JP2023047969A - Server, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a server which manages information on a purchase object purchased by a user.SOLUTION: A server 1 receives, from a user terminal 3, and manages user purchase information for associating user discrimination information corresponding to a user with a purchase object identifier identifying a purchase object purchased by the user, and receives, also from a company device 2 from which the user purchased the purchase object, and manages the user purchase information. Accordingly, the burden on the user for registering the purchase object identifier on the server 1 is reduced. By transmitting a user transmission request from the user terminal 3 to the server 1, the user can browse information on the purchase object purchased by the user. Thus, convenience of the user can be improved.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a server or the like that manages information about purchase targets purchased by users.

Conventionally, paper receipts are digitized. By utilizing such electronic receipts, it becomes possible to manage information on purchase targets (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 6813207

However, in the electronic receipt system described in Patent Literature 1, when the user receives the electronic receipt, the electronic receipt information is deleted from the server. Therefore, the user utilizes the electronic receipt on his/her own terminal. Therefore, there is a problem that the computerized purchase information cannot be fully utilized. For example, when a user views past purchase histories on multiple terminals, it is necessary to set such multiple terminals to share electronic receipt information.

In addition, since the information of the electronic receipt is basically managed by the user himself/herself, when trying to manage all the information of the purchase target in the past, there is a problem that the burden of the management is heavy on the user. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a server or the like for more easily managing and utilizing information on purchase targets.

To achieve the above object, a server according to one aspect of the present invention provides a plurality of pieces of user purchase information that associate user identification information corresponding to a user with one or more purchase object identifiers that identify purchase objects purchased by the user, user identification a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of authentication information that associate information with a password, and a plurality of pieces of purchase target correspondence information that associate a purchase target identifier and purchase target information related to the purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier; and user identification information. , a password, and a user addition request including a purchase target identifier for an addition target from a user terminal; receiving a user transmission request including user identification information and a password from the user terminal; A receiving unit that receives a company addition request including a target identifier from a company device, an authentication unit that authenticates the received user identification information and password using authentication information, and a user identification included in the received user addition request When the information and password are authenticated as valid, the user purchase information that associates the user identification information included in the user addition request with the purchase target identifier is stored in the storage unit, and the user included in the received company addition request. an accumulation unit for accumulating in a storage unit user purchase information that associates user identification information included in a company addition request with a purchase target identifier when the identification information and password are authenticated as valid; and a received user transmission request. a transmission unit that transmits purchase object information corresponding to a purchase object identifier associated with the user identification information contained in the user transmission request when the user identification information and password contained in the user transmission request are authenticated as valid; is provided.
With such a configuration, the server can manage the information about the purchase target purchased by the user, so that the user can easily utilize the information. In addition, since information managed by the server can be added from user terminals and corporate devices, for example, information on purchase targets can be added to the server from corporate devices such as home electronics mass retailers where users have purchased products. This will reduce the user's burden.

Further, in the server according to one aspect of the present invention, the receiving unit also receives the enterprise transmission request including the user identification information and the password from the enterprise device, and the transmission unit receives the user identification information and the enterprise transmission request included in the received enterprise transmission request. If the password is authenticated as valid, the purchase target identifier associated with the user identification information included in the company transmission request may be transmitted.
With such a configuration, the company can know what kind of purchase target the user has purchased. For example, by using the information, the company can promote products etc. Become.

Further, in the server according to one aspect of the present invention, for each company, the number of pairs of user identification information and passwords held in the company device for sending a company transmission request, or A billing unit may be further provided which acquires the number of pairs of user identification information and passwords held in the company device and charges each company according to the acquired number.
With such a configuration, for example, a company can charge according to the number of users from whom information can be obtained.

Further, in the server according to one aspect of the present invention, a plurality of pieces of purchase object correspondence information are managed in the purchase object correspondence information management server and the enterprise device, and the purchase object correspondence information management server updates the purchase object correspondence information. In this case, a request for updating the purchase object correspondence information is transmitted to the server and the enterprise device, and the enterprise device updates the purchase object correspondence information in response to the reception of the update request, and the receiving unit also receives the update request. and an updating unit that updates the purchase target correspondence information stored in the storage unit according to the received update request.
With such a configuration, it is possible to synchronize purchase target information among the purchase target correspondence information management server, the enterprise device, and the server. As a result, for example, when a user makes an inquiry to a company while browsing an instruction manual included in purchase target information managed by a server, even if the contents of the instruction manual are updated, the company Both the user side and the user side can access the same instruction manual.

Further, in the server according to one aspect of the present invention, the purchase target information includes the instruction manual of the purchase target, and the receiving unit sends a user transmission request including the user identification information and password authenticated as valid. is received from the user terminal, the purchase target identifier and page designation information specifying the page of the instruction manual to be purchased identified by the purchase target identifier are also received from the user terminal, and the transmission unit receives the received purchase According to the object identifier and the page designation information, the information of the page designated by the page designation information in the instruction manual included in the purchase object information corresponding to the purchase object identifier is transmitted, and the purchase object identifier and the page designation information may be further provided with a browsing history acquisition unit that acquires a browsing history including a browsing time for each page of the instruction manual included in the purchase target information corresponding to the purchase target identifier in response to the reception of the.
With such a configuration, it is possible to acquire the browsing history related to the instruction manual. development and improvement of products.

Further, in the server according to one aspect of the present invention, the user identification information may be information that cannot identify the user, and may be information that is not linked to the user's personal information in the server.
With such a configuration, user purchase information managed by the server can be used, for example, for analysis of purchase trends.

Further, in the server according to one aspect of the present invention, one user may be associated with two or more pieces of user identification information.
With such a configuration, a certain user can use, for example, user identification information for family use and user identification information for personal use to manage user purchase information on a server.

In addition, an information processing method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of pieces of user purchase information that associate user identification information corresponding to a user with one or more purchase object identifiers that identify purchase objects purchased by the user, user identification information, and a password. and a plurality of purchase target correspondence information that associates a purchase target identifier with purchase target information related to a purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier, a receiving unit, and an authentication unit. , a storage unit, and a transmission unit, wherein the reception unit receives from a user terminal a user addition request including user identification information, a password, and a purchase target identifier to be added. a step of authenticating the user identification information and the password included in the received user addition request using the authentication information; and a storage unit performing authentication of the user identification information included in the received user addition request. and a step of accumulating, in a storage unit, user purchase information that associates the user identification information included in the user addition request with the purchase object identifier, if the password is authenticated as valid; a step of receiving from a user terminal a user transmission request containing When the user identification information and password included in the received user transmission request are authenticated as valid, the purchase target information corresponding to the purchase target identifier associated with the user identification information included in the user transmission request is transmitted. a receiving unit receiving a company addition request including user identification information, a password, and a purchase target identifier to be added from a company device; and an authentication unit performing user identification included in the received company addition request. a step of authenticating the information and the password using the authentication information; a step of accumulating in a storage unit user purchase information that associates the user identification information and the purchase target identifier that are stored in the storage unit.

According to the server or the like according to one aspect of the present invention, the server can manage the information about the purchase target purchased by the user, so that the user can easily utilize the information. In addition, since information managed by the server can be added from an enterprise device, the user's burden is reduced compared to the case where the user adds all the information.

Schematic diagram showing the configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention Block diagram showing the configuration of the server according to the same embodiment Flowchart showing the operation of the server according to the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of authentication information in the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of purchase target correspondence information in the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of user purchase information in the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of a display on a user terminal in the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of a display on a user terminal in the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of browsing history in the same embodiment Schematic diagram showing an example of the appearance of a computer system according to the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of a configuration of a computer system according to the same embodiment.

Hereinafter, a server according to the present invention will be described using embodiments. In the following embodiments, constituent elements and steps with the same reference numerals are the same or correspond to each other, and repetitive description may be omitted. The server according to the present embodiment receives and accumulates information about purchase targets purchased by users from user terminals and corporate devices.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing system 100 according to this embodiment. The information processing system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a server 1 communicably connected via a wired or wireless communication line 500, a plurality of company devices 2, a plurality of user terminals 3, and purchase target correspondence information management. a server 4; The communication line 500 may be, for example, the Internet, an intranet, a public telephone line network, or the like. The company device 2 may be, for example, an information processing device used by a company that sells products to users. The company may be, for example, a company that sells goods or services to users, such as a consumer electronics mass retailer, a home builder, or a retail company. Note that the enterprise device 2 may be, for example, a terminal device or a server accessed from a plurality of information processing terminals. The user terminal 3 is usually an information processing terminal used by an individual user, and may be, for example, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like. The purchase target correspondence information management server 4 is a server that manages purchase target correspondence information described later.

