JP2001256363A - System and method for invitation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To invite a specific number of participants for a specific purpose via a network. SOLUTION: A server system 10 sets the number of participants meeting a condition (contract) in contract management data 10a and gather contract applications with a suspensive condition from an invitation site 10b via a network. When a contractor 140 applies for the invitation at the invitation site 10b, the server system 10 obtains personal information and settlement information reported from the contractor 140 and registers them in an applicant database 10d. A contract management part 10c, on the other hand, totalizes the number of applications and decides whether or not the totalized number reaches the number of participants set in the contract management data 10a. When it is decided that the number of participants is reached, the suspensive condition of the contract application with the suspensive condition with the contractor 140 registered in the applicant database 10d is invalidated and contracts with all applicants are made at a time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a recruiting system and a recruiting method for recruiting participants for a specific purpose through a network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the widespread use of the Internet in general, the use of electronic commerce (EC) via the Internet has been increasing. In EC, sales are established by introducing products and services through an EC site (virtual shop) and receiving orders from customers via the Internet. In recent years, an auction has been conducted on a site, and auctioned products have been sold to customers having the highest prices within a predetermined period.

[0003] As described above, in the provision of goods and services by EC, sales and purchase are performed in a one-to-one relationship between a seller and a customer. Also, in the case of providing goods through an auction, although there are a plurality of participants (customers) during the execution of the auction, trading is ultimately performed for one customer.

[0004]

As described above, conventionally,
We are looking for an application to purchase products from an unspecified number of customers through an EC site (virtual shop), but the sales contract itself is a one-to-one relationship between the seller who has established the EC site and each customer It was limited to those tied in.
That is, in the conventional system, it was not possible to recruit a predetermined number of participants (customers) for a specific purpose such as receiving a service, and make a contract with the plurality of participants at once.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a recruiting system and a recruiting method for recruiting a predetermined number of participants for a specific purpose through a network.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a setting means for setting the number of recruitment required for satisfying a condition, a recruiting means for recruiting through a network, a counting means for counting the number of applications for recruitment by the recruiting means, Determining means for determining whether the number of applications totaled by the totaling means has reached the recruitment number set by the setting means; and determining that the condition is satisfied when the determining means determines that the recruitment number has been reached. By providing the determination means, it is possible to determine that the condition is satisfied only when there is an application that reaches the number of recruitment required for the condition to be satisfied. For example, if the number of recruitment required for fulfillment of the conditions is the number of contract targets to complete the contract, and if the number of contract applications reaches the number of contract targets, all parties who applied for the contract A contract is simultaneously established between.

The recruitment by the recruiting means is characterized in that the recruitment period is predetermined, and the recruitment is terminated if the conditions are not satisfied during the recruitment period.

[0008] Further, the satisfaction of the condition determined by the determining means is a contract conclusion, and the recruiting means recruits a contract application with a stop condition.

Further, the recruitment by the recruiting means is for supporting production costs for product production.

Further, the recruiting means is characterized in that the recruiting is performed while notifying the remaining number up to the recruitment number required for satisfying the condition based on the counting result by the counting means.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire system capable of realizing electronic commerce using a network according to the present embodiment. The network utilizes the Internet, and a server system 10 and clients 12, 1 for providing services through the Internet.
4 and 16 are mutually connected. Server system 10
Is realized by a computer that reads a program recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD, and a magnetic disk, and whose operation is controlled by the program. The server system 10 implements various functions by executing a predetermined program stored in a storage medium, and manages various data in accordance with the execution of each function. Clients 12, 14, and 16 are personal computers, mobile terminals (PDAs (personal digital as
sistant)), a mobile phone, and the like. In FIG. 1, the clients 12 (12-1,...,
12-k) is a contract requester (to be described later), a client 1
4 (14-1,..., 14-m) are contractors (described later),
It is assumed that the client 16 (16-1,..., 16-n) is used by a service / information provider (described later). The clients 12, 14, and 16 can see the Web page of the site opened by the server system 10 on the browser screen.

