JP2002230412A - Server, method, and system for information management - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information management server which can automatically and surely certify that a member, who is newly registered to an information service company, is introduced by an alliance company and increase the number of newly registered members. SOLUTION: An alliance company terminal 300 obtains a company keyword for application by applying for insertion to an information managing server 100 and sends it to a user terminal 200 (S401 to S405). The user terminal 200 follows a member application procedure to the information managing server 100, by using the company keyword received from the alliance company terminal 300 (S409 to S410). The information managing server 100 counts users, which newly become members and gives privilege to the insertion cost, etc., of the alliance company, when confirming that more than a certain number of members have been introduced by the alliance company (S412, S414).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for providing and managing information to members via the Internet, and the like.
In particular, the present invention relates to a technology for authenticating that a membership application has been made by introducing another person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, many business models have been proposed for performing business transactions using the Internet. For example, for those who wish to import overseas products and products, a business that provides information on these products etc. only to registered members on the Internet and collects subscription fees from members as information provision fees There is. In this case, information for the promotion of the supporting company that supports this business, such as a transport company that transports imported goods or an insurance company that covers the imported goods (hereinafter referred to as "advertising information")
That. ) Will also be posted on the Internet and provided to members, and these sponsors will be charged advertising costs as advertising expenses.

[0003] In this business, subscription fees from members are the main source of revenue, so it is desired to register as many members as possible. Advertisement is posted on a homepage or direct e-mail is sent. It is difficult to increase the number of members even if such measures are taken. Therefore, the following method has been proposed.

[0004] This is because a large number of customers of the sponsoring company and those who are going to start import business are introduced by the sponsoring company, and when the registration procedure is actually performed as a member, a certain amount is given to the sponsoring company and newly registered members. Is given to increase the number of new members.

[0005]

However, in the above case, it is necessary to individually confirm by mail or telephone which sponsoring company the newly registered member was introduced. There is a problem that the members feel annoyed and a lot of time is spent for this, which hinders the increase in the number of members.

[0006] At the present time, there is no method for automatically and surely confirming the above on the Internet.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and it is possible to automatically and reliably confirm on the Internet that a newly registered member is an introduction of a specific sponsoring company. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information management server, an information management method, and an information management system capable of increasing the number of members.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, an information management server according to the present invention provides support information for supporting a specific business and advertisement information relating to the business via the Internet. An information management server for a system for providing and managing members, via the Internet,
An issuing unit that receives an application for an advertisement from an advertiser and issues a keyword to the advertiser, a receiving unit that receives a membership application and a keyword for a new membership via the Internet, and a receiving unit that receives the keyword. A determination unit for determining whether the keyword matches the keyword issued by the issuance unit, and a certification unit for determining that the membership application is based on the introduction of the advertiser when the match is determined. Features.

[0009] For example, the terminal of the advertiser makes an application for publication to the information management server, obtains an application company keyword, and transmits it to the user terminal. The user terminal performs a member application procedure to the information management server using the application company keyword received from the advertiser terminal. The information management server counts the number of newly joined members, and when it is confirmed that the advertiser is introduced by a certain number or more, a privilege is given to expenses such as the advertiser's publication cost.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, an information management method having the above steps as steps or a program for causing a computer to function the above means may be used.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, an information management system according to the present invention provides support information for an information provider to support a specific business and advertisement information related to the business via the Internet. A system for providing and managing members, an application means for applying for an advertisement from the advertiser to the information provider via the Internet, and issuing a keyword from the information provider to the advertiser via the Internet Means, notifying means for notifying the customer of the keyword from the advertiser via the Internet, and a member application and the keyword from the customer to the information provider to newly become a member via the Internet. Sending means and determining whether or not the keyword sent from the customer matches the keyword issued to the advertiser. Means for, if it is determined that they match, the member application is characterized by having a means for certification shall be based on introduction of the advertiser.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information service management system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The information service management system 10 uses the Internet 20
Management server 100, user terminal 2 connected to
00 and a sponsoring company terminal 300, and has a function of confirming whether a newly registered member is a member introduced by the sponsoring company.

