JP2023152283A - Information processing device, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device, information process method and program capable of controlling the number of issues of proper digital content according to performance of players.SOLUTION: An information processing device includes an issuance control part for issuing digital content corresponding to players of a prescribed game, where the issuance control part controls the number of issues of digital content in a second period including a period after a first period based on play performance of the players in the first period.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program.

Systems that use blockchain technology to buy, sell, and manage digital content, such as game items, videos, or cards representing characters from manga or anime works, have been known (for example, patented (See References 1 and 2). By using blockchain to manage digital content, it becomes easier to manage the number of digital content in circulation.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2021-152815 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2022-013271

On the other hand, the value of content, such as its rarity, is influenced by the number of copies distributed in the market, but when selling content in limited quantities, the number of copies of content to be published is generally decided by the seller. be. For example, if content is related to a professional athlete, the value among consumers of content related to that athlete will fluctuate depending on the athlete's performance, but in conventional systems, the number of pieces of content published depends on the athlete. There was a risk that the value of the content would deviate from the evaluations of consumers as it would not be possible to reflect the activities of the users.

Therefore, one of the objects of the present invention is to appropriately control the number of digital contents to be issued depending on the performance of the athlete.

An information processing device according to one aspect of the present invention includes an issuance control unit that issues digital content corresponding to a player in a predetermined competition, and the issuance control unit is configured to issue digital content that corresponds to a player in a predetermined competition. The number of publications of digital content in the second period including the period after the period is controlled.

According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately control the number of digital contents to be issued depending on the performance of a player.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information processing system including an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a digital content display screen. It is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between a first period, a second period, and a third period. It is a figure which shows an example of a 1st notification screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a 2nd notification screen. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of functions of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of user information. It is a figure showing an example of player information. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of digital content information. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an information processing flow according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an information processing flow according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. Note that the embodiments described below are merely examples given to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and do not limit the present invention. That is, the present invention may be modified or improved from the embodiments described below without departing from the spirit thereof. Naturally, the present invention also includes equivalents thereof.

Furthermore, the screen examples described in this specification and the drawings are merely examples, and the screen configuration and design, the content of displayed information, the GUI (Graphical User Interface), etc. It can be freely designed according to preference, etc., and can be changed as appropriate.

Further, the user in this specification refers to a user of the information processing device of the present invention, that is, a user of the service provided by the information processing device of the present invention, and specifically, a user of the information processing device of the present invention. A person who can own the provided digital content. Further, a user is a unit to which a service usage account is assigned.

<Overview of the system according to this embodiment>
The communication system shown in FIG. 1 (hereinafter referred to as information processing system S) is a communication system including an information processing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as server 10) according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system S is a computer system that is in charge of overall management of digital content corresponding to athletes in a predetermined competition, and provides services related to the issuance, collection, transaction, etc. of digital content to users.
Note that in this embodiment, as a technology for recording digital content, a blockchain technology in which transaction history is managed in a distributed manner is used for the purpose of avoiding unauthorized data tampering. However, the technology for recording digital content is not limited to blockchain, and other distributed ledger technologies may be used, and other technologies may also be used as long as they can prevent unauthorized data tampering.

A competition is a game, such as a computer game or a sport, in which players compete for superiority or inferiority in skill or ability according to certain rules. Examples of competitions include actual professional sports or amateur sports such as baseball, soccer, boxing, swimming, track and field, or races that are actually held. The competition may be an individual competition or a team competition.
Competitions also include e-sports (electronic sports), which are competitive games in which players compete for victory or defeat in computer games. The game genre of e-sports is not particularly limited, and may be any game genre. Note that e-sports may be games in which humans play against each other as players, or games in which humans play against computers (for example, AI or robots).

A player in a competition is a player who plays in the above competition, and includes, for example, a baseball player, a soccer player, a boxer, a swimmer, a track and field athlete, a racer, a racing car, a jockey, a racehorse, a gamer, and the like. A player may be a professional player or an amateur player. Furthermore, the players are not limited to individuals, but may be teams or combinations. For example, one professional baseball team or the like may be regarded as one player, or a doubles combination, a jockey and a racehorse, etc. may be regarded as one player.

Digital content is unique data that cannot be replaced as digital assets, such as trading cards that record information such as names, photos, affiliations, jersey numbers, positions, results, and profiles of real players in a given competition. , including data equivalent to so-called digital trading cards. In addition, digital content may be data that corresponds to actual players in a given competition, such as a play video of several seconds to several minutes that includes scenes of the player's performance, or an off-shot video of the player. Good too.
Digital content cannot be copied or tampered with, and individual users can purchase their own unique digital content and make it their own property. A user who becomes an owner can freely use the digital content that he or she owns, such as viewing, listening to, publishing, or transferring the content at any time.

An example of digital content is a non-fungible token managed as data on a known blockchain, that is, a non-fungible token called NFT.
The digital content of this embodiment, like NFT, has a unique identifier (content ID) to enable differentiation from other digital content, and has unique value that distinguishes it from other digital content. . Furthermore, like NFT, digital content can be traded on a blockchain, and the transaction history of digital content can be recorded using a blockchain or other distributed ledger technology. Additionally, the owner and owner history (information regarding past owners) of the digital content are also recorded using blockchain or other distributed ledger technology.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the digital content displays the player's name and photo, as well as the player's nationality, uniform number, team affiliation, height, date of birth, grades, profile, etc. Further, a content ID (for example, 1001) indicating that the content is unique digital data is displayed. This content ID is the only one that does not have the same number in digital content of the same player, and functions as a unique identifier.

