JP2014119835A - Program for information provision device, control method for information provision device, information provision device, and information provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information provision device for accepting a proposal, in association with a predetermined activity, which is matched with a condition desired by a user as much as possible, from a server of a facility providing respective activities.SOLUTION: An information provision device 1 comprises: an acquisition unit 10 capable of acquiring condition information transmitted from a terminal device 2; a management unit 11 for managing at least either first activity information or second activity information; a condition information presentation unit 12 for, on the basis of at least one of the first activity information and the second activity information managed by the management unit 11, specifying a predetermined golf course server 4 of a plurality of golf course servers 4 and presenting condition information; an acceptance unit 13 capable of accepting proposal information from the golf course server 4; and a proposal information transmission unit 14 capable of transmitting the proposal information to the terminal device 2.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for receiving a proposal satisfying a user's condition from a management device for a predetermined activity.

Conventionally, when a predetermined activity is performed, the burden on the secretary has been large, such as the founder (hereinafter referred to as “secretary”) gathering participants or searching for and determining a facility for performing the predetermined activity. It was. When golf is described as an example of the predetermined activity, the secretary gathers participants and determines a golf course to play golf. In addition, the secretary had to reserve a starting slot. In particular, in the case of holding a golf competition (hereinafter referred to as “golf competition”) in which golf is divided into a plurality of groups, the secretary reserves a start frame corresponding to the number of people and meets with the golf course manager. It was common to make room reservations.
In order to reduce such a burden on the secretary, a system is known that can make reservations for golf courses and golf competitions on the Internet (for example, Patent Document 1). With this reservation system, the availability of reservations can be confirmed on the website, and participation in a desired golf competition can be applied. More specifically, the golf competitions planned at each golf course are collected on the management server, and these are displayed so as to be selectable by the user's terminal device. Then, when the user selects a desired golf competition from a plurality of golf competitions, a golf reservation is made through the management server.

JP 2003-67614 A

However, with the above-described conventional reservation system, even though it is possible to provide golf courses that are mainly conducted by golf courses and open-ended golf competitions, custom-made plans and golf competitions that meet the needs of the secretary are proposed to the secretary. In other words, the manager of the facility that performs a predetermined activity that meets the needs of the secretary could not be proactively proposed.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information providing apparatus that can accept a proposal that satisfies a user's desired condition regarding a predetermined activity. To do.

  Means employed by the present invention to solve the above problems will be described below. In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, reference numerals in the drawings will be appended in parentheses for convenience in the following, but the present invention is not intended to be limited to the illustrated forms.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information providing apparatus program according to the present invention includes a terminal device (2) of a user who receives a service related to a predetermined activity, and a plurality of operating entities that provide the service related to the predetermined activity. Is a program of an information providing device (1) that is communicable with a management device (4) managed by each of the devices and that includes a computer (30), and is a condition relating to a predetermined activity transmitted from the terminal device. And a management unit that manages at least one of the first activity information related to the predetermined activity and the second activity information related to the activity of the user provided by the operating entity. (11) and the first action managed by the management unit. A predetermined management device (4) among the plurality of management devices (4) is specified based on at least one of the activity information and the second activity information, and the predetermined management device (4) The condition information presenting unit (12) for presenting the acquired condition information, the accepting unit (13) capable of accepting proposal information indicating a proposal related to the predetermined activity from the management device (4), and the accepting unit It is made to function as a proposal information transmission part (14) which can transmit proposal information to the said terminal device.

  According to the present invention, the information providing device does not present the condition information to all the management devices, but based on at least one of the first activity information or the second activity information, Identify the management device that presents the information. If all the condition information is transmitted to all the management apparatuses, each management apparatus receives a large number of condition information, which increases the burden on the administrator to determine the conditions desired by the user. In the present invention, the condition information is aggregated in the information providing apparatus, and in the aggregated information providing apparatus, which management apparatus is based on the first activity information provided from the management apparatus or the second activity information provided from the user. Specify whether to present condition information. As a result, the management apparatus can receive useful condition information.

  The program of the information providing apparatus described above, as the condition information presenting section (12), sets the management entity management apparatus (4) satisfying at least a part of the condition based on the first activity information as the predetermined information. It is preferable that the computer (30) is caused to function so as to identify the management device (4) and present the condition information acquired by the acquisition unit (10) to the predetermined management device (4).

  According to the present invention, since the condition information is transmitted to the management apparatus of the operating entity that satisfies at least a part of the conditions set by the user, each management apparatus is not presented with the condition information that is unlikely to be ordered. Therefore, the administrator of the management apparatus can receive useful condition information worth considering from the information providing apparatus.

  In the information providing apparatus program described above, the condition includes a place where the predetermined activity is provided, and the first activity information includes a place where an operating entity provides the predetermined activity, and the condition information presenting unit (12) As the predetermined management device (4), the management device (4) of the operating entity that provides the predetermined activity at least at the location specified by the condition information is specified based on the first activity information. The computer (30) is preferably caused to function so as to present the condition information acquired by the acquisition unit (10) to the predetermined management device (4).

  According to the present invention, the condition information is presented to the management apparatus of the operating entity that provides a predetermined activity at a place desired by the user. Since the condition information is provided to the narrowed down management apparatus, the manager of the management apparatus does not need to consider the condition information that does not meet the user's needs at all, and can be operated smoothly. There are advantages such as.

