JP2012164030A - Purchase reservation device, purchase reservation program, computer-readable storage media recording the purchase reservation program, and purchase reservation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a purchase reservation device, a purchase reservation program, a computer-readable storage media recording the purchase reservation program and a purchase reservation method capable of promoting continuous purchase of merchandise.SOLUTION: A purchase reservation device 100 can be connected to a storage section 110 for associating and storing purchase number information which shows the quantity of merchandise reserved for purchase by users and designation time information which shows the designation time designated by users. The purchase reservation device 100 has a determination section 170 for determining whether or not the designation time which is shown in the designation time information has arrived for each stored designation time information. The purchase reservation device 100 also has a purchase section 180 for processing purchase of merchandise in the number shown in the purchase number information, which is associated with the designation time information for showing the designation time, every time it is determined that the designation time has arrived.

Description

  The present invention relates to a purchase reservation apparatus, a purchase reservation program, a computer-readable recording medium recording the purchase reservation program, and a purchase reservation method.

  Conventionally, if the voting conditions set by the voter of the race are established after the race start table (that is, the program) is established, the designated athlete is voted before the program is decided. A reservation voting system is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-109119 A

  Here, the reservation voting system of Patent Document 1 is intended to vote for individual programs and individual athletes. Therefore, the voter does not always continue to vote. For this reason, a reservation voting system that encourages voters to continuously vote is strongly desired. Furthermore, there is a strong demand for applying such a reservation voting system to purchase reservations for various products.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is to facilitate the purchase purchase by the purchaser in advance, thereby prompting the purchaser to continuously purchase the product. To provide a purchase reservation apparatus, a purchase reservation program, a computer-readable recording medium recording the purchase reservation program, and a purchase reservation method.

In order to achieve the above object, a purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises:
The number-of-purchase information indicating the quantity of the product reserved for purchase by the user and the specified time information indicating the specified time designated by the user among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased are stored in association with each other. Connected to the storage unit,
A determination unit that determines whether or not the designated time represented by the designated time information has arrived for each of the stored designated time information,
Each time it is determined that the designated time has arrived, a process of purchasing the number of products corresponding to the designated time information representing the designated time and represented by the purchased number information stored in the storage unit is executed. A purchasing department,
It is characterized by that.

In the purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect,
The product is a product whose amount exchangeable with the product is not fixed at the time of purchase of the product,
The designated time is a good day for the user designated by the user or a different day from a bad day for the user.
It is also good.

Furthermore, in the purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect,
The good day for the user includes a date determined based on any one or more of the six days specified by the user, the birthday of the user and the anniversary of the marriage, and the birthday of the relative of the user.
It is also good.

Furthermore, in the purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect,
The bad day for the user was determined based on the six days designated by the user and one or more of the spouse's death date, relative's death date, lover's death date, and friend's death date. Including the day,
It is also good.

Furthermore, in the purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect,
The product is a financial product;
The designated time includes a time when the financial index designated by the user satisfies the conditions for the good day designated by the user in the good day for the user,
It is also good.

Furthermore, in the purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect,
The product is a financial product;
The designated time includes a time when a financial index designated by the user satisfies a condition for a bad day designated by the user in a bad day for the user.
It is also good.

In the purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect,
The product is a voting ticket whose refund amount for the product is not fixed at the time of purchase of the product,
The storage unit includes designated time information representing a designated time, ratio information representing a ratio of users who designated the designated time with respect to all users, and a refund amount refunded to a plurality of users who designated the designated time. Among them, a plurality of refund amount information representing refund amounts higher than a predetermined amount are stored in association with each other,
An obtaining unit for obtaining designated time information indicating a designated time designated by the user;
When the ratio represented by the ratio information associated with the acquired designated time information is higher than a predetermined ratio, the designated time information associated with the ratio information representing a ratio lower than the predetermined ratio An output unit that outputs specified timing information different from the acquired specified timing information and refund amount information associated with the different specified timing information may be further provided.

Furthermore, in the purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect,
The product is a voting ticket whose refund amount for the product is not fixed at the time of purchase of the product,
The storage unit includes designated time information representing a designated time, ratio information representing a ratio of users who designated the designated time with respect to all users, and a refund amount refunded to a plurality of users who designated the designated time. Among them, a plurality of refund amount information representing refund amounts higher than a predetermined amount are stored in association with each other,
An acquisition unit that acquires, from the storage unit, specified time information associated with rate information representing a rate higher than a predetermined rate;
Designated time information associated with rate information representing a rate lower than the predetermined rate, designated time information different from the acquired designated time information, and a refund associated with the different designated time information An output unit for outputting forehead information;
It is also good.

Furthermore, in the purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect,
The acquisition unit re-acquires designated time information indicating a designated time re-designated by the user,
A storage unit that stores the reacquired designated time information and identification information for identifying the user in association with each other;
It is also good.

Furthermore, in the purchase reservation apparatus according to the first aspect,
The acquisition unit is a ratio representing a ratio lower than the predetermined ratio when neither the specified time information indicating the specified time specified by the user nor the specified time information indicating the specified time specified again is acquired. Obtaining specified time information associated with the information from the storage unit;
The storage unit stores the acquired designated time information in the storage unit in association with identification information for identifying the user;
It is also good.

In order to achieve the above object, a purchase reservation program according to the second aspect of the present invention provides:
The number-of-purchase information indicating the quantity of the product reserved for purchase by the user and the specified time information indicating the specified time designated by the user among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased are stored in association with each other. A computer that can be connected to the storage unit
A determination unit that determines whether or not the designated time represented by the designated time information has arrived for each of the stored designated time information,
Each time it is determined that the designated time has arrived, a process of purchasing the number of products corresponding to the designated time information representing the designated time and represented by the purchased number information stored in the storage unit is executed. Function as a purchasing department,
It is characterized by that.

In order to achieve the above object, a purchase reservation program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium according to the third aspect of the present invention is:
The number-of-purchase information indicating the quantity of the product reserved for purchase by the user and the specified time information indicating the specified time designated by the user among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased are stored in association with each other. A computer that can be connected to the storage unit
A determination unit that determines whether or not the designated time represented by the designated time information has arrived for each of the stored designated time information,
Each time it is determined that the designated time has arrived, a process of purchasing the number of products corresponding to the designated time information representing the designated time and represented by the purchased number information stored in the storage unit is executed. Function as a purchasing department,
It is characterized by that.

Furthermore, in order to achieve the above object, a purchase reservation method according to the fourth aspect of the present invention includes:
A method performed by a purchase reservation apparatus including a determination unit and a purchase unit,
The number-of-purchase information indicating the quantity of the product reserved for purchase by the user and the specified time information indicating the specified time designated by the user among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased are stored in association with each other. A determination step in which the determination unit determines whether or not the specified time represented by the specified time information has arrived for each of the specified time information stored in the storage unit.
Each time it is determined that the specified time has arrived, the purchase unit purchases the number of products represented by the purchase number information stored in the storage unit in association with the specified time information indicating the specified time. A purchase step for performing a process to
It is characterized by that.

  According to the purchase reservation apparatus, the purchase reservation program, the computer-readable recording medium storing the purchase reservation program, and the purchase reservation method according to the present invention, the purchaser can facilitate the purchase reservation in advance by the purchaser. Can encourage the continuous purchase of products.

1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of a purchase reservation system including a purchase reservation apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a hardware block diagram showing the example of 1 structure of the purchase reservation apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart showing an example of the designated time information storage process which a purchase reservation apparatus performs. It is a functional block diagram showing an example of the function which a purchase reservation apparatus has. It is a figure showing an example of the user table which a purchase reservation apparatus memorize | stores. It is a figure showing an example of the purchase time table which a purchase reservation apparatus memorizes. It is a figure showing an example of the reservation table which a purchase reservation apparatus memorize | stores. It is a figure showing an example of the load table which a purchase reservation apparatus memorize | stores. It is a figure showing an example of the payment table which a purchase reservation apparatus memorize | stores. It is a flowchart showing an example of the designated time information acquisition process which a purchase reservation apparatus performs. (A) is a figure showing an example of a time designation | designated screen. (B) is a figure showing an example of a time redesignation screen. (C) is a figure showing an example of the payment method designation | designated screen. It is a flowchart showing an example of the authentication process which a purchase reservation apparatus performs. It is a figure showing an example of the voting period table which a purchase reservation apparatus memorize | stores. It is a figure showing an example of the 1st vote content table which a purchase reservation apparatus memorizes. It is a flowchart showing an example of the betting ticket purchase process which a purchase reservation apparatus performs. It is a figure showing an example of the designation | designated condition table which the purchase reservation apparatus concerning Example 2 memorize | stores. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a financial product purchase process executed by the purchase reservation apparatus according to the second embodiment.