As described above, since the digital content of this embodiment is non-substitutable data, the rarity of the digital content is influenced by the number of issues of the digital content. In this embodiment, the number of digital contents to be issued is set based on the player's play performance in a predetermined period. Specifically, the number of digital contents to be issued in the second period, which includes the period after the first period, is determined based on the player's play performance in the first period.

For example, as shown in Figure 3(A), the first period is set as January to December 2021, and the second period is set as January to December 2022, and the player's performance in the previous year (last season) is set as If the number of digital contents to be published this year (this season) is determined based on the player's performance, players who were active in the first period are likely to become more popular with users in the future, so we will In order to increase the scarcity of digital content, the number of digital content issues in the second period is set to be smaller after the first period ends or before the second period starts. On the other hand, players who were not very active in the first period are unlikely to become more popular with users, so there is no need to increase the rarity of digital content corresponding to that player, and Set a large number of content publications.

In addition, as shown in Figure 3 (B), the first period is from January to June 2022, the second period is from July to December 2022, and the third period is from January to December 2022. The number of digital contents scheduled to be published this year (this season) has already been determined according to the performance of the players in the previous year (last season), and the first half of this season will be released before the second half of this season starts. The number of digital content to be published in the second half of this season will be decided based on the performance of the players.The number of digital content to be published in the third period will be divided into 12 and the same number will be distributed every month from January 2022. If the digital content is issued periodically, the digital content in the second period is calculated based on the number of digital contents issued in a period other than the second period of the third period and the player's play performance in the first period. control the number of issues. It is preferable that the number of scheduled issues is set to be large for players with poor track records, such as rookies, and small for players who have a sufficient track record and are popular.

Specifically, the number of publications scheduled for the third period may be changed in favor of the number of publications for the second period (strictly speaking, the number of scheduled publications minus the number of digital content that has already been published). , the number of issues to be issued in the second period may be changed with priority given to the number of issues scheduled for the third period.
For example, if the planned number of publications in the third period is 1200, and 100 will be published every month from January to December 2022, the number of published digital contents as of July 2022 is 600. The number of issues scheduled for the remaining period (July to December 2022), which corresponds to the second period, is 600. At this time, if the number of digital contents to be issued in the second period determined based on the player's play performance in the first period is 500, the number of digital contents to be issued in the third period will be given priority to the number of issues in the second period. You may change from 1200 to 1100 (the unissued number is 500), or you may change the number of issues in the second period from 500 to 600, giving priority to the number of issues scheduled for the third period.
In addition, the scheduled number of issues for the third period is calculated by dividing the number of issues for the second period (for example, 500) by the number of remaining months of the third period (for example, June), plus the total number of issues for the third period (for example, December). It may be a number multiplied by .

In addition, if the number of digital contents issued in the second period is less than the number scheduled to be issued in the third period, priority will be given to the number issued in the second period, and the number of digital contents issued in the second period will be the number scheduled to be issued in the third period. If the number is greater than the number, priority may be given to the number scheduled to be issued in the third period.
For example, if the planned number of publications in the third period is 1200, and the planned number of publications in the remaining period corresponding to the second period (July to December 2022) is 600, then the number of digital contents to be published in the second period is If the number reaches 500, the number of digital contents to be published in the second period will be given priority and the planned number of publications in the third period will be changed from 1,200 to 1,100 (the unpublished amount is 500), and the number of digital contents to be published in the second period will be changed. becomes 700, the number of issues to be issued in the second period is changed from 700 to 600, giving priority to the number of issues scheduled for the third period.

In addition, in the above example, the first period and the second period do not overlap, but for example, the first period (January to June 2022) and the second period (March to August 2022), etc. As such, the first period and the second period may partially overlap. In addition, for example, the first period (January to June 2022), the second period (July to December 2022), and the third period (April to October 2022), etc. And/or the second period may extend outside the third period. In addition, for example, the first period (January to December 2021), the second period (January to June 2022), and the third period (January to December 2022), etc. may be outside the third period.
Further, although the periods are divided into months in the above example, the periods may be divided into matches or the like.

In this embodiment, the play performance is determined based on the amount of points given to each player according to the player's play during a predetermined period.
Specifically, the number of digital contents issued for each player based on the number of issued digital contents corresponding to the player in the first period, the player's position, or the player's play performance in the period before the first period. Determine a predetermined value that will be the standard for setting. Then, the points awarded to the player in the first period are compared with the predetermined value, and if the same points are more than the predetermined value, it is determined that the popularity among users will increase, and the number of digital contents issued in the second period is determined. is set to be less than or equal to the number of digital contents issued in the first period. On the other hand, if the number of points is less than the predetermined value, the number of digital content issues in the second period is set to be equal to or greater than the number of issues in the first period.
Note that, without comparing with a predetermined value, if the number of points is large, the number of issued digital contents may be reduced, and conversely, if the number of points is small, the number of issued digital contents may be increased. Furthermore, the unit (period) in which the player's play is evaluated in order to award points may be monthly, weekly, or match-based (one match or multiple matches).

Furthermore, in this embodiment, excessively published digital content is collected.
Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 3(B) above, the number of digital contents published in the first period (period other than the second period) is equal to the number of digital contents in the second period. If the number of digital contents scheduled to be published in the third period is changed based on the number of publications, and as a result the number of digital contents is greater than the number scheduled to be issued in the third period, the user who owns the published digital content Collect digital content equivalent to excess issue.
For example, if the planned number of issues for the third period is 3,600, and the number of issues for the second period is changed to 600, the number of issues for the third period is 100 divided by June, which is the number of months remaining in the third period. When multiplied by December, which is the entire period, the number of scheduled issues for the third period is changed to 1200. At this time, the number of digital contents that have been published between January and June is 1,800 (if 300 are published every month), so as of July, 600 digital contents have already been overpublished. Therefore, 600 pieces of excess digital content will be collected. Specifically, when a new player or the like suddenly becomes active, it is likely to be necessary to collect digital content corresponding to that player. Note that after the digital content is collected, data will be deleted, etc., and no one will be able to own the digital content after that.

