JP2002132904A - Co-ownership managing device and recording medium recorded with program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a co-ownership mediation service by which even a lover of animals, who has given up to breed an animal due to reasons that the animal is too expensive or hard to breed, that a growing environment is not prepared and that the lover does not have free time to breed the animals or the like, realizes the owner of the animal in the form of co-ownership by a plurality of users, and to provide a report service that reports the growing status of the animal to the users, even though the respective co-owners do not actually raise grow the animal. SOLUTION: A management system server 1 manages co-ownership contract contents exchanged among the plurality of users, who have made an application according to the invitation to be the co-owners of the animal and reports the growing situation of the animal whose contract is signed to the user terminals 2 of the respective co-owner sides via the Internet.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a joint ownership management device for managing joint ownership of insects, tropical fish, and the like, and a program recording medium therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the advancement of the Internet technology and the lowering of computer terminals and communication charges, the Internet society has become more realistic, and computer terminals and portable terminals in each home have been replaced with server devices on the trader side. By calling, anyone can easily purchase various products and receive various services using the Internet.

[0003]

By the way, even if the world wants to grow creatures such as pets, insects, tropical fish, etc., the growing environment is not set up, and it is difficult to breed regularly every day.
It seems that there are many potential enthusiasts who cannot be kept for some reason. Also, compared to pet animals such as dogs and cats, insects and tropical fish are relatively easy to keep, but some breeds are extremely valuable and expensive, etc.
It seems that there are many people who give up their purchases or who give up their purchases because they have no knowledge of how to grow them. An object of the present invention is to provide a living organism that is expensive or difficult to breed, or that is a biological enthusiast who has given up growing due to circumstances such as poor growth environment and lack of time to grow. A network-based service that provides co-ownership placement services that allow multiple users to co-own ownership of the creature, and a reporting service that reports the growth status to the user even if each co-owner does not actually breed the creature Is to be able to do it.

[0004] The means of the present invention are as follows. The invention according to claim 1 is a co-ownership management device for managing co-ownership of living things, wherein a contract for co-ownership is made in response to recruitment of co-owners by applying from a plurality of users. Contract contents storage means for storing and managing contents;
After the joint ownership agreement is concluded, a growth status acquisition means for acquiring the growth status of the organism via the network, and the growth status acquired by the growth status acquisition means are transmitted to the user terminal of each co-owner via the network. And a growth status reporting means. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a program code for causing a computer to execute each of the above-described functions is recorded. Therefore, according to the invention of claim 1, the organism lover who has given up the growth due to circumstances such as expensive or difficult-to-breed creatures, poor growth environment and lack of time to grow. However, a co-owning mediation service that realizes ownership of the organism in the form of co-owning by multiple users, and a reporting service that reports the growth status to the user even if each co-owner does not actually breed the organism. Can be realized by using a network.

