JP2022120017A - Article supply method, information processor, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article supply method, an information processor, and a program, for supplying an article with improved convenience for a user.

SOLUTION: An article supply system displays an image of a virtual first article supply device for randomly discharging any of a plurality of types of virtual first articles and a virtual image of a virtual second article supply device for randomly discharging any of a plurality of types of virtual second articles different from the first articles on a terminal. In the terminal, the first article supply device displays the discharge presentation of the first article for discharging the first article on the terminal on the condition that an operation for selecting the first article supply device has been performed, and the second article supply device displays the discharge presentation of the second article for discharging the second article on the terminal on the condition that an operation for selecting the second article supply device has been performed. The discharge presentation is displayed on the terminal in size different from that of the image of the first article and the image of the second article.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2022,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to an article supply method, an information processing apparatus, and a program.

There is a system in which a card enclosed in a box or pack is presented in a virtual store generated by a server, and when the user selects a package presented in the virtual store using a client device, an effect of opening the package is performed ( For example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese translation of PCT publication No. 2015-516177

With the spread of the Internet, systems for supplying articles to users via networks have been realized.
An object of the present invention is to provide an article supply method, an information processing apparatus, and a program capable of realizing article supply with improved user convenience.

In one aspect of the present invention, an image of a first article supply device that dispenses a first article and an image of a second article supply device that dispenses a second article different from the first article are displayed on a terminal, and the On the condition that an operation to select the first article supply device is performed on the terminal, an operation to select the second article supply device is performed by displaying the payout effect of the first article on the terminal. on the condition that an effect to put out the second product is displayed on the terminal, and in the payout effect, the image of the first product and the image of the second product are displayed on the terminal in different sizes. The method.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image of a first article supply device including a first outlet for dispensing a first article, and a second article supply apparatus including a second outlet for dispensing a second article having a size different from that of the first article. and an image of an article supply device are displayed on a terminal, the first dispensing opening having a size capable of dispensing the first article, and the second dispensing opening having a size capable of dispensing the second article. It is a certain goods supply method.

According to one aspect of the present invention, an image of a first article supply device that receives a request for an article supply screen from a terminal and dispenses a first article, and a second article supply that dispenses a second article different from the first article. presentation control means capable of presenting an image of the device to the terminal; acquisition means for acquiring selection information of the article supply device selected at the terminal; Effect control for presenting the payout effect of the first item to the terminal when indicating that the second item supply device has been selected, and presenting the payout effect of the second item to the terminal when indicating that the second item supply device has been selected. and means for displaying an image of the first article and an image of the second article in different sizes on the terminal in the payout effect.

In one aspect of the present invention, a computer displays an image of a first article supply device that dispenses a first article and an image of a second article supply device that dispenses a second article different from the first article. 1. Display control means, on the condition that an operation to select the first article supply device is performed, displays the dispensing effect of the first article, and performs an operation to select the second article supply device. on the condition that the image of the first article and the image of the second article are displayed in different sizes in the payout presentation. It's a program.

According to the present invention, it is possible to supply articles with improved convenience for the user.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an article supply system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a device configuration example of a smartphone, which is an example of the terminal 3. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows an example of different articles 7 belonging to the same series. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the article supply management server 1. As shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the user information data D1. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the article supply device data D2. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the device selection screen. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the device selection screen. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another example of the device selection screen. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the terminal 3. As shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system of this embodiment. FIG. 12 is a flow chart of the supply device presentation process. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the selection screen. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of effect image supply processing. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of an effect start screen. FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining a moving image in which an article dispensed from a dispensation port of the article supply device moves forward. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen on which the front side of a card is presented. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display example of a plurality of dispensed articles. FIG. 19 is an example of a display screen after presentation of 10 articles is completed. FIG. 20 is a diagram explaining a moving image in which an article appears from a package. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing another example of the device selection screen. FIG. 22 is a block diagram of the terminal 3 in Modification 1 of the first embodiment of the present invention.

<First embodiment of the present invention>
[overall structure]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an article supply system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an article supply management server, 3 is a user's terminal, 5 is a warehouse management device, and 7 is an article.

The goods supply management server 1, the terminal 3, and the warehouse management device 5 can be connected to the communication line N and can communicate with each other. A communication line N means a communication path capable of data communication. That is, the communication line N includes a dedicated line (dedicated cable) for direct connection, a LAN such as Ethernet (registered trademark), a telephone communication network, a cable network, and a communication network such as the Internet. / Regardless of radio.

The article supply management server 1 is a server system including one or more server devices, storage devices, and the like. The goods supply management server 1 performs processing for supplying the goods 7 to the user in response to a request from the terminal 3 .

The terminal 3 is, for example, a personal computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a mobile phone, or the like. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a device configuration example of a smartphone, which is an example of the terminal 3. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal 3 includes a display 31, a touch operation panel 32 integrated with the display 31, and a built-in speaker 33 and camera . In addition, the terminal 3 is provided with a control board, an internal battery, a power button, a volume control button, etc., which are not shown.

Various microprocessors such as a CPU, GPU, and DSP, various IC memories such as ASIC, VRAM, RAM, and ROM, and a wireless communication module for wirelessly communicating with a mobile phone base station are mounted on the control board. Also, the control board is equipped with a so-called I/F circuit (interface circuit) such as a driver circuit for the touch operation panel 32 . Each element mounted on these control boards is electrically connected to each other via a bus circuit or the like, and is connected so as to be able to read/write data and transmit/receive signals.

The warehouse management device 5 is a computer placed in a warehouse where articles are stored. The warehouse management device 5 manages the inventory status of goods stored in the warehouse and provides information to the goods supply management server 1 . In addition, the warehouse management device 5 receives a product delivery instruction from the product supply management server 1 and performs procedures for delivering the product 7 to the user.

