JP2018055431A - Privilege providing method, privilege providing program, and privilege providing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a privilege providing method, a privilege providing program and a privilege providing device capable of improving a user's desire to use a facility retrieval site.SOLUTION: In a privilege providing method, one or plural processors create(s) a group condition including utility conditions concerning a plurality of facilities according to user operation, and when all the utility conditions included in the group condition are achieved, a privilege is provided which is set in advance for one or both of an achiever of the group condition and a creator of the group condition.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a privilege providing method, a privilege providing program, and a privilege providing apparatus that grant a privilege to a user in accordance with use of a facility such as a restaurant that is registered in advance.

  Generally, in a facility search site such as a gourmet information search site, a technology that extracts a facility that matches a search condition specified by a user from facilities registered in advance such as a restaurant and presents the facility information to the user. It is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, a privilege point that can be used when the facility is used next time or later may be given to the user as a privilege according to the usage fee of the facility.

JP 2014-157571 A

  By the way, in the facility search site, it is important to improve the willingness to register and continue registration in the facility search site by the facility by increasing the user's willingness to use the facility search site and increasing the number of users. However, the simple privilege providing method that grants privilege points according to the amount of use of facilities, etc. is less interesting for users who use the facility search site, and the user's willingness to use the facility search site is not sufficiently improved .

  The objective of this invention is providing the privilege provision method, privilege provision program, and privilege provision apparatus which can aim at the improvement of the user's willingness to use the facility search site.

  In the privilege providing method according to the present invention, a group condition including use conditions of a plurality of facilities is created according to a user operation by one or a plurality of processors, and all the use conditions included in the group condition are achieved. In some cases, a privilege set in advance is provided to either one or both of the group condition achiever and the group condition creator.

  The privilege providing program according to the present invention includes a step of creating a group condition including use conditions of a plurality of facilities according to a user operation, and when all the use conditions included in the group condition are achieved, the group It is a privilege provision program for making a processor perform the step which provides the privilege preset to either one or both of the condition achiever and the creator of the said group condition.

  The privilege providing device according to the present invention is a creation processing unit that creates a group condition including use conditions of a plurality of facilities according to a user operation, and when all the use conditions included in the group condition are achieved, A privilege processing unit that provides a privilege set in advance to one or both of the group condition achiever and the group condition creator;

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the privilege provision method, privilege provision program, and privilege provision apparatus which can aim at the improvement of the user's willingness to use the facility search site are provided.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a privilege providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an example of user information used in the privilege providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of facility information used in the privilege providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2C is a diagram showing an example of group information used in the privilege providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on the user terminal in the privilege providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure of display control processing executed by the privilege providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure of privilege control processing executed by the privilege providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on the user terminal in the privilege providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on the user terminal in the privilege providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on the user terminal in the privilege providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on the user terminal in the privilege providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for understanding of the present invention. In addition, the following embodiment is an example which actualized this invention, Comprising: The thing of the character which limits the technical scope of this invention is not.

[Bonus Offer System 1]
As shown in FIG. 1, a privilege providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a privilege providing device 2 and one or a plurality of user terminals 3. The privilege providing device 2 and the user terminal 3 can communicate with each other via a communication network N1 such as the Internet, LAN, WAN, or public telephone line.

  In the privilege providing system 1, the privilege providing device 2 extracts one or a plurality of facilities from a plurality of pre-registered facilities in response to a user operation on the user terminal 3, and stores information on each of the facilities as a user terminal 3 is displayed. Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the case where the facility is a restaurant that provides food and drinks of various menus will be described as an example. However, the facility is, for example, an event venue that provides various foods or services, It may be a facility such as a hotel, golf course, amusement facility, or tourist attraction.

[Bonus providing device 2]
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the privilege providing device 2 is a server including a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, an operation display unit 23, a communication I / F 24, and the like. The privilege providing device 2 is not limited to a single computer, but may be a computer system in which a plurality of computers operate in cooperation. Various processes executed by the privilege providing device 2 may be executed in a distributed manner by one or a plurality of processors.

  The communication I / F 24 connects the privilege providing device 2 to the communication network N1 in a wired or wireless manner, and executes data communication according to a predetermined communication protocol with an external device such as the user terminal 3 via the communication network N1. This is a communication interface.

  The operation display unit 23 is a user interface including a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays various types of information, and an operation unit such as a mouse, a keyboard, or a touch panel that receives an operation.

  The storage unit 22 is a nonvolatile storage unit such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive) that stores various types of information. Specifically, the storage unit 22 stores data such as user information D1, facility information D2, and group information D3. Here, FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of the user information D1, and FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of the facility information D2. FIG. 2C is a diagram illustrating an example of a group condition D3.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the user information D1 includes information such as a user ID, a user name, a password, a privilege point, a challenge group condition, and a usage history corresponding to each user of the user terminal 3. The user ID is identification information for identifying the user in the privilege providing system 1, and the user name is the name of the user. The user ID and password are information used when the user of the user terminal 3 logs into the privilege providing device 2.

  A privilege point is an example of a privilege given to a user in accordance with the use of a facility, and is used for, for example, discounting at the time of facility use or exchange with a novelty goods. In addition, in this embodiment, although provision of privilege points is demonstrated as an example of provision of a privilege, it replaces with a privilege point and a privilege may be provided to a user in another aspect.

  The challenge group condition is a group condition selected as a target to be challenged by the user from among group conditions registered in group information D3 described later. For example, in the user information D1 shown in FIG. 2A, for the user with the user ID “10001”, the group conditions of “Chinese Sanmai” and “Gyoza Sanmai” are selected as the challenge group conditions.

  The usage history is information stored and stored as information related to the use of each facility by the user, and includes information such as the facility used by the user, the menu received at the facility, and the use date of the facility. . For example, in the user information D1 shown in FIG. 2A, the user with the user ID “10001” ordered “jumbo dumplings” at “Chinese restaurant A1” on “August 2, 2016” and “2016 On August 4th, it is recorded that "Special Shrimp Ramen" was ordered at "Chinese Restaurant A2".