[0005] The present invention may be as follows. (1) The joint ownership management device newly specifies a plurality of organisms that can be jointly owned when recruiting joint owners,
A candidate list with those selected as candidates is presented, and an application for joint ownership of an organism designated arbitrarily by the user from the candidate list is accepted. (2) The joint ownership management device counts the number of applicants for each designated creature when receiving an application for joint ownership for a creature designated by a user by recruiting joint owners. Calculating means for calculating the sharing cost for joint ownership according to the number of applicants is provided, and a joint ownership contract is made with the sharing cost calculated by this calculating means. (3) The joint ownership management device counts the number of applicants for each designated creature when receiving an application for joint ownership for a creature designated by a user by recruiting joint owners. A means for determining whether the number of applicants has reached the predetermined minimum number is provided, and the joint ownership is provided on condition that the number of applicants is determined to exceed the minimum number by this determination means. Make a contract. (4) The growth status acquisition means obtains, via a network, a photographed image of the growth status of the living creature contracted to be shared, as an observation record, and the growth status reporting means obtains the shot image of the living creature in each of the joint ownership. To the user terminal of the user via the network. (5) For each co-owned creature, an access page dedicated to the co-owner is provided, and when the exclusive page is accessed from the user terminal on the co-owner side, the reporting means displays the information on the exclusive page. A photographed image of the growth of the creature is posted and transmitted. In this case, the first receiving means for receiving an exchange of opinions between the co-owners via the dedicated page, an operation instruction for remotely controlling the driving of a photographing device for photographing the growth state of living things, And at least one of the third receiving means for receiving the information input for inputting the observation record information of the living thing via the dedicated page may be provided. . (6) The page in which the photographed image of the creature's growth status is posted as an observation record is made publicly available to users other than the co-owner, and a user who accesses this page submits an application to join the co-owner. If accepted, the co-ownership agreement is updated to add the user as a co-owner.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the shared possession management system for organisms in this embodiment. This organism-owned growth management system manages the growth of insects, tropical fish and other organisms that are co-owned by multiple people. By developing a service business on a nationwide scale that allows you to freely observe the growth status at any time, even if you do not keep them, you can use the Internet to build a wide-area communication system that anyone can use. In this co-owned growth management system, a co-owned growth management device (management system server) 1 on the service provider side that mediates a co-owned contract for living things is provided with a user terminal 2 on the co-owner side and a user on behalf of the user. A center terminal 3 on the side of the growth center where the creature grows is connected via a network (Internet) 4. In the figure, the reference numerals assigned to the user terminals 2 indicate that the creature A is assigned to a plurality of users a and b.
生物, and the creature B is owned by a plurality of users a, b ‥‥.

[0007] The management system server 1 recruits joint owners who jointly own valuable and expensive insects, tropical fish, and the like via the Internet 4, thereby arranging the joint ownership contract, and providing the contract. At the time of establishment, we will provide sales services to sell living things. In addition, the management system server 1 performs a growth arrangement to request the growth center to perform the actual growth of the living thing on behalf of the co-owner and requests the growth center to grow, and the center terminal 3 on the growth center side. Is obtained via a network, and a growth status reporting service is transmitted to each user terminal 2 of each co-owner.

On the side of the growth center, biological growth houses 5, 6, 7 # corresponding to a plurality of living things are prepared, and each growing house has a camera 8A for photographing the state of growth of the living things. 8B, 8C}. The biological growth houses 5, 6, and 7 ‥‥ have an optimal environment for growing insects, tropical fish, and the like, and dedicated houses are allocated according to jointly owned contracts. Each camera 8A, 8B, 8C
‥‥ is an electronic video camera which can be driven by a remote operation from the user terminal 2 so that the shooting method, zoom shooting and the like can be changed according to the user's designation.

FIG. 2 is a view showing various databases provided on the management system server 1 side. The management system server 1 has a reservation database 11, a user database 12, and a contract database 13. The reservation database 11 stores and manages the recruitment contents and reservation status when recruiting co-owners for each living thing. As shown in FIG. , "Biological ID", "Collaborative purchase cost", "Purchase cost", "Minimum number of people", "Number of applications",
It consists of "application deadline" and "expenses". "Biological I
"D" is identification information given to an organism such as an insect or a tropical fish. The “purchase cost” is the actual purchase price (sales amount) of the organism, while the “planned joint purchase cost” is the per-person amount when the organism is jointly owned with the current “number of applications”. It is the purchase cost to bear. The “number of applications” indicates the number of people who have accepted the reservation up to the present, and the value is updated for each reservation. The “application deadline” indicates a deadline for accepting a reservation. If the current “number of applications” is small, the “application deadline” is extended. “Expense” is the cost of breeding after purchasing the organism.