The server system 10 according to the present embodiment
Provides a service for the general public to recruit a certain number of participants for a specific purpose through the Internet. For example, various products (movies,
It provides a production support service for recruiting supporters who can provide the funds and production support required for the production of game programs, animation, music, etc.).

The server system 10 accepts an application for a product for which a production support service is to be provided, and provides product production support by having a general person provide a predetermined cost for the product. At this time, when a predetermined number of support applications determined for a product to be provided with the production support service are received, the server system 10 performs product production support with all the partners who have submitted the support application. Conclude a contract for In addition, when a predetermined number of support applications have been made, the server system 10 opens a dedicated site accessible only to the support applicant and establishes a right to receive services such as providing various information related to product production. Give to.

[0014] Hereinafter, a contract requester is to apply for a product to receive a production support service, a contractor is a contractor, and a predetermined number of contractors are applied to provide support for the product production applied by the contract requester. A service / information provider that provides information related to product production to a dedicated site that is opened when is obtained is described. In addition, various products such as a movie, a game program, animation, and music can be targeted as the product. In the following description, a case where a movie is produced will be described as an example.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the mutual relationship between the server system 10 and the client-side contract requester 120, contractor 140, and service / information provider 160. As shown in FIG. 2, the server system 10 is provided with contract management data 10a, a recruiting site 10b, a contract management unit 10c, an applicant database 10d, and a dedicated site 10e according to the situation.

The contract management data 10a includes the contract requester 12
This is data on the contents of a contract request (application for a product to receive product production support) from 0, and is used when recruiting an application for product production support to the general public through the recruiting site 10b through a network. You. The contract management data 10a includes the recruitment number (target recruitment number) required for product production support.

The recruiting site 10b is a site opened for recruiting a contract request from the contract requester 120 to the general public via the Internet, and manages the contract for each contract request from the contract requester 120. Data 10a
Based on, prepare a dedicated information page (recruitment page) and call for product production support.

The contract management unit 10c counts applications for recruitment of product production support via the recruitment site 10b, and determines whether the number of applications has reached the recruitment number required for product production support set in the contract management data 10a. Function. When it is determined that the recruitment application number has reached the recruitment number, the contract management unit 10c determines that the conditions for the product production support have been satisfied, and determines that all the partners (contractors 140) who have applied for the product production support have made the application. A contract is simultaneously established between.

In the applicant database 10d, information on persons (contractors 140) recruited for applying for product production support is registered, and personal information notified from the contractor 140 at the time of applying for an application and support costs are registered. Payment information related to collection is registered.

The dedicated site 10e is a site opened when the number of applications for product production support for which a contract request has been made by the contract requester 120 has reached the number of recruitments, and the support application registered in the applicant database 10d. Only the contractor 140 who has performed the access is accessible. The dedicated site 10e allows the contractor 140 to receive various information and services related to product production provided by the service / information provider 160 related to product production via the Internet.

Next, the operation of the recruitment system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation in the server system 10. First, the server system 10 applies for participation in a service for receiving product production support from the contract client 120 (FIG. 2 (1) contract request).
Is received (step A1). The contract requester 120
Provide information on products to be produced when applying for participation. For example, if the product is a movie,
Information about the title such as scenario, director, and performers is provided. The server system 10 determines the execution conditions with the contract requester 120 based on the information provided by the contract requester 120, and requests the contract request from the contract requester 120 (a product to receive product production support). Create contract management data for the details of the application.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure of the contract management data. The contract management data includes, for example, FIG.
As shown in (a), "contract contents" and "service contents"
“Recruitment period”, “amount per unit”, “recruitment target number” and the like are registered. The “service content” indicates the content of the service and information provided to the contractor 140 by the dedicated site 10e opened when the application for the product production support of “target number of recruitment” is made. The “amount per unit” indicates the amount provided by the contractor 140 who has applied for product production support. "Amount per unit"
Does not need to be uniform for all applications, and a plurality of types of money may be prepared. In this case, the contractor 140 allows the contractor 140 to select the amount at the time of applying for support.
e so that the contents of services and information that can be provided from e can be determined. "Target number of recruitment units" is the number of support application units required to implement product production support.
This is a condition for establishing a contract with the contractor 140 to establish a contract for actually providing support for product production. Also, as shown in FIG. 4B, the “remaining number up to the target number” is calculated each time there is an application, and it is determined whether the number of recruitment applications has reached the “recruitment target number”.

