JP2012212262A - Bidding system, bidding start time estimation device, bidding development estimation presentation device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bidding system which enables a participant to accurately recognize the start time of bidding in which the participant desires to participate.SOLUTION: A bidding system calculates a scheduled bidding start time estimated for every scheduled bidding, and presents the calculation result to a participant by a display screen provided with a display area 81 including a bidding development display screen showing bidding developments. The bidding development display screen is provided with, for each of lanes, a bidding in action, respective exhibition numbers 815 of a plurality of objects for bidding to be conducted following the bidding in action, and the difference between the actual bidding start time and the calculated scheduled bidding start time for the lane. Downstream the difference in the vertical direction of a screen 80 as the temporal axis, an icon 812 indicating a bidding designated by the participant is provided at a position which indicates a scheduled bidding start time corresponding to the bidding. Thereby, the participant can intuitively confirm the estimated start time for the bidding designated for participation.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for performing many scheduled events.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a number of terminal systems (hereinafter referred to as “bidding terminal devices”) that can be used for bidding by a participant have been introduced into many networking sites. In addition to a large number of bidding terminal devices, the sage system includes a sageman operation terminal device for the sage person to proceed with sledge, and a coordinator operation terminal device for the coordinator to adjust the price during the stake. , Participants accept bidding by operating the bidding terminal device, display the bidding status to the coordinator operation terminal device, etc., and display information about the exhibit subject to bidding, current price, etc. It is common to provide a sliding status display device. Recently, there is a seri venue where a terminal device can be connected via the Internet so that people who do not visit the seri venue can also participate in the seri.

  There are places where there are a lot of exhibits in the venue. For example, at a venue where a used car is used as an exhibit, it is common to send hundreds to thousands of used vehicles a day. Since it is necessary to send such a large number of exhibits (used cars), it is essential to install a system at the venue where the exhibition takes place. This is because the seri system can quickly and accurately identify the person (bidder) who bids for the presented price. As a result, at the venue where the system is introduced, the average time required for the exhibition per exhibit is about 20 seconds. In addition, there are many venues that perform in parallel on multiple lanes so that more exhibits can be sent.

  Most of the participants of the ceremonies decide on a desired exhibit in advance and participate. For this reason, in the exhibition hall where there are a lot of exhibits such as used cars, the participants look at the exhibition car list issued by the person in charge at the exhibition hall and decide the order in which the exhibition of the exhibition considering the successful bid is implemented. It is common to confirm and predict the time at which a line starts from the confirmed order and participate in the line. In a banquet hall where lanes are held in multiple lanes, participants usually set up a sericho schedule that seems to be best for them from the expected start time of each skate that they want to join, and participate in the sari.

  Even if the average time required for one slide is known, there is an error in the predicted start time of the slide. The actual time required for the change varies depending on the start time, the set contents such as the selling price, and the bidding situation. Therefore, in practice, in consideration of an error in the expected start time of the event that the participant desires to participate, the participant often monitors the progress of the event before the expected start time. This is because a request to participate may end earlier than expected.

  The monitoring of the progress of not participating actually represents a waste of time for the participants. Some of the seri venues accept non-attendance applications that require agent participation at the seri venue. By the absence application, the participant can participate in the message that he / she wants to participate without monitoring the progress of the message. If the absence application is made, the participant can make a successful bid within the range up to the bidding upper limit price specified in advance. However, for participants, there is an aspect of wanting to avoid absentee applications as much as possible. This may be because you may want to bid in consideration of the participant's situation at the start of the absence application, impression obtained from the exhibit, or information, the bid status of the exhibit, etc. It is. From this, in order to make it easier for participants to use the program, in other words, each program is started in order to more easily suppress wasted time and unnecessary absence applications. It can be said that it is important for the participants to more accurately grasp the time of day.

  On the other hand, there may be a case where an exhibitor wishes to indicate the start price or the sold-out price (including a change here) of the exhibited article that has been exhibited, from the bidding status of the other advertisements that have been implemented. In order to give such an instruction, it is necessary to be able to cope with the clash of the exhibited exhibits. From this, it can be said that it is important for the exhibitor to be able to grasp the time at which each slip is started more accurately.

  Some of the venues distribute printed materials (for example, attached to the list of vehicles on display) that summarize the expected start time of each event. However, there is an error in the estimated start time of each glue represented on such printed matter. Since there are so many occurrences, the expected start time is a part of the whole, and the accuracy is low. For this reason, for participants, the estimated start time of each slide compiled in the printed material was at a reference level. As a result, it was normal for the participants to re-estimate the time when the event for which participation was desired was started.

  For this reason, participants will be able to more accurately measure the time that they wish to participate in many events, in order to further reduce waste of time and unnecessary absence applications. It can be said that it is important to be able to grasp.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-129078 JP 2004-192416 A JP-T-2002-525760 JP 2009-86818 A JP 2008-65474 A JP 2006-309409 A

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a screen system that enables a participant to more accurately grasp the time at which a screen that a participant desires to participate in is implemented.

  In one system to which the present invention is applied, it is possible to make a bid from a terminal device connected via a network, and an estimated time for calculating an estimated estimated time required for each sash A calculation means, a prediction time calculation means for calculating a prediction start time predicted to be started for each threshold, and a prediction time calculation means, using the prediction time calculated for each threshold by the calculation means; And a predicted progress presentation means for presenting the predicted predicted predicted progress to the participant using the predicted predicted start time for each threshold.

  In the case where the present invention is applied, the participant can more accurately grasp the time at which the event for which participation is desired is performed.