The physical article 7 is an article supplied to the user. In this embodiment, the goods 7 are supplied to the user by the user paying a monetary price. The article 7 is associated with one type (series). The type (series) may be any work (for example, "XXX story") or worldview (for example, "working car") in common, and one work or worldview may include multiple types (series ) may be present. For example, for one "XXX story", there are "first series of XXX story", "second series of XXX story", and the like. One series includes one or more characters of one work or world view.
The article 7 is a tangible object in which one or more characters of one work, world view (or series) are embodied. For example, cards printed with characters, stickers printed with characters, coins printed with characters, clear files with characters printed, posters printed with characters, mascots in the shape of characters, characters printed Examples include, but are not limited to, badges and key chains.
FIG. 3 shows an example of different articles 7 belonging to the same series. In the example of FIG. 3, a card 7A printed with a character "AAA" of one work, world view (or series), and a character "BBB" of the same work, world view (or series) as the character "AAA". is a diagram showing a seal 7B printed with . Both the card 7A and the sticker 7B in FIG. 3 belong to "series A". The card 7A is a card in which one character "AAA" is incarnate, and the sticker 7B is a card in which the character "AAA" and the character "BBB" are incarnate. It should be noted that not only one series is set for the same character, but there are cases where the same character has a plurality of different series. As a result, even the same character may belong to different series.

Moreover, a rarity may be set for each type of a plurality of types of articles 7 associated with the same series. As for the method of providing the item 7 to the user, the item itself may be directly provided, or the content (characters, figures, patterns, etc. of the character displayed on the item) may be hidden from the outside. may be enclosed in a package. A package is a package such as a bag, box, or pack. Furthermore, not only a single item 7 but also an assembly (set item) in which a plurality of items 7 are assembled may be enclosed in the package.

In this embodiment, instead of immediately supplying the user with the goods 7, which are real goods, from the goods supply apparatus, a virtual goods supply apparatus is displayed on the user's terminal 3, and the virtual goods are supplied from the goods supply apparatus. A description will be given of a case in which an effect of paying out 7 is performed, and the actual article 7 is delivered to the user at a later date.
Specifically, in response to a request from the terminal 3 of the user, the article supply management server 1 transmits to the terminal 3 a screen (apparatus selection screen) including a plurality of images of article supply apparatuses for dispensing the articles 7 . The terminal 3 displays a device selection screen. The user looks at the image of the article supply device displayed on the device selection screen and performs an operation to select the article supply device for the article 7 that the user desires to purchase. In response to this selection, the goods supply management server 1 transmits to the terminal 3 an effect image in which the goods 7 are dispensed from the goods supply device, and the terminal 3 displays the effect image. The goods supply management server 1 then transmits a delivery instruction for the goods 7 to the warehouse management device 5 . Upon receiving the delivery instruction, the warehouse management device 5 performs processing for delivering the goods 7, which are actual goods, to the user.

[Function configuration]
A functional configuration of the goods supply management server 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the article supply management server 1. As shown in FIG.
The article supply management server 1 includes a storage unit 11, a processing unit 12, and a communication unit 13, as shown in FIG.

The storage unit 11 is implemented by, for example, a RAM, a ROM, an IC memory such as a flash memory, a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or a DVD, etc., and stores system programs and function programs. A system program is a program for realizing the basic functions of a computer. The function program functions the processing unit 12 as the supply device presentation unit 110 (the user information management unit 111, the supply device presentation control unit 112, the information acquisition unit 113, the article lottery unit 114, the supply processing unit 115) and the effect control unit 120. It is a program for The storage unit 11 also stores user information data D1 and article supply device data D2.

The user information data D1 is data provided for each user who has performed user registration for the service by this system, and determines user identification information (user ID), password, address, name, credit card number, in-service currency, etc. Including data such as methods. FIG. 5 shows an example of the user information data D1.

The article supply device data D2 is data of each article supply device, and includes the device ID of each article supply device, each series information (series name, series ID), each article information (article ID, price), each article type information ( It includes data such as item type ID, rarity, inventory). FIG. 6 shows an example of the article supply device data D2. In the example of FIG. 6, the series ID corresponding to the device ID "D001" is "S001", and the series ID corresponding to the device ID "D002" is also "S001". In other words, the article (article ID: C01) to be dispensed by the article supply device with the device ID "D001" and the article ID: C02 to be dispensed by the article supply device with the device ID "D002" are in the same series.

The processing unit 12 comprehensively controls the operation of the article supply management server 1 based on the programs and data stored in the storage unit 11 . The functions of the processing unit 12 can be realized by, for example, electronic components such as microprocessors such as CPUs and GPUs, ASICs, and IC memories. The processing unit 12 includes, as main functional units, a supply device presentation unit 110 (a user information management unit 111, a supply device presentation control unit 112, an information acquisition unit 113, an article lottery unit 114, and a supply processing unit 115), and an effect control unit. and a section 120 .

The user information management unit 111 manages user information using the user information data D1.

The supply device presentation control unit 112 transmits to the terminal 3 a device selection screen including images of a plurality of article supply devices. The device selection screen includes an image of an article supply device (first article supply device) that dispenses a certain article (first article) and an article supply device (second article) that dispenses an article (second article) different from the first article. supply device). The first article and the second article are, for example, the same series (type). On the device selection screen, the image of the article supply device may be displayed in a manner distinguishable from article supply devices of different series (types). FIG. 7 shows an example of a device selection screen. As exemplified in FIG. 7, a display mode in which an article supply device for dispensing articles of the same series is surrounded by a frame may be made distinguishable from article supply devices of different series. Another example of the device selection screen is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 8, a screen (a) displaying buttons with series names is displayed, and when a button of any series is selected, images of two article feeding apparatuses of the selected series are displayed. A screen (b) is displayed to accept selection of an article supply device. It should be noted that the number of article supply apparatuses of the same series to be displayed is not limited to two, and may be more.

