JP2014071743A - Settlement system, settlement device, settlement method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To motivate a user having watched a losing game of a team that the user supports, to watch a game of the team again.SOLUTION: A game result identification part (14) identifies a result of a game that the user has watched last time in games that a professional baseball team "X" has played. A fan determination part (16) determines whether or not the user is a fan of the professional baseball team "X". When the user orders a sports game ticket of a game of the professional baseball team "X", a settlement part (18) performs settlement processing at a fixed price. However, when the game result identified by the game result identification part (14) is defeat of the professional baseball team "X" and the user is the fan of the professional baseball team "X", the settlement part performs the settlement processing at a price lower than the fixed price.

Description

  The present invention relates to a payment system, a payment apparatus, a payment method, and a program.

  A system for selling watching tickets for games such as baseball and soccer over the Internet is known.

JP 2003-308446 A

  By the way, when a user goes to watch a game of a team supported by the user, the user feels unhappy depending on the result of the game. For example, when a user goes to watch a game of a team supported by the user and the team loses, the user feels unfortunate. After that, the willingness to watch the team's game again may be impaired.

  An object of the present invention is to motivate a user who watches a losing game of a team to be supported to watch the game of the team again.

  The present invention for solving the above problems will be described below. In addition, in order to make an understanding of this invention easy, the reference sign of an accompanying drawing is attached in parenthesis writing, However, This invention is not limited to the aspect of illustration.

  That is, the settlement system (1) according to the present invention includes settlement means (6, 18) for performing a settlement process at a predetermined price when the user orders the right to watch a game played by the reference team with another team. In the settlement system (1), game result specifying means (2a, 14) for specifying a game result of a game for which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among games played by the reference team, The payment means performs a payment process with an amount lower than the predetermined price when the game result specified by the game result specifying means is a loss of the reference team.

  Further, the settlement method according to the present invention is a settlement method including a settlement step of performing a settlement process at a predetermined price when a user orders a right to watch a game played by another team with another team. The game further includes a game result specifying step of specifying a game result of a game for which a right to watch the game is purchased by the user among the games played by the team, and the settlement step is a game specified in the game result specifying step When the result is a defeat of the reference team, the method includes a step of performing a settlement process with an amount lower than the predetermined price.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that causes a computer to function as a settlement means (18) that performs a settlement process at a predetermined price when a user orders the right to watch a game played by another team with another team. The computer further functions as a game result specifying means (2a, 14) for specifying a game result of a game for which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among games played by the reference team. The settlement means performs a settlement process with an amount lower than the predetermined price when the match result specified by the match result specifying means is a loss of the reference team.

  A computer-readable information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable information storage medium in which the program is stored. The operations and effects of the control method, program, and information storage medium are the same as those described for the information processing apparatus.

  Further, the settlement apparatus (6a) according to the present invention is a settlement apparatus including settlement means (6, 18) that performs settlement processing at a predetermined price when the user orders the right to watch a game played by the reference team. A purchase history storage means (2c) for storing a purchase history of the right to watch the game of the reference team, and a game result storage means (2c) for storing a result of the match of the reference team, wherein the user When the order of the right to watch the game of the reference team is ordered, the game specified by the purchase history storage means, and the game for which the right to watch the game is purchased by the user is specified by the game result storage means. If it is a result, the settlement means performs a settlement process with an amount lower than a predetermined price.

  Further, the payment system (1) according to the present invention includes a payment means (6, 18) for performing payment processing at a predetermined price when a user orders the right to watch a game played by a reference team. Game result specifying means (14) for specifying a result of a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among past games played by the reference team, and the settlement means includes the game result When the game result specified by the specifying means is a predetermined result, the predetermined price is changed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to motivate a user who has watched a losing game of a team to be supported to watch the game of the team again.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the payment system further includes means (2a) for acquiring purchase history information of the user from a storage unit (2c) that stores a purchase history of a right to watch a game, The game result specifying means has a right to watch by the user of the games played by the reference team based on the information indicating the result of the game played by the reference team and the purchase history information of the user. The game result of the purchased game may be specified.

  Moreover, in one aspect of the present invention, it further includes supporter determining means (2a, 16a) for determining whether or not the user is a supporter of the reference team, wherein the settlement means is determined by the match result specifying means. When the identified game result is the defeat of the reference team and the user is a supporter of the reference team, the settlement process may be performed with an amount lower than the predetermined price.

  In one aspect of the present invention, a right to watch a game ordered by the user is selected from a plurality of types of rights, and the supporter determining unit is based on the type of right selected by the user. , It may be determined whether the user is a supporter of the reference team.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the settlement system prompts the user to watch a game played by the reference team when the match result specified by the match result specifying means is a defeat of the reference team. The game recommending means (2a, 20) may further be included.

  Moreover, in one aspect of the present invention, a performance information acquisition unit that acquires performance information indicating a performance of the reference team in a game in which a right to watch the game is purchased by the user among the games played by the reference team (2a) A reduction amount control means (2a) for controlling a reduction amount at the time of settlement processing may be further included based on the results information acquired by the results information acquisition means.

  Moreover, in one aspect of the present invention, the score information acquisition means calculates the number of consecutive losses of the reference team in a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among the games played by the reference team, You may acquire as grade information. In addition, the score information acquisition means acquires, as the score information, information indicating a loss degree of the reference team in a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among games played by the reference team May be.

  Moreover, in one aspect of the present invention, a winning team specifying means (2a) for specifying an opponent team of the reference team in a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among games played by the reference team ), An opponent specifying means (2a) for specifying an opponent team of the reference team in a game in which a right to watch the game is ordered by the user, an opponent team specified by the winning team specifying means, Comparison means (2a) for comparing the opponent team specified by the opponent specification means, and a reduction amount control means (2a) for controlling the reduction amount in the settlement processing based on the comparison result of the comparison means And may be further included.

