JP7190778B1 - Program, device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

Kind Code: A1 A surprise gift to a third party is the right to stay at a specific lodging facility without deciding the schedule. A program (121) presents information about a plurality of brands of accommodation facilities to a user; The right is the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility within the expiration date, with a predetermined period of validity as the expiration date. a step of displaying on a display screen of a user terminal operated by a user an object that accepts an operation for transferring to another user different from the user; Generating information to make available and presenting the generated information to a user. [Selection drawing] Fig. 5

Description

Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act applied On September 30, 2021, the applicant himself https://www. stay gift. Content published on jp

The present disclosure relates to programs, devices and methods.

In connection with the technology of making reservations for lodging facilities through lodging reservation sites, space usage adjustment methods have been proposed that make it possible to select non-designated rental spaces that are rented by the hour (for example, Patent document 1).

JP 2017-84181 A

When the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 is applied to an accommodation reservation site, the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility without deciding the schedule cannot be purchased outside of this accommodation reservation site. It cannot be gifted to a third party as a surprise.

Therefore, the present disclosure was made to solve the above problems, and the purpose is to provide a program that can surprise a third party with the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility without deciding the schedule. , apparatus and methods.

According to one embodiment, there is provided a program for operating a computer comprising a processor, the program comprising: a first step of presenting to the processor information regarding multiple brands of accommodations to a user; In association with a specific accommodation facility, we accept the operation to purchase the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility without accepting the designation of the accommodation date, and the right is valid until the specified expiration date The user operates a first object that accepts an operation for transferring the second step, which is the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility, and the right that accepts the operation for purchasing to another user different from the user a third step of displaying on the display screen of the user terminal; generating information for making the right available to other users in response to the user's operation input to the first object; and presenting the generated information to the user. and the fourth step to be executed.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to surprise a third party with the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility without deciding the schedule.

It is a figure which shows the outline|summary of the system which concerns on embodiment. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a system according to an embodiment; FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the server which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the user terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the server which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the user terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure of accommodation facility DB stored in the server which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure of ticket DB stored in the server which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure of sales history DB stored in the server which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure of user information DB stored in the server which concerns on embodiment. 4 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the operation of the server according to the embodiment; 13 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the operation of the server according to the embodiment, showing the continuation of the operation shown in FIG. 12; FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining another example of the operation of the server according to the embodiment; It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the user terminal in the system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other example of the screen displayed on the user terminal in the system which concerns on embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing still another example of a screen displayed on a user terminal in the system according to the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing still another example of a screen displayed on the user terminal in the system according to the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing still another example of a screen displayed on a user terminal in the system according to the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing still another example of a screen displayed on a user terminal in the system according to the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing still another example of a screen displayed on a user terminal in the system according to the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing still another example of a screen displayed on a user terminal in the system according to the embodiment;

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings for explaining the embodiments, common constituent elements are given the same reference numerals, and repeated explanations are omitted. It should be noted that the following embodiments do not unduly limit the content of the present disclosure described in the claims. Also, not all the components shown in the embodiments are essential components of the present disclosure. Each figure is a schematic diagram and is not necessarily strictly illustrated.

Also, in the following description, a "processor" is one or more processors. The at least one processor is typically a microprocessor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), but may be another type of processor such as a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). At least one processor may be single-core or multi-core.

Also, at least one processor may be a broadly defined processor such as a hardware circuit (for example, FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) or ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit)) that performs part or all of the processing.

In the following explanation, the expression "xxx table" may be used to describe information that produces an output for an input. It may be a learning model such as a generated neural network. Therefore, the "xxx table" can be called "xxx information".

Also, in the following description, the configuration of each table is an example, and one table may be divided into two or more tables, or all or part of two or more tables may be one table. good.

Further, in the following description, the processing may be described using the term “program” as the subject. As it occurs while in use, the subject of processing may be a processor (or a device, such as a controller, having that processor).

The program may be installed in a device such as a computer, or may be, for example, in a program distribution server or a computer-readable (eg, non-temporary) recording medium. Also, in the following description, two or more programs may be implemented as one program, and one program may be implemented as two or more programs.

In the following description, identification numbers are used as identification information for various objects, but identification information of types other than identification numbers (for example, identifiers including alphabetic characters and symbols) may be employed.

In addition, in the following description, when describing the same type of elements without distinguishing between them, reference symbols (or common symbols among the reference symbols) are used, and when describing the same types of elements with different An identification number (or reference sign) may be used.

Further, in the following description, control lines and information lines indicate those considered necessary for the description, and not all control lines and information lines are necessarily indicated on the product. All configurations may be interconnected.

<Embodiment>
<Overview of Embodiment>
In the system according to the embodiment, a user purchases the right to stay at an accommodation facility without specifying the accommodation date, and transfers this right to another user other than the user (hereinafter also referred to as a present or gift). It is a system that can In this embodiment, the right to stay at the accommodation facility is the right to stay at the accommodation facility within the expiration date, with a predetermined period (for example, half a year) as the expiration date. This right is hereinafter referred to as "accommodation ticket".

An overview of a system to which a server, which is an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment, is applied will be described with reference to FIG.

In the system 1 according to the embodiment, the accommodation ticket purchase site 2 (hereinafter simply referred to as "site 2") receives from the accommodation facility 3 the right to stay at this accommodation facility, that is, the valid Receive an accommodation ticket, which is the right to stay at the accommodation facility within the time limit (1). Although only one accommodation facility 3 is illustrated in FIG. 1, the number of accommodation facilities 3 is not limited in the system 1 according to the embodiment. Moreover, in this embodiment, the accommodation facilities 3 are accommodation facilities 3 of a plurality of brands. Although there are gift certificates that can be used at multiple accommodation facilities belonging to a single brand (for example, Hoshino Resort Accommodation Gift Certificate https://www.hoshinoresorts.com/gift/#/), in the system 1 of this embodiment accepts exhibition of accommodation tickets from accommodation establishments 3 spanning multiple brands. Although it is preferable that the lodging facility 3 puts up the accommodation ticket by electronic means, there is no particular limitation on the form of putting up the accommodation ticket.

One or more accommodation tickets are exhibited from the accommodation facility 3 . Accommodation tickets from a single accommodation facility 3 do not need to be put up on a regular basis, and are exhibited based on the busy state of that accommodation facility 3 . For example, accommodation tickets may not be exhibited during busy periods such as year-end and New Year holidays and summer holidays. Preferably, the accommodation ticket has the expiration date set forth above when it is put up for sale. This expiration date may also be set to exclude the above-described busy season.

The site 2, which has received the accommodation ticket, provides the user who accessed the site 2 with information on the accommodation ticket (purchase price of the accommodation ticket, expiration date of the accommodation ticket, etc.) and information on the accommodation facility 3 that has exhibited the accommodation ticket. Information (such as the name of the accommodation facility 3, an introductory photo, and a hashtag indicating the characteristics of the accommodation facility 3) is presented.

The purchase price of the accommodation ticket does not need to be uniform, and a plurality of types are provided according to the services provided by the accommodation facility 3 (room grade, incidental services such as meals, etc.). However, considering that the user can purchase the accommodation ticket without hesitation, it is preferable that there are several kinds of purchase prices.

When the sellable number of accommodation tickets for a specific accommodation facility 3 at a site 2 (the number of accommodation tickets put up by the accommodation facility 3 and not yet sold) becomes 0, the site 2 cannot sell the accommodation ticket. In other words, accommodation tickets are sold out. When a new accommodation ticket is exhibited from the accommodation facility 3 and the sellable number of tickets becomes a positive value, the accommodation ticket of the accommodation facility 3 becomes sellable again.

