JP2018152071A - Information processing system, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a first person who visited a remote place, and purchased a gift to a second person to quickly and easily hand over the purchased gift to the second person without bringing it to his/her home, and to activate local economy by increasing the variety of merchandise that a seller can provide as a gift.SOLUTION: A reading part 131 reads a limited URL of a limited Web site W. An access control part 132 performs access to the limited Web site by using the limited URL. A code issue part 203 issues a gift code indicating possession of a right H to receive a gift at a second place A2. An input reception part 134 receives the input of the gift code on the limited Web site. A validation/invalidation processing part 204 determines whether or not the gift code is valid. The input reception part 134 receives the designation of the second place A2 on the limited Web site. A display control part 133 presents delivery information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program.

Conventionally, when souvenirs are provided to those who receive souvenirs (hereinafter referred to as “second persons”) from those who purchase souvenirs (hereinafter referred to as “first persons”) The following method was used. In other words, the second person selects a desired product from the catalog provided by the first person, and mails a postcard describing personal information such as name and address, etc. to handle the product (souvenir). (Hereinafter referred to as “seller”). The seller receives the postcard sent from the second person, identifies the product to be shipped to the second person based on the contents described in the postcard, and ships the product. However, such a method has a heavy time and procedural burden for both the second person and the seller.
Therefore, a technique has been proposed in which the catalog is digitized and allows a second person to select a product (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Thereby, the second person can have the selected souvenir delivered by selecting a desired product on the website and inputting his / her personal information in a predetermined input form.

JP 2010-160799 A

  For example, the first person may purchase a souvenir (product or the like) to be given to a second person who is a colleague at a business trip destination (hereinafter referred to as “first place”). In such a case, the first person must take the purchased souvenir home and take it to the company (hereinafter referred to as “second place”) on the next working day. For this reason, from the standpoint of the first person, check the size, weight, expiration date, whether or not refrigeration is required, and so on. It was necessary to purchase souvenirs after considering the above. In addition, in order for the first person to take back to the second place as a souvenir, it is necessary to consider the above circumstances, so from the standpoint of a trader who sells souvenir products, It was necessary to develop a product that took into account various circumstances. For this reason, products as souvenirs tend to be uniform and uninteresting as a result.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and when a first person who has visited the first place purchases a souvenir for the second person, he / she takes the souvenir home. It is an object to be able to pass it to a second person quickly and easily. Another purpose is to revitalize the local economy by expanding the range of products that sellers can provide as souvenirs.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes:
A first terminal that operates to purchase a souvenir that the first person passes to the second person at the first location; and a second terminal that operates the souvenir different from the first location. In an information processing system including a second terminal operated to receive at a place,
Reading means for reading a predetermined identifier indicating a URL of a predetermined website;
Access control means for executing control to access the predetermined website using the read URL;
Code issuing means for issuing a souvenir code indicating that the second place has a right to receive the souvenir;
Code receiving means for receiving input of the souvenir code on the predetermined website;
Determination means for determining whether or not the souvenir code accepted by the input is valid;
Receiving location receiving means for receiving designation of the second location on the predetermined website;
Delivery information presenting means for presenting delivery information including at least information on the second place where the designation is accepted and information on the souvenir on the predetermined website;
Is provided.

The second place is a predetermined place where the second person is located;
The apparatus may further include a nomination accepting unit that accepts nomination of a person who delivers the souvenir to the predetermined place.
Thereby, the 2nd person can have a desired person deliver a souvenir to a home.

  According to the present invention, when a first person visiting a remote place purchases a souvenir for a second person, the second person can be quickly and easily brought back without taking back the purchased souvenir. Will be able to pass. Furthermore, it is possible to revitalize the local economy by expanding the range of products that sellers can provide as souvenirs.

It is a block diagram of the information processing system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of this service with which the information processing system of FIG. 1 is applied. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the server 1 among the information processing systems of FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of a functional structure required for the goods provision process which the server of FIG. 1 and a seller terminal perform. It is a flowchart explaining an example of the flow of a goods provision process performed by the server and seller terminal which have a functional structure of FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of a functional structure required for the location designation | designated reception process performed by the 1st terminal of FIG. 1, a 2nd terminal, and a server. It is a flowchart explaining the flow of the location designation | designated reception process which the server which has a functional structure of FIG. 6, a 1st terminal, and a 2nd terminal performs.