It is a figure explaining the structure of the sliding system by this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the functional structure of a slide control apparatus. It is a figure explaining the data structure of slip data DB. It is a figure explaining the data structure of market information DB. It is a figure explaining the data structure of slipping result DB. It is a figure explaining the data structure of a management information file. It is a figure explaining the data structure of residual difference DB. It is a figure explaining the presentation method of a scheduled start time. It is a figure explaining the application method of an absent application. It is a flowchart of a schedule creation process. It is a flowchart of a residual error update process. It is a figure showing the example of the flow of operation | movement of the participant who implements the application of an absence application, and a seat vehicle search terminal device. It is a figure showing the example of the flow of operation | movement of the participant who implement | achieves cancellation of the absence application of the start and the seat vehicle search terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the computer which can apply this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a sliding system according to the present embodiment. In this system, for example, a used car (vehicle) is used as an exhibit. As shown in FIG. 1, the sliding system 1 is roughly divided into a sliding work system 10 mainly used for preparation for performing a sliding, and a sliding machine system 20 for actually performing the sliding. The system 10 and the elevator system 20 are connected by a network 30.

  Seri business system 10 includes two business servers 110, two video servers 120, business terminal device 131, exhibition slip registration terminal device 132, slide search terminal device 133, visitor registration terminal device 134, ticket issuing terminal device 135, And a network 140 for connecting them. The network 140 includes a large number of hubs 141 and communication lines 142 that connect the hubs 141, the hub 141 and the terminal devices 131 to 135, and the hub 141 and the servers 110 and 120.

  The business terminal device 131 is for performing registration, deletion, change of registration information, and the like of members who can participate in the banquet. The exhibition form registration terminal device 132 is used for registering an exhibition form describing detailed information (vehicle name, manufacturer, color, etc.) of an article (in this case, a used car) to be exhibited at the line. The retrieval terminal device 133 is used for retrieval of the transmission information to be performed. The visitor registration terminal device 134 is for confirming the members who have visited the venue. For example, the membership card 4 is used to confirm whether or not the member is a visiting member. The ticket issuing terminal device 135 is used for issuing printed matter such as a meal ticket provided as a service to the visiting member.

  The two business servers 110 are used for storing data relating to members, data relating to banknotes, performing business, and the like. The two video servers 120 are used to store video data to be provided to participants, such as exhibition slip data. The reason why two business servers 110 and two video servers 120 are installed is to realize higher safety. In addition, the network 140 is also duplexed in order to realize higher security.

  The cutting machine system 20 includes two sliding control devices 200, linked PCs (personal computers) 211, two display control PCs 212 and 213, a slipper / coordinator operation terminal device 214, and a number of purchasing store operation terminal devices 215. , A plurality of seat vehicle search terminal devices 216, a sliding status display monitor 221, an exhibit store display monitor 222, and a network 230 that connects between two terminal control devices 200 and the terminal devices 211 to 216.

  The two slide control devices 200 and the two business servers 110 and the video server 120 are connected by the network 30. This network 30 is duplexed by two hubs 31 and a plurality of communication lines 32 connected to each hub 31. Similarly to the networks 140 and 30, the network 230 is duplicated by a large number of hubs 231 and a plurality of communication lines 232 connected to each hub 231.

  The linked PC 211 enables members who are in locations other than the venue to participate. With the cooperation PC 211, the member can participate in the sari through the Internet, for example. The display control PC 212 controls display of an image to be displayed on the connected sled state display monitor 221 and the like. The slide status display monitor 221 is a large-sized display device that displays information such as an exhibition ticket of a used car that has been exhibited at the presently displayed, a current price, and the like.

  The display control PC 213 controls display of images on the connected exhibit store display monitor 222 and the like. The exhibit store display monitor 222 is a large display device that displays the current price and the bidding status for the exhibitor (exhibit store).

  The sage person / adjuster operation terminal device 214 allows a sage person to advance a sledge, and allows a coordinator to adjust the price during the stake. The purchase shop operation terminal device 215 is for a member to participate in the sari, and is installed in a seat for the seri participant. The purchase shop operation terminal device 215 includes a card reader for reading information recorded on the member card 4 and a bidding switch (both not shown) for bidding.

  The seat vehicle search terminal device 216 allows a participant of a sari to search for a desired vehicle among vehicles (exhibits) exhibited in the sari, an application for absence application requesting proxy participation of agents at a sari venue, and the like. It can be done, and it is installed in the seat for the participants. The terminal device 216 is actually a PC, for example, and is equipped with a display device 217 and a keyboard or a connection for searching for a vehicle or applying for an absence application. Similarly to the purchase store operation terminal device 215, a card reader for reading information recorded on the member card 4 is provided.

  The two drag control devices 200 perform the progress of the slip, update the price to be presented, etc., in accordance with the instruction from the slipper / coordinator operation terminal device 214. In addition, the member using the purchase store operation terminal device 215 or the seat vehicle search terminal device 216 is authenticated and a bid is accepted using them. The number of bids received is notified to the seritor / adjuster operation terminal device 214 for judgments such as price changes and determination of successful bidders.

  In the venue where the sliding system 1 having the above-described configuration is introduced, a large number of used cars (vehicles) are exhibited as exhibits. There is a tendency to increase the number of lanes in the venues where the used cars are used as exhibits, and the number of lanes tends to increase to reduce costs by reducing the time required for the navigation. Is supposed to do. For this reason, participants of seri find out a number of used cars that want to make a successful bid from among many scheduled lanes for each lane, participate in the sought out search, or apply for absence application It is necessary to do.

  In order to make it easier for such a participant to participate in a desired slide, in the present embodiment, the time required for the slip in each exhibit to be performed in each lane (the start of the drag target exhibit is started). Calculate the start time (hereinafter “scheduled start time”) at which the start of each slip is expected, using the calculated time taken for the slip in each exhibit. Like to do. Each scheduled start time (schedule) of the slide calculated in this manner is presented so that the participant and the exhibitor can confirm. This realizes an environment in which participants and exhibitors can use the screen more comfortably.

