JP2018125027A - Information management device, information management method, information management program, and information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To motivate users to sell items owned by them to other users.SOLUTION: An information management device according to the present application includes: a registration unit for registering received information with a prescribed database upon receiving the information on an item owned by a user; a disclosure unit for disclosing the information registered with the database to other users; and a providing unit for providing means to execute trade of the item for participants who are limited to notification users who transmitted notice indicating interest among the other users and the user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information management apparatus, an information management method, an information management program, and an information management system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, along with the rapid spread of the Internet, buying and selling of articles on websites has been widely performed among individuals. As a technique for performing such sales between individuals, an auction system is known for performing purchases and sales of articles possessed by users who can use an auction between individuals.

Japanese Patent No. 5156465

  However, the above-described technology cannot provide a motivation to sell an article owned by a user to another user.

  For example, in the above-described technology, even if there is an unnecessary article among the articles owned by the user, it cannot be determined whether other users are interested in the article. They are discarded without being targeted, and the opportunity to effectively use resources by reusing goods is lost.

  The present application has been made in view of the above, and provides an information management device, an information management method, an information management program, and an information management system that provide motivation to sell an article owned by a user to another user For the purpose.

  When the information management apparatus according to the present application receives information on an article possessed by a user, the information management apparatus registers the received information in a predetermined database, and stores the information registered in the database to other users. A public part for publicly providing, and a providing part for providing means for realizing the buying and selling of the article by limiting the participants to the notification user and the user who have transmitted the notice of interest among the other users It is characterized by having.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, there is an effect that motivation to sell an article owned by a user to another user can be provided.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing executed by the information management apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information management apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the article information database according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the desired article database according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process flow according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process flow in which the information management apparatus according to the embodiment registers article information. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process flow in which the information management apparatus according to the embodiment discloses the article information. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of processing executed when the information management apparatus according to the embodiment receives a request. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of processing executed by the information management apparatus according to the embodiment when an article is exhibited. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list display screen and an exhibition screen displayed by the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a browsing screen displayed by the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process in which the information management apparatus according to the embodiment accepts an article listing. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration.

  Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out an information management device, an information management method, an information management program, and an information management system according to the present application (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the information management apparatus, the information management method, the information management program, and the information management system according to the present application are not limited by this embodiment. In the following embodiments, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

[1. Information management device]
First, an example of processing executed by the information management apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing executed by the information management apparatus according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, an example of the information management process executed by the information management apparatus 100 that manages the articles owned by the user is described as an example of the information management apparatus.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the information management device 100 is connected to the terminal device 10a and the terminal device 10b so as to be able to communicate with each other via a predetermined network N such as the Internet. And the information management apparatus 100 implement | achieves the information management process demonstrated below by communicating information mutually with the terminal device 10a and the terminal device 10b.

  The terminal device 10a is a terminal device used by the first user U01. For example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a desktop PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, or the like It is realized by. The terminal device 10b is a terminal device used by the second user U02, and is realized by a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a PDA, a desktop PC, a notebook PC, or the like.

  Here, the terminal apparatuses 10a and 10b can communicate with the information management apparatus 100 via a predetermined network such as a 3G (Generation) or 4G mobile communication network, a LAN (Local Area Network), or the Internet. Further, the terminal devices 10a and 10b can directly communicate with each other using a predetermined application that realizes transmission and reception of messages.

  In the following description, the terminal devices 10a and 10b may be collectively referred to as the terminal device 10. In the following description, the first user U01 and the second user U02 may be collectively referred to as users. In the following description, the information management apparatus 100 executes an information management process for managing articles owned by the first user U01, but the embodiment is not limited to this. That is, the information management apparatus 100 may manage items owned by an arbitrary number of users such as the second user U02. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 can communicate with an arbitrary number of terminal devices 10 used by each user.

  The information management apparatus 100 is an information processing apparatus that manages articles owned by the first user U01, and is realized by, for example, a server apparatus such as a web server, a cloud system, or the like. Note that the information management apparatus 100 may be realized by a single information processing apparatus, or may be realized by a plurality of information processing apparatuses operating in cooperation.

  Hereinafter, an example of processing in which the information management apparatus 100 manages articles will be described. For example, the first user U01 uses the terminal device 10a to take a photograph of the appearance, bar code, JAN code, etc. of the possessed article. In such a case, the information management apparatus 100 performs image analysis of the photographed photograph and specifies the product name, model number, and the like of the photographed article. Further, the information management apparatus 100 specifies various information related to the article, such as the price, type, brand, manufacturer, size, weight, etc., of the identified article using a web search technology or the like.

  And the information management apparatus 100 registers the information regarding the specified articles | goods and the imaged photograph in the predetermined database as the article information which articles | goods show. As a result, the first user U01 can confirm the articles owned by the first user U01 by browsing the article information registered in the database.

[1-1. Processing performed by information management device]
Here, in the prior art, it takes time to register an article when an article owned by a user is put on an auction or the like. In the prior art, for example, when the first user U01 thinks that an article is unnecessary, whether or not other users want the article, and how many users want it. Such information may not be obtained, and may be discarded without being exhibited in an auction or sold to an article purchaser. Thus, in the prior art, the motivation for selling unnecessary articles to the user and reusing them was insufficient.

  Therefore, the information management apparatus 100 executes the following information management process. First, in order to manage the articles owned by the user, the information management apparatus 100 registers the received information in a predetermined database when receiving information on the articles owned by the user. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 receives from the user a designation that the sales request from another user can be accepted among the information registered in the database. When the information management apparatus 100 receives the designation from the user, the information management apparatus 100 publishes the article information to other users.

  For example, the information management apparatus 100 manages article information of articles owned by the first user U01. For example, when the disclosure of the article information is designated by the first user U01, the information management apparatus 100 publishes the article information of the article held by the first user U01 to the second user U02. Further, for example, when the information management apparatus 100 receives designation of an article for which article information is disclosed from the first user U01, that is, an article that the first user U01 considers unnecessary, the article information of the article Is disclosed to the second user U02, and a sales request for the article (hereinafter referred to as a request) can be received from the second user U02. That is, the information management apparatus 100 can accept the designation of whether or not to disclose the article information in an arbitrary unit such as a user unit (owner unit) or an article unit, and can disclose the article information.

[1-2. An example of information management processing)
Hereinafter, an example of the information management process will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, a management process for managing an article owned by the first user U01, a publication process for publishing article information of an article that the first user U01 considers unnecessary, and an article exhibition or sale An example of an information management process including a sales process for accepting an item will be described.

  First, the terminal device 10a acquires article information of an article owned by the first user U01 in accordance with an operation from the first user U01 (step S1). For example, the terminal device 10a captures a photograph of the appearance of an article such as a golf club, PC, clothing, etc. owned by the first user U01 and a barcode. The articles owned by the first user U01 are not limited to the articles illustrated in FIG. 1, but may be purchased by an article purchaser or an article that can be a target of transactions between users such as an auction. Any article may be used as long as it is a possible article.