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

  The purchase reservation apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention receives a purchase reservation for a product and designation of a purchase time, and purchases the product reserved at the specified time. In the present embodiment, description will be made assuming that the purchased product is a sports promotion voting ticket (that is, a sports lottery). The sports promotion voting ticket purchased by the purchase reservation apparatus 100 represents that the prediction for the soccer game result has been voted before the game is held and the expected content of the vote. A user who purchases a sports promotion voting ticket can get a refund in exchange for the voting ticket if the voting expectation is correct. In the present embodiment, the sports promotion voting ticket is not necessarily a paper medium on which the above contents are printed, and may be an electronic file representing the above contents. In the present embodiment, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 will be described as accepting purchase reservations for sports promotion voting tickets, but is not limited to this, for example, winning horse voting tickets, winner voting tickets, winning car voting tickets, and A purchase reservation for Katsufune voting ticket may be accepted.

  The purchase reservation apparatus 100 constitutes a purchase reservation system 1 as shown in FIG. In addition to the purchase reservation device 100, the purchase reservation system 1 includes computer communication networks 11 and 12 (hereinafter simply referred to as communication networks 11 and 12), terminal devices 201 and 202, a sales server 301, a payment server 302b, and payment. And server 302c. Since the terminal devices 201 and 202 have the same configuration, only the terminal device 201 will be described below.

  The communication networks 11 and 12 are each configured by the Internet. The communication networks 11 and 12 may be a LAN (Local Area Network) or a public line network.

Before describing the purchase reservation device 100, the terminal device 201 will be described.
The terminal device 201 is composed of a personal computer including a display unit such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and an input unit such as a keyboard. The terminal device 201 inputs various signals according to user operations, and transmits information based on the input signals to the purchase reservation device 100. In addition, the terminal device 201 receives the information returned from the purchase reservation device 100 and performs various displays on the display unit based on the received information.

  The sales server 301 is managed by the body of the sports lottery and sells a sports promotion voting ticket (hereinafter simply referred to as a voting ticket) in response to a request (that is, a request) received from the purchase reservation apparatus 100. The settlement server 302b is managed by the bank in which the account is opened by the user, and performs settlement using the bank account of the user who uses the terminal device 201 in response to a request received from the purchase reservation apparatus 100. The settlement server 302c is managed by a credit card issuing company and performs settlement using a credit card used by the user of the terminal device 201 in response to a request received from the purchase reservation apparatus 100.

  The purchase reservation apparatus 100 is a server machine in which web server software is installed. The purchase reservation device 100 is a time designated by the user using the terminal device 201 (hereinafter designated time) within a plurality of times in a period during which voting tickets can be purchased (that is, voted) (hereinafter referred to as a voting period). (Hereinafter referred to as “designated time information”) from the terminal device 201. After that, the purchase reservation device 100 purchases a voting ticket when the designated time represented by the received designated time information arrives, and returns information representing the content of the purchased voting ticket to the terminal device 201. In this embodiment, for example, the voting period is described as being from 12:00 pm one week before the start of the soccer game to 12:00 pm on the day of the game, but is not limited thereto. . In the present embodiment, the plurality of periods in the voting period are described as being seven days (that is, seven periods) in the voting period. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 100a, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 100b, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 100c, a hard disk 100d, a media controller 100e, and a LAN (Local Area Network). Cards 100f and 100g, a video card 100h, an LCD 100i, a keyboard 100j, a speaker 100k, and a mouse 100l.

  The CPU 100a performs overall control of the purchase reservation apparatus 100 by executing software processing according to programs stored in the ROM 100b or the hard disk 100d. The RAM 100c temporarily stores information (that is, data) to be processed when the CPU 100a executes the program.

  The hard disk 100d is a storage unit that stores a table (that is, a table) that stores various types of information (that is, data). The purchase reservation apparatus 100 may include a flash memory instead of the hard disk 100d.

  The media controller 100e reads various data and programs from a recording medium including a flash memory, a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and a Blu-ray Disc (registered trademark).

  The LAN card 100 f transmits and receives data to and from the terminal devices 201 and 202 connected via the communication network 11. The LAN card 100g transmits and receives data to and from the sales server 301 and the settlement servers 302b and 302c connected via the communication network 12. The keyboard 100j and the mouse 100l input signals or information corresponding to user operations.

  The video card 100h draws (that is, renders) an image based on the digital signal output from the CPU 100a, and outputs an image signal representing the drawn image. The LCD 100i displays an image according to the image signal output from the video card 100h. The speaker 100k outputs sound based on the signal output from the CPU 100a. The purchase reservation apparatus 100 may include a PDP (Plasma Display Panel) or an EL (Electroluminescence) display instead of the LCD 100i.

  The CPU 100a of the purchase reservation apparatus 100 executes the specified time information storage process as shown in FIG. 3 using the hardware in FIG. 2, thereby obtaining the acquisition unit 120, the authentication unit 130, and the storage unit as shown in FIG. 140 and the output unit 160. Further, the CPU 100a functions as the storage unit 110 in FIG. 4 in cooperation with the hard disk 100d in FIG. 2 or an external hard disk connected via the LAN card 100f or a data server equipped with a hard disk. The designated time information saving process refers to a process for saving the designated time information acquired from the terminal device 201 to the storage unit 110.

  The storage unit 110 in FIG. 4 stores a user table as shown in FIG. In the user table of FIG. 5, a plurality of pieces of user identification information (hereinafter referred to as user IDs) for identifying the users and information representing days when there is a celebration for the user are stored in association with each other. The day when there is a celebration for the user will be described as including the birthday of the user, the anniversary of the wedding, the birthday of the spouse, and the birthday of the relative of the user. However, the days when there is a celebration for the user are not limited to these, but may be the user's engagement anniversary, the user's friend or lover's birthday.

  4 further stores a purchase time table as shown in FIG. In the purchase time table of FIG. 6, a plurality of pieces of information for identifying the purchase time (hereinafter referred to as time ID) and purchase time information representing the purchase time are stored in association with each other. The purchase time represented by the information stored in the purchase condition table in FIG. 6 includes the date of first win, the date of friendship, the date of first move, the day of Buddha, the day of Daan, and the day of red. The purchase time in FIG. 6 includes Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Furthermore, the purchase time in FIG. 6 further includes 1st, 2nd, 31st, and the like. Furthermore, the purchase time of FIG. 6 is the same day as the birthday of the same or different month as the user's birthday, the same day as the anniversary of the user's wedding anniversary, or the same day as the anniversary of the user, Includes the same day as the birthday of the same or different month.

  4 further stores a reservation table as shown in FIG. The reservation table in FIG. 7 includes a user ID, information for identifying a designated time specified by the user identified by the user ID (hereinafter referred to as a designated time ID), designated time information indicating the designated time, and the designated time has arrived. In this case, information (hereinafter referred to as purchase number information) indicating the number of units reserved to be purchased (hereinafter referred to as purchase number) is stored in association with each other.

  The storage unit 110 in FIG. 4 further stores a load table as shown in FIG. The load table in FIG. 8 includes a specified time ID, specified time information, recruitment number information indicating the number of users who have adopted the specified time represented by the specified time information, and all users who use the purchase reservation system 1. Ratio information indicating the percentage of users who specified the specified time represented by the specified time information, and the highest amount of refunds refunded for voting tickets purchased by users who specified the specified time (Hereinafter referred to as the maximum payout amount), and a plurality of payout amount information representing amounts higher than the predetermined amount are stored in association with each other. In the present embodiment, the predetermined amount is described as being 100 million yen, but is not limited to this, and those skilled in the art can determine a suitable amount by experiment.