  The calculation of each scheduled start time for each lane and the presentation of the schedule are performed by the control apparatus 200, for example. Thereby, the slip control device 200 is equipped with the slip start time prediction device and the slip prediction progress presentation device according to the present embodiment. The slide start time prediction device and the slide prediction progress presentation device are mounted on the slide control device 200 which is one node, but may be mounted on another node. They may be mounted on different nodes.

  The slide control device 200 has a functional configuration as shown in FIG. 2 in order to control the calculation of each scheduled start time for each lane and the progress of the slide. That is, the line control device 200 includes a line work control unit 310, a communication unit group 320, an authentication unit 330, a successful bid price prediction unit 340, a start time prediction unit 350, an error calculation unit 360, an absence management unit 370, a screen creation unit 380, And a data storage unit 390.

  The communication unit group 320 includes a plurality of communication units for transmitting and receiving data via the network 30 or 230. The call task control unit 310 controls transmission / reception of data via at least one of the communication unit groups, controls various tasks for executing the call, and provides an environment for executing the call. As a result, in addition to the communication unit group 320, the authentication unit 330, the successful bid price prediction unit 340, the start time prediction unit 350, the error calculation unit 360, the absence management unit 370, and the screen creation unit 380 operate according to the interactive task control unit 310. To do. Each of these units 330 to 380 has the following functions.

  The authentication unit 330 performs authentication for confirming whether or not the person using the purchase shop operation terminal device 215 or the seat vehicle search terminal device 216 is a member. In the seri system 1, a terminal device (PC, mobile phone, game machine, etc.) is connected to the linked PC 211 via the Internet, so that a person who does not come to the sari venue can also participate in the sari. . Those who do not come to the venue are also subject to authentication. However, here, for the sake of convenience, it is assumed that only those who have visited the banquet hall.

The winning bid price predicting unit 340 predicts the winning bid price of the exhibit (used car) that has been exhibited for each discount. The forecast is made taking into account the market price of used cars that are listed on the line.
Every time a preset time interval (lifting interval) elapses from the start of the call to the result according to an instruction from the caller / adjuster operation terminal device 214, the call work control unit 310 The current price is updated by adding the price (value range) set in advance. The start time prediction unit 350 calculates a time (scheduled prediction time) that is predicted to be required for each paste using such a current price update method and the successful bid price predicted by the successful bid price prediction unit 340. Then, the estimated start time of each transition is further calculated using each calculated predicted predicted time.

  The error calculation unit 360 calculates, for each lane, an error between the scheduled start time calculated by the start time prediction unit 350 and the actual start time (actual start time). The error is hereinafter referred to as “remaining difference”.

  The absence management unit 370 is for responding to the absence application. The screen creation unit 380 generates an image (screen) to be displayed on the seat vehicle search terminal device 216, the slide search terminal device 133, the slide status display monitor 221, and the exhibit store display monitor 222.

  Each of the units 330 to 380 performs processing using the data stored in the data storage unit 390. The data storage unit 390 stores a slip data DB (database) 391, a market price information DB 392, a slip management information file 393, a venue information file 394, a slip result DB 395, an actual difference DB 396, and a member information DB 397.

  The functional configuration shown in FIG. 2 is realized by causing a computer used as the slide control device 200 to execute a slide control program. Both the slip start time prediction device and the slip prediction progress presentation device according to the present embodiment are realized by executing a subprogram of the slip control program. Here, the subprogram that realizes the sliding start time predicting device according to the present embodiment is referred to as a “start time predicting program”, and the subprogram that realizes the predicting predicted progress presentation device according to the present embodiment is referred to as a “screen creation program”. To do.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 14, a computer to which the present embodiment can be applied, that is, a computer that can be used as the slide control device 200 by executing this slide control program will be specifically described.

  The computer shown in FIG. 14 has a CPU 61, a memory 62, an external storage device 65, a medium drive device 66, and a network connection device group 67, which are connected to each other via a bus 68. The configuration illustrated in FIG. 14 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.

The CPU 61 controls the entire computer.
The memory 62 is a semiconductor memory such as a RAM or the like that temporarily stores a program or data stored in the external storage device 65 (or the portable recording medium 70) during program execution, data update, or the like. It is a module. The CPU 61 performs overall control by reading the program into the memory 62 and executing it.

  The external storage device 65 is, for example, a hard disk device (including a disk array device) or a nonvolatile semiconductor memory. Mainly used for storing various data and programs. The medium driving device 66 accesses a portable recording medium 70 such as an optical disk or a magneto-optical disk.

  The network connection device group 67 is at least the number of network connection devices that enable communication via the networks 30 and 230. Since each of the networks 30 and 230 is duplicated, the network connection device group 67 includes four or more network connection devices.

  The slide control program is recorded in the external storage device 65 or the portable recording medium 70, or is acquired by the network connection device group 67 via the network 30 or 230. The slide control device 200 is realized by reading the slide control program into the memory 62 and executing it by the CPU 61.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 14, the data storage unit 390 in FIG. 2 is, for example, the external storage device 65 or the medium driving device 66 to which the portable recording medium 70 is mounted. The communication unit group 320 is, for example, the network connection device group 67. When it is assumed that the slide control program is stored in the external storage device 65, the units 310 to 380 of the slide control device 200 are realized by, for example, the CPU 61, the memory 62, the external storage device 65, and the bus 68.

  In the various DBs 391, 392, and 395 to 397 and the various files 393 and 394 stored in the data storage unit 390, for example, the slip data DB 391, the market price information DB 392, the slip management information file 393, and the member information DB 397 are stored in the business server 110. A copy of the data to be saved. What is updated at any time with the progress of the slip is, for example, the slip data DB 391, the slip result DB 395, the venue information file 394, and the residual difference DB 396. Here, the various DBs 391, 392, and 395 to 397 and the various files 393 and 394 will be described in more detail.

