JP2022181757A - Brochure providing apparatus, brochure providing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To easily manage users who have been provided with brochure information.SOLUTION: A brochure providing apparatus 1 includes: a business card-related information acquisition unit 122 which acquires business card-related information related to business card information of a user; a brochure acquisition unit 131 which acquires brochure information from a brochure storage unit 111 which stores brochure information; a brochure transmission unit 141 which transmits the brochure information acquired by the brochure acquisition unit 131 to a user terminal 2 of the user; and a business card output unit 132 which outputs the business card-related information received by the business card-related information acquisition unit or the business card information corresponding to the business card-related information. Accordingly, users who have been provided with the brochure information can be managed with business card information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a pamphlet providing apparatus and the like for providing pamphlet information to user terminals.

Conventionally, for example, at an exhibition booth (hereinafter referred to as "booth") at an exhibition, a visitor receives a pamphlet placed at the booth, while handing a business card to the exhibitor.

In addition, conventionally, there are visitor management means for managing information related to visitors, exhibition content management means for managing information related to exhibition contents, pamphlet recording means for recording digitized pamphlet files, and Equipped with distribution request management means for managing information on pamphlets related to exhibition content that visitors wish to distribute within the venue, and pamphlet distribution means capable of selectively distributing pamphlets that visitors wish to distribute according to instructions from visitors, There is a pamphlet distribution system capable of distributing only pamphlets that visitors actually need via a network (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2003-308379

However, in the prior art, it was not possible to support the visitor's actions of both receiving the pamphlet and handing over the business card. Further, in the conventional technology, it was not possible to manage users who provided pamphlet information using business card information.

A pamphlet providing apparatus of the first invention comprises a business card-related information obtaining unit for obtaining business card-related information related to business card information of a user; a pamphlet obtaining unit for obtaining pamphlet information from a pamphlet storage unit in which pamphlet information is stored; A pamphlet transmission unit for transmitting pamphlet information acquired by the pamphlet acquisition unit to a user terminal of a user, and a business card output unit for outputting business card related information received by the business card related information acquisition unit or business card information corresponding to the business card related information. It is a pamphlet providing device equipped.

With such a configuration, it is possible to manage users who have provided pamphlet information using business card information.

In addition, the pamphlet providing apparatus of the second invention further comprises a pamphlet identifier receiving unit for receiving the pamphlet identifier acquired by the user terminal in contrast to the first invention, and the pamphlet storage unit stores one or more Pamphlet information associated with the pamphlet identifier is stored, the business card-related information obtaining unit receives the business card-related information of the user corresponding to the user terminal, and the pamphlet obtaining unit is identified by the pamphlet identifier received by the pamphlet identifier receiving unit. A pamphlet providing device for obtaining pamphlet information from a pamphlet store.

With such a configuration, it is possible to manage users who have provided pamphlet information using business card information.

Further, the pamphlet providing device of the third invention is the pamphlet providing device in which, in contrast to the first or second invention, the business card-related information acquisition unit receives business card-related information in response to transmission of the pamphlet information. .

With such a configuration, it is possible to manage users who have provided pamphlet information using business card information.

Further, the pamphlet providing apparatus of the fourth invention is a pamphlet providing apparatus, in contrast to the first invention, in which the pamphlet transmission unit transmits pamphlet information in response to acquisition of business card-related information.

With such a configuration, it is possible to manage users who have provided pamphlet information using business card information.

Further, in the pamphlet providing apparatus of the fifth invention, in contrast to the fourth invention, the business card related information acquisition unit reads the two-dimensional code displayed on the user terminal and acquires the business card related information identifying the business card information. It is a pamphlet providing device.

With such a configuration, it is possible to manage users who have provided pamphlet information using business card information.

Further, the pamphlet providing apparatus of the sixth invention associates answer information to a questionnaire about pamphlet information with the user's business card-related information or pamphlet information for any one of the first to fifth claims. 6. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: an answer receiving section for receiving information from the be.

With such a configuration, it is also possible to accumulate answer information to questionnaires.

In addition, the pamphlet providing apparatus of the seventh invention, in relation to any one of the first to sixth inventions, is a browsing log that receives a browsing log of the pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal in association with the pamphlet information. The pamphlet providing apparatus further includes a receiving unit and a viewing log storage unit that stores viewing logs in association with pamphlet information.

With such a configuration, it is also possible to obtain a user's browsing log for pamphlet information.

Further, in the pamphlet providing apparatus of the eighth invention, in any one of the first to sixth inventions, the business card output unit corresponds to the business card related information or the business card information to the pamphlet information transmitted by the pamphlet transmission unit. A statistical processing unit that acquires statistical processing results by performing statistical processing using business card-related information or business card information corresponding to pamphlet information, and a statistical processing result output unit that outputs statistical processing results. It is a pamphlet providing device equipped.

With such a configuration, statistical processing results regarding users who have acquired pamphlet information can be obtained.

Further, the pamphlet providing apparatus of the ninth invention, in contrast to the eighth invention, is characterized by: The pamphlet providing apparatus further includes an answer accumulation unit that accumulates related information in association with the relevant information, and the statistical processing unit performs statistical processing on the answer information and obtains statistical processing results.

With such a configuration, it is possible to obtain statistical processing results for user responses to questionnaires.

Further, the pamphlet providing apparatus of the tenth invention, in contrast to the eighth invention, comprises a browsing log receiving unit that receives a browsing log of pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal in association with the pamphlet information; with the pamphlet information, and the statistical processing unit performs statistical processing on the browsing log and acquires statistical processing results.

With such a configuration, statistical processing results for pamphlet information browsing logs by users can be obtained.

Further, in the pamphlet providing apparatus of the eleventh invention, in contrast to the eighth invention, the statistical processing unit stores two or more pieces of booth information which are information of exhibition booths corresponding to two or more pieces of pamphlet information. This is a pamphlet providing apparatus that refers to a booth information storage unit stored in the booth information storage unit, performs statistical processing on booth information corresponding to one or more pieces of pamphlet information transmitted to a user terminal of one user, and obtains statistical processing results.

With such a configuration, statistical processing results regarding booths visited by users can be obtained.

Further, in the pamphlet providing apparatus of the twelfth invention, for any one of the first to eleventh inventions, two or more booth information, which are information of exhibition booths corresponding to each of two or more pamphlet information, are provided. By referring to the stored booth information storage unit, and from the transmission record of one or more pamphlet information to the user terminal of the user, visit status information identifying the exhibition booth visited by the user or the exhibition booth not visited by the user is obtained. The pamphlet providing apparatus further includes a visit status acquisition unit that acquires visit status information and a visit status output unit that outputs the visit status information acquired by the visit status acquisition unit.

With such a configuration, visit status information regarding booths visited or not visited by the user can be obtained.

According to the pamphlet providing apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to manage users who have provided pamphlet information using business card information.

Conceptual diagram of information system A in Embodiment 1 Block diagram of the same information system A Flowchart for explaining an operation example of the pamphlet providing device 1 Flowchart explaining an example of the same statistical processing Flowchart explaining an example of statistical processing in the pamphlet Flowchart explaining an example of booth statistical processing Flowchart explaining an example of statistical processing of the same questionnaire Flowchart explaining an example of the exhibition statistical processing Flowchart explaining an example of statistical processing for the same user Flowchart explaining an example of the same visit status acquisition process Flowchart explaining an operation example of the same user terminal 2 Flowchart for explaining an example of the same operation processing Diagram for explaining a specific operation example of the information system A A diagram showing an example of the screen of the same user terminal 2 Block diagram of information system B in Embodiment 2 Block diagram of the same information system B Flowchart explaining an operation example of the same user terminal 3 Flowchart for explaining an operation example of the pamphlet providing device 4 Flowchart explaining an operation example of the same server 5 Diagram for explaining a specific operation example of the same information system B Schematic diagram of a computer system in the above embodiment Block diagram of the same computer system

Hereinafter, embodiments of a pamphlet providing device and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that, since components denoted by the same reference numerals in the embodiments perform similar operations, repetitive description may be omitted.

(Embodiment 1)
In this embodiment, an information system including a pamphlet providing apparatus that transmits pamphlet information to a user terminal, receives business card information or business card-related information of a user of the user terminal, and outputs the information will be described.

Further, in the present embodiment, a pamphlet identifier corresponding to the two-dimensional code is received from the user terminal that has acquired the two-dimensional code corresponding to the booth, pamphlet information corresponding to the pamphlet identifier is transmitted to the user terminal, and An information system including a pamphlet providing apparatus that receives and outputs business card information or business card-related information of a user using the user terminal will be described.

Further, in this embodiment, an information system including a pamphlet providing apparatus that transmits a questionnaire about booth or pamphlet information to a user terminal, receives answer information to the questionnaire, and accumulates the answer information will be described.

Further, in the present embodiment, an information system including a pamphlet providing apparatus that receives a browsing log of user's pamphlet information and accumulates the browsing log will be described.

In addition, in the present embodiment, an information system including a pamphlet providing apparatus that performs statistical processing on business card information associated with pamphlet information, questionnaire response information, and browsing logs and obtains statistical processing results will be described.

Further, in the present embodiment, an information system including a pamphlet providing apparatus that performs statistical processing using booth information and acquires statistical processing results will be described.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, an information system including a pamphlet providing device that identifies a booth visited by one user and makes it possible to distinguish between the visited booth and the unvisited booth will be described.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information system A according to this embodiment. The information system A comprises a pamphlet providing device 1 and one or more user terminals 2 .

The pamphlet providing device 1 here is usually a so-called server, for example, a cloud server, an ASP server, or the like. The pamphlet providing device 1 may be of any type.

A user terminal 2 is a terminal used by a user. A user here is, for example, a visitor to an exhibition. The exhibition may be a physical world exhibition or a virtual exhibition. A virtual exhibition is, for example, an exhibition on one or more websites. The user terminal 2 is, for example, a so-called personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smart phone, etc., and the type thereof does not matter.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information system A according to this embodiment.

