JP5793799B1 - Trademark support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a trademark support system suitable for verifying the contents of goods (services). [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] An application support apparatus inputs the names of its own company and competitors, searches the product information table for a company name that matches the input company name, and products registered in the same record (Service) is searched from the product information table. Further, the operator name that matches the entered competitor name is searched from the product information table, and the product (service) registered in the same record is searched from the product information table. Then, based on the retrieved product (service), a predetermined set of the company's product (service) and the competitor's product (service) is calculated, and the product (service) of the calculated set is displayed. [Selection] Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for supporting a trademark, and more particularly to a trademark supporting system suitable for verifying the contents of goods or services.

  Conventionally, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 is known as a technique for supporting a trademark registration application.

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, when a search keyword is input when an application is created, all products or services belonging to the product and service category corresponding to the input search keyword are displayed, and the user can display the displayed product or service. Among them, a desired one can be selected (the same document [0033] [0042] [0044] [0046]).

JP 2001-34671 A

  By the way, when filing a trademark registration application, the trademark right is a right that can be permanently retained by renewal, but the scope of right cannot be changed beyond the contents at the time of filing, so the contents of the designated goods or designated services Sufficient consideration is necessary.

  However, when considering a product or service, it is difficult to determine whether the content is appropriate even though the product or service related to the current business can be cited as a candidate for the product or service to be applied for. This is because there is no criterion for determining whether the content of the product or service is appropriate. Even in the technique described in Patent Document 1, only products or services within the same category are displayed, and it cannot be used as a criterion for determining whether the contents of the products or services are appropriate. For example, if there are products or services that should be specified in addition to the products or services related to the current business, and if so, what should be specified, and the range of products or services related to the current business should be specified widely I don't know if it is appropriate in terms of costs.

  Similar problems are expected even after filing. For example, at the time of renewal, if there is an excess or deficiency in the contents of the goods or services specified in the current trademark registration, whether to file a new application without renewal, or renew and add a new application, When countermeasures such as renewal by reducing the categories are required, it is difficult to determine whether there is an excess or deficiency in the contents of the goods or services specified in the current trademark registration.

  These problems are not limited to determining whether the contents of goods or services are appropriate at the time of filing and renewal, but are similarly assumed in other cases where the contents of goods or services are verified.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made paying attention to such an unsolved problem of the conventional technology, and an object of the present invention is to provide a trademark support system suitable for verifying the contents of goods or services. It is said.

  [Invention 1] In order to achieve the above object, the trademark support system of Invention 1 includes the first product or service or the product to which the product or service or product information relating to the group to which the product belongs is stored. Product information search means for searching for the product information related to the group, product information searched by the product information search means and the second product or service or the product information related to the group to which the first product or service belongs. Or product information generating means for generating product information relating to a group to which the product belongs and the second product or service or a predetermined set of groups to which the product belongs, and statistical information for obtaining statistical information of product information generated by the product information generating means Based on the acquisition unit and the statistical information acquired by the statistical information acquisition unit, Product information generated by the product information generating means, or based on the statistical information acquired by the statistical information acquiring means and the product information generated by the product information generating means, product information on the product or service or the group to which the product belongs Product information output means.

  In such a configuration, the product information search means searches the product information storage means for product information related to the first product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and the product information generation means searches for the product information retrieved. Based on the product information about the second product or service or the group to which it belongs, product information about a predetermined set of the first product or service or the group to which it belongs and the second product or service or the group to which it belongs is generated . Then, statistical information of the generated product information is acquired by the statistical information acquisition unit, and the generated product information is output or acquired based on the acquired statistical information by the product information output unit. Based on the statistical information and the generated merchandise information, merchandise information regarding the merchandise or service or the group to which the merchandise belongs is output.

  Here, the product information can be configured as, for example, information for identifying a product or service or a group to which the product belongs (for example, link information such as a name, number, ID, code, and URL). Moreover, merchandise information can be comprised as a character, a number, a figure, a code | symbol, a symbol, an image (a still image or a moving image is included. The following is the same), audio | voice other information, for example. Further, the product information can be configured as a keyword related to a product or service or a group to which the product or service belongs (for example, one or a plurality of keywords indicating a part of the name of the product or service). The same applies to the trademark support system according to the second aspect.

  The product information includes, for example, (1) one product or service (referred to as “one specified product etc.” in this paragraph) among the products or services designated in the trademark registration application or trademark registration, or the group to which the product belongs. (2) Product information or services of a higher concept that includes one designated product, etc., or product information related to a group to which it belongs, or (3) Products or services of a lower concept that are included in one specified product, or Product information about the group to which it belongs is included. The same applies to the trademark support system according to the second aspect.

  In addition, the predetermined set includes, for example, (1) a set of a first product or service and a second product or service, or (2) a group to which the first product or service belongs and a second product or service. Contains the set of groups to which the belongs. In addition, since the product or service and the group are in a correspondence relationship, for example, (3) the set of the group to which the first product or service and the second product or service belong, or (4) A group to which the first product or service belongs and a set of second products or services are included. The same applies to the trademark support system according to the second aspect.

  Further, the statistical information acquisition means may input statistical information from an input device or the like, acquire or receive statistical information from an external terminal or the like, or statistical information from a storage device or a storage medium, for example. May be read out, or statistical information may be generated or calculated by information processing or the like. Therefore, acquisition includes at least input, acquisition, reception, reading (including search), generation, and calculation. Hereinafter, the concept of acquisition is the same.

  The statistical information includes, for example, the number of appearances, appearance rate, rank, difference, variance, standard error, standard deviation, deviation value, average value, median value, mode value, kurtosis, skewness, minimum value, maximum value Values and other statistics are included.

  The product information output means outputs the product information by, for example, display, printing, audio output, writing to a storage device or storage medium, transmission to an external terminal, vibration such as vibration, heat generation, and other methods. be able to. Accordingly, the output includes at least display, printing, audio output, writing, transmission, vibration, and heat generation. Hereinafter, the concept of output is the same.

  The output form by the product information output means includes, for example, (1) outputting the product or service related to the generated product information or the product information related to the group to which the product belongs, or (2) the product related to the generated product information or Output the product information related to the superordinate product or service that includes the service or the group to which it belongs, or (3) the subordinate product or service that is included in the product or service related to the generated product information, or the group to which this belongs Output.

  The product information storage means stores the product information at any time and at any time, and may store the product information in advance, or store the product information in advance without storing the product information in advance. The product information may be stored by an external input or the like when the system is operating. The same applies to the trademark support system according to the second aspect.

  Further, the present system may be realized as a single device, terminal, or other device, or may be realized as a network system in which a plurality of devices, terminals, or other devices are communicably connected. In the latter case, each component may belong to any one of a plurality of devices and the like as long as they are connected so as to communicate with each other. The same applies to the trademark support system according to the second aspect.

  In addition, how to determine the first product or service or the group to which it belongs and the second product or service or the group to which it belongs is arbitrary, but the first product or service or the group to which it belongs, The relationship between the product or service or the group to which it belongs includes, for example, the relationship between one or the other of the compared product or service or the group to which the product or service belongs. The same applies to the trademark support system according to the second aspect.

Specifically, for example, the following configuration can be employed.
The first configuration includes search key acquisition means for acquiring a search key, and the product information search means stores product information relating to a product or service or a group to which the product belongs, in association with business content or business information relating to the classification. The merchandise information is retrieved from the merchandise information storage means that performs the business information corresponding to the search key acquired by the search key acquisition means.

  The second configuration includes search key acquisition means for acquiring a search key, wherein the product information search means associates product information related to a product or service or a group to which the product or service belongs with business information related to the business or its classification. The product information is searched through the business operator information corresponding to the search key acquired by the search key acquisition unit from the stored product information storage unit.

  In the first configuration, the search key can be configured as, for example, letters, numbers, figures, signs, symbols, images, sounds, and other information. Further, the search key is not limited to the same information as the business information, and any information can be adopted as long as the information is compatible with the business information. For example, (1) information that is part of business information, and (2) information that can obtain part or all of business information by calculation (for example, encoding, encryption, decryption, compression or decompression, and other calculations). (3) Information that can identify business information via other information can be employed. The same applies to the second configuration.

  In the first configuration, the business information can be configured, for example, as information for identifying the business content (for example, link information such as name, number, ID, code, URL, etc.). Moreover, business information can be comprised as information of a character, a number, a figure, a code | symbol, a symbol, an image, an audio | voice, etc., for example. The same applies to the second configuration.

  In the first configuration, the product information is stored in association with the business information. For example, (1) the product information and the business information are registered in the same record and stored in direct correspondence. , (2) including storing a table for associating and registering product information and intermediate information and a table for registering and registering business information and intermediate information, including storing information via one or more information in the middle . That is, any data structure can be employed as long as business information can be traced from product information. This is the same in the second configuration, and the concept of storing information in association with each other is the same.

  [Invention 2] The trademark support system of Invention 2 further includes the product information about the first product or service or the group to which the product belongs from the product information storage means for storing the product information about the product or service or the group to which the product belongs. Based on the product information search means to search, the product information searched by the product information search means and the product information on the second product or service or the group to which the product belongs, the first product or service or the group to which the Product information generating means for generating product information relating to a second product or service or a predetermined set of groups to which the second product or service belongs.

  In such a configuration, the product information search means searches the product information storage means for product information related to the first product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and the product information generation means searches for the product information retrieved. Based on the product information about the second product or service or the group to which it belongs, product information about a predetermined set of the first product or service or the group to which it belongs and the second product or service or the group to which it belongs is generated .

  [Invention 3] Further, the trademark support system according to the invention 3 is the trademark support system according to any one of the inventions 1 and 2, wherein the predetermined set includes the first product or service, the group to which the product belongs, and the second group. It is a product set, difference set or union of goods or services or a group to which the product or service belongs.

  If it is such composition, the merchandise information generation means will generate the merchandise information about the product set, difference set or union of the first product or service or the group to which it belongs and the second product or service or the group to which it belongs. The

  [Invention 4] Further, the trademark support system according to the invention 4 is the trademark support system according to any one of the inventions 1 to 3, wherein the product information generation means is the product information retrieved by the product information search means, the second information Based on the product information on the product or service of the product or the group to which the product belongs, and the product information on the third product or service or the group to which the product belongs, the first product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and the second product or service or Product information relating to the complementary set of the group to which it belongs is generated.

  In such a configuration, the product information generation means searches for the product information retrieved, the product information related to the second product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and the product information related to the third product or service or the group to which the product belongs. Based on this, product information relating to a first product or service or a group to which the first product or service belongs and a complement of the second product or service or a group to which the product belongs is generated.

  Here, the complementary set includes, for example, (1) the third product or service or the group to which it belongs (referred to as “third product etc.” in this paragraph), and the first product or service and the second product. Items other than the set of goods or services, (2) Of the third goods, etc., other than the group of the group to which the first goods or services belong and the group to which the second goods or services belong, (3) Third Of the products, etc., other than the group of the group to which the first product or service and the second product or service belong, or (4) Of the third product, the group to which the first product or service belongs And other than the second set of goods or services.