One article supply device 60 displayed as an image on the device selection screen includes an article display portion 61 , a payout port 62 and a handle 63 . The article display section 61 displays the series name to which the article belongs, the description of the article, the image and design of the article, the image and design of the character set for the article, and the like. The sizes of the images of the dispensing openings 62 in the images of the article supply device 60 that dispenses different articles are different. For example, the dispensing openings 62 in the image of the article supply device 60 that dispenses different articles may have the same vertical width and different horizontal widths, or may have different vertical and horizontal widths. The size of the image of the dispensing opening 62 preferably matches the size of the image of the article 7 to be dispensed by each article supply device 60 . That is, if the size of the article 7 is large, the size of the image of the dispensing opening 62 is large, and if the size of the article 7 is small, the size of the image of the dispensing opening 62 is small.
It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 9, for example, the device selection screen may display a plurality of images of article supply devices that dispense articles of different sizes. There is no need to display any indication that makes it distinguishable from the device.

The information acquisition unit 113 acquires from the terminal 3 of the user, information on the article providing device selected by the user on the device selection screen, information on the purchase mode (single purchase or multiple purchases), and the like.

The item lottery section 114 selects and determines the item to be supplied to the user when the item to be supplied by the item supply device selected by the user includes a plurality of types of items. The lottery method includes, but is not limited to, the following methods.
In the case of one-time lottery, for example, consecutive integers are assigned to each stock of articles corresponding to the article supply device for each lottery, one integer is randomly extracted from the range of assigned integers, and the extracted value is used. A lottery method that determines the corresponding item may be used. For example, if there are two product types A and B, and there are 30 products of product type A and 20 products of product type B in inventory, assign an integer from 1 to 30 to the product of product type A, Integers from 31 to 50 are assigned to articles of article type B. Then, one integer is randomly extracted from the range of 1 to 50, and the article of the article type corresponding to the extracted integer is determined. In addition, when the rarity is set for each item type, and the higher the rarity, the lower the probability of being selected, the inventory of types with high rarity should be less than the inventory of types with low rarity.
In the case of multiple consecutive lotteries, the range excluding the integers extracted in the previous lottery (e.g., from 1 to 50, if 5 and 14 were selected in the previous lottery, 1 excluding 5 and 14 to 50), pick one integer at random.

The supply processing unit 115 performs payment processing for the goods, and after the payment processing is completed, updates the inventory of the goods supply device data D2, and collects information on the goods (article ID, goods type ID , the number of purchases for each type of goods, etc.) and the delivery destination information (address, name, etc.) obtained from the user information data D1 are transmitted to the warehouse management device 5 .

The effect control unit 120 transmits to the terminal 3 a effect image presenting the article purchased by the user. This production image will be described later.
The communication unit 13 is connected to the communication line N to realize communication.

Next, the configuration of terminal 3 will be described. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the terminal 3. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10 , the terminal 3 includes an operation input section 301 , a processing section 302 , an image display section 303 , a sound output section 304 , a communication section 305 and a storage section 306 .

The operation input unit 301 is for inputting various user operations, and outputs an operation input signal corresponding to the operation input to the processing unit 303 . The functions of the operation input unit 301 include, for example, elements such as a touch operation pad, home button, button switch, joystick, and trackball that the user directly operates with a finger, as well as acceleration sensors, angular velocity sensors, tilt sensors, and geomagnetic sensors. It can also be realized by an element or the like that detects motion or posture. In FIG. 2, the touch operation panel 32 corresponds to this.

The processing unit 302 comprehensively controls operations of the terminal 3 based on programs and data stored in the storage unit 306, operation input signals from the operation input unit 301, and the like. The functions of the processing unit 302 can be realized by, for example, electronic components such as microprocessors such as CPUs and GPUs, ASICs, and IC memories. The processing unit 303 includes a calculation unit 51, an image generation unit 52, a sound generation unit 53, and a communication control unit 54 as main functional units.

The calculation unit 51 executes various processes for purchasing the article 7 and outputs the results to the image generation unit 52 , the sound generation unit 53 and the communication control unit 54 . Arithmetic unit 51 includes a display control unit 510 .

The display control unit 510 uses the information provided by the article supply management server 1 and the user's operation information to display the device selection screen, transmit the selection information of the article supply device selected by the user, and present the article. Performs processing such as display of effect images to be displayed.

The service provided by the article supply system of this embodiment is browser-based, and the function of the display control unit 510 is realized by the installed Web browser.

The image generation unit 52 generates one image in one frame time (for example, 1/60 second) based on the processing result of the calculation unit 51 and outputs the generated image signal to the image display unit 303 . The functions of the image generator 52 are, for example, a processor such as a GPU or a digital signal processor (DSP), a video signal IC, a program such as a video codec, an IC memory for drawing frames such as a frame buffer, and texture data expansion. It can be realized by an IC memory or the like.

The sound generation unit 53 generates sound signals such as sound effects and various operation sounds based on the processing result of the calculation unit 51 and outputs the sound signals to the sound output unit 304 . The function of the sound generator 53 can be realized by, for example, a digital signal processor (DSP), a processor such as a voice synthesis IC, an audio codec capable of reproducing voice files, or the like.
The communication control unit 54 performs communication connection and data processing for data communication with the product supply management server 1 and the like.

The image display section 303 displays a screen based on the image signal input from the image generation section 52 . The function of the image display unit 303 can be realized by a display device such as a flat panel display, a cathode ray tube (CRT), a projector, or a head mounted display. The image display unit 303 corresponds to the display 31 in FIG.