The pamphlet providing device 1 includes a storage unit 11 , a receiving unit 12 , a processing unit 13 and a transmitting unit 14 . Storage unit 11 includes pamphlet storage unit 111 , booth information storage unit 112 , questionnaire storage unit 113 , business card storage unit 114 , answer storage unit 115 , and browsing log storage unit 116 . The reception unit 12 includes a pamphlet identifier reception unit 121 , a business card-related information acquisition unit 122 , an answer reception unit 123 , and a viewing log reception unit 124 . Processing unit 13 includes pamphlet acquisition unit 131 , business card output unit 132 , answer storage unit 133 , browsing log storage unit 134 , statistical processing unit 135 , and visit status acquisition unit 136 . The transmission unit 14 includes a pamphlet transmission unit 141 , a questionnaire transmission unit 142 , a statistical processing result output unit 143 , and a visit status output unit 144 .

The user terminal 2 includes a terminal storage section 21 , a terminal reception section 22 , a terminal processing section 23 , a terminal transmission section 24 , a terminal reception section 25 and a terminal output section 26 .

Various types of information are stored in the storage unit 11 that constitutes the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 . The various types of information include, for example, pamphlet information (described later), business card information (described later), business card-related information (described later), answer information (described later), browsing logs (described later), statistical processing results (described later), and visit status information (described later).

The pamphlet storage unit 111 stores one or more pieces of pamphlet information. The pamphlet information is pamphlet information. A pamphlet is a medium for introducing an object. Targets are, for example, products, services, and organizations such as companies and local governments, but the types are not limited. Also, pamphlet information is usually associated with a pamphlet identifier. The pamphlet information is preferably associated with a booth identifier, which will be described later. Pamphlet information consists of, for example, still images, moving images, texts, voices, or a combination thereof. The pamphlet information is, for example, a PDF file, but its data structure does not matter. The pamphlet identifier is information for identifying a pamphlet, and is, for example, an ID, a pamphlet name, an organization name that provides the pamphlet, and an ID of the organization that provides the pamphlet.

The pamphlet storage unit 111 may be provided in the pamphlet providing apparatus 1, or may be provided in one or more external devices.

One or two or more pieces of booth information are stored in the booth information storage unit 112 . Booth information is information on exhibition booths corresponding to one or more pamphlet information. An exhibition booth is a booth for introducing an object. An exhibition booth is a booth at an exhibition. The exhibition may be a physical meeting held in an exhibition hall or the like, or may be a virtual meeting. The booth information includes, for example, the booth identifier, the organization identifier of the organization exhibiting the booth, the industry identifier of the organization exhibiting the booth, one or more keywords indicating the content of the booth, and content information that is a character string indicating the content of the booth. include. Booth information may have one or more brochure identifiers. A booth identifier is information for identifying a booth, and is, for example, an ID, a name of the booth, a name of the organization exhibiting the booth, or an ID of the organization exhibiting the booth.

The questionnaire storage unit 113 stores one or more questionnaires. A questionnaire is information having one or more questions about pamphlet information. It can be said that questions about brochure information are questions about booths. Questions about the booth are, for example, questions about the organization exhibiting the booth, questions about the products or services exhibited at the booth, and questions about the content of the pamphlet information. The questionnaire is preferably associated with booth information or brochure information. A questionnaire is associated with, for example, a booth identifier or brochure identifier. Also, it is preferable that the questionnaire is associated with a questionnaire identifier.

The business card storage unit 114 stores business card related information or business card information. The business card storage unit 114 stores one or more business card related information received by the exhibitor or one or more business card information received by the exhibitor. Business card related information or business card information may be associated with time information. The time information is, for example, date and time, date, date, and day of the week.

The business card related information is information related to business card information. The business card-related information may be business card information or a business card identifier. A business card identifier is information for identifying a business card, and may be a user identifier for identifying a user. The business card information is information on a user's business card, and usually includes the user's name and the name of the organization to which the user belongs (for example, company name, organization name). The business card information includes, for example, the address and telephone number of the organization to which the user belongs, the URL of the homepage of the organization to which the user belongs, and the user's e-mail address. The business card information may be an image of a business card, or a set of character strings of one or more of the above items (eg, name, organization name, address, telephone number, email address, etc.).

The business card-related information or business card information in the business card storage unit 114 is preferably associated with the brochure identifier or booth identifier.

The answer storage unit 115 stores one or more pieces of answer information. The answer information is information on answers to questionnaires. If the questionnaire contains two or more questions, the answer information usually contains two or more question answers. The question answer is information on the answer to the question. It is preferable that the answer information in the answer storage unit 115 is associated with pamphlet information or booth information. It is preferable that the answer information is also associated with business card information or business card-related information. Note that being associated with business card information or business card-related information is being associated with a user. The answer information is associated with, for example, a pamphlet identifier or booth identifier. The reply information is associated with, for example, a business card identifier.

The browsing log storage unit 116 stores one or more browsing logs. The viewing log is a log of viewing pamphlet information. The browsing log includes, for example, opening of pamphlet information, operation information for pamphlet information, page identifiers of pages browsed by the user, browsing time, browsing date and time, number of times of browsing, and number of times of sharing. The operation information is information on the operation performed by the user on the pamphlet information, for example, "open pamphlet identifier 1", "nextpage pamphlet identifier 1", and "close pamphlet identifier 1". The browsing time is the time when the user opened the pamphlet information on the user terminal 2, and the browsing date and time is the date and time when the user started or finished browsing the pamphlet information. The number of times of sharing is the number of times the pamphlet information was given to others. The number of times the pamphlet information has been handed over to others is, for example, the number of times the pamphlet information has been transmitted externally or the number of times it has been stored in a removable recording medium, and the number of times that can be obtained by counting the number of such processes. .

Also, it is preferable that the browsing log in the browsing log storage unit 116 is associated with pamphlet information or booth information. The viewing log is preferably associated with business card information or business card-related information as well. Note that being associated with business card information or business card-related information is being associated with a user. A viewing log is associated with, for example, a brochure identifier or a booth identifier. The browsing log is associated with, for example, a business card identifier.

The receiving unit 12 receives various information and instructions. Various information and instructions are, for example, pamphlet identifiers, business card-related information, reply information, and viewing logs.

The pamphlet identifier receiving unit 121 receives the pamphlet identifier acquired by the user terminal 2 . Receipt of a brochure identifier is a request for transmission of the brochure information identified by the brochure identifier. The method by which the user terminal 2 acquires the pamphlet identifier does not matter. The pamphlet identifier is, for example, information acquired by a user who is a visitor to the booth by photographing the two-dimensional code present in the booth with the user terminal 2 .

The business card-related information acquisition unit 122 acquires business card-related information. Here, the business card-related information acquisition unit 122 receives business card-related information.

The business card-related information acquisition unit 122 receives business card-related information from the user terminal 2 . Here, the business card related information may be business card information. If the business card-related information is, for example, a business card identifier, the business card-related information acquiring unit 122 receives the business card identifier from the user terminal 2, uses the business card identifier as a key, and accesses a business card management server (not shown). Business card information may be obtained from the business card management server. The business card management server stores business card information in association with one or more business card identifiers.

It is preferable that the business card-related information acquisition unit 122 receives the business card-related information in association with the pamphlet information. The business card-related information acquisition unit 122 receives business card-related information, for example, paired with a pamphlet identifier.

The business card-related information acquisition unit 122 receives business card-related information, for example, in response to transmission of pamphlet information.

The business card-related information acquiring unit 122 may receive the business card-related information at the same timing as when the brochure identifier receiving unit 121 receives the brochure identifier. In such a case, the business card-related information may be a user identifier. It can be said that the user identifier is a business card identifier.

It is preferable that the business card-related information acquisition unit 122 acquires time information from a clock (not shown) and store the time information and the business card-related information in a pair. Note that the time information may be information received in a pair with the business card-related information.

It is preferable that the acquisition of the business card-related information by the business card-related information acquiring unit 122 is associated with the processing of transmitting the pamphlet information by the pamphlet transmitting unit 141, which will be described later. In other words, it is preferable for the business card-related information acquiring unit 122 to acquire the business card-related information when the pamphlet transmitting unit 141 transmits the pamphlet information. On the other hand, it is preferable that the business card-related information acquiring unit 122 does not acquire the business card-related information when the pamphlet transmitting unit 141 does not transmit the pamphlet information. However, the timing at which the pamphlet transmission unit 141 transmits the pamphlet information and the timing at which the business card-related information acquisition unit 122 acquires the business card-related information do not matter. Either the transmission of the pamphlet information or the acquisition of the business card-related information may be performed first, or they may be performed at the same time.

The response receiving unit 123 receives response information to the questionnaire from the user terminal 2 in association with the user's business card-related information, pamphlet information, or booth information. Further, the reply receiving unit 123 receives the reply information from the user terminal 2 in association with the business card-related information of the user.

The reply receiving unit 123 receives the reply information in pairs, for example, a business card identifier, a pamphlet identifier, a booth identifier, a business card identifier and a pamphlet identifier, or a business card identifier and a booth identifier.

The viewing log receiving unit 124 receives, from the user terminal 2, the viewing log for the pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal 2 in association with the pamphlet information. The viewing log receiving unit 124 receives, for example, the viewing log associated with the pamphlet identifier from the user terminal 2 .

The processing unit 13 performs various types of processing. The various processes are, for example, processes performed by the pamphlet acquisition unit 131, the business card output unit 132, the response storage unit 133, the browsing log storage unit 134, the statistical processing unit 135, and the visit status acquisition unit 136.

The pamphlet acquisition unit 131 acquires pamphlet information from the pamphlet storage unit 111 . The pamphlet acquisition unit 131 acquires pamphlet information identified by the pamphlet identifier received by the pamphlet identifier reception unit 121 from the pamphlet storage unit 111 . When the pamphlet storage unit 111 exists in an external device (not shown), the pamphlet acquisition unit 131 uses the pamphlet identifier received by the pamphlet identifier reception unit 121 to access the external device and obtain the pamphlet information from the external device. get.

The business card output unit 132 outputs the business card related information received by the business card related information acquisition unit 122 . Here, output means, for example, storage in a recording medium or transmission to a terminal (not shown) on the exhibitor side.

The business card output unit 132 accumulates the business card related information received by the business card related information acquisition unit 122, for example. The business card output unit 132 acquires business card information using, for example, the business card related information received by the business card related information acquisition unit 122, and outputs the business card information. The business card-related information or business card information is preferably stored in the business card storage unit 114, but may be an external device (not shown). It is preferable that the business card output unit 132 acquires time information from a clock (not shown), and outputs business card-related information or business card information paired with the time information.