  The seri data DB 391 is a database that stores data (seri data) necessary for the implementation of each sari performed at the sari venue. As shown in FIG. 3, each piece of data (record) includes an exhibition number, a vehicle type, a lane, a start price, a market price, a predicted time, a scheduled start time, an actual start time, absence application data, a watch member, Each attribute data is included. Although not specifically shown, there is an exhibitor member number as attribute data.

  In each attribute data, the exhibition number is identification information that can uniquely identify the corresponding message. The vehicle type is data representing a used car that has been exhibited as an exhibit. A lane is data representing a corresponding lane. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the cutting is performed in six lanes A to F. The exhibition number and the lane allocation to the seri are performed so that each lane has a smaller exhibition number as it is started earlier.

  The starting price is the starting price of the chain. The market price is an average price at which used cars represented by the vehicle type data are sold. The estimated predicted time is the time estimated to be required for the corresponding estimated time. The scheduled start time is the time when the corresponding threshold is predicted to start. The actual start time is the time when the corresponding start is actually started, and this data is stored after the start of the start.

  The absence application information includes identification information (here, a member number is assumed) representing a member who has made an absence application, and a bidding upper limit amount presented by the member. This absence application information is added for each member who has made an absence application. When a plurality of members make an absence application, the absence application information is rated according to the maximum bid amount. In FIG. 3, “No. Application First Place Amount” represents the bidding upper limit amount with the largest amount among the bidding upper limit amounts presented by each member. The “first member for absence application” represents the member who presented the highest bidding upper limit amount. The watch member is data representing a member who sets the corresponding message as a participation schedule. A member registered as a watch member can receive a message about the corresponding slip when using the seat vehicle search terminal device 216. The registration of the watch member, that is, the setting of the participation schedule of the desired talk by the member can be performed by using the slide search terminal device 133 in addition to the seat vehicle search terminal device 216.

  Because of the above, what is copied from the business server 110 in the attribute data of the dialogue data is the exhibition number, the vehicle type, the lane, the start price, and the exhibitor member number, and the other attribute data is the row control. It is added on the device 200 side.

  The control apparatus 200 copies, for example, the serial data DB 391 in which the exhibition number, the vehicle type, and the start price are stored as attribute data of one record (slip data) from the business server 110, and stores other attribute data as needed. . Absence application information and watch members are updated by application from members. The update is performed by registration (including change in absence application division method) or deletion.

  The market price information DB 392 is a database used for predicting the winning bid price of a used car that has been exhibited. In the market price information DB 392, as shown in FIG. 4, a market price is stored for each vehicle type. The market price stored in each record of the slip data DB 391 is obtained by extracting the market price corresponding to the vehicle type stored in each record from the market price information DB 392.

  The slip result DB 395 is a database for managing the finished slip. As shown in FIG. 5, each record stores each attribute data of an exhibition number, a successful bid price, a successful bid member number, a settling time, and a next exhibition number.

  As described above, in response to an instruction from the caller / adjuster operation terminal device 214, the call work control unit 310 starts the call up and obtains a result every time a preset lifting interval elapses. In addition, the current price is updated by adding a preset price range. The management information file 393 is a file for updating the current price and determining a successful bid. As shown in FIG. 6, a value width, a lifting interval, and a determination time are stored. The determination time is a condition for determining the winning bidder based on the length of time during which the situation where there is only one bidder continues. In FIG. 6, “3” written as the determination time indicates that, when the situation where there is only one bidder continues for 3 seconds, that one bidder is the successful bidder. In the situation where there is only one bidder, the update of the current price is stopped.

  In this embodiment, as described above, a schedule is set for each lane. As shown in FIG. 7, the residual difference DB 396 is a database for managing the residual difference that is an error between the schedule for each lane and the actual progress of the drag.

  The member information DB 397 is a database that stores member information related to each member, and is used for authentication and the like. The member information includes, for example, a member number, a name (here, a corporate name, a business name, etc. are included, but collectively including “name”), and a credit line. For example, a member number and a name are recorded in the member card 4, and authentication is performed by checking whether or not a record (member information) in which the combination of the member number and the name is stored in the member information DB 397. Done in The credit limit is used for managing the execution of proxy bids based on absence applications.

  Next, the processes executed by the units 310 to 380 of the slide control device 200 using the various DBs 391, 392, and 395 to 397 and the various files 393 and 394 stored in the data storage unit 390 will be described in more detail. .

  The data storage unit 390 normally stores various databases 392 and 397 and various files 393 and 394 other than the sliding data DB 391, the sliding result DB 395, and the residual difference DB 396. Seri data DB 391 is acquired from the business server 110 using the communication unit group 320 by the business task control unit 310 and stored in the data storage unit 390, for example, before the service at the conference venue is started. Seri result DB 395 and surplus difference DB 396 are subsequently created by, for example, the slip work control unit 310.

  After the slip data control unit 310 stores (copies) the slip data DB 391 in the data storage unit 390, the bid task control unit 310 instructs the bid price prediction unit 340 to predict the bid price of each column. In response to the instruction, the winning bid price predicting unit 340 predicts the winning bid price by referring to the market price information DB 392 using the vehicle type stored in each record of the slip data DB 391. The prediction of the winning bid price is performed by extracting the market price corresponding to the vehicle type of each record from the market price information DB 392 for each record of the slide data DB 391. The extracted market price is stored as a market price in each record of the slide data DB 391.

  In parallel with the bid price prediction unit 340 instruction for the bid price prediction unit 340, the line work control unit 310 instructs the start time prediction unit 350 to calculate the estimated time for each line. In response to the instruction, the start time prediction unit 350 sequentially extracts records in which the market price is stored from the records in the record data DB 391, calculates the forecast time using the market price of the extracted record, and further calculates The estimated start time is calculated using the estimated predicted time. The calculated estimated predicted time and estimated scheduled start time are stored in the record in the record data DB 391.

