to the meaning of the idea based on the interpretive artificial intelligence executing the process, the needs interpretive data generated by the interpretive artificial intelligence, and the idea interpretative data, the needs data identified by the Extraction artificial intelligence may be included for extracting a set of the needs and the ideas identified by the idea data that solve the needs.
As described above, both ideas and needs can be specified by text, and in the present invention both ideas and needs are specified by text. Both the idea data specifying ideas and the needs data specifying needs in the present invention are text data. And since text data is relatively easy to process for artificial intelligence, it is rational to use artificial intelligence for matching ideas and needs.
The matching unit may include, for example, interpretive artificial intelligence. Interpretation artificial intelligence interprets the meaning of needs, which is text specified by needs data, generates needs interpretation data, which is data corresponding to the meaning of needs, and also generates needs interpretation data, which is data corresponding to the meaning of needs. Interpret the meaning to generate idea interpretation data, which is data corresponding to the meaning of the idea. It suffices to use known or well-known techniques that can be used to interpret the meaning of the text for needs or ideas. Regarding the interpretation of the meaning of words, word2vec, its improved version CBOW (Continuous Bag-of-Words) or Skip-Gram, RNN (recurrent Neural Network), its improved version LSTM (Long Short Term Memory), It is a technique that can be exemplified. WMD (Word Mover's Distance), which is a technology that applies the distributed representation of words to sentences, and LC-RWMD (Linear-Complexity Relaxed Word Mover's Distance), which is an improved version of WMD, can be used to interpret the meaning of sentences. . Also, doc2vec, sent2vec, Watson, and Rasa NLU can be exemplified as techniques for directly grasping the meaning of sentences, that is, distributed representation of sentences.
If the matching unit includes interpretive artificial intelligence, the matching unit may include abstractive artificial intelligence. Based on the needs interpretation data generated by the interpretation artificial intelligence and the idea interpretation data, the extraction artificial intelligence creates a set of a need identified by the needs data and an idea identified by the idea data that solves the needs. Extract. Of course, at least one of needs and ideas to be matched is plural.
The extracted artificial intelligence may be adapted to perform at least one of synonym analysis, pattern analysis, graph theory analysis or a combination thereof. Techniques for synonym analysis, pattern analysis, and graph theory analysis are all known or well-known. As described above, the need is the content of "I want to do something about something", and the idea is the content of "Something I want to do somehow". Therefore, both of them always contain contents related to "What" and "How", and the needs interpretation data generated by interpretation AI and the idea interpretation data also contain data corresponding to each of them. . Therefore, by comparing the "what" and "how" contained in the needs with the "what" and "how" contained in the ideas, between "what", between "how", and between combinations thereof, It becomes possible to determine whether those needs and ideas should be matched. Needs and ideas that are determined to be matched, and at least one of which is plural, are extracted as needs and ideas to be paired.
In synonym analysis, for example, when the combination of "What" and "How" contained in needs and ideas has a specific relationship such as superordinate, subordinate, opposite, composition, inclusion, implication, approximate, opposite , are determined to be needs and ideas that should be matched. An example of such a synonym analysis technique is JST Thesaurus Map. In pattern analysis, for example, "What" and "How" included in needs or keywords included in them and sentences as combinations thereof are specified as one pattern in terms of meaning as words and meanings as sentences, "What" and "How" included in each of a plurality of ideas, or keywords included therein and sentences as a combination thereof are similarly identified as respective patterns. Then, first, the similarity between the pattern of needs and the pattern of each idea is analyzed by round-robin method, and matching between the two is determined. If appropriate matching is still not achieved, a meta-pattern composed of each pattern of multiple ideas as a unit, i.e., a new idea, is randomly composed of a large number of meta-patterns that have a high degree of similarity to the pattern of needs. By extracting the patterns and matching the needs with the new ideas, the needs and ideas to be matched can be determined and extracted. Examples of pattern analysis techniques include the template matching method, the k-nearest neighbor identification method, the subspace method, and the neural network method. In graph theory analysis, for example, for a combination of "What" and "How" contained in needs and ideas or keywords contained in them, each "What" and "How" in the combination or contained in them Analyze the relational structure of how the keywords are linked, and use "What" and "How" judged as starting points, connecting points, and ending points, or keywords included in them, as new starting points, connecting points, By connecting as end points and creating larger or new correlations, needs and ideas to be matched can be determined and extracted. Examples of graph theory analysis techniques include TextGraphs, WordNet, and ID3 and CART, which are decision tree learning algorithms. Furthermore, as an application combining synonym analysis and graph theory analysis, for example, "What" and "How" included in needs and ideas, or combinations of keywords included in them, can be converted into if-then sentences of predicate logic or their combinations. When we want to analyze and derive for example Q(b), we look for if P(a) then Q(b), then if R(n) then P(a), then if T(g) then R (n), then if X(p) then T(g), concatenating the result if X(p) then Q(b) (where Q(b), P(a), R (n), T(g), X(p) are predicate sentences). By doing so, for example, it is possible to match and extract needs and ideas that were originally separated in meaning but could be matched. This is an example of the "winding chain" already mentioned. As such a "wind chain" technique, for example, an appropriate combination of the above-mentioned synonym analysis technique and the above-mentioned graph theory analysis technique can be assumed.

In the matching device of the present invention, each of the idea discloser using the idea discloser terminal and the needs discloser using the needs discloser terminal, who receive the same specific information, uses the network. A contact platform provider may also be included to provide a contact platform for exchanging information via.
The contact platform is, for example, a bulletin board on the Internet that is accessible only to idea and need openers who have submitted matching ideas and needs. The provision of such a communication platform facilitates communication and negotiation between the idea opener and the needs opener who have provided matching ideas and needs. However, it becomes easier to check past negotiation history. Both the contact platform and the contact platform providing unit themselves are publicly known or well-known, so they can be constructed following known or well-known techniques.
When the matching device is provided with a contact platform providing unit, the contact platform providing unit exchanges information between the idea discloser and the needs discloser via the contact platform, with the idea discloser, In addition to being able to communicate anonymously with the needs discloser, when at least one of the idea discloser and the needs discloser attempts to exchange information that breaks anonymity via the contact platform , may have a function to prohibit it. Both Needs and Idea Presenters may want to hide who they are until they decide to undertake actual application development, or before they begin thinking about starting concrete negotiations. If anonymous contact is made possible on the contact platform, it will be possible to satisfy such demands of the need disclosers and idea disclosers. In addition, if the person disclosing the idea and the person disclosing the needs can communicate with each other without going through the matching device, of course the person managing the matching device will perform matching of needs and ideas as a paid service, but the person disclosing the idea , the timing of charging the Needs Discloser may become difficult. For example, on the condition that at least one of the person who discloses the needs and the person who discloses the idea is charged, if the administrator of the matching device adopts an appropriate measure to allow exchanges between the person who discloses the needs and the person who discloses the idea under their real names, It becomes easy to establish matching with ideas as a business.
The information that breaks the anonymity is information such as the real name of the person disclosing the needs, the person disclosing the idea, the telephone number, the e-mail address, the SNS account, and the company to which the person belongs.
Furthermore, in order to prevent the person disclosing the needs from stealing only the ideas, the person disclosing the needs and the person disclosing the idea must It is also possible to conclude a non-disclosure agreement. The matching device may be equipped with a function for making the person disclosing the needs and the person disclosing the idea conclude such a non-disclosure agreement, or for supporting the same. Such functions can be realized by, for example, a contact platform providing unit or a contract support platform providing unit, which will be described later.

The matching device allows the idea discloser using the idea discloser terminal and the needs discloser using the needs discloser terminal, who have received the same specific information, to conclude a contract via the network. A contract support platform providing unit that provides a contract support platform that supports the contract support platform may be further provided.
To match needs and ideas using a matching device is to develop a new application by matching needs and ideas. In order for the needs discloser who disclosed the needs to adopt the idea disclosed by the idea discloser, it is almost certainly necessary to conclude a contract between the needs discloser and the idea discloser. Therefore, if the matching device has a function to provide a contract support platform that supports the conclusion of such a contract to the needs discloser and the idea discloser, it will be convenient for the needs discloser and the idea discloser. .
The contract support platform may be publicly known or known. For example, if the matching device has a communication platform that is a bulletin board, the content that the person disclosing the needs and the person disclosing the idea would like to include in the contract between them out of the contents that have been exchanged on the bulletin board in the past. It would be good if, as you put a check, it would be reflected as a contract clause. The contract support platform is not required to have a function that can generate a complete contract to be finally concluded, and may be of a level that can support the generation of a rough draft of the contract.

The inventor of the present application also proposes a method executed by a matching device as an aspect of the present invention. The effect of such a method is equivalent to that of the matching device according to the present invention.
An example of such a method includes a plurality of idea presenter terminals, which are computer terminals used by idea presenters who disclose ideas that they wish to be used by others, connected to a predetermined network, and a needs presenter who discloses needs. a plurality of needs discloser terminals, which are computer terminals used by, and a plurality of said idea disclosures, constituting a matching device for matching said idea discloser and said needs discloser capable of communicating via said network. and a plurality of needs discloser terminals, and a computer provided with a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving predetermined data via the network.
The method, executed by the computer, receives idea data, which is text data specifying the idea by text, from the terminals of the person disclosing the idea, and expresses the needs as text data from the terminals of the person disclosing the need. an idea data recording process of recording the plurality of idea data received by the transmitting/receiving unit in a recording medium of the computer; and receiving by the transmitting/receiving unit a needs data recording process of recording a plurality of said needs data obtained in said recording medium in said computer; a plurality of said idea data recorded in said idea data recording process; and a plurality of said needs data recorded in said needs data recording process Based on a plurality of needs data, a set of the needs identified by the needs data and the idea identified by the idea data solving the needs is determined by combining at least one of the needs and the ideas. Based on the plurality of pieces of idea data recorded in the matching process for extracting a plurality of ideas and the idea data recording process, the idea specified by the idea data can be browsed from the needs discloser terminal via the network. and the needs identified by the needs data can be viewed from the idea presenter terminal via the network based on the plurality of needs data recorded in the idea presentation process and the needs data recording process. and sending the idea data and the needs data from which the idea and the needs paired in the matching process are extracted to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively. a specific information transmission step of causing the terminal of the person disclosing the idea and the terminal of the person disclosing the need to transmit specific information, which is information identifying the idea and the need identified in the matching process, to each of the terminal of the person disclosing the idea and the terminal of the person presenting the need include.

The inventor of the present application also proposes, as one aspect of the present invention, a computer program for causing a predetermined, for example, general-purpose computer to function as a matching device. The effect of such a computer program is equivalent to the effect of the matching device according to the present invention, and it is possible to make a given computer function as the matching device according to the present invention.
An example of the computer program is a plurality of idea presenter terminals, which are computer terminals used by idea presenters who disclose ideas that they wish to be used by others, connected to a predetermined network, and needs disclosure for disclosing needs. a plurality of needs discloser terminals, which are computer terminals used by the person, and a matching device for matching the idea discloser and the needs discloser, which are communicable via the network. It is a computer program for causing a computer comprising a terminal of the disclosing person, a plurality of the terminals of the need disclosing person, and a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving predetermined data via the network to execute the following processes.
The computer-executed process receives idea data, which is text data specifying the idea by text, from a plurality of terminals of the idea presenter, and specifies the needs by text from the terminals of the needs presenter. a receiving process of receiving needs data that is text data; an idea data recording process of recording the plurality of idea data received by the transmitting/receiving section in a recording medium of the computer; and the plurality of ideas received by the transmitting/receiving section. a needs data recording process of recording the needs data in the recording medium of the computer; a plurality of the idea data recorded in the idea data recording process; and a plurality of the needs data recording process Based on the needs data, a set of the needs specified by the needs data and the ideas specified by the idea data solving the needs is extracted as a plurality of at least one of the needs and the ideas. and a plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording process, the idea specified by the idea data can be browsed from the needs discloser terminal via the network. Based on the plurality of needs data recorded in the presentation step and the needs data recording step, the needs identified by the needs data can be viewed from the terminal of the person presenting the idea via the network. and transmitting to the transmitting/receiving unit the idea data and the needs data that triggered the extraction of the ideas and the needs paired in the matching process to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively. a specific information transmission process for causing the terminal of the idea proposer and the terminal of the need discloser to transmit specific information, which is information for identifying the idea and the need paired in the matching process, respectively.

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a matching system including a server as a matching device and a number of terminals according to one embodiment; FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the appearance of a terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of a terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functional blocks generated inside a terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functional blocks generated inside a server included in the system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing functional blocks generated inside the matching unit shown in FIG. 5; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a login screen displayed on a display of a terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a home screen displayed on a display of a terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display of a terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1 when ideas or needs are transmitted to a server; FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing the content of data recorded in an idea data recording unit of a server included in the system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing the contents of data recorded in a needs data recording unit of a server included in the system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display of a terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1 when a user browses ideas or needs of others using the terminal; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display of a terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1 when a user browses matching results using the terminal; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another example of an image displayed on the display of the terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1 when the user browses the matching results using the terminal; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display of the terminal included in the system shown in FIG. 1 when the user uses the contact platform or the contract support platform; The figure which shows the whole structure of the matching system by a modification which further contains a database server.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A preferred embodiment of the present invention and its modification will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In the description of the embodiment and the modified example, overlapping objects are denoted by overlapping reference numerals, and overlapping explanations are omitted as the case may be.

FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall configuration of a preferred embodiment of a matching system including the matching device of the present invention.
The system according to the embodiment includes a plurality of terminals 100-1 to 100-N (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “terminals 100”) and a server 200. FIG. All of these are connectable to the network 400 .
Network 400 is, but is not limited to, the Internet in this embodiment.
The terminal 100 in this embodiment corresponds to one or both of the idea presenter's terminal and the needs presenter's terminal referred to in the present application.
Whether each of the terminals 100-1 to 100-N is the idea presenter terminal or the needs presenter terminal is not limited to this, but in this embodiment, the terminals 100-1 to 100-N are It is determined by whether it is an Idea Publisher or a Needs Publisher. In other words, in this embodiment, the terminal 100 used by the idea presenter is the idea presenter terminal, and the terminal 100 used by the needs presenter is the needs presenter terminal. A terminal 100 used by a certain person serves as both an idea presenter's terminal and a needs presenter's terminal.
Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, each of the terminals 100-1 to 100-N has both a function necessary for an idea presenter terminal and a function necessary for a needs presenter terminal. It has become. However, the terminal 100 of a user who acts only as an idea proposer uses only the function as an idea proposer terminal, and the terminal 100 of a user who acts only as a needs discloser uses only the function as a needs discloser terminal. It will be. Also, in the terminal 100 of the user who acts as both an idea presenter and a needs presenter, both the functions required for the idea presenter's terminal and the functions required for the needs presenter's terminal are used.
It should be noted that, for example, as it is common practice for one person to connect to the same Internet site from a smartphone, tablet, and stationary personal computer, an idea presenter used by the same idea presenter A terminal may be multiple devices. For example, an idea presenter terminal used by one idea presenter to send idea data to the server 200 and an idea presenter terminal used to receive specific information described later from the server 200 are different devices. It doesn't matter if it is. The same applies to the terminals of the needs discloser.
On the other hand, the server 200 in this embodiment corresponds to the matching device referred to in the present application. Server 200 and terminals 100-1 to 100-N can communicate with each other via network 400. FIG.
Network 400 is typically the Internet, but may be a combination of the Internet and an intranet, or an intranet.

The needs data sent by the needs discloser from the terminal 100 serving as the needs discloser terminal to the server 200 is textual data about the needs, which will be described later. The idea data that the idea presenter sends from the terminal 100 as the idea presenter terminal to the server 200 is textual data about the idea, which will be described later.
Here, "needs" are human desires to "do something about something" in all kinds of fields, such as technical issues, theoretical issues, social issues, and cultural issues. An "idea" is a solution to the human desire to "solve things in this way" in all kinds of fields, such as technical problems, theoretical problems, social problems, and cultural problems.
Needs disclosers are typically, but not limited to, people who are trying to start a new business, people who are developing technology, people who are trying to bring about institutional reforms in society, people who are investing People who are looking for a future.
On the other hand, idea disclosers are typically, but not limited to, people who have ideas that are likely to become new businesses, people who want to show off their ideas, investors, and people who commercialize their ideas. people who are looking for

Next, the configuration of terminal 100 will be described. The configuration of each terminal 100-1 to 100-N can be said to be the same in relation to the matching device of the present invention. Terminal 100 includes a computer. More specifically, the terminal 100 in this embodiment is composed of a general-purpose computer.
The terminal 100 is a smart phone, a tablet, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, or the like. All of them are capable of communication via the network 400, and by installing a computer program, which will be described later, a functional block, which will be described later, can be generated inside them, and a process, which will be described later, can be executed. is required, and if it is possible, other specifications do not particularly matter. The terminal 100 may be publicly known or well-known, and a commercially available one is sufficient.
For example, if the terminal 100 is a smartphone or a tablet, the terminal 100 as a smartphone may be, for example, the iPhone (trademark) manufactured and sold by Apple Japan LLC, and the terminal 100 as a tablet may be, for example, Apple Japan LLC. may be an iPad (trademark) manufactured and sold by If the terminal 100 is composed of a notebook computer, a desktop computer, or the like, any of them may be commercially available. Hereinafter, although not limited to this, it is assumed that the terminal 100 is a smartphone.