[0010] The user database 12 stores and manages user information for each user who has received a co-owned reservation for each creature. As shown in FIG. Consists of items such as “user ID”, “user name”, “creature ID”, “address / mail address”, and “payment account”.
The contract database 13 stores and manages contract records created when a joint ownership contract is concluded. As shown in FIG. 2C, the contract records constituting the contract database 13 include “biological ID” and “joint purchase”. Expenses "," Joint Expenses "," Joint Ownership "," Purchase Expenses ", and" Expenses ". The “joint purchase cost” is a purchase cost per person corresponding to the “scheduled joint purchase cost” in the reservation database 11 described above. "Common expenses" is a value obtained by dividing "expenses" by "number of joint owners", and is an expense borne by each person. The items of “number of joint owners”, “purchase cost”, and “expense” correspond to the “number of applications”, “purchase cost”, and “expense” in the reservation database 11 described above.

FIG. 3 shows other tables and files provided on the management system server 1 side. The management system server 1 is provided with a camera table 14, a chat file 15, and a recording file 16. I have. As shown in FIG. 3A, the camera table 14 stores the installation locations of the cameras 8A, 8B, 8C # installed corresponding to the biological growth houses 5, 6, 7 # on the growth center side. The camera table 14 has a table configuration for storing and managing the “camera ID” and the “creature ID” in association with each other. In other words, the correspondence between each living house and the camera installed in the living house is defined, and the contents of this table are referred to when the camera is specified from the “living ID”.

As shown in FIG. 3 (B), the chat file 15 describes a chat page dedicated to the co-owner as “biological I”.
D), and when the chat page is accessed from the user terminal 2 on the co-owner side in order to accept the exchange of opinions between the co-owners, the management system server 1 The photographed image of the growth of the creature is posted on the user terminal 2 as an observation record.
To send to. The recording file 16 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (C), the observation record page placed on the above-mentioned chat page is stored for each “creature ID”, and the observation of the living thing is displayed on the above-mentioned chat page page from the user terminal 2 on the co-owner side. When the record information is entered,
The management system server 1 receives the information input and writes the information on the recording page.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the management system server 1. The CPU 101 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the management system server 1 according to the operating system and various application software in the storage device 102. The storage device 102 stores the above-mentioned reservation database 11, user database 12, contract database 13, camera table 14, chat file 15, recording file 1 in addition to the operating system and various application software.
6 and a recording medium 103 composed of a magnetic, optical, semiconductor memory or the like, and a drive system therefor. The recording medium 103 is a fixed medium such as a hard disk or a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, a floppy desk, a RAM card, and a magnetic card which can be detachably mounted. The programs and data in the recording medium 103 are loaded into a RAM (for example, a static RAM) 104 under the control of the CPU 101 as needed, or the data in the RAM 104 is saved in the recording medium 103. Further, the recording medium may be provided on an external device side such as a server, and the CPU 1 can directly access and use the program / data in the recording medium via a transmission medium.

The CPU 101 can also take in some or all of the data stored in the recording medium 103 from another device via a transmission medium, and newly or additionally register the data in the recording medium 103. Further, the program / data may be stored and managed on the external device side such as a server, and the CPU 101 can directly access and use the program / data on the external device side via a transmission medium. On the other hand, a transmission control unit 105, an input unit 106, and a display unit 107, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 101 via a bus line, and the CPU 101 controls the operations according to an input / output program.

Next, the operation of the management system server 1 in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, a program for realizing each function described in these flowcharts is stored in a recording medium 103 in the form of a readable program code.
The CPU 101 sequentially executes the operation according to the program code. The CPU 10
1 can also sequentially execute the operation according to the above-mentioned program code transmitted via the transmission medium.
That is, an operation specific to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data externally supplied via a transmission medium in addition to a recording medium.

FIGS. 5 to 7 are flowcharts showing the overall operation of the management system server 1 which is started when the homepage of the management system server 1 is accessed from the user terminal 2. First, the management system server 1
Reads out the top page when the homepage is accessed, and reads the user terminal 2 of the access request source.
(Step A1). FIG. 9 (A) shows this top page screen. In this page screen, "to joint purchase application", "to contract user page", and "to general user page" are listed as menu items. The user selects and specifies a desired menu item from the list display.