The calculation of the scheduled start time of the transition for one target exhibit is performed by integrating the predicted predicted times of the transitions performed before the target exhibit in the lane where the transition is performed. The estimated predicted time is calculated as follows, for example.
Forecast time = ((market price-start price) / price range) x venue coefficient x holding coefficient + decision time
(1)
Here, the venue coefficient is a coefficient that represents the tendency of the progression of the sali, and the holding factor is a coefficient that represents the tendency of the progression of the sari on the day when the sali is performed.

  The holding coefficient is determined in consideration of, for example, the tendency of the sender / coordinator, the seller's tendency, and the like. The venue coefficient is, for example, a coefficient that is updated in consideration of the actual difference actually generated, the absolute value, and the like after all the endings are completed. In the present embodiment, by using each coefficient such as a venue coefficient and a holding coefficient for calculation of the prediction time, the prediction time can be calculated with higher accuracy. The calculation method of the estimated projection time is not limited to the equation (1). The calculation method may be selected from a plurality of prepared methods in consideration of the exhibit, the exhibitor, the situation on the event date, and the like. Also, even when calculating the predicted time using the equation (1), for example, the holding coefficient is changed according to the actual progress of the screen, and the estimated time of the screen and the estimated start time of the screen are changed again. You may make it perform calculation.

  The successful bid price prediction unit 340 and the start time prediction unit 350 are realized, for example, when the CPU 61 shown in FIG. 14 executes the schedule creation process shown in FIG. Here, the schedule creation process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the schedule creation process, for example, the start time prediction program is executed automatically when the slip control device 200 stores (copies) the slip data DB 391 of the business server 110 or by an instruction using the business terminal device 131 or the like. This is realized.

  In the schedule creation process, a series of processes of steps S11 to S17 are executed for each slide. By executing the processing loop once, the prediction of the estimated time for the transition and the calculation of the scheduled start time are performed. As described above, the exhibition number and the lane allocation to the slide are performed so that each lane has a smaller exhibition number as it is started earlier. For this reason, the target talk is performed from the smaller exhibition number. When the processing loop is first executed, the smallest exhibition number among the exhibition numbers is selected to identify a message to be targeted.

  First, in step S11, the CPU 61 specifies the current exhibition number to be targeted, searches the data DB 391 using the identified exhibition number as a key, and extracts and extracts the record storing the application number. Get the car model in the record. In subsequent step S12, the CPU 61 searches the market price information DB 392 using the acquired vehicle type as a key, thereby acquiring a market price associated with the vehicle type. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S13.

  In step S <b> 13, the CPU 61 accesses the lift management information file 393 and acquires a value width, a lift interval, and a determination time. In the next step S14, the CPU 61 accesses the venue information file 394 and acquires the venue coefficient and the holding coefficient. In the next step S15, the CPU 61 calculates the estimated predicted time using the equation (1), and further calculates the estimated scheduled start time using the estimated estimated time. For example, the estimated start time is stored for each lane, for example, by storing the estimated start time calculated immediately before, and calculating the predicted start time at the estimated start time of the lane to which the target message is currently assigned. This is done by adding time. The scheduled start time of the slip calculated in this way is stored in place of the scheduled start time of the previous slip.

  In step S16, the CPU 61 stores the estimated estimated time and estimated estimated start time in the corresponding record of the estimated data DB 391 together with the acquired market price. In the next step S17, the CPU 61 increments the exhibition number to be targeted. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S20.

  In step S20, the CPU 61 determines whether or not the incremented exhibition number exceeds the maximum value of existing exhibition numbers. When it is determined that the incremented exhibition number exceeds the maximum exhibition number (in the case of YES), the schedule creation process ends here. When it is determined that the incremented exhibition number is equal to or less than the maximum exhibition number (in the case of NO), the process returns to step S11 and the search data DB 391 is searched using the incremented exhibition number.

  Note that not all numbers between the minimum exhibition number and the maximum exhibition number are used. For this reason, when a record cannot be extracted in step S11, it transfers to step S17 mentioned later. If the vehicle type that completely matches the acquired vehicle type (vehicle type (name, type, etc.), year, color, etc.) is not stored in the market price information DB 392, it is determined in step S12 that it is closest to the acquired vehicle type. Market prices for possible car models are acquired.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the scheduled start times of all the slips are calculated before the first slip is started. This is to cope with a member (participant) who selects a talk to participate before the first talk starts and schedules participation in the talk according to the selection of the target talk.

  The estimated start time of the slip calculated as described above is obtained by individually considering the difference between the start price set for each slip and the expected successful bid price. For this reason, the calculated estimated start time of the slip becomes a highly accurate one that can be regarded as having a small error from the actual slip start time. As a result, for participants (members), through the confirmation of the estimated scheduled start time of the event, it is necessary to participate from all the events and to apply for an absence application (other It is possible to easily identify with high accuracy the participation that is difficult to participate by participating in Nori.

  As a result, the burden on the participant is reduced, and participation in a stream that is considering participation can be more reliably performed. The burden on the exhibitor will be reduced. For this reason, for the person (member) who uses the banquet hall, convenience is improved and a higher quality service can be received. On the other hand, for the party side, it can be expected that the number of participants participating in each party will increase, so that the improvement of the contract rate can be expected.

  In response to, for example, a slip end notification from the slipper / coordinator operation terminal device 214, the slip task control unit 310 adds one record r1 to the slip result DB 395, and stores the result of the slip in the record r1. In the record r1, as shown in FIG. 5, the exhibition number of the finished sale, the successful bid price (final price), the number of the member who has made a successful bid, the confirmation time of the next sale, and the exhibition number of the next implementation are shown as attribute data. Stored.

