IP Library Patent Application 16998107
Patent Application
App. No. 16/998,107

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

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16/998,107
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to calculate allocations of a profit from a service to a plurality of entities involved in provision of the service by referring to involvement information stored in a memory, the involvement information indicating involvement of each of the plurality of entities in the provision of the service, and output the calculated allocations.

Claims (45)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising

a processor configured to

calculate allocations of a profit from a service to a plurality of entities involved in provision of the service by referring to involvement information stored in a memory, the involvement information indicating involvement of each of the plurality of entities in the provision of the service, and

output the calculated allocations.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the involvement information includes information on involvement duration in the provision of the service.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the involvement information further includes information on involvement in an initial investment to the service.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the involvement information further includes information on involvement in running cost of the service.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the involvement information further includes information on involvement in running cost of the service.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

calculate the allocations of the profit to the plurality of entities by further referring to information on a discount offered by one or more of the plurality of entities on a user fee for the service.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

calculate the allocations of the profit to the plurality of entities by further referring to information on a marginal profit set by one or more of the plurality of entities, so that a profit allocated to the one or more of the plurality of entities does not become smaller than the set marginal profit.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to

provide a user interface for setting the involvement information, and

receive settings of the involvement information from the user interface.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to provide a user interface for setting a discount on a user fee for the service.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

the user interface has a field for setting an entity that is setting the discount.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to

in response to the involvement information being updated by a change to one or more of the plurality of entities, recalculate the allocations by referring to the updated involvement information.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to

give each of the plurality of entities a notification about the recalculation of the allocations.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to

suspend the provision of the service unless an agreement is reached on the recalculated allocations.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to

suspend the operation of the service unless an agreement is reached on the recalculated allocations.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the service is a sharing service of a sharing target among a plurality of users by time windows.

16 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 15 ,

wherein the sharing target is a space.

17 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein the service is a sharing service of a sharing target among a plurality of users by time windows.

18 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 17 ,

wherein the service is a sharing service of a sharing target among a plurality of users by time windows.

19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

calculating allocations of a profit from a service to a plurality of entities involved in provision of the service by referring to involvement information stored in a memory, the involvement information indicating involvement of each of the plurality of entities in the provision of the service, and

outputting the calculated allocations.

20 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

means for calculating allocations of a profit from a service to a plurality of entities involved in provision of the service by referring to involvement information stored in a memory, the involvement information indicating involvement of each of the plurality of entities in the provision of the service, and

means for outputting the calculated allocations.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2020
From: TOKUCHI, KENGO; TERAO, NAOYASU
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053550/0267 →