At this time, users who own digital content to be collected that has been over-published (content to be collected) will be selected based on predetermined criteria from digital content that can still be published in the second period. To encourage exchange by presenting content to be exchanged that can be exchanged for content to be collected. For example, digital content whose number of issues that can be published in the second period is less than a predetermined value (predetermined number of issues), or digital content where the difference in the number of scheduled issues in the third period is within a predetermined range from the collection target content, that is, Digital contents and the like having similar rarity are selected as contents to be exchanged.
In addition, if the number of digital contents issued in the first period is equal to or greater than the number scheduled to be issued in the third period, it will be exchangeable, and the number of digital contents issued in the first period will be the same as in the third period. If the number is less than the planned number, exchanges will not be possible. In other words, digital content can be exchanged until all excess digital content is collected.

Users can freely use the digital content they own at any time, such as viewing, viewing, publishing, or transferring it, so they cannot trade their own digital content with other users. It is also possible to decide the price of the content among users and transfer the ownership of the digital content to another user at the decided price. In this embodiment, virtual currency is used for the transaction, and by exchanging the virtual currency, the transaction of digital content is completed. Note that a transaction is not limited to a case where the item is transferred for a fee, but also includes a case where the item is transferred for free.

In addition, in this embodiment, in order to revitalize the digital content trading market, the number of digital content scheduled to be issued in the third period, which is determined based on the player's play performance during at least a part of the first period, is 2. Notify the user before the start of the period. Specifically, the user is notified in advance as to how much digital content will be published based on this playing record of this player.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a notification containing information indicating the determined number of digital contents scheduled to be issued (for example, 1000) and a link to a place where the contents of the digital contents can be confirmed is sent at the start of the second period. to the user before, ie, before the digital content is published.

In addition, in this embodiment, in order to activate the digital content trading market, when the number of digital content issues in the second period is changed, the user who owns the digital content is required to Providing notifications to encourage transactions. Specifically, the user who is the owner is notified that the number of issues may decrease and the price may soar, or that the number of issues may increase and the price may plummet.
For example, as shown in FIG. Perform this for the user who owns the content.

<Configuration of information processing device and user terminal according to this embodiment>
Next, configurations of an information processing device and various terminals according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The information processing device according to the present embodiment uses a server 10 (hereinafter referred to as server 10) that functions as a full node server that holds all data of a blockchain that manages digital content transactions using distributed ledger technology. It is configured. The server 10 is an example of a computer, and as shown in FIG. 1, is communicably connected to a plurality of user terminals 12 via a network 14, and together with the user terminals 12 constructs an information processing system S. .
Note that the network 14 is a communication line network consisting of, for example, the Internet or a mobile communication network, and may include a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), an intranet, and the like.

The blockchain in this embodiment includes issuer information that identifies the issuer (publisher) of digital content, rule information that defines trading rules for digital content, information regarding virtual currency used for trading digital content, and information associated with digital content. It is a blockchain that connects multiple blocks that store information such as digital content and transaction history of digital content.
In addition, as for other detailed technology related to blockchain, since conventionally known technology will be used, detailed explanation will be omitted here.

In the information processing system S of this embodiment, with the above configuration, the server 10 and the user terminal 12 cooperate to execute processes such as issuing, collecting, and trading digital content. Specifically, part of digital content issuance processing, collection processing, transaction processing, etc. is performed on the server 10 side, and part of graphic processing, etc. is performed on the user terminal 12 side. For example, a program including certain rules, logic, and algorithms is executed on the server 10 side. On the other hand, on the user terminal 12 side, in synchronization with the server 10, the issuance, collection, transaction, etc. of digital content proceeds according to the same rules, logic, and algorithms as the programs executed on the server 10.

The server 10 is an example of the "information processing device" of the present invention, and is a computer that executes various information processing such as generation, transmission and reception of data necessary for issuing, collecting, and trading digital content. Specifically, the server 10 distributes information necessary for issuing, collecting, and trading digital content to the user terminals 12 operated by each user, and also collects information from the user terminals 12 operated by each user. memorize it.

In this embodiment, the server 10 is preferably composed of a plurality of computers distributed in parallel, but may be composed of a single computer. The server 10 is a server computer for SNS (Social Network Service), ASP (Application Service Provider), SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), or IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service). Good too. In this case, a series of information processing steps (excluding input and display of information) are executed by the server 10, and the user terminal 12 side inputs information to be delivered to the server 10 and information distributed from the server 10. Display etc.

As shown in FIG. 1, the server 10 has a processor 21, a memory 22, a communication interface 23, and a storage 24 as hardware devices, and these devices are electrically connected via a bus 25. There is. Additionally, the server 10 has installed as software an operating system (OS) and a dedicated program for processing information related to the issuance, collection, transaction, etc. of digital content. These programs correspond to the "program" of the present invention. When the processor 21 operates according to the above program, the server 10 functions as an information processing device of the present invention, and executes a series of processes related to the issuance, collection, transaction, etc. of digital content.
Note that the program of the present invention may be obtained by reading from a computer-readable recording medium (media), or may be obtained (downloaded) via the network 14 such as the Internet or an intranet.

The processor 21 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit), an MCU (Micro Controller Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), a TPU (Tensor Processing Unit), or an ASIC (Application Specific It is preferable to configure it by using an integrated circuit (Integrated Circuit) or the like.

