# US 2021/0241193 A1 · Audit support system, audit support server device, audit support terminal, audit support program, and audit support method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241193 A1 - Document ID: US20210241193A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/053,933 - Filed: 2018-09-19 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-10 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation - Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation - Inventors: Norihiro Shouda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241193A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/0637: Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals - G06Q 10/0639: Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations - G06Q 10/06393: {Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis} - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06Q 40/12: Accounting - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An embodiment of the present invention supports an audit activity more appropriately. An internal audit support system includes: a terminal relating to a first division that undergoes an internal audit, a terminal relating to a first audit division that performs the internal audit of the first division, and a main system that connects to the terminal relating to the first division and the terminal relating to the first audit division through a network, in which the terminal relating to the first division includes a display unit that displays the item relating to the internal audit, and an input unit that inputs information about suitability for the item, and the main system includes a storage unit that stores the information in association with the item, and a first determination unit that determines one of a plurality of indicators indicating a degree of control for a major item including one or a plurality of items by using the information, and the terminal relating to the first audit division includes a display unit that displays the one determined indicator. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An internal audit support system, comprising: a terminal that is relating to a first division that undergoes an internal audit; a terminal that is relating to a first audit division belonging to a first group performing the internal audit of the first division; and a main system that is connectable to the terminal relating to the first division and the terminal relating to the first audit division through a network, wherein the terminal relating to the first division includes a display unit that displays an item relating to the internal audit, and an input unit that inputs information about suitability for the item, the main system includes a storage unit that stores the information in association with the item, and a first determination unit that determines one of a plurality of indicators indicating a degree of control for a major item including one or a plurality of items by using the information, and the terminal relating to the first audit division includes a display unit that displays the one determined indicator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The internal audit support system according to claim 1, wherein the first division belongs to a second group, and the first group is a group that controls a decision-making body of the second group. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The internal audit support system according to claim 1, wherein the main system includes a first judgment unit that judges suitability for a first item by using information about suitability for a first sub-item which is a sub-item of the first item relating to the internal audit, and the first judgment unit judges information about suitability for a second item different from the first item by using the information about the suitability for the first sub-item. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The internal audit support system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit of the terminal relating to the first audit division displays information about a controlled group having a decision-making body controlled by the first group while ranking the controlled group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The internal audit support system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit of the terminal relating to the first audit division displays statistical information about the controlled group having the decision-making body controlled by the first group. ### Claim 6 An internal audit support system, comprising: a first transmitting unit that transmits information for displaying an item relating to an internal audit to a terminal relating to a first division that undergoes an internal audit; a first receiving unit that receives information about suitability for the item from a terminal relating to the first division; a storage unit that stores the information in association with the item; a first determination unit that determines one of a plurality of indicators indicating a degree of control for a major item including one or a plurality of items by using the information; and a second transmitting unit that transmits information for displaying the one determined indicator to the terminal relating to a first audit division belonging to a first group performing the internal audit of the first division. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, wherein the first division belongs to a second group, and the first group is a group that controls a decision-making body of the second group. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, further comprising: a first judgment unit that judges suitability for a first item by using information about suitability for a first sub-item which is a sub-item of the first item relating to the internal audit, wherein the first judgment unit judges suitability for a second sub-item different from the first item by using the information about the suitability for the first sub-item. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits information for displaying a controlled group having a decision-making body controlled by the first group while ranking the controlled group to the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits statistical information about the controlled group having the decision-making body controlled by the first group to the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, wherein the first division belongs to the first group, the internal audit support system further includes a calculation unit that calculates a control risk calculated using information about suitability for the item relating to the internal audit, a frequency, and an influence degree, and the second transmitting unit transmits the control risk to the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, wherein when the group having the decision-making body controlled by the first group is a third group, the second transmitting unit transmits statistical information about the group having the decision-making body controlled by the third group to the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, wherein a second audit division performs an audit for the first division, and the internal audit support system further includes a third transmitting unit that transmits the information stored in the storage unit to the terminal relating to the second audit division different from the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 14 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system of any one of claim 6, wherein when an item relating to the internal audit is changed, the first transmitting unit transmits information about the change to the terminal relating to the first division. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The internal audit support system of claim 14, further comprising: a second judgment unit that judges whether to acquire information about suitability for the change, wherein when the second judgment unit judges that the information about suitability for the change is not acquired at a predetermined time point, the first transmitting unit transmits information indicating that the information about suitability for the change is not acquired to the terminal relating to the first division. