WO2001095186A1 - Information providing method, information providing system, and electronic bulletin board system - Google Patents

Abstract

An information providing system comprises a portfolio presenting section (2d) for readably and editably presenting a portfolio (5) in which an investor (3) registers, over the Internet (1) a stock name which the investor (3) possesses or for which the investor (3) has concern and which presents the list of the stock names, an analyzing section (2a) for analyzing a stock registered in the portfolio (5) and classifying investors (3) according to the degree of concern about a company or a type of business, an information selecting section (2b) for selecting a type of information according to the category made by the analyzing means (2a), and an information sending section (2c) for sending the selected information to an investor (3). With this, information adequate to the degree of concern of investors can be distributed according to the judgment whether or not investors are interested in the company having the system or in the type of business of the company, and information such as company information, company public relations information, business type information can be provided to investors more effectively.

Description

 Description Information provision method, information provision system, and electronic bulletin board system

 This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-168006 filed on June 5, 2000 in Japan.

 The first invention according to this application relates to a method and a system for providing company information, industry information, and the like via a network such as the Internet and an intranet.

 Further, the second invention relates to an electronic bulletin board system installed on a network, and more particularly to an electronic bulletin board system suitable for a bulletin board for posting a message relating to a securities transaction.

In recent years, with the spread of personal computers and mobile terminals and technological advances, these terminals have been interconnected by telephone lines, dedicated lines, wireless lines, LAN, etc. And other networks are developing. Recently, a system has been developed for trading financial instruments such as stocks using such networks.

 By the way, companies sometimes send information such as company information, company PR, and industry advertisements to investors who are financial instruments traders. Particularly recently, the emergence of internet-net has enabled various publicity activities from companies to investors.

In addition, not only shareholders but also investors who are interested in By providing information to investors interested in the industry, it is also necessary to conduct corporate PR to potential shareholders (prospective shareholders).

 However, since the company information from the conventional company was sent to the investor selected at random, the investor side should send the information to the investors who are not interested in the company or the industry to which the company belongs. Unnecessary information was sent to the company, and on the corporate side there was a problem that effective advertising effects could not be obtained and wasteful expenses and labor had to be spent.

 In other words, most of the advertisements on the Internet are distribution of information at random, and most of the information is not of interest to users. In addition, information provision from companies to investors has been started in some cases, but the target is not specified, so it is not sufficient information.

 In addition, it is said that the development of the Internet will enable evening marketing that narrows the target of information provision, and a new method of target narrowing is required in order to provide more effective information.

 Accordingly, the first invention according to the present application has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information providing method and an information providing system that can more effectively provide corporate information to investors. Make it an issue.

 In recent years, so-called electronic bulletin boards have been installed in networks, where accessers can post messages and be viewed by third parties. For example, a website for securities stocks has an electronic bulletin board page for each stock issue, and each page has an accessor who is in the position of buying and selling, and has their own opinions and questions. Has posted a message.

However, in the conventional electronic bulletin board, opinions and questions from various positions are mixed, and the value of the content is not constant, which makes it difficult for a viewer to access a desired post. was there. In particular, regarding electronic bulletin boards related to securities stocks, the consensus of contributors and the direction of discussions were unclear, and the value of the electronic bulletin board itself could be reduced. On the other hand, the number of postings on a bulletin board leads to an objective evaluation of the electronic bulletin board, so carelessly restricting access undesirably reduces the number of accesses.

 Therefore, the second invention according to the present application has been made in view of the above points, and makes it easy to search for posted data on an electronic bulletin board in an electronic bulletin board installed on a network such as the Internet. The object is to provide an electronic bulletin board system that can increase the value of electronic bulletin boards without restricting access to the electronic bulletin board. Disclosure of the invention

 A first invention of the present application is a method for providing information about a company to an investor via a network in which terminals are interconnected by a communication line, wherein the method comprises: Present a portfolio that registers and lists stocks held or interested by investors, analyzes the stocks registered in the portfolio, and classifies the degree of interest in any company or industry Then, a type of information is selected according to the degree of interest and transmitted to the investor.

According to the first aspect of the invention, data of a portfolio in which investors hold or are interested in stock stocks is analyzed, and selection is made according to the level of interest of the investor. To send the appropriate information that investors need. As a result, unnecessary information can be prevented from being provided to investors, and unnecessary information can be reduced from being transmitted to companies, and corporate advertisements and industry information can be reduced. Etc. can be efficiently distributed. In the first invention, the analysis is based on whether or not the classified investor has registered in the portfolio a company (including its own company and another company) in the industry to which the arbitrary company belongs. It is preferable to classify the investor.

 In this case, if any company is registered in the portfolio, the investor is likely to be interested in the entire industry to which the company belongs, so for example, if the company is not registered in the portfolio However, by analyzing whether or not other companies belonging to the industry are registered in the portfolio, it is possible to determine whether or not the investor is interested in the industry. .

 In the above first invention, the analysis further classifies the investor according to whether or not the investor holds shares of the arbitrary company, and the investor determines that the arbitrary company If they do not own the shares, it is preferable to classify the investor as a prospect and provide PR information for the company.