  Further, in one aspect of the present invention, a league game is performed by a plurality of teams including the reference team, and the settlement system includes a provisional ranking of the reference team in the league match and the opponent team in the league match. Comparing means (2a) for comparing the provisional rank and a reduction amount control means (2a) for controlling a reduction amount in the settlement processing based on the comparison result may be further included.

It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the watching ticket sales system. It is a figure which shows a game schedule calendar. It is a figure which shows a watching ticket selection screen. It is a figure which shows an order confirmation screen. It is a figure which shows an order confirmation screen. It is a figure which illustrates a user database. It is a figure which illustrates a game schedule. It is a figure which illustrates a price list. It is a figure which illustrates a watching database. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates the process performed in a watching ticket sales system. It is a flowchart which illustrates the process performed in a watching ticket sales server. It is a flowchart which illustrates the process performed in a watching ticket sales server. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function group implement | achieved by the watching ticket sales system. It is a flowchart which illustrates the process performed in a watching ticket sales server. It is a flowchart which illustrates the process performed in a watching ticket sales server. It is a flowchart which illustrates the process performed in a watching ticket sales server. It is a figure which illustrates a ranking table. It is a flowchart which illustrates the process performed in a watching ticket sales server.

  Hereinafter, examples of embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Watching ticket sales system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a watching ticket sales system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the watching ticket sales system 1 includes a watching ticket sales server 2, a plurality of client terminals 4, and a settlement server 6. The watching ticket sales server 2, the client terminal 4, and the settlement server 6 are connected to each other via a network so as to be able to exchange data. In the case of the present embodiment, the settlement server 6 and the watching ticket sales server 2 constitute a settlement apparatus 6a. The watching ticket sales server 2 and the settlement server 6 are separate bodies, but they may be integrated. For example, the watching ticket sales server 2 may also serve as the settlement server 6.

[Watching ticket sales server]
The watching ticket sales server 2 is a server computer owned by the owner company of the professional baseball team “X”, for example. The watching ticket sales server 2 is used to sell watching tickets for games hosted by the professional baseball team “X”, and includes a control unit 2a, a main memory 2b, a hard disk 2c, a display 2d, a network interface 2e, and an operation input unit. 2f and the like.

  The control unit 2a is a microprocessor, and executes various types of information processing according to programs stored in the main memory 2b. The main memory 2b is a RAM and a ROM, and the main memory 2b stores data necessary for various information processing in addition to the above programs. The program is read from a computer-readable information storage medium such as a DVD (registered trademark) -ROM and stored in the main memory 2b. Various data are stored in the hard disk 2c. Information stored in the hard disk 2c will be described later. The display 2d outputs information input by the control unit 2a. The network interface 2e is an interface for connecting the watching ticket sales server 2 to the network. In addition, the operation input unit 2f outputs a signal indicating the user's operation content to the control unit 2a.

[Client terminal]
The client terminal 4 is, for example, a user computer registered in the watching ticket sales server 2. The client terminal 4 is used for a user to access the watching ticket sales server 2 and purchase a watching ticket for a game hosted by the team “X”. Here, the watching ticket is a right certificate certifying the right to watch the game (hereinafter referred to as the watching right), and purchasing the watching ticket means purchasing the watching right. The watching ticket may be an electronic certificate stored in a mobile phone, a mobile terminal, or the like instead of a paper certificate.

[Payment server]
The settlement server 6 is a server computer owned by a credit card company, for example. The settlement server 6 is used for so-called credit card settlement. Processing executed by the settlement server 6 will be described later.

[Team “X”]
The professional baseball team “X” belongs to a professional baseball league to which six teams belong, and the other five professional baseball teams (team “A”, team “B”, team “C”, team “D” And a team “E”), a league match (hereinafter referred to as a pennant race) is performed. In Pennant Race, the game is played on a predetermined schedule. The game will be hosted by one of the teams and will be played at the home team's home stadium.

[Usage of client terminal]
Next, a usage form of the client terminal 4 will be described. Here, a case where a user X who is a fan of the team “X” purchases a watching ticket is taken as an example. First, the user X who has logged in to the watching ticket sales server 2 performs a predetermined game schedule display operation to display a game schedule calendar indicating the schedule of games hosted by the team “X” on the display of the client terminal 4. . FIG. 2 shows a game schedule calendar. In the game schedule calendar, the schedule of games hosted by the team “X” is displayed in a calendar format.

  The user X displaying the game schedule calendar next selects the game he / she wants to watch by performing the game selection operation. Since the game is distinguished by the date of the game, the user X clicks the cell corresponding to the date of the game that he / she wants to watch. By doing so, the watching ticket selection screen is displayed on the display of the client terminal 4. FIG. 3 shows a watching ticket selection screen. The watching ticket selection screen shows the list price and remaining ticket status of various watching tickets. In FIG. 3, each watching ticket is represented as a seat type. “Sold out” indicates that the watching ticket is sold out. For example, a watching ticket for seat A is sold out. “Remaining” indicates that the watching ticket is still unsold. According to FIG. 3, the watching tickets for seats other than the seat A are still unsold.

  A check box 8 is prepared on the watching ticket selection screen. The user X inputs a check in the check box 8 to select a watching ticket desired to be purchased. On this basis, the user X causes the order confirmation screen to be displayed on the display of the client terminal 4 by clicking the order confirmation screen display button 10. FIG. 4 shows an order confirmation screen. As shown in the figure, the order confirmation screen displays the game selected by the user X and the type of the watching ticket selected by the user X. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the order confirmation screen also displays a purchase amount that is a purchase price for the watching ticket. As shown in FIG. 3, since the list price of the seat B is 1000 yen, “1000 yen” is displayed as the purchase amount.