The business card output unit 132 preferably stores the business card-related information or business card information in association with the pamphlet information transmitted by the pamphlet transmission unit 141 . The business card output unit 132 stores, for example, business card-related information or business card information received paired with a pamphlet identifier in association with the pamphlet identifier. The business card output unit 132 may store the received business card-related information or business card information in association with the booth identifier.

It is preferable that the business card output unit 132 outputs the business card-related information in a pair with the time information.

Note that the process in which the business card output unit 132 outputs business card-related information or business card information generally corresponds to the process in which pamphlet information is transmitted to the user terminal 2 . In other words, it is preferable that the business card output unit 132 does not output the business card-related information or the business card information when the pamphlet information is not transmitted to the user terminal 2 .

The answer accumulation unit 133 accumulates the answer information received by the answer reception unit 123 . It is preferable that the answer storage unit 133 stores the answer information in the answer storage unit 115 . However, the answer accumulation unit 133 may accumulate answer information in an external device (not shown).

The answer accumulation unit 133 usually accumulates answer information in association with business card-related information, pamphlet information, or booth information. It is preferable that the response storage unit 133 stores the response information in association with the business card-related information.

It is preferable that the answer accumulation unit 133 accumulates the answer information in pairs with the time information. The time information is information indicating when the reply information was received.

The browsing log accumulation unit 134 accumulates the browsing logs received by the browsing log receiving unit 124 . It is preferable that the browsing log storage unit 134 stores the browsing log in the browsing log storage unit 116 . However, the browsing log accumulation unit 134 may accumulate browsing logs in an external device (not shown). The browsing log accumulation unit 134 may acquire time information from a clock (not shown) and accumulate a browsing log paired with the time information.

The browsing log accumulation unit 134 usually accumulates browsing logs in association with pamphlet information. The browsing log accumulation unit 134 accumulates browsing logs in pairs with pamphlet identifiers or booth identifiers, for example.

It is preferable that the browsing log accumulation unit 134 accumulates the browsing log in association with the business card-related information.

It is preferable that the browsing log accumulation unit 134 accumulates the browsing log paired with the time information. The information at this time is information indicating when the browsing log was received.

The statistical processing unit 135 performs statistical processing using the business card-related information or business card information corresponding to the pamphlet information, and acquires statistical processing results.

The statistical processing result is, for example, the number of business card-related information or business card information. This number is the number of user terminals 2 that have downloaded the pamphlet information. It is also believed that such number is the number of visitors to the booth. The statistical processing result is, for example, the number of business card-related information or business card information for each time period. Such numbers are considered to be the number of visitors to the booth for each time slot.

The statistical processing unit 135 performs statistical processing on the reply information and acquires statistical processing results. Such statistical processing results may be called questionnaire statistical processing results. The results of questionnaire statistical processing are, for example, the number and ratio of users who gave a high evaluation to the booth, and the number and ratio of users who gave a low evaluation to the booth.

The statistical processing unit 135 performs statistical processing on the browsing log and acquires statistical processing results. Such statistical processing results are, for example, the number or percentage of people who viewed one pamphlet information, the number or percentage of people who viewed one pamphlet information for a predetermined time or longer, the representative value (average value) of the viewing time of one pamphlet information , median, etc.).

The statistical processing unit 135 refers to the booth information storage unit 112 that stores two or more booth information, which is information on exhibition booths corresponding to two or more pieces of pamphlet information, and transmits the information to the user terminal 2 of one user. Statistical processing is performed on the booth information corresponding to each pamphlet information described above, and statistical processing results are obtained.

Such statistical processing results are, for example, the number of booths visited by one user on the same day, the number or ratio of booths visited by one user for each industry identifier, and a set of keywords corresponding to the booths visited by one user. be.

The visit status acquisition unit 136 refers to the booth information storage unit 112 and acquires visit status information from transmission records of one or more pamphlet information to the user terminal 2 of one user. The visit status information is information that identifies exhibition booths visited by one user or information that identifies exhibition booths that have not been visited.

By using the information on the correspondence between the pamphlet information and the business card-related information, it can be seen that the user corresponding to the business card-related information has acquired the pamphlet information. The transmission record of pamphlet information is preferably a record of business card-related information paired with the pamphlet information.

The visit status information is, for example, a booth identifier paired with one or more pieces of pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal 2 of one user. The visit status information has, for example, a set of a booth identifier and time information paired with one or more pieces of pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal 2 of one user. The visit status information has, for example, one or more booth identifiers (booth identifiers of unvisited booths) that are not paired with any of the one or more pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal 2 of one user. The visit status information is, for example, information on one or more sets of booth identifiers and time information. The time information is information specifying the time of the visit to the booth, and is, for example, information indicating when business card-related information was received or information indicating when pamphlet information was sent.

The transmission unit 14 transmits various kinds of information. The transmission unit 14 transmits various kinds of information to the user terminal 2 and the like. Various types of information are, for example, pamphlet information, questionnaires, statistical processing results, and visit status information.

The pamphlet transmission unit 141 transmits the pamphlet information acquired by the pamphlet acquisition unit 131 to the user terminal 2 of the user.

It is preferable that the pamphlet transmission unit 141 transmits the pamphlet information in response to the reception of the business card-related information.

The questionnaire transmission unit 142 transmits the questionnaire to the user terminal 2 . It is preferable that the questionnaire transmission unit 142 transmits to the user terminal 2 a questionnaire corresponding to the pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal 2 . The questionnaire transmission unit 142 transmits, to the user terminal 2, a questionnaire corresponding to the booth information corresponding to the pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal 2, for example.

The timing and trigger for sending the questionnaire to the user terminal 2 by the questionnaire sending unit 142 are not limited. For example, when the pamphlet identifier receiving section 121 receives a pamphlet identifier, the questionnaire transmitting section 142 transmits a questionnaire corresponding to the pamphlet identifier to the user terminal 2 . For example, when the business card-related information acquisition unit 122 receives the business card-related information, the questionnaire transmission unit 142 transmits a questionnaire corresponding to the received brochure identifier to the user terminal 2 . The questionnaire transmission unit 142 transmits a questionnaire to the user terminal 2, for example, in response to the pamphlet transmission unit 141 transmitting the pamphlet information. The questionnaire transmission unit 142 transmits a questionnaire to the user terminal 2 upon receiving an instruction from the user terminal 2, for example.

The statistical processing result output unit 143 outputs statistical processing results. The statistical processing result output unit 143 outputs the statistical processing result acquired by the statistical processing unit 135 . Note that the output here usually means transmission to an external device, but display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, sound output, storage on a recording medium, and other processing devices. The concept may also include delivery of processing results to other programs, etc.

The statistical processing result output unit 143 transmits statistical processing results to, for example, exhibitor terminals or user terminals 2 (not shown). The exhibitor terminal is, for example, a terminal of an exhibitor at a booth or a terminal of an exhibition manager.

The visit status output unit 144 outputs the visit status information acquired by the visit status acquisition unit 136 . Note that the output here is usually transmission to an external device (usually the user terminal 2 here), but display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, sound output, The concept may include storage in a recording medium, delivery of processing results to other processors or other programs, and the like.

The visit status output unit 144 transmits visit status information to, for example, exhibitor terminals or user terminals 2 (not shown).

Various types of information are stored in the terminal storage unit 21 that constitutes the user terminal 2 . Various types of information are, for example, pamphlet identifiers, user identifiers, business card-related information, business card information, reply information, browsing logs, and pamphlet information.

The terminal reception unit 22 receives various instructions and information. Various instructions and information are, for example, answer information and operation information.

In addition, reception here means reception of information input from input devices such as keyboards, mice, and touch panels, reception of information transmitted via wired or wireless communication lines, optical disks, magnetic disks, semiconductor memories, etc. This is a concept including acceptance of information read from the recording medium.

The terminal processing unit 23 performs various types of processing. The various types of processing are, for example, processing for converting instructions and information received by the terminal reception unit 22 into instructions and information for a data structure to be transmitted. The various types of processing are, for example, processing for converting the information received by the terminal reception unit 25 into information of a data structure to be output.

The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the pamphlet identifier. The terminal processing unit 23 captures, for example, a two-dimensional code in which a pamphlet identifier is embedded, and acquires the pamphlet identifier from the two-dimensional code. Note that the two-dimensional code is, for example, a QR code (registered trademark), a bar code, a color code, or the like. Also, a mount on which a two-dimensional code is printed is placed, for example, in a booth. Also, an exhibitor terminal on which a two-dimensional code is displayed is placed, for example, in a booth. Note that the terminal processing unit 23 in such a case has a camera.

The terminal processing unit 23, for example, acquires the pamphlet identifier from the exhibitor terminal. The exhibitor terminal is a terminal installed at the booth or a terminal held by the person in charge of the booth. In addition, the terminal processing unit 23 in such a case has wireless or wired communication means.

The terminal processing unit 23 uses the operation information received by the terminal receiving unit 22, for example, to configure the browsing log. The terminal processing unit 23, for example, configures a viewing log in association with the pamphlet identifier. The browsing log includes, for example, opening of pamphlet information, operation information for pamphlet information, page identifiers of pages browsed by the user, browsing time, browsing date and time, number of times of browsing, and number of times of sharing. Note that the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 may perform the process of acquiring the browsing log from the operation information. In such a case, the operation information is transmitted to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 in association with the pamphlet identifier.

The terminal transmission unit 24 transmits various information and instructions. The terminal transmission unit 24 normally transmits various information and instructions to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 . Various information and instructions are, for example, pamphlet identifiers, business card-related information, reply information, browsing logs, and operation information.

The pamphlet identifier transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 24 is preferably associated with the business card-related information. It is preferable that the reply information transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 24 is associated with one or more information among pamphlet identifiers, business card-related information, and booth identifiers. It is preferable that the browsing log transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 24 is associated with the pamphlet identifier. The operation information transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 24 is preferably associated with the pamphlet identifier.

The terminal receiver 25 receives various information. The terminal receiving unit 25 receives various information from the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 . Various types of information are, for example, pamphlet information, questionnaires, statistical processing results, and visit status information.

The terminal output unit 26 outputs various information. Various types of information are, for example, pamphlet information, questionnaires, statistical processing results, and visit status information.

