JP2018101386A - Information processing device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress unauthorized use such as unauthorized acquisition of a gift code in a service for providing a gift via a Web.SOLUTION: In a server 1, an application acquiring unit 211 receives information related to the application transmitted from a sender terminal 2. That is, the application acquiring unit 211 acquires information about the types and quantity of the gift courses purchased by a person who presents the gift transmitted from the sender terminal 2. A sender side information managing unit 212 issues a gift code on the basis of information related to the acquired application and various information managed by the sender side information managing unit 212. When a gift code is issued, a validation/invalidation processing unit 203 performs validation/invalidation processing for the gift code. The sender side information managing unit 212 issues the gift code acquired from the application acquiring unit 211. The sender side information managing unit 212 transmits the issued gift code to the sender terminal 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a program.

Conventionally, for example, an act of giving a gift as a thank you for the year-end present is generally performed.
In this regard, there were the following methods for giving gifts.
For example, a gift giver may ask in advance for a gift desired by the gift giver, order the gift from a merchandiser, request delivery of the product, and give it to the gift giver. It was.
In addition, there is a case where a person who gives a gift sends a catalog in which a large number of products, etc. are posted instead of a gift, in response to a request to select a favorite product of a gift recipient.
In other words, gift recipients select the products they want from the sent catalog and mail a postcard with their personal information such as name and address to place an order with a merchandise dealer that handles the products. It was.
Then, the merchandise dealer receives the postcard, specifies the selected merchandise and the delivery destination, and delivers the selected merchandise.
However, such a method is time-consuming and procedural for both gift givers, gift recipients, and gift handlers.
In view of this, a technique for converting a catalog into an electronic catalog and selecting a product or the like is provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-160799 A

However, in the conventional techniques including Patent Document 1, a person who gives a gift can receive a gift simply by selecting a favorite product on the WEB (World Wide Web) and inputting personal information. End up.
In other words, it has been pointed out that anyone who can access the WEB has a high risk of unauthorized use such as unauthorized acquisition of gifts.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to suppress unauthorized use such as unauthorized acquisition of a gift code in a service for providing gifts via the Web.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention provides:
A first management means for managing execution of processing relating to transfer of the gift when the right is valid for a person who has presented information (code) indicating that the gift holder has the right to receive the gift; ,
An activation / invalidation unit that activates the right when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and invalidates the right in other cases;
Is provided.

  A program corresponding to the information processing apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention is also provided as a program of one embodiment of the present invention.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in the service which provides the gift via Web, fraudulent use, such as unauthorized acquisition of a gift code, can be suppressed.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information processing system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the service flow of the person who gives a gift in the service to which the information processing system of FIG. 1 is applied. It is a figure which shows an example of the service flow of the person who asks for a gift in the service to which the information processing system of FIG. 1 is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of a server among the information processing systems of FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structural example required for the goods provision process which a goods provider terminal and a server perform among the information processing systems of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining an example of the flow of a goods provision process which the server which has a functional structure of FIG. 5 performs. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structural example required for the gift course selection process and merchandise selection process which the presenter terminal of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining an example of the flow of the gift course selection process which the server which has a functional structure of FIG. 7 performs. It is a flowchart explaining an example of the flow of the goods selection process which the server which has a functional structure of FIG. 7 performs. FIG. 2 is a state transition diagram showing state transitions related to validation / invalidation processing in the information processing system of FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the function relevant to validation invalidation in the service to which the information processing system of FIG. 1 is applied.

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

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The information processing system shown in FIG. 1 includes a server 1, m (m is an arbitrary integer value greater than or equal to 1) giver terminals 2-1 to 2-m, and n (n is an arbitrary integer greater than or equal to 1). (Numerical) scooping hands terminals 3-1 to 3-n and k product provider terminals 4-1 to 4-k (k is an arbitrary integer value of 1 or more).

  The server 1 is managed by a provider of this service. This service is a service that provides gifts via the Web, and is a service to which the information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. Details of this service will be described later.

Each of the presenter terminals 2-1 to 2-m is used by each of the people who give m gifts.
A gift means that a person who has the right to receive a gift indicates that the person who has the right to receive a gift has the right (for example, by inputting a gift code to be described later). Product) that can be). In addition, goods etc. mean goods or services.
Here, it should be noted that the “person who gives a gift” in the present embodiment is not a person who directly gives a gift to a person who gives a gift, but a person who gives the right to give a gift. It is a point.
In other words, the right to receive a gift is originally generated by the provider of this service, and the customer of the service provider becomes a “gift giver” and takes over the right to receive this gift (for a fee) It is not necessarily free). Then, the “gift giver” transfers the right to receive the gift to a desired partner.
That is, the person who finally has the right to receive a gift becomes a person who receives the gift and can receive a desired product or the like as a gift.

Specifically, the following examples are assumed.
For example, an automobile sales company (a person who gives a gift) may use this service to give a gift to a purchaser of a car (a person who gives a gift) as a commemoration of the purchase of the car. is there.
In other words, an automobile sales company gives a purchaser the right to receive a favorite gift within a predetermined condition to the purchaser of the vehicle, and the purchaser can select a favorite suitable for commemorating the purchase of the vehicle. You can receive a gift.
In addition, for example, there may be a case where a stock company (a person who gives a gift) uses this service to give a gift to a company shareholder (a person who gives a gift) as a shareholder benefit.
In other words, as a part of the shareholder special benefit service, the stock company gives the shareholder the right to receive a favorite gift within the prescribed conditions. Can receive gifts.