  The user X confirming the order details clicks the purchase button 12 to confirm the order. Thereafter, settlement is performed in the settlement server 6.

  By the way, when the team “X” loses in the game watched by the user X, the user X who is a fan of the team “X” feels regrettable because he is a fan of the team “X”. There are times when I don't feel like going around.

  Therefore, in this spectator ticket sales system 1, when the team “X” loses in the game watched by the user X, when the user X purchases the watching ticket after that, the watching ticket can be purchased at a price lower than the regular price. It has become. For example, when the user X watches the losing game of the team “X”, then when the user X purchases the watching ticket, the order confirmation screen illustrated in FIG. 5 is used instead of the order confirmation screen illustrated in FIG. Is displayed. In the order confirmation screen shown in FIG. 5, the amount of the watching ticket for the seat B is discounted. By discounting, the user X who watched the losing game of the team “X” is motivated to watch the next game.

  Hereinafter, a technique for motivating a user who is a fan of the team “X” who watched the losing game of the team “X” to the next watching game will be described.

[data]
First, data stored in advance in the hard disk 2c will be described. The hard disk 2c stores in advance a user database illustrated in FIG. 6, a game schedule illustrated in FIG. 7, a price list illustrated in FIG. 8, and a watching database illustrated in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the user database holds the mail address and credit card information of each user registered in the watching ticket sales server 2. Specifically, the user database holds the mail address and credit card information of each user in association with the user ID of each user registered in the watching ticket sales server 2. The user ID is information used for user authentication, for example. The credit cart information includes a credit card number and an expiration date. The e-mail address and credit card information are registered in advance by the user.

  The game schedule shown in FIG. 7 shows the schedule of a game hosted by the team “X”, and holds the opponent team and the game result for each game hosted by the team “X”. . As shown in the figure, each game is represented as its date. In the case of the present embodiment, the match result is expressed as a difference obtained by subtracting the score of the team “X” by the score of the opponent team. Therefore, a match result indicating a positive number indicates that the team “X” has won, a match result indicating “0” indicates that the team “X” has drawn, and a match result indicating a negative number is indicated by the team “X”. "X" indicates a defeat. Prior to the opening of the pennant race, the game results of all the games are set to “null”. Each time the game ends, the game result of the completed game is input by the person concerned with the team “X”.

  The price list shown in FIG. 8 holds the list price of various watching tickets. As described above, each watching ticket is represented as a seat type. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the list price is held for each seat type. There are six types of seats A to F, and the seat A, the seat B, and the seat C are mainly used by users who support the team “X” that is the home team. Hereinafter, these seats are referred to as team “X” side seats. On the other hand, the seat D, the seat E, and the seat F are mainly used by users who support the opponent team. Hereinafter, these seats will be referred to as opponent team side seats.

  The watching database (purchase history storage means) shown in FIG. 9 represents the history of the games watched by each user, and for each user registered in the watching ticket sales server 2, the watching game represents the history of the games watched by the user. The history is retained. Specifically, the watching database stores information indicating a game in which the user has purchased a watching ticket in association with each user ID registered in the watching ticket sales server 2. That is, the watching history is also a history of a game in which a watching ticket is purchased by the user. The watching history further includes information indicating the watching ticket used by the user for watching the game in association with the game for which the watching ticket was purchased by the user. Therefore, the watching history is also a watching ticket history purchased by the user. In FIG. 9, the game that the user watched is represented by the date of the game. In FIG. 9, the watching ticket is represented as a seat type. The seat type is described in parentheses.

[Processing-1]
Next, processing executed in the watching ticket sales system 1 will be described with reference to a sequence diagram illustrated in FIG. Here, a case where a certain user Y performs the game schedule display operation described above will be taken as an example.

  First, a game schedule calendar provision request is transmitted from the client terminal 4 of the user Y to the watching ticket sales server 2 (S101). Upon receiving the game schedule calendar provision request, the watching ticket sales server 2 returns data for displaying the game schedule calendar to the client terminal 4 of the user Y (S102). On the client terminal 4 of the user Y who has received this data, a game schedule calendar (see FIG. 2) is displayed (S103).

  When the user Y performs the game selection operation and selects a game to be watched, information indicating the game date of the selected game is transmitted from the client terminal 4 of the user Y to the watching ticket sales server 4 (S104). The watching ticket sales server 2 that has received this information returns data for displaying the watching ticket selection screen (see FIG. 3) to the client terminal 4 of the user Y (S105). In the client terminal 4 of the user Y who has received this data, a watching ticket selection screen is displayed (S106).

  When the user Y selects a watching ticket desired to purchase while referring to the watching ticket selection screen, the seat type of the watching ticket selected by the user Y is transmitted from the client terminal 4 of the user Y to the watching ticket sales server 2. (S107). Having received the seat type, the watching ticket sales server 2 determines the sales amount (S108). Specifically, in step S108, the watching ticket sales server 2 executes the process illustrated in FIG.

  Hereinafter, the process illustrated in FIG. 11 will be described with the watching ticket selected by the user Y represented as a watching ticket X. First, the control unit 2a determines whether or not the user Y is a fan of the team “X” based on the seat type of the watching ticket X (S201). Specifically, the control unit 2a determines whether or not the seat type of the watching ticket X is a seat on the team “X” side (see FIG. 8), and the seat type of the watching ticket X is the team “X” side. It is determined that the user Y is a fan of the team “X”. In this way, it is possible to determine whether or not the user Y is a fan of the team “X” without performing an operation of registering the team that the user Y supports in advance.