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

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

  The information processing system shown in FIG. 1 is configured to include a server 1, a first terminal 2, a second terminal 3, a seller terminal 4, and a transferer terminal 5. The server 1, the first terminal 2, the second terminal 3, the seller terminal 4, and the transferer terminal 5 are connected to each other via a predetermined network N such as the Internet.

  The server 1 is an information processing apparatus managed by a provider (hereinafter referred to as “service provider”) M of the service. With this service, a first person G who visits a first place on a business trip or the like delivers a souvenir quickly and easily to a second person T at the second place via a predetermined website. It is a service that realizes this. This service is a service to which an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. For example, when an employee (first person G) working for a company whose location is Tokyo (second place A2) visits Nagano Prefecture (first place A1) on a business trip, This can be used when purchasing souvenirs for colleagues (second person T) at a souvenir shop. In addition, a mother (first person G) leaves a hometown (first place A1) and supports her son (second person T) who lives alone in the city (second place A2). This service can also be used when sending souvenirs from your hometown. Details of this service will be described later.

The first terminal 2 is an information processing apparatus operated by a first person G who purchases souvenirs at the first place A1. Here, the term “souvenir” means that a person who has the right to receive a souvenir at the second place A2 has the right to receive a souvenir from the service provider M at the second place A2. This refers to products that can be acquired for ownership. A product etc. means a product or service.
The range of the first location A1 and the second location A2 is not particularly limited. It may be a prefectural level range as in this embodiment, or a country level range. Further, it may be a municipal level or a store level. For this reason, for example, the first place A1 may be “Nagano Prefecture”, and the second place A2 may be “a convenience store 00, 00, 00, 00, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa”.

  What should be noted here is that the first person G in the present embodiment is not a person who directly gives a souvenir to the second person T, but a souvenir at the second place A2. The person who transfers the right to receive. That is, the right to receive a souvenir at the second place A2 is a right that the service provider M originally generates, and the first person G who is a customer of the service provider M at the second place A2 Receive the first transfer of the right to receive souvenirs. Then, the first person G transfers the right to receive the souvenir at the transferred second place to the second person T who is a partner to whom the souvenir is delivered. The right to receive souvenirs at the second location A2 is transferred with the transfer of a “souvenir card” C (to be described later) on which a “souvenir code” (to be described later) is printed. That is, the person who shows the “souvenir code” becomes the person who finally has the right to receive the souvenir, and can actually receive the souvenir at the second place A2.

  The second terminal 3 is an information processing apparatus operated by the second person T at the second place A2. The second terminal 3 shows a “souvenir code” to the service provider M based on the operation of the second person T. This indicates that the second person T has the right to receive souvenirs at the second place A2, so that the second person T can easily access the first person G. You can receive souvenirs.

The seller terminal 4 is an information processing device operated by the seller B at the first place A1. The seller terminal 4 acquires the information transmitted from the server 1.
The seller B is a person who provides the service provider M with a product or the like as a souvenir in this service. In addition, the seller B is also a person who ships a product or the like as a souvenir toward the second place A2 based on the information acquired by the seller terminal 4. For example, a manufacturer or the like that manufactures a souvenir or the like at the first place A1 is an example of the seller B. The seller B provides the service provider M with products and the like that can be sold as souvenirs, and when the provided products or the like are purchased by the first person G, a royalty is received from the service provider M. Can be paid. Further, the seller B can give a premium as a souvenir of the region to the product sold by the seller B by providing the product etc. to the service provider M. Thereby, the seller B can also improve his / her name recognition.