Note that FIG. 1 shows the case where the information processing system 100 has two corporate devices 2, but the information processing system 100 may have one corporate device 2, or three corporate devices. You may have more than one enterprise device 2 . The same applies to the user terminal 3 as well.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 1 according to this embodiment. The server 1 according to the present embodiment includes a storage unit 11, a reception unit 12, an authentication unit 13, an accumulation unit 14, a transmission unit 15, a billing unit 16, an update unit 17, and a browsing history acquisition unit 18. Prepare.

The storage unit 11 stores a plurality of pieces of user purchase information, a plurality of pieces of authentication information, and a plurality of pieces of purchase target correspondence information. Information other than these may be stored in the storage unit 11 . For example, the storage unit 11 may store browsing history and the like, which will be described later.

User purchase information is information that associates user identification information corresponding to a user with one or more purchase object identifiers that identify purchase objects purchased by the user. This user purchase information indicates purchase targets that the user has purchased in the past. Here, the information that associates the user identification information with the purchase target identifier may be, for example, information having the user identification information and the purchase target identifier. The same applies to other information that associates two or more pieces of information. In the user purchase information, the purchase target identifier may be associated with user management information regarding the purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier. The user management information is information about the purchase target for each user. A store identifier that identifies the store where the purchase object was purchased, the purchase price of the purchase object, information on the warranty of the purchase object (for example, warranty period, etc.), and a user memo that the user can freely write about the purchase object It may include at least one of information such as

It is preferable that the user determination information is information different for each user. That is, the user determination information may be unique information for each user. Therefore, different user identification information may correspond to different users. On the other hand, the user identification information may be information that cannot identify the user. That is, it is preferable that the user identification information is not, for example, the user's address or name. The user identification information may be, for example, randomly generated unique information or information such as a nickname determined by the user. Also, the user identification information may be information that is not linked to the user's personal information in the server 1 . In this way, since the user identification information is information that cannot identify the user and is information that is not linked to the user's personal information in the server 1, the person who manages the server 1 cannot identify the user. The purchase information is not personal information and can be freely used for analysis of purchase trends.

The purchase target may be, for example, a tangible item or an intangible item. In the latter case, the purchase target may be, for example, a service (work) such as provision of food and drink or provision of lodging. A tangible purchase target may be a product. Merchandise may be anything, such as food, daily necessities, electrical appliances, and books. In this embodiment, a case where the purchase target is a product such as a home electric appliance will be mainly described. The purchase target identifier is not particularly limited as long as it is information that can identify the purchase target. For example, it may be a JAN (Japanese Article Number) code or other identification code of the purchase target.

The authentication information is information that associates user identification information with the password of the user corresponding to the user identification information. For example, the password may be stored in plaintext as it is, or may be stored after being converted into a hash value or the like. This authentication information is used to determine whether a pair of user identification information and password included in a user addition request, a company addition request, or the like, which will be described later, is valid.

The purchase target correspondence information is information that associates a purchase target identifier with purchase target information related to the purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier. The purchase target information is not particularly limited as long as it is information related to the purchase target. , information including any one or more information. Although the attributes of the purchase target are not particularly limited, for example, the weight, capacity, size, length, number, specifications, period from the date of manufacture to the expiration date or expiration date, the nutrients of the purchase target that is food Information, allergy information, and at least one of information such as the period from the date of manufacture to the expiration date may be included. In the present embodiment, a case where the purchase target information includes specifications indicating specifications of the purchase target and an instruction manual for the purchase target will be mainly described.

The process by which information is stored in the storage unit 11 does not matter. For example, information may be stored in the storage unit 11 via a recording medium, information transmitted through a communication line or the like may be stored in the storage unit 11, or Information input via an input device may be stored in the storage unit 11 . Information received by the receiving unit 12 and information acquired by the viewing history acquisition unit 18 may be accumulated in the storage unit 11 . Moreover, the storage unit 11 is preferably realized by a non-volatile recording medium, but may be realized by a volatile recording medium. The recording medium may be, for example, a semiconductor memory or a magnetic disk.

Note that the storage unit 11 may be composed of, for example, one recording medium, or may be composed of a plurality of recording media. In the latter case, for example, a plurality of user purchase information, a plurality of authentication information, a plurality of purchase target correspondence information, and the like stored in the storage unit 11 may be stored in different recording media.

The receiving unit 12 receives from the user terminal 3 a user addition request including user identification information, a password, and a purchase target identifier to be added. The user addition request may include information other than these, such as user management information to be added. Further, the receiving unit 12 receives from the company device 2 a company addition request including user identification information, a password, and a purchase target identifier to be added. The company addition request may include information other than these, such as user management information to be added. Note that only a company notified of the user identification information and password by the user can transmit the company addition request from the company device 2 . The user addition request or the company addition request may include, for example, one purchase target identifier to be added, or may include two or more purchase target identifiers to be added. The user addition request is information transmitted from the user, and is information including one or more purchase target identifiers to be added to the management targets of the server 1 . The user addition request may be transmitted, for example, from the user terminal 3 of the user corresponding to the user identification information included in the user addition request. The company addition request is information transmitted from a company such as a consumer electronics mass retailer, a housing maker, or a retail company, and is information containing one or more purchase target identifiers to be added to the management targets of the server 1 .

The receiving unit 12 also receives from the user terminal 3 a user transmission request including user identification information and a password. The user transmission request is a transmission request for purchase target information. The user transmission request may or may not include a purchase target identifier associated with the purchase target information to be transmitted. Further, the purchase target identifier associated with the purchase target information to be transmitted may be received from the user terminal 3 after receiving the user transmission request. Receipt of the purchase target identifier may be, for example, reception of a request to select a specific purchase target identifier from a plurality of purchase target identifiers. The user transmission request may be transmitted, for example, from the user terminal 3 of the user corresponding to the user identification information included in the user transmission request. The user transmission request may include, for example, an address to which the purchase target information is to be transmitted. Further, after receiving from the user terminal 3 the user transmission request including the user identification information and password authenticated as valid, the receiving unit 12 receives the purchase target identifier and the purchase target identifier identified by the purchase target identifier from the user terminal 3. Page specification information specifying the page of the instruction manual to be purchased may also be received. The page designation information may be, for example, information indicating a page number, and information for instructing page movement such as the next page, the page five pages ahead, the previous page, or the page five pages before. There may be.

Further, the receiving unit 12 may receive a corporate transmission request including user identification information and a password from the corporate device 2 . Note that only a company that has been notified of the user identification information and password by the user can transmit the company transmission request including the user identification information and password from the company apparatus 2 . Here, all the companies notified of the user identification information and password by the user may be able to transmit the company transmission request from the company device 2, or the user may notify the user identification information and password. Additionally, only companies that have been authorized to obtain user information from the server 1 may be able to send a company transmission request from the company device 2 . A company transmission request is a request for transmission of a purchase target identifier. This company transmission request may be transmitted from, for example, a company device 2 of a company that is permitted to acquire a purchase target identifier for a user corresponding to the user identification information included in the transmission request. The enterprise transmission request may include, for example, an address to which the purchase target identifier is to be transmitted.

Each piece of information included in the user addition request, the user transmission request, and the like may be received collectively by the receiving unit 12, or may be received at separate timings. For example, when a user logs into the server 1 and then transmits a purchase object identifier to be added or a purchase object identifier to be purchased corresponding to purchase object information to be transmitted, a user addition request or a user transmission request are received at different timings. In this way, the user addition request, the user transmission information, and the like may be composed of information received at different timings, for example.

Note that the receiving unit 12 may receive an update request, which is a request to update the purchase target correspondence information. Also, the receiving unit 12 may receive information other than the above. For example, the receiving unit 12 may receive authentication information to be accumulated in the storage unit 11 and purchase target correspondence information to be updated. In addition, the receiving unit 12 may receive information included in the purchase target information, which is the target to be viewed by the user, or information specifying information included in the user management information. Information such as for retrieving the target purchase target identifier may be received. Receiver 12 may or may not include a wired or wireless receiving device (eg, modem, network card, etc.) for receiving. Further, the receiving unit 12 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software such as a driver for driving the receiving device.