The period during which the site 2 presents the accommodation ticket can be set arbitrarily by the site 2, but as an example, the site 2 is limited to a predetermined period at the beginning of each month (for example, the first week at the beginning of the month). Then, if the user completes the purchase procedure for all the accommodation tickets exhibited for the specific accommodation facility 3 within this predetermined period (the details of the purchase procedure will be described later), additional accommodation tickets will be exhibited within this month. Unless it is done, the accommodation tickets scheduled to be sold within the month will be sold out.

The predetermined period of time during which the accommodation ticket is sold may be disclosed to the user in advance (for example, the ticket will be sold during the first week of the month), or the start of the predetermined period itself may be somewhere in the fixed period ( For example, sales will start at the beginning of the month, etc.).

As described above, when the number of lodging tickets that can be sold becomes 0, site 2 cannot sell the lodging ticket. At this time, if only a certain number of accommodation tickets are exhibited from the accommodation facility 3 on a monthly basis, no additional sales will be made in that month (sold out state). The site 2 presents the accommodation ticket only for a predetermined period at the beginning of each month, and the handling of the disclosure with a range of the start of the predetermined period for selling the accommodation ticket will allow the user to receive the accommodation ticket earlier. It brings about the effect of making purchases and the effect of making the site 2 frequently accessed.

In FIG. 1, the first user 4 who accesses the site 2 and confirms that the tickets for the desired accommodation facility 3 are not yet sold out, inputs the purchase procedure to the site 2 and uses the settlement means (not shown). Settle the purchase price of the accommodation ticket through. Thereby, the first user 4 purchases an accommodation ticket (2).

A feature of the site 2 of this embodiment is that the accommodation ticket purchased by the first user 4 can be presented to another user (the second user 5 in FIG. 1) (3). The timing at which the first user 4 presents the accommodation ticket to the second user 5 is arbitrary.

A normal accommodation gift certificate is treated as a cash voucher, and the user who received the gift will research (search) the accommodation facility by themselves, consider the accommodation plan etc. prepared by this accommodation facility, and stay at one of the accommodation facilities. You have to choose a plan. Furthermore, if the amount written on the face of the accommodation gift coupon is less than the amount required for the actual stay, the gifted user must pay the difference at the time of the actual stay. On the other hand, the user (second user 5) who received a present (gift) through the site 2 of the present embodiment is presented with the right to stay at the accommodation facility 3 examined by the first user 4 according to the accommodation plan. Therefore, the second user 5 who received the gift can stay at the accommodation facility 3 only by exercising this right.

When there is an operation input from the first user 4 to present the accommodation ticket to the second user 5, the site 2 generates information for presenting the accommodation ticket to the second user 5, Provide to User 4. An example of such information is access information such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for accessing the site 2 . The site 2 generates access information, which the first user 4 provides to the second user 5 .

When the second user 5 accesses the site 2 using the access information provided by the first user 4, the site 2 provides information to be provided to the accommodation facility 3, such as a specific accommodation schedule, address, name, etc. Once prompted and the second user 5 has entered the information, this information is provided to the accommodation facility 3 .

Also, the site 2 does not disclose the purchase price of the accommodation ticket to the second user 5 . This is because when giving a tangible item as a gift, the person giving the present usually removes the price tag and presents it as a gift, so it is preferable not to indicate the price to the person receiving the gift, just as when giving a tangible item. It is from.

After that, the second user 5 stays at the accommodation facility 3 within the above-mentioned expiration date (4). When the second user 5 stays at the accommodation facility 3, the sales price of the accommodation ticket is paid from the site 2 to the accommodation facility 3 after deducting a predetermined fee (5). Of course, the timing of payment of the sales price from the site 2 to the accommodation facility 3 is arbitrary, and even if the number of accommodation tickets sold at the accommodation facility 3 in the month is closed, and the sales price is paid to the accommodation facility 3 at the end of the month. good.

<Basic configuration of system 1>
A basic configuration of a system to which a server, which is an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment, is applied will be described with reference to FIG.

The system 1 of this embodiment has a server 10 and a user terminal 20 which are connected via a network N. FIG. The hardware configuration of the server 10 is shown in FIG. 3, and the hardware configuration of the user terminal 20 is shown in FIG. These server 10 and user terminal 20 are configured by information processing devices.

The information processing device is composed of a computer having an arithmetic device and a storage device. The basic hardware configuration of the computer and the basic functional configuration of the computer realized by the hardware configuration will be described later. For each of the server 10 and the user terminal 20, a description that overlaps with the basic hardware configuration of the computer and the basic functional configuration of the computer, which will be described later, will not be repeated.

The server 10 is an information processing device that provides the (accommodation ticket purchase site) 2 and is operated by the operator of the site 2 . Therefore, the server 10 has a function as a so-called Web server and a function as a data (base) server.

The user terminal 20 is an information processing device that can access the server 10 via the network N, and is a terminal that has a communication function via the network N. FIG.

The network N is composed of various mobile communication systems constructed by the Internet, LAN, wireless base stations, and the like. For example, networks include 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile communication systems, LTE (Long Term Evolution), wireless networks (for example, Wi-Fi (registered trademark)) that can be connected to the Internet through predetermined access points, and the like. When connecting wirelessly, communication protocols include, for example, Z-Wave (registered trademark), ZigBee (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and the like. In the case of wired connection, the network includes direct connection using a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable or the like.

The server 10 communicates with the accommodation facility 30 and gives and receives instructions. The communication/instruction between the server 10 and the lodging facility 30 may be through the network N, or may be through means other than the network N such as telephone/fax/oral communication. The accommodation facility 30 sells accommodation tickets at predetermined intervals (preferably periodically), and the server 10 sells the accommodation tickets exhibited by the accommodation facility 30 . The conditions and the like regarding the accommodation ticket have already been explained, and will be detailed again later. Then, when the user completes the procedure for purchasing the accommodation ticket through the user terminal 20, the server 10 carries out the procedure for settlement of the accommodation ticket through the payment site 40, which is an example of payment means.

When the user who received the accommodation ticket actually stays at the accommodation facility 30 , the server 10 remits the accommodation fee to the accommodation facility 30 via the settlement site 40 .

The configuration and operation of each device will be described below.

<Hardware Configuration of Server 10>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the basic hardware configuration of the server 10. As shown in FIG. The server 10 has at least a processor 101 , a main storage device 102 , an auxiliary storage device 103 , a communication IF (Interface) 104 , an input IF 105 and an output IF 106 . These are electrically connected to each other by a communication bus 107 . An input device 110 and an output device 111 are connected to the server 10 via an input IF 105 and an output IF 106, respectively.

The processor 101 is hardware for executing an instruction set described in a program. The processor 101 includes an arithmetic unit, registers, peripheral circuits, and the like.

The main storage device 102 is for temporarily storing programs and data processed by the programs. For example, it is a volatile memory such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory).

The auxiliary storage device 103 is a storage device for storing data and programs. For example, flash memory, SSD (Solid State Drive), HDD (Hard Disc Drive), magneto-optical disc, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, semiconductor memory, and the like.

The communication IF 104 is an interface for inputting and outputting signals for communicating with other computers via a network using a wired or wireless communication standard.

The input IF 105 functions as an interface with the input device 110 for accepting input operations from the operator of the server 10 . The output IF 106 functions as an interface with the output device 111 for presenting information to the operator. The input device 110 is an input device (for example, a touch panel, a touch pad, a pointing device such as a mouse, a keyboard, etc.) for receiving an input operation from an operator. The output device 111 is an output device (display, speaker, etc.) for presenting information to the operator.

The server 10 can be virtually realized by distributing all or part of each hardware configuration to a plurality of computers and connecting them to each other via a network. Thus, the server 10 is a concept that includes not only a computer housed in a single housing or case, but also a virtualized computer system.