The memory 22 is preferably configured with semiconductor memories such as ROM (Read Only Memory) and RAM (Random Access Memory).

The communication interface 23 may be configured, for example, by a network interface card, a communication interface board, or the like. The standard of data communication by the communication interface 23 is not particularly limited, and may include communication by wireless LAN, communication by 3G to 5G or later generation mobile communication systems, communication based on LTE (Long Term Evolution), etc. can be mentioned.

The storage 24 includes flash memory, HDD (Hard Disc Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), FD (Flexible Disc), MO disk (Magneto-Optical disc), and CD.
(Compact Disc), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), SD card (Secure Digital card), or USB memory (Universal Serial Bus memory). In this embodiment, blockchain technology is used, but the storage 24 may be built into the server 10 or may be attached to the server body in an external manner. Furthermore, the storage 24 may be configured by an external computer (for example, a database server) etc. that are communicably connected to the server main body.

The user terminal 12 is used by the user to acquire digital content (including both purchased for a fee and acquired for free), and to view, listen to, publish, or transfer the acquired digital content at any time. This is a client terminal operated by the client.
The user terminal 12 includes, for example, a personal computer, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, a game console, a television receiver capable of inputting information, a wearable terminal, and the like. Although four user terminals 12 are shown in FIG. 1 for the sake of illustration, in reality, there are as many user terminals 12 as there are users.

The user terminal 12 receives data from the server 10 and displays an image (video) indicated by the data on the display of the user terminal 12 or a display device such as a TV connected to the user terminal 12, or outputs audio from a speaker or the like. Output. That is, in this embodiment, the user terminal 12 functions as a display unit and an audio output unit. For example, the user terminal 12 displays a digital content display screen G1, a first notification screen G2, a second notification screen G3, and the like.

Further, the user terminal 12 receives a user's operation, for example, an operation for acquiring, appreciating, viewing, publishing, or transferring digital content, and transmits information corresponding to the content of the operation to the server 10. In addition to the above-mentioned operations, the user appropriately performs operations necessary for enjoying the services provided by the information processing system S of this embodiment on the user terminal 12.

<Function of information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention>
The configuration of the server 10, which is the information processing device according to this embodiment, will be explained again from a functional perspective.
As shown in FIG. 6, the server 10 includes a storage section 30, an information acquisition section 31, a display control section 32, a point management section 33, an issuance control section 34, a collection control section 35, a transaction control section 36, and a first notification section. 37 and a second notification section 38. Among these, the storage unit 30 is realized by the memory 22 or the storage 24, and the other functional units are realized by the cooperation of hardware devices that constitute the server 10 and programs installed in the server 10. be done. In addition, when the server 10 is comprised of multiple computers, the above-mentioned functions may be distributed so that each of the multiple computers may perform different functions.
Each functional unit will be explained in detail below.

(Storage part)
The storage unit 30 stores various types of information necessary for performing services related to the issuance, collection, transaction, etc. of digital content. Specifically, it stores information about users who are users of the service, information about athletes in predetermined sports targeted for digital content, information about digital content issued corresponding to athletes in predetermined sports, etc. do. In addition, various information is stored, such as information regarding competitions (not shown) and information regarding blockchain.

As shown in FIG. 7, information regarding users (user information) is stored for each user, with various pieces of information linked to identification information (user ID, etc.) that identifies each user.
For example, the user information items include information indicating the user's name, attributes, owned virtual currency, owned digital content, digital content transaction history, and the like. The information indicating the name includes the user's real name, nickname, account name, etc. The information indicating attributes includes the user's gender, age, and the like. The information indicating the virtual currency owned by the user includes the type and amount of virtual currency owned by the user. The information indicating the digital contents owned by the user includes the number of digital contents currently owned by the user and information for identifying the digital contents (content ID, etc.). Information indicating the transaction history of digital content includes information regarding digital content that the user has traded in the past (including both digital content that the user currently owns and digital content that the user currently does not own) that was the subject of the transaction. It includes information for identifying digital content (content ID, etc.), transaction date and time, transaction partner, transaction details, transaction amount, number of transactions, and the like. Note that the user information may include information other than the above, for example, personal information of the user such as contact information and profile.

As shown in FIG. 8, information regarding athletes in a predetermined competition (athlete information) is stored for each athlete, with various pieces of information linked to identification information (athlete ID, etc.) that identifies each athlete.
For example, the player information item includes information indicating the player's name, photo, competition, profile, play history, and the price, number of publications, publication history, etc. of the corresponding digital content. The information indicating the profile includes the team to which the player belongs, jersey number, position, results, introduction, and the like. The information indicating the play performance includes the value of points given according to the play in a predetermined period. The information indicating the price of digital content includes the price at the time of digital content generation (initial setting price). The information indicating the number of issued digital contents includes the number of issued or scheduled number of issued digital contents set based on play results. The information indicating the publication history of digital content includes the total number of published digital contents that have already been published, the number of deleted digital contents that have already been published, the number of times of publication, the publication timing, and the like. Note that the player information may include information other than the above, for example, personal information of the player such as contact information.

As shown in FIG. 9, information related to digital content (digital content information) includes identification information that identifies digital content issued for each player (for example, to enable differentiation from other digital content). Various information is linked to the content ID, which is a unique identifier of the digital content, etc., and is stored for each digital content.
For example, the item of digital content information includes information indicating the player corresponding to the digital content, the owner of the digital content, the owner history, and the like. The information indicating the player includes information (player ID, etc.) for identifying the player corresponding to the digital content. The information indicating the owner includes information (user ID, etc.) for identifying the user who owns the unique digital content. The information indicating the ownership history includes records from when the unique digital content was issued to the present, that is, information regarding past owners such as when and who owned the content. Note that the digital content information may include information other than the above, such as information specifying the publisher (publisher) of the digital content, the date of publication, and the like.