  As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the facility information D2 includes information such as a facility ID, a facility name, an area, a genre, a budget, and a theme corresponding to each facility. The facility ID is identification information for identifying the facility. The area indicates the location of the facility, and the genre indicates the service content provided by the facility, for example, the cooking genre. The budget is, for example, an amount set in advance as an average amount necessary for using the facility. The theme is information preset as information indicating the feature of the facility, and includes, for example, themes such as “date”, “girls' association”, “beer garden”, “retreat”, and “banquet”. In addition, the facility information D2 may include other information such as the purpose of use, the allowable number of people, coupon availability, all-you-can-drink, all-you-can-eat. In addition, although the information of each facility in the facility information D2 is registered in the facility information D2 by performing a registration operation on the facility search site by a facility manager or the like, this may be the same as in the past. Therefore, explanation is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 2C, the group information D3 includes information such as a group ID, a group name, a creator, a creation date, an expiration date, a use condition, a difficulty level, and privilege points corresponding to each group condition. The group ID is identification information for identifying the group condition in the privilege providing system 1, and the group name is information that can be arbitrarily set by the user as the name of the group condition. The creator is information such as a user ID for identifying the user who created the group condition. The creation date is the date when the group condition is created, and the expiration date is the date when the privilege point is awarded when the group condition is achieved. As will be described later, the group condition is registered in the group information D3 by the user, but the group condition may be registered by the provider of the facility search site.

  The usage conditions include information on a plurality of facilities and menus that need to be used to achieve the group conditions. The difficulty level is information indicating difficulty in achieving the group condition. The privilege point is the number of points added to the user who is the creator of the group condition and the user who is the achiever according to the degree of difficulty of the group condition when the group condition is achieved.

  As another embodiment, part or all of information such as user information D1, facility information D2, and group information D3 is stored in another server accessible from the privilege providing device 2 via the communication network N1. It is also possible. And the control part 21 of the privilege provision apparatus 2 acquires various information from the said other server, and performs each process, such as the below-mentioned search display process (refer FIG. 4) and a privilege provision process (refer FIG. 5). May be.

  The storage unit 22 also stores facility search site information for causing the user terminal 3 to display various web pages having a display layout set in advance using a markup language such as HTML (HyperText Markup Language). The Specifically, the facility search site displayed on the user terminal 3 includes a group condition creation page P10 (see FIG. 3), a search page P11 (see FIG. 6), and a facility search result page P12 (see FIG. 7) described later. , Group search result page P13 (see FIG. 8), challenge group condition setting page P14, and the like. In the facility search site, one or a plurality of facilities are extracted from a plurality of facilities registered in advance according to a search condition and displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the facility search site is a gourmet information search site used for searching for restaurants will be described as an example. The facility search site may be a set of web pages belonging to a preset domain. For example, a set of web pages belonging to a plurality of domains stored in the same privilege providing device 2 is used. May be regarded as the facility search site. Further, the web pages included in the facility search site may be distributed and stored in servers such as a plurality of privilege providing devices 2.

  Further, the storage unit 22 stores a control program such as a privilege providing program for causing the control unit 21 to execute a search display process (see FIG. 4) and a privilege providing process (see FIG. 5) described later. For example, the privilege providing program is recorded non-temporarily on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD or a DVD, and is read by a reading device (not shown) such as a CD drive or a DVD drive provided in the privilege providing device 2. And stored in the storage unit 22.

  The control unit 21 includes control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which control programs such as BIOS and OS for causing the CPU to execute various arithmetic processes are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or nonvolatile storage unit that stores various types of information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (working area) for various types of processing executed by the CPU. And the control part 21 controls the privilege provision apparatus 2 by running the various control programs previously stored in the said ROM or the memory | storage part 22 by said CPU.

  Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the control unit 21 includes various processing units such as a login processing unit 210, a creation processing unit 211, a privilege processing unit 212, and a display processing unit 213. In addition, the control part 21 functions as said various process parts by performing the various processes according to the said privilege provision program by said CPU. Moreover, one part or all part processing part contained in the control part 21 may be comprised with the electronic circuit. The privilege providing program may be a program for causing a plurality of processors to function as the various processing units.

  The login processing unit 210 performs processing for authenticating the user and logging in the privilege providing apparatus 2 based on the user ID and password input by the user operation on the user terminal 3 and the user ID and password in the user information D1. Run. As a result, the privilege providing device 2 can identify the current user of the user terminal 3. If both user IDs and passwords do not match, the login processing unit 210 notifies the user terminal 3 of an error without logging the user terminal 3 into the privilege providing device 2.

  The creation processing unit 211 creates a group condition including use conditions regarding a plurality of facilities in accordance with a user operation on the user terminal 3, and executes a process for registering the group condition in the group information D3. Specifically, the creation processing unit 211 displays a group condition creation page P10 for creating a group condition on the user terminal 3, and creates a group condition based on the input content on the group condition creation page P10.

  Further, it is conceivable that the creation processing unit 211 excludes the usage conditions included in the group conditions already registered in the group information D3 from the usage conditions that can be selected on the group condition creation page P10. This prevents the creation of group conditions including the same usage conditions. In addition, it is conceivable that a user searches for a facility that is unlikely to be used under other group conditions, and the user is expected to be assigned to each facility registered in the facility search site. . That is, distributed customers are attracted to each facility, and it is possible to increase the willingness to register and continue to register at the facility search site. Note that the creation processing unit 211 restricts one user from using the same use condition for creating a plurality of group conditions, and allows different users to use the same use condition for creating a plurality of group conditions. It is also conceivable as another embodiment.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the group condition creation page P10. The group condition creation page P <b> 10 is displayed when a preset group condition registration start operation is performed in a state where the user logs in to the privilege providing apparatus 2 using the user terminal 3.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the group condition creation page P10, a name input field P101 in which “group name” of the group condition can be input, and a plurality of “facility” and “menu” are selected as usage conditions. A use condition selection field P102 is displayed. In particular, a list of facilities and menus included in the usage history of the currently logged-in user is displayed as a selection target in the usage condition selection field P102. That is, the usage conditions that can be selected when creating the group condition are within the range of the usage history of the user who is the creator of the group condition.