  Further, the storage unit 110 in FIG. 4 further stores a settlement table as shown in FIG. In the payment table of FIG. 9, a plurality of user IDs and card specifying information for specifying a credit card used for payment by a user identified by the user ID are stored in association with each other. The card specifying information includes name information indicating the name of the user displayed on the credit card, issuing company name information indicating the issuing company name of the credit card, number information indicating the credit card number, and the credit And expiration date information indicating the expiration date of the card. In the settlement table of FIG. 9, a plurality of user IDs and account specifying information for specifying a bank account used for settlement by the user identified by the user ID are stored in association with each other. In addition, the account identification information identifies the holder information indicating the name of the holder who opened the bank account, the bank name information indicating the name of the bank where the bank account is opened, and the branch where the bank account is opened. It includes branch number information and account number information representing the account number of the bank account.

  4 corresponds to bank name information representing the name of the bank and server identification information for identifying the settlement server 302b managed by the bank, such as an IP (Internet Protocol) address or a domain name. I remember it. Similarly, the storage unit 110 stores issuance company name information indicating the name of a credit card issuer and server identification information for identifying a settlement server 302c managed by the issuer, such as an IP address, in association with each other. is doing. In addition, the storage unit 110 stores a plurality of user IDs and information representing user passwords in association with each other. Furthermore, the storage unit 110 stores calendar information in which information representing a date, information representing the day of the week of the date, and information representing the sixth day of the date are associated with each other.

  When the LAN card 100f in FIG. 2 receives the user ID and information indicating the password from the terminal device 201, the designated time information storage process in FIG. 3 is started. When the designated time information storage process is started, the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. 4 acquires a user ID and information indicating a password from the LAN card 100f. Next, the authentication unit 130 searches the storage unit 110 for information representing the password stored in association with the acquired user ID, and the password represented by the acquired information is represented by the retrieved information. It is determined whether or not the user of the terminal device 201 has cleared the user authentication based on whether or not the password matches (step S01).

  If it is determined in step S01 that the user has not cleared the authentication (step S01; No), the authentication unit 130 returns a message indicating that the user has not cleared the authentication to the terminal device 201, Terminates execution of the specified process. Note that the terminal device 201 displays the message received from the purchase reservation device 100. On the other hand, when the authentication unit 130 determines that the user has cleared the authentication (step S01; Yes), execution of the designated time information acquisition process as shown in FIG. 10 is started (step S02).

  When the execution of the designated time information acquisition process in FIG. 10 is started, the authentication unit 130 in FIG. 4 reads a plurality of purchase time information stored in the purchase time table in FIG. 6 (step S11). Next, the authentication unit 130 reads, from the storage unit 110, information representing a time designation screen as shown in FIG. 11A (hereinafter, referred to as time designation screen information) such as an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file. (Step S12). Next, the output unit 160 outputs the plurality of purchase time information and time designation screen information read in step S11 to the LAN card 100f in FIG. 2 (step S13). Thereafter, the LAN card 100f transmits a plurality of purchase time information and time designation screen information to the terminal device 201.

  The terminal device 201 displays the purchase time represented by each of the plurality of purchase time information on the list LT of the time designation screen represented by the information received from the purchase reservation device 100. After visually recognizing the list LT on the time designation screen, the user designates, as the purchase time, a time that is a good day for the user among the displayed purchase times.

  Here, the good day for a certain user is not necessarily the great discount on the sixth day, which is generally regarded as a good day. For example, a voting ticket purchased by Buddha, which is generally regarded as a bad day, is a good day to purchase a voting ticket for users who believe in statistical results and rumors that the refund amount is higher than other voting tickets. The good day (that is, the good day) is the day of Buddhist destruction. In addition, the day on which the user celebrates, such as the user's birthday, or the day that the user is fond of, for example, is a good day for the user, even if it is Buddhist, because it is a day that the user wants to fit.

  When the user operates the keyboard 100j and the mouse 100l in FIG. 2 in order to specify the purchase time and the number of purchases, the terminal device 201 is based on signals input from the keyboard 100j and the mouse 100l operated by the user. Then, the designated time information and the purchase number information are generated, and the generated designated time information and the purchased number information are transmitted to the purchase reservation apparatus 100.

  Thereafter, the LAN card 100f in FIG. 2 receives the specified time information and the purchase quantity information from the terminal device 201, and the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. 4 acquires these information from the LAN card 100f (step S14 in FIG. 10). ). Next, the authentication unit 130 searches the load table of FIG. 8 for ratio information associated with the designated time information acquired in step S14 (step S15). This is because the ratio of the number of users who have specified the same time as the specified time specified by the user of the terminal device 201 to the total number of users is acquired.

  Next, the authentication unit 130 determines whether or not the ratio represented by the searched ratio information is larger than a predetermined ratio (step S16). In the present embodiment, the description will be made assuming that the predetermined ratio is 50%, but the present invention is not limited to this, and those skilled in the art can determine a suitable ratio by experiment. Information representing the predetermined ratio is stored in the storage unit 110 in advance.

  In step S16, when the authentication unit 130 determines that the ratio represented by the searched ratio information is equal to or less than the predetermined ratio (step S16; No), the execution of the specified time information acquisition process is terminated. On the other hand, when the authentication unit 130 determines that the ratio represented by the retrieved ratio information is larger than the predetermined ratio (step S16; Yes), the authentication unit 130 is represented by the ratio information stored in the load table of FIG. The ratio information (hereinafter referred to as the minimum ratio information) representing the ratio (hereinafter referred to as the minimum ratio) that is the lowest ratio and lower than the predetermined ratio (50% in the present embodiment) is searched. To do. Next, the authentication unit 130 searches for designated time information associated with the minimum ratio information and refund amount information (step S17).

  Next, the output unit 160 outputs the searched designated time information and refund amount information to the LAN card 100f of FIG. 2 (step S18). Further, the LAN card 100f returns the output time information and refund amount information to the terminal device 201. The terminal device 201 displays the time indicated by the time information received from the purchase reservation device 100 and the payout amount indicated by the payout amount information on the time redesignation screen as shown in FIG. Let When the user designates the time displayed on the time redesignation screen as the designated time after visually recognizing the time redesignation screen, the terminal device 201 designates the displayed time according to the user's operation. Then, the designated time information is transmitted to the purchase reservation apparatus 100. On the other hand, when the user does not designate the time displayed on the time redesignation screen as the designated time, the terminal device 201 operated by the user does not transmit the designated time information to the purchase reservation device 100.

  When the designated time information is retransmitted from the terminal device 201 after step S18 in FIG. 10, the LAN card 100f in FIG. 2 re-receives the designated time information. When the LAN card 100f receives the specified time information again within a predetermined time, the acquisition unit 120 discards the specified time information acquired in step S14 and then re-acquires the specified time information from the LAN card 100f (step S19). ), The execution of the specified time information acquisition process is terminated. On the other hand, if the specified time information is not retransmitted even after a predetermined time has elapsed from the terminal device 201, the acquisition unit 120 ends the execution of the specified time information acquisition process.

  After step S02 in FIG. 3, the authentication unit 130 performs an authentication process as shown in FIG. 12 for authenticating whether or not the user of the terminal device 201 is a user who has a payment ability for the purchase price of the voting ticket. (Step S03). When the authentication process of FIG. 12 is started, the authentication unit 130 reads information representing a settlement method designation screen as shown in FIG. 11C (hereinafter referred to as settlement method designation screen information) from the storage unit 110 (step S21). The read settlement method designation screen information is output to the LAN card 100f in FIG. 2 (step S22). Next, the LAN card 100 f transmits the output information to the terminal device 201.

  The terminal device 201 displays a payment method designation screen represented by information received from the purchase reservation device 100 on the display unit. Thereafter, the terminal device 201 transmits designated settlement method designation information indicating whether the settlement method designated by the user is credit card settlement or bank account settlement to the purchase reservation apparatus 100 according to the user's operation. When the credit card payment is designated, the terminal device 201 receives card specifying information (that is, name information, issuing company name information, number information, and expiration date information) that specifies a credit card used by the user for payment. It transmits to the purchase reservation apparatus 100. On the other hand, when the bank account settlement is designated, the terminal device 201 uses the account identification information for identifying the bank account used by the user for settlement (that is, the name holder information, the bank name information, the branch number information, And the account number information) to the purchase reservation apparatus 100.