  Then, the terminal device 10a transmits the taken photograph as article information to the information management apparatus 100 and requests registration in the database (step S2). As a result, the information management apparatus 100 registers the acquired article information in the article information database 121 (step S3). More specifically, the information management apparatus 100 identifies information such as a product name and a model number using the photograph received from the terminal device 10a, and registers the identified information and photograph as article information in the article information database. .

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 1, information having items such as “article ID”, “article information”, and “status” is registered in the article information database 121. Here, the “article ID” is an identifier assigned to an article possessed by each user. The “article information” is various information and photographs related to the article. The “status” indicates the state of the article, such as whether the article information of the article indicated by the associated article ID is open to other users, whether it is exhibited in an auction, or the like. Information.

  In the example shown in FIG. 1, a conceptual value such as “article #A” is described as the article ID. However, the embodiment is not limited to this, and an arbitrary value for identifying the article is used. It will be registered. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a conceptual value such as “article information #A” is described as the article information. However, the embodiment is not limited to this, and various information and photographic data about the article are included. Etc. are registered.

  For example, the information management apparatus 100 associates the article ID “article #A” with the article information “article information # 1” with the status “unpublished” indicating that the article information is not disclosed, and associates the article information database 121 with the article information “121”. Register with. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 similarly registers the status “unpublished” in the article information database 121 in association with other article information.

  When such article information is registered in the article information database 121, the first user U01 can confirm the articles owned by the first user U01 by referring to the article information database 121. Then, if there is an unnecessary article in the article whose article information is registered in the article information database 121, the first user U01 notifies the information management apparatus 100 of a disclosure request for the article information (step S4). When accepting such a publication request, the information management apparatus 100 updates the status of the article information of the article to be published to “publish” (step S5). For example, when the information management apparatus 100 receives a request to disclose the article information of the article indicated by the article ID “article #B” and the article ID “article #C”, as illustrated in FIG. The status associated with the ID “article #B” and the article ID “article #C” is updated from “unpublished” to “published”.

  Then, the information management device 100 distributes the disclosed article information to the terminal device 10b used by another user (for example, the second user U02) (step S6). As a result, the second user U02 browses the article information of the article that is the object of disclosure among the articles owned by the first user U01, that is, the article that the first user U01 is considering whether to release. be able to. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 provides a means for communicating between the parties with respect to the released article. For example, the information management apparatus 100 provides a means for exchanging messages for negotiating the size, state, price, etc. of the disclosed items between the first user U01 and the second user U02.

  When the second user U02 likes the article indicated by the browsed article information and desires to purchase it, the second user U02 transmits a request for requesting the first user U01 to sell or sell the article to the information management apparatus 100. (Step S7). For example, the second user U02 transmits a request for selling the article indicated by the article ID “article #B”. In such a case, the information management apparatus 100 notifies the first user U01 that there has been a request for selling the article indicated by the article ID “article #B” (step S8).

  The presence or absence of such a notification can be a motivation for listing or selling an article that the first user U01 intends to give up. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100 accepts selection of an exhibition mode such as an auction exhibition or an article sale directly for the article whose article information is disclosed (step S9). The article to be listed may be an article whose article information is disclosed, and is not limited to the article requested by the second user U02.

  When the information management apparatus 100 accepts the selection of the exhibition mode, the information management apparatus 100 updates the status registered in the article information database 121 (step S10). For example, the information management apparatus 100 may display the status of the article indicated by the article ID “article #B” when a mode in which direct sales between the parties is selected as the sales mode of the article indicated by the article ID “article #B”. Is updated to the status “Buying and selling”. In addition, for example, when the auction item is selected as the sales mode of the article indicated by the article ID “article #C”, the information management apparatus 100 displays the status of the article indicated by the article ID “article #C”. Update the status to “Exhibit”.

  In addition, when the requested article is put up in an auction, or the article is directly bought and sold between the parties, the information management apparatus 100 gives a second notification that the listing or sale has been performed. The user U02 is notified (step S11). Further, the information management apparatus 100 provides the first user U01 and the second user U02 with a means for directly buying and selling goods between the parties with respect to the goods sold directly between the parties (step S12). ).

  For example, the information management apparatus 100 accepts the selection of a candidate target person to perform a transaction from the users who have made a request for an article that is directly sold at that time, from the owner of the article. Then, the information management apparatus 100 provides a means for communicating between the selected target person and the owner of the article, that is, a means for directly buying and selling the article. When executing such processing, the information management apparatus 100 made a request for an article, but was not selected as a transaction target for a user who was not selected as a transaction target. You may notify. In addition, for example, the information management apparatus 100 sends a message between the first user U01 and the second user U02 to negotiate the size, state, price, etc. of the item selected as the directly sold item. Provide a means to communicate.

  The terminal device 10b then transmits a successful bid notification to the information management device 100 (step S14) when the direct sale between the parties is established or when the article sold at the auction is sold (step S13). . In such a case, the information management apparatus 100 updates the article information database 121 based on an owner change associated with buying / selling of an article or a successful bid (step S15).

  For example, when the direct sale of the article indicated by the article ID “article #B” has been established, or when the article indicated by the article ID “article #C” has been successfully bid, the information management apparatus 100 determines the first user U01. The article information of the articles indicated by the article IDs “article #B” and “article #C” is deleted from the article information of the articles owned by. When the second user U02 purchases or makes a successful bid for the article indicated by the article IDs “article #B” and “article #C”, the information management apparatus 100 supplies the article information of the article possessed by the second user U02. As such, the article information of the articles indicated by the article IDs “article #B” and “article #C” may be registered in the article information database 121.

  As described above, the information management apparatus 100 manages the article information of the articles owned by the first user U01. When the information management apparatus 100 accepts the disclosure designation from the first user U01, the information management apparatus 100 can publish the article information to the second user U02 and can accept a request for the article from the second user U02. And

  As a result of such processing, the first user U01 can only release the article information of the article from the second user U02 without actually exhibiting the article that is intended to be sold or discarded in the auction or the like. Can accept requests. In this way, the information management apparatus 100 can provide the first user U01 with information indicating whether other users are interested in the article without actually listing the article. Therefore, it is possible to give a motivation to sell the articles owned by the first user U01 to other users.

[1-3. About request)
In the above-described example, the information management apparatus 100 can accept a request for an exhibition or sale from the second user U02 for an article released by the first user U01. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the above-described request has a favorable impression on the article such as “favorite” and “like” as well as a notification that the first user U01 is requested to sell or sell the article. It may be a notice to that effect. That is, if the information management apparatus 100 can indicate that other users are interested in the articles owned by the first user U01, the information management apparatus 100 accepts any content as a request. Good.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 displays not only the presence / absence of a request, but also various information related to the request, such as the number of times the request has been received, the number of users who transmitted the request, and the timing at which the request is made. May be notified. Such information is information as to how much other users are interested in the article for which the first user U01 has disclosed the article information, and whether or not it can be sold when it is exhibited or sold. , It can be used as an indicator of how much the product will sell. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can give motivation to sell an article by notifying the first user U01 of various types of information regarding the request.