The authenticating unit 13 authenticates the user identification information and the password received by the receiving unit 12 using the authentication information. For example, when a user addition request, a user transmission request, a company addition request, or a company transmission request is received by the reception unit 12, the authentication unit 13 stores the user identification information and the password contained therein in the storage unit 11. Authentication may be performed using the authentication information that is stored. For example, when the storage unit 11 stores authentication information having the same content as a set of user identification information and a password included in a user addition request or the like, the authentication unit 13 determines that the authentication is valid. If the information is not stored in the storage unit 11, it may be determined that the information is invalid.

More specifically, the authentication unit 13 searches a plurality of pieces of authentication information stored in the storage unit 11 using the user identification information included in the user addition request or the like as a search key, If the password contained in the user addition request, etc. matches the password contained in the user addition request, etc., the received user addition request, etc. is determined to be valid; You may decide not to. Moreover, even if there is no matching authentication information in the search, the authentication unit 13 may determine that the information is not valid.

The comparison as to whether or not two passwords match may be, for example, a comparison of the passwords themselves or a comparison of hashed information of the passwords. Further, when it is determined that the user identification information and password included in the received user addition request or the like are not valid, the processing requested by the user addition request or the like is not performed.

When the authenticating unit 13 authenticates the user identification information and the password included in the user addition request received by the receiving unit 12, the storage unit 14 stores the user identification information and the password included in the user addition request. User purchase information associated with the purchase target identifier is accumulated in the storage unit 11 . In this manner, a purchase target identifier for identifying a purchase target purchased by the user is registered in the server 1 in response to a request from the user. In addition, if the authenticating unit 13 authenticates the user identification information and password included in the company addition request received by the receiving unit 12, the storage unit 14 stores the user identification information included in the company addition request. User purchase information that associates the information with the purchase target identifier is stored in the storage unit 11 . In this way, a purchase target identifier for identifying a purchase target purchased by a user is registered in the server 1 in response to a request from a company.

If the storage unit 11 does not store the user purchase information related to the user identification information included in the received user addition request or company addition request, the storage unit 14 stores the received user addition request or company addition request. The user purchase information that associates the user identification information and the purchase target identifier included in the . On the other hand, if the user purchase information related to the user identification information included in the received user addition request or company addition request is stored in the storage unit 11 , the storage unit 14 stores the user purchase information stored in the storage unit 11 . The purchase target identifier included in the received user addition request or company addition request may be stored in the storage unit 11 in association with the determination information. That is, the purchase target identifier may be accumulated in addition to the existing user purchase information. Even in this case, as a result, the storage unit 11 stores the user purchase information that associates the purchase object identifier with the user identification information included in the received user addition request or the like. is accumulated. If user management information is included in the user addition request or company addition request, the storage unit 14 may store the user management information in the storage unit 11 in association with the purchase target identifier. Also, the accumulation unit 14 may accumulate information other than user purchase information. For example, when the receiving unit 12 receives the authentication information, the storage unit 14 may store the received authentication information in the storage unit 11 .

When the authenticating unit 13 authenticates the user identification information and the password included in the user transmission request received by the receiving unit 12, the transmitting unit 15 confirms the user identification information included in the user transmission request. Send purchase target information corresponding to the associated purchase target identifier. In this case, the transmitting unit 15 may, for example, transmit purchase target information corresponding to all purchase target identifiers associated with the user identification information included in the user transmission request. Purchase target information corresponding to some purchase target identifiers associated with the user identification information may be transmitted. In the latter case, for example, a purchase target identifier may be received by the receiving unit 12, and purchase target information corresponding to the received purchase target identifier may be transmitted. In addition, transmitting the purchase target information may mean, for example, transmitting all of the purchase target information, or transmitting at least part of the information included in the purchase target information. good. In the latter case, for example, transmission of purchase target information may be transmission of specifications included in purchase target information. The destination of the purchase target information may be, for example, the source of the user transmission request or the destination address included in the user transmission request. In this way, the user can receive and browse the purchase target information corresponding to the purchase target purchased by the user in the past at the user terminal 3 .

When the user identification information included in the received user transmission request is authenticated as valid, the transmission unit 15 transmits the purchase target identifier associated with the user identification information included in the user transmission request. You may transmit the user management information corresponding to . Also in this case, for example, the user management information corresponding to the purchase target identifier received by the receiving unit 12 after the user transmission request may be transmitted.

After the receiving unit 12 receives from the user terminal 3 a user transmission request including the user identification information and the password authenticated as valid, the purchase object identifier from the user terminal 3 and identified by the purchase object identifier When the page designation information designating the page of the instruction manual to be purchased is also received, the transmission unit 15 converts the purchase object identifier to the purchase object identifier according to the purchase object identifier and the page designation information received by the reception unit 12. Information of a page designated by the page designation information in the instruction manual included in the corresponding purchase target information may be transmitted. If page designation information is continuously received after that, the transmission unit 15 accordingly transmits the information of the page of the instruction manual designated by the received page designation information. good too.

Further, when the authenticating unit 13 authenticates the user identification information and password included in the company transmission request received by the receiving unit 12, the transmitting unit 15 transmits the user identification information included in the company transmission request. A purchase target identifier associated with the information may be transmitted. In this case, the transmitting unit 15 may transmit all purchase target identifiers associated with the user identification information included in the company transmission request in the user purchase information stored in the storage unit 11, for example. , a part of purchase object identifiers associated with the user identification information included in the company transmission request may be transmitted. In the latter case, for example, the transmission unit 15, for purchase object identifiers associated with certain user identification information, prevents duplicate purchase object identifiers from being transmitted to the same transmission destination. store the purchase target identifiers that have been transmitted in the past, and among the purchase target identifiers associated with the user identification information included in the company transmission request, the purchase target identifiers that have not been transmitted to the transmission destination at that time may be sent only. The destination of the purchase target identifier may be, for example, the source of the company transmission request or the destination address included in the company transmission request. In this way, each company can obtain, from the server 1, a purchase object identifier that identifies a purchase object that the user has purchased in the past, if the user permits it.

Further, the transmitting unit 15 may transmit one or more purchase target identifiers associated with the user identification information in the user purchase information stored in the storage unit 11 for each piece of user identification information. This transmission destination may be, for example, a device or a server that analyzes purchase targets for each user. From the viewpoint of preventing leakage of the user identification information, it is preferable that the purchase target identifier is not transmitted in association with the user identification information. However, it is preferable that the information is transmitted in such a way that the purchase target identifier corresponding to one user can be known. Therefore, for example, the transmission unit 15 converts a plurality of pieces of user identification information included in a plurality of pieces of user purchase information into different information (for example, serial numbers such as “001” and “002”), and then may transmit a plurality of user purchase information.

Note that the transmission unit 15 may transmit information other than the above. For example, when the user performs an operation for viewing information included in the purchase target information or information included in the user management information, the transmission unit 15 transmits the information specified by the operation. It may be transmitted to the user terminal 3, or information corresponding to the search result may be transmitted to the user terminal 3 when the user is performing an operation for searching for the purchase target identifier to be registered. Also, the transmission unit 15 may or may not include a transmission device (eg, modem, network card, etc.) for transmission. Also, the transmission unit 15 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software such as a driver for driving the transmission device.

The billing unit 16 acquires the number of pairs of user identification information and password held in the company device 2 for transmission of a company transmission request for each company, and charges each company according to the acquired number. you can go Alternatively, the billing unit 16 acquires the number of pairs of user identification information and password held in the company apparatus 2 for transmitting a company addition request for each company, and charges each company according to the acquired number. You may charge. For example, the charging unit 16 charges each company according to the number of sets of user identification information and passwords held in the company apparatus 2 for each predetermined period (for example, one month or one year). You can go to companies.