  The ugly hand terminals 3-1 to 3-n are used by each of n people who receive gifts. That is, n people who give gifts operate each of the hand terminals 3-1 to 3 -n to indicate that they have the right to gift them (generally, gifts described later). By inputting a code), a desired product or the like can be received as a gift.

Each of the product provider terminals 4-1 to 4-k is used by k product providers.
The merchandise provider provides merchandise that can be a gift in the service to the provider of the service. For example, a manufacturer who manufactures a product that can be a gift becomes a product provider. Such merchandise provider provides the service provider with the prescribed merchandise, and when the offered merchandise is selected by a gift recipient, it receives royalty payments, merchandise, etc. By providing this, you can hope to improve the name recognition.
Here, the person who gives the gift (such as the automobile sales company in the above example) and the product provider do not necessarily have to be different. That is, for example, a person who gives a gift can add his or her product to a product that can be a gift. Moreover, the product provider does not need to be one person, and may be a plurality of persons. In other words, a person who provides a product that can be a gift and a person who gives a gift can be a product provider at the same time.

Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to individually distinguish each of the gift giver terminals 2-1 to 2-m, these will be collectively referred to as “gift giver terminal 2”. When it is not necessary to individually distinguish each of the ugly hand terminals 3-1 to 3-n, they are collectively referred to as “ugly hand terminal 3”. When there is no need to individually distinguish each of the product provider terminals 4-1 to 4-k, they are collectively referred to as “product provider terminal 4”.
In addition, the server 1, the gift giver terminal 2, the cradle hand terminal 3, and the merchandise provider terminal 4 are connected to each other via a predetermined network N such as the Internet.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service flow of a person who gives a gift in the present service to which the information processing system of FIG. 1 is applied.

First, prior to the description of FIG. 2, the service will be briefly described.
In this service, as described above, a person who gives a gift does not directly deliver a specific product or the like as a gift to the person who gives the gift, but transfers the right to receive the gift. The right to receive this gift is generated by the service provider.
That is, a person who gives a gift obtains the right to receive a gift from the provider of the service by purchasing the gift and transfers the right to the person who receives the gift.
Here, in order to indicate that he / she has the right to receive this gift, the provider of the service gives a predetermined code (for example, a combination of alphabets and numbers, hereinafter referred to as “gift code”). Issue.
In other words, this “gift code” is a gift given to a person who gives a gift after purchase or the like. That is, a person who gives a gift can give a desired product or the like as a gift by showing this “gift code” to the provider of this service.

Specifically, for example, the giver terminal 2 first selects a predetermined web provided to select a gift course from the website managed by the provider of the service by the operation of the gift giver. Access the site (hereinafter referred to as “gift course selection site”).
As a result, each page of the gift course selection site, for example, a page for selecting a predetermined type from a plurality of types of gift courses set by the provider of this service is displayed on the giver terminal 2.
A person who gives a gift operates the giver terminal 2 to select an arbitrary type from among a plurality of types of displayed gift courses, and purchases that type of gift course.

Here, the gift course is a product list including one or more products that can be given with a predetermined budget.
That is, a person who gives a gift can select a desired item as a gift from one or more products included in the gift course.
Each type of the plurality of types of gift courses is set so that the types and quantities of products that can be selected differ depending on the price and type.

Further, “purchasing a gift course” here refers to purchasing a right to receive a gift by selecting an arbitrary item from among the products included in the gift course.
For example, in a 10,000 yen gift course for men, products that can be offered (by the product provider) for 10,000 yen among products such as watches, telephones, and game software that are generally preferred by men. 1 or more are included. Therefore, purchasing a 10,000 yen gift course for men means that it can be offered (by the product provider) for 10,000 yen among products that are generally preferred by men, such as watches, telephones, and game software. This means purchasing a right to select an arbitrary product from among various products and so on as a gift.

Here, when a gift presenter purchases a predetermined type of gift course, the provider of the service (server 1) issues a gift code associated with the predetermined type of the purchased gift course. A specific example of the gift code issuing method will be described later. That is, to indicate to the provider (server 1) of this service that the person who entered this gift code has the right to receive any product, etc., posted on the predetermined type of gift course as a gift. Can do.
In other words, the gift giver purchases the predetermined type of gift course, thereby temporarily obtaining the right to receive any product or the like posted on the predetermined type of gift course as a gift. Then, the gift giver assigns the right by assigning the gift code to the gift recipient.
A person who gifts operates the hand terminal 3 and inputs the gift code to a predetermined site (details will be described later) managed by the provider of the service (server 1). You can show that you have rights. That is, a person who gives a gift can receive a desired product or the like as a gift from one or more products or the like posted on a predetermined type of gift course associated with the gift code.
That is, a person who gives a gift can receive a desired product or the like as a gift without giving the gift a specific product or the like as a gift.

  In order to realize this service, the gift giver needs the following service flow. Accordingly, the service flow on the side of the gift giver will be described in detail using the example of FIG.