  In addition, how to determine the first product or service or the group to which it belongs, the second product or service or the group to which it belongs, and the third product or service or the group to which it belongs is arbitrary. The relationship between the product or service or the group to which it belongs, the second product or service or the group to which it belongs, and the third product or service or the group to which it belongs, for example, the product or service to be compared or the group to which it belongs The relationship between one and the other and the other goods or services or the group to which it belongs is included.

  [Invention 5] Further, the trademark support system of Invention 5 is the trademark support system of any one of Inventions 1 to 4, wherein the statistical information acquisition means has the same content for the product information generated by the product information generation means. Alternatively, the number of appearances is calculated for each predetermined classification.

  In such a configuration, the statistical information acquisition unit calculates the number of appearances for each of the same contents or the predetermined classification for the generated product information, and the product information output unit calculates the number of appearances based on the calculated number of appearances. The generated product information is output, or the product information regarding the product or service or the group to which the product belongs is output based on the calculated number of appearances and the generated product information.

  Here, the output form by the product information output means includes, for example, (1) outputting product information in descending order of appearance count, (2) outputting product information in order of increasing appearance count, and (3) appearance. This includes outputting product information whose number of times is a predetermined number or more, or (4) outputting product information whose number of appearances is a predetermined number or less.

  Also, calculating the number of appearances for each identical content means that, for example, when the products related to the generated product information are “A”, “B”, “A”, “B”, and “B”, the number of appearances of the product “A” Is calculated as “2” and the appearance frequency of the product “B” is calculated as “3”. In addition, calculating the number of appearances for each predetermined classification means that, for example, when the products related to the generated product information are “A12”, “B34”, “A56”, “B78”, “B90”, This means that the classification of products including “B” is defined, the number of appearances of products including “A” is calculated as “2”, and the number of appearances of products including “B” is calculated as “3”. The classification method is arbitrary.

  As described above, according to the trademark support system of the first aspect of the invention, product information about a predetermined set of the first product or service or the group to which the first product or service belongs and the second product or service or the group to which the product belongs can be obtained. Compared to the above, it can be a material for verifying the contents of goods or services. Further, since the product information is output based on the statistical information of the product information, it can be used as a material for statistically verifying the content of the product or service.

  Furthermore, according to the trademark support system of the invention 2, product information regarding a predetermined set of the first product or service or the group to which the first product or service belongs and the second product or service or the group to which the product belongs can be obtained. It can be a material for verifying the contents of goods or services.

  Furthermore, according to the trademark support system of the invention 3, product information regarding the product set, difference set or union of the first product or service or the group to which the product belongs and the second product or service or the group to which the product belongs can be obtained. It may be a material for more specifically verifying the contents of a product or service.

  Furthermore, according to the trademark support system of the invention 4, product information regarding the first product or service or the group to which the product belongs or the second product or service or the complement of the group to which the product belongs can be obtained. It can be a material for more specific verification.

  Further, according to the trademark support system of the invention 5, since the product information is output based on the number of appearances of the same content or the predetermined classification for the product information, the product information is grasped in relation to the number of appearances. Can do.

2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an application support apparatus 100. FIG. It is a figure which shows the content which extracted a part of trademark gazette. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the merchandise information table. It is a flowchart which shows a search process. It is a competitor setting screen for setting a competitor. It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a flowchart which shows a search process. It is a competitor setting screen for setting a competitor. It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a figure which shows the data structure of the merchandise information table. It is a flowchart which shows a search process. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the merchandise information table. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the bibliographic information table. It is a flowchart which shows a search process. It is a competitor setting screen for setting a competitor. It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a figure which shows the content which extracted a part of trademark gazette. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the merchandise information table. It is a flowchart which shows a search process. It is a competitor setting screen for setting a competitor. It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a flowchart which shows a search process. It is a competitor setting screen for setting a competitor. It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a search screen for searching for goods (services). It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a network system.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. 1 to 7 are diagrams showing this embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, the product or service designated in the trademark registration of the company (hereinafter referred to as “product (service)”) is compared with the product (service) designated in the trademark registration of the competitor. The present invention is applied to the case of verifying the contents of its own products (services) in relation to competitors.

First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the application support apparatus 100.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the application support apparatus 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 30 that controls operations and the entire system based on a control program, and a ROM ( Read Only Memory) 32, RAM (Random Access Memory) 34 for storing data read from the ROM 32 and the like and calculation results required in the calculation process of the CPU 30, and I for mediating input / output of data to / from external devices / F (InterFace) 38, which are connected to each other via a bus 39 that is a signal line for transferring data so that data can be exchanged.

  The I / F 38 includes, as external devices, an input device 40 such as a keyboard and a mouse that can input data as a human interface, a storage device 42 that stores data, tables, and the like as files, and a screen based on image signals. Is connected to a display device 44.

Next, the data structure of the storage device 42 will be described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing contents extracted from a part of the trademark gazette.

  In the present embodiment, using the trademark gazette, a product information table registered in association with the product (service) designated in the trademark registration for which the business operator is the right holder and the business operator name is created. And a search process is performed using this product information table. The outline | summary of the production | generation method of a merchandise information table is demonstrated using FIG.

The storage device 42 stores a trademark publication file that records the contents of the trademark publication.
In the example of FIG. 2, Company A has the main business of hotel management and has two trademark registrations with registration numbers “9,999,961” and “9,999,962”. In the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,961”, “providing accommodation facilities” and “mediation or agency of the contract for provision of accommodation facilities” are registered. In trademark registration of registration number “9,999,962”, “rental of conference room” “bathroom facilities” “Provision” is designated as a designated service. In this case, the product information table is associated with the company name “Company A” and the service “providing accommodation facilities” based on the trademark gazette, and the company name “Company A” and the service “providing accommodation facilities” "Company or agency" is associated, the company name "Company A" and the service "Lending of conference room" are associated, and the company name "Company A" and the service "Provision of bathing facilities" are associated and registered.

  Company B mainly operates restaurants, and has two trademark registrations with registration numbers “9,999,963” and “9,999,964”. In the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,963”, “Providing food and drink”, “Providing accommodation facilities” and “lending conference rooms” are designated, and in the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,964”, “confectionery” is designated. It is said. In this case, in the product information table, the company name “Company B” and the service “Providing food and drink” are associated with the company name “Company B” and the service “Providing accommodation facility” based on the trademark gazette. The company name “B company” and the service “lending the conference room” are associated with each other, and the company name “B company” and the product “confectionery” are associated and registered.

  Company C, whose main business is the management of spa facilities, has three trademark registrations with registration numbers “9,999,965”, “9,999,966” and “9,999,967”. In the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,965”, “provide bathing facilities”, in the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,966”, “Anma, massage and shiatsu”, in the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,967” “ “Provision” and “Provision of accommodation” are designated services respectively. In this case, based on the trademark gazette, the product name “C company” and the service “provide bathing facilities” are associated with the product information table, and the company name “C company” and the service “Anma massage and shiatsu”. Are associated with the company name “C company” and the service “provide food and drink”, and the company name “C company” and the service “provide accommodation facility” are associated with each other and registered.

  Company D mainly operates hotels, restaurants and spa facilities, and has four trademark registrations with registration numbers “9,999,968”, “9,999,969”, “9,999,970” and “9,999,971”. In the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,968”, “providing accommodation facility”, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility”, “rental of conference room”, “providing food and drink”, trademark of registration number “9,999,969” Designated as “confectionery” for registration, “Provision of bathing facilities” and “Anma, massage and shiatsu” for trademark registration of registration number “9,999,970”, and “Barber” for registration of trademark of registration number “9,999,971” (service) It is said. In this case, the product information table is associated with the company name “Company D” and the service “providing accommodation facilities” based on the trademark gazette, and the company name “Company D” and the service “providing accommodation facilities” "Company name or agency", business name "Company D" and service "Conference room lending", business name "Company D" and service "Providing food and drink" Corresponding “Company D” and product “confectionery”, Corresponding company name “Company D” and service “Providing bathing facilities”, Corresponding company name “D Company” and service “Anma, Massage and Shiatsu” The company name “Company D” and the service “Barber” are registered in association with each other.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the product information table 400.
The storage device 42 stores a product information table 400 as shown in FIG.

  In the product information table 400, one or more records are registered. Each record includes a field 402 for registering a business name and a field 404 for registering a product (service).

  The example in FIG. 3 corresponds to the example in FIG. 2, the records in the first to fourth lines are registration information about the company A, and the records in the fifth to eighth lines are registration information about the company B. The records on the ninth to twelfth lines are the registration information regarding the company C, and the records on the thirteenth to twentieth lines are the registration information regarding the company D.

Next, processing executed by the CPU 30 will be described.
The CPU 30 is composed of an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit) or the like, activates a predetermined program stored in a predetermined area of the ROM 32, and executes search processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 according to the program.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the search process.
The search process is a process executed in response to a search request from the user. When the search process is executed in the CPU 30, first, the process proceeds to step S100 as shown in FIG.

  In step S100, the company information including the name of the company is input, the process proceeds to step S102, and the competition information including the name of the competitor is input.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S104. In step S104, the business name matching the company name of the company information input in step S100 is searched from the product information table 400, and the product (service) registered in the same record is searched for in the product information table 400. Search from within. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S106. In step S106, an operator name matching the competitor name of the competitive information input in step S102 is searched from the product information table 400, and the product (service) registered in the same record is searched for in the product information table. Search from 400. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S108. In step S108, based on the product (service) searched in steps S104 and S106, the product set and difference set of the product (service) searched in step S104 and the product (service) searched in step S106 are calculated. . If the product (service) searched in step S104 is set A and the product (service) searched in step S106 is set B, the product set S1 is expressed by the following equation (1), and the difference set S2 is expressed by the following equation (2). Thus, the difference set S3 can be calculated by the following equation (3).

S1 = A∩B (1)
S2 = B−A (2)
S3 = A−B (3)

Next, the process proceeds to step S110. In step S110, a product (service) registered in a record other than the records to be searched in steps S104 and S106 is searched from the product information table 400. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S112. In step S112, based on the product (service) searched in steps S104, S106, and S110, a complement of the product (service) searched in step S104 and the product (service) searched in step S106 is calculated. If the product (service) searched in step S110 is set C, the complementary set S4 can be calculated by the following equation (4).

S4 = C- (A∪B) (4)

Next, the process proceeds to step S114. In step S114, the product (service) of the product set S1 calculated in steps S108 and S112, the product (service) of the difference set S2, the product (service) of the difference set S3, and the product (service) of the complement set S4 are displayed. A series of processing ends.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.
First, the first case will be described. The first example is a case where the product (service) designated in the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,961” of Company A is compared with the product (service) designated in all the trademark registrations of Company B.

  Company A currently operates a hotel as its main business, but in the near future, it plans to add a restaurant to the hotel and operate the restaurant as a new business. Therefore, Company A sets Company B, which operates as the main business of restaurants, as a competitor, and the product (service) designated in the trademark registration of Company A's registration number “9,999,961” in relation to Company B. Hope to verify the contents of. As a result of the verification, Company A updates the trademark registration with registration number “9,999,961”, for example, by making a new application without renewal, or by renewing and adding a new application, or by reducing the category. Measures can be taken.

