JP2023045525A - Information processing device, communication system, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device capable of facilitating easily giving commodity items and the like among users as a present and the like, a communication system, an information processing method, and a program.SOLUTION: In a system in which a server 100 and a plurality of terminals are communicably connected via a network, the server, which is an information processing device, includes: a setting unit 132 that sets commodities in which a user of a first account of a first terminal is interested as interesting items; a determination unit 133 that determines recommendation items related to the interesting items on the basis of the interesting items; a transmission unit 111 that transmits information on the interesting items and the recommendation items to a terminal 2; a reception unit 112 that receives information on a gift item identified from the interesting items and the recommendation items transmitted from the terminal 2; and a giving processing unit 134 that performs processing for giving the gift item to the user of the first account.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Applied for application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act Publication date From July 13, 2021 Place of publication LINE GIFT application (online) Contents of publication Information processing device, communication system, information processing method and program A service that displays recommended products based on the user's "wants" on the user's "birthday page" in the application (LINE GIFT app), and a service that displays recommended products displayed on the user's "birthday page" A service that allows the user to select and send the selected recommended product to the user as a gift.

The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, a communication system, an information processing method, and a program.

A method of generating a chat message corresponding to product information on a web page, in which a server recognizes a selection for an identifier displayed on a web page of a device based on a request received from the device or the web server; obtaining the product information on the web page and the user's account information related to the selection based on; adding the product information to the user's wish list based on the account information; and obtaining a server account based on the account information activating a chat session between the and the user's account; generating chat messages corresponding to product information; providing the chat messages to the device through the chat session; and providing information about the wishlist to the device if selected (see, for example, US Pat.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2017-537402

According to the technology disclosed in Patent Literature 1, it is possible to provide a service that allows other users to present, through a mobile device, products that have been put in a wish list on a web page, that is, items that a certain user is interested in. . However, in the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, when a user's wish list, that is, a list of interested items of a certain user does not include items suitable for gifts from other users, it is possible to send a present from another user. becomes difficult.

The present disclosure has been made to solve such problems. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing device, a communication system, an information processing method, and a program that enable users to easily give products or the like as presents or the like.

An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a setting unit that sets a product in which a user of a first account of a first terminal is interested as an item of interest, and based on the item of interest, a recommended item related to the item of interest is determined. a transmitting unit for transmitting information about the item of interest and the recommended item to a second terminal; and a given item specified from among the item of interest and the recommended item transmitted from the second terminal. a receiving unit for receiving information; and a giving processing unit for performing processing for giving the given item to the user of the first account.

Further, a communication system according to the present disclosure is a communication system including the above information processing device, the first terminal, and the second terminal, wherein the second terminal transmits from the information processing device The item of interest and the recommended item that have been received are displayed in a manner distinguishable from each other.

Further, an information processing method according to the present disclosure is an information processing method executed by a computer, in which a product that a user of a first account of a first terminal is interested in is set as an item of interest, and based on the item of interest, determining a recommended item related to the item of interest, transmitting information about the item of interest and the recommended item to a second terminal, and transmitting the item of interest and the recommended item transmitted from the second terminal Receiving information about a donating item identified from among the items; and performing a process to donate the donating item to a user of the first account.

Further, the program according to the present disclosure sets a product in which a user of a first account of a first terminal is interested as an item of interest, and determines a recommended item related to the item of interest based on the item of interest. sending information about the item of interest and the recommended item to a second terminal; and receiving information about a given item specified from among the item of interest and the recommended item, transmitted from the second terminal. and performing processing for giving the given item to the user of the first account.

According to the information processing device, the communication system, the information processing method, and the program according to the present disclosure, there is an effect that it is possible to easily give products or the like as gifts or the like between users.

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a communication system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terminal included in the communication system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server included in the communication system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a terminal included in the communication system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the communication system according to Embodiment 1;

Embodiments for implementing an information processing apparatus, a communication system, an information processing method, and a program according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In each figure, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions are appropriately simplified or omitted. In the following description, for the sake of convenience, the positional relationship of each structure may be expressed based on the illustrated state. It should be noted that the present disclosure is not limited to the following embodiments, and any combination of the embodiments, any modification of the constituent elements of the embodiments, or each Any component of the embodiment can be omitted.

Embodiment 1.
Embodiment 1 of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a communication system. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terminal included in the communication system. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server included in the communication system. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a terminal included in the communication system. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of processing in the communication system.

As shown in FIG. 1, communication system 400 according to this embodiment includes server 100 and terminal 200 . In communication system 400 , server 100 and terminal 200 are communicably connected via network 300 . The terminal 200 includes at least a first terminal 200a and a second terminal 200b. In the configuration example described here, the server 100 provides the terminal 200 owned by the user via the network 300 with a service for realizing message transmission/reception between the terminals 200 . However, the server 100 does not have to provide the terminal 200 with a message transmission/reception service. The number of terminals 200 connected to network 300 is not limited to two, and may be two or more. In the description of the present disclosure, the first terminal 200a and the second terminal 200b are collectively referred to as terminals 200. FIG.

The network 300 serves to connect one or more terminals 200 and one or more servers 100 . That is, the network 300 means a communication network that provides a connection path so that the terminal 200 can transmit and receive data after connecting to the server 100 . One or more portions of network 300 may or may not be wired or wireless networks.