Here, the menu item “joint purchase application”
Is an item selected when the user applies for the joint purchase of an organism, and “to the contract user page” is selected when each joint owner observes the growth status of the organism after the joint purchase. Items. In this case, a "user ID" assigned to the user in advance is input. Further, in this embodiment, the growth status of living things is disclosed on the Internet so that even a general user who is not a co-owner can freely observe it. This item is selected when a general user who is not the observer observes the growth status of a living thing owned by a third party.

In the waiting state for menu item selection (step A2), when an arbitrary menu item is selected by the user, the management system server 1 discriminates the type of the menu, and shifts to a process corresponding to the menu type. Now, assuming that “to the joint purchase application” is selected, the management system server 1
Creates a joint purchase reservation list page based on each record in the reservation database 11 (step A3), and transmits this reservation list page to the requesting user terminal 2 (step A4). FIG. 9B shows this joint purchase reservation list page screen. In this list page screen, "joint planned purchase cost", "purchase cost", "minimum number of people", "application" A list of "numbers" is displayed. Here, the user can confirm the purchase cost for one person at present by referring to the “joint planned purchase cost”,
By referring to, the degree of popularity can be confirmed. In this case, if the "number of applications" is small, the "scheduled joint purchase cost" per person will be high, so please refrain from purchasing joint plans or compare the "minimum number of people" with the "number of applications"
If the current “number of applications” is small, the “application deadline” is extended as described above, so if you wish to purchase as soon as possible, , Etc. can be selected.

When the user who has applied for the joint purchase reservation designates a purchase application by operating a button on the joint purchase reservation list page screen, the management system server 1 changes the “application number” previously attached to the joint purchase reservation list page. At the same time (Step A5), a reservation application registration page is transmitted to the user terminal 2 (Step A6). Although this reservation application registration page is not shown, “user name”, “creature”,
This is a questionnaire for inquiring of "address / email address", "payment account", etc. When the registration contents in which necessary information is entered in this application registration page is received (step A7),
A "user ID" is generated and notified to the user (step A8), and a new user record is created and additionally registered in the user database 12 (step A8).
9). Then, the reservation database 11 is searched based on the “creature ID” for which the purchase application has been made, and processing for updating the “number of applications” in the corresponding reservation record is performed (step A10).

Thus, every time a joint purchase application is accepted,
The management system server 1 repeats the above operation to create a reservation record and additionally register it in the reservation database 11. The contents of the reservation database 11 are updated by periodic check processing by batch processing. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a check process when the contents of the reservation database 11 are periodically checked to update the contents of the reservation database 11 and the contract database 13. First, a record that has reached the “application deadline” is extracted from each record of the reservation database 11 (step B1), and further, the “number of applications” and the “minimum number of people” in each extracted record are compared. Extract records where the “number of applications” exceeds the “minimum number of people” (step B
2). Note that the extraction in step B1 is called a first extraction, and the extraction in step B2 is called a second extraction.

When the first extraction and the second extraction are completed in this manner, one of the extracted records that satisfies the conditions of the first extraction and the second extraction, respectively, is specified, and from among the specified records, The “purchase cost”, “expense”, and “number of applications” are extracted, and “joint purchase cost” and “joint purchase cost” are calculated based on these items (step B3). That is, the value obtained by dividing the “purchase cost” by the “number of applications” is referred to as “joint purchase cost”, and the purchase cost to be paid per person is calculated. Similarly, a value obtained by dividing “expenses” by “number of applications” is referred to as “common expenses”, and the expenses to be paid per person are calculated. Then, a new contract record is generated (step B4). In this case, in addition to “biological ID”, “joint purchase cost”, “joint purchase cost”, “purchase number” is set as “number of joint owners” and “purchase number”. A contract record including “expenses” and “expenses” is generated and registered in the contract database 13 to update the contents of the database (step B).
5).