  Then, after the “group name” is input in the name input field P101 and “facility” and “menu” are selected as a plurality of usage conditions in the usage condition selection field P102, the creation processing unit 211 operates the registration key K10. Accordingly, a group condition is created based on the “group name”, “facility”, and “menu” input on the group condition creation page P10. In this embodiment, a case where a combination of “facility” and “menu” is set as a usage condition will be described as an example. However, only “facility” may be set as a usage condition. Is considered.

  Also, the creation processing unit 211 associates the difficulty level of the group condition and the privilege points corresponding to the difficulty level with the group condition based on the contents of the group condition created on the group condition creation page P10. Register in the information D3. For example, the creation processing unit 211 sets the difficulty level and privilege points to be higher as the number of usage conditions included in the group condition is larger. In addition, the creation processing unit 211 may be set so that the difficulty level and the privilege points become higher as the location of each facility of use conditions is further away. Further, the creation processing unit 211 may set the difficulty level and the privilege points higher as the number of times each facility of the usage conditions is used in other group conditions already registered in the group information D3 is smaller. . In the group information D3, a privilege point may be set according to the contents of the group condition without setting the difficulty level.

  Also, the creation processing unit 211 registers the creation date of the group condition and the expiration date after the lapse of a preset period (such as one month or three months) from the creation date in the group information D3 as information on the group condition. . Then, the creation processing unit 211 deletes the group condition that has reached the expiration date from the group information D3, or sets the group condition as an invalid group condition. Note that the creation processing unit 211 may arbitrarily set the expiration date in accordance with a user operation on the group condition creation page P10. And it is also considered that the creation processing unit 211 sets the difficulty level and the privilege points corresponding to the group condition to be higher as the expiration date is shorter.

  When the group condition created by the creation processing unit 211 is achieved, the privilege processing unit 212 executes a process for giving a privilege point to a user who has achieved the group condition. In addition, when the group condition created by the creation processing unit 211 is achieved, the privilege processing unit 212 executes a process for giving a privilege point to a user who is a creator of the group condition. Specifically, the provision of privilege points is performed by adding and updating the privilege points of each user stored in the user information D1. The granting of privilege points when the group condition is achieved may be executed for one of the achiever and creator of the group condition.

  The display processing unit 213 displays information on each facility or each group condition on the user terminal 3 based on the user information D1, the facility information D2, the group information D3, and the like in response to a user operation on the user terminal 3. Execute.

[User terminal 3]
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the user terminal 3 includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, an operation display unit 33, a communication I / F 34, and the like. The user terminal 3 is an information processing apparatus such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer, and is used by a user who accesses the privilege providing apparatus 2 and searches for facilities.

  Specifically, the user logs in to the privilege providing apparatus 2 by inputting a user ID and a password on a predetermined login page displayed by operating the user terminal 3 and accessing the privilege providing apparatus 2. Thereby, the control part 21 of the privilege provision apparatus 2 can identify the user who is currently logged in to the user terminal 3.

  The communication I / F 34 connects the user terminal 3 to the communication network N1 by wire or wirelessly, and performs data communication according to a predetermined communication protocol with an external device such as the privilege providing device 2 via the communication network N1. This is a communication interface.

  The operation display unit 33 is a user interface including a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays information such as various web pages, and an operation unit such as a mouse, a keyboard, or a touch panel that receives an operation.

  The storage unit 32 is a non-volatile storage unit such as a flash memory that stores various types of information. For example, the storage unit 32 stores a control program such as a browser program. Specifically, the browser program is a control program for causing the control unit 31 to execute communication processing with an external device such as the privilege providing device 2 according to a communication protocol such as HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).

  The control unit 31 includes control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which control programs such as BIOS and OS for causing the CPU to execute various processes are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or nonvolatile storage unit that stores various types of information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (working area) for various types of processing executed by the CPU. The control unit 31 controls the user terminal 3 by executing various control programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 32 with the CPU.

  Specifically, the control unit 31 functions as the browser processing unit 311 by executing various processes according to the browser program stored in the storage unit 32. The browser processing unit 311 displays a web page provided from the privilege providing device 2 via the communication network N1 on the operation display unit 33, and inputs information to the privilege providing device 2 according to a user operation on the operation display unit 33. Browser processing can be executed. Note that some or all of the processing units included in the control unit 31 may be configured by an electronic circuit.

  By the way, in the facility search site, it is important to improve the willingness to register and continue registration in the facility search site by the facility by increasing the user's willingness to use the facility search site and increasing the number of users. However, the simple privilege providing method that grants privilege points according to the amount of use of facilities, etc. is less interesting for users who use the facility search site, and the user's willingness to use the facility search site is not sufficiently improved . On the other hand, in the privilege providing system 1, it is possible to improve the user's willingness to use the facility search site, and as a result, it is possible to improve the willingness to register and continue to register with the facility searching site by the facility.

  Hereinafter, the search display process and the registration control process executed by the control unit 21 of the privilege providing device 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. The present invention can be understood as an invention of a privilege providing method for executing one or a plurality of steps included in the search display process and the registration control process, and is included in the search display process and the registration control process described here. Alternatively, a plurality of steps may be omitted as appropriate. In addition, the execution order of the steps in the search display process and the registration control process may be different as long as the same effect is obtained. Furthermore, here, a case where each step in the search display process and the registration control process is executed by the control unit 21 will be described as an example, but each step in the search display process and the registration control process is dispersed by a plurality of processors. The privilege providing method to be executed is also conceivable as another embodiment.