Network 300 may be, for example, an Ad Hoc Network, an Intranet, an Extranet, a Virtual Private Network (VPN), a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless LAN. : WLAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Wireless WAN (WWAN), Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), part of the Internet, Public Switched Telephone Network: PSTN), mobile phone network, ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Networks), wireless LAN, LTE (Long Term Evolution), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), Bluetooth (registered trademark), satellite communication, etc. , or combinations of two or more thereof. Network 300 may include one or more networks 300 .

The terminal 200 (first terminal 200a, second terminal 200b) may be any information processing terminal capable of realizing the functions of the embodiments according to the present disclosure. The terminal 200 can be, for example, a smart phone, a mobile phone (feature phone), a computer (e.g., desktop PC, laptop PC, tablet PC, etc.), a media computer platform (e.g., cable, satellite set-top box, digital video recorder), a handheld Including computing devices (eg, personal digital assistants (PDAs), email clients, etc.), wearable terminals (glasses-type devices, watch-type devices, etc.), or other types of computers or communication platforms. Terminal 200 may also be expressed as an information processing terminal.

The server 100 has a function of providing a predetermined service to the terminal 200 . The server 100 may be any information processing device capable of realizing the functions of the embodiments according to the present disclosure. The server 100 can be, for example, a server device, a computer (e.g., desktop PC, laptop PC, tablet PC, etc.), a media computer platform (e.g., cable, satellite set-top box, digital video recorder), a handheld computing device (e.g., PDA). , email client, etc.), or any other type of computer or communication platform. Also, the server 100 may be expressed as an information processing device. If there is no need to distinguish between the server 100 and the terminal 200, the server 100 and the terminal 200 may or may not be represented as information processing devices.

The configurations of the first terminal 200a and the second terminal 200b are basically the same. Next, the configuration of terminal 200 will be described with reference to FIG. The terminal 200 includes a terminal control section 230 , a terminal storage section 220 , a terminal communication section 210 , an input/output section 240 , a display section 250 , a microphone 260 , a speaker 270 and a camera 280 . Each hardware component of the terminal 200 is interconnected via a bus, for example. Note that the hardware configuration of terminal 200 does not necessarily include all the components described here. For example, terminal 200 may or may not be configured such that individual or multiple components such as microphone 260 and camera 280 are detachable.

The terminal communication unit 210 transmits and receives various data via the network 300 . The communication may be performed by wire or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. Terminal communication unit 210 has a function of executing communication with server 100 via network 300 . The terminal communication section 210 includes a terminal transmission section 211 and a terminal reception section 212 . The terminal transmission unit 211 transmits various data to the server 100 according to instructions from the terminal control unit 230 . The terminal reception unit 212 receives various data transmitted from the server 100 and transmits the data to the terminal control unit 230 . Also, the terminal communication unit 210 may be expressed as a terminal communication I/F (interface). In addition, when the terminal communication unit 210 is composed of a physically structured circuit, it may be expressed as a terminal communication circuit.

The input/output unit 240 includes an input unit and an output unit. The input unit is a device that inputs various operations to the terminal 200 . The output unit is a device that outputs the processing result processed by the terminal 200 . In the input/output unit 240, the input unit and the output unit may be integrated, the input unit and the output unit may be separated, or not.

The input unit is realized by any one of all kinds of devices capable of receiving input from the user and transmitting information related to the input to the terminal control unit 230, or a combination thereof. The input unit includes, for example, a touch panel, a touch display, hardware keys such as a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, a camera (operation input via moving images), and a microphone (operation input by voice).

The output unit is realized by any one of all kinds of devices capable of outputting the processing result processed by the terminal control unit 230, or a combination thereof. The output unit includes, for example, a touch panel, a touch display, a speaker (audio output), a lens (for example, 3D (Three Dimensions) output or hologram output), a printer, and the like.

The display unit 250 is realized by any one or a combination of all kinds of devices capable of displaying according to the display data written to the frame buffer. The display unit 250 is, for example, a touch panel, a touch display, a monitor (for example, a liquid crystal display, an OELD (Organic Electroluminescence Display), etc.), a head mounted display (HDM: Head Mounted Display), a projection mapping, a hologram, an air display (in a vacuum), or the like. (which may or may not) include devices capable of displaying images, text information, etc. Note that these display units 250 may or may not be capable of displaying display data in 3D.

Note that when the input/output unit 240 has a touch panel, the input/output unit 240 and the display unit 250 may be arranged to face each other with substantially the same size and shape.

The terminal control unit 230 has a physically structured circuit for executing functions implemented by codes or instructions contained in the program, and is implemented by, for example, a data processing device incorporated in hardware. be. Therefore, the terminal control unit 230 may or may not be expressed as a control circuit.

The terminal control unit 230 includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU: Central Processing Unit), a microprocessor (Microprocessor), a processor core (Processor Core), a multiprocessor (Multiprocessor), an ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), etc.

The terminal storage unit 220 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the terminal 200 to operate. The terminal storage unit 220 includes various storage media such as HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), flash memory, RAM (Random Access Memory), and ROM (Read Only Memory). Also, the terminal storage unit 220 may or may not be expressed as a memory.