Specifically, for example, when the giver terminal 2 accesses the above-described gift course selection site by an operation of the gift giver G, one or more types of selectable gift courses are images of selectable products and the like. Together with this, it is displayed on a display screen (for example, the display unit 142 in FIG. 7).
The gift giver G operates the giver terminal 2 to select a gift desired to be purchased from the selectable gift course based on the budget and the taste of the person (gift giver) to which the gift is given. By inputting the type and quantity of the course, the gift course of that kind is purchased in that quantity.
Information on the type and quantity of the gift course purchased by the gift giver G (hereinafter referred to as “purchase information”) is acquired by the giver terminal 2 and then transmitted from the giver terminal 2 to the server 1. Is done. The server 1 issues a gift code associated with each of the gift courses purchased by the giver G, and the gifter terminal 2 presents the gift code.
In the example of FIG. 2, the server 1 generates a predetermined screen customized for each gift giver (hereinafter referred to as “customized screen”), and displays a gift code on the customized screen.
Then, the server 1 transmits a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for specifying the customization screen to the giver terminal 2 by e-mail or the like.
The giver terminal 2 can display the customization screen by accessing the URL described in the mail or the like. Thereby, the person G who gives the gift using the giver terminal 2 can receive the gift code.
From the above, the gift giver G transfers the right to receive a gift from the provider of this service by giving this gift code to the gift giver T.
Here, the method of delivering the gift code (transferring the right to receive a gift) is not particularly limited, but for example, there is the following method.
For example, the person G who gives the gift that has received the gift code can deliver the gift code by sending the gift code to the person T who receives the gift by e-mail or the like.
Further, for example, a person G who gives a gift can obtain the gift code by receiving a card such as a paper medium on which the gift code is printed (hereinafter referred to as “gift card”).
When the gift giver G wishes to receive a gift card, the staff (operator) O of the service provider delivers the gift card to the gift giver G.

Next, the service flow on the side of the gift recipient will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service flow of a person who gives a gift in a service to which the information processing system of FIG. 1 is applied.
The service flow is a flow from the service flow shown in FIG. 2 until the gifter T inputs the gift code received from the gift giver G and acquires the product or the like.

As described above, the hand terminal 3 is operated by the person T who receives the gift code from the person G who gives the gift. To a site (hereinafter referred to as a “product selection site”) provided to select an item, and enter a gift code.
By inputting the gift code in this way, the person T who gives a gift can indicate that he has the right to give a gift to the provider of this service.
As a result of various processes in the server 1 to be described later, one or more products or the like posted on the gift course of the type corresponding to the gift code are displayed on the hand terminal 3 and the one or more products or the like are displayed. A screen for selecting a predetermined item as a gift (hereinafter referred to as “product selection screen”) is displayed.
A person T who gives a gift selects a favorite item from one or more items to be selected on the displayed item selection screen, and performs an operation of inputting his / her address, contact information, and the like.
Thereby, the product selection of the person T who receives the gift is completed. The server 1 generates delivery information necessary for delivery of the gift from the address, contact information, etc. of the person T receiving the gift.
As a result, the selection of the product or the like is completed, and the server 1 notifies the hand terminal 3 that the product selection has been completed.
At the same time, the server 1 generates delivery information necessary for delivering the product etc. to the gift recipient T and transmits it to the product provider. The merchandise provider makes a gift delivery request to the delivery company. Thereby, the gift (actual product etc.) is transferred to the person T who receives the gift.
The overall flow of this service has been briefly described above by dividing it into a service flow for the gift giver G and a service flow for the gift recipient T. Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the server 1 in the information processing system of FIG. 1 will be briefly described.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the server 1 in the information processing system of FIG.
The server 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23, a bus 24, an input / output interface 25, an output unit 26, an input unit 27, A storage unit 28, a communication unit 29, and a drive 30.

The CPU 21 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the ROM 22 or a program loaded from the storage unit 28 to the RAM 23.
The RAM 23 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 21 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 21, ROM 22, and RAM 23 are connected to each other via a bus 24. An input / output interface 25 is also connected to the bus 24. An output unit 26, an input unit 27, a storage unit 28, a communication unit 29, and a drive 30 are connected to the input / output interface 25.

The output unit 26 includes various liquid crystal displays and outputs various information.
The input unit 27 is composed of various hardware leads and the like, and inputs various information.
The storage unit 28 is configured by a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) or the like, and stores various data.
The communication unit 29 controls communication with other devices (such as the gifter terminal 2, the gifter terminal 3, the product provider terminal 4 in the example of FIG. 1) via the network N including the Internet.

  The drive 30 is provided as necessary. A removable medium 41 composed of a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached to the drive 30. The program read from the removable medium 41 by the drive 30 is installed in the storage unit 28 as necessary. The removable medium 41 can also store various data stored in the storage unit 28 in the same manner as the storage unit 28.

  The configurations of the giver terminal 2, the ugly hand terminal 3, and the merchandise provider terminal 4 are basically the same as the configuration of the server 1 except that a touch panel is provided, and therefore the description of the hardware configuration is omitted here. .

The cooperation of the various hardware and various software of the server 1, the gift giver terminal 2, the offerer terminal 3, and the merchandise provider terminal 4 enables execution of the merchandise providing process among the processes executed by the server 1. .
That is, the server 1 and the product provider terminal 4 have a functional configuration as shown in FIG. 5 when executing the product providing process.

  FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration necessary for the product providing process executed by the server 1 and the product provider terminal 4 of FIG.