 In this case, even if the investor does not own shares in a particular company, it is highly likely that they will buy their own shares if they own shares in other companies in the industry to which the company belongs. By classifying the investor as a prospective shareholder and providing company PR information, it is possible to more effectively carry out company advertising.

A second invention according to the present application is an electronic bulletin board system installed on a network in which terminals are interconnected by a communication line, wherein a person who posts on the electronic bulletin board determines a classification of the user. A posting section for posting a message on the electronic bulletin board, a search section for searching for a posted message, and a posted message are displayed so that they can be viewed, based on the input classification. A display unit. ' Here, “financial instruments” refer to all financial instruments such as securities and associated financial instruments, and securities include securities and the like. Such securities include, for example, derivative products (options, futures, forwards, stock acquisition rights, etc.) originating from each security, or those that index multiple securities and their derivatives. Includes commodities (Nikkei 225 Index, topics and options, futures, forwards, etc.).

 According to the second aspect of the invention, when posting a message, the position (buying, selling, bullish, bearish, etc. in securities trading) is clearly stated and posted. By doing so, only the necessary messages can be extracted and viewed.

 In the second aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that a voting unit for inputting an evaluation of the message displayed on the display unit be provided, and the storage unit store the message in association with the evaluation of the message.

 In this case, an objective evaluation of the message posted by voting can be requested.

 In the second invention, it is preferable to provide a search unit for searching for a posted message based on the input classification and the vote result in the voting unit.

 In this case, a reference value is obtained from the position (category) of the poster and the number of votes against it, and from the fluctuation and distribution of this reference value, the direction of the consensus of the bulletin board participants and the degree of attention of the bulletin board are determined. Can be estimated, and the value of the bulletin board can be obtained.

 Further, in the second invention, it is possible to provide a posting restriction unit that restricts posting of the message under a predetermined condition, and a posting management unit that releases the posting restriction in response to a request from the administrator. preferable.

In this case, for example, each user's access Levels can be restricted, thereby restricting browsing, voting, posting, and column posting, ensuring the proper operation of the Web server, and ensuring the value of electronic bulletin boards.

 In the second invention, the electronic bulletin board is a bulletin board for posting a message relating to a financial product transaction, and the classification is based on a position or attitude in a financial product transaction such as buying or selling, bullish, or bearish. You can do it.

 In this case, it is possible to enhance the usefulness of a bulletin board for an industry in which it is effective to objectively grasp the consensus of the participants of the bulletin board, such as a bulletin board for transactions of financial products such as securities and futures.

 In the second invention, analysis means for interpreting messages and evaluations stored in the storage unit and classifying contributors according to the degree of interest in an arbitrary company or business type; and It is preferable to provide an information selecting means for selecting information on the information and an information transmitting means for transmitting the selected information to the poster.

 In this case, the message and rating are analyzed, and the information selected according to the degree of interest of the poster is transmitted, so that the appropriate information required by the poster can be transmitted. As a result, unnecessary information can be prevented from being provided to contributors, and unnecessary information transmission can be reduced for companies, and corporate advertisements and industry information can be reduced. Etc. can be distributed efficiently. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information providing system according to the first embodiment. (A) is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of the information providing system, and (b) is a configuration of a customer management system. FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure when performing registration processing such as setting of a portfolio in the information providing system in the first embodiment.

 FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure for transmitting the stock registrant information in the first embodiment.

 FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure for transmitting the company stock registrant information to the company in the first embodiment.

 FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure for transmitting registrant information on company stocks (non-company stocks) in the first embodiment.

 FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an investor classification process by the analysis unit in the first embodiment.

 FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an electronic bulletin board system according to the second embodiment.

 FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the Web server according to the second embodiment.

 FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the electronic bulletin board system according to the second embodiment.

 FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing a screen configuration of a selected individual bulletin board page according to the second embodiment.

 FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing a screen configuration of a selected bulletin board page (detailed display) according to the second embodiment.

 FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram showing a screen configuration of a post page according to the second embodiment.

 FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram showing a screen configuration of a bad post display evaluation voting page according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram showing a screen configuration of a post screening page according to the second embodiment. FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram illustrating a screen configuration of a bulletin board screening page according to the second embodiment.

 FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram showing a screen configuration of a ranking page according to the second embodiment.

 FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram showing a screen configuration of a user profile setting page according to the second embodiment.

 FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram showing an information providing system according to the third embodiment.

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 Figure 19 is a table showing classifications based on investor interest. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

 [First Embodiment]

 (Overall configuration of information provision system)

 An embodiment of an information providing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an information providing system according to the present embodiment.

 The information providing system according to the present embodiment has a customer management system 2 installed on the Internet 1 as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the Internet 1 is a communication network constructed by connecting general-purpose computers such as personal computers and terminal devices such as mobile terminals to each other via telephone lines, dedicated lines, LANs, wireless lines, and the like. is there.

Investor 3 is a person who can access the Internet 1 through his / her personal computer or mobile terminal, etc., and obtains financial services, such as stock securities, through the financial product transaction agency business provided by the customer management system 2. You can buy and sell goods. And each investor 3 The companies 4a to 4c are linked via the system 2 to form a virtual company-to-individual relationship.