The billing unit 16, for example, stores the number of pairs of user identification information and password held in the company device 2 for sending the company transmission request, and the number of pairs held in the company device 2 for sending the company addition request. The number of pairs of user identification information and passwords may be obtained by receiving them from the enterprise device 2 . For example, the billing unit 16 determines the unique number of user identification information included in the company addition request received by the receiving unit 12 and determined to be valid, or The number may be obtained by counting the number of unique pieces of user identification information included in the company transmission request. For example, this counting may be performed for each company that sent company addition requests and company transmission requests received during a predetermined period. Note that, for example, when a company identifier that identifies a company is included in the company addition request or company transmission request, the billing unit 16 uses the company identifier to identify the company that sent the company addition request or the like. may be identified.

The billing unit 16 may output the billing amount according to the number of pairs of user identification information and passwords in association with a company identifier for identifying the company that performs the billing. This output may be billing processing, and by using this output information, for example, processing for billing the amount may be performed. This output can be, for example, displayed on a display device, transmitted via a communication line (e.g., sending an invoice by e-mail), printed by a printer (e.g., printing a payment slip or an invoice, etc.), or recorded on a recording medium. may be stored in Also, the billing unit 16 acquires an address corresponding to the company identifier using, for example, information that associates the company identifier with the address of the company identified by the company identifier, and charges the billing amount to the acquired address. You may send information to Also, the billing unit 16 may, for example, perform processing for withdrawing the billing amount from the account of the company identified by the company identifier. It should be noted that specific billing processing when the billing destination and the billing amount are already known is already known, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The update unit 17 updates the purchase target correspondence information stored in the storage unit 11 according to the received update request. The update request may include, for example, information indicating the updated purchase target correspondence information, or may simply be information notifying that the purchase target correspondence information has been updated. In the former case, in response to the update request received by the receiving unit 12, the updating unit 17 transmits, from the transmitting unit 15, a purchase target corresponding information transmission request indicating that the update request has been updated. The purchase object correspondence information may be updated by storing in the storage unit 11 the purchase object correspondence information received by the receiving unit 12 in response to the transmission to the correspondence information management server 4 . If the update request is simply information for notifying that the purchase object correspondence information has been updated, the update unit 17 updates the purchase object correspondence information and the purchase object correspondence information stored in the storage unit 11. Obtaining differences from a plurality of pieces of purchase target correspondence information stored in an information management server 4, and transmitting a transmission request for purchase target correspondence information identified as being updated according to the obtained differences from a transmission unit 15 The purchase target correspondence information may be updated by storing in the storage unit 11 the purchase target correspondence information received by the receiving unit 12 in response to the transmission to the purchase target correspondence information management server 4 .

When accumulating the received purchase target correspondence information in the storage unit 11, the update unit 17 may, for example, overwrite the information, or may accumulate the latest purchase target correspondence information so that it can be distinguished. . Further, normally, the purchase target identifier included in the received purchase target correspondence information to be updated is already included in the purchase target correspondence information of the storage unit 11 . Therefore, the storage unit 11 of the received purchase object correspondence information stores the purchase object correspondence information stored in the storage unit 11 using, for example, the purchase object identifier included in the received purchase object correspondence information as a search key. It may be performed by accumulating the purchase object information included in the received purchase object correspondence information in association with the purchase object identifier contained in the purchase object correspondence information found by searching.

Here, the reason for updating the purchase target correspondence information will be described. It is assumed that the purchase target correspondence information is managed by the server 1 , the enterprise apparatus 2 , and the purchase target correspondence information management server 4 . Then, the purchase target correspondence information managed by the purchase target correspondence information management server 4 is appropriately updated to the latest information. Therefore, when at least a part of the purchase object correspondence information managed by the purchase object correspondence information management server 4 is updated, the purchase object correspondence information management server 4 sends an update request to the server 1 and a plurality of company devices. 2 and send to. Then, in response to the update request, the purchase target correspondence information is updated in the server 1 and the plurality of company devices 2, whereby the plurality of purchase target correspondence information managed by the server 1 and the plurality of company devices 2 are updated. is constantly synchronized with a plurality of purchase target correspondence information managed by the purchase target correspondence information management server 4. - 特許庁As a result, the purchase target correspondence information managed in each of the server 1 and the plurality of company apparatuses 2 becomes the same. Therefore, for example, even if the user, while browsing the instruction manual included in the purchase target information of a certain purchase target on the server 1, makes an inquiry phone call to the consumer electronics mass retailer that is the seller of the purchase target. , the person in charge of the company of the consumer electronics mass retailer refers to the instruction manual included in the purchase target information of the purchase target managed by the company device 2, so that both parties can talk while referring to the same information. There is an advantage of becoming

The browsing history acquisition unit 18 receives the purchase target identifier and the page designation information at the reception unit 12 after receiving the user transmission request including the user identification information and password authenticated as valid, For the instruction manual included in the purchase target information corresponding to the purchase target identifier, the browsing history including the browsing time for each page is acquired. After the purchase object identifier and the page designation information are received, the information of the page indicated by the page designation information in the instruction manual included in the purchase object information corresponding to the purchase object identifier is transmitted. Therefore, the browsing history acquisition unit 18 may acquire the browsing history according to the transmission. Specifically, the browsing history acquisition unit 18 acquires a browsing history that is information that associates the purchase target identifier with the browsing time of each page of the instruction manual that is the purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier. good too. The viewing history may or may not indicate, for example, the order of pages viewed.

The company device 2 is an information processing device used by each company, as described above. When a user has registered as a user with a company (this user registration is usually performed using a user identifier different from the user identification information), the company usually A computer manages information (for example, purchase object identifier, purchase date, quantity, price, etc.) related to the purchase object purchased from the company. The computer may be the enterprise device 2 . In the corporate terminal 2, as described above, since a plurality of pieces of purchase target correspondence information are stored, the purchase target identifier used in the purchase target correspondence information is preferably used as the purchase target identifier. . In addition, even if the company assigns a unique identifier to the purchase target, it is preferable that the purchase target identifier used in the purchase target correspondence information is also assigned in addition to the identifier. is. Also, when the user notifies the company of his/her own user identification information and password, the company uses the notified user identification information and the like to transmit a company addition request from the company device 2 to the server 1. Thus, the information about the purchase target of the user managed by the enterprise device 2 can be registered in the server 1 . Further, the company can acquire a purchase object identifier that identifies the purchase object of the user by transmitting a company transmission request from the company device 2 to the server 1 . It should be noted that the transmission of the corporate transmission request may be executed, for example, when special permission is received from the user. Also, the user identification information and password managed by the enterprise apparatus 2 may be input to the enterprise apparatus 2 by operating the user terminal 3 by the user corresponding to the user identification information.

In addition, the number of sets of user identification information and passwords held in the company device 2 for sending the company transmission request, or the user identification information and password held in the company device 2 for sending the company addition request When software or the like for managing the number of password pairs is installed in the enterprise device 2, the software counts the number of pairs of user identification information and passwords held in the enterprise device 2, and the server 1 may be sent to This transmission may be performed at the timing of billing, for example. Further, when the company device 2 transmits information to the server 1 , the company device 2 may transmit information including a company identifier that identifies the company that owns the company device 2 . By doing so, the server 1 can know from which company the information received from the enterprise apparatus 2 is the information from the enterprise apparatus 2 . Further, when a password is associated with the company identifier, authentication may also be performed using the combination of the company identifier and the password in the server 1 .

As described above, the user terminal 3 is an information processing device used by each user, and is a terminal that transmits a user addition request, a user transmission request, and the like to the server 1, for example. For example, when a user wishes to register a purchase target identifier for identifying a purchased purchase target in the server 1, the user operates the user terminal 3 to transmit a user addition request to the server 1, thereby completing the registration. It can be carried out. Further, when the user wants to acquire information on a purchase target purchased in the past, the user operates the user terminal 3 to transmit a user transmission request to the server 1 to obtain desired purchase target information, for example, the You can browse the specifications, instruction manuals, user management information, etc. of the purchase target.

Further, for example, by transmitting the user identification information and the password from the user terminal 3 to the company device 2, the destination company device 2 sends the purchase target identifier related to the purchase target of the user corresponding to the user identification information to the server 1. Allow to add. The transmission of the user identification information and the like to the company device 2 is performed, for example, by the user operating the user terminal 3 to log in to the company website, and after logging in, inputting the user identification information and password. good too. In this case, for example, the enterprise device 2 may be a web server.