The sound output unit 304 is for outputting a sound effect or the like based on the sound signal input from the sound generation unit 53 . The sound output unit 304 corresponds to the speaker 33 in FIG.

The communication unit 305 is connected to the communication line N to realize communication. The function of the communication unit 305 can be realized by, for example, a wireless communication device, a modem, a TA (terminal adapter), a wired communication cable jack, a control circuit, or the like.

In the storage unit 306, a program for operating the terminal 3 and realizing various functions of the terminal 3, data used during the execution of the program, etc. are stored in advance, or temporarily stored each time processing is performed. remembered. The storage unit 306 can be realized by, for example, a RAM, a ROM, an IC memory such as a flash memory, a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or a DVD, or the like. Specifically, storage unit 306 stores a system program and a control program for controlling processing for purchasing article 5 . The system program is a program for realizing the basic functions of the terminal 3 as a computer. The control program is a program for causing the processor 303 to function as the calculator 51 .

[Explanation of operation]
The operation of the article supply system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system of this embodiment.
First, the terminal 3 transmits a request for a product sales page according to a user's operation (Step 1). The supply device presentation control unit 112 of the product supply management server 1 performs a supply device presentation process of transmitting a device selection screen to the terminal 3 in response to the request for the product sales page from the terminal 3 (Step 2).

Details of the supply device presentation process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 12 .
The supply device presentation control section 112 searches the data of the article supply device in which the value of 0 is set in the inventory in the article supply device data D2 (Step 101). In this process, for data of an article supply device with multiple types of articles, if the inventory of all types has a value of 0, it corresponds to "data of an article supply device whose inventory is set to 0". Treat as if. As a result of retrieving all the data, if there is no inventory data with a value of 0 (Step 102: Yes), the supply device presentation control unit 112 obtains the data of the device selection screen (for example, FIG. 7) from the storage unit 11. , to the terminal 3 (Step 103). If there is inventory data with a value of 0 (Step 102: No), the supply device presentation control unit 112 acquires the device ID corresponding to the inventory data with a value of 0 from the article supply device data D2 (Step 104). Then, using the device selection screen data acquired from the storage unit 11, the image of the article supply device corresponding to the device ID acquired in Step 104 is set to be unselectable on the device selection screen (Step 105). A device selection screen is transmitted to the terminal 3 (Step 106). On the device selection screen set in Step 105, it may also be displayed that there is no stock of the corresponding product supply device. For example, the image of the article supply device may be displayed in gray, or the image of the article supply device may be superimposed with the characters "sold out".
So far, the supply device presentation processing has been described.

Returning to the sequence diagram of FIG. 11, the description continues.
The terminal 3 displays the device selection screen (for example, FIG. 7) received from the product supply management server 1 (Step 3). On the device selection screen, the image of each article supply device is associated with the device ID of the article supply device. The user can select the article supply device by touching the image of the desired article supply device on the device selection screen. Here, it is assumed that the user has selected an article supply device (device ID: D001) that dispenses a “series A” “card” displayed on the upper left of the device selection screen. The terminal 3 transmits selection information (device ID: D001) indicating the article supply device selected by the user to the article supply management server 1 (Step 4).

When the selection information is received from the terminal 3, the information acquisition unit 113 of the article supply management server 1 transmits a purchase mode selection screen for selecting the purchase mode (first mode or second mode) to the terminal 3. Screen transmission processing is performed (Step 5). An example of the purchase mode selection screen is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 13, the purchase mode selection screen displays a "single purchase" button (corresponding to the first mode) and a "10 consecutive purchases" button (corresponding to the second mode). In the purchase mode selection screen transmission process of Step 5, the information acquisition unit 113 refers to the article supply device data D2 and determines whether or not the article supply device selected by the user has 10 or more in stock (a plurality of types are set). If so, determine if the total value of each type of inventory is 10 or more), and if the inventory is 10 or more, the first mode (1 purchase) and the second mode (10 consecutive If the inventory is less than 10, the first mode (single purchase) is selectable, and the second mode (10 consecutive purchases) is selectable. Send a purchase mode selection screen that cannot be selected.
The terminal 3 displays the purchase mode selection screen of the received purchase mode (Step 6). Here, it is assumed that the user has selected the "single continuous purchase" button. The terminal 3 transmits purchase mode information indicating the purchase mode (here, the first mode) selected by the user to the goods supply management server 1 (Step 7).

Upon receiving the purchase mode information from the terminal 3, the user information management section 111 of the product supply management server 1 transmits a login screen to the terminal 3 (Step 8).
The terminal 3 displays the received login screen (Step 9). The user enters a pre-registered user ID and password. The terminal 3 transmits the user ID and password input by the user to the article supply management server 1 (Step 10).

Upon receiving the user ID and password from the terminal 3, the user information management section 111 of the goods supply management server 1 uses the user information data D1 in the storage section 11 to check the user ID and password (Step 11). When the user ID and password are collated, the user information management unit 111 performs payment processing for the price of the article by a pre-registered payment method (Step 12). In calculating the purchase price, if the received purchase mode information indicates one-time purchase (first mode), the price of the item is used as the purchase price. If the purchase mode indicates 10 consecutive purchases (second mode), the purchase price is the unit price of the item multiplied by 10. Therefore, the price of the second mode is higher than the price of the first mode. When the second mode is selected, the price may be set lower than the unit price of the article multiplied by the number of articles to be dispensed.

After the payment is completed, the article lottery section 114 of the article supply management server 1 uses the article supply device data D2 to determine the article to be supplied to the user by lottery processing (Step 13). In the article supply device data D2 in FIG. 6, the article with article ID: C01 corresponding to the device ID (D001) selected by the user has three kinds of article with article kind IDs: C01a, C01b, and C01c. Then, one item is selected by lottery from these three kinds of items. Here, it is assumed that an article with an article type ID of "C01a" is selected.