 In the present embodiment, the customer management system 2 is a communication server installed so as to be accessible on the Internet 1, and exchanges information data with each of the companies 4 a to 4 c via the Internet 1. It has a function of sending and receiving, and has a customer database 21 that stores personal information, asset information, and portfolio information of each investor 3.

 This customer database 21 contains personal information and asset information of registered investors, IDs and passwords for accessing the system, and stocks held or interested by each investor. Portfolio information to be registered is stored.

 Further, the configuration of the customer management system 2 will be described in more detail. As shown in FIG. 2B, the customer management system 2 according to the present embodiment registers the stocks held or interested by the investor 3. The portfolio 5 is displayed on the Internet 1 so that it can be viewed and edited.The portfolio presenting unit 2d and the stocks registered in the portfolio 5 are analyzed, and the investor 3 is assigned to any company or industry. An analysis unit 2a that classifies by the degree of interest, an information selection unit 2b that selects the type of information according to the classification by the analysis means 2a, and an information transmission unit 2 that transmits the selected information to the investor 3. c, and a company database 2e for storing company information, company PR information, industry information, etc. of each company 4a to 4c.

 The analysis unit 2a obtains and analyzes investors' personal information, asset information, and portfolio data stored in the customer database 21 and classifies each investor based on the level of interest based on the analysis results. Is what you do. Note that this analysis processing procedure will be described later.

The information selection section 2b stores information suitable for investors classified by the analysis section 2a. The information is selected from the information stored in the corporate database 2e and passed to the information transmitting unit 2c.

 The information transmission unit 2c transmits the information selected by the information selection unit 2d to each investor through the Internet 1 by sending an e-mail or displaying the information on a web page established by the customer management system 2. Is to be notified.

 Portfolio presentation section 2 cl lists the prices, company codes, etc. of stocks held or interested by each investor based on the data stored in the customer data base 21 The portfolio 5 to be created is formed by, for example, an HTTP file or a CGI file, and is presented on the Internet 1.

 The company database 2e stores the company information, company PR, industry information, investment information, etc. provided by each company, and also presents the information presentation form (how much interest The ability to present any information is also stored in the system.

 (Information provision method by information provision system)

 Information provision by the information provision system according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration is performed according to the following procedure.

動作 Operation at the time of new registration

 In order to receive the information providing service by the information providing system according to the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user 3 has been registered on the customer data base 21 by the investor 3. This user registration is performed in the following procedure. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation at the time of user registration.

First, the investor 3 accesses the customer management system 2 through the Internet 1 and performs user registration in the customer database 21 (① in FIG. 2). Specifically, an account is opened for a financial institution managed by the customer management system 2, and personal information and asset information of the investor 3 are stored in a customer database. Register to the service 21. At this time, the customer management system 2 issues a new ID and password to the investor 3 and registers it in the customer database 21. Investor 3 also creates a portfolio on the homepage presented by customer management system 2 and registers the stocks held by himself or stocks of interest.

 Specifically, this portfolio lists the stocks, stock codes, current values, etc., of the stocks that each investor 3 trades through the customer management system 2 or the stocks that it plans to trade in the future. It can be viewed and edited on the home page.

 In response to the registration procedure from the investor 3, the customer management system 2 analyzes the customer database statistics from the data accumulated in the customer data base 21 and the analysis result (statistical information) Is registered in the customer database 21 (② in Fig. 2).

動作 Operations when sending stock registrant information

 The investor 3 who has performed the user registration in this way can use the financial product transaction agency service provided by the customer management system 2 to trade financial products. At this time, the investor 3 can grasp the stocks held by the investor 3 and the trends of expected stocks that the investor 3 is considering by browsing the portfolio. This portfolio can also be edited at any time, allowing you to add interesting stocks and remove stocks that you are no longer interested in.

 On the other hand, the customer management system 2 analyzes the contents of the portfolio of each investor 3 to determine the names of the companies that the investor 3 is interested in, in addition to the companies whose shares are held by the investor 3. You can figure out. This analysis is performed using statistical information obtained from customer data overnight.

Then, the customer management system 2 sends the statistical information to a specific company. And promote corporate information and PR information. Specifically, first, the statistical information 21 that is the analysis result is analyzed to identify the companies that the investor 3 is interested in, and the identified companies (here, the company A will be described as an example) 4 a Notify, Inc. of statistical information on investors who have registered the company in its portfolio (① in Figure 3). This statistical notice contains only statistical information that does not include the personal information of Investor 3, such as how many investors are interested in Company 4a.

 Company A 4a, having received the notification of the statistical information, instructs the customer management system 2 via the Internet 1 to the investors who want to provide information and the information to be provided, and the customer management system 2 Then, the content of this instruction is registered in the customer database 21 (② in FIG. 3). After that, the customer management system 2 sends information to the target investor (here, investor 3) according to the instruction from Company A 4a (③ in Fig. 3).

動作 Operations when sending stock information of company stock registrants

 The customer management system 2 can analyze the investor's portfolio to identify the industries that each investor is interested in. Companies belonging to the specific industries (here, companies A to C) ) Can be notified that there are investors interested in the industry. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of notification to the entire industry.