Note that the “money per unit” and the “target number of units to be recruited” set in the contract management data are the contractor 120
It is set arbitrarily in response to a request from. As a result, it is possible to perform recruitment that meets the respective targets, such as the target demographics (age, occupation, etc.), the recruitment scale, and the total support amount for product production that are targeted for product production support intended by the contract client 120 side.

The server system 10 includes a contract client 120
A notice site is opened based on information from the company, and a notice of a title (for example, a movie to be produced) for which product production support is required is made via the Internet (step A).
2) (FIG. 2 (2)). In this notice site, a dedicated information page about the title is opened, and the contract requester 12 is opened.
For example, information provided from 0, such as a scenario, a director, and a performer, can be viewed by a general person using a browser function executed on the client. Thereby, it is possible to urge the general person to become the contractor 140 and participate in the product production support. In addition, if there are a plurality of contract requesters 120 who have applied for participation in product production support to the server system 10, a notice of recruitment for each title will be made via the Internet, and the contractor 140 (general person) will be notified. )
Based on information about each title obtained from the preview site, a title for which product production support is desired can be arbitrarily selected.

After giving a notice of recruitment for a predetermined period, the server system 10 opens the recruitment site 10b and starts accepting applications for product production support, and during the "recruitment period" set in the contract management data, the server system 10 (Steps A3 and A4).

It is assumed that the application for application here is a contract with a stop condition. The stop condition is "when the number of contract application units within a certain period is less than a preset recruitment target unit number". If there is no application for the "target number of recruitment" during the "recruitment period", the contract with the contractor 140 who has applied for the application by then will not be established.

[0027] The contractor 140 determines that the recruiting site 10b that the server system 10 is open during the "recruiting period".
(The recruitment page for a specific title) can be accessed via the Internet to select and apply for a product for which product production support is to be provided (step A).
4) (FIG. 2 (3)).

FIG. 5 shows an example of a recruitment content detail page. The server system 10 creates this recruitment content detail page based on the information set in the contract management data 10a, and a specific title targeted for product production support is selected by the contractor 140 on the recruitment site 10b. If you want to display. The recruitment content details page shows the content of the contract, the content of the service that can be received at the time of contract conclusion, the recruitment target number of units, the recruitment period, the amount of one unit, and the remaining number to the target. In addition, the recruitment content details page is linked to a dedicated site that is opened when an application for the recruitment target number is applied, and a recruitment page for registering various information at the time of application.

The contractor 140 confirms the contents and amount of the service displayed on the recruitment details page on the browser screen, and can determine whether to apply for product production support. Here, when the contractor 140 applies for a support application for product production (FIG. 2 (3)), that is, when the character string of “to the recruitment page” in the recruitment content detail page is specified, “to the recruitment page” A page for making a contract for product production support linked to "" is displayed.

First, as a page for making a contract,
A contract condition page as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. For example, contract contents are displayed (partly) on the contract condition page, and the entire contents of the contract can be confirmed by scrolling the displayed contents. A button for notifying that you agree to the terms of the agreement ("Agree" button) and a button for notifying that you do not agree to the terms of the agreement and do not apply for product production support ("Agree No ") is prepared.

If the user selects the "I do not agree" button to notify that he or she does not agree with the terms and conditions, for example, the top page of the recruiting site is displayed and the application for product production support is stopped.

On the other hand, if the user clicks the "agree" button after scrolling and checking the full text of the contract contents, the contract management unit 10c of the server system 10 is notified of the confirmation of the contract condition agreement (step A7) (FIG. 2 (4)). When the agreement management unit 10c obtains the confirmation of the agreement of the contract conditions, the agreement management unit 10c next sets a page for acquiring personal information and payment information to the
0 is provided.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a personal information registration page for registering personal information. The personal information registration page shown in FIG. 7 includes user ID, password, first and last name, date of birth, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.
An item column is provided for inputting information regarding the contractor 140 who makes the application. Here, when the minimum necessary information is entered in each item column and the "Send" button is designated, the client 14 notifies the server system 10 of the personal information (FIG. 2 (5)). Server system 1
0, upon acquiring personal information from the contractor 140, registers each information in the applicant database 10d (step A8). FIG. 8 shows an example of the data configuration of the applicant database 10d. As shown in FIG. 8, each information registered on the personal information registration page is
It is registered in association with each 0.