When the lottery for the goods is completed, the effect control unit 120 of the goods supply management server 1 performs the effect image providing process of transmitting the effect image related to the product payout effect to the terminal 3 (Step 14). The terminal 3 receives and displays the effect image from the product supply management server 1 (Step 15).

Here, the details of the effect image supply processing by the product supply management server 1 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 14 .
First, the effect control unit 120 transmits the effect start screen to the terminal 3 (Step 201). The terminal 3 receives and displays the effect start screen. FIG. 15 is an example of an effect start screen. The image of the selected article supply device is used for the effect start screen and the effect image. When the handle in the image of the article supply device on the effect start screen is touched, a notification is sent from the terminal 3 to the article supply management server 1 . When the effect control unit 120 receives the notification from the terminal 3 (Step 202: Yes), the effect control unit 120 transmits to the terminal 3 a effect image in which the product is dispensed from the product supply device according to the purchase mode selected by the user.

A case where the purchase mode is the first mode (for one time) (Step 203: first mode) will be described. The effect control unit 120 transmits to the terminal 3 one animation of the article being paid out from the outlet of the article supply device (Step 204). Terminal 3 receives and displays the video. The animation in which the article is dispensed from the dispensing opening includes, for example, the animation in which the article dispensed from the dispensing opening of the article supply device moves forward (FIG. 16). In the moving image for distributing the goods, the contents of the goods are displayed in such a manner that they cannot be seen (for example, in the case of goods whose front side has an image of a character or a design, the back side image is displayed, etc.). As the article dispensed from the dispensation opening of the article supply device moves forward, part of the image of the handle is hidden by the article dispensed from the dispensation opening, and the range of the image of the handle hidden by the article gradually increases. It may be a moving image that is displayed so as to be larger than the original. In addition, when a rarity is set for the item, an effect may be added according to the rarity. For example, items colored according to rarity may be paid out. Also, the back design of the article may be changed according to the rarity.

When the first mode (for one payout) payout effect transmitted in Step 204 ends, the effect control unit 120 transmits a moving image presenting the content of the article to the terminal 3 (Step 205). Terminal 3 receives and displays the video. For example, when the article is a card, the animation may be such that the card whose back side is displayed is turned over and the front side of the card is presented (FIG. 17).

Also, when the purchase mode is the second mode (10 times) (Step 203: second mode), the effect control unit 120 transmits 10 animations of the goods being dispensed from the dispensing opening of the article supply device to the terminal 3 ( Step 206). Terminal 3 receives and displays the video. When the second mode (ten times) payout effect transmitted in Step 206 ends, the effect control unit 120 transmits 10 times the animation presenting the content of the article to the terminal 3 (Step 207). Terminal 3 receives and displays the video. After the 10 items have been dispensed, the animation displays an image in which the dispensed items are randomly arranged, and then changes to an image in which the items are regularly arranged. (Fig. 18). In this case, after an image in which a plurality of articles are regularly arranged is displayed, the contents of the articles may be presented one by one. FIG. 19 is an example of a display screen after presentation of 10 articles is completed. In the above example, 10 animations of the articles being dispensed from the dispensing opening of the article supply device are transmitted to the terminal 3, but a single animation and an instruction to repeat it 10 times are transmitted. Also good. In the above example, when the second mode (for 10 times) is selected, the same animation effect is repeated 10 times. In this case, the subsequent animation effect may be skipped.
Up to this point, the effect image supply processing has been described.

Returning to the sequence diagram of FIG. 11, the description continues.
The supply processing unit 115 of the product supply management server 1 uses the result of the lottery processing by the product lottery unit 114 to update the inventory of the corresponding product in the product supply device data D2 (Step 21). Here, in the article supply device data D2, 1 is subtracted from the stock value of the article type ID "C01a" corresponding to the device ID "D001" and the article ID "C01". Then, the supply processing unit 115 extracts information indicating the article determined by the lottery process (here, one device ID: D001, article ID: C01, article type ID: "C01a") and the user information data D1. A delivery instruction including the acquired delivery destination information (address, name, etc.) is transmitted to the warehouse management device 5 (Step 22).

The warehouse management device 5 receives the delivery instruction and performs procedures for delivering the article corresponding to the article type ID to the delivery address (Step 23). As a result, the item is delivered to the delivery address and the user receives it.

Also, in the case where the article is enclosed in a package, a moving image of the package image being dispensed from the dispensing port of the article supply device may be displayed in the image rendering. Then, in the animation showing the contents of the article, the animation in which the article appears from the package may be displayed (FIG. 20). Then, a moving image presenting the contents of the article emerging from the package may be displayed. The front side may be exposed when the article emerges from the package, or the article may emerge from the package in the state of the back side and then turn over to display the front side.

FIG. 21 shows another example of the device selection screen. FIG. 21 shows an example of a device selection screen including an image of an article supply device whose article is a card and an image of an article supply device whose article is a key ring. In the example of FIG. 8 and the like in the above description, the vertical widths of the dispensing openings of the presented article supply devices are the same and the horizontal widths are different, but in FIG. Both width and width are different. The user can immediately select the article supply device for the desired article from the size of the outlet of the article supply device displayed on the screen.