As shown in the figure, the portfolio of each investor is analyzed, and the statistical information of investors who have registered the industry in the portfolio is notified to a specific type of industry (A to C belong) ( (① in Fig. 4). In response to this notification, each of the companies 4a to 4c instructs the customer management system 2 through the Internet 1 to the investors who want to provide information and the information to be provided. The management system 2 records the instructed contents in the customer database 21 (② in FIG. 4). After that, customer management system 2 starts from Company A 4a Send information to the target investor (investor 3 in this case) according to the instructions in (3) in Figure 4.

 〇Compared to own company stock (non-owned stock) Operation when sending registrant information

 Furthermore, as shown in Fig. 5, the customer management system 2 analyzes the investor's portfolio and finds the companies (B in this case) of the industry to which the company (in this case, company A) that each investor is interested in belongs. And Company C), and it is possible to promote the transmission of PR information about the identified company to other companies (Company B and Company C) belonging to the industry in which Investor 3 is interested. it can. In this case, Company A 4a to Company C 4c belong to the same industry, and Investor 3 already owns the shares of Company A 4a or owns the shares of Company A. The explanation is based on the premise that it is not registered in the portfolio.

 As shown in the figure, the customer management system 2 analyzes the portfolio of each investor, and based on the company (here, company A) registered by the investor 3, 3 identifies the industry in which it is interested, and notifies statistical information to companies other than company A (company B and company C) belonging to the industry (① in Figure 5).

 In response to this notification, each Company B 4b and Company C 4c instructs the customer management system 2 via the Internet 1 with the investors who wish to provide information and the information to be provided. Then, the customer management system 2 registers the instructed contents in the customer database 21 (② in FIG. 5). After that, the customer management system 2 sends information to the target investor (here, investor 3) according to the instructions from Company B and Company C (③ in Figure 5).

 (Portfolio analysis)

The portfolio analysis described above is performed according to the following procedure. Figure 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure for analyzing the portfolio and classifying investors. It is one chart figure.

 As shown in the figure, the data of each investor's portfolio stored in the customer database 21 is obtained, and the contents are analyzed. First, statistics on the industries to which the stocks registered in the portfolio belong are categorized based on whether or not they belong to a specific company or industry.

 By analyzing the statistical information, it is determined whether a company belonging to a specific type of business is registered in the portfolio (S101). If none of the companies belong, it is considered an unrelated investor (S102).

 If a company belonging to a specific industry is registered, it is determined whether or not the company is its own company (the company that requested the analysis) (S103). If the company is not its own company, it is determined whether there are multiple companies (S104), and it is further determined whether it owns shares of that company. 07 or S110), and if it is held, it is a prospective shareholder of another company (S106 or S109).

 In other words, the investor who is determined to be NO in step S103 has no interest in the same industry because he / she has not registered his / her own shares in the portfolio, but at least has registered or holds stocks of the same industry. It is determined that there is.

 On the other hand, if it is determined in step S103 that the company shares have been registered, it is determined whether or not the company has shares of a company belonging to the business type (S111). That is, in step S111, it is determined whether or not the shares of multiple companies have been registered.If not registered, only the company's own shares are registered. It is determined to be a company shareholder (S112 → S114), and if not owned, it is determined to be a potential company shareholder (S112 → S113).

In step S111, it is determined that a company other than the company is registered If it does, it then determines whether it owns its own shares (S115), and if it does not, it determines whether it owns another company (S116). If no other company owns it, it is determined to be the company's own / other company's prospective shareholder (S117), and if it owns another company's stock, it is determined to be another company's shareholder / the company's potential shareholder ( S1 18).

 If it is determined in step S115 that the company owns the company's shares, it is broken whether or not the company owns shares of other companies (S119). It is determined that the shareholder is a prospective shareholder of another company (S120), and when the other company also owns it, it is determined that it is a company / shareholder of another company (S122).

 In this way, we classify how interested the investor is in a particular company or industry and change the type of information provided according to this classification. Specifically, predetermined information is transmitted for investors classified as shown in FIG.

 As shown in Figure 19, investors holding own shares (owner and other shareholders (S121), prospective shareholders of own and other companies (S120), and own shareholders (S114)) have their own stock information (Infol). Is transmitted by the above-mentioned transmission of share registrant information (see Fig. 3). That is, since these investors already own their own shares, they transmit their own stock information, which is information for shareholders.

On the other hand, investors who own or are registered in the portfolio of other companies in the industry to which they belong and who do not hold own shares (shareholders of other companies · own prospective shareholders (S118), prospective shareholders of their own companies and other companies (S117 ), Potential own shareholders (S113), potential shareholders of other companies (S110, S107), potential shareholders of other companies (S109, S106)). Sent by sending registrant information (see Fig. 5). That is, although these investors do not own shares, they register themselves in the portfolio Because they are interested in the industry because they do or have registered / held other companies in the industry, sending their PR information can improve the effectiveness of advertising to investors.