Storage unit 11, pamphlet storage unit 111, booth information storage unit 112, questionnaire storage unit 113, business card storage unit 114, answer storage unit 115, browsing log storage unit 116, and terminal storage unit 21 are preferably non-volatile recording media. However, it can also be realized with a volatile recording medium.

It does not matter how the information is stored in the storage unit 11 or the like. For example, information may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like via a recording medium, or information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like. Alternatively, information input via an input device may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like.

The receiving unit 12, the pamphlet identifier receiving unit 121, the business card-related information acquiring unit 122, the answer receiving unit 123, the viewing log receiving unit 124, and the terminal receiving unit 25 are usually realized by wireless or wired communication means. may be realized by means of receiving the

Processing unit 13, pamphlet acquisition unit 131, business card output unit 132, answer storage unit 133, browsing log storage unit 134, statistical processing unit 135, visit status acquisition unit 136, and terminal processing unit 23 are normally supplied from a processor, memory, or the like. can be realized. The processing procedure of the processing unit 13 and the like is normally realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit). Note that the processor may be a CPU, MPU, GPU, or the like, and may be of any type.

The transmission unit 14, the pamphlet transmission unit 141, the questionnaire transmission unit 142, the statistical processing result output unit 143, the visit status output unit 144, and the terminal transmission unit 24 are usually implemented by wireless or wired communication means. It may be realized by

The terminal reception unit 22 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a touch panel or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

The terminal output unit 26 may or may not include an output device such as a display or speaker. The terminal output unit 26 can be realized by output device driver software, or by output device driver software and an output device.

Next, an operation example of the information system A will be described. First, an operation example of the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S301) The pamphlet identifier receiving section 121 determines whether or not a pamphlet identifier has been received. If the pamphlet identifier has been received, go to step S302; if the pamphlet identifier has not been received, go to step S308.

(Step S302) The pamphlet acquisition unit 131 acquires from the pamphlet storage unit 111 the pamphlet information identified by the pamphlet identifier received in step S301.

(Step S303) The pamphlet transmission unit 141 transmits the pamphlet information acquired in step S302 to the user terminal 2 that has transmitted the pamphlet identifier.

(Step S304) The business card-related information acquisition unit 122 determines whether business card-related information has been received. If the business card-related information has been received, the process goes to step S305, and if the business card-related information has not been received, the process returns to step S304. The business card-related information may be received at the same timing as the pamphlet identifier.

(Step S305) The business card related information acquisition unit 122 determines whether or not to acquire business card information. If the business card information is to be acquired, the process goes to step S306, and if the business card information is not to be acquired, the process goes to step S307. For example, the business card-related information acquiring unit 122 determines to acquire business card information when the received business card-related information is a business card identifier, and does not acquire business card information when the received business card-related information is business card information. I judge.

(Step S306) The business card-related information acquisition unit 122 acquires business card information from a business card management server (not shown) using the business card-related information received in step S304. Note that if the storage unit 11 has a business card management DB, the business card related information acquisition unit 122 acquires business card information corresponding to the business card identifier from the storage unit 11 . The business card management DB has one or more pairs of business card identifiers and business card information.

(Step S307) The business card output unit 132 pairs the business card information acquired in step S306 or the business card related information received in step S304 with the pamphlet identifier received in step S301 and stores them in the business card storage unit 114. . Return to step S301.

The business card output unit 132 preferably accumulates business card information or business card-related information in pairs with time information. Also, the business card output unit 132 may, for example, transmit the business card information to the exhibitor terminal paired with the pamphlet identifier.

(Step S308) The viewing log receiving unit 124 determines whether or not the viewing log has been received in association with the pamphlet identifier. If the browsing log has been received, the process goes to step S309, and if the browsing log has not been received, the process goes to step S310.

(Step S309) The viewing log storage unit 134 stores the viewing log received in step S308 in the viewing log storage unit 116 in association with the pamphlet identifier. Return to step S301.

(Step S310) The questionnaire transmission unit 142 determines whether to transmit the questionnaire to the user terminal 2 or not. If the questionnaire is to be sent, go to step S311; if not, go to step S312.

Note that, for example, when the reception unit 12 receives a questionnaire transmission instruction associated with a pamphlet identifier or a booth identifier, the questionnaire transmission unit 142 determines to transmit the questionnaire. Further, the questionnaire transmission unit 142 determines to transmit the questionnaire at a predetermined date and time. Further, when the pamphlet information is transmitted, the questionnaire transmission unit 142 immediately determines to transmit the questionnaire corresponding to the pamphlet information.

(Step S<b>311 ) The processing unit 13 acquires the questionnaire to be sent from the questionnaire storage unit 113 . The questionnaire transmission unit 142 transmits the questionnaire to the user terminal 2 . Return to step S301.

Note that the processing unit 13 acquires, for example, a questionnaire associated with the pamphlet identifier or booth identifier corresponding to the questionnaire transmission instruction from the questionnaire storage unit 113 . The processing unit 13 acquires, for example, a questionnaire associated with the transmitted pamphlet information from the questionnaire storage unit 113 .

(Step S312) The reply receiving unit 123 determines whether reply information associated with the pamphlet identifier or the booth identifier has been received. If reply information has been received, the process goes to step S313, and if not, the process goes to step S314. It is preferable that the reply information is associated with the business card identifier.

(Step S313) The answer accumulation unit 133 accumulates the answer information received in step S312 in the answer storage unit 115. FIG. Return to step S301.

(Step S314) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not to perform statistical processing. If statistical processing is to be performed, go to step S315; if not, go to step S316.

Note that the statistical processing unit 135 determines to perform statistical processing, for example, according to an instruction from an exhibition manager or an exhibitor. The statistical processing unit 135 determines to perform the statistical processing, for example, when a predetermined date and time comes. It should be noted that the trigger for statistical processing does not matter.

(Step S315) The statistical processing unit 135 performs statistical processing. Return to step S301. An example of statistical processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S316) The processing unit 13 determines whether to transmit the statistical processing result. If the result of statistical processing is to be transmitted, go to step S317; if not, go to step S319.

(Step S<b>317 ) The processing unit 13 acquires the statistical processing result to be transmitted from the storage unit 11 .

(Step S318) The statistical processing result output unit 143 transmits the statistical processing result acquired in step S317. Return to step S301.

(Step S319) The processing unit 13 determines whether or not to transmit the visit status information. If the visit status information is to be transmitted, the process goes to step S320; otherwise, the process returns to step S301.

(Step S320) The visit status acquisition unit 136 performs visit status acquisition processing. An example of visit status acquisition processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S321) The visit status output unit 144 transmits the visit status information acquired in step S320. Return to step S301.

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt for ending the process occurs.

Next, an example of statistical processing in step S315 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S401) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not to perform pamphlet statistical processing. If pamphlet statistical processing is to be performed, the process goes to step S402, and if pamphlet statistical processing is not to be performed, the process goes to step S403.

(Step S402) The statistical processing unit 135 performs pamphlet statistical processing. An example of pamphlet statistical processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S403) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not to perform booth statistical processing. If booth statistical processing is to be performed, the process goes to step S404, and if booth statistical processing is not to be performed, the process goes to step S405.

(Step S404) The statistical processing unit 135 performs booth statistical processing. An example of booth statistical processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S405) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not to perform questionnaire statistical processing. If questionnaire statistical processing is to be performed, the process goes to step S406, and if questionnaire statistical processing is not to be performed, the process goes to step S407.

(Step S406) The statistical processing unit 135 performs questionnaire statistical processing. An example of questionnaire statistical processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S407) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not to perform exhibition statistical processing. If the exhibition statistical processing is to be performed, go to step S408. If the exhibition statistical processing is not to be performed, go to step S409.

(Step S408) The statistical processing unit 135 performs exhibition statistical processing. An example of exhibition statistical processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S409) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not to perform user statistical processing. If user statistical processing is to be performed, the process proceeds to step S410, and if user statistical processing is not to be performed, the process returns to the upper level processing.

(Step S410) The statistical processing unit 135 performs user statistical processing. An example of user statistical processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Next, an example of pamphlet statistical processing in step S402 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S501) The statistical processing unit 135 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

(Step S502) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not the i-th pamphlet identifier exists in the pamphlet storage unit 111. If the i-th pamphlet identifier exists, go to step S503; otherwise, return to the upper process.

(Step S503) The statistical processing unit 135 substitutes 1 for the counter j.

(Step S504) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not the j-th business card identifier (or business card information or business card-related information) associated with the i-th pamphlet identifier exists in the business card storage unit 114 or not. If the j-th business card identifier or the like exists, go to step S505, otherwise go to step S507.

(Step S505) The statistical processing unit 135 acquires from the browsing log storage unit 116 all browsing logs corresponding to the i-th pamphlet identifier and the j-th business card identifier. Then, the statistical processing unit 135 temporarily accumulates the acquired browsing log in a buffer (not shown) in association with the i-th pamphlet identifier.

(Step S506) The statistical processing unit 135 increments the counter j by 1. Return to step S504.

(Step S507) The statistical processing unit 135 statistically processes all browsing logs corresponding to the i-th pamphlet identifier in the buffer (not shown), and acquires pamphlet statistical processing results. Then, the statistical processing unit 135 associates the acquired pamphlet statistical processing result with the i-th pamphlet identifier and accumulates it in the storage unit 11 .

The pamphlet statistical processing results are, for example, the number of downloads (j-1) using the value of the counter j, the number of pamphlet information viewers, the average viewing time, the average number of views, the number of viewers per page, etc. be.

(Step S508) The statistical processing unit 135 increments the counter i by 1. Return to step S502.

Next, an example of booth statistical processing in step S404 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S601) The statistical processing unit 135 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

(Step S<b>602 ) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not the i-th booth identifier exists in the booth information storage unit 112 . If the i-th booth identifier exists, go to step S603; otherwise, return to the upper process.

(Step S603) The statistical processing unit 135 acquires one or more pamphlet identifiers paired with the i-th booth identifier from the pamphlet storage unit 111 or the booth information storage unit 112. FIG.

(Step S604) The statistical processing unit 135 substitutes 1 for the counter j.

(Step S605) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether or not the j-th pamphlet identifier exists among the pamphlet identifiers acquired in step S603. If the jth pamphlet identifier exists, go to step S606; if the jth pamphlet identifier does not exist, go to step S608.