  For example, the slip job control unit 310 instructs the error calculation unit 360 to calculate the actual difference in response to a slip completion notification from the slipper / coordinator operation terminal device 214. The error calculation unit 360 that has received the instruction, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, records 10:35:55 of the current time in the record r2 that stores the exhibition number 60 of the item implemented next to the item data DB 391. Next, it is stored in the record r2 as the actual start time of the next execution (exhibition number 60). After updating the slide data DB 391, the difference between the scheduled start time of the record r2 and the current time is calculated as the actual difference of the lane where the shift has been completed, and the calculated actual difference is stored in the actual difference DB 396. It is determined whether it is different from the actual difference of the next same lane. As a result, when it is determined that the calculated actual difference is different from the actual difference stored in the actual difference DB 396 of the next same lane, the calculated actual difference is set to the latest residual of the next same lane. The difference is stored in the actual difference DB 396. In this way, in this embodiment, for each lane, every time the next same lane is finished, the calculation of the actual difference of the next same lane and the update of the actual difference DB 396 according to the calculation result are performed. Is going. For this reason, the participant can check the difference between the schedule and the current progress in real time. In the present embodiment, the fixed time of the target thread is set as the start time of the next thread. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the fixed time may be different from the next start time. It is also possible to add. In addition, since burrs are implemented for each lane, it is necessary to consider the lane.

  The error calculation unit 360 that performs the processing as described above is realized, for example, when the CPU 61 illustrated in FIG. 14 executes the residual error update processing illustrated in FIG. Here, the update process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S31, the CPU 61 stores the current time as the actual start time of the record that stores the exhibition number of the next execution in the same lane as the end of the transmission data DB 391. Is reflected in the data DB 391. In addition, using the estimated start time of the slip stored in the record, the residual error in the lane where the slip is completed is calculated. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S32.

  In step S32, the CPU 61 acquires the residual error of the lane from the residual difference DB 396, and determines whether or not the acquired residual error is different from the calculated residual error. If the acquired actual error is different from the calculated actual error, the determination is YES and the process proceeds to step S33, and the CPU 61 calculates the residual difference calculated as the residual difference of the next same lane in the residual difference DB 396. Stores the actual difference. After the actual difference DB 396 is updated in this way, the actual difference update process ends. On the other hand, if the residual error and the calculated residual error are not different, the determination is no, and the residual difference update process ends here.

  For the participant (member) who uses the seat vehicle search terminal device 216, the slip task control unit 310 stores the slip start scheduled time stored in each record of the slip data DB 391 and the actual difference DB 396 as described above. Present the actual difference of each stored lane. Here, the presentation method will be specifically described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 80 denotes a display example displayed on the screen of the display device 217 mounted on or connected to the seat vehicle search terminal device 216. The screen 80 is divided into two display areas 81 and 82. It is done. The display area 81 is used for displaying a progress display screen that indicates the progress of the slip estimated by calculating the predicted start time, and the display area 82 is used for displaying a screen desired by the participant. FIG. 8 shows a bidding screen for participants to bid. In the display area 82, in addition to the bidding screen, a vehicle detail screen for confirming detailed information of the vehicle, a vehicle search screen for searching for a vehicle exhibited in the line, setting of a schedule to be participated in or setting A cancelable participation schedule setting screen, an absence application screen, and the like can be displayed in accordance with the operation of the participant.

  In the bidding screen displayed in the display area 82, as shown in FIG. 8, a lane area 821 representing a lane where bidding is possible, an exhibition number area 822 representing an exhibition number of the bidding, a vehicle type An information area 823 for confirming information on the exhibited vehicle such as an evaluation score by the person in charge, an image 824 of the exhibited vehicle, and a current price area 825 for confirming the current price are arranged. When the remaining time until the scheduled start time of the schedule set by the participant as a participation schedule is less than a predetermined time, a message area 826 for notifying that is displayed. This message area 826 is displayed regardless of the type of screen.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the display screen 81 in the display area 81 displays, for each lane, from the upper part of the screen 80, the current exhibition number 813 of the paste being implemented in each lane and the paste being implemented in each lane. Subsequently, each exhibition number (next exhibition number, one after another exhibition number) 815 and a residual difference 815 of a plurality of titles are arranged. Below the actual difference, an icon 812 that represents a schedule that the participant has set as a participation schedule is arranged at a position that represents the scheduled start time of the projection corresponding to the icon 812 with the vertical direction of the screen 80 as the time axis. ing. The display area 81 makes it possible to confirm the time when the participant is expected to start the schedule that he / she has intuitively set to participate. The reason why the icon 812 representing the message is displayed only for the object message that the participant has set to participate is because many messages are executed in each lane in a short time. In other words, if the icon 812 having a low priority for the participant is arranged, it is difficult for the participant to check the scheduled start time of the high priority for the participant. Hereinafter, an area in which the icon 812 is set with the vertical direction of the screen 80 as a time axis is referred to as a “schedule schedule display area” 814.

  Under the schedule display area 814, buttons of “10 minutes”, “1 hour”, “6 hours”, and “12 hours” are arranged. These buttons are time scale selection buttons 811 in the schedule display area 814. By arranging a plurality of such time scale selection buttons 811, in this embodiment, a time range that can be displayed in the schedule display area 814 at a time can be selected by the participant. If all the remaining margins cannot be displayed in the schedule display area, the schedule display area 814 can be scrolled.

  On the other hand, the exhibitor can confirm a slide progress display screen on which the participant is displayed on the seat vehicle search terminal device 216, for example, on the slide search terminal device 133. In the case of an exhibitor, when the icon 812 is arranged, the exhibitor exhibits the vehicle. Thereby, like the participant, the exhibitor can more easily cope with the cause that he / she has exhibited the vehicle.

