Profits sharing system for agency service, method thereof, and computer readable recording medium

• US 20020082854A1
• Filed: 07/10/2001
• Published: 06/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kataoka, Masahiro, Furuta, Takashi, Onzuka, Shinji, Okuhata, Akio
• Application Number:
  US09/901,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20020082854A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

A system for sharing profits gain from an agency service, includes a storage module for storing amounts of share target money, which should be shared to a plurality of providers, of profits obtained by operating for a predetermined period an agency service for providing users with a plurality of services provided from a plurality of providers, and a calculation module for calculating an amount of shared money allocated to each service from within the amount of share target money stored in the storage module on the basis of a frequency of providing each service during the predetermined period.

Claims

1. A profit sharing system for an agency service, comprising:

a storage module storing amounts of share target money, which should be shared to a plurality of providers, of profits obtained by operating for a predetermined period an agency service for providing users with a plurality of services provided from a plurality of providers; and

a calculation module calculating an amount of shared money allocated to each service from within the amount of share target money stored in the storage module on the basis of a frequency of providing each service during the predetermined period.

2. A profit sharing system according to claim 1, wherein said calculation module includes:

a providing count storage module storing a providing count of each service during the predetermined period; and

a shared money calculation module calculating a frequency of providing each service by dividing a counted providing count of each service by a total sum of the service providing counts and calculating the amount of shared money allocated to each service by multiplying each of the calculated frequencies by the amount of share target money.

3. A profit sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the profits are a total of agency service usage fees during the predetermined period that are collected from the users on the basis of one single contract.

4. A profit sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the amount of share target money is an amount obtained by subtracting an operating cost for the agency service from the profits.

5. A profit sharing system according to claim 1, further comprising a request module requesting a financial institution to pay the shared money to each provider.

6. A profit sharing system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a database stored with a plurality of contents provided by the plurality of providers; and

a content providing module obtaining a content corresponding to a request of the user as the service from said database and providing the user with this content, and storing a providing count of each content in said providing count storage module.

7. A profit sharing system according to claim 6, wherein the content is a dictionary content, and

said content providing module provides the user with a list of dictionary contents corresponding to a search key received from the user, and provides the user with the dictionary content selected from this list by the user.

13. A profit sharing method according to claim 2, further comprising obtaining a content corresponding to a request of the user as the service from a database stored with a plurality of contents provided by the plurality of providers, and providing the user with this content and storing a providing count of each content.

22. A profit sharing system according to claim 6, wherein said content providing module provides a setting screen for the user to set a priority of the plurality of dictionary contents.

8. A profit sharing method for an agency service, comprising:

storing amounts of share target money, which should be shared to a plurality of providers, of profits obtained by operating for a predetermined period an agency service for providing users with a plurality of services provided from a plurality of providers; and

calculating an amount of shared money allocated to each service from within the stored amount of share target money on the basis of a frequency of providing each service during the predetermined period.

9. A profit sharing method according to claim 8, wherein said calculating the amount of shared money includes:

storing a providing count of each service during the predetermined period; and

calculating a frequency of providing each service by dividing a counted providing count of each service by a total sum of the service providing counts and calculating the amount of shared money allocated to each service by multiplying each of the calculated frequencies by the amount of share target money.

10. A profit sharing method according to claim 8, wherein the profits are a total of agency service usage fees during the predetermined period that are collected from the users on the basis of one single contract.

11. A profit sharing method according to claim 8, wherein the amount of share target money is an amount obtained by subtracting an operating cost for the agency service from the profits.

12. A profit sharing method according to claim 8, further comprising requesting a financial institution to pay the shared money to each provider.

14. A profit sharing method according to claim 13, wherein the content is a dictionary content, and

said providing the user with the content includes:

providing the user with a list of dictionary contents corresponding to a search key received from the user, and providing the user with the dictionary content selected from this list by the user.

16. A storage medium according to claim 15, wherein said step of calculating the amount of shared money includes:

a step of storing a providing count of each service during the predetermined period; and

a step of calculating a frequency of providing each service by dividing a counted providing count of each service by a total sum of the service providing counts and calculating the amount of shared money allocated to each service by multiplying each of the calculated frequencies by the amount of share target money.

17. A storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the profits are a total of agency service usage fees during the predetermined period that are collected from the users on the basis of one single contract.

18. A storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the amount of share target money is an amount obtained by subtracting an operating cost for the agency service from the profits.

19. A storage medium according to claim 15, said program further comprising a step of requesting a financial institution to pay the shared money to each provider.

20. A storage medium according to claim 16, said program further comprising a step of obtaining a content corresponding to a request of the user as the service from a database stored with a plurality of contents provided by the plurality of providers, and a step of providing the user with this content and storing a providing count of each content.

21. A storage medium according to claim 20, wherein the content is a dictionary content, and

said content providing step includes:

a step of providing the user with a list of dictionary contents corresponding to a search key received from the user, and providing the user with the dictionary content selected from this list by the user.

23. A profit sharing method according to claim 13, wherein said content providing step includes a step of providing a setting screen for the user to set a priority of the plurality of dictionary contents.

24. A storage medium according to claim 20, wherein said content providing step includes a step of providing a setting screen for the user to set a priority of the plurality of dictionary contents.

15. A storage medium readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps, the method steps comprising:

a step of storing amounts of share target money, which should be shared to a plurality of providers, of profits obtained by operating for a predetermined period an agency service for providing users with a plurality of services provided from a plurality of providers; and

a step of calculating an amount of shared money allocated to each service from within the stored amount of share target money on the basis of a frequency of providing each service during the predetermined period.

25. A profit sharing system for an agency service, comprising:

a providing module providing an agency service for providing a user with a requested service among services provided by a plurality of providers; and

a calculation module calculating an amount of shared money, shared to each provider, of profits obtained by providing the agency service on the basis of a frequency of providing the user with the service.

26. A profit sharing method in an information processing system, for an agency service, including a storage module and a control unit, said method comprising:

making said control unit provide the agency service for providing a user with a requested service among services provided from a plurality of providers;

storing said storage module with a providing count of providing the service to the user; and

calculating an amount of shared money, shared to each provider, of profits obtained by the agency service on the basis of a providing frequency of each service that is obtained from the providing count of each service and a total sum of service providing counts.

27. A storage medium readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps, the method steps comprising:

a step of providing the agency service for providing a user with a requested service among services provided from a plurality of providers;

a step of storing said storage module with a providing count of providing the service to the user; and

a step of calculating an amount of shared money, shared to each provider, of profits obtained by the agency service on the basis of a providing frequency of each service that is obtained from the providing count of each service and a total sum of service providing counts.