JP2007026107A - Information management device, information management method, and program for obtaining the information management device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To intensively transmit sponsor provision information to superior users. <P>SOLUTION: The information management part 160a of an information management device 100a is provided with a means 162 for extracting a person adapted to a condition, a user page preparation means 164 and a point imparting means 166. The means for extracting a person adapted to a condition extracts the person adapted to a condition from among registered users and correlates the person adapted to the condition with the sponsor provision information and registers him/her in a sponsor information registration part 120 as a point imparting scheduled person. The user page preparation means prepares a user page for each registered user, and carries title information of the sponsor provision information which can be transmitted to the person adapted to the condition on the user page of the person adapted to the condition. In the case that a browsing user is present, when it is decided that the browsing user is the point imparting scheduled person, the point imparting means imparts prescribed points to the browsing user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information management apparatus, an information management method, and a program for realizing the information management apparatus for managing transmission of information provided from a sponsor as an information sender to a user as an information receiver.

  Providers of various products and services (hereinafter referred to as sponsors) provide information on the products and services to an unspecified number of users by running advertisements on television.

  On the other hand, sponsors have also transmitted advertisements to electronic devices (hereinafter referred to as user devices) such as mobile phones and personal computers of each user via a network (see Patent Document 1).

  For example, in Patent Document 1, the sponsor transmits an advertisement to the user device as follows. That is, when the sponsor transmits an advertisement to the user device, the sponsor registers the advertisement in an information management device called a service providing server device. Thereby, the service providing server device transmits the advertisement list to a user device called a user terminal. When receiving the advertisement list from the service providing server device, the user terminal displays the list on the display means. Thereby, the user can browse the advertisement list. When the user browses the advertisement list, he / she operates the input means of the user terminal and designates a desired advertisement from the list. Then, the user terminal transmits information specifying the advertisement to the service providing server device. When the service providing server device receives information specifying an advertisement from the user terminal, the service providing server device transmits the specified advertisement to the user terminal. When receiving the advertisement from the service providing server device, the user terminal displays the advertisement on the display means. Thereby, the user can browse a desired advertisement.

  By the way, in Patent Document 1, the service providing server device gives points (hereinafter referred to as points in Patent Document 1) to the user when the advertisement is transmitted to the user terminal. The point of this patent document 1 can be exchanged for a reward presented by a sponsor who is an advertiser or an administrator of a server. The reward includes application for a sweepstakes, price reduction of a telephone fee, discount of a usage fee when a user uses a paid service provided by a sponsor, and the like.

  However, the point of patent document 1 is limited to the exchange with the reward shown by the sponsor of the sponsor who is an advertiser, or the administrator of a server unlike cash. Therefore, the point of patent document 1 did not have the convenience like cash. Further, the points of Patent Document 1 can be exchanged only for a reward having a value lower than the fee for using the paid service used by the user when the reward is exchanged for a reward other than the prize application.

  Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses a value that is higher than the idea of giving a user a point having convenience such as cash (that is, a point whose usage is not limited) and a fee for using a paid service used by the user. There was no idea of making it possible to give the user points.

  Therefore, the inventor of this application has made an invention for improving the convenience of points, and the applicant of this application filed as Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-315292 on October 29, 2004, and further, 2005 On July 14, 2000, based on the Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-315292, a priority application was filed as Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-206209.

  The invention filed as Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-206209 (hereinafter referred to as the prior application invention) relates to an information management device used by an agency, and in order to give the point a value equivalent to cash, Resources that support the value are secured, and a part of the resources is distributed to users who have viewed the sponsor-provided information (hereinafter referred to as browsing users). Specifically, the information management device according to the invention of the prior application distributes a part of the sponsor fee to the viewing user, using the sponsor fee paid from the sponsor to the agent as a source. Thereby, the information management device of the invention of the prior application can give the browsing user points having a value equivalent to cash. The agency means a company that transmits sponsor-provided information to the user on behalf of the sponsor. Further, the sponsor-provided information means service information such as advertisements and questionnaires that the sponsor provides to the user.

  The outline of the information management apparatus of the prior invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a connection form of the information management apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 11A, the information management device 100 is connected to a plurality of sponsor devices 200 and a plurality of user devices 300 via a communication network 400. Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 11B, the information management apparatus 100 includes a plurality of user apparatuses via the communication network 400 when the information management unit 160 has a function of performing the same processing as the sponsor apparatus 200. Connect with 300 only.

  The information management apparatus 100 means an apparatus that manages transmission of sponsor-provided information provided from a sponsor to a user. The information management apparatus 100 is, for example, an electronic device such as a server or a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC). The information management apparatus 100 is mainly used by an agent. The agency is an operating company (including employees of the operating company) that operates the agency business using the information management apparatus 100, and is also an administrator of the information management apparatus 100. Hereinafter, the agency may be referred to as an operating company or an administrator. In sending and receiving mail, a plurality of providers (not shown) are interposed among the information management device 100, the sponsor device 200, and the user device 300, as in the conventional case.

  The sponsor device 200 means a device used by a sponsor who is an information sender. The sponsor device 200 is, for example, a server, a PC, an interactive television broadcasting device (hereinafter referred to as an interactive TV broadcasting device), or other electronic devices.

  The user device 300 means a device used by a user who receives information. The user device 300 is, for example, a mobile phone, a PC, an interactive television receiver (hereinafter referred to as interactive TV), or other electronic devices.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the configuration of the information management apparatus of the prior invention.

  As illustrated in FIG. 12, the information management apparatus 100 distributes to a storage unit 105 that stores various types of information, a communication unit 110 that communicates with external devices such as the sponsor device 200 and the user device 300, and users. A distribution cost calculation unit 140 that calculates a cost (hereinafter referred to as distribution cost), a payment processing unit 150 that performs payment processing of the distribution cost to the user, and information management that performs management of transmission of sponsor-provided information and various processes Unit 160, a control unit 170 that controls the entire computer (for example, decoding of program instructions, processing of various data necessary for computer operation, timing control, etc.), and an administrator gives a command or is necessary Consists of various devices for inputting information (for example, keyboards, mice, scanners, reading / writing devices for various storage media, etc.) An input unit 180, various devices for outputting information (e.g., a display or a printer, etc.) and an output section 190 constituted by. Note that the storage unit 105 includes a RAM in which various information is readable and a read-only ROM. The storage unit 105 includes therein a sponsor information registration unit 120 for registering corporate information (hereinafter referred to as sponsor information) regarding the sponsor itself, and a user information registration unit for registering personal information (hereinafter referred to as user information) regarding the user itself. 130. When the information management apparatus 100 receives information input from the input unit 180 or various information from other devices (for example, the sponsor device 200 or the user device 300) via the communication unit 110, the information management device 100 receives the received information. , Temporarily stored in the storage unit 105. After that, the information management apparatus 100 reads the received information from the storage unit 105 and, based on the read information, performs various processes (for example, the received information output unit 190) defined by the management program 501 described later. On the display). Hereinafter, description regarding this operation will be omitted.

  The sponsor device 200 includes a storage unit 205 for storing various information, a communication unit 210 for communicating with the information management device 100, and various information (for example, sponsor information, sponsor provision information, contract update information). ), Etc.) and the control of the sponsor apparatus 200 as a whole (for example, processing of various data necessary for decoding program instructions and computer operation, timing control, etc.) A control unit 270 for performing information, an input unit 280 including various devices for inputting information (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a scanner, a reading / writing device for various storage media, and the like), and a sponsor gives a command Alternatively, an output unit composed of various devices (for example, a display, a printer, etc.) that outputs necessary information. And a 90. Note that the storage unit 205 includes a RAM in which various information is readable and a read-only ROM. The sponsor device 200 receives information received from the input unit 280 or information received from other devices (for example, the information management device 100 or the user device 300) via the communication unit 210. , Temporarily stored in the storage unit 205. After that, the sponsor device 200 reads the received information from the storage unit 205, and based on the read information, performs various processes defined by the above-described program (for example, to the display of the received information output unit 290). Display). Hereinafter, description regarding this operation will be omitted.

  In addition, the user device 300 transmits / receives various information (for example, user information, sponsor-provided information, and the like) and a storage unit 305 that stores various information, a communication unit 310 that communicates with the information management device 100, and the like. Information processing unit 360 that performs management and various processing, and control unit 370 that performs overall control of the user apparatus 300 (for example, decoding of program instructions, processing of various data necessary for computer operation, timing control, etc.) And an input unit 380 composed of various devices for inputting information (for example, a keyboard / mouse, a scanner, a reading / writing device for various storage media such as a CD-ROM and a DVD, etc.), and a user command An output unit 390 configured by various devices (for example, a display, a printer, or the like) that gives or outputs necessary information. The has. Similar to the storage unit 205 of the sponsor apparatus 200, the storage unit 305 includes a RAM in which various information is readable and a read-only ROM. Similar to the sponsor device 200, the user device 300 receives information input from the input unit 380 and various information from other devices (for example, the information management device 100 and the sponsor device 200) via the communication unit 310. In this case, the received information is temporarily stored in the storage unit 305. After that, the user device 300 reads the information received from the storage unit 305, and based on the read information, performs various processes defined by the above-described program (for example, to the display of the received information output unit 390). Display). Hereinafter, description regarding this operation will be omitted.

  The information management apparatus 100 operates as follows.

  First, the information management apparatus 100 performs sponsor registration and user registration. Note that sponsor registration means registering sponsor information in the information management apparatus 100. The information management device 100 acquires sponsor information from the sponsor device 200 and registers the acquired sponsor information in the sponsor information registration unit 120. Note that the registered sponsor information includes money amount information (hereinafter simply referred to as “sponsor cost”) related to the cost paid from the sponsor to the agent, and the information management apparatus 100 determines the number of times provided according to this sponsor cost. (Or provision amount) on behalf (that is, transmission of sponsor provision information to the user). Further, user registration means registering user information in the information management apparatus 100. The information management apparatus 100 acquires user information from the user apparatus 300 and registers the acquired user information in the user information registration unit 130.

  When the sponsor management and the user registration are performed, the information management apparatus 100 performs a proxy service (that is, transmission of sponsor provision information to the user). The agency work is performed mainly when the user accesses the information management apparatus 100 and designates the sponsor-provided information desired to be browsed. At this time, the information management apparatus 100 acquires the sponsor-provided information specified by the user from the sponsor apparatus 200 and transmits it to the user apparatus 300. Alternatively, when the sponsor provision information is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120, the information management apparatus 100 reads the sponsor provision information designated by the user from the sponsor information registration unit 120 and transmits it to the user device 300. Thereby, the display of the output unit 390 of the user apparatus 300 displays a screen illustrated in FIG. 13A or 13B, for example.

  FIGS. 13A and 13B are diagrams illustrating an example of sponsor-provided information. FIG. 13A shows an example of sponsor-provided information in the form of an advertisement, and FIG. 13B shows an example of sponsor-provided information in the form of a questionnaire.

  In the example shown in FIG. 13A, the user device 300 has a sentence notifying the user that the motor show will be held, a sentence requesting the user to input a keyword in the box field, a box field for entering the keyword, A screen having a “browse confirmation transmission” key is displayed. The “browsing confirmation transmission” key means a key for transmitting the keyword input in the box field to the information management apparatus 300. When the user inputs a keyword (hereinafter referred to as a reply keyword) in the box field and presses the “browse confirmation transmission” key, the user apparatus 300 transmits the reply keyword to the information management apparatus 100. When the information management apparatus 100 acquires a reply keyword from the user apparatus 300, the information management apparatus 100 compares the reply keyword with a plurality of keywords registered in the sponsor information registration unit. Then, the information management apparatus 100 determines that the user has viewed the sponsor-provided information when the reply keyword matches any of the plurality of keywords registered in the sponsor information registration unit, and the reply keyword Is stored in the sponsor information registration unit 120 or the user information registration unit 130 as browsing confirmation information.

  In the example shown in FIG. 13B, the user device 300 has a screen including a question text for a car, a check field where a “re” point is input when the user checks, and a “send questionnaire response” key. Is displayed. The “questionnaire response transmission” key means a key for transmitting the position information of the “re” point input in the check field to the information management apparatus 300 as questionnaire response information. When the user inputs a “re” point in the check column and presses the “browse confirmation transmission” key, the user device 300 transmits the position information of the “re” point to the information management device 100 as answer information of the questionnaire. When the information management apparatus 100 acquires questionnaire response information from the user apparatus 300, the information management apparatus 100 determines that the user has browsed the sponsor-provided information, and sponsor information registration unit 120 or user information registration uses the questionnaire response information as browsing confirmation information. Stored in the unit 130.

  Whenever it is determined that the user has browsed the sponsor-provided information, the information management apparatus 100 gives a point of a predetermined value to the browsing user by the information management unit 160.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 calculates the distribution cost to be distributed to the browsing user by the distribution cost calculation unit 140 based on the integrated value of the points given to the browsing user. Then, the information management apparatus 100 uses the payment processing unit 150 to perform a payment process for the calculated distribution cost (that is, transmission of the calculated distribution cost to the viewing user's user device 300) using the sponsor cost as a source. .

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 creates, for example, a report illustrated in FIG. 14 by the information management unit 160 and transmits the report to the sponsor apparatus 200 at a predetermined timing. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a report. The predetermined timing is, for example, when the provision period ends (or when it ends), or when the number of provisions reaches the upper limit value (or when it reaches), the distribution set according to the sponsor fee For example, when the upper limit of cost is exceeded (or exceeded).

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the information management apparatus of the prior invention.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the server functioning as the information management apparatus 100 includes a microprocessor unit (hereinafter referred to as MPU) 101 that functions as a processing unit, and random access that functions as a storage unit that temporarily stores various types of information. Memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) 102, read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) 103 that functions as a storage unit that permanently stores various information, and hard disk drive that functions as a storage unit that stores permanent information (Hereinafter referred to as an HDD) 104, a power supply unit 109 that supplies power to each part, an input unit 180 that inputs various types of information, an output unit 190 that outputs various types of information, and the like.