FIG. 5 is a competitor setting screen for setting competitors.
FIG. 6 is a search screen for searching for products (services).

  When a user who is in charge of company A inputs the name of company A as the company name on the company setting screen (not shown) and clicks the set button, the company information including the name of company A is passed through step S100. Is entered.

  Further, when the user inputs the name of the company B as the name of the competitor on the competitor setting screen of FIG. 5 and clicks the setting button, the competition information including the name of the company B is input through step S102. .

In addition, the user narrows down the trademark registration with the registration number “9,999,961” as a search target.
When the user makes a search request, the product (service) designated in the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,961” of company A is the product designated in all the trademark registrations of company B through steps S104 to S112. (Services) are searched for other products (services), and based on the retrieved products (services), the product set (product) of company A (product) and the product (service) of company B, A complement is calculated.

  In the example of FIG. 3, since the products (services) designated in the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,961” of Company A are registered in the records on the first and second lines, these products (services) are searched. Is done. The set A is as follows.

A = {providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities}

In the records on the 5th to 8th lines, products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of company B are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B is as follows:

B = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, confectionery}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities}
S2 = {confectionery, provision of food and drink, rental of conference room}
S3 = {mediation or brokerage of contract for provision of accommodation facilities}

  Next, other products (services) are searched from the records in the 3rd to 4th and 9th to 20th lines. The set C is as follows:

C = {Conference room rental, provision of bathing facilities, provision of bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, provision of food and drink, provision of accommodation facilities, provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or intermediation of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, Rental of conference rooms, provision of food and drink, confectionery, provision of bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complementary set S4 is calculated as follows, excluding duplicates.

S4 = {barber, provision of bathing facilities, anma massage, and shiatsu}

  Then, the products (services) of the calculated sets S1 to S4 are displayed through step S114. In the example of FIG. 6, “providing accommodation facilities” is displayed in the first row as the product (service) of the product set S1. In the second row, “confectionery”, “providing food and drink”, and “lending the conference room” are displayed as products (services) of the difference set S2. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” is displayed as the product (service) of the difference set S3. In the fourth line, “barber”, “providing a bathing facility”, “anma, massage and shiatsu” are displayed as products (services) of the complement set S4.

  As a result, the user can specify the products (services) designated in common by Company A and Company B, the products (service) designated only by Company B, the products (service) designated only by Company A, and Company A and Company B. Since it is possible to grasp a product (service) that is not specified, the contents of the product (service) can be verified in relation to the company B.

  Next, a second example will be described. The second example is a case in which a product (service) designated in all trademark registrations of company A is compared with a product (service) designated in all trademark registrations of company B.

FIG. 7 is a search screen for searching for products (services).
The user cancels the narrowing-down setting for searching for the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,961” in order to search all trademark registrations of company A.

  When the user makes a search request, the product (service) specified in all trademark registrations of company A is changed to the product (service) specified in all trademark registrations of company B through steps S104 to S112. Other products (services) are searched for, and the product set, difference set and complement of Company A product (service) and Company B product (service) are calculated based on the searched product (service). Is done.

  In the example of FIG. 3, since the products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of Company A are registered in the records in the first to fourth lines, these products (services) are searched. The set A is as follows.

A = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing bathing facilities}

  In the records on the 5th to 8th lines, products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of company B are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B is as follows:

B = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, confectionery}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms}
S2 = {Providing sweets and food}
S3 = {mediation or agency of the contract for the provision of accommodation facilities, provision of bathing facilities}

  Next, other products (services) are searched from the records in the ninth to twentieth lines. The set C is as follows:

C = {Providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, provision of food and drink, provision of accommodation facilities, provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or intermediation of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, provision of food and beverages, Confectionery, bathing facilities, Anma massage, shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complementary set S4 is calculated as follows, excluding duplicates.

S4 = {Barber, Anma, Massage and Shiatsu}

  Then, the products (services) of the calculated sets S1 to S4 are displayed through step S114. In the example of FIG. 7, “providing accommodation facilities” and “lending a conference room” are displayed as the products (services) of the product set S1 in the first row. In the second row, “confectionery” and “provide food and drink” are displayed as the products (services) of the difference set S2. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” “providing bathing facility” is displayed as the product (service) of the difference set S3. In the fourth line, “barber” and “anma massage and acupressure” are displayed as products (services) of the complement S4.

  As a result, the user can specify the products (services) designated in common by Company A and Company B, the products (service) designated only by Company B, the products (service) designated only by Company A, and Company A and Company B. Since it is possible to grasp a product (service) that is not specified, the contents of the product (service) can be verified in relation to the company B.

Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, the names of the company and competitors are input, the operator name that matches the input company name is searched from the product information table 400, and the product (service) registered in the same record as this is searched. ) Is searched from the product information table 400, and the operator name that matches the entered competitor name is searched from the product information table 400, and the product (service) registered in the same record is searched for the product. Based on the product (service) searched and searched from the information table 400, a predetermined set of the company's product (service) and competitor's product (service) is calculated, and the product of the calculated set (service) Is displayed.

  As a result, a predetermined set of the company's products (services) and competitors' products (services) can be obtained, which can be used as a material for verifying the contents of the products (services) as compared to the conventional case.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the product set and difference set of the product (service) of the company and the product (service) of the competitor are calculated based on the searched product (service).

  As a result, a product set and a difference set of the products (services) of the company and the products (services) of the competitors can be obtained, so that the content of the product (service) can be more specifically verified.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the product (service) registered in the record other than the record to be searched for the product (service) of the company and the competitor is searched from the product information table 400 and searched. Based on the product (service), a complementary set of the product (service) of the company and the product (service) of the competitor is calculated.

  As a result, a complementary set of the company's products (services) and competitors' products (services) can be obtained, so that the contents of the products (services) can be more specifically verified.

  In the present embodiment, the storage device 42 corresponds to the product information storage means of the invention 2, the step S104 corresponds to the product information search means of the invention 2 or 4, and the steps S108 and S112 correspond to the invention 2 or 4 of the invention 2 or 4. It corresponds to the product information generation means.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. 8 to 13 are diagrams showing this embodiment. Hereinafter, only different parts from the first embodiment will be described, and overlapping parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

  The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the contents of the company's products (services) are verified in relation to a plurality of competitors.

First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described.
The CPU 30 executes the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 instead of the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing search processing.
When the search process is executed in the CPU 30, first, the process proceeds to step S200 as shown in FIG.

  In step S200, the company information including the name of the company is input, the process proceeds to step S202, the competition information 1 including the name of competitor 1 is input, the process proceeds to step S204, and the name of competitor 2 is included. Enter competition information 2.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S206. In step S206, the company name that matches the company name of the company information input in step S200 is searched from the product information table 400, and the product (service) registered in the same record is searched for in the product information table 400. Search from within. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S208. In step S208, the business name that matches the competitor name in the competitive information 1 input in step S202 is searched from the product information table 400, and the product (service) registered in the same record is searched for in the product information. The table 400 is searched. In addition, the business name that matches the competitor name of the competitive information 2 input in step S204 is searched from the product information table 400, and the product (service) registered in the same record is searched for in the product information table 400. Search from within. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S210. In step S210, based on the product (service) searched in step S208, the intersection or union of the product (service) searched for competitor 1 and the product (service) searched for competitor 2 is calculated. . If the product (service) searched for competitor 1 is set B1 and the product (service) searched for competitor 2 is set B2, product set S5 is expressed by the following equation (5) and union set S6 is expressed by the following equation ( 6), respectively. Whether to calculate the product set or the union set can be determined by setting, for example.

S5 = B1∩B2 (5)
S6 = B1∪B2 (6)

Next, the process proceeds to step S212. In step S212, based on the product (service) retrieved in step S206 and the set of products (service) calculated in step S210, the product (service) retrieved in step S206 and the product (service) retrieved in step S208. ) And the difference set are calculated. When the product set S5 is calculated in step S210, the product set S1 is expressed by the following formula (7-1), the difference set S2 is calculated by the following formula (8-1), and the difference set S3 is calculated by the following formula (9-1). Can be calculated.

S1 = A∩S5 (7-1)
S2 = S5-A (8-1)
S3 = A−S5 (9-1)

  On the other hand, when the union S6 is calculated in step S210, the product set S1 is expressed by the following equation (7-2), the difference set S2 is expressed by the following equation (8-2), and the difference set S3 is expressed by the following equation (9− 2), respectively.

S1 = A∩S6 (7-2)
S2 = S6-A (8-2)
S3 = A−S6 (9-2)

  Next, the process proceeds to step S214. In step S214, a product (service) registered in a record other than the records to be searched in steps S206 and S208 is searched from the product information table 400. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S216. In step S216, based on the product (service) searched in steps S206, S208, and S214, a complement of the product (service) searched in step S206 and the product (service) searched in step S208 is calculated. When the product set S5 is calculated in step S210, the complement set S4 can be calculated by the following equation (10-1).

S4 = C- (A∪S5) (10-1)

On the other hand, when the union S6 is calculated in step S210, the complement S4 can be calculated by the following equation (10-1).

S4 = C- (A∪S6) (10-2)

Next, the process proceeds to step S218. In step S218, the product (service) of the product set S1 calculated in steps S212 and S216, the product (service) of the difference set S2, the product (service) of the difference set S3, and the product (service) of the complement S4 are displayed. A series of processing ends.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.
First, the first case will be described. The first example is the case where the product (service) specified in the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,961” of Company A is compared with the product (service) specified in all trademark registrations of Company B and C. . A set of products (services) of the companies B and C is calculated as a product set S5.

  Company A currently operates a hotel as its main business, but in the near future, it plans to add a restaurant and spa facility to the hotel and operate the restaurant and spa facility as a new business. . Therefore, Company A sets Company B, which operates the restaurant business as its main business, as Competitor 1, Company C, which operates the spa facility as its main business, sets it as Competitor 2, and establishes a relationship with Company B and C. In relation to this, it is hoped that the contents of the goods (services) specified in the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,961” of Company A will be verified.

FIG. 9 is a competitor setting screen for setting competitors.
FIG. 10 is a search screen for searching for products (services).

  When the user who is in charge of company A inputs the name of company A as the company name on the company setting screen (not shown) and clicks the set button, the company information including the name of company A is passed through step S200. Is entered.

  When the user inputs the name of company B / C as the name of the competitor on the competitor setting screen of FIG. 9 and clicks the setting button, the name of company B / C is included through steps S202 and S204. Contention information 1 and 2 are input.

In addition, the user narrows down the trademark registration with the registration number “9,999,961” as a search target.
When the user makes a search request, the product (service) designated in the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,961” of company A is designated in all trademark registrations of company B and C through steps S206 to S216. Products (services), other products (services) are searched, and the product set of company A's products (services) and B / C company products (services) based on the retrieved products (services) The difference set and the complement are calculated.

  In the example of FIG. 3, since the products (services) designated in the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,961” of Company A are registered in the records on the first and second lines, these products (services) are searched. Is done. The set A is as follows.

A = {providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities}

In the records on the 5th to 8th lines, products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of company B are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B1 is as follows.

B1 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, confectionery}

In the records on the ninth to twelfth lines, products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of company C are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B2 is as follows.