Although there are actually a plurality of terminals each having the same function as the user terminal and the sponsoring company terminal, one terminal is provided for convenience of explanation.

The information management server 100 is a database server such as a workstation connected to the Internet 20, and is also a mail server. For example, a server used by a trade information service company to provide only its members with information 101 necessary for importing and exporting goods and products.

Here, the information 101 refers to information on goods or products to be traded and advertisement information for promoting the sponsoring company. In addition, a sponsoring company refers to a company or an organization that supports trade operations such as a transportation company and an insurance company.

The information management server 100 provides the member 101 with information 101 via the user terminal 200 on the Internet, and also manages the member's expenses such as registration fee and membership fee 20
1 has a function of controlling a procedure related to 1. In addition, the information management server 100 performs the advertisement 102 of the sponsoring company by posting the information of the sponsoring company on the Internet and providing the information to the members, and also performs the procedures related to the expenses 301 such as the registration fee and the posting fee paid by the sponsoring company. Has the function of controlling

The user terminal 200 is a terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer connected to the Internet, and has a function of browsing the information 101 when the information management server 100 is accessed. Has a function of controlling procedures relating to the cost 201 such as a registration fee and a membership fee when registering as a member.

The sponsoring company terminal 300 is a personal computer or the like of the sponsoring company connected to the Internet. The sponsoring company terminal 300 transmits its own advertisement information to the information management server 100, and performs procedures related to costs 301 such as registration fee and publication fee. It has a function to control.

[0020] In addition, the member can obtain information 1 by this system.
When a contract for receiving business support 302 from the sponsoring company by obtaining 01 is made, a contract fee 202 is paid from the member to the sponsoring company.

Next, the functions and processing flow of the information service management system 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the information management server 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The information management server 100 includes an information control unit 110, a keyword control unit 12
0, an expense management unit 130, and a storage unit 140.

The information control unit 110 is provided for the sponsoring company terminal 300.
, Accepts data for posting application for posting advertisement information on the Internet, and stores the data in the storage unit 140. The publication application data includes the name of the sponsoring company and information indicating whether the publication is free or paid. The information control unit 110 transmits the sponsoring company name to the keyword control unit 120, acquires the application company keyword and the transfer company keyword, and adds them to the publication application data. Thereafter, the information control unit 110 identifies free or paid posting from the received posting application data, and in the case of free posting, the acquired application company keyword and transfer company keyword are transmitted to the sponsoring company terminal 300. Then, in the case of paid posting, the acquired transfer company keyword is transmitted to the sponsoring company terminal 300.

In this example, the data for publication application includes the sponsoring company name and information indicating whether the publication is free or paid, and the data for publication application received by the information control unit 110 is free or paid publication. Has been described, and the corresponding information is transmitted to the sponsoring company terminal 300. However, the information for the publication application includes information indicating the discount rate of the publication fee, and the publication application received by the information control unit 110 is included. The discount rate may be identified from the data for use, and information corresponding to the discount rate may be transmitted to the sponsoring company terminal 300.

The information control unit 110 is connected to the user terminal 2
From 00, data for member application is accepted. The member application data includes the name of the user who wants to apply, and the application company keyword if there is a specific sponsoring company introducing this user.

If the received application data includes a corporate keyword for application, the information control unit 110 transmits the corporate keyword for application to the keyword control unit 120 and the keyword control unit 120 Wait for notification of the verification result of whether the business company keyword is correct. If the verification result is correct, the information control unit 110
Is the user terminal 20 that has received the membership application data.
The member ID and the password are transmitted to 0, the member ID of the member and the application company keyword are notified to the expense management unit 130, and the creation or update of the introducer information is instructed. On this occasion,
The information control unit 110 creates member information including a member name, a member ID, and a password, and stores the member information in the storage unit 140.

If the membership application data includes an application company keyword, the registration fee and the first year membership fee are set free for the user.