The terminal 200 stores a program in the terminal storage unit 220 and executes the program, whereby the terminal control unit 230 executes processing as each unit included in the terminal control unit 230 . In other words, the program stored in the terminal storage unit 220 causes the terminal 200 to implement each function executed by the terminal control unit 230 . In other words, the processor executes a program stored in the memory of terminal 200, and the hardware and software of terminal 200 work together to realize the functions of the units of terminal 200. FIG. Note that this program may or may not be expressed as a program module.

A microphone 260 is used to input voice data. The speaker 270 is used for outputting audio data. Camera 280 is used to acquire moving image data and/or still image data.

Next, the configuration of the server 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The server 100 includes a server control section 130 , a server storage section 120 and a server communication section 110 . Each component of the hardware of the server 100 is interconnected via a bus, for example.

The server control unit 130 has a physically structured circuit for executing functions implemented by codes or instructions contained in the program, and is implemented by, for example, a data processing device incorporated in hardware. be. The server control unit 130 is typically a central processing unit (CPU), and may or may not be a microprocessor, processor core, multiprocessor, ASIC, FPGA, or the like. In the present disclosure, server control unit 130 is not limited to these.

The server storage unit 120 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the server 100 to operate. The server storage unit 120 is implemented by various storage media such as HDD, SSD, and flash memory. However, in the present disclosure, the server storage unit 120 is not limited to these. Also, the server storage unit 120 may or may not be expressed as a memory.

The server communication unit 110 transmits and receives various data via the network 300 . The communication may be performed by wire or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. Server communication unit 110 has a function of executing communication with terminal 200 via network 300 . The server communication section 110 includes a server transmission section 111 and a server reception section 112 . The server transmission unit 111 transmits various data to the terminal 200 according to instructions from the server control unit 130 . The server communication unit 110 also receives various data transmitted from the terminal 200 and transmits the data to the server control unit 130 . Also, the server communication unit 110 may be expressed as a server communication I/F (interface). Moreover, when the server communication unit 110 is configured by a physically structured circuit, it may be expressed as a server communication circuit.

Note that the server 100 may include an input/output unit and a display as a hardware configuration. The input/output unit is implemented by a device that inputs various operations to the server 100 . The input/output unit is implemented by any one of all kinds of devices capable of receiving input from the user and transmitting information related to the input to the server control unit 130, or a combination thereof. A display is typically realized by a monitor (for example, a liquid crystal display, an OELD, etc.). In this case, for example, the hardware of the server 100 may or may not be configured to remove the display.

The server 100 stores a program in the server storage unit 120, and by executing this program, the server control unit 130 executes processing as each unit included in the server control unit 130. FIG. In other words, the program stored in the server storage unit 120 causes the server 100 to implement each function executed by the server control unit 130 . In other words, the processor executes programs stored in the memory of the server 100, and the hardware and software of the server 100 work together to implement the functions of the units of the server 100. FIG. Note that this program may or may not be expressed as a program module.

It should be noted that the terminal control unit 230 of the terminal 200 and/or the server control unit 130 of the server 100 is not only a CPU having a control circuit, but also an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)), etc. Each process may or may not be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) or a dedicated circuit formed in the system. In addition, these circuits may be realized by one or more integrated circuits, and a plurality of processes shown in the embodiments according to the present disclosure may be realized by one integrated circuit. good. LSIs are also called VLSIs, super LSIs, ultra LSIs, etc., depending on the degree of integration.

In addition, the program (for example, software program, computer program, or program module) of the embodiment according to the present disclosure may or may not be provided in a state stored in a computer-readable storage medium. . The storage medium can store the program in a "non-temporary tangible medium". Also, the program may or may not be for realizing part of the functions of the embodiment according to the present disclosure. Furthermore, the function of the embodiment according to the present disclosure may or may not be a so-called difference file (difference program) that can be implemented in combination with a program already recorded on a storage medium.

The storage medium may be one or more semiconductor-based or other integrated circuits (ICs), such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or application specific ICs (ASICs), hard disk drives (HDD), Hybrid Hard Drive (HHD), Optical Disk, Optical Disk Drive (ODD), Magneto Optical Disk, Magneto Optical Drive, Floppy Diskette, Floppy Disk Drive (FDD), Magnetic Tape, Solid State Drive (SSD) , a RAM drive, a secure digital card or drive, any other suitable storage medium, or any suitable combination of two or more thereof. Storage media may, where appropriate, be volatile, nonvolatile, or a combination of volatile and nonvolatile. Note that the storage medium is not limited to these examples, and any device or medium can be used as long as it can store the program. Also, the storage medium may or may not be expressed as memory.

In addition, the program of the present disclosure may or may not be provided to the server 100 and/or the terminal 200 via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. . When the program is provided via a transmission medium, the server 100 and/or the terminal 200, for example, executes the program downloaded via the Internet etc., thereby realizing the functions of the functional units shown in each embodiment. It is possible to

Embodiments of the present disclosure may also be implemented in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission. Also, at least part of the processing in the server 100 and/or the terminal 200 may or may not be realized by cloud computing configured by one or more computers. At least part of the processing in the terminal 200 may or may not be performed by the server 100 . In this case, the server 100 may or may not perform at least part of the processing of the functional units of the terminal control unit 230 of the terminal 200 . At least part of the processing in the server 100 may or may not be performed by the terminal 200 . In this case, at least part of the processing of each functional unit of the server control unit 130 of the server 100 may or may not be performed by the terminal 200 .