 In addition, for investors who hold or register stocks in the industry to which the company belongs, industry information such as industry advertisements (Info3) can be sent by sending the above-mentioned industry stock registrant information (see Figure 4). Send. In other words, since these investors are determined to be at least interested in the industry, high PR effects can be expected by sending PR information and industry advertisements for the industry.

 (Effects of the information provision system) ''

 According to the information providing system according to the present embodiment described above, since the portfolio 5 is arranged on the Internet 1 via the portfolio presentation unit 2d, the investor 3 can use the personal It is possible to freely register, edit and view brands through the computer 3a.

 The analysis unit 2a prays for the stocks registered in this portfolio 5, and sends the information selected by the information selection unit 2c according to the level of interest of the investor 3 by the information transmission unit 2c. And display it on a Web page, so that appropriate information required by investors 3 can be distributed. For this reason, according to the information providing system according to the first embodiment, it is possible to prevent unnecessary information from being provided to investors, and to the company side, Transmission of useless information can be reduced. Further, in the present embodiment, since information is selected based on the information of the portfolio 5 stored in the customer database 21 and the personal information and asset information of the investor 3 and other information such as the transaction history, each investor is selected. It is possible to distribute more appropriate information according to each of the needs.

 (Example of change)

In the first embodiment described above, the information registered in the customer database 21 is registered. Investors were classified only by the stocks registered in the portfolio, but the present invention is not limited to this.

 For example, classification can be performed in consideration of investor's personal information and asset information registered in the customer database 21 and transaction history. More specifically, the investors classified by the portfolio analysis process described above are further analyzed and classified by investor's occupation and residence area, asset information (account balance, number of shares held), transaction history, etc. Can be. In this way, when further classification is performed based on personal information, etc., it is possible to provide information appropriate to the needs of investors.

 [Second embodiment]

 (Overall structure of electronic bulletin board system, configuration)

 An embodiment of an electronic bulletin board system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the electronic bulletin board system according to the present embodiment.

 In the electronic bulletin board system according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a web server 6 is installed on the Internet 1 and terminals 31 to 3 such as personal computers used by each user. 5 is connected to the Internet 1 so as to be accessible to the Web server 6.

The terminal 31 is a personal computer or the like used by the administrator of the Web server 6. By transmitting an ID and password unique to the administrator to the Web server 6, access at the administrator level is performed. Is possible. The terminal 32 is a personal computer or the like used by the user A. This user A is a person who is permitted to browse the bulletin board and post a message to the bulletin board, as in the case of the user B described later. In particular, the user A recommends the brand selected by the user A, Is authorized by the administrator to publish. This access by user A is also By specifying User A with a given ID or password, access at the User-A level is possible.

 The terminal 33 is a personal computer or the like used by the user B. The user B is a person who has been authorized by the administrator to browse the bulletin board and to post a message, and by identifying the user B by the user B's unique ID and passcode, the user B is identified. Access at the level becomes possible.

 The terminal 34 is a personal computer or the like used by the user C. This user C is a person who is permitted to evaluate messages posted on the bulletin board as well as read the bulletin board and to vote, and as a user C by the unique ID and pass-pad of the user B. Can be accessed.

 The terminal 35 is a personal computer or the like used by the user D. User D is a person who is only allowed to view the bulletin board and cannot vote or post the above.

 Next, the configuration of the Web server 6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the web server 6.

 As shown in the figure, the Web site 6 presents an electronic bulletin board on the Internet 1 and an access management unit 6a for restricting accesses from the terminals 31 to 35 by an ID or a pass-word. An electronic bulletin board display unit 6b, a database input / output unit 6c for inputting / outputting data to / from the database 61, and a Web page generation unit 6d for generating a Web page are provided.

 The access control section 6a restricts posting, browsing, or voting of a message under a predetermined condition by an ID or a password, and releases the posting restriction at the request of an administrator. It is.

The electronic bulletin board display unit 6b stores the HTML file generated by the web page generation unit 6d. By distributing the aisle etc. on the Internet 8, the electronic bulletin board 7 is presented in a viewable manner.

 The database input / output unit 6 c searches data stored in the database 61, and searches the database 61 according to search conditions such as a keyword input in the DB search unit 73.

 The Web page generation unit 6d generates an HTML file, acquires necessary data from the data base 61 according to the user level of the accessor, and generates a Web page.

 The database 61 stores posted messages, voted points, and the like.

 The electronic bulletin board 7 is a bulletin board established on the Internet for posting messages relating to securities transactions. In the present embodiment, the posting section 71, the voting section 72, and the DB search section 73 are provided. It has.

 The posting section 71 is for a user who posts on the electronic bulletin board 7 to post a message such as an opinion or a question on the electronic bulletin board 7 while clarifying his / her classification. Specifically, the posting section 71 requests the accessing user to express his / her position in accordance with the classification based on the position and attitude in securities transactions such as buying or selling, and submits the posted message. At the same time, the classification is stored in the database 61 via the database input / output unit 6c.

 The voting section 72 is for inputting an evaluation for the message displayed on the electronic bulletin board 7.

 The DB search unit 73 searches and extracts the posted message from the database 61 based on the input user classification.