An example of the appearance of the terminal 100 is shown in FIG.
Terminal 100 includes display 101 . The display 101 is for displaying a still image or a moving image, and a publicly known one can be used. The display 101 is, for example, a liquid crystal display. If the terminal 100 is a desktop personal computer, the display 101 is attached externally. Terminal 100 also includes an input device 102 . The input device 102 is used by the user to make desired inputs to the terminal 100 . The input device 102 can use a publicly known or well-known device. Although the input device 102 of the terminal 100 in this embodiment is of a button type, it is not limited to this, and it is also possible to use a numeric keypad, keyboard, trackball, mouse, voice-to-text conversion input device, or the like. In particular, when the terminal 100 is a notebook computer or a desktop computer, the input device 102 may be an external device such as a keyboard or mouse. Treat as prepared. Also, when the display 101 is a touch panel, the display 101 also functions as the input device 102, which is the case in this embodiment.

A hardware configuration of the terminal 100 is shown in FIG.
The hardware includes a CPU (central processing unit) 111 , a ROM (read only memory) 112 , a RAM (random access memory) 113 and an interface 114 , which are interconnected by a bus 116 .
The CPU 111 is an arithmetic device that performs arithmetic operations. The CPU 111 executes a process described later by executing a computer program recorded in the ROM 112 or the RAM 113, for example. Although not shown, the hardware may include a HDD (hard disk drive), SSD (solid state drive) or other large-capacity storage device, and the computer program may be recorded on the large-capacity storage device. do not have.
The computer program here includes at least a computer program for causing the terminal 100 to execute the processing described later (for example, the processing for causing the terminal 100 to function as the idea presenter terminal and the needs presenter terminal according to the present invention). . This computer program may be pre-installed on the terminal 100 or may be post-installed on the terminal 100 . The installation of this computer program in terminal 100 may be performed via a predetermined recording medium such as a memory card, or may be performed via a network such as LAN or the Internet.
The ROM 112 records computer programs and data necessary for the CPU 111 to execute processing described later. The computer program recorded in the ROM 112 is not limited to this, and if the terminal 100 is a smartphone, a computer program for realizing functions necessary for making the terminal 100 function as a smartphone, such as calling and e-mail. and data are recorded. Terminal 100 is also capable of browsing homepages based on data received via network 400, and is equipped with a known web browser for enabling this.
A RAM 113 provides a work area necessary for the CPU 111 to perform processing. In some cases, (a part of) the computer program or data described above may be recorded.
The interface 114 exchanges data between the CPU 111, the RAM 113, and the like connected via the bus 116 and the outside. The display 101 and the input device 102 are connected to the interface 114 . Operation contents input from the input device 102 are input to the bus 116 from the interface 114 . Also, as is well known, image data for displaying an image on the display 101 is sent from the bus 116 to the interface 114 and output from the interface 114 to the display 101 . Interface 114 is also connected to a transmitting/receiving mechanism (not shown), which is a known means for communicating with the outside via network 400, which is the Internet, so that terminal 100 can communicate via network 400. It is possible to transmit data over the network 400 and receive data over the network 400 . Transmission and reception of data via the network 400 may be performed by wire or wirelessly. For example, if the terminal 100 is a smart phone, such communication would normally be performed wirelessly. To the extent that is possible, the configuration of the transceiver mechanism may be known or known. Data received by the transceiver from the network 400 is received by the interface 114, and data passed from the interface 114 to the transceiver is sent by the transceiver to the outside, for example, the server 200, via the network 400. It is supposed to be sent.

As the CPU 111 executes the computer program, functional blocks as shown in FIG. 4 are generated inside the terminal 100 . It should be noted that the following functional blocks may be generated by the function of the above-mentioned computer program alone for causing the terminal 100 to function as the idea presenter terminal and the needs presenter terminal of the present invention, but the above-mentioned computer program, It may be generated in cooperation with an OS or other computer programs installed in the terminal 100 .
An input unit 121, a control unit 122, an image generation unit 123, and an output unit 124 are generated in the terminal 100 in relation to the functions of the present invention. In the control unit 122, an idea presenter function control unit 122A and a needs presenter function control unit 122B are generated.
Information processing performed by all these functional blocks is realized by the CPU 111 .

The input unit 121 receives input from the interface 114 .
Inputs to the input unit 121 from the interface 114 include inputs from the input device 102 . The input from the input device 102 includes, for example, data on a user ID, which is unique identification information for each user for identifying users, and the terminal 100, which will be described later in detail. There is selection data which is data for selecting whether to function as the disclosing party terminal or as the needs disclosing party terminal in the present invention.
Also, when the terminal 100 functions as an idea presenter terminal in the present invention, idea data is input from the input device 102 . When the terminal 100 functions as a needs disclosing party terminal in the present invention, needs data, which will also be described later, is input from the input device 102 .
Further, when the user wishes to view needs or ideas recorded in the server 200 by another user from the terminal 100 as will be described later, the user wishes to view the needs or ideas from the input device 102. It is possible to enter browsing request data, which is data indicating that the
In addition, regardless of whether the terminal 100 functions as an idea presenter terminal or as a needs presenter terminal, the input unit 121 receives information from the input device 102 for a contact platform or a contract support platform, which will be described later. Data to be sent may be entered.
Data input from the interface 114 to the input unit 121 includes data input to the interface 114 from the transmission/reception mechanism. The transmission/reception mechanism may receive information (data) sent from the server 200 via the network 400, for example, specific information described later.
In any case, the input section 121 sends the data received from the interface 114 to the control section 122 .

The control unit 122 controls all functional blocks generated in the terminal 100 .
The control unit 122 includes, for example, an idea presenter function control unit 122A and a needs presenter function control unit 122B, and has a function of selecting which of these functions to enable. As noted above, controller 122 may receive selection data. Upon receipt of this, control unit 122 activates idea presenter function control unit 122A when the selection data indicates that terminal 100 is to function as an idea presenter terminal, and the selection data enables terminal 100 as a needs presenter terminal. When indicating that the function is to be activated, the needs presenter function control unit 122B is activated.
In addition, when the selection data indicates that the terminal 100 is to function as the terminal of the idea presenter, the control unit 122 selects the terminal 100 to function as the terminal of the idea presenter. Data is generated and sent to the output unit 124, and if the selection data indicates that the terminal 100 is to function as a needs discloser terminal, the terminal 100 can function as a needs discloser terminal. Needs presenter selection data indicating the selection is generated and sent to the output unit 124 .
Also, the control unit 122 may receive specific information, and when the specific information is received, the control unit 122 sends it to the output unit 124 .
Also, the control unit 122 may send the data of the user ID received from the input unit 121 to the idea presenter function control unit 122A, the needs presenter function control unit 122B, or the output unit 124 at the timing described later. Note that the control unit 122 may record the user ID and automatically transmit the user ID to the output unit 124 .
In addition, when the terminal 100 does not function as the idea presenter terminal or the needs presenter terminal, that is, before and after the terminal 100 functions as the idea presenter terminal or the needs presenter terminal, the control unit 122 , performs control as described later. In that case, the control unit 122 outputs data, which will be described later, to the image generation unit 123 or the output unit 124 .

The idea presenter function control unit 122A executes processing necessary to cause the terminal 100 to function as an idea presenter terminal. Input unit 121 may receive idea data, which will be described in detail later, from input device 102 via interface 114 . All of the idea data are sent to the idea presenter function control section 122A. The idea presenter function control section 122A which receives this, sends the idea data to the output section 124. FIG. Also, the idea presenter function control section 122A instructs the image generating section 123 to generate an image necessary for the user to input idea data when the terminal 100 is functioning as an idea presenter terminal. It is designed to
The needs presenter function control unit 122B executes processing necessary for causing the terminal 100 to function as a needs presenter terminal. The input unit 121 may receive needs data, which will be detailed later, from the input device 102 via the interface 114 . The needs presenter function control unit 122B that has received this is adapted to send the needs data to the output unit 124 . Further, the needs discloser function control unit 122B instructs the image generation unit 123 to generate an image necessary for the user to input needs data when the terminal 100 is functioning as a needs discloser terminal. It is designed to

The image generator 123 has a function of generating an image to be displayed on the display 101 . Image data is data that determines an image to be displayed on the display 101 .
The image generating unit 123 receives the following information from the idea presenter function control unit 122A when the terminal 100 functions as the idea presenter terminal, and from the needs presenter function control unit 122B when the terminal 100 functions as the needs presenter terminal, In addition, when the terminal 100 does not function as either the idea presenter terminal or the needs presenter terminal, that is, before and after the terminal 100 functions as the idea presenter terminal or the needs presenter terminal, the control unit 122 controls how Receives data whose content is an instruction indicating whether to generate a suitable image. Based on the instruction data, the image generation unit 123 generates image data.
The generated image data is sent from the image generation section 123 to the output section 124 .

The output unit 124 outputs data generated by functional blocks in the terminal 100 to the interface 114 .
As described above, the output unit 124 may receive user ID data, idea presenter selection data, needs presenter selection data, idea data, needs data, and other data from the control unit 122 . Both the idea data and the needs data are paired with the user ID data. When receiving them, the output unit 124 outputs those data to the interface 114 . These data are sent from the interface 114 to the transceiver mechanism, and further sent from the transceiver mechanism to the server 200 via the network 400 .
Image data may be sent to the output unit 124 from the image generation unit 123 . The output unit 124 that receives it sends it to the interface 114 . The image data is sent from the interface 114 to the display 101, and the display 101 displays an image based on the image data.

Next, the configuration of the server 200 will be described.
The server 200 may be an existing public or well-known server when viewed as hardware. Also, the hardware configuration may be a general one, and roughly speaking, the hardware configuration of the terminal 100 in which the CPU 111, ROM 112, RAM 113, and interface 114 are connected by the bus 116 can be followed. However, the server 200 generally has a HDD, SSD, or other large-capacity storage device.
The configurations and functions of the CPU, ROM, RAM, interface, bus, and large-capacity storage device provided in the server 200 are the same as those in the terminal 100 . An interface provided in the server 200 is connected to a transmission/reception mechanism similar to that provided in the terminal 100 for communicating with devices outside the server 200 via the network 400 . Information (data) sent from the bus to the interface is sent to the transmission/reception mechanism, and is sent from the transmission/reception mechanism to, for example, the terminal 100 via the network 400 . Data transmitted from the terminal 100 via the network 400 and received by the transmission/reception mechanism is transmitted from the transmission/reception mechanism to the interface, and then transmitted from the interface to the bus.
A display and an input device similar to those provided in the terminal 100 may be connected to the interface provided in the server 200, but since they are not related to the present application, the description thereof will be omitted.

By executing a computer program for making the server 200 function as a matching device of the present invention, which is recorded in a ROM, a large-capacity recording device, or the like inside the server 200, the server 200 has the following functions. A function block is generated. Note that the following functional blocks may be generated by the function of a single computer program for causing the server 200 to function as the matching device of the present invention. You may generate|occur|produce by cooperation with a program. The computer program may be pre-installed on the server 200 or may be post-installed on the server 200 . In that case, the installation of the computer program on the server 200 may be performed via a predetermined recording medium such as a memory card, or may be performed via a network such as a LAN or the Internet. These circumstances are the same as in terminal 100 .
The server 200 includes an input unit 221, a control unit 222, an idea data recording unit 223, an idea presenting unit 224, a needs data recording unit 225, a needs presenting unit 226, a matching unit 227, a contact A platform providing section 228A, a contract support platform providing section 228B, and an output section 229 are generated (FIG. 5).
Of these functional blocks, the idea data recording unit 223 and the needs data recording unit 225 are composed of a RAM or a large-capacity recording device, which is a device (recording medium) having a data recording function from the hardware point of view. be. Other functional blocks, particularly the control unit 222, the idea presenting unit 224, the needs presenting unit 226, the matching unit 227, the contact platform providing unit 228A, and the contract support platform providing unit 228B, which are functional blocks that execute some information processing, , is implemented by a CPU, which is an arithmetic unit, from the hardware point of view. However, the matching unit 227 may be implemented by a combination of a CPU and a recording medium, and as will be described later, this is not necessarily the case in the present invention.

The input unit 221 receives input from the interface.
The data input from the interface to the input unit 221 is data sent from the terminal 100 via the network 400 and received by the transmission/reception mechanism of the server 200 .
The data that the transmission/reception mechanism receives from the terminal 100 includes, for example, user ID data, idea data, needs data, idea presenter selection data, and needs presenter selection data. When receiving some data from the interface, the input section 221 sends each of these data to the control section 222 .

The control unit 222 controls all functional blocks generated in the server 200 .
The control unit 222 may receive a pair of user ID data and idea data or a pair of user ID and needs data from the input unit 221 . When the user ID and the idea data are received, the control section 222 sends them to the idea data recording section 223 on condition that the later-described authentication has been performed. When the user ID and needs data are received, the control unit 222 sends them to the needs data recording unit 225 on condition that the authentication described later has been performed.
The control unit 222 also has a function of authenticating the user using the terminal 100 . Therefore, the control unit 222 records user IDs assigned to all terminal 100 users. A user ID is a unique identifier for each user and is a list of at least one of letters, numbers, and symbols. The user ID for each user may be issued to each user by the server 200 as a matching device, or may be determined by each user and notified to the server 200 in advance. In any case, preparing a large number of user IDs that are all unique in relation to others, and enabling them to be held by, for example, the control unit 222 of the server 200 can be achieved by referring to known techniques or known techniques. Easy.
Control unit 222 may receive user ID data from input unit 221 as described above. The control unit 222 can perform authentication depending on whether or not the received user ID matches one of the many user IDs held by the control unit 222 . It goes without saying that such authentication may be performed by sending not only the user ID but also the user ID and password to be sent from the terminal 100 to the server 200, and it is also possible to perform the authentication by other methods. is. The control unit 222 sends the user ID of the authenticated user to the idea data recording unit 223 together with the idea data if it is paired with the idea data as described above. If it is paired with the data, it is sent to the needs data recording unit 225 together with the needs data.
The control unit 222 may also receive the idea presenter selection data or the needs presenter selection data sent from the terminal 100 and received by the communication mechanism of the server 200 . When receiving the idea presenter selection data, the control unit 222, which has received these, recognizes that the terminal 100 that sent the idea presenter selection data is the idea presenter terminal, and selects the needs presenter. When the data is received, it recognizes that the terminal 100 that sent the needs discloser selection data is the needs discloser terminal, and performs necessary processing. For example, the control unit 222 may receive viewing request data sent from the terminal 100. Upon receiving the viewing request data, the control unit 222 determines that the terminal 100 that has sent the viewing request data is the idea presenter terminal. In some cases, the user ID sent from the terminal 100 is sent to the needs presentation unit 226, and if the terminal 100 that has sent the browsing request data is the needs discloser terminal, the The received user ID is sent to the idea presenting section 224 .
The control unit 222 may also receive data sent from the terminal 100 and received by the communication mechanism of the server 200 and used by a contact platform (described later) via an interface. Upon receipt of such data, controller 222 is adapted to send the data to contact platform provider 228A.
The control unit 222 may also receive data sent from the terminal 100 and received by the communication mechanism of the server 200 and used by a contract support platform (described later) via an interface. After receiving such data, the control section 222 sends the data to the contract support platform providing section 228B.
The control unit 222 also instructs the matching unit 227 to perform matching. The timing at which the control unit 222 issues the above instructions to the matching unit 227 will be described later.
The control unit 222 also associates needs data identifiers and idea data identifiers of needs and ideas extracted as matching possible from the matching unit 227 with the needs data identifiers and idea data identifiers, respectively, as will be described later. may accept a given user ID. When receiving these, the control unit 222 sends the data to the contact platform providing unit 228A and the contract support platform providing unit 228B.
The server 200 has a billing function for the user who uses the terminal 100. In this embodiment, the control unit 222 has a billing function, although not limited to this. The billing function itself may apply a well-known or well-known technique, which is done in this embodiment.

