JP2023001677A - Event server, event terminal, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

Up to now, reception of participation in an event and management of event participants could not be easily conducted.SOLUTION: An event server comprises: a reception information reception unit 101 that receives an event identifier, a business card identifier or business card information from an event terminal 2; a business card information acquisition unit 102 that acquires the business card information corresponding to the business card identifier or the received business card information; and a storage unit 104 that accumulates event participant information including the business card information mapped with the event identifier. The event server enables reception of participation in an event and management of event participants to be conducted easily.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an event server and the like used for events.

As a conventional technology, there is a system for managing visitors at an event, in which an invitation is read and registered for a visitor who brings an invitation consisting of an ID card to which a customer identification code is assigned. Visitor reception and registration subsystem, for new visitors who do not bring an invitation, read the OCR form filled in by the visitor and register it as customer data, and send an ID card with a customer identification code. A system consisting of a new visitor reception registration subsystem that issues and registers new visitors and a visitor data management subsystem that consists of a search terminal for searching for customers at each exhibition booth has been known (for example, patent document 1).

JP-A-2000-207468 (page 1, FIG. 1, etc.)

However, in the conventional event server, it is necessary to issue an invitation with a customer identification code assigned in advance, and to register new visitors by reading the form filled out at the time of the visit by OCR. However, there was a problem that it was not easy to accept participation in the event and to manage the event participants.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an event server or the like that can easily accept participation in events and manage event participants. do.

The event server of the present invention includes a reception information reception unit that receives an event identifier and a business card identifier or business card information from an event terminal, and a business card information acquisition unit that acquires business card information corresponding to the business card identifier or the received business card information. and an accumulation unit for accumulating event participant information including business card information in association with event identifiers.

With such a configuration, it is possible to easily accept participation in an event and manage event participants using business card information.

In the event server of the present invention, the business card identifier may be information corresponding to a code read by the event terminal.

With such a configuration, it is possible to more easily accept participation in an event and manage event participants using business card information.

Also, the event server of the present invention may further include a support unit that supports exchange of business cards between two or more users with respect to two or more pieces of business card information satisfying predetermined conditions. .

Such a configuration can support the exchange of business cards among the participants of the managed event.

In the event server of the present invention, an event information storage unit stores two or more pieces of event information having one or more event attribute values in association with an event identifier; Business cards included in event participant information using one or more event attribute values corresponding to participant information and one or more event attribute values possessed by one or more pieces of event information stored in an event information storage unit An event information acquisition unit that determines an event to be recommended to a user corresponding to information and acquires event information of the event, and a notification unit that performs notification processing for notifying the user of the event information acquired by the event information acquisition unit. You may make it provide further.

With such a configuration, it is possible to recommend an appropriate event to the user according to the events that the user has participated in in the past.

Further, the event server of the present invention, in the event server, stores one or more event attributes corresponding to one or more advertisement attribute values of one or more advertisements stored in the advertisement storage unit and one or more event participant information accumulated in the accumulation unit. Advertisement determination unit that determines an advertisement to be transmitted to the user corresponding to the business card information included in the event participant information using the attribute value, and an advertisement that performs an advertisement transmission process of transmitting the advertisement determined by the advertisement determination unit to the user You may make it further provide a transmission part.

With such a configuration, it is possible to send an appropriate advertisement to the user according to the event that the user has participated in in the past.

In the event server of the present invention, the business card information acquisition unit is any one of two or more business card management servers, and the business card identifier is obtained from the business card management server corresponding to the business card identifier. You may make it receive the business card information corresponding to.

With such a configuration, a plurality of business card management servers can be used.

The event terminal of the present invention includes a terminal storage unit that stores an event identifier, a terminal processing unit that acquires a business card identifier, a terminal transmission unit that transmits the business card identifier to a business card management server, and business card information identified by the business card identifier. from the business card management server, a terminal output unit for outputting business card information, and a terminal reception unit for accepting an instruction to participate in an event by a user corresponding to the business card identifier, wherein the terminal transmission unit receives the participation instruction , the business card identifier or business card information may be associated with the event identifier and transmitted to the event server.

With such a configuration, it is possible to appropriately accept participation in the event.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily accept participation in an event and manage event participants using business card information.

1 is a block diagram of an event system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. Flowchart explaining the operation of the event server Flowchart explaining the operation of the event server Flowchart explaining the operation of the event server Flowchart explaining the operation of the event server Flowchart explaining the operation of the event terminal Schematic diagram showing an example of the event system A diagram showing an example of an event information management table of the same event server (Fig. 8(a), Fig. 8(b)) Diagram showing an example of a business card information management table of the same event server Diagrams showing display examples of the same event terminal (FIGS. 10(a) to 10(d)) A diagram showing an example of an event participant management table of the same event server Diagrams showing display examples of the same user terminal (FIGS. 12(a) and 12(b)) Diagram showing a display example of the same user terminal Diagram showing the advertisement management table of the same event server Diagram showing a display example of the same user terminal Diagram showing an example of the appearance of the same computer system Diagram showing an example of the configuration of the same computer system

Hereinafter, embodiments of an event server 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.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an event system 1000 according to this embodiment.

The event system 1000 includes an event server 1 , one or more event terminals 2 , one or more business card management servers 3 , and one or more user terminals 4 .

The event server 1 is a server that acquires information about event participants. The event terminal 2 is a terminal that assists users in accepting events. The business card management server 3 is a server that manages business card information. The user terminal 4 is a terminal used by a user participating in the event.

The event server 1 and the business card management server 3 are, for example, a cloud server or an ASP server, but their types and installation locations do not matter.

The event terminal 2 and the user terminal 4 are mobile terminals such as smart phones, tablet terminals, and mobile phones, so-called personal computers, and the like, and the types thereof do not matter.

The event server 1, the event terminal 2, and the business card management server 3 are connected by a wired or wireless network, for example, so that information can be transmitted and received. Further, each user terminal 4 may be connected to, for example, the event terminal 2 and each business card management server 3 by a wired or wireless network or the like so as to be able to transmit and receive information. The user terminal 4 and the event terminal 2 may be connected by near field communication or the like.

The event server 1 includes a reception information reception unit 101, a business card information acquisition unit 102, an event information storage unit 103, an accumulation unit 104, an event participant storage unit 105, a support unit 106, an event information acquisition unit 107, a notification unit 108, and an advertisement determination unit. It comprises a unit 109 , an advertisement storage unit 110 and an advertisement transmission unit 111 .

The event terminal 2 includes a terminal storage section 201 , a terminal acquisition section 202 , a terminal transmission section 203 , a terminal reception section 204 , a terminal output section 205 and a terminal reception section 206 .

The reception information receiving unit 101 receives an event identifier and a business card identifier from the event terminal 2 . An event is, for example, an event or entertainment. Events are, for example, seminars, lectures, gatherings, conferences, exhibitions, concerts, and the like. It should be noted that the type of event here does not matter. An event identifier is an identifier that identifies an event. The event identifier is, for example, an event name, an abbreviated name of the event, an ID of the event, and a character string assigned to the event. A business card identifier is an identifier that can identify a business card. The business card identifier is, for example, a business card ID or a character string assigned to the business card. The business card identifier may be a user identifier such as an account, e-mail address, or mobile phone number that can identify the user corresponding to the business card. A business card identifier may be considered as an identifier capable of identifying business card information corresponding to the business card.

Business card information is information on a business card. The business card information may be, for example, information written on a business card or information possessed by an electronic business card. The business card information is, for example, information including information included in a general business card. The business card information includes, for example, the user's name, the name of the organization to which the user belongs (for example, company name or group name), the address of the user's place of work, the name of the department to which the user belongs, the user's job title, the user's email address, This information includes the user, the telephone number of the organization or corporation to which the user belongs, and the like. The business card information may include an image of the business card. The business card information may be an image of a business card. The user corresponding to the business card information is, for example, the user indicated by the business card information or the user using the business card corresponding to the business card information.

The reception information receiving unit 101 receives, for example, a business card identifier associated with an event identifier. The event identifier and business card identifier received by reception information receiving section 101 are, for example, an event identifier that identifies an event in which a user participates and a business card identifier that identifies this user's business card. The reception information receiving unit 101 may receive the event identifier and the business card identifier together, or may not receive them together. For example, if the correspondence relationship between the event identifier and the business card identifier to be received can be determined, there is no need to receive the event identifier and the business card identifier together.

The business card identifier received by the reception information receiving unit 101 is information corresponding to the code read by the event terminal 2, for example. The code here is preferably, for example, an image code represented by an image, but may be a code composed of character strings. Image codes are usually one-dimensional or two-dimensional codes. For example, the image code is a bar code, QR code (registered trademark), color code, vericode, maxicode, or the like. The code here is, for example, a code created by encoding information including a business card identifier. Information corresponding to the code described above is, for example, a business card identifier obtained by decoding the code. The information corresponding to the code read by the event terminal 2 is information obtained by the event terminal 2 reading the code using a camera (not shown), a code reader (not shown), etc. identifier).

Note that in the above, the reception information receiving unit 101 may receive the event identifier and the business card information from the event terminal 2 instead of receiving the event identifier and the business card identifier from the event terminal 2 . In this case, the event identifier and business card information received by the reception information receiving unit 101 are, for example, an event identifier identifying an event in which the user participates and business card information of the user's business card. The reception information receiving unit 101 may receive the event identifier, the business card identifier, and the business card information corresponding to the business card identifier from the event terminal 2 .

The business card information acquiring unit 102 acquires business card information corresponding to the business card identifier received by the reception information receiving unit 101, for example.

The business card information acquiring unit 102 acquires the business card information received by the reception information receiving unit 101, for example.

The business card information acquisition unit 102, for example, obtains business card information corresponding to the business card identifier from the business card management server 3, which has one or more business card information associated with the business card identifier received by the reception information reception unit 101. receive. For example, the business card information acquiring unit 102 transmits the business card identifier received by the reception information receiving unit 101 to the business card management server 3, and the business card management server 3 uses this business card identifier to store the business card identifier in association with the business card identifier. The business card information corresponding to the business card identifier received by the reception information receiving unit 101 is received by searching for and transmitting the business card information from one or more business card information. The business card information acquired by the business card information acquisition unit 102 may be all or part of the business card information stored in the business card management server 3 associated with the business card identifier. A part of this business card information may be specified in advance by, for example, specifying an attribute.

A communication means (not shown) for transmitting/receiving a business card identifier may be included in the business card information acquiring unit 102 or may be included in the event server 1 separately from the reception information receiving unit 101 .

The business card information acquisition unit 102 acquires business card information from one predetermined business card management server 3 out of one or more business card management servers 3 included in the event system 1000, for example. Further, when the event system 1000 has two or more business card management servers 3, for example, the business card information acquisition unit 102 is one of the two or more business card management servers 3, and corresponds to the business card identifier. The business card information corresponding to the business card identifier may be obtained from the business card management server 3 having the business card information. For example, the business card information acquiring unit 102 obtains the business card management server 3 corresponding to the business card identifier, the ID of the business card management server 3 included in the business card identifier, the data system of the business card identifier (for example, including the number of characters and numbers), etc. , and the business card identifier may be transmitted to the business card management server 3 that has been determined to acquire the business card information. Further, the business card information acquiring unit 102 receives business card information from the business card management server 3 which transmits the business card identifier to all the business card management servers 3, acquires and transmits the business card information corresponding to the transmitted business card identifier. good too. In addition, the business card information acquisition unit 102 receives the business card identifiers from the business card management servers 3 according to a randomly determined order or a predetermined order of priority until the business card information corresponding to the business card identifiers is received. You may receive business card information by sending it to . However, the process for acquiring business card information from the business card management server 3 corresponding to the business card identifier is not limited to the above.