The deliverer terminal 5 is an information processing apparatus operated by the deliverer P at the second place A2. The deliverer terminal 5 acquires the delivery information transmitted from the server 1. The deliverer terminal 5 performs inventory management of souvenirs delivered to the second store D2. The deliverer terminal 5 manages the sent delivery information in association with the souvenir managed by the inventory. The deliverer terminal 5 displays the authentication result of the souvenir code by the server 1 to indicate to the second person T whether or not the second person T can receive the souvenir.
The deliverer P is a person who delivers a souvenir product or the like to the second person T located in the second place in this service. The surrender P determines whether or not to deliver the souvenir to the second person T based on the authentication result of the server 1 displayed on the surrender terminal 5, and informs the second person T of the determination result. . For example, a convenience store that temporarily stores souvenirs and the like delivered from the first place A1 for delivery to the second person T is an example of the deliverer P. When the delivery person P is a convenience store, the delivery person P can receive a fee from the service provider M by delivering the souvenir to the second person T who has visited the shop. In addition, the deliverer P can provide the service, that is, the goods purchased by the first person G at the first place A1, in his / her store located at the second place A2, It can appeal to the customer that the second person T can easily receive it. As a result, the deliverer P can also secure users.

The seller B and the first person G may be the same person. In this case, for example, if the first person G is a person who has the ability to provide a product or the like as a business, the product or the like provided by himself / herself can be a souvenir. Moreover, the seller B does not need to be one person and may be a plurality of persons.
Further, the first person G and the second person T may be the same person. In this case, for example, the first person G can purchase a souvenir for himself / herself at a business trip destination, and can receive the purchased souvenir at a second place at a later date without taking it home.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the flow of this service to which the information processing system of FIG. 1 is applied.

  In this service, as described above, when the first person G delivers a souvenir to the second person T, the souvenir is not received directly but received at the second place A2. Transfer right H. The right H to receive souvenirs at the second location A2 is generated by the service provider M in a primitive manner. That is, the first person G is temporarily transferred from the service provider M by the purchase or the like to the right H to receive the souvenir at the second place A2, and then transferred to the second person T.

  The service provider M issues a code (hereinafter referred to as “souvenir code”) for indicating to the service provider M that he / she has the right H to receive a souvenir at the second place A2. What kind of souvenir code is issued is not particularly limited. For example, the code may be a combination of alphabets and numbers. That is, what is purchased by the first person G and passed to the second person T is a souvenir code. The souvenir code is sold at the first place A1 in a state of being printed on a card such as a paper medium (hereinafter referred to as “souvenir card”) C issued by the service provider M. The first person G purchases the souvenir card C at the first store D1 of the first place A1 and specifies the second place A2 by operating the first terminal 2. The details of the method in which the first terminal 2 designates the second location A2 will be described later. The first person G gives the souvenir card C to the second person T at the second place A2. The second person T operates the second terminal 3 while referring to the souvenir code printed on the souvenir card C delivered from the first person G, and performs a procedure for receiving the souvenir. The details of the procedure performed by the second person T operating the second terminal 3 will be described later. In this way, the second person T receives the souvenir purchased by the first person G.

  As in the example shown in FIG. 2, in step S <b> 1, the first terminal 2 uses the first person G to visit the first place A <b> 1 (Nagano Prefecture) visited on a business trip or the like. A procedure for purchasing products and the like sold at the first store D1 (souvenir shop) located in is received. Specifically, the first terminal 2 reads an identifier such as a QR code (registered trademark) printed at a predetermined location of the first store. Thereby, the first terminal 2 acquires a limited URL (Uniform Resource Locator) (hereinafter referred to as “limited URL”) of the first location A1 that can be obtained for the first time by actually visiting the first location A1. can do. The limited URL is a URL that allows access to the first location A1 limited website (hereinafter referred to as “limited website”) W to which access is restricted. The limited website W is provided with an input form for accepting a souvenir code. When a souvenir code is entered in this input form, a predetermined web page (hereinafter referred to as “procedure page”) on the limited website W is provided. ”), Various procedures can be performed. The procedures that can be performed on the limited website W include a procedure for designating the second location A2, which is a location for receiving souvenirs. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the first person G designates “Tokyo” as the second place A2. The souvenir code is acquired by the first person G when the first person G purchases a souvenir card at the first store D1 as described above.