For example, when a user purchases a home appliance at a home appliance mass retailer, by informing the home appliance mass retailer of user identification information and a password, a purchase target identifier for identifying the home appliance purchased by the user can be obtained from the home appliance mass retailer. It is possible to have the server 1 register. In addition, for example, when the user purchases a house from a housing builder, a purchase target identifier for identifying devices and equipment attached to the house purchased by the user is provided by notifying the housing builder of the user identification information and the like. can be registered in the server 1 by the housing builder. In this way, the user's burden for registering the purchase target identifier in the server 1 is reduced. If the user informs the company of the user identification information and the password, the company may be able to obtain the purchase target identifier corresponding to the user identification information, or may further obtain the purchase target identifier from the user. Alternatively, when permission to obtain the purchase target identifier is obtained, the purchase target identifier corresponding to the user identification information may be obtained.

The purchase target correspondence information management server 4 collects purchase target information from the manufacturer, provider, etc. of the purchase target, and associates the collected purchase target information with a purchase target identifier that identifies the purchase target. A server that holds information. A plurality of pieces of purchase target correspondence information managed by the purchase target correspondence information management server 4 serve as reference information. Therefore, when the purchase object correspondence information is updated, the purchase object correspondence information management server 4 transmits an update request to the server 1 or the company device 2, and in response to the transmission of the transmission request, the server 1 or the company device 2 may be synchronized with the purchase target correspondence information managed by the purchase target correspondence information management server 4 .

Next, the operation of the server 1 will be explained using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S101) The receiving unit 12 determines whether or not a user addition request or a company addition request has been received. Then, if a user addition request or the like has been received, the process proceeds to step S102; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S104.

(Step S102) The authentication unit 13 authenticates the user identification information and password included in the received user addition request or company addition request using the authentication information. Then, if it is determined to be valid, the process proceeds to step S103, and if not, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S103) The accumulation unit 14 accumulates in the storage unit 11 the user purchase information included in the user addition request or company addition request received in step S101. Then, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S104) The receiver 12 determines whether or not a user transmission request has been received. If a user transmission request has been received, the process proceeds to step S105; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S107.

(Step S105) The authentication unit 13 authenticates the user identification information and the password included in the received user transmission request using the authentication information. Then, if it is determined to be valid, the process proceeds to step S106, and if not, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S106) The transmission unit 15 transmits list information of purchase object identifiers associated with the user identification information included in the user transmission request received in step S104. The purchase target identifier may be transmitted together with the product name included in the purchase target information associated with the purchase target identifier, for example. Then, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S107) The receiving unit 12 determines whether or not information related to purchase target information has been received from the user terminal 3 determined to be valid in step S105. The information related to the purchase target information includes, for example, a purchase target identifier associated with the purchase target information that the user wants to view, information that is included in the purchase target information and that specifies the information that the user wants to view, and an instruction manual. page designation information, etc. Then, when the information on the purchase target information is received, the process proceeds to step S108, otherwise, the process proceeds to step S111.

(Step S108) The transmission unit 15 performs transmission according to the information received in step S107. For example, when the purchase target identifier is received in step S107, a list of information included in the purchase target information associated with the purchase target identifier may be transmitted. Further, for example, when information specifying information included in the purchase target information is received in step S107, the information specified by the information (for example, the specifications of the purchase target, the instruction manual of the purchase target, etc.) may be sent. Further, for example, when page designation information designating a page of the instruction manual is received in step S107, the information of the page designated by the page designation information may be transmitted.

(Step S109) The viewing history acquisition unit 18 determines whether or not to acquire viewing history. And when acquiring browsing history, it progresses to step S110, and when that is not right, it returns to step S101. For example, when information on each page of the instruction manual is transmitted by the transmission unit 15, the viewing history acquisition unit 18 may determine to acquire the viewing history.

(Step S110) The browsing history acquisition unit 18 acquires browsing history. Specifically, the browsing history acquisition unit 18 acquires the purchase target identifier corresponding to the instruction manual transmitted at that time, the page number of the transmitted page, and the browsing time of the page. good. For example, when the first page of the instruction manual is transmitted in step S108, the viewing history acquisition unit 18 may acquire the page number of the transmitted page and start timing with a timer. After that, in step S108, when a new page corresponding to the page designation information is transmitted, the viewing history acquisition unit 18 associates the value of the timer at that time with the page number acquired in advance, and displays the viewing history. may be stored in Then, the value of the timer may be reset and new timing may be started. In this way, pairs of page numbers and viewing times may be obtained sequentially. After that, in step S108, when a list of information included in the purchase target information is transmitted in response to an instruction transmitted from the user terminal 3 (that is, when the instruction manual has been browsed), at that time may be stored in the browsing history in association with the page number acquired in advance. Then, the clocking by the timer may be terminated. In this way, a series of viewing histories related to a certain instruction manual may be acquired.

(Step S111) The receiving unit 12 determines whether or not a corporate transmission request has been received. Then, if the corporate transmission request is received, the process proceeds to step S112, and if not, the process proceeds to step S114.

(Step S112) The authentication unit 13 authenticates the user identification information and password included in the received corporate transmission request using the authentication information. Then, if it is determined to be valid, the process proceeds to step S113, and if not, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S113) The transmission unit 15 transmits the purchase target identifier associated with the user identification information included in the company transmission request received in step S111. Then, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S114) The billing unit 16 determines whether or not to process billing. If billing processing is to be performed, the process proceeds to step S115; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S117. Note that the billing unit 16 may, for example, periodically (for example, monthly or yearly) determine that billing processing should be performed.

(Step S115) The billing unit 16 acquires the number of pairs of user identification information and password managed by the company apparatus 2 for each company.

(Step S116) The billing unit 16 bills each company according to the number obtained in step S115. Then, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S117) The receiver 12 determines whether or not an update request has been received. If an update request has been received, the process proceeds to step S118; otherwise, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S118) In response to the update request, the update unit 17 acquires purchase target correspondence information to be updated from the purchase target correspondence information management server 4 .

(Step S119) The update unit 17 stores the purchase target correspondence information acquired in step S118 in the storage unit 11, thereby updating the purchase target correspondence information to the latest one. Then, the process returns to step S101.

The order of processing in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is an example, and the order of each step may be changed as long as the same result can be obtained. In addition, in the flowchart of FIG. 3, the processing ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt for processing end occurs.

Next, the operation of the server 1 according to this embodiment will be described using a specific example. In this specific example, it is assumed that the authentication information shown in FIG. 4 and the purchase target correspondence information shown in FIG.

The authentication information shown in FIG. 4 includes user identification information and a password. For example, the authentication information in FIG. 4 indicates that the password of the user corresponding to the user identification information "U001" is "u6iKgsVp". Note that the authentication information may be stored in the storage unit 11 when the user first accesses the server 1 from the user terminal 3 and creates user purchase information for the user.

The purchase target correspondence information shown in FIG. 5 includes a purchase target identifier and purchase target information. The purchase target information includes the product name, the image of the purchase target, the specifications of the purchase target, and the instruction manual of the purchase target. For example, according to the purchase target correspondence information shown in FIG. 5, the product name of the purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier “G001” is “ABC air purifier” and the image of the purchase target is “001.jpg”. The specification of the purchase target is described in "spec001.pdf", and the instruction manual of the purchase target is "manual001.pdf".

Assume that a user identified by a user identifier "U001" (hereinafter also referred to as "user U001") purchases "ABC air cleaner" and "AAA cleaner" at a consumer electronics retail store. It is also assumed that the user U001 has already registered user identification information and a password with the home appliance mass retailer. Then, according to the purchase, the corporate device 2 of the consumer electronics mass retailer sets the user identification information "U001" of the user U001, the password "u6iKgsVp", and the purchase objects "ABC air purifier" and "AAA vacuum cleaner" respectively. A company addition request containing corresponding purchase object identifiers “G001” and “G002” and user management information for each purchase object is sent to the server 1 . It is assumed that the user management information includes the date of purchase, the store identifier for identifying the store where the purchase target was purchased, the number of purchase targets, and the price.