  The server reads the management program 501 stored in the program medium 500 via the input means of the input unit 180 (for example, a reading / writing device for various storage media), and the following functional means Build inside. As a result, the server functions as the information management apparatus 100. The management program 501 is a program for executing various controls necessary for transmission / reception and management of various types of information (for example, sponsor information, user information, sponsor-provided information, etc.).

  Functional units built in by the server include the communication unit 110, the distribution cost calculation unit 140, the payment processing unit 150, the information management unit 160, the control unit 170, the information management device 100, and external devices (for example, the sponsor device 200 and the like). Transmission / reception record storage units 107, 107 ′, sponsor information registration units 120, 120 ′, user information registration units 130, 130 ′, etc. for storing communication record information related to various information transmitted / received to / from the user apparatus 300, etc. There is.

  The communication unit 110, the distribution cost calculation unit 140, the payment processing unit 150, the information management unit 160, and the control unit 170 are functional units built in the MPU 101.

  As described above, the communication unit 110 is a functional unit that communicates with external devices such as the sponsor device 200 and the user device 300. The communication unit 110 controls transmission and reception of information as is well known. The communication unit 110 communicates with an external device through a wired or wireless input / output interface (not shown).

  The distribution cost calculation unit 140 is a functional unit that calculates distribution costs as described above. The distribution cost calculation unit 140 functions by the management program 501.

  As described above, the payment processing unit 150 is a functional unit that performs payment processing of the distribution cost to the user. The payment processing unit 150 functions by the management program 501.

  As described above, the information management unit 160 is a functional unit that manages transmission of sponsor-provided information and various processes. The information management unit 160 includes a timer for performing various processes. The information management unit 160 functions by the management program 501.

  As described above, the control unit 170 is a functional unit that performs overall control of the computer (for example, decoding of program instructions, processing of various data necessary for computer operation, timing control, etc.).

  The transmission / reception record storage unit 107, the sponsor information registration unit 120, and the user information registration unit 130 are functional units constructed in the RAM 102. The transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′, the sponsor information registration unit 120 ′, and the user information registration unit 130 ′ are functional units built in the HDD 104.

  Note that the transmission / reception record storage unit 107, the sponsor information registration unit 120, and the user information registration unit 130 built in the RAM 102 store highly necessary and relatively new information. For example, each time the information management apparatus 100 transmits / receives various information to / from an external device (for example, the sponsor apparatus 200, the user apparatus 300, etc.), the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 stores communication record information related to the transmitted / received information. Store. Further, the sponsor information registration unit 120 has sponsor information for which the contract with the sponsor is valid (that is, sponsor information for which the provision period of the sponsor provision information remains, and a flag (hereinafter referred to as sponsor stop information transmission stoppage)). , Which is referred to as a transmission stop flag) is stored in an updatable state. The user information registration unit 130 stores user information that can transmit sponsor-provided information (that is, user information that does not have a transmission stop flag recorded) in an updatable state.

  In contrast, the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′, the sponsor information registration unit 120 ′, and the user information registration unit 130 ′ built in the HDD 104 store past information that is no longer necessary. For example, the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′ stores various types of information transmitted / received between the information management apparatus 100 and the sponsor apparatus 200 or between the information management apparatus 100 and the user apparatus 300 after a predetermined period has elapsed. . In addition, the sponsor information registration unit 120 ′ has sponsor information whose contract with the sponsor has expired (that is, sponsor information whose sponsor provision information has expired, sponsor information in which a transmission stop flag is recorded, etc.). Is stored. In addition, the user information registration unit 130 ′ is a user who has processed payment of user information that cannot transmit sponsor-provided information (that is, user information in which a transmission stop flag is recorded) or distribution cost. Store information. The sponsor information registration unit 120 ′ can store all sponsor information as well as sponsor information whose contract with the sponsor has expired. In addition, the user information registration unit 130 ′ is not limited to user information that cannot transmit sponsor-provided information, and can store all user information.

  The transmission / reception record storage units 107 and 107 ′ are memory areas for storing communication record information related to various information transmitted / received between the information management apparatus 100 and external devices (for example, the sponsor apparatus 200, the user apparatus 300, etc.). It is.

  The communication record information recorded in the transmission / reception record storage units 107 and 107 ′ received, for example, the sponsor information or sponsor provision information when the sponsor information or sponsor provision information is received from the sponsor apparatus 200 or the user apparatus 300. Access history, specific information request history when information requesting transmission of specific sponsor provision information from user device 300 is received, transmitted sponsor provision information when sponsor provision information is transmitted to user device 300 (or transmission) Information that can identify sponsor sponsored information), user information and browsing confirmation information when user information and browsing confirmation information are received from the user device 300, and the like. The communication record information is temporarily stored in the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 together with the header information. Thereafter, the header information of the communication record information is identified by the information management unit 160. Thereby, it is determined which communication record information corresponds to the sponsor information of which contract number. Each communication record information is registered in one or both of the sponsor information registration unit 120 and the user information registration unit 130 while being associated with the sponsor information of each contract No. by the information management unit 160.

  The transmission / reception record storage unit 107 transmits the communication record information after the elapse of the predetermined period to the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′ to be stored in the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′ when a predetermined period elapses after each communication record information is stored. At the same time, erase from itself.

  The sponsor information registration units 120 and 120 'are memory areas for registering sponsor information. The sponsor information registration unit 120, 120 ′ is an input unit of the information management apparatus 100 that receives information written in contracts, memorandums, and other documents exchanged between the sponsor and the operating company (agent). The sponsor information input to the information management apparatus 100 by being read by 180 reading means (for example, a scanner) is registered. Alternatively, the sponsor information registration units 120 and 120 ′ allow the administrator to visually confirm information written in a contract, a memorandum, and other documents and input means (for example, a keyboard) of the input unit 180 of the information management apparatus 100. Or sponsor information entered by operating the mouse). Or sponsor information registration part 120,120 'registers the sponsor information which the information management apparatus 100 received from the sponsor apparatus 200 by the communication part 110. FIG.

  The sponsor information registration unit 120, when each sponsor information expires (that is, when the provision period of the sponsor provision information expires or a transmission stop flag is recorded), the sponsor information registration unit 120 ' And stored in the sponsor information registration unit 120 ′ and deleted from itself. However, even if the sponsor information registration unit 120 is the sponsor information in which the transmission stop flag is recorded, the response information from the sponsor to the report (that is, the information that the contract is updated or the information that the contract is not updated). If the contract with the sponsor is not revoked, the sponsor information is continuously stored until the revocation of the contract with the sponsor is confirmed by the administrator.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. The sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 'has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

  FIG. 16 shows sponsor information in which columns such as “contract No.”, “sponsor No.”, “item”, and “data” are formed.

  The “Contract No.” column is a column for registering a number assigned to each contract between the sponsor and the operating company (hereinafter referred to as “contract No”). The information management unit 160 collects a serial number every time a contract is made between the sponsor and the operating company (or every time the sponsor requests the operating company to provide the sponsored information to the user), The collected number is registered as a contract number in the “contract number” column of the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. Note that the contract number is a different number for each contract even if they are the same sponsor.

  The “sponsor No.” column is a column for registering a number assigned to each sponsor (hereinafter referred to as sponsor No.). The information management unit 160 collects a serial number and registers the collected number as a sponsor number in the “Sponsor No” column of the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. In addition, even if the contract No. is different, the sponsor No. is the same number if it is the same sponsor.

  FIG. 16 shows, for each contract No., in the “item” column, the “name” column, the “representative” column, the “person in charge” column, the “phone number” column, the “FAX number” column, the “URL”. Field, “e-mail address” field, “sponsor cost” field, “distribution upper limit ratio” field, “distribution cost upper limit (total)” field, “provision count (predicted value)” field, “provision period” field, The sponsor information in which the “total distribution cost” column, “setting condition 1” to “setting condition 10” column, “communication history” column, “transmission stop” column, and other columns are formed is shown.

  “Name” field, “Representative” field, “Person in charge” field, “Telephone number” field, “FAX number” field, “(Homepage) URL” field, “(E-mail) mail address” field, etc. This is a column for registering information unique to the sponsor.

  The “Sponsor Cost” column is a column for registering a sponsor fee. The sponsor fee is a cost that the sponsor pays to the agent (ie, operating company) as a price for the sponsor to send information provided by the sponsor (ie, service information such as advertisements and questionnaires) to the user.

  The “distribution upper limit ratio” column is a column for registering an upper limit ratio (hereinafter referred to as a distribution upper limit ratio) to be distributed to the user as a distribution cost from among the sponsor costs. The distribution upper limit ratio is appropriately set by the administrator based on an instruction from the sponsor or according to the amount of the sponsor fee.

  The “distribution cost upper limit value (total amount)” column is a column for registering an upper limit value (hereinafter referred to as an upper limit value of the distribution cost) of the total amount distributed to the user as the distribution cost from among the sponsor costs. The upper limit value of the distribution cost is calculated by the information management unit 160 multiplying the sponsor cost information by the distribution upper limit ratio.

  The “provision number (predicted value)” column is a column for registering a predicted value of the number of times of providing the sponsor-provided information. The predicted value of the number of provisions is information determined according to the sponsor fee. The predicted value of the number of provisions is calculated by dividing the upper limit of the distribution cost calculated by the information management unit 160 (or the administrator) based on the sponsor cost information by the average value of “granting points for each provision” described later. Is done. The information management unit 160 stops the transmission of the sponsor provision information to the user device 300 when the number of provisions of the sponsor provision information exceeds the predicted value of the number of provisions registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120.

  The “provision period” column is a column for registering the provision period of sponsor-provided information. The provision period is information determined according to the sponsor fee. The provision period is appropriately set according to the sponsor fee by the administrator. The information management unit 160 stops the transmission of the sponsor provision information to the user device 300 when the provision period of the sponsor provision information exceeds the provision period registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120.

  The information management apparatus 100 includes a “name” field, a “representative” field, a “person in charge” field, a “phone number” field, a “FAX number” field, a “(homepage) URL” field, and an “email address”. ”,“ Sponsor Cost ”,“ Provision Period ”, and the like can be acquired as electronic information from the sponsor device 200.

  The “setting condition” column is a column for registering a condition set by the sponsor in order to extract a user who transmits the sponsor-provided information.

  The “communication history” column is a column for registering a communication history transmitted / received between the information management device 100 and the sponsor device 200 and a communication history transmitted / received between the information management device 100 and the user device 300. The communication history can include information such as the provision date and time, the user number of the destination that sent the sponsor provision information, the distribution cost, the payment processing date, and the payment method. For each contract No, the information management unit 160 receives sponsor-provided information to the user device 300 or receives response information from the user (that is, a reply keyword, questionnaire response information, etc.) from the user device 300. In this case, the communication history is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 when the distribution cost to the user is calculated, or when the distribution cost is paid to the user.

  The “transmission stop” column is a column for registering a transmission stop flag (that is, a flag indicating stop of transmission of sponsor-provided information) predetermined by the administrator when the transmission of sponsor-provided information is stopped. Hereinafter, when distinguishing between a sponsor with a transmission stop flag registered and a sponsor with no transmission stop flag registered, the former is referred to as a transmission stop sponsor and the latter is referred to as a transmission continuation sponsor.

  FIG. 16 shows sponsor information whose contract number is “7043”, sponsor number “1678ba”, name “XXXXX”, representative “xxx”, and person in charge “xxx”. × ”, the telephone number is“ 03-XXXXXX-XXX ”, the FAX number is“ 03-XXXXXX-XXXXXX ”, and the URL is“ http://www.a01.co. jp ", email address" aabbcc@xxyy.ne.jp ", sponsor fee" 1,000,000 yen ", distribution upper limit ratio" 75% ", distribution cost upper limit" 750,000 yen " It shows that the predicted value of the number of provisions is “2500 times”, the provision period is “20040701 to 20040930”, and the total distribution cost is “526,550 yen”.

  Further, FIG. 16 shows that the sponsor information setting conditions 1 to 3 with the contract number “7043” are “unmarried” for the extracted user, “male” for the gender, and “Tokyo” or “Saitama” for the address. It shows that it has become.

  Further, FIG. 16 shows that as the sponsor information with the contract No. “7043”, the communication history is “xxxx” and the transmission stop is blank (that is, does not exist).

  The user information registration units 130 and 130 'are memory areas for registering user information. The user operates the input means (for example, a keyboard or a mouse) of the input unit 380 of the user device 300 to input user information. Then, the user device 300 transmits user information to the information management device 100 via the communication unit 310 by processing in the information processing unit 360. The information management device 100 receives the user information transmitted from the user device 300 by the communication unit 110 and registers the received user information in the user information registration unit 130. When the sponsor-provided information cannot be transmitted, the user information registration unit 130 transmits the user information of the user to the user information registration unit 130 ′ and registers the user information in the user information registration unit 130 ′. Delete user information for.

  It should be noted that the user information stored in the user information registering unit 130 is the user information registering unit 130 when the user information no longer accepts sponsor-provided information (that is, when the transmission stop flag is recorded). It is transmitted to 'and stored in the user information registration unit 130' and is deleted from itself. However, even if the user information is recorded with the transmission stop flag, if the payment of the distribution cost has not yet been processed, the user information registration unit 130 does not process the user information until the payment of the distribution cost is processed. Keep storing.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information registered in the user information registration unit 130. Note that the user information registered in the user information registration unit 130 'has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

  The example illustrated in FIG. 17 illustrates user information in which columns such as “registration No.”, “user No.”, “item”, and “data” are formed.

  The “registration No.” column is a column for registering a number assigned for each user registration (hereinafter referred to as registration No.). Each time a user is registered, the information management unit 160 collects a serial number, and registers the collected number as a registration number in the “registration No” column of user information registered in the user information registration unit 130.