If the event server 1 has a storage unit (not shown) that stores business card information associated with one or more business card identifiers, the business card information acquisition unit 102 stores business card information corresponding to the received business card identifier. The business card information may be obtained by searching using this storage unit. In this case, the business card management server 3 may be omitted.

When reception information receiving section 101 receives business card information associated with an event identifier, business card information acquiring section 102 may acquire the business card information received by reception information receiving section 101 .

Event information having one or more event attribute values is stored in the event information storage unit 103 in association with an event identifier. The event attribute value of the event information is normally included in the event information, but may be stored in the event information storage unit 103 or the like in association with the event information.

An event attribute value is an attribute value related to an event. The event attribute values are, for example, an event type identifier, place of event, event period, date of application for event participation, keyword, title, and the like. The event type identifier is an identifier that indicates the type of event. The types of events are seminars, lectures, gatherings, conferences, etc., and may be considered as forms of events, for example. The event type identifier is, for example, a name indicating the type of event, a character string assigned to the type of event, or the like. The venue is the venue of the event, and may be the address or coordinates of the venue, the area name of the venue, the name of the venue, the name of the building, or the like. The holding period is a concept including the holding date and time. The event participation application deadline is the deadline for applying for participation in the event. A keyword is a keyword indicating the characteristics and contents of an event. A keyword may be, for example, a keyword representing an agenda of an event, a theme of a seminar or the like, a theme of a lecture, or the like. Keywords may be tags or labels such as so-called hashtags. Title is the title of the event. Note that the event attribute value is not limited to the above information. For example, the event attribute value may have a description of the event, etc., and an identifier ( For example, it may have the name of the organizer or the name of the sponsor). The identifier of the organizer, co-sponsor, etc. may be a business card identifier of the organizer, co-sponsor, etc. FIG. Also, the event attribute value may have, for example, an identifier of a person appearing in the event. The identifier of the appearing person may be a business card identifier of the appearing person or the like.

The storage unit 104 stores event participant information including the business card information acquired by the business card information acquisition unit 102 in association with the event identifier received by the reception information reception unit 101 .

The storage unit 104 stores, for example, the event stored in association with the event identifier received by the reception information reception unit 101 among the event information stored in the event information storage unit 103 in association with the event identifier. One or more event attribute values or all event attribute values may be acquired from the information, and event participant information further having the acquired event attribute values may be stored in association with the received event identifier. good.

Here, as an example, the storage unit 104 stores the event participant information in the event participant storage unit 105 in association with the event identifier. is not limited to this. For example, an external server device (not shown) other than the event server 1 may be used as the accumulation destination. In this case, the storage unit 104 may have a transmission unit or the like for transmitting event participant information or the like.

The event participant storage unit 105 stores one or more pieces of event participant information in association with event identifiers. Note that if the accumulation unit 104 accumulates the event participant information associated with the event identifier in a storage unit other than the event participant storage unit 105, the event participant storage unit 105 may be omitted.

The support unit 106 supports business card exchange between two or more users for two or more business card information satisfying predetermined conditions. The business card information here is, for example, business card information included in the event participant information stored in the event participant storage unit 105 . Supporting business card exchange between two or more users for two or more pieces of business card information means, for example, supporting business card exchange between two or more users corresponding to two or more pieces of business card information. .

The predetermined condition here is, for example, a condition for deciding to support business card exchange. A predetermined condition is, for example, a condition indicating that users indicated by two or more business card information have participated in the same event. For example, the predetermined condition is that one or more event identifiers corresponding to business card information match.

The predetermined condition is, for example, being the organizer and participant of the same event. For example, the predetermined condition is that the event identifiers corresponding to the two pieces of business card information match, and that the user attribute values paired with the event identifiers are "organizer" and "participant". .

Also, the predetermined condition may be, for example, a condition indicating that users indicated by two or more pieces of business card information have participated in similar events. For example, the predetermined condition is that one or more event attribute values corresponding to business card information are similar. Similarity here, for example, is a concept that also includes correspondence. For example, that one or more event attribute values are similar may mean, for example, that the event attribute values of one or more predetermined attributes match. It may be that the number of attributes in the event attribute value is greater than a threshold. Here, the business card information and the event attribute value corresponding to this business card information are, for example, the business card information possessed by one event participant information and the event attribute value possessed by this one event participant information. For example, in two or more pieces of event participant information having different business card information, if the values of the event type identifier and the value of the venue match among the event attribute values possessed by each, the support unit 106 , it may be determined that the business card information included in the two or more pieces of event participant information satisfies a predetermined condition.

Also, the predetermined conditions are a set of event attribute values possessed by event participant information of two or more users who are exchanging business cards, and an event attribute possessed by event participant information of two or more users who are not exchanging business cards. A discriminator (this discriminator may be considered a learning device) that determines whether or not to exchange business cards acquired by machine learning using a pair of values as teacher data, and two or more event participant information The condition may be that the determination result obtained by inputting the event attribute value indicates that business cards should be exchanged.

Note that the predetermined conditions may further include conditions such that the business card information of two or more users who do not require business card exchange is not determined to satisfy the conditions. Two or more users who do not need to exchange business cards are, for example, the same user, users belonging to the same organization, or two or more users who have already exchanged business cards. For example, the predetermined conditions may further include a condition that the business card identifiers associated with the business card information do not match, or a condition that the organization names included in the business card information do not match.

Supporting business card exchange is, for example, at least one of recommending business card exchange and managing results of business card exchange. Recommending business card exchange is to notify the user of information recommending business card exchange. Notification of information recommending exchanging business cards means, for example, transmitting information recommending exchanging business cards to the user terminal 4 used by the user. The information recommending exchanging business cards includes, for example, information such as a name that can identify the user with whom exchanging business cards is recommended, and contact information of the user such as the user's e-mail address and mobile phone number. Information. The support unit 106 acquires these pieces of information from business card information, for example. Management of the result of business card exchange is to associate and store the business card identifiers of two or more users who have exchanged business cards. This information may be accumulated in a storage unit (not shown) of the business card management server 3, or may be accumulated in a storage unit (not shown) of the event server 1, for example. It should be noted that the support unit 106 transmits information recommending business card exchange as well as information for accepting an operation to agree to business card exchange (for example, information having a button or the like for accepting an operation to agree) to the user terminals of two or more users. 4, and when accepting an operation to agree from each user terminal 4 via the information for accepting this operation to agree, the support unit 106 allows the two or more users to exchange business cards. As the resulting information, the business card information of the two or more users may be associated and accumulated.

The support unit 106 supports business card exchange using, for example, business card information that satisfies predetermined conditions. For example, the support unit 106 may transmit information recommending business card exchange to the user's contact information (e.g., e-mail address, etc.) indicated by the business card information. Further, the support unit 106 may acquire business card identifiers corresponding to the business card information of two or more users who have exchanged business cards from the event participant information, associate them with each other, and store them.

Note that if the event participant information does not have an event attribute value, the support unit 106 sets the event identifier associated with the event participant information as the event attribute value corresponding to the business card information included in the event participant information. Event attribute values associated with and stored in the event information storage unit 103 may be used. That is, instead of the event attribute value of the event participant information, the event information stored in the event information storage unit 103 associated with the event identifier associated with the event participant information has 1 or 2. The above event attribute values may be used. For example, business card information and an event attribute value corresponding to this business card information are associated with, for example, business card information possessed by one event participant information and an event identifier possessed by this one event participant information, and event information It may be considered as event information stored in the storage unit 103 . This also applies to the following.

The event information acquisition unit 107 acquires one or more event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 and one or more event attributes of the one or more event information stored in the event information storage unit 103. , the event to be recommended to the user corresponding to the business card information included in the event participant information is determined, and the event information of this event is acquired.

For example, the event information acquisition unit 107 is an event indicated by the event information stored in the event information storage unit 103, and for event participant information, an event that satisfies a predetermined condition for recommendation. is determined as an event to be recommended to the user corresponding to the business card information included in the event participant information. The predetermined conditions for recommendation are, for example, one or more event attribute values possessed by event information corresponding to the event and one or more event attribute values corresponding to event participant information. The condition is that they are similar. Similarity here, for example, is a concept that also includes correspondence. Predetermined conditions for recommendation are that the degree of similarity between one or more attribute values is equal to or greater than a threshold, that a matching attribute value exists, a specific attribute value (for example, an event type identifier ) match.

The event information acquisition unit 107 acquires, for example, one or more event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 . Further, the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires, for example, one or more event attribute values included in event information to be held in the future from the event information storage unit 103, and the one or more event attribute values are included in the event participant information. It is determined whether or not the corresponding one or more event attribute values and predetermined conditions for recommendation are satisfied, and if the predetermined conditions for recommendation are satisfied, the event corresponding to the event information is recommended to the user. It is judged that it is an event to do.

For example, the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires one or more predetermined event attribute values corresponding to event participant information stored in the event information storage unit 103 and stored in the storage unit 104. is determined to be an event that satisfies the conditions for recommendation, and the business card included in the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 is determined as an event indicated by the event information having an event attribute value that matches It is determined as an event to be recommended to the user corresponding to the information.

As a specific example, the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires event type identifiers, which are event attribute values corresponding to event participant information stored in the event information storage unit 103 and stored in the storage unit 104. The event indicated by the event information having the same event type identifier as the event attribute value may be determined as the event to be recommended to the user corresponding to the business card information included in the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104. In addition, the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires the same keyword as the event information stored in the event information storage unit 103, which is the event attribute value corresponding to the event participant information accumulated in the accumulation unit 104, as an event attribute. The event indicated by the event information having the value may be determined as the event to be recommended to the user corresponding to the business card information included in the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 .

Further, the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires, for example, event information stored in the event information storage unit 103 and event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information accumulated in the accumulation unit 104. An event indicated by event information having a number of values greater than the threshold may be determined as an event to be recommended to the user corresponding to the business card information included in the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 .

Also, a plurality of sets of two or more event attribute values possessed by each event information and event attribute values corresponding to event participant information of users who participated in the event indicated by this event information, which are acquired for each of the plurality of event information. , and a plurality of sets of two or more event attribute values possessed by each piece of event information and event attribute values corresponding to event participant information of users who did not participate in the event indicated by this event information, as teacher data. Event information of an event to be recommended is stored in a discriminator (this discriminator may be considered a learning device) that discriminates a set of an event acquired by learning and a user to whom this event should be recommended. When the determination result obtained by inputting a set of two or more event attribute values possessed by the event participant and the event attribute value corresponding to the event participant information indicates that the event should be recommended, The event information acquisition unit 107 recommends the event to be recommended to the user indicated by the business card information included in the event participant information corresponding to the input event attribute value as an event that satisfies the conditions for recommendation. may decide.