The control unit 222 may receive a pair of user ID data and idea data or a pair of user ID and needs data via the input unit 221 as described above. Upon receiving the user ID and idea data, the control section 222 sends them to the idea data recording section 223 .
The idea data recording unit 223 records the idea data and the user ID of the user who sent the idea data to the server 200 in a mutually linked state. Since the idea data are sent from a large number of terminals 100, the number of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 is plural, or actually a large number. The minimum function of the idea data recording unit 223 is to associate and record the idea data and the user ID data. In this embodiment, an idea data identifier, which is a serial number for example, is also recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 in a state of being associated with each piece of idea data. be. The idea data identifier is generated by the control unit 222 and recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 each time the control unit 222 receives idea data sent from the terminal 100 , although the idea data identifier is not limited to this.
The needs data recording unit 225 records the needs data and the user ID of the user who sent the needs data to the server 200 in a mutually linked state. Since the needs data are sent from a large number of terminals 100, the needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit 225 is plural, or in fact a large number. The minimum function of the needs data recording unit 225 is to link the needs data and the user ID data to each other and record them. In this embodiment, furthermore, a needs data identifier, which is an identifier for identifying a plurality of practically many needs data, for example, a serial number, is also recorded in the needs data recording unit 225 in a state of being linked to each needs data. be. The needs data identifier is generated by the control unit 222 and recorded in the needs data recording unit 225 every time the control unit 222 receives the needs data sent from the terminal 100, although the needs data identifier is not limited to this.
Details of the data recorded in the idea data recording section 223 and the needs data recording section 225 will be described later.

Idea presentation unit 224 may receive a user ID from control unit 222 as described above. When receiving the user ID, the idea presenting unit 224 reads out at least a part of a large number of pairs of mutually linked idea data, user ID, and idea data identifier from the idea data recording unit 223, It is sent to the output section 229 together with the user ID received from the control section 222 . Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, the idea presenting unit 224 reads from the idea data recording unit 223 all multiple sets of mutually linked idea data, user IDs, and idea data identifiers, and Data is sent to the output 229 .
Need presentation unit 226 may receive a user ID from control unit 222 as described above. When receiving the user ID, the needs presenting unit 226 reads out at least a part of a large number of sets of mutually linked needs data, user ID, and needs data identifier from the needs data recording unit 225, It is sent to the output section 229 together with the user ID received from the control section 222 . Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, the needs presenting unit 226 reads out from the idea data recording unit 223 all of a large number of sets of mutually linked needs data, user IDs, and needs data identifiers. Data is sent to the output 229 .

The matching unit 227 generates needs data based on a plurality of practically large numbers of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 and a plurality of practically large numbers of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit 225. and an idea specified by the idea data that solves the need, and extracts at least one of the needs and the ideas as a plurality. Of course, the matching unit 227 may also perform matching using both the idea and the need as singular, and this embodiment does so as will be described later.
The matching unit 227 is adapted to perform such matching, but in order to enable it, in this embodiment, but not limited to this, as shown in FIG. and extracted artificial intelligence 227B. The matching section 227 also includes an idea interpretation data recording section 227C and a needs interpretation data recording section 227D. Both the interpreting artificial intelligence 227A and the extracting artificial intelligence 227B are realized by the cooperation of the CPU and data recorded in a recording medium such as a RAM or a large-capacity recording medium. The idea interpretation data recording unit 227C and the needs interpretation data recording unit 227D are implemented by a recording medium. The idea interpretation data recording section 227C and the needs interpretation data recording section 227D record idea interpretation data and needs interpretation data, which will be described later, respectively.
What kind of functions the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A and the extraction artificial intelligence 227B have, and how the matching unit 227 comprising the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A and the extraction artificial intelligence 227B can match the ideas described above. Whether or not to match the needs will be explained later.
The matching unit 227 generates matching data when the idea and the needs are matched. Although the matching data will be described in detail later, in this embodiment, although not limited to this, it includes data of a plurality of user IDs, and data of idea data identifiers and needs data identifiers, which will also be described later. there is In principle, at least one of the idea data identifier data and the needs data identifier data included in the matching data is plural.
After generating the matching data, the matching section 227 sends the matching data to the output section 229 and the control section 222 .

The contact platform providing unit 228A has a function of providing the terminal 100 with a contact platform. The contact platform is a platform for a plurality of users who have sent idea data and needs data about ideas and needs for which matching has been performed to the server 200 to keep in touch with each other. have the ability to provide The communication platform is well known or can be implemented by a well-known technology, but it is not limited to this, but in this embodiment, it is implemented as a bulletin board on the Internet that can be viewed and written only by the above-mentioned plurality of users. be. The communication platform providing unit 228A generates data necessary for the terminal 100 to browse the bulletin board, and sends the data to the transmitting/receiving mechanism via the output unit 229. FIG.
Details of the contact platform and how the contact platform provider 228A makes the contact platform work are provided below.
The contract support platform providing unit 228B has a function of providing the terminal 100 with a contract support platform. The contract support platform is a platform for assisting multiple users who are enabled to use the same contact platform to conclude a contract on matched ideas and needs. A contract support platform that is publicly known or that can be realized by a well-known technology is sufficient. The contract support platform may be such as to assist those multiple users in generating a complete contract to execute the final contract as it is, but For example, it may be something like generating a draft contract (for example, a term sheet, a memorandum, an incomplete contract, or a contract draft). The contract support platform providing unit 228B generates data necessary for the terminal 100 to use the contract support platform, and sends the data to the transmission/reception mechanism via the output unit 229. FIG.
Details of the contract support platform and how the contact platform provider 228B makes the contract support platform work will be described later.

Output unit 229 transmits the above-described data received from control unit 222, idea presentation unit 224, needs presentation unit 226, matching unit 227, contact platform provision unit 228A, and contract support platform provision unit 228B to server 200 via an interface. It has the function of sending to the transmission/reception mechanism of
When the transceiver receives these data, it transmits the data described below to the appropriate one of the terminals 100 . Data received by the output unit 229 from the control unit 222 or the like includes a user ID. Data, which will be described later, is sent to each terminal 100 that has sent the user ID included in the data sent from the output unit 229 to the transmission/reception mechanism.
Details of the data output from the output unit 229 to the interface will be described later.

Next, the usage method and operation of the matching system including the server 200 and the terminal 100 described above will be described.

(login processing)
When the matching system is used, a user as an idea presenter uses his/her own terminal 100 as an idea presenter's terminal to send idea data expressing his or her idea in text to the server 200 . is recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 of . Similarly, the user as the needs discloser uses his/her own terminal 100 as the needs discloser terminal to send needs data expressing his or her needs in text form to the server 200, which is stored in the needs data recording unit of the server 200. 225 to record.
These processes are specifically performed as follows.

A user who intends to use the matching service provided by the server 200 as a matching device receives the service from the server 200 in either of the two positions of an idea presenter and a need presenter. Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, all users can arbitrarily choose one of these two positions each time they use the matching service. Although not limited to this, all of the terminals 100 used by each user are used as an idea presenter terminal in the present invention when the user selects the position of the idea presenter, and when the user selects the position of the needs presenter. functions as a needs discloser terminal in the present invention.

A user who intends to use the matching service first operates his/her own terminal 100 to access the server 200 via the network 400 .
The access of the terminal 100 to the server 200 and the communication between the terminal 100 and the server 200 performed for that purpose can follow known techniques or known techniques. For example, the terminal 100 communicates with the server 200 via the network 400, which is the Internet, using its web browser function. In that case, the user using the terminal 100 can access the terminal 100 via the network 400 by, for example, using the function of the web browser to enter the URL of the website of the matching service provided by the server 200 into the address bar of the web browser. Connect to server 200 .
In this embodiment, it is assumed that the terminal 100 accesses the server 200 using the web browser function as described above. Of course, this is not limited to this, and the terminal 100 can be made to access the server 200 using a dedicated viewer function.
Then, the accessed server 200 receives the data sent from the terminal 100 to the server 200 in order to receive the access by its transmitting/receiving mechanism. The data is sent from the transmitting/receiving mechanism to the control unit 222 through the interface. Upon receiving this, the control unit 222 generates data (for example, image data) for displaying a home (top page) image on the display 101 of the terminal 100 and sends it to the output unit 229 . The output unit 229 that receives it sends the data to the interface. The data is sent from the interface to the transmission/reception mechanism, and further sent from the transmission/reception mechanism to the terminal 100 accessing the server 200 via the network 400 .

The above data is received by the transceiver mechanism of terminal 100 . The data is sent from the transmission/reception mechanism through the interface 114 to the input unit 121 of the terminal 100 and further to the control unit 122 . Control unit 122 sends the data to image generation unit 123 and also sends to image generation unit 123 an instruction to generate image data for displaying the home image on display 101 based on the data. Then, the display 101 displays an image as shown in FIG. This is a so-called login screen.
As shown in the figure, the home image includes a character 501 reading "user ID", an input frame 502 immediately below it, a button 503 reading "send", a button 504 reading "disclose idea", and a button 504 reading "disclose idea". A button 505 labeled "Needs Disclosure" is included.

A frame 502 immediately below the characters 501 of "user ID" is a space for the user to enter a user ID required for login processing. Although the details will be described later, the user inputs the user ID in the frame 502 and presses either the button 504 labeled "Idea Disclosure" or the button 505 labeled "Needs Disclosure". It is the same.) By selecting one of them and pressing the button 503 labeled "Send", it is possible to log in to the matching service.
If the button 504 labeled "Idea Disclosure" is selected before pressing the button 503 labeled "Send", the user becomes the idea presenter and the terminal functions as the idea presenter terminal. If the user selects the button 505 labeled "Disclose Needs" before pressing the button 503 labeled "Send", the user becomes the Needs Discloser himself/herself. In addition, it means that the terminal 100 has been selected to function as the needs disclosing party's terminal.

When logging in, as shown in FIG. 7B, the user inputs a unique user ID of each user in a frame 502 below the characters 501 of user ID. Of course, each user usually knows his/her own user ID and can enter the user ID. Input of the user ID is performed using the input device 102 . The user ID is, for example, English letters, numbers, or a combination thereof, and the user can input the user ID from the input device 102 by a known method. The user also presses either button 504 labeled "Disclose Ideas" or button 505 labeled "Disclose Needs." FIG. 7(B) shows the state after the button 504 labeled "Disclose Idea" has been pressed, that is, the state in which the button 504 is shaded. After entering the user ID in frame 502 and selecting either button 504 or button 505, the user presses button 503 labeled "Send". Then, which of the user ID data corresponding to the user ID entered from the input device 102 and written in the frame 502, the button 504 labeled "idea disclosure" or the button 505 labeled "needs disclosure" is selected? Selection data, which is data indicating whether or not it has been selected, is sent to the control section 122 via the interface 114 and the input section 121 .
The control unit 122 sends the user ID data and the selection data to the output unit 124 . The user ID data is sent to the transmitting/receiving mechanism via the output unit 124 and the interface 114 and further sent to the server 200 via the network 400 . As a result, the server 200 performs user authentication processing based on the user ID.

The server 200 receives the user ID data and the selection data at its transceiver. User ID data is sent from the interface to the control unit 222 via the input unit 221 . As described above, the controller 222 records a large number of user ID data for all users. If the user ID sent from the terminal 100 matches one of the user ID data recorded in the control unit 222, the server 200 sends the user ID to the user using the terminal 100 that sent the user ID. authenticates the user as being the legitimate user to whom the user ID has been assigned and permits subsequent use of the matching service by that user. On the other hand, if the user ID sent from the terminal 100 is not recorded in the control unit 222, the above authentication is not performed, and the user is not permitted to use the matching service.
When the authentication is performed, the control unit 222 generates data for displaying an image indicating that the authentication is approved and the login state is entered on the display 101 of the terminal 100, and uses the data to request the authentication. It is sent to the output unit 229 together with the user ID of the terminal 100 that came. The image displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 based on the data when the data is received indicates that the selection data received by the control section 222 indicates that the user has selected to be the presenter of the idea. If there is, it indicates that the login as the idea discloser has been approved, and if it indicates that the user has chosen to become the needs discloser, it indicates that the user has chosen to become the needs discloser. This indicates that the login has been approved. The data is sent to the output unit 229 together with the user ID data. The data is sent from the interface to the transmitting/receiving mechanism and then returned to the terminal 100 identified by the user ID via the network 400. FIG.

The data is received by the transmission/reception mechanism of terminal 100 and sent to control section 122 via interface 114 and input section 121 . Control unit 122 sends an instruction to image generation unit 123 to change the pre-login image displayed on display 101 to the logged-in image. The image generation unit 123 generates new home image data based on the instruction, and sends the image data to the output unit 124 . The image data is sent from the output unit 124 to the display 101 via the interface 114 . The display 101 displays a home image indicating a logged-in state.
FIG. 8A shows an example of an image when the user selects to be the idea presenter. "abcxxx" is, of course, just an example, the user ID for this user. On the screen of the display 101, there are a button 511 labeled "post an idea", a button 512 labeled "view needs", a button 513 labeled "view matching results", and a button 513 labeled "view bulletin board". A button 514 labeled with , and a button 515 labeled with "contract" are displayed.
FIG. 8B shows an example of an image when the user selects to be the needs discloser. "abcxxx" is, of course, just an example, the user ID for this user. On the screen of the display 101, there are a button 521 labeled "post needs", a button 522 labeled "view ideas", a button 523 labeled "view matching results", and a button 523 labeled "view bulletin board". A button 524 labeled with , and a button 525 labeled with "contract" are displayed.
Functions of the buttons 511-515 and 521-525 will be described later.
This completes the login process.
When the login process is completed, the control unit 122 activates the idea presenter function control unit 122A if the user logs in as the idea presenter, and activates the needs presenter function control unit 122B if the user logs in as the needs presenter. to enable.

(Transmission of Idea Data from Terminal 100 and Recording at Server 200)
Next, the idea data and the needs data are transmitted from the terminal 100 to the server 200 and recorded in the server 200 . First, transmission of idea data from the terminal 100 to the server 200 and recording in the server 200 will be described.
The terminal 100 that transmits the idea data is the terminal 100 as the idea presenter terminal with the idea presenter function control section 122A enabled, and the user that operates it is the idea presenter.
A user who wants to transmit an idea to the server 200 and disclose it to other users presses a button 511 labeled "Submit Idea" in FIG. 8(A). Then, the image displayed on the display 101 is switched as shown in FIG. 9A. This screen switching process is performed, for example, by the idea presenter function control unit 122A. For example, the idea presenter function control unit 122A instructs the image generation unit 123 to generate the image shown in FIG. 9A. Then, the image generator 123 generates image data for the image shown in FIG. 9A. The image data is sent from the image generation unit 123 to the display 101 via the output unit 124 and the interface 114, and the image shown in FIG. 9A is displayed on the display 101. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9(A), the image displays an idea entry field 531 provided under the characters "enter an idea" and a button 532 with the characters "send" written thereon. ing.
The user writes an idea that he/she wants to disclose to other users in text in the idea entry column 531 . The input device 102 is used to write an idea in text in the idea entry field 531 . Idea data is textual data about ideas generated thereby. The idea data is sent from the input device 102 via the interface 114 and the input section 121 to the idea presenter function control section 122 A in the control section 122 . Even during entry of an idea in the idea entry column 531, the idea presenter function control section 122A instructs the image generation section 123 to generate an image in substantially real time. Thereby, the user can input an idea while checking the image displayed on the display 101 .
After completing entry of the idea in the idea entry field 531, the user presses a button 532 labeled "Send". Then, the idea written in the idea entry column 531 at that time is confirmed, and the idea data, which is the data about the idea at that time, is confirmed as being transmitted from the terminal 100 to the server 200 .
Idea presenter function control section 122A sends idea data, which is text data about an idea, to output section 124 . The idea data is sent from the output unit 124 to the server 200 via the interface 114 , the transmission/reception mechanism, and the network 400 .
When the user presses button 532 labeled "Send", in this embodiment, but not limited to, the image shown in FIG. It is designed to return to the image.
It is convenient for the user to be able to browse the ideas based on the idea data sent to the server 200 at any time by the user as an idea presenter. In the case of this embodiment, as will be described later, when a user logs in as a needs discloser, he/she can view ideas based on the idea data that he or she has sent to the server 200 . However, forcing a user as an idea presenter to log in as a needs presenter in order to browse ideas based on the idea data that he or she has sent to the server would impose a burden on the user. In order to eliminate such a problem, for example, in the image shown in FIG. can take appropriate measures such as allowing the user to view the ideas that he or she has provided to the server 200 at any time. Such a device can naturally be realized by a well-known technique.