When the registration of the personal information is completed, a page for registering the settlement information is displayed. It is assumed that the server system 10 according to the present embodiment performs settlement of, for example, the cost of product production support from the contractor 140 using a credit card. Therefore, it is assumed that the payment information registration page includes a button for selecting a credit company and an item column for inputting payment information such as a card number, an expiration date, the number of payments, and a name. . Here, when necessary information is input to each item and information transmission is instructed, settlement information is notified from the client 14 to the server system 10 (FIG. 2 (5)). Server system 10
Obtains the settlement information from the contractor 140 and associates it with the previously registered personal information,
(Step A8).

By performing the above operations, an application for product production support (a contract with a stop condition) is completed.

The contract management unit 10c of the server system 10
When the registration of the contractor 140 in the applicant database 10d is completed, the "recruitment target number of units" registered in the contract management data 10a is counted down (step A9).
That is, the “remaining number up to the target number” of the product production support is obtained (FIG. 4B). If the remaining number up to the target number is not “0” (step A10), the contract management unit 10c updates the “remaining number up to the target number” shown in FIG. 4B (step A11). .

The server system 10 updates the value of the remaining number to the target on the recruitment content detail page (see FIG. 5) based on the updated value of the “number of remaining to the target number” to support product production. Continue to accept applications for. In this way, the server system 10 sets the contractor 1
For the recruitment application from 40, a contract with a stop condition is made as described above, and the personal information and settlement information provided by the contractor 140 are registered in the applicant database 10d.

However, if there is no application up to the “target number of recruitment” during the “recruitment period”, the server system 10 terminates the application for this product production support and the applicant database 10 d that has made a contract with a stop condition. The contract with the contractor 140 registered in the application is stopped (step A5), and the corresponding application page of the application site is closed (step A6).

On the other hand, the contract management section 1 of the server system 10
0c indicates that, as a result of counting down the "recruitment target number" for the recruitment application, the "remaining number to target number" is "0", that is, the application production support application number has reached the "recruitment target number". Then, the stop condition of the contract with the stop condition is invalidated, and the contracts with all the contractors 140 having the contract with the stop condition registered in the applicant database 10d are simultaneously established (step A12) (FIG. 2). (5)).

Here, the server system 10 opens a dedicated site 10e accessible only by the contractor 140 who has concluded the contract for product production support, and describes a method for accessing the dedicated site 10e in the applicant database 10d. (Step A13). A method for accessing the dedicated site 10e is, for example, a password or encrypted data necessary for accessing the site, and may be provided to the client 14 of the contractor 140 via the Internet.
The data may be recorded on a recording medium such as a D-ROM and transferred to the contractor 140 by another route.

The server system 10 receives various information related to the production of a product from a service / information provider 160 which is a person involved in the product. service·
For example, when the production product is a movie, the information provider 160 corresponds to a producer, a director, a performer, a production staff, or the like. The service / information provider 160
Through personal computers and mobile terminals, information such as e-mails, chats, electronic bulletin boards, etc., mainly text data, and still images and moving images of product production sites captured by digital cameras and digital video cameras are distributed over the Internet. Through to the server system 10. The server system 10 provides these various pieces of information provided by the service / information provider 160 at the dedicated site 10e.

The contractor 140 specifies a character string of “dedicated site” linked to the dedicated site 10 e on the recruitment content details page (FIG. 5) in the browser screen, and specifies the character string of the dedicated site provided from the server system 10. By accessing using the access method, the service / information provider 16
The service / information provided from 0 can be obtained via the Internet.