(Step S606) The statistical processing unit 135 acquires from the business card storage unit 114 all pairs of business card identifiers and hour identifiers paired with the j-th pamphlet identifier, and temporarily stores them in a buffer (not shown).

(Step S607) The statistical processing unit 135 increments the counter j by 1. Return to step S605.

(Step S608) The statistical processing unit 135 uniquely processes all the business card identifiers temporarily stored in the buffer in step S606, and acquires the number of visitors to the booth identified by the i-th booth identifier. The statistical processing unit 135 stores the number of visitors in the storage unit 11 in pairs with the i-th booth identifier.

(Step S609) The statistical processing unit 135 obtains the number of visitors for each time period using all pairs of business card identifiers and time identifiers temporarily stored in the buffer in step S606. The statistical processing unit 135 stores the number of visitors for each time slot in the storage unit 11 in pairs with the i-th booth identifier.

(Step S610) The statistical processing unit 135 increments the counter i by 1. Return to step S602.

Next, an example of questionnaire statistical processing in step S406 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S701) The statistical processing unit 135 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

(Step S702) The statistical processing unit 135 determines whether the i-th pamphlet identifier exists in the pamphlet storage unit 111 or not. If the i-th pamphlet identifier exists, go to step S703; otherwise, return to the upper process.

(Step S703) The statistical processing unit 135 acquires from the answer storage unit 115 all answer information paired with the i-th pamphlet identifier.

(Step S704) The statistical processing unit 135 performs statistical processing on all the answer information acquired in step S703, and acquires statistical processing results of the questionnaire.

(Step S705) The statistical processing unit 135 stores the results of statistical processing of the questionnaire obtained in step S704 in the storage unit 11 in pairs with the i-th pamphlet identifier.

(Step S706) The statistical processing unit 135 increments the counter i by 1. Return to step S702.

In addition, in the flowchart of FIG. 7, the statistical processing was performed using the reply information for each pamphlet identifier. However, statistical processing may be performed for each booth identifier using the answer information corresponding to the booth identifier.

Next, an example of the exhibition statistics processing in step S408 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S801) The statistical processing unit 135 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

(Step S<b>802 ) Statistical processing section 135 determines whether or not the i-th business card identifier exists in business card storage section 114 . If the i-th business card identifier exists, go to step S803, otherwise go to step S808.

(Step S803) The statistical processing unit 135 acquires from the business card storage unit 114 all pieces of time information paired with the i-th business card identifier.

(Step S804) The statistical processing unit 135 acquires the earliest time information from all the time information acquired in step S803. The statistical processing unit 135 uses the time information of the earliest time to acquire the start date and time of stay at the exhibition hall. The stay start date and time may be the time information of the earliest time, or may be information of a time earlier than the time information of the earliest time by a predetermined time.

(Step S805) The statistical processing unit 135 acquires the latest time information from all the time information acquired in step S803. The statistical processing unit 135 uses the time information of the latest time to acquire the end date and time of the stay at the exhibition hall. The end date and time of the stay may be the time information of the latest time, or information of a time later than the time information of the latest time by a predetermined time.

(Step S806) The statistical processing unit 135 calculates the time difference between the earliest time information and the latest time information. The statistical processing unit 135 acquires the length of stay using the time difference. The stay time may be the time of the difference, or may be a time obtained by adding a predetermined time to the time of the difference.

(Step S807) The statistical processing unit 135 increments the counter i by 1. Return to step S802.

(Step S<b>808 ) The statistical processing unit 135 performs statistical processing on the information acquired in steps S<b>803 , S<b>804 , S<b>805 , S<b>806 , etc., acquires exhibition statistical processing results, and stores them in the storage unit 11 . Return to upper process.

The results of the statistical processing of the exhibition are, for example, the number of visitors (i-1), which is the number of unique business card identifiers, the average length of stay, the number of visitors by time slot, and the like.

Next, an example of user statistical processing in step S410 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S901) The statistical processing unit 135 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

(Step S<b>902 ) Statistical processing section 135 determines whether or not the i-th business card identifier exists in business card storage section 114 . If the i-th business card identifier exists, go to step S003; otherwise, return to the upper process.

(Step S903) The statistical processing unit 135 acquires from the business card storage unit 114 all pamphlet identifiers paired with the i-th business card identifier.

(Step S904) The statistical processing unit 135 acquires from the booth information storage unit 112 booth information paired with each pamphlet identifier acquired in step S903.

(Step S905) The statistical processing unit 135 statistically processes all the booth information acquired in step S904, and acquires user statistical processing results. Then, the statistical processing unit 135 pairs the i-th business card identifier and at least temporarily accumulates the user statistical processing result.

The results of user statistical processing are, for example, the number of booths visited, the number of booths visited for each industry identifier, the number of appearances of each keyword appearing in all the booth information acquired in step S904, and the like.

(Step S906) The statistical processing unit 135 increments the counter i by 1. Return to step S902.

Next, an example of the visit status acquisition process in step S320 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S1001) The visit status acquisition unit 136 acquires a business card identifier and time information that specify a user to whom visit status information is presented.

(Step S1002) The visit status acquisition unit 136 acquires from the business card storage unit 114 one or more pamphlet identifiers paired with the business card identifier acquired in step S1001.

(Step S1003) The visit status acquisition unit 136 acquires from the booth information storage unit 112 booth identifiers paired with the one or more pamphlet identifiers acquired in step S1002, and stores the one or more booth identifiers as business card identifiers. Corresponding time information to be paired.

(Step S1004) The visit status acquisition unit 136 configures visit status information having one or more booth identifiers acquired in step S1003. Return to upper process.

Note that the visit status acquisition unit 136 may sort one or more booth identifiers in the order of the date and time indicated by the corresponding time information, and configure visit status information that specifies the route taken by the user.

Next, an operation example of the user terminal 2 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 11 .

(Step S1101) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether or not the pamphlet identifier has been acquired. If the pamphlet identifier has been acquired, the process goes to step S1102, and if the pamphlet identifier has not been acquired, the process goes to step S1104.

(Step S1102) The terminal processing unit 23 configures a pamphlet identifier including the pamphlet identifier acquired in step S1101. The pamphlet identifier or the like may be a pamphlet identifier alone, but it is preferable to have business card-related information. The terminal processing unit 23, for example, acquires business card-related information from the terminal storage unit 21, and configures information to be transmitted together with the pamphlet identifier acquired in step S1101.

(Step S1103) The terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the pamphlet identifier and the like configured in step S1102 to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1. FIG. Return to step S1101.

(Step S1104) The processing unit 13 determines whether or not to transmit the business card related information. If the business card-related information is to be sent, the process goes to step S1105, and if the business card-related information is not to be sent, the process goes to step S1106.

Note that the processing unit 13 determines to transmit the business card-related information, for example, when the terminal processing unit 23 acquires the pamphlet identifier. For example, when the terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the pamphlet identifier and the like to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1, the processing unit 13 determines to transmit the business card-related information. For example, when the terminal receiving unit 25 receives pamphlet information, the processing unit 13 determines to transmit the business card-related information. For example, the processing unit 13 determines to transmit the business card-related information in response to the user's instruction.

(Step S<b>1105 ) The terminal transmission section 24 transmits the business card-related information in the terminal storage section 21 to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 . Return to step S1101.

(Step S1106) The terminal reception unit 25 determines whether or not pamphlet information has been received. If the pamphlet information has been received, the process goes to step S1107, and if the pamphlet information has not been received, the process goes to step S1108.

(Step S1107) The terminal processing unit 23 accumulates the pamphlet information received in step S1106 in the terminal storage unit 21. FIG. Return to step S1101. Here, it is preferable that the terminal output unit 26 displays pamphlet information.

(Step S1108) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether or not to output pamphlet information. If the pamphlet information is to be output, the process goes to step S1109, and if the pamphlet information is not to be output, the process goes to step S1111.

Note that, for example, when an instruction to output pamphlet information is received, the terminal processing unit 23 determines to output pamphlet information. Further, for example, when pamphlet information is received, the terminal processing unit 23 determines to output the pamphlet information.

(Step S<b>1109 ) Terminal output unit 26 outputs pamphlet information in terminal storage unit 21 .

(Step S1110) The terminal processing unit 23 performs operation processing. Return to step S1101. Note that the operation process is a process for a user's operation on pamphlet information. Also, an example of operation processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 12 .

(Step S1111) The terminal reception unit 25 determines whether or not a questionnaire has been received. If the questionnaire has been received, the process goes to step S1112, and if the questionnaire has not been received, the process goes to step S1117.

(Step S1112) The terminal output unit 26 outputs the questionnaire. Note that questionnaires are usually associated with pamphlet identifiers or booth identifiers.

(Step S1113) The terminal reception unit 22 determines whether or not response information has been received from the user. If the answer information has been received, the process goes to step S1114, and if the answer information has not been received, the process goes to step S1115.

(Step S1114) The terminal processing unit 23 accumulates the response information accepted in step S1113 in a buffer (not shown).

(Step S1115) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether or not to transmit reply information. If the answer information is to be sent, the process goes to step S1116, and if the answer information is not to be sent, the process returns to step S1113.

(Step S1116) The terminal transmission unit 24 pairs the answer information accumulated in the buffer (not shown) with the pamphlet identifier or booth identifier associated with the questionnaire and the business card identifier of the terminal storage unit 21, and sends the information to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1. Send. Return to step S1101.

(Step S1117) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether or not to acquire the business card-related information of the user. If the business card-related information is to be acquired, the process goes to step S1118, and if the business card-related information is not to be acquired, the process goes to step S1119. In addition, according to the user's instruction, the terminal processing unit 23 determines to acquire the user's business card-related information.

(Step S<b>1118 ) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the business card-related information of the user from the business card management server (not shown) or the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 and stores it in the terminal storage unit 21 . Return to step S1101.

The business card-related information is, for example, a business card identifier and business card information including the business card identifier. Also, the terminal processing unit 23 may display the acquired business card-related information.

(Step S1119) The terminal reception unit 22 determines whether or not a visit status transmission instruction has been received. If the visit status transmission instruction is accepted, the process goes to step S1120, and if the visit status transmission instruction is not accepted, the process goes to step S1124.

(Step S1120) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the business card identifier from the terminal storage unit 21, and composes a visit status transmission instruction having the business card identifier.