The server 200 receives the idea data through its transmission/reception mechanism. The idea data is sent from the transmission/reception mechanism to the control section 222 via the interface and the input section 221 .
Upon receiving the idea data, the control section 222 sends the idea data to the idea data recording section 223 . When sending idea data to the idea data recording unit 223, the control unit 222 generates an idea data identifier that is an identifier for distinguishing the idea data from other idea data. The unit 222 sends it to the idea data recording unit 223 while linking it with the user ID data previously received.
Idea data identifiers, user IDs, and idea data are recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 in association with each other.

This completes the transmission of the idea data from the terminal 100 and the recording on the server 200 .
The server 200 receives a plurality of substantially large numbers of idea data from a plurality of terminals 100 operated by a plurality of users. Therefore, the number of sets of the idea data identifier, user ID, and idea data recorded in idea data recording section 223 is plural, in fact many.
Of course, it is permissible for the same user to send a plurality of idea data with different contents from the terminal 100 to the server 200 .
FIG. 10 shows the concept of data recorded in the idea data recording section 223. As shown in FIG.
As described above, the idea data identifier, user ID, and idea data are recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 . These are all examples. The idea data identifier, user ID, and idea data arranged side by side are associated with each other. Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, the idea data identifier is the letter "i" meaning "idea" followed by a serial number. A user ID is a character string as already described. Idea data is text data about an idea.

(Transmission of needs data from terminal 100 and recording in server 200)
Next, transmission of needs data from the terminal 100 to the server 200 and recording in the server 200 will be described. However, the content is almost the same as the transmission of the idea data from the terminal 100 to the server 200 and the recording on the server 200 .
The terminal 100 that transmits the needs data is the terminal 100 serving as a needs presenter terminal in which the needs presenter function control section 122B is enabled, and the user operating it is the needs presenter.
A user who intends to transmit needs to the server 200 and disclose them to other users presses a button 521 labeled "post needs" in FIG. 8B. Then, the image displayed on the display 101 is switched as shown in FIG. 9B. This screen switching process is performed by, for example, the needs discloser function control unit 122B. For example, the needs discloser function control unit 122B instructs the image generation unit 123 to generate the image shown in FIG. 9B. Then, the image generator 123 generates image data for the image shown in FIG. 9B. The image data is sent from the image generation unit 123 to the display 101 via the output unit 124 and the interface 114, and the image shown in FIG. 9B is displayed on the display 101. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9(B), the image displays a needs entry field 541 provided under the characters "enter needs" and a button 542 with the characters "send" written thereon. ing.
The user writes in the needs entry field 541 textually the needs that the user wants to disclose to other users. The input device 102 is used to write the needs in text to the needs entry column 541 . Textual data about needs generated thereby is needs data. The needs data is sent from the input device 102 via the interface 114 and the input unit 121 to the needs presenter function control unit 122B in the control unit 122 . Even during the entry of needs in the needs entry column 541, the needs presenter function control section 122B instructs the image generation section 123 to generate an image in substantially real time. Thereby, the user can input needs while confirming the image displayed on the display 101 .
After completing the entry of needs in the needs entry column 541, the user presses a button 542 labeled "Send". Then, the needs written in the needs entry column 541 at that time are determined, and the needs data, which is the data about the needs at that time, is determined as being transmitted from the terminal 100 to the server 200 .
Needs presenter function control unit 122B sends needs data, which is text data about needs, to output unit 124 . The needs data is sent from the output unit 124 to the server 200 via the interface 114 , the transmission/reception mechanism, and the network 400 .
When the user presses button 542 labeled "Send", in this embodiment, but not limited to, the image shown in FIG. It is designed to return to the image.
It is convenient for the user to allow the user as the needs discloser to view the needs based on the needs data sent to the server 200 by the user at any time. In the case of this embodiment, as will be described later, when a user logs in as an idea presenter, it is possible to view needs based on the needs data sent to the server 200 by the user himself/herself. However, forcing a user as a needs discloser to log in as an idea discloser in order to browse needs based on the needs data that he or she has sent to the server would impose a burden on the user. In order to eliminate such a problem, for example, in the image shown in FIG. , it is only necessary to take appropriate measures such as making it possible to view the needs that the user has provided to the server 200 at any time. Such a device can naturally be realized by a well-known technique.

The server 200 receives needs data at its transceiver. Needs data is sent from the transmission/reception mechanism to the control section 222 via the interface and the input section 221 .
Upon receiving the needs data, the control unit 222 sends the needs data to the needs data recording unit 225 . When the needs data is sent to the needs data recording unit 225, the control unit 222 generates a needs data identifier that is an identifier for distinguishing the needs data from other needs data. It is sent to the needs data recording unit 225 in a state in which it is associated with the user ID data previously received by the unit 222 .
The needs data identifier, the user ID, and the needs data are recorded in the needs data recording unit 225 in association with each other.

This completes the transmission of the needs data from the terminal 100 and the recording in the server 200 .
The server 200 receives a plurality of practically many needs data from a plurality of practically many terminals 100 operated by a plurality of practically many users. Therefore, the sets of the needs data identifier, the user ID, and the needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit 225 are plural, in fact many.
Of course, it is permissible for the same user to send a plurality of needs data from terminal 100 to server 200 .
FIG. 11 shows the concept of data recorded in the needs data recording unit 225. As shown in FIG.
As described above, the needs data identifier, user ID, and needs data are recorded in the needs data recording unit 225 . These are all examples. The side-by-side needs data identifier, user ID, and needs data are associated with each other. Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, the needs data identifier is the letter "n" meaning "needs" followed by a serial number. A user ID is a character string as already described. Needs data is text data about needs.

(Browse Needs and Ideas)
Idea data and needs data are recorded in the server 200 as described above. When both the number of idea data and the number of needs data recorded in the server 200 reach or exceed a certain number, the possibility of matching between ideas and needs increases. Effectively, from that point on, server 200 begins to function as a matching device.
As described above, there are users as idea presenters and users as need presenters.
A user as an idea presenter is looking for a need that matches his/her own idea, and therefore wants to browse the needs recorded in the server 200 by other users. In addition, since the user as a needs discloser is looking for an idea that matches his/her own needs, he or she wishes to view ideas recorded in the server 200 by other users.
How they are realized will be described below.

First, a user as an idea presenter browses needs.
A user desiring to browse ideas presses a button 512 labeled "view needs" in the image of FIG. 8(A).
Browsing request data, which is data requesting browsing of needs, is generated and sent from the input device 102 to the idea presenter function control section 122A in the control section 122 via the interface 114 and the input section 121 .
The idea presenter function control unit 122A sends the received browsing request data to the output unit 124, and the output unit 124 sends it via the interface 114 to the transmission/reception mechanism. The transceiver mechanism sends the browse request data to server 200 via network 400 .
The server 200 receives the browse request data at its transmission/reception mechanism. The browsing request data is sent from the transmitting/receiving mechanism to the control section 222 via the interface and the input section 221 .
The control unit 222 that has received the browsing request data sends the user ID previously received from the input unit 221 from the terminal 100 that sent the browsing request data to the needs presentation unit 226 .
When receiving the user ID, the needs presenting unit 226 sends at least a part (not limited to this) of a large number of sets of mutually linked needs data, user ID, and needs data identifier from the needs data recording unit 225. but in this embodiment all of the multiple sets) and sends it to the output unit 229 along with the user ID received from the control unit 222 .
The output unit 229 outputs a large number of sets of data of needs data, user IDs, and needs data identifiers that are linked to each other to the terminal 100 that sent the user ID received from the control unit 222, and outputs the data through the interface. to the transceiver mechanism.
Then, the transmitting/receiving mechanism transmits, via the network 400, a large number of sets of data including needs data, user IDs, and needs data identifiers that are linked to each other, to the terminal 100 that has transmitted the user ID received together with the data. do.

The terminal 100 receives, by its transmitting/receiving mechanism, a large number of sets of needs data, user IDs, and needs data identifiers that are linked to each other, sent from the server 200 . These data are sent from the transmission/reception mechanism to the control section 122 via the interface 114 and the input section 121 .
The control unit 122 having received it sends the data to the image generation unit 123 .
Based on the received data, image generator 123 generates image data for an image based on the data on display 101 and sends the image data to display 101 via interface 114 .
As a result, the display 101 displays data related to the needs registered in the server 200 by other users. An example of the image is shown in FIG. 12(A).
On the display 101, characters "needs list" are displayed, and in a rectangular display field 551 provided below the characters, a needs data identifier (characters "n1" and "n2"), a user ID (characters "n1", "n2"), and a user ID ("bcjj398", letters "7743cx"), and needs expressed in text. The needs for each are ``the condominium is conveniently located in Tokyo, but there are many vacancies in the parking lot of the condominium and we want to monetize it.'' I want to send it to the center so that it can be examined."
The needs, user IDs, and needs data identifiers corresponding to the needs data, user IDs, and needs data identifiers that are associated with each other are displayed, for example, as a group so that it can be understood that they are associated with each other. In the figure, only two needs to which n1 and n2 are assigned as needs data identifiers are displayed on the display 101, but the display in the display column 551 can be vertically scrolled, and the needs data identifiers n1 and n2 are displayed. By scrolling up through the needs assigned a , the user can view all needs assigned a needs data identifier from n3 onwards.
Of course, the image shown in FIG. 12A is an example. It is sufficient that the image can be browsed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 according to the "needs" that the user wants to see. For example, when the needs that the user wants to see are needs in a limited field such as "needs in the field of science and technology", or when the disclosure period is set such as "needs disclosed by the person who disclosed the needs within one year" In the case of limited needs, it is also possible to provide the terminal 100 and the server 200 with such a narrowing-down function, for example. In that case, all the needs specified by the needs data registered in the server 200 will not be displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 . In that case, what is sent from the server 200 to the terminal 100 is not all the data in the set of the needs data, the user ID, and the needs data identifier that are linked to each other, but among them, to display on the display 101 Only as much data as is necessary for the
The needs displayed on the display 101 may include the needs sent to the server 200 by the user himself/herself.

At the bottom of the image exemplified in FIG. 12(A), a button 552 labeled "Return" is shown.
This button 552 is for switching the image displayed on the display 101 from the image shown in FIG. 12A to the image shown in FIG. 8A. When the user is finished viewing needs, the user presses button 552 .
Then, it is possible to return to the home screen shown in FIG. 8(A). Such processing can be performed, for example, by the idea presenter function control unit 122A, which is done in this embodiment.

Next, there is a case where a user as a needs discloser browses ideas.
A user desiring to browse ideas presses a button 522 labeled "view ideas" in the image of FIG. 8(B).
Browsing request data, which is data requesting the browsing of ideas, is generated and sent from the input device 102 via the interface 114 and the input unit 121 to the needs presenter function control unit 122B in the control unit 122 .
Needs discloser function control unit 122B sends the received browsing request data to output unit 124, and output unit 124 sends it via interface 114 to the transmission/reception mechanism. The transceiver mechanism sends the browse request data to server 200 via network 400 .
The server 200 receives the browse request data at its transmission/reception mechanism. The browsing request data is sent from the transmitting/receiving mechanism to the control section 222 via the interface and the input section 221 .
The control unit 222 that has received the browsing request data sends the user ID previously received from the input unit 221 from the terminal 100 that sent the browsing request data to the idea presenting unit 224 .
When the idea presenting unit 224 receives the user ID, the idea data recording unit 223 sends at least a part (but not limited to) of a large number of pairs of mutually linked idea data, user ID, and idea data identifier. but in this embodiment all of the multiple sets) and sends it to the output unit 229 along with the user ID received from the control unit 222 .
The output unit 229 uses an interface to send multiple sets of data including idea data, user IDs, and idea data identifiers that are linked to each other to the terminal 100 that sent the user ID received from the control unit 222. to the transceiver mechanism.
Then, the transmitting/receiving mechanism transmits, via the network 400, multiple sets of data including idea data, user IDs, and idea data identifiers that are linked to each other, to the terminal 100 that has transmitted the user ID received together with the data. do.

The terminal 100 receives, by its transmitting/receiving mechanism, a large number of sets of data including idea data, user IDs, and idea data identifiers that are linked to each other, sent from the server 200 . These data are sent from the transmission/reception mechanism to the control section 122 via the interface 114 and the input section 121 .
The control unit 122 having received it sends the data to the image generation unit 123 .
Based on the received data, image generator 123 generates image data for an image based on the data on display 101 and sends the image data to display 101 via interface 114 .
As a result, display 101 displays data related to ideas registered in server 200 by other users. An example of the image is shown in FIG. 12(B).
The display 101 shows characters "Idea list", and in a rectangular display field 553 provided below the characters, an idea data identifier (characters "i1" and "i2"), a user ID ("abcxxx","ccc123"), and ideas expressed in text. The idea is to provide a remote diagnosis technology by providing a blood sampling kit with the technology to obtain plasma from a small amount of blood sampled, and send the blood sample. A blood collection technique and a blood deterioration prevention technique are implemented in one blood collection kit, and a remote diagnosis technique is provided by sending a blood sample."
The ideas, user IDs, and idea data identifiers corresponding to the idea data, user IDs, and idea data identifiers that are associated with each other are displayed, for example, as a group so that it can be seen that they are associated with each other. In the figure, only two ideas to which i1 and i2 are assigned as idea data identifiers (the contents of the idea to which the idea data identifier of i2 is assigned are halfway) are displayed on the display 101. The display inside can be vertically scrolled, and by scrolling up the ideas to which the idea data identifiers i1 and i2 are assigned, the user can change the idea data identifiers after i3 from the omitted latter half of i2. You can browse all the ideas that have been submitted.
Of course, the image shown in FIG. 12B is an example. The image is sufficient if the “idea” that the user wants to see can be viewed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 . This is similar to browsing needs.
The ideas displayed on the display 101 may include the needs sent to the server 200 by the user himself/herself, as in the case of viewing the needs.

At the bottom of the image exemplified in FIG. 12(B), a button 554 labeled "Return" is shown.
This button 554 is for switching the image displayed on the display 101 from the image shown in FIG. 12B to the image shown in FIG. 8B. When the user is finished viewing needs, the user presses button 554 .
Then, it is possible to return to the home screen shown in FIG. 8(B). Such processing can be performed, for example, by the needs presenter function control unit 122B, and is done in this embodiment.

(Spontaneous matching process)
As described above, a user as an idea presenter can view needs sent to the server 200 by another user as a needs discloser by using his/her own terminal 100. can browse the ideas sent to the server 200 by other users as idea presenters by using their own terminals 100 .
When an idea presenter finds needs of other users that seem to match his idea, he accesses the server 200 using his own terminal 100, and sends the needs that seem to match his idea to the server. By offering the server 200 or its administrator access to the users who have sent them to 200, it is possible to match their own ideas with the needs of other users. Since the technique of accessing other users via the server 200 is well-known or widely known, its detailed description is omitted.
Similarly, needs openers can actively match their needs with ideas of other users when they discover ideas among other users that they believe match their needs.

(automatic matching process)
The server 200 automatically matches ideas and needs. The timing at which automatic matching is performed is, for example, at least one of recording new idea data in the idea data recording unit 223 and recording new needs data in the needs data recording unit 225. can be the case. For example, when the number of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 and the number of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit 225 increase by a predetermined number, for example, the idea data and the needs data are totaled. Automatic matching may be performed each time the number obtained increases by 10. Also, even if the automatic matching is a time-dependent batch process executed at predetermined (not necessarily constant) time intervals, such as once a day, once every three days, etc. good.
The matching unit 227 executes automatic matching processing. When the matching unit 227 is caused to execute the matching process, the control unit 222 instructs the matching unit 227 to execute the matching process at a predetermined timing, although not limited to this. Upon receiving the instruction, the matching unit 227 performs the matching process described below.

Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, the matching unit 227 performs 1:1 matching, 1:N matching, and N:1 matching of needs and ideas when performing one matching process. , N:N matching is performed in order.
However, the matching unit 227 may not perform 1:1 matching of needs and ideas. The matching performed by the matching unit 227 may be at least one of 1:N matching, N:1 matching, and N:N matching between needs and ideas.
Moreover, the types of matching executed when the matching unit 227 performs one matching process need not be all of the four types described above. For example, 1:N matching of needs and ideas, N:1 matching, and N:N matching may be repeated in order every other day.
Since it is clear that the 1:1 matching of needs and ideas can be performed according to the 1:N matching of needs and ideas and the N:1 matching of needs and ideas described below, the description thereof is omitted, The other three types of matching methods will be explained.