  The “user number” column is a column for registering a number assigned to each user (hereinafter referred to as a user number). The information management unit 160 collects a serial number and registers the collected number as a user number in the “user number” column of the user information registered in the user information registration unit 130.

  Further, FIG. 17 shows, for each registration No., in the “item” column, the “granting points for each provision” column, the “unprocessed accumulated points” column, the “point conversion amount” column, and the “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost”. Column, “Processed distribution cost” column, “Payment processing history” column, “Nickname” column, “Password” column, “Email address” column, “Phone number” column, “Address area” column, “Gender” column , “Age” column, “Occupation” column, “Annual income” column, “Marriage history” column, “Number of children” column, “Owned / unoccupied” column, “Presence / absence of car” column, “Hobby” column, “Like” ”Brand” column, “Nearest station” column, “Frequently visited area” column, “Payment method” column, “Transfer destination” column, “Transfer source” column, “Communication history” column, “Transmission stop” column, User information in which other fields are formed is shown.

  The “provided points for each provision” column is a column for registering points (hereinafter referred to as “given points for each provision”) given to the user every time the sponsor provision information is provided to the user. The user can obtain more points as user information is registered in more items. The information management device 100 does not give points to the user just by sending the sponsor-provided information to the user device 300. Instead, when the information management apparatus 100 receives the response information from the user (that is, a reply keyword or questionnaire response information, etc.) from the user apparatus 300 after transmitting the sponsor-provided information to the user apparatus 300. , Give points to users.

  The “unprocessed accumulated points” column is a column for registering an accumulated value of points acquired by the user (hereinafter referred to as “unprocessed accumulated points”) in which payment of the distribution cost to the user is unprocessed.

  The “point conversion amount” column is a column for registering the conversion amount of cash (for example, yen) to points (hereinafter referred to as point conversion amount). The “point conversion amount” field can be formed in both the sponsor information registration unit 120 and the user information registration unit 130. For example, when the sponsor and the user belong to different countries, the point conversion amount stored in the “point conversion amount” column is an amount in the currency unit of the country to which the sponsor and the user belong. The distribution cost calculation unit 140 of the information management apparatus 100 converts the point conversion amount from the currency unit amount of one country (for example, the country of the user) to the other country (for example, the sponsor) according to the daily fluctuation in the exchange rate. Will be used by converting to the monetary amount of the country.

  The “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost” column is a column for registering an accumulated amount of distribution cost acquired by the user (hereinafter referred to as “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost”) in which payment to the user is unprocessed. The unprocessed accumulated distribution cost is calculated by the information management unit 160 multiplying the unprocessed accumulated points by the point conversion amount.

  The “processed distribution cost” column is a column for registering the total of the distribution costs paid to the user.

  The “payment processing history” column is a column for registering a history of processing the payment of the distribution cost to the user.

  “Nickname” field, “Password” field, “Email address” field, “Phone number” field, “Address area” field, “Gender” field, “Age” field, “Occupation” field, “Annual income” field, “ “Marriage history” column, “Number of children” column, “Presence / absence of home” column, “Presence / absence of car” column, “Hobby” column, “Favorite brand” column, “Nearest station” column, “Frequently visited area” The "" column is a column for registering information unique to the user.

  The “payment method” column is a column for registering a payment method of the distribution cost to the user. The payment method includes “direct” in which the distribution cost is transmitted to the user apparatus 300 as electronic money, and “account transfer” in which the distribution cost is transferred to an account of a financial institution designated by the user.

  The “transfer destination” column is a column for registering an account of a financial institution to which the distribution cost is transferred when the payment method is “account transfer”.

  The “transfer source” column is a column for registering the transfer source of the distribution cost when the payment method is “account transfer”. The transfer source is set by the user, but may be blank (ie, does not exist). In this case, the information management apparatus 100 registers the company name of the operating company.

  The “communication history” column is a column for registering a communication history transmitted and received between the information management apparatus 100 and the user apparatus 300. The communication history can include information such as provision date and time, provision destination user No., distribution cost, payment processing date, and payment method. For each registration number, the information management unit 160 receives sponsor-provided information to the user device 300, or receives response information from the user (ie, a reply keyword or questionnaire response information) from the user device 300. In this case, the communication history is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 when the distribution cost to the user is calculated, or when the distribution cost is paid to the user.

  The “transmission stop” column is a column for registering a transmission stop flag when transmission of sponsor-provided information is stopped. For example, when the user device 300 stops receiving sponsor-provided information, the information management unit 160 registers a transmission stop flag in the “transmission stop” column of the user information registered in the user information registration unit 130.

  FIG. 17 shows, as user information with a registration number “257,896”, a user number “15681a”, a given point for each provision is “150 points”, an unprocessed accumulated point is “3,000 points”, points Conversion amount is “1 point = 1 yen”, unprocessed accumulated distribution cost is “3,000 yen”, processed distribution cost is “0 yen”, payment processing history is blank (ie does not exist), nickname Is “XXX”, the password is “XXX”, the email address is “ddeeff@yyzz.ne.jp”, the phone number is “03-XXXXXX-XXXXXX”, the address area Is “Tokyo”, gender is “male”, age is “26”, occupation is “company employee”, annual income is “501-7.5 million yen”, marriage history is “unmarried”, number of children is “0”, home "None" with or without car, "None" with or without car, Hobby "XXXXXX", favorite brand “Xxxx”, nearest station is “xxxx”, frequently visited area is “xxxx”, payment method is “direct”, transfer destination is blank (ie does not exist), transfer This indicates that the original is blank (that is, does not exist), the communication history is blank (that is, does not exist), and the transmission stop is blank (that is, does not exist).

FIG. 17 shows the user information with the registration number “2577877”, the user number “23421b”, the payment method “account transfer”, the transfer destination “XXXXX”, and the transfer source “XX”. Xxx ", the past communication history is" xxx ", and the transmission stop is" xxxx "that is a transmission stop flag.
JP 2004-152073 A (paragraphs 33 to 78, FIGS. 1 to 5)

  As described below, the information management device of the prior invention of the present applicant gives a high point to a low-value browsing user even though the browsing user is a low-value user to the sponsor. was there. For this reason, the information management apparatus of the prior invention has a problem in that raw materials may be consumed in vain.

  That is, in the prior invention, a user having a larger number of items registered with user information is regarded as a user with higher value. For this reason, the information management apparatus according to the invention of the prior application gives high points to browsing users who have a large number of items registered with user information.

  However, for a sponsor, a user who is more likely to purchase a sponsor product or service is a higher-value user, and a user who is less likely to purchase a sponsor product or service is a lower-value user. Hereinafter, a user having high value for a sponsor (that is, a user who is highly likely to purchase a sponsor product or service) is referred to as an excellent user, and a user having a low value for a sponsor (that is, a sponsor product or service can be purchased). A user with a low probability) is referred to as a non-excellent user.

  Therefore, even if the browsing user is a non-excellent user, this information management apparatus of the invention of the prior application considered that the browsing user was a high-value user if the user information was registered in many items. In this case, the information management apparatus according to the invention of the prior application gives high points to non-excellent users.

  As described above, the information management device according to the invention of the prior application may give a high point to the browsing user even though the browsing user is a non-excellent user (that is, a user having low value for the sponsor). . For this reason, the information management apparatus of the prior invention has a problem in that raw materials may be consumed in vain.

  There is a limit to the amount of resources that can be distributed (ie, part of sponsorship costs). Therefore, in the information management device, it is preferable to prevent wasteful consumption of resources. In order to prevent wasteful consumption of resources, the information management apparatus needs to reduce the number of times the non-excellent user views the sponsor-provided information.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information management apparatus and an information management method for transmitting sponsor-provided information intensively to excellent users.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information management apparatus according to claim 1 is a sponsor information registration unit that registers information about a sponsor who is an information sender, and a user who registers information about a user who is an information receiver. An information registration unit; a communication unit that communicates with a user device used by the user via a communication network; and an information management unit that manages transmission of sponsor-provided information provided from the sponsor to the user.

  The information management unit includes a condition conformer extraction unit, a user page creation unit, and a point grant unit.

  The condition-adapting person extracting means includes a function for extracting a user who meets the conditions specified by the sponsor from registered users registered in the user information registering means, and a condition-adapting person as a point grantee. And a function of registering in sponsor information registration means in association with sponsor provided information.

  The above-described user page creation means registers a function to create a page displayed by the user device for each registered user registered in the user information registration means, and registers the created page as a user page in the user information registration means. And a function of posting title information of sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition conformant extracted by the condition conformant extraction means on the user page of the condition conformant.

  The above point granting unit is configured such that when there is a browsing user who has viewed the sponsored information based on the title information of the sponsored information posted on the user page of the condition conformer by the user page creating unit, the browsing user and the sponsor When it is determined that the browsing user is a point grantee by comparing with the point grantee registered in the information registration means, and the browsing user is determined to be a point grantee, And a function for giving a predetermined point to a browsing user.

  This information management device creates a user page for each registered user by the user page creation means, extracts a condition conformant by the condition conformant extraction means, and provides sponsor-provided information to the user page of the condition conformant. The title information of is posted.

  Thereafter, the information management device determines whether or not the browsing user is a point granter by the point granting unit when there is a browsing user who browses the sponsor provided information based on the title information posted on the user page. When it is determined that the viewing user is a point granter, a predetermined point is given to the viewing user. Specifically, each registered user operates their own user device to instruct the information management device to transmit a user page. In response to this instruction, the information management unit of the information management apparatus transmits the user page of the registered user who has instructed transmission of the user page to the user apparatus of the registered user. Thereby, the registered user can display his / her user page on the display of the user device. As a result, the registered user can instruct the information management apparatus to transmit sponsor-provided information that he / she wishes to browse based on his / her user page displayed on the display. Here, it is assumed that the information management apparatus is instructed to transmit certain sponsor-provided information. In this case, in response to this instruction, the information management means of the information management apparatus transmits sponsor-provided information of the instructed item to the user device of the user. As a result, the registered user can display sponsor-provided information desired to be viewed on the display of the user device. When the registered user browses the sponsor-provided information displayed on the display, the registered user's user device displays information indicating that the sponsor-provided information has been browsed (hereinafter referred to as browsing confirmation information). Send to. When receiving the browsing confirmation information from the registered user's user device, the information management means of the information management device regards the registered user as the browsing user upon receipt of the browsing confirmation information. Thereafter, the point granting unit of the information management apparatus reads the information of the prospective point granter registered in advance from the sponsor information registration means, and the browsing user is the prospective point granter based on the read information of the prospective point granter. It is determined whether or not. Then, when it is determined that the browsing user is a point granter, the point granting unit of the information management device grants a predetermined point to the browsing user.

  According to the information management apparatus of the second aspect, the condition compliant person extracting means registers the condition compliant person as the bonus point granting person in association with the sponsor provision information in the sponsor information registration means. The point granting means determines whether or not the viewing user is a bonus point grantee, and when it is determined that the browsing user is a bonus point grantee, predetermined points including bonus points are determined. Grant to viewing users.

  According to the information management apparatus of the third aspect, the sponsor information registration means stores in advance a point table in which weights of points to be assigned for each item are set. Then, the user page creation means, when posting the title information of the sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition conformant extracted by the condition conformant extraction means, on the user page of the condition conformant, from the user information registration means The user's user information, the point table is read from the sponsor information registration means, the items matching the granting conditions are extracted from the user information of the condition conformer, and set in the point table according to the extracted items The integrated value of the obtained points is calculated, and the integrated value of the points is registered as a bonus point in association with the user No. in the sponsor information registration means.

  According to the information management device of claim 4, the condition compliant person extracting means registers the condition compliant person as a bonus point grantee in association with the sponsor provided information in the sponsor information registration means and attaches it to the sponsor provided information. Then, the file to be transmitted to the user device of the condition conformant is registered in the sponsor information registration unit in association with the sponsor provision information. Then, when there is a browsing user who has viewed the file, the point granting unit determines whether or not the browsing user is a bonus point grantee, and it is determined that the browsing user is a bonus point grantee Sometimes, bonus points are given to the viewing user.

  According to the information management device of the fifth aspect, the sponsor-provided information includes a plurality of keywords for browsing confirmation information. Then, when receiving a keyword for browsing confirmation information for sponsor-provided information from the browsing user's user device, the point granting unit determines whether the keyword is a keyword corresponding to a bonus point, and the keyword is a bonus point. When it is determined that the keyword corresponds to, bonus points are given to the viewing user.

  The information management method according to claim 6 is the same as the apparatus invention according to claim 1, in which sponsor information registration means for registering information about a sponsor who is an information sender and information about a user who is an information receiver. Information management comprising user information registration means for registration, communication means for communicating with a user device used by the user via a communication network, and information management means for managing transmission of sponsor-provided information provided to the user from the sponsor Use the device to manage the transmission of sponsored information.

  And this information management means has a condition conformer extraction means, a user page creation means, and a point grant means, respectively, a condition fit person extraction step, a user page creation step, a point grant step, Execute.

  In the above condition conformer extraction step, the condition conformant extraction means extracts a user who meets the conditions specified by the sponsor from the registered users registered in the user information registration means, and the condition conformance A person is registered in the sponsor information registering means in association with the sponsor provision information as a point grantee.

  In the user page creation step described above, a page displayed by the user device is created for each registered user registered in the user information registration unit, and the created page is registered in the user information registration unit as a user page. Furthermore, the title information of the sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition compliant person extracted by the condition compliant person extraction step is posted on the user page of the condition compliant person.

  In the above-mentioned point grant process, when there is a viewing user who browses the sponsor offer information based on the title information of the sponsor offer information posted on the user page of the condition conformer by the user page creation process in the point grant process By comparing the browsing user and the point grantee registered in the sponsor information registration means, it is determined whether or not the browsing user is a point grantee, and the browsing user is a point grantee When determined, a predetermined point is given to the browsing user.

  In this information management method, a user page is created for each registered user in the user page creation process, and a condition conformer extraction process is performed in the condition conformer extraction process to provide sponsor-provided information to the user page of the condition conformer. The title information of is posted.