(Step S1121) The terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the visit status transmission instruction configured in step S1120 to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1. FIG.

(Step S1122) The terminal reception unit 25 determines whether or not the visit status information has been received. If the visit status information has been received, the process goes to step S1123, and if the visit status information has not been received, the process returns to step S1122.

(Step S1123) The terminal output unit 26 outputs the visit status information. Return to step S1101.

(Step S1124) Terminal reception unit 22 determines whether or not other instructions have been received. If any other instruction or the like has been received, the process proceeds to step S1125, and if no other instruction or the like has been received, the process returns to step S1101.

(Step S1125) The terminal processing unit 23 and the like perform processing according to other instructions. Return to step S1101.

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 11, the process ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt for ending the process occurs.

Next, an example of operation processing in step S1110 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S1201) The terminal reception unit 22 determines whether or not an operation for the pamphlet information being output has been received. If the operation has been accepted, the process goes to step S1202, and if the operation has not been accepted, the process returns to step S1201.

(Step S1202) The terminal processing unit 23 determines whether or not the operation accepted in step S1201 is an operation to close the pamphlet information. If it is a close operation, the process goes to step S1203, and if it is not a close operation, the process goes to step S1207.

(Step S1203) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the total viewing time of the pamphlet information being output.

(Step S1204) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the browsing time for each page.

(Step S1205) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the number of browsing times. In addition, when the number of browsing times up to now is stored, the terminal processing unit 23 acquires the number obtained by adding 1 to the number of browsing times. Further, when the number of times of viewing so far is not stored, the terminal processing unit 23 acquires the number of times of viewing "1" to be added.

(Step S1206) The terminal processing unit 23 closes the pamphlet information. Return to upper process.

(Step S1207) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires time information from a clock (not shown).

(Step S1208) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the page identifier of the page currently being output.

(Step S1209) The terminal processing unit 23 acquires the browsing time after moving to the current page, pairs it with the page identifier, and stores it in a buffer (not shown).

(Step S1210) The terminal processing unit 23 performs processing according to the operation accepted in step S1201. Go to step S1201. Note that the processing according to the operation accepted in step S1201 is, for example, moving to the next page, scrolling the screen, and the like.

A specific operation example of the information system A according to this embodiment will be described below.
(Outline 1 of operation example of information system A)

As shown in FIG. 13, at one or more booths of the exhibition, a display 1301 (paper or display) is installed.

Then, the visitor uses his or her own user terminal 2 to photograph the QR code on the display 1301 (1302). Then, the pamphlet identifier specified by the QR code is transmitted from the user terminal 2 to the pamphlet providing device 1 .

Then, the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 receives the pamphlet identifier from the user terminal 2, acquires pamphlet information identified by the pamphlet identifier from the pamphlet storage unit 111, and transmits the pamphlet information to the user terminal 2 (1303).

Further, the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 associates a business card identifier (an example of business card-related information) corresponding to the user terminal 2 with the pamphlet identifier. Then, the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 acquires business card information paired with the business card identifier from the storage unit 11 or a business card management server (not shown), and sends the business card information to an exhibitor terminal (not shown) paired with the pamphlet identifier. Send (1304).

The user terminal 2 also receives and outputs pamphlet information (1303).

Also, the exhibitor terminal receives and outputs business card information (1304).
(Outline 2 of operation example of information system A)

Here, the pamphlet providing device 1 may be an exhibitor terminal instead of a server. In this case, the pamphlet providing device 1 is a terminal held by the exhibitor or a terminal installed in the booth.

Then, the visitor uses his or her own user terminal 2 to photograph the QR code on the display 1301 (1302). Then, the pamphlet identifier specified by the QR code is transmitted from the user terminal 2 to the pamphlet providing device 1 .

Next, the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 receives the pamphlet identifier from the user terminal 2, acquires the pamphlet information identified by the pamphlet identifier from the pamphlet storage unit 111, and transmits it to the user terminal 2 (1303).

The user terminal 2 also transmits the business card identifier to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 . The brochure provider 1 then receives the business card identifier. Next, the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 acquires business card information identified by the business card identifier from a business card management server (not shown) and outputs the business card information. Note that the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 may receive business card information from the user terminal 2 .
(Details of operation example of information system A)

Assume that the user has entered the user identifier "yk@b.com" in the field 1402 of the screen 1401 of his/her own user terminal 2 and pressed the button 1403 (FIG. 14(a)).

Then, the terminal reception unit 22 of the user terminal 2 receives the user identifier (here, the same as the business card identifier). Then, the terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the business card identifier to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 that manages one or more business card information.

Next, the reception unit 12 of the pamphlet providing device 1 receives the business card identifier. Then, the processing unit 13 performs login processing for the user. Further, the processing unit 13 associates the business card identifier with the identifier of the user terminal 2 .

Next, it is assumed that the screen of the user terminal 2 has changed to (FIG. 14(b)). It is assumed that the user went to booth X and used the user terminal 2 to take a picture of the QR code installed in booth X. Then, the terminal processing unit 23 of the user terminal 2 photographs the QR code and obtains the pamphlet identifier. Next, the terminal transmission unit 24 of the user terminal 2 transmits the pamphlet identifier to the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 . It is preferable that the terminal transmission unit 24 transmits the pamphlet identifier in association with the business card identifier. During such transmission, the screen of the user terminal 2 becomes as shown in FIG. 14(d).

Next, the pamphlet identifier receiving section 121 of the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 receives the pamphlet identifier. Next, the pamphlet acquisition unit 131 acquires pamphlet information identified by the received pamphlet identifier from the pamphlet storage unit 111 . Next, the pamphlet transmission unit 141 transmits the acquired pamphlet information to the user terminal 2 that has transmitted the pamphlet identifier.

Next, the terminal receiving section 25 of the user terminal 2 receives the pamphlet information. Next, the terminal processing section 23 stores the received pamphlet information in the terminal storage section 21 . In addition, the terminal output unit 26 outputs a button 1404 that serves as an index of pamphlet information.

It is also assumed that the user can press a button 1404 to open the pamphlet information file and view the pamphlet information.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to manage users who have provided pamphlet information using business card information.

Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to accumulate answer information for questionnaires.

Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain a user's browsing log for pamphlet information.

Further, according to the present embodiment, statistical processing results regarding users who have acquired pamphlet information can be obtained.

Further, according to the present embodiment, statistical processing results for user responses to questionnaires can be obtained.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, statistical processing results for pamphlet information browsing logs by users can be obtained.

Further, according to the present embodiment, statistical processing results regarding booths visited by users can be obtained.

Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, visit status information regarding booths visited or not visited by the user can be obtained.

Note that the processing in this embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Also, this software may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed. Note that this also applies to other embodiments in this specification. The software that realizes the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 in this embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program comprises a computer that can access a pamphlet storage unit in which pamphlet information is stored, a business card-related information acquisition unit that acquires business card-related information related to the user's business card information, a brochure acquisition unit that acquires the pamphlet information, A pamphlet transmission unit for transmitting pamphlet information acquired by the pamphlet acquisition unit to the user terminal of the user, and a business card for outputting the business card related information received by the business card related information acquisition unit or business card information corresponding to the business card related information It is a program for functioning as an output unit.

(Embodiment 2)
This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the pamphlet providing device is an exhibitor terminal. Further, in this embodiment, the information system includes a server, and the server takes charge of part of the processing of the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment. Note that part of the processing is, for example, reception and accumulation of reply information and browsing logs, and statistical processing.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of information system B in this embodiment. The information system B includes one or more user terminals 3 , one or more pamphlet providing devices 4 and a server 5 .

The user terminal 3 is a terminal used by a user. A user here is, for example, a visitor to an exhibition. The exhibition may be a physical world exhibition or a virtual exhibition. The user terminal 2 is, for example, a so-called personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smart phone, etc., and the type thereof does not matter.

The pamphlet providing device 4 is an exhibitor terminal. The exhibitor terminal may be a terminal held by the exhibitor or a terminal installed in the booth. The pamphlet providing device 4 is, for example, a so-called personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smart phone, etc., and the type thereof is not limited.

The server 5 is, for example, a cloud server, an ASP server, or the like. The type of server 5 does not matter.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram of information system B in this embodiment.

The user terminal 3 includes a terminal storage section 31 , a terminal reception section 32 , a terminal processing section 33 , a terminal transmission section 34 , a terminal reception section 35 and a terminal output section 36 .

The pamphlet providing device 4 includes a storage section 41 , a receiving section 42 , a processing section 43 , a transmitting section 44 and an output section 45 . The storage unit 41 includes a pamphlet storage unit 111 and a business card storage unit 114 . The processing unit 43 includes a business card-related information acquisition unit 431 , a pamphlet acquisition unit 432 , and a business card output unit 433 . The transmission unit 44 includes a pamphlet transmission unit 441 and a questionnaire transmission unit 442 .

The server 5 includes a server storage section 51 , a server reception section 52 , a server processing section 53 and a server transmission section 54 . Server storage unit 51 includes booth information storage unit 112 , questionnaire storage unit 113 , and answer storage unit 115 . Server receiver 52 includes reply receiver 123 and browsing log receiver 124 . The server processing unit 53 includes an answer storage unit 133 , a browsing log storage unit 134 , a statistical processing unit 135 and a visit status acquisition unit 136 . The server transmission unit 54 includes a statistical processing result output unit 143 and a visit status output unit 144 .

Various types of information are stored in the terminal storage unit 31 that constitutes the user terminal 3 . Various types of information are, for example, pamphlet identifiers, user identifiers, business card-related information, business card information, reply information, browsing logs, and pamphlet information. Note that the user identifier may be a business card identifier.

The terminal reception unit 32 receives various instructions and information. Various instructions and information are, for example, a business card-related information acquisition instruction, answer information, and operation information. The business card related information acquisition instruction is an instruction to transmit a business card identifier. The business card related information acquisition instruction is an instruction sent to the server 5 or a business card management server (not shown).

The terminal processing unit 33 performs various types of processing. The various types of processing are, for example, processing for converting instructions and information received by the terminal reception unit 32 into instructions and information for a data structure to be transmitted. The various types of processing are, for example, processing for converting information received by the terminal reception unit 35 into information of a data structure to be output.

The terminal processing unit 33 uses the operation information received by the terminal receiving unit 32, for example, to configure the browsing log. The processing of the terminal processing unit 33 may be the same processing as the processing of the terminal processing unit 23 .