  In the program of the information providing apparatus described above, the second activity information includes reservation history information that is history information that the user has made a reservation for a service related to the predetermined activity in the past, and the condition information presentation unit (12 ), Based on the reservation history information, at least the user who has made a reservation for the predetermined activity in the past identifies the management apparatus (4) as the predetermined management apparatus (4) Thus, it is preferable to make the computer (30) function.

  According to this invention, the information providing apparatus provides condition information to an operating entity that has made a reservation in the past. For this reason, there exists an advantage that a user can receive a proposal from the management main body with the track record in the past.

  The program may be stored in a recording medium. If this recording medium is used, the program can be installed in the computer, for example. Here, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM.

  Further, the present invention can be grasped as a control method for the information providing apparatus. Specifically, information that can be communicated with a terminal device (2) of a user who receives a service related to a predetermined activity and a management device (4) managed by a plurality of operating entities that provide the service related to the predetermined activity. The providing device control method obtains condition information indicating a condition relating to a predetermined activity transmitted from the terminal device (2), and the first activity information relating to the predetermined activity provided by the operating entity or the user's Based on at least one of the first activity information or the second activity information to manage and manage at least one of the second activity information related to the activity, a predetermined management device (4) among the plurality of management devices (4) 4) identified and acquired by the predetermined management device (4) Presenting the condition information, receiving proposal information indicating a proposal related to the predetermined activity from the management apparatus (4), and transmitting the received proposal information to the terminal apparatus (2).

  In the control method of the information providing apparatus described above, in the step of presenting the condition information, the management apparatus (4) of the operating entity that satisfies at least a part of the condition is set based on the first activity information. It is preferable to identify the management device (4) and present the acquired condition information to the predetermined management device (4).

  In the control method of the information providing apparatus described above, the first activity information includes a place where an operating entity provides the predetermined activity, and in the step of presenting the condition information, at least based on the first activity information The management apparatus (4) of the operating entity that provides the predetermined activity at the location specified by the condition information is identified as the predetermined management apparatus (4), and the acquired condition information is stored in the predetermined management apparatus (4). Is preferably presented.

  In the control method of the information providing apparatus described above, the second activity information includes reservation history information that is history information that the user has made a reservation for a service related to the predetermined activity in the past, and presents the condition information In this step, based on the reservation history information, at least the management device (4) of the operating entity that has made a reservation for the predetermined activity in the past is identified as the predetermined management device (4). It is preferable to do.

  Further, the present invention can be grasped as an information providing apparatus. Specifically, a terminal device (2) of a user who receives provision of a service related to a predetermined activity in the information providing device, and a management device (4) managed by a plurality of operating entities that provide the service related to the predetermined activity, An information providing device (1) capable of communication, an acquisition unit (10) capable of acquiring condition information indicating a condition relating to a predetermined activity transmitted from the terminal device (2), and the operating entity provides A management unit (11) that manages at least one of first activity information related to a predetermined activity or second activity information related to the user's activity, and the first activity information or the first managed by the management unit (11) The plurality of management devices based on at least one of the two activity information A condition information presentation unit (12) that identifies a predetermined management device (4) in the device (4) and presents the condition information acquired by the acquisition unit (10) to the predetermined management device (4); A reception unit (13) capable of receiving proposal information indicating a proposal related to the predetermined activity from the management device (4), and a proposal capable of transmitting the proposal information received by the reception unit (13) to the terminal device (2) And an information transmission unit (14).

  In the information providing apparatus described above, the condition information presenting unit (12) converts the management entity management apparatus (4) satisfying at least a part of the condition based on the first activity information to the predetermined management apparatus. It is preferable that the condition information acquired by the acquisition unit (10) is presented to the predetermined management device (4) specified as (4).

  Next, in the information providing apparatus according to the present invention, the first activity information includes a place where an operating entity provides the predetermined activity, and the condition information presentation unit (12) is based on the first activity information. Then, the management apparatus (4) of the operating entity that provides the predetermined activity at least at the place specified by the condition information is identified as the predetermined management apparatus (4), and the predetermined management apparatus (4) It is preferable to present the condition information acquired by the acquisition unit (10).

  Next, in the information providing apparatus according to the present invention, the second activity information includes reservation history information that is history information that the user has made a reservation for a service related to the predetermined activity in the past, and the condition information presentation The unit (12) determines, based on the reservation history information, at least a management apparatus (4) operated by the user who has made a reservation for the predetermined activity in the past as the predetermined management apparatus (4). It is preferable to specify as.

  Further, the information providing system according to the present invention includes a terminal device (2) of a user who receives a service related to a predetermined activity, and a management device (4) managed by a plurality of operating entities that provide the service related to the predetermined activity. ) And an information providing device (1) capable of communicating with the terminal device (2) and the plurality of management devices (4), and the information providing device (1) is transmitted from the terminal device (2). Acquisition unit (10) capable of acquiring condition information indicating a condition related to a predetermined activity, and at least one of first activity information related to the predetermined activity provided by the operating entity or second activity information related to the user activity A management unit (11) for managing one of the first activity information managed by the management unit (11) Identifies a predetermined management device (4) among the plurality of management devices (4) based on at least one of the second activity information, and sends the acquisition unit (10) to the predetermined management device (4). A condition information presentation unit (12) for presenting the condition information acquired in step (b), a reception unit (13) capable of receiving proposal information indicating a proposal related to the predetermined activity from the management device (4), and the reception unit (13 ) Is provided with a proposal information transmission unit (14) capable of transmitting the proposal information received in () to the terminal device (2).