According to the present embodiment, it is possible to supply the same series of articles to the user via the network, in the same way as the article supply device installed in the store, without having to go to the actual store. User convenience is improved. When an item is purchased, the user's terminal displays an effect image showing the delivery of the item and an effect image presenting the content of the item, thereby increasing the interest of the user.
Also, as in the above example, when two or more types of goods are provided to the user for one series, the contents of the two or more types of goods are different, and as a result, the sizes of the goods are different. There are many. However, if the displayed images of the article supply devices are the same, it is difficult for the user to intuitively understand which article supply device corresponds to which article. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the sizes of the dispensing openings of the respective article supply devices that virtually dispense different articles are set to match the sizes of the corresponding articles, so that the user can easily determine the size of the article to be dispensed. As a result, the user can intuitively select a desired article supply device without hesitation.

In addition, the following processing can be considered for the process of selecting an item (set item) in the case where the item is an assembly (set item) in which a plurality of items are assembled, but the selection process is not limited to this.
(1) A combination of articles constituting one set is predetermined, and if there are a plurality of types of combinations, one of the types of sets is selected by the lottery process described above. For example, a set A including an article a1, an article a2, and an article a3, a set B including an article b1, an article b2, and an article b3, a set C including an article c1, an article c2, and an article c3, ...) to 1 Choose one set.
(2) For example, in the case of a set consisting of a predetermined number of items selected from a plurality of types of items, one item is randomly selected from the plurality of types, and further items are selected from the remaining items. , avoid duplicating items in the set.

Further, in the above description, after selecting the article supply device on the device selection screen, the purchase mode (first mode or second mode) is selected on the purchase mode selection screen, but the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, after selecting the purchase mode on the purchase mode selection screen, the article supply device may be selected on the device selection screen. In this case, when the selected purchase mode is the first mode (one-time purchase), the goods supply management server 1 displays a device selection screen on the terminal 3 in which goods supply devices with zero stock are set to be unselectable. When the selected purchase mode is the second mode (e.g., 10 consecutive purchases), the terminal displays a device selection screen that disables the selection of article supply devices whose stock is less than a predetermined number (e.g., less than 10). 3 may be sent.

<Modification 1 of the first embodiment>
Although the article supply system according to the first embodiment is a web-based system, it may be configured as a system based on a special application installed in the terminal 3 .

FIG. 22 is a block diagram of the terminal 3 in Modification 1 of the first embodiment of the present invention.
The calculation unit 51 of the terminal 3 includes a device display control unit 511 and an effect display control unit 512 .

The device display control unit 511 reads the device selection screen including the images of the plurality of article supply devices from the storage unit 306 and outputs it to the image generation unit 52 for display. The device selection screen is the same screen as in the first embodiment (FIG. 7). In addition, before displaying the device selection screen, the device display control unit 511 requests and acquires unsellable information indicating product supply devices that cannot be selected due to out-of-stock or the like from the product supply management server 1 . On the product supply management server 1 side, in response to the request for the non-sellable information, the product supply device data D2 is searched for, for example, the data of the product supply device whose inventory value is set to 0, and the requester's Send to terminal 3. If there is an article supply apparatus indicated by the unsellable information, the apparatus display control section 511 of the terminal 3 sets the article supply apparatus to be unselectable and displays the apparatus selection screen. In this case, it may also be displayed that there is no stock of the corresponding article supply device. For example, the image of the article supply device may be displayed in gray, or the image of the article supply device may be superimposed with the characters "sold out".

When the device display control unit 511 accepts the selection of the device by the user on the device selection screen, the device display control unit 511 acquires the inventory of the selected product supply device from the product supply management server 1, and displays the purchase mode selection screen based on the acquired inventory. is obtained from the storage unit 306 and displayed. Specifically, when the acquired stock quantity is less than 10, the second mode (10 consecutive purchases) button on the purchase mode selection screen is displayed as unselectable. Upon receiving the purchase mode selection, the device display control section 511 transmits a login request to the goods supply management server 1 and receives user authentication from the goods supply management server 1 . When the user authentication is completed, a confirmation screen for payment execution is received from the product supply management server 1 and displayed. The settlement confirmation screen displays, for example, the settlement amount, settlement method, etc., and includes an execution button. When the execution button is touched by the user, the terminal 3 notifies the product supply management server 1 of this. The goods supply management server 1 executes settlement processing. After completing the payment, the product supply management server 1 executes a lottery process for the product and transmits the lottery result to the terminal 3 .

When the effect display control unit 512 of the terminal 3 receives the lottery result from the article supply management server 1, it performs effect image display processing for displaying an effect image regarding the delivery of the goods. In the effect image display process, the effect start screen including the image of the selected article supply device is acquired from the storage unit 306 and displayed. When the handle of the effect start screen is touch-operated, the effect image corresponding to the purchase mode (first mode or second mode) is acquired from the storage unit 306 and displayed. When a rarity is set for the article, an effect corresponding to the rarity is added. When the payout effect ends, the effect display control unit 512 displays a moving image presenting the content of the item.
The article supply management server 1 uses the result of the lottery process by the article lottery section 114 to update the stock of the corresponding article in the article supply device data D2. Then, it transmits to the warehouse management device 5 a delivery instruction including information indicating the article determined by the lottery process and delivery destination information (address, name, etc.) acquired from the user information data D1. The warehouse management device 5 receives the delivery instruction and performs procedures for delivering the article corresponding to the article type ID to the delivery address.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above embodiments, and can be variously modified and implemented within the scope of its technical ideas.

Some or all of the above-described embodiments can also be described in the following supplementary remarks, but are not limited to the following.

(Appendix 1)
An image of a first article supply device having a first dispensing opening for dispensing a first article, and an image of a second article supplying apparatus having a second dispensing opening for dispensing a second article different in size from the first article. , displayed on the terminal, and
The article supply method according to claim 1, wherein the first outlet is sized to dispense the first article, and the second outlet is sized to dispense the second article.

(Appendix 2)
The article supply method according to Supplementary Note 1, wherein the image of the appearance of the first article supply device and the image of the appearance of the second article supply device are different.