The terminal transmission unit 34 transmits various information and instructions. The terminal transmission unit 34 transmits various information and instructions to the pamphlet providing device 4 or the server 5 . Various types of information and instructions are, for example, business card-related information, reply information, and browsing logs.

The terminal receiver 35 receives various information. The terminal receiving unit 35 receives various information from the pamphlet providing device 4 or the server 5 . Various types of information are, for example, pamphlet information, questionnaires, statistical processing results, and visit status information.

The terminal output unit 36 outputs various information. Various types of information are, for example, pamphlet information, questionnaires, statistical processing results, and visit status information.

Various types of information are stored in the storage unit 41 that constitutes the pamphlet providing device 4 . Various types of information are, for example, pamphlet information, business card information, and business card related information.

The receiving unit 42 receives various information and instructions. Various information and instructions are, for example, business card related information and business card information.

The processing unit 43 performs various types of processing. Various types of processing are, for example, processing performed by the business card-related information acquisition unit 431, the pamphlet acquisition unit 432, and the business card output unit 433. FIG.

The business card-related information acquisition unit 431 acquires business card-related information of the user.

The business card-related information acquisition unit 431 reads, for example, a two-dimensional code displayed on the user terminal 3 and acquires business card-related information for identifying business card information. The business card-related information may be the two-dimensional code itself or a business card identifier embedded in the two-dimensional code.

The pamphlet acquisition unit 432 acquires pamphlet information from the pamphlet storage unit 111 in which pamphlet information is stored. Note that the pamphlet acquisition unit 432 may acquire pamphlet information from another external device.

Business card output unit 433 outputs the business card related information received by business card related information acquisition unit 431 or business card information corresponding to the business card related information. The output here is, for example, storage in a recording medium or display.

The business card output unit 433 preferably stores the business card-related information or business card information in association with the pamphlet information transmitted by the pamphlet transmission unit 441 .

It should be noted that the business card-related information or business card information output by the business card output unit 433 is normally performed in response to transmission of pamphlet information to the user terminal 3 . That is, normally, when pamphlet information is transmitted, business card-related information or business card information is output. Also, when business card-related information or business card information is output, pamphlet information is transmitted.

The transmission unit 44 transmits various kinds of information. The transmission unit 14 transmits various kinds of information to the user terminal 2 and the like. Various types of information are, for example, pamphlet information and questionnaires.

The pamphlet transmission unit 441 transmits the pamphlet information acquired by the pamphlet acquisition unit 432 to the user terminal 3 of the user.

The pamphlet transmission unit 441 transmits pamphlet information, for example, in response to the business card-related information acquisition unit 431 acquiring the business card-related information.

The questionnaire transmission unit 442 transmits the questionnaire to the user terminal 3 . The questionnaire transmission part 442 transmits a questionnaire to the user terminal 3, for example, when pamphlet information is transmitted.

The output unit 45 outputs various information. Various types of information are, for example, business card information.

Various types of information are stored in the server storage unit 51 that constitutes the server 5 . Various types of information are stored, for example, booth information, questionnaires, answer information, browsing logs, statistical processing results, and visit status information.

The server reception unit 52 receives various information and instructions. Various types of information and instructions are, for example, reply information and browsing logs.

The server processing unit 53 performs various types of processing. Various types of processing are, for example, processing performed by the response accumulation unit 133, the browsing log accumulation unit 134, the statistical processing unit 135, and the visit status acquisition unit 136. FIG.

The server transmission unit 54 transmits various kinds of information. The transmission unit 14 transmits various kinds of information to the pamphlet providing device 4, the user terminal 2, and the like. Various types of information are, for example, questionnaires, statistical processing results, and visit status information.

The terminal storage unit 31, the storage unit 41, and the server storage unit 51 are preferably non-volatile recording media, but can also be realized with volatile recording media.

The process by which information is stored in the terminal storage unit 31 or the like does not matter. For example, information may be stored in the terminal storage section 31 or the like via a recording medium, or information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the terminal storage section 31 or the like. Alternatively, information input via an input device may be stored in the terminal storage unit 31 or the like.

The terminal reception unit 32 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a touch panel or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

The terminal processing unit 33, the processing unit 43, the business card related information acquisition unit 431, the pamphlet acquisition unit 432, the business card output unit 433, and the server processing unit 53 can usually be implemented by a processor, memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the terminal processing unit 33 and the like is normally realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit). Note that the processor may be a CPU, MPU, GPU, or the like, and may be of any type.

The terminal transmission unit 34, the transmission unit 44, the pamphlet transmission unit 441, the questionnaire transmission unit 442, and the server transmission unit 54 are usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by broadcasting means.

The terminal receiver 35, the receiver 42, and the server receiver 52 are usually implemented by wireless or wired communication means, but may be implemented by means for receiving broadcast.

The terminal output unit 36 and the output unit 45 may or may not include output devices such as displays and speakers. The terminal output unit 26 can be realized by output device driver software, or by output device driver software and an output device.

Next, an operation example of the information system B will be described. First, an operation example of the user terminal 3 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. In the flow chart of FIG. 17, description of the same steps as those of the flow chart of FIG. 11 will be omitted.

(Step S1701) The terminal reception unit 32 determines whether or not a business card-related information acquisition instruction has been received. If the business card-related information acquisition instruction is accepted, the process goes to step S1702, and if the business card-related information acquisition instruction is not accepted, the process goes to step S1106.

(Step S1702) The terminal processing unit 33 composes a business card-related information acquisition instruction to be transmitted. The terminal transmission unit 34 transmits the business card-related information acquisition instruction to the server 5 or a business card management server (not shown). The business card-related information acquisition instruction has, for example, a user identifier or a business card identifier.

(Step S1703) The terminal reception section 35 determines whether or not the business card-related information has been received. If the business card related information has been received, the process goes to step S1704, and if the business card related information has not been received, the process returns to step S1703.

(Step S1704) The terminal processing unit 33 configures business card related information to be output. The terminal output unit 36 outputs the business card-related information. Return to step S1701. The business card-related information is, for example, a two-dimensional code in which a business card identifier is embedded.

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 17, the process ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt for ending the process occurs.

Next, an operation example of the pamphlet providing device 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S<b>1801 ) Business card related information acquisition section 431 acquires business card related information output from user terminal 3 . The business card-related information acquisition unit 431 captures, for example, the business card-related information (two-dimensional code) displayed on the user terminal 3 . The business card-related information acquisition unit 431 receives business card-related information transmitted by the user terminal 3, for example. Note that such reception is performed, for example, by short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), the Internet, or the like.

Further, the business card related information acquisition unit 431 may capture business card information output from the user terminal 3 and acquire business card information as a business card image. Also, the business card-related information acquisition unit 431 may receive business card information from the user terminal 3 .

(Step S1802) The business card-related information acquisition unit 431 acquires business card information using the business card-related information acquired in step S1801. The business card-related information acquisition unit 431 receives business card information from the server 5 or the business card management server, for example, using the business card-related information (two-dimensional code) as a key.

Note that if the business card-related information acquisition unit 431 acquires business card information in step S1801, the processing in step S1802 is unnecessary.

(Step S1803) Business card output unit 433 outputs the business card information acquired in step S1802. Note that the output here is, for example, accumulation and/or display.

(Step S<b>1804 ) The pamphlet acquisition unit 432 acquires pamphlet information from the pamphlet storage unit 111 .

(Step S1805) The pamphlet transmission unit 441 transmits the pamphlet information acquired in step S1804 to the user terminal 3. The transmission here is, for example, short-range wireless communication, but may be transmission via the server 5 via a network such as the Internet. In other words, the transmission route of pamphlet information does not matter.

(Step S1806) The processing unit 43 acquires from the storage unit 41 or the server 5 the questionnaire corresponding to the transmitted pamphlet information.

(Step S1807) The questionnaire transmission unit 442 transmits the questionnaire obtained in step S1806 to the user terminal 3. In addition, it is preferable that the questionnaire is transmitted together with the pamphlet information.

(Step S1808) The transmission unit 44 transmits to the server 5 a set of a pamphlet identifier or booth identifier for identifying the transmitted pamphlet information and business card-related information. Return to step S1801.

The business card-related information here may be a business card identifier or business card information. Also, the pamphlet identifier or booth identifier is stored in the pamphlet storage unit 111 in association with the pamphlet information.

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 18, the process ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt for ending the process occurs.

Next, an operation example of the server 5 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 19, description of the same steps as in the flowchart of FIG. 3 will be omitted.

(Step S1901) Server reception section 52 determines whether or not a set of a pamphlet identifier or booth identifier and business card-related information has been received. If such a pair has been received, go to step S1902; if not, go to step S308. The business card-related information here may be a business card identifier or business card information.

(Step S1902) Server processing unit 53 stores the business card-related information in server storage unit 51 in association with the pamphlet identifier or booth identifier. Return to step S1901.

It is preferable that the server processing unit 53 acquires the time information, pairs the time information, and accumulates the business card-related information in the server storage unit 51 .

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 19, the process ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt for ending the process occurs.

A specific operation example of the information system B according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.
(Outline of operation example of information system B)

The visitor inputs a business card-related information acquisition instruction including a user identifier to his/her own user terminal 3 to acquire business card-related information (here, a QR code for acquiring business card information). do.

Then, the terminal reception unit 32 of the user terminal 3 receives the business card related information acquisition instruction. Next, the terminal processing unit 33 composes a business card-related information acquisition instruction to be transmitted. Next, the terminal transmission unit 34 transmits the business card-related information acquisition instruction to the server 5 .

Next, the server reception unit 52 of the server 5 receives the business card related information acquisition instruction from the user terminal 3 . Next, the server processing unit 53 acquires business card-related information paired with the user identifier (which may be called a business card identifier) included in the business card-related information acquisition instruction from the server storage unit 51 or a business card management server (not shown). Next, the server transmission unit 54 transmits the business card related information to the user terminal 3 .

Next, the terminal receiving section 35 of the user terminal 3 receives the business card related information. Then, the terminal output unit 36 outputs the business card-related information. An output example of business card-related information is 2001 in FIG.