<Hardware Configuration of User Terminal 20>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the basic hardware configuration of the user terminal 20. As shown in FIG. The user terminal 20 is a device operated by each user. The user terminal 20 is implemented by a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet compatible with a mobile communication system. In addition, the user terminal 20 may be, for example, a stationary PC (Personal Computer) or a laptop PC. The user terminal 20 has at least a processor 201 , a main storage device 202 , an auxiliary storage device 203 , a communication IF (Interface) 204 , an input device 205 and an output device 206 .

The user terminal 20 is communicably connected to the server 10 and the like via the network N shown in FIG. The user terminal 20 is a wireless base station compatible with communication standards such as 5G and LTE (Long Term Evolution), and a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) standard such as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11. It is connected to the network N by communicating with a communication device such as a LAN router.

The input device 205 is an input device (for example, a touch panel, a touch pad, a pointing device such as a mouse, a keyboard, etc.) for receiving an input operation from a user. The output device 206 is an output device (display, speaker, etc.) for presenting information to the user.

<Functional Configuration of Server 10>
A functional configuration realized by the hardware configuration of the server 10 is shown in FIG. The server 10 includes a storage unit 120 , a control unit 130 and a communication unit 140 . The communication unit 140 is configured by the communication IF 104 , the storage unit 120 is configured by the main storage device 102 and the auxiliary storage device 103 of the server 10 , and the control unit 130 is mainly configured by the processor 101 of the server 10 .

The communication unit 140 communicates with the user terminal 20 or the like via the network N. FIG.

<Configuration of Storage Unit 120 of Server 10>
The storage unit 120 of the server 10 has an accommodation facility DB (DataBase) 122 , accommodation facility data 123 , a ticket DB 124 , a sales history DB 125 , a user information DB 126 and screen data 127 .

Of these accommodation facility DB 122 and the like, those other than the accommodation facility data 123 and the screen data 127 are databases. The term "database" used herein refers to a relational database, which manages data sets called tabular tables structurally defined by rows and columns in association with each other. In a database, a table is called a table, columns of a table are called columns, and rows of a table are called records. Relational databases allow you to establish and associate relationships between tables.

Each table usually has a primary key column to uniquely identify a record, but setting a primary key to a column is not essential. The control unit 130 can cause the processor 101 to add, delete, and update records in a specific table stored in the storage unit 120 according to various programs.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the data structure of the accommodation facility DB 122. As shown in FIG. The accommodation facility DB 122 is a database for managing the accommodation facilities 30 that have contracted with the operator of the site 2 that operates the server 10 regarding the handling of accommodation tickets.

The accommodation facility DB 122 is a table having columns of an accommodation facility name, a hash tag, accommodation facility data, and a ticket ID, with an accommodation facility ID for specifying each accommodation facility 30 as a primary key.

The “accommodation facility ID” is information for specifying the accommodation facility 30 . The “accommodation facility ID” is an ID unique to each accommodation facility 30 . As information for identifying the accommodation facility 30, in addition to the ID unique to each accommodation facility, an ID (unique to a chain or the like) specifying the chain or group to which this accommodation facility 30 belongs is stored in the accommodation facility DB 122. may be included. The “accommodation facility name” is the name of the accommodation facility 30 specified by the accommodation facility ID. The “accommodation facility name” may be an abbreviation that allows the user browsing the site 2 to recognize each accommodation facility 30 when the official name of the accommodation facility 30 is long. A “hashtag” is a hash tag indicating the characteristics of the accommodation facility 30 specified by the accommodation facility ID. The "accommodation facility data" is a URL (Unique Resource Locator), which is a directory in the server 10 in which the accommodation facility data 123 (address, exterior photo, room photo, etc.) of the accommodation facility 30 specified by the accommodation facility ID is stored. be. The “ticket ID” is information for specifying an accommodation ticket for the accommodation facility 30 specified by the accommodation facility ID, which is handled, planned to be handled, or has been handled at the site 2 .

In the accommodation facility DB 122, columns other than "ticket ID" are registered by the operator of the site 2 (that is, the operator of the server 10) at the time of product registration to the site 2. FIG. The “ticket ID” is issued by the ticket management unit 134 and stored in the accommodation facility DB 122 .

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the data structure of the ticket DB 124. As shown in FIG. The ticket DB 124 is a database that manages accommodation tickets sold by the server 10 (site 2).

The ticket DB 124 is a table having columns of an accommodation facility ID, a type, a sales start date and time, a sales end date and time, an accommodation period, and a price, with a ticket ID for specifying an individual accommodation ticket as a primary key.

"Ticket ID" is information for specifying an accommodation ticket, and is common with the "ticket ID" of accommodation facility DB122. The “accommodation facility ID” is information for specifying the accommodation facility 30 that put up the accommodation ticket specified by the ticket ID, and is common with the “accommodation facility ID” of the accommodation facility DB 122 .

"Type" is information indicating the type of room of the accommodation facility 30 that can be accommodated by the accommodation ticket specified by the ticket ID. In the site 2 of the present embodiment, the types of rooms in the accommodation facility 30 that can be accommodated by individual accommodation tickets are not subdivided, and as shown in FIG. It is classified into three types. In general accommodation reservation sites, a large number of accommodation plans are prepared for specific accommodation facilities 30 . This accommodation plan is differentiated according to the type of room (type of bedding for rooms such as single, semi-double, double, etc., type of room such as Japanese-style room, Western-style room, maximum number of people who can stay in the room, etc.) and whether breakfast or dinner is included. be done. However, for a user who reserves an accommodation facility, it is not always convenient for the user to have a wide variety of accommodation plans. Therefore, in the site 2 of this embodiment, the operator of the site 2 (operator of the server 10) narrows down the types of rooms (including breakfast, dinner, type of room equipment, etc.). considers the narrowed down room types (which are also accommodation plans) to be the recommended plan of the operator, selects one type from these room types, and purchases an accommodation ticket. As a result, it is possible to reduce the trouble of the user purchasing the accommodation ticket via the site 2 .

The “sale start date and time” is information related to the date and time when the accommodation ticket specified by the ticket ID starts to be sold at the site 2 . The "sale end date and time" is information regarding the date and time when the sale of the accommodation ticket specified by the ticket ID at the site 2 ends. “Accommodation period” is information related to the period during which the accommodation ticket identified by the ticket ID can be used to stay at the accommodation facility 30 . “Price” is information about the price at which the accommodation ticket identified by the ticket ID is sold at the site 2 .

Each column in the ticket DB 124 is registered by the operator of the site 2 (that is, the operator of the server 10) when the accommodation ticket is registered to the site 2, except for "ticket ID" and "accommodation facility ID". The “ticket ID” is issued by the ticket management unit 134 with reference to the accommodation facility DB 122 and stored in the ticket DB 124 .

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the data structure of the sales history DB 125. As shown in FIG. The sales history DB 125 is a database that manages the sales history of accommodation tickets sold at the site 2 provided by the server 10 .

The sales history DB 125 is a table having columns of purchase date/time, user ID, period of stay, deposit, and remittance, with a ticket ID for specifying an individual accommodation ticket as a primary key.

"Ticket ID" is information for specifying an accommodation ticket, and is common with the "ticket ID" of accommodation facility DB122. “Purchase date and time” is information related to the date and time when the accommodation ticket specified by the ticket ID was purchased by the user at the site 2 . "User ID" is information for identifying the user who purchased the accommodation ticket identified by the ticket ID. "Accommodation period" is information regarding the period during which the accommodation ticket specified by the ticket ID can be used to stay at the accommodation facility 30, and is common to the "accommodation period" of the ticket DB 124. FIG. “Deposit” is information regarding whether or not the user has settled the purchase price of the accommodation ticket specified by the ticket ID using the payment site 40 . “Remittance” indicates whether or not the site 2 (server 10) has remitted the accommodation fee to the accommodation facility 30 after the user who received the accommodation ticket using the accommodation ticket identified by the ticket ID stayed at the accommodation facility 30. information about whether

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the data structure of the user information DB 126. As shown in FIG. The user information DB 126 is a database that manages information on users who have registered with the site 2 provided by the server 10 .