Next, the user database 12 is searched based on the “creature ID” in the contract record generated this time,
A corresponding user record is extracted (step B6), and a contract establishment mail is transmitted to each user based on the "mail address" in the extracted record (step B6).
7). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step B8, where it is checked whether the “application deadline” has passed and there is still another “application number” extraction record exceeding the “minimum number of people”.
And the above operation is repeated (steps B3 to B3).
B8). As a result, when the process of generating the contract records for all the extracted records and registering them in the contract database 13 is completed, each extracted record is deleted from the reservation database 11 as a processed record (step B9). . Then, the first in step B1 described above
A record that matches the extraction condition but does not match the second extraction condition in step B2, that is, the “application deadline”
Even if the record has passed, a record in which the “number of applications” does not exceed the “minimum number of people” is specified, and a process of extending the “application deadline” in the record is performed (step B10). That is, if the number of applications is insufficient even after the expiration, the period is extended and the recruitment of co-owners is continued.

On the other hand, when the menu item “to the contract user page” in the top page screen is designated, the management system server 1 enters the “user I
D ”(step A11), and the“ user ID ”
The user database 12 is searched based on the "biological ID" to obtain the corresponding "biological ID", and the camera table 14 is searched based on the "biological ID" to obtain the corresponding "camera ID". Specify the camera of the living room where the living creature is kept (Step A
12). In this state, the management system server 1
If the specified camera is stopped, a drive command is given to the camera, the camera image is acquired via the Internet, and the camera image is combined with a user-dedicated page and transmitted to the user terminal 2 ( Step A1
3).

FIG. 10A shows this user-dedicated page screen. In this page screen, in addition to the current camera image of the growing state of the creature, "camera operation buttons" are displayed.
Is arranged. The “camera operation button” is a button for instructing a photographing direction, a zoom photographing, and the like, and controls a camera drive by a remote control by a user, and can observe an insect, a tropical fish, and the like at a free size from a free angle. it can. Further, a “record button” is arranged on the user-dedicated page screen, and the “record button” is operated when a current observation record is input.

After transmitting the user-specific page, the management system server 1 checks whether there is simultaneous access by the co-owner (step A15). That is, it is checked whether or not a plurality of co-owners of the creature are simultaneously observing at the same time, and if they are accessed at the same time (step A16), this " The chat file 15 is searched based on the "creature ID" to obtain a corresponding chat page, and the user is transmitted to add the chat page to the dedicated user page (step A16). FIG. 10A shows a user-specific page including a chat page.

Then, the process proceeds to step A20 in FIG. 6 to check whether or not chat data transmitted from any of the user terminals 2 has been received. Here, when the chat data is received (step A20), the received chat input is inserted into the chat page (step A21), and the chat page is additionally transmitted to the user terminal 2 of each co-owner. (Step A2
2). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step A32, where it is checked whether or not an observation end is instructed. If there is no end instruction, the process returns to step A13 of FIG. 5, and the newly captured camera image is synthesized in the user-dedicated page. Repeat the operation. When the end of observation is instructed, step A in FIG.
Returning to step 1, the top page is transmitted.

In this state, when the "camera operation button" in the user-only page is operated (step A23 in FIG. 6), the management system server 1 receives the operation button command from the user terminal 2 (step A23). Step A24),
After the operation command is converted into a camera drive command and transmitted to the camera (step A25), the process returns to step A13 in FIG. 5 to capture the camera image. With this, the camera drive is controlled by the user's remote control,
Insects, tropical fish, etc. are photographed at any angle and size, and the state is captured as a camera image by the management system server 1.
Is transmitted to the user terminal 2 through the user, so that the user can observe the growth state of the living thing in real time as desired.

When the "record button" in the user-only page is operated (step A26 in FIG. 6),
The record file 16 is searched based on the “creature ID”, and the corresponding record page is read (step A2).
7), this recording page is additionally transmitted in the user-dedicated page (step A28). The arrow shown in FIG. 9B indicates the addition of a recording page. Here, when the user inputs the current observation record on the record page, the record contents are received (step A29), inserted into the record page (step A30), and the record page is additionally transmitted (step A31). . Then, the process proceeds to step A32 to check whether an instruction to end observation has been issued. If there is no instruction to end observation, the process returns to step A13 in FIG. 5 to combine the newly captured camera image in the user-only page. Is repeated.