  After step S22 in FIG. 12, the LAN card 100f in FIG. 2 receives the designated settlement method designation information from the terminal device 201, and the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. 4 obtains the designated settlement method designation information from the LAN card 100f ( Step S23). Next, the authentication unit 130 determines whether or not the payment method designated by the user is a credit card payment (step S24). At this time, if the authentication unit 130 determines that the payment method specified by the user is credit card payment (step S24; Yes), the LAN card 100f in FIG. Upon receipt, the acquisition unit 120 of FIG. 4 acquires the card specifying information from the LAN card 100f (step S25).

  Next, the authentication unit 130 searches the storage unit 110 for server identification information associated with information representing the issuing company name included in the card specifying information. Next, the output unit 160 outputs the retrieved server identification information, card specifying information, and a request for empty payment to the LAN card 100g in FIG. 2 (step S26). Note that the empty settlement is a settlement performed with a settlement amount of “0” yen. Thereafter, the LAN card 100g transmits the output card specifying information and a request for empty payment to the payment server 302c identified by the output server identification information.

  When the payment server 302c receives the card specifying information and the request for empty payment from the purchase reservation apparatus 100, the payment server 302c performs empty payment using the card specified by the received card specifying information, and represents the result of executing the payment. (Hereinafter referred to as settlement result information) is returned to the purchase reservation apparatus 100.

  After step S26 in FIG. 12, the LAN card 100g in FIG. 2 receives payment result information from the payment server 302c. Thereafter, the acquisition unit 120 acquires payment result information from the LAN card 100g (step S27). Next, the authentication unit 130 determines whether or not the settlement result information represents a settlement result that the settlement is successful (step S28). At this time, if the settlement result information indicates a successful settlement (step S28; Yes), it is determined that the authentication for the user's payment ability has succeeded (that is, the authentication has been cleared) (step S29). On the other hand, when the payment result information indicates a payment failure (step S28; No), it is determined that the authentication has failed (step S30). After step S29 or step S30, the authentication unit 130 ends the execution of the authentication process.

  When it is determined in step S24 that the payment method specified by the user is bank account payment (step S24; No), the LAN card 100f in FIG. 2 specifies the account for specifying the bank account used by the user for payment. The information is received from the terminal device 201, and the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. 4 acquires account specifying information from the LAN card 100f (step S31).

  Next, the authentication unit 130 searches the storage unit 110 for server identification information associated with the bank name information included in the account specifying information. Next, the output unit 160 outputs the searched server identification information, account identification information, and a request for balance inquiry (hereinafter referred to as an inquiry request) to the LAN card 100g in FIG. 2 (step S32). Thereafter, the LAN card 100g transmits the output account specifying information and a request for balance inquiry to the settlement server 302b identified by the output server identification information.

  When the settlement server 302b receives the account specifying information and the request for balance inquiry from the purchase reservation apparatus 100, the settlement server 302b makes a balance inquiry for the account specified by the received account specifying information in response to the received request, and makes an inquiry. Information indicating the balance thus obtained (hereinafter referred to as inquiry result information) is returned to the purchase reservation apparatus 100.

  After step S32 in FIG. 12, the LAN card 100g in FIG. 2 receives the inquiry result information from the settlement server 302c. Thereafter, the acquisition unit 120 acquires inquiry result information from the LAN card 100g (step S33). Next, the authentication unit 130 determines whether or not the balance represented by the inquiry information is greater than a predetermined amount (step S34). In this embodiment, information representing the predetermined amount is stored in advance in the storage unit 110, and a suitable predetermined amount can be determined by a person skilled in the art through experiments.

  In step S34, if the authentication unit 130 determines that the balance is greater than the predetermined amount (step S34; Yes), it determines that the authentication is successful (step S35). On the other hand, when determining that the balance is equal to or less than the predetermined amount, or when determining that the account does not exist (step S34; No), the authentication unit 130 determines that the authentication has failed (step S36). ). This is because the balance is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, or there is no account used for payment by the user, so that payment associated with the purchase of the voting ticket cannot be performed even when the purchase time designated by the user comes. After step S35 or step S36, the authentication unit 130 ends the execution of the authentication process.

  If the authentication unit 130 determines that the authentication has failed in step S03 of FIG. 3 (step S04; No), the authentication unit 130 ends the execution of the designated time information storage process. On the other hand, when the authentication unit 130 determines that the authentication is successful (step S04; Yes), the storage unit 140 of FIG. 4 stores the user ID acquired in step S01, the specified time information acquired in step S01, and the purchase. The number information is associated and stored in the reservation table of FIG. 7 (step S05). Next, the storage unit 140 associates the user ID acquired in step S01 with the card specifying information or account specifying information acquired in step S03, and stores it in the settlement table of FIG. 9 (step S06). Then, the execution of the designated time information saving process is terminated.

  The storage unit 110 in FIG. 4 stores a voting period table as shown in FIG. In the voting period table in FIG. 13, information indicating the start time and date of a voting period (that is, a period during which a voting ticket can be purchased) in which the anticipation for the result of the game at the holding time can be voted. And the information indicating the end date and time of the voting period and the result announcement date information indicating the announcement date of the match result are stored in association with each other. Information indicating the start date and time of the voting period and information indicating the end date and time are referred to as voting period information.

  Also, the storage unit 110 in FIG. 4 stores a voting content table that stores voting content information representing voting content at each opening time represented by information stored in the voting period table in FIG. 13. Specifically, a first voting content table as shown in FIG. 14 in which voting content information representing voting content at the first holding time is stored is stored. The first voting content table in FIG. 14 corresponds to the user ID for identifying the user, the voting content information indicating the voting content voted by the user, and the refund amount information indicating the amount of the refund paid to the user. Saved with.

  Specifically, the first voting content table of FIG. 14 shows that the user ID “U001” and the result of the match between the A team and the B team are expected to win the A team, the C team and the D team. Is stored in association with voting content information indicating that it is predicted that the result of the match with Team C will be lost, and that the result of the match between Team E and Team F will be a draw. Similarly, the memory | storage part 110 has memorize | stored the 57th vote content table from the 2nd vote content table which memorize | stores the vote content information in the 2nd to 57th holding times.

  The CPU 100a in FIG. 2 functions as the acquisition unit 120, the output unit 160, the determination unit 170, and the purchase unit 180 in FIG. 4 by executing the voting ticket purchase process in FIG. Note that the voting ticket purchase processing is executed at regular intervals such as every day in a season in which a soccer game is held from March to December, for example.

  When the voting ticket purchase process of FIG. 15 is started, the acquisition unit 120 of FIG. 4 acquires the system time from the OS (Operating System) (step S41). Next, the determination unit 170 reads a plurality of pieces of voting period information from the voting period table of FIG. 13 (step S42). Next, the determination unit 170 determines whether or not the system time acquired in step S41 is included in any of the voting periods respectively represented by the plurality of voting period information read in step S42. It is determined whether or not voting is currently possible (that is, whether or not voting tickets are on sale) (step S43). At this time, if the determination unit 170 determines that voting is not possible (step S43; No), the execution of the voting ticket purchase process is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S43 that voting is possible (step S43; Yes), all designated time IDs stored in the reservation table of FIG. 7 are read (step S44). Next, the determination unit 170 determines whether or not the process of step S47 has been executed for all the specified time IDs read in step S44 (step S45). At this time, if it is determined that all of the designated time IDs read in step S44 have been processed in step S47 (step S45; Yes), the determination unit 170 ends execution of the voting ticket purchase process. On the other hand, if it is determined that not all of the read designated time IDs are subject to processing in step S47 (step S45; No), the determining unit 170 designates designated time IDs (not subject to processing in step S47) ( Hereinafter, one of the unprocessed IDs is set as a processing target (hereinafter referred to as an attention ID) (step S46). Thereafter, the determination unit 170 searches the reservation table in FIG. 7 for the designated time identified by the attention ID, and whether or not the designated time identified by the retrieved attention ID (hereinafter referred to as the attention designated time) has arrived. Is determined (step S47).