Here, "enrollment" refers to a case where a new member is registered as a member and payment procedures for necessary expenses are completed. The “introducer information” is information in which, when a user introduced by a sponsoring company has joined, the member ID and registration date of the member are registered, and is information created for each sponsoring company. The introducer information includes a sponsoring company name, a new cost privilege flag, and a continuing cost privilege counter.

Here, the “new cost privilege flag” is a flag indicating the contents of the privilege regarding the registration fee and the posting fee of the first year when the sponsoring company newly desires to post the advertisement information on the information management server 100. And any one of “0, 1, 2” is set by the cost management unit 130.

When the value of the new cost privilege flag is "0", it indicates that there is no privilege for the registration fee and the publication cost of the sponsoring company. When the value of the new cost privilege flag is “1”, when a certain number of members (for example, 10 or more and less than 50) have been enrolled by introducing a sponsoring company, the registration fee of the sponsoring company and the first year Indicates that the posting fee for six months will be free. If the value of the new cost privilege flag is "2",
This indicates that when a large number (for example, 50 or more) of members are introduced by introducing a sponsoring company, the registration fee and the posting fee for the first year of the sponsoring company are free. This new expense privilege flag is set to “0” by default.

The “continuation cost privilege counter” is a counter that indicates the number of years that the sponsoring company wishes to continually publish the advertisement information on the information management server 100, in which the publication fee is free. Is a counter that increases according to the number of new members. The continuation expense privilege counter is incremented by "1" every time a fixed number (10 in this example) of new members are introduced by the expense management unit 130, and decremented by "1" at the time of updating the continuous publication. Therefore,
At the time of renewal, if the value of the continuous cost benefit counter is "1"
Indicates that the posting fee for the next one year will be free. This continuation expense privilege counter is set to “0” by default.

Further, before starting the posting, the information control unit 110 designates the name of the sponsoring company that has received the application for free posting, refers to the storage unit 140, and sets the new cost privilege flag of the sponsoring company to “0”. Confirm whether or not. When the new expense privilege flag is “0”, the fact that a predetermined registration fee and a posting fee need to be transferred is notified to the sponsoring company terminal 300. When the new cost privilege flag is “1” or “2”, the registration fee of the sponsoring company is free, and the advertisement information is posted for “one year” or “half year” free.

Similarly, before starting the continuous publication, the information control unit 110 designates the name of the sponsoring company that has received the application for continuous publication, refers to the introducer information in the storage unit 140, and obtains the continuation cost privilege of the sponsoring company. Check whether the counter is “1 or less”.
If the continuation cost privilege counter is “0” or “1”, the sponsor company terminal 30 informs the user that a predetermined posting cost must be paid.
Notify 0. When the continuation cost privilege counter is “2” or more, the advertisement information of the sponsoring company is continuously posted free of charge.
Thereafter, when the continuation cost privilege counter is “1 or more”, the information control unit 110 decreases the value of the counter by “1”.

The keyword control unit 120 is provided for the information control unit 1
When the sponsoring company name is received from 10, the storage unit 140 is referred to, the application application data corresponding to the received sponsoring company name is searched, and the application company keyword and the transfer company keyword are extracted. The information is transmitted to the information control unit 110.

If the received application data corresponding to the sponsoring company name does not include the application company keyword and the transfer company keyword, these keywords are newly generated and added to the application data. At the same time, the information is transmitted to the information control unit 110. When the keyword control unit 120 receives the sponsoring company name and the application company keyword from the information control unit 110, the storage unit 140
And returns a verification result of whether or not the application company keyword is correct to the information control unit 110.

When the expense management unit 130 receives the notification of the member ID and the application company keyword from the information control unit 110, the expense management unit 130 refers to the publication application data stored in the storage unit 140 and converts the application company keyword into the application company keyword. The corresponding sponsoring company name is specified, and the introducer information corresponding to this sponsoring company name is searched (if there is no introducer information corresponding to this sponsoring company name, a new one is created).