((1:N matching of needs and ideas))
When needs and ideas are matched on a 1:N basis, a plurality of ideas that could not be matched by a conventional matching device and could not be solved by the idea alone could be solved by combining them. It will be possible to match needs that could not be solved with only one idea.
When performing 1:N matching between needs and ideas, the matching unit 227 first compares a plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 and a plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit 225. At least one of the needs data and at least two of the idea data are read out. In the reading process, the needs data is stored together with the needs data identifier and the user ID associated with the needs data, and the idea data is stored with the idea data identifier associated with the idea data and the user ID. is read out with It should be noted that the reading of the needs data and the idea data by the matching unit 227 does not need to be performed each time for the needs and ideas for which matching is attempted. For example, the matching unit 227 may read out and hold all the needs data and idea data in advance, and then sequentially perform round-robin determination as described below.
For example, when performing matching, if a 1:2 matching between needs and ideas is to be performed, the matching unit 227 first stores one needs data and two idea data, the needs data recording unit 225 and the idea data. Read out from the data recording unit 223 . For example, the matching unit 227 reads the needs data with the needs data identifier n1 from the needs data recording unit 225, and reads out the idea data with the idea data identifiers i1 and i2 from the idea data recording unit 223. Similarly, matching between the needs data with the needs data identifier of n1 and the idea data with the idea data identifiers of i1 and i3 is tried. Assuming that the matching unit 227 sequentially combines one need data and two idea data in a round robin manner in this way, if there are X needs data and Y idea data, then X× _Y C Matching will be attempted for _two combinations.
Similarly, when 1:3 matching between needs and ideas is performed, matching is attempted for a maximum of X× _YC ₃ combinations, and 1:4 matching between needs and ideas is achieved. If performed, matching will be attempted for a maximum of X× _Y C ₄ combinations. The same applies to the following.
The above is an example of a method for determining 1:N matching between needs and ideas by round-robining N ideas for one need.
As another matching determination method, when attempting 1:N matching of needs and ideas, the relationship between each idea of N ideas is analyzed first, and the analysis result and the initial one need are analyzed. There is also a method of judging the matching of In this case, it is first determined whether the relationship between each of the N ideas combined with one need satisfies a particular relationship, such as a network relationship, a tree relationship, or a chain of linear causal relationships. will be As a result, a group of ideas determined to satisfy such a specific relationship is grouped together and a determination is made as to whether or not the group of ideas can be matched to a single need.
Since there is a limit to the number of ideas that can be combined, it seems realistic to limit the number of ideas to be combined for one need to about 10 at most. The maximum number of ideas to be combined with each other may be determined as appropriate. In this embodiment, although not necessarily limited to this, attempts to match needs and ideas are made in the range of 1:2 to 1:5 combinations of needs and ideas, and this is also not limited to this, but in a round-robin manner. I am planning to do it. Of course, it is naturally possible to take appropriate measures such as not matching needs and ideas registered in the server 200 by the same user.

Specifically, needs and ideas can be matched in the following manner, for example.
The matching unit 227 includes the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A and the extraction artificial intelligence 227B as described above. Matching of ideas and needs by the matching unit 227 is not limited to this, but in this embodiment, interpretation artificial intelligence 227A and extraction artificial intelligence 227B perform.

The interpretation artificial intelligence 227A is artificial intelligence that has the function of interpreting the meaning of text and generating data corresponding to the meaning of the text. Since both ideas and needs in this application are expressed in text, the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A can generate need interpretation data and idea interpretation data, which are data corresponding to the meanings of needs and ideas. It's becoming
Any technology that can be used as the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A is publicly known or known, and such a known or known technique can be used as the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A. Known techniques that can be used for interpreting the meaning of words in the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A include word2vec and its improved version CBOW (Continuous Bag-of-Words) or Skip-Gram, RNN (recurrent Neural Network) and its improvement. LSTM (Long Short Term Memory) can be exemplified as a version. Known techniques that can be used to interpret the meaning of sentences in the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A include WMD (Word Mover's Distance), which is a technique that applies word distributed representations to sentences, and LC-RWMD (Linear -Complexity Relaxed Word Mover's Distance). In addition, doc2vec, sent2vec, Watson, and Rasa NLU can be exemplified as well-known techniques for directly interpreting the distributed representation of sentences, that is, the meaning of sentences, in the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A.
The interpretation artificial intelligence 227A generates idea interpretation data, which is data corresponding to the meaning of the idea, and data corresponding to the meaning of the need, from all of the ideas and needs specified by the idea data and the needs data to be matched next. Generate some needs interpretation data. For example, when performing 1:2 matching of needs and ideas, interpretation artificial intelligence 227A generates one need interpretation data for one need and two idea interpretation data for each of two ideas.
Both idea interpretation data and needs interpretation data must be generated before they can be used by extraction artificial intelligence 227B as described below. Both the idea interpretation data and the needs interpretation data are generated by the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A each time they are used by the extraction artificial intelligence 227B, e.g., immediately before being used by the extraction artificial intelligence 227B. Also good. However, if such processing is performed, the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A will have to repeatedly generate the same idea interpretation data based on the same idea data and the same needs interpretation data based on the same needs data. can occur.
In order to avoid such a situation, in this embodiment, once generated idea interpretation data is recorded in the idea interpretation data recording unit 227C by the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A. The idea interpretation data recording unit 227C records, for example, the data shown in FIG. 10 in which each idea data is replaced with idea interpretation data based on the idea data. Similarly, needs interpretation data once generated is recorded in needs interpretation data recording unit 227D by interpretation artificial intelligence 227A. In the needs interpretation data recording unit 227D, for example, the data shown in FIG. 10, in which each needs data is replaced with needs interpretation data based on the needs data, is recorded.
For example, every time new idea data is recorded in the idea data recording unit 223, the idea interpretation data is immediately converted into idea interpretation data by the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A and then sent to the idea interpretation data recording unit 227C. can be recorded. For example, every time new needs data is recorded in the needs data recording unit 223, the needs interpretation data is converted into needs interpretation data by the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A and then recorded in the needs interpretation data recording unit 227C. can be made

Extraction artificial intelligence 227B may be adapted to receive needs interpretation data and idea interpretation data generated by interpretation artificial intelligence 227A from interpretation artificial intelligence 227A, but in this embodiment, idea interpretation data recorder 227C. The idea interpretation data is read, and the needs interpretation data is read from the needs interpretation data recording unit D. The extraction artificial intelligence 227B determines whether or not the needs and ideas identified by the needs interpretation data and the idea interpretation data can be matched, and determines that they can be matched. In this case, it has a function of extracting the needs and ideas from which the needs interpretation data and the idea interpretation data determined to be matchable are extracted as those that can be matched. Extractive artificial intelligence 227B is an artificial intelligence with such capabilities.
Extractive artificial intelligence 227B may perform, for example, but not limited to, at least one of synonym analysis, pattern analysis, and graph theory analysis, such as a combination of a plurality thereof, to match needs with ideas. It is determined whether it is possible or not. Techniques such as synonym analysis, pattern analysis, and graph theory analysis used by the extraction artificial intelligence 227B are known or well-known. Although not limited to this, the extracted artificial intelligence 227B in this embodiment is adapted to make the above determination using all of synonym analysis, pattern analysis, graph theory analysis, or a combination thereof.
As described above, the need is the content of "I want to do something about something", and the idea is the content of "Something I want to do somehow". Therefore, both always contain content about "What" and "How". Therefore, both the needs interpretation data and the idea interpretation data generated by the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A almost certainly contain the content regarding "What" and "How." Therefore, contents corresponding to "What" and "How" included in needs (needs interpretation data) and contents corresponding to "What" and "How" included in ideas (idea interpretation data) are divided into "What" By comparing "How" with each other, it is possible to determine whether those needs and ideas should be matched. One need and a plurality of ideas determined to be able to be matched are extracted as needs and ideas to be paired.
In synonym analysis, for example, "What" and "How" contained in needs and ideas, or combinations of keywords contained in them, are classified into specific terms such as superordinate, subordinate, opposite, composition, inclusion, implication, approximation, opposite, etc. If there is a relationship, it can be determined that both are needs and ideas that should be matched by a round-robin method. Synonym analysis is easy to apply when the relationship between multiple ideas is, for example, a parallel relationship or a discontinuous relationship. An example of a known technique of synonym analysis that can be used by the extraction artificial intelligence 227B that enables such determination is the JST Thesaurus Map.
In pattern analysis, for example, first, "What" and "How" included in needs, or keywords included in them and sentences as combinations thereof, are identified as one pattern in terms of meaning as words and meaning as sentences. Then, "What" and "How" included in each of a plurality of ideas, or keywords included therein and sentences as combinations thereof are similarly specified as respective patterns. Then, first, the degree of similarity between the pattern of needs and the pattern of each idea is analyzed by round-robin method, and matching between the two is determined. If appropriate matching is still not achieved, a large number of meta-patterns composed of individual patterns of multiple ideas are randomly constructed as a new idea, and the degree of similarity with the pattern of needs is evaluated. By extracting high-value new ideas (metapatterns), needs can be matched with the new ideas. Needs and ideas to be matched can thus be determined. Pattern analysis is easier to apply when the relationships between ideas are, for example, network relationships. Examples of known pattern determination techniques that can be used by the extraction artificial intelligence 227B that enable such determination include the template matching method, the k-nearest neighbor identification method, the subspace method, and the neural network method. can.
In graph theory analysis, for example, for a combination of "What" and "How" contained in needs and ideas or keywords contained in them, each "What" and "How" in the combination or contained in them Analyze the relational structure of how the keywords are linked, and use "What" and "How" judged as starting points, connecting points, and ending points, or keywords included in them, as new starting points, connecting points, Connecting as endpoints and creating larger or new correlations can be used to determine needs and ideas to be matched. Graph theory analysis is easy to apply when the relationship between multiple ideas is, for example, a network relationship or a dendritic relationship. TextGraphs, WordNet, and ID3 and CART, which are decision tree learning algorithms, can be exemplified as well-known graph theory analysis techniques that can be used by the extraction artificial intelligence 227B to enable such determination.
Furthermore, as an application combining synonym analysis and graph theory analysis, for example, "What" and "How" included in needs and ideas, or combinations of keywords included in them, can be converted into if-then sentences of predicate logic or their combinations. When we want to transform, say Q(b), we look for if P(a) then Q(b), then if R(n) then P(a), then if T(g) then R (n), then if X(p) then T(g), concatenating the result if X(p) then Q(b) (where Q(b), P(a), R (n), T(g), and X(p) are predicate sentences). This is an example of the "winding chain" mentioned above. This chain concatenation can be used in any predicate logic that has the same logical structure as if-then (eg, conjunction, disjunction, negation combination, or mathematical set theory calculations). Also, if the degree of influence of the result sentences affected by the conditional sentences can be read, it is possible to set a certain threshold and perform screening such that the if-then sentences below the threshold are not taken up. For example, if it is P(a), it will be ``extremely'' Q(b), or if it is P(a), ``more than 5%'' will be Q(b). Weighting adjustments can be made such as excluding sentences where a) just happens to be Q(b). Also, for example, in the above if-then sentence chain, if you find the missing link (if-then sentence) in the middle and fill in the chain connection, you may be able to successfully match needs and ideas. This method can often be applied when the relationships between ideas or needs are, for example, linear causal chains. This is an example of the above-mentioned "barrel chain". As a known analysis technique that can be used by the extraction artificial intelligence 227B to enable such a determination, for example, an appropriate combination of the above-mentioned synonym analysis technique and the above-mentioned graph theory analysis technique can be assumed.

A specific example will be used for explanation.
For example, among the needs data shown in FIG. 11, the needs data identifier of n2 is "I want to be able to send plasma obtained from a very small and quantitative amount of blood collected by an amateur myself to a blood test center so that it can be tested." Among the needs identified by the attached needs data and the idea data shown in FIG. Provide diagnostic technology”, “Equip a single blood collection kit with a technology to collect a small amount of blood in a fixed amount without skill and a technology to prevent blood deterioration, and remote diagnosis by sending a blood sample to a blood test laboratory. Let us consider a case where the extraction artificial intelligence 227B in the matching unit 227 determines whether or not it is possible to match the ideas with the idea data identifiers i1 and i2 of "realize".
In this case, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B selects, for example, "amateur", "collect blood", "small amount of blood", "quantitative amount of blood", "blood , ``plasma'', ``send'', ``blood testing center'', and ``test''.
In addition, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B selects "trace amount", "collect blood", "blood", "plasma", "blood collection kit", and "blood sample" as keywords included in the idea to which the i1 idea data identifier is assigned. , “send”, and “remote diagnosis technology” are selected, and the keywords included in the ideas assigned the i2 idea data identifier are “small blood sampling”, “unskilled”, “quantitative blood sampling”, “blood Select the words "anti-degradation technology", "blood collection kit", "blood sample", "blood laboratory", "send", and "remote diagnosis".

Among these, for example, the keywords "collect blood", "a small amount of blood", "plasma", "send", and "examination" in the needs to which the needs data identifier of n2 is assigned are the idea data identifiers of i1. is determined to be related to the keywords "collect blood", "small amount"+"blood", "send", and "remote diagnosis technology" in the given idea. In addition, "amateur", "collect blood", "small amount of blood", "quantitative blood", "plasma", "send", "blood test center", " The keywords "inspection" are respectively "unskilled", "small blood sampling" + "quantitative blood sampling", "micro blood sampling", "quantitative blood sampling", "send", It is determined to be related to the keywords "blood test laboratory" and "remote diagnosis".
In addition, the keywords "trace amount" + "collect blood", "blood collection kit", "blood sample", "send", and "remote diagnostic technology" in the idea assigned the idea data identifier of i1 are the ideas of i2 It is determined that the data identifiers are associated with the keywords "micro blood collection", "blood collection kit", "blood sample", "send", and "remote diagnosis" in the idea assigned the data identifier. However, it is not always necessary to determine the relevance between such multiple ideas. However, it is possible to check whether the combination of ideas is realistic or not by judging the mutual relationships between the ideas.

In the case of the example explained here, there are five related keywords between the need assigned with the needs data identifier n2 and the idea assigned with the idea data identifier i1, and the needs data identifier n2 is There are seven related keywords between the assigned need and the idea assigned the i2 idea data identifier. Further, it is assumed that the keyword in the needs assigned with the needs data identifier n2, which is associated with the idea assigned with the idea data identifier i1, is associated with the idea assigned with the idea data identifier i2. When the n2 needs data identifiers assigned are combined with the keywords in the needs assigned n2 needs data identifiers, all the keywords in the needs assigned n2 needs data identifiers are covered. This indicates that there is a high possibility that the need assigned the need data identifier n2 can be solved by the two ideas assigned the idea data identifiers i1 and i2.
In addition, there are also five related keywords between the two ideas assigned the i1 and i2 idea data identifiers. This indicates that it is likely possible to combine both ideas.
Based on the above results, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B matches the need assigned the need data identifier n2 with the two ideas assigned the idea data identifiers i1 and i2 in a 1:2 relationship. is possible. In fact, two idea data identifiers of i1 and i2 were assigned, "We will implement a technology to obtain plasma from a small amount of blood collected in a blood collection kit, and provide a remote diagnosis technology by sending a blood sample." Combining the idea of "implementing technology to collect a small amount of blood in a fixed amount without skill and technology to prevent blood deterioration in a single blood collection kit, and realizing remote diagnosis by sending blood samples to blood testing laboratories" By implementing the technology to collect a small amount of blood in a fixed amount without any skill, the technology to obtain plasma from blood, and the technology to prevent blood deterioration, all in one blood collection kit, and send the blood sample to the blood test laboratory. The new idea (the new idea referred to in this application) to realize remote diagnosis by performing a remote diagnosis is based on the idea that "a small amount of plasma obtained from a small amount of blood collected by an amateur can be sent to a blood test center for testing." I want to do it", which is highly likely to satisfy the needs assigned to the needs data identifier of n2. It doesn't matter if the new idea is slightly over or under the needs. In this example, the new idea differs in that it is sent "plasma" rather than "blood" in relation to the need, and the difference can be either more or less than the need. possible, which is permissible in this embodiment but not limited to this.
More specifically, in such determination, the score is calculated by, for example, adding up the number of relationships between keywords included in needs and keywords included in each idea, and the number of relationships between keywords included in each idea. , when the score exceeds a certain value, or when some condition is satisfied, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B may determine that the needs and ideas are in a relationship that allows matching. At this time, as already described, it is not essential that all the keywords included in the needs are covered by the keywords included in the plurality of ideas.
In addition, although the above-mentioned judgment method that explained the specific example was based solely on synonym analysis, it is possible to match needs and ideas by appropriately combining the already explained pattern analysis and graph theory analysis with this. Extraction artificial intelligence 227B may, and preferably does, determine whether there is.
Through some of the determinations illustrated above, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B determines that the needs with the needs data identifier of n2 and the ideas with the idea data identifiers of i1 and i2 are classified as needs and The combination is determined to be a matchable combination in such a way that the ideas have a 1:2 relationship. When the extraction artificial intelligence 227B determines that the need and the idea are matched, the determination is hereinafter referred to as "positive determination".