In step S2, the server 1 generates delivery information necessary for delivering souvenirs from the first location A1 to the second location A2, based on the information input in the various procedures in step S1, The generated delivery information is transmitted to the seller terminal 4. Thus, the service provider M requests the seller B to deliver souvenirs. Information included in the delivery information is not particularly limited, and includes information related to the first person G who purchased the souvenir, the address and contact information of the second person T, in addition to the information related to the second place A2. Information about the second person T and the like may be included.
Seller B makes a souvenir delivery request to a delivery company or the like based on the delivery information transmitted to seller terminal 4. Thereby, the souvenir purchased by the 1st person G is shipped toward 2nd place A2. Here, when the second place A2 is not specific, for example, the second place A2 is designated at the country level such as “Japan”, or designated at the prefectural level such as “Tokyo”. In some cases, the following method may be used. That is, first, it ships to the distribution bases set up in various places, and after waiting for a specific second place A2 to be designated by the second terminal 3 in step S6 described later, the subsequent delivery is performed. May be. Alternatively, the souvenir may be sent after waiting for a specific second location A2 by the second terminal 3 to be designated in step S6, which will be described later.

  In step S3, the first terminal 2 notifies the second terminal 3 of the limited URL acquired in step S1. The specific method in which the first terminal 2 notifies the limited URL to the second terminal 3 is not particularly limited. As in the present embodiment, the limited URL may be notified from the first terminal 2 to the second terminal 3 by mail m or the like, or from the server 1 based on the operation of the first terminal 2 by the first person G. The limited URL may be notified to the second terminal 3 by mail m or the like.

  After returning from the business trip, the first person G gives the souvenir card C to the second person T. When the first person G purchases the souvenir card C, the first person G has received the right H to receive the souvenir at the second place A2. For this reason, when the first person G transfers the souvenir card C to the second person T, the right H to receive the souvenir at the second place A2 is also transferred from the first person G to the second person. Assigned to person T.

  In step S <b> 4, the second terminal 3 accesses the limited website W using the limited URL notified by the first terminal 2 based on the operation of the second person T. As described above, since a predetermined input form is provided in the limited website W, the second person T operates the second terminal 3 to input a souvenir code on the input form. In this way, the second person T indicates to the server 1 that he has the right H to receive souvenirs.

In step S5, the server 1 determines whether or not the input souvenir code is valid. In this determination, if it is determined that the input souvenir code is valid, the server 1 executes control to display the procedure page on the limited website W on the second terminal 3 in step S6. The second person T inputs the delivery information on the procedure page displayed on the second terminal 3. The delivery information may include designation of the second location A2.
In step S <b> 7, the second terminal 3 accepts the delivery information input on the procedure page and transmits the accepted delivery information to the server 1.

  In step S <b> 8, the server 1 transmits the delivery information transmitted from the second terminal 3 to the seller terminal 4 and the deliverer terminal 5. Here, when the seller B does not send out the souvenir, the seller B sends out the souvenir toward the second place A2 based on the delivery information transmitted to the seller terminal 4. To do.

In step S9, the deliverer terminal 5 acquires the transmitted delivery information.
Souvenirs delivered to the second store D2 are stock-managed by the deliverer terminal 5. Specifically, the deliverer terminal 5 manages souvenirs that are stock-managed by associating the transmitted delivery information. When the second person T visits the second store D2 in order to receive the souvenir, the surrender P gives the second person a souvenir associated with information such as a souvenir code presented by the second person T. Deliver to T.

In step S10, the deliverer terminal 5 notifies the server 1 that the delivery of the souvenir to the second person T has been completed. When the server 1 receives a notification that the delivery of the souvenir has been completed, the server 1 notifies the first terminal 2 and the seller terminal 4 to that effect.
The overall flow of this service has been described above with reference to FIG. Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the server 1 in the information processing system in FIG. 1 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the server 1 in the information processing system of FIG.
The server 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23, a bus 24, an input / output interface 25, an output unit 26, an input unit 27, A storage unit 28, a communication unit 29, and a drive 30.

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

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

The output unit 26 includes various liquid crystal displays and outputs various information.
The input unit 27 is composed of various hardware leads and the like, and inputs various information.
The storage unit 28 is configured by a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) or the like, and stores various data.
The communication unit 29 performs communication with other devices (the first terminal 2, the second terminal 3, the seller terminal 4, the transferer terminal 5, etc. in the example of FIG. 1) via the network N including the Internet. Control.