Next, when the menu item “to general user page” in the top page screen is designated, the process proceeds to step A 40 in FIG. 7, and the management system server 1 displays a list menu page of contracted organisms from the contract database 13. create. That is, a record for each organism ID is extracted from the contract database 13 and a list of the record contents is created. On this list menu page, a selection menu number is assigned in correspondence with the record content for each organism ID. The list menu page thus created is transmitted to the requesting user terminal 2 (step A41). Here, when the user selects and specifies a desired menu content from the list menu page screen, the management system server 1 receives the selected menu number (step A42).

Then, the management system server 1 searches the camera table 14 based on the "creature ID" corresponding to the received selection menu number, and specifies a camera corresponding to the organism (step A43). Next, the recording file 16 is searched based on the "creature ID", the corresponding recording page is read, and the recording page is combined with a predetermined viewing page (step A44), and further specified in the viewing page. The camera images taken by the camera are combined and transmitted to the requesting user terminal 2 (step A4).
5). FIG. 10B shows this viewing page screen, in which a camera application and an owner record page are displayed, and a “participation application button” is arranged. Here, if the general user who is viewing the viewing page is not enough to view, but wants to participate as an owner, operate the "participation application button" and apply for joint participation from the middle .

The management system server 1 checks whether it has received an application for participation in the middle from a general user (step A4).
6) If there is no application, it is checked whether the general user has instructed the end of browsing (step A47). If there is no end instruction, the process returns to step A45, and a new camera image is synthesized and transmitted to the viewing page. repeat. Here, if a general user has applied for mid-game participation,
The process proceeds to step A48, where the additional registration page owned by the joint owner is transmitted to the general user. This additional registration page has basically the same page content as the content of the above-mentioned reservation application registration page, and the management system server 1 receives the additional registration application content in which necessary information is entered in the page. Then (step A49), a "user ID" is generated and transmitted to the applicant (step A50).
Create a new user record and create a user database 1
2 is additionally registered (step A51).

Then, the contract database 13 is searched based on the "biological ID", and "joint ownership number" in the corresponding contract record is updated. Then, "joint expense" is calculated based on the joint ownership number. Fix (step A52),
The record contents of the contract database 13 are updated (step A53). Thereafter, check A4 for checking a browsing end instruction transmitted from the user.
Move to 7. In addition, the general user who participates in the middle is equivalent to the contract user from the beginning, but the user who participates in the middle is
Because they will participate as contract users without paying for joint purchases, in order to achieve equality between them, the "joint expenses" paid by users who join in the middle will be increased, and the "joint expenses" paid by the user from the beginning ”Is being reduced. In other words, the billing system is such that as the number of users who participate in the course increases, the "common expenses" borne by the initial users are reduced.

As described above, in this embodiment, the management system server 1 recruits co-owners of living things to
We managed the contents of the joint ownership contract signed between multiple users who applied, and reported the growth status of the living organism to which the contract was made to each joint owner via the Internet, Even if a living enthusiast who gave up growing due to circumstances such as being expensive or difficult to breed, lacking a growing environment, and having no time to grow, etc., ownership of the living by multiple users It is possible to realize, through the Internet, a co-owned mediation service realized in the form of co-owned property and a reporting service for reporting the growth status to the user without each co-owner actually raising the organism. Co-owners will be able to own their favorite creatures at low cost, and grow them as if they were actually growing. It is possible at any time be free to observe the situation.

When recruiting co-owners, the management system server 1 presents a list of candidates for selecting a plurality of organisms that can be co-owned as selection candidates. Is accepted, and the bio-enthusiast can select and own a favorite creature from a plurality of creatures that can be co-owned. In addition, when an application for joint ownership is received for a creature designated by a user through recruitment of joint owners, the number of applicants is counted for each designated organism, and joint ownership is determined according to the number of applicants. Is calculated and the co-ownership contract is executed with this shared cost. As the number of applicants increases, ownership becomes possible at lower cost, and the burden on the user can be reduced. it can.