The user information DB 126 is a table having columns of user name, user address, contact information, ticket ID, and payment confirmation, with a user ID for identifying an individual user as a primary key.

The “user ID” is information for specifying the user, and is common with the “user ID” of the sales history DB 125 . “User name” is information related to the name of the user identified by the user ID. "User address" is information related to the address of the user identified by the user ID. "Contact" is information related to the user's contact specified by the user ID, preferably the user's email address. "Ticket ID" is information for specifying an accommodation ticket, and is common with the "ticket ID" of accommodation facility DB122. In addition, since a user identified by a user ID may purchase a plurality of accommodation tickets, a plurality of ticket IDs may be stored in the “ticket ID” of the user information DB 126 . “Payment information” is information when a user specified by a user ID performs payment processing using the payment site 40 . This payment information also includes a payment ID for identifying each payment. From the viewpoint of personal information protection, the “payment information” may be managed only at the payment site 40 .

A user who uses the site 2 (server 10) performs initial registration before purchasing an accommodation ticket for the first time. At the time of initial registration, the server 10 transmits a form for registering personal information to the user (user terminal 20), and the user completes the initial registration by filling in necessary items in this form. The server 10 newly issues a user ID in response to this initial registration, and registers information in the user name, user address, and contact information columns based on the input content from the user.

The accommodation facility data 123 is data relating to the accommodation facility 30 registered in the accommodation facility DB, and includes the location of the accommodation facility 30, an exterior photograph, a room photograph, and the like.

The screen data 127 is a screen to be displayed on the user terminal 20 owned by the user when the user browses the accommodation facility 30 on the site 2 (server 10) and performs various purchase procedures when deciding to purchase an accommodation ticket. Data.
<Configuration of Control Unit 130 of Server 10>

The control unit 130 of the server 10 includes a reception control unit 131 , a transmission control unit 132 , a ticket presentation unit 133 , a ticket management unit 134 , a ticket sales unit 135 and a settlement processing unit 136 . By executing the application program 121 stored in the storage unit 120 , the control unit 130 realizes functional units such as the reception control unit 131 .

The reception control unit 131 controls processing for the server 10 to receive a signal from an external device according to a communication protocol.

The transmission control unit 132 controls processing for transmitting a signal from the server 10 to an external device according to a communication protocol.

The ticket presentation unit 133 provides the server 10 with a function as a so-called web server. Specifically, the ticket presenting unit 133 configures the site 2 for the user terminal 20 accessed via the network N based on the data stored in the accommodation facility data 123 and the screen data 127 (usually is called a top screen), and this screen data is sent to the user terminal 20 that made the access. Further, the ticket presenting unit 133 dynamically (that is, interactively) changes the screens that make up the site 2 based on the operation input from the user terminal 20, and furthermore, configures the site 2 as necessary. , and this screen data is sent to the user terminal 20 . In addition, the ticket presenting unit 133 sends to the user terminal 20 information about the accommodation facility 30 whose sellable number is a positive value and information about the accommodation ticket of this accommodation facility 30 (both are first information). . The details of the screen of the site 2 presented by the ticket presentation unit 133 will be described later.

The ticket management unit 134 performs overall management of accommodation tickets handled by the site 2 . Specifically, the ticket management unit 134 accepts accommodation tickets exhibited by the accommodation facility 30, and writes information such as the sales start date and time, the sales end date and time, the accommodation period, and the price of the exhibited accommodation tickets to the ticket DB 124. . The exhibition and acceptance of accommodation tickets from the accommodation facility 30 may be based on an electronic method, or may be based on a non-electronic method such as telephone/fax. Electronic methods include a method in which the person in charge of the accommodation facility 30 accesses the site 2 (server 10) via an information processing device and fills in an input form prepared by the ticket management unit 134; An example is a method of sending an e-mail in which necessary items are entered to the server 10 via an information processing device.

As already explained, the accommodation ticket handled at the site 2 has a certain period of stay (expiration date). In the site 2 of the present embodiment, this period of stay is set to six months from the start date and time of sale of accommodation tickets. Of course, how the ticket management unit 134 determines the period of stay is arbitrary. Furthermore, the nature of the accommodation facility, for example, the period of stay, is subject to certain restrictions depending on the weather, the facilities of the accommodation facility, etc. (e.g., unable to stay overnight, etc.), it is possible that an unusual period of stay may be set depending on the time of year.

Even if the user who received the accommodation ticket does not actually stay at the accommodation facility 30 within this accommodation period, the site 2 (server 10) does not perform the refund procedure for this user.

The accommodation ticket is put up for sale from the accommodation facility 30 . The frequency at which the accommodation facility 30 puts up the accommodation ticket is arbitrary, and the accommodation facility 30 confirms the vacant room information within a certain period of time (preferably within the accommodation period) at that time, and confirms that the room will not be fully booked within this certain period. If there is confirmation, the lodging facility 30 will put up the lodging ticket. The accommodation facility 30 has the final authority to sell the accommodation tickets, but the operator of the site 2 (server 10) and the accommodation facility 30 conclude a contract to sell a certain number of accommodation tickets to the site 2 every month, Based on this contract, the accommodation facility 30 may periodically sell accommodation tickets.

The ticket management unit 134 refers to the ticket DB 124 and the sales history DB 125, and for each individual accommodation facility 30, the number of accommodation tickets that can be sold at that time (accommodation tickets exhibited by the accommodation facility 3 and not yet sold) ) is calculated and stored in the storage unit 120 . The number of tickets that can be sold varies depending on the sales status of accommodation tickets by the ticket sales unit 135 and the exhibition status of accommodation tickets from the accommodation facilities 30 . Management (checking) of the number of tickets that can be sold by the ticket management unit 134 is preferably performed in real time.

In the site 2 of this embodiment, after the user actually stays at the accommodation facility 30 or at the end of the month, the operator of the site 2 (server 10) deducts a predetermined fee (this fee is ) to the lodging facility 30. On the other hand, when a plurality of accommodation tickets are exhibited, the operator of site 2 may pay the ticket price (which corresponds to the accommodation price) for at least some of the accommodation tickets. In other words, it is a purchase of an accommodation ticket by paying the ticket fee in advance. Since the ticket is paid in advance, the ticket price can be made by multiplying the normal accommodation price (minus the commission) by a certain discount rate (that is, cheaper than the normal accommodation price). Note that the ticket presenting unit 133 and the ticket selling unit 135 do not present to the user information as to whether or not the accommodation ticket has been prepaid.

The ticket sales unit 135 manages the procedure for the user to purchase an accommodation ticket based on the screen presented to the user's user terminal 20 by the ticket presentation unit 133, and presents the ticket to the user's user terminal 20 by the ticket presentation unit 133. It manages the procedure for the user to present the accommodation ticket based on the displayed screen, and further manages the procedure until the user who has received the present stays at the accommodation facility 30 with the accommodation ticket related to the gift. Then, the ticket sales unit 135 acquires a series of history from the purchase of the accommodation ticket to the remittance to the accommodation facility 30 and writes this history in the sales history DB 125 .