[Search display processing]
First, the search display process executed by the control unit 21 of the privilege providing device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The search display process is a step executed by the display processing unit 213 of the control unit 21. In addition, the control part 21 performs the said search display process corresponding to every user terminal 3 separately, when the access from the user terminal 3 generate | occur | produces. That is, the control unit 21 may execute the search display processing corresponding to a plurality of user terminals 3 substantially in parallel by time division. Further, the login processing unit 210 of the control unit 21 executes a login process for logging the user of the user terminal 3 into the privilege providing device 2 at a timing such as when access to the privilege providing device 2 is started from the user terminal 3. . In the present embodiment, the search display process is started in a state where the user of the user terminal 3 has logged in to the privilege providing device 2 by the login process, but the login process is executed in the middle of the search display process. May be. The search display process may be terminated halfway by a predetermined operation of the user terminal 3.

<Step S11>
In step S <b> 11, the control unit 21 causes the user terminal 3 to display a search page P <b> 11 for searching for facility information registered in advance. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the search page P11. As shown in FIG. 6, the search page P11 displays a facility search area P111 used for searching for facilities and a group condition search area P112 used for searching for group conditions.

  In the facility search area P111, the control unit 21 can accept setting operations such as area and genre from the user terminal 3 as facility search conditions. In addition, the control unit 21 can accept a group condition selection operation from the user terminal 3 in the group condition search region P112. Note that the control unit 21 selects all group conditions registered in the group information D3 or the user terminal 3 as a group condition search target in accordance with an operation of the check box K112 displayed in the group condition search area P112. Can switch to the group condition currently selected as the challenge group condition. Then, the control unit 21 can accept the selection of the group condition by displaying the group condition selection candidates in a form such as pull-down in accordance with the operation of the operation key K113 displayed in the group condition search area P112. Further, the control unit 21 may be able to search the group conditions registered in the group information D3 according to a free word input operation by the user and display it as a selection target.

<Step S12>
In step S12, the control unit 21 determines whether or not a facility search operation has been performed in the facility search region P111. Specifically, the control unit 21 determines that the facility search operation in the facility search region P111 has been performed when a search condition is input in the facility search region P111 and the operation key K111 is operated. If it is determined that the facility search operation in the facility search region P111 has been performed (S12: Yes), the process proceeds to step S121, and if the facility search operation in the facility search region P111 is not performed (S12). : No), the process proceeds to step S13.

<Step S121>
In step S121, the control unit 21 extracts a facility that matches the search condition set in the facility search area P111 from the facility information D2, and displays a facility search result page P12 including information on each of the extracted facilities as the user terminal 3. To display. In addition, the control part 21 complete | finishes the display of the facility search result page P12 according to predetermined | prescribed display end operation with respect to the user terminal 3, and returns a process to said step S11.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the facility search result page P12. As shown in FIG. 7, the facility search result page P12 displays information such as a facility name, a photograph, and an explanation for each facility extracted based on the search condition. Moreover, the control part 21 displays the detailed information of the facility on the user terminal 3 according to the facility selection operation on the facility search result page P12.

  In the facility search result page P12, information on the group condition to which each facility belongs may be displayed as information on each facility. In addition, when a group display key displayed corresponding to each facility is operated on the facility search result page P12, a list of group conditions to which the facility belongs may be displayed on a pop-up screen or the like.

<Step S13>
In step S13, the control unit 21 determines whether or not a group condition search operation has been performed in the group condition search region P112. Specifically, the control unit 21 determines that the group condition search operation has been performed when the group condition is selected in the group condition search region P112 and the operation key K114 is operated. If it is determined that the group condition search operation has been performed (S13: Yes), the process proceeds to step S14. If the group condition search operation has not been performed (S13: No), the process proceeds to step S14. It returns to S12.

<Step S14>
In step S14, the control unit 21 extracts the group condition information selected in the group condition search area P112 from the group information D3, and sends the group search result page P13 including the extracted group condition information to the user terminal 3. Display. In addition, the control part 21 complete | finishes the display of the group search result page P13 according to predetermined | prescribed display end operation with respect to the user terminal 3, and returns a process to said step S11.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the group search result page P13. As shown in FIG. 8, the group search result page P13 displays the group name, difficulty level, privilege points, and facility and menu information included in the group condition. More specifically, in the group search result page P13 shown in FIG. 8, information on the group condition of the group name “Chinese sanmai”, the difficulty “1”, and the privilege point “500” is displayed. Further, in the group search result page P13 shown in FIG. 8, “Chinese restaurant A1 jumbo dumpling”, “Chinese restaurant A2 special ramen”, “Chinese restaurant” are used as facilities and menus included in the group conditions. “Restaurant A3 Tianjin” is displayed. Further, on the group search result page P13, the control unit 21 displays a check box CH13 indicating whether or not the facilities and menus included in the group condition are used based on the use history of the user information D1. As in the facility search result page P12, when a facility selection operation is performed on the group search result page P13, detailed information on the facility is displayed on the user terminal 3.

[Registration control processing]
Next, a registration control process executed by the control unit 21 of the privilege providing device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the control part 21 performs the said privilege provision process corresponding to every user terminal 3 separately, when the access from the user terminal 3 generate | occur | produces. That is, the control unit 21 may execute the registration control process corresponding to a plurality of user terminals 3 substantially in parallel by time division. In addition, the registration control process may be terminated halfway by a predetermined operation of the user terminal 3. In addition, although the said registration control process shall be performed in the state which logged in the privilege provision apparatus 2 using the user terminal 3, a login process may be performed in the middle of the said registration control process.

<Step S21>
In step S <b> 21, the control unit 21 determines whether a group condition creation start operation has been performed on the user terminal 3. Specifically, the search page P11 (see FIG. 6) displays an operation key K115 for starting the creation of the group condition. When the operation key K115 is operated, the group condition creation start operation is performed. It is judged that it was broken. If it is determined that the group condition creation start operation has been performed (S21: Yes), the process proceeds to step S22. If the group condition creation start operation has not been performed (S21: No), the process is performed. Goes to step S23.