The program of the present disclosure is implemented using, for example, script languages such as ActionScript and Javascript (registered trademark), object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C and Java (registered trademark), markup languages such as HTML5, and the like. obtain.

In the communication system 400 according to this embodiment, the first terminal 200a is the terminal 200 operated by the user of the first account. The second terminal 200b is the terminal 200 operated by the user of the second account. The first account and the second account are different accounts. Hereinafter, the user of the first account will also be referred to as the first user. Similarly, the user of the second account is also called the second user. In the communication system 400 according to the configuration example described here, the first terminal 200 a and the second terminal 200 b can transmit and receive content via the messaging service provided by the server 100 .

In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the terminals 200 including the first terminal 200a and the second terminal 200b have functions realized by the terminal control unit 230, such as a talk participation unit 231, a message processing unit 232, and a display processing unit 233. have The talk participation unit 231 has a function of performing processing for participation in a desired talk room. You can participate in the talk room on an individual basis, and you can also participate on a group basis. You can also create a new talk room. By sending (speaking) a message while participating in the talk room, the message is sent to the terminals 200 of other participants in the talk room via the server 100 .

The message processing unit 232 has a function of performing processing such as transmission and reception of messages in a talk room and generation of a display screen of the transmitted and received messages on its own terminal. As a general message display screen generated by the message processing unit 232, received messages are displayed on the left side and transmitted messages are displayed on the right side with respect to the time axis extending from top to bottom. The display processing unit 233 performs processing for displaying the display data generated by the message processing unit 232 on the display unit 250, for example. The display processing unit 233 has a function of converting display data into pixel information and writing the pixel information into the frame buffer of the display unit 250 .

In the communication system 400 according to the configuration example described here, the server 100 is an information processing device that allows content to be transmitted and received between the terminals 200 via a messaging service. As shown in FIG. 3 , the server storage section 120 of the server 100 includes a service information storage section 121 . The service information storage unit 121 stores various types of information used for providing messaging services. Various types of information used to provide the messaging service include, for example, user information of users who operate the terminal 200 to use the messaging service. User information is user information associated with an account used by the user in the messaging service. User information includes, for example, the user's name, user's icon image, user's age, user's gender, user's address, user's preferences, user's identifier, input by the user or provided by the messaging service. Any one or a combination thereof may be included, or not.

The server 100 also includes a service providing unit 131 as a function realized by the server control unit 130 . The service providing unit 131 has, for example, a talk room management function, a message processing function, etc., which are necessary for providing the messaging service. The talk room management function includes a function of managing talk rooms and talk room participants. The message processing function includes a function of transmitting (transferring) a message to another participant's terminal 200 as a destination when a message transmitted in a specific talk room is received from the terminal 200 .

In communication system 400 according to this embodiment, terminal 200 further includes interest item information acquisition section 234 as a function realized by terminal control section 230 . The interest item information acquisition unit 234 has a function of performing processing related to acquisition of information on an interest item. An item of interest is a product in which the user of terminal 200 is interested.

The item-of-interest information acquisition unit 234 generates display data for an input screen for allowing the user operating the terminal 200 to input information about the item of interest. The display processing unit 233 causes the display unit 250 to display the display data generated by the interested item information acquisition unit 234 . Then, the interest item information acquisition unit 234 acquires information about the interest item according to an operation performed on the input/output unit 240 while the input screen is being displayed. The information about the item of interest acquired by the item of interest information acquisition unit 234 includes at least information that can identify the item of interest.

The terminal transmission unit 211 of the terminal 200 transmits the information regarding the item of interest acquired by the item of interest information acquisition unit 234 to the server 100 . The server reception unit 112 of the server 100 receives information regarding the item of interest transmitted from the terminal 200 .

In communication system 400 according to this embodiment, server 100 further includes interest item list setting unit 132 and recommended item determination unit 133 as functions realized by server control unit 130 . The interest item list setting unit 132 sets the interest item list based on the information about the interest items received by the server reception unit 112 . The interest item list is a list of interest items. That is, the item of interest list contains one or more items of interest. Each interest item included in the interest item list consists of information on a product in which the user of the terminal 200 is interested and information on the price of the product. The interested item list is set for each user account that operates terminal 200 . The server storage unit 120 includes an interest item list storage unit 122 . The interest item list storage unit 122 stores the interest item list set by the interest item list setting unit 132 .

The recommended item determining unit 133 determines recommended items based on the interested item list stored in the interested item list storage unit 122 . A recommended item is an item related to an item of interest included in the list of items of interest.