  Specifically, the determination unit 170 identifies today's 6th, day of the week, and date based on the system time acquired in step S41 and the calendar information stored in the storage unit 110. Further, the determination unit 170 determines that the attention designation time has arrived when the identified today's six days, the day of the week, and the date are the same as the attention designation time, and if the attention designation time is different, the attention designation time has not arrived. Determine. In particular, when the purchase time is one's birthday, one's wedding anniversary, or the spouse's birthday, the determination unit 170 acquires the user ID acquired in step S01 in FIG. 3 from the user table in FIG. The information representing the birthday of the user, the information representing the wedding anniversary of the user, and the information representing the birthday of the spouse of the user are acquired. Next, the determination unit 170 determines that today is the same date as the birthday or the anniversary of the user that is the same as or different from the birthday of the user, the wedding anniversary, or the spouse's birthday represented by the acquired information. If it is, it is determined that the attention designation time has arrived, and if it is different, it is determined that the attention designation time has not come.

  If it is determined in step S47 that the attention designation time identified by the attention ID has not arrived (step S47; No), the above processing is repeated from step S45. On the other hand, when it is determined that the attention designation time has come (step S47; Yes), the purchasing unit 180 in FIG. 4 sets the user ID associated with the attention ID (that is, the attention designation time). The user ID of the designated user is searched from the reservation table of FIG. 7 (step S48). Thereafter, the purchasing unit 180 determines whether or not the processing of steps S50 to S58 has been executed for all of the searched user IDs (step S49). At this time, if it is determined that the process has been executed for all the searched user IDs (step S49; Yes), the above process is repeated from step S45.

  If it is determined in step S49 that the process has not been executed for all the searched user IDs (step S49; No), the purchasing unit 180 does not process the searched user IDs. One of the user IDs is set as a noticed user ID, and a user identified by the noticed user ID is designated as a noticed user (step S50). Next, the purchasing unit 180 searches the reservation table in FIG. 7 for purchase number information associated with the target user ID (step S51). Thereafter, the purchasing unit 180 searches the settlement table of FIG. 9 for card specific information or account specific information (hereinafter referred to as specific information) associated with the target user ID (step S52). Note that the user ID stored in the payment table of FIG. 9 and the user ID of a user who does not use the credit card for payment is not associated with card specifying information for specifying the credit card. Similarly, the account identification information for identifying the bank account is not associated with the user ID stored in the settlement table of FIG. 9 and the user ID of the user who does not use the bank account for settlement.

  Thereafter, the output unit 160 outputs the purchase number information searched in step S51, the specific information searched in step S51, and a quest for selling voting tickets (that is, a sales request) to the LAN card 100g ( In step S53), the LAN card 100g transmits the output purchase quantity information, the specific information, and the sales request to the sales server 301.

  Upon receiving the purchase quantity information, the specific information, and the sales request from the purchase reservation apparatus 100, the sales server 301 issues a credit card used by the user for settlement based on the specific information, as in step S26 of FIG. The server identification information for identifying the settlement server 302c managed by the registered company or the settlement server 302c managed by the bank in which the account used for the settlement by the user is opened is retrieved in the same manner as in step S32. Next, the sales server 301 calculates the purchase price for the voting ticket of the number by multiplying the number represented by the purchase number information by the price for one voting ticket. Thereafter, the sales server 301 transmits to the settlement server 302b or 302c a request for settlement of the calculated purchase price using the specific information and the account or credit card specified by the specific information. After that, when the sales server 301 receives the information indicating the success of the payment from the payment server 302b or 302c, the sales server 301 determines the vote content of the number represented by the purchase number information based on the random number, and information indicating the determined vote content ( (Hereinafter referred to as voting content information) and voting result information indicating the success of the voting are returned to the purchase reservation apparatus 100. On the other hand, when the sales server 301 receives information indicating failure of payment from the payment server 302b or 302c, the sales server 301 transmits voting result information indicating failure of voting to the purchase reservation apparatus 100.

  The LAN card 100g in FIG. 2 receives the voting result information from the sales server 301, and the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. 4 acquires the voting result information from the LAN card 100g (step S54 in FIG. 15). Thereafter, the purchasing unit 180 determines whether or not the voting result information is information indicating the success of the voting (that is, whether or not the voting is successful) (step S55). At this time, if the purchasing unit 180 determines that the voting result information is information indicating a voting failure (step S55; No), the output unit 160 displays a message indicating that the voting has failed (hereinafter referred to as a voting failure message). Is output to the LAN card 100g (step S56), and the LAN card 100g transmits the output message to the terminal device 201. When the terminal device 201 receives the message, the terminal device 201 displays the received message. Thereafter, the above process is repeated from the process of step S49.

  In step S55, if the purchasing unit 180 determines that the voting result information is information indicating the success of voting (step S55; Yes), the voting content information is output to the LAN card 100g (step S57), and the LAN card 100g The voting content information is transmitted to the terminal device 201 used by the user of interest. After that, the storage unit 140 searches the voting period table of FIG. 13 for holding time information associated with the voting period information determined to be able to vote in step S43. Next, the storage unit 140 adds the voting content information acquired in step S54 and the noticed user ID determined in step S50 to the voting content table corresponding to the holding times represented by the searched holding time information. Corresponding and saving (step S58). Then, it returns to step S49 and repeats the said process.

  Note that the CPU 100a of the purchase reservation apparatus 100 executes a refund amount totaling process for totaling the refund amount using the hardware of FIG. 2, thereby obtaining the acquisition unit 120, the output unit 160, and the total as illustrated in FIG. The unit 190 functions. When the refund amount totaling process is started, the totaling unit 190 acquires the system time in the same manner as in step S41 in FIG. 15, and reads the result announcement date information from the voting period table in FIG. Next, the totaling unit 190 determines whether today is the result announcement date based on the system time and the result announcement date information. At this time, if the totaling unit 190 determines that today is not the result announcement date, it ends the execution of the refund amount totaling process. On the other hand, when it is determined that today is the result announcement date, the output unit 160 displays information indicating the game result (hereinafter referred to as game result information) and information indicating the current refund amount (that is, the refund amount information). ) Is output to the LAN card 100g in FIG. 2, and the LAN card 100g transmits the request to the sales server 301.

  Thereafter, when the LAN card 100g receives the game result information and the refund amount information from the sales server 301, the acquisition unit 120 acquires these information from the LAN card 100g. Next, the totaling unit 190 searches the voting period table of FIG. 13 for holding time information associated with the result announcement date information representing the result announcement date. Thereafter, the counting unit 190, from the voting content table corresponding to the holding times represented by the searched holding time information, the voting content information representing the same game result as the game result represented by the acquired game result information and the user A plurality of IDs (that is, user IDs of users whose predictions are correct) are searched. Next, the totalization unit 190 associates the acquired plurality of pieces of voting content information and the user ID with the acquired refund amount information this time and stores them in the voting content table.

  Next, the totalization unit 190 sets one unprocessed user as a target user among the plurality of searched user IDs (that is, user IDs of users who can obtain a refund). Next, the totaling unit 190 searches the reservation table in FIG. 7 for the designated time ID associated with the user ID of the user of interest (that is, the ID for identifying the designated time designated by the user who has been refunded). . Next, the tabulation unit 190 searches the load table of FIG. 8 for the refund amount information associated with the searched specified time ID, and the maximum refund amount represented by the searched information is the current refund amount. It is determined whether it is lower than or not. At this time, when determining that the maximum payout amount is equal to or greater than the current payout amount, the totaling unit 190 repeats the above processing until there is no unprocessed user ID, and then ends the payout amount totaling process. On the other hand, when the totaling unit 190 determines that the maximum payout amount is lower than the current payout amount, the tabulation unit 190 updates the searched payout amount information with information indicating the current payout amount, and then the unprocessed user ID is updated. The above process is repeated until there is no more, and then the refund amount totaling process is terminated.