When an application for co-ownership is received for a creature designated by a user through recruitment of co-owners, the number of applicants is counted for each specified creature and the number of applicants is determined in advance. Judgment of whether the number of applicants has reached the minimum number and making a joint ownership contract on the condition that the number of applicants exceeds the minimum number of people effectively prevents the sharing cost from becoming too high. Can be. In this case, at the time of recruitment of co-owners, a list of reservation status of co-owners is provided to the user for each creature, so that the user can check which creature is currently popular and share the cost of sharing. Can choose cheaper creatures.

Since the growth status of the creature under the joint ownership contract is photographed with a camera, the camera image is obtained as an observation record via a network and reported to the user.
Ecology observation becomes real, and real-time ecology observation using video camera images becomes possible. In this case, a dedicated access page is provided for each co-owned creature, and when the dedicated page is accessed by a user, a photographed image of the growth status of the creature is observed on this dedicated page. Since the information is posted and transmitted as a record, a dedicated service unique to the co-owner is possible.

Further, since the exchange of opinions between the co-owners is accepted through this dedicated page, it becomes possible for the co-owners to sympathize with each other while observing the growth status, and An operation instruction button for remotely controlling the driving of the camera device for photographing is provided on a dedicated page, and it is accepted through a remote operation by the user, so that the photographing direction and the magnification of the zoom photographing according to the user's preference You can freely observe as if you were actually raising it yourself. Furthermore, since the information input for inputting the observation record information of the living thing is accepted on the dedicated page, the observation record information can be called and confirmed at any time, and can be used as an observation note.

A page in which an image of the growth of a living organism is recorded as an observation record is made publicly available to general users other than the co-owner, and a user who accesses this page submits an application to join the co-owner. If accepted,
Since the co-ownership agreement is renewed to add the user as a co-owner, even after the application deadline has expired, ordinary users will observe the growth of third-party-owned organisms You can also join as a co-owner on the way,
The more participants in the middle, the lower the cost and the lower the cost.

In the above-described embodiment, insects and tropical fish are exemplified as living things, but breeding of pet animals such as dogs and cats and cultivation of ornamental plants may be performed. When reporting the growth status of an organism as an observation record, sound information may be reported in addition to the camera image. In this case, a staff member at the growth center side may report the closeness by voice. In addition, an intermediary service in which a staff at the growth center and the user have a conversation via the management system server 1 may be performed.

Further, as for the creatures that can be co-owned, the service provider need not actually own the creatures for sale. That is, the service provider may be a sales agent of living things. In this case, the individual was raised up to now, but due to transfer, illness, etc., it became impossible to raise it, so we accepted a sale request from the owner and recruited this organism for sale via the Internet Is also good. In other words, the management system server 1 may additionally register the organism requested to be sold in the list as an organism that can be jointly owned.

[0041]

According to the present invention, a living enthusiast who has given up growing due to circumstances such as being expensive or difficult to breed, lacking a growing environment, and having no time to grow. However, a co-owning mediation service that realizes ownership of the organism in the form of co-owning by multiple users, and a reporting service that reports the growth status to the user even if each co-owner does not actually grow the organism. Can be realized by using a network, and each co-owner can own his or her favorite creature at a low cost, and, as if the creature is actually growing, It is possible to freely observe the growth situation at any time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a shared ownership growth management system.

2A is a diagram illustrating a record configuration of a reservation database 11, FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a record configuration of a user database 12, and FIG.
3 is a diagram showing a record configuration of FIG.

3A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a camera table 14, FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a chat file 15, and FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a recording file 16.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the management system server 1.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an entire operation of the management system server 1 which is started when the homepage of the management system server 1 is accessed from the user terminal 2;

6 is a flowchart, following FIG. 5, illustrating the overall operation of the management system server 1 when a homepage is accessed.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart, following FIG. 5, illustrating the overall operation of the management system server 1 when a home page is accessed.