If we are only talking about the ideas shown in FIG. 10 and the needs shown in FIG. The needs of "I want to revitalize" are given the idea data identifiers i7, i8, and i9, "provide recruiting services specializing in remote work such as crowdsourcing", "provide facility demand for startups in Tokyo at a low price. There is a high possibility that it will be possible to match with the three ideas of "providing shared offices and satellite offices for local residents" and "providing local vacancies on the Internet". By combining these three ideas, we can create a system that provides shared offices and satellite offices to startups in Tokyo by providing facility demand at low prices, a system that allows people to live in vacant rooms in A new idea called "application that integrates a system that connects startups and people living in vacant rooms in rural areas with recruiting services specializing in remote work such as crowdsourcing" is born. There is a high possibility that the needs assigned to the needs data identifier of n4 can be resolved.
For example, the need data identifier n3, "I want a technology that improves the heat dissipation efficiency while maintaining the insulation of the semiconductor package," is assigned the idea data identifiers i3, i4, i5, and i6. "Using ceramic X as a highly insulating ceramic", "Using aluminum as a metal with a large heat dissipation effect", "To fuse an inorganic substance and a metal, just create a small gap between them", " There is a high possibility that it can be matched with the four ideas, "Method Y for creating a gap should be used to impregnate a metal into a ceramic material." Combining these four ideas, we can create a semiconductor package that uses X as a material, creates a gap using method Y, and fuses aluminum metal to create a semiconductor package that maintains insulation while increasing heat dissipation efficiency. A new idea called "application" is born, but this is highly likely to solve the needs identified by n3's needs data identifier, "I want a technology to improve the heat dissipation efficiency while maintaining the insulation of the semiconductor package." is.
In the range of ideas and needs shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, 1:N matching between needs and ideas is performed by round-robin (in this embodiment, up to 1:5 matching between needs and ideas). .) Attempts are made to match only in the three cases mentioned above, and not in the other cases.
Therefore, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B or the matching unit 227 can combine the three needs and ideas described above, that is, the needs assigned with the needs data identifier n2 and the ideas assigned with the idea data identifiers i1 and i2. combination, a combination of the assigned needs of needs data identifier n4 and the assigned ideas of idea data identifiers i7, i8 and i9, and the assigned needs of needs data identifier n3 and idea data identifiers i3, i4 and i5 A positive decision is made only when it is attempted to determine whether matching is possible for the combination with the given idea of i6, and it is attempted to determine whether matching is possible for combinations of other needs and ideas. Do not make an affirmative decision if
In other words, in the case of the above example, the matching unit 227 selects only the above three combinations of needs and ideas as matchable pairs from among all the combinations performed in a round-robin manner through synonym analysis. Extract.

When a positive determination is made, the matching unit 227 stores the idea data recording unit 223 or the needs data linked in advance to the needs and ideas that have been matched and matched in advance. The idea data identifier and needs data identifier read out from recording unit 225 (or recorded in idea interpretation data recording unit 227C or needs interpretation data recording unit 227D) and the user ID are sent to output unit 229 and control unit. 222. The timing of sending these data to the output unit 229 and the control unit 222 may be each time a positive determination is made, or after all matching attempts are completed.
In any case, the output unit 229 that has received these data sends them to the transmission/reception mechanism via the interface. Of these data, at least the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier are sent from the transmitting/receiving mechanism via the network 400 to the terminals 100 used by the users identified by the user IDs. Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, in addition to the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier received by the output unit 229 from the matching unit 227, the user ID is also sent to each terminal 100. FIG. At that time, while the idea data identifier and user ID linked to each other in the idea data recording unit 223 remain linked, the needs data identifier and user ID linked to each other in the needs data recording unit 225 are changed to It is sent from the server 200 to each terminal 100 in a linked state.
The timing at which the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier are sent to each terminal 100 may be immediately after the matching unit 227 sends the above-described data to the output unit 229 and the control unit 222. After that, for example, each terminal 100 It doesn't matter when the user next logs in.

When the terminal 100 receives the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier, the terminal 100 can know which idea or need the idea or need that the terminal 100 has provided to the server 200 is matched with.
The user knows it as follows.

When the user logs in as an idea presenter, the image shown in FIG. 8A is displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 as described above.
At this time, when the user presses a button 513 labeled "View Matching Results", the data is sent to the control unit 122 via the input device 102, the interface 114, and the input unit 121 to control the function of the person presenting the idea. sent to section 122A.
Then, for example, the data of the idea data identifier, the needs data identifier, and the user ID that have already been sent to the terminal 100 in the background and recorded in the control unit 122 are transferred from the idea presenter function control unit 122A to the image generation unit 123. sent to
Image generator 123 generates image data for displaying an image as shown in FIG. 13A on display 101 based on the data. The image data is sent from the image generator 123 to the display 101 via the output unit 124 and the interface 114 . The display 101 that has received the image data displays an image as shown in FIG. 13(A). As is the case with FIG. 13(B), FIG. 13(A) shows that a positive determination is made for the combination of the needs assigned with the needs data identifier n2 and the ideas assigned with the idea data identifiers i1 and i2. It is an example of an image when it is done.
The image shown in FIG. 13A is the image displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 of the user having the user ID abcxxx, who provided the server 200 with an idea to which the idea data identifier i1 was attached. be. As shown in FIG. 13(A), the image shows the characters "matching result" at the top. Character 561 "i1" below it is an idea data identifier attached by server 200 to idea data sent to server 200 by a user having a user ID abcxxx. This idea data identifier is notified from server 200 to the user, for example, when the idea data is recorded in server 200 . Therefore, even if there are a plurality of idea data that the user has sent to server 200, the character 561 of "i1" allows the user to identify which idea data he has sent to server 200 and other ideas and needs. It is possible to know whether is matched.
Under the character 561 of "i1" in the image, there is a description "Your above idea matched the following idea and needs", and below that is the character 562 of "n2/7743cx" and "i2 /ccc123”. The characters 'n2' and 'i2' among them are matched with the idea based on the idea data to which the server 200 attaches the idea data identifier 'i1' sent by the user to the server 200. is shown. The character "7743cx" following "n2" is the user ID of the user who registered the needs assigned by the server with the needs data identifier "n2" in the server 200, and the character "ccc123" following "i2" is the user ID. The characters are the user ID of the user who registered the idea assigned by the server with the idea data identifier “i2” in the server 200 .
The content of the above images displayed on the display 101 allows the user to identify which ideas he or she has registered on the server 200 and who (however, since only the user ID is known at this stage, the anonymity of the other party is preserved). It is possible to know which needs and ideas registered in the server 200 have been matched.

Of course, the matching result displayed on the display 101 is not limited to one type, and it is permissible for a plurality of matching results to be displayed on the display 101 . In addition, in this embodiment, the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier are the only information for identifying ideas or needs displayed on the display 101 to inform the user of matching results, but this is not necessarily the case. This is not the case. As information that plays such a role, for example, the idea itself may be displayed on the display 101 in addition to or instead of the idea data identifier, or the need itself may be displayed on the display 101 in addition to or instead of the needs data identifier. Also good. In addition, to the

characters

562, 563, etc., a link for displaying the idea data identifier included in the character, the idea data linked with the needs data identifier, the idea specified by the needs data, and the need is pasted. Of course, it is also possible to make an appropriate arrangement such that when characters such as 562 and 563 are clicked, ideas and needs linked to are displayed on the display 101 .
At the bottom of the image displayed on the display 101, a button 564 labeled "return" is shown.
This button 564 is for switching the image displayed on the display 101 from the image shown in FIG. 13A to the image shown in FIG. 8A. When the user is finished viewing matching results, the user presses button 564 .
Then, it is possible to return to the home screen shown in FIG. 8(A). Such processing is performed, for example, by the idea presenter function control section 122A, as already described.
Of course, by pressing the button 513 in FIG. 8(A) again, the user can see the image showing the matching result as shown in FIG. 13(A) again. In addition, it is also possible to devise appropriate measures so that the user can view the viewed matching result image at any time.

When the user logs in as the needs discloser, the image of FIG. 8B is displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 as described above.
At this time, when the user presses a button 523 labeled "View Matching Results", the data is sent to the control unit 122 via the input device 102, the interface 114, and the input unit 121. It is sent to section 122B.
Then, for example, the data of the idea data identifier, the needs data identifier, and the user ID, which have already been sent to the terminal 100 in the background and recorded in the control unit 122, are transferred from the needs discloser function control unit 122B to the image generation unit 123. sent to
Image generator 123 generates image data for displaying an image as shown in FIG. 13B on display 101 based on the data. The image data is sent from the image generator 123 to the display 101 via the output unit 124 and the interface 114 . The image shown in FIG. 13B is displayed on the display 101 that has received the image data.
The image shown in FIG. 13B is an image displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 of the user having the user ID of 7743cx, who provided the server 200 with the needs with the needs data identifier of n2. be. As shown in FIG. 13(B), the image shows the characters "matching result" at the top. Character 565 of "n2" below it is a needs data identifier attached by server 200 to the needs data sent to server 200 by a user having a user ID of 7743cx. This needs data identifier is notified from the server 200 to the user when the needs data is recorded in the server 200, for example. Therefore, even if there are a plurality of idea data that the user has sent to server 200, the character 565 of "n2" allows the user to identify needs based on which needs data that the user has sent to server 200 and other ideas and needs. It is possible to know whether is matched.
Under the character 565 of "n2" in the image, there is an explanation "Your above needs matched the following ideas and needs". /ccc123”. The characters "i1" and "i2" among them indicate ideas matched with needs based on the needs data to which the server 200 attaches the needs data identifier "n2" sent by the user to the server 200. there is Characters following the idea data identifiers are the user IDs of the users who registered the ideas associated with the idea data identifiers in the server 200 .
The content of the above images displayed on the display 101 allows the user to identify which needs he/she has registered with the server 200 and who (however, since only the user ID is clear at this stage, the anonymity of the other party is preserved). It is possible to know which needs and ideas registered in the server 200 have been matched.

Of course, the matching result displayed on the display 101 is not limited to one type, and it is permissible for a plurality of matching results to be displayed on the display 101 . In addition, in this embodiment, the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier are the only information for identifying ideas or needs displayed on the display 101 to inform the user of matching results, but this is not necessarily the case. This is not the only case. As information that plays such a role, for example, the idea itself may be displayed on the display 101 in addition to or instead of the idea data identifier, or the need itself may be displayed on the display 101 in addition to or instead of the needs data identifier. Also good. In addition, to the

characters

566, 567, etc., a link for displaying the idea data identifier included in the character, the idea data linked with the needs data identifier, the idea specified by the needs data, and the needs is pasted. Of course, it is also possible to make an appropriate arrangement such that when characters such as 566 and 567 are clicked, ideas and needs linked to are displayed on the display 101 .
At the bottom of the image displayed on the display 101, a button 568 labeled "return" is shown.
This button 568 is for switching the image displayed on the display 101 from the image shown in FIG. 13B to the image shown in FIG. 8B. When the user is finished viewing matching results, the user presses button 568 .
Then, it is possible to return to the home screen shown in FIG. 8(B). Such processing is performed, for example, by the needs presenter function control unit 122B, as already described.
Of course, by pressing the button 523 in FIG. 8(B) again, the user can see the image showing the matching result as shown in FIG. 13(B) again. In addition, it is also possible to devise appropriate measures so that the user can view the viewed matching result image at any time.

((N:1 matching of needs and ideas))
When needs and ideas are matched N: 1, a combination of multiple needs that is not assumed in the first place by conventional matching devices, and in some cases new needs and one idea in normal human thinking. It may be possible to establish a combinatorial match.
The processing performed by the server 200 when performing N:1 matching of needs and ideas is almost the same as the processing performed by the server 200 when performing 1:N matching of needs and ideas. . The relationship between needs and ideas is simply reversed.

When performing N:1 matching between needs and ideas, the matching unit 227 first compares a plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 and a plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit 225. At least two of the needs data and at least one of the idea data are read out. In the reading process, the needs data is stored together with the needs data identifier and the user ID associated with the needs data, and the idea data is stored with the idea data identifier associated with the idea data and the user ID. is read out with
For example, when performing matching, if a 2:1 matching between needs and ideas is to be performed, the matching unit 227 first stores two needs data and one idea data in the needs data recording unit 225 and the idea data. Read out from the data recording unit 223 . For example, matching unit 227 reads needs data with needs data identifiers n1 and n2 from needs data recording unit 225, and reads out idea data with idea data identifier i1 from idea data recording unit 223. Similarly, matching between the needs data with the needs data identifiers n1 and n3 and the idea data with the idea data identifier i1 is tried. Assuming that the matching unit 227 performs a round-robin combination of two needs data and one idea data in this way, if there are X needs data and Y idea data, then _X C ₂ × Matching will be attempted for Y combinations.
Similarly, when 3:1 matching between needs and ideas is performed, matching is attempted for a maximum of _X C ₃ ×Y combinations, and 4:1 matching between needs and ideas is achieved. If performed, matching will be attempted for a maximum of _X C ₄ ×Y combinations. The same applies to the following.
The above is an example of a method for determining N:1 matching between needs and ideas by round-robining N needs for N1 ideas.
As another matching determination method, when attempting N: 1 matching of needs and ideas, the relationship between each need of N needs is first analyzed, and the analysis result and the original one idea There is also a method of judging the matching of In this case, as in the case of 1:N matching between needs and ideas, one idea is combined with a new needs group that is a collection of multiple needs groups. Relations among N needs (need groups) combined with one idea are assumed to be, for example, a network relation, a tree relation, or a chain of linear causal relations.
Since there is a limit to the number of needs that can be combined, it seems realistic to limit the number of needs to be combined for one idea to 3 or 4 at maximum. The number of needs to be combined with an idea can be determined as appropriate. In this embodiment, although not necessarily limited to this, attempts to match needs and ideas are performed in the range of 2:1 to 4:1 combinations of needs and ideas, and this is also not limited to this, but in a round-robin manner. I am planning to do it. Of course, it is naturally possible to take appropriate measures such as not matching needs and ideas registered in the server 200 by the same user.

The matching of needs and ideas is similar to the 1:N matching of needs and ideas already described. 227B.

The interpretation artificial intelligence 227A generates idea interpretation data, which is data corresponding to the meaning of the idea, and data corresponding to the meaning of the need, from all of the ideas and needs specified by the idea data and the needs data to be matched next. Generate some needs interpretation data. This needs to be done before the extraction artificial intelligence 227B does the matching, as in the 1:N matching of needs and ideas already discussed. For example, when performing 2:1 matching of needs and ideas, interpretation artificial intelligence 227A generates two needs interpretation data for each of two needs and one idea interpretation data for one idea.

The extraction artificial intelligence 227B extracts the needs interpretation data generated by the interpretation artificial intelligence 227A from the idea interpretation data recording unit 227C and the needs interpretation data recording unit 227D, as in the case of 1:N matching between needs and ideas. Idea interpretation data is read, and based on that, an attempt is made to match needs and ideas.
Extractive artificial intelligence 227B can perform at least one of (and in combination with) synonym analysis, pattern analysis, graph theory analysis, as well as for 1:N matching of needs and ideas, for example but not limited to. ) is executed to determine whether or not it is possible to match the needs with the idea.