Note that the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires one or more event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 and one or more of each event information item stored in the event information storage unit 103. and the event attribute value of the event determined as described above, the event other than the event identified by the event identifier associated with the event participant information is determined as an event to be recommended to the user. good too.

In addition, the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires one or more event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 and one or more of each event information item stored in the event information storage unit 103. Using the event attribute value of , the event determined as described above, the event before the opening or the event before the participation application date, may be determined as the event to be recommended to the user. An event before being held is, for example, an event whose holding period corresponding to the event (for example, holding period which is the event attribute value corresponding to the event) is later than the current date. An event before the participation application deadline is, for example, an event whose participation application deadline (for example, the participation application deadline that is the event attribute value corresponding to the event) is later than the current date. This also applies to the following.

The event information acquisition unit 107 may determine one or more pieces of event information to be recommended to one or more users from all the event information stored in the event information storage unit 103. One or more pieces of event information to be recommended to each of one or more users may be determined based on some of the event information stored in the . For example, when the event information is newly stored in the event information storage unit 103, the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires one or more event attribute values of the newly stored event information and 1 or 2 stored in the storage unit 104. One or more event attribute values corresponding to the above event participant information, and one or more users corresponding to the business card information included in the one or two or more event participant information. The event to be recommended to the user may be determined by determining the user to whom the event indicated by the event information accumulated in is determined, and the event information of this event may be acquired. For example, the event information acquisition unit 107 retrieves the event information newly accumulated in the event information storage unit 103 by extracting the business card information included in the event participant information that satisfies the above predetermined conditions for recommendation. may be determined as a user who recommends this newly accumulated event, and this event information may be acquired as the event information of the event recommended to this user. For example, the event information acquisition unit 107 determines that one or more event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information, among the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104, is one or more of the newly accumulated event information. A user corresponding to business card information corresponding to event participant information similar to an event attribute value is determined as a user who recommends an event indicated by newly accumulated event information, and this event information is sent to this user. You may acquire as event information of the event to recommend. The newly accumulated event information is usually the event information of the event before the opening or the event before the participation application deadline.

Since different event participant information may have the same business card information, for example, the event information acquisition unit 107 may detect duplicate events as events to be recommended to users corresponding to the same business card information. can be considered. Therefore, if duplicate events can be detected as events to be recommended to a user corresponding to the same business card information, the event information acquisition unit 107 performs unique processing or the like on the event information acquired for the user to On the other hand, it is preferable not to acquire the event information of the same event redundantly.

Moreover, the timing at which the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires the event information does not matter. When event information is newly accumulated in the event information storage unit 103, the event information acquisition unit 107 may determine one or more users to recommend the event of the newly accumulated event information. When the participant information is accumulated, the event information of another event recommended to the user corresponding to the business card information corresponding to the event participant information may be obtained, or at a predetermined time. , event information of an event recommended to a user corresponding to one or more pieces of business card information may be acquired, or event information of an event recommended to the user may be acquired in response to an instruction from the user. However, event information of an event recommended to one or more users may be obtained in response to an instruction from an administrator.

The notification unit 108 performs notification processing for notifying the user of the event information acquired by the event information acquisition unit 107 . The notification here is, for example, transmitting event information of an event recommended to the user to the user. For example, as notification processing, the notification unit 108 transmits the event information acquired by the event information acquisition unit 107 to the user (for example, the user terminal 4 used by the user) who recommends the event indicated by this event information. The notification unit 108 arranges the event information in a template or the like stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) or the like, and transmits the template to the user. The event information transmitted here may be part of the event information. However, part of the event information to be transmitted is preferably information that can identify the event. Also, the notification process may be a process of transmitting information having a link to event information (for example, a link to a WEB page on which event information is arranged). Also, the notification process may include transmission of information having a link to a web page or the like for accepting applications for participation in the event indicated by the event information to the user. The notification unit 108 notifies the event information acquired by the event information acquisition unit 107, for example, using the notification destination (e.g., e-mail address, mobile phone number) included in the business card information corresponding to the user.

The advertisement determination unit 109 determines one or more advertisement attribute values of one or more advertisements stored in the advertisement storage unit 110 and one or more event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104. is used to determine the advertisement to be sent to the user corresponding to the business card information included in the event participant information. The advertisement determining unit 109 may use one or more event attribute values included in the event participant information as the event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information, and the event identifier associated with the event participant information. One or more event attribute values included in the event information stored in the event information storage unit 103 may be used.

An advertisement attribute value is an attribute value related to an advertisement. For example, the advertising attribute values are advertising area, advertising keyword, provider identifier, and the like. The advertisement area is information indicating the address, coordinates, name, building name, etc. of the area in which the user to whom the advertisement is transmitted conducts business activities. A keyword is a keyword related to the content of an advertisement, for example, a keyword related to a product or service indicated by the advertisement. The keyword may be a keyword indicating the field or classification of the product or service indicated by the advertisement, or a keyword indicating the interest of the target of the product or service indicated by the advertisement. A provider identifier is an identifier of a provider such as a company or an organization that provides goods or services indicated by an advertisement, and may be, for example, a provider name or a code assigned to the provider. However, the advertisement attribute value is not limited to the above information. One or more advertisement attribute values are, for example, information associated with one or more event attribute values. For example, the venue, which is the event attribute value, and the advertisement area, which is the advertisement attribute value, may be associated. Further, for example, keywords that are event attribute values may be associated with advertisement keywords that are advertisement attribute values. Also, for example, a host identifier, which is an event attribute value, may be associated with a provider identifier, which is an advertisement attribute value. However, the correspondence is not limited to the above correspondence. Information indicating the correspondence relationship between one advertisement attribute value and the event attribute value associated with this advertisement attribute value (for example, information indicating the correspondence relationship between attribute names) is stored in advance in a storage unit or the like (not shown). may be

Advertisement is information for notifying users of products or services. An advertisement is, for example, information composed of at least one of a character string and an image. Also, the advertisement may be information having a link to information such as a WEB page on which information about products or services is arranged. The image here may be a moving image or a still image. Advertisement here is a concept including information used for so-called promotion, etc. for advertising goods or services. Also, the advertisement here may be information such as a so-called coupon.

The advertisement determining unit 109, for example, corresponds to one or more of the one or more advertisement attribute values of the advertisement and the one or more of the event attribute values corresponding to one piece of event participant information. event attribute value satisfies a predetermined condition for advertisement transmission, this advertisement is determined as an advertisement to be transmitted to the user corresponding to the business card information included in the one event participant information. . The predetermined condition for advertisement transmission is one or more advertisement attribute values possessed by advertisements and event attribute values corresponding to one event participant information. The condition is that the event attribute values corresponding to the attribute values are similar. Similarity here, for example, is a concept that also includes correspondence.

For example, the advertisement determination unit 109 determines that one or more predetermined advertisement attribute values associated with the advertisement are one or more of the event attribute values corresponding to one event participant information. 1 or 2 or more event attribute values respectively corresponding to the advertisement attribute values of the above are all matched, and if they are matched, this advertisement is determined to be an advertisement that satisfies the conditions for sending the advertisement, and this It is determined as an advertisement to be transmitted to the user corresponding to the business card information included in one event participant information. A match here may be an exact match, or may be having matching information (for example, a partial match, etc.). This also applies to the following. For example, the advertisement determining unit 109 determines the advertisement area and the advertisement keyword, which are the advertisement attribute values associated with the advertisement, and the advertisement area and the advertisement keyword among the event attribute values corresponding to the one event participant information. It is determined whether the venue and the keyword, which are event attribute values, all match, and if they match, this advertisement is sent to the user corresponding to the business card information included in this one event participant information. Decide as an advertisement. To give a specific example, when the advertising area associated with one advertisement is "Tokyo" and the advertising keyword is "information processing", the venue associated with one event participant information is " Tokyo" and the keyword includes "information processing", this one advertisement is determined as an advertisement to be sent to the user corresponding to the business card information included in this one event participant information, and the one event participant information When the venue associated with the event participant information is not "Tokyo" or when the keyword does not include "information processing", this one advertisement is sent to the user corresponding to the business card information included in this one event participant information. may not be determined as advertisements to be sent to.

Further, for example, the advertisement determination unit 109 determines that each of the two or more predetermined advertisement attribute values associated with the advertisement is one of the event attribute values corresponding to one event participant information. , and if the number of matches is greater than the threshold, the advertisement is transferred to the business card information included in the event participant information. may be determined as advertisements to be sent to users corresponding to .

Note that the two or more advertisement attribute values and the two or more event attribute values corresponding thereto may be two or more different keywords.

The advertisement storage unit 110 stores one or more advertisements having one or more advertisement attribute values. In the advertisement storage unit 110, for example, one or more advertisements having one or more advertisement attribute values are stored in association with the advertisement attribute values.

The advertisement transmission unit 111 performs advertisement transmission processing. The advertisement transmission process is a process of transmitting the advertisement determined by the advertisement determination unit 109 to the user. The advertisement transmission unit 111 transmits, for example, the advertisement that the advertisement determination unit 109 has determined to transmit to the user to the user terminal 4 of this user. Note that the advertisement transmission process is a process of transmitting the advertisement determined by the advertisement determination unit 109 and the destination information of the user to which the advertisement is transmitted to a server device (not shown) or the like that transmits the advertisement. may The user's destination (notification destination) is acquired from the user's business card information, for example. The user's destination is, for example, an e-mail address or a mobile telephone number.

The event terminal 2 is an information terminal device used at the event. The event terminal 2 may be, for example, a device used by a receptionist who accepts an event to accept the participation of a user, or a device used by a user who participates in the event to perform self-check-in. may be The event terminal 2 can be realized by, for example, a computer, a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, or the like.

The terminal storage unit 201 stores event identifiers. The event identifier stored in the terminal storage unit 201 is, for example, an event identifier of an event in which the event terminal 2 is used. The event identifier stored in the terminal storage unit 201 is, for example, an event identifier of an event in which event participants are accepted using the event terminal 2 .

The terminal acquisition unit 202 acquires a business card identifier. For example, the terminal acquisition unit 202 reads a code corresponding to a business card identifier and acquires the business card identifier corresponding to the read code. For example, the terminal acquisition unit 202 reads a code in which a business card identifier is coded, decodes the read code, and acquires the business card identifier. The code here is preferably an image code.

The terminal acquisition unit 202 may read a code (for example, an image code) corresponding to the business card identifier displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 4 and acquire the business card identifier corresponding to this code. A code printed on a user's name tag or other object possessed by the user may be read, a code corresponding to the business card identifier may be read, and the business card identifier corresponding to this code may be acquired.

For example, the terminal acquisition unit 202 may have reading means (not shown) such as a camera or a code reader for reading codes such as image codes. Also, the terminal acquisition unit 202 may read the code using a reading unit (not shown) such as a camera or code reader that the event terminal 2 has. Alternatively, the terminal acquisition unit 202 may read the code using a reading means (not shown) such as a camera or code reader provided outside the event terminal 2 . In these cases, the terminal acquisition unit 202 may include drivers for cameras and code readers.