[1-4. About the exhibition mode]
In the above-described example, the information management apparatus 100 can select direct sales between parties (hereinafter referred to as “party sales”) or listing at an auction as an article sales mode. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may be able to select, for example, purchase to an article purchaser or exhibition to an auction using an exhibition agent in addition to an auction or a party sale.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 may select an article when the purchase to an article purchaser is selected, when an item for auction is selected, or when an item is displayed for an auction using an exhibition agent. The article information may be deleted from the article information database 121 even if no successful bid is made. Further, the information management apparatus 100 may disclose the article information to the second user U02 in a state where a request cannot be transmitted for the article that has been exhibited in the auction. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 may not be able to perform direct buying and selling between parties with respect to articles that have been auctioned, and may not provide a contact means.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 may accept not only an auction exhibition or an article purchaser purchase but also an exhibition on a web page or the like that realizes an article transaction between individuals. Moreover, such a transaction is not limited to a transaction of goods for a fee, and may be realized in a free or barter form. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 may accept a request such that an uncollected product collection company collects an article. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 may accept a designation such as listing at a charity auction or donating an article to a charity. That is, the information management apparatus 100 may provide an arbitrary service as long as it is a service for the owner of the article to let go of the article.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 may disclose the article information in a state where it is not possible to accept contact from other users, for example, for articles that are targeted for transactions such as auctions and party sales. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may disclose the article information of the article in a state where it is not possible to make an inquiry about the size or state of the article that is the subject of the transaction. That is, the information management apparatus 100 can provide a contact unit and a transaction unit for an arbitrary timing and period.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 may accept a change in sales mode. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may allow an article to be auctioned for an item for which party buying and selling is selected. When such a sales mode change is possible, for example, the first user U01 has contacted directly with the second user U02, but has not been able to sell at the desired price. For example, goods can be put up for auction.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 may provide a sales means at an auction for only a user who has transmitted a request for an article. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may provide the first user U01 with a selling means at an auction in which only a user who has transmitted a request for an article can bid on the article. Good. Further, the information management apparatus 100 may notify the user who has transmitted the request that the article has been exhibited in the auction.

[1-5. (Notice of the value of goods)
In addition to the processing described above, the information management apparatus 100 may provide, for example, various information related to the value of an article that can be specified from the article information to the first user U01. For example, the information management apparatus 100 identifies item information whose status is “unpublished” among the item information registered in the item information database 121. Further, the information management apparatus 100 collects price information such as a successful bid market price at an auction, a purchase price at an article purchaser, a new price in general circumstances, and the like for the same article as the identified article information. Then, the information management apparatus 100 provides the collected price information to the first user U01. As a result, the information management apparatus 100 can motivate the first user U01 to exhibit the article.

[1-6. Provision of information using article information)
Here, since the article information registered in the article information database 121 is information on the articles owned by the first user U01, attributes such as sex, age, hobbies, and residential areas of the first user U01 are estimated. Can be an indicator of Therefore, the information management apparatus 100 may select information such as an advertisement provided to the first user U01 using information registered in the article database 121.

  For example, the information management apparatus 100 estimates the attribute of the first user U01 based on the article information registered in the article information database 121. And the information management apparatus 100 may distribute the advertisement provided with respect to the user who has the estimated attribute with respect to the 1st user U01.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100, based on the status value registered in the article information database 121, the article that the first user U01 owns but has no will to release (that is, the article that has the status “unpublished”). , An article that is about to be released (i.e., an article with a status of “open”), an article that is subject to exhibition or sale to a party, and the like. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100 selects information provided to the first user U01 based on the article information registered in the article information database 121 and the article information disclosed among the article information. May be. For example, the information management apparatus 100 estimates the hobby taste of the first user U01 from the article information registered in the article information database 121, and uses the article that has the estimated hobby taste from the articles released by other users. The article information of the selected article may be selected and proposed to the first user U01. By executing such processing, the information management apparatus 100 can improve the matching accuracy of information provided to the first user U01.

[1-7. Matching using wish list)
Further, the information management apparatus 100 may manage article information of articles desired by the first user U01 and the second user U02. For example, the information management apparatus 100 performs matching between the article information of the article owned by the first user U01 and the article information of the article desired by the second user U02, and the matching result is displayed as the first user U01. Or may be provided to the second user U02.

  For example, in the information management apparatus 100, the article information of the article desired by the second user U02 is included in the article information of the article owned by the first user U01, and the article information is disclosed. In this case, the second user U02 may be notified that the first user U01 has the article. Further, for example, in the information management apparatus 100, the article information of the article desired by the second user U02 is included in the article information of the article owned by the first user U01, but the article information is disclosed. If not, information indicating that the second user U02 desires the article may be provided to the first user U01. As described above, the information management apparatus 100 not only determines whether or not the other user owns the article desired by the second user U02 but also whether or not the article information of the article is disclosed (that is, Depending on whether or not the request is acceptable, the content of information provided to each user and the information provision destination may be changed.

[1-8. About the execution subject)
Note that the information management process described above may be realized by a function of the information management apparatus 100 or may be realized by a function of the terminal apparatus 10. For example, the information management process described above may be realized without the information management device 100 by having the terminal device 10a and the terminal device 10b have a database similar to the article information database 121 and transmitting / receiving information to / from each other. . Moreover, the information management process mentioned above may be implement | achieved in cooperation with the information management apparatus 100 and the terminal device 10. FIG.

  Further, for example, the terminal device 10 may realize the above-described processing by downloading an application for realizing part or all of the above-described information management processing in advance and executing the application at an arbitrary timing. . For example, the terminal devices 10 a and 10 b may have a function of operating as the information management device 100 without executing the processing performed by the terminal device 10 described above by executing an application.

  In addition, for example, the information management apparatus 100 sends control information (for example, Java Script (registered trademark)) for causing the terminal apparatus 10 to execute part or all of the above-described information management processing via a web browser or the like. Information management processing may be realized by distributing to the terminal device 10. That is, the above-described information management process may be realized by an application executed by the terminal device 10 or may be realized as a web service provided via a web browser.

[2. Functional configuration of terminal device]
Next, an example of a functional configuration of the terminal device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the terminal device 10 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, a camera 13, a GPS reception antenna 14, an output unit 15, and a control unit 16.

  The communication unit 11 is realized by, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card). The communication unit 11 is connected to the network N by wire or wireless, and transmits / receives information to / from another terminal device 10 or the information management device 100.

  The storage unit 12 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The camera 13 is an imaging device for capturing an image or a moving image, and is realized, for example, by a digital camera that captures an image using a semiconductor element such as a charge-coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS). The

  The GPS receiving antenna 14 is an antenna for receiving signals used in a satellite positioning system such as GPS from a satellite. The output unit 15 is a screen for outputting various types of information, and is realized by, for example, a liquid crystal display.