(Information acquisition department)
The information acquisition unit 31 acquires information (data) based on operations performed by the user on the user terminal 12 by communicating with the user terminal 12 .
The information acquired by the information acquisition unit 31 includes, for example, information based on operations performed by the user to acquire, appreciate, view, publish, or transfer digital content. In addition to the above information, the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 31 includes various selections, specifications, instructions, and requests made by the user when implementing services related to the issuance, collection, and transaction of digital content. , information based on commands, permissions or denials, registrations, and other input operations.

(Display control section)
The display control unit 32 controls the user terminal 12 and causes the screen of the user terminal 12 to display various types of information necessary for implementing services related to the issuance, collection, transaction, etc. of digital content.
Specifically, the display control unit 32 displays the results of information processing by the issuance control unit 34, collection control unit 35, transaction control unit 36, first notification unit 37, second notification unit 38, etc., which will be described later. The generated display data is transmitted to the user terminal 12 via the network 14. For example, the display control unit 32 causes the user terminal 12 to display a digital content display screen G1, a first notification screen G2, a second notification screen G3, or the like.

(Point Management Department)
The point management unit 33 gives points to each player according to the player's play in a predetermined period, and manages the given points.
Specifically, the point management unit 33 stores the points calculated according to the player's play in a predetermined period (including negative points) in association with the player in the storage unit 30, thereby updating the player information. By doing so, points are awarded to players and managed. For example, +10 points are awarded for scoring a goal, +5 points for assisting in a score, +10 points for preventing a goal, or +2 points for participating in a full game. In addition, 200 points will be awarded if the player wins the MVP award. On the other hand, for example, if a player makes a serious mistake during a match, -5 points will be given, or -20 points will be given if he is absent for a long time, that is, he will be deprived.

The point management unit 33 also creates digital content for each player based on the number of issued digital contents corresponding to the player in the first period, the player's position, or the player's play performance in a period before the first period. A predetermined value is determined as a standard for setting the number of issues.
Specifically, the predetermined value of points determined based on the above conditions is stored in the storage unit 30 in association with the player, and the player information is updated, thereby setting the predetermined value for each player. For example, if a large number of digital contents have been issued in the first period, if the player is in a behind-the-scenes position where it is difficult to score points, or if the player's play performance in the period before the first period is low, etc. Set the value low. On the other hand, if the number of digital contents issued in the first period is small, if the position is a central position where it is easy to score points, or if the player has a high playing record in the period before the first period, etc. Set the value higher.

(Issuance control unit)
The issuance control unit 34 controls the number of digital contents to be issued in the second period, including the period after the first period, based on the player's play performance in the first period, and publishes the digital contents according to the number of issuances. .
Specifically, if the points in the first period are more than a predetermined value set for each player, it is determined that the player's popularity will increase, and the second period is determined to increase the rarity of digital content corresponding to that player. The number of digital content issues in a period is set to be less than or equal to the number of issues in the first period. Then, by storing the issued number in the storage unit 30 in association with the corresponding player and updating the player information, the issued number of digital contents is set for each player. On the other hand, if the points in the first period are less than the predetermined value set for each player, the number of digital content issues in the second period is set to be greater than the number of issues in the first period, and the number of issues is applied to the corresponding player. The number of digital contents to be issued is set for each player by storing them in association in the storage unit 30 and updating the player information.
When setting the number of digital content issues, if you decide to increase or decrease from the initial setting value, the initial setting value may be the same for all players, or for example, the initial setting value may be lower for a new player. The initial setting value may be different for each player.

In addition, when the scheduled number of digital contents to be issued in the third period including the second period is set, the issuance control unit 34 also controls whether the number of digital contents published in the third period other than the second period has been published. Based on the number, the number of digital content issues in the second period is controlled. Further, when the third period includes the first period and the second period, the issuance control unit 34 changes the scheduled number of digital contents to be issued in the third period based on the play performance in the first period. That is, when the third period includes the first period and the second period, the number of digital contents scheduled to be issued in the third period is changed based on the play performance in the first period.
Specifically, the scheduled number of publications is changed based on the number of digital contents published in a period other than the second period in the third period and the number of digital contents issued set in the second period, By updating the player information by storing it in the storage unit 30 in association with the player, the number of issued digital contents is changed for each player.

(Recovery control section)
In the case where the third period includes the first period and the second period, the collection control unit 35 determines that the number of digital contents issued in the first period is greater than the number of digital contents scheduled to be issued in the third period. If there are many issued digital contents, a collection process is executed to collect the digital contents from the users who own the issued digital contents and write them off.
Specifically, after canceling the association between the collected published digital content and the user who owned the digital content, the data of the collected digital content will be deleted, or the data of the collected digital content will be deleted, or the data of the collected digital content will be deleted from the user who owned the digital content. Association is not allowed.

Further, when collecting digital content, the collection control unit 35 selects exchange target content that can be exchanged with the collection target content and presents it to the user in cooperation with the display control unit 32.
Specifically, the collection control unit 35 selects, as the content to be exchanged, digital content selected based on a predetermined criterion from digital content that can still be published in the second period, and for example, in the second period. Digital content for which the number of issues that can be issued is less than a predetermined number of issues (predetermined value), or digital content for which the difference in the number of issues scheduled for the third period is within a predetermined range from the content to be collected is selected.
In addition, the collection control unit 35 controls the digital content issued in the first period to be exchangeable when the number of issued digital contents is equal to or greater than the number scheduled to be issued in the third period. If the issued number is less than or equal to the scheduled number of issues for the third period, it is controlled such that exchange is not possible. In other words, digital contents can be exchanged until all excess issued digital contents are collected.