Note that the terminal acquisition unit 202 may receive a business card identifier transmitted from the user terminal 4 using short-range wireless communication or the like, or may receive a business card identifier transmitted from the user terminal 4 using short-range wireless communication or the like. A code associated with the identifier may be received and the business card identifier obtained from this code. In this case, the terminal acquisition unit 202 may have communication means for performing short-range wireless communication or the like.

For example, the terminal acquisition unit 202 captures a business card and acquires business card information, which is a business card image. The terminal acquisition unit 202 receives, for example, business card information, which is a business card image, from the user terminal 4 .

The terminal transmission unit 203 , for example, transmits the business card identifier acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 202 to the business card management server 3 . For example, the terminal transmission unit 203 may transmit the business card identifier to one predetermined business card management server 3, or may transmit the business card identifier to the business card management server 3 corresponding to the business card identifier. Also, the terminal transmission unit 203 may transmit the business card identifier to a plurality of business card management servers 3, for example.

In addition, the terminal transmission unit 203 associates the business card identifier acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 202 or the business card information identified by this business card identifier with the event identifier stored in the terminal storage unit 201, and transmits the information to the event server 1. do. For example, the terminal transmission unit 203 sends the business card identifier acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 202 or the business card information identified by this business card identifier to the terminal storage unit 201 in response to the reception of the participation instruction by the terminal reception unit 206, which will be described later. It is transmitted to the event server 1 in association with the stored event identifier. The business card identifier or business card information and the event identifier may or may not be sent together to the event server 1 . When the business card information is transmitted to the event server 1, the business card identifier may be further associated with the information and transmitted. The terminal transmission unit 203 can usually be realized by wireless or wired communication means.

Also, the terminal transmission unit 203 , for example, associates the business card information acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 202 with the event identifier stored in the terminal storage unit 201 and transmits the business card information to the event server 1 .

The terminal receiving section 204 receives the business card information identified by the business card identifier from the business card management server 3 according to the business card identifier transmitted from the terminal transmission section 203 to the business card management server 3 . The business card information received here may be all or part of the business card information identified by the transmitted business card identifier. For example, the business card information received here may be an image of a business card.

Terminal output section 205 outputs the business card information received by terminal reception section 204 . The output here is a concept including display on a monitor, printing on paper or the like by a printer, sound output, transmission to an external display device or the like, and the like. For example, the terminal output unit 205 may display the business card information, which is the character string received by the terminal reception unit 204, on the monitor, or may display the image of the business card received by the terminal reception unit 204 on the monitor.

The terminal reception unit 206 receives an event participation instruction from the user corresponding to the business card identifier acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 202 . For example, the terminal reception unit 206 stores the business card information output by the terminal output unit 205 in the terminal storage unit 201 of the user indicated by the business card information according to the business card identifier acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 202. Accepts an instruction to participate in an event indicated by an event identifier. The participation instruction may be confirmation of participation in the event, permission of participation, approval of participation, or registration of the user as a participant in the event.

In addition, the terminal reception unit 206 may receive a cancellation instruction to cancel acceptance of participation in the event by the user corresponding to the business card identifier acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 202 .

The terminal reception unit 206 may receive an event identifier. For example, the event identifier may be received via an input device such as a touch panel or keyboard. The terminal reception unit 206 may acquire the event identifier by reading the code associated with the event identifier, in the same manner as the above acquisition of the business card identifier using the code associated with the business card identifier. Also, the terminal reception unit 206 may store the received event identifier in the terminal storage unit 201, for example. The terminal reception unit 206 is realized by a device driver for input means such as a touch panel and a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

The business card management server 3 is a server that manages one or more pieces of business card information in association with business card identifiers. The business card management server 3, for example, has a business card management storage unit (not shown) that stores one or more business card information in association with a business card identifier, and receives the business card identifier from the event server 1, the event terminal 2, or the like. a business card management receiving unit (not shown) that retrieves business card information associated with the business card identifier received by the business card management receiving unit (not shown); and a business card management transmission unit (not shown) that transmits the business card information received to the event server 1 or the event terminal 2 . The business card information associated with the business card identifier acquired by the business card management acquisition unit may be all or part of the business card information associated with the business card identifier and stored in the business card management storage unit. Further, the business card information transmitted to the event server 1 and the business card information transmitted to the event terminal 2 may be different or the same according to the same business card identifier. For example, part of the business card information to be sent to the event server 1 and part of the business card information to be sent to the event terminal 2 may be different. However, when part of the business card information is transmitted, it is preferable that the part of the business card information be recognizable by the user corresponding to the business card information.

Business card identifiers used by different business card management servers 3 to manage business card information are business card identifiers created according to different rules (for example, business card identifiers that start with a specific character string, business card identifiers that require a total number of characters, etc.). It may be a business card identifier of a different system.

In this embodiment, the case where the business card management server 3 and the event server 1 are realized by different servers will be described. In this case, the configuration for receiving the business card identifier from the event server 1 and the configuration for transmitting the business card information corresponding to the received business card identifier to the event server 1 may be omitted as appropriate.

The user terminal 4 is an information processing terminal used by users participating in the event. A user who uses the user terminal 4 is, for example, a user whose corresponding business card information is stored in one of the business card management servers 3 . The user terminal 4 includes, for example, a user terminal storage unit (not shown) that stores a code associated with the user's business card identifier (for example, a code such as an image code obtained by encoding the business card identifier), and a user terminal storage unit (not shown). It has a user terminal reception section (not shown) that receives an operation to output a code, and a user terminal output section (not shown) that outputs the code stored in the user terminal storage section in response to this operation. The output here is the display of the image code on a monitor (not shown) of the user terminal output unit, but the code may be transmitted to the event terminal 2 by short-range wireless communication or the like. The user terminal 4 also has a user terminal receiving unit (not shown) for receiving information to support business card exchange, information to recommend events, advertisement information, etc., which are transmitted from the event server 1. Alternatively, the user terminal output unit may output (for example, display) the received information. A user terminal reception unit (not shown) receives operations via an input device such as a touch panel or keyboard. The user terminal reception unit can be realized by, for example, device drivers for these input devices, or a combination of these input devices and device drivers.

If the event terminal 2 does not acquire the user's business card identifier by reading the image code displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 4, or if the code transmitted from the user terminal 4 by short-range wireless communication is received, the user's The user terminal 4 may be omitted if the user terminal 4 is unnecessary, such as when the business card identifier is not acquired.

Reception information reception unit 101, business card information acquisition unit 102, support unit 106, notification unit 108, advertisement transmission unit 111, terminal transmission unit 203, and terminal reception unit 204 can be realized by wired or wireless communication means.

The business card information acquisition unit 102, the storage unit 104, the support unit 106, the event information acquisition unit 107, the advertisement determination unit 109, and the terminal acquisition unit 202 can be realized by, for example, a processor, memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the business card information acquisition unit 102 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 event information storage unit 103, the event participant storage unit 105, the advertisement storage unit 110, and the terminal storage unit 201 are preferably nonvolatile recording media, but can also be realized with volatile recording media.

The process by which information is stored in the event information storage unit 103 or the like does not matter. For example, information may be stored in the event information storage unit 103 or the like via a recording medium, and information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the event information storage unit 103 or the like. Alternatively, information input via an input device may be stored in the event information storage unit 103 or the like.

The terminal output unit 205 may or may not include an output device such as a display or speaker. The terminal output unit 205 can be implemented by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

The terminal reception unit 206 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.

Next, an example of the operation of the event server 1 included in the event system 1000 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, a case where a business card identifier and an event identifier are associated with each other and transmitted from the event terminal 2 will be described as an example.

(Step S<b>101 ) The reception information receiving section 101 determines whether the event identifier and the business card identifier have been received from the event terminal 2 . If it has been received, the process proceeds to step S102, and if it has not been received, the process proceeds to step S105.

(Step S<b>102 ) The business card information acquisition unit 102 acquires business card information corresponding to the business card identifier received in step S<b>101 from the business card management server 3 . For example, the business card information acquiring unit 102 transmits the business card identifier to the business card management server 3 corresponding to the business card identifier, and this business card management server 3 acquires the business card identifier by searching using the received business card identifier and transmits it to the event server 1 . receive business card information. The business card information acquiring unit 102 may acquire the business card information by transmitting the business card identifier to the business card management server 3 corresponding to the business card identifier received in step S101 and receiving the business card information.

(Step S103) The accumulation unit 104 acquires from the event information storage unit 103 the event attribute value of the event information corresponding to the event identifier received in step S101.

(Step S104) The storage unit 104 associates the event participant information having the business card information acquired in step S102 and the event attribute value acquired in step S103 with the event identifier received in step S101, Stored in the storage unit 105 . Then, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S105) The support unit 106 determines whether it is time to support business card exchange. For example, it may be determined that it is time to provide support at a predetermined date, time, or every certain period of time. It may be determined that it is time to provide support when a predetermined action or the like is performed. For example, when one event has ended, it may be determined that it is time to assist in exchanging business cards. If it is time to assist in exchanging business cards, the process proceeds to step S106, and if not, the process proceeds to step S107. It should be noted that the timing, trigger, and the like at which the support unit 106 supports business card exchange are not limited to the above.

(Step S106) The support unit 106 performs processing for supporting business card exchange. Details of this process will be described later. Then, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S107) The event information acquisition unit 107 determines whether the event information storage unit 103 has accumulated event information of one or more new events. The new event is assumed to be, for example, an event before the event. If so, go to step S108; if not, go to step S109. It does not matter how the event information is accumulated in the event information storage unit 103 . For example, a reception unit (not shown) may receive newly accumulated event information from outside the event server 1 and accumulate the received event information in the event information storage unit 103 . Note that the timing at which the event information acquisition unit 107 or the like performs processing for recommending an event is not limited to such timing. For example, instead of the above process, the event information acquisition unit 107 determines whether it is time to perform the process of recommending an event, as in step S105. If the timing is not right, the process may proceed to step S109.

(Step S108) The event information acquisition unit 107 and the notification unit 108 perform processing for recommending an event. The details of this processing will be described later. Then, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S109) The advertisement determining unit 109 determines whether it is time to transmit an advertisement. For example, it may be determined that it is time to provide support at a predetermined date, time, or every certain period of time. It may be determined that it is time to provide support when a predetermined action or the like is performed. If it is the timing to send an advertisement, the process proceeds to step S110, and if not, the process returns to step S101. Note that the timing, trigger, and the like at which the advertisement determining unit 108 and the like transmit advertisements are not limited to the above.

(Step S110) The advertisement determination unit 109 and the advertisement transmission unit 111 perform processing for transmitting advertisements. Details of this process will be described later. Then, the process returns to step S101.

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process ends when the power is turned off or when the process ends.

Next, an example of the operation of the event server 1 of the event system 1000 for supporting the exchange of business cards will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process corresponds to step S106 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

(Step S<b>201 ) The support unit 106 acquires all combinations of two pieces of event participant information having different business card information from the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 .

(Step S202) The support unit 106 substitutes 1 for the value of the counter m.

(Step S203) The support unit 106 determines whether there is an m-th combination among the combinations of event participant information acquired in step S201. If there is, the process proceeds to step S204; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S207.

(Step S204) The support unit 106 determines whether the m-th combination of event participant information satisfies a predetermined condition. Determining whether the m-th combination of the event participant information satisfies a predetermined condition determines whether the combination of business card information included in the m-th combination of the event participant information satisfies the predetermined condition. You can think of it as doing If the predetermined condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S205; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S206.