<Step S22>
In step S22, the control unit 21 creates a group condition including use conditions for a plurality of facilities in accordance with a user operation, and executes a process for registering in the group information D3. Note that this processing is a step executed by the creation processing unit 211 of the control unit 21. Specifically, as described above, the control unit 21 displays the group condition creation page P10 (see FIG. 3) on the user terminal 3, and creates a group condition according to a user operation on the group condition creation page P10. To the group information D3.

<Step S23>
In step S <b> 23, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the user terminal 3 has been selected to start the challenge group condition to be challenged among the group conditions registered in the group information D <b> 3. If it is determined that the challenge group condition selection start operation has been performed (S23: Yes), the process proceeds to step S24, and if the challenge group condition selection start operation has not been performed (S23: No). The process moves to step S25.

<Step S24>
In step S <b> 24, the control unit 21 executes a process for selecting the challenge group condition according to the operation of the user terminal 3. When the operation key K13 is operated after the selection candidate group condition is selected, the control unit 21 sets the selected group condition as a challenge group condition for the user.

  Specifically, the control unit 21 displays a challenge group condition setting page P14 for selecting the challenge group condition on the user terminal 3, and the group condition selected on the challenge group condition setting page P14 is displayed as the challenge group of the user. It is stored in the user information D1 as a condition. FIG. 9 shows an example of the challenge group condition setting page P14.

  As shown in FIG. 9, on the challenge group condition setting page P14, selection candidates for selecting a challenge group condition, a check box CH14 for selecting each of the selection candidates, and the like are displayed based on the group information D3. The For example, on the challenge group condition setting page P14, information such as a facility name and a list of menus is displayed together with the group name, difficulty level, and privilege points as information on the group condition that is a candidate for the challenge group condition selection.

  In addition, when arbitrary usage conditions (facility and menu) are selected on the challenge group condition setting page P14, the control unit 21 provides a map of the facility, contact information, price, photo, and the like as information on the selected usage conditions. Detailed information of the facility is displayed on the user terminal 3. In addition, an upper limit number (for example, three) of challenge group conditions that can be selected by one user is set in advance, and the control unit 21 sets the selectable number of group conditions on the challenge group condition setting page P14 to the upper limit number. Limitations to the following are also possible.

  Further, the control unit 21 extracts the group condition to be selected from the group information D3 based on the search word input according to the user operation on the challenge group condition setting page P14, and sets each group condition as a selection candidate. It can be displayed on the challenge group condition setting page P14. For example, when “gyoza” is input as a search word, information on group conditions including usage conditions including “gyoza” in the menu is displayed.

<Step S25>
In step S25, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the use conditions included in the group conditions have been achieved by the user. Here, if it is determined that the use condition has been achieved (S25: Yes), the process proceeds to step S26. If it is not determined that the use condition has been achieved (S25: No), the process proceeds to step S21. Returned.

  For example, payment (payment) is performed using the user terminal 3 at a payment terminal provided in the facility, and information on the facility, information on the menu ordered, etc., and the user's information from the user terminal 3 or the payment terminal to the privilege providing device 2. It is conceivable that settlement information including information is transmitted. In this case, in step S25, the control unit 21 can determine whether or not a specific user has achieved the use conditions based on the payment information.

  In the present embodiment, a case where facility information and menu information are included as the use conditions will be described. However, it is also conceivable that menu information is not included in the use conditions. In this case, in step S25, the control unit 21 uses the GPS mounted on the user terminal 3, and when the current position of the user terminal 3 matches the position of the facility of the use condition, the use condition of the facility is determined. It may be judged that it has been achieved. In addition, the method for determining whether or not the use condition is achieved in step S25 is not limited to the method described here.

<Step S26>
In step S26, the control unit 21 executes a process for accumulating and storing the use history for the use condition determined to be achieved in step S25 in the user information D1. Accordingly, the control unit 21 can determine whether or not each use condition included in the challenge group condition has been achieved for each user based on the user information D1.

  For example, when acquiring the payment information, the control unit 21 can specify the facility, menu, and usage date used by the user based on the payment information and register them in the user information D1. Further, the control unit 21 may specify a facility, menu, and usage date used by the user by using a captured image captured by a camera mounted on the user terminal 3. For example, it is conceivable that the user terminal 3 can transmit a captured image captured by the camera to the privilege providing apparatus 2 in response to a user operation. In the privilege providing device 2, a reference captured image in which each menu of each facility is previously captured is stored in the storage unit 22, and the control unit 21 performs a matching process between the reference captured image and the captured image of the user terminal 3. It is conceivable to specify the facility and menu used by the user. In addition, when shooting date information is added to the captured image when the user terminal 3 captures the captured image, the control unit 21 sets the use date of the facility based on the shooting date information added to the captured image. It is possible to specify.

  In addition, when a menu is not included in the use conditions, the control unit 21 may specify the facility used by the user and the use date based on the location information of the user terminal 3. Further, the control unit 21 is detected by using a short-range wireless technology such as NFC (Near Field Radio Communication) or a wireless communication technology such as Beacon or Bluetooth (registered trademark) at a store terminal installed in the store. It is also possible to receive the information of the user terminal 3 from the facility terminal installed in each facility and specify the facility and date of use used by the user based on the information.

<Step S27>
In step S27, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the use condition included in the challenge group condition currently selected by the user has been achieved. Specifically, the control unit 21 may determine whether or not an unachieved use condition included in the challenge group condition currently selected by the user is achieved based on the user information D1 and the group information D3. Is possible. Here, if it is determined that the unachieved use condition included in the challenge group condition is achieved (S27: Yes), the process proceeds to step S28, and the unachieved use condition included in the challenge group condition is reached. Is determined not to be achieved (S27: No), the process proceeds to step S271.