FIG. 8 periodically checks the contents of the reservation database 11 and checks the reservation database 11 and the contract database 13;
9 is a flowchart showing a check process when updating the contents of the above.

FIG. 9A is a diagram showing a top page screen,
(B) is a diagram showing a joint purchase reservation list page screen.

10A is a diagram illustrating a user-dedicated page screen, and FIG. 10B is a diagram illustrating a viewing page screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 management system server 2 user terminal on each co-owner side 3 center terminal on growth center 4 internet 5, 6, 7 biological growth house 8A, 8B, 8C camera 11 reservation database 12 user database 13 contract database 14 camera table 15 chat File 16 Recording file 101 CPU 102 Storage device 103 Recording medium 105 Transmission control unit 106 Input unit

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Claims (9)

[Claims] Claims 1. A joint ownership management device for managing joint ownership of living things, wherein a contract for joint ownership is made by recruiting from a plurality of users for recruitment of joint owners, and the contents of the contract are stored and managed. Means for storing the contents of the contract, a means for acquiring the growth status of the organism via the network after the joint ownership agreement is concluded, and a method for storing the growth status obtained by the means for acquiring the growth status by the respective co-owners. And a growth status report means for transmitting to a user terminal via a network. 2. The joint ownership management device, when recruiting joint owners, newly specifies a plurality of organisms that can be jointly owned, presents a candidate list for selecting them, and displays the candidate list. 2. The co-ownership management device according to claim 1, wherein an application for co-ownership of a creature designated arbitrarily by a user from a list is received. 3. The co-ownership management device counts the number of applicants for each designated creature when receiving a joint ownership application for a creature designated by a user by recruiting co-owners. Calculating means for calculating a sharing cost for joint ownership according to the number of applicants, and performing a joint ownership contract with the sharing cost calculated by the calculating means. Described co-ownership management device. 4. When the joint ownership management device receives an application for joint ownership for a creature designated by a user by recruiting joint owners, the joint ownership management device counts the number of applicants for each designated creature. A determination means for determining whether or not the number of applicants has reached a predetermined minimum number, provided that the determination means determines that the number of applicants exceeds the minimum number. The joint ownership management device according to claim 1, wherein a joint ownership contract is made. 5. The growth status obtaining means obtains, via a network, a captured image of the growth status of a living creature contracted as a joint ownership as an observation record, and the growth status reporting means obtains the captured image of each living creature. 2. The co-ownership management device according to claim 1, wherein the co-owner's device is transmitted to a user terminal on the co-owner side via a network. 6. An access page dedicated to the co-owner is provided for each co-owned creature, and when the exclusive page is accessed from a user terminal on the co-owner side, the reporting means sets the exclusive page. 2. The co-ownership management device according to claim 1, wherein a photographed image of a growing state of a living thing is posted and transmitted on a page. 7. A first receiving means for receiving an exchange of opinions between the co-owners via the dedicated page, and an operation instruction for remotely controlling the driving of a photographing device for photographing the growth state of living things, At least one of a second receiving unit that receives via a dedicated page and a third receiving unit that receives information input for inputting observation record information of an organism via the dedicated page is provided. The co-ownership management device according to claim 6, characterized in that: 8. A page in which a photographed image of the growth state of an organism is posted as an observation record is made public to users other than the co-owner, and users who access this page join the co-owner. 2. The co-ownership management device according to claim 1, wherein, when the application is accepted, the co-ownership contract is updated to add the user as a co-owner. 9. A recording medium having a program code readable by a computer, wherein a contract for co-ownership is made by a request from a plurality of users for recruitment of co-owners, and the contents of the contract are stored and managed. A computer-readable program code for causing the computer to acquire the growth status of the organism via a network after the joint ownership agreement is concluded, and a computer-readable program code for acquiring the growth status of the organism via the network. And a computer readable program code for transmitting the growth status by transmitting to the user terminal of the owner via the network.