(Step S205) The support unit 106 accumulates a combination of two different business card information included in the m-th combination of event participant information in a storage unit (not shown). Storing a combination of two pieces of business card information may be storing a combination of business card identifiers respectively corresponding to the two pieces of business card information.

(Step S206) The support unit 106 increments the value of the counter m by one. Then, the process returns to step S203.

(Step S207) The support unit 106 performs unique processing for deleting duplicate combinations of business card information from the combinations of business card information accumulated in step S205. As a result, duplicate combinations of business card information are deleted except for one. If the number of business card information accumulated in step S205 is one or less, this process may be omitted. Further, if it is considered that duplicate business card information combinations will not occur according to the predetermined conditions used in step S204, this unique processing may be omitted.

(Step S208) The support unit 106 performs a process of supporting business card exchange for each combination of business card information left without being deleted in step S207. For example, the support unit 106 may transmit, for each combination of business card information, information recommending exchange of business cards to the user's contact indicated by each business card information. Further, the support unit 106 transmits information requesting approval of business card exchange for each combination of business card information, and when receiving information requesting approval of business card exchange from both users, Information indicating that business cards have been exchanged between users is added to the stored information for managing business card exchanges. Note that the combination of business card information accumulated in step S205 is deleted. Then, it returns to the upper processing. Note that this process may be omitted if there is no combination of business card information accumulated in step S205.

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 the operation of event recommendation processing of the event server 1 of the event system 1000 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process corresponds to step S108 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

(Step S301) The event information acquisition unit 107 substitutes 1 as the value of the counter p.

(Step S302) The event information acquisition unit 107 determines whether the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 in the event participant storage unit 105 or the like includes p-th event participant information. If there is, the process proceeds to step S303; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S311.

(Step S303) The event information acquisition unit 107 acquires one or more event attribute values corresponding to the p-th event participant information. The event attribute value acquired here is, for example, the event attribute value used for determination in step S307.

(Step S304) The event information acquisition unit 107 substitutes 1 as the value of the counter q.

(Step S305) The event information acquisition unit 107 determines whether the event information newly accumulated in the event information storage unit 103 includes q-th event information. If so, go to step S306; if not, go to step S310.

(Step S306) The event information acquisition unit 107 acquires one or more event attribute values from the q-th event information. The event attribute value acquired here is, for example, the event attribute value used for determination in step S307, similar to the event attribute value acquired in step S303.

(Step S307) The event information acquisition unit 107 determines whether the event attribute value acquired in step S303 and the event attribute value acquired in step S307 satisfy predetermined conditions for recommendation. If satisfied, proceed to step S308; if not satisfied, proceed to step S309.

(Step S308) The event information acquisition unit 107 associates the event attribute value of the q-th event information with the business card information included in the p-th event participant information, and stores them in a storage unit (not shown). . The event indicated by the q-th event information accumulated here is, for example, an event recommended to the user corresponding to the business card information included in the p-th event participant information. The accumulation of event attribute values of event information here may be accumulation of event information having event attribute values, or accumulation of event identifiers associated with event information having event attribute values. Also, the accumulation of business card information here may be accumulation of a business card identifier associated with the business card information. This also applies to the following.

(Step S309) The event information acquisition unit 107 increments the value of the counter q by one. Then, the process returns to step S305.

(Step S310) The event information acquisition unit 107 increments the value of the counter p by one. Then, the process returns to step S302.

(Step S311) The event information acquisition unit 107 performs unique processing for deleting redundant combinations of the business card information and event information accumulated in step S308. As a result, duplicate combinations of business card information and event information are deleted except for one. If the number of combinations of business card information and event information accumulated in step S308 is one or less, this process may be omitted.

(Step S312) The notification unit 108 performs a notification process of notifying the user indicated by the business card information of the event information for each combination of the event information and the business card information left without being deleted in step S311. Then, it returns to the upper processing. The combination of event information and business card information is deleted. If there is no combination of event information and business card information accumulated in step S308, this process may be omitted.

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the processing ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt for processing end occurs.

Next, an example of operation of processing for transmitting advertisements of the event server 1 of the event system 1000 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process corresponds to step S110 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

(Step S401) The advertisement determination unit 109 substitutes 1 as the value of the counter j.

(Step S402) The advertisement determination unit 109 determines whether or not the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit 104 in the event participant storage unit 105 or the like includes j-th event participant information. If there is, the process proceeds to step S403; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S411.

(Step S403) The advertisement determining unit 109 acquires one or more event attribute values corresponding to the j-th event participant information. The event attribute value acquired here is, for example, the event attribute value used in the determination processing in step S407.

(Step S404) The advertisement determination unit 109 substitutes 1 as the value of the counter k.

(Step S405) The advertisement determination unit 109 determines whether or not the advertisement storage unit 110 contains the k-th advertisement. If so, go to step S406; if not, go to step S410.

(Step S<b>406 ) The advertisement determination unit 109 acquires one or more advertisement attribute values of the k-th advertisement from the advertisement storage unit 110 . The advertisement attribute value acquired here is, for example, the advertisement attribute value used in the determination process in step S407.

(Step S407) The advertisement determination unit 109 determines whether the event attribute value acquired in step S403 and the advertisement attribute value acquired in step S406 satisfy predetermined conditions for advertisement transmission. If satisfied, proceed to step S408; if not satisfied, proceed to step S409.

(Step S408) The advertisement determination unit 109 associates the k-th advertisement with the business card information included in the j-th event participant information and stores them in a storage unit (not shown). The accumulation of advertisements here may be accumulation of advertisement identifiers that identify advertisements.

(Step S409) The advertisement determination unit 109 increments the value of k by one. Then, the process returns to step S405.

(Step S410) The advertisement determination unit 109 increments the value of the counter j by one. Then, the process returns to step S402.

(Step S411) The advertisement determining unit 109 performs a unique process of deleting redundant combinations from the combinations of advertisements and business card information accumulated in step S408. As a result, duplicate combinations of advertisement and business card information are deleted except for one. If the number of combinations of advertisement and business card information accumulated in step S408 is one or less, this process may be omitted.

(Step S412) The advertisement transmission unit 111 performs an advertisement transmission process of transmitting the advertisement to the user indicated by the business card information for each combination of the advertisement and the business card information that remained without being deleted in step S411. Then, it returns to the upper processing. Delete the combination of advertisement and business card information. Note that this process may be omitted if there is no combination of event information and business card information accumulated in step S408.

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 5, the process ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt to end the process occurs.

Next, an example of the operation of the event terminal 2 included in the event system 1000 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process corresponds to step S108 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

(Step S501) The terminal reception unit 206 determines whether an event identifier has been received. If so, the process proceeds to step S502; if not, the process returns to step S501.

(Step S502) The terminal reception unit 206 accumulates the event identifier received in step S501 in the terminal storage unit 201. FIG.

(Step S503) The terminal acquisition unit 202 determines whether a code in which a business card identifier is coded has been read. For example, it determines whether the code has been read using a camera or code reader. The code here is, for example, an image code. If it has been read, the process proceeds to step S504; otherwise, the process returns to step S503.

(Step S504) The terminal acquisition unit 202 acquires a business card identifier corresponding to the code read in step S503.

(Step S505) The terminal transmission unit 203 transmits the business card identifier acquired in step S504 to the business card management server 3. FIG.

(Step S506) The terminal reception unit 204 receives the business card information transmitted by the business card management server 3 according to the business card identifier transmitted in step S505. The business card information received here may be part of the business card information stored in association with the business card identifier. For example, the received business card information is an image of a business card. A part of the received business card information is preferably one or more pieces of information that can be specified by the user corresponding to the business card information.

(Step S507) The terminal output unit 205 outputs the business card information received in step S506. For example, business card information is displayed on a monitor (not shown) or the like.

(Step S508) The terminal reception unit 206 determines whether or not a participation instruction has been received. If so, the process proceeds to step S509; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S510.

(Step S509) The terminal transmission unit 203 associates the event identifier accumulated in the terminal storage unit 201 in step S502 with the business card identifier acquired in step S504, and transmits them to the event server 1. Then, the process returns to step S503.

(Step S510) The terminal reception unit 206 determines whether or not a cancellation instruction to cancel acceptance of participation by the user corresponding to the business card identifier acquired in step S504 has been received. If accepted, the business card identifier acquired in step S504 is deleted, and the process returns to step S503. If not accepted, the process returns to step S508.

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 6, the process ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt for ending the process occurs.

Next, an example of the operation of the business card management server 3 will be briefly described. When the business card management receiver (not shown) of the business card management server 3 receives the business card identifier from the event terminal 2, the business card management acquisition unit (not shown) retrieves the business card identifier from the business card management storage unit (not shown). The corresponding business card information is acquired by searching, and a business card management transmission unit (not shown) transmits the acquired business card information to the event terminal 2 . When the business card management receiver (not shown) of the business card management server 3 receives the business card identifier from the event server 1, the business card management acquisition unit (not shown) receives the business card from the business card management storage unit (not shown). Business card information corresponding to the identifier is acquired by searching, and a business card management transmission unit (not shown) transmits the acquired business card information to the event server 1 .

Next, an example of operation of the user terminal 4 will be briefly described. When a user terminal reception unit (not shown) receives an operation from the user to output an image code associated with the user's business card identifier (for example, an image code obtained by encoding the user's business card identifier, etc.), the user terminal outputs In response to this operation, the unit (not shown) reads the image code associated with the user's business card identifier stored in the user terminal storage unit (not shown), and displays the image code on the monitor (not shown). display. In addition, a user terminal receiving unit (not shown) receives information for supporting business card exchange, information for recommending an event, advertisement information, etc. transmitted from the event server 1, and transmits the received information to the user terminal. The output unit may output. The output here is, for example, display on a monitor (not shown) or the like.

An example of the specific operation of the event system 1000 according to the present embodiment will be described below.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the event system 1000 of this specific example. Here, the event system 1000 is provided with an event server 1, three or more event terminals 2, three business card management servers 3, and three or more user terminals 4. FIG. Here, the three business card management servers 3 are respectively referred to as business card management servers 3a-3c for convenience of explanation. For convenience of explanation, one of the three or more event terminals 2 is here referred to as the event terminal 2a, and one of the three or more user terminals 4 is here referred to as the user terminal 4a. Here, an example in which both the event terminal 2 and the user terminal 4 are smartphones will be described.

FIG. 8A is an event information management table for managing event information stored in the event information storage unit 103. FIG. The event information management table has attributes such as "event ID", "event name", "holding period", "venue 1", "venue 2", "type ID", and "keyword". . "Event ID" is an event identifier. "Event name" is the name of the event, "Period" is the period (date) of the event, "Location 1" is the name of the prefecture where the event is held, and "Location 2" is the location of the event. , addresses other than prefectures, "type ID" is a type identifier indicating the type of event, and "keyword" is a keyword indicating event content. A plurality of keywords are separated by ",". Here, it is assumed that each record (row) in the event information management table corresponds to event information, and attribute values other than "event ID" are event attribute values.