A specific example will be used for explanation.
For example, among the needs data shown in FIG. Identified by needs data with needs data identifiers n5, n6, and n7, respectively, such as "I want to solve the problem that there is no such thing" and "I want to surpass existing competitors even if I enter the overly competitive EC market later". Among the needs and idea data shown in FIG. The business that provides the product accesses the site on the management server.This site only records the temporary ID and multi-dimensional vector of each end user, but the business has multiple characteristics of each end user. It is possible to advertise products that can be identified by a dimensional vector and that match each of them to end users who only have a temporary ID.Site operators can use cashless payment, online advertising, and EC as new services with "non-disclosure" of personal information. Consider a case where the extraction artificial intelligence 227B in the matching unit 227 determines whether or not an idea with an idea data identifier i11 such as "I can suppress everything" can be matched.
In this case, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B, for example, selects the words "cashless payment market" and "sweep" as keywords included in the needs to which the needs data identifier n5 is assigned, and the needs data identifier n6 is assigned. We selected the words "personal information protection", "end user", "pinpoint", and "advertisement" as keywords included in the needs, and selected "EC Pick words like "market,""lateentry," and "outperform existing competitors."
In addition, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B selects "end user", "credit, purchase history", "multidimensional vector", "temporary ID", "management server , "product", "business operator", "site", "access", "advertisement", "suitable product", "personal information non-disclosure", "cashless payment", "Internet advertisement", " Select the words "EC" and "suppress".

Of these, for example, among the keywords included in the idea assigned the i11 idea data identifier, the keywords "management server" + "site" + "access" + "cashless payment" and "hold" are are associated with the keywords "cashless payment market" and "sweep" included in the assigned needs. In addition, among the keywords included in the ideas to which the i11 idea data identifier is assigned, the keywords "personal information 'non-disclosure'", 'end user', 'product' + 'suitable product', and 'Internet advertisement' , n6 are associated with the keywords "personal information protection", "end user", "pinpoint", and "advertisement" included in the assigned needs. Among the keywords included in the idea assigned the i11 idea data identifier, the keywords "management server" + "site" + "access" + "EC" and "control" were assigned the n7 needs data identifier. It is determined that it is related to the keywords "EC market" and "surpassing existing competitors" included in the needs.
Further, the keyword "cashless payment market" included in the needs to which the needs data identifier of n5 is assigned is determined to be related to the keyword "advertisement" included in the needs to which the needs data identifier of n6 is assigned. The keywords "cashless payment market" and "sweep" included in the needs with the needs data identifier of n7 are included in the needs with the needs data identifier of n7, "EC market" and "later entry" + The keywords "end user" + "pinpoint" + "advertisement", which are determined to be related to the keyword "surpass existing competitors" and are included in the needs to which the needs data identifier of n6 was assigned, are the needs data of n7 It is determined to be related to the keyword "EC market" included in the needs assigned the identifier.

In the case of the example explained this time, among the keywords included in the idea to which the idea data identifier of i11 is attached, all the keywords other than "credit, purchase history", "multidimensional vector", and "temporary ID" are Keywords in any of n5, n6, n7 are relevant and covered. This means that the new needs obtained by combining the needs to which the needs data identifiers n5, n6, and n7 are assigned (the new needs referred to in this application) are collectively solved by one idea to which the idea data identifier i11 is assigned. It indicates that it is possible.
Furthermore, for any of the two needs assigned with needs data identifiers n5 and n6, the two needs assigned with needs data identifiers n5 and n7, and the two needs assigned with needs data identifiers n6 and n7 , it is highly likely that the above three needs can be combined with each other because of keyword overlap.
Based on the above results, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B divides the three needs assigned with the needs data identifiers n5, n6, and n7 and the idea assigned with the idea data identifier i11 in a 3:1 relationship. It is determined that matching is possible.
In such judgment, as in the case of 1:N matching between needs and ideas, techniques for score calculation and its application can be used. At this time, as already described, it is not essential that all the keywords included in the idea are covered by the keywords included in each of the multiple needs.
In addition, although the above-mentioned determination method that explained the specific example was based solely on synonym analysis, it is possible to match needs and ideas by appropriately combining pattern analysis and graph theory analysis that have already been explained. It is the same as the case of 1:N matching between needs and ideas that the extraction artificial intelligence 227B can determine whether or not there is.
Through some of the determinations illustrated above, the extraction artificial intelligence 227B determines three needs with needs data identifiers of n5, 6, and 7, and one with idea data identifier i11. Ideas are judged to be matchable in a 3:1 relationship between needs and ideas. In other words, it makes a positive judgment about the combination of those needs and ideas.

In the range of ideas and needs shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, N: 1 matching between needs and ideas is performed by round-robin analysis through synonym analysis (in this embodiment, 4: 1 matching between needs and ideas). (It is up to matching.) When attempted, matching is established only in the one case described above, and matching is not established in the other cases.
Therefore, the extracting artificial intelligence 227B or the matching unit 227 can combine the needs and ideas described above, that is, the needs assigned with the needs data identifiers n5, 6, and 7 and the idea assigned with the idea data identifier i11. A positive decision is made only when an attempt is made to determine whether matching is possible for a combination of do not make judgments.
In other words, in the case of the above example, the matching unit 227 selects only one combination of needs and ideas as a combination that can be matched among all combinations that are performed in a round-robin manner through synonym analysis. Extract from

When a positive determination is made, the matching unit 227 stores the idea data recording unit 223 or the needs data linked in advance to the needs and ideas that have been matched and matched in advance. The idea data identifier and needs data identifier read from recording unit 225 and the user ID are sent to output unit 229 and control unit 222 . The timing of sending these data to the output unit 229 and the control unit 222 may be each time a positive determination is made, or after all matching attempts are completed.
In any case, the output unit 229 that has received these data sends them to the transmission/reception mechanism via the interface. Of these data, at least the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier are sent from the transmitting/receiving mechanism via the network 400 to the terminals 100 used by the users identified by the user IDs. Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, in addition to the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier received by the output unit 229 from the matching unit 227, the user ID is also sent to each terminal 100. FIG. At that time, while the idea data identifier and user ID linked to each other in the idea data recording unit 223 remain linked, the needs data identifier and user ID linked to each other in the needs data recording unit 225 are changed to It is sent from the server 200 to each terminal 100 in a linked state.
The timing at which the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier are sent to each terminal 100 may be immediately after the matching unit 227 sends the above-described data to the output unit 229 and the control unit 222. After that, for example, each terminal 100 It doesn't matter when the user next logs in.

When the terminal 100 receives the idea data identifier and the needs data identifier, the terminal 100 can know which idea or need the idea or need that the terminal 100 has provided to the server 200 is matched with.
The user knows it as follows.
When the user logs in as an idea presenter, the image shown in FIG. 8A is displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 as described above.
At this time, when the user presses a button 513 labeled "View Matching Results", the data is sent to the control unit 122 via the input device 102, the interface 114, and the input unit 121 to control the function of the person presenting the idea. sent to section 122A.
Then, for example, the data of the idea data identifier, the needs data identifier, and the user ID that have already been sent to the terminal 100 in the background and recorded in the control unit 122 are transferred from the idea presenter function control unit 122A to the image generation unit 123. sent to
Image generator 123 generates image data for displaying an image as shown in FIG. 14A on display 101 based on the data. The image data is sent from the image generator 123 to the display 101 via the output unit 124 and the interface 114 . The display 101 that has received the image data displays an image as shown in FIG. 14(A). As is the case with FIG. 14(B), FIG. 14(A) shows a positive result for the combination of the needs assigned with the needs data identifiers n5, n6, and n7 and the idea assigned with the idea data identifier i11. It is an example of an image when determination is made.
The image shown in FIG. 14A is the image displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 of the user having the user ID of ac33hh, who provided the server 200 with the idea to which the idea data identifier of i11 was attached. be.
The content of this image conforms to the content described with reference to FIG. 13(A).

When the user logs in as the needs discloser, the image of FIG. 8B is displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 as described above.
At this time, when the user presses a button 523 labeled "View Matching Results", the data is sent to the control unit 122 via the input device 102, the interface 114, and the input unit 121. It is sent to section 122B.
Then, for example, the data of the idea data identifier, the needs data identifier, and the user ID, which have already been sent to the terminal 100 in the background and recorded in the control unit 122, are transferred from the needs discloser function control unit 122B to the image generation unit 123. sent to
Based on the data, the image generation unit 123 generates image data for displaying an image as shown in FIG. 14(B) on the display 101 . The image data is sent from the image generator 123 to the display 101 via the output unit 124 and the interface 114 . The image shown in FIG. 14B is displayed on the display 101 that has received the image data.
The image shown in FIG. 14B is an image displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 of the user having the user ID of toki55, who provided the server 200 with the needs to which the needs data identifier of n5 was attached. be.
The content of this image conforms to the content described with reference to FIG. 13(B). This image, as already mentioned, is preferably redisplayed when desired by the user.

((N:N matching of needs and ideas))
The N:N combination of needs and ideas is a matching of new needs generated by combining multiple needs and new ideas generated by combining multiple ideas that can solve the new needs. will be done.
When performing N:N matching between needs and ideas, the matching unit 227 first compares a plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 and a plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit 225. At least two of the needs data and at least two of the idea data are read out.
Subsequent processing is performed in the same manner as in the 1:N matching of needs and ideas and the N:1 matching of needs and ideas.
When the matching unit 227 makes an affirmative determination, each user who has transmitted a plurality of matched needs and a plurality of ideas to the server 200 logs in using his/her own terminal 100 to identify himself/herself. Needs and ideas matched with the needs and ideas sent to the server 200 can be browsed. This is also as already explained.

(contact via contact platform)
As described above, as an idea presenter who knows that the idea specified by the idea data sent to the server 200 matches the needs specified by the needs data sent to the server 200 by another person. needs to communicate with other users as needs disclosers who have sent their ideas and matching needs to the server 200, for example, in order to develop new applications by combining needs and ideas. . Similarly, a user as a needs discloser who knows that the needs specified by the needs data sent to the server 200 by the user matches the ideas specified by the idea data sent to the server 200 by others , to contact other users as idea presenters who have submitted ideas to the server 200 that match their needs.
Users can freely communicate with each other by themselves, for example, using e-mail or SNS (Social networking service). For example, when browsing ideas and needs of others using the terminal 100, the image displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 includes, in addition to the user ID described above, the contact information of the user having the user ID (for example, E-mail addresses, SNS accounts) are displayed, users can voluntarily keep in touch with each other.
However, for 1:N, N:1, N:N matching of needs and ideas, the number of users to be contacted is greater than two and possibly many. In addition, if the users communicate freely, it may become difficult for the administrator of the server 200 to appropriately charge the users, and it may become difficult to continuously provide a matching service for needs and ideas. There is With such considerations, it may be preferable to use server 200 to provide a contact platform for communicating with a group of users who have provided matched ideas or needs.
Furthermore, in order to prevent the person disclosing the needs from stealing only the ideas, the person disclosing the needs and the person disclosing the idea must It is also possible to conclude a non-disclosure agreement. The server 200 may be provided with a function for making the need discloser and the idea discloser conclude such a non-disclosure agreement, or for assisting them. Such functions can be performed by, for example, the contact platform providing section 228A or the contract support platform providing section 228B.

The contact platform is provided as follows and is as follows.
As already described in “needs and ideas 1:N matching” and “needs and ideas N:1 matching”, the matching unit 227 makes a positive determination when a positive determination is made. The idea data identifier, the needs data identifier, and the user ID respectively associated with the needs and ideas that have been matched and paired are sent to the output unit 229 and the control unit 222 . This is the same in the case of “N:N matching of needs and ideas”, and is the same even if the matching unit 227 performs up to 1:1 matching of needs and ideas.
That is, the matching unit 227 sends the idea data identifier, the needs data identifier, and the user ID to the control unit 222 when the need and the idea are matched and affirmative determination is made. However, only the user ID may be sent to the control unit 222 .
After receiving these data, the control unit 222 sends the received idea data identifier, needs data identifier, and user ID to the contact platform providing unit 228A. The contact platform providing unit 228A generates data for providing the accepted contact platform. The contact platform allows all users who have submitted matched needs and ideas, i.e., sent needs data and idea data about them to the server 200, to be contacted via the network 400. Any material can be used as long as it can be realized by a well-known and well-known technique. A contact platform can be, for example, something like a bulletin board, which is common on the Internet.

Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, after a positive determination is made, an idea that is linked to needs and ideas that are matched by a positive determination and are paired, respectively. Before or after the data identifier, the needs data identifier, and the user ID are sent from the server 200 to the terminal 100 via the network 400, the contact platform provider 228A generates the contact platform.
Once the needs and ideas are matched, the user can use the contact platform.
The usage method is specifically as follows.
When the user who is the presenter of the idea uses the communication platform, he/she presses the button 514 labeled "View Bulletin Board" in FIG. 8(A) while logged in. Then, data indicating that the operation has been performed is sent from the input device 102 to the control section 122 in the same manner as other cases, and the idea presenter function control section 122A in the control section 122 receives it. Upon receiving it, the idea presenter function control unit 122A instructs the image generation unit 123 to display an image as shown in FIG. 15(A).
Similarly, when the user who is the needs discloser uses the contact platform, he/she presses a button 524 labeled "View Bulletin Board" in FIG. 8(B) while logged in. Then, data indicating that the operation has been performed is sent from the input device 102 to the control section 122 in the same manner as in other cases, and the needs presenter function control section 122B in the control section 122 receives it. Upon receiving it, the needs presenter function control unit 122B instructs the image generation unit 123 to display an image as shown in FIG. 15(A).
As a result, a common image as shown in FIG. 15A is displayed on the display 101 of the terminal 100 regardless of whether the user is an idea presenter or a needs presenter. .
In the image shown in FIG. 15A, the needs based on the needs data assigned with the needs data identifier n2 and the ideas based on the idea data assigned with the idea data identifiers i1 and i2 are matched. This is an image when

This image has the appearance of a bulletin board that is often used on the Internet.
At the top is the title "bulletin board of i1, n2, i2". This bulletin board displays needs data and idea data about needs and ideas for which matching has been established, that is, needs data assigned with the needs data identifier n2 and idea data assigned with the idea data identifiers i1 and i2. This indicates that this is a bulletin board for all users who have sent to the server 200 .
Of course, when matching is established for a plurality of needs data or idea data sent by one user to the server 200, that user can use a plurality of bulletin boards. Considering the presence of such users, it would be preferable to prepare in advance a mechanism for selecting an appropriate bulletin board from a plurality of bulletin boards. Of course, such mechanisms are known or well known.
Numbers 571 such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . are assigned in the image. This number is a serial number indicating the order in which each user writes on the bulletin board. A black circle 572 exists to the right of the serial number. This circle 572 indicates whether or not the statement with the number 571 written to the left of the circle 572 has been selected as described later. Maru 572 is used exclusively by contract support platforms. An idea data identifier 573A or a needs data identifier 573B is shown to the right of the circle 572, and a user ID 574 is shown to the right of that. The user ID 574 indicates who the user who made the writing associated with the number 571 on the left thereof. The idea data identifier 573A or needs data identifier 573B indicates which idea or It shows which needs have been registered in the server 200 .
Below the number, circle 572, idea data identifier 573A or needs data identifier 573B, and user ID 574 shown in one line, there is a write 575 of the user having the user ID included in that line. In this example, "What are the conditions for using Mr. i1 and Mr. i2's idea?" is the write 575.
The writing 575 can be made by the user operating the input device 102 of the terminal 100 as is known or known. By way of non-limiting example, the bulletin board in this embodiment is vertically oriented with, but not limited to, user writing 575 continuing from top to bottom. Only a portion of the bulletin board surrounded by solid lines is displayed on the display 101 . In this embodiment, the image of the bulletin board can be scrolled vertically in FIG. can see the entire bulletin board.

At the bottom of the bulletin board is a writing box 576 . Each user makes a new entry in this entry box 576 . When a new entry is made and a button 576 labeled "Enter" below the entry frame 576 is pressed, the data on the content written in the entry frame 575 is sent from the terminal 100 to the server 200 via the network 400. sent to.
Contact platform providing unit 228A of server 200 that has received it reflects the new entry 575 on the bulletin board of terminals 100 used by all users using the bulletin board. This allows all users (three users in the example being described) using the bulletin board to communicate via the bulletin board.
Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, when a new entry 575 is made, the user ID and the idea data identifier or the needs data identifier are automatically displayed on the bulletin board. Of course, this control is also performed by the contact platform providing unit 218A.
Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, the contact platform providing unit 218A has a function of determining whether or not the contents of the new writing 575 contain information that may compromise the anonymity of the user. When such information is included, it has a function of not reflecting the posting 575 on the bulletin board and preventing other users from viewing it. The information that breaks the anonymity of the user is information such as the real name, telephone number, e-mail address, SNS account, and affiliated corporation of the user who is the person who discloses the needs and idea. However, for example, when the user pays the required amount in response to a request from the administrator of the server 200, whether or not the information contained in the contact platform providing unit 218A that breaks the anonymity of the user is included. By turning off the function for determining whether a Normally, this feature is turned off before the contract support platform is used. The payment made by the user to the administrator of the server 200 may be made using a publicly known or well-known technique, such as using a credit card or applying an electronic payment service widely used in the market.
A button 578 labeled "Return" is displayed next to the button 577 labeled "Enter". The function of this button 578 is the same as the button 552 described with reference to FIG. 12A and the button 554 described with reference to FIG. 12B. That is, by pressing the button 578, the function of the idea presenter function control unit 122A or the needs presenter function control unit 122B returns the screen to the home screen shown in FIG. It is.
Although not limited to this, the postings made by each user on the bulletin board are stored, for example, in the server 200, and each user can check the current bulletin board at any time, and furthermore, make new postings on the latest bulletin board. It can be done.