1 is a block diagram of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between a SNS user and a golf user. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data structure of a golf user information table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data structure of a condition information table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data structure of a proposal information table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data structure of a SNS friend information table. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an information provision server. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of a competition plan acquisition process. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the top page of a golf information site. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of an input form page. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a confirmation page. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the management screen displayed on a golf course server. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a management screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of an input form page. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a confirmation page. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the top page of a golf information site.

Hereinafter, as an embodiment, an information providing system using an information providing server according to the present invention will be described with golf as an example of an activity with reference to the drawings.
<First Embodiment>
<1: Configuration of information provision system>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information providing system 100 includes an information providing device 1 that provides a golf information service and a golf course reservation service, a terminal device 2 of a user who plays golf, and a management server 3 that provides an SNS site via a communication network NET such as the Internet. The golf course server 4 is managed by a golf course management entity and receives a golf reservation. In the following description, the user who uses the golf information service of the information providing device 1 is referred to as a golf user, and the SNS user of the management server 3 is referred to as an SNS user.

  The SNS site provided by the management server 3 provides communication tools between users (that is, message management information exchanged between users, for example, bulletin boards, mails, chats, etc.). In the SNS site, the friendship relationship is established when the action source SNS user makes a friend application and the action destination SNS user approves it. The management server 3 manages friend information indicating an SNS friend relationship that is a specific relationship between SNS users.

The golf user's terminal device 2 can communicate via the communication network NET, and corresponds to, for example, a personal computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like.
The information providing apparatus 1 provides a service related to a predetermined activity. In this embodiment, golf is taken up as an example of a predetermined activity. The information providing apparatus 1 includes an information providing server 1A that communicates with the terminal device 2 to provide a golf information service to a golf user, and a golf reservation server 1B. The golf reservation server 1 </ b> B communicates with the golf course server 4 and cooperates with the information providing server 1 </ b> A to provide the golf user and the administrator of the golf course server 4 with a golf reservation service related to golf course reservation.

  The golf information service is a service that provides information related to golf, and corresponds to a play history recording service or the like. In this embodiment, a golf information service is provided by executing the program of the golf information application on the information providing server 1A, and a golf course reservation service is provided by executing the program of the golf course reservation application on the golf reservation server 1B. The However, the provision of these services is an example, and the information provision server 1 provides provision of application such as games, provision of travel information including hotel reservations, provision of concert information, and sales of services and goods. It may be.

  In the SNS provided by the management server 3, not only a bulletin board, e-mail, and chat can be used, but also social applications such as games and practical tools can be used. The social application may be provided by a provider other than the provider of the SNS, and the SNS user can arbitrarily determine whether or not to use the social application or which social application to use. It is like that. When the SNS user wishes to use a social application, the social application accesses the profile information of the SNS user or the friend information on the SNS, or the social application is displayed on a bulletin board or the like instead of the SNS user. You may be asked for permission for the function to post. Depending on the social application, the SNS user may be permitted to use these functions to become a user of the social application. Since such social applications generally display the screen of the social application on the SNS site, SNS users use the social application as if they were using one of the SNS services. Will do.

  As an example, the golf information application provided by the information providing server 1A of the present embodiment is a service provided by the social application as described above. In this embodiment, in order for an SNS user to become a golf user who is a user of a golf information application, the golf information application accesses the profile information of the SNS user or the friend information on the SNS, or the golf information application. Approves the function of posting on a bulletin board or the like instead of the SNS user. When the SNS user performs this approval, the SNS user becomes a golf user.

  That is, the golf user is included in the SNS user as shown in FIG. In other words, the information providing server 1A provides the golf information application to the golf user, and registers as a golf user of the golf information application only for the SNS user of the management server 3. On the other hand, the management server 3 provides SNS with respect to the SNS user containing a golf user. As described above, the golf user is included in the SNS user, and as described above, the golf information application accesses the profile information of the SNS user and the friend information on the SNS, and the golf information application is a bulletin board instead of the SNS user. SNS user approval has been obtained for the function of posting to the etc. Therefore, 1 A of information provision servers of 1st Embodiment manage a golf user's friend relationship using a SNS user's friend relationship. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the user and the SNS friend, the golf user as the golf friend, the SNS friend's SNS friend, and the golf user as the golf friend's golf friend are managed.

  Next, the information providing server 1A shown in FIG. 1 executes a predetermined program to acquire condition information indicating conditions related to a golf competition (predetermined activity) transmitted from the terminal device 2; The management unit 11 that manages at least one of the first activity information regarding the golf competition provided by the golf course or the second activity information regarding the golf competition of the golf user, and the first activity information or the second activity managed by the management unit 11 A condition information presentation unit 12 that identifies a predetermined golf course server 4 among a plurality of golf course servers 4 based on at least one of the information and presents the condition information acquired by the acquisition unit 10 to the predetermined golf course server 4. And accepting proposal information indicating a proposal regarding a golf competition from the golf course server 4 Noh a receiving unit 13, the proposed information received at the reception portion 13 and a proposed information transmitting unit 14 can be transmitted to the terminal device 2.