In the present disclosure, "related to" an item of interest means, for example, that the item of interest and the following relationships are recognized.
・Similar to the item of interest ・Belongs to the same product category as the item of interest ・Relates to the item of interest in terms of usage ・Many users buy it as a set with the item of interest ・Interested in the item of interest It is registered in the interest item list of another user who is registered in the item list, and is different from the interest item ・The same type as the interest item, but the price is different

The server storage unit 120 includes a recommended item information storage unit 123 . The recommended item information storage unit 123 stores recommended item candidates related to each item of interest. In the information stored in the recommended item information storage unit 123, an item of interest and a candidate for a recommended item related to the item of interest are associated with each other.

The recommended item determining unit 133 determines recommended items based on the interested item list stored in the interested item list storage unit 122 . At this time, the recommended item determining unit 133 refers to information stored in the recommended item information storage unit 123 to determine recommended items. That is, the recommended item determination unit 133 selects an item of interest included in the item of interest list from candidate recommended items stored in the recommended item information storage unit 123 in association with the item of interest, and performs a recommendation. Decide on an item.

The server transmission unit 111 of the server 100 transmits the interest item list stored in the interest item list storage unit 122 and the information on the recommended items determined by the recommended item determination unit 133 to the terminal 200 . Here, the terminal 200 that transmits the information on the item of interest acquired by the item-of-interest information acquisition unit 234 to the server 100 and the terminal 200 that transmits the information on the item of interest list and the recommended items from the server 100 are different terminals.

In the present disclosure, for convenience of explanation, the terminal 200 that transmits the information on the item of interest acquired by the item of interest information acquisition unit 234 to the server 100 is assumed to be the first terminal 200a used by the user of the first account. A second terminal 200b used by the user of the second account is assumed to be the terminal 200 to which the server 100 transmits information about the list of items of interest and recommended items.

In this case, the interest item list setting unit 132 sets an interest item list, which is a list of interest items including information on products and prices of the products that the user of the first account of the first terminal 200a is interested in. In addition, the server transmission unit 111 transmits the interested item list and information on recommended items to the second terminal 200b. The terminal reception unit 212 of the second terminal 200b receives information on the interested item list and recommended items transmitted from the server 100 .

In the communication system 400 according to this embodiment, the terminal 200 further includes a given item information acquisition section 235 as a function realized by the terminal control section 230 . The supply item information acquisition unit 235 has a function of performing processing related to acquisition of information on the supply item. A given item is a product that the second user using the second terminal 200b gives to the first user using the first terminal 200a as, for example, a present.

The given item information acquisition unit 235 generates display data of an input screen for allowing the second user operating the second terminal 200b to input information about the given item. The display processing unit 233 causes the display unit 250 to display the display data generated by the given item information acquisition unit 235 . Then, the given item information obtaining section 235 obtains information about the given item according to an operation performed on the input/output section 240 while the input screen is being displayed. The information on the given item acquired by the given item information acquisition unit 235 includes at least information that can identify the given item.

FIG. 4 shows an example of an input screen for inputting information relating to a given item. In the illustrated example, the user name of the first user, the first user's interested item list 501, recommended items 502, and the like are displayed on the display unit 250 of the second terminal 200b. The second user who operates the second terminal 200b can select the tapped item as a gift item by tapping either the item of interest in the item-of-interest list 501 of the first user or the recommended item 502 . After that, when a given item selected by a predetermined operation is input, the given item information obtaining section 235 obtains information on the input given item. In this way, the donated item is identified from among the items of interest and the recommended items included in the list of items of interest.

In the screen example shown in FIG. 4, in particular, the interest items in the interest item list 501 of the first user and the recommended items 502 are displayed in a manner distinguishable from each other. In the illustrated example, a separator line is displayed between the interest item of the interest item list 501 and the recommended item 502 . Also, the interest item in the interest item list 501 is displayed with a heart mark, and the recommended item 502 is displayed with the characters "recommended". Displaying it this way makes it possible to clearly distinguish between these items. That is, the second terminal 200b displays the interest item in the interest item list and the recommended item, which are transmitted from the server 100, which is an information processing apparatus, in a mutually distinguishable manner. By doing so, the second user can easily grasp the items of interest that the first user has voluntarily or intentionally added to the list and the recommended items that have not been added to the list.

In addition, on the screen for inputting a given item generated by the given item information acquisition unit 235, the display order of the interested item in the interested item list 501 and the recommended item 502 can be rearranged or displayed by a predetermined operation of the second user. You may enable it to narrow down the item to carry out. In this case, it is conceivable that the item display order can be selected, for example, in ascending order/descending order of price. It is conceivable that items to be displayed can be narrowed down, for example, by price range, type, genre, and the like.

The terminal transmission unit 211 of the terminal 200 (second terminal 200 b ) transmits the information regarding the given item acquired by the given item information acquisition unit 235 to the server 100 . The server reception unit 112 of the server 100 receives information regarding the given item transmitted from the terminal 200 (second terminal 200b).

In communication system 400 according to this embodiment, server 100 further includes provision processing section 134 as a function realized by server control section 130 . The donation processing unit 134 performs processing for supplying the donation item to the user of the first account based on the information regarding the donation item received by the server reception unit 112 . The donation processing unit 134 also performs payment processing for the donation item to the second user, who is the side of the donation, as necessary.