  Thereafter, the information management method determines whether or not the browsing user is a point grantee in the point granting step when there is a browsing user who browsed the sponsor provided information based on the title information posted on the user page. When it is determined that the viewing user is a point granter, a predetermined point is given to the viewing user. Specifically, each registered user operates their own user device to instruct the information management device to transmit a user page. In response to this instruction, the information management unit of the information management apparatus transmits the user page of the registered user who has instructed transmission of the user page to the user apparatus of the registered user. Thereby, the registered user can display his / her user page on the display of the user device. As a result, the registered user can instruct the information management apparatus to transmit sponsor-provided information that he / she wishes to browse based on his / her user page displayed on the display. Here, it is assumed that the information management apparatus is instructed to transmit certain sponsor-provided information. In this case, in response to this instruction, the information management means of the information management apparatus transmits sponsor-provided information of the instructed item to the user device of the user. As a result, the registered user can display sponsor-provided information desired to be viewed on the display of the user device. When the registered user browses the sponsor-provided information displayed on the display, the registered user's user device displays information indicating that the sponsor-provided information has been browsed (hereinafter referred to as browsing confirmation information). Send to. When receiving the browsing confirmation information from the registered user's user device, the information management means of the information management device regards the registered user as the browsing user upon receipt of the browsing confirmation information. Thereafter, the point granting unit of the information management apparatus reads the information of the prospective point granter registered in advance from the sponsor information registration means, and the browsing user is the prospective point granter based on the read information of the prospective point granter. It is determined whether or not. Then, when it is determined that the browsing user is a point granter, the point granting unit of the information management device grants a predetermined point to the browsing user.

  According to the information management device described in claim 7, as in the device invention described in claim 2, in the condition compliant person extraction step, the information management means uses the information provided by the sponsor as the person who is scheduled to grant bonus points. In association with the sponsor information registration means. In the point granting step, the information management means determines whether or not the browsing user is a bonus point granter, and includes a bonus point when it is determined that the browsing user is a bonus point grantant. A predetermined point is given to the browsing user.

  According to the information management device described in claim 8, as in the device invention described in claim 3, the sponsor information registration unit stores in advance a point table in which weights of points to be assigned for each item are set. Yes. Then, in the user page creation step, the user page creation means displays the title information of the sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition conformant extracted by the condition conformant extraction means on the user page of the condition conformant. The user information of the condition conformer is read from the information registration means, the point table is read from the sponsor information registration means, and the item matching the grant condition is extracted from the user information of the condition conformant, and the extracted item In response, the integrated value of the points set in the point table is calculated, and the integrated value of the points is registered as a bonus point in association with the user No. in the sponsor information registration means.

  According to the information management device of the ninth aspect, as in the device invention of the fourth aspect, in the condition compliant person extraction step, the condition compliant person extraction means sponsors the condition compliant person as a bonus point grantee. In addition to registering in the sponsor information registration means in association with the provided information, a file to be attached to the sponsor provided information and transmitted to the user device of the condition conformant is registered in the sponsor information registration unit in association with the sponsor provided information. In the point granting step, when there is a viewing user who has browsed the file, the point giving means determines whether or not the viewing user is a bonus point granting person, and the browsing user is a bonus point granting person. When it is determined that there is a bonus point, bonus points are given to the viewing user.

  According to the information management device of the tenth aspect, similar to the device invention of the fifth aspect, the sponsor-provided information includes a plurality of keywords for browsing confirmation information. In the point granting step, when the point granting unit receives a keyword for viewing confirmation information for sponsor-provided information from the viewing user's user device, the point granting unit determines whether the keyword is a keyword corresponding to a bonus point, When it is determined that the keyword is a keyword corresponding to a bonus point, a bonus point is given to the browsing user.

  The program according to claim 11 includes the information management apparatus described above, that is, a sponsor information registration unit, a user information registration unit, a communication unit, and an information management unit. An information management apparatus having an adapted person extracting means, a user page creating means, and a point giving means is realized.

  This program creates a user page for each registered user by the user page creation means, extracts a condition fit person by the condition fit person extraction means, and displays the title of sponsor provided information on the user page of the condition fit person Drive the computer to post information. After this, the program determines whether or not the browsing user is a point granter by the point granting means when there is a browsing user who browsed the sponsored information based on the title information posted on the user page. When the determination is made and it is determined that the browsing user is a point granter, the computer is driven so as to give a predetermined point to the browsing user.

  According to the information management device described in claim 1, when it is determined that the browsing user is a pre-registered point granter, a predetermined point is given to the browsing user.

  According to this information management device, points can be given by concentrating on a condition-adapted person who is likely to be an excellent user (that is, a user who is highly likely to purchase a sponsor's product). Thereby, the excellent user can obtain a high point, and as a result, can obtain a high distribution cost. Therefore, a good user acts so that the browsing opportunity of sponsor provision information may increase. Specifically, the good user registers detailed user information in the user information registration means so that as much title information as possible is posted on his / her user page. Moreover, a good user actively browses his / her user page and receives sponsor-provided information. Therefore, the information management apparatus can make an excellent user act positively so that the opportunity to view sponsor-provided information increases. Therefore, the information management apparatus can intensively transmit sponsor-provided information to good users.

  As a result, the information management apparatus can prevent giving a high point to a non-excellent user (that is, a user who is unlikely to purchase a sponsor's product), and can prevent wasteful consumption of resources. it can.

  Further, according to the information management device of claim 2, when it is determined that the browsing user is a bonus point granting person registered in advance, predetermined points including bonus points, specifically, The total points of the normal points and the bonus points (however, only the bonus points may be given) are given to the browsing user.

  According to this information management device, it is possible to concentrate on the condition-adapted person who is likely to be a good user and to give higher points than the information management device according to claim 1. Therefore, a good user acts more actively so that the opportunity of browsing sponsor-provided information increases. Therefore, this information management apparatus can make an excellent user act more actively than the information management apparatus of Claim 1 so that the browsing opportunity of sponsor provision information may increase.

  In addition, according to the information management device of the third aspect, when the title information of the sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition conformant is posted on the user page of the condition conformant, the condition conformant is based on the point table. Every time a bonus point is calculated, the bonus point is associated with the user number and registered in the sponsor information registration means.

  According to this information management apparatus, points with different values can be given to individual browsing users.

  According to the information management device of claim 4, when the browsing user browses the attached file, and when it is determined that the browsing user is a bonus point grantee registered in advance, Is given to the browsing user.

  Thereby, this information management apparatus can give a bonus point to a browsing user, when the browsing user who is a candidate who gives a bonus point browses the file attached to sponsor provision information.

  According to the information management device of the fifth aspect, when it is determined that the keyword for the browsing confirmation information received from the browsing user's user device is a keyword corresponding to the bonus point, the bonus point is given to the browsing user. Give.

  Thereby, this information management apparatus can give a bonus point to the said browsing user, when the keyword for the browsing confirmation information transmitted by the browsing user is a keyword applicable to a bonus point.

  In the information management method according to the sixth aspect, as with the information management apparatus according to the first aspect, it is possible to concentrate and give points to condition-adapted persons who are likely to be excellent users. Therefore, the information management method can make a good user act positively so that the opportunity of browsing sponsor-provided information increases. Therefore, the information management method can transmit sponsor-provided information intensively to excellent users.

  As a result, the information management method can prevent giving a high point to a non-excellent user (that is, a user who is unlikely to purchase a sponsor product), and can prevent wasteful consumption of resources. it can.

  Further, according to the information management method described in claim 7, in the same manner as the information management apparatus described in claim 2, the information management method described in claim 6 is more effective than the information management method described in claim 6 so that the opportunity for viewing sponsor-provided information is increased. Furthermore, it is possible to make an excellent user act positively.

  Further, according to the information management method described in claim 8, similarly to the information management apparatus described in claim 3, points with different values can be given to individual browsing users.

  According to the information management device of the ninth aspect, as in the case of the device invention of the fourth aspect, when the browsing user browses the attached file, the browsing user is scheduled to give bonus points registered in advance. When it is determined that the user is a person, bonus points are given to the browsing user.

  Thereby, this information management method can give a bonus point to a browsing user, when a browsing user who is a bonus point granting person browses a file attached to sponsor offer information.

  According to the information management device of the tenth aspect, similarly to the device invention of the fifth aspect, the keyword for the browsing confirmation information received from the user device of the browsing user is determined to be a keyword corresponding to the bonus point. When it is done, bonus points are given to the viewing user.

  Thereby, this information management method can give a bonus point to the browsing user when the keyword for browsing confirmation information transmitted by the browsing user is a keyword corresponding to the bonus point.

  In addition, the program according to claim 11 acts positively to a good user so that the opportunity to view sponsor-provided information increases as in the information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Can be made.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Each drawing schematically shows each component to the extent that the present invention can be understood. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated example. Moreover, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the common component and the same component, and those overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The present invention is not limited to the following examples, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

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Hereinafter, the configuration of an information management apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the information management apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the information management apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the same configuration (see FIGS. 12 and 15) as that of the above-mentioned information management apparatus of the prior application of the present applicant is given the same reference numeral, and the information management of this prior application is performed. The apparatus 100 is replaced with the information management apparatus 100a, and the information management section 160 of the prior invention is replaced with the information management section 160a. Note that the information transmitted and received between the information management apparatus 100a and the sponsor apparatus 200 includes a sponsor ID assigned to each sponsor in order to identify the sponsor. By identifying the sponsor ID, the information management apparatus 100a identifies which contract the sponsor apparatus 200 that is transmitting / receiving information is used by. Thereby, the information management device 100a appropriately transmits and receives various information to and from the sponsor device 200. Similarly, information transmitted and received between the information management apparatus 100a and the user apparatus 300 includes a user ID assigned to each user in order to identify the user. By identifying this user ID, the information management apparatus 100a identifies which contract user is using the user apparatus 300 that is transmitting and receiving information. Thereby, the information management device 100a appropriately transmits and receives various pieces of information to and from the user device 300. Note that the sponsor No. shown in FIG. 16 is a kind of sponsor ID. Moreover, the user No. shown in FIG. 17 is a kind of user ID.

  The server functioning as the information management device 100a reads and executes the management program 501a stored in the program medium 500a via the input means of the input unit 180 (for example, a reading / writing device for various storage media). The same function means as the information management apparatus 100 of the prior invention is built inside (see FIG. 2). Note that the management program 501a is a program in which the management program 501 of the invention of the prior application is added with a function for constructing the condition-adapted person extraction unit 162, the user page creation unit 164, and the point grant unit 166 in the information management unit 160. is there. The information management apparatus 100a according to this embodiment is different from the information management apparatus 100 of the invention of the prior application in that the condition matching person extraction means 162, the user page creation means 164, and the point grant means 166 are constructed in the information management section 160a. (See FIGS. 1 and 2).

  The condition-adapting person extracting unit 162 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a function of extracting a user who satisfies the condition specified by the sponsor from registered users registered in the user information registration unit 130 as a condition-adapting person, A function (see FIG. 3) of registering the conforming person in the sponsor information registration unit 120 in association with the sponsor provision information as a point granting person.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of sponsor information of this embodiment registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. As shown in FIG. 3, the sponsor information of this embodiment has a configuration in which a “point grantee” column is added to the sponsor information of the prior invention (see FIG. 16). In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, information “15681a: 200P, 23421b; 155P,...” Is registered in the “point grantee” column. This is because the information management apparatus 100a registers the user No. “15681a” and the user No. “23421b” as the point granting candidates, and further, the user No. “15681a” of the user No. This indicates that “200P (points)” is to be granted, and “155P (points)” is to be given to the user No. “23421b”.

  The user page creation means 164 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a user page creation function, a user page registration function, and a title information posting function.

  The user page creation function creates a page displayed by the user device 300 for each registered user registered in the user information registration unit 130 (see FIG. 4A).

  The user page registration function registers the created page in the user information registration unit 130 as a user page.

  The title information posting function posts the title information of sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition conformer extracted by the condition conformant extraction unit 162 on the user page of the condition conformer (see FIG. 4B).

  4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating an example of a user page. FIG. 4A shows an example of an initial state user page, that is, a user page created when user registration is performed, and FIG. 4B shows a state in which a while has passed since user registration. An example of a user page, that is, a user page on which title information of sponsor-provided information is posted is shown. In the example shown in FIG. 4A, the user page has a “point No” column and an “integrated points” column. In the example shown in FIG. 4B, the user page has a “point No.” column and an “integrated points” column, and further includes a column for posting title information. By pressing the triangular arrow displayed in the right corner of the column, the display scrolls.

  The user operates the input unit 380 of the user device 300 to access the information management device 100a, and issues a user page transmission command using the user number. Hereinafter, a user accessing the information management apparatus 100a is referred to as an access user. In response to the user page transmission command, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a reads the user page of the access user from the user information registration unit 130 and transmits it to the user device 300 of the access user. When receiving the access user's user page from the information management apparatus 100a, the information processing unit 360 of the access user's user device 300 stores the access user's user page in the storage unit 305 and displays it on the display of the output unit 390.

  While viewing the user page displayed on the display of the output unit 390, the access user can view the title information of the sponsor-provided information desired to be browsed (specifically, the “title” of the sponsor-provided information shown in FIG. 4B), Alternatively, the information management apparatus 100a is requested to transmit sponsor-provided information desired to be browsed by pressing a “receive” key or the like associated with the sponsor-provided information. Thereby, the user device 300 of the access user transmits the title information of the sponsor-provided information that the access user desires to browse to the information management device 100a. Hereinafter, this access user is referred to as a request user. At this time, the transmitted title information is referred to as title information of the requested item. Further, the sponsor provision information corresponding to the title information of the requested item is referred to as sponsor provision information of the requested item. Further, a sponsor entrusting transmission of sponsor provision information of a requested item to an agent is referred to as a sponsor of the requested item.