Next, the expense management unit 130 adds the notified member ID to the introducer information. Further, the expense management unit 130 counts the total number of member IDs of the designated sponsoring company according to the instruction of the information control unit 110, and sets “50” at the time of registration.
Is exceeded, the new expense privilege flag of the introducer information is set to “2”. In this case, if the total number of member IDs is “10 or more and less than 50”, the new expense privilege flag is set to “1”.

Further, the cost management unit 130 includes the information control unit 1
When the notice of the end of the publication period is received from 10 together with the sponsoring company name, the storage unit 140 is referred to, the member ID corresponding to the member newly introduced by the sponsoring company after registration is counted, and “10” is entered. Each time it exceeds, the continuous cost privilege counter is incremented by "1".

Storage section 140 stores data for posting application. The data for this posting application is the name of the sponsoring company,
The information includes information indicating whether the information is to be posted free or paid, a corporate keyword for application, and a corporate keyword for transfer. The storage unit 140 stores the above-described introducer information and member information. The storage unit 140 stores the information control unit 11
0, controlled by the keyword control unit 120 and the cost management unit 130.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of processing in the information management server 100, the user terminal 200, and the sponsoring company terminal 300 when the sponsoring company and the member perform new registration and continuation procedures.

First, the sponsoring company terminal 300 transmits posting application data to the information management server 100 in accordance with an instruction from the operator. At this time, identification data for free or paid publication is attached and transmitted (S401).

Next, when the information control unit 110 of the information management server 100 receives the data for publication application from the sponsoring company terminal 300 (S402), it determines whether it is a free publication application or a paid publication application. Determine from the received data. In the case of an application for free posting, the application company keyword and the transfer company keyword generated by the keyword control unit 120 are transmitted to the sponsor company terminal 300 (S403).

In the case of an application for paid publication, the transfer company keyword generated by the keyword control unit 120 is transmitted to the sponsor company terminal 300 (S404). In this case,
The sponsoring company terminal 300 performs a process of depositing a registration fee and a posting fee by using the received application company keyword by the operation of the operator (S406, S407). The information management server 100 confirms whether the registration fee and the posting fee have been paid by the operation of the operator (S408),
If confirmed, the advertisement information of the sponsoring company is started to be posted (S416).

On the other hand, the user terminal 200 is operated by a user who wishes to newly register as a member, and the sponsor company terminal 300 is operated.
The application company keyword is obtained from the user via e-mail or the like (S405, S409). In this case, a user who has not been introduced by the sponsoring company cannot obtain the application company keyword. Further, the user terminal 200
Performs a member application procedure using the received application company keyword (S410), and transfers a registration fee and a membership fee (S411).

After that, the information management server 100 confirms the membership application from the user terminal 200 (S412) and the necessary registration fee and membership fee payment (S413), finalizes the enrollment procedure, and enters the application company keyword. The number of newly registered members is counted to set the value of the new expense privilege flag, and the free posting period (one year or six months) of the sponsoring company corresponding to the application company keyword is determined (S414). If the result of counting indicates that the conditions for free posting are not satisfied (less than 10 people), the registration of the registration fee and the posting fee are confirmed (S407, S408), and the posting of the advertisement information is started (S416).

When the enrollment procedure is confirmed in the information management server 100, the user terminal 200
The member ID and the password transmitted from 00 are received.

Further, the advertisement information of the sponsoring company is started to be posted (S
416) Later, when it is near the end of the contracted membership period and publication period, the information management server 100
0 is notified of the end of the membership period, and the sponsoring company terminal 300 is notified of the end of the publication period (S417). In this case, if there is a notice from the sponsoring company terminal 300 that the posting will not be continued, the posting period ends without extension (S423).

On the other hand, the sponsoring company terminal 300 notifies the information management server 100 to extend the posting period (S).
418), when the same procedures (S403 to S414) as for the new “posting application” and new “member registration” are completed (S419 to S422), similarly, the newly registered member by the introduction of the sponsoring company Depending on the number of members, the free posting period at the sponsoring company is determined.