(Transaction Control Department)
The transaction control unit 36 controls transactions of digital content between users.
Specifically, when a digital content transaction is concluded between users, the association between the transferring user and the digital content is canceled, and the ownership of the digital content is transferred to the transferring user and the transferring user. are associated with each other, and the respective information is stored in the storage unit 30 to update the user information of the users on the transfer side and the transferee side. At this time, if the transfer is for a fee, the association between the transferee user and the virtual currency equivalent to the price of the digital content will be canceled, and the transferee user and the virtual currency will be transferred for the amount equivalent to the price of the digital content. virtual currency, and store the respective information in the storage unit 30 to update the user information of the transferee and transferee users.

(First Notification Department)
The first notification unit 37 communicates with the user terminal 12 to notify the scheduled number of digital contents to be issued in the third period, which is determined based on the player's play performance in at least a part of the first period, to the second period. Notify the user before the start of the process.
Specifically, notification data is generated that includes information indicating the scheduled number of digital contents to be issued determined by the publication control unit 34 and a link to a place where the contents of the digital contents can be confirmed, and the generated notification data is is transmitted to the user's user terminal 12 by the network 14 before the digital content for the second period is published.

(Second Notification Department)
By communicating with the user terminal 12, the second notification unit 38 prompts the user who owns the digital content to transact with other users when the number of digital content issues in the second period is changed. To give notice.
Specifically, when the number of issues of digital content that has already been published is changed by the issue control unit 34, information indicating the number of issues of digital content before and after the change, or information regarding the number of issues of digital content can be checked. The generated notification data is transmitted via the network 14 to the user terminal 12 of the user who owns the corresponding digital content.

The configurations of the server 10 and user terminal 12 have been described above. Although the server 10 and the user terminal 12 generally have various functions in addition to those described above, only the characteristic functions that have effects in the information processing system S of the present invention will be described here. The illustrations and explanations of other known functions will be omitted.

<Information processing flow according to an embodiment of the present invention>
Next, the flow of information processing (hereinafter referred to as information processing flow) executed in the information processing system S having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. The information processing flow adopts the information processing method of the present invention and is realized by using an information processing system S functioning as a computer system. In other words, each step in the information processing flow corresponds to a component of the information processing method of the present invention. Note that the information processing flow described below is just an example, and unnecessary steps may be deleted, new steps may be added, or the order of execution of the steps may be changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. .

(Information processing flow)
This information processing flow is the information processing that forms the basis of the present invention, which controls the number of digital content issues in the second period, which includes the period after the first period, based on the player's play performance in the first period. , for example, proceeds along the flow shown in FIG.
In addition, before the current season starts, the number of digital contents to be published for this year (this season) will be decided according to the performance of the players in the previous year (last season), and last season will be used as the first period, and I will explain this by setting this season as the second period.

As shown in FIG. 10, first, the server 10, which is a computer, calculates the number of issued digital contents corresponding to a player in a first period, the player's position, or the player's play performance in a period before the first period. Based on this, a predetermined value is set as a reference when setting the number of digital contents to be issued for each player (S101).
Then, the server 10 stores in the storage unit 30 points calculated according to the player's play in the first period, that is, the player's performance (for example, 10 points when scoring a goal) in association with the player. Accordingly, points are awarded to each player (S102).

Next, if the server 10 determines that the points awarded to the player based on the play performance in the first period are more than the predetermined value set for each player (S103: YES), the server 10 The number of content issues is set to be less than or equal to the number of issues in the first period (S104). On the other hand, if the server 10 determines that the points awarded to the player based on the play performance in the first period are less than the predetermined value set for each player (S103: NO), the server 10 determines that the points awarded to the player based on the play performance in the first period are less than the predetermined value set for each player (S103: NO), the digital content in the second period. The number of issues is set to be greater than the number of issues in the first period (S105).

Then, the server 10 generates display data for displaying information on the digital content for which the number of issues has been determined, and makes the generated display data viewable for the user. The digital content is published (S106) and the process ends.
The above is an example of the information processing flow of the present invention.

Further, as another example, the process proceeds along the flow shown in FIG. 11, for example.
In addition, below, the number of digital contents scheduled to be published this year has already been determined according to the performance of the players in the previous year, and before the second half of this season begins, the number of digital contents scheduled to be published in the first half of this season will be decided according to the performance of the players in the first half of this season. The case of determining the number of digital contents to be published in the second half of this season will be explained. In other words, the first half of this season (January to June 2022) is the first period, the second half of this season (July to December 2022) is the second period, and the entire current season (January to December 2022) The explanation will be given after setting the period as the third period. In addition, the number of digital contents scheduled to be published in the third period will be divided into 12, and the same number will be published every month from January 2022.

As shown in FIG. 11, first, the server 10, which is a computer, stores the number of issued digital contents corresponding to a player in a first period, the player's position, or the player's play performance in a period before the first period. Based on this, a predetermined value is set as a reference when setting the number of digital contents to be issued for each player (S201).
Then, the server 10 assigns points to each player by storing the points calculated according to the player's play in the first period, that is, the player's performance in the storage unit 30 in association with the player (S202). .

Next, if the server 10 determines that the points awarded to the player based on the play performance in the first period are more than the predetermined value set for each player (S203: YES), the server 10 The number of content issues is set to be less than or equal to the number of issues in the first period (S204). On the other hand, if the server 10 determines that the points awarded to the player based on the play performance in the first period are less than the predetermined value set for each player (S203: NO), the server 10 determines that the points awarded to the player based on the play performance in the first period are less than the predetermined value set for each player (S203: NO), the digital content in the second period. The number of issues is set to be greater than the number of issues in the first period (S205).