Processing for giving a given item to a user includes, for example, processing for issuing a gift certificate that can be exchanged for a product of the given item. In this case, the gift certificate may be a discount coupon or the like that allows the user to receive a discount for the given item. The gift certificate may be an online coupon that can be issued and used online, or may be a paper or plastic card on which identification information such as a barcode is printed. Also, the identification information may be recorded using magnetism. Instead of issuing a gift certificate or the like in the provision processing unit 134, the provision processing unit 134 may perform a process of making an already issued gift certificate or the like available to the user.

Another example of processing for giving a given item to a user is processing for shipping the product of the given item to the user. In this case, the donation processing unit 134 acquires shipping address information such as an address to which the product of the donation item is to be shipped. This shipping address information may be input by the first user who is the receiving side, or may be input by the second user who is the providing side. Further, when the server 100 provides a messaging service, if the information stored in the service information storage unit 121 includes the address of the first user, it may or may not be used. .

It should be noted that the donation processing unit 134 may perform a process for supplying the second user with the same item that has been processed for supplying to the first user. In other words, it may be possible for the donor side to receive the goods given by the donor side to the recipient side.

According to the server 100 included in the communication system 400 configured as described above, the side that provides recommended items recommended as options for the items to be provided to the user based on the list of items of interest of the user on the side that is provided. can be presented to As a result, while reflecting the interest of the user on the receiving side, the options for the item to be provided on the providing side increase, making it easier to select the item to be provided according to the budget of the providing side, for example. Therefore, it is possible to make it easier for users to give products or the like as presents or the like.

Next, some modifications of the server 100 included in the communication system 400 according to this embodiment will be described. First, in the first modification, the recommended item determination unit 133 of the server 100 determines that the number of interest items included in the interest item list of the first user stored in the interest item list storage unit 122 is equal to or less than the first reference number. In this case, recommended items are determined based on the interested item list. The value of the first reference number is preset. The first reference number is, for example, three. On the other hand, when the number of interest items included in the first user's interest item list is greater than the first reference number, the recommended item determination unit 133 does not determine recommended items based on the interest item list.

According to such a first modification, it is possible to increase the number of items that can be selected by the donor, especially when the number of items included in the interested item list of the recipient is small. Therefore, it becomes easier for the user on the giving side to select the item to be given, and it is possible to easily give the product or the like as a gift or the like between the users.

In the second modified example, the server 100 further includes an extractor as a function realized by the server controller 130 . When the number of interest items included in the interest item list stored in the interest item list storage section 122 is equal to or greater than the second reference number, the extraction section extracts some interest items from the interest item list. The value of the second reference number is preset. The value of the second reference number can be set independently of the value of the first reference number. That is, the value of the second reference number may or may not be the same as the value of the first reference number.

The extraction unit, for example, extracts a predetermined number of interest items from the interest items included in the interest item list, starting with the latest registration date in the interest item list. Alternatively, for example, the extraction unit may extract some interest items from the interest item list based on the action history information of the first user. The action history information of the first user used at this time includes, for example, at least one of information such as product purchase history, advertisement viewing history, and product viewing history.

The recommended item determination unit 133 of the server 100 determines recommended items related to the items of interest based on some of the items of interest extracted by the extraction unit. Then, the server transmission unit 111 of the server 100 transmits the part of the items of interest extracted by the extraction unit and information on the recommended items determined by the recommended item determination unit 133 to the second terminal 200b. The terminal reception unit 212 of the second terminal 200b receives the information about some items of interest and recommended items transmitted from the server 100 .

In this case, some of the extracted items of interest and recommended items are displayed on the screen for inputting the given item generated by the given item information acquisition unit 235 of the second terminal 200b. Therefore, the second user operating the second terminal 200b selects a given item from among the extracted partial items of interest and recommended items. Then, the given item information acquisition unit 235 acquires information about the specified given item from among some of the items of interest and the recommended items. The information on the given item acquired by the given item information acquisition section 235 is transmitted from the terminal transmission section 211 of the second terminal 200b to the server 100. FIG.

The server reception unit 112 receives information on the given item transmitted from the second terminal 200b. That is, the server receiving unit 112 receives information about the given item specified from among the partial interest items and recommended items, which is transmitted from the second terminal 200b. Then, based on the information about the item received by the server receiving unit 112, the donation processing unit 134 of the server 100 performs processing for supplying the item to the first user.

In particular, when the number of items included in the interest item list of the user on the receiving side is large, it is conceivable that the number of items that can be selected by the receiving side becomes so large that the user may get lost. According to the second modification as described above, it is possible to reduce the number of items presented to the user on the supply side when the number of items included in the interested item list of the user on the supply side is large. is. Therefore, it becomes easier for the user on the giving side to select the item to be given, and it is possible to easily give the product or the like as a gift or the like between the users.

Note that in the second modification, the server transmission unit 111 may transmit not only some items of interest extracted by the extraction unit but also all items of interest included in the item of interest list to the second terminal 200b. good. In this case, it is preferable to display some of the extracted items of interest and recommended items in the initial state on the screen for inputting the given item generated by the given item information acquisition unit 235 of the second terminal 200b. Then, when a predetermined operation is performed on the screen for inputting the given item, it is preferable to display the remaining items of interest that were not displayed in the initial state.

