# US 2025/0209554 A1 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0209554 A1 - Document ID: US20250209554A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/849,108 - Filed: 2022-03-29 - Published: 2025-06-26 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-29 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Ryo AIDA; Mizuho Toyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250209554A1 ## CPC - G06Q 50/18: Legal services - G06F 40/186: Templates - G06F 40/40: Processing or translation of natural language (natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30) - G06N 3/045: Combinations of networks - G06N 20/00: Machine learning - 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 - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS ## Abstract In order to carry out more suitable inference related to a target document, an information processing apparatus (1) includes: an acquisition section (11) that acquires a target document which is at least a part of a target draft written contract; an inference section (12) that carries out inference related to the target document, with use of an inference model trained by using a written contract template of a target company and a concluded written contract related to at least one of the target company and another company which differs from the target company; and a generation section (13) that generates output information obtained with reference to an inference result obtained by the inference section (12). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising at least one processor, the at least one processer carrying out: an acquisition process that acquires a target document which is at least a part of a target draft written contract; an inference process that carries out inference related to the target document, with use of an inference model trained by using a written contract template of a target company and a concluded written contract related to at least one of the target company and another company which differs from the target company; and a generation process that generates output information obtained with reference to an inference result obtained by the inference process. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: in the acquisition process, the at least one processor acquires, as the target document, at least a part of a draft written contract between the target company and the another company; and the inference model is a model trained at least with reference to information on past negotiation between the target company and the another company. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inference model is a model trained at least with reference to information on past negotiation between the target company and one or more companies which are included in an industry to which the another company belongs. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inference model is a model trained at least with reference to a draft written contract that was not concluded in the past between the target company and the another company. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inference model is a model trained at least with reference to a difference between the written contract template of the target company and the concluded written contract. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inference model is a model trained at least with reference to the number of written contracts that were concluded in the past between the target company and the another company. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inference model is a model trained at least with reference to a history of negotiation between the target company and the another company. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inference model is a model trained at least with reference to a history of a change in a written contract in the past between the target company and the another company. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the inference process includes inference related to correction of the target document; and in the generation process, the at least one processor generates output information that includes a proposal related to the correction of the target document. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the inference process includes inference related to a probability of concluding a contract with the another company; and in the generation process, the at least one processor generates output information that includes the probability of concluding the contract with the another company. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the inference process includes inference related to future negotiation with the another company; and in the generation process, the at least one processor generates output information that includes a policy on negotiation with the another company. ### Claim 12 An information processing apparatus comprising at least one processor, the at least one processer carrying out: an acquisition process that acquires a written contract template of a target company and a concluded written contract related to at least one of the target company and another company which differs from the target company; and a training process that trains, with reference to information acquired by the acquisition process, an inference model that carries out inference on a target document. ### Claim 13 An information processing method comprising: acquiring, by at least one processor, a target document which is at least a part of a target draft written contract; carrying out, by the at least one processor, inference related to the target document, with use of an inference model trained by using a written contract template of a target company and a concluded written contract related to at least one of the target company and another company which differs from the target company; and generating, by the at least one processor, output information obtained with reference to an inference result obtained by the inference. ### Claim 14 (canceled) ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to claim 1, the program for causing the computer to carry out the acquisition process, the inference process, and the generation process. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to claim 12, the program for causing the computer to carry out the acquisition process and the training process.