The transmitted company addition request is received by the receiving unit 12 of the server 1 (step S101). Then, the user identification information and password included in the company addition request are delivered to the authentication unit 13, and the user identification information, two purchase target identifiers, and two pieces of user management information are delivered to the storage unit 14. Upon receiving the user identification information and the like, the authentication unit 13 searches a plurality of pieces of authentication information stored in the storage unit 11 using the received user identification information as a search key, and reads the password from the hit authentication information. Then, it is determined whether the received password and the read password match. In this case, since they match, the authentication unit 13 determines that it is valid (step S102), and passes the result to the storage unit 14. FIG.

Upon receiving the authentication result indicating that the purchase is valid, the accumulation unit 14 searches for a plurality of pieces of user purchase information stored in the storage unit 11 using the user identification information received from the reception unit 12 as a search key. Then, two sets of the received purchase object identifier and user management information are added to the hit user purchase information (step S103). In this manner, user purchase information is accumulated via the company apparatus 2 .

It is also assumed that the user U001 purchases the purchase target “XYZ washing machine” at a store that does not have the company apparatus 2 . The user U001 accesses the server 1 from the user terminal 3 and searches for the name of the purchase object "XYZ washing machine" in order to store the purchase object identifier or the like for identifying the purchase object. Suppose that the purchase target identifier "G003" to be purchased is selected, user management information including the date of purchase, the store identifier of the store where the item was purchased, the number of items, and the price is input, and the send button is selected. Assume that an input screen for user identification information and a password is displayed on the user terminal 3 according to the selection. When the user U001 enters the user identification information and password on the input screen and selects the completion button indicating that the input is completed, the purchase target identifier "G003", the user management information, and the user identification information, which are the selection result, are displayed. and a password is transmitted from the user terminal 3 and received by the receiver 12 of the server 1 (step S101). Then, the user identification information and password are passed to the authentication unit 13 , and the user identification information, purchase object identifier, and user management information are passed to the storage unit 14 . Also in this case, it is assumed that the authentication unit 13 determines that the request is valid (step S102). Then, the authentication result is passed to the storage unit 14, and the storage unit 14 stores the received purchase target identifier and user management information in association with the received user identification information in the storage unit 11 (step S103). ). In this manner, the user purchase information regarding the user U001 is added. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the user purchase information stored in the storage unit 11 updated in this way. As shown in FIG. 6, the user purchase information includes user identification information, purchase target identifiers, and user management information. The user management information also includes the date of purchase, the store identifier of the store where the purchase target was purchased, the number of items purchased, and the purchase price. The purchase price may be, for example, the price for one item to be purchased, or may be the result of multiplying the price for one item to be purchased by the number of items purchased. In FIG. 6, for example, the user U001 purchases one purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier "G003" on July 16, 2021 at the store identified by the store identifier "R003". (yen)” is shown.

After that, assume that the user U001 operates the user terminal 3 to transmit a user transmission request to the server 1 in order to view purchase target information purchased in the past. Then, the user transmission request is received by the receiving unit 12, and the user identification information and the password are passed to the authentication unit 13, and the user identification information and the address of the transmission source of the user transmission request are passed to the transmission unit 15. (Step S104). Upon receiving the user identification information and the like, the authentication unit 13 performs authentication using the authentication information. In this case, it is assumed that the user is authenticated as valid and the authentication result is passed to the transmission unit 15 (step S105). Upon receiving the authentication result indicating that it is valid, the transmitting unit 15 searches the plurality of pieces of user purchase information stored in the storage unit 11 using the user identification information of the user U001 as a search key, and finds hit user purchases. A receiving unit 12 acquires a plurality of purchase object identifiers included in the information, acquires product names associated with the plurality of purchase object identifiers, and obtains a list of a plurality of sets of purchase object identifiers and product names. is sent to the address received from (step S106). Note that the transmission unit 15 may store in the storage unit 11 information that associates the destination address with the user identification information. This information enables the transmitter 15 to identify the user who transmitted the information using the address of the source of the information received thereafter.

The list transmitted from the server 1 is received by the user terminal 3 of the user U001, and the list is displayed. Assume that the user U001 selects a combination of the product name "ABC air purifier" and the purchase target identifier "G001" on the display. Then, the purchase target identifier "G001" included in the selection result is transmitted to the server 1 and received by the receiving section 12 (step S107). Then, the purchase target identifier and the address of the transmission source are passed to the transmission unit 15 . Upon receiving the purchase target identifier and address, the transmission unit 15 searches for a plurality of purchase target correspondence information using the purchase target identifier as a search key. Then, the product name and image are acquired from the hit purchase target correspondence information. The transmitting unit 15 also identifies user identification information associated with the received address. Then, the user purchase information is searched using the identified user identification information as a search key, the hit user purchase information is searched using the received purchase target identifier as a search key, and the user management information is included in the hit purchase target identifier. Determine if it is matched. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, the user management information is associated with the purchase target identifier "G001", so the transmission unit 15 determines that the user management information is associated. Then, the transmission unit 15 constructs a display screen for displaying the product name, product image, user management information, specifications, and a button for accessing the instruction manual, and transmits it to the received address. (Step S108). In this case, since the instruction manual is not displayed, the processing related to acquisition of the browsing history is not performed (step S109). Further, the transmission unit 15 may store in the storage unit 11 information that associates the destination address with the purchase target identifier. This information enables the transmitting unit 15 to identify the currently selected purchase object identifier using the address of the source of the information received thereafter.

The information transmitted from the server 1 is received by the user terminal 3 of the user U001 and displayed as shown in FIG. Assume that the user U001 selects the instruction manual button on this display. Then, an instruction to display the instruction manual is transmitted from the user terminal 3 to the server 1 . The instruction is received by the receiving unit 12, and the instruction to display the instruction manual and the address of the transmission source are passed to the transmitting unit 15 (step S107). Upon receiving the instruction or the like, the transmission unit 15 identifies the purchase target identifier associated with the address, and reads the instruction manual "manual001.pdf" included in the purchase target information associated with the purchase target identifier. is read, and one page of information is sent to the received address (step S108). Since the instruction manual has been transmitted, the browsing history acquisition unit 18 determines to acquire the browsing history (step S109), and the purchase target identifier "G001" corresponding to the transmitted instruction manual and the transmitted instruction manual. The page number "1" of the page read is acquired, and time measurement by the timer is started (step S110).

The information on the first page of the instruction manual transmitted from the server 1 is received by the user terminal 3 of the user U001 and displayed as shown in FIG. In this display, the user selects an icon in the horizontal direction to change the displayed page, or inputs the page number to be viewed and selects a jump button, thereby the page designation information designating the page to be viewed is transferred to the server. 1 and received by the receiver 12 (step S107). The received page designation information and the address of the transmission source are passed to the transmission unit 15 . Upon receiving the page designation information and the like, the transmitting unit 15 acquires the information of the page designated by the page designation information in the instruction manual being displayed, and transmits it to the received address (step S108). Also, in response to this transmission, a new page number is acquired, and the browsing time corresponding to the previously displayed page number is acquired (steps S109 and S110). When the display screen shown in FIG. 7 is sent by the user selecting the return button on the display screen of the instruction manual, the browsing time corresponding to the last displayed page number is acquired. , the series of browsing history acquisition processing ends. The browsing history acquired in this manner may be accumulated in the storage unit 11, for example. Further, when an instruction to transmit the browsing history is received, the browsing history may be read from the storage unit 11 and transmitted according to the instruction. For example, only the administrator of the server 1 may be able to instruct transmission of this browsing history.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of browsing histories accumulated in the storage unit 11 in this way. The browsing history shown in FIG. 9 is information including a purchase target identifier, a page number, and a plurality of sets of times when the page of the page number was browsed. In the browsing history of FIG. 9, for example, the first page of the instruction manual of the purchase target indicated by the purchase target identifier “G001” was viewed for 2 seconds, the second page was viewed for 10 seconds, and the 32nd page was viewed for 134 seconds. It is shown that By using this browsing history, it is possible to know which pages of the instruction manual are frequently browsed and which pages are browsed for a longer time. Then, the results can be utilized, for example, in the development of new products.