B2 = {Providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and drink, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the product set S5 is calculated as follows.

S5 = {Provision of food and drink, provision of accommodation facilities}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities}
S2 = {Provision of food and drink}
S3 = {mediation or brokerage of contract for provision of accommodation facilities}

  Next, other products (services) are searched from the records in the 3rd to 4th and 13th to 20th lines. The set C is as follows:

C = {Lending of conference rooms, provision of bathing facilities, provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, lending of conference rooms, provision of food and drinks, confectionery, provision of bathing facilities, anma massage and Shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complementary set S4 is calculated as follows, excluding duplicates.

S4 = {confectionery, rental of conference room, barber, provision of bathing facilities, anma massage and shiatsu}

  Then, the products (services) of the calculated sets S1 to S4 are displayed through step S218. In the example of FIG. 10, “Providing accommodation facilities” is displayed in the first row as the product (service) of the product set S1. In the second row, “Providing food and drink” is displayed as the product (service) of the difference set S2. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” is displayed as the product (service) of the difference set S3. In the fourth row, “confectionery”, “rental of conference room”, “barber”, “providing bathing facilities”, “Anma, massage and shiatsu” are displayed as products (services) of the complement S4.

  Accordingly, the user can specify a product (service) that is commonly specified by Company A and Company B / C, a product (service) that is specified only by Company B / C, a product (service) that is specified only by Company A, and A Since the products (services) that are not designated by the companies B and C can be grasped, the contents of the products (services) can be verified in relation to the companies B and C.

  Next, a second example will be described. The second case is a case where the product (service) designated in all trademark registrations of company A is compared with the product (service) designated in all trademark registrations of company B and C. A set of products (services) of the companies B and C is calculated as a product set S5.

FIG. 11 is a search screen for searching for products (services).
The user cancels the narrowing-down setting for searching for the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,961” in order to search all trademark registrations of company A.

  When the user makes a search request, the products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of company A are changed to the products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of company B and C through steps S206 to S216. ), The other products (services) are searched, and based on the retrieved products (services), the product set of company A (services) and the product of B / C products (services), difference set and A complement is calculated.

  In the example of FIG. 3, since the products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of Company A are registered in the records in the first to fourth lines, these products (services) are searched. The set A is as follows.

A = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing bathing facilities}

  In the records on the 5th to 8th lines, products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of company B are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B1 is as follows.

B1 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, confectionery}

In the records on the ninth to twelfth lines, products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of company C are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B2 is as follows.

B2 = {Providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and drink, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the product set S5 is calculated as follows.

S5 = {Provision of food and drink, provision of accommodation facilities}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities}
S2 = {Provision of food and drink}
S3 = {Intermediation or agency of the contract for the provision of accommodation facilities, lending of conference rooms, provision of bathing facilities}

  Next, another product (service) is searched from the records in the 13th to 20th lines. The set C is as follows:

C = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, confectionery, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Confectionery, Barber, Anma Massage, Shiatsu}

  Then, the products (services) of the calculated sets S1 to S4 are displayed through step S218. In the example of FIG. 11, “Providing Accommodation” is displayed in the first row as the product (service) of the product set S1. In the second row, “Providing food and drink” is displayed as the product (service) of the difference set S2. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility”, “rental of conference room”, “provide bathing facility” are displayed as products (services) of difference set S3. In the fourth row, “confectionery”, “barber”, “anma massage and shiatsu” are displayed as the products (services) of the complement set S4.

  Accordingly, the user can specify a product (service) that is commonly specified by Company A and Company B / C, a product (service) that is specified only by Company B / C, a product (service) that is specified only by Company A, and A Since the products (services) that are not designated by the companies B and C can be grasped, the contents of the products (services) can be verified in relation to the companies B and C.

  Next, a third example will be described. The third example is different from the first example in that a set of products (services) of the companies B and C is calculated as a union set S6.

FIG. 12 is a search screen for searching for products (services).
The sets A, B1, and B2 are as follows.

A = {providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities}
B1 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, confectionery}
B2 = {Providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and drink, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the union S6 is calculated as follows:

S6 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, confectionery, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities}
S2 = {confectionery, provision of food and beverages, rental of conference rooms, provision of bathing facilities, anma massage and shiatsu}
S3 = {mediation or brokerage of contract for provision of accommodation facilities}

The set C is as follows:

C = {Lending of conference rooms, provision of bathing facilities, provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, lending of conference rooms, provision of food and drinks, confectionery, provision of bathing facilities, anma massage and Shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Barber}

In the example of FIG. 12, “providing accommodation facilities” is displayed on the first line as the product (service) of the product set S1. In the second row, “confectionery”, “provided food and drink”, “rental of conference room”, “provided bathing facility”, “anma, massage and shiatsu” are displayed as products (services) of the difference set S2. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” is displayed as the product (service) of the difference set S3. In the fourth line, “barber” is displayed as the product (service) of the complement S4.

  Next, a fourth example will be described. The fourth example is different from the second example in that a set of products (services) of company B and C is calculated as a union set S6.

FIG. 13 is a search screen for searching for products (services).
The sets A, B1, and B2 are as follows.

A = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing bathing facilities}
B1 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, confectionery}
B2 = {Providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and drink, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the union S6 is calculated as follows:

S6 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, confectionery, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing bathing facilities}
S2 = {Providing food and drink, confectionery, Anma massage, and shiatsu}
S3 = {mediation or brokerage of contract for provision of accommodation facilities}

The set C is as follows:

C = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, confectionery, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Barber}

In the example of FIG. 13, “providing accommodation facilities”, “renting conference rooms”, and “providing bathing facilities” are displayed in the first row as the products (services) of the product set S1. In the second row, “confectionery”, “provided food and drink”, “anma / massage and shiatsu” are displayed as products (services) of the difference set S2. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” is displayed as the product (service) of the difference set S3. In the fourth line, “barber” is displayed as the product (service) of the complement S4.

Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, the names of the company and a plurality of competitors are input, the operator name that matches the input company name is searched from the product information table 400, and the product registered in the same record as this (Service) is searched from the product information table 400, the operator name that matches each of the entered competitor names is searched from the product information table 400, and is registered in the same record. The product (service) being searched is searched from the product information table 400, and based on the retrieved product (service), a predetermined set of the company's product (service) and products (services) of a plurality of competitors is obtained. Calculate and display the product (service) of the calculated set.

  As a result, a predetermined set of the company's products (services) and the products (services) of a plurality of competitors can be obtained, so that the contents of the products (services) can be more specifically verified.

  In the present embodiment, step S206 corresponds to the product information search means of invention 2 or 4, and steps S212 and S216 correspond to the product information generation means of invention 2 or 4.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. 14 and 15 are diagrams showing this embodiment. Hereinafter, only different parts from the first embodiment will be described, and overlapping parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

  The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that similar group codes are displayed instead of products (services).

First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the product information table 400.

  As shown in FIG. 14, each record of the product information table 400 further registers a field 406 for registering a category to which the product (service) in the field 404 belongs and a similar group code assigned to the product (service) in the field 404. Field 408 to be configured. The classifications and similar group codes are detailed in the “Similar Goods / Service Examination Criteria” issued by the JPO.

  In the example of FIG. 14, in the record of the first row, the service “providing accommodation facility” is in the field 404, the category “43” (class 43) to which the service “providing accommodation facility” belongs is in the field 406, A similar group code “42A01” assigned to the service “provide accommodation facility” is registered in the field 408.

Next, a search process executed by the CPU 30 will be described.
The CPU 30 executes the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 15 instead of the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing search processing.
When the search process is executed in the CPU 30, first, the process proceeds to step S300, as shown in FIG.

  In step S300, company information including the name of the company is input, the process proceeds to step S302, and competitive information including the name of the competitor is input.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S304. In step S304, the operator name that matches the company name of the company information input in step S300 is searched from the product information table 400, and the similar group code registered in the same record is searched for in the product information table 400. Search from among them. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S306. In step S306, the business name matching the competitor name entered in step S302 is searched from the product information table 400, and the similar group code registered in the same record is searched for in the product information table 400. Search from within. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S308. In step S308, based on the similar group code searched in steps S304 and S306, a product set and a difference set of the similar group code searched in step S304 and the similar group code searched in step S306 are calculated. If the similar group code searched in step S304 is set A and the similar group code searched in step S306 is set B, the product set S1 is expressed by the above equation (1), and the difference set S2 is expressed by the above equation (2). The difference set S3 can be calculated by the above equation (3).

  Next, the process proceeds to step S310. In step S310, a similar group code registered in a record other than the records to be searched in steps S304 and S306 is searched from the product information table 400. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S312. In step S312, based on the similar group code searched in steps S304, S306, and S310, the similar group code searched in step S304 and the complement of the similar group code searched in step S306 are calculated. If the similar group code retrieved in step S310 is set C, the complementary set S4 can be calculated by the above equation (4).

  Next, the process proceeds to step S314. In step S314, the similar group code of the product set S1, the similar group code of the difference set S2, the similar group code of the difference set S3, and the similar group code of the complement set S4 calculated in steps S308 and S312 are displayed, and a series of processing is performed. finish.

Next, the operation and effect of the present embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, a similar group code is displayed instead of the product (service).

  As a result, a predetermined set of similar group codes for the products (services) of the company and similar products (services) of the competitor's products (services) can be obtained. Can be used as a material for verification.

  In the present embodiment, step S304 corresponds to the product information search means of invention 2 or 4, and steps S308 and S312 correspond to the product information generation means of invention 2 or 4.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. 16 to 20 are diagrams showing this embodiment. Hereinafter, only different parts from the first embodiment will be described, and overlapping parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a narrowing condition can be set.
First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the product information table 400.
As shown in FIG. 16, each record of the product information table 400 further includes a field 410 for registering a registration number for trademark registration in which the product (service) in the field 404 is designated.

  In the example of FIG. 16, the service “provide accommodation facility” is registered in the field 404 and the registration number “9,999,961” is registered in the field 410 in the record in the first row. This indicates that the service “provide accommodation facility” is specified in the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,961”, and these are registered in the fields 404 and 410.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the bibliographic information table 420.
The storage device 42 further stores a bibliographic information table 420 relating to trademark registration as shown in FIG.

  In the bibliographic information table 420, one record is registered for each trademark registration. Each record includes a field 422 for registering a registration number, a field 424 for registering a registration date, a field 426 for registering a trademark for search, a field 428 for registering a trademark name, and the name or name of the right holder. It includes a field 430 for registration, a field 432 for registering the address or residence of the right holder, and a field 434 for registering the name or name of the agent. Others, for example: (1) Law classification (version) / class, (2) Rewrite registration application number, (3) International registration number, (4) Rewrite registration application date or international registration date (post-designation date), (5) Publication date, (6) Publication number, (7) Publication date, (8) Application number, (9) Application date, (10) Registration publication date, (11) Expiration date, (12) Applicant, rewrite Information on the applicant or holder (name or name, address or residence, identification number, company information if the applicant is a corporation (eg business type, date of establishment, stock listing, capital, sales) , Profit, number of employees. The same shall apply hereinafter.)), (13) Other information on the rights holder (identification number, company information if the rights holder is a corporation), (14) Other information on the agent (address or residence) , Identification number, company information if the agent is a corporation), (15) regarding the opponent Information (name or name, address or whereabouts, identification number, company information if the opponent is a corporation), (16) the trial number, (17) the date of shipment of the rejection, (18) register the final disposal date You can also.