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

  Since the configurations of the first terminal 2 and the second terminal 3 are basically the same as the configuration of the server 1 except that a touch panel is provided, description of their hardware configuration is omitted here. Further, the configurations of the seller terminal 4 and the transferer terminal 5 are basically the same as the configuration of the server 1, and therefore the description of their hardware configuration is omitted here.

  Of the processes executed by the server 1 and the seller terminal 4, the product providing process can be executed by the cooperation of the various hardware and various software of the server 1 and the seller terminal 4. That is, the server 1 and the seller terminal 4 can execute the product providing process by having a functional configuration as shown in FIG.

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

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

The merchandise information receiving unit 81 of the seller terminal 4 receives various information (hereinafter referred to as “product etc. information”) related to the merchandise sold by the seller B as a souvenir, which is input by the touch operation of the seller B. Accept.
The product etc. information transmission control unit 82 of the seller terminal 4 executes control for sending the product etc. information received by the product etc. information receiving unit 81 to the server 1 via the communication unit 53.

  In the CPU 21 of the server 1, the product etc. information management unit 101 functions. In one area of the storage unit 28 of the server 1, a product etc. information DB 500 and a seller information DB 600 are provided.

  The product etc. information management unit 101 acquires the product etc. information transmitted from the seller terminal 4 via the communication unit 29, and stores and manages the acquired product etc. information in the product etc. information DB 500.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the product provision process executed by the server 1 and the seller terminal 4 of FIG. 4 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the flow of the product providing process executed by the server 1 and the seller terminal 4 having the functional configuration of FIG. The merchandise provision process is a premise for the seller B to provide the service provider M with a product as a souvenir that can be purchased by the first person G in advance. A series of processes.

In step S <b> 11, the product etc. information accepting unit 81 accepts product etc. information input by the seller B's touch operation or the like.
In step S <b> 12, the product etc. information transmission control unit 82 executes control to send the product etc. information received by the product etc. information receiving unit 81 to the server 1 via the communication unit 53.

  In step S <b> 13, the product etc. information management unit 101 acquires the product etc. information transmitted from the seller terminal 4 via the communication unit 29, and stores and manages the acquired product etc. information in the product etc. information DB 500. .

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

Heretofore, a series of flow of product provision processing, which is a premise for providing this service, has been described.
Next, the location designation receiving process will be described. The location designation receiving process refers to a series of processes for accepting designation of a place where the second person T receives the souvenir purchased by the first person G (second place A2). That is, the server 1, the first terminal 2, and the second terminal 3 have a functional configuration as shown in FIG. 6 when executing the location designation receiving process.

  FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration necessary for the location designation receiving process executed by the first terminal 2, the second terminal 3, and the server 1 of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the location designation receiving process is executed, in the CPU 121 of the first terminal 2, the reading unit 131, the access control unit 132, the display control unit 133, and the input receiving unit 134 The input information transmission control unit 135 functions. In the CPU 301 of the second terminal 3, a URL acquisition control unit 311, an access control unit 312, a display control unit 313, an input reception unit 314, and an input information transmission control unit 315 function.

The reading unit 131 of the first terminal 2 reads a predetermined identifier indicating a URL of a predetermined website. Specifically, the reading unit 131 reads the limited URL from an identifier such as a QR code (registered trademark) imaged by the imaging unit 143 of the first terminal 2.
The access control unit 132 of the first terminal 2 executes control to access the limited website W using the read limited URL.
The display control unit 133 of the first terminal 2 executes control to display the limited website W on the display unit 142.
The input receiving unit 134 of the first terminal 2 receives information input to the input unit 141 based on a touch operation on the touch panel 122 by the first person G. Specifically, for example, the input receiving unit 134 receives information such as a souvenir code and information related to designation of the second location A2 that is input on the limited website W.
The input information transmission control unit 135 of the first terminal 2 executes control for transmitting the input information received by the input receiving unit 134 to the server 1 via the communication unit 123.