 (Operation of electronic bulletin board system)

The electronic bulletin board system having the configuration described above operates as follows. I do. FIG. 9 is a schematic flow chart showing the operation of the electronic bulletin board system. First, when the terminals 31 to 35 access the Web server 6 through the Internet 1, the access management unit 6a requests the terminals 31 to 35 to input an ID and a password. Specify the level, release the access restriction according to the user level, and set the functions that can be used.

 In response to the user's access, the Web page generation unit 6d generates a bulletin board top page P1 and displays it on the electronic bulletin board display unit 6b. This bulletin board top page P 1 has an area A 1 for displaying a list of search items, an area A 2 for bulletin board screening, and an area A 3 with links to ranking pages P 1 1 and P 1 2. And area A4 with a link to page P15 where each user sets a profile, and area A5 with a link to page P16 explaining how to use the bulletin board. Have. .

 In area A1 or area A2, enter the product, brand, and message type you want to search, and perform a search. Messages about the corresponding product or brand will be listed on page P2. In this list display, they are displayed in the order of evaluation by brand code and message. By performing a selection operation such as clicking on the listed products or brands, a transition is made to page P3 of the selected individual bulletin board (normal display) for each product or brand.

On this page P3, as shown in FIG. 10, stock information and company information relating to the selected product or brand are displayed, and a title of a related message is displayed. Also, on page P3, links L3-1-1 to L3-4 that transition to other pages are pasted, and by clicking these links, etc., the selected bulletin board (detailed display) page4, It is possible to transit to the new post page P5, display narrowing (post screening) page P10, and each post display evaluation vote page P6. Page 4 displays detailed information about the product or brand selected on page P2. As shown in Fig. 11, in addition to the information displayed on page P3, The number of users, the number of voting users, and the number of accesses are displayed. In addition, on page P4, links L41-1 to L4-4, which transit to other pages, are pasted. Individual bulletin boards (normal display) selected by clicking these links Page3, It is possible to transit to the new post page P5, display refinement (post screening) page P10, and each post display evaluation vote page p6.

 On page P5, as shown in Fig. 12, the person who posts the message is the posting section that posts the message while clearly indicating his / her classification, and an area for inputting the title of the message. It has A5-1, an area A5_2 that expresses a position (bullish to very weak, etc.) that is a classification of the user, and an area A5_3 for inputting a message to be posted. In addition, when the page P5 transits from the page P6, it is used as a reply post page P9. In this case, the message of the reply source is displayed in the area A5-4.

 閲 覧 By clicking on the message title (link L3-4 or L4-14) displayed on page P3 or P, the content of the selected message can be viewed on each post display evaluation vote page P6. can do.

In this page P6, as shown in Fig. 13, the contents of the posted message are displayed in the posted sentence display area A6-1, and the evaluation voted for the message is displayed in area A6. — Appears in 2. In addition, page A6 has an area A6-3 for requesting viewers to vote on the evaluation. The evaluation of the message posted on the posted text display area A6-1 (here Then, select the five-point scale) and click on link L 6-2 By doing so, a voting process can be performed. The page P6 is provided with a link L6-1 for transiting to a reply page P9 so that a reply can be made to the message posted here.

 The page P 9 is a posting section where the person who posts the message posts the message while clearly indicating his / her classification, as shown in FIG. 12, similarly to the page P 5 described above. Area A5—1 for entering a message, area A5-2 for expressing the position (bullish to very weak, etc.) that is a classification of the user, and area A5-3 for entering a message to be posted. are doing.

 The post screening page P10 is a search unit that searches for posted messages based on the classification and classification of contributors and the voting results. As shown in Fig. 14, pages P10a and P It has 10b.

On page P10a, it is a place to perform screening based on the position of each contributor and narrow down the messages to be displayed, such as "display more than neutral" or "do not display only questions" etc. It has an area A 10 0-1 for inputting conditions and an area A 10-2 for inputting pinpoint-like conditions such as “very strong” and “question”. Also, on page P10b, it is a place where screening is performed based on the average of the evaluation of each post. By selecting the number of ★ that indicates the content of the evaluation, messages with a predetermined evaluation can be narrowed down Can be. In the present embodiment, this page P 10 b has an area A 10 _ 3 for inputting a condition having a width such as “display three or more women” and a pinpointing area such as “five women”. And an area A10-4 for inputting general conditions. In addition, page 10 includes areas A 10-5 where screening is performed based on user ratings, and screening based on the total evaluation of each post. Area A1 0-6 where

 Next, the display board screening function will be described. In this embodiment, the bulletin board screening function is displayed in the area A1-2 of the bulletin board top page P1 as described above. FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram of the bulletin board screening function pages P 10 c and P 10 d according to the present embodiment.

 As shown in the figure, the page P 10 c searches for a bulletin board of a product or brand that meets the conditions according to the direction of the bulletin board participant. In other words, from the large number of bulletin boards, the consensus of all the bulletin board participants is guessed by the position of the message posted to each bulletin board and the voting (employment recruitment) for the message. Determine the value of the product or brand pertaining to the bulletin board and search for the relevant bulletin board.