As one of the services to the registered members, "trade trouble consultation search" (S425) is provided, and the members can obtain information necessary for the trade business. This "trade trouble consultation search" will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow in the information management server 100, the user terminal 200, and the sponsoring company terminal 300 when the member receives the service of “trade trouble consultation search”.

First, the user terminal 200 performs the “trade trouble consultation search” of the information management server 100 according to the user operation.
, And accepts input of a question condition and transmits it to the information management server 100 (S501).

Next, the information management server 100 searches for a relevant trade-related company based on the question condition received from the user terminal 200 (S502), and writes the result on a bulletin board (S503).

As a result, the user terminal 200 accepts the input of the question content from the user who operates according to the display content of the bulletin board, and fills in the display board (S504).

Here, if necessary, the information management server 1
The process of updating the content displayed on the bulletin board on 00 and the process of receiving an operation from the user of the user terminal 200 are repeated, and a question can be asked to a plurality of sponsoring companies (S503, S504).

Further, when the reception of the necessary operation from the user of the user terminal 200 ends, the information management server 10
0 transmits the fact that there is a question to the sponsoring company terminal 300 of the relevant trade-related company (S505).

Upon receiving the notification that there is a question, the sponsoring company terminal 300 accesses the bulletin board on the information management server 100 according to the operation of the user, accepts a reply to the question, and stores the content in the information management server 100. Send to The information management server 100 includes the sponsoring company terminal 300
Is notified to the user terminal 200 that there is a response to the question.

Thus, the user terminal 200 accesses the bulletin board on the information management server 100, confirms the contents of the response to the question, and determines the action for the trade-related company in question (S510).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display example of the user terminal 200 in the “trade trouble consultation search”.

First, the user (member) of the user terminal 200
Accesses “trade trouble consultation search” on the information management server 100, the initial screen 610 is displayed on the user terminal 200.
Is displayed. The user terminal 200 receives a key input or an input from the pull-down menu 601 for items such as a service area, a consultation content, and a consultation fee from the user.
When the search button 602 is pressed on this initial screen, the user terminal 200 transmits the input item and the search request to the information management server 100.

Thereafter, the user terminal 200 receives the data of the search result from the information management server 100, and displays the consultation window candidate knowledge screen 620.

As described above, the user terminal 200 sequentially displays necessary information on the screen and repeats the input operation from the user until the content confirmation bulletin board screen 630 is displayed.

When the content confirmation bulletin board screen 630 is displayed, the user terminal 200 displays the content 631 of the question from the user.
Is received and the transmission button 632 is pressed. As a result, the user terminal 200 transmits the content of the question to the information management server 100 in order to enter the content of the question on the bulletin board on the information management server 100. Then, the supporting company terminal 300
(In this case, the company terminal of Niitsu Shoji) is notified that there is an answer to the question, and when the user accesses the bulletin board, the reply content 633 is displayed on the screen.

As described above, the information service management system according to the present embodiment reliably verifies whether or not a user who wants to apply for a membership has been introduced to a sponsoring company, using the keyword for applying for a member. . Then, based on the verification, the introducer or the like is given a benefit in terms of cost, and the registration of a new member is prompted.

Next, an information service management system according to a modification of the present invention will be described.

The information service management system according to the modified example is the same as the above-described embodiment in that it comprises an information management server, a user terminal, and a sponsoring company terminal. This is different from the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a communication sequence diagram showing how data is exchanged between the information management server, the sponsoring company terminal, and the user terminal. The keyword control unit provided in the information management server of this modification has a new keyword generation unit in addition to the functions of the keyword control unit in the above embodiment. The keyword generation unit has a function of generating a random number (for example, five decimal digits). When a request for issuing a corporate keyword for application for a specific user is received from the sponsoring company terminal, the keyword is stored in the storage unit. A random number is added to the applied company keyword for use as a company keyword for application, stored in the storage unit in association with this and a specific user name, and transmitted to the user terminal of the specific user.