  In the CPU 51 of the product provider terminal 4, the product etc. information receiving unit 81 and the product etc. information transmission control unit 82 function.

The product etc. information accepting unit 81 accepts various types of information (hereinafter referred to as “product etc. information”) regarding the product etc. of the product provider input by the touch operation of the product provider.
The product etc. information transmission control unit 82 executes control for transmitting the product etc. information received by the product etc. information receiving unit 81 to the server 1 via the communication unit 53.

In the CPU 21 of the server 1, a product etc. information acquisition unit 101, a product selection screen management unit 102, and a posted product selection unit 103 function.
A product information DB 500 and a product provider information DB 600 are provided in one area of the storage unit 28 of the server 1.

The product etc. information acquisition unit 101 acquires the product etc. information transmitted from the product provider terminal 4 via the communication unit 29 and stores the acquired product etc. information in the product etc. information DB 500.
Here, the product etc. information DB 500 stores the product etc. information of each product provider acquired by the product etc. information acquisition unit 101. Further, information such as a product selected by a person who receives a gift, which will be described later (hereinafter referred to as “delivery target product information”), is also stored.

The product selection screen management unit 102 generates and manages data of various websites displayed as a product selection screen on the cradle terminal 3 or each page constituting the website.
That is, the product selection screen management unit 102 includes a screen for allowing a person who gives a gift to select a desired product based on the right to receive a gift according to each gift course, that is, data on a product selection screen. Generate and manage data such as websites.

The posted product selection unit 103 extracts product etc. information from the product etc. information DB 500 and selects the type of product etc. to be displayed on the product selection screen.
That is, the posted product selection unit 103 selects a selectable product or the like for each gift course based on the product etc. information extracted from the product etc. information DB 500.
Here, the posted product selection unit 103 extracts information related to the number of stocks of products and the like from the product etc. information DB 500 and reflects the information on the selection of types of products and the like. That is, the posted product selection unit 103 confirms in advance that there is a stock of the product or the like, and selects the type of the product or the like from the products that have the stock.
Therefore, for example, even if a product or the like is out of stock, a re-procedure is not necessary.
In addition, the provider of this service or its customer can set a gift course combining various goods etc. according to the price and classification (preference) of each gift course. The posted product selection unit 103 may select a product selected for each gift course, which is determined in advance by the provider of the service, for example, automatically selected from a price, a product category, or the like. May be.

Next, with reference to FIG. 6, the product provision process executed by the server 1 in FIG. 5 will be described.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the flow of product providing processing executed by the server having the functional configuration of FIG.
Note that the product providing process is a series of processes in which the product provider provides a gift that can be received by a person who receives the gift to the provider of the service, on the premise of implementing the service.

  In step S <b> 1, the product etc. information acquisition unit 101 acquires the product etc. information transmitted from the product provider terminal 4 via the communication unit 29 and stores the acquired product etc. information in the product etc. information DB 500.

In step S2, the posted product selection unit 103 acquires the product etc. information stored in step S1 from the product etc. information DB 500, and selects the type of product etc. to be displayed on the product selection screen.
That is, the posted product selection unit 103 selects, for each gift course, a product that can be selected by a gift recipient based on the product etc. information extracted from the product etc. information DB 500.

  In step S3, the product selection screen management unit 102 manages the product selection screen. In other words, the product selection screen management unit 102 generates data on the product selection screen to be presented to the gift recipient based on the product selected in step S3.

In step S4, the CPU 21 of the server 1 determines whether or not there is an instruction to end the process. Here, an instruction to end the process is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, an instruction to shift the server 1 to a so-called sleep state or the like is employed. That is, unless the server 1 is instructed to shift to the sleep state or the like, NO is determined in step S4, the process returns to step S1, and the subsequent processes are repeated.
On the other hand, when the server 1 is instructed to shift to the sleep state or the like, it is determined as YES in step S4, and the merchandise provision processing is ended.

Heretofore, a series of flow of product provision processing, which is a premise for providing this service, has been briefly described.
Next, the gift course selection process related to the service flow of the gift giver in FIG. 2 and the product selection process related to the service flow of the gift giver in FIG. 3 will be described.
The gift course selection process is a series of processes in which a person who gives a product purchases a right to receive a gift from the provider of this service.
The product selection process is a series of processes in which a person who receives a product selects a favorite product using the right to receive a gift transferred from the person who gives the product.
That is, the server 1, the giver terminal 2, and the hand terminal 3 have a functional configuration as shown in FIG. 7 when executing the gift course selection process and the product selection process.

  FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration necessary for the gift course selection process and the product selection process executed by the gift giver terminal 2, the hand terminal 3 and the server 1 of FIG. 1.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the CPU 121 of the giver terminal 2, an application receiving unit 131, an application transmission control unit 132, a code acquisition unit 133, and a display control unit 134 function.

The application receiving unit 131 receives an application for purchasing a gift course based on a touch operation on the touch panel 122 by a gift presenter.
That is, as described above, the application accepting unit 131 accepts a purchase application for purchasing a predetermined number of gift courses selected by the touch operation of the gift giver.
The application transmission control unit 132 executes control for transmitting information related to the application received by the application reception unit 131 to the server 1 via the communication unit 123.