FIG. 9 is a business card information management table for managing business card information stored in association with business card identifiers in a business card management storage unit (not shown) of the business card management server 3a. The business card information management table has attributes such as "business card ID", "business card image", "name", "company name", "department/title", "telephone number", and "mail address". "Business card ID" is a business card identifier, "Business card image" is an image of a business card, and here is the file name of the image of the business card. "Name" is your full name, "Company Name" is your company name, "Department/Position" is at least one of the department name and job title, "Phone Number" is your landline or mobile phone number, and "Email Address" is your email. is the address. Here, it is assumed that each record in the business card information management table corresponds to business card information, and attribute values other than "business card ID" are business card information.

First, at an event venue with an event name of "Entrepreneurship Seminar" with an event identifier of "EV1001", a person in charge of reception of visitors A of a company managing this event, as shown in FIG. 10(a), Assume that an input screen for inputting an event identifier is displayed on the monitor 205a of the event terminal 2a, and the event identifier "EV1001" of the above event is input in the event identifier input field 2051 of this input screen. In addition to this event identifier, it is also assumed here that a predetermined password has been entered in the entry field 2052 . When the terminal reception unit 206 of the event terminal 2 receives these inputs, authentication processing is performed using the received information. This authentication process may be performed by the event terminal 2, or may be performed by transmitting the information received above to the event server 1 or the like. Here, assuming that the above information is used for authentication, the terminal reception unit 206 stores the received event identifier “EV1001” in the terminal storage unit 201 . Further, the terminal output unit 205 displays a menu screen for accepting reading of the image code, as shown in FIG. 10(b). Here, at the time of authentication, the terminal output unit 205 of the event terminal 2 confirms that the "event ID" in the event information management table shown in FIG. FIG. 10 shows a menu screen in which "company seminar", which is the attribute value of "title" indicating the event title of the matching record (row), is acquired and the acquired event title "company seminar" is arranged in the upper area 2053. It is displayed on the monitor 205a as shown in (b).

Since visitor B has arrived at the visitor reception at the event site, it is assumed that person in charge A asks visitor B to present an image code corresponding to his/her business card identifier.

An operation performed by visitor B to cause his or her user terminal 4a to display an image code obtained by encoding a business card identifier for identifying his or her business card information stored in advance in a user terminal storage unit (not shown). , the user terminal reception unit (not shown) receives this operation, and the user terminal output unit (not shown) reads the image code stored in the user terminal storage unit in response to this operation. and displayed on the monitor (not shown) of the user terminal 4a. Then, assume that the person in charge A is presented with this image code. It is assumed that the business card identifier for identifying the business card information of visitor B is "NA1001".

In order to read the image code displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 4a by the visitor B, the person in charge A presses the button 2054 for reading the image code on the menu screen shown in FIG. The terminal acquisition unit 202 of 2a is in a state of being able to read the image code using the camera of the smartphone, which is the event terminal 2a.

When the camera (not shown) of the event terminal 2a is held over the image code displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 4a, the camera is displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 4a as shown in FIG. 10(c). The captured image code 401 is photographed. Here, it is assumed that the image code displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 4a is a two-dimensional code. The terminal acquisition unit 202 of the event terminal 2a reads the captured image code, decodes the image code, and acquires the business card identifier "NA1001" for identifying the visitor B's business card information.

When the terminal acquisition unit 202 acquires the business card identifier, the terminal transmission unit 203 transmits the acquired business card identifier “NA1001” to the business card management server 3 corresponding to this business card identifier. Here, if the first two characters of the business card identifier are "NA" and the business card management server 3a is specified in advance as the destination of the business card identifier, the terminal transmission unit 203 transmits the acquired business card identifier. Since the first two characters of "NA1001" are "NA", this business card identifier is transmitted to the business card management server 3a. If the first two characters of the business card identifier are "NB", the business card identifier is transmitted to the business card management server 3b, and if the first two characters are "NC", the business card identifier is transmitted to the business card management server 3c. shall be specified.

When the business card management reception unit (not shown) of the business card management server 3a receives the business card identifier "NA1001" from the event terminal 2a, the business card management acquisition unit (not shown) stores the business card management storage unit (not shown). acquires business card information associated with the received business card identifier. Here, it is assumed that it is predetermined to acquire the image of the business card, the name, the company name, and the name of the department/position among the business card information. For this reason, the business card management acquisition unit determines that the file name indicated by the "business card image" attribute value of the record (row) having the "business card ID" attribute value of "NA1001" in the business card information management table shown in FIG. A business card image of "na1001.png", an attribute value of "name" "Ichiro Ayama", an attribute value of "company name" "AB Kogyo Co., Ltd.", and an attribute value of "department/post" "Sales department" is read out from the business card management storage unit and sent to the event terminal 2a that sent the business card identifier.

In response to the transmission of the business card identifier "NA1001", the terminal reception unit 204 of the event terminal 2a recognizes that the file name "na1001" is a part of the business card information identified by the business card identifier "NA1001" transmitted by the business card management server 3a. png” of the business card, name, company name, and department/position name, the terminal output unit 205 arranges the received information in a template prepared in advance, and displays it on the monitor 205a. do.

FIG. 10(d) is a diagram showing a display example of part of the received business card information by the event terminal 2a. An image 2055 shows an image of a business card, and an image 2056 shows other business card information. .

Then, the person in charge A uses the displayed business card information to confirm whether or not it is acceptable to accept the visitor B. When a button 2057 for accepting a request is pressed, the terminal accepting unit 206 accepts the participation instruction, and the terminal transmitting unit 203 reads the event identifier "EV1001" stored in the terminal storage unit 201, , is associated with the business card identifier “NA1001” acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 202 as described above, and is transmitted to the event server 1 .

If the person in charge A judges that it is impossible to accept the visitor B by using the displayed business card information, the button for canceling the reception arranged on the screen shown in FIG. By pressing 2058 , the terminal reception unit 206 receives the cancellation instruction, cancels reception processing for visitor B, and does not transmit the business card identifier obtained above to the event server 1 .

In addition, when the terminal receiving unit 204 cannot acquire the business card information corresponding to the business card identifier transmitted to the business card management server 3a, the terminal output unit 205 outputs an error, etc., and cancels the process of accepting the visitor. do.

When the reception information receiving unit 101 of the event server 1 receives the business card identifier "NA1001" associated with the event identifier "EV1001" from the event terminal 2a, the business card information acquiring unit 102 receives the received business card identifier "NA1001". , the business card information is transmitted to the business card management server 3a in the same manner as the terminal transmission unit 203 of the event terminal 2a, and the business card information acquired by the business card management server 3a from the business card information management table shown in FIG. Receive and get. It is assumed that the business card information acquired here is all the business card information of the record whose value of "business card ID" is "NA1001" in the business card information management table shown in FIG. However, it is not always necessary to acquire all the business card information.

Further, the storage unit 104 detects the event information associated with the event identifier "EV1001" received by the reception information receiving unit 101 from the event information stored in the event storage unit 103 in association with the event identifier, Acquire the event attribute value of this event information. Specifically, the event attribute value included in the event information of the record whose "event ID" value is "EB1001" in the event information management table shown in FIG. 10A is acquired. Here, all the event attribute values of the event information of the record whose "event ID" value is "EB1001" are acquired. Here, since the event information is composed of a plurality of event attribute values, the storage unit 104 acquires all the event information of the record whose "event ID" value is "EB1001" as a plurality of event attribute values. do.

The storage unit 104 stores event participants including the event attribute acquired from the event information storage unit 103, the business card information acquired above by the business card information acquisition unit 102, and the business card identifier "NA1001" received by the reception information reception unit 101. The information is associated with the event identifier “EV1001” received by reception information receiving section 101 and stored in event participant storage section 105 .

FIG. 11 is an event participant management table for managing event participant information stored in the event participant storage unit 105. As shown in FIG. The event participant management table has attributes of "participation ID", "event ID", "event attribute value", "business card ID", and "business card information". "Event attribute value" has attribute values such as "event name", "holding period", "attribute value 1", and "keyword". "Business card information" has attribute values such as "business card image", "name", and "mail address". Attribute names that are the same as those in FIGS. 8 and 9 indicate the same attributes. "Participation ID" is a participant identifier for managing event participant information. "Event attribute value" is an event attribute value, and has information corresponding to the event attribute value of the event information management table shown in FIG. 8A and the like. "Business card information" is business card information and has information corresponding to the business card information in the business card information management table shown in FIG. Note that event attribute values such as "venue 2" and "type ID" managed in the event information management table shown in FIG. 8 and "company name" managed in the business card information management table shown in FIG. , “department/post”, and “telephone number” are also included in the event participant information stored in the event participant storage unit 105, but in the event participant management table of FIG. are omitted from the display.

Here, for example, it is assumed that the predetermined date and time for supporting the exchange of business cards has arrived. This date and time may be set at any interval or frequency.

The support unit 106 acquires all combinations of two pieces of event participant information having different business card information in the event participant information stored in the event participant storage unit 105 . For example, in the event participant management table shown in FIG. 11, a combination of two records whose "business card ID" values do not match is detected, and the combination of attribute values of "participation ID" for each pair is acquired.

For example, in the event participation management table shown in FIG. As for the combination with "J5013" and the combination of "J5012" and "J5014", the values of the "business card ID" of the corresponding records do not match. Get a combination of IDs. On the other hand, the combination of "J5011" and "J5013" and the combination of "J5012" and "J5016" are not acquired because the values of the "business card ID" of the corresponding records match.

Then, for each combination of two pieces of event participant information indicated by each combination of acquired "participation IDs", it is determined whether the two pieces of event participant information satisfy a predetermined condition, and the predetermined condition is determined. A combination of two pieces of event participant information that satisfies is detected. Assume that the predetermined condition is that the values of the "event ID" match. This condition is, for example, a condition for supporting exchange of business cards between users who have participated in the same event.

For example, a combination of event participation information with a "participation ID" of "J5011" and event participation information with a "participation ID" of "J5012" obtained above, or an event with a "participation ID" of "J5011" In the combination of the participation information and the event participation information whose "participation ID" is "J5014", the values of the "event ID" do not match, so it is determined that the predetermined condition is not satisfied. Further, for example, in the combination of the event participation information having the "participation ID" of "J5012" and the event participation information having the "participation ID" of "J5013" obtained above, the values of the "event ID" match. Therefore, it is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the support unit 106 acquires a combination of "participation IDs" corresponding to this combination of event participant information, that is, a combination of "J5012" and "J5013". . Further, for example, in the combination of the event participation information having the "participation ID" of "J5012" and the event participation information having the "participation ID" of "J5014" obtained above, the values of the "event ID" match. Therefore, it is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the support unit 106 acquires a combination of "participation IDs" corresponding to this combination of event participant information, that is, a combination of "J5012" and "J5014." .

In this way, for all the combinations of event participant information detected above, combinations satisfying predetermined conditions are detected, and combinations of "participation IDs" corresponding to the detected combinations of event participant information are acquired. Suppose

Next, the support unit 106 removes duplicate combinations of "participation IDs" from among the acquired combinations of "participation IDs" by performing unique processing to remove all but one combination. By eliminating duplication, it is possible to prevent duplicate support for business card exchange for the same combination of users. However, under the predetermined conditions used here, it is generally considered that duplicate combinations of "participation IDs" do not occur, so this unique processing may be omitted.