  When the information management unit 160a of the information management apparatus 100a receives the title information of the request item from the user device 300 of the requesting user, the information provided by the requesting user is provided by the first method or the second method described later. It transmits to the user apparatus 300. Note that the first method is a method when sponsor-provided information is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 of the information management apparatus 100a. The second method is a method in the case where sponsor provided information is not registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 of the information management apparatus 100a.

  The point giving means 166 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a point granting person determination function and a point giving function.

  The point granting person determination function determines whether or not there is a viewing user who has browsed the sponsor provision information based on the title information of the sponsor provision information posted on the user page of the condition conformer by the user page creation unit 164. To do. When there is a browsing user, it is determined whether or not the browsing user is a point granting candidate by comparing, that is, collating the browsing user and the point granting candidate registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120.

  The point granting function gives a predetermined point to the viewing user when it is determined that the viewing user is a point granter.

  Specifically, the comparison between the browsing user and the point grantee described above is performed by comparing the user No. of the browsing user with the user No registered in the “point grantee” column shown in FIG. In addition, the above-mentioned “predetermined points” means points that are scheduled to be given to the user No. of the user who matches the user No. of the browsing user registered in the “pointing point grantee” column. To do. Specifically, the “predetermined points” are “200P (points)” scheduled to be given to the user No. “15681a” or the user No. “23421b”. "155P (points)" that was scheduled to be granted. For example, when it is determined that the browsing user is a user No. “15681a” registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as a prospective user point granter, the point granting unit 166 displays “200 points” as a viewing user. To grant.

  It should be noted that the “point grantee” column can be replaced with the “bonus point grantee” column as described in the second embodiment. The “scheduled bonus point grantee” means a planner who grants bonus points in addition to normal points (that is, grant points for each offer). For example, when it is determined that the browsing user is a user of the user No. “15681a” registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as a prospective bonus user point granter, In this case, a total point (provided that only the bonus points may be added) of the provision point for each provision of the viewing user and the bonus point is given to the viewing user.

  As described above, such an information management apparatus 100a creates a user page for each registered user by the user page creation unit 164 and extracts a condition conformer by the condition conformant extraction unit 162. The title information of sponsor-provided information is posted on the user page of the condition conformant. Thereafter, when there is a browsing user who has browsed the sponsor-provided information based on the title information posted on the user page, the information management device 100a causes the point granting unit 166 to indicate that the viewing user is a point granter. Whether or not the viewing user is determined to be a point granter, a predetermined point is given to the viewing user.

<Operation of information management device>
The operation of the information management apparatus will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5A to FIG. 5B are flowcharts each illustrating an operation example of the information management apparatus. FIG. 5A illustrates an operation example of the information management apparatus 100a when a user page is created for each registered user and title information is posted on the user page. FIG. 5B illustrates an operation example of the information management apparatus 100a when the user browses the sponsor-provided information based on the title information posted on the user page.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5A, the information management unit 160a of the information management apparatus 100a registers the user information of the new user in the user information registration unit 130 in S105. Thereby, the information management part 160a performs user registration of a new user. “New user” means a user who newly registers as a user.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S105 is as follows.

  That is, when the operation is started, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a constantly monitors the access from the sponsor device 200 and the access from the user device 300. When the information management unit 160a detects an access from the user device 300, various information (for example, a user page, sponsor-provided information, other information, etc.) is returned as a response to the access from the user device 300 via the communication unit 110. ) Is transmitted to the user apparatus 300. When the user performs a new user registration, the information management unit 160a detects an access from the user device 300, and further receives a command for executing the user registration from the user device 300. In response to this, the information management unit 160a reads the new user registration information from the user information registration unit 130, and transmits the new user registration information to the user device 300 via the communication unit 110. Note that “new user registration information” means information for displaying a user registration screen on the display of the output unit 390 of the user device 300.

  When the information processing unit 360 of the user device 300 receives the new user registration information from the information management device 100a via the communication unit 310, the information processing unit 360 creates a user registration screen based on the new user registration information, and the user registration is performed. The display screen is displayed on the display of the output unit 390. A user who becomes a new user looks at the user registration screen displayed on the display, inputs his / her user information into an arbitrary item on the screen, and transmits the user information to the information management apparatus 100a. Perform the operation. In response to this, the information processing unit 360 of the user device 300 transmits the user information of the new user to the information management device 100a.

  When the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the user information of the new user from the user device 300 via the communication unit 110, the information management unit 160a collects the user number for the new user. Then, the information management unit 160a associates the collected user number for the new user with the received user information of the new user, and registers these in the user information registration unit 130.

  In this way, the information management unit 160a registers the user information of the new user in the user information registration unit 130 in S105.

  Next, when the user information of the new user is registered in the user information registration unit 130, the information management unit 160a creates a user page (see FIG. 4A) of the new user in S110. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the user page created at this time includes columns for displaying basic information such as “user No.” and “cumulative points” and title information of sponsor-provided information. It is made up of a field to be scheduled. When creating the user page of the new user, the information management unit 160a associates the user number of the new user with the information constituting the user page for the new user, and registers these in the user information registration unit 130. Thereby, the information management part 160a can always read the user page of each user from the user information registration part 130 based on the user No of each user.

  Next, the information management unit 160a registers the sponsor information of the new sponsor in the sponsor information registration unit 120 in S115. Thereby, the information management part 160a performs sponsor registration of a new sponsor. The “new sponsor” means a sponsor who newly registers as a sponsor. Among the sponsors, in addition to a sponsor who registers as a sponsor for the first time, there are sponsors who have already contracted with an agency and also entrusted agency work for new projects.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S115 is as follows.

  That is, the information management unit 160a of the information management apparatus 100a constantly monitors the access from the sponsor apparatus 200 and the access from the user apparatus 300 as described above. When the information management unit 160a detects an access from the sponsor device 200, the information management unit 160a acts as a response to the access from the sponsor device 200 via the communication unit 110 as various information (for example, transmission of sponsor-provided information to the user). Information relating to business, etc.) is transmitted to the sponsor device 200. When the sponsor performs new sponsor registration, the information management unit 160a detects access from the sponsor device 200, and further receives a command for executing sponsor registration from the sponsor device 200. In response to this, the information management unit 160a reads the new sponsor registration information from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and transmits the new sponsor registration information to the sponsor device 200 via the communication unit 110. “New sponsor registration information” means information for displaying a sponsor registration screen on the display of the output unit 290 of the sponsor device 200.

  When the information processing unit 260 of the sponsor device 200 receives the new sponsor registration information from the information management device 100a via the communication unit 210, the information processing unit 260 creates a sponsor registration screen based on the new sponsor registration information, and registers the sponsor. The display screen is displayed on the display of the output unit 290. A sponsor who becomes a new sponsor looks at the user registration screen displayed on the display, inputs his / her sponsor information into an arbitrary item on the screen, and transmits the sponsor information to the information management apparatus 100a. Perform the operation. In response to this, the information processing unit 260 transmits the sponsor information of the new sponsor to the information management apparatus 100a. The sponsor information of the new sponsor includes money amount information (that is, sponsor cost) related to the cost paid from the sponsor to the agent.

  When the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the sponsor information of the new sponsor from the sponsor device 200 via the communication unit 110, the information management unit 160a collects the sponsor number for the new sponsor. Then, the information management unit 160a associates the collected sponsor No. for the new sponsor with the received sponsor information of the new sponsor, and registers them in the sponsor information registration unit 120.

  In this way, the information management unit 160a registers the sponsor information of the new sponsor in the user information registration unit 130 in S115.

  The step S115 and the next step S120 may be performed before the step S105 (that is, the user information registration step).

  Next, when the information management unit 160a registers the sponsor information of the new sponsor in the sponsor information registration unit 120, in S120, the information management unit 160a sets the upper limit value of the number of times (or the amount of provision) of the sponsor information provided by the new sponsor. The “sponsor-provided information provision count” means the number of times sponsor-provided information can be transmitted to the user. The “amount of sponsor-provided information” means the amount of information that can be transmitted to the user.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S120 is as follows.

  That is, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor information of the new sponsor from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and based on the sponsor fee included in the sponsor information of the new sponsor, the number of times (or the amount of provision of the sponsor provided information) ) Is calculated. When information management unit 160a calculates the upper limit value of the number of times (or provided amount) of sponsor-provided information, it associates the sponsor number of the new sponsor with information on the upper limit value of the number of provided (or provided amount) sponsor-provided information. These are registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. As a result, the information management unit 160a always reads the upper limit value of the number of times (or the amount of provision) of the sponsor provision information for each contract item from the sponsor information registration unit 120 based on the sponsor No of each contract item. Will be able to.

  In this way, the information management unit 160a sets the upper limit value of the number of times (or the amount of provision) of sponsor provision information of a new sponsor in S120.

  Next, when the upper limit value of the number of times (or the amount of provision) of the sponsor-provided information of the new sponsor is set, the information management unit 160a extracts the condition conforming person for each contract item in S125. The “condition-adapted person” means a user who matches the conditions specified by the sponsor (for example, “setting condition 1” to “setting condition 10” shown in FIG. 3).

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S125 is as follows.

  That is, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor information from the sponsor information registration unit 120 and the user information of each user No from the user information registration unit 130 at a predetermined timing for each contract case. Then, the information management unit 160a selects “setting condition” (in the example shown in FIG. 3, “setting condition 1” included in the sponsor information of the read contract item from the read user information of each user No. ”To“ setting condition 10 ”) are extracted. When the information management unit 160a extracts the condition conforming person of the read contract matter from the user information of each user No, the information management unit 160a associates the sponsor information of the contract matter with the extracted user No. of the condition conforming person, Register in the sponsor information registration unit 120 (see FIG. 3). The condition adaptor of the user No registered in association with the sponsor information of this contract item becomes the point grant candidate. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, as the information registered in “point grantee”, the user No. of the condition conformant and the points to be assigned are associated with each other and registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. . Thereby, the information management part 160a can give a predetermined point (that is, a point to be given) to the point granting person when the point granting person browses the sponsor provided information.

  In this manner, the information management unit 160a extracts the condition conforming person for each contract item in S125.

  Next, when the condition management person of each contract item is extracted, the information management unit 160a updates the user page of the condition matching person in S130. That is, the information management unit 160a posts the title information (see FIG. 4B) of the sponsor-provided information on the user page of the condition conformer.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S130 is as follows.

  That is, when the information management unit 160a extracts a condition conformer for each contract item, the information management unit 160a reads the user information of the condition conformer from the user information registration unit 130, and the user included in the read user information of the condition conformer The title information of sponsor-provided information on the contract is posted on the page. For example, as shown in FIG. 4B, the title information posted at this time is information such as “category”, “company name”, “title”, “scheduled grant point”, “receive” key, Become. When the information management unit 160a publishes the title information on the user page of the condition conformer, the information management unit 160a registers the user page in the user information registration unit 130 as one piece of user information of the condition conformer. Thereby, the information management part 160a can always read the user page of each user in which different title information was posted for each user from the user information registration part 130 based on the user No of each user. become.

  In this manner, the information management unit 160a updates the user page of the condition conformer in S130.

  Next, in S135, the information management unit 160a updates the sponsor information after transmitting the user page of the condition conformer. That is, the information management unit 160a registers information related to the point granting person (in this case, information combining the user No and the granting point) in the sponsor information registration unit 120, with the condition conforming person as the point granting person. (Refer to “Point to be given points” column in FIG. 3).

  As described above, the information management unit 160a of the information management apparatus 100a creates a user page for each registered user and posts title information on the user page. Thereby, each user can receive sponsor-provided information desired to be browsed using the title information.

  The operation of the information management apparatus 100a after S135 is as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a constantly monitors the access from the sponsor device 200 and the access from the user device 300 as described above. This is detected when there is an access from the user device 300 of the user.

  Next, when detecting an access from the user device 300, the information management unit 160a receives the user number of the access user from the user device 300 in S210, and based on the received user number of the access user, the user information registration unit The user information of the access user is read from 130. Thereby, the information management unit 160a identifies the access user.

  Next, when identifying the access user, the information management unit 160a transmits information on the user page included in the user information of the access user to the user apparatus 300 of the access user in S215.

  When the information processing unit 360 of the user device 300 of the access user receives information on the user page of the access user from the information management device 100a, the information processing unit 360 creates the user page of the access user and outputs the created user page of the access user. On the display. The access user views the user page displayed on the display, and when there is sponsor-provided information that he / she wants to browse, presses the title information of the sponsor-provided information as appropriate to transmit the sponsor-provided information he / she wishes to browse. Request to the information management apparatus 100a. Accordingly, the information processing unit 360 of the user device 300 of the access user who has requested the information management device 100a to transmit the sponsor-provided information, that is, the requesting user, the title information of the sponsor-provided information that the requesting user desires to browse. Is transmitted to the information management apparatus 100a.

  In response to this, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the title information from the user device 300 of the requesting user via the communication unit 110 in S220.

  Next, when receiving the title information from the user device 300 of the requesting user, the information management unit 160a transmits sponsor provision information corresponding to the received title information to the user device 300 of the requesting user in S225.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S225 is as follows.

  When the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the title information of the requested item from the user device 300 of the requesting user, the information provided by the sponsor of the requested item is obtained by the following first method or second method. It transmits to the user apparatus 300 of the requesting user.

  The first method is a method when sponsor-provided information is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 of the information management apparatus 100a.

  In the first method, when the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the title information of the requested matter from the user device 300 of the requesting user, first, the title information of the requested matter is associated with the user number of the requesting user. In addition, it is temporarily stored in the storage unit 105. Next, the information management unit 160a transmits the received request item title information to the sponsor device 200 of the request item sponsor.

