# US 2023/0058074 A1 · Control method, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing control program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0058074 A1 - Document ID: US20230058074A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/981,522 - Filed: 2022-11-07 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-04 - Assignees: Fujitsu Limited - Applicants: Fujitsu Limited - Inventors: Yosuke Nakamura; KOICHI YASAKI; Dai YAMAMOTO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230058074A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06Q 10/00: Administration; Management - G06Q 50/18: Legal services - 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 A control method implemented by a computer, the method including: acquiring contract document data that includes a company name and a job title name of a person with an authority of a contract partner company; acquiring information that indicates a decision ability associated with the company name and the job title name included in the acquired contract document data, with reference to a storage unit that stores information that indicates a plurality of kinds of decision abilities for each job title of a company in association with the company name and the job title name; and presenting the acquired information that indicates the decision ability, in association with the acquired contract document data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control method implemented by a computer, the method comprising: acquiring contract document data that includes a company name and a job title name of a person with an authority of a contract partner company; acquiring information that indicates a decision ability associated with the company name and the job title name included in the acquired contract document data, with reference to a storage unit that stores information that indicates a plurality of kinds of decision abilities for each job title of a company in association with the company name and the job title name; and presenting the acquired information that indicates the decision ability, in association with the acquired contract document data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, further comprising deleting data regarding a contract according to personnel affairs in the past, from the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities, based on personnel information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, further comprising deleting data other than data regarding a contract with a highest contract amount, in a case where there is a plurality of pieces of data regarding contracts that have the same approval path in the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, further comprising deleting data regarding a contract made by a job title that is estimated to have no contract authority, in the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, further comprising deleting data regarding a contract for which a conflict occurs from the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities, with reference to court information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, wherein the presenting of the acquired information includes converting a job title name of the partner company in the information that indicates the decision ability into a corresponding job title name in an own company, and presenting the job title name. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The control method according to claim 6, wherein the presenting of the acquired information includes converting the job title name in the own company in the information that indicates the decision ability into a decision limit amount that corresponds to the job title name, and presenting the decision limit amount. ### Claim 8 An information processing apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to perform processing, the processing including: acquiring contract document data that includes a company name and a job title name of a person with an authority of a contract partner company; acquiring information that indicates a decision ability associated with the company name and the job title name included in the acquired contract document data, with reference to a storage unit that stores information that indicates a plurality of kinds of decision abilities for each job title of a company in association with the company name and the job title name; and presenting the acquired information that indicates the decision ability, in association with the acquired contract document data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, the processing further comprising deleting data regarding a contract according to personnel affairs in the past, from the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities, based on personnel information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, the processing further comprising deleting data other than data regarding a contract with a highest contract amount, in a case where there is a plurality of pieces of data regarding contracts that have the same approval path in the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, the processing further comprising deleting data regarding a contract made by a job title that is estimated to have no contract authority, in the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, the processing further comprising deleting data regarding a contract for which a conflict occurs from the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities, with reference to court information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the presenting of the acquired information includes converting a job title name of the partner company in the information that indicates the decision ability into a corresponding job title name in an own company, and presenting the job title name. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the presenting of the acquired information includes converting the job title name in the own company in the information that indicates the decision ability into a decision limit amount that corresponds to the job title name, and presenting the decision limit amount. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for causing a computer to perform processing, the processing including: acquiring contract document data that includes a company name and a job title name of a person with an authority of a contract partner company; acquiring information that indicates a decision ability associated with the company name and the job title name included in the acquired contract document data, with reference to a storage unit that stores information that indicates a plurality of kinds of decision abilities for each job title of a company in association with the company name and the job title name; and presenting the acquired information that indicates the decision ability, in association with the acquired contract document data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, the processing further comprising deleting data regarding a contract according to personnel affairs in the past, from the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities, based on personnel information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, the processing further comprising deleting data other than data regarding a contract with a highest contract amount, in a case where there is a plurality of pieces of data regarding contracts that have the same approval path in the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, the processing further comprising deleting data regarding a contract made by a job title that is estimated to have no contract authority, in the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, the processing further comprising deleting data regarding a contract for which a conflict occurs from the information that indicates the plurality of kinds of decision abilities, with reference to court information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the presenting of the acquired information includes converting a job title name of the partner company in the information that indicates the decision ability into a corresponding job title name in an own company, and presenting the job title name. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 20, wherein the presenting of the acquired information includes converting the job title name in the own company in the information that indicates the decision ability into a decision limit amount that corresponds to the job title name, and presenting the decision limit amount.