Next, a search process executed by the CPU 30 will be described.
The CPU 30 executes the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 18 instead of the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing search processing.
When the search process is executed in the CPU 30, first, the process proceeds to step S400 as shown in FIG.

  In step S400, the company information including the name of the company is input, the process proceeds to step S402, the competition information including the name of the competitor is input, the process proceeds to step S404, and the narrowing-down conditions regarding trademark registration are input. .

  Next, the process proceeds to step S406. In step S406, the bibliographic information that matches the filtering condition input in step S404 is searched from the bibliographic information table 420, and the registration number registered in the same record is searched from the bibliographic information table 420. .

  Next, the process proceeds to step S408. In step S408, the registration number that matches the registration number searched in step S406 and the company name that matches the company name of the company information input in step S400 are searched from the product information table 400, and the same record is searched. The product (service) registered in is searched from the product information table 400. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S410. In step S410, the registration number that matches the registration number searched in step S406 and the operator name that matches the competitor name entered in step S402 are searched from the product information table 400. The product (service) registered in the record is searched from the product information table 400. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S412. In step S412, the product set and difference set of the product (service) searched in step S408 and the product (service) searched in step S410 are calculated based on the product (service) searched in steps S408 and S410. . If the product (service) searched in step S408 is set A and the product (service) searched in step S410 is set B, the product set S1 is expressed by the above equation (1), and the difference set S2 is expressed by the above equation (2). Thus, the difference sets S3 can be calculated by the above equation (3).

  Next, the process proceeds to step S414. In step S414, the product (service) registered in the record in which the registration number matching the registration number searched in step S406 is registered among the records other than the records that are searched in steps S408 and S410. The product information table 400 is searched. Here, it is also possible to narrow down the trademark registration to be searched.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S416. In step S416, based on the product (service) searched in steps S408, S410, and S414, a complement of the product (service) searched in step S408 and the product (service) searched in step S410 is calculated. If the product (service) searched in step S414 is set C, the complementary set S4 can be calculated by the above equation (4).

  Next, the process proceeds to step S418. In step S418, the product (service) of the product set S1 calculated in steps S412 and S416, the product (service) of the difference set S2, the product (service) of the difference set S3, and the product (service) of the complement S4 are displayed. A series of processing ends.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. Hereinafter, the case where it applies to the 2nd example in the said 1st Embodiment is demonstrated.

FIG. 19 is a competitor setting screen for setting competitors.
FIG. 20 is a search screen for searching for products (services).

  In the competitor setting screen of FIG. 19, the user inputs “proxy Ichiro” in the item of the name or name of the agent as a narrowing condition, and clicks the setting button. Then, through step S404, the narrowing condition “proxy” "Ichiro" is entered.

  Then, when the user makes a search request, the bibliographic information that matches the narrow-down condition “proxy Ichiro” is searched from the bibliographic information table 420 through step S406, and the registration number registered in the same record as this. Is retrieved from the bibliographic information table 420. In the example of FIG. 17, since the agent's name or name “Ichiro Ichiro” is registered in the records in the first to third lines and the eleventh line, the registration number “ 9,999,961 "," 9,999,962 "," 9,999,963 "and" 9,999,971 "are searched.

  In the example of FIG. 16, since the business name “Company A” and the registration numbers “9,999,961” and “9,999,962” are registered in the records in the first to fourth lines, these products (services) are searched. The set A is as follows.

A = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing bathing facilities}

  Further, since the business name “Company B” and the registration number “9,999,963” are registered in the records on the 5th to 7th lines, these products (services) are searched. The set B is as follows:

B = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms}
S2 = {Provision of food and drink}
S3 = {mediation or agency of the contract for the provision of accommodation facilities, provision of bathing facilities}

  Next, since the registration number “9,999,971” is registered in the record on the 20th line, another product (service) is searched from the record. The set C is as follows:

C = {Barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Barber}

  Then, the products (services) of the calculated sets S1 to S4 are displayed through step S418. In the example of FIG. 20, “providing accommodation facilities” and “lending a conference room” are displayed in the first row as the product (service) of the product set S1. In the second row, “Providing food and drink” is displayed as the product (service) of the difference set S2. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” “providing bathing facility” is displayed as the product (service) of the difference set S3. In the fourth line, “barber” is displayed as the product (service) of the complement S4.

Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, a narrow-down condition is input, bibliographic information that matches the input narrow-down condition is searched from the bibliographic information table 420, and a registration number registered in the same record is searched for in the bibliographic information table. A search is performed from 420, and a record in which the same registration number as the searched registration number is registered among the records of the product information table 400 is set as a search target. That is, the trademark registration corresponding to the narrowing-down condition is set as a search target.

Thereby, the application tendency corresponding to narrowing-down conditions can be referred.
In the present embodiment, step S408 corresponds to the product information search means of invention 2 or 4, and steps S412 and S416 correspond to the product information generation means of invention 2 or 4.

[Fifth Embodiment]
Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. 21 to 26 are diagrams showing this embodiment. Hereinafter, only different parts from the first embodiment will be described, and overlapping parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

  The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a product (service) is displayed based on the number of appearances of the product (service).

First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing contents extracted from a part of the trademark gazette.

  In the example of FIG. 21, Company E has a main business of hotel management and has two trademark registrations with registration numbers “9,999,981” and “9,999,982”. In the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,981”, “providing accommodation facilities” and “mediation or agency of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities” are registered. In trademark registration of registration number “9,999,982”, “providing accommodation facilities” and “accommodation of accommodation facilities” Designated services include mediation or intermediary of provision contracts, “lending conference rooms” and “providing bathing facilities”. In this case, the product information table is associated with the company name “Company E” and the service “provide accommodation facility” based on the trademark gazette, and the company name “E company” and the service “provide accommodation facility provision”. "Company or agency" of the company, the company name "Company E" and the service "providing accommodation facilities", the company name "Company E" and the service "mediation or agency of the provision of accommodation facilities" The company name “E company” and the service “lending the conference room” are associated with each other, and the company name “E company” and the service “provide bathing facilities” are registered in association with each other.

  Company F mainly operates restaurants, and has two trademark registrations with registration numbers “9,999,983” and “9,999,984”. In the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,983”, “Providing food and drink”, “Providing accommodation facilities” and “renting conference rooms”, and in the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,984”, “Providing food and drink” and “ “Provided”, “Loan of conference room”, and “confectionery” are designated products (services). In this case, in the product information table, the company name “Company F” and the service “Providing food and drink” are associated with the company name “Company F” and the service “Providing accommodation facilities” based on the trademark gazette. Corresponding company name “Company F” and service “Conference room lending”, business name “Company F” and service “Providing food and drink”, business name “Company F” and service Corresponding “providing accommodation facilities”, associating the company name “Company F” and the service “renting the conference room”, registering the company name “Company F” and the product “confectionery” in association.

  Company G mainly operates spa facilities and has three trademark registrations with registration numbers “9,999,985”, “9,999,986” and “9,999,987”. The registration number "9,999,985" is the trademark registration "providing bathing facilities", the registration number "9,999,986" is the trademark registration "providing bathing facilities" "Anma massage and shiatsu", the registration number "9999,987" In the registration, "providing bathing facilities", "Anma massage and shiatsu", "providing food and drink", and "providing accommodation facilities" are designated services. In this case, in the product information table, the company name “G company” and the service “provide bathing facility” are associated with the company name “G company” and the service “provide bathing facility” based on the trademark gazette. Corresponding company name “G company” and service “Anma, massage and shiatsu”, company name “G company” and service “providing bathing facilities”, company name “G company” and Corresponding service "Anma, massage and shiatsu", company name "G company" and service "providing food and drink", company name "G company" and service "providing accommodation facilities" sign up.

  Company H mainly operates hotels, restaurants and spa facilities, and has four trademark registrations with registration numbers “9,999,988”, “9,999,989”, “9,999,990” and “9,999,991”. In the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,988”, “providing accommodation facilities”, “mediation or intermediation of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities”, “rental of conference rooms”, “providing food and drink” are trademarks of registration number “9,999,989”. Designated as “confectionery” for registration, “Provision of bathing facilities”, “Anma, massage and shiatsu” for trademark registration of registration number “9,999,990”, and “Barber” for registration of trademark of registration number “9,999,991” (service) It is said. In this case, the product information table is associated with the company name “Company H” and the service “provide accommodation facility” based on the trademark gazette, and the company name “Company H” and the service “provide accommodation facility provision”. "Company or agency", the company name "Company H" and the service "Lending conference room", the company name "H Company" and the service "Providing food and drink", the company name Corresponding “Company H” and the product “confectionery”, correlating the business name “Company H” and the service “Providing bathing facilities”, corresponding the business name “Company H” and the service “Anma, massage and shiatsu” The business name “Company H” and the service “Barber” are registered in association with each other.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the product information table 400.
The example of FIG. 22 corresponds to the example of FIG. 21, the records in the first to sixth lines are registration information related to company E, and the records in the seventh to thirteenth lines are registration information related to company F. The records on the 14th to 20th lines are the registration information about the company G, and the records on the 21st to 28th lines are the registration information about the company H.

Next, a search process executed by the CPU 30 will be described.
The CPU 30 executes the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 23 instead of the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing search processing.
When the search process is executed in the CPU 30, as shown in FIG. 23, the process proceeds to step S500 through steps S100 to S112.

  In step S500, the same contents for the product (service) of the product set S1 calculated in steps S108 and S112, the product (service) of the difference set S2, the product (service) of the difference set S3, and the product (service) of the complementary set S4. The number of appearances is calculated for each.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S502. In step S502, the product (service) of the product set S1 calculated in steps S108 and S112, the product (service) of the difference set S2, the product (service) of the difference set S3, the product (service) of the complement set S4, and the number of appearances. Display in descending order of appearance count, and end a series of processing.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.
First, the first case will be described. The first case is a case where the product (service) designated in the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,981” of Company E is compared with the product (service) designated in all the trademark registrations of Company F.

  Company E currently operates a hotel as its main business, but in the near future, it plans to add a restaurant to the hotel and operate the restaurant as a new business. Therefore, Company E has set Company F, which operates as a restaurant business as its main business, as a competitor, and has a product (service) designated in the trademark registration of Company E's registration number “9,999,981” in relation to Company F. Hope to verify the contents of. As a result of the verification, Company E updates the trademark registration with registration number “9,999,981”, for example, by making a new application without renewal, or by renewing and adding a new application, or by reducing the category. Measures can be taken.

FIG. 24 is a competitor setting screen for setting competitors.
FIG. 25 is a search screen for searching for products (services).

  When the user who is in charge of company E inputs the name of company E as the company name on the company setting screen (not shown) and clicks the set button, the company information including the name of company E is passed through step S100. Is entered.

  In addition, when the user inputs the name of the company F as the name of the competitor on the competitor setting screen of FIG. 24 and clicks the setting button, the competition information including the name of the company F is input through step S102. .