Then, the support unit 106 selects, for each combination of the "participation IDs" from which duplicates have been eliminated, the "email Contact information such as "address" is acquired, and information recommending exchanging business cards between users corresponding to the "participation ID" of each pair is transmitted to each contact. The information recommended to exchange business cards sent to each user is, for example, at least part of the business card information corresponding to the other "participation ID" in the same group (that is, the business card information of the exchange partner) (for example, name, company name, etc.). Here, as an example, the information recommending the exchange of business cards is information having a button, a link, or the like for accepting an operation of consenting to the exchange of business cards. Then, when the two users respectively corresponding to the two "participation IDs" of the same group who have received the information recommending the exchange of business cards perform an operation to consent to the exchange of business cards, this operation is accepted. The corresponding information is transmitted from the user terminal 4 to the event server 1 or the like and a server (not shown) that manages the exchange of business cards, and the support unit 106 or the like transmits information for managing the exchange of business card information. , is stored in a storage unit (not shown).

For example, in the case of transmitting information for supporting the exchange of business card information for "J5012" and "J5013", which are one combination of the "participation IDs" acquired above, the support unit 106 will: From the event participant management table shown in FIG. 11, the attribute value "bkawa@bc..." of the "mail address" corresponding to "J5012" as the "participation ID" and the attribute value "na1002.png" of the "business card image" ” and get. Similarly, the attribute value "j_ezawa@ef..." of "mail address" corresponding to "J5013" with "participation ID" and the attribute value "na1005.png" of "business card image" are acquired. Then, the support unit 106 stores the file indicated by the attribute value "na1005.png" of the "business card image" acquired for the participant identifier "J5013" in the e-mail address "bkawa@bc..." acquired for the participant identifier "J5012". Send an email with a business card image of your name and a button for accepting consent to exchange business cards, and send an email to the email address “j_ezawa@ef…” obtained for the participant identifier “J5013” for the participant identifier “J5012”. An e-mail containing a business card image with a file name indicated by the attribute value "na1002.png" of the acquired "business card image" and a button for accepting approval of business card exchange is sent.

When the user terminal 4 that receives the mail addressed to the mail address "bkawa@bc..." and the user terminal 4 that receives the mail addressed to the mail address "j_ezawa@ef..." receive the above mail, each user terminal 4 displays the received mail on the monitor 405a.

FIG. 12(a) is a display example of the above mail received by the user terminal 4 that receives the mail addressed to the mail address "bkawa@bc...", and FIG. This is a display example of the above mail received by the user terminal 4 that receives the mail addressed to "...".

As shown in FIGS. 12(a) and 12(b), each mail includes a business card image of a business card exchange partner and a button 121a and a button 121b for accepting business card exchange with the business card exchange partner. are placed. These buttons include, for example, business card information identified by the business card identifier "NA1002" corresponding to the participant identifier "J5012" and business card information identified by the business card identifier "NA1005" corresponding to the participant identifier "J5013". When the user using each user terminal 4 presses the button 121a or the button 121b, the information to approve the business card exchange is associated with the event When it is transmitted to the server 1 etc. and it is confirmed that both the buttons 121a and 121b have been pressed, the event server 1 etc. stores the information for managing the above business card exchange in a storage unit (not shown). do. A detailed description of the process of exchanging business cards and the process of managing the exchange of business cards is omitted here.

Here, assuming that two pieces of event information are newly accumulated in the event information storage unit 103, the event information acquisition unit 107 performs processing for recommending an event to the user as follows.

FIG. 8(b) is an event information management table obtained by adding records (rows) corresponding to two new pieces of event information to the event information management table shown in FIG. 8(a). It is assumed that the newly added event information is event information managed by records having "event IDs" of "EV1083" and "EV1084".

First, the event information acquisition unit 107 detects the first event participant information from the event participant information stored in the event participant storage unit 105 . It does not matter which event participant information is detected as the first event participant information. For example, the event participant information may be detected in random order, or the event participant information may be detected in order from the event participant information accumulated in the newest order. For example, here, the event participant information of the record (row) whose “participation ID” is “J5017” in the event participant management table shown in FIG. 11 is detected as the first event participant information. and

The event information acquisition unit 107 acquires one or more event attribute values from the first event participant information. Here, two event attribute values with the attribute names "venue 1" and "keyword" are used as predetermined conditions for recommendation. In the record (row) of the first event participant information whose participation ID is 'J5017', the 'venue' attribute value 'Tokyo' and the 'keyword' attribute value 'investment' are acquired.

Next, the event attribute values of the same two attribute names as above are acquired from the first event information among the newly added event information in the event information management table shown in FIG. 8B. Here, assuming that the order of the event information is determined according to the ascending order of the numbers of the "event ID", the attribute value "Tokyo ” and the attribute value “startup, investment” of the “keyword”.

Then, the event information acquisition unit 107 determines that the event attribute value acquired from the first event participant information and the event attribute value acquired from the first event information among the newly accumulated event information are: It judges whether or not the conditions for the recommendation determined in advance are met. It is assumed that the condition for recommendation is that "venue 1" matches and at least one of the "keywords" matches. Here, the attribute value of "venue 1" acquired from the first event participant information and the attribute value of "venue 1" acquired from the newly accumulated first event information match. Since "entrepreneurship", which is the attribute value of the "keyword" obtained from the event participant information, matches "entrepreneurship", which is one of the attribute values of the "keyword" obtained from the first event information, the event The information acquisition unit 107 determines that the conditions for recommendation are satisfied, and determines the first event information as the event to be recommended to the user indicated by the business card information included in the first event participant information. Then, the attribute value "NA1001" of the "business card ID" of the first event participant information is associated with the attribute value "EV1083" of the "event ID" of the newly accumulated first event information, Temporarily stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like.

Furthermore, the event information acquisition unit 107 acquires the same event attribute value as the above from the second event information among the newly added event information in the event information management table shown in FIG. The attribute value "Tokyo" of "Local 1" and the attribute value "digital, IT" of "keyword" are acquired, and these attribute values and the event attribute value acquired from the first event participant information above are , to determine if they meet the same conditions for recommendation as above. Here, the attribute value of "venue 1" acquired from the first event participant information matches the attribute value of "venue 1" acquired from the newly accumulated first event information. Since the attribute value of the "keyword" obtained from the second event participant information "startup" and the attribute value of the "keyword" obtained from the first event information "digital, IT" do not match, The event information acquisition unit 107 determines that the conditions for recommendation are not satisfied, and the event corresponding to the newly accumulated second event information is directed to the user indicated by the business card information included in the first event participant information. Do not decide on an event to recommend.

Here, since the third and subsequent event information is not newly accumulated, the process of determining whether or not the conditions for recommendation as described above are satisfied is terminated. If there is, similar processing is performed on these, and if one of the event information satisfies the above conditions for recommendation, the event information is indicated by the business card information included in the first event participant information. , the event identifier is associated with the attribute value "NA1001" of the "business card ID" of the first event participant information, and is temporarily stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like. To go.

Furthermore, the event information acquisition unit 107 performs the same processing as described above on the second and subsequent event participant information managed by the event participant information management table shown in FIG. The event identifier of the event recommended to the user indicated by the business card information is acquired, and stored in a storage unit (not shown) in association with the business card identifier of the event participant information.

Then, assuming that all the event participant information is processed as described above, the event information acquisition unit 107 associates the attribute value of "business card ID" with the event identifier accumulated in the storage unit (not shown). , and deletes duplicate combinations of event identifiers and corresponding attribute values of "business card ID" except for one. This can prevent duplicate events from being recommended to the same user.

Then, the notification unit 108 sends information for recommending to the user an event identified by each event identifier stored in a storage unit (not shown) that has not been deleted by the unique processing, to the event participation event shown in FIG. 11 . It is sent to the contact of the user indicated by the "e-mail address" of the record in the person management table in which the attribute value of "business card ID" matches the attribute value of "business card ID" associated with each event identifier.

Hereinafter, the notification unit 108 performs the attribute value "NA1001" of the "business card ID" of the first event participant information stored in association with the above, and the "event ID" of the newly stored first event information. ” and the attribute value “EV1083” will be described with an example of transmitting information for recommending an event.

The notification unit 108 acquires the attribute value “ayama@ab . In addition, the notification unit 108 selects the attribute value of “event name” of “investment briefing for entrepreneurs” from the record whose “event ID” is “EV1083” in the event information management table shown in FIG. , "2021/12/4" which is the attribute value of "Period", "Tokyo" which is the attribute value of "Venue 1", and "Shibuya-ku..." which is the attribute value of "Venue 2". , acquires one or more predetermined event attribute values that enable the content of the event to be grasped. Then, the notification unit 108 recommends an event in which the event attribute value acquired above and a character string or the like for recommending an event corresponding to the event attribute value are placed in the email address "ayama@ab..." acquired above. Notify (for example, send) an e-mail to be sent.

When the user terminal 4 capable of sending mail addressed to the mail address "ayama@ab..." receives the mail recommending the above event, the user terminal output unit (not shown) displays the received mail on the monitor 405a. do.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example of an email recommending an event by the user terminal 4. As shown in FIG.

Note that if an event attribute value includes an address of a WEB page or the like for accepting applications to participate in an event, the notification unit 108 sends an email recommending an event with a link to this address to the user terminal. 4 may be sent.

Here, for example, it is assumed that the date and time for sending a predetermined advertisement has arrived. This date and time may be set at any interval or frequency.

FIG. 14 is an advertisement management table for managing advertisements stored in the advertisement storage unit 110. As shown in FIG. The advertisement management table has attributes of "advertisement ID", "advertisement", "advertisement area", and "advertisement keyword". "Advertisement ID" is an advertisement identifier. "Advertisement" is the data of the advertisement. Here, it is assumed that the advertisement is an advertisement composed of character strings. However, the advertisement may consist of any data. "Advertising area" is an advertising area, and here, it is assumed that it is a prefecture name. "Advertising keyword" is an advertising keyword. Multiple keywords are separated by ",".

First, the advertisement determination unit 109 detects the first event participant information from the event participant information stored in the event participant storage unit 105, as in the case of recommending the above event. For example, here, the event participant information of the record (row) whose “participation ID” is “J5017” in the event participant management table shown in FIG. 11 is detected as the first event participant information. and

The advertisement determination unit 109 acquires one or more event attribute values from the first event participant information. Here, two event attribute values with the attribute names "venue 1" and "keyword" are used as predetermined conditions for sending advertisements, so the event participant management table shown in FIG. In the record (row) of the first event participant information whose "participation ID" is "J5017", the "venue" attribute value "Tokyo" and the "keyword" attribute value "investment" are acquired.

Next, from the advertisement attribute value of the first advertisement in the advertisement management table shown in FIG. Acquire the advertising attribute values of the attribute names "advertising area" and "advertising keyword". Information indicating the correspondence between the event attribute value and the advertisement attribute value is stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) or the like, and the information indicating the correspondence is used to obtain the event attribute obtained above. An advertisement attribute value corresponding to the value may be acquired, or an advertisement attribute value predetermined according to conditions for advertisement transmission may be acquired. Here, assuming that the order of advertisements is determined in order from the top to the bottom of the advertisement management table in FIG. From the record whose "advertisement ID" is "PR001", the attribute value "Tokyo" of the "advertisement area" and the attribute value "startup, finance" of the "keyword" are acquired.