  In addition, the totaling unit 190 further executes a ratio totaling process for totaling the ratio of the users who specify the purchase time to all users for each purchase time. When the rate totaling process is started, the totaling unit 190 calculates the total number of users who use the purchase reservation apparatus 100 by calculating the number of user IDs stored in the reserved user table of FIG. Next, the totaling unit 190 reads one time ID that has not yet been read from the purchase time table in FIG. 6 (hereinafter referred to as “unread time ID”), and displays the user ID associated with the read time ID as shown in FIG. Search from the 7 reservation table. Thereafter, the counting unit 190 calculates the ratio by dividing the number of searched user IDs by the total number of users. Next, the totaling unit 190 updates the ratio information stored in the load table of FIG. 8 to the ratio information representing the calculated ratio in association with the read time ID. Thereafter, the totaling unit 190 repeats the above process until there is no unread time ID, and then ends the percentage amount totaling process.

  In the present embodiment, the user table in FIG. 5 has been described as being stored in association with the user ID of the user and information representing a day when there is a celebration for the user. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the user table of FIG. 5 includes a user ID and a user's spouse's death date, relative's death date, lover's death date, or friend's death date. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which a plurality of pieces of information representing a certain day are associated and stored. In this configuration, the bad day for the user is specified by the user on the date determined based on the date of the ugly thing specified by the user (for example, the same day as the date of death in the same or different month) and the user. Including the six days of the week, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 can adopt a configuration in which a voting ticket is not purchased on a bad day for the user.

  Further, in this embodiment, after visually recognizing the list LT on the time designation screen, the user designates a time that is a good day for the user among the displayed purchase times, and the terminal device 201 is operated by the user. The time specified by the user is specified based on signals input from the keyboard 100j and the mouse 100l, and the specified time is described as the time when the user specifies to purchase the product. It is not done. For example, after visually recognizing the list LT on the time designation screen, the user designates a time that is a bad day for the user among the displayed purchase times, and the terminal device 201 displays the keyboard 100j and the keyboard operated by the user. Specify the time specified by the user based on the signal input from the mouse 100l, and specify that the user purchases the product at a time different from the specified time among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased It is also a good time to do.

  Here, the voting ticket purchase process of FIG. 15 is executed at a regular cycle such as every day in a season where a soccer game such as March to December is held, for example, the purchase unit 180 of FIG. Every time it is determined that the designated time designated by the user has arrived, the number of products (that is, voting tickets) represented by the purchase number information associated with the time information representing the designated time is purchased. That is, since the purchasing unit 180 performs voting on a plurality of matches held in the season (that is, purchases voting tickets for a plurality of holding times), according to these configurations, the purchaser can Since the product purchase reservation can be facilitated, the purchaser can be encouraged to continuously purchase the product.

  In addition, according to these configurations, since the product is purchased when the designated time specified by the user arrives among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased, the user can flexibly execute the purchase process for purchasing the product. It is possible to prevent the execution of the purchase process from being concentrated at a specific time. That is, the load caused by the execution of the purchase process is distributed at a plurality of times when the product can be purchased.

  Here, a product for which purchase is reserved is a product whose amount exchangeable for the product is not fixed at the time of purchase of the product. When purchasing such a product, there are many users who are responsible for luck. Therefore, according to these structures, since goods are purchased on a day different from each user's bad day or on each user's good day, it is possible to prevent the execution of purchase processing from concentrating on a specific day. That is, the load caused by the execution of the purchase process is distributed at a plurality of times when the product can be purchased.

  Here, the sixth day designated by the user, the birthday of the user and the anniversary of the user, and the birthday of the relative of the user are different for each user. Thus, according to these configurations, the product is purchased on a date determined based on any one or more of the designated six days, the birthday and the anniversary of the user, and the birthday of the relative of the user. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the execution of purchase processing from being concentrated on a specific day. Similarly, the six days specified by the user, the date of death of the user's spouse, the date of death of the relative, the date of death of the friend, and the date of death of the lover are different for each user. Therefore, according to these configurations, the product is purchased on a day determined based on any one or more of the death date of the user's spouse, the death date of the relative, the death date of the friend, and the death date of the lover. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the execution of purchase processing from being concentrated at a specific time. That is, the load caused by the execution of the purchase process is distributed at a plurality of times when the product can be purchased.

  Further, according to these configurations, when the user can make a payment using the credit card used for the payment, the user ID and the designated time information are stored in the storage unit 110 in association with each other. For this reason, settlement and voting can be reliably performed at a designated time designated by the user (that is, a voting ticket can be purchased).

  Further, according to these configurations, when the bank account used for payment by the user has a balance greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, the user ID and the specified time information are stored in the storage unit 110 in association with each other. Therefore, settlement and voting can be surely performed at the designated time designated by the user at the designated time designated by the user.

  Furthermore, according to these configurations, when the ratio of the users who specified the same time as the specified time specified by the user is higher than the predetermined ratio, the information indicating the time different from the specified time specified by the user And information representing a high refund amount paid back to the user who specified the different time. For these reasons, the designation time specified by the user again is often the time indicated by the information output together with the information indicating the refund amount, so that it is possible to prevent the execution of the purchase process from being concentrated on a specific day. . That is, the load caused by the execution of the purchase process is distributed at a plurality of times when the product can be purchased.

  In steps S15 to S17, the authentication unit 130 searches the load table in FIG. 8 for recruitment number information associated with the designated time information acquired in step S14 (step S15). When the number of employed persons exceeds the predetermined number of persons represented by the information stored in the storage unit 110 of FIG. 4 (step S16; Yes), the number of employed persons stored in the load table of FIG. Information representing the number of people (hereinafter referred to as the minimum number of people) that is the lowest number represented and lower than the predetermined number of people (500 in the present embodiment); (Step S17). According to these configurations, when the number of users who specified the same time as the specified time specified by the user is larger than the predetermined number of people, information indicating a time different from the specified time specified by the user, , Information indicating a high refund amount paid back to the user who specified the different time is output. For these reasons, the designation time specified by the user again is often the time indicated by the information output together with the information indicating the refund amount, so that it is possible to prevent the execution of the purchase process from being concentrated on a specific day. . That is, the load caused by the execution of the purchase process is distributed at a plurality of times when the product can be purchased.

  Note that the purchase reservation device 100 may purchase a voting ticket a plurality of times when a designated time designated by the user comes at a plurality of times in the voting period. Further, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 may purchase a voting ticket every time a designated time designated by the user arrives (that is, over a plurality of holding times) in a season in which a soccer game is held. .

  In addition, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 searches the load table of FIG. 8 at a predetermined cycle for a designated time ID associated with ratio information representing a ratio higher than a predetermined ratio (50% in this embodiment). The user ID associated with the searched designated time ID is searched from the reservation table in FIG. 7, and the terminal device 201 used by the user identified by the searched user ID is searched in step S17 in FIG. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which designated time information corresponding to information representing a rate lower than a predetermined rate and refund amount information are transmitted. In this configuration, the acquisition unit 120 re-acquires the specified time information re-received from the terminal device 201 by the LAN card 100f, and associates the re-acquired specified time information with the user ID of the user who uses the terminal device 201. Thus, it is possible to employ a configuration for storing in the reservation table of FIG.

  According to these configurations, for the user who specified the same specified time as the user whose ratio to all users is higher than the predetermined ratio, the information indicating the same specified time as the user lower than the predetermined ratio and the time specified Information indicating a high refund amount paid back to the user is output. For this reason, since the designation time specified by the user again is often the time indicated by the information output together with the information indicating the refund amount, it is possible to prevent the execution of the purchase process from being concentrated on a specific day. That is, the load caused by the execution of the purchase process is distributed at a plurality of times when the product can be purchased.

  Similarly, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 has a specified period associated with recruitment number information representing a larger number of recruitments than a predetermined number (500 people in this embodiment) from the load table of FIG. 8 in a predetermined cycle. After retrieving the ID, the user ID associated with the retrieved designated time ID is retrieved from the reservation table in FIG. 7, and the terminal device 201 used by the user identified by the retrieved user ID is transferred to the step in FIG. A configuration can be adopted in which designated time information and refund amount information corresponding to information representing the number of people smaller than the predetermined number of people as searched in S17 are transmitted. In this configuration, the acquisition unit 120 re-acquires the specified time information re-received from the terminal device 201 by the LAN card 100f, and associates the re-acquired specified time information with the user ID of the user who uses the terminal device 201. Thus, it is possible to employ a configuration for storing in the reservation table of FIG.