Specifically, the ticket sales unit 135 refers to the number of tickets that can be sold stored in the storage unit 120, and if the number of tickets that can be sold is a positive value, presents the user with information (first information) about the accommodation ticket. If the number of tickets that can be sold is 0, the information on the accommodation ticket for the accommodation facility 3 is not presented to the user. Therefore, the user cannot purchase an accommodation ticket with a sellable number of 0. Then, if the number of tickets that can be sold is a positive value, the ticket sales unit 135 cooperates with the ticket presentation unit 133 to display on the screen of the user's user terminal 20 a Information (first information) is presented, and a purchase decision input from the user is awaited. Since the sales start date and time and the sales end date and time of the accommodation ticket are stored in the ticket DB 124, the ticket sales unit 135 refers to the ticket DB 124 and controls the start and end of sales of the accommodation ticket. That is, the ticket sales unit 135 presents the accommodation facility 30 related to the accommodation ticket on the screen of the user terminal 20 during the period between the sales start date and time and the sales end date and time of the accommodation ticket. At this time, the ticket sales unit 135 presents the period when presenting the information on the accommodation facility 30 if there is a period during which the accommodation reservation cannot be actually made even though the accommodation period has not passed. Golden Week, year-end and New Year holidays, and summer holidays are examples of periods when accommodation reservations cannot be actually made, that is, exclusion days.

In the site 2 of the present embodiment, the sales start date and time of the accommodation ticket is set at the beginning of the month (see FIG. 8). Of course, it is not necessary to unify the sales start dates and times for individual accommodation tickets at the beginning of the month, and individual accommodation tickets may have different sales start dates and times. The reason why the sales start date and time of the accommodation ticket is unified at the beginning of the month is that by unifying the sales start date and time at the beginning of the month, the timing for the user who purchases the accommodation ticket to access the site 2 can be scheduled in advance, and the user This is because the convenience of The number of accommodation tickets exhibited by the accommodation facility 30 is limited, and if all of this number of accommodation tickets are purchased by the user (that is, if the sellable number is 0), the accommodation ticket related to the accommodation facility 30 will be sold. is sold out, and other users cannot purchase accommodation tickets for the accommodation facility 30 (server 10 does not allow accommodation tickets to be purchased). For this reason, it is preferable to arrange the start date and time of accommodation ticket sales, and the user and the site 2 can smoothly sell accommodation tickets by knowing the sales schedule of the accommodation tickets in advance. be able to.

For this reason, the ticket presenting unit 133 and the ticket selling unit 135 present the site 2 with the start date and time of sales of accommodation tickets (a day is sufficient, not an exact date and time). The timing at which the ticket presenting unit 133 and the ticket selling unit 135 present the sales start date and time may be either prior to the sales start date and time or immediately after the start of the sales start date and time. In addition, the ticket presenting unit 133 and the ticket selling unit 135, for accommodation tickets for a specific accommodation facility 30, aim for a teaser effect and only offer a wider sales start time (for example, the first week of the month) with a predetermined width. May be presented to Site 2. Specific accommodation facilities 30 include, for example, accommodation facilities 30 that are popular with users, such as accommodation tickets that are always sold out.

As described above, when the accommodation facility 30 is presented to the user terminal 20, the ticket sales unit 135 confirms the number of tickets that can be sold for the accommodation facility 30, and if the tickets are sold out (that is, the number of ), accommodation facilities 30 whose accommodation tickets are sold out are not presented to the user terminal 20 .

Next, after receiving an input to decide to purchase an accommodation ticket for a certain accommodation facility 30 via the user terminal 20, the ticket sales unit 135 performs processing for presenting this accommodation ticket to another user. Specifically, the ticket sales unit 135 may display, on the screen of the user terminal 20, a button or the like for performing an input operation for presenting an accommodation ticket to a user other than the user who purchases the accommodation ticket. Then, the user performs an operation input on this button or the like, and when the operation input is accepted, the operation for presenting the accommodation ticket proceeds.

Next, upon accepting an operation input to present an accommodation ticket by the user via the user terminal 20, the ticket sales unit 135 writes the necessary information to the sales history DB 125, and the payment processing unit 136 and the payment site 40 , perform settlement processing for the sales price of the accommodation ticket. When the payment processing at the payment site 40 is completed, the ticket sales unit 135 determines that the sales procedure for the accommodation ticket has been completed, and presents the fact on the screen of the user terminal 20. The accommodation facility 30 related to the ticket is notified of the completion of the sale of the accommodation ticket.

Further, the ticket sales unit 135 generates information (second information) for making available the accommodation ticket for which the (present) sales procedure has been completed, and presents this information to the user who will present the accommodation ticket. Information for making the accommodation ticket available is not particularly limited, and an example thereof is a URL for accessing the site 2 (server 10). This URL is a URL for accessing a screen for accepting a reservation for an accommodation ticket, provided jointly by the ticket presentation unit 133 and the ticket sales unit 135 .

On the reservation reception screen, information equivalent to information presented to the accommodation facility on a general accommodation reservation site is obtained from the user who received the accommodation ticket as a gift. In other words, the first information is information related to the user to whom the present is given in order to make a reservation for lodging at the accommodation facility 30 . The user registration to the site 2 (server 10) of the user who received the accommodation ticket as a gift is not performed on the reservation acceptance screen. Then, when the user who received the accommodation ticket as a gift inputs the necessary information, the information is notified to the accommodation facility 30. - 特許庁Any method can be used to notify the accommodation facility 30 of the information on the necessary items entered by the user who received the accommodation ticket on the reservation reception screen, and an arbitrary method such as sending an e-mail to the accommodation facility 30 can be used. Of course, the operator of the server 10 may notify by telephone, FAX, or the like.

Thereafter, the ticket sales unit 135 confirms whether or not the user who purchased the accommodation ticket (including the user who received the gift) actually stayed within the accommodation period for the accommodation ticket that has been sold. As described above, one example of the confirmation timing is when the period of stay is approaching (for example, within one month until the expiration of the period of stay). Alternatively, confirmation may be performed at predetermined intervals (for example, once a week). Note that this confirmation work may be performed by the ticket management unit 134 as described above. Then, the ticket sales unit 135 may send a reminder notification by e-mail or the like to the user who purchased the accommodation ticket for the accommodation ticket whose accommodation deadline is approaching but the user has not actually stayed.

After confirming that the user actually stayed at the accommodation facility 30 or at the end of the month, the ticket sales unit 135 sends a predetermined After deducting the handling fee, the accommodation fee (that is, the accommodation ticket sales price) is remitted, and information indicating that the remittance has been completed is written in the item “remittance” of the sales history DB 125 .

The settlement processing unit 136 accesses the settlement site 40 based on instructions from the ticket management unit 134, the ticket sales unit 135, etc., and requests settlement processing by the settlement site 40. FIG. Then, when the payment processing by the payment site 40 is completed, the ticket management unit 134 and the like are notified to that effect.

<Functional Configuration of User Terminal 20>
A functional configuration realized by the hardware configuration of the user terminal 20 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the user terminal 20 includes a plurality of antennas (antenna 211, antenna 212), wireless communication units (first wireless communication unit 221, second wireless communication unit 222) corresponding to each antenna, and operation Reception unit 230 (including touch-sensitive device 2301 and display 2302), audio processing unit 240, microphone 241, speaker 242, position information sensor 233, motion sensor 238, storage unit 270, control unit 280. The user terminal 20 also has functions and configurations not particularly shown in FIG. 6 (for example, a battery for retaining power, a power supply circuit for controlling power supply from the battery to each circuit, etc.). As shown in FIG. 6, each block included in the user terminal 20 is electrically connected by a bus or the like.

The storage unit 270 is configured by the main storage device 202 and the auxiliary storage device 203 of the user terminal 20, the control unit 280 is mainly configured by the processor 201 of the user terminal 20, the antenna 211, the antenna 212 and the first wireless communication unit 221, The second wireless communication unit 222 is configured by the communication IF 204, the microphone 241, the position information sensor 233, the touch sensitive device 2301, and the motion sensor 238 are configured by the input device 205, and the speaker 242 and display 2302 are configured by the output device 206. be done.

The antenna 211 radiates a signal emitted by the user terminal 20 as radio waves. Antenna 211 also receives radio waves from space and provides a received signal to first wireless communication section 221 .