The URL acquisition control unit 311 of the second terminal 3 executes control for acquiring the limited URL notified by the first terminal 2.
The access control unit 312 of the second terminal 3 executes control to access the limited website W using the acquired limited URL.
The display control unit 313 of the second terminal 3 executes control to display the limited website W on the display unit 332.
The input receiving unit 314 of the second terminal 3 receives information input to the input unit 331 based on a touch operation on the touch panel 302 by the second person T. Specifically, for example, the input receiving unit 314 receives information such as a souvenir code and information on designation of the second location A2 that is input on the limited website W.
The input information transmission control unit 315 of the second terminal 3 executes control for transmitting the input information received by the input receiving unit 314 to the server 1 via the communication unit 303.

  For the functional configurations of the first terminal 2 and the second terminal 3 as described above, in the CPU 21 of the server 1, when the location designation receiving process is executed, the website management unit 201 and the code acquisition unit 202, the code issuing unit 203, the validation / invalidation processing unit 204, the designated place acquisition unit 205, and the product etc. information management unit 101 function. In one area of the storage unit 28 of the server 1, a product etc. information DB 500 and a deliverer information DB 700 are provided.

  The website management unit 201 manages the limited website W. The limited website W is composed of one or more web pages with access restrictions. The web page constituting the limited website W includes a web page on which an input form for inputting a souvenir code issued by a code issuing unit 203 described later is displayed. The procedure page displayed by inputting the souvenir code in this input form is also included in the web page constituting the limited website W.

The code acquisition unit 202 acquires a souvenir code from the input information received by the first terminal 2 or the second terminal 3.
The code issuing unit 203 issues a souvenir code. The souvenir code issued by the code issuing unit 203 is associated with the product etc. by the product etc. information management unit 101 and stored in the product etc. information DB 500 for management.

  The validation / invalidation processing unit 204 determines whether or not the souvenir code acquired by the code acquisition unit is valid. Specifically, the validation / invalidation processing unit 204 validates the souvenir code when a predetermined condition is satisfied for the product specified by the acquired souvenir code, and otherwise Execute the process to invalidate the souvenir code. The service provider M can freely set validity / invalidity for each souvenir code. The service provider M can also set a time limit on the souvenir code. For example, after a souvenir card is purchased by the first person G, if the second person T does not receive a souvenir after one year has passed, the activation / invalidation processing unit 204 receives a souvenir code. It is also possible to perform processing for invalidating.

  The designated location acquisition unit 205 acquires information on the second location where the designation is accepted from the input acceptance unit 134 of the first terminal 2 or the input acceptance unit 314 of the second terminal 3.

  In addition to the functions described above, the product etc. information management unit 101 stores delivery information about products etc. purchased by the first person G in the product etc. information DB 500 for management.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the location designation receiving process executed by the server 1, the first terminal 2, and the second terminal 3 in FIG. 6 will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the location designation receiving process executed by the server 1, the first terminal 2, and the second terminal 3 having the functional configuration of FIG.

In step S <b> 21, the reading unit 131 of the first terminal 2 reads a QR code (registered trademark) indicating a limited URL of the limited website W.
In step S <b> 22, the access control unit 132 of the first terminal 2 executes control to access the limited website W using the read limited URL.
In step S23, the code issuing unit 203 of the server 1 issues a souvenir code indicating that the user has the right H to receive the souvenir at the second location A2.
In step S <b> 24, the input reception unit 134 of the first terminal 2 receives an input of a souvenir code on the limited website W. The accepted souvenir code is acquired by the code acquisition unit 202 of the server 1.
In step S25, the validation / invalidation processing unit 204 determines whether or not the souvenir code for which the input has been accepted is valid. If the souvenir code accepted is valid, YES is determined in step S25, and the process proceeds to step S26. On the other hand, if the input souvenir code is not valid, YES is determined in step S25, and the process proceeds to step S27.
In step S <b> 26, the input reception unit 134 of the first terminal 2 receives the designation of the second location on the limited website W. Information regarding designation of the accepted second location is acquired by the specified location acquisition unit 205 of the server 1.