  In the present embodiment, the arrangement of the icons 812 on the time axis is not changed. This is because the influence of the actual difference can be determined based on the schedule confirmed by the participant (exhibitor). However, the schedule (schedule display area 814) reflecting the actual difference may be confirmed.

  Further, in this embodiment, the icon 812 is arranged only in correspondence with a message designated in advance by the participant, but the participant can arbitrarily set the condition for arranging the icon 812. Also good. Thereby, for example, the result of a search in which the conditions of the vehicle desired by the participant are set may be presented in the form of a sliding progress display screen. This is the same for the exhibitor.

  The icon 812 and the exhibition number 813 arranged on the slide progress display screen are link buttons for displaying the vehicle detail screen of the vehicle exhibited by the corresponding slide. Here, with reference to FIG. 9, the application method of an absentee application is demonstrated concretely.

  FIG. 9A shows a display example of the screen 80 after the participant clicks the exhibition number 813 of “1058”. When the participant clicks on the exhibition number 813, the vehicle detail screen of the vehicle that is exhibited with the exhibition number 1058 is displayed in the display area 82.

  On the vehicle detail screen, an “absence registration” button 921 for absence application and a start price area 922 where the start price can be confirmed are arranged. When the “absence registration” button 921 is clicked, an absence application application screen with an exhibition number of 1058 is displayed. FIG. 9B shows a state where the absence application screen is displayed. In the absence application screen, “Yes” for allowing the participant to select whether or not to apply for registration of the absentee application with the bidding upper limit amount input area 923 and the bidding upper limit amount input area 923 is displayed. A button 924 and a “No” button 925 are arranged. The bidding upper limit amount can be input using a keyboard after moving the cursor into the bidding upper limit amount input area 923, for example.

  The absence application screen may be displayed in a situation where an absence application is registered. In that case, a “Cancel” button 926 for applying for cancellation of registration of the absent application is arranged on the absent application application screen.

  When the participant clicks the “Yes” button 924 on the absence application screen, for example, the bidding upper limit amount entered in the bidding upper limit amount area 923, the participant's membership number, the exhibition number, and the application contents are stored. An application message (data information or data signal) is transmitted from the seat vehicle search terminal device 216 to the sliding control device 200. As a result, if the application content in the received application message (data information or data signal) is registered or changed, the control device 200 can determine the maximum bid amount and participation in the message (data information or data signal). The member's member number is added to or overwritten in the record storing the exhibition number in the message (data information or data signal) in the data DB 391. If the application was canceled, the maximum bid amount in the message (data information or data signal) and the member number of the participant were stored, and the exhibition number in the message (data information or data signal) in the dialogue data DB 391 was stored. Delete from record.

  When the participant clicks the “No” button 925, the previous screen is displayed in the display area 82 without updating the slide data DB 391. The display in the display area 82 of the previous screen is also performed when the participant clicks the “Yes” button 924 or the “Cancel” button 926. However, when the absence application is registered or a change is applied, a message area 927 for notifying the participant that the absence application is registered is arranged on the immediately preceding screen. As a result, the screen 80 is in a state as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the absence application is not registered by clicking the “No” button 925 or the “Cancel” button 926, it is shown in FIG. 9A instead of the screen shown in FIG. 9C. Will be displayed.

  The absence management unit 370 of FIG. 2 receives the application message (data information or data signal) via the communication unit group 320 when the transmission task control unit 310 of the transmission control device 200 receives an instruction from the transmission task control unit 310. Then, the above-described drag data DB 391 is updated. The screen creation unit 380 creates various screens including the screens shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 according to the instructions of the work control unit 310 with reference to the call data DB 391 and the residual difference DB 396, To 310. By sending the screen created in this way to the seat vehicle search terminal device 216 via the communication unit group 310, the participant control unit 310 transmits the schedule created by the slide control device 200, the schedule and the actual You can confirm the difference with the progress, apply for absence application, etc. Therefore, the screen creation program is installed in the control program as a means for realizing the screen creation unit 380.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of operations of the participant who realizes the application for absence application and the seat vehicle search terminal device.
On the side of the conference hall, it is assumed that the seat vehicle search terminal device 216 is used by the participant as needed. From this, the participant who is thinking about some application for absence application or confirmation of registration contents logs in by causing the vacant seat vehicle search terminal device 216 to read the member card 4 (S51). Upon login, a screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the seat vehicle search terminal device 216.

  The participant displays a desired screen (vehicle search screen) on the displayed display progress display screen or display area 82, and displays a message that meets the conditions he / she desires from among the events held after the next time. Search is performed as necessary (S52). In this way, the participant displays a desired vehicle detail screen as shown in FIG. 9A, and clicks the “absence registration” button 921 on the vehicle detail screen to display the absence application application screen. 82 is displayed. Thereafter, the participant inputs the bidding upper limit amount into the bidding upper limit amount area 923 as necessary, and clicks the “Yes” button 924, the “No” button 925, or the “Cancel” button 926 (S53). .

  The seat vehicle search terminal device 216 determines the application content from the button clicked among the “Yes” button 924, the “No” button 925, and the “Cancel” button 926 of the participant (S54). Perform appropriate processing. Thereby, when the application content is registration or change, that is, when the participant clicks the “Yes” button 924, for example, the bidding upper limit amount entered in the bidding upper limit amount area 923, the member number of the participant, An application message in which the application number for registering an exhibition number and registration or change is stored is transmitted from the seat vehicle search terminal device 216 to the slide control device 200. The seat vehicle search terminal device 216 waits to receive a screen as shown in FIG. 9C from the sway control device 200 by transmitting a message (data information or data signal), and displays the screen (hereinafter, S55). If the application content is cancellation, for example, an application message in which the bidding upper limit amount inputted in the bidding upper limit amount area 923, the member number of the participant, the exhibition number, and the application content for requesting cancellation is stored is a seat vehicle search terminal. The data is transmitted from the device 216 to the slide control device 200. The screen is displayed after receiving the screen as shown in FIG. 9A from the control apparatus 200 by the transmission of the message (S56). When not applying, that is, when the participant clicks the “No” button 925, the control device 200 is requested to resend the screen displayed in the display area 82 immediately before waiting for the screen to be received. The screen is displayed (S57). In the screen example shown in FIG. 9, the displayed screen is as shown in FIG. 9A or FIG. 9C.