  When the user Y is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S201), in S202, the control unit 2a reads the watching history of the user Y (see FIG. 9) and the game schedule table (see FIG. 7) from the hard disk 2c. In addition, with reference to these, the victory or defeat (match result) of the team “X” in the game watched by the user Y is specified, and the win / loss situation of the team “X” in the game watched by the user Y is determined. Here, the game which the user Y watched is a past game of the games memorize | stored in the watching history of the user Y (refer FIG. 9). Note that the information as to whether or not the user Y watched the game is specified by whether or not the user Y has purchased a watching ticket.

  Here, in S202, the control unit 2a identifies the game that the user Y last watched from the watching history of the user Y, and reads the game result of the game held in the game schedule. Then, the control unit 2a determines whether or not the read game result indicates a negative number, that is, whether or not the team “X” is defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (S202). In addition, although the control part 2a specifies the victory or defeat of the game which the user Y watched last, as long as the user Y watched the game, the control part 2a may specify which game win or loss. For example, the control unit 2a may specify the winning or losing of the game that the user Y watched before. However, even if the team “X” was defeated in the game that the user Y watched last time, if the team “X” wins in the game that the user Y watched last time, that is, the game that the user Y watched last time, There is a high possibility that the feeling of disappointment due to is eliminated by the victory of team “X” in the previous game. Therefore, as described above, it is preferable to specify the win or loss that the user Y last watched.

  When the user Y is not a fan of the team “X” (NO in S201), or when the team “X” is not defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (NO in S202), the control unit 2a The list price (predetermined price) of the watching ticket X is specified with reference to the table (see FIG. 8), and the list price of the watching ticket X is determined as the sales amount (S204).

  On the other hand, when the user Y is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S201) and the team “X” is defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (YES in S202), the control unit 2a An amount lower than the regular price of the ticket X is determined as a sales amount (S203). That is, the control unit 2a determines an amount obtained by discounting the regular price of the watching ticket X as a sales amount.

  Thus, in S108 (see FIG. 10), the control unit 2a determines the sales price of the watching ticket X.

  When the sales amount is determined in S108, the watching ticket sales server 2 generates data indicating an order confirmation screen including the determined sales amount as the purchase amount (S109) and returns it to the client terminal 4 of the user Y. (S110). On the client terminal 4 of the user Y receiving this data, an order confirmation screen (FIGS. 4 and 5) is displayed (S111). For example, when the user Y is not a fan of the team “X”, or when the team “X” has not lost in the game that the user Y last watched, the order confirmation screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. On the other hand, when the user Y is a fan of the team “X” and the team “X” loses in the last game that the user Y watched, the order confirmation screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed.

  The user Y who has confirmed the order details confirms the order by clicking the purchase button 12. When the purchase button 12 is clicked, a settlement instruction is transmitted from the client terminal 4 of the user Y to the watching ticket sales server 2 (S112). In the watching ticket sales server 2 that has received the settlement instruction, the control unit 2a uses the credit card information of the user Y (see FIG. 6) held in the user database and the settlement amount that is the sales amount determined in step S108. Is sent to the settlement server 6 (S113).

  Then, the settlement server 6 that has received the settlement information identifies a credit frame from the credit card information in the settlement information, and executes a known credit determination based on the identified credit frame and the settlement amount in the settlement information (S114). ). If a positive determination result is obtained in the credit determination, the settlement server 6 performs a settlement process with the settlement amount in the settlement information and causes the user Y to generate a debt corresponding to the settlement amount (S115). When a positive determination result is obtained in the credit determination, the settlement server 6 returns a settlement notification notifying that the settlement process has been performed to the watching ticket sales server 2 (S116). If a negative determination result is obtained in the credit determination, the settlement process is not performed and predetermined warning information is transmitted to the watching ticket sales server 2.

  The watching ticket sales server 2 monitors reception of the settlement notification. When the watching ticket sales server 2 receives the settlement notification, the control unit 2a updates the watching history of the user Y (S117). Specifically, the control unit 2a adds the match date received in S104 and the seat type received in S108 to the watching history of the user Y.

  As described above, in the watching ticket sales system 1, the process illustrated in FIG. 11 is executed. Therefore, when the fan of the team “X” watching the losing game of the team “X” purchases the watching ticket, Tickets can be purchased for a lower price. Therefore, the user can be motivated to watch the next game.

  In the watching ticket sales system 1, it is determined whether or not the user is a fan of the team “X” based on the type of watching ticket selected by the user (see S201). Therefore, as described above, it is possible to determine whether or not the user is a fan of the team “X” without registering the team that the user supports in advance. For example, if the users who can access the watching ticket sales server 2 are limited to the fan club members of the team “X”, the control unit 2a does not need to execute step S201. Further, if it is not questionable that “being a fan of team“ X ”” is eligible for the discount, the control unit 2a does not need to execute step S201.

[Processing-2]
By the way, in this watching ticket sales system 1, in order to motivate the user who watched the losing game of team “X” to the next watching game, the user who watched the losing game of team “X” next time A message that encourages watching is also delivered.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a process for encouraging the user who watched the losing game of team “X” to watch the next game. This process is executed by the watching ticket sales server 2, and in the case of the present embodiment, the game result of the finished game (hereinafter referred to as “last game G”) is shown in FIG. Executed when input to the schedule table.

  When the result of the last game G is input to the game schedule table, the control unit 2a refers to the game schedule table (see FIG. 7), identifies the victory or defeat of the team “X” in the last game G, and The winning / losing situation of team “X” in the last game G is determined (S301). Specifically, in S301, the control unit 2a reads the game result of the last game G held in the game schedule, and whether or not the read game result shows a negative number, that is, the last game G It is determined whether or not team “X” has lost. When the team “X” is defeated in the last game G (YES in S301), the control unit 2a refers to the watching database (see FIG. 9) and identifies the watching user who is the user who watched the last game G (S302).