In step S27, the CPU 21 of the server 1 determines whether or not there is an instruction to end the process. Here, an instruction to end the process is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, an instruction to shift the server 1 to a so-called sleep state or the like is employed. That is, unless the server 1 is instructed to shift to the sleep state or the like, NO is determined in step S27, the process returns to step S21, and the subsequent processes are repeated.
On the other hand, when the server 1 is instructed to shift to the sleep state or the like, it is determined as YES in step S27, and the location designation receiving process ends.

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

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the second person T receives the souvenir at the second store D2 which is the second place A2, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the second place A2 is the second person A2. It may be T's home. In this case, at least one of the first terminal 2 and the second terminal 3 is provided with a nomination accepting unit (not shown) that accepts nomination of a person who delivers a souvenir to the home of the second person T (second place A2). It may be provided. Thereby, the 2nd person T can have a desired person deliver a souvenir to a home. Information regarding the nomination of the person who delivers the souvenir received by the nomination accepting unit is managed as delivery information by the product etc. information management unit 101 of the server 1.

  Further, for example, in the above-described embodiment, a case is described in which the first person G gives a souvenir to the second person T, but the second terminal 3 operated by the second person T is You may make it function as the 1st terminal 2 in the above-mentioned embodiment. Thereby, the 2nd person T can give a souvenir with respect to the 1st person G at the time of a business trip. In this case, the first person G causes the first terminal 2 to function as the second terminal 3 in the above-described embodiment.

For example, the series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
In other words, the functional configurations of FIGS. 4 and 6 are merely examples, and are not particularly limited.
In other words, it is sufficient that the information processing system has a function capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole, and what functional blocks are used to realize this function are particularly shown in the examples of FIGS. It is not limited. Further, the location of the functional block is not particularly limited to that shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 and may be arbitrary. For example, in the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 6, the access control unit 132 is configured to function in the CPU 121 of the first terminal 2, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured to function in the CPU 21 of the server 1. Similarly, the access control unit 312 configured to function in the CPU 301 of the second terminal 3 may be configured to function in the CPU 21 of the server 1.
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

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

  In addition, for example, the recording medium including such a program may be a removable medium (not shown) distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide the program to the first person, the second person, the seller, and the delivery person. In addition to being configured, it is configured by a recording medium or the like provided to the user in a state of being incorporated in advance in the apparatus body.

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

In other words, the information processing system to which the present invention is applied can take various embodiments having the following configurations.
That is, an information processing system to which the present invention is applied is
A first person (for example, first person G in FIG. 2) passes a second person (for example, second person T in FIG. 2) at a first place (for example, first place A1 in FIG. 2). A first terminal (for example, the first terminal 2 in FIG. 2) operated to purchase souvenirs, and a second place where the second person obtains the souvenirs from the first place (for example, the first terminal in FIG. 2). In an information processing system including a second terminal (for example, the second terminal 3 in FIG. 2) operated to receive at a second location A2)
Reading means (for example, the reading unit 131 in FIG. 6) that reads a predetermined identifier (for example, QR code (registered trademark) in FIG. 2) indicating a URL (for example, the limited URL in FIG. 2) of a predetermined website (for example, the limited website W). )When,
Access control means (for example, access control units 132 and 312 in FIG. 6) for executing control to access the predetermined website using the read URL;
Code issuing means for issuing a souvenir code indicating that the user has a right to receive the souvenir at the second place (for example, a right H to receive a souvenir at the second place A2) (for example, the code issuing unit 203 in FIG. 6). )When,
Code receiving means for receiving the input of the souvenir code on the predetermined website (for example, the input receiving units 134 and 314 and the code acquiring unit 202 in FIG. 6);
A determination means (for example, the validation / invalidation processing unit 204 in FIG. 6) for judging whether or not the souvenir code accepted by the input is valid;
Receiving location receiving means (for example, the input receiving units 134 and 314 and the specified location acquiring unit 205 in FIG. 6) for receiving the designation of the second location on the predetermined website;
Delivery information presenting means for presenting delivery information including at least information on the second place where the designation is accepted and information on the souvenir on the predetermined website (for example, a product etc. information management unit in FIG. 6) 101, display control units 133 and 313),
Is provided.
As a result, when a first person visiting a remote place purchases a souvenir for a second person, the purchased souvenir can be quickly and easily handed over to the second person without taking it home. In addition to being able to do so, it is possible to revitalize the local economy by expanding the range of products that sellers can provide as souvenirs.