Further, the user narrows down the trademark registration with the registration number “9,999,981” as a search target.
Then, when the user makes a search request, the product (service) designated in the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,981” of company E is the product designated in all trademark registrations of company F through steps S104 to S112. (Services) are searched for other products (services), and based on the searched products (services), the product set (product) of Company E (service) and the product (service) of Company F A complement is calculated.

  In the example of FIG. 22, since the products (services) designated in the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,981” of Company E are registered in the records on the first and second lines, these products (services) are searched. Is done. The set A is as follows.

A = {providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities}

In the records on the seventh to thirteenth lines, the products (services) designated in the registration of all the trademarks of company F are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B is as follows:

B = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, sweets}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities}
S2 = {Providing food and drink, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, lending conference rooms, sweets}
S3 = {mediation or brokerage of contract for provision of accommodation facilities}

  Next, other products (services) are searched from the records in the 3rd to 6th and 14th to 28th lines. The set C is as follows:

C = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing bathing facilities, Anma, massage and shiatsu, provision of food and drink, provision of accommodation, provision of accommodation, mediation or intermediation of contracts for provision of accommodation, rental of conference rooms, provision of food and drink, confectionery, provision of bathing facilities, Anma・ Massage and Shiatsu, Barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, barber}

  Next, through step S500, the number of appearances is calculated for each of the same contents for the products (services) in the calculated sets S1 to S4. For the product set S1, the number of appearances of “provide accommodation facility” is calculated as “3”. For the difference set S2, the number of appearances of “Providing food and drink” is calculated as “2”, the number of appearances of “lending conference room” is “2”, and the number of appearances of “confectionery” is calculated as “2”. For the difference set S3, the number of occurrences of “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” is calculated as “1”. For the complement set S4, the number of appearances of “providing bathing facilities” is calculated as “5”, the number of appearances of “Anma / massage and shiatsu” is “3”, and the number of appearances of “barber” is calculated as “1”.

  Then, through step S502, the products (services) and the number of appearances of the calculated sets S1 to S4 are displayed in descending order of the number of appearances. In the example of FIG. 25, “providing accommodation facilities” and the number of cases “3” are displayed in the first row as the products (services) of the product set S1. In the second row, as the products (services) of the difference set S2, “Providing food and drink” and the number of cases “2”, “Lending of conference room” and the number of cases “2”, “confectionery” in descending order of appearance frequency And the number of cases “1” is displayed. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” and the number of cases “1” are displayed as products (services) of the difference set S3. In the fourth row, as the products (services) of complementary set S4, “Providing bathing facilities” and the number of cases “5”, “Anma, massage and shiatsu”, and the number of cases “3”, “Barber” "And the number of cases" 1 "are displayed.

  As a result, the user can specify the product (service) designated by E company and F company in common, the product (service) designated only by F company, the product (service) designated only by E company, and the company E and F company. Since the products (services) that are not specified can be grasped in the descending order of appearance frequency, the contents of the products (services) can be verified in relation to the F company.

  Next, a second example will be described. The second case is a case where the product (service) designated in all trademark registrations of company E is compared with the product (service) designated in all trademark registrations of company F.

FIG. 26 is a search screen for searching for products (services).
The user cancels the narrowing-down setting for searching for the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,981” in order to search all trademark registrations of company E.

  When the user makes a search request, the products (services) specified in all trademark registrations of company E are replaced with the products (services) specified in all trademark registrations of company F through steps S104 to S112. Other products (services) are searched, and the product set, difference set, and complement of product (service) of company E and product (service) of company F are calculated based on the retrieved product (service). Is done.

  In the example of FIG. 22, since the products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of Company E are registered in the records in the first to sixth lines, these products (services) are searched. The set A is as follows.

A = {Provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, lending of conference rooms, provision of bathing facilities}

  In the records on the seventh to thirteenth lines, the products (services) designated in the registration of all the trademarks of company F are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B is as follows:

B = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, providing food and drink, providing accommodation, lending conference rooms, sweets}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, lending meeting rooms, lending meeting rooms}
S2 = {Provision of food and drink, provision of food and drink, confectionery}
S3 = {mediation or agency of a contract for provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of a contract for provision of accommodation facilities, provision of bathing facilities}

  Next, another product (service) is searched from the records on the 14th to 28th lines. The set C is as follows:

C = {Providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and drink, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities Mediation or brokerage of contracts, rental of conference rooms, provision of food and drinks, provision of sweets, bathing facilities, anma, massage and shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Anma massage and shiatsu, Anma massage and shiatsu, Anma massage and shiatsu, barber}

  Next, through step S500, the number of appearances is calculated for each of the same contents for the products (services) in the calculated sets S1 to S4. For the product set S1, the number of appearances of “providing accommodation facilities” is calculated as “4”, and the number of appearances of “lending conference rooms” is calculated as “3”. For the difference set S2, the number of appearances of “provide food and drink” is calculated as “2”, and the number of appearances of “confectionery” is calculated as “1”. For the difference set S3, the number of appearances of “mediation or agency of a contract for provision of accommodation facilities” is calculated as “2”, and the number of appearances of “provide bathing facilities” is calculated as “1”. For the complement set S4, the number of appearances of “Anma / massage and shiatsu” is calculated as “2”, and the number of appearances of “barber” is calculated as “1”.

  Then, through step S502, the products (services) and the number of appearances of the calculated sets S1 to S4 are displayed in descending order of the number of appearances. In the example of FIG. 26, in the first row, as the product (service) of the product set S1, “providing accommodation facilities” and the number of cases “4”, “lending conference rooms” and the number of cases “ 3 "is displayed. In the second row, “Providing food and drink”, the number of cases “2”, “confectionery”, and the number of cases “1” are displayed in the descending order of appearance as products (services) of the difference set S2. In the third row, as the products (services) of the difference set S3, in the order of appearance, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” and number “2”, “providing bathing facility” and number “ 1 "is displayed. In the fourth row, “Anma / massage and shiatsu”, the number “3”, “barber”, and the number “1” are displayed as products (services) of the complement S4 in descending order of the number of appearances.

  As a result, the user can specify the product (service) designated by E company and F company in common, the product (service) designated only by F company, the product (service) designated only by E company, and the company E and F company. Since the products (services) that are not specified can be grasped in the descending order of appearance frequency, the contents of the products (services) can be verified in relation to the F company.

Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, the number of appearances is calculated for each identical content of the calculated set of products (services), and the calculated set of products (services) and the number of appearances are displayed in descending order of the number of appearances.

  Thereby, since goods (service) are displayed based on the appearance frequency for every same contents about goods (service), goods (service) can be grasped in relation to the appearance frequency.

  In the present embodiment, step S500 corresponds to the statistical information acquisition means of invention 1 or 5, and step S502 corresponds to the product information output means of invention 1.

[Sixth Embodiment]
Next, a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described. 27 to 32 are diagrams showing this embodiment. Hereinafter, only different parts from the second and fifth embodiments will be described, and overlapping parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described.
The CPU 30 executes the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 27 instead of the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the search process.
When the search process is executed in the CPU 30, as shown in FIG. 27, first, the process proceeds to step S600 through steps S200 to S216.

  In step S600, the same contents for the product (service) in the product set S1, the product (service) in the difference set S2, the product (service) in the difference set S3, and the product (service) in the complement set S4 calculated in steps S212 and S216. The number of appearances is calculated for each.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S602. In step S602, the product (service) of the product set S1 calculated in steps S212 and S216, the product (service) of the difference set S2, the product (service) of the difference set S3, the product (service) of the complement set S4, and the number of appearances. Display in descending order of appearance count, and end a series of processing.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.
First, the first case will be described. The first example is a case where the product (service) specified in the registration of the trademark of Company E with the registration number “9,999,981” is compared with the product (service) specified in the registration of all the trademarks of FG Company. . A set of products (services) of FG company is calculated as a product set S5.

  Company E is currently operating a hotel as its main business, but in the near future, it plans to add a restaurant and spa facility to the hotel and operate the restaurant and spa facility as a new business. . Therefore, Company E establishes Company F, which operates as the main business of restaurants, as competitor 1 and Company G, which operates as a spa facility, operates as competitor 2, and establishes a relationship with Company FG. In relation to this, it is hoped that the contents of the goods (services) specified in the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,981” of Company E will be verified.

FIG. 28 is a competitor setting screen for setting competitors.
FIG. 29 is a search screen for searching for products (services).

  When the user who is in charge of company E inputs the name of company E as the company name on the company setting screen (not shown) and clicks the setting button, the company information including the name of company E is passed through step S200. Is entered.

  Further, when the user inputs the name of the company FG as the name of the competitor on the competitor setting screen of FIG. 28 and clicks the setting button, the name of the company F / G is included through steps S202 and S204. Contention information 1 and 2 are input.

Further, the user narrows down the trademark registration with the registration number “9,999,981” as a search target.
When the user makes a search request, the product (service) designated in the trademark registration of registration number “9,999,981” of company E is designated in all trademark registrations of company FG through steps S206 to S216. Products (services), other products (services) are searched, and the product (service) of company E (product) and the product (service) of company FG based on the retrieved product (service) The difference set and the complement are calculated.

  In the example of FIG. 22, since the products (services) designated in the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,981” of Company E are registered in the records on the first and second lines, these products (services) are searched. Is done. The set A is as follows.

A = {providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities}

In the records on the seventh to thirteenth lines, the products (services) designated in the registration of all the trademarks of company F are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B1 is as follows.

B1 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, sweets}

  In the records on the 14th to 20th lines, products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of Company G are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B2 is as follows.

B2 = {Providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and beverages, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the product set S5 is calculated as follows.

S5 = {Provision of food and drink, provision of food and drink, provision of food and drink, provision of accommodation facilities, provision of accommodation facilities, provision of accommodation facilities}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities}
S2 = {Providing food and drink, providing food and drink, providing food and drink}
S3 = {mediation or brokerage of contract for provision of accommodation facilities}

  Next, other products (services) are searched from the records in the 3rd to 6th and 21st to 28th lines. The set C is as follows:

C = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing bathing facilities, providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, Provision of food and drink, confectionery, bathing facilities, Anma massage, shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Lending of conference rooms, provision of bathing facilities, lending of conference rooms, confectionery, provision of bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, barber}

  Next, through step S600, the number of appearances is calculated for each of the same contents for the products (services) in the calculated sets S1 to S4. For the product set S1, the number of appearances of “provide accommodation facility” is calculated as “4”. For the difference set S2, the number of occurrences of “provide food and drink” is calculated as “3”. For the difference set S3, the number of occurrences of “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” is calculated as “1”. For complement set S4, the number of appearances of “rental of conference room” is “2”, the number of appearances of “provide bathing facilities” is “2”, the number of appearances of “confectionery” is “1”, and the appearance of “barber” The number of times is “1”, and the number of appearances of “Anma / massage and shiatsu” is calculated as “1”.