Then, in step S204, the server 10 calculates the number of unpublished digital contents scheduled to be published in the third period, that is, the number of digital contents scheduled to be published from July to December 2022, which corresponds to the second period. Or, by the process of S205, the number of issues is changed to the newly set number of issues in the second period (S206).
Furthermore, the server 10 determines that the scheduled number of issues for the third period, which has been changed in conjunction with the change in the number of issues for the second period, is the same as the number of issues scheduled for the third period, or more specifically, the second period of the third period. If it is determined that the number of digital contents issued is less than the number of digital contents published in the period from January to June 2022, which corresponds to a period other than the above (S207: YES), the number of digital contents issued in excess of the number scheduled to be issued in the third period after the change. The digital content corresponding to is collected (S208), and the collected digital content is deleted (S209). Specifically, the server 10 cancels the association between the collected published digital content and the user who owned the digital content, and then deletes the data of the collected digital content, or deletes the data of the collected digital content, or deletes the data of the collected digital content, or deletes the data of the collected digital content, or deletes the data of the collected digital content. association with the user is not permitted. Further, when collecting digital content, the server 10 selects exchange target content that can be exchanged with the collection target content, and transmits the selected exchange target content to the user terminal 12 of the corresponding user.
In addition, if it is determined that the number of scheduled issues for the third period is greater than or equal to the number of digital contents published for the third period (S207: NO), the process of S208 and S209 above will not be executed and the process will proceed to the next process. Transition.

Then, the server 10 generates display data for displaying information on the digital content for which the number of issues has been determined, and makes the generated display data viewable for the user. The digital content is issued (S210) and the process ends.
The above is another example of the information processing flow of the present invention.

<Other embodiments>
Up to this point, the information processing device, information processing method, and program of the present invention have been described using specific examples, but the above embodiments are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Other embodiments are also possible.

In the above embodiment, the digital content has a strong meaning as a collection, but the digital content may also be used as a character that moves in a game, an item that is used in a game, or the like.
For example, digital content can be used for games that reflect competitive matches being played in the real world in the game world and allow users to earn points and the like within the game. Specifically, a user who is a game player owns digital content that corresponds to an athlete in his or her favorite sport, and the user owns digital content that corresponds to an athlete in a competition that is actually being played in the real world. If a player corresponding to the above plays an active role, he or she can earn points. Those with the highest number of earned points will be given virtual currency and the like as a benefit. Here, digital content that corresponds to frequently active players has an advantage in the game, and together with the fact that the number of issues is decreasing, it becomes more popular in the trading market, and the price tends to rise. In this case, it is preferable to separately install a game server in the information processing system S for providing games to users.

In the above embodiment, the server 10 functions as the information processing device of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this. Even if the user terminal 12 has some of the functions of the server 10, good. For example, the user terminal 12 may have some or all of the functions of the point management section 33, transaction control section 36, first notification section 37, or second notification section 38.

In the above embodiment, user information, player information, digital content information, etc. are stored in the server 10, but it is also possible to separately provide a database server (not shown) and store them all at once in that database server. Alternatively, the information may be stored on the user terminal 12 side.

In the above embodiment, the user can enjoy all the functions for free in principle, but by limiting some functions and paying a predetermined usage fee, the user can use the limited functions. Good too. Additionally, for paying users who have paid a predetermined usage fee, we may, for example, preferentially notify information about highly rare digital content, provide discounts or provide bonuses when purchasing digital content. Various conditions and the like may be set so as to be advantageous when conducting digital content transactions. Note that this usage fee may be a pay-as-you-go system, or, like a subscription, a one-time payment will have an effect on the viewer for a certain period of time (for example, one month or one year, etc.). Good too.

<Summary>
An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to determine the rarity of digital content to be issued depending on the playing performance of a player corresponding to the digital content. For example, when the digital content corresponds to a player in a competition, the above problem may be to determine the rarity of the digital content according to the playing record of the corresponding player.
The main features of the information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program according to the present embodiment described above are as follows.

[1] The information processing device according to the present embodiment includes an issuance control unit that issues digital content corresponding to a player in a predetermined competition, and the issuance control unit is configured to issue a digital content corresponding to a player in a predetermined competition, and the issuance control unit issues a The number of digital contents issued in the second period including the period after the first period is controlled.
According to the above information processing device, the number of digital contents to be issued in the second period including the period after the first period is controlled based on the player's play performance in the first period. , it is possible to control the appropriate number of digital content issues.

[2] The above-mentioned information processing device includes a point management unit that manages points given to each player according to the player's play in a predetermined period, and the issuance control unit is configured to control points in the first period that are greater than a predetermined value. In this case, the number of digital content issues in the second period is controlled to be less than the number of issues in the first period, and if the points in the first period are less than a predetermined value, the number of digital content issues in the second period is controlled to be less than the number of issues in the first period. Control over the number of issues.
In this way, by converting a player's play performance over a predetermined period into points and comparing them with a predetermined value and controlling the number of digital content issues, we can more accurately and easily provide appropriate digital content according to the player's performance. The number of content publications can be controlled.

[3] In the above information processing device, the point management unit determines a predetermined value for each player based on the number of issued digital contents in the first period or the play performance in a period before the first period. .
In this way, by setting a predetermined reference point value for each player, it is possible to more accurately and simply control the appropriate number of digital contents to be issued in accordance with the player's performance.