  The control unit 16 is a storage device (for example, a storage device) inside the terminal device 10 by, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a micro processing unit (MPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The various programs stored in the unit 12) are implemented by using the RAM as a work area. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the control unit 16 includes a registration reception unit 17, a selection reception unit 18, a notification reception unit 19, a communication unit 20, an update reception unit 21, and an information provision unit 22.

  The registration receiving unit 17 receives registration of article information. For example, the registration receiving unit 17 activates the camera 13 in accordance with the user's operation, and takes an image of the appearance, barcode, etc. of the article possessed by the first user U01. Then, the registration receiving unit 17 transmits the captured image of the article as article information to the information management apparatus 100 and causes the article information database 121 included in the information management apparatus 100 to be registered.

  In addition, when the image of the article desired by the user is captured, the registration receiving unit 17 transmits the captured image of the article to the information management apparatus 100 as the article information of the article desired by the user. Note that the registration receiving unit 17 receives, for example, designation of articles sold in an online shopping mall or designation of article information released by other users as article information of an article desired by the user. May be.

  The selection accepting unit 18 accepts a notification indicating that the user is interested from other information among the information registered in the article information database 121, that is, selection of an article that can accept a request. For example, the selection receiving unit 18 acquires article information of an article owned by the first user U01 from the information management apparatus 100 in accordance with the operation of the first user U01, and causes the output unit 15 to display the article information.

  Then, when the first user U01 selects the item information to be disclosed from the displayed item information, the selection receiving unit 18 sets the status of the selected item information to “public”. Is sent to the information management apparatus 100. Similarly, when the first user U01 selects article information of an article to be exhibited or sold by a party, the selection receiving unit 18 sets the status of the selected article information to “exhibited” or “party sold”. To notify the information management apparatus 100.

  When a request for an article for which article information is disclosed is received from another user, the notification receiving unit 19 notifies the user that the request for the article has been received. For example, when the second user U02 transmits a request for a certain article, the notification receiving unit 19 receives a notification from the information management apparatus 100 that the request for the article has been received. In such a case, the notification receiving unit 19 displays a notification that the request has been received, the number of times the request has been received, and the like on the output unit 15.

  The contact unit 20 uses the contact means provided by the information management apparatus 100 to realize provision of contact means and transaction means with other users who transmitted the request. For example, when the second user U02 makes a request for an article owned by the first user U01, the communication unit 20 sends a message to and from the terminal device 10 used by the second user U02. Send and receive.

  A more specific example will be described. For example, when the status of a certain article is updated to “partner trading”, the information management apparatus 100 indicates that the article is subject to party trading only for a user who has transmitted a request for the article. And a means of contact or transaction between the owner of the article and the user who sent the request. As a result, for example, the communication unit 20 realizes communication between a user who uses the terminal device 10 and a user who has transmitted a request to an article owned by the user. Moreover, the communication part 20 may implement | achieve communication between the user who uses the terminal device 10, and the owner of the article | item which this user transmitted the request, for example. In addition, the communication unit 20 is, for example, a user who uses the terminal device 10 and a user who has transmitted a request to an article for which the user has disclosed article information, or a terminal among such users. You may provide the means to implement | achieve the communication and transaction between the users which the user who uses the apparatus 10 has selected. In addition, the communication unit 20 may be able to only notify that it is interested in the article that is the object of the transaction, and may not be able to exchange messages.

  The update receiving unit 21 requests the information providing apparatus 100 to perform an update such as deletion or movement of the article information of the article when the sale of the article is established by the party sale. For example, when the first user U01 and the second user U02 are in contact with each other by the function provided by the communication unit 20, the update reception unit 21 establishes the sale of the goods owned by the first user U01. Then, the information management apparatus 100 transmits to the information management apparatus 100 the article ID of the article for which the sale has been established and the fact that the sale of the article has been established.

  The information providing unit 22 provides various types of information regarding the article to the user. For example, the information providing unit 22 acquires price information of an article owned by the first user U01 from the information management apparatus 100. Then, the information providing unit 22 displays the acquired price information on the output unit 15, thereby giving a motivation for the exhibition of goods and the buying and selling of parties. The information providing unit 22 has a function of displaying various types of information distributed from the information management apparatus 100 on the output unit 15.

[3. Functional configuration of information management device]
Next, an example of the functional configuration of the information management apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information management apparatus according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the information management apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a control unit 130.

  The communication unit 110 is realized by a NIC or the like, for example. The communication unit 110 is connected to the network N by wire or wireless, and transmits and receives information between the terminal devices 10.

  The storage unit 120 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory element such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the storage unit 120 stores an article information database 121, a desired article database 122, and an advertisement database 123.

  In the article information database 121, article information of articles owned by the user is registered. For example, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the article information database according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, in the article information database 121, in addition to items such as “article ID”, “article information”, and “status”, article information including items such as “user ID” and “request” is used. Registered for each person.

  Here, the “user ID” is an identifier for identifying a user. The “request” indicates the number of times a request for the article indicated by the associated article information is made. For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the user ID “user # 1”, the article ID “article #A”, the article information “article information #A”, the status “unpublished”, and the request “0” are associated. Article information is registered. In such article information, an article ID “article #A” is assigned to an article owned by the user indicated by the user ID “user # 1”, and the article information of the article is the article information “article”. "Information #A". Further, such article information indicates that the article information of the article indicated by the article ID “article #A” is “unpublished” and the number of requests made is “0”.

  In the desired article database 122, article information of an article desired by the user is registered. For example, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the desired article database according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, “user ID”, “article ID”, and “article information” are registered in the desired article database 122 in association with each other.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 5, article information in which a user ID “user # 1”, an article ID “article #D”, and article information “article information #D” are associated is registered. In such article information, the user indicated by the user ID “user # 1” desires an article with the article ID “article #D”, and the article information of the article is the article information “article”. "Information #D".

  In the advertisement database 123, information related to advertisements is registered as information provided to the user. For example, in the advertisement database 123, an advertisement distributed to a user and a user attribute set in advance as an advertisement distribution destination are registered in association with each other.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the description will be continued. The control unit 130 is configured such that, for example, various programs stored in a storage device (for example, the storage unit 120) in the information management apparatus 100 are executed using the RAM as a work area by a CPU, MPU, ASIC, FPGA, or the like. Realized. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the control unit 130 includes a registration unit 131, a reception unit 132, a disclosure unit 133, a notification unit 134, an update unit 135, a contact means provision unit 136, an article information provision unit 137, and a selection unit 138.

  When the registration unit 131 receives information on an article possessed by the user, the registration unit 131 registers the received information in the article information database 121. For example, the registration unit 131 receives an image obtained by capturing an article from the terminal device 10 as the article information. In such a case, the registration unit 131 collects various types of information such as the model number and name of the article included in the image using image analysis technology, web search technology, and the like. Then, the registration unit 131 uses the received image and the collected information as article information together with the user ID indicating the user of the terminal device 10 that is the transmission source of the image and the article ID assigned to the acquired article. 121 is registered.