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The internal audit support system according to claim 14, further comprising: a second judgment unit that judges whether to acquire information about suitability for the change, wherein when the second judgment unit judges that the information about suitability for the change is not acquired at a predetermined time point, the second transmitting unit transmits information indicating that the information about suitability for the change is not acquired to the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The internal audit support system according to claim 14, further comprising: a second judgment unit that judges whether to acquire the information about suitability for the change, for each group having a decision-making body controlled by the first group, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits the information about the judgment displayed on each group having the decision-making body controlled by the first group to the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 18 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, further comprising: a specification unit that specifies information about suitability for the item relating to an internal audit acquired after a predetermined time point, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits the specified information to the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 19 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, further comprising: a specification unit that specifies information about suitability for the item required to pass the audit which is the information about suitability for the item relating to the internal audit acquired after a predetermined time point, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits the specified information to the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 20 (depends on 6) The internal audit support system according to claim 6, further comprising: a specification unit that specifies information about suitability for the item that affects a change in one level of a principle or an operation which is the information about suitability for the item relating to the internal audit acquired after a predetermined time point, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits the specified information to the terminal relating to the first audit division. ### Claim 21 An internal audit support method, in an internal audit support system including a terminal that relates to a first division that undergoes an internal audit, a terminal that relates to a first audit division belonging to the first group performing the internal audit of the first division, and a main system that is connectable to the terminal relating to the first division and the terminal relating to the first audit division through a network, comprising: by the terminal relating to the first division, a step of displaying, an item relating to the internal audit, and a step of receiving information about suitability for the item; by the main system, a step of storing the information in association with the item, and a step of determining one of a plurality of indicators indicating a degree of control for a major item including one or a plurality of items by using the information; and by the terminal relating to the first audit division, a step of displaying the one determined indicator. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, wherein the first division belongs to the second group, and the first group is a group that controls a decision-making body of the second group. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, further comprising: by the main system, a step of using information about suitability for a first sub-item which is a sub-item of a first item when judging the suitability for the first item relating to an internal audit; and a step of using the information about the suitability for the first sub-item when judging suitability for a second item different from the first item. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, further comprising: a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first audit division, information about a controlled group having a decision-making body that is controlled by the first group while ranking the controlled group. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, further comprising: a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first audit division, statistical information about a controlled group having a decision-making body that is controlled by the first group. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, wherein the first division belongs to the first group, and the internal audit support method further includes a step of calculating, by the main system, a control risk calculated by using the information about suitability for the item relating to the internal audit, a frequency, and an influence degree, and a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first audit division, the control risk. ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, further comprising: a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first audit division, statistical information about a group having a decision-making body that is controlled by a third group, when the group having the decision-making body that is controlled by the first group is defined as the third group. ### Claim 28 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, wherein the second audit division performs an audit on the first division, and the internal audit support method further includes a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the second audit division different from the terminal relating to the first audit division, the information stored in the storage unit. ### Claim 29 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, further comprising: a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first division, information relating to change when the items relating to the internal audit are changed. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The internal audit support method according to claim 29, further comprising: a step of judging, by the main system, whether to acquire the information about suitability for the change; and a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first division, the information indicating that the information about suitability for the change is not acquired when it is judged that the information about suitability for the change is not acquired at a predetermined time point. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The internal audit support method according to claim 29, further comprising: a step of judging, by the main system, whether to acquire the information about suitability for the change; and a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first audit division, that the information about suitability for the change is not acquired when it is judged that the information about suitability for the change is not acquired at a predetermined time. ### Claim 32 (depends on 29) The internal audit support method according to claim 29, further comprising: a step of judging, by the main system, whether to acquire the information about suitability for the change, for each group having a decision-making body that is controlled by the first group, and a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first audit division, the information relating to the judgment for each group having a decision-making body that is controlled by the first group. ### Claim 33 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, further comprising: a step of specifying, by the main system, information about suitability for an item relating to an internal audit acquired after a predetermined time point; and a step of displaying, by the display unit in the terminal relating to the first audit division, the specified information. ### Claim 34 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, further comprising: a step of specifying, by the main system, information about suitability for an item required to pass the audit which is the information about suitability for the item relating to the internal audit acquired after a predetermined time point; and a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first audit division, the specified information. ### Claim 35 (depends on 21) The internal audit support method according to claim 21, further comprising: a step of specifying, by the main system, information about suitability for an item that affects a change in one level of a principle or an operation which is the information about suitability for the item relating to the internal audit acquired after a predetermined time point; and a step of displaying, by the terminal relating to the first audit division, the specified information. ### Claim 36 (depends on 1) A program causing a computer to function as the system according to claim 1.