In addition, the second place is a predetermined place (for example, home) where the second person is located,
The apparatus may further include a nomination accepting unit that accepts nomination of a person who delivers the souvenir to the predetermined place.
Thereby, since the 2nd person T can have a desired person deliver a souvenir to a home, store D2 of the 2nd place A2 can also offer a souvenir limited to 2nd store D2. it can.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server, 2 ... 1st terminal, 3 ... 2nd terminal, 4 ... Seller terminal, 5 ... Deliverer terminal, 21 ... CPU, 22 ... ROM, 23 ... RAM, 24 ... bus, 25 ... input / output interface, 26 ... output unit, 27 ... input unit, 28 ... storage unit, 29 ... communication unit, 30. .. drive 41... Removable media 51. Communication unit 131... Reading unit 132 132 access control unit 133 display control unit 134 input receiving unit 135 input information transmission control unit 141 input unit , 142... Display unit, 201... Website management unit, 202. Code acquisition unit 203 ... Code issuing unit 204 ... Activation / invalidation processing unit 205 ... Specified location acquisition unit 301 ... CPU 302 ... Touch panel 303 ... Communication unit 311 ... URL acquisition unit, 312 ... access control unit, 313 ... display control unit, 314 ... input reception unit, 315 ... input information transmission control unit, 331 ... input unit, 332: Display unit, 500: Product information DB, 600: Seller information DB, 700: Deliverer information DB, A1 ... First place, A2 ... Second Place, B ... Seller, C ... Souvenir card, D1 ... First store, D2 ... Second store, M ... Service provider, G ... First person, T ... second person, P ... deliverer, H ... right to receive souvenirs at the second place

Claims (4)

A first terminal that operates to purchase a souvenir that the first person passes to the second person at the first location; and a second terminal that operates the souvenir different from the first location. In an information processing system including a second terminal operated to receive at a place,
Reading means for reading a predetermined identifier indicating a URL of a predetermined website;
Access control means for executing control to access the predetermined website using the read URL;
Code issuing means for issuing a souvenir code indicating that the second place has a right to receive the souvenir;
Code receiving means for receiving input of the souvenir code on the predetermined website;
Determination means for determining whether or not the souvenir code accepted by the input is valid;
Receiving location receiving means for receiving designation of the second location on the predetermined website;
Delivery information presenting means for presenting delivery information including at least information on the second place where the designation is accepted and information on the souvenir on the predetermined website;
An information processing system comprising: The second place is a predetermined place where the second person is located;
Further comprising nomination accepting means for accepting nomination of a person who delivers the souvenir to the predetermined place,
The information processing system according to claim 1. A first terminal that operates to purchase a souvenir that the first person passes to the second person at the first location; and a second terminal that operates the souvenir different from the first location. In an information processing method executed by an information processing system including a second terminal operated to receive at a place,
A reading step of reading a predetermined identifier indicating a URL of a predetermined website;
An access control step for executing control to access the predetermined website using the read URL;
A code issuing step for issuing a souvenir code indicating that the second place has a right to receive the souvenir;
A code receiving step for receiving the input of the souvenir code at the predetermined website;
A determination step of determining whether or not the souvenir code accepted by the input is valid;
A receiving location receiving step for receiving designation of the second location on the predetermined website;
A delivery information presenting step for presenting delivery information including at least information on the second location where the designation is accepted and information on the souvenir on the predetermined website;
An information processing method including: On the computer,
A reading step of reading a predetermined identifier indicating a URL of a predetermined website;
An access control step for executing control to access the predetermined website using the read URL;
A code issuing step for issuing a souvenir code indicating that the second place has a right to receive the souvenir;
A code receiving step for receiving the input of the souvenir code at the predetermined website;
A determination step of determining whether or not the souvenir code accepted by the input is valid;
A receiving location receiving step for receiving designation of the second location on the predetermined website;
A delivery information presenting step for presenting delivery information including at least information on the second location where the designation is accepted and information on the souvenir on the predetermined website;
A program that executes control processing including

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