The antenna 212 radiates a signal emitted by the user terminal 20 as radio waves. Antenna 212 also receives radio waves from space and provides a received signal to second wireless communication section 222 .

The first wireless communication unit 221 performs modulation/demodulation processing and the like for transmitting and receiving signals via the antenna 211 so that the user terminal 20 communicates with other wireless devices. The second wireless communication unit 222 performs modulation/demodulation processing and the like for transmitting and receiving signals via the antenna 212 so that the user terminal 20 communicates with other wireless devices. The first radio communication unit 221 and the second radio communication unit 222 are communication modules including a tuner, an RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) calculation circuit, a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) calculation circuit, a high frequency circuit, and the like. The first radio communication unit 221 and the second radio communication unit 222 perform modulation/demodulation and frequency conversion of radio signals transmitted/received by the user terminal 20 and give received signals to the control unit 280 .

The operation accepting unit 230 has a mechanism for accepting user input operations. Specifically, operation accepting unit 230 is configured as a touch screen and includes a touch sensitive device 2301 and a display 2302 . The touch-sensitive device 2301 receives input operations of the user of the user terminal 20 . The touch-sensitive device 2301 detects the user's touch position on the touch panel by using, for example, a capacitive touch panel. The touch sensitive device 2301 outputs a signal indicating the user's touch position detected by the touch panel to the control unit 280 as an input operation.

The display 2302 displays data such as images, moving images, and text under the control of the control unit 280 . The display 2302 is implemented by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display.

The audio processor 240 modulates and demodulates the audio signal. Audio processing section 240 modulates the signal supplied from microphone 241 and supplies the modulated signal to control section 180 . Also, the audio processing unit 240 provides an audio signal to the speaker 142 . The audio processing unit 240 is implemented by, for example, a processor for audio processing. The microphone 241 receives an audio input and provides an audio signal corresponding to the audio input to the audio processing section 240 . The speaker 242 converts the audio signal provided from the audio processing unit 240 into audio and outputs the audio to the outside of the user terminal 20 .

The position information sensor 233 receives radio waves from satellites provided in a satellite positioning system typified by a GPS (Global Positioning System), preferably a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Based on this, the position information of the user terminal 20 on the earth is obtained. The position information sensor 233 then sends the obtained position information to the control unit 280 .

The motion sensor 238 is, for example, a three-dimensional acceleration sensor, acquires information on the posture and movement of the user terminal 20 and sends this information to the control unit 280 .

<Configuration of Storage Unit of User Terminal 20>
The storage unit 270 of the user terminal 20 stores user information 2701 and application programs 2702 .

The application program 2702 may be stored in advance in the storage unit 270, or may be downloaded from a web server or the like operated by the service provider via the communication IF. Application program 2702 includes an interpreted programming language that runs on a web browser application stored on user terminal 20 .

User information 2701 is information of a user who uses the user terminal 20 to input necessary information. The user information includes information for identifying the user (user ID), information on the name of the user, and the like.

The control unit 280 includes an input operation reception unit 2801 , a transmission/reception unit 2802 , a data processing unit 2803 and a notification control unit 2804 . By executing the application program 2702 stored in the storage unit 270 , the control unit 280 implements functional units including an input operation reception unit 2801 , a transmission/reception unit 2802 , a data processing unit 2803 and a notification control unit 2804 .

The input operation reception unit 2801 receives information output from the input device 205 such as the user's operation contents of the operation reception unit 230 to the touch sensitive device 2301, the voice input to the microphone 241, the position information sensor 233, the motion sensor 238, and the like. and execute various processing.

The transmission/reception unit 2802 performs processing for the user terminal 20 to transmit/receive data to/from an external device such as the server 10 according to a communication protocol.

The data processing unit 2803 performs processing according to a program to perform computation on data input by the user terminal 20, and outputs the computation result to a memory or the like.

The notification control unit 2804 performs processing for presenting information to the user. The notification control unit 2804 performs processing for displaying a display image on the display 2302, processing for outputting sound from the speaker 242, and the like.

<Operation of System 1>
The processing of the system 1 will be described below with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. 11 to 13. FIG.

In FIG. 11, the server 10 waits for access from the user terminal 20 (S1100). Then, when there is access from the user terminal 20 (YES in S1100), the ticket presenting unit 133 of the server 10 refers to the user terminal 20 that has accessed, the accommodation facility data 123 and the screen data 127, Top page data constituting site 2 is sent (S1101).

FIG. 14 shows an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 20 based on the top page data sent to the user terminal 20 in S1101.

A screen (top screen of site 2) 1400 shown in FIG. Thumbnail images 1403 of accommodation facilities 30 recently viewed by the user who owns the terminal 20 (that is, viewing history) are displayed. As already explained, the thumbnail images 1402 and 1403 (first information) of the accommodation facility 30 displayed on the screen shown in FIG. ) is the accommodation facility 30 .

When the user clicks on the thumbnail images 1402 to 1403 by touching the touch sensitive device 2301 of the user terminal 20, an accommodation facility page introducing details of the accommodation facility 30 related to the thumbnail images 1402 to 1403 is displayed on the user terminal 20. sent out. The details of the accommodation page are explained in the following figure.

The screen 1400 also displays a button 1404 for shifting to a screen displaying a list of accommodation facilities 30 registered in the site 2 . When the user clicks this button 1404 by touching the touch-sensitive device 2301 of the user terminal 20, a list of accommodation facilities 30 registered in the site 2 with a positive number of sellable sheets is displayed. , and screen data in which search condition input fields are displayed are sent to the user terminal 20 . A detailed description of this screen data is omitted.

Returning to FIG. 11, the ticket presenting unit 133 of the server 10 waits for the user to select an accommodation ticket for one of the accommodation facilities 30 by clicking the thumbnail images 1402 to 1403 shown in FIG. (S1102). Then, when receiving a selection input of one of the accommodation tickets from the user terminal 20 (YES in S1102), the ticket presenting unit 133 of the server 10 sends the accommodation facility DB 122, With reference to the accommodation facility data 123, the ticket DB 124 and the screen data 127, accommodation ticket data introducing the details of the accommodation ticket is transmitted (S1103).

FIG. 15 shows an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 20 based on the accommodation ticket data sent to the user terminal 20 in S1103.

The screen (accommodation facility screen) 1700 shown in FIG. A hash tag 1502 representing the characteristics of the accommodation facility 30 stored in the hash tag and an area 1503 showing the content of the accommodation ticket currently on sale for the accommodation facility 30 are displayed. An area 1503 showing the contents of the accommodation ticket includes an area 1504 for displaying the period of stay (validity period) of this accommodation ticket, an area 1505 for displaying the purchase price of the accommodation ticket, and an area 1505 for displaying the purchase price of the accommodation ticket. A gift button 1506 for inputting an application to present (gift) the purchased accommodation ticket to a person other than the user is also displayed. Note that the area 1503 may display an accommodation exclusion date that is within the expiration date but is not actually available for accommodation.

Returning to FIG. 11, the ticket sales unit 135 of the server 10 clicks a button 1706 on the screen of FIG. Wait for application input (S1104). Then, if there is an input to purchase an accommodation ticket based on clicking button 1706 (YES in S1104), the program proceeds to S1105.

In S1105, the ticket sales unit 135 of the server 10 sends to the user's user terminal 20 card input screen data for inputting the necessary items regarding the card presented to the user who receives the accommodation ticket as a gift. do.

FIG. 16 shows an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 20 based on the card entry screen data sent to the user terminal 20 in S1105.

The screen (card input screen) 1600 shown in FIG. Based on the information entered by the user in the area 1603 shown and the areas 1601 and 1602 of the screen 1600, a card presented to the user who received the accommodation ticket as a gift (a message card that imitates a message card attached to the accommodation ticket as a gift) is displayed. screen) is displayed. As already explained, the area 1603 indicating the content of the accommodation ticket does not display information regarding the purchase price of the accommodation ticket.