  Condition information is set by the golf user. The condition information includes the number of golf competitions, the schedule, and the desired location. Furthermore, the condition information may include an estimate of the fee and a desired prize. The acquisition unit 10 may acquire the condition information, the first activity information, and the second activity information from various tables stored in the storage unit 15, or may be transmitted from the terminal device 2 or the golf reservation server 1B. You may acquire from information. The storage unit 15 stores a golf user information table TBL11 that records various information about golf users, a condition information table TBL12 that records condition information, and a proposal information table TBL13 that records proposal information.

  The golf user's terminal device 2 includes an input unit 21, a notification unit 22, and a display unit 23. A golf user can use the input unit 21 to input a competition name, the number of participants participating in the competition, a start time, a date candidate for a schedule, a guide to a fee, a candidate for a venue, a desired prize, and the like. The notification unit 22 notifies the information providing server 1A of various condition information input through the input unit 21. The display unit 23 can display the proposal information related to the competition transmitted by the proposal information transmission unit 14 of the information providing server 1A.

The golf course server 4 is managed by the golf course manager, and provides vacancy information and plan information, and accepts and manages reservations at the golf course. In addition, the golf course server 4 receives and manages the condition information related to the golf user's competition request, and transmits proposal information regarding the golf competition that satisfies the competition request to the information providing apparatus 1.
Furthermore, the golf course server 4 also manages a website related to the course. The golf course server 4 communicates with the golf reservation server 1B periodically (or according to the operation of the golf course manager or the like), and can upload the created free space information and plan information to the golf reservation server 1B. The reservation information accumulated in the golf reservation server 1B is acquired, the reservation information is updated, the vacant frame information is also updated, and the updated vacant frame information is uploaded to the golf reservation server 1B. In addition, the golf course server 4 may communicate with other reservation portal sites.

  In addition to reservation information transmitted from the golf reservation server 1 </ b> B, reservation reception includes reception by a manager who inputs a reservation by telephone. Such reservation information is stored in the management table TBL41. A plurality of records are stored in the management table TBL41. The record corresponds to a reservation frame, and one record includes a reservation ID, a course, a start date and time, the number of people, participants, a fee, and the like. Therefore, by referring to the management table TBL41, it is possible to know whether there is a reservation in each reservation frame.

  FIG. 3 shows the data structure of the golf user information table TBL11. A plurality of records are recorded as registration information in the golf user information table TBL11. One record includes identification information UID that uniquely identifies a golf user, registration date, profile information, and round history information. In the present embodiment, the golf user identification information UID has a correspondence relationship with the SNS user identification information UID. However, the identification information of the SNS user and the identification information of the golf user do not necessarily need to match, and may be different. In this case, the SNS user identification information and the golf user identification information may be recorded in association with the record of the golf user information table TBL11. In the present embodiment, the profile information is stored in the golf user information table TBL11. However, in other embodiments, the profile information may not be stored in the golf user information table TBL11.

Profile information includes gender, age, and email address. Further, the round history information includes an average score, handicap, and the like based on self-reports played.
The golf user information table TBL11 may be composed of a plurality of tables linked with key information (for example, identification information UID), and may be a relational database.

FIG. 4 shows the data structure of the condition information table TBL12. In the condition information table TBL12, a competition plan ID for uniquely identifying the competition plan as the condition information, the identification information UID of the golf user who set the condition information, and the condition information are recorded in association with each other. The condition information includes the registration date, competition name, number of people, schedule candidate date, upper limit fee, lower limit fee, prefecture ID, golf course ID, desired prize, and transmission golf course ID.
FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the proposal information table TBL13. In the proposal information table TBL13, a competition plan ID for uniquely identifying a competition plan as proposal information and the proposal information are recorded in association with each other. The proposal information includes the registration date, the golf course ID of the golf course that submitted the competition plan, the schedule, the start time, the fee 1, and the prize.

  Returning to FIG. In the reservation information table TBL16 of the golf reservation server 1B, a reservation ID for uniquely identifying a reservation and the reservation information are recorded in association with each other. The reservation information includes a golf course name, a reservation person identification information UID, a reservation date, a play date, a start time, a course, a play fee, and a companion.

  The management server 3 includes an SNS user information table TBL31 in which identification information for uniquely identifying the SNS user, the name of the SNS user, link information indicating the link destination of the profile image, and the like, and friends indicating the friendship of the SNS user SNS friend information table TBL32 in which information is stored is provided. Further, the management server 3 can execute various APIs (Application Program Interfaces), and upon receiving a request including a parameter from the information providing server 1A, predetermined information is received from the SNS user information table TBL31 or the SNS friend information table TBL32. Is extracted and returned to the information providing server 1A.

  Next, the SNS user information table TBL31 and the SNS friend information table TBL32 provided in the management server 3 will be described. FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the SNS user information table TBL31. A plurality of records are recorded in the SNS user information table TBL31. One record includes a name, gender, address, work place, identification information UID (which functions as an account) that uniquely identifies the SNS user, and an e-mail address. These pieces of information are personal information registered by the SNS user. The “name” is merely an example, and it is of course possible to use a nickname or the like.

  FIG. 6 shows the data structure of the SNS friend information table TBL32. A plurality of records are recorded in the SNS friend information table TBL32. One record includes the identification information of the action source, the identification information of the action destination, the status, and the application date / time. The action source is the SNS user who made the friend application, and the action destination is the SNS user who made the friend application. The status indicates the status of the friend application, and “0” indicates that the application is in progress and “1” indicates acceptance. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the SNS user with the UID “0zz99x999” makes a friend application to the SNS user with the UID “6zz99x999” and is approved.