  When the information processing unit 260 of the request item sponsor apparatus 200 receives the title information of the requested item from the information management apparatus 100 a, the information processing unit 260 first temporarily stores the received request item title information in the storage unit 205. Next, the information processing unit 260 reads the sponsor provision information (see FIGS. 13A and 13B) corresponding to the received title information of the requested item from the storage unit 205, and this is provided as sponsor provision of the requested item. Information is transmitted to the information management apparatus 100a. In response to this, the information management apparatus 100a receives the sponsor provision information of the requested item from the sponsor device 200 of the requested item sponsor.

  When the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the sponsor provision information of the requested matter from the sponsor device 200 of the sponsor of the requested matter, first, the information management unit 160a temporarily stores the received sponsor provision information of the requested matter in the storage unit 105. Next, the information management unit 160a reads the title information corresponding to the sponsor-provided information of the received request item from the storage unit 105, and specifies the user number of the requesting user associated with the read title information. Next, the information management unit 160a reads the user information corresponding to the identified user No. of the requested user from the user information registration unit 130, and identifies the email address of the requested user included in this user information ( FIG. 17). Next, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor provision information of the request item from the storage unit 105, and transmits the sponsor provision information of the read request item to the email address of the specified requesting user. As a result, the information management unit 160a transmits the sponsor provision information of the requested item to the user device 300 of the requesting user.

  The second method is a method when sponsor-provided information is not registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 of the information management apparatus 100a.

  In the second method, when the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the title information of the requested matter from the user device 300 of the requesting user, first, the title information of the requested matter is associated with the user number of the requesting user. In addition, it is temporarily stored in the storage unit 105. Next, the information management unit 160a reads the user information corresponding to the user No. of the requesting user from the user information registration unit 130, and specifies the email address of the requesting user included in this user information (FIG. 17). reference). Next, the information management unit 160a reads sponsor provision information corresponding to the received title information of the requested item from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and identifies the requested sponsor provision information as sponsor provision information of the requested item. Send to the user's email address. As a result, the information management unit 160a transmits the sponsor provision information of the requested item to the user device 300 of the requesting user.

  In this way, when the information management unit 160a receives the title information of the request item from the user device 300 of the requesting user, the information management unit 160a transmits the sponsor provision information of the received request item to the user device 300 of the requesting user.

  In response to this, the information processing unit 360 of the user device 300 of the requesting user receives the sponsor provision information of the requested matter from the information management device 100a. Then, the information processing unit 360 displays the sponsor-provided information of the received request item on the display of the output unit 390. The requesting user looks at the sponsor-provided information of the requested item displayed on the display and sees the browsing confirmation information (that is, the reply keyword included in the advertisement-type sponsor-provided information or the questionnaire-provided sponsor-provided information). The questionnaire response etc.) is transmitted to the information management apparatus 100a. Hereinafter, this requesting user is referred to as a browsing user.

  In response to this, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the browsing confirmation information from the user device 300 of the browsing user in S230.

  Next, when receiving the browsing confirmation information from the user device 300 of the browsing user, the information management unit 160a, in S235, based on the browsing user's user No included in the received browsing confirmation information, the user information registration unit 130. The user information of the browsing user is read out from. Thereby, the information management part 160a identifies a browsing user.

  Next, when the browsing user is identified, the information management unit 160a determines in S240 whether or not the browsing user is a point grantee. In this determination, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor information of the sponsor entrusted with the transmission of the sponsor provision information corresponding to the browsing confirmation information from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and the “point grantee” of the read sponsor information. This is done by comparing the user number registered in the column with the user number of the browsing user. At this time, when there is a user No that matches the user No. of the browsing user among the user Nos registered in the “point granting candidate” column, the information management unit 160a indicates that the browsing user is the point granting candidate. Is determined. In this case, the process proceeds to S245. On the other hand, when there is no user No that matches the user No. of the viewing user in the user No. registered in the “point granting person” column, the information management unit 160a determines that the viewing user is not the point granting person. To do. In this case, the process proceeds to S250.

  When it is determined in S240 that the viewing user is a point granter, the information management unit 160a gives a predetermined point to the viewing user in S245.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S240 that the browsing user is not a point granter, the information management unit 160a does not give points to the browsing user in S250.

  After S245 or S250, the distribution cost calculation unit 140 of the information management apparatus 100a periodically reads the user information of each registered user from the user information registration unit 130 at a predetermined timing. Then, the distribution cost calculation unit 140, in S255, based on the information registered in the “unprocessed integrated points” field (see FIG. 17) included in the read user information, the unprocessed integrated distribution of each registered user. The cost is calculated, and the calculated unprocessed cumulative distribution cost of each registered user is registered in the user information registration unit 130 as one piece of user information (see FIG. 17).

  Next, the payment processing unit 150 of the information management device 100a periodically reads out user information of each registered user from the user information registration unit 130 at a predetermined timing. Then, in S260, the payment processing unit 150 is registered in the “unprocessed cumulative distribution cost” field, the “payment method” field, the “transfer destination” field, and the like included in the read user information of each registered user. Based on the stored information, payment processing of the distribution cost to each registered user is performed. Specifically, when “direct” is registered in the “payment method” field of the user information of a registered user, the payment processing unit 150 is registered in the “unprocessed cumulative distribution cost” field of the user information. The distribution cost of the amount of money is transmitted as electronic money to the user device 300 of the registered user. Alternatively, the payment processing unit 150, when “account transfer” is registered in the “payment method” field of the user information of a registered user, the amount registered in the “unprocessed cumulative distribution cost” field of the user information Is sent to a host computer of a financial institution (not shown). In response to this, the host computer of the financial institution transfers the unprocessed accumulated distribution cost of each registered user to the transfer destination account designated by the user.

  Next, in step S265, the information management unit 160a determines whether the number of sponsor-provided information provisions exceeds the upper limit value for each contract item. In this determination, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor information of each contract item from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and the information on the number of times registered in the “provision number (predicted value)” column of the read sponsor information and “ This is done by comparing the information of the number of times of communication history registered in the “communication history” column. This determination can also be made by comparing the information on the amount registered in the “upper limit value (total amount) of distribution cost” column with the information on the amount registered in the “total distribution cost” column.

  If it is determined in S265 that the number of sponsor-provided provisions exceeds the upper limit, the process proceeds to S270. On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of sponsor-provided information provisions does not exceed the upper limit, the process returns to S205.

  If it is determined in S265 that the number of sponsor-provided information provisions exceeds the upper limit, the information management unit 160a creates a report (see FIG. 14) regarding the contract item in S270, and uses the created report as the contract. It transmits to the sponsor apparatus 200 of a case. When the sponsor receives the report from the information management apparatus 100a, the sponsor determines whether to stop sending the sponsor-provided information. When canceling transmission of sponsor-provided information, the sponsor operates the sponsor device 200 to transmit a command to stop transmission of sponsor-provided information to the information management device 100a. When not stopping the transmission of the sponsor-provided information, the sponsor operates the sponsor device 200 to transmit a command to continue transmitting the sponsor-provided information to the information management device 100a.

  When the information management unit 160a receives a command to cancel transmission of sponsor provision information from the sponsor device 200, the information management unit 160a cancels transmission of sponsor provision information of the contract item in S275. The information is canceled by the information management unit 160a registering the transmission stop flag in the “transmission stop” column of the sponsor information of the contract item registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120.

  Thus, the operation of the information management apparatus 100a when the user browses the sponsor-provided information based on the title information posted on the user page is completed.

  As described above, the information management apparatus 100a can give points by concentrating on a condition-adapted person who is likely to be a good user (that is, a user who is highly likely to purchase a sponsor product). Thereby, the excellent user can obtain a high point, and as a result, can obtain a high distribution cost. Therefore, a good user acts so that the browsing opportunity of sponsor provision information may increase. Specifically, a good user registers detailed user information in the user information registration unit 130 so that as much title information as possible is posted on his / her user page. Moreover, a good user actively browses his / her user page and receives sponsor-provided information. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100a can make a good user act positively so that the opportunity of browsing sponsor-provided information increases. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100a can transmit sponsor-provided information intensively to good users.

[Example 2]
In the first embodiment, when there is a viewing user, the “giving point for each provision” (that is, a normal point) predetermined for the viewing user is given to the viewing user.

  On the other hand, in the second embodiment, when there is a browsing user, bonus points are also given to the browsing user in addition to normal points (that is, points given for each provision).

  In the second embodiment, the configuration of the information management apparatus 100a is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the operation of the information management apparatus 100a is different from that of the first embodiment.

  The operation of the information management apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 6-1 to 6-2. FIGS. 6A to 6B are flowcharts illustrating exemplary operations of the information management apparatus. FIG. 6A illustrates an operation example of the information management apparatus 100a when a user page is created for each registered user and title information is posted on the user page, similar to FIG. 5-1. 6B illustrates an operation example of the information management apparatus 100a when the user browses sponsor-provided information based on the title information posted on the user page, similarly to FIG. 5B. .

  As illustrated in FIG. 6A, the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the process of S136 is performed instead of the process of S135 of the first embodiment (see FIG. 5A).

  That is, the information management apparatus 100a registers bonus point grantee information in the sponsor information registration unit 120 in S136 instead of S135 of the first embodiment.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 6B, the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the steps S241 and S246 are performed instead of the steps S240 and S245 of the first embodiment (see FIG. 5A). Is different.

  That is, the information management apparatus 100a determines whether or not the browsing user is a bonus point granter in S241 instead of S240 in the first embodiment. Also, the information management apparatus 100a gives the total number of normal points and bonus points to the viewing user in S246 instead of S245 in the first embodiment.

  The “bonus points” are points given to the viewing user as a privilege when the viewing user satisfies various grant conditions. As the granting conditions, for example, “there is a product purchase history in the past”, “high-income earner”, “gold card possession”, or the like can be set (see FIG. 7). This granting condition is appropriately determined by the sponsor or the agency. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the point table. In this embodiment, the granting conditions are set in the form of a point table by a sponsor or an agent. This point table is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. This point table is used, for example, by the information management unit 160a as follows.

  That is, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the user page creation unit 164), from the user information registration unit 130, for example, when posting the title information of the sponsor-provided information of a certain case on the user page of the condition conformer. While reading the user information of the condition conformant of the case, the point table of the case is read from the sponsor information registration unit 120. Next, the user page creation means 164 extracts, for each condition conformer, items that match the grant conditions set in the point table from the user information of the condition conformer. Then, the user page creation unit 164 calculates an integrated value of points set in the point table according to the extracted item for each individual condition conformer. The integrated value of this point becomes a bonus point for each condition compliant person. The user page creation means 164 registers information associating this bonus point with the user No. of the condition conforming person in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as information on the person who is scheduled to give bonus points (see “Bonus Point Granting” in FIG. 3). Refer to the “Schedule” column). Then, the user page creation unit 164 posts the title information of the sponsor-provided information of the case on the user page of the condition conformer.

  Here, it is assumed that, after the user page creation means 164 has posted the title information of the sponsor provision information of the case on the user page of the condition conformer, a browsing user who has viewed the sponsor provision information appears based on the title information.

  In this case, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the point granting unit 166), from the user device 300 of the browsing user, the user No. of the browsing user and the matter browsed by the viewing user (hereinafter referred to as the viewing matter). The browsing confirmation information for the sponsor-provided information is acquired, and the acquired user number of the browsing user and the browsing confirmation information are associated with each other and stored in the user information registration unit 130. And the point provision means 166 reads the sponsor information of the sponsor who entrusted the transmission of the sponsor provision information of the browsing item from the sponsor provision information unit 120 based on the acquired browsing confirmation information. In this sponsor information, as described above, information associating the bonus points with the user No. of the condition-adapting person is registered as information on the bonus point grantee (see “Bonus Point Grant” in FIG. 3). Refer to the “Schedule” column). The point granting unit 166 extracts the user number and bonus point of the person who is scheduled to give bonus points from the sponsor information of the read browsing case. Next, the point granting unit 166 reads the user No. of the browsing user and the browsing confirmation information from the user information registration unit 130, and extracts the user No. of the prospective bonus point candidate and the browsing user extracted from the sponsor information of the browsing case. The user No. is compared. The point granting unit 166 determines that the viewing user is a prospective bonus point grantee when there is a user No that matches the viewing user's user No.

  When it is determined that the browsing user is a bonus point granter, the point granting unit 166 determines whether or not the browse confirmation information read from the user information registration unit 130 matches the point granting condition. The point granting conditions include, for example, keywords included in the advertisement-type sponsor-provided information, the number of questionnaire items included in the questionnaire-type sponsor-provided information (FIGS. 13A and 13B). )reference). The point granting condition is appropriately set by the sponsor or the agency for each sponsor provided information. This point granting condition is associated with each sponsor-provided information and stored in advance in the sponsor information registration unit 120. The point granting unit 166 reads the point granting condition from the sponsor information registration unit 120 and compares the point granting condition with the browsing confirmation information. Thereby, the point provision means 166 determines whether browsing confirmation information corresponds to point provision conditions.

  When it is determined that the browsing confirmation information matches the point granting condition, the point granting unit 166 gives the browsing user the total points of the normal points (that is, the awarded points for each provision of the browsing user) and the bonus points. Give.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the information management apparatus 100a, when the viewing user satisfies the grant conditions set by the sponsor or the agency, the predetermined points including bonus points for the viewing user, specifically, A total point of normal points and bonus points (however, depending on the operation, only bonus points may be given) can be given. Thereby, a good user can obtain a higher point than Example 1, and, as a result, can obtain a high distribution cost. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100a can make an excellent user act more actively than the first embodiment so that the viewing opportunity of sponsor-provided information increases. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100a can transmit the sponsor-provided information more concentrated on excellent users than in the first embodiment.

  Here, the use example of the point table has been described by taking as an example the case of setting bonus points for condition-adapted persons. However, the point table can be used not only when setting bonus points for condition-adapters, but also when setting normal points (that is, points awarded for each provision).