  And the control part 2a performs the process shown to the step of S303 and S304 about each watching user. That is, the control unit 2a specifies the seat type of the watching ticket for the last game G purchased by the watching user by referring to the watching history of the watching user (see FIG. 9), and the watching user based on the specified seat type Whether or not is a fan of team “X” is determined in the same manner as in S201 (S303). When the watching user is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S303), the control unit 2a registers the watching user as a guidance target user in the main memory (S304). Through the steps S303 and S304, the watching user who is a fan of the team “X” is registered as the guidance target user.

  And the control part 2a specifies the mail address of each guidance object user with reference to a user database (refer FIG. 6), and transmits the guidance mail which is an e-mail urging next watching game to each guidance object user. (S305). This guidance mail includes a message that prompts the next watching. For example, the guidance email includes a message including that a watching ticket can be purchased at a low price.

  By the process shown in FIG. 12, a guide mail is delivered to the user who watched the losing game of team “X”. Therefore, the user who watched the losing game of team “X” is motivated to watch the next game.

[Function block]
FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram illustrating a functional group realized by the watching ticket sales system 1. As shown in the figure, in the watching ticket sales system 1, a game result specifying unit 14, a fan determination unit 16, a settlement unit 18, and a rewatching game recommendation unit 20 are realized. In the case of the present embodiment, the settlement server 6 is separate from the watching ticket sales server 2, and the game result specifying unit 14, the fan determination unit 16, and the re-watching recommendation unit 20 are realized by the watching ticket sales server 2. The unit 18 is realized by the payment server 6. Since the above-described payment apparatus 6a (see FIG. 1) includes the payment server 6 and the watching ticket sales server 2, the function group shown in FIG. 13 is also realized by the payment apparatus 6a.

  The game result specifying unit 14, the fan determination unit 16, and the revisiting game recommendation unit 20 are realized by the control unit 2a executing the program stored in the main memory 2b. Based on the game schedule (see FIG. 7) and the watching history of the user (see FIG. 9), the game result specifying unit 14 (game result specifying means) The victory or defeat (match result) of team “X” in the game of team “X” watched by the user is specified (see S202 and S301). Here, the game watched by the user is a game in which the watching ticket is purchased by the user among the games played by the team “X”, and more specifically, stored in the watching history of the user. This is a past game.

  Specifically, the game result specifying unit 14 includes a first game result specifying unit 14a and a second game result specifying unit 14b. The first game result specifying unit 14a reads the user's watching history held in the watching database, and based on the read watching history and the game schedule, the team “X” in at least one game watched by the user ”Is specified. In the case of the present embodiment, the first game result specifying unit 14a specifies the victory or defeat of the team “X” in the game last watched by the user (see S202). Here, the game last watched by the user is the last game among the games watched by the user. The first game result specifying unit 14a specifies winning or losing when the user orders a watching ticket.

  On the other hand, when the game that the user watched is over, the second game result specifying unit 14b specifies the winning or losing of the team “X” in the ended game based on the game schedule (see S301).

  The fan determination unit 16 (supporter determination means) includes a first fan determination unit 16a and a second fan determination unit 16b. The fan determination unit 16 determines whether the user is a fan of the team “X” (see S201 and S303). That is, when the user selects a watching ticket to be ordered from among a plurality of types of watching tickets, the first fan determination unit 16a selects the team “X” based on the seat type of the watching ticket selected by the user. It is determined whether it is a fan (see S201). Further, the second fan determination unit 16b determines that the user is a fan of the team “X” based on the seat type of the watching ticket of the finished game purchased by the user when the game watched by the user is finished. It is determined whether or not there is (see S303).

  The settlement unit 18 (settlement means) performs settlement processing at a fixed price when the user orders a game ticket for a game hosted by the team “X”. However, the settlement amount at the time of the settlement process is controlled based on the winning and losing of the team “X” identified by the first game result identifying unit 14a and the determination result of the first fan determining unit 16a. Specifically, the settlement unit 18 determines that the victory of the team “X” specified by the first game result specifying unit 14a is the defeat of the team “X”, and the first fan determination unit 16a allows the user to If it is determined that the fan is “X”, the payment processing is performed with a payment amount lower than the regular price (see S203 and S115).

  The re-watching game recommendation unit 20 (re-watching game recommendation means) determines that the team “X” is defeated by the team “X” in the finished game specified by the second game result specifying unit 14b. X "prompts the user to watch the next game hosted by X. In the case of the present embodiment, the re-watching game recommendation unit 20 watched the finished game by the second fan determination unit 16b when the team “X” in the finished game was defeated by the team “X”. When it is determined that the user is a fan of the team “X”, the user is prompted to watch the next game hosted by the team “X” (see S305).

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. Hereinafter, other aspects (Modifications 1 to 4) of the present invention will be described.

  For example, it is considered that the degree of decline in the user's willingness to watch changes depending on the result of the team “X” in the game that the user watched. Therefore, in order to make the user who watched the losing game of the team “X” feel interested in watching the game of the team “X”, according to the result of the team “X” in the game that the user watched, It is considered necessary to change the strength of motivation for the user. Therefore, in the first and second modified examples, the control unit 2a acquires performance data indicating the performance of the team “X” in the game that the user watched and changes the amount of reduction from the regular price based on the performance data. Let

[Modification 1]
In the first modification, the control unit 2a does not specify the winning or losing of the team “X” for only one game watched by the user, but specifies the winning or losing of the team “X” in a plurality of matches watched by the user. Moreover, the control part 2a acquires the consecutive loss number "N" of the team "X" in the game which the user watched based on the winning and losing identified about the said some game as results data. This has the following intent.