When the user touches the touch sensitive device 2301 of the user terminal 20 to click this button 1604 , preview screen data is sent to the user terminal 20 .

An example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 20 based on the preview input screen data sent to the user terminal 20 is shown in FIG.

A screen (card input screen) 1700 shown in FIG. 17 displays the contents of the card to be presented to the user who received the accommodation ticket, based on the information input by the user on the card input screen 1600 of FIG. 1701, an area 1702 showing the contents of the accommodation ticket, and a payment button 1703 for inputting an instruction to proceed to the payment procedure are displayed.

Returning to FIG. 11, the ticket sales unit 135 of the server 10 waits for the user to click the payment button 1703, that is, to input an instruction to proceed to the payment procedure (YES in S1106). The unit 135 and the settlement processing unit 126 instruct the user who clicked the settlement button 1703 to settle the purchase price of the accommodation ticket (that is, the accommodation fee) through the settlement site 40, and wait for the end of the settlement process by the user. . Then, when the user finishes the payment process (YES in S1200 of FIG. 12), the ticket sales unit 135 of the server 10 sends the ticket to the user who is the target of the gift to the user terminal 20 of the user who performed the payment process. Information for accessing the server 10 is generated for reservation reception, and reservation completion screen data for displaying the completion of the purchase of the accommodation ticket and the above information is sent (S1201). A detailed description of screens and operations related to payment processing will be omitted.

FIG. 18 shows an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 20 based on the reservation completion screen data sent to the user terminal 20 in S1201.

A screen (reservation completion screen) 1900 shown in FIG. 18 displays information (gift information as second information) for accessing the server 10 in order to receive a reservation for the user to whom the gift is to be given. An area 1801 and a button 1802 for copying the contents (gift information) displayed in the area 1801 to the clipboard of the user terminal 20 are displayed.

When the user clicks the button 1802 by touching the touch-sensitive device 2301 of the user terminal 20, the ticket sales unit 135 of the server 10 sends the information displayed in the area 1801 to the user terminal 20 (S1202), The sent information is copied to the clipboard of the user terminal 20 . A user who has purchased an accommodation ticket transmits and transmits gift information to other users to whom this accommodation ticket is presented.

Any method may be used by the user who purchased the accommodation ticket to transmit or transmit the gift information to the other user who is the target of the gift, but one example is a method of transmitting or transmitting the gift information by e-mail, SNS, or the like. . As an example, as shown in FIG. 19, on the screen 1900 of the SNS, the user who purchased the accommodation ticket (indicated by XXYY) sends this message 1901 to the other user who is the target of the present. The gift information 1902 is added and attached to the message 1901 and the message 1901 is transmitted. When the gifted user touches the touch-sensitive device 2301 of the user terminal 20, for example, to click this gift information 1902, the flowchart of reservation acceptance processing for the gifted user shown in FIG. 13 is executed. .

There are no particular restrictions on the timing at which another user, who is the user who received the lodging ticket, clicks the gift information 1902 as long as it is within the lodging period specified in the lodging ticket. The reservation procedure for the accommodation facility 30 is performed based on the information input by the user. It is preferable that the user who received the gift confirms his/her own schedule and clicks the gift information 1902 after confirming the schedule for the actual stay.

In FIG. 13, the server 10 waits for access from the user terminal 20 using the gift information (information 1902 displayed in the area 1901 in FIG. 19) (S1300). Then, when there is an access from the user terminal 20 (YES in S1300), the ticket presentation unit 133 and the ticket sales unit 135 of the server 10 refer to the screen data 127 for the accessed user terminal 20, Card screen data is sent (S1301).

FIG. 20 shows an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 20 based on the card screen data sent to the user terminal 20 in S1401.

On the screen (card screen) 2000 shown in FIG. 20, an area 2001 displaying the contents of the card to be presented to the user who received the accommodation ticket, which was input by the user in S1105, and the accommodation ticket presented by the user. A button 2002 is displayed for inputting consent to receive the

When the user touches the touch-sensitive device 2301 of the user terminal 20 to click the button 2002 (YES in S1302), the ticket sales section 135 of the server 10 performs the reservation acceptance procedure. Specifically, the ticket sales unit 135 sends reservation reception screen data to the user terminal 20 of the user who received the accommodation ticket as a gift (S1303).

FIG. 21 shows an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 20 based on the reservation reception screen data sent to the user terminal 20 in S1303.

The screen (reservation acceptance screen) 2100 shown in FIG. area 2102 for inputting , an area for inputting the schedule for the user who received the present to actually stay at the accommodation facility 30 (at this point, the reservation confirmation procedure from the accommodation facility 30 has not been performed, so this is the desired schedule) 2103, the present Area 2104 for entering the name of the user who received the gift, area 2105 for entering the address of the user who received the gift, area 2105 for entering the contact information of the user who received the gift, and contents entered in areas 2102 to 2105 to the accommodation facility 30. A button 2107 is displayed for inputting approval to transmit information (reservation mail as an example).

When the user clicks the button 2107 by touching the touch-sensitive device 2301 of the user terminal 20, the ticket management unit 134 or the ticket sales unit 135 of the server 10 displays the area of FIG. A reservation mail containing the information entered by the user in 2102 to 2105 and the information related to the accommodation ticket is sent (S1305). The transmission of the reservation data in S1305 may be based on an electronic method or a non-electronic method. Here, the reservation data includes information for specifying the user who performed the reservation confirmation procedure, the reservation confirmation date, the expiration date of the accommodation ticket for which the reservation confirmation procedure was performed, and the like.

<Effects of Embodiment>
As explained in detail above, according to the system 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to present the accommodation ticket to a user other than the user who purchased the ticket. Therefore, it is possible to surprise a third party with the right to stay at a specific lodging facility without deciding the schedule.

<Appendix>
It should be noted that the above-described embodiments describe the configurations in detail in order to explain the present disclosure in an easy-to-understand manner, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the described configurations. Also, part of the configuration of each embodiment can be added, deleted, or replaced with another configuration.

As an example, in the above-described embodiment, the accommodation ticket was only presented to other users. You may enable it to be selected.

Furthermore, when a user gives an accommodation ticket to another user, the site 2 may present options of "purchase for yourself" and "gift" on the accommodation ticket purchase screen. The options may be presented by means of, for example, clicking on the screen to display a button that allows operation input. It is preferable that the options of "purchase for myself" and "gift" are presented on the screen at the same time, but a button for selecting "gift" may be displayed after the operation input of "purchase".

Also, when another user enters his/her address, name, etc. on the reservation reception screen for the accommodation facility 30, the server 10 performs temporary registration for granting benefits when the other user registers as a user on the site 2. good too. After that, when another user performs user registration, a privilege such as an accommodation voucher for the accommodation facility 30 may be given. Furthermore, when another user actually stays at the accommodation facility 3, the user who gave the present to the other user may be notified that the other user has stayed.

Further, each of the above configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be realized by hardware, for example, by designing a part or all of them using an integrated circuit. The present invention can also be implemented by software program code that implements the functions of the embodiments. In this case, a computer is provided with a storage medium recording the program code, and a processor included in the computer reads the program code stored in the storage medium. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code itself and the storage medium storing it constitute the present invention. Storage media for supplying such program codes include, for example, flexible disks, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, hard disks, SSDs, optical disks, magneto-optical disks, CD-Rs, magnetic tapes, and non-volatile memory cards. , ROM and the like are used.

Also, the program code that implements the functions described in this embodiment can be implemented in a wide range of programs or script languages, such as assembler, C/C++, perl, Shell, PHP, and Java (registered trademark).