<Step S271>
In step S271, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the use condition determined to be achieved in step S25 exists in another group condition registered in the group information D3. If it is determined that the usage condition is included in another group condition (S271: Yes), the process proceeds to step S272, and it is determined that the usage condition is not included in the other group condition. If so (S271: No), the process proceeds to step S273.

<Step S272>
In step S <b> 272, the control unit 21 notifies the user terminal 3 of another group condition including the achieved use condition. Specifically, the control unit 21 performs notification processing for notifying the user terminal 3 of a message for prompting the user to select the group condition as the challenge group condition together with information on other group conditions including the use condition. Run. Note that the notification to the user terminal 3 may be performed, for example, by mail transmission with a mail address or the like set in advance for each user as a destination.

  Specifically, the control unit 21 causes the user terminal 3 to display an operation screen for confirming whether or not to set one or a plurality of group conditions including the use conditions as the challenge group conditions. In addition, on the operation screen, an explanatory document about the granting of privilege points or the use of privilege points when the group condition is achieved is displayed at the same time. Then, when the confirmation operation by the user is performed, the control unit 21 shifts the process to the step S24 and selects the group condition including the use condition as the challenge group condition. Thereby, even when the user achieves the use condition without knowing it, the user can select the group condition including the use condition as the challenge group condition and challenge the achievement of the challenge group condition.

<Step S273>
On the other hand, in step S273, the control unit 21 notifies the user terminal 3 of a message for prompting creation of a group condition including the achieved use condition. Specifically, the control unit 21 notifies the user terminal 3 of a message for prompting the creation start of the group condition together with a message that the group condition including the use condition does not exist. Note that the notification to the user terminal 3 may be performed, for example, by mail transmission with a mail address or the like set in advance for each user as a destination.

  Specifically, the control unit 21 causes the user terminal 3 to display an operation screen for confirming whether or not to create a group condition including the use condition. In addition, on the operation screen, an explanatory document on the provision of privilege points or the use of privilege points resulting from the creation of the group condition is also displayed. Then, when a confirmation operation is performed by the user, the control unit 21 shifts the process to step S22 and executes a process for creating a group condition including the use condition. Thereby, even when the user achieves the use condition without knowing it, the user can create a group condition including the use condition. It is also conceivable that the control unit 21 notifies the user terminal 3 of only the result of whether or not the use condition is used in another group condition in the step S273.

  Thus, in the registration control process, the user cannot grasp whether or not the usage condition can be used to create the group condition until the usage condition is achieved. Only when it is achieved will it be known whether the group conditions can be created using the usage conditions. Therefore, when the usage conditions are achieved, the group conditions can be created using the usage conditions, and the facility is visited with the expectation to achieve the usage conditions. It is possible to enhance interest.

  In addition, in the configuration in which usage conditions that are already used in other group conditions cannot be selected at the time of creating the group conditions, until a plurality of usage conditions are achieved for use when creating the group conditions, When the group condition is created by another user, the use condition may be used. Therefore, for example, a configuration is conceivable in which the control unit 21 can put the creation of the group condition using the use condition on hold in accordance with the user operation in step S273. In addition, in step S22, the control unit 21 accepts a pre-selection operation of a use condition used for the group condition, and holds the use condition in a usable state until a preset period elapses. It is also conceivable to restrict the use of the usage conditions by other people to other group conditions. According to such a configuration, the user does not have to complete the creation of the group condition by immediately using the achieved use condition, and can make the use condition usable for creating the group condition. It is.

<Step S28>
In step S <b> 28, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the challenge group condition including the achieved use condition has been achieved. If it is determined that the challenge group condition has been achieved (S28: Yes), the process proceeds to step S29. If it is determined that the challenge group condition has not been achieved (S28: No), the process is performed. Is returned to step S21.

  In this embodiment, the case where the challenge group condition is selected in advance will be described as an example. However, the challenge group condition may not be selected in advance. Specifically, it is conceivable as another embodiment that the control unit 21 determines whether or not each group condition registered in the group condition D3 is achieved instead of the steps S27 to S28.

<Step S29>
In step S29, the control unit 21 performs a process for giving a privilege point according to the difficulty level of the challenge group condition to a user who is the creator of the challenge group condition determined to have been achieved in step S28. Run. The process is a step executed by the privilege processing unit 212 of the control unit 21. Specifically, the control unit 21 specifies a user registered as the creator of the challenge group condition in the group information D3, and adds the challenge group condition to the privilege point stored in the user information D1 corresponding to the user. Add bonus points corresponding to.

<Step S30>
In step S30, the control unit 21 performs a process for giving a privilege point according to the difficulty level of the challenge group condition to a user who has achieved the challenge group condition determined to have been achieved in step S28. Run. The process is a step executed by the privilege processing unit 212 of the control unit 21. Specifically, the control unit 21 adds a privilege point corresponding to the challenge group condition to a privilege point stored in the user information D1 corresponding to the user who has achieved the challenge group condition.

  By the way, the privilege point given to the creator of the challenge group condition in the step S29 may be different from the privilege point given to the achiever of the challenge group condition in the step S30. For example, it is conceivable that more creators of the challenge group conditions are set than those who achieve the challenge group conditions, or more achievers of the challenge group conditions are set than creators of the challenge group conditions. It is done.

  In the privilege control process, the case where the privilege point is given when the challenge group condition is achieved (S27: Yes) has been described. On the other hand, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the challenge group condition has been achieved based on each user's usage history at a preset timing such as every specific closing date or every passage of a predetermined period. It is possible to give points to users.