Next, the exhibitor at the exhibition booth takes a picture of the QR code on the screen of the user terminal 3 with the camera of the pamphlet providing device 4 which is his/her own terminal. Then, the business card-related information acquisition unit 431 of the pamphlet providing device 4 acquires the QR code. As a result, the QR code is displayed on the pamphlet providing device 4 (2002). Next, the business card-related information acquisition unit 431 of the pamphlet providing apparatus 4 transmits to the server 5 an instruction to send business card information including the business card identifier embedded in the QR code.

Next, the server reception unit 52 of the server 5 receives the instruction to transmit the business card information. The server processing unit 53 acquires business card information identified by the business card identifier included in the transmission instruction from the server storage unit 51 or a business card management server (not shown). Next, the server transmission unit 54 transmits the business card information to the pamphlet providing device 4 .

Next, the reception unit 42 of the pamphlet providing device 4 receives the business card information. Then, the output unit 45 outputs the business card information.

Although the pamphlet providing apparatus 4 receives the business card information from the server 5 , the information may be received from the user terminal 3 . In other words, after the pamphlet providing apparatus 4 obtains the business card-related information, it does not matter what kind of information or instruction communication route the pamphlet providing apparatus 4 obtains the business card information.

Next, the pamphlet acquisition unit 432 of the pamphlet providing device 4 acquires the pamphlet information of the pamphlet storage unit 111 . Next, the pamphlet transmission unit 441 transmits the pamphlet information to the user terminal 3 (2203).

Next, the terminal receiving section 35 of the user terminal 3 receives the pamphlet information. Then, the terminal output unit 36 outputs the pamphlet information. Note that the output here is, for example, accumulation, display, or the like.

Although the pamphlet information is transmitted to the user terminal 3 in response to the transmission of the business card information to the pamphlet providing apparatus 4, the transmission path, transmission timing, etc. of the pamphlet information do not matter. It is sufficient that both the process of acquiring the business card information by the pamphlet providing device 4 and the process of acquiring the pamphlet information by the user terminal 3 are performed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to manage users who have provided pamphlet information using business card information.

Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to accumulate answer information for questionnaires.

Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain a user's browsing log for pamphlet information.

Further, according to the present embodiment, statistical processing results regarding users who have acquired pamphlet information can be obtained.

Further, according to the present embodiment, statistical processing results for user responses to questionnaires can be obtained.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, statistical processing results for pamphlet information browsing logs by users can be obtained.

Further, according to the present embodiment, statistical processing results regarding booths visited by users can be obtained.

Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, visit status information regarding booths visited or not visited by the user can be obtained.

The software that implements the pamphlet providing apparatus 4 in this embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program comprises a computer that can access a pamphlet storage unit in which pamphlet information is stored, a business card-related information acquisition unit that acquires business card-related information related to the user's business card information, a brochure acquisition unit that acquires the pamphlet information, A pamphlet transmission unit for transmitting pamphlet information acquired by the pamphlet acquisition unit to the user terminal of the user, and a business card for outputting the business card related information received by the business card related information acquisition unit or business card information corresponding to the business card related information It is a program for functioning as an output part.

Also, FIG. 21 shows the appearance of a computer that executes the program described in this specification to realize the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 and the like of the various embodiments described above. The above-described embodiments can be implemented in computer hardware and computer programs running thereon. FIG. 21 is an overview diagram of this computer system 300, and FIG. 22 is a block diagram of the system 300. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 21, computer system 300 includes computer 301 including a CD-ROM drive, keyboard 302 , mouse 303 and monitor 304 .

22, a computer 301 includes a CD-ROM drive 3012, an MPU 3013, a bus 3014 connected to the CD-ROM drive 3012, a ROM 3015 for storing programs such as a boot-up program, It includes a RAM 3016 connected and for temporarily storing application program instructions and providing temporary storage space, and a hard disk 3017 for storing application programs, system programs and data. Although not shown here, computer 301 may also include a network card that provides connection to a LAN.

A program that causes the computer system 300 to execute the functions of the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 of the embodiment described above may be stored in the CD-ROM 3101, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 3012, and transferred to the hard disk 3017. . Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to computer 301 via a network (not shown) and stored in hard disk 3017 . Programs are loaded into RAM 3016 during execution. The program may be loaded directly from CD-ROM 3101 or network.

The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third party program that causes the computer 301 to execute the functions of the pamphlet providing apparatus 1 of the embodiment described above. A program need only contain those parts of instructions that call the appropriate functions (modules) in a controlled manner to produce the desired result. How the computer system 300 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

In the above program, the step of transmitting information, the step of receiving information, etc. are performed by hardware. processing) are not included.

Also, the number of computers that execute the above programs may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means existing in one device may be physically realized by one medium.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, each process may be implemented by centralized processing by a single device, or may be implemented by distributed processing by a plurality of devices.

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and that various modifications are possible and are also included within the scope of the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the pamphlet providing apparatus according to the present invention has the effect of enabling management of users who provide pamphlet information using business card information, and is useful as a server or the like that provides pamphlet information.

1, 4 pamphlet providing device 2, 3 user terminal 5 server 11, 41 storage unit 12, 42 reception unit 13, 43 processing unit 14, 44 transmission unit 21, 31 terminal storage unit 22, 32 terminal reception unit 23, 33 terminal processing Units 24, 34 Terminal transmission unit 25, 35 Terminal reception unit 26, 36 Terminal output unit 45 Output unit 51 Server storage unit 52 Server reception unit 53 Server processing unit 54 Server transmission unit 111 Pamphlet storage unit 112 Booth information storage unit 113 Questionnaire storage Unit 114 Business card storage unit 115 Answer storage unit 116 Browsing log storage unit 121 Pamphlet identifier reception unit 122, 431 Business card related information acquisition unit 123 Answer reception unit 124 Browsing log reception unit 131, 432 Pamphlet acquisition unit 132, 433 Business card output unit 133 Answer Storage unit 134 Browsing log storage unit 135 Statistical processing unit 136 Visit status acquisition unit 141, 441 Pamphlet transmission unit 142, 442 Questionnaire transmission unit 143 Statistical processing result output unit 144 Visit status output unit

Claims (14)

a business card-related information acquisition unit that acquires business card-related information related to business card information of a user;
a pamphlet acquisition unit that acquires pamphlet information from a pamphlet storage unit that stores pamphlet information;
a pamphlet transmission unit that transmits the pamphlet information acquired by the pamphlet acquisition unit to the user terminal of the user;
A pamphlet providing apparatus comprising: a business card output unit for outputting the business card related information received by the business card related information acquisition unit or business card information corresponding to the business card related information. further comprising a pamphlet identifier receiving unit that receives the pamphlet identifier acquired by the user terminal;
In the pamphlet storage part,
Pamphlet information associated with one or more pamphlet identifiers is stored,
The business card related information acquisition unit
receiving the business card-related information of the user corresponding to the user terminal;
The pamphlet acquisition unit
2. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein pamphlet information identified by the pamphlet identifier received by said pamphlet identifier receiving section is obtained from said pamphlet storing section. The business card related information acquisition unit
3. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the business card-related information is received in response to transmission of the pamphlet information. The pamphlet transmission unit
2. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pamphlet information is transmitted in response to acquisition of the business card-related information. The business card related information acquisition unit
5. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the two-dimensional code displayed on the user terminal is read to acquire business card-related information for identifying business card information. an answer receiving unit that receives answer information to the questionnaire about the pamphlet information in association with the user's business card-related information or pamphlet information;
6. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an answer accumulation unit that accumulates the answer information in association with the business card-related information or the pamphlet information. a viewing log receiving unit that receives a viewing log for the pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal in association with the pamphlet information;
7. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: a browsing log accumulation unit that accumulates the browsing log in association with the pamphlet information. The business card output unit
accumulating the business card-related information or the business card information in association with the pamphlet information transmitted by the pamphlet transmission unit;
a statistical processing unit that performs statistical processing using the business card-related information or the business card information corresponding to the pamphlet information and acquires statistical processing results;
The pamphlet providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a statistical processing result output unit that outputs the statistical processing result. an answer receiving unit that receives answer information to the questionnaire about the pamphlet information in association with the user's business card-related information;
a response storage unit that stores the response information in association with the business card-related information;
The statistical processing unit
9. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein statistical processing is performed on said answer information and statistical processing results are obtained. a viewing log receiving unit that receives a viewing log for the pamphlet information transmitted to the user terminal in association with the pamphlet information;
a browsing log accumulation unit that accumulates the browsing log in association with the pamphlet information;
The statistical processing unit
9. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein statistical processing is performed on said browsing log to acquire statistical processing results. The statistical processing unit
By referring to a booth information storage unit that stores two or more pieces of booth information that are exhibition booth information corresponding to two or more pieces of pamphlet information, corresponding to one or more pieces of pamphlet information transmitted to a user terminal of one user. 9. The pamphlet providing apparatus according to claim 8, which performs statistical processing on booth information and acquires statistical processing results. Referring to the booth information storage unit that stores two or more booth information that are exhibition booth information corresponding to each of the two or more pamphlet information, from the transmission record of the one or more pamphlet information to the user terminal of one user, a visit status acquisition unit that acquires visit status information specifying an exhibition booth visited by the one user or an exhibition booth that has not been visited;
The pamphlet providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising a visit status output unit that outputs the visit status information acquired by the visit status acquisition unit. A pamphlet providing method realized by a pamphlet storage unit for storing pamphlet information, a business card related information acquisition unit, a pamphlet acquisition unit, a pamphlet transmission unit, and a business card output unit,
a business card related information acquisition step in which the business card related information acquiring unit acquires business card related information related to business card information of a user;
a pamphlet acquisition step in which the pamphlet acquisition unit acquires pamphlet information;
a pamphlet transmission step in which the pamphlet transmission unit transmits the pamphlet information acquired in the pamphlet acquisition step to the user terminal of the user;
and a business card output step in which the business card output unit outputs the business card related information received in the business card related information acquisition step or business card information corresponding to the business card related information. a computer having access to a pamphlet repository in which pamphlet information is stored;
a business card-related information acquisition unit that acquires business card-related information related to business card information of a user;
a pamphlet acquisition unit that acquires pamphlet information;
a pamphlet transmission unit that transmits the pamphlet information acquired by the pamphlet acquisition unit to the user terminal of the user;
A program for functioning as a business card output unit for outputting business card related information received by the business card related information acquisition unit or business card information corresponding to the business card related information.

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