In the third modification, the server storage section 120 further includes a user action history information storage section that stores user action history information. The user action history information stored in the user action history information storage unit includes at least one of the product purchase history, advertisement viewing history, and product viewing history of the user of the first account. Note that the product viewing history is, for example, a history of browsing product purchase pages by the user in the past.

Then, the recommended item determination unit 133 determines recommended items based on the user action history information stored in the user action history information storage unit in addition to the interest item list. For example, when the user action history information includes a product purchase history, the recommended item determining unit 133 determines items related to products purchased in the past as recommended items. In addition, when the user action history information includes the advertisement viewing history, the recommended item determination unit 133 determines, as the recommended item, the product of the advertisement that was viewed in the past or the item related to the product. Then, when the user action history information includes the product viewing history, the recommended item determining unit 133 determines the product viewed in the past or an item related to the product as a recommended item.

According to such a third modification, the user on the receiving side is interested in products, etc. that the user on the receiving side has not registered in the interested item list based on the action history of the user on the receiving side. It is possible to present products, etc. that may be available to the user on the supply side as options. For this reason, it is possible to increase the number of items that can be selected by the giving side, which makes it easier for the user on the giving side to select the given item, and makes it easier for users to give products and the like as presents and the like. .

In the configuration example of the communication system 400 described so far, the server 100 provides a messaging service. The fourth and fifth modifications described below use the messaging service provided by the server 100. FIG. First, in the fourth modification, the recommended item determination unit 133 of the server 100 determines recommended items based on the message history of the user of the first account in the messaging service in addition to the interest item list. In this case, for example, a product mentioned in a message posted in the past by the first user or an item related to the product is determined as a recommended item.

In addition, in the fifth modification, the recommended item determination unit 133 of the server 100 is based on the chat history between the user of the first account and the user of the second account in the messaging service, in addition to the interest item list. to determine the recommended item. In this case, for example, a product mentioned in a chat message exchanged between the first user and the second user in the past or an item related to the product is determined as a recommended item.

According to the fourth and fifth modifications, it is possible that the user on the receiving side is interested in a product or the like that the user has not registered in the interested item list, based on past exchanges of messages. It is possible to present the user on the providing side with a product or the like having a certain property as an option. For this reason, it is possible to increase the number of items that can be selected by the giving side, which makes it easier for the user on the giving side to select the given item, and makes it easier for users to give products and the like as presents and the like. .

Next, an example of processing in the communication system 400 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S11, the interest item information acquisition unit 234 of the first terminal 200a acquires interest item information input by operating the first terminal 200a. In subsequent step S<b>12 , the terminal transmission unit 211 of the first terminal 200 a transmits the interest item information acquired in step S<b>11 to the server 100 .

In step S21, the server reception unit 112 of the server 100 receives the interest item information transmitted from the first terminal 200a in step S12. In subsequent step S22, the interest item list setting unit 132 of the server 100 sets an interest item list based on the interest item information received in step S21. The set interest item list of the first user is stored in the interest item list storage unit 122 of the server storage unit 120 . It should be noted that each time interest item information is input by operating the first terminal 200a, the processes of steps S11, S12, S21 and S22 are performed, and the interest item information of the first user stored in the interest item list storage unit 122 is displayed. Item list is updated.

After step S22, the server control unit 130 next performs the process of step S23. In step S23, the recommended item determining unit 133 determines recommended items for the first user based on the first user's interested item list set in step S22. In subsequent step S24, the server transmission unit 111 of the server 100 transmits the first user's interested item list set in step S22 and the information about the first user's recommended items determined in step S23 to the second terminal 200b. do.

In step S31, the terminal reception unit 212 of the second terminal 200b receives the information about the first user's interested item list and recommended items transmitted from the server 100 in step S24. In subsequent step S32, the first user's interested item list and recommended items received in step S31 are displayed on the display unit 250 of the second terminal 200b, and the provided item information acquiring unit 235 specifies the items by operating the second terminal 200b. Acquire the supplied item information. Then, in step S33, the terminal transmission section 211 of the second terminal 200b transmits the given item information acquired in step S32 to the server 100. FIG.

At step S25, the server reception unit 112 of the server 100 receives the supply item information transmitted from the second terminal 200b at step S33. In subsequent step S26, the provision processing unit 134 of the server 100 performs processing for providing the first user with the provision item based on the provision item information received in step S26.

An example of managing items of interest in a list format has been described above. However, in the information processing apparatus (server 100), the communication system 400, the information processing method, and the program according to the present disclosure, the items of interest do not necessarily have to be managed in a list format. In this case, for example, in the server 100, by managing a flag indicating whether or not the first user has selected each product item as an item of interest in a database, table, or the like that manages all product items, may be managed.

In this case, the server 100 as an information processing apparatus includes an interest item setting section instead of the interest item list setting section 132 . The interest item setting unit sets the interest item based on the information on the interest item received by the server reception unit 112 . That is, the interest item setting unit sets the product that the user of the first account of the first terminal is interested in as the interest item. The server storage unit 120 also includes an interest item storage unit instead of the interest item list storage unit 122 . The interest item storage unit stores the interest item set by the interest item setting unit.