  According to these configurations, for a user who specified a designated time adopted by a person larger than a predetermined number of people, information indicating a designated time adopted by a number of people less than the predetermined number of people and a user who designated the time And information indicating a high refund amount refunded. For this reason, since the designation time specified by the user again is often the time indicated by the information output together with the information indicating the refund amount, it is possible to prevent the execution of the purchase process from being concentrated on a specific day. That is, the load caused by the execution of the purchase process is distributed at a plurality of times when the product can be purchased.

  In the present embodiment, the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. 4 acquires the specified time information in step S14 in FIG. 10 and then acquires the specified time information in step S19. In step S05 in FIG. 3, the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. 140 is described as storing the acquired or reacquired designated time information in the storage unit 110, but is not limited thereto. For example, in step S14 and step S19, the acquisition unit 120 does not necessarily acquire or reacquire specified time information, and when the specified time information is not acquired or reacquired, the storage unit 140 includes a plurality of voting periods. A configuration can be adopted in which information for designating all of the times (hereinafter referred to as all-time designation information) is stored in the storage unit 110 as designated time information. According to this configuration, since the user can reserve the purchase of the product without specifying the time to purchase the product, it is easy for the purchaser to make a reservation for the purchase of the product in advance, and the product can be continuously purchased. .

  Further, in the configuration in which the all time designation information is saved in the storage unit 110, a configuration in which the following load distribution processing is executed when the designation time information saving processing in FIG. When the execution of the load distribution process is started, the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. 4 associates both the designated time information indicating the designated time designated by the user and the designated time information representing the designated time re-designated. The user ID that is not assigned (that is, the user ID associated with the all-time designation information) is searched. Next, when the user ID is searched, the acquisition unit 120 displays the designated time information associated with the ratio information indicating the ratio lower than the predetermined ratio (50% in the present embodiment) as shown in FIG. Get from the load table. Thereafter, the storage unit 140 stores the acquired designated time information in the load table of FIG. 8 in association with the searched user ID, and then ends the load distribution process.

  According to this configuration, when the user does not specify the time for purchasing the product, the identification information (that is, the user ID) for identifying the user is associated with the ratio information indicating the ratio lower than the predetermined ratio. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the execution of purchase processing from being concentrated at a specific time. That is, the load caused by the execution of the purchase process is distributed at a plurality of times when the product can be purchased.

  Next, Example 2 will be described. Since the purchase reservation system according to the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the purchase reservation system 1 according to the first embodiment, a duplicate description is omitted. The purchase reservation system of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment in that it accepts a purchase reservation for a product. However, the product that is the target of the purchase reservation is different from the first embodiment in that it is a financial product, not a sports lottery. .

  The purchase reservation apparatus 100 constituting the purchase reservation system according to the second embodiment receives the product identification information for identifying the financial product designated by the user who uses the terminal device 201. Further, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 includes a user ID of a user who uses the terminal device 201, information indicating a financial index designated by the user (hereinafter referred to as designated financial index) (hereinafter referred to as designated financial index information), Information indicating conditions that the designated financial index satisfies when purchasing stock on the day for the user (hereinafter referred to as the “good day”) and designated financial index when purchasing the financial product on a day other than the day for the user Is received from the terminal device 201 and the received information is stored in association with each other in the specified condition table of FIG.

  The designated financial index includes, for example, stock prices such as the Nikkei Stock Average (registered trademark) and the TSE Stock Price (registered trademark), for example, exchange rates between specific currencies such as the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Japanese yen, and Includes stock prices for specific stocks. The financial product purchased by the purchase reservation apparatus includes, for example, stocks of brands designated by the user and the currency of the country designated by the user. In the present embodiment, the purchase reservation apparatus, when the specified condition for the designated time designated by the user is satisfied at the designated time designated by the user, the financial product designated by the user (with a predetermined financial product). Explain that you want to purchase. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the purchase reservation apparatus is not limited to the financial product specified in advance by the user when the specified condition for the specified time specified by the user is satisfied at the specified time specified by the user. A predetermined financial product may be sold.

  The purchase reservation apparatus 100 executes a financial product purchase process as shown in FIG. 17 with reference to the designation condition table of FIG. When the execution of the financial product purchase process of FIG. 17 is started, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 executes the same process as step S41 of FIG. Next, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 reads a plurality of user IDs and designated time information from the reservation table of FIG. 7 (step S62). Thereafter, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines whether or not the processing of step S64 and step S65 has been executed for all user IDs read in step S62 (step S63). At this time, if it is determined that the process has been executed for all the read user IDs (step S63; Yes), the purchase reservation apparatus 100 ends the execution of the financial product purchase process.

  On the other hand, if the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines that the processing has not been executed for all the read user IDs (step S63; No), one of the IDs not to be processed is set as the ID of the processing target (that is, attention). ID) (step S64). Thereafter, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines whether or not the designated time of the target user identified by the target ID has arrived (step S65).

  Specifically, in this embodiment, the designated time of the noticed user is the condition for the good day that the financial index designated by the noticed user is designated by the noticed user on the good day for the noticed user (that is, the good day designation condition) The timing to satisfy is included. For this reason, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 searches the reservation table of FIG. 7 for designated time information stored in association with the attention ID. Next, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines whether or not the system time acquired in step S61 is included in the time represented by the searched designated time information (that is, the date selected as the best day for the user of interest). Based on the above, it is determined whether or not a good day for the user of interest has arrived. At this time, if it is determined that the good day for the user of interest has arrived, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines from the designation condition table of FIG. 16 the designated financial index information stored in association with the notice ID, the good day designation condition information, Search for. The purchase reservation apparatus 100 receives information representing the current value of the financial index represented by the searched designated financial index information, for example, from a server managed by an information vendor via the communication network 12 in FIG. Next, when the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines that the current financial index value satisfies the specified condition for the good day indicated by the searched for special condition information for the good day, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines that the specified time for the user of interest has arrived. On the other hand, if the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines that the current financial index value does not satisfy the specified condition for the good day indicated by the searched for special condition information for the good day, the specified time for the user of interest has arrived. It is determined that there is not.

  Further, in this embodiment, the designated time of the attention user is a condition for a day other than the good day designated by the attention user when the financial index designated by the attention user is a day that is not a good day for the attention user (that is, non-day). The timing that satisfies the specified conditions for the good day) is included. For this reason, if it is determined that the good day for the user of interest has not arrived, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines the designated financial index information stored in association with the attention ID and the designation for the non-good day from the designation condition table of FIG. Search for condition information. As described above, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 receives information indicating the current value of the financial index represented by the searched designated financial index information, and the current financial index value is searched for the designated condition for the non-good day. If it is determined that the non-good day designation condition represented by the information is satisfied, it is determined that the designated time of the user of interest has arrived. On the other hand, when the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines that the current financial index value does not satisfy the specified condition for the non-good day indicated by the searched non-good day specified condition information, the designated time for the user of interest has arrived. It is determined that it is not.

  In step S65, if the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines that the designated time of the target user identified by the target ID has not arrived (step S65; No), the above processing is repeated from step S63. On the other hand, if the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines that the designated time of the user of interest has arrived (step S65; Yes), the purchase reservation apparatus 100 executes the same processing as step S51 to step S58 in FIG. 15 (step S66 to step S66). S73), the process returns to step S63 and repeats the above process. In step S68, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 determines the financial product identification information for identifying the financial product designated by the user of interest, the purchase number information indicating the number of purchases of the financial product, and the account or credit used by the user of interest for settlement. This is different from the first embodiment in that the specific information for specifying the card and the sales request are transmitted to the sales server.

  Here, the person who trades financial products in the financial market often takes care of them, so when different conditions are met depending on whether the trading date is a good day for the user or not, trading financial products I often want to. For this reason, according to these structures, goods can be purchased flexibly at different timings depending on whether or not it is a good day.