  Then, through step S602, the products (services) and the number of appearances of the calculated sets S1 to S4 are displayed in descending order of the number of appearances. In the example of FIG. 29, “providing accommodation facilities” and the number of cases “4” are displayed in the first row as the product (service) of the product set S1. In the second row, “Providing food and drink” and the number of cases “3” are displayed as the products (services) of the difference set S2. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” and the number of cases “1” are displayed as products (services) of the difference set S3. In the fourth row, as the products (services) of complementary set S4, “rental of conference room” and number of cases “2”, “providing bathing facilities” and number of cases “2”, “confectionery” in descending order of appearance frequency The number “1”, “barber”, number “1”, “Anma / massage and shiatsu”, and number “1” are displayed.

  Accordingly, the user can specify the product (service) designated by E company and FG company in common, the product (service) designated only by FG company, the product (service) designated only by E company, and the E Since the products (services) that are not specified by the company or the FG company can be grasped, the contents of the products (services) can be verified in relation to the FG company.

  Next, a second example will be described. The second case is a case where a product (service) designated in all trademark registrations of company E is compared with a product (service) designated in all trademark registrations of company FG. A set of products (services) of FG company is calculated as a product set S5.

FIG. 30 is a search screen for searching for products (services).
The user cancels the narrowing-down setting for searching for the trademark registration of the registration number “9,999,981” in order to search all trademark registrations of company E.

  When the user makes a search request, the products (services) specified in all trademark registrations of company E are changed to the products (services) specified in all trademark registrations of FG company through steps S206 to S216. ), Other products (services) are searched, and based on the retrieved products (services), the product set (product) of E company (service) and the product (service) of company F / G, A complement is calculated.

  In the example of FIG. 22, since the products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of Company E are registered in the records in the first to sixth lines, these products (services) are searched. The set A is as follows.

A = {Provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, lending of conference rooms, provision of bathing facilities}

  In the records on the seventh to thirteenth lines, the products (services) designated in the registration of all the trademarks of company F are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B1 is as follows.

B1 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, sweets}

  In the records on the 14th to 20th lines, products (services) designated in all trademark registrations of Company G are registered, so these products (services) are searched. The set B2 is as follows.

B2 = {Providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and beverages, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the product set S5 is calculated as follows.

S5 = {Provision of food and drink, provision of food and drink, provision of food and drink, provision of accommodation facilities, provision of accommodation facilities, provision of accommodation facilities}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities}
S2 = {Providing food and drink, providing food and drink, providing food and drink}
S3 = {mediation or agency of a contract for provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of a contract for provision of accommodation facilities, lending of conference rooms, provision of bathing facilities}

  Next, another product (service) is searched from the records on the 21st to 28th lines. The set C is as follows:

C = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, confectionery, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Confectionery, Barber, Anma Massage, Shiatsu}

  Next, through step S600, the number of appearances is calculated for each of the same contents for the products (services) in the calculated sets S1 to S4. For the product set S1, the number of appearances of “provide accommodation facility” is calculated as “5”. For the difference set S2, the number of occurrences of “provide food and drink” is calculated as “3”. Regarding the difference set S3, the number of appearances of “mediation or agency of the contract for provision of accommodation facilities” is “2”, the number of appearances of “lending conference rooms” is “1”, and the number of appearances of “providing bathing facilities” is Calculated as “1”. For the complementary set S4, the number of appearances of “confectionery” is “1”, the number of appearances of “barber” is “1”, and the number of appearances of “Anma / massage and shiatsu” is calculated as “1”.

  Then, through step S602, the products (services) and the number of appearances of the calculated sets S1 to S4 are displayed in descending order of the number of appearances. In the example of FIG. 30, “providing accommodation facilities” and the number of cases “5” are displayed in the first row as products (services) of the product set S1. In the second row, “Providing food and drink” and the number of cases “3” are displayed as the products (services) of the difference set S2. In the third row, as the products (services) of the difference set S3, in the order of the appearance frequency, “mediation or agency of the contract for provision of accommodation facility” and the number “2” “lending the conference room” and the number “1” ”,“ Provision of bathing facilities ”and the number of cases“ 1 ”are displayed. In the fourth row, as products (services) of complementary set S4, “confectionery” and number of cases “1”, “barber” and number of cases “1”, “Anma massage and shiatsu” and number of cases in descending order of appearance. “1” is displayed.

  Accordingly, the user can specify the product (service) designated by E company and FG company in common, the product (service) designated only by FG company, the product (service) designated only by E company, and the E Since the products (services) that are not specified by the company or the FG company can be grasped, the contents of the products (services) can be verified in relation to the FG company.

  Next, a third example will be described. The third example is different from the first example in that a set of products (services) of FG company is calculated as a union set S6.

FIG. 31 is a search screen for searching for products (services).
The sets A, B1, and B2 are as follows.

A = {providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities}
B1 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, sweets}
B2 = {Providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and beverages, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the union S6 is calculated as follows:

S6 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing sweets, bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, anma massage and shiatsu , Providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and drink, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities}
S2 = {Providing food and drinks, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, lending conference rooms, confectionery, providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and Shiatsu, provision of food and drink}
S3 = {mediation or brokerage of contract for provision of accommodation facilities}

The set C is as follows:

C = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing bathing facilities, providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, Provision of food and drink, confectionery, bathing facilities, Anma massage, shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Barber}

In the example of FIG. 31, “providing accommodation facilities” and the number of cases “4” are displayed in the first row as products (services) of the product set S1. In the second row, as the products (services) of the difference set S2, in the order of appearance, “Providing food and drink” and the number of cases “3”, “Providing bathing facilities” and the number of cases “3”, “Conference room” Lending ”and the number“ 2 ”,“ Anma massage and shiatsu ”, the number“ 2 ”,“ confectionery ”, and the number“ 1 ”are displayed. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” and the number of cases “1” are displayed as products (services) of the difference set S3. In the fourth row, “barber” and the number of cases “1” are displayed as products (services) of the complement set S4.

  Next, a fourth example will be described. The fourth example is different from the second example in that a set of products (services) of FG company is calculated as a union set S6.

FIG. 32 is a search screen for searching for products (services).
The sets A, B1, and B2 are as follows.

A = {Provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of contracts for provision of accommodation facilities, lending of conference rooms, provision of bathing facilities}
B1 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, sweets}
B2 = {Providing bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and beverages, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the union S6 is calculated as follows:

S6 = {Providing food and drink, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing sweets, bathing facilities, providing bathing facilities, anma massage and shiatsu , Providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, providing food and drink, providing accommodation}

Therefore, the product set S1 and the difference sets S2 and S3 are calculated as follows.

S1 = {providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, lending conference rooms, lending conference rooms, providing bathing facilities, bathing facilities Offer, bathing facility, bathing facility}
S2 = {Provision of food and drink, provision of food and drink, sweets, Anma massage and shiatsu, Anma massage and shiatsu, provision of food and drink}
S3 = {mediation or agency of a contract for provision of accommodation facilities, mediation or agency of a contract for provision of accommodation facilities}

The set C is as follows:

C = {Providing accommodation facilities, mediating or intermediating contracts for providing accommodation facilities, lending conference rooms, providing food and drinks, confectionery, providing bathing facilities, Anma massage and shiatsu, barber}

Therefore, the complement set S4 is calculated as follows.

S4 = {Barber}

In the example of FIG. 32, in the first row, as a product (service) of the product set S1, “provide accommodation facility” and number “5”, “provide bathing facility” and number “ 4 ”,“ rental of conference room ”and the number“ 3 ”are displayed. In the second row, as the products (services) in the difference set S2, “Providing food and drink” and the number of cases “3”, “Anma / massage and shiatsu”, and the number of cases “2”, “confectionery” "And the number of cases" 1 "are displayed. In the third row, “mediation or agency of contract for provision of accommodation facility” and the number of cases “2” are displayed as products (services) of the difference set S3. In the fourth row, “barber” and the number of cases “1” are displayed as products (services) of the complement set S4.

  In the present embodiment, step S600 corresponds to the statistical information acquisition means of invention 1 or 5, and step S602 corresponds to the product information output means of invention 1.

[Modification]
In the first to sixth embodiments, the application support apparatus 100 is realized as a single apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can also be realized as a network system as shown in FIG. .

FIG. 33 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the network system.
As shown in FIG. 33, an application support server 200 and a plurality of user terminals 300 are connected to a network 199 such as the Internet. The application support server 200 has a function equivalent to that of the application support apparatus 100 in the first to sixth embodiments. The difference is that information is received from the user terminal 300 instead of input by the input device 40 and information is transmitted to the user terminal 300 instead of display by the display device 44.

  Further, in the first, second, fourth to sixth embodiments and the modifications thereof, the operator name that matches the input search key (in-house name or competitor name) is searched, and the same as this. Searched for products (services) registered in this record, but not limited to this, for example, search for the name of a business operator that partially contains the input search key, and products registered in the same record You can also search for (services). In addition, the search key including the character is separated into at least two character parts, the business name including one character part and the other character part is searched, and the product (service) registered in the same record is searched. You can also search. When separating into a plurality of character parts in this way, publicly known methods such as an exact match search, a phrase match search, a partial match search, a narrowed partial match search, an exclusion search (search for an element not including one or more character parts), etc. A search method can be adopted. In addition, it is possible to search for a product (service) via the business name corresponding to the input search key. Here, as a method of associating the search key with the product (service), for example, determining whether the code corresponding to the search key and the code corresponding to the product (service) match, one or more in the middle It may be done via information. This modification can be similarly applied to the third embodiment and its modification.

  In the first to sixth embodiments and the modifications thereof, the matching search is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an exclusion search can also be performed. As a specific search method, for example, an operator name that does not match the input search key (in-house name or competitor name) is searched from the product information table 400.

  Moreover, in the said 4th Embodiment and its modification, although it was set as the structure which sets one narrowing-down condition, it can also be set as the structure which sets not only this but several narrowing-down conditions. In this case, the bibliographic information that matches all of the input narrowing conditions is searched from the bibliographic information table 420, and the registration number registered in the same record is searched from the bibliographic information table 420. Thereby, the application tendency corresponding to both of a plurality of narrowing-down conditions can be referred to. Here, in addition to the AND search, an OR search can also be performed. A specific search method is, for example, as follows. A record in which the bibliographic information that matches the narrowing condition 1 or the bibliographic information that matches the narrowing condition 2 is searched from the bibliographic information table 420, and the registration number registered in the record is searched for in the bibliographic information table 420. Search from within.

  In the fourth embodiment and its modification, the bibliographic information that matches the narrow-down condition is searched from the bibliographic information table 420, and the registration number registered in the same record is searched for the bibliographic information. Although the search is made from the table 420, the search is not limited to this, and an exclusion search can also be performed. A specific search method is, for example, as follows. Bibliographic information that does not match the narrowing-down conditions is searched from the bibliographic information table 420, and the registration number registered in the same record is searched from the bibliographic information table 420. In addition, in the bibliographic information table 420, a plurality of filtering conditions are input, and records in which bibliographic information that does not match one input filtering condition and bibliographic information that does not match another input filtering condition are registered. From the bibliographic information table 420, the registration number registered in the record is searched.

  Further, in the fifth and sixth embodiments and the modifications thereof, the number of appearances is calculated for each of the same contents of the calculated set of products (services), and the calculated set of products (services) and the number of appearances is calculated. Are displayed in descending order of the number of appearances. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the displayed number of appearances is clicked, bibliographic information related to trademark registration that is the basis for calculating the number of appearances may be displayed. it can.