  In addition, when the registration unit 131 receives information on an article desired by the user, the registration unit 131 registers the received information in the desired article information database 122. For example, when the registration unit 131 receives an image of an article desired by the user from the terminal device 10, the registration unit 131 collects various pieces of information about the article, and uses the collected information as article information together with the user ID and the article ID in the desired article database. 122 is registered.

  Of the information registered in the article information database 121, the accepting unit 132 accepts from the user the designation of an article that can accept a notice of interest from another user. For example, in response to a request from the terminal device 10, the reception unit 132 selects item information associated with the user ID of the user who uses the terminal device 10 among the item information registered in the item information database 121. Delivered to the terminal device 10.

In addition, the receiving unit 132 receives from the terminal device 10 a notification that the status of the article information is “open”, a notification that it is “exhibition”, or a notification that it is “partner sale”. In such a case, the accepting unit 132 identifies the item information whose status is to be changed from among the item information registered in the item information database 121, and changes the status of the identified item to the notified status.

  The publication unit 133 publishes the information on the article designated as the article that can accept the request to other users. In addition, when the sale of the article for which the request has been received from the user is permitted, that is, when the status is updated from “public” to “partner sale”, the disclosure unit 133 displays the article information of the article, Disclose as information on items that can be sold. In addition, when an article whose article information is disclosed is put on the auction, that is, when the status is updated from “published” to “exhibited”, the publishing unit 133 sets the article information of the article to the auction. It is disclosed as information on the exhibited items.

  For example, when the disclosure unit 133 is requested to distribute the article information of the article owned by the first user U01 from the terminal device 10b used by the second user U02, the article information registered in the article information database 121 is requested. Among these items, the item information associated with the user ID of the first user U01 and having a status other than “unpublished” is specified. Then, the disclosure unit 133 distributes the identified article information to the terminal device 10a used by the second user U02 together with the status content.

  Here, the disclosure unit 133 distributes the item information whose status is “public” and the item information whose status is “party sales” in a state where the request from the user can be received. On the other hand, the disclosure unit 133 may distribute the article information whose status is “exhibition” in a state where the request cannot be received. In addition, when the status is “party sales”, the disclosure unit 133 may distribute the article information in a state where it is possible to accept only a request, but communication such as message transmission and reception is not possible.

  When a request for an article whose article information is disclosed is received from the user, the notification unit 134 notifies the user that the request for the article has been received. For example, when the second user U02 makes a request for an article owned by the first user U01, the notification unit 134 becomes a request target for the terminal device 10a used by the first user U01. Notify the item and that the request has been made. In addition, the notification unit 134 adds “1” to the value of the request for the article information that is the target of the request among the article information registered in the article information database 121.

  In addition, the notification unit 134 is, for example, a case where the second user U02 makes a request for an article owned by the first user U01 and then the article is put up in an auction, or is subject to party trading. If the request is received, the second user U02 as the request source is notified that the requested item has been exhibited or has been sold by a party.

  The update unit 135 deletes the article information of the article from the article information database 121 when the sale of the article exhibited at the auction is established or when the sale between the parties is established. For example, the update unit 135 receives a notification from the terminal device 10 that the item ID of the item for which sale has been established and that the sale has been established. In such a case, the update unit 135 deletes the article information of the article indicated by the notified article ID from the article information database 121 among the article information associated with the user ID of the user who uses the terminal device 10. To do.

  In addition, when the user who sells the article can be identified, the update unit 135 uses the article information of the article indicated by the notified article ID as the article information of the article owned by the user who is the seller. May be updated. Further, the update unit 135 may delete the item information of the item sold to the item purchaser or the like from the item information database 121.

  The contact means providing unit 136 provides a contact means between the user who has made a request for the published article and the user who owns the article. In addition, for example, the contact means providing unit 136 responds to a user who owns an article with a status of “party trading” or an article whose status is updated from “public” to “party trading”, and the article. Provide a means of communication that allows direct contact with the user who sent the request. Note that the contact means providing unit 136 may provide any contact means. For example, the contact means providing unit 136 may provide an application that transmits and receives messages between the terminal devices 10 or may provide a dedicated bulletin board service.

  In addition, the contact means providing unit 136 provides a means for realizing the transaction of the article that is the subject of the party sale. For example, the contact means providing unit 136 selects, from the user who has transmitted a request for an article permitted to be sold, via the terminal device 10, the selection of a target person who is a candidate for the transaction. In the case of acceptance from a user who becomes a person, a transaction means for the article may be provided between the user who becomes the owner of the article and the selected target person. Such a transaction means is realized by, for example, an application that provides a closed auction that is open only to the parties, or an application that realizes message transmission / reception specialized for price negotiation.

  The article information providing unit 137 provides value information indicating the value of the article whose article information is registered in the article information database 121. For example, the article information providing unit 137 generates price information indicating the price of the article whose article information is registered in the article information database 121 based on the successful bid price of the auction for the same type of product, the result of web search, or the like. Then, the article information providing unit 137 distributes the generated price information to the terminal device 10 of the user who becomes the owner of the article.

  In addition, when the article information providing unit 137 receives the article information of the article desired by the user, the article information providing unit 137 matches the article information of the published article among the article information of articles owned by other users. Provide results. For example, the article information providing unit 137 extracts the article information of the article desired by the 22nd user from the desired article database 122. Subsequently, the article information providing unit 137 determines the article information of the article desired by the second user U02 from the article information of the article owned by the first user U01 among the article information registered in the article information database 121. Search for matching product information.

  Then, when the article information of the article desired by the second user U02 is included in the article information of the article owned by the first user U01, the article information providing unit 137 sets the status of the article information to “public”. The first user U01 selects the article desired by the second user U02 for the first user U01 and the second user U02. Notify you that you own it. On the other hand, if the article information of the article desired by the second user U02 is “unpublished”, the article information providing unit 137 has the article desired by the second user U02 owned by the first user U01. May be transmitted only to the first user U01.

  That is, the article information providing unit 137 determines the user according to the information registered in the article information database 121, the matching result between the information registered in the article information database 121 and the information registered in the desired article database 122, or the like. Generates and distributes information that encourages the listing of goods owned by and the buying and selling between parties.

  The selection unit 138 selects information provided to the user based on the information on the articles registered in the article information database 121. More specifically, the selection unit 138 selects information provided to the user based on the article information registered in the article information database 121 and the released article information among the article information. select.

  For example, the selection unit 138 extracts the article information of the article owned by the first user U01 from the article information database 121. Subsequently, the selection unit 138 identifies item information whose status is “open” among the extracted item information. Then, the selection unit 138 estimates the attribute of the first user U01 based on the article information of the article owned by the first user U01 and the article information whose status is “open”, and the estimated attribute The advertisement distributed to the user is selected from the advertisement database 123. Thereafter, the selection unit 138 distributes the selected advertisement to the first user U01.

[4. Example of processing flow)
Next, an example of the flow of processing executed by the terminal device 10 and the information management device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process flow according to the embodiment. For example, the terminal device 10 registers the article information in the article information database 31 (step S1), and sets the disclosure of the article information of the article that can accept the request among the registered article information (step S2). In such a case, the information management apparatus 100 publishes the article information of the article to be disclosed (step S3), and receives a request when receiving a request for the article for which the article information is released (step S4). The terminal device 10 is notified of the fact.