(Appendix 3)
the image of the first article supply device includes an image of the first dispensing opening;
3. The article supply method according to appendix 2, wherein the image of the second article supply device includes an image of a second outlet having a size different from that of the first outlet in the image of the first article supply device.

(Appendix 4)
The vertical width of the first outlet in the image of the first article supply device and the vertical width of the second outlet in the image of the second article supply device are the same, and
3. The article supply method according to appendix 3, wherein the width of the first outlet in the image of the first article supply device is different from the width of the second outlet in the image of the second article supply device.

(Appendix 5)
The image of the first article is displayed in a size that can be dispensed from the first outlet in the image of the first article supply device, and the image of the second article is displayed in the second payment in the image of the second article supply device. 4. The method of supplying an article according to appendix 4, wherein the size of the article that can be dispensed from the outlet but cannot be dispensed from the first outlet in the image of the first article supply device is displayed.

(Appendix 6)
6. The terminal according to any one of appendices 1 to 5, wherein a moving image in which an article dispensed from a dispensation port of the first article supply device or the second article supply device moves forward is displayed on the terminal as the article dispensation effect. Goods supply method.

(Appendix 7)
the image of the first article supply device and the image of the second article supply device each include an image of a handle;
7. The article supply method according to appendix 6, wherein the moving image includes a display in which at least part of the image of the handle is hidden by the article dispensed from the dispensing opening of the first article supply device or the second article supply device.

(Appendix 8)
In the moving image, as the article dispensed from the dispensation port of the first article supply device or the second article supply device moves forward, the range of the image of the handle hidden by the dispensed article increases. The article supply method according to appendix 7, comprising:

(Appendix 9)
one of a plurality of rarities is set for the first item or the second item,
9. The item supply method according to any one of appendices 1 to 8, wherein the payout effect includes an effect indicating the rarity of the first item or the second item to be paid out.

(Appendix 10)
10. The article supply method according to appendix 9, wherein the payout effect includes displaying a moving image of paying out the first article or the second article colored according to rarity.

(Appendix 11)
The dispensing presentation is a presentation in which a display in which the plurality of articles delivered from the first article supply device or the second article supply device are randomly arranged is changed to a display in which the plurality of articles are regularly arranged. The article supply method according to any one of appendices 1 to 10, comprising:

(Appendix 12)
In the dispensing effect, after displaying the back side image of the first article or the second article dispensed from the first article supply device or the second article supply device, the first article or the second article is displayed. 12. The article supply method according to any one of appendices 1 to 11, including an effect of displaying a surface image.

(Appendix 13)
The dispensing effect is a moving image in which the first article or the second article appears from a package of the first article or the second article dispensed from the first article supply device or the second article supply device. 13. The method of supplying goods according to any one of appendices 1 to 12, including an indication.

(Appendix 14)
When the first mode is selected from a first mode that allows the supply of the article once and a second mode that allows the supply of the article a plurality of times, it corresponds to the first mode. A payout effect corresponding to the first mode is enabled on the condition that a price is paid, and when the second mode is selected, the second mode is supported on the condition that the price corresponding to the second mode is paid. 13. The article supply method according to any one of appendices 1 to 13, which enables a payout presentation to be performed.

(Appendix 15)
15. The article supply method according to appendix 14, wherein the price for the second mode is set higher than the price for the first mode.

(Appendix 16)
At least one character out of multiple characters is set for the item,
The article supplied to the user includes a set article containing a plurality of articles,
16. The article supply method according to any one of appendices 1 to 15, wherein the set articles include a plurality of articles consisting of only a single character, or a plurality of articles consisting of a plurality of characters.

(Appendix 17)
17. The article supply method according to any one of appendices 1 to 16, wherein the actual article corresponding to the article for which the payout effect has been executed is delivered to the user.

(Appendix 18)
The image of the first article supply device includes an image of a first dispensing opening for dispensing the first article associated with one type,
The image of the second article supply device is associated with the one type and includes an image of a second dispensing opening for dispensing a second article different in size from the first article,
18. The article supply method according to any one of appendices 1 to 17, wherein the image of the first article supply device and the image of the second article supply device are grouped and displayed on a terminal.