It is also assumed that a company apparatus 2 has transmitted a company transmission request including user identification information "U001" and a password "u6iKgsVp". Then, the company transmission request is received by the receiving unit 12 of the server 1, the user identification information and the like are passed to the authentication unit 13, and the user identification information and the address of the transmission source are passed to the transmission unit 15 (step S111). . Assume that, upon receiving the user identification information and the like, the authentication unit 13 performs authentication using the authentication information, determines that it is valid, and passes the authentication result to the transmission unit 15 (step S112). Upon receiving the authentication result indicating that it is legitimate, the transmission unit 15 reads out a plurality of purchase object identifiers associated with the received user identification information in the user purchase information stored in the storage unit 11, and reads the purchase target identifiers. A plurality of purchase object identifiers are sent to the received address (step S113). The plurality of transmitted purchase target identifiers are received by the company apparatus 2, and the company of the company apparatus 2 uses the purchase target identifiers to provide promotions, recommendations, etc. to users corresponding to the purchase target identifiers. be able to do it. Note that the company apparatus 2 may periodically transmit a company transmission request to the server 1 for a user who manages the user identification information and password, for example.

At the timing of billing, the billing unit 16 determines to perform billing processing, and acquires the number of pairs of user identification information and password stored in the company apparatus 2 for each company (step S114). , S115). Then, the billing unit 16 bills for each company according to the acquired number (step S116). Normally, the larger the number of acquired items, the higher the charge.

Also, when the update request is received by the receiving unit 12, this update request is passed to the updating unit 17 (step S117). Then, the update unit 17 acquires the purchase target correspondence information to be updated from the purchase target correspondence information management server 4 and accumulates the purchase target correspondence information in the storage unit 11, thereby updating the purchase target correspondence information to the latest information. (steps S118 and S119). In this way, the purchase target correspondence information managed by the server 1 can be kept up-to-date.

As described above, according to the server 1 according to the present embodiment, by managing the information on the purchase target purchased by the user, the user can easily access the information. Manuals can be viewed easily. In addition, for example, the user can access the server 1 from a PC at home, or access the server 1 from a smartphone or a tablet terminal when going out, and can obtain information on purchase targets purchased in the past. can be used more easily. For example, after confirming the purchase target purchased in the past, you can purchase a new purchase target, avoiding duplicate purchases, etc. You will be able to purchase a purchase target. In addition, since the purchase object identifier and the like can be registered with the server 1 by the company to which the user has provided the user identification information and the password, the burden on the user regarding the registration can be reduced. In addition, the user can control whether or not a certain company can register information on the purchase target of the user in the server 1 by passing user identification information and a password to the company. Whether or not to link the server 1 and the enterprise device 2 can be controlled. Also, a user who has purchased a purchase target at a store that does not own the corporate apparatus 2 can register the purchase target identifier and the like in the server 1 by himself/herself. In this way, for example, it becomes possible for the server 1 to comprehensively manage information on all purchase targets purchased by the user.

In addition, since the server 1 does not manage personal information but manages the user purchase information simply by using a combination of the user identification information and the password, the user purchase information managed by the server 1 can be used as a purchase trend, etc. can also be used for the analysis of Also, the company having the company device 2 can acquire the purchase target identifier of the purchase target purchased by the user in the past by transmitting a company transmission request containing the user identification information and password of the user to the server 1. Using the acquired information, it becomes possible to recommend products and the like to the user.

In addition, when the instruction manual included in the purchase target information is viewed, by acquiring the viewing history, it is possible to develop new products using the viewing history and improve existing products. will be able to Further, by updating the purchase object correspondence information in response to the reception of the update request transmitted from the purchase object correspondence information management server 4, the purchase object correspondence information can be constantly updated to the latest information. When the user and the person in charge of the company have a conversation while referring to the instruction manual, etc., the same latest instruction manual can be referred to. In addition, by obtaining the number of sets of user identification information and password held in the corporate device, it is possible to charge each company according to the number.

In this embodiment, the case where one user corresponds to one piece of user identification information has been mainly described, but this does not have to be the case. For example, one user may be associated with two or more pieces of user identification information. Also, one piece of user determination information may be associated with two or more users. That is, user identification information, which is different information for each group of users, may be used. For example, a user may share user identification information for managing purchases purchased for personal use and purchases purchased for use by a group of multiple people (e.g., family members, co-workers, etc.) The server 1 may manage the information about the purchase target by using the user identification information for managing the . In this case, by switching the user identification information, the accessible information is narrowed down, so that the accessibility when the user accesses the desired information managed by the server 1 is improved. Also, by sharing the user identification information among family members, all members of the family can access the same information managed by the server 1 .

Further, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which a corporate transmission request is transmitted from the corporate device 2, and in response, the purchase target identifier is transmitted from the server 1 when it is authenticated as valid. It doesn't have to be. The corporate device 2 does not transmit the corporate transmission request, and the server 1 does not have to perform processing in response to receiving the corporate transmission request.

Also, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which billing processing is performed on a company, but this does not have to be the case. The server 1 does not have to include the billing unit 16 if the billing process is not performed for the company.

Further, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which the purchase target correspondence information managed by the purchase target correspondence information management server 4 and the purchase target correspondence information managed by the server 1 and the enterprise device 2 are synchronized. but it doesn't have to be. If such synchronization is not performed, for example, the information processing system 100 may not include the purchase target correspondence information management server 4 and the server 1 may not include the update section 17 .

Also, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which the browsing history is acquired in accordance with the browsing of the instruction manual, but this does not have to be the case. If the viewing history of the instruction manual is not acquired, the server 1 may not include the viewing history acquisition unit 18 . Also, the purchase target information managed by the server 1 does not have to include an instruction manual.

Further, in the present embodiment, the user identification information may be associated with user attributes in the server 1 . For example, the attribute may be gender, age, postal code, etc., and may be information that cannot identify an individual. The attributes of the user may be stored in the server 1, for example. For example, when the transmission unit 15 transmits purchase target identifiers for each user for analysis or the like, one or more purchase target identifiers are transmitted in association with user attributes corresponding to the purchase target identifiers. may The attribute of the user corresponding to the purchase target identifier is the attribute of the user corresponding to the user identification information associated with the purchase target identifier.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the user identification information is information that cannot identify the user and is information that is not linked to personal information in the server 1 has been mainly described. good too. The user identification information may be information similar to the user identifier that identifies the user, or may be information linked to personal information in the server 1 .

Further, in the above embodiments, each process or function may be implemented by centralized processing by a single device or single system, or may be implemented by distributed processing by multiple devices or multiple systems. It may be realized by

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the information is passed between the components, for example, when the two components that exchange the information are physically different, one of the components output of information and reception of information by the other component, or one component if the two components that pass the information are physically the same from the phase of processing corresponding to the other component to the phase of processing corresponding to the other component.

In the above embodiments, information related to processing executed by each component, for example, information received, acquired, selected, generated, transmitted, or received by each component Also, information such as thresholds, formulas, addresses, etc. used by each component in processing may be stored temporarily or for a long period of time in a recording medium (not shown), even if not specified in the above description. Further, each component or an accumulation section (not shown) may accumulate information in the recording medium (not shown). Further, each component or a reading unit (not shown) may read information from the recording medium (not shown).

Further, in the above embodiment, if the information used in each component etc., for example, information such as thresholds, addresses and various set values used in processing by each component may be changed by the user, the above The user may or may not be able to change such information as appropriate, even if not explicitly stated in the description. If the information can be changed by the user, the change is realized by, for example, a reception unit (not shown) that receives a change instruction from the user and a change unit (not shown) that changes the information according to the change instruction. may The reception of the change instruction by the reception unit (not shown) may be, for example, reception from an input device, reception of information transmitted via a communication line, or reception of information read from a predetermined recording medium. .

Further, in the above embodiment, when two or more components included in the server 1 have communication devices, input devices, etc., the two or more components may physically have a single device, Or you may have separate devices.