 Specifically, on page P10c, the position of the contributor (very bullish to very bearish) is weighted (+2 to 1-2), and the value of this weight is multiplied by the number of posts for each message. The consensus of the participant of the bulletin board is estimated using the value obtained as a reference value.

 Further, in this page P10c, the direction of the bulletin board participant is used as a screening condition due to the change in the reference value. In other words, such a bulletin board can be searched for on the condition of how long the reference value has been in the past and how long. For example, you can search for stocks that were very bullish before March and turned bearish in the past three months.

On page P10d, screening based on the noticeability of the bulletin board can be performed. That is, a reference value is obtained by the above-described procedure, an evaluation method (numerical average or weighted average) of the reference value is selected, and a search is performed using the evaluation period and the numerical value as conditions. As described above, the products and brands that have been searched using these bulletin board screening functions and that have been found are displayed on the bulletin board list page P2. .

 Next, the ranking function will be described. In the present embodiment, this ranking function is displayed on the message board top page P 1 in the area A 1-3 as described above.

 This ranking function displays the ranking of each bulletin board or each contributor based on the above-mentioned voting result. That is, bulletin boards and contributors are listed in descending order of the above-mentioned reference value (acquired points). In the present embodiment, this list is displayed on the bulletin board evaluation ranking page P 11 for each bulletin board, and is displayed on the contributor ranking page P 12 for each contributor.

 As shown in Fig. 16, the contributor ranking page P12 shows the ranking of any week and its displacement, the nickname of the contributor, the points earned, the points of the previous week, and the class of the contributor (user level). Is displayed. From this page 12, it is possible to transit to a page P 13 for displaying a list of contributors by rank and a ranking page P 14 arbitrarily selected by the viewer.

 Next, the user profile setting function will be described. In the present embodiment, the user profile setting page P15 can be transited from the area A14 of the bulletin board top page P1.

On page P15, as shown in Fig. 17, in addition to an input form for entering personal information such as each person, gender, e-mail address, address, occupation and password, nickname, etc., newly register the portfolio you have Or, it has an input form for editing. Note that, in the present embodiment, from the page P15, a port match is performed via the “My Investoria registration” page PI7. It can transit to the registration page P20 of the key.

 Also, the user profile registered on this page P 15 can be viewed by other accessors on the public user profile P 7, and from this page 7 you can see the messages posted by the user A transition can be made to the write list page P8 to be viewed.

 Further, in the present embodiment, a transition from the page p10 to the individual information page P18 and a brand screening page P19 can be made. The individual information page P18 allows browsing of individual information of the issue searched on page P10, and the issue screening page P19 allows ordinary security issue search.

 [Third embodiment]

 The systems according to the first and second embodiments described above can be operated in combination. FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a customer management system 200 according to the third embodiment.

 As shown in the figure, the customer management system 200 in the present embodiment includes a portfolio 5 for registering and displaying a list of stocks held or interested by each user, similarly to the first embodiment described above. Analyzes the portfolio presentation section 2d, which can be viewed and edited on the Internet 1 and the stocks registered in Portfolio 5, and classifies investors 3 according to their interest in any company or industry. Analysis section 2a, an information selection section 2b for selecting the type of information according to the classification by the analysis means 2a, an information transmission section 2c for transmitting the selected information to the investor 3, and each company. It has a company database 2e that stores company information, company PR information, and industry information of 4a to 4c.

Further, as shown in the figure, the customer management system 200 authenticates access from the terminals 31 to 35 in the same manner as in the above-described second embodiment by using IDs or passwords. Access control unit 6a, which restricts access by electronic mail, electronic bulletin board display unit 6b, which presents electronic bulletin boards on the Internet 1, and database input / output unit, which inputs and outputs data to customer data base 81 6 and a Web page generation unit 6 d for generating a Web page (portfolio bulletin board).

 In particular, the customer database 81 according to the present embodiment is obtained by adding the function of the database 61 according to the second embodiment to the customer database 21 according to the first embodiment. This customer database 81 stores, for each user, messages posted by the user on the electronic bulletin board, evaluations, declared positions, and the like, in addition to the companies registered in the portfolio by the user.

 In the present embodiment, the analysis unit 2a transmits, via the database input / output unit 6c, the messages stored in the customer database 81, evaluations by other users, and companies registered in the portfolio. And categorize contributors according to their interest in any company or industry. According to the classification by the analysis means 2a, the information selecting unit 2b selects information on the company, and the information transmitting unit 2c transmits the information selected by the information selecting unit 2d to the submitter.

According to the third embodiment, the information selected according to the degree of interest of the poster is transmitted based on the remarks on the electronic bulletin board and the contents of the portfolio. Information can be transmitted. As a result, unnecessary information can be prevented from being provided to contributors, and unnecessary information can be reduced on the corporate side, and corporate advertisements and industry information can be reduced. Can be delivered efficiently. Industrial applicability As described above, according to the information providing method and the information providing system of the first invention, the interest of the investor is determined after determining whether the investor is interested in the company or the industry. By distributing appropriate information according to the degree, it is possible to more effectively provide investors with corporate information, corporate PR information, and industry information.