Although details will be described later, when information relating to the application is transmitted to the server 1 in this way, the server 1 issues a gift code based on the information. Then, the gift code issued by the server 1 is transmitted to the giver terminal 2 via the communication unit 29 of the server 1.
The code acquisition unit 133 acquires the gift code transmitted from the server 1 in this way via the communication unit 123.
That is, the person who gives the gift acquires the right to receive the gift from the provider of the service by acquiring the gift code. The person who gives the gift can transfer this right by transferring (giving) the gift code to the person who gives the gift.
The display control unit 134 executes control for displaying the gift code acquired by the code acquisition unit 133 on the display unit 142.

In contrast to such a functional configuration of the gift giver terminal 2, the CPU 21 of the server 1 has a product selection processing execution unit 201, a gift course selection processing execution unit 202, an activation / invalidation processing unit 203, and a product selection. The screen management unit 102 functions. The gift course selection process execution unit 202 functions when executing a gift course selection process described later, and the product selection process execution unit 201 functions when executing a product selection process described later.
In addition, a product provider information DB 600 is provided in one area of the storage unit 28 of the server 1.

First, the functional configuration of the gift course selection process execution unit 202 will be described.
In the gift course selection process, the ugly hand terminal 3 does not function in particular, and only the giver terminal 2 and the server 1 function.
The gift course selection process execution unit 202 includes an application acquisition unit 211 and a gift giver side information management unit 212.
The application acquisition unit 211 acquires information related to the application transmitted from the giver terminal 2.

The giver side information management unit 212 issues a gift code as information indicating that a gift giver has a right to receive a gift based on an operation on the giver terminal 2 by a gift giver.
That is, the giver side information management unit 212 issues a gift code based on the information related to the application acquired by the application acquisition unit 211.

Next, a functional configuration of the product selection process execution unit 201 will be described.
In the product selection process, the product selection process execution unit 201 functions in the CPU 21 of the server 1. In the CPU 301 of the hand terminal 3, a reception unit 311, a code transmission control unit 312, a product selection / transmission control unit 313, a product etc. information acquisition unit 314, and a display control unit 315 function.
The product selection process execution unit 201 of the server 1 is provided with a reception unit 221 and a giver side information management unit 222. The reception unit 221 includes a code acquisition unit 231 and a product selection acquisition unit 232. Further, a code receiving unit 321 and a product selection receiving unit 322 are provided in the receiving unit 311 of the hand terminal 3.

The code receiving unit 321 receives an input of a gift code from a person who receives a gift via the input unit 331.
The code transmission control unit 312 executes control for transmitting the gift code received by the code receiving unit 321 to the server 1 via the communication unit 303.

The gift code transmitted to the server in this way is acquired by the server 1. The code acquisition unit 231 of the server 1 acquires the gift code transmitted from the hand terminal 3.
The gift-hand side information management unit 222 manages execution of processing related to gift transfer for a person who presents a gift code when a gift gift right is valid.
That is, when the gift code acquired by the code acquisition unit 231 is valid, the ugly side information management unit 222 performs various processes necessary for delivering the gift to the person who receives the gift. Manage execution.

  Specifically, if the gift code is valid, that is, if the right to gift a gift is valid, the person who gives the gift provides the service. Data such as a website including a screen for selecting a gift received from the person is generated and managed. Then, the cradle side information management unit 222 presents data such as the website on the cradle terminal 3 (details will be described later).

The product etc. information acquisition unit 314 of the cradle terminal 3 acquires data such as the above-described website transmitted from the server 1. Further, the display control unit 315 executes control for displaying the product selection screen acquired by the product etc. information acquisition unit 314 on the display unit 332.
Note that the validation / invalidation processing unit 203 determines whether or not the gift gift of the gift code presented above is valid, but details of the function will be described later.

In this way, a gift recipient receives a product selection screen for a product corresponding to the gift course associated with the gift code entered by the user. The person who receives the gift presented on the product selection screen selects the gift while viewing the product selection screen.
Therefore, the merchandise selection accepting unit 322 accepts merchandise selection of a gift recipient.
That is, the merchandise selection accepting unit 322 accepts selection of merchandise or the like by a person who has received a gift with a gift code out of one or more merchandise included in the gift course. Then, the product selection transmission control unit 313 executes control for transmitting various types of information related to product selection received by the product selection receiving unit 322 to the server 1 via the communication unit 303.

  The product selection acquisition unit 232 of the server 1 acquires information on the product selection transmitted from the buyer terminal 3 in this way, and the buyer side information management unit 222 manages these pieces of information.

Here, the validation / invalidation processing unit 203 will be described.
The validation / invalidation processing unit 203 is necessary for validating a right to receive a gift from the gift course specified by the above-described gift code when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and invalidating in the other cases. Perform various processes.
In the present embodiment, as described above, the validation and invalidation of the gift gift right is realized by validating and invalidating the gift code indicating that the right is held.
In addition, as described above, the validation / invalidation processing unit 203 determines whether or not the right to receive a gift from a gift receiver is valid from the gift code acquired by the code acquisition unit 231. Can also be performed.
In other words, the validation / invalidation processing unit 203 performs validation / invalidation processing of a gift code having a right to receive a gift, and the gift code transmitted from the hand terminal 3 is valid or invalid. It is determined whether or not.
The validation process is a process for validating a gift code that has been invalidated, and the invalidation process is a process for invalidating a gift code that has been validated. Details of these processes will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Next, a gift course selection process executed by the server 1 of FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of gift course selection processing executed by the server having the functional configuration of FIG.
As described above, the gift course selection process is a series of processes in which a person who gives a product purchases a right to receive a gift from the provider of this service.