  When storing the friendship relationship, storing the action source (application source) and the action destination (application destination) separately has the advantage of reducing the storage capacity. If the identification information UID of a certain SNS user and the identification information UIDs of all the SNS users who are in friendship with the SNS user are stored in association with each other, twice the storage capacity is required. For example, it is assumed that SNS user a is an action source and SNS user b is an action destination. When storing the identification information of the SNS user who is in a friend relationship for each SNS user, it is stored that the user b is in a friend relationship for the user a, and further that the user a is in a friend relationship for the user b. I need to remember. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the action destination identification information and the action source identification information are associated with each other and stored in one record, so that the storage capacity can be halved. Even when the status is updated, the processing is half.

  FIG. 7 shows the configuration of the information providing server 1A. As shown in this figure, the information providing server 1A includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 30 that controls the entire apparatus, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 31 that functions as a work area of the CPU 30, a ROM (Read ROM) that stores a boot program and the like. Only Memory) 32, a hard disk drive 33 for storing various programs and data, an input unit 34 including a keyboard and a mouse, a display 35 for displaying images, and a communication interface 36 for communicating with an external device via a communication network NET. And a reading device 37 for reading an information recording medium such as a compact disk. The hard disk drive 33 corresponds to the storage unit 15 described above, and stores various tables such as a golf user information table TBL11, a condition information table TBL12, and a proposal information table TBL13. The golf reservation server 1B and the management server 3 are configured in the same manner as the information providing server 1A. However, the reservation information table TBL16 is stored in the hard disk drive 33 of the golf reservation server 1B, and the SNS user information table TBL31 and the SNS friend information table TBL32 are stored in the hard disk drive 33 of the management server 3. . The CPU 30 described above functions as the management unit 11. The communication interface 36 described above functions as the proposal information transmission unit 14, the acquisition unit 10, the condition information presentation unit 12, and the reception unit 13 that transmit the reservation information to the golf course server 4 via the golf reservation server 1B together with the CPU 30. .

  FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the terminal device 2. The terminal device 2 includes a CPU 40 that controls the entire device, a RAM 41 that functions as a work area for the CPU 40, a ROM 42 that stores a boot program, a storage device 43 that stores various programs and data, an input unit 44 including a numeric keypad, an image, and the like. And a communication interface 46 for communicating with an external device via a communication network NET. When the input unit is a touch panel, the display 45 also serves as the input unit 44 that is a touch panel. The input unit 44 may be configured by a single device or a combination of a plurality of devices.

<2: Operation of the information provision system>
In the information providing system 100 of the present embodiment, a golf user's terminal device 2 can be used to create a golf competition bookmark, reserve a golf competition, and the like.

<2-1: Access processing to golf site>
First, an access process to a golf site provided by the information providing apparatus 1 will be described. When an SNS user (also a golf user) of the terminal device 2 operates on a web browser or starts an application installed and operated on the terminal device 2 and accesses an SNS site, the display 45 of the terminal device 2 is displayed. The login screen is displayed. An input box for entering the identification information UID and password is displayed on the login screen. When the user inputs in the input box and presses the transmission button, the terminal device 2 transmits a login request including the input identification information UID and password to the management server 3.

  When the management server 3 receives the login request, the management server 3 executes an authentication process. Specifically, the CPU of the management server 3 determines whether or not a combination of the identification information UID and the password is stored. If the determination condition is satisfied, the login is permitted, and the determination condition is not satisfied. Refuses to log in. Then, the CPU causes the terminal device 2 to transmit a login response indicating the determination result. The combination of the identification information UID and the password once input at the terminal device 2 may be stored in the terminal device 2 for a predetermined period, and login may be omitted within the predetermined period.

  Thereafter, when the SNS user selects a golf information application from the menu, the terminal device 2 transmits a my page browsing request to the information providing server 1A. 1 A of information provision servers will display the my page of the golf user (same as SNS user) in a golf site on the terminal device 2, if a my page browsing request is received. On the My Page, the activity status of the golf friend of the golf user, notifications from the golf course, and the like are aggregated and displayed.

<2-2: Competition plan acquisition process>
Next, a competition plan acquisition process executed by the information providing server 1A will be described. FIG. 9 shows the contents of the competition plan acquisition process. First, the CPU 30 determines whether or not a competition recruitment request is received from the terminal device 2 (step S1), and repeats the determination until it is received. The competition recruitment request is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the information providing server 1 </ b> A when the golf user performs a predetermined operation on the terminal device 2. More specifically, on the top page of the golf information site provided by the information providing server 1A, for example, a button 50 for recruiting a competition plan is provided as shown in FIG. When the golf user clicks the button 50, a competition recruitment request is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the information providing server 1A.

  When the information providing server 1A receives the competition recruitment request, the CPU 30 generates an input form page (step S2) and transmits it to the terminal device 2. For example, the terminal device 2 displays an input form page shown in FIG. The page includes an input box 60 for inputting a competition name, an input box 61 for inputting the number of participants, an input box 62 for inputting a start time, and an input box for inputting schedule candidates. 63a and an input button 63b for popping up a calendar are provided. In the input box 63a, for example, a plurality of candidate dates such as “2012/12/1, 2012/12/2” and periods such as “2012/12/1 to 2012/12/9” are specified. Input is possible. When a calendar is popped up, a candidate date can be selected or a period can be designated using the calendar.