When managing interest items without using an interest item list, the configuration and processing related to the "interest item list" and "interest items included in the interest item list" described above are simply This is the configuration and processing related to the “item of interest set by the item of interest setting unit”. That is, the recommended item determination unit 133 determines recommended items related to the interest item based on the interest item stored in the interest item storage unit, that is, the interest item set by the interest item setting unit.

Also, the server transmission unit 111 transmits information about the item of interest and the recommended item to the second terminal 200b. The terminal reception unit 212 of the second terminal 200b receives the information about the items of interest and the recommended items transmitted from the server 100 . The display unit 250 of the second terminal 200b displays an input screen for inputting information about the item to be given. On this input screen, for example, an item of interest and a recommended item are displayed in a manner that can be distinguished from each other. The donated item is specified from among the items of interest and the recommended items. The terminal transmission unit 211 of the second terminal 200b transmits information on the given item to the server 100. FIG. The server reception unit 112 of the server 100 receives the information regarding the given item transmitted from the second terminal 200b. In other words, the server receiving unit 112 receives information about the given item specified from among the items of interest and the recommended items, which is transmitted from the second terminal 200b.

Furthermore, in the first modified example described above, when the number of interest items set by the interest item setting section is equal to or less than the first reference number, the recommended item determination unit 133 determines recommended items based on the interest items. . Further, in the above-described second modification, when the number of interest items set by the interest item setting unit is equal to or greater than the second reference number, the extraction unit selects Extract some items of interest.

Although the invention according to the present disclosure has been described with reference to drawings and examples, it should be noted that various variations and modifications can be easily made by those skilled in the art based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included within the scope of the invention according to the present disclosure. For example, functions included in each part, each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically inconsistent, and multiple means, steps, etc. can be combined into one or divided. is. Also, the configurations shown in the embodiments described above may be appropriately combined.

An information processing device, a communication system, an information processing method, and a program according to the present disclosure are an information processing device, a communication system, an information processing method, and a program that are advantageous when a user of a certain terminal gives a product or the like to a user of another terminal. It can be used as a program.

100 server 110 server communication unit 111 server transmission unit 112 server reception unit 120 server storage unit 121 service information storage unit 122 interest item list storage unit 123 recommended item information storage unit 130 server control unit 131 service provision unit 132 interest item list setting unit 133 Recommended item determination unit 134 Provision processing unit 200 Terminal 200a First terminal 200b Second terminal 210 Terminal communication unit 211 Terminal transmission unit 212 Terminal reception unit 220 Terminal storage unit 230 Terminal control unit 231 Talk participation unit 232 Message processing unit 233 Display processing unit 234 interested item information acquisition unit 235 provided item information acquisition unit 240 input/output unit 250 display unit 260 microphone 270 speaker 280 camera 300 network 400 communication system 501 first user's interested item list 502 recommended items

Claims (9)

An information processing device,
a setting unit for setting a product in which the user of the first account of the first terminal is interested as an item of interest;
a determination unit that determines a recommended item related to the item of interest based on the item of interest;
a transmitting unit configured to transmit information about the item of interest and the recommended item to a second terminal;
a receiving unit that receives information about a given item specified from among the item of interest and the recommended item, which is transmitted from the second terminal;
a giving processing unit that performs processing for giving the given item to the user of the first account. The information processing device according to claim 1,
The determination unit determines the recommended item based on the interest item when the number of the interest items set by the setting unit is equal to or less than a preset first reference number. The information processing device according to claim 1 or claim 2,
an extraction unit that extracts some of the items of interest set by the setting unit when the number of the items of interest set by the setting unit is equal to or greater than a preset second reference number; further includes
The determination unit determines a recommended item related to the item of interest based on the part of the item of interest,
The transmission unit transmits information about the part of the items of interest and the recommended items to the second terminal,
The receiving unit receives information about a given item specified from among the part of the items of interest and the recommended items, which is transmitted from the second terminal. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
further comprising a storage unit that stores user behavior history information including at least one of product purchase history, product viewing history, and advertisement viewing history of the user of the first account;
The determination unit determines the recommended item further based on the user action history information. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The information processing device causes content to be transmitted and received between terminals via a messaging service,
The determination unit determines the recommended item further based on a message history of the user of the first account in the messaging service. The information processing device according to claim 5,
The determination unit determines the recommended item further based on a chat history between the user of the first account in the messaging service and the user of the second account of the second terminal. A communication system comprising the information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the first terminal, and the second terminal,
The second terminal displays the item of interest and the recommended item, which are transmitted from the information processing device, in a mutually distinguishable manner. A computer-executed information processing method comprising:
Setting a product that a user of a first account of a first terminal is interested in as an item of interest;
determining recommended items related to the item of interest based on the item of interest;
transmitting information about the item of interest and the recommended item to a second terminal;
Receiving information about a given item specified from among the item of interest and the recommended item, which is transmitted from the second terminal;
and performing a process to give the given item to a user of the first account. a program,
Setting a product that a user of a first account of a first terminal is interested in as an item of interest;
determining recommended items related to the item of interest based on the item of interest;
transmitting information about the item of interest and the recommended item to a second terminal;
Receiving information about a given item specified from among the item of interest and the recommended item, which is transmitted from the second terminal;
causing a computer to perform processing for giving the given item to the user of the first account.

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