  In step S <b> 11, the application acquisition unit 211 accepts gift course selection information transmitted from the giver terminal 2.

In step S12, the giver side information management unit 212 issues a corresponding gift code for each of the gift courses based on the gift course selection information acquired in step S11.
Specifically, for example, the giver side information management unit 212 acquires the selection information of the gift course acquired from the application acquisition unit 211.
The giver side information management unit 212 issues a gift code corresponding to the gift course selected by the gift giver based on the selection information of the gift course.

  In step S13, the giver side information management unit 212 transmits the gift code issued in step S12 to the giver terminal 2.

In step S <b> 14, the CPU 21 of the server 1 determines whether there is an instruction to end the process. Here, an instruction to end the process is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, an instruction to shift the server 1 to a so-called sleep state or the like is employed. That is, unless the server 1 is instructed to shift to the sleep state or the like, it is determined NO in step S14, the process returns to step S11, and the subsequent processes are repeated.
On the other hand, if the server 1 is instructed to shift to the sleep state or the like, it is determined as YES in step S14, and the gift course selection process is ended.

Next, a product selection process executed by the server 1 in FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of product selection processing executed by the server having the functional configuration of FIG.

  In step S <b> 21, the code acquisition unit 231 acquires the gift code transmitted from the hand terminal 3.

In step S22, the ugly side information management unit 222 determines whether or not the acquired gift code is valid.
If the gift code is invalid, it is determined as NO in step S22, the process returns to step S21, and the subsequent processes are repeated.
On the other hand, if the gift code is valid, it is determined as YES in Step S22, and the process proceeds to Step S23.

In step S <b> 23, the hand side information management unit 222 extracts data such as a website including the product selection screen managed by the product selection screen management unit 102, and transmits it to the hand terminal 3.
Here, the data such as the website transmitted to the cradle terminal 3 is acquired by the cradle terminal 3. Then, the hand terminal 3 displays the above-described product selection screen on the display unit 332.
A person who receives a gift selects a favorite product by looking at the product selection screen displayed in this way. Then, the hand terminal 3 transmits the product selection information of the person who receives this gift to the server 1.

In step S <b> 24, the product selection acquisition unit 232 acquires the product selection information transmitted from the cradle terminal 3 in this way.
In other words, the hand terminal 3 transmits information such as a product selected by the person who receives the gift.
Then, the product selection acquisition unit 232 acquires information such as the product selected by the person who has received the gift, that is, product selection information, via the communication unit 29.

In step S25, the ugly side information management unit 222, based on the product selection information acquired in step S24, information on delivery conditions such as a company to be delivered, a delivery destination, and time specification (hereinafter referred to as “delivery information”). ) Is generated.
In other words, the cradle side information management unit 222 generates delivery information based on the information of the recipient such as the address of the person who receives the gift included in the product selection information.

In step S26, the CPU 21 of the server 1 determines whether or not there has been an instruction to end the process. Here, an instruction to end the process is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, an instruction to shift the server 1 to a so-called sleep state or the like is employed. That is, unless the server 1 is instructed to shift to the sleep state or the like, NO is determined in step S26, the process returns to step S21, and the subsequent processes are repeated.
On the other hand, when the server 1 is instructed to shift to the sleep state or the like, it is determined as YES in step S26, and the product selection process ends.

  The product selection process flow has been described above. Next, details of the above-described gift code validation process and invalidation process will be described.

FIG. 10 is a state transition diagram showing state transitions related to the validation / invalidation process in the information processing system of FIG.
In other words, the provider of this service can change the state of the “right to receive a gift” possessed by the person who receives the gift by changing the state of the validation / invalidation of the gift code. Accordingly, the provider of this service can provide a wider range of services to gift givers, gift recipients, and product providers.
In FIG. 10, each state is indicated by one circle. Moreover, the state transition from one state to one state is executed when a predetermined condition (hereinafter referred to as “state transition condition”) is satisfied.
In FIG. 10, such a state transition condition is represented by adding a symbol including A1 or A2 to an arrow representing a transition from one state to one state.
Note that the gift card A indicates a gift card in which the gift code is invalidated, and the gift card B indicates a gift card in which the gift code is activated.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the state of the gift code is the basic state of the invalidation state.
When the predetermined activation condition is satisfied in the invalidation state, the transition condition A1 is satisfied, and the state of the gift code transitions to the activation state.
Here, the predetermined activation condition can be freely determined by the provider of this service.
For example, when a provider of this service or a gift presenter holds an event or the like, it is possible to set a condition for validating the gift code only when participating in the event or the like.
When a predetermined invalidation condition is satisfied in the activated state, the transition condition A2 is satisfied, and the gift code state transitions to the invalidated state.
Here, similarly, the invalidation condition can be freely determined by the provider of this service.
For example, a provider of this service can set a condition that a gift code is invalidated when one month has passed after the issuance of a gift code by setting a limit for a certain period.
That is, the above-described validation process is a process for transitioning the gift code state from the invalidation state to the validation state when the above-described state transition condition is satisfied. On the other hand, the above-described invalidation processing is processing for transitioning the state of the gift code from the validation state to the invalidation state when the above-described state transition condition is satisfied.
The case where the activated gift code is invalidated is, for example, a case where a person who gifts changes a product and invalidates the gift code and accepts a cancellation change of the product. .