[4] In the above information processing device, if the scheduled number of digital contents to be issued in the third period including the second period is set, the issuance control unit may issue the digital content in a period other than the second period in the third period. The number of issued digital contents in the second period is controlled based on the number of issued digital contents.
In this way, the number of issues in the second period included in the third period for which the scheduled number of issues has already been set is controlled based on the number of issues issued in periods other than the second period of the third period. It is possible to change the number of publications for the second period while maintaining the scheduled number of publications for the third period, and it is possible to more accurately control the number of digital contents to be issued in accordance with the athlete's performance.

[5] The information processing device described above includes a collection control unit, the third period includes a first period and a second period, and the issuance control unit is configured to perform a collection control unit in the third period based on the play performance in the first period. The collection control unit changes the scheduled number of digital contents to be issued, and if the number of digital contents issued in the first period is greater than the number of digital contents scheduled to be issued in the third period, the collection control unit takes possession of the digital contents. Execute collection processing to collect digital content from users.
In this way, in the third period that includes the first period and the second period, as a result of changing the number of issues in the second period based on the play performance in the first period, the issue of digital content that was issued in the first period If the number of issued digital contents is greater than the number of digital contents scheduled to be issued in the third period, the excessively issued digital contents are collected. Therefore, it is possible to more accurately control the appropriate number of digital contents to be issued in accordance with the athlete's performance.

[6] In the above information processing device, the collection control unit presents to the user content to be exchanged for digital content in the collection process, and the content to be exchanged is selected from among the digital contents that can be published in the second period. Selected based on predetermined criteria.
In this way, when collecting excessively issued digital content, content to be exchanged selected based on predetermined criteria is presented to the user, thereby motivating the user to exchange the digital content. Therefore, it becomes easier for collection to proceed smoothly, and it is possible to more accurately control the number of digital contents to be issued in accordance with the athlete's performance.

[7] In the above information processing device, the content to be exchanged is digital content whose number of issues that can be issued in the second period is smaller than a predetermined value, among the digital contents that can be issued in the second period.
In this way, when collecting excessively issued digital content, high-value digital content whose number of issues that can be issued in the second period is less than a predetermined value is set as the content to be exchanged, which motivates users to exchange digital content. It will be attached. Therefore, it becomes easier for collection to proceed smoothly, and it is possible to more accurately control the number of digital contents to be issued in accordance with the athlete's performance.

[8] In the above information processing device, the content to be exchanged is digital content that can be published in the second period and has a difference in the number of scheduled issues in the third period that is within a predetermined range from the content to be collected. be.
In this way, when collecting excessively issued digital content, digital content of the same value as the digital content to be collected is set as the content to be exchanged, which motivates users to exchange the digital content. Therefore, it becomes easier for collection to proceed smoothly, and it is possible to more accurately control the number of digital contents to be issued in accordance with the athlete's performance.

[9] In the information processing device described above, the collection control unit determines that if the number of digital contents issued in the first period is equal to or greater than the scheduled number of issues in the third period, the collection control unit allows the digital contents to be replaced. If the number of issued digital contents is less than the number scheduled for publication in the third period, exchange will not be possible.
In this way, since excess digital content can be exchanged until it is all collected, it is possible to more accurately control the appropriate number of digital content issues in accordance with the athlete's performance.

[10] In the above information processing device, the collection control unit deletes the issued digital content after exchanging it.
In this way, by deleting the digital content after it has been collected, it cannot be exchanged and no one can own the digital content. The number of issues can be controlled.

[11] The information processing device described above informs the user, before the start of the second period, of the planned number of digital contents to be issued in the third period, which is determined based on the player's play performance during at least a part of the first period. A first notification unit is provided to notify the user.
In this way, users are notified in advance of the planned number of digital contents to be issued, which motivates users to purchase or trade digital contents, and the number of digital contents to be issued can be controlled appropriately according to the athlete's performance. This will revitalize the digital content trading market.

[12] When the number of digital content issues in the second period is changed, the information processing device described above is configured to provide a second notification to users who own the digital content to encourage transactions with other users. It further includes a notification section.
In this way, when the number of issues of digital content is changed, users who own the digital content are notified to encourage them to transact with other users, thereby motivating users to transact with the digital content. This makes it possible to revitalize the digital content trading market by controlling the appropriate number of digital content issues depending on the performance of the players.

[13] In the information processing method according to the present embodiment, a computer issues digital content corresponding to a player in a predetermined competition, and the computer issues digital content corresponding to a player in a predetermined competition, and based on the player's play performance in the first period, the computer issues digital content corresponding to a player in a predetermined competition. The number of digital contents to be issued in the second period including the period is controlled.
According to the above information processing method, the number of digital contents to be issued in the second period including the period after the first period is controlled based on the player's play performance in the first period. , it is possible to control the appropriate number of digital content issues.

[14] The program according to the present embodiment causes a computer to issue digital content corresponding to a player in a predetermined competition, and based on the player's play performance in the first period, the program issues digital content corresponding to a period after the first period. The number of digital contents issued in two periods is controlled.
According to the above program, in order to control the number of digital contents issued in the second period, which includes the period after the first period, based on the player's play performance in the first period, appropriate The number of digital contents published can be controlled.

10 Server 12 User terminal 14 Network 21 Processor 22 Memory 23 Communication interface 24 Storage 25 Bus 30 Storage unit 31 Information acquisition unit 32 Display control unit 33 Point management unit 34 Issuance control unit 35 Collection control unit 36 Transaction control unit 37 First notification Section 38 Second notification section G1 Digital content display screen G2 First notification screen G3 Second notification screen S Information processing system

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Equipped with an issuance control unit that issues digital content corresponding to athletes in a predetermined competition,
The issuance control unit controls the number of issues of the digital content in a second period including a period after the first period, based on the player's play performance in the first period.
Information processing device.

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