[Example 3]
The third embodiment is for implementing a service for attaching information that cannot be notified only by sponsor-provided information as a file to the sponsor-provided information (hereinafter referred to as a file attachment service). In the third embodiment, the information management device 100a transmits sponsor-provided information attached with a file to the user device 300 of the condition extractor. When the user who is the condition extractor browses the file, the information management device 100a gives the user bonus points. Is granted. The file attached to the sponsor-provided information includes document information, still image information, moving image information, audio information, and others. This file can be output by the output unit 390 (specifically, a display, a speaker, etc.) of the user device 300 of each user. The manager of the sponsor or the server can notify the user of information that cannot be notified only by the sponsor-provided information by attaching this file to the sponsor-provided information.

  In the second embodiment, the configuration of the information management apparatus 100a is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the operation of the information management apparatus 100a is different from that of the first embodiment.

  In the third embodiment, the configuration of the information management apparatus 100a is the same as that of the first and second embodiments, but the operation of the information management apparatus 100a is different from that of the second embodiment in the following points.

  That is, the information management device 100a (specifically, the information management unit 160a) (1) prior to S105, relates to the sponsor-provided information for performing the file attachment service, and attaches a file to be attached to the sponsor-provided information. Points registered in advance in the sponsor information registration unit 120. (2) In S136, a condition extractor who should attach a file to sponsor-provided information is designated as a bonus point grantee, and information on the bonus point grantee (specifically, Is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as sponsor information of a case for granting bonus points to a viewing user (hereinafter referred to as a bonus grant case), (3 ) In S225, the sponsor-provided information attached with the file is transmitted to the user device 300. Beauty, (4) in S241, in that to determine the user who has viewed the file as a bonus point giving prospective differs from the operation of the second embodiment (see Figure 6-1 and Figure 6-2).

  The operations other than these points are the same as those in the second embodiment as described above. Therefore, here, only the operation different from that of the second embodiment will be described, and the description of the same operation as that of the second embodiment will be omitted.

  The operation of the information management apparatus according to the third embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8 (A) and (B). 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating an example of sponsor-provided information. FIG. 8A shows an example of sponsor-provided information in the form of an advertisement, and FIG. 8B shows a display example of a file attached to the sponsor-provided information.

  In the third embodiment, the information management apparatus 100a registers in advance the file to be attached to the sponsor provision information in the sponsor information registration unit 120 in relation to the sponsor provision information for performing the file attachment service before S105. (See FIG. 6-1).

  Further, in S136, the information management apparatus 100a sets the condition extractor who attaches the file to the sponsor-provided information as the bonus point granting person and registers the bonus point granting person information in the sponsor information registration unit 120 (FIG. 6). 1).

  When the information management apparatus 100a receives the request item title information from the user device 300 of the requesting user in S220, the information management device 100a transmits the sponsor provision information of the request item to the user device 300 of the requesting item in S225 ( See FIG. 6-2).

  At this time, the information management apparatus 100a reads the sponsor information of the requested item from the sponsor information registration unit 120. This sponsor information includes information on a condition extractor who should attach a file to the sponsor-provided information. The information management device 100a extracts information on the person who is scheduled to give bonus points from the sponsor information (specifically, the user number of the person who is scheduled to give bonus points). The information management device 100a compares the user No. of the prospective bonus point grantee with the user No. of the requested matter acquired from the user device 300, and matches the user No. of the requested matter in the user No. of the prospective bonus point grantee. When there is a user No. to be considered, the user of the requested matter is regarded as a bonus point grantee. Then, the information management apparatus 100a attaches the file to the sponsor provision information, and transmits the sponsor provision information to the user apparatus 300 of the user of the request item.

  When the user device 300 of the user of the request item receives the sponsor-provided information attached with the file from the information management device 100a, the sponsor-provided information is displayed on the display of the output unit 390. An example of this sponsor-provided information is shown in FIG.

  In the example shown in FIG. 8A, the user apparatus 300 adds a sentence requesting a person who desires bonus points to view an attached file, and “attached file” in the sponsor-provided information shown in FIG. A screen with the “Browse” key added is displayed on the display. Note that the “attached file browsing” key means a key for displaying a file attached to sponsor-provided information on a display or playing it through a speaker. When the user presses the “view attached file” key, the user device 300 displays, for example, a file attached to sponsor-provided information on the display of the output unit 390. An example of this file is shown in FIG.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 8B, the user device 300 requests the user to input a text notifying the user that a new car test-ride event is to be held and a test ride request date and time in the box field when a test ride is desired. A screen with text, a box field for entering the date and time of the test ride, an “apply” key, and a text requesting the user to press the “browse confirmation transmission” key when test drive is not desired is displayed on the display. ing. When the user inputs the test ride desired date and time in the box field and presses the “apply” key, the user device 300 transmits the user number and the test ride desired date and time information to the information management device 100a.

  When the information management device 100a receives the user number and the desired date / time information from the user device 300, the information management device 100a regards the desired date / time information as test confirmation information. In step S241, the information management apparatus 100a determines the user who has viewed the file as a bonus point grantee (see FIG. 6-2).

  The subsequent operation of the information management apparatus 100a is preferably as follows.

  That is, first, the information management device 100a registers the user number and the test ride desired date / time information received from the user device 300 in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as sponsor information of the requested item. Next, the information management apparatus 100a transmits the user number and the test ride desired date / time information to the sponsor apparatus 200 of the request item. When sponsor apparatus 200 receives user No. and desired test date information from information management apparatus 100a, sponsor apparatus 200 displays them on the display of output unit 290. Thereby, the sponsor can confirm the user's desired date and time of test ride. Thereafter, the sponsor determines the test drive date and time of the user and collects a serial number. This collected number becomes the reference number of the test ride event. The sponsor operates the sponsor device 200 to transmit the user No, the test ride date and time, and the reference number of the test ride event to the information management device 100a. When the information management apparatus 100a receives the user number, the test ride date and time, and the test ride number reference number from the sponsor apparatus 200, the information management apparatus 100a registers them in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as sponsor information of the requested item. Then, the information management device 100a reads out the user information of the user of the requested matter from the user information registration unit 130 based on the user No, and thereby identifies the user device 300 of the user of the requested matter. Then, the information management device 100a transmits the test ride date and time and the reference number of the test ride event received from the sponsor device 200 to the user device 300 of the user of the specified request item. When the user device 300 of the user of the request item receives the test ride date and time and the reference number of the test ride event from the information management device 100 a, these are displayed on the display of the output unit 390. Thereby, the user of the request item can confirm the test ride date and time and the reference number of the test ride event.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the information management apparatus 100a can grant bonus points to a browsing user when a browsing user who is scheduled to grant bonus points browses a file attached to sponsor-provided information. it can.

  Here, the file information has been described with reference to document information for applying for a test drive of a new car. However, the file format is not limited to this, and can be changed or modified as appropriate by the sponsor or the administrator of the server. . For example, the file can be in the same form as the sponsored information in advertisement format. In this case, in the above-described example, the test ride desired date / time information input by the user of the request item is handled as the browsing confirmation information, but is included in the sponsor-provided information in the advertisement format described in the first and second embodiments. Will be treated as browsing confirmation information.

[Example 4]
The fourth embodiment is for implementing a service for granting bonus points to a browsing user (hereinafter referred to as a bonus grant service) according to a keyword. In the fourth embodiment, the information management device 100a gives a bonus point to a browsing user when the keyword for browsing confirmation information transmitted by the browsing user is a keyword corresponding to the bonus point.

  In the fourth embodiment, the configuration of the information management apparatus 100a is the same as that of the first and second embodiments, but the operation of the information management apparatus 100a is different from that of the first embodiment in the following points.

  That is, the information management apparatus 100a (specifically, the information management unit 160a) (1) grants bonus points by using keywords for browsing confirmation information as shown in FIG. 9 in S225 shown in FIG. The point of notifying the user that there is a case, and (2) the operations of S241 to S244 shown in FIG. 10 instead of the operation of S250 shown in FIG. Different.

  The operations other than these points are the same as those in the first embodiment as described above. Therefore, here, only the operation different from that of the first embodiment will be described, and the description of the same operation as that of the first embodiment will be omitted.

  The operation of the information management apparatus according to the fourth embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of sponsor-provided information, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating still another operation example of the information management apparatus.

  As illustrated in FIG. 10, in Example 4, the information management apparatus 100a transmits sponsor provision information to the user apparatus 300 in S225. At this time, the information management apparatus 100a, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, “one person out of 10 is awarded a bonus point that is 5 times the normal bonus depending on the keyword”. A sentence notifying the user that there is a case of giving is put in sponsor provided information, and the sponsor provided information is transmitted to the user device 300. Note that the example shown in FIG. 9 includes a lottery probability of “1 in 10 people” and a magnification of “5 times” (hereinafter referred to as an increased value), but these can be changed as appropriate. They can also be hidden.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100a executes the operations of S241 to S244 shown in FIG. 10 instead of the operation of S250 shown in FIG.

  That is, if it is determined in S240 that the browsing user is a point granter, the information management apparatus 100a performs a lottery on the keyword for browsing confirmation information transmitted by the browsing user in S241.

  This lottery may be performed by any one of the following three methods.

  That is, as a first method, the information management device 100a performs lottery for the keywords for the browsing confirmation information received from the user device 300 based on the same probability, for example, 1/10 each time.

  Alternatively, as a second method, the information management apparatus 100a varies with a probability different from the keyword for the browsing confirmation information received from the user apparatus 300, for example, 1/10 to 1/100 every time. A lottery is performed based on the probability of performing.

  Alternatively, as a third method, the information management apparatus 100a accumulates the number of keywords every time a keyword for browsing confirmation information is received from the user apparatus 300, and performs lottery based on the accumulated number. The third method may be selected when the cumulative number reaches a predetermined value. In the third method, instead of the number of keywords, points may be set for each keyword, and the points of the keyword may be used.

  In this lottery, the lottery probability and the increase value may be changed according to the degree of user's excellence. Thereby, the information management apparatus 100a can give especially many bonus points to a good user who wants to browse sponsor provided information repeatedly.

  The information management device 100a performs the lottery as follows.

  That is, first, the sponsor operates the sponsor device 200 to transmit information related to a case for granting bonus points to the browsing user (hereinafter referred to as a bonus grant case) to the information management apparatus 100a. Information related to the bonus item is given to, for example, a contract No. (see FIG. 16) when the sponsor-provided information is transmitted to an agent, a period for performing a service (hereinafter referred to as a service implementation period), and a viewing user. Includes possible bonus point values, special user preferences, specially weighted keywords, and other information.

  Upon receiving this information from the sponsor device 200, the information management device 100a displays this information on the display of the output unit 190. Thereby, the administrator of the server, which is the agent, can confirm the request for the bonus granting case from the sponsor.

  When the server administrator confirms the request for the bonus item from the sponsor, based on the information related to the bonus item, the service implementation period, the maximum number of people who will perform the lottery, the lottery method, the lottery probability, the increase value, The user's preferential treatment condition, the specially weighted keyword, and others are determined, and these pieces of information are registered in the information management apparatus 100a as sponsor information for the bonus granting case. At this time, based on the contract No. included in the information related to the bonus grant item received from the sponsor device 200, the information management device 100a uses the information as sponsor information for the bonus grant item in the sponsor information registration unit 120. sign up.

  The information management device 100a starts a bonus point grant service when registration of the sponsor information of the bonus item is completed. That is, the information management device 100a repeats the steps S205 to S235 shown in FIG. 10 each time it receives the browsing confirmation information from the user device 300 of the browsing user who is a condition conformer during the service execution period. User No. and browsing confirmation information are registered in the sponsor apparatus 200 as sponsor information of the bonus granting case. The browsing confirmation information includes one or more keywords input by the browsing user.

  In S240, the information management apparatus 100a performs the above-described first to third processes at a predetermined timing (for example, when the service period ends or when the number of target persons who perform the lottery reaches the maximum number). A lottery is performed by any one of the methods.

  When the lottery is performed by the first method, the information management apparatus 100a reads the sponsor information of the bonus granting item from the sponsor information registration unit 120. Then, the information management device 100a extracts the lottery method, the lottery probability, the increase value, the user numbers of all browsing users, the browsing confirmation information registered in association with the user numbers, and others from the sponsor information. The browsing confirmation information includes one or more keywords input by the browsing user as described above. The information management device 100a calculates the total value of all the keywords extracted from the sponsor information, and multiplies the total value of all the keywords by the lottery probability extracted from the sponsor information, thereby calculating the upper limit value for winning. For example, when the total value of all keywords is 10,000 and the lottery probability is 1/10, the upper limit value of winning is 1,000. The information management device 100a performs lottery with the same probability for all keywords extracted from the sponsor information while associating with the user No. of each browsing user. At this time, each time the keyword won by lottery appears, the information management apparatus 100a regards the browsing user of the user No who transmitted the keyword as the winner. Then, the information management apparatus 100a registers the user No. of the winner in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as sponsor information for the bonus granting case. The information management device 100a performs the lottery and registration until the number of registrations reaches the upper limit value for winning, and when the number of registrations reaches the upper limit value for winning, the lottery and registration are stopped. Thereafter, the information management device 100a reads the winner's user number from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and grants bonus points to each winner based on the read winner's user number. Then, the information management apparatus 100a registers the points given to the winner in association with the user No. of the winner in the sponsor information registration unit 120 and the user information registration unit 130. In this way, the information management apparatus 100a performs lottery by the first method.