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 the execution, the program execution unit may execute the program while accessing the storage unit or recording medium. The software that implements the server 1 in the above embodiment is the following program. That is, the program includes a plurality of pieces of user purchase information that associate user identification information corresponding to a user with one or more purchase object identifiers that identify purchase objects purchased by the user, and a plurality of pieces of authentication information that associate user identification information with a password. and a computer capable of accessing a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of purchase object correspondence information that associates a purchase object identifier with purchase object information related to a purchase object identified by the purchase object identifier, user identification information, a password, and an additional A company that receives a user addition request including a target purchase target identifier from a user terminal, receives a user transmission request including user identification information and a password from the user terminal, and includes the user identification information, password, and additional target purchase target identifier A receiving unit that receives an addition request from a corporate device, an authentication unit that authenticates the received user identification information and password using the authentication information, and the user identification information and password included in the received user addition request that are valid. When the user is authenticated, the user purchase information that associates the user identification information included in the user addition request with the purchase target identifier is stored in the storage unit, and the user identification information and password included in the received company addition request are valid. an accumulation unit for accumulating in a storage unit user purchase information that associates the user identification information included in the company addition request with the purchase target identifier when authenticated as such, and the user identification information and password included in the received user transmission request is a program for functioning as a transmission unit for transmitting purchase target information corresponding to a purchase target identifier associated with user identification information included in a user transmission request when the user is authenticated as valid.

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 a modem or an interface card in a receiving unit that receives information and a transmitting unit that transmits information are not included in the functions realized by the program.

Also, this program may be executed by being downloaded from a server or the like, and the program recorded on a predetermined recording medium (for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, etc.) may be read. may be performed by Also, this program may be used as a program constituting a program product.

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. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the appearance of a computer that implements the server 1, the enterprise device 2, and the user terminal 3 according to the above embodiment by executing the above program. The above embodiments can be implemented by computer hardware and computer programs executed thereon.

In FIG. 10, computer system 900 comprises computer 901 including CD-ROM drive 905 , keyboard 902 , mouse 903 and monitor 904 .

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the computer system 900. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 11, 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 913 for temporarily storing and providing a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 for storing application programs, system programs and data, and a bus 915 for interconnecting the MPU 911, ROM 912 and the like are provided. Note that the computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to a LAN, WAN, or the like.

A program that causes the computer system 900 to execute the functions of the server 1, the enterprise device 2, and the user terminal 3 according to the above embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 921, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905, and transferred to the hard disk 914. may be 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. Also, the program may be read into the computer system 900 via another recording medium (eg, DVD, etc.) instead of the CD-ROM 921 .

The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to perform the functions of the server 1, the enterprise device 2, and the user terminal 3 according to the above embodiments. A program may contain only those portions of instructions that call the appropriate functions or 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.

Moreover, 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.

1 Server 2 Enterprise Device 3 User Terminal 4 Purchasing Target Corresponding Information Management Server 11 Storage Unit 12 Reception Unit 13 Authentication Unit 14 Accumulation Unit 15 Transmission Unit 16 Billing Unit 17 Update Unit 18 Browsing History Acquisition Unit

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A plurality of pieces of user purchase information that associate user identification information corresponding to a user with one or more purchase object identifiers that identify purchase objects purchased by the user, a plurality of pieces of authentication information that associate user identification information with passwords, and purchase objects a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of purchase target correspondence information that associate an identifier with purchase target information related to a purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier;
Receiving from a user terminal a user addition request including user identification information, a password, and a purchase target identifier to be added, receiving a user transmission request including user identification information and a password from a user terminal, and receiving user identification information, a password, and an addition a receiving unit for receiving a company addition request including a target purchase target identifier from a company device;
an authentication unit that authenticates the received user identification information and password using the authentication information;
When the user identification information and password included in the received user addition request are authenticated as valid, user purchase information that associates the user identification information included in the user addition request with the purchase target identifier is stored in the storage unit. When the user identification information and password included in the received company addition request are authenticated as valid, the user purchase information that associates the user identification information included in the company addition request with the purchase object identifier is stored. an accumulation unit that accumulates in a storage unit;
Purchasing object information corresponding to the purchase object identifier associated with the user judging information contained in the received user transmission request when the user identification information and password contained in the received user transmission request are authenticated as valid and a server for transmitting the . The receiving unit also receives a corporate transmission request including user identification information and a password from the corporate device;
When the user identification information and password included in the received enterprise transmission request are authenticated as valid, the transmission unit transmits the purchase target identifier associated with the user identification information included in the enterprise transmission request. 2. The server of claim 1, which transmits. For each company, the number of sets of user identification information and passwords held by the company device for sending the company transmission request, or the user identification information and password held by the company device for sending the company addition request 3. The server according to claim 1, further comprising a charging unit that acquires the number of pairs of passwords and charges each company according to the acquired number. A plurality of pieces of purchase target correspondence information are managed in the purchase target correspondence information management server and the corporate device,
the purchase target correspondence information management server, when the purchase target correspondence information is updated, transmits an update request of the purchase target correspondence information to the server and the enterprise apparatus;
In the corporate device, the purchase target correspondence information is updated in response to the reception of the update request,
the receiving unit also receives an update request;
4. The server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an updating unit that updates the purchase target correspondence information stored in said storage unit according to a received update request. The purchase target information includes the instruction manual for the purchase target,
After receiving, from the user terminal, a user transmission request containing user identification information and a password authenticated as valid, the receiving unit transmits a purchase object identifier and a purchase object identified by the purchase object identifier from the user terminal. It also receives page designation information that designates the page of the instruction manual for
According to the received purchase object identifier and page designation information, the transmission unit transmits information of the page designated by the page designation information in the instruction manual included in the purchase object information corresponding to the purchase object identifier. send and
further comprising a browsing history acquisition unit that acquires a browsing history including browsing time for each page of the instruction manual included in the purchase target information corresponding to the purchase target identifier and the page designation information, in response to receiving the purchase target identifier and the page designation information; A server according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising: 6. The server according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the user identification information is information that cannot identify a user and is information that is not linked to personal information of the user in the server. 7. The server according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein two or more pieces of user identification information are associated with one user. A plurality of pieces of user purchase information that associate user identification information corresponding to a user with one or more purchase object identifiers that identify purchase objects purchased by the user, a plurality of pieces of authentication information that associate user identification information with passwords, and purchase objects A storage unit for storing a plurality of purchase target correspondence information that associates an identifier with purchase target information related to a purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier, a receiving unit, an authentication unit, a storage unit, and a transmission unit. An information processing method processed by
a step in which the receiving unit receives, from the user terminal, a user addition request including user identification information, a password, and a purchase target identifier to be added;
a step in which the authentication unit authenticates the user identification information and password included in the received user addition request using the authentication information;
user purchase information for associating the user identification information included in the user addition request and the purchase object identifier when the storage unit is authenticated as valid with respect to the user identification information and password included in the received user addition request; in the storage unit;
a step in which the receiving unit receives a user transmission request including user identification information and a password from a user terminal;
a step in which the authentication unit authenticates the user identification information and the password included in the received user transmission request using the authentication information;
When the transmission unit authenticates that the user identification information and password included in the received user transmission request are valid, the purchase target identifier associated with the user identification information included in the user transmission request sending corresponding purchase target information;
a step in which the receiving unit receives a company addition request including user identification information, a password, and a purchase target identifier to be added from a company device;
a step in which the authentication unit authenticates the user identification information and password included in the received company addition request using the authentication information;
user purchase information for associating the user identification information included in the received company addition request with the purchase target identifier when the user identification information and password included in the received company addition request are authenticated as valid by the storage unit; and a step of accumulating in the storage unit. A plurality of pieces of user purchase information that associate user identification information corresponding to a user with one or more purchase object identifiers that identify purchase objects purchased by the user, a plurality of pieces of authentication information that associate user identification information with passwords, and purchase objects a computer capable of accessing a storage unit storing a plurality of purchase target correspondence information that associates an identifier with purchase target information relating to a purchase target identified by the purchase target identifier;
Receiving from a user terminal a user addition request including user identification information, a password, and a purchase target identifier to be added, receiving a user transmission request including user identification information and a password from a user terminal, and receiving user identification information, a password, and an addition a receiving unit for receiving a company addition request including a target purchase target identifier from a company device;
an authentication unit that authenticates the received user identification information and password using the authentication information;
When the user identification information and password included in the received user addition request are authenticated as valid, user purchase information that associates the user identification information included in the user addition request with the purchase target identifier is stored in the storage unit. When the user identification information and password included in the received company addition request are authenticated as valid, the user purchase information that associates the user identification information included in the company addition request with the purchase object identifier is stored. an accumulation unit that accumulates in a storage unit;
Purchasing object information corresponding to the purchase object identifier associated with the user judging information contained in the received user transmission request when the user identification information and password contained in the received user transmission request are authenticated as valid A program for functioning as a transmitter that transmits .

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