  In the second embodiment, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 stores the user ID, the information indicating the designated financial index, the information indicating the designation condition for the good day, and the information indicating the designation condition for the non-good day, in the designation condition table of FIG. When the good day for the user arrives and the designated financial index satisfies the designated condition for the good day, and when the day different from the good day for the user comes and the designated financial index satisfies the designated condition for the non-good day Although described as purchasing a financial product when satisfied, it is not limited. For example, the purchase reservation apparatus 100 can identify a user ID for identifying a user, information indicating a designated financial index, information indicating a good day designation condition, information representing a bad day designation condition, and even a good day for the user. Information indicating a condition (hereinafter referred to as a normal day specified condition) that satisfies a specified financial index when a financial product is purchased on a day other than a day (hereinafter referred to as a normal day) is stored in the specified condition table of FIG. When the good day for the user arrives and the designated financial index satisfies the designated condition for the good day, when the user's bad day arrives and the designated financial index satisfies the designated condition for the bad day, and the normal day is It is possible to adopt a configuration in which a financial product is purchased when it arrives and the designated financial index satisfies the normal daily designated conditions.

  As described above, since a person who trades financial products in the financial market often bears good luck, it differs depending on whether the transaction date is a good day for the user, a bad day, or a normal day. Often desires to trade financial instruments when conditions are met. Therefore, according to these configurations, it is possible to flexibly purchase products at different timings depending on whether it is a good day, a bad day, or a normal day.

  In the first and second embodiments, the output unit 160 in FIG. 4 has been described as outputting various information to the LAN card 100f in FIG. 2, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the output unit 160 in FIG. Various information may be output to the video card 100h in FIG. 2, and the video card 100h may control display of the LCD 100i in accordance with the output information. In the first and second embodiments, the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. 4 has been described as acquiring various types of information from the LAN card 100f in FIG. 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the acquisition unit 120 in FIG. May acquire various information input from the keyboard 100j and the mouse 100l in FIG. The first embodiment (including each modification of the first embodiment) and the second embodiment (including each modification of the second embodiment) can be combined with each other.

  In addition to being able to be provided as a purchase reservation apparatus 100 having a configuration for realizing the function according to the first embodiment or the second embodiment, the purchase reservation system includes a plurality of apparatuses. 2 can also be provided as a purchase reservation system provided with a configuration for realizing the function according to 2 as the entire system.

  It should be noted that, in addition to being able to provide the purchase reservation apparatus 100 having a configuration for realizing the functions according to the first embodiment or the second embodiment in advance, the existing purchase reservation apparatus can be replaced with the first or second embodiment by applying a program. It is also possible to function as the purchase reservation apparatus 100 according to the above. That is, by applying the program for realizing each functional configuration by the purchase reservation apparatus 100 exemplified in the above-described embodiment so that a computer (such as a CPU) that controls the existing purchase reservation apparatus can be executed, the first embodiment Alternatively, it can function as the purchase reservation apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment.

  Such a program distribution method is arbitrary. For example, the program can be distributed by being stored in a recording medium such as a memory card, a CD-ROM, or a DVD-ROM, or via a communication medium such as the Internet. . The purchase reservation method according to the present invention can be implemented using the purchase reservation apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and various modifications, within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims, It can be changed.

1: Purchase reservation system 11, 12: Communication network 100: Purchase reservation apparatus 100a: CPU
100b: ROM
100c: RAM
100d: hard disk 100e: media controller 100f: LAN card 100g: LAN card 100h: video card 100i: LCD
100j: keyboard 100k: speaker 100l: mouse 110: storage unit 120: acquisition unit 130: authentication unit 140: storage unit 160: output unit 170: determination unit 180: purchase unit 190: aggregation unit 201, 202: terminal device 301: sales Servers 302b and 302c: settlement server

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The number-of-purchase information indicating the quantity of the product reserved for purchase by the user and the specified time information indicating the specified time designated by the user among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased are stored in association with each other. Connected to the storage unit,
A determination unit that determines whether or not the designated time represented by the designated time information has arrived for each of the stored designated time information,
Each time it is determined that the designated time has arrived, a process of purchasing the number of products corresponding to the designated time information representing the designated time and represented by the purchased number information stored in the storage unit is executed. A purchasing department,
A purchase reservation apparatus characterized by that. The product is a product whose amount exchangeable with the product is not fixed at the time of purchase of the product,
The designated time is a good day for the user designated by the user or a different day from a bad day for the user.
The purchase reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The good day for the user includes a date determined based on any one or more of the six days specified by the user, the birthday of the user and the anniversary of the marriage, and the birthday of the relative of the user.
The purchase reservation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: The bad day for the user was determined based on the six days designated by the user and one or more of the spouse's death date, relative's death date, friend's death date, and lover's death date. Including the day,
The purchase reservation apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein The product is a financial product;
The designated time includes a time when the financial index designated by the user satisfies the conditions for the good day designated by the user in the good day for the user,
The purchase reservation apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein The product is a financial product;
The designated time includes a time when a financial index designated by the user satisfies a condition for a bad day designated by the user in a bad day for the user.
The purchase reservation apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein The product is a voting ticket whose refund amount for the product is not fixed at the time of purchase of the product,
The storage unit includes designated time information representing a designated time, ratio information representing a ratio of users who designated the designated time with respect to all users, and a refund amount refunded to a plurality of users who designated the designated time. Among them, a plurality of refund amount information representing refund amounts higher than a predetermined amount are stored in association with each other,
An obtaining unit for obtaining designated time information indicating a designated time designated by the user;
When the ratio represented by the ratio information associated with the acquired designated time information is higher than a predetermined ratio, the designated time information associated with the ratio information representing a ratio lower than the predetermined ratio An output unit for outputting specified timing information different from the acquired specified timing information and refund amount information associated with the different specified timing information is further provided. The purchase reservation apparatus according to any one of 6. The product is a voting ticket whose refund amount for the product is not fixed at the time of purchase of the product,
The storage unit includes designated time information representing a designated time, ratio information representing a ratio of users who designated the designated time with respect to all users, and a refund amount refunded to a plurality of users who designated the designated time. Among them, a plurality of refund amount information representing refund amounts higher than a predetermined amount are stored in association with each other,
An acquisition unit that acquires, from the storage unit, specified time information associated with rate information representing a rate higher than a predetermined rate;
Designated time information associated with rate information representing a rate lower than the predetermined rate, designated time information different from the acquired designated time information, and a refund associated with the different designated time information An output unit for outputting forehead information;
The purchase reservation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The acquisition unit re-acquires designated time information indicating a designated time re-designated by the user,
A storage unit that stores the reacquired designated time information and identification information for identifying the user in association with each other;
The purchase reservation apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein The acquisition unit is a ratio representing a ratio lower than the predetermined ratio when neither the specified time information indicating the specified time specified by the user nor the specified time information indicating the specified time specified again is acquired. Obtaining specified time information associated with the information from the storage unit;
The storage unit stores the acquired designated time information in the storage unit in association with identification information for identifying the user;
The purchase reservation apparatus according to claim 9. The number-of-purchase information indicating the quantity of the product reserved for purchase by the user and the specified time information indicating the specified time designated by the user among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased are stored in association with each other. A computer that can be connected to the storage unit
A determination unit that determines whether or not the designated time represented by the designated time information has arrived for each of the stored designated time information,
Each time it is determined that the designated time has arrived, a process of purchasing the number of products corresponding to the designated time information representing the designated time and represented by the purchased number information stored in the storage unit is executed. Function as a purchasing department,
A purchase reservation program characterized by that. The number-of-purchase information indicating the quantity of the product reserved for purchase by the user and the specified time information indicating the specified time designated by the user among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased are stored in association with each other. A computer that can be connected to the storage unit
A determination unit that determines whether or not the designated time represented by the designated time information has arrived for each of the stored designated time information,
Each time it is determined that the designated time has arrived, a process of purchasing the number of products corresponding to the designated time information representing the designated time and represented by the purchased number information stored in the storage unit is executed. Function as a purchasing department,
The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the purchase reservation program characterized by the above-mentioned. A method performed by a purchase reservation apparatus including a determination unit and a purchase unit,
The number-of-purchase information indicating the quantity of the product reserved for purchase by the user and the specified time information indicating the specified time designated by the user among a plurality of times when the product can be purchased are stored in association with each other. A determination step in which the determination unit determines whether or not the specified time represented by the specified time information has arrived for each of the specified time information stored in the storage unit.
Each time it is determined that the specified time has arrived, the purchase unit purchases the number of products represented by the purchase number information stored in the storage unit in association with the specified time information indicating the specified time. A purchase step for performing a process to
A purchase reservation method characterized by that.

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