Here, such a state transition condition of the gift code is arbitrarily set by the provider of this service or the person who gives the gift.
For example, consider a case where a gift giver sets a condition for validating a gift code only when he / she participates in his / her event.
In such a case, the gift giver first distributes the gift code to an unspecified number of people in a disabled state, and if they participate in an event hosted by them, activate the gift code I will provide a.
That is, the person who gives the gift can increase the participation rate in his / her event by using the service and the gift code validation / invalidation process.
Note that the case where the provider of the service sets the above-described transition condition is, for example, a case where a request for setting the transition condition is received from a gift giver.

Here, a little more explanation will be given of an example in which the above-mentioned gift giver uses this service for a novelty for an event attendee.
In other words, a gift giver sends a previously invalidated gift code to an unspecified number of candidates (hereinafter referred to as “reception candidates”) by e-mail or the like when an event is announced. To do.
The provider of this service, for example, validates the distributed gift code on the condition that the QR code (registered trademark) provided at the event venue is read by the terminal used by the candidate who received the gift code. Can be provided.

Next, with reference to FIG. 11, functions related to validation / invalidation in the present service will be briefly described.
FIG. 11 is a table showing an example of functions related to validation / invalidation in this service to which the information processing system of FIG. 1 is applied.

The table in the example of FIG. 11 stores information on “subject”, “function”, and “feature”. That is, information about functions and features related to validation / invalidation is stored for each target person.
For example, in the first line of the “target person” item, “person who gives a gift (presenter)” is displayed. In other words, it indicates that the target person corresponding to the line is a “person who gives a gift”.
On the other hand, “card change” is displayed in the first line of the “function” item. That is, it is shown that the person who gives the gift can use the card change function in connection with the invalidation.
In the first line of the “feature” item, “When sending with a card, the card design can be selected. In addition to the above, the card design can be replaced with the original” is displayed.
In other words, when a gift presenter wishes to ship a gift card, the design of the gift card can be arbitrarily changed, and a specific added value can be given to the card itself.

In addition, the following advantages also exist by using the above-described function for validating and invalidating the gift code.
In other words, as described above, a company that wants to give a gift, in the past, distributes a catalog etc. uniformly to a large number of recipients who want to send gifts, and the partner who sees the catalog applies for gifts with postcards etc. And I was offering products.
However, in such a case, it is common to pay a fee to the service provider at the catalog sending stage. Therefore, for example, even if the person who sent the catalog did not actually receive the product without applying for the gift, it is difficult to know the number of people who actually received the gift. The company sometimes had to pay a fee for every person who sent the catalog.
In this regard, if the gift code validation / invalidation function is used, even if gift codes are distributed to a large number of other parties, a setting is made so that gifts are not allowed to be accepted unless predetermined conditions are met. It is also easy. Therefore, the provider of this service can flexibly change the charge amount according to the number of people who truly received the gift by controlling the conditions and amount for validating the gift card.

  Furthermore, if a DM with an activated gift code is lost, the person who gives the gift (or the person who receives the gift) will contact the provider of the service to notify the customer of the gift. Code can be disabled. Thereby, the risk of unauthorized use by a third party can be reduced.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications, improvements, and the like within a scope that can achieve the object of the present invention are included in the present invention. is there.

For example, functions related to this service are not particularly limited to the above-described embodiments. Therefore, various functions related to the service different from the above-described embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.
When the target person is a product provider, feedback of the usage status is possible as a function of validation and invalidation.

Further, for example, as a method for realizing “validation / invalidation of the right to receive a gift”, the method for invalidating / invalidating the gift code has been described in the above-described embodiment, but the present invention is not particularly limited thereto. For example, a method of code authentication using an account such as SNS (Social Networking Service) may be employed.
In the case of adopting this method, for example, a person who gives a gift associates an SNS account with a “right to receive a gift” purchased by the person who gives the gift, and logs in to the account of the SNS. You may be able to access the product exchange screen as a person who has the right to receive "

Further, for example, the provider of this service can permit the change of the gift course by applying the validation / invalidation of the gift code.
In this case, for example, a service provider or a person who gives a gift can also provide a service in which the gift course can be changed (upgraded) when visiting the event venue described above.
Specifically, if the gift holder has the right to receive a gift, usually 3000 yen gift (3,000 yen gift course), only those who come to the event venue will receive a 5000 yen gift. It is also possible to provide a service that can be received.

  Further, the provider of this service can also provide a service in which the gift course is changed according to the period elapsed from the date of issue of the gift code. In other words, the provider of this service can provide a service that improves the quality of products that can be received by receiving a gift quickly from the date of issuance of the gift code.

Further, for example, the validation / invalidation of the gift code can be arbitrarily validated / invalidated for each gift code.
That is, the activation / deactivation of gift codes is not limited to the uniform activation / inactivation for all distributed gift codes, and the activation / inactivation of some gift codes can also be performed. .
In other words, the validation / invalidation of the gift code can be processed by the concept of a unit, and the unit can be arbitrarily set. In other words, one gift code may be processed, all distributed gift codes may be processed, or only a part of the distributed gift codes may be processed.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the gift code is activated when participating in an event or the like, but the present invention is not particularly limited thereto.
For example, as a condition for validating the gift code, a visit to the company (the person who gives the gift) may be a condition.
Specifically, when a gift giver (company) mails a DM (Direct Mail) with a disabled gift code to a member, etc., and a person who asks for a gift visits the store, The terminal can be used to activate a gift code, select a product on the spot, and provide the product.
That is, even if a person who gifts a person who does not have an electronic device such as a smartphone or a PC (Personal Computer), or who cannot operate the electronic device, the service can be provided.