  When the lottery is performed by the second method, the information management device 100a reads the sponsor information of the bonus granting item from the sponsor information registration unit 120. Then, the information management apparatus 100a relates to the lottery method, the lottery probability, the increased value, the special preferential user condition, the specially weighted keyword, the user No of all browsing users, and the user No. The browsing confirmation information and other information registered are extracted. The browsing confirmation information includes one or more keywords input by the browsing user as described above. The information management device 100a calculates the total value of all the keywords extracted from the sponsor information, and multiplies the total value of all the keywords by the lottery probability extracted from the sponsor information, thereby calculating the upper limit value for winning. For example, when the total value of all keywords is 10,000 and the lottery probability is 1/10, the upper limit value of winning is 1,000. The information management device 100a performs lottery with different probabilities for all keywords extracted from the sponsor information while associating with the user numbers of the respective browsing users. At this time, the information management apparatus 100a changes the probability for each keyword based on information such as “a specially preferentially treated user condition” and “a specially weighted keyword”. Thereby, the information management apparatus 100a can perform lottery with different probabilities for each keyword. Each time the keyword won by lottery appears, the information management apparatus 100a regards the browsing user of the user No who transmitted the keyword as the winner. Then, the information management apparatus 100a registers the user No. of the winner in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as sponsor information for the bonus granting case. The information management device 100a performs the lottery and registration until the number of registrations reaches the upper limit value for winning, and when the number of registrations reaches the upper limit value for winning, the lottery and registration are stopped. Thereafter, the information management device 100a reads the winner's user number from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and grants bonus points to each winner based on the read winner's user number. Then, the information management apparatus 100a registers the points given to the winner in association with the user No. of the winner in the sponsor information registration unit 120 and the user information registration unit 130. In this way, the information management apparatus 100a performs lottery by the second method.

  When the lottery is performed by the third method, the information management apparatus 100a reads the sponsor information of the bonus grant item from the sponsor information registration unit 120. Then, the information management apparatus 100a relates to the lottery method, the lottery probability, the increased value, the special preferential user condition, the specially weighted keyword, the user No of all browsing users, and the user No. The browsing confirmation information and other information registered are extracted. The browsing confirmation information includes one or more keywords input by the browsing user as described above. Based on information such as “special preferential user condition” and “specially weighted keyword”, the information management apparatus 100a applies to all keywords extracted from the sponsor information while associating with the user number of each browsing user. Do point weighting. Thereafter, the information management apparatus 100a calculates the total value of the points of all keywords transmitted by each browsing user. Each time the total value of the points of all keywords reaches a predetermined value, the information management apparatus 100a regards the viewing user of the user No who transmitted the keyword as a winner. Then, the information management apparatus 100a registers the user No. of the winner in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as sponsor information for the bonus granting case. Thereafter, the information management device 100a reads the winner's user number from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and grants bonus points to each winner based on the read winner's user number. Then, the information management apparatus 100a registers the points given to the winner in association with the user No. of the winner in the sponsor information registration unit 120 and the user information registration unit 130. In this way, the information management apparatus 100a performs lottery by the third method.

  In S242, the information management apparatus 100a determines whether or not the lottery result in S241 is a win. If it is determined that the lottery result is a win, the process proceeds to S243. On the other hand, if it is determined that the result of the lottery is not successful, the process proceeds to S244.

  If it is determined that the lottery result is a win, the information management apparatus 100a determines in S243 a predetermined point including bonus points, specifically, a total point of normal points and bonus points (however, Bonus points may be given to the viewing user. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S255.

  If it is determined that the lottery result is not successful, the information management apparatus 100a gives a predetermined normal point (that is, a point for each provision) to the viewing user in S244. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S255.

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the information management apparatus 100a can give a bonus point to a viewing user when the keyword for viewing confirmation information transmitted by the viewing user is a keyword corresponding to the bonus point. it can.

<About the program>
A program according to the present invention is for realizing the above-described information management apparatus by a computer.

  That is, the program according to the present invention uses a computer by a sponsor information registration unit that registers information about a sponsor who is an information sender, a user information registration unit that registers information about a user who is an information receiver, and a user. A communication unit that communicates with a user device via a communication network, and an information management unit that manages transmission of sponsor-provided information provided from a sponsor to a user. From the registered users registered in the user information registration means, a user who meets the conditions specified by the sponsor is extracted as a condition conformant, and the condition conformant is associated with the sponsor provision information as a point granting person and sponsor information registration means The condition-adapted person extraction means registered in the Create a page to be displayed by the user device for each registered user registered in the means, register the created page as a user page in the user information registration means, and further extract the conditions extracted by the condition conformer extraction means User page creation means for posting title information of sponsor-provided information that can be sent to the conformant on the user page of the condition conformant, and title information of sponsor-provided information posted on the user page of the condition conformant by the user page creation means If there is a browsing user who browsed the sponsor-provided information, it is determined whether or not the browsing user is a point granting candidate by comparing the browsing user and the point granting candidate registered in the sponsor information registration means. And when it is determined that the browsing user is a point granter, It is intended for realizing the point providing means for providing the obtained point to the browsing user.

  In implementing this program invention, it is preferable that the condition-adapting person extracting unit associates the condition-adapting person with the sponsor-provided information as a bonus point granting person and registers it in the sponsor information registering unit, and the point granting unit. , A function for determining whether or not the browsing user is a bonus point grantee, and granting a predetermined point including a bonus point to the browsing user when it is determined that the browsing user is a bonus point grantee It may be for realizing the function to perform.

  In implementing this program invention, it is preferable that the sponsor information registration unit has a function of storing a point table in which weights of points to be assigned for each item are set in advance, and a user page creation unit has a condition conformant extraction. When the title information of sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition conformant extracted by the means is posted on the user page of the condition conformant, the user information of the condition conformant is read from the user information registration means and the sponsor information is registered. A function that reads the point table from the means, and extracts items that match the granted conditions from the user information of the condition conformant, and calculates the integrated value of the points set in the point table according to the extracted items Function and the integrated value of the points as bonus points, Attach response may be one for realizing a function of registering the sponsor information registration unit.

  In implementing this program invention, it is preferable that the condition conforming person extracting means includes a function for registering the condition conforming person as a bonus point grantee in association with the sponsor providing information in the sponsor information registering means, and the sponsor providing information. When there is a browsing user who has viewed the file in the function for registering the file to be attached and transmitted to the user device of the condition conformer in association with the sponsor-provided information and registering it in the sponsor information registration unit, and the point grant means, In order to realize a function of determining whether or not a browsing user is a bonus point grantee and a function of granting a bonus point to the browsing user when it is determined that the browsing user is a bonus point grantee It may be.

  In implementing this program invention, preferably, when the point grant means receives a keyword for viewing confirmation information for sponsor-provided information from the viewing user's user device, whether the keyword is a keyword that corresponds to a bonus point. It may be for realizing a function for determining whether or not and a function for giving a bonus point to the browsing user when it is determined that the keyword is a keyword corresponding to a bonus point.

<About changes and transformations>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the information management apparatus 100a is a server or a PC, but may be a dedicated apparatus.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the information management apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the information management apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of sponsor information. It is a figure which shows an example of a user page. It is a flowchart (1) which shows the operation example of an information management apparatus. It is a flowchart (2) which shows the operation example of an information management apparatus. It is a flowchart (1) which shows the other operation example of an information management apparatus. It is a flowchart (2) which shows the other operation example of an information management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a point table. It is a figure which shows an example of sponsor provision information. It is a figure which shows an example of sponsor provision information. It is a flowchart which shows the other operation example of an information management apparatus. It is a figure which shows the connection form of an information management apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information management apparatus of prior invention. It is a figure which shows an example of sponsor provision information. It is a figure which shows an example of a report. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information management apparatus of prior invention. It is a figure which shows an example of sponsor information. It is a figure which shows an example of user information.

Explanation of symbols

100a: Information management device (server)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 ... Communication part 120 ... Sponsor information registration part 130 ... User information registration part 140 ... Distribution cost calculation part 150 ... Payment processing part 160a ... Information management part 162 ... Condition conformant extraction means 164 ... User page creation means 166 ... Point grant means 200: Sponsor device (PC, interactive TV broadcast device, etc.)
300 ... User device (mobile phone, PC, interactive TV, etc.)

Claims (11)

Communicates via a communication network with a sponsor information registration unit that registers information about a sponsor who is an information sender, a user information registration unit that registers information about a user who is an information receiver, and a user device used by the user In an information management apparatus having communication means and information management means for managing transmission of sponsor-provided information provided from a sponsor to a user,
The information management means includes
A user who matches a condition specified by a sponsor is extracted as a condition adaptor from registered users registered in the user information registration means, and the condition adaptor is associated with the sponsor provision information as a point grantee. A condition compliant person extracting means for registering in the sponsor information registering means;
Create a page to be displayed by the user device for each registered user registered in the user information registration means, register the created page as a user page in the user information registration means, and further meet the conditions User page creation means for posting title information of the sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition-adapted person extracted by the person-extracting means on the user page of the condition-adapted person;
Based on the title information of the sponsor-provided information posted on the user page of the condition-adapted person by the user page creation means, when there is a viewing user who has browsed the sponsor-provided information, the viewing user and the sponsor By comparing with the point grantee registered in the information registration means, it is determined whether or not the browsing user is the point grantee, and it is determined that the browsing user is the point grantee An information management apparatus characterized by comprising point giving means for giving predetermined points to the browsing user. In the information management device according to claim 1,
The condition compliant person extracting means registers the condition compliant person as a bonus point granting person in association with the sponsor provision information in the sponsor information registration means,
The point giving means determines whether or not the browsing user is the bonus point grantee and includes a bonus point when it is determined that the browsing user is the bonus point grantee. An information management device characterized in that a given point is given to the browsing user. In the information management device according to claim 1 or 2,
The sponsor information registration means stores in advance a point table in which weights of points to be assigned for each item are set,
The user page creation means, when posting the title information of the sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition conformant extracted by the condition conformant extraction means on the user page of the condition conformant, the user information The user information of the condition compliant person is read from the registration means, the point table is read from the sponsor information registration means, and an item that matches the grant condition is extracted from the user information of the condition compliant person and extracted. An integrated value of points set in the point table is calculated in accordance with the item, and the integrated value of the point is registered as a bonus point in association with a user number in the sponsor information registration unit. Information management device. In the information management device according to claim 2,
The condition compliant person extraction means registers the condition compliant person as a bonus point grantee in association with the sponsor provision information in the sponsor information registration means, and attaches to the sponsor provision information to attach the condition qualifier to the condition provision person. A file to be transmitted to the user device is associated with the sponsor provision information, registered in the sponsor information registration unit,
When there is a browsing user who has browsed the file, the point granting unit determines whether or not the browsing user is the bonus point grantee, and determines that the browsing user is the bonus point grantee When this is done, a bonus point is given to the browsing user. In the information management device according to claim 1,
The sponsor-provided information includes a plurality of keywords for browsing confirmation information,
When the point granting unit receives a keyword for viewing confirmation information for the sponsor-provided information from the user device of the viewing user, the point granting unit determines whether the keyword is a keyword corresponding to a bonus point, and the keyword is a bonus An information management device characterized in that bonus points are given to the browsing user when it is determined that the keyword corresponds to a point. Communicates via a communication network with a sponsor information registration unit that registers information about a sponsor who is an information sender, a user information registration unit that registers information about a user who is an information receiver, and a user device used by the user In an information management method for managing transmission of sponsor-provided information using an information management device having communication means and information management means for managing transmission of sponsor-provided information provided from a sponsor to a user,
The information management means includes a condition conformer extraction means, a user page creation means, and a point grant means,
The condition-adapting person extracting means extracts a user who satisfies the conditions specified by the sponsor from registered users registered in the user information registering means as a condition-adapting person, and sets the condition-adapting person as a point granter A condition conformer extraction step of registering in the sponsor information registration means in association with the sponsor provision information;
The user page creation unit creates a page displayed by the user device for each registered user registered in the user information registration unit, and registers the created page as a user page in the user information registration unit. And, further, a user page creation step of posting title information of the sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition compliant person extracted by the condition compliant person extraction step on the user page of the condition compliant person,
When there is a viewing user who browses the sponsor provision information based on the title information of the sponsor provision information posted on the user page of the condition conformer by the user page creation step, the point granting unit, By comparing the browsing user with the point grantee registered in the sponsor information registration means, it is determined whether the browsing user is the point grantee, and the browsing user is the point grantee And a point granting step of granting a predetermined point to the browsing user when it is determined that the information management method is determined. The information management method according to claim 6,
In the condition compliant person extracting step, the condition compliant person extracting means registers the condition compliant person as a bonus point granting person in association with the sponsor providing information in the sponsor information registration means,
In the point granting step, the point granting unit determines whether or not the viewing user is the bonus point granter, and when it is determined that the browse user is the bonus point grantee, An information management method comprising: giving a predetermined point to the browsing user. The information management method according to claim 6 or 7,
The sponsor information registration means stores in advance a point table in which weights of points to be assigned for each item are set,
In the user page creation step, the user page creation means publishes title information of the sponsor-provided information that can be transmitted to the condition conformant extracted by the condition conformant extraction means on the user page of the condition conformant. If the user information of the condition conformer is read from the user information registering unit, the point table is read from the sponsor information registering unit, and an item that matches the grant condition from the user information of the condition conformer In accordance with the extracted item, the integrated value of the points set in the point table is calculated, and the integrated value of the points is associated with the user No as a bonus point in the sponsor information registration unit. An information management method characterized by registering. The information management method according to claim 7,
In the condition compliant person extracting step, the condition compliant person extracting means registers the condition compliant person as a bonus point granting person in association with the sponsor provision information in the sponsor information registration means and attaches to the sponsor provision information. Then, the file to be transmitted to the user device of the condition conformer is associated with the sponsor provision information, registered in the sponsor information registration unit,
In the point granting step, when there is a viewing user who browses the file, the point granting unit determines whether or not the viewing user is the bonus point granting person, and the viewing user grants the bonus point. An information management method comprising: granting bonus points to the browsing user when it is determined that the person is a prospective person. The information management method according to claim 6,
The sponsor-provided information includes a plurality of keywords for browsing confirmation information,
In the point granting step, the point granting unit determines whether or not the keyword is a keyword corresponding to a bonus point when receiving a keyword for viewing confirmation information for the sponsor-provided information from the user device of the viewing user. And a bonus point is given to the browsing user when it is determined that the keyword is a keyword corresponding to a bonus point.   The program for implement | achieving the information management apparatus of any one of Claims 1-5 with a computer.

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