PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• Main Author: SAEKI YUKINORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 25.07.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

To provide a program, information processing apparatus, and an information processing method, configured to properly conclude an electronic contract according to approval authority on conclusion of a contract within an organization, even when a user who has received contract information is not authorized to approve the conclusion of the contract, in an electronic contract system that executes an electronic contract procedure between users belonging to different organizations.SOLUTION: A method includes: receiving contract information which is to be concluded between a first user and a second user; receiving, from the first user, information that specifies the second user as a receiver of the contract information received in a contract reception step; receiving, from the second user, information that specifies one or a plurality of third users as an approver for the contract information received in the contract reception step; and receiving, from the one or a plurality of third users, an instruction to approve the conclusion of the contract for the received contract information, the second user being a user who is not authorized to approve the conclusion of the contract for the received contract information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12 【課題】異なる組織に属するユーザ間の電子的な契約手続きを実行させる電子契約システムにおいて、契約情報を受信したユーザが契約締結に関する承認権限を有さない場合においても、組織における契約締結に関する承認権限に従った適切な電子契約の締結を実現するプログラム、情報処理装置及び情報処理方法を提供する。【解決手段】方法は、第１ユーザと第２ユーザとの間で契約締結の対象となる契約情報を受け付け、第１ユーザから、契約受付ステップにおいて受け付けた契約情報の受信者として第２ユーザを特定する情報を受け付け、第２ユーザから、契約受付ステップにおいて受け付けた契約情報の承認者として１又は複数の第３ユーザを特定する情報を受け付け、１又は複数の第３ユーザから、受け付けた契約情報の契約締結を承認する指示を受け付ける。第２ユーザは、受け付けた契約情報の契約締結を承認することができないユーザである。【選択図】図１２