  As described above, in the privilege providing system 1, group conditions including use conditions for a plurality of facilities are created in response to a user operation of the user terminal 3. Then, when the group condition is achieved, a privilege point is given to one or both of the creator of the group condition and the achiever of the group condition. Accordingly, it is possible to increase a user's willingness to create the group condition or to achieve the group condition, and the user's willingness to use the facility search site is enhanced. It is also expected that the frequency of users visiting facilities for the purpose of creating or achieving the group conditions will increase. Therefore, as a result, it is possible to increase the willingness to register at the facility search site and the willingness to continue registration.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the same use condition cannot be used for creating a plurality of group conditions has been described. However, the same use condition can be used for creating a plurality of group conditions. It can be considered as an embodiment. Specifically, when the use condition is achieved by the user, the control unit 21 determines that the use condition is achieved in one or a plurality of the group conditions including the use condition, and the information is, for example, user information D1. To record. And the control part 21 judges the presence or absence of achievement about each of the said group conditions, and when the said group conditions are achieved, the privilege point corresponding to the said group conditions is provided to a user. Accordingly, the user may prioritize achievement of the use conditions used in as many group conditions as possible, and can attract users to popular facilities used in many group conditions.

[Modification]
By the way, at the time of creating the group condition in step S22 of the privilege control process, the control unit 21 sets the group condition on condition that the user who is the creator has achieved a predetermined number of usage conditions set in advance. It is conceivable to restrict the creation of the group condition when the creation of the group condition is permitted and the predetermined number of usage conditions are not achieved. Similarly, the control unit 21 permits the creation of the group condition on the condition that the creator user has achieved a predetermined number of group conditions set in advance, and achieves the predetermined number of group conditions. If not, it may be possible to limit the creation of the group condition. In particular, in these configurations, it is desirable that the privilege point is set higher for the creator of the group condition than for the person who achieved the group condition. Accordingly, the user first uses each facility to achieve the group condition created by another user in order to create the group condition, and each registered in the facility search site. The use of facilities will be promoted.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, the case where the some usage condition about the restaurant which is an example of a facility was set as an example was demonstrated about one group condition. On the other hand, in the privilege providing device 2, the control unit 21 includes a mixture of usage conditions for a plurality of types of facilities such as restaurants, event venues, hotels, golf courses, amusement facilities, or tourist attractions that provide various foods or services. It may be possible to create a group condition. As a result, a variety of group conditions can be created, and the versatility of the privilege providing apparatus 2 is also increased.

  The control unit 21 also registers the group registered in the group information D3 as a facility displayed on the facility search result page P12 in response to a user operation on the facility search area P111 or the facility search result page P12 of the search page P11. It may be possible to limit to facilities used in the conditions. On the other hand, the group registered in the group information D3 as a facility displayed on the facility search result page P12 by the control unit 21 according to a user operation in the facility search area P111 or the facility search result page P12 of the search page P11. It may be possible to limit to facilities that are not used under conditions. As a result, the user can efficiently search for a desired facility.

  Further, it is conceivable that the control unit 21 measures the elapsed time from when the group condition registered in the group information D3 is selected as the challenge group condition until the challenge group condition is achieved. Then, when the user achieves the challenge group condition, the control unit 21 grants more privilege points to the achiever as the elapsed time is shorter, and gives fewer privilege points as the elapsed time is longer. It is possible to do. As a result, when the group condition is newly created, each user is motivated to achieve the group condition at an early stage, and it is possible to give a sense of achievement when the group condition is achieved early. It is possible to increase the willingness to use the facility search site.

  Moreover, it is possible that the control part 21 measures the elapsed time after a group condition is created until the said group condition is achieved. Then, when the user achieves the group condition, the control unit 21 gives more reward points to the achiever as the elapsed time is shorter, and gives fewer reward points as the elapsed time is longer. It is possible. As a result, when the group condition is newly created, each user is motivated to achieve the group condition at an early stage, and it is possible to give a sense of achievement when the group condition is achieved early. It is possible to increase the willingness to use the facility search site.

  The control unit 21 may count and record the number of achievers for each group condition registered in the group information D3. Then, when the user achieves the group condition, the control unit 21 gives more privilege points as the number of current achievers of the group condition is smaller, and decreases the privilege points as the number of the achievers is larger. It is possible to grant. As a result, when the group conditions are created, each user is motivated to achieve the usage conditions of the group conditions at an early stage, and it is possible to give a sense of achievement when the group conditions are achieved at an early stage. It is possible to increase interest and increase the willingness to use the facility search site.

  Similarly, for each group condition registered in the group information D3, the control unit 21 may count and record the number of challengers who set the group condition as the challenge group condition. Then, when the user achieves the group condition, the control unit 21 gives more privilege points as the number of current challengers of the group condition increases, and decreases as the number of the achievers decreases. It is possible to grant. As a result, each user is motivated to achieve the group conditions earlier than other users, and it is possible to give a sense of accomplishment when the user achieves the group conditions earlier. It is possible to increase the willingness to use.

  Furthermore, in the configuration in which the privilege points are different depending on the achiever and the challenger, in step S24 of the privilege control process, the control unit 21 increases or decreases the successor or the challenger according to the user operation. It is conceivable that the group conditions can be rearranged in order.

  Further, the control unit 21 acquires position information using GPS, Beacon, Bluetooth (registered trademark) or the like of the user terminal 3, and when the position of the user matches the position of the facility corresponding to the group condition or a predetermined value When approaching within a distance, it is conceivable to notify the user terminal 3 to that effect. Accordingly, even when the user is not aware, the user can be made aware of the opportunity to achieve the use conditions.

  Furthermore, the control unit 21 notifies the user terminal 3 when the position of the user terminal 3 matches the position of the facility that is not used for creating the group condition or when the position approaches within a predetermined distance. It is also possible. Thereby, even if the user is not aware, it is possible to make the user recognize the opportunity to create the group condition using the unregistered use condition.

[Additional Notes]
Hereinafter, the outline of the invention extracted from the above-described embodiment will be additionally described. Each configuration and each processing function described in the following supplementary notes can be selected and arbitrarily combined.