  As a result, the terminal device 10 provides the user with a notification that the request has been received, thereby allowing the user to confirm the evaluation of the article for which the article information has been disclosed (step S5). Then, the terminal device 10 performs the buying / selling of the article whose article information is disclosed or the auctioning in the auction according to the user's instruction. For example, when the information management apparatus 100 performs a party sale of an article (step S6), the information management apparatus 100 notifies the requesting user (step S7), and implements the sale of the article by communication between the parties. On the other hand, when the article is listed in an auction (step S8), the information management apparatus 100 places the article in an auction in cooperation with an auction server (not shown) (step S9). Then, when the exhibited article has been awarded (Step S10), the information management apparatus 100 notifies the terminal device 10 that the item has been awarded and makes a successful bid from the article owned by the user who uses the terminal device 10. The article information of the finished article is deleted (step S11), and the process ends.

[5. Example of flow of processing executed by information management apparatus 100]
Next, an example of the flow of processing executed by the information management apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process flow in which the information management apparatus according to the embodiment registers article information. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process flow in which the information management apparatus according to the embodiment discloses the article information. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of processing executed when the information management apparatus according to the embodiment receives a request. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of processing executed by the information management apparatus according to the embodiment when an article is exhibited.

  First, an example of a processing flow in which the information management apparatus 100 registers article information will be described with reference to FIG. First, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not article information such as an image of an article taken from the terminal device 10 has been acquired (step S101). If not received (step S101: No), the information management apparatus 100 receives the information. Wait until When the article information is acquired from the information management apparatus 100 and the terminal apparatus 10 (step S101: Yes), the acquired article information is registered in the article information database 121 (step S102), and the process is terminated.

  Next, an example of the flow of processing in which the information management apparatus 100 discloses article information will be described with reference to FIG. First, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not publication of article information has been selected (step S201). If not selected (step S201: No), the information management apparatus 100 waits until it is published. If the information management apparatus 100 and the release of the article information are selected, the article information database 121 is updated to release the article information (step S202), and the process is terminated.

  Next, an example of the flow of processing executed when the information management apparatus 100 receives a request will be described with reference to FIG. First, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not a request has been received (step S301). If not received (step S301: No), the information management apparatus 100 waits until it is received. When the information management apparatus 100 receives the request (step S301: Yes), the information management apparatus 100 notifies the user who is the owner of the article to be requested of the request (step S302). . In addition, the information management apparatus 100 provides a contact means between the user who is the owner of the article to be requested and the user who is the request source (step S303), and ends the process.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 9, the information management apparatus 100 provides a communication means between users when requested, but the embodiment is not limited to this. That is, the information management apparatus 100 may provide the contact means after the requested article becomes a target for the party trading.

  Next, an example of the flow of processing executed by the information management apparatus 100 when an article is exhibited will be described with reference to FIG. First, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether an exhibition instruction has been accepted (step S401). In other words, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not the terminal device 10 has received a notification that the status is “exhibition” and a notification that the status is “party trading”. And the information management apparatus 100 waits until it receives, when the exhibition instruction | indication is not received (step S401: No).

  When the information management apparatus 100 accepts an exhibition instruction (step S401: Yes), the information management apparatus 100 places the product in the selected exhibition mode (step S402). In other words, the information management apparatus 100 makes an article to be auctioned or subject to party trading. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 notifies the requesting user who has transmitted a request for the exhibited article (step S403).

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not an article has been purchased (step S404), and when not purchased (step S404: No), stands by. When the article is purchased (step S404: Yes), the information management apparatus 100 deletes the exhibitor's article information (step S409) and ends the process.

[6. Example of screen displayed by terminal device 10]
Next, an example of a screen displayed by the terminal device 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. First, referring to FIG. 11, an example of a list display screen for confirming and releasing articles owned by the user of the terminal device 10, setting for exhibition, confirmation of presence / absence of a request, and the like, and via the list display screen An example of an exhibition screen displayed when an article is exhibited will be described.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list display screen and an exhibition screen displayed by the terminal device according to the embodiment. For example, as shown in the first state, the terminal device 10 displays a list display screen that is a list of article information of articles owned by the user. Information lists C10 to C40 in which article information, value information, the number of requests, a disclosure button, and the like are arranged for each article owned by the user are arranged on the list display screen.

  For example, in the information list C10, a photograph C11 of the article indicated by the article ID “article #A”, value information C12, a disclosure button C13, and a request display C14 are arranged side by side. Here, the disclosure button C13 is a button for selecting whether or not to disclose the article information of the corresponding article. For example, when the user selects the disclosure button C13, the terminal device 100 makes the corresponding article, that is, the article information of the article indicated by the article ID “article #A” public. The request display C14 is information indicating whether there is a request for the corresponding article, the number of received requests, and the like.

  On the other hand, in the information list C20, various pieces of information of articles that are indicated by the article ID “article #B” and for which the article information has already been disclosed are arranged. In this way, in the information list C20 of articles whose article information has already been released, an exhibition button C21 in which a text such as “release” is arranged instead of the disclosure button C13. When the user selects the exhibition button C21, the terminal device 10 displays an exhibition screen C50 for selecting the exhibition mode of the article indicated by the article ID “article #B” as shown in the second state. indicate.

  For example, in the example shown in the second state, the terminal device 10 includes an exhibition button C51 in which a text such as “Exhibit in auction” is arranged, a substitute exhibition button C52 in which a text such as “Exhibition agency” is arranged, “Buy” An exhibition screen C50 on which a supplier purchase button C53 etc. on which text such as “etc.” is arranged is displayed. When the user selects the exhibition button C51, the terminal device 10 places the article indicated by the article ID “article #B” in the auction, and when the user selects the substitute exhibition button C52, the terminal apparatus 10 The article indicated by the article ID “article #B” is sent to the auction through the agency. Further, when the user selects the supplier purchase button C53, the terminal device 10 causes the article purchaser to purchase the article indicated by the article ID “article #B”.

  Next, an example of the browsing screen C60 for allowing the user of the terminal device 10 to confirm article information of an article owned by another user or to make a request will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a browsing screen displayed by the terminal device according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, the terminal device 100 displays a browsing screen in which article information C61 to C63 of articles owned by other users are arranged in a list format. When the user selects a request button arranged side by side with each item information C61 to C63, the terminal device 100 transmits a request for the item indicated by the corresponding item information to the information management device 100. Become.

[7. (Modification)
The information management apparatus 100 according to the above-described embodiment may be implemented in various different forms other than the above-described embodiment. Therefore, in the following, another embodiment of the information management apparatus 100 will be described.