  After the screen on the display area 82 is switched in this way, the participant determines whether or not to examine a line that meets other desired conditions (S58). As a result, when it is determined that it is not necessary to examine another line (No in S58), logoff is performed, and use of the seat vehicle search terminal device 216 is ended (S58 → end). When it is determined that it is necessary to examine another line (Yes in S58), a line that needs to be examined is searched (S58 → S52).

  The cancellation of the absence application may be desired by the participant after the corresponding message has started. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the participant starts registering the absence application, the “Cancel” button 926 as shown in FIG. 9B is changed to the type of the screen displayed in the display area 82. It is made to display regardless. As a result, when the participant clicks the “Cancel” button 926 until the talk ends, the absence application for the talk is invalidated. It is assumed that the invalidation control apparatus 200 sets the credit frame in the member information of the participant in the member information DB 397 to “0”. This is because the participant cannot make a bid beyond the credit limit. Therefore, the sari control apparatus 200 uses the credit frame in the member information of the participant who performs bidding as the current price (bid price) regardless of whether or not the participant participates in the sari due to the absence application. By comparing, it is confirmed whether or not the bid is valid. For example, every time a successful bid is made, the credit management unit 400 updates the credit limit of the participant in the member information DB 397 by subtracting the successful bid amount.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, the cancellation of the application for the absence that has been started is logged in by having the participant read the member card 4 to the seat vehicle search terminal device 216 in which the participant is vacant (S61). ) Waiting for the login to display a screen on which the “Cancel” button 926 as shown in FIG. 9B is displayed in the display area 82, and the participant clicks the button 926 to execute the operation. Is called. By the click operation, the seat vehicle search terminal device 216 transmits, for example, a message storing an exhibition number for which the absence application is to be canceled, a member number of the participant, and an application content for requesting cancellation of the absence application to the transmission control device 200. To do.

  Upon receipt of such a message, the slide control device 200 updates the credit frame of the record storing the member number in the received message of the member information DB 397 to 0, and invalidates the participant's bid. The credit line is restored to its original value after the corresponding message is completed. Thereby, the participant's bid is temporarily invalidated.

  In the present embodiment, the bid control device 200 has a bid price predicting function, a scheduled start time calculation function, an application for absence application application, and a residual difference calculation function. Although installed, each function may be distributed to one or more nodes included in the seri system. Further, all the functions may be mounted on a node other than the control device 200. For this reason, selection of a node on which a function is mounted, selection of a function to be mounted on a selected node, and the like can be performed very widely.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slip system 10 Slip business system 20 Slip machine system 30,140,230 Network 110 Business server 120 Video server 131 Business terminal device 133 Slip search terminal device 200 Slip control device 216 Seat vehicle search terminal device 310 Slip business control unit 320 Communication unit Group 340 Successful bid price prediction unit 350 Start time prediction unit 360 Error difference calculation unit 370 Absence management unit 380 Screen creation unit 390 Data storage unit

Claims (9)

In a system that can bid from a terminal device connected via a network,
Expected time calculation means for calculating an estimated time required for the slip for each of the slips;
A predicted time calculating means for calculating a predicted start time of the predicted predicted start of each slip using the predicted predicted time calculated by the predicted time calculating means;
A predicted progress presentation means for presenting the predicted predicted progress of the slip to the participant of the slip using the predicted start time calculated for each hit by the predicted time calculation means;
A sliding system comprising: A time difference calculating means for calculating a time difference between a predicted start time calculated by the predicted time calculating means and a start time that is a time at which the actual start of the selection;
Time difference presenting means for presenting the time difference calculated by the time difference calculating means to the participant;
The sliding system according to claim 1, further comprising: The predicted progress presentation means presents the predicted predicted progress by displaying on a predetermined display device a first screen that is arranged along a direction in which a delay image representing each corresponding delay is used as a time axis. ,
The sliding system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. When a predetermined operation is performed on the slide image, it is possible to apply for absence from the slip corresponding to the slide image.
The sliding system according to claim 3. For instructing cancellation of the absence application on a display device mounted on or connected to the terminal device via a terminal device used by a participant who has made a new absence application Display a cancel instruction image,
The sliding system according to claim 1. An expected time calculation means for calculating an estimated estimated time required for each occurrence of the scheduled schedule;
A predicted time calculating means for calculating a predicted start time of the predicted predicted start of each slip using the predicted predicted time calculated by the predicted time calculating means;
A slip start time prediction apparatus comprising: A predicted time acquisition means for acquiring a predicted predicted start time calculated for each of the shifts by the shift start time prediction device according to claim 6;
Using the predicted start time acquired by the predicted time acquisition unit for each threshold, the predicted progress presenting unit for presenting the predicted predicted progress of the schedule scheduled to be implemented to the participants of the path;
An apparatus for presenting predicted predicted progress characterized by comprising: On the computer,
An expected time calculation function for calculating the expected estimated time required for each event scheduled for implementation;
A predicted time calculation function for calculating a predicted start time of a slip predicted to be started for each slip using the predicted predicted time calculated for each of the slips by the predicted time calculation function;
A program to realize On the computer,
A predicted time acquisition function for acquiring a predicted predicted start time calculated for each threshold by the estimated start time prediction apparatus according to claim 6;
A predicted progress presentation function for presenting the predicted predicted progress of the expected schedule to the participant using the predicted start time acquired for each threshold by the predicted time acquisition function;
A program to realize