JP2023175974A - Information processing device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device and a program that facilitate a fund management when multiple persons purchase a voting card in a shared manner.SOLUTION: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing device which is communicable with terminal devices and which includes a receiving unit and a managing unit. The receiving unit receives, from any one of the terminal devices associated with respective users forming a group, a selection of at least one voting object. When a reward occurs for the voting object, the managing unit calculates the amount of reward for each user with respect to the reward on the basis of the burden percentage of each user for the purchase cost of the voting object, and manages the amount of reward as a deposit available for the purchase cost of the subsequent voting object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

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

There are various types of voting tickets such as pari-mutuel betting tickets, winning betting tickets, winning boat voting tickets, winning car voting tickets, and sports promotion voting tickets. These items are often purchased individually, but when multiple people purchase them together, they can have a different way of enjoying themselves than if they were purchasing them individually, such as enjoying the process of deciding who to vote for.
In addition, when purchasing multiple voting tickets at once, such as by buying a box, relatively high costs are incurred, so there is a desire for multiple people to purchase together rather than individually. .
On the other hand, if multiple people make a joint purchase, each person will be responsible for the purchase costs, which will need to be managed.
Note that Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for joint payment.

Patent No. 6486593

Incidentally, although a reward may be generated for the above-mentioned vote, it is difficult to deal with the generated reward with the technology described in Patent Document 1.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device and a program that can easily manage funds when a plurality of people jointly purchase voting tickets.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing device that can communicate with a terminal device, and includes a reception unit and a management unit, and the reception unit is configured to communicate with a terminal device that is associated with each of users constituting a group. The management unit accepts a selection of at least one voting target from any of the above, and the management unit, when remuneration is generated for the voting target, based on each user's share of the purchase cost of the voting target, An information processing device is provided that calculates the remuneration amount for each user with respect to the remuneration and manages the remuneration amount as a deposit that can be used for the purchase cost of a subsequent voting target.

According to one aspect of the present invention, joint purchase of votes and management of rewards by multiple users is facilitated.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a system 100 including an information processing device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of an information processing device 1 and a terminal 3. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of user information stored and held by the information holding unit 104. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of group information stored and held by the information holding unit 104. FIG. FIG. 3 is an activity diagram showing the flow of collective purchase processing for voting targets. It is a figure showing an example of voting destination information. It is a figure showing an example of joint purchase information. It is an activity diagram showing the flow of processing when distributing rewards. 7 is a diagram showing an example of fund information stored and held by the information holding unit 104. FIG. It is an activity diagram showing the flow of deposit/withdrawal processing.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Various features shown in the embodiments described below can be combined with each other. In particular, in this specification, the term "unit" may include, for example, a combination of hardware resources implemented by circuits in a broad sense and software information processing that can be specifically implemented by these hardware resources. . In addition, in this embodiment, various information (programs, various contents, etc.) is handled, but this information is represented by high and low signal values as a binary bit collection consisting of 0 or 1, and is represented by a circuit in a broad sense. Communication and calculations can be performed on the

Further, a circuit in a broad sense is a circuit realized by at least appropriately combining a circuit, a circuit, a processor, a memory, and the like. That is, application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), programmable logic devices (for example, simple programmable logic devices (SPLD), complex programmable logic devices (COMPLEX), etc. Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), and field This includes a field programmable gate array (FPGA) and the like.

1. Overall Configuration FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a system 100 including an information processing device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the system 100 includes an information processing device 1 and a plurality of terminals, ie, terminals 3-1 to 3-n. The information processing device 1 and the terminals 3-1 to 3-n can communicate with each other via a network 2 such as the Internet.

As shown in the figure, the information processing device 1 includes a processing section 11, a storage section 12, a temporary storage section 13, an external device connection section 14, and a communication section 15, and these components are The information processing device 1 is electrically connected via a communication bus 10 inside the information processing device 1 .

The processing unit 11 is realized by, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), operates according to a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 12, and realizes various functions.

The storage unit 12 is a nonvolatile storage medium that stores various information. This is realized, for example, by a storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD). Note that the storage unit 12 can also be arranged in another device that can communicate with the information processing device 1.

The temporary storage unit 13 is a volatile storage medium. This is realized by, for example, a memory such as a random access memory (RAM), and stores information (arguments, arrays, etc.) temporarily required when the processing unit 11 operates.