As described above, the “recruitment target number” required for establishing the contract for supporting the product production is set, and the recruitment application for the contract with the stop condition is performed through the recruitment site 10b. All contractors 1 who applied when the “recruitment target number of units” was reached
It is possible to execute a recruitment through the Internet, such as simultaneously forming a contract with 40 and terminating the contract if the number of applications does not reach the "recruitment target number" within the "recruitment period". it can.

When the number of applications reaches the "target number of recruitment units", a dedicated site 10e is opened, which not only allows the contractor 140 to support the product production in terms of funding, but also various processes of the product production process. By providing and sharing important information through the Internet from the dedicated site 10e, the awareness of being involved in product production is improved, and information about the product is provided on the Internet before the completion of product production. The advertising effect can be expected.

In the above description, the case of recruiting product production support is described as an example. However, the present invention is applied to a system for recruiting for other specific purposes other than product production support. Can be. That is, if the recruitment is started after the target recruitment number is set in advance, the recruitment number is counted down according to the contract application, and the condition is satisfied when the remaining recruitment number becomes “0”. Applicable.

In the above description, the system is described as being configured between the server system 10 and the clients 12, 14, and 16 connected via the Internet. For example, the present invention can be applied to a system in which a communication path is configured via a public line, a wireless communication network, a LAN, or the like, or a mixture thereof.

Further, the method described in the above-described embodiment may be a program that can be executed by a computer, for example, a magnetic disk (floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD
-ROM, DVD, etc.), and can be written to a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory and provided to various devices. Further, it is also possible to transmit the data via a communication medium and provide it to various devices. A computer that implements the present apparatus reads the program recorded on a recording medium or receives the program via a communication medium, and executes the above-described processing by controlling the operation of the program.

[0048]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, setting means for setting the number of recruitment required to satisfy the condition, recruiting means for recruiting through the network, and totaling for totaling the number of applications for recruitment by the recruiting means. Means, determining means for determining whether the number of applications counted by the counting means has reached the recruitment number set by the setting means, and determining that the condition is satisfied when the determining means determines that the recruitment number has been reached. With the provision of the determination means, it is possible to determine the satisfaction of the condition only when there is an application that reaches the number of recruitment required for the satisfaction of the condition, and it is possible to recruit a predetermined number of participants for a specific purpose through the network It becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exemplary view showing an entire system capable of realizing electronic commerce using a network according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 shows a server system 10 and a contract requester 120, a contractor 140, and a service / information provider 16 on the client side.
The figure which shows the mutual relationship between 0.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation in the server system 10;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data configuration of contract management data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a recruitment content detail page.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a contract condition page.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a personal information registration page for registering personal information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a data configuration of an applicant database 10d.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 server system 10a contract management data 10b recruitment site 10c contract management unit 10d applicant database 10e dedicated site 12, 14, 16 client 120 contract client 140 contractor 160 service / information provider

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A setting means for setting a number of recruitment required for satisfaction of a condition, a recruiting means for recruiting through a network, a counting means for counting the number of applications for recruitment by the recruiting means, and an application counted by the tallying means A determination unit for determining whether the number has reached the recruitment number set by the setting unit; and a determination unit for determining that the condition is satisfied when the determination unit determines that the recruitment number has been reached. Featured recruitment system. 2. The recruitment system according to claim 1, wherein the recruitment by said recruiting means has a recruitment period determined in advance, and the recruitment is terminated when conditions are not satisfied during the recruitment period. 3. The recruiting system according to claim 1, wherein the condition satisfied by the determining means is a contract conclusion, and the recruiting means recruits a contract application with a stop condition. 4. The recruitment system according to claim 1, wherein the recruitment by said recruiting means supports production costs for product production. 5. The recruiting system according to claim 1, wherein said recruiting means performs recruitment while notifying a remaining number of recruitment required for fulfillment of a condition based on a result of counting by said tallying means. . 6. A setting step for setting the number of recruitment required for satisfaction of a condition, a recruitment step for recruiting through a network, a totaling step for totalizing the number of applications for the recruitment in the recruiting step, and an application totaled by the totaling step A determination step of determining whether the number has reached the recruitment number set by the setting step; and a determination step of determining that the condition is satisfied when it is determined that the recruitment number has been reached by the determination step. Characteristic recruitment method.