  In addition, the input form page includes an input box 64a for inputting the lower limit of the fee, an input box 64b for inputting the upper limit of the fee, an input box 65 for inputting a prefecture as a candidate for the venue, a golf course An input box 66 for inputting a name and an input box 67 for inputting a desired prize are provided.

  Further, when the pull-down button PD1 is clicked, the lower limit fee is displayed in a pull-down menu, and when the pull-down button PD2 is clicked, the upper limit fee is displayed in a pull-down menu so that the golf user can select it. When the pull-down button PD3 is clicked, the prefecture name is displayed in a pull-down menu so that the golf user can select it. The pull-down button PD4 is enabled when a prefecture name is input in the input box 65. When the pull-down button PD4 is clicked, the golf course belonging to the prefecture entered in the input box 65 is displayed in a pull-down menu so that the golf user can select it.

  In the input form of this example, at least one of the prefecture or the golf course, the number of persons, and the candidate date are indispensable input items. If these are not input, even if the golf user clicks the button 68, the confirmation is made. It does not transition to the page. When the golf user clicks the button 68 in a state where the essential input items are input, a confirmation page request is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the information providing server 1A.

  When the information providing server 1A receives the confirmation page request, the CPU 30 generates a confirmation page as shown in FIG. 9 (step S3), and returns this to the terminal device 2. FIG. 12 shows an example of the confirmation page. When the transmission button 70 is clicked on the terminal device 2, a condition request including condition information is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the information providing server 1A.

  As shown in FIG. 9, after step S3, the CPU 30 determines whether a condition request has been received (step S4), and repeats the determination until the information providing server 1A receives the condition request. When the information providing server 1A receives the condition request, the CPU 30 issues a competition plan ID, and records the competition plan ID, the golf user identification information UID, and the condition information in association with each other in the condition information table TBL12. In addition, the terminal device 2 may transmit the prefecture name and the golf course name as they are to the information providing server 1A, or convert the prefecture name into a prefecture ID and send it to the information providing server 1A, thereby obtaining the golf course ID. The information may be converted to be transmitted to the information providing server 1A.

  Based on the condition information, the CPU 30 determines whether the golf user has selected only a prefecture and has not selected a golf course (step S6). When the golf user selects only the prefecture, the CPU 30 specifies the golf course of the inputted prefecture (step S7). On the other hand, when the golf user inputs a golf course name, the designated golf course is specified (step S8). Then, CPU30 transmits condition information to the golf course server 4 of the specified golf course (step S9). When the golf course server 4 receives the condition information, the golf course server 4 stores the condition information in the management table TBL41.

  In this system, golf competition plans that satisfy the conditions desired by golf users can be recruited for golf courses nationwide. However, since the golf competition is to be played by a plurality of people, it is necessary to select a place where the competition participants can easily go. Therefore, by specifying a desired region or a desired golf course in advance, condition information is transmitted to some of the plurality of golf course servers 4 in which the present system is introduced, and a competition plan as proposal information is recruited. Thereby, in the golf course server 4, it can respond to recruitment of a golf competition only when it is required. For example, when a golf user desires a golf course in Ibaraki Prefecture, the competition plan is not inquired to the golf course server in Osaka Prefecture. As a result, the information providing server 1A can efficiently acquire the competition plan.

<2-3: Competition plan reception process>
Next, the competition plan acceptance process will be described. FIG. 13 is an example of a management screen displayed on the golf course server 4. A golf course manager can perform operations related to the management of a golf course by selecting various menus displayed on the management screen.
In the management screen shown in FIG. 13, when the golf course manager clicks the competition request button 71 for browsing the competition request, the golf course server 4 receives the condition transmitted from the information providing server 1A in step S9 described above. Information is read from the management table TBL41, and the management screen shown in FIG. 14 is displayed.

  In this management screen, the date and time of reception of the condition information, the sender, the candidate date, the start time, the fee, and the status are displayed for the competition plan as the proposal information. The condition information display field can be scrolled to the left and right so that a prize desired by the golf user can be viewed.

  Here, when the golf course manager clicks the setting buttons 72a and 72b for setting the competition plan, an input form shown in FIG. 15 is displayed. The page includes an input box 80 for inputting a schedule, an input button 81 for popping up a calendar, an input box 82 for inputting a start time, a time list button 83 used for displaying a list of start times, An input box 84 for inputting a play fee, an input box 85 for inputting a participation fee, and an input box 86 for inputting prizes.

  When the golf course manager inputs predetermined information in these input boxes 80, 82, 83 to 86 and clicks the confirmation button 87, a confirmation page shown in FIG. 16 is displayed. When the golf course manager clicks the send button 89, a proposal request including proposal information and a competition plan ID is transmitted to the information providing server 1A. In this case, the proposal request may be transmitted to the information providing server 1A via the golf reservation server 1B, or may be transmitted directly to the information providing server 1A without going through the golf reservation server 1B.