  Moreover, in the said 5th and 6th embodiment and its modification, although the frequency | count of appearance was calculated for every same content about the goods (service) of the calculated set, it is not restricted to this, For example, the calculated set It is also possible to calculate the number of appearances for each predetermined category for the product (service). As the predetermined classification, for example, one classification “confectionery” is defined. When “Japanese confectionery” and “Western confectionery” are obtained, the number of appearances of “confectionery” is calculated as “2”. In addition, statistical information on the calculated product (service) of the set can also be acquired. As statistical information, in addition to the number of appearances, for example, appearance rate, rank, difference, variance, standard error, standard deviation, deviation value, average value, median value, mode value, kurtosis, skewness, minimum value, maximum Values and other statistics are possible. Moreover, it can replace with statistical information and can also use a priority, an evaluation value, and another parameter | index.

  In the fifth and sixth embodiments and modifications thereof, the number of appearances is calculated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of appearances is stored in a table or the like, and is retrieved from the table or the like. You can also.

  In the fifth and sixth embodiments and the modifications thereof, the products (services) and the number of appearances of the calculated set are displayed in the descending order of the number of appearances. The products (services) and the number of appearances can be displayed in ascending order of the number of appearances. The number of appearances need not be displayed.

  Further, in the fifth and sixth embodiments and the modifications thereof, the products (services) of the calculated set are displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a superordinate concept that includes the products (services) of the calculated set. Products (services) may be displayed, or lower-order products (services) included in the calculated set of products (services) may be displayed.

  Further, in the second embodiment and the modification thereof, the configuration is such that a plurality of competitors are set. However, such a configuration is also applicable to the third and fourth embodiments and the modification thereof. The same can be applied.

  In the third embodiment and its modification, a similar group code is displayed. However, this structure is the same as that in the fifth and sixth embodiments and its modification. Can be applied to.

  In the fourth embodiment and its modification, the narrowing-down condition is input. However, this structure is the same as that in the fifth and sixth embodiments and its modification. Can be applied to.

  In the fifth and sixth embodiments and their modifications, the number of appearances is calculated. However, such a structure is similar to the third and fourth embodiments and modifications thereof. Can be applied similarly.

  Moreover, in the said 3rd Embodiment and its modification, although it was set as the structure which displays a similar group code, it can also be set as the structure which displays not only this but a division | segmentation. In the product information table 400 of FIG. 14, a product (service) field 404 is provided in order to facilitate understanding of the invention, but the field 404 is not necessarily provided. Similarly, in the case of a configuration in which a similar group code is displayed without displaying a section, the section field 406 need not be provided. In the case of the configuration in which the classification is displayed without displaying the similar group code, the similar group code field 408 may not be provided.

  Moreover, in the said 3rd Embodiment and its modification, although division or a similar group code was employ | adopted as a group to which goods (service) belong, it is not restricted to this, The group by another classification | category can also be employ | adopted. .

  In the first to sixth embodiments and the modifications thereof, the product (service) designated in the trademark registration in which the business operator is the right holder, or its classification or similar group code is registered in the product information table 400. However, not limited to this, the product (service) designated in the trademark registration for which the business is the applicant, or its classification or similar group code, or the product designated in the trademark registration application for which the business is the applicant (Services) or their classifications or similar group codes can also be registered.

  In the first, second, fourth to sixth embodiments and their modifications, the product (service) designated in the trademark registration in which the business operator is the right holder corresponds to the name of the business operator. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the following configuration can be adopted.

  In the first configuration, a product (service) designated in a trademark registration application or trademark registration in which another business B belonging to the same or similar business as the business A is the applicant or right holder is assigned to the business A It is stored in association with the name. In this case, the product (service) may be a product (service) of a higher concept including the product (service) designated in the trademark registration application or trademark registration, and the product designated in the trademark registration application or trademark registration. It may be a subordinate product (service) included in (service). It is the same in the second configuration.

  In the second configuration, the product (service) designated in the trademark registration application or trademark registration for which the business operator A is the applicant or right holder is replaced by another business operator B belonging to the same or similar business category as the business operator A. It is stored in association with the name.

  The third configuration stores the product (service) in association with the business name without using the trademark gazette.

  This modification can be similarly applied to the third embodiment and its modification.

  In the first, second, fourth to sixth embodiments and modifications thereof, a set is calculated in units of products (services), and the products (services) of the calculated set are displayed. In the third embodiment and its modification, a set is calculated in units of similar group codes, and the similar group codes of the calculated set are displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the following configuration can be adopted. .

  In the first configuration, in the first, second, fourth to sixth embodiments and modifications thereof, a set is calculated in units of similar group codes, and the products (services) of the company searched for , The one corresponding to the similar group code of the calculated set is displayed.

  In the second configuration, in the first, second, fourth to sixth embodiments and modifications thereof, a set is calculated in units of similar group codes, and the products (services) of competitors that have been searched for are calculated. Among them, the one corresponding to the similar group code of the calculated set is displayed.

  The third configuration is that in the first, second, fourth to sixth embodiments and the modifications thereof, a set is calculated in units of similar group codes, and the company's products (services) and competition that are found Of the products (services) of other companies, those corresponding to the calculated similar group code of the set are displayed.

  In the fourth configuration, in the third embodiment and the modification thereof, a set is calculated in units of products (services), and the calculated set of products (services) out of the searched similar group codes. ) Is displayed.

  In the fifth configuration, in the third embodiment and the modification thereof, a set is calculated in units of products (services), and among the searched similar group codes of competitors, products of the calculated set (services) ) Is displayed.

  In the sixth configuration, a set is calculated for each product (service) in the above-described third embodiment and its modification, and is calculated from the similar group codes of the found company and competitors Items corresponding to the goods (services) of the set are displayed.

  In the first, second, fourth to sixth embodiments and the modified examples thereof, the product set and difference set of the company's products (services) and competitors' products (services) are displayed. The present invention is not limited to this, and the union of the company's products (services) and competitors' products (services) can also be displayed. This modification can be similarly applied to the third embodiment and its modification.

  In the first, second, fourth to sixth embodiments and their modifications, the product set, difference set and complement set of the company's products (services) and competitors' products (services) are displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a subset of these sets can also be displayed. This modification can be similarly applied to the third embodiment and its modification.

  In the first to sixth embodiments and modifications thereof, the company or competitor is specified by name. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the attributes of the operator (for example, address, industry, date of establishment) The company or competitors can also be identified based on the stock listing, capital, sales, profits, number of employees) or business details.

  Further, in the second and sixth embodiments and the modifications thereof, the product (service) designated in the company's trademark registration is included in the complement S4 (first and third cases). The product (service) designated in the company's trademark registration is not necessarily included in the complementary set S4.

  Further, in the first, second, fifth, and sixth embodiments and modifications thereof, the narrowing setting has been made for the company's trademark registration (first and third cases). It is also possible to make a narrowing setting for trademark registration of competitors or trademark registrations of companies other than the company and competitors. This modification can be similarly applied to the third embodiment and its modification.

  Moreover, in the said 1st thru | or 6th embodiment and its modification, although the combination of goods (service) and a company name was registered in the goods information table 400, it was not restricted to this, The number of duplication is not limited. It is also possible to provide a field 412 for registration, register combinations of products (services) and business names without duplication, and register the number of duplicates in the field 412.

  In the first to sixth embodiments and the modifications thereof, the business name is registered in the product information table 400. Instead, a number, ID, code, Link information such as a URL may be registered in the product information table 400.

  In the first to sixth embodiments and modifications thereof, the search result is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a file can be generated based on the search result. It can also be output by other methods.

  In the first to sixth embodiments and modifications thereof, the ROM 32 is used to execute the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4, 8, 15, 18, 23, or 27. Although the case where a program stored in advance is executed has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the program may be read from the storage medium storing the program showing these procedures into the RAM 34 and executed.

  Here, the storage medium is a semiconductor storage medium such as RAM or ROM, a magnetic storage type storage medium such as FD or HD, an optical reading type storage medium such as CD, CDV, LD, or DVD, or a magnetic storage type such as MO. / Optical reading type storage media, including any storage media that can be read by a computer regardless of electronic, magnetic, optical, or other reading methods.

  In the first to sixth embodiments and the modified examples, the company's products (services) are compared with the products (services) of competitors, so that the company's products (services) are related to the competitors. The present invention has been applied to the case of verifying the contents of (), but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to other cases without departing from the gist of the present invention.

100 ... Application support device, 30 ... CPU, 32 ... ROM, 34 ... RAM, 38 ... I / F, 39 ... Bus, 40 ... Input device, 42 ... Storage device, 44 ... Display device, 199 ... Network, 200 ... Application Support server 300 ... User terminal 400 ... Product information table 420 ... Bibliographic information table

Claims (6)

Product information search means for searching for the product information related to the first product or service or the group to which the product belongs, from the product information storage means for storing product information related to the product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and
Based on the product information retrieved by the product information search means and the product information on the second product or service or the group to which the product belongs, the first product or service or the group to which it belongs and the second product or service or this Product information generating means for generating product information relating to a predetermined set of groups to which the device belongs;
Statistical information acquisition means for acquiring statistical information of the product information generated by the product information generation means;
Based on the statistical information acquired by the statistical information acquisition unit, the product information generated by the product information generation unit is output, or the statistical information acquired by the statistical information acquisition unit and the product generated by the product information generation unit A trademark support system comprising: product information output means for outputting product information related to a product or service or a group to which the product belongs based on the information. In claim 1 ,
The trademark support system, wherein the predetermined set is a product set, a difference set, or a union of the first product or service or a group to which the first product or service belongs and the second product or service or a group to which the second product or service belongs. In any one of Claim 1 and 2 ,
The product information generation unit is based on the product information searched by the product information search unit, the product information about the second product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and the product information about the third product or service or the group to which the product belongs. A trademark support system for generating product information regarding the first product or service or a group to which the first product or service belongs and a complementary set of the second product or service or a group to which the second product or service belongs. Product information search means for searching for the product information related to the first product or service or the group to which the product belongs, from the product information storage means for storing product information related to the product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and
  Based on the product information retrieved by the product information search means, the product information on the second product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and the product information on the third product or service or the group to which the first product or service belongs A product information generating means for generating product information relating to a service or a group to which the service belongs and a complementary set of the second product or service or a group to which the service belongs. Product information search means for searching for the product information related to the first product or service or the group to which the product belongs, from the product information storage means for storing product information related to the product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and
  Based on the product information retrieved by the product information search means, the product information on the second product or service or the group to which the product belongs, and the product information on the third product or service or the group to which the first product or service belongs Product information generating means for generating product information relating to a predetermined set of services or a group to which the services belong, the second product or services or a group to which the services belong, and the third product or services or a group to which the services belong. A trademark support system. In claim 5,
  The predetermined set is a set or union of the first product or service or a group to which the first product or service belongs, the second product or service or a group to which the second product or service belongs, and the third product or service or a group to which the third product or service belongs. A trademark support system characterized by being a product set, a difference set, or a union set.

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