(Contract creation using contract support platform)
As a result of multiple users contacting each other using the contact platform, it may be necessary for multiple users to enter into some kind of contract in order to develop an application that can be obtained as a result of matching needs and ideas. .
The server 200 as a matching device in this embodiment has a function of providing a contract support platform for supporting contracts between such users. However, this function is not essential in the server 200 .
The contract support platform is provided by the contract support platform providing unit 228B. The content of the contract support by the contract support platform provided by the contract support platform providing unit 228B does not require a function that can generate a complete contract that is finally concluded between users, and is a rough draft of the contract. Anything that can support generation may be used. With the development of artificial intelligence, technology for contract support has already been put into practical use. For example, “LawFlow (trademark)”, an AI automatic contract checking service provided by LawFlow Co., Ltd., has a function that allows anyone to easily create a draft contract simply by entering information according to a guide. It is easy to configure the contract support platform provision unit 228B by implementing such well-known or well-known functions in the contract support platform provision unit 228B.

The function of the contract support platform providing unit 228B in this embodiment becomes effective when some condition is satisfied.
Since the contract requires the agreement of all parties to the contract, for example, in the case of the example described in "Communication via Contact Platform", the agreement of three users is required. In this embodiment, although not limited to this, all of the three users click the button 515 labeled "contract" in FIG. , the contract support platform providing unit 228B becomes active when the user who is logged in as the needs discloser presses the button 525 labeled "make a contract" in FIG. 8B.
For example, when button 515 or button 525 is pressed on each terminal 100 , the information is sent from each terminal 100 to server 200 via network 400 . After determining that the information has been received from the terminals 100 used by all users, the control unit 222 enables the function of the contract support platform providing unit 228B.
Then, the contract support platform is provided by the function of the contract support platform providing unit 228B. Data generated by the contract support platform providing unit 228B is sent from the server 200 to each terminal 100 via the network 400, so that the display 101 of each terminal 100 displays a common An image is displayed.
This image is basically the same as the image of the bulletin board shown in FIG.

If there is an agreed upon content among the writings 575 made by each user, each user presses a circle 572 associated with the writings 575 by contacting each user. Then, for example, the color of the circle 572 changes from black to white so that it is clear that the writing 575 has been selected. This selection may, for example, be valid for any user.
In FIG. 15B, the circles 572 associated with the writings 575 numbered 2, 3, 5, and 6 are white, so the writings 575 numbered 571 are selected.
In that state, when the user presses a button 579 labeled "Decision", information indicating that "Decision" has been made and information specifying the selected writing 575 (for example, information of number 571 above) are transmitted from the terminal 100 to the server 200 .
The information received by the server 200 is sent from the control section 222 to the contract support platform providing section 228B.
The contract support platform providing unit 228B, which has determined that it has received the information from all the terminals 100, for example, creates data on the contract provisions to be written in the contract based on the selected writing 575.
For example, the contract clause corresponds to the writing "There is a patent, so I will license that patent", such as "Party B is asking Party A to work the patented invention based on the patent right owned by Party B. and "How about 3% of sales?" 3% of sales".
Data on the contract provisions are generated by the contract support platform providing unit 228B and sent from the server 200 to each terminal 100. FIG. The display 101 of each terminal 100 shows the contract or its draft based on the data.
The contract support service provided by the contract support platform providing unit 228B is not necessarily based on the writing 575 of the user. For example, with respect to general clauses such as confidentiality clauses, anti-social clauses, and agreement jurisdiction, for example, the contract support platform providing unit 228B automatically provides these contract clauses to the user without depending on the user's writing 575. Also good.

<Modification>
FIG. 16 schematically shows the overall configuration of a preferred example of a matching system including matching devices according to the modification.
The matching system according to the modified example is almost the same as the matching system according to one embodiment. The difference is that the matching system according to the modified example is connected to the network 400 in addition to the terminal 100 and the server 200 that are capable of communicating with each other via the network 400, which are included in the matching system in one embodiment. The point is that it includes a database server 900 that is Database server 900 is shown as one in FIG. 16, but there may be more than one.
Database server 900 can communicate with at least server 200 via network 400 . The database server 900 stores idea data, which is textual data about ideas, and more precisely, is a device that includes a plurality of recording media, in fact a large number of idea data. Typically, the database server 900 is a device for providing patent application databases to the public via the Internet by patent offices of each country directly or by entrusting the work to a third party. Alternatively, the database server 900 is a device for providing a matching service by a third party other than the administrator of the server 200 who provides the matching service via the server 200, and is a device for providing the matching service through the server 200. It is a device that accumulates idea data, which is data about. Such a device also includes a recording medium on which idea data is recorded.

For example, the control unit 222 of the server 200 in the modified example has a function of reading idea data from the database server 900 via the network 400 . As a result, the number of idea data held by the server 200 can be increased without waiting for the user as an idea presenter to provide the server 200 with the idea data.
Reading the idea data from the database server 900 can be realized by, for example, a well-known crawling technique. The collection of idea data from the database server 900 need not be implemented by the control unit 222, and may be implemented by appropriate functional blocks or devices inside or outside the server 200. FIG. Also, reading of idea data from the database server 900 performed by the server 200 can be, for example, batch processing at predetermined intervals (the intervals do not have to be the same).

Although not limited to this, in this embodiment, idea data collected from the database server 900 by the control unit 222 is recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 by the control unit 222 . When reading the idea data from the database server 900 , the control unit 222 may record the idea data existing in the database server 900 as it is in the idea data recording unit 223 . The idea data may be recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 after being changed, for example, after the idea is briefly summarized.
User ID data should also be recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 as in the above-described embodiment. This can be realized, for example, by making a contract in advance between a user who requests the server 200 to collect data from the database server 900 and an administrator of the server 200 . For example, the control unit 222 of the server 200 collects from the database server 900 only idea data about ideas of users who have previously concluded contracts as described above. The data specifying the owner of the contract is also read from the database server 900, and the user ID of the owner (of course, the server 200 holds the data of the user ID of each user who is the other party of the contract), It can be recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 in association with the idea data.
Since the control unit 222 has a function of generating an idea data identifier linked to each idea data, the data recorded in the idea data recording unit 223 based on the data read from the database server 900 is an idea. The data is the same as the data shown in FIG. 10, in which an idea data identifier and a user ID are associated with the data.

The processing method in server 200 of idea data collected from database server 900 does not need to be distinguished from the processing method of idea data sent from terminal 100 to server 200 by the user as an idea presenter. The processing method is the same.
Therefore, except that not only the idea data provided from the terminal 100 but also the idea data that the server 200 voluntarily collects from the database server 900 are recorded in the idea data recording unit 223, the matching of the modified example is performed. The process of matching needs and ideas performed in the system can be the same as the process described in the above embodiments.

In the modified example, it has been explained that the server 200 may collect idea data from the external database server 900 using, for example, crawling technology.
However, what the server 200 can collect from external devices is not limited to idea data. Instead of or in addition to the idea data, it is of course possible to collect needs data from a device external to the server 200 by the same method as for collecting the idea data. Further, it is explained in the above modified example that needs data collected from an external device in this manner can be handled by the server 200 in the same way as the needs data transmitted to the server 200 by the user as the needs discloser. It is the same as the case of the idea data that has been developed.
When the server 200 collects not only idea data but also needs data, a device external to the server 200 from which the server 200 collects needs data is an external device (database) from which the server collects idea data. It may or may not be the same device as the server 900). An example of an external device that accumulates needs data is a server under the management of a company that manages the website of a company that publishes its own needs to the outside via the Internet for the purpose of open innovation. can be mentioned.

Claims

A plurality of terminals of the idea disclosing person, which are computer terminals used by the person disclosing the idea, and a plurality of terminals of the needs disclosing person, which are computer terminals used by the person disclosing the needs, are connected to a predetermined network. and a matching device for matching the idea discloser and the needs discloser, which are communicable via the network,
a transmitting/receiving unit that transmits and receives predetermined data to and from a plurality of terminals of the idea presenter and a plurality of terminals of the needs presenter via the network, wherein the idea is specified by text from the terminals of the plurality of idea presenters; receiving idea data, which is text data to be used, and receiving needs data, which is text data specifying the needs by text, from a plurality of needs discloser terminals;
an idea data recording unit for recording the plurality of idea data received by the transmitting/receiving unit;
a needs data recording unit that records a plurality of the needs data received by the transmitting/receiving unit;
The needs identified by the needs data and the needs are solved based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit and the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit. a matching unit that extracts at least one of the needs and the ideas as a plurality of pairs of the ideas specified by the idea data;
an idea presenting unit that enables the terminal of the needs discloser to view the idea specified by the idea data, based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit, via the network;
a needs presenting unit that allows the terminal of the person presenting the idea to view the needs specified by the needs data based on the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit;
and
The transmitting/receiving unit transmits to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively, the idea data and the needs data from which the idea and the needs paired by the matching unit are extracted by the matching unit. specific information, which is information specifying the idea and the needs paired by the matching unit, is transmitted to each of the person's terminal and the needs discloser's terminal,
matching device.
The matching unit performs at least two data based on one of the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit and at least two of the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit. A set of a new need, which is a new need that is a combination of the needs specified by the two needs data, and one idea specified by the idea data that solves the new need is extracted. cage,
The transmitting/receiving unit transmits to the transmitting/receiving unit the idea data and the needs data that triggered the extraction of the ideas and the new needs paired by the matching unit, respectively. Transmitting, to each of the disclosing party terminal and the needs disclosing party terminal, specific information, which is information for specifying the idea and the need on which the set of the new needs and the ideas paired by the matching unit is based, respectively. is designed to
The matching device according to claim 1.
The matching unit is configured to match at least two of the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit and one of the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit. extracting a set of a need specified by the needs data and a new idea that is a combination of the ideas specified by at least two of the idea data that solves the needs;
The transmitting/receiving unit transmits to the transmitting/receiving unit the idea data and the needs data that triggered the extraction of the new idea and the needs paired by the matching unit, respectively. Transmitting, to each of the disclosing party terminal and the needs disclosing party terminal, specific information, which is information for specifying the idea and the need from which the needs and the new ideas paired by the matching section are based, respectively. is designed to
The matching device according to claim 1.
The matching unit performs at least extracting a set of a new need that is a combination of needs specified by two of the needs data and a new idea that is a combination of the ideas specified by at least two of the idea data that solves the new need; and
The transmitting/receiving unit transmits to the transmitting/receiving unit the idea data and the needs data from which the new idea and the new need paired by the matching unit are extracted by the matching unit. Specific information that is information that specifies the idea and the need that are the basis of the set of the new need and the new idea paired by the matching unit, respectively, in the terminal of the idea disclosing party and the terminal of the needs disclosing party. is supposed to send a
The matching device according to claim 1.
The matching unit
The meaning of the needs, which is the text specified by the needs data, for the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording unit and the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording unit. generating need interpretation data, which is data corresponding to the meaning of the need by interpretation, and interpreting the meaning of the idea, which is the text specified by the idea data, to create the idea, which is data corresponding to the meaning of the idea an interpretive artificial intelligence that performs processing that generates interpretive data;
Based on the needs interpretation data generated by the interpretation artificial intelligence and the idea interpretation data, the needs identified by the needs data and the ideas identified by the idea data solving the needs. an extraction artificial intelligence for extracting tuples;
comprising
The matching device according to claim 1.
said extractive artificial intelligence is adapted to perform at least one of synonym analysis, pattern analysis, and graph theory analysis;
6. The matching device according to claim 5.
The idea presenter using the idea presenter's terminal and the needs presenter using the needs presenter's terminal, who have received the same specific information, exchange information via the network. further comprising a contact platform providing unit that provides a contact platform for
A matching device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The contact platform provider,
The person disclosing the idea and the person disclosing the needs can exchange information via the communication platform anonymously, and
At least one of the person disclosing the idea and the person disclosing the needs has a function of prohibiting an attempt to exchange information via the contact platform that violates anonymity,
8. The matching device according to claim 7.
Assisting the idea discloser using the idea discloser terminal and the needs discloser using the needs discloser terminal, who have received the same specific information, to conclude a contract via the network. It further comprises a contract support platform providing unit that provides a contract support platform that performs
8. The matching device according to claim 1 or 7.
A plurality of idea presenter terminals, which are computer terminals used by idea presenters who disclose ideas that they wish to be used by others, and computer terminals used by needs presenters who disclose needs, which are connected to a predetermined network. a plurality of terminals of the idea presenter, and a plurality of the terminals of the person disclosing the idea, and a plurality of the terminals of the person disclosing the idea, and a plurality of the terminals constituting a matching device for matching the person disclosing the idea with the person disclosing the needs, which can communicate with the terminal of the person disclosing the idea via the network; A matching method executed by a needs discloser terminal and a computer equipped with a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving predetermined data via the network,
the computer executes
Receiving idea data, which is text data specifying the idea by text, from a plurality of terminals of the person disclosing the idea, and receiving needs data, which is text data specifying the need by text, from the terminals of the person disclosing the need. a receiving process for
an idea data recording step of recording the plurality of idea data received by the transmitting/receiving unit in a recording medium of the computer;
a needs data recording step of recording the plurality of needs data received by the transmitting/receiving unit in the recording medium of the computer;
The needs identified by the needs data and the needs are solved based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording process and the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording process. a matching step of extracting at least one of the needs and the ideas as a plurality of pairs of the ideas specified by the idea data;
an idea presentation process for making the idea specified by the idea data available for viewing from the needs discloser terminal via the network, based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording process;
a needs presenting step of making the needs identified by the needs data available for viewing from the terminal of the person presenting the idea via the network, based on the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording step;
The idea disclosure that has transmitted to the transmitting/receiving unit the idea data and the needs data that triggered the extraction of the ideas and the needs paired in the matching process to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively. a specific information transmission step of causing the terminal of the person who discloses the needs and the terminal of the person who discloses the needs to transmit specific information, which is information identifying the ideas and the needs paired in the matching process, respectively;
Matching methods, including
A plurality of idea presenter terminals, which are computer terminals used by idea presenters who disclose ideas that they wish to be used by others, and computer terminals used by needs presenters who disclose needs, which are connected to a predetermined network. a plurality of terminals of the idea presenter, and a plurality of the terminals of the person disclosing the idea, and a plurality of the terminals of the person disclosing the idea, and a plurality of the terminals constituting a matching device for matching the person disclosing the idea with the person disclosing the needs, which can communicate with the terminal of the person disclosing the idea via the network; A needs discloser terminal and a computer equipped with a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving predetermined data via the network,
Receiving idea data, which is text data specifying the idea by text, from a plurality of terminals of the person disclosing the idea, and receiving needs data, which is text data specifying the need by text, from the terminals of the person disclosing the need. a receiving process for
an idea data recording step of recording the plurality of idea data received by the transmitting/receiving unit in a recording medium of the computer;
a needs data recording step of recording the plurality of needs data received by the transmitting/receiving unit in the recording medium of the computer;
The needs identified by the needs data and the needs are solved based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording process and the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording process. a matching step of extracting at least one of the needs and the ideas as a plurality of pairs of the ideas specified by the idea data;
an idea presentation process for making the idea specified by the idea data available for viewing from the needs discloser terminal via the network, based on the plurality of idea data recorded in the idea data recording process;
a needs presenting step of making the needs identified by the needs data available for viewing from the terminal of the person presenting the idea via the network, based on the plurality of needs data recorded in the needs data recording step;
The idea disclosure that has transmitted to the transmitting/receiving unit the idea data and the needs data that triggered the extraction of the ideas and the needs paired in the matching process to the transmitting/receiving unit, respectively. a specific information transmission step of causing the terminal of the person who discloses the needs and the terminal of the person who discloses the needs to transmit specific information, which is information identifying the ideas and the needs paired in the matching process, respectively;
A computer program for executing