<Appendix A1>
By one or more processors
Create group conditions including usage conditions for multiple facilities in response to user operations.
When the group condition is achieved, a privilege set in advance is provided to either one or both of the achiever of the group condition and the creator of the group condition.
Benefit offer method.

<Appendix A2>
Usage history of each facility by each user is accumulated and stored,
The usage conditions that can be selected when creating the group condition are within the range of the usage history of the user who is the creator of the group condition.
The privilege providing method according to attachment A1.

<Appendix A3>
When the use condition is achieved, the group condition including the use condition is notified,
The privilege providing method according to Appendix A1 or A2.

<Appendix A4>
One or more of the group conditions are preselected as challenge group conditions in response to a user operation,
When the use condition is achieved and the use condition is not included in the challenge group condition, a notification is provided to prompt the user to select the group condition including the use condition as the challenge group condition. Done,
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A3.

<Appendix A5>
When the use condition is achieved and the group condition including the use condition does not exist, a notification is made to prompt the creation of the group condition including the use condition.
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A4.

<Appendix A6>
The use condition is a visit to the facility,
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A5.

<Appendix A7>
The use condition is an order for a specific menu in the facility.
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A5.

<Appendix A8>
The privilege is changed according to the elapsed time from the creation of the group condition to the achievement of the group condition.
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A7.

<Appendix A9>
The privilege is changed according to the elapsed time from the selection of the challenge group condition to the achievement of the challenge group condition.
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A8.

<Appendix A10>
The privilege is changed according to the number of challengers of the group condition or the number of achievers of the group condition.
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A9.

<Appendix A11>
Creation of the group condition is permitted on the condition that a preset number of usage conditions are achieved or a preset number of group conditions are achieved,
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A10.

<Appendix A12>
As the group condition, use conditions regarding a plurality of types of facilities can be set together,
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A11.

<Appendix A13>
When the user terminal approaches a facility included in the group condition, the processor notifies the fact.
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A12.

<Appendix A14>
When the user terminal approaches a facility that is not registered in the group condition, the processor notifies the fact.
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A13.

<Appendix A15>
By one or more processors
When extracting and displaying on the user terminal based on the search condition set according to the user operation, the facility to be displayed is limited to the facility used in the group condition,
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A14.

<Appendix A16>
By one or more processors
When extracting and displaying on the user terminal based on the search condition set according to the user operation, the facility to be displayed is limited to facilities that are not used in the group condition.
The privilege providing method according to any one of appendices A1 to A15.

<Appendix A17>
Creating group conditions including usage conditions for multiple facilities in response to user operations;
When the group condition is achieved, providing a privilege that is set in advance to either or both of the achiever of the group condition and the creator of the group condition;
Offer program to make processor run.

<Appendix A18>
A creation processing unit for creating a group condition including use conditions for a plurality of facilities according to a user operation;
When the group condition is achieved, a privilege processing unit that provides a privilege set in advance for one or both of the achiever of the group condition and the creator of the group condition;
A privilege providing device comprising:

<Appendix B1>
By one or more processors
Create group conditions including usage conditions for multiple facilities in response to user operations.
When the group condition is achieved, a privilege set in advance is provided to either one or both of the achiever of the group condition and the creator of the group condition.
A method of providing benefits,
A privilege providing method in which, when the group condition is created, creation of the group condition using the same use condition for the same facility is restricted.

<Appendix C1>
By one or more processors
Create group conditions including usage conditions for multiple facilities in response to user operations.
When the group condition is achieved, a privilege set in advance is provided to either one or both of the achiever of the group condition and the creator of the group condition.
A method of providing benefits,
When the group condition is created, the creation of the group condition using the same use condition for the same facility is allowed,
A privilege providing method in which, when there are a plurality of group conditions including the achieved use condition, it is determined that the use condition is achieved for each group condition.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 privilege provision system 2 privilege provision apparatus 21 Control part 210 Login process part 211 Creation process part 212 Benefit process part 213 Display process part 3 User terminal

Claims (12)

By one or more processors
Create group conditions including usage conditions for multiple facilities in response to user operations.
When the group condition is achieved, a privilege set in advance is provided to either one or both of the achiever of the group condition and the creator of the group condition.
Benefit offer method. Usage history of each facility by each user is accumulated and stored,
The usage conditions that can be selected when creating the group condition are within the range of the usage history of the user who is the creator of the group condition.
The privilege providing method according to claim 1. When the use condition is achieved, the group condition including the use condition is notified,
The privilege providing method according to claim 1 or 2. One or more of the group conditions are preselected as challenge group conditions in response to a user operation,
When the use condition is achieved and the use condition is not included in the challenge group condition, a notification is provided to prompt the user to select the group condition including the use condition as the challenge group condition. Done,
The privilege provision method in any one of Claims 1-3. When the use condition is achieved and the group condition including the use condition does not exist, a notification is made to prompt the creation of the group condition including the use condition.
The privilege provision method in any one of Claims 1-4. The use condition is a visit to the facility,
The privilege provision method in any one of Claims 1-5. The use condition is an order for a specific menu in the facility.
The privilege provision method in any one of Claims 1-5. The privilege is changed according to the elapsed time from the creation of the group condition to the achievement of the group condition.
The privilege provision method in any one of Claims 1-7. The privilege is changed according to the elapsed time from the selection of the challenge group condition to the achievement of the challenge group condition.
The privilege provision method in any one of Claims 1-8. The privilege is changed according to the number of challengers of the group condition or the number of achievers of the group condition.
The privilege provision method in any one of Claims 1-9. Creating group conditions including usage conditions for multiple facilities in response to user operations;
When the group condition is achieved, providing a privilege that is set in advance to either or both of the achiever of the group condition and the creator of the group condition;
Offer program to make processor run. A creation processing unit for creating a group condition including use conditions for a plurality of facilities according to a user operation;
When the group condition is achieved, a privilege processing unit that provides a privilege set in advance for one or both of the achiever of the group condition and the creator of the group condition;
A privilege providing device comprising:

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