When the information providing server 1A receives the proposal request, the CPU 30 issues a competition plan ID for uniquely identifying the competition plan as the proposal information, and associates the competition plan ID, the competition plan ID, and the proposal information with the proposal information table. Store in TBL13.
When the golf user accesses the portal site provided by the information providing server 1A, the CPU 30 extracts a matching record from the condition information table TBL12 using the logged-in golf user's identification information UID as a key. The extracted records are those for which the golf user has solicited competition proposals. CPU30 specifies competition plan ID contained in the extracted record.
Thereafter, the CPU 30 specifies a record including the specified competition plan ID among the records of the proposal information table TBL13. The identified record is a project for which a competition plan was proposed by the golf course. The CPU 30 counts the specified records and causes the terminal device 2 to display them. For example, when there are two competition plans, “2” is displayed in the display field 50a as shown in FIG. Thereby, the golf user can confirm the number of proposals from the golf course on the top page of the golf information site. And if a golf user clicks the display column 50a, a competition plan can be confirmed now.

<Modification>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications described below are possible. Of course, each modification and each embodiment may be appropriately combined.

(1) In the above embodiment, when only the prefecture is designated in the condition information input form shown in FIG. 11, the condition information is transmitted to all the golf course servers 4 belonging to the designated prefecture. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Here, the CPU 30 manages at least one of the first activity information related to golf (an example of a predetermined activity) provided by the operating entity or the second activity information related to golf of the golf user, and the first activity information or the second activity is managed. Based on at least one of the information, the predetermined golf course server 4 may be specified among the plurality of golf course servers 4 in which the system is introduced, and the condition information may be presented to the predetermined golf course server 4.

  In this case, condition information from golf users is collected in the information providing server 1A. The information providing server 1A does not provide the aggregated condition information to all the golf course servers 4, but provides the golf course server 4 specified based on at least one of the first activity information and the second activity information. Thus, by controlling the presentation destination of the condition information, there is an advantage that the golf course can be easily proposed and that the golf user can easily accept the proposal of the golf course.

  Here, the first activity information may be, for example, a location of a golf course, or a play fee. Moreover, 2nd activity information is the reservation log | history information which is the log | history information which the golf user made the reservation of the service regarding golf in the past, for example. When the second activity information is reservation history information, the condition information presenting unit 12 determines, based on the reservation history information, at least a golf course server 4 of a golf course where a golf user has made a reservation related to golf in the past. Condition information. More specifically, the CPU 30 of the information providing server 1 inquires the reservation server 1B about the reservation history information of the golf user, and based on the information about the reserved golf course included in the acquired reservation history information, What is necessary is just to provide condition information with respect to the golf course server 4 of the reserved golf course.

(2) In the embodiment and the modification described above, it is not determined whether the proposal information input by the golf course manager satisfies the condition information presented by the golf user. It is good also as comprising so that proposal information can be transmitted with respect to a golf user, when it is judged that it is satisfied.
Specifically, when the confirmation button B7 is pressed in the input form shown in FIG. 15, for example, it is determined whether or not the schedule input by the golf course manager is included in the schedule candidates in the condition information. It is determined whether or not the total of the input play fee and the participation fee is included in the range of the fee standard in the condition information. If it is determined that part or all of the input information does not match the condition information, the golf course manager is prompted to input again.
At this time, the above determination may be made for all the input items of the input form shown in FIG. 15, or the above determination may be made only for specific items.

(3) In the above-described embodiment and modification, the golf competition has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this and can be provided for any activity. Here, the activity means a human action, and examples thereof include sports such as tennis, table tennis, and soccer, art activities such as concerts and theater, and ceremonies such as weddings.
Moreover, although a golf competition is a competition which competes for golf by a plurality of groups, the present invention is also applied to the case of enjoying golf by one group. In this case, the secretary must select a golf course that meets the conditions. However, by sending the condition information and receiving the proposal information, a significant reduction in the burden on the secretary can be expected.

(4) A program for realizing the functions of the present invention may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium may be read by a computer system and executed. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Further, the “computer system” may include a plurality of computer devices connected via a network including a communication line such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and dedicated line. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and a CD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk drive built in the computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that becomes a server or a client when the program is transmitted via a network. Including things. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient. The scope of the present invention also relates to a distribution server that distributes a program for realizing the function of the present invention or a part thereof, and a storage medium that stores the program used for distribution by the distribution server. include.
In addition, some or all of the functions described above may be realized as an integrated circuit such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration). Each function described above may be individually made into a processor, or a part or all of them may be integrated into a processor. Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. In addition, when an integrated circuit technology that replaces LSI appears due to the advancement of semiconductor technology, an integrated circuit based on the technology may be used.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to each above-mentioned embodiment and modification, The change within the range of the meaning of this invention is included in this invention.

NET: Communication network, 1A: Information providing server, 2: Terminal device, 3: Management server, 4: Golf course server, 10: Acquisition unit, 11: Management unit, 12: Condition information presentation , 13... Reception section, 14... Proposal information transmission section, 15... Storage section, TBL 12... Condition information table, TBL 13.