  Further, for example, in the above-described embodiment, the ID for using the service (hereinafter referred to as “member ID”) is not particularly mentioned. For example, the provider of the service provides a gift code as a member ID. It may be associated with and managed.

For example, the series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
In other words, the functional configurations of FIGS. 5 and 7 are merely examples, and are not particularly limited.
That is, it is sufficient if the information processing system has a function capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole. What functional blocks are used to realize this function are particularly shown in the examples of FIGS. It is not limited. Further, the location of the functional block is not particularly limited to that shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 and may be arbitrary.
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

For example, when a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed in a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware.
Further, the computer may be a computer that can execute various functions by installing various programs, for example, a server, a smartphone, a personal computer, or various devices.

  Further, for example, a recording medium including such a program is constituted by a removable medium (not shown) distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide a program to a gift giver, a gift giver, and a product provider. In addition, the recording medium is provided with a recording medium or the like provided to the user in a state of being incorporated in advance in the apparatus main body.

In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in time series along the order, but is not necessarily performed in time series, either in parallel or individually. The process to be executed is also included.
Further, in the present specification, the term “system” means an overall apparatus configured by a plurality of devices, a plurality of means, and the like.

In other words, the information processing system to which the present invention is applied can take various embodiments having the following configurations.
That is, an information processing system to which the present invention is applied is
A first management means for managing execution of processing relating to transfer of a gift when the right is valid for a person who has presented information (code) indicating that the gift holder has the right to gift. For example, the ugly side information management unit 222) of FIG.
An activation invalidation means (for example, an activation invalidation processing unit 203 in FIG. 7) that validates the right when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and invalidates the right otherwise;
It is enough to have
Thereby, the provider of this service can validate and invalidate a gift code, and can implement a flexible service for both a gift recipient and a gift giver.

In addition, second management for managing execution of processing related to first obtaining the information (code) indicating that the first person operates a predetermined first terminal and has the right to receive the gift Means (for example, the giver side information management unit 212 in FIG. 7),
The second person to whom the right is transferred from the first person operates the predetermined second terminal and presents the information (code) indicating that he has the right to receive the gift. When the right is valid, the first management means (for example, the hand side information management unit 222 in FIG. 7) manages the execution of the processing relating to the transfer of the gift to the second person. can do.
Thereby, a person who gives a gift can access the product selection screen and receive a product or the like when the gift code is valid.

The second management means is configured to execute the process related to transferring the gift to the second person after the second person has transferred the right from the first person. The first person can change the contents of the gift according to the period until the two terminals are operated.
As a result, the provider of this service. A person who gives a gift can set or change a time limit for the activation of the gift code, and can provide a more flexible service.

The right is a predetermined gift course for the second person to select a desired one from one or more gifts, and is granted to a gift course designated by the first person. Right,
Course changing means for changing the gift course designated by the first person to another gift course among the one or more registered gift courses (for example, the giver side information management unit 212 in FIG. 7); ,
Is further provided.
Thus, the gift giver (or the gift giver) can change the gift course to another gift course. Therefore, the provider of this service can provide a more flexible service.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server, 2 ... Gifter terminal, 3 ... Hand terminal, 4 ... Product provider terminal, 21 ... CPU, 101 ... Product etc. information acquisition part, 102 ... Product selection screen management unit, 103 ... Posted product selection unit, 131 ... Application reception unit, 133 ... Code acquisition unit, 201 ... Product selection process execution unit, 202 ... Gift course selection process execution , 203... Validation / invalidation processing unit, 211... Application acquisition unit, 212... Giver side information management unit, 221. ... Reception unit, 314 ... Product etc. information acquisition part, 500 ... Product etc. information DB, 600 ... Product provider information DB

Claims (5)

A first management means for managing execution of processing relating to transfer of the gift when the right is valid for a person who has presented information indicating that he has the right to gift a gift;
An activation / invalidation unit that activates the right when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and invalidates the right in other cases;
An information processing apparatus comprising: A second management means for managing execution of a process related to temporarily acquiring the information indicating that the first person operates the predetermined first terminal and has the right to receive the gift;
The second person to whom the right has been transferred from the first person has presented the information indicating that he has the right to receive the gift by operating a predetermined second terminal, wherein the right Is activated, the first management means manages execution of the processing relating to transferring the gift to the second person.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The second management means is configured to execute the process related to transferring the gift to the second person after the second person has transferred the right from the first person. The second person can change the contents of the gift according to the period until the two terminals are operated.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The right is a predetermined gift course for the second person to select a desired one from one or more gifts, and is granted to a gift course designated by the first person. Right,
Course changing means for changing the gift course designated by the first person to another gift course of one or more registered gift courses;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: On the computer,
A first management step for managing execution of processing relating to transfer of the gift when the right is valid for a person who has presented information indicating that he has the right to gift a gift;
An activation invalidation step of activating the right when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and invalidating the right otherwise;
A program that executes control processing including

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