Furthermore, by distributing the program code of the software that implements the functions of the embodiment via a network, it can be stored in storage means such as a hard disk or memory of a computer, or in a storage medium such as a CD-RW or CD-R. Alternatively, a processor provided in the computer may read and execute the program code stored in the storage means or the storage medium.

The items described in the above embodiments will be added below.

(Appendix 1)
A program for operating a computer comprising a processor (101) and memories (102, 103), wherein the program (121) sends the processor (101) first information about multiple brands of accommodation facilities to a user. The first step (S1101) of presenting to and the operation for purchasing the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility without accepting the specification of the accommodation date in association with the specific accommodation facility among the presented accommodation facilities. The right to accept is the second step (S1104), which is the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility within the expiration date with a predetermined expiration date, and the right to accept the operation for purchasing, which is different from the user. A third step (S1103) of displaying the first object (1707) that accepts an operation for transferring to the user on the display screen of the user terminal operated by the user (S1103); and in response a fourth step (S1303) of generating second information for making rights available to other users and presenting the generated second information to the user.
(Appendix 2)
The program (121) presents the purchase price of the right to the user and accepts the operation for purchasing the right from the user, while the program (121) uses the right without presenting the purchase price to other users. The program according to Supplementary Note 1, which receives an operation to reserve an accommodation facility related to the right.
(Appendix 3)
The program (121) instructs the processor (101), upon receiving an information-based operation input from another user to whom the rights have been transferred, to instruct the other user to make an accommodation reservation at the accommodation facility. 5. The program according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, which executes the fifth step (S1402) of requesting input of information.
(Appendix 4)
4. The program according to any of the preceding clauses 1-3, wherein the program (121) causes the processor (101) to perform the sixth step of managing the current number of entitlements to stay at a single accommodation facility.
(Appendix 5)
The program (121), in the second step (S1104), if the number at that time is 0, after that the number of rights to stay at a single accommodation facility will not be purchased until the number of rights to stay becomes a positive value. A program according to appendix 4.
(Appendix 6)
The program according to Supplementary Note 4 or 5, wherein in the first step (S1101), the user is presented with the acceptance start time for the operation for purchasing the right to stay at the accommodation facility prior to the acceptance start time or immediately after the acceptance start time is started. .
(Appendix 7)
7. The program according to appendix 6, wherein the operation reception start time is presented to the user as a period having a predetermined width prior to the reception start time or immediately after the reception start time starts.
(Appendix 8)
An apparatus comprising a processor (101) and a memory (102, 103), wherein the processor (101) presents first information about multiple brands of accommodation to a user (S1101); Accepting the operation to purchase the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility without accepting the designation of the accommodation date in association with the specific accommodation facility among the accommodation facilities provided, and the right is valid until the specified deadline , the second step (S1104), which is the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility within the expiration date; Third step (S1103) of displaying the object (1707) on the display screen of the user terminal operated by the user, and in response to the user's operation input to the first object (1707), the right can be used by other users. and performing a fourth step (S1303) of generating second information for performing the above and presenting the generated second information to the user.
(Appendix 9)
A first step (S1101) in which a processor (101) of a computer comprising a processor (101) and a memory (102, 103) presents first information about multiple brands of accommodation to a user; In association with a specific accommodation facility, we accept the operation to purchase the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility without accepting the specification of the accommodation date, and the right is valid until the specified expiration date The second step (S1104), which is the right to stay at a specific accommodation facility, and the first object (1707) that receives the operation to transfer the right that has received the operation for purchasing to another user different from the user is displayed on the display screen of the user terminal operated by the user (S1103); and performing a fourth step (S1303) of generating second information and presenting the generated second information to a user.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... System, 2... Site, 3... Accommodation facility, 4... First user, 5... Second user, 10... Server, 20... User terminal, 30... Accommodation facility, 40... Settlement site, 101... Processor, 102 Main storage device 103 Auxiliary storage device 120 Storage unit 121 Application program 122 Accommodation facility DB 123 Accommodation facility data 124 Ticket DB 125 Sales history DB 126 User information DB , 127 Screen data 130 Control unit 131 Reception control unit 132 Transmission control unit 133 Ticket presentation unit 134 Ticket management unit 135 Ticket sales unit 136 Present management unit 136 Settlement Processing unit 1705 Purchase button 1706 Present button N Network

Claims (8)

A program for operating a computer comprising a processor and a memory,
The program causes the processor to:
a first step of presenting a user with first information about multiple brands of accommodations;
The right to stay at the specific accommodation facility with a purchase price determined for each specific accommodation facility without accepting the specification of the accommodation date in association with the specific accommodation facility among the presented accommodation facilities. a second step in which an operation for purchasing is accepted, and the right is a right to stay at the specific accommodation facility within the valid period, with a predetermined period as the valid period;
a third step of displaying, on a display screen of a user terminal operated by the user, a first object for accepting an operation for transferring the right for which the operation for purchasing is accepted to another user different from the user;
generating second information for making the right available to the other user in response to the user's operational input to the first object; and presenting the generated second information to the user. a fourth step;
When an operation input based on the second information is accepted from the other user to whom the right has been transferred, a third input relating to the other user for making an accommodation reservation at the accommodation facility is sent to the other user. A program causing the execution of a fifth step of asking for input of information; The program presents the purchase price of the right to the user and accepts an operation for purchasing the right from the user, while presenting the purchase price to the other user. 2. The program according to claim 1, which accepts an operation of reserving an accommodation facility related to the right by using the right without using the right. The program causes the processor to:
3. The program according to claim 1 or 2, causing execution of a sixth step of managing the current number of said rights to stay at a single said accommodation facility. In the second step, the program purchases the right to stay at the single accommodation until the number of the right to stay at the single accommodation is a positive value if the number at that time is 0. 4. The program according to claim 3, which does not allow 4. In the first step, the user is presented with a start time for accepting an operation for purchasing the right to stay at the accommodation facility prior to the start time for acceptance or immediately after the start time for acceptance. 4. The program described in 4 above. 6. The program according to claim 5, wherein the reception start time of the operation is presented to the user as a period having a predetermined width prior to the reception start time or immediately after the start of the reception start time. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory,
the processor
a first step of presenting a user with first information about multiple brands of accommodations;
The right to stay at the specific accommodation facility with a purchase price determined for each specific accommodation facility without accepting the specification of the accommodation date in association with the specific accommodation facility among the presented accommodation facilities. a second step in which an operation for purchasing is accepted, and the right is a right to stay at the specific accommodation facility within the valid period, with a predetermined period as the valid period;
a third step of displaying, on a display screen of a user terminal operated by the user, a first object for accepting an operation for transferring the right for which the operation for purchasing is accepted to another user different from the user;
generating second information for making the right available to the other user in response to the user's operational input to the first object; and presenting the generated second information to the user. a fourth step;
When an operation input based on the second information is accepted from the other user to whom the right has been transferred, a third input relating to the other user for making an accommodation reservation at the accommodation facility is sent to the other user. An apparatus for performing a fifth step of asking for input of information; the processor of a computer comprising a processor and a memory,
a first step of presenting a user with information about multiple brands of accommodations;
The right to stay at the specific accommodation facility with a purchase price determined for each specific accommodation facility without accepting the specification of the accommodation date in association with the specific accommodation facility among the presented accommodation facilities. a second step in which an operation for purchasing is accepted, and the right is a right to stay at the specific accommodation facility within the valid period, with a predetermined period as the valid period;
a third step of displaying, on a display screen of a user terminal operated by the user, a first object for accepting an operation for transferring the right for which the operation for purchasing is accepted to another user different from the user;
generating second information for making the right available to the other user in response to the user's operational input to the first object; and presenting the generated second information to the user. a fourth step;
When an operation input based on the second information is accepted from the other user to whom the right has been transferred, a third input relating to the other user for making an accommodation reservation at the accommodation facility is sent to the other user. a fifth step of asking for input of information;

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