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This is a program for an information providing apparatus that can communicate with a terminal device of a user who receives a service related to a predetermined activity and a management apparatus managed by each of a plurality of operating entities that provide the service related to the predetermined activity. And
The computer,
An acquisition unit capable of acquiring condition information indicating a condition related to a predetermined activity transmitted from the terminal device;
A management unit that manages at least one of first activity information related to the predetermined activity provided by the operating entity or second activity information related to the activity of the user;
Based on at least one of the first activity information and the second activity information managed by the management unit, a predetermined management device is specified from the plurality of management devices, and the acquisition unit receives the predetermined management device. A condition information presentation unit for presenting the acquired condition information;
A reception unit capable of receiving proposal information indicating a proposal related to the predetermined activity from the management device;
As a proposal information transmission unit capable of transmitting the proposal information received by the reception unit to the terminal device,
A program of an information providing apparatus characterized by causing it to function.   Based on the first activity information, the condition information presenting unit identifies, as the predetermined management device, a management device of the operating entity that satisfies at least a part of the condition, and acquires the acquisition to the predetermined management device The program of the information provision apparatus of Claim 1 which makes the said computer function so that the condition information acquired in the part may be shown. The condition includes a place where the predetermined activity is provided,
The first activity information includes a place where an operating entity provides the predetermined activity,
As the condition information presenting unit, based on the first activity information, the management apparatus of the operating entity that provides the predetermined activity at least at a place specified by the condition information is specified as the predetermined management apparatus, and the predetermined information Causing the management apparatus to function the computer so as to present the condition information acquired by the acquisition unit;
The program of the information provision apparatus of Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. The second activity information includes reservation history information that is history information that the user has made a reservation for a service related to the predetermined activity in the past,
As the condition information presenting unit, based on the reservation history information, at least the management entity that has made a reservation related to the predetermined activity in the past is specified as the predetermined management device. Make the computer work,
The program of the information provision apparatus of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. A control method for an information providing device capable of communicating with a terminal device of a user who receives a service related to a predetermined activity and a management device managed by each of a plurality of operating entities that provide the service related to the predetermined activity,
Obtaining condition information indicating a condition relating to a predetermined activity transmitted from the terminal device;
Managing at least one of first activity information relating to the predetermined activity provided by the operating entity or second activity information relating to the activity of the user;
Based on at least one of the first activity information or the second activity information to be managed, a predetermined management device is specified among the plurality of management devices, and the acquired condition information is presented to the predetermined management device And
Receiving proposal information indicating a proposal related to the predetermined activity from the management device;
Transmitting the accepted proposal information to the terminal device;
A method for controlling an information providing apparatus.   In the step of presenting the condition information, based on the first activity information, the management apparatus of the operating entity that satisfies at least a part of the condition is specified as the predetermined management apparatus, and the predetermined management apparatus is 6. The method for controlling an information providing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the acquired condition information is presented. The first activity information includes a place where an operating entity provides the predetermined activity,
In the step of presenting the condition information, based on the first activity information, an operating entity management device that provides the predetermined activity at least at a location specified by the condition information is specified as the predetermined management device, Present the acquired condition information to a predetermined management device.
The control method of the information provision apparatus of Claim 6 characterized by the above-mentioned. The second activity information includes reservation history information that is history information that the user has made a reservation for a service related to the predetermined activity in the past,
In the step of presenting the condition information, based on the reservation history information, at least the management device of the operating entity that has made a reservation for the predetermined activity in the past is specified as the predetermined management device ,
The control method of the information provision apparatus of Claim 5 characterized by the above-mentioned. An information providing device capable of communicating with a terminal device of a user who receives provision of a service related to a predetermined activity and a management device managed by each of a plurality of operating entities that provide the service related to the predetermined activity,
An acquisition unit capable of acquiring condition information indicating a condition related to a predetermined activity transmitted from the terminal device;
A management unit that manages at least one of first activity information related to the predetermined activity provided by the operating entity or second activity information related to the activity of the user;
Based on at least one of the first activity information and the second activity information managed by the management unit, a predetermined management device is specified from the plurality of management devices, and the acquisition unit receives the predetermined management device. A condition information presentation unit for presenting the acquired condition information;
A reception unit capable of receiving proposal information indicating a proposal related to the predetermined activity from the management device;
A proposal information transmission unit capable of transmitting the proposal information received by the reception unit to the terminal device;
An information providing apparatus comprising:   The condition information presenting unit identifies, as the predetermined management device, a management device of the operating entity that satisfies at least a part of the condition based on the first activity information, and acquires the acquisition to the predetermined management device. The information providing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the condition information acquired by the section is presented. The first activity information includes a place where an operating entity provides the predetermined activity,
The condition information presenting unit identifies, as the predetermined management device, a management apparatus of an operating entity that provides the predetermined activity at least at a location specified by the condition information, based on the first activity information. Presenting the condition information acquired by the acquisition unit to the management device,
The information providing apparatus according to claim 10. The second activity information includes reservation history information that is history information that the user has made a reservation for a service related to the predetermined activity in the past,
The condition information presenting unit identifies, as the predetermined management device, a management device of an operating entity that has made a reservation related to the predetermined activity in the past based on the reservation history information.
The information providing apparatus according to claim 9. A terminal device of a user who receives a service related to a predetermined activity;
A management device managed by a plurality of operating entities that provide services related to the predetermined activity;
An information providing device capable of communicating with the terminal device and the plurality of management devices;
The information providing apparatus includes:
An acquisition unit capable of acquiring condition information indicating a condition related to a predetermined activity transmitted from the terminal device;
A management unit that manages at least one of first activity information related to the predetermined activity provided by the operating entity or second activity information related to the activity of the user;
Based on at least one of the first activity information and the second activity information managed by the management unit, a predetermined management device is specified from the plurality of management devices, and the acquisition unit receives the predetermined management device. A condition information presentation unit for presenting the acquired condition information;
A reception unit capable of receiving proposal information indicating a proposal related to the predetermined activity from the management device;
A proposal information transmission unit capable of transmitting the proposal information received by the reception unit to the terminal device;
An information providing system characterized by that.

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