[7-1. (Notification of interest)
The information management apparatus 100 described above has received a request for requesting the sale of an article. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may accept a notification indicating that the article is liked, instead of the request or together with the request. In addition, when the information management apparatus 100 receives a notification indicating that the article is liked, the information management apparatus 100 may notify the user who becomes the owner of the article, or may execute the various processes described above. Good.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 may be able to set a reception setting for notifications indicating a request or an interest. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may publish a request or a notification that the user has an interest in a state in which the information is not received from another user when the article information is disclosed according to the user's selection. Further, the information management apparatus 100 may be able to accept a request or a notification that the user has an interest after making an article subject to party sale or listing in an auction according to a user's selection.

[7-2. (Matching when not released)
In the example described above, the information management apparatus 100 uses the matching result when another user has the same type of article as the article desired by the user and the article information of the article is disclosed. Was notified. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the information management device 100 owns an article of the same type as the article desired by the user when the other user has the article but the article information of the article is not disclosed. The number of existing users may be calculated and the calculated number may be notified.

[7-3. (Providing contact means)
In addition, the information management apparatus 100 described above provides a communication unit between a user who is the owner of an article and a user who has transmitted a request for the article. Here, the information management apparatus 100 can arbitrarily set the provision timing of the contact means. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may provide a contact means when a request for an article is transmitted, or may provide a contact means when the article becomes a target of a party transaction. In addition, when the user who is the owner of the article makes a setting that the provision of the contact means is not accepted, the information management apparatus 100 can contact even if another user sends a request. There is no need to provide means.

[7-4. About disclosure)
In addition, the information management apparatus 100 mentioned above received designation | designated of the article information used as publication object per article. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may accept designation of article information to be disclosed in units of owners. For example, the information management device 100 may accept the designation as to whether or not to disclose all the item information of the items owned by the first user U01.

[7-5. Example of exhibition mode)
Here, when the information management apparatus 100 accepts the exhibition of an article from a user, the information management apparatus 100 may exhibit the article in an arbitrary manner. For example, FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing in which the information management apparatus according to the embodiment accepts an article listing. In the example illustrated in FIG. 13, an example in which the information management apparatus 100 receives an article exhibition in cooperation with the external auction server 200 is described. The processing executed by the terminal device 10 and the information management device 100 shown in FIG. 13 is executed by, for example, a computer that operates as the terminal device 10 or the information management device 100 for executing the above-described information management processing. May be realized.

  For example, the terminal device 10 requests the information management device 100 to disclose the article information (step S501). In such a case, the information management apparatus 100 publishes article information in a state where messages can be exchanged (step S502). Subsequently, when the information management apparatus 100 receives a notification from another user that the user is interested in the article, such as favorite registration, that is, a request is received (step S503), the information management apparatus 100 notifies the terminal apparatus 10 accordingly. The confirmation of the evaluation is realized (step S504).

  Here, after receiving the request, the terminal device 10 executes a process according to how the article is to be exhibited. For example, when the user of the terminal device 10 wants to make only the user A a subject of exhibition by sending and receiving messages to and from the users A and B who transmitted the request in step S305 (step S505), An exhibition request to the effect that only the user A performs closed exhibition is transmitted to the auction server 200 (step S506). In such a case, the auction server 200 executes a target person limited auction that targets only the user A (step S507). Specifically, the auction server 200 notifies the user A that the article has been exhibited (step S508), and notifies the user B that the article is sold to another target person (step S509). . In other words, the auction server 20 notifies the user B that it is not selected as a transaction target and the item cannot be traded.

  On the other hand, when performing a normal auction listing for all users (step S510), the terminal device 10 transmits a listing request to that effect to the auction server 200 (step S511). As a result, the auction server 200 sells goods through a normal auction.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 exchanges messages about the article that is the subject of the exhibition when the processing of the pattern 1 shown in steps S505 to S509 or the processing of the pattern 2 shown in steps S510 to S511 is completed. (Step S512). That is, the information management apparatus 100 publishes article information in a state where favorite registration is possible without providing a means for exchanging messages with respect to the article that is the object of the transaction.

[7-6. Others]
In addition, among the processes described in the above embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured.

  For example, the information management process described above may be executed solely by the information management apparatus 100 or may be realized by the terminal apparatuses 10a and 10b operating in cooperation. In such a case, the various databases 121 to 123 stored in the storage unit 120 illustrated in FIG. 3 and the functional configuration of the control unit 130 are arranged in the terminal device 10.

[7-7. Hardware configuration)
Further, the information management apparatus 100 according to the above-described embodiment is realized by a computer 1000 having a configuration as shown in FIG. 14, for example. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration. The computer 1000 is connected to an output device 1010 and an input device 1020, and an arithmetic device 1030, a primary storage device 1040, a secondary storage device 1050, an output IF (Interface) 1060, an input IF 1070, and a network IF 1080 are connected via a bus 1090. Have

  The arithmetic device 1030 operates based on a program stored in the primary storage device 1040 and the secondary storage device 1050, a program read from the input device 1020, and the like, and executes various processes. The temporary storage device 1040 is a memory device such as a RAM that temporarily stores data used by the arithmetic device 1030 for various arithmetic operations. The secondary storage device 1050 is a storage device in which data used for various calculations by the calculation device 1030 and various databases are registered, and is realized by a ROM (Read Only Memory), HDD, flash memory, or the like.

  The output IF 1060 is an interface for transmitting information to be output to an output device 1010 that outputs various types of information such as a monitor and a printer. For example, USB (Universal Serial Bus), DVI (Digital Visual Interface), This is realized by a standard connector such as HDMI (registered trademark) (High Definition Multimedia Interface). The input IF 1070 is an interface for receiving information from various input devices 1020 such as a mouse, a keyboard, and a scanner, and is realized by, for example, a USB.

  The input device 1020 includes, for example, an optical recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and a PD (Phase change rewritable disk), a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical disk), and a tape. It may be a device that reads information from a medium, a magnetic recording medium, a semiconductor memory, or the like. The input device 1020 may be an external storage medium such as a USB memory.

  The network IF 1080 receives data from other devices via the network N and sends the data to the arithmetic device 1030, and transmits data generated by the arithmetic device 1030 to other devices via the network N.

  The arithmetic device 1030 controls the output device 1010 and the input device 1020 via the output IF 1060 and the input IF 1070. For example, the arithmetic device 1030 loads a program from the input device 1020 or the secondary storage device 1050 onto the primary storage device 1040, and executes the loaded program.

  For example, when the computer 1000 functions as the information management apparatus 100, the arithmetic device 1030 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 130 by executing a program loaded on the primary storage device 1040. Further, on the secondary storage device 1050, information in the storage unit 120, that is, an article information database 121, a desired article database 122, and an advertisement database 123 are stored.

[8. effect〕
As described above, when the information management apparatus 100 receives the article information possessed by the user, the information management apparatus 100 registers the received information in the article information database 121 and determines whether or not to release the information registered in the article information database 121. Accept the designation from the user. Then, when the information management apparatus 100 receives the designation to publish, the information management apparatus 100 publishes the information registered in the article information database 121.