1 Goods provision management server 3 Terminal 5 Device management device 7 Goods

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An image of a virtual first article supply device that randomly dispenses any one of a plurality of types of virtual first articles and any of a plurality of types of virtual second articles different from the first article displaying on a terminal a virtual image of a virtual second article supply device that is randomly dispensed;
displaying on the terminal, on the condition that an operation to select the first article supply device has been performed, a performance for dispensing the first article in which the first article supply device dispenses the first article; displaying, on the terminal, a second article dispensing effect in which the second article supplying device dispenses the second article on the condition that an operation for selecting the second article supplying device is performed;
The image of the first article and the image of the second article are displayed in different sizes on the terminal,
The first item and the second item are associated with actual items, respectively,
The first outlet of the first article supply device for dispensing the first article and the second outlet of the second article supply device for dispensing the second article are adapted to the size of the first article and the second article. displayed on said terminal in different sizes according to
the first article dispensing effect includes displaying a moving image in which the first article is dispensed from the first dispensing opening of the first article supply device in a size corresponding to the first dispensing opening;
The effect of dispensing the second article includes displaying a moving image in which the second article is dispensed from the second dispensing opening of the second article supply device in a size corresponding to the second dispensing opening.
Goods supply method. In the display of the image of the first article supply device and the image of the second article supply device, the image of the first article supply device and the image of the second article supply device associated with the series selected by the user. displaying the image on the same screen on the terminal;
The article supply method according to claim 1. The first outlet has a vertical width and a horizontal width capable of performing a payout effect corresponding to the size of the first article, and the second outlet is capable of providing a payout effect corresponding to the size of the second article. having a vertical width and a horizontal width,
Different from the vertical width of the first payout port and the vertical width of the second payout port,
The width of the first payout port and the width of the second payout port are different,
The article supply method according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The article supply method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the image of the appearance of the first article supply device and the image of the appearance of the second article supply device are different. The vertical width of the first outlet in the image of the first article supply device and the vertical width of the second outlet in the image of the second article supply device are the same, and
3. The article supply according to claim 1, wherein the width of the first outlet in the image of the first article supply device and the width of the second outlet in the image of the second article supply device are different. Method. The image of the first article is displayed in a size that can be dispensed from the first outlet in the image of the first article supply device, and the image of the second article is displayed in the second payment in the image of the second article supply device. 6. The article supply method according to claim 5, wherein the size of the article is displayed in a size that can be dispensed from the outlet but cannot be dispensed from the first outlet in the image of the first article supply device. 7. The terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a moving image in which an article dispensed from a dispensation port of the first article supply device or the second article supply device moves forward is displayed on the terminal as the article dispensation effect. How to supply the described goods. the image of the first article supply device and the image of the second article supply device each include an image of a handle;
8. The article supply method according to claim 7, wherein the animation includes a display in which at least part of the image of the handle is hidden by the article dispensed from the outlet of the first article supply device or the second article supply device. In the moving image, as the article dispensed from the dispensation port of the first article supply device or the second article supply device moves forward, the range of the image of the handle hidden by the dispensed article increases. The article supply method according to claim 8, comprising: one of a plurality of rarities is set for the first item or the second item,
10. The article supply method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein said payout effect includes an effect indicating the rarity of said first article or said second article to be paid out. 11. The article supply method according to claim 10, wherein said payout effect includes displaying a moving image of paying out said first article or said second article colored according to rarity. The dispensing presentation is a presentation in which a display in which the plurality of articles delivered from the first article supply device or the second article supply device are randomly arranged is changed to a display in which the plurality of articles are regularly arranged. 12. The article supply method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, comprising: In the dispensing effect, after displaying the back side image of the first article or the second article dispensed from the first article supply device or the second article supply device, the first article or the second article is displayed. 13. The article supply method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, further comprising an effect of displaying a surface image. The dispensing effect is a moving image in which the first article or the second article appears from a package of the first article or the second article dispensed from the first article supply device or the second article supply device. 14. A method of supplying goods according to any one of claims 1 to 13, comprising an indication. When the first mode is selected from a first mode that allows the supply of the article once and a second mode that allows the supply of the article a plurality of times, it corresponds to the first mode. A payout effect corresponding to the first mode is enabled on the condition that a price is paid, and when the second mode is selected, the second mode is supported on the condition that the price corresponding to the second mode is paid. 15. The article supply method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein a payout performance to be performed is enabled. 16. The article supply method according to claim 15, wherein the price for the second mode is set higher than the price for the first mode. At least one character out of multiple characters is set for the item,
The article supplied to the user includes a set article containing a plurality of articles,
17. The article supply method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the set articles include a plurality of articles consisting of only a single character, or a plurality of articles consisting of a plurality of characters. 18. The article supply method according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the actual article corresponding to the article for which the payout effect has been executed is delivered to the user. An image of a virtual first article supply device that receives a request for an article provision screen from a terminal and randomly dispenses one of a plurality of types of virtual first articles, and a plurality of types different from the first article presentation control means capable of presenting to the terminal a virtual image of a second article supply device that randomly dispenses any of the virtual second articles of
Acquisition means for acquiring selection information of an article providing device selected in the terminal;
When the selection information indicates that the first article supply device has been selected, the first article supply device presents a first article dispensing effect in which the first article is dispensed to the terminal, and the second article supply device an effect control means for presenting to the terminal a second item dispensing effect in which the second item supplying device dispenses the second item when indicating that the item supplying device has been selected;
The image of the first article and the image of the second article are displayed in different sizes on the terminal,
The first item and the second item are associated with actual items, respectively,
The first outlet of the first article supply device for dispensing the first article and the second outlet of the second article supply device for dispensing the second article are adapted to the size of the first article and the second article. displayed on said terminal in different sizes according to
The effect control means controls, as a first-item payout effect, a moving image in which the first item is dispensed from the first outlet of the first article supply device in a size corresponding to the first outlet. , and a moving image in which the second article is dispensed from the second dispensing opening of the second article supply device in a size corresponding to the second dispensing opening is displayed on the terminal as a performance for dispensing the second article. to display
Information processing equipment. to the computer,
An image of a virtual first article supply device that randomly dispenses any one of a plurality of types of virtual first articles and any of a plurality of types of virtual second articles different from the first article a first display control means for displaying a virtual image of a virtual second article supply device that is intentionally dispensed;
On the condition that the operation to select the first article supply device is performed, the first article supply performance in which the first article supply device dispenses the first article is displayed, and the second article supply device is operated. functioning as a second display control means for displaying a presentation effect for dispensing the second article by the second article supply device on the condition that a selection operation is performed;
the image of the first article and the image of the second article are displayed in different sizes;
The first item and the second item are associated with actual items, respectively,
The first outlet of the first article supply device for dispensing the first article and the second outlet of the second article supply device for dispensing the second article are adapted to the size of the first article and the second article. displayed on said terminal in different sizes according to
the first article dispensing effect includes displaying a moving image in which the first article is dispensed from the first dispensing opening of the first article supply device in a size corresponding to the first dispensing opening;
The effect of dispensing the second article includes displaying a moving image in which the second article is dispensed from the second dispensing opening of the second article supply device in a size corresponding to the second dispensing opening.
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