  For example, as the team “X” continues to watch the losing game, it is considered that the user's willingness to watch decreases. Therefore, in order to make the user who continues to watch the losing game of team “X” feel like going to the game of the game of team “X”, the user continuously plays the losing game of team “X” several times. Therefore, it is considered necessary to change the strength of motivation for the user depending on whether the user continues to watch the game. Therefore, in the first modification, the number of consecutive losses “N” is acquired as score data in order to change the amount of reduction from the regular price depending on how many times the user continues to watch the losing game of the team “X”. Is done.

  Specifically, the control unit 2a executes the process shown in FIG. 14 instead of the process shown in FIG. That is, the control unit 2a determines whether the user Y is a fan of the team “X” in the same manner as in step S201 (S401).

  When the user Y is not a fan of the team “X” (NO in S401), the control unit 2a sets the list price of the watching ticket X as the sales amount in the same manner as in the step of S204 (S404).

  On the other hand, when the user Y is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S401), the control unit 2a refers to the watching history of the user Y and the game schedule table, and the team “X” The number of consecutive losses “N” indicating how many consecutive losses are in progress is acquired (S402). Specifically, in S402, the control unit 2a (match result specifying means) initializes the value of a predetermined consecutive loss parameter “n” to “0”, and then each match that the user Y watched. As the attention game, the game is selected in descending order of the game date, and each time the attention game is selected, the winning or losing of the team “X” in the attention game is specified with reference to the game schedule. When the team “X” is defeated in the attention game, the control unit 2a selects the next game by incrementing the value of the consecutive loss number parameter “n” by “1”, and the team “X” in the attention game. If is not defeated, the next game is not selected and the value of the consecutive loss number parameter “n” is acquired as the consecutive loss number “N”. Therefore, when the team “X” has not lost in the game that the user Y last watched, the consecutive loss number “N” is “0”.

  And the control part 2a (reduction amount control means) specifies the list price of the watching ticket X with reference to a price list | wrist (refer FIG. 8), and determines the value calculated by the following Numerical formula (1) as a sales amount. (S403).

  Sales amount = list price × (1−0.1 × N) (1)

  “0.1 × N × list price” indicates a reduction amount from the list price. As described above, in the first modification, the amount of reduction from the regular price changes depending on how many times the user continues to watch the losing game of the team “X”. Therefore, the strength of motivation performed on the user can be changed depending on how many times the user continues to watch the losing game of the team “X”.

  It should be noted that a table associating the condition relating to the number of consecutive losses “N” with the candidate for the amount of reduction from the regular price may be stored in advance in the hard disk 2c. In this case, for each condition stored in the hard disk 2c, the control unit 2a determines whether or not the consecutive loss number “N” acquired in S402 satisfies the condition, and the consecutive loss number “N” is satisfied. The amount of reduction from the list price may be determined based on the candidates associated with the conditions to be performed.

  Moreover, in the modification 1, the control part 2a acquires the said consecutive loss number "N" as results data based on the victory or defeat of the team "X" specified regarding the some game, but acquires other information as results data May be. For example, the control unit 2a identifies the winning / losing of the team “X” in the last five games, and based on the winning / losing of the team “X” in the last five games, the winning rate, the number of wins, the defeat rate of the team “X” in the last five games Alternatively, the losing number may be acquired as the performance data. In this case, a formula for calculating the sales amount may be appropriately defined according to the information used as the result data.

[Modification 2]
In the second modification, the control unit 2a acquires a numerical value “M” indicating the losing degree of the team “X” in the game the user last watched as score data. This has the following intent.

  For example, it is considered that a user who watched a game where team “X” lost by a large difference greatly loses the willingness to watch the next game. Therefore, in order to make the user who watched the game that team “X” lost by a large difference feel like going to watch the game of team “X”, the user of team “X” in the game last watched by the user It is considered necessary to change the strength of motivation for the user depending on the degree of losing. Therefore, in the second modification, the numerical value “M” is acquired as the result data in order to change the amount of reduction from the regular price depending on the losing state of the team “X” in the last game the user watched.

  Specifically, the control unit 2a executes the process shown in FIG. 15 instead of the process shown in FIG. That is, the control unit 2a determines whether or not the user Y is a fan of the team “X” in the same manner as in step S201 (S501).

  When the user Y is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S501), the control unit 2a identifies the winning or losing of the team “X” in the game that the user Y last watched in the same manner as the step of S202. It is determined whether or not the team “X” has been defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (S502). That is, the control unit 2a identifies the game that the user Y last watched from the watching history of the user Y, and reads the game result of the game held in the game schedule. And the control part 2a determines whether the read game result shows a negative number.

  When the user Y is not a fan of the team “X” (NO in S501), or when the team “X” has not lost in the game that the user Y last watched (NO in S502), the control unit 2a performs S204. In the same manner as in step, the regular price of the watching ticket X is determined as the sales amount (S505).

  On the other hand, when the user Y is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S501) and the team “X” is defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (YES in S502), the control unit 2a The above-mentioned numerical value M indicating the degree of losing of the team “X” in the last game Y observed is acquired (S503). Specifically, the control unit 2a acquires the absolute value of the numerical value indicating the game result of the game that the user Y last watched as the numerical value M. And the control part 2a (reduction amount control means) determines the value calculated by the following Numerical formula (2) as a sales amount (S504).