Then, the advertisement determination unit 109 determines that the event attribute value acquired from the first event participant information and the advertisement attribute value acquired for the first advertisement satisfy predetermined conditions for advertisement transmission. or judge. The conditions for sending the advertisement are that the attribute value of the "venue 1" and the attribute value of the "advertising area" match, and at least one of the attribute value of the "keyword" and the attribute value of the "advertising keyword". Suppose that the condition is that one of the Here, both the attribute value of "venue 1" acquired from the first event participant information and the attribute value of "advertising area" acquired for the first newly accumulated advertisement are "Tokyo". "Startup", which is the attribute value of the "keyword" obtained from the first event participant information, and "Startup", which is one of the attribute values of the "advertising keyword" obtained for the first advertisement. match, the advertisement determination unit 109 determines that the condition for advertisement transmission is satisfied, and the first advertisement, that is, the record "advertisement , whose file name is the attribute value "PR001.txt" of ", is determined to be the advertisement to be sent to the user indicated by the business card information included in the first event participant information. The attribute value "NA1001" of the "business card ID" in the first event participant information and the attribute value "PR001" of the "advertisement ID" in the record on the first row from the top of the advertisement management table shown in FIG. are associated with each other and temporarily stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like.

Furthermore, the advertisement determining unit 109 acquires the attribute values of "advertising area" and "advertising keyword" for each of the second and subsequent records in the advertisement management table shown in FIG. 14 in the same manner as described above. Then, it is determined whether the attribute value of "venue 1" and the attribute value of "keyword" obtained from the first event participant information satisfy the same conditions for advertisement transmission as above. and if the conditions are satisfied, the advertisement of each record is determined to be an advertisement to be sent to the user indicated by the business card information of the first event participant information, and the attribute value of "advertisement ID" of the record having this advertisement is set to It is temporarily stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like in association with the business card identifier "NA1001" of the first event participant information. Advertisements having advertisement information that does not satisfy the conditions for advertisement transmission are not determined as advertisements to be transmitted to the user indicated by the business card information included in the first event participant information.

Further, the advertisement determination unit 109 performs the same processing as described above for the second and subsequent event participant information, and acquires the advertisement identifier of the advertisement to be transmitted to the user indicated by the business card information included in the event participant information. , is associated with the business card identifier included in the event participant information and stored in a storage unit (not shown).

Then, after performing the above-described processing for all the event participant information, the advertisement determining unit 109 acquires the information as described above and stores it in association with the attribute value of “business card ID” possessed by each event participant information. For the advertising identifiers stored in the unit (not shown), a unique process for deleting, except for one, the combination of the duplicate advertising identifier and the attribute value of the "business card ID" associated with the advertising identifier. conduct. This can prevent duplicate advertisements from being sent to the same user.

Then, the advertisement transmitting unit 111 stores the advertisement corresponding to each advertisement identifier stored in the storage unit (not shown) remaining without being deleted by the unique processing, in the event participant management table shown in FIG. The message is sent to the contact of the user indicated by the "mail address" or the like of the record whose "business card ID" attribute value matches the "business card ID" attribute value associated with each advertisement identifier.

For example, the process of determining the advertisement to be transmitted to the user, which is performed by the advertisement determination unit 109, changes the attribute value "NA1001" of the "business card ID" included in the first event participant information to the advertisement identifier "PR001". 11, the advertisement transmission unit 111 retrieves the event participant management table shown in FIG. , attribute value "ayama@ab..." of "mail address" is acquired as information indicating the contact information of the user. is "PR001".

When the user terminal receiving section (not shown) of the user terminal 4 capable of receiving the e-mail sent to this mail address receives the mail in which the above advertisement is placed, the user terminal output section of the user terminal 4 ( (not shown) displays the mail in which the advertisement is placed on the monitor 405a.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of advertisement display by the user terminal 4. As shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to easily accept participation in an event and manage event participants using business card information.

In the above embodiments, each process (each function) may be implemented by centralized processing by a single device (system), or may be implemented by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. may

Further, in 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 the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or components that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by reading and executing a software program recorded in a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory by a program execution unit such as a CPU. During execution, the program execution unit may execute the program while accessing a storage unit (for example, a recording medium such as a hard disk or memory).

The software that implements the event server in the above embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program comprises a computer, a reception information receiving section for receiving an event identifier, a business card identifier or business card information from an event terminal, and business card information corresponding to the business card identifier or business card information for acquiring the received business card information. A program for functioning as an acquisition unit and an accumulation unit for accumulating event participant information including business card information in association with an event identifier.

Also, the software that implements the event terminal in the above embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program identifies a computer that can access a terminal storage unit that stores an event identifier by a terminal processing unit that acquires a business card identifier, a terminal transmission unit that transmits the business card identifier to a business card management server, and a business card identifier. a terminal receiving unit for receiving the business card information received from the business card management server; a terminal output unit for outputting the business card information; is a program that associates a business card identifier or business card information with an event identifier and transmits the event identifier to an event server in response to acceptance of a participation instruction.

In the above program, the transmission step for transmitting information and the reception step for receiving information are performed by hardware. not included).

In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, functions that can be realized only by hardware such as modems and interface cards, such as an acquisition unit that acquires information and an output unit that outputs information, are not included in the functions realized by the above program.

Also, the number of computers executing this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the appearance of a computer that executes the above program and implements the event server according to the above embodiment. The above embodiments can be implemented by computer hardware and computer programs executed thereon.

In FIG. 16, computer system 900 comprises computer 901 including CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 905 , keyboard 902 , mouse 903 and monitor 904 .

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the computer system 900. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 17, a computer 901 includes a CD-ROM drive 905, an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing programs such as a boot-up program, and a ROM 912 for storing programs such as a boot-up program. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 913 that temporarily stores and provides a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, a bus 915 that interconnects the MPU 911, ROM 912, etc. Prepare. Note that computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to a LAN.

A program that causes the computer system 900 to perform functions such as the event server according to the above-described embodiments may be stored in the CD-ROM 921 , inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905 and transferred to the hard disk 914 . Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in hard disk 914 . Programs are loaded into RAM 913 during execution. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921 or network.

The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS), a third party program, or the like that causes the computer 901 to perform the functions of the event server according to the above embodiments. A program may contain only those portions of instructions that call the appropriate functions (modules) in a controlled manner to produce the desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

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 event server or the like according to the present invention is suitable, for example, as a device or the like for managing information or the like regarding an event, and is particularly useful as a device or the like for managing information or the like of participants in an event.

1 event server 2, 2a event terminal 3, 3a-3c business card management server 4, 4a user terminal 101 reception information reception unit 102 business card information acquisition unit 103 event information storage unit 104 storage unit 105 event participant storage unit 106 support unit 107 event Information acquisition unit 108 Notification unit 109 Advertisement determination unit 110 Advertisement storage unit 111 Advertisement transmission unit 201 Terminal storage unit 202 Terminal acquisition unit 203 Terminal transmission unit 204 Terminal reception unit 205 Terminal output unit 206 Terminal reception unit 1000 Event system

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a reception information receiving unit that receives an event identifier and a business card identifier or business card information from an event terminal;
a business card information acquisition unit that acquires business card information corresponding to the business card identifier or the received business card information;
an event server that stores event participant information including the business card information in association with the event identifier. 2. The event server according to claim 1, wherein said business card identifier is information corresponding to a code read by said event terminal. 3. The event server according to claim 1, further comprising a support unit for supporting exchange of business cards between two or more users for two or more pieces of business card information satisfying predetermined conditions. an event information storage unit that stores two or more pieces of event information having one or more event attribute values in association with event identifiers;
Using one or more event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information accumulated by the accumulation unit and one or more event attribute values of the one or more pieces of event information stored in the event information storage unit, an event information acquisition unit that determines an event to be recommended to a user corresponding to the business card information included in the event participant information and acquires event information of the event;
The event server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a notification unit that performs notification processing for notifying the user of the event information acquired by the event information acquisition unit. One or more advertisement attribute values of one or more advertisements stored in an advertisement storage unit and one or more event attribute values corresponding to the event participant information accumulated in the accumulation unit are used to obtain information included in the event participant information. an advertisement determination unit that determines an advertisement to be transmitted to a user corresponding to the business card information received;
The event server according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an advertisement transmission unit that performs an advertisement transmission process of transmitting the advertisement determined by the advertisement determination unit to the user. The business card information acquisition unit
The business card management server is any one of two or more business card management servers, and receives business card information corresponding to the business card identifier from the business card management server corresponding to the business card identifier. The event server according to item 1. a terminal storage unit in which an event identifier is stored;
a terminal processing unit that acquires a business card identifier;
a terminal transmission unit that transmits the business card identifier to a business card management server;
a terminal receiving unit that receives business card information identified by the business card identifier from the business card management server;
a terminal output unit that outputs the business card information;
a terminal reception unit that receives an instruction to participate in an event from a user corresponding to the business card identifier;
The terminal transmission unit
An event terminal that associates the business card identifier or the business card information with the event identifier and transmits the business card identifier or the business card information to an event server in response to acceptance of the participation instruction. An information processing method performed using a reception information reception unit, a business card information acquisition unit, and a storage unit,
a reception information receiving step in which the reception information receiving unit receives an event identifier and a business card identifier or business card information from an event terminal;
a business card information acquisition step in which the business card information acquiring unit acquires business card information corresponding to the business card identifier or the received business card information;
and an information processing method comprising an accumulation step in which the accumulation unit accumulates event participant information including the business card information in association with the event identifier. An information processing method performed using a terminal storage unit storing an event identifier, a terminal processing unit, a terminal transmission unit, a terminal reception unit, a terminal output unit, and a terminal reception unit,
a step in which the terminal processing unit acquires a business card identifier;
a step in which the terminal transmission unit transmits the business card identifier to a business card management server;
a step in which the terminal receiving unit receives business card information identified by the business card identifier from the business card management server;
a terminal output step in which the terminal output unit outputs the business card information;
a step in which the terminal reception unit receives an instruction to participate in the event of the user corresponding to the business card identifier;
An information processing method, comprising the step of sending the business card identifier or the business card information in association with the event identifier to an event server in response to acceptance of the participation instruction by the terminal transmission unit. the computer,
a reception information receiving unit that receives an event identifier and a business card identifier or business card information from an event terminal;
a business card information acquisition unit that acquires business card information corresponding to the business card identifier or the received business card information;
A program for functioning as an accumulation unit for accumulating event participant information including the business card information in association with the event identifier. a computer having access to a terminal store where event identifiers are stored;
a terminal processing unit that acquires a business card identifier;
a terminal transmission unit that transmits the business card identifier to a business card management server;
a terminal receiving unit that receives business card information identified by the business card identifier from the business card management server;
a terminal output unit that outputs the business card information;
function as a terminal reception unit that receives an instruction to participate in an event from a user corresponding to the business card identifier;
The terminal transmission unit
A program that associates the business card identifier or the business card information with the event identifier and transmits the business card identifier or the business card information to an event server in response to acceptance of the participation instruction.

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