When the application company keyword is transmitted from the user terminal together with the data for member application, the keyword control unit determines whether or not the application company keyword to which the random number stored in the storage unit has been added is added. To find out if there are any application keywords sent to
Further, it verifies whether or not the user name included in the member application data and the user name corresponding to the application company keyword to which the random number stored in the storage unit is added.

First, when the sponsoring company terminal receives a notification from the user terminal that a new application for membership registration is to be made (S701), it requests the information management server to attach a user name and issue an application company keyword. (S70)
2). Then, the information management server generates a random number in the keyword generation unit (S703), and transmits the application company keyword to which the random number has been added to the sponsoring company terminal (S703).
704). And, the sponsoring company terminal, as a proof of introduction,
The application company keyword is transferred to the user terminal of the user to be introduced (S705).

Thereafter, the keyword control unit of the information management server receives the application keyword from the user terminal together with the data necessary for the member registration (S70).
6) It is verified whether or not the application company keyword is correct (S707).

As a result, the information service management system according to the present modification issues a different keyword for each user who desires to apply for membership, and performs verification of the introduction. Is prevented and high security is ensured.

Although the information management server according to the present invention has been described based on the embodiments and the modified examples, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. In other words, in the case of free posting, the application company keyword and the transfer company keyword are transmitted to the sponsoring company terminal in the case of free posting, based on the information indicating whether the posting is free or paid, which is included in the posting application data received from the sponsoring company terminal, In the case of paid posting, only the acquired transfer company keyword was sent to the sponsoring company terminal and the subsequent procedure was advanced.However, the decision of free posting or paid posting is determined in advance by setting the posting application period, and this period It may be configured to determine whether or not a certain number or more members have been introduced at the end.

[0072]

As is clear from the above description, the information management server according to the present invention provides support information for supporting a specific business and advertisement information related to the business to the member via the Internet. An information management server of a system for managing and receiving, via the Internet, an application for an advertisement from an advertiser, and issuing means for issuing a keyword to the advertiser;
A receiving unit for receiving a membership application and a keyword for a new membership, and a determining unit for determining whether or not the received keyword matches the keyword issued by the issuing unit; The member application is provided with a certification means for certifying that it is based on the introduction of the advertiser.

Thus, the keywords issued by the information management server are received by the advertiser and then given to the user who wants to introduce them, and the keywords are used by the user to apply for membership. Since the presence or absence of the introduction is confirmed from, it is automatically and reliably verified that the user has been introduced by the advertiser.

Here, the information management server according to the present invention further comprises a billing means for billing the advertiser for a cost for providing the advertisement information for a certain period of time and performing a billing process;
The billing unit, when the certification unit is certified for a predetermined number of member applications, reduces the amount charged to the advertiser pertaining to the certification, and bills the advertiser. You may do it.

As a result, the advertiser can enjoy the benefit of reducing the cost required to publish the advertisement information, so that the advertiser is encouraged to introduce new members,
Eventually, many members will be registered.

Further, the information management server according to the present invention is further characterized in that within a certain period of time from the charging processing by the charging means, a predetermined number of new member applications exceeding a predetermined number are recognized by the recognition means. Re-authorization means for determining whether or not the advertiser has reduced the cost for providing the advertisement information for a certain period of time when the re-authorization means has been approved. Then, a billing process may be performed for this.

As a result, the advertiser introduces more than a certain number of members within a certain period of time, so that the posting cost for the next certain period is also reduced, so that the introduction of new members by the advertiser is repeated. , More members can be registered.

Further, the information management server according to the present invention further comprises: an electronic bulletin board; question detection means for detecting that the member has written a question concerning the business on the electronic bulletin board; and detection by the question detection means. In the case of, the advertiser specifying means for specifying the advertiser to be answered to the question, question notification means for notifying via the Internet that the question was written to the specified advertiser, Answer detection means for detecting that the advertiser has written an answer to the question on the electronic bulletin board, and when the answer is detected by the answer detection means, indicates that an answer to the question has been obtained. Response notification means for notifying the member via the Internet may be provided.