  Sales amount = list price × (1-0.05 × M) (2)

  “0.05 × M × list price” indicates a reduction amount from the list price. As described above, in the second modification, the amount of reduction from the regular price changes depending on the losing condition of the team “X” in the game the user last watched. Therefore, the strength of motivation performed on the user can be changed depending on the losing condition of the team “X” in the last game the user watched.

  It should be noted that a table in which the condition relating to the numerical value “M” and the candidate for the amount of reduction from the regular price are associated may be stored in the hard disk 2c in advance. In this case, in step S504, the control unit 2a determines, for each condition stored in the hard disk 2c, whether or not the numerical value “M” acquired in step S503 satisfies the condition, and the condition that the numerical value “M” satisfies. The amount of reduction from the list price may be determined based on the candidates associated with.

[Modification 3]
Further, for example, it is considered that a user who has watched a losing game of team “X” will refrain from watching a game with a team that has won team “X”. Therefore, in order to make the user who watched the losing game of team “X” go to watch the game of team “X” regardless of the opponent team, the opponent team of team “X” It is considered that the motivation level for the user needs to be changed depending on whether or not the team has won team “X” in the last game the user watched. Therefore, in the third modification, the amount of reduction from the regular price is changed depending on whether or not the opponent team of the team “X” is the team that won the team “X” in the last game the user watched.

  Specifically, the control unit 2a executes the process shown in FIG. 16 instead of the process shown in FIG. That is, the control unit 2a determines whether or not the user Y is a fan of the team “X”, similarly to the step of S201 (S601).

  When the user Y is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S601), the control unit 2a identifies the winning or losing of the team “X” in the game that the user Y last watched, similarly to the step of S202. It is determined whether or not the team “X” has been defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (S602).

  When the user Y is not a fan of the team “X” (NO in S601), or when the team “X” has not lost in the game that the user Y last watched (NO in S602), the control unit 2a performs S204. In the same manner as in step, the regular price of the watching ticket X is determined as the sales amount (S608).

  On the other hand, when the user Y is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S601) and the team “X” is defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (YES in S602), the control unit 2a The winning team in the game that Y watched last is identified with reference to the game schedule (S603). Further, the control unit 2a specifies the opponent team of the team “X” in the game in which the watching ticket is ordered by the user Y, that is, the game selected by the user Y in the game schedule calendar, with reference to the game schedule table ( S604). Then, the control unit 2a (comparison means) determines whether or not the winning team and the opponent team are the same (S605).

  And the control part 2a (reduction amount control means) controls the reduction amount from a regular price based on whether a winning team and an opponent team are the same. In the case of the present embodiment, when the winning team and the opponent team are the same (YES in S605), the control unit 2a determines an amount obtained by discounting the list price of the watching ticket X by two (S606). On the other hand, when the winning team and the opponent team are different (NO in S605), the control unit 2a determines the amount obtained by discounting the regular price of the watching ticket X as the sales amount (S607).

  Thus, in the third modification, the amount of reduction from the regular price changes depending on whether or not the opponent team of the team “X” is the team that won the team “X” in the game that the user watched. Therefore, the strength of motivation for the user can be changed depending on whether or not the opponent team of the team “X” is the team that has won the team “X” in the game that the user watched.

[Modification 4]
In addition, for example, a user who has watched a losing game of team “X” is likely to watch a losing game of team “X” again, and thus tends to avoid watching a game with a strong team. Therefore, in order to make the user who watched the losing game of team “X” go to watch the game of team “X” regardless of the opponent team, It seems that it is necessary to change the strength of motivation for the user by superiority or inferiority. Therefore, in Modification 4, the amount of reduction from the regular price is changed by superiority or inferiority of the opponent team with respect to the team “X”.

  That is, in the fourth modification, a rank table indicating the provisional rank of each team during the execution of the pennant trace is stored in advance in the hard disk 2c. FIG. 17 illustrates a ranking table. Moreover, in the modification 4, the control part 2a performs the process shown in FIG. 18 instead of the process shown in FIG.

  That is, the control unit 2a first reads out the ranking table (S701). Then, the control unit 2a determines whether or not the user Y is a fan of the team “X”, similarly to the step of S201 (S702).

  When the user Y is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S702), the control unit 2a identifies the winning or losing of the team “X” in the game that the user Y last watched in the same manner as the step of S202. It is determined whether or not the team “X” has been defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (S703).

  When the user Y is not a fan of the team “X” (NO in S702), or when the team “X” is not defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (NO in S703), the control unit 2a performs S204. In the same manner as in step S8, the list price of the watching ticket X is determined as the sales amount (S708).

  On the other hand, if the user Y is a fan of the team “X” (YES in S702) and the team “X” is defeated in the last game that the user Y watched (YES in S703), the control unit 2a The opponent team of the team “X” in the game in which the watching ticket is ordered by Y, that is, the game selected by the user Y in the game schedule calendar is specified with reference to the game schedule table (S704). Then, the control unit 2a compares the provisional rank of the team “X” indicated by the rank table with the provisional rank of the opponent team indicated by the rank table, so that the temporary rank of the opponent team is the team “X”. It is determined whether or not the rank is higher than the provisional rank (S705).

  Then, the control unit 2a (reduction amount control means) controls the reduction amount from the regular price based on whether or not the tentative ranking of the opponent team is higher than the tentative ranking of the team “X”. In the case of the present embodiment, if the opponent team's provisional rank is higher than the provisional rank of the team “X” (YES in S705), the control unit 2a uses an amount obtained by discounting the list price of the watching ticket X as a sales amount. Determine (S706). On the other hand, when the opponent team's provisional rank is not higher than the team “X” provisional rank (NO in S705), the control unit 2a determines the price obtained by discounting the regular price of the watching ticket X as the sales amount (S707). .