 Further, according to the electronic bulletin board system of the second invention, in an electronic bulletin board installed on a network such as the Internet, it is easy to search for posting data on the electronic bulletin board and access to the electronic bulletin board is not restricted. And the value of electronic bulletin boards can be increased.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A method of providing information about a company to investors via a network in which terminals are interconnected by a communication line,

 Through the network, present a portfolio that registers and lists the stocks held or interested by the investor;

'' Analyze the stocks registered in the portfolio, classify interest in any company or industry,

 An information providing method, wherein a type of information is selected according to the degree of interest and transmitted to the investor.

 2. The information providing method according to claim 1, wherein the analysis comprises:

 Classify the investor according to whether or not the classified investor has registered a company (including its own company and other companies) of the industry to which the arbitrary company belongs in the portfolio.

 An information providing method comprising:

 3. In the information providing method according to claim 2,

 The analysis further classifies the investor according to whether the investor holds shares of the arbitrary company,

 If the investor does not hold the shares of the arbitrary company, an information providing method characterized by classifying the investor as a prospective customer and providing PR information of the arbitrary company.

4. A system that provides information about companies to investors over a network of terminals connected to each other by communication lines. A communication server for registering and holding a list of stocks held and presenting the portfolios for viewing and editing; Analysis means for analyzing the stock issues registered in the portfolio and classifying the investors by their interest in any company or industry; and information selection for selecting the type of information according to the classification by the analysis means. Means and

 Information transmitting means for transmitting the selected information to the investor;

An information providing system comprising:

 5. In the information providing system according to claim 4,

 The communication server has a customer database storing stock name information registered in the investor's portfolio and personal information or asset information of the investor,

 The information providing system, wherein the analysis processing means classifies the investor based on the stock name information, personal information, or asset information stored in the customer database.

6. In the information providing system according to claim 5,

 The analysis means further classifies the investor according to whether the investor holds shares of the arbitrary company,

 The information transmitting means classifies the investor as a prospective customer and provides PR information of the arbitrary company when the investor does not hold shares of the arbitrary company

An information providing system, characterized in that:

 7. A system for providing an electronic bulletin board on a network in which terminals are interconnected by a communication line,

 A posting unit for posting a message on the electronic bulletin board, wherein a person who posts on the electronic bulletin board specifies a classification of the user;

 A storage unit for storing posted messages,

A search to search posted messages based on the input classification Cord and

 A display unit for displaying posted messages so that they can be viewed

 An electronic bulletin board system comprising:

 8. The electronic bulletin board system according to claim 7,

 A voting section for inputting an evaluation for the message displayed on the display section;

 The electronic bulletin board system, wherein the storage unit stores the message in association with the evaluation of the message.

 9. The electronic bulletin board system according to claim 8,

 An electronic bulletin board system, comprising: a search unit that searches for a posted message based on the input classification and the voting result in the voting unit. .

 10. The electronic bulletin board system according to claim 7,

 An electronic bulletin board system, comprising: a posting restriction unit that restricts posting of the message under predetermined conditions; and a posting management unit that releases the posting restriction in response to a request from the administrator.

 11. The electronic bulletin board system according to claim 7,

 Analysis means for analyzing messages and evaluations stored in the storage unit, and classifying contributors according to their degree of interest in any company or industry;

'' An information selecting means for selecting information on a company according to the classification by the analyzing means;

 Information transmitting means for transmitting selected information to the poster;

 An electronic bulletin board system comprising:

 12. The electronic bulletin board system according to claim 7,

The electronic bulletin board is a bulletin board for posting messages related to securities transactions, 2. The electronic bulletin board system according to claim 1, wherein said share II is based on a position or attitude in trading of financial products such as buying or selling, bullish, bearish, and the like.

1 3. A method for providing an electronic bulletin board on a network in which terminals are interconnected by a communication line,

 (1) a step of posting a message on the electronic bulletin board while posting the message on the electronic bulletin board while clearly indicating the classification of the user

 (2) accumulating posted messages,

 (3) searching for posted messages based on the classification entered;

 Step (4) for displaying posted messages in a viewable manner

An electronic bulletin board method comprising:

 14. The electronic bulletin board method according to claim 13,

 Enter a rating for the displayed message,

 An electronic bulletin board method characterized by storing the message in association with the evaluation of the message.

 15. The electronic bulletin board method according to claim 14,

 In the step (3), an electronic bulletin board method characterized in that a posted message is searched based on the input classification or the voting result.

16. The electronic bulletin board method according to claim 14,

 An electronic bulletin board method, wherein posting of the message or the evaluation is restricted under a predetermined access condition, and the posting restriction is released in response to a request from the administrator.

 17. The electronic bulletin board method according to claim 14,

 Analyze the messages and evaluations stored in the storage unit, classify contributors according to their interest in any company or industry,

Depending on the classification, select information about the company, Send the selected information to the poster

An electronic bulletin board method, characterized in that:

18. The electronic bulletin board method according to claim 13,

 The electronic bulletin board is a bulletin board for posting messages related to securities transactions,

 The electronic bulletin board method according to claim 1, wherein the classification is based on a position or attitude in a transaction of a financial instrument such as buying or selling, bullish, or bearish.