Thus, the member can specify the advertiser corresponding to the question and obtain the answer from the advertiser only by asking the question about the business such as trade, so that the trouble about the business can be solved. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for describing an outline of an information service management system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the information management server 100.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of each of an information management server 100, a user terminal 200, and a sponsoring company terminal 300 when a sponsoring company and a member perform new registration and continuation procedures.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the information management server 100, the user terminal 200, and the sponsoring company terminal 300 in “trade trouble consultation search”.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display example in “trade trouble consultation search”.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for describing a modified example of the keyword control unit in the information management server.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 information service management system 20 Internet 100 information management server 110 information control unit 120 keyword control unit 130 cost management unit 140 storage unit 200 user terminal 300 sponsoring company terminal

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An information management server for a system for providing and managing support information for supporting a specific business and advertisement information related to the business to a member via the Internet, comprising: Issuing means for accepting an application for an advertisement from the main and issuing a keyword to the advertiser; accepting means for receiving a membership application and a keyword to newly become a member via the Internet; and A determination means for determining whether or not the keyword matches the keyword issued by the issuance means, and a certification means for determining that the membership application is based on the introduction of the advertiser when the match is determined. Information management server. 2. The information management server further comprises a billing unit for billing the advertiser for a cost for providing the advertisement information for a certain period of time and performing a billing process. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the number of member applications is certified by the certification means, the advertiser pertaining to the certification is reduced in cost and billed, and billing is performed. Information management server. 3. The information management server according to claim 1, further comprising: determining whether, within a certain period of time from the charging process by said charging means, a new member application exceeding a predetermined number is approved by said authentication means. A recertification means for judging, wherein the billing means, when the certification by the recertification means is performed, reduces the cost for providing the advertisement information for a certain period to the advertiser and charges the advertiser. 3. The information management server according to claim 2, wherein a billing process is performed. 4. The information management server further includes: an electronic bulletin board; a question detection unit configured to detect that the member has written a question relating to a business with respect to the electronic bulletin board; In this case, an advertiser identifying unit that identifies an advertiser to be answered to the question; a question notifying unit that notifies the identified advertiser via the Internet that the question has been written; and the electronic bulletin board. An answer detecting means for detecting that the advertiser has written an answer to the question, and, when the answer is detected by the answer detecting means, inform the member that the answer to the question has been obtained. The information management server according to claim 3, further comprising: a response notifying unit that notifies the information management unit via a notification. 5. A method for providing and managing support information for supporting a specific business and advertisement information related to the business to a member by an information management server via the Internet, wherein the advertisement is provided via the Internet. An issuance step of accepting an application for an advertisement from the main and issuing a keyword to the advertiser; a receiving step of receiving a member application and a keyword to newly become a member via the Internet; and A determining step of determining whether or not the keyword matches the keyword issued by the issuing unit; and, if it is determined that the keyword is matched, a certifying step of certifying that the membership application is based on the introduction of the advertiser. Information management method. 6. A program executed by an information management server that provides and manages support information for supporting a specific task and advertisement information related to the task to members via the Internet, wherein the program is: A program comprising the steps of claim 5. 7. A system for providing and managing support information for an information provider to support a specific business and advertisement information related to the business to a member via the Internet, wherein the advertisement is provided via the Internet. Application means for applying for an advertisement from the information provider to the information provider, issuing means for issuing a keyword from the information provider to the advertiser via the Internet, and the keyword from the advertiser to the customer via the Internet Notifying means for notifying, means for sending a membership application from the customer to the information provider via the Internet to newly become a member, and the keyword, and the keyword sent from the customer being the advertiser Means for determining whether or not the keyword matches the keyword issued to the member. If it is determined that the keyword matches, the member application An information management system, comprising: means for determining that the information is based on an introduction of an advertiser.