  Thus, in the fourth modification, the amount of reduction from the regular price changes depending on whether or not the provisional rank of the opponent team of team “X” is higher than the provisional rank of team “X”. Therefore, the motivation level for the user can be changed depending on whether or not the provisional ranking of the opponent team of team “X” is higher than the provisional ranking of team “X”.

[Others]
Moreover, the process shown in FIG. 12 may not be performed. That is, the second game result specifying unit 14b, the second fan determination unit 16b, and the re-watching game recommendation unit 20 may be omitted.

  Further, the score data is not limited to the number of consecutive losses “N” and the value “M”, but may be any information as long as it is information indicating the score of the team “X” in the game that the user watched. .

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to credit card settlement, and can also be applied to point settlement in which a user performs settlement with points given when purchasing a product. The present invention can also be applied to sales of watching tickets for games other than baseball (such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, rugby football, American football, and ice hockey).

1 watching ticket sales system, 2 watching ticket sales server, 2a control unit, 2b main memory, 2c hard disk, 2d display, 2e network interface, 2f operation input unit, 4 client terminal, 6 payment server, 6a payment device, 8 check box 10 order confirmation screen display button, 12 purchase button, 14 game result specifying unit, 14a first game result specifying unit, 14b second game result specifying unit, 16 fan determining unit, 16a first fan determining unit, 16b second fan Judgment part, 18 settlement part, 20 re-watching promotion part.

Claims (14)

In a payment system including a payment means for performing a payment process at a predetermined price when a user orders a right to watch a game played by a reference team with another team,
A game result specifying means for specifying a game result of a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among games played by the reference team;
Including
The settlement means is
When the match result specified by the match result specifying means is a defeat of the reference team, a settlement process is performed at an amount lower than the predetermined price;
A payment system characterized by In the payment system according to claim 1,
Means for acquiring purchase history information of the user from a storage unit storing a purchase history of the right to watch the game;
The game result specifying means is:
Based on the information indicating the result of the game played by the reference team and the purchase history information of the user, the game in which the right to watch the game is purchased by the user among the games played by the reference team. Identifying the outcome of the game,
A payment system characterized by In the payment system according to claim 1 or 2,
Further comprising supporter determination means for determining whether or not the user is a supporter of the reference team;
The settlement means is
When the match result specified by the match result specifying means is a defeat of the reference team and the user is a supporter of the reference team, a settlement process is performed at an amount lower than the predetermined price;
A payment system characterized by In the payment system according to claim 3,
The right to watch the game ordered by the user is selected from a plurality of types of rights,
The supporter determining means includes
Determining whether the user is an advocate of the reference team based on the type of rights selected by the user;
A payment system characterized by In the payment system according to claim 1,
The payment system
Further including a re-watching recommendation means for encouraging the user to watch a game played by the reference team when the match result specified by the match result specifying means is a defeat of the reference team;
A payment system characterized by In the settlement system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Results information acquisition means for acquiring results information indicating the results of the reference team in a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among the games played by the reference team;
Based on the results information acquired by the results information acquisition means, a reduction amount control means for controlling a reduction amount at the time of settlement processing;
A payment system further comprising: The payment system according to claim 6,
The results information acquisition means
Obtaining the number of consecutive losses of the reference team as the score information in a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among the games played by the reference team;
A payment system characterized by The payment system according to claim 6,
The results information acquisition means
Obtaining information indicating the losing condition of the reference team in the game in which the right to view the game is purchased by the user among the games played by the reference team, as the score information;
A payment system characterized by In the settlement system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A winning team specifying means for specifying an opponent team of the reference team in a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among games played by the reference team,
An opponent identifying means for identifying an opponent team of the reference team in a game in which a right to watch the game is ordered by the user;
A comparing means for comparing the opponent team specified by the winning team specifying means and the opponent team specified by the opponent specifying means;
Based on the comparison result of the comparison means, a reduction amount control means for controlling a reduction amount at the time of settlement processing;
A payment system further comprising: In the settlement system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A league game is held by a plurality of teams including the reference team,
The payment system
Comparison means for comparing the provisional rank of the reference team in the league match and the provisional rank of the opponent team in the league match;
A reduction amount control means for controlling a reduction amount in the settlement process based on the comparison result;
A payment system characterized by A payment method including a payment step of performing a payment process at a predetermined price when a user orders a right to watch a game played by a reference team with another opponent team,
A game result specifying step for specifying a game result of a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among the games played by the reference team;
The settlement step includes
Including a step of performing a settlement process at an amount lower than the predetermined price when the match result specified in the match result specifying step is a defeat of the reference team,
A payment system characterized by A program that causes a computer to function as a payment means that performs a payment process at a predetermined price when a user orders the right to watch a game played by another team with another team,
The computer,
A game result specifying means for specifying a game result of a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among the games played by the reference team;
Further function as
The settlement means is
When the match result specified by the match result specifying means is a defeat of the reference team, a settlement process is performed at an amount lower than the predetermined price;
A program characterized by In a payment apparatus including a payment means that performs a payment process at a predetermined price when a user orders the right to watch a game played by a reference team,
A purchase history storage means for storing a purchase history of the right to watch the game of the reference team;
Game result storage means for storing the result of the game of the reference team,
When the user orders the right to watch the game of the reference team, the game for which the right to watch the game is purchased by the user is identified by the game result storage means. If the result is a predetermined result, the payment means performs a payment process with an amount lower than a predetermined price. In a payment system including a payment means that performs a payment process at a predetermined price when a user orders the right to watch a game played by a reference team,
A game result specifying means for specifying a result of a game in which a right to watch a game is purchased by the user among past games played by the reference team,
The settlement means is
The settlement system, wherein the predetermined price is changed when the game result specified by the game result specifying means is a predetermined result.

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