  As described above, the information management apparatus 100 manages the articles owned by the user and, upon receiving a designation to disclose the article from the user, notifies the user that the article information is interested from other users. Make it available to other users in an acceptable state. As a result, the information management apparatus 100 can inform the user whether or not other users are interested in the article, so that the motivation to sell the article owned by the user to the other user. Can be given.

  In addition, when the information management apparatus 100 accepts the article information possessed by the user, the information management apparatus 100 registers the accepted information in the article information database 121, and among the information registered in the article information database 121, the information management apparatus 100 receives interest from other users. The designation of the article that can accept the notification of possession is accepted from the user. Then, the information management apparatus 100 discloses the article information designated by the user to other users. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can accept designation of an article to be disclosed on an article basis.

  In addition, when the information management apparatus 100 receives a notification from another user that the article information has been disclosed, the information management apparatus 100 receives the notification that the article is interested. Notify the user to the effect. As a result, the information management apparatus 100 can provide a motivation to sell items owned by the user to other users.

  In addition, when the user permits the sale of an article that has received a notice of interest from another user, the information management apparatus 100 publishes the article information as the article information of the article that can be sold. . For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can notify other users whether or not an article owned by a user is an article that can be directly traded between parties.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 provides a communication means between users. For example, the information management apparatus 100 accepts a selection of a target person who is a candidate for performing a transaction from among users who have transmitted a request for an article permitted to be sold, from the user who is the owner of the article. And the information management apparatus 100 provides the transaction means of goods between the user who becomes an owner of goods, and the selected target person. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can implement | achieve the direct transaction between the parties about the articles | goods which a user owns.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 accepts a sales request for requesting the sale of an article, that is, a designation of an article that can accept the request, as a notification that the user is interested. For this reason, since the information management apparatus 100 can accept a request for selling an article owned by the user, the information management apparatus 100 can more strongly motivate the sale of the article owned by the user.

  In addition, when the article whose article information is disclosed is targeted for auction or buying and selling, the information management apparatus 100 uses the article information as the article information of the article that is the subject of the transaction. Publish in a state where messages cannot be exchanged. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 notifies other users whether or not the articles owned by the user are tradeable articles, and bidding is performed on the articles that are exhibited in the auction. Nevertheless, it is possible to prevent such a situation that it is purchased by direct sales between the parties.

  The information management apparatus 100 deletes the article information from the article information database 121 when the sale of the article whose article information is registered in the article information database 121 is established. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can appropriately manage the article information of the articles owned by each user.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 provides the user with information indicating the value of an article whose article information is registered in the article information database 121, that is, value information. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can present information such as the market price of the goods owned by the user and the price at which the goods can be sold at the time of listing, that is, an index for selling the goods. It is possible to motivate sales of goods owned by users more strongly.

  In addition, when the information management apparatus 100 receives the article information of the article desired by the user, the information management apparatus 100 provides a matching result with the published article information among the article information of articles owned by other users. To do. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can provide information such as whether or not someone owns an article desired by the user, whether or not the product is sold, and the like. As a result, the information management apparatus 100 can increase the transmission opportunities of requests for requesting sales of articles.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 selects information provided to the user based on the article information registered in the article information database 121. For example, the information management apparatus 100 selects information to be provided to the user based on the article information registered in the article information database 121 and the article information disclosed among the article information. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can improve the matching precision of the information provided with respect to a user.

  As described above, some of the embodiments of the present application have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, these are merely examples, and various modifications, including the aspects described in the disclosure section of the invention, based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, It is possible to implement the present invention in other forms with improvements.

  Moreover, the above-mentioned “section (module, unit)” can be read as “means”, “circuit”, and the like. For example, the control unit can be read as control means or a control circuit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Terminal device 11,110 Communication part 12,120 Storage part 13 Camera 14 GPS antenna 15 Output part 16, 130 Control part 17 Registration reception part 18 Selection reception part 19 Notification reception part 20 Contact part 21 Update reception part 22 Information reception part 100 Information management apparatus 121 Article information database 122 Desired article database 123 Advertisement database 131 Registration unit 132 Reception unit 133 Release unit 134 Notification unit 135 Update unit 146 Contact means provision unit 137 Article information provision unit 138 Selection unit

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When receiving the information of the article possessed by the user, a registration unit that registers the received information in a predetermined database;
A public section that publishes information registered in the database to other users;
A notification unit that transmits a notification that the participant is interested in the other users, and a providing unit that provides means for realizing the buying and selling of the article by limiting the user to the user. Information management device. The said provision part provides the means to implement | achieve the sale of the said article between the said user and arbitrary said other users when the sale of the said article is not materialized. The information management device described. 3. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the publishing unit publishes information on an article whose designation is received from the user among information on articles registered in the database. If the other user has received a notice of interest in the article for which the information has been disclosed, the user is informed that the notice of interest in the article has been accepted. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a notification unit that notifies When the user permits the sale of an article that has received a notice of interest from the other user, the publishing unit publishes the information on the article as information on an article that can be sold. The information management apparatus according to claim 4. The providing unit selects, from the other users who have transmitted a notification that the user is interested in an article permitted for sale by the user, to select a target person who is a candidate for performing the transaction. The information management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a transaction means for the article is provided between the user and the selected target person. The providing unit is configured to limit the participants to the notification user and the user who have transmitted the sales request for requesting the sale of the article as a notice of the interest among the other users. The information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein means for realizing trading is provided. When the article for which the information has been made public is the subject of the transaction, the public section relates the information on the article as information on the article targeted for the transaction from the other user to the article. The information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the information management device is disclosed in a state where it cannot accept the contact. 9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a deletion unit that deletes information on the article from the database when the sale of the article whose information is registered in the database is established. Information management device. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a value information providing unit that provides the user with information indicating a value of an article whose information is registered in the database. An article information providing unit that provides a matching result with information on a publicized article among pieces of article information owned by the user when receiving information on an article desired by another user; The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information management apparatus is an information management apparatus. The information according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising: a selection unit that selects information provided to the user based on information on an article registered in the database. Management device. The selection unit selects information to be provided to the user based on information on an item registered in the database and information on an item disclosed by the disclosure unit among information on the item. The information management apparatus according to claim 12. An information management method executed by the information management device,
A registration process for registering the received information in a predetermined database upon receiving information on an article possessed by the user;
A publishing step of publishing information registered in the database to other users;
A providing step of providing a means for realizing the buying and selling of the article by limiting a participant to a notification user who has transmitted a notice of interest among the other users and the user. Information management method. A registration procedure for registering the received information in a predetermined database upon receiving information on the article possessed by the user;
A publishing procedure for publishing information registered in the database to other users;
And a provision procedure for providing a means for realizing the buying and selling of the article by limiting a participant to a notification user who has transmitted a notice of interest among the other users and the user. Information management program for. An information management system comprising an information management device for managing information on articles owned by a user and a terminal device used by the user,
A registration unit for registering the received information in a predetermined database upon receiving information on an article possessed by the user;
A public section that publishes information registered in the database to other users;
A notification unit that transmits a notification that the participant is interested in the other users, and a providing unit that provides means for realizing the buying and selling of the article by limiting the user to the user. Information management system.

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