The external device connection unit 14 is a connection unit that conforms to standards such as Universal Serial Bus (USB) and High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), and is compatible with input devices such as keyboards, etc. A display device such as a monitor can be connected.

The communication unit 15 is, for example, a communication means based on the local area network (LAN) standard, and realizes communication between the information processing device 1 and the network 2.

Note that a general-purpose server computer or the like can be used as the information processing device 1, and the information processing device 1 can also be configured using a plurality of computers.

Further, each of the terminals 3-1 to 3-n is a terminal having a communication means such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. Since these are general-purpose, detailed explanations will be omitted here.

2. Functions of Information Processing Device 1 FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the information processing device 1 and the terminal 3. As shown in FIG. The terminal 3 shown in the figure is any one of the terminals 3-1 to 3-n shown in FIG. Each section shown in FIG. 2 is realized by executing a program on each of the information processing device 1 and the terminal 3.

As shown in the figure, the information processing device 1 includes a management section 101, a presentation section 102, a reception section 103, and an information holding section 104.

The management unit 101 manages user information, manages the deposit used for the purchase cost of the voting target, manages the proportion of the purchase cost of the voting target for each user, and manages the share of the burden of the purchase cost of the voting target for each user. Calculate the burden amount, etc.

For example, the management unit 101 changes the burden ratio according to the instruction received by the reception unit 103 and calculates the amount to be borne by each user of the purchase cost. Further, when a pre-specified time is reached and the deposit amount corresponding to at least some of the users is less than the burden amount, the burden ratio is changed.

In addition, when a reward is generated for a voting target, the management unit 101 calculates the amount of remuneration for each user based on the share of each user's burden on the purchase cost of the voting target, and calculates the remuneration amount is managed as a deposit that can be used for the purchase cost of subsequent voting items.

The presentation unit 102 presents various information to users and notifies these terminals 3. For example, if there is a user whose deposit amount is less than the burden amount, the presentation unit 102 presents the difference between the burden amount and the deposit amount.

Further, the presentation unit 102 presents vendors available on the terminal 3 associated with the representative who is the user of the group, when the reception unit 103 receives the selection of voting targets. This is because since the representative of the group makes the purchase of the voting object, it is difficult for the representative to purchase the voting object from a vendor for which the representative has not registered for use.

The reception unit 103 accepts registration of users and groups. Further, the reception unit 103 receives selection of at least one voting target from any of the terminals 3 associated with each of the users forming the group. Further, the receiving unit 103 receives an instruction for increasing the burden ratio, decreasing the burden ratio, or specifying the amount to be paid for the purchase cost.

The information holding unit 104 stores and holds information necessary for management by the management unit 101. Note that details of the information stored and held by the information holding unit 104 will be described later.

The terminal 3 also includes a screen display section 301, a notification section 302, and an operation input section 303.

The screen display unit 301 displays information and the like presented by the presentation unit 102 of the information processing device 1 on the screen.

The notification unit 302 notifies the user by sound or vibration when the presentation unit 102 of the information processing device 1 presents information.

The operation input unit 303 inputs instructions and the like to the information processing device 1 . The reception unit 103 of the information processing device 1 receives instructions and the like input to the operation input unit 303 .

3. Registration of Users and Groups Next, registration of users and groups in the information processing device 1 will be explained. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of user information stored and held by the information holding unit 104. Further, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of group information stored and held by the information holding unit 104.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user information stored and held by the information holding unit 104 is associated with a user ID, the user's name, and available voting destinations for the user. The user ID is unique identification information given by the management unit 101 when user information is registered. The name is the user's name, and is accepted by the management unit 101. In addition, the voting destinations available to the user indicate, for example, whether or not voting tickets for horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, etc. can be purchased via network 2, and specifically, the voting destinations available to the user indicate whether or not voting tickets for horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, etc. This is the place to vote. Further, in addition to this, contact information such as an e-mail address, etc. may be registered as user information, and may be stored and held by the information storage unit 104 as user information.

Each of the users inputs this user information using the terminal 3, the reception unit 103 receives it, and the management unit 101 causes the information storage unit 104 to store and hold the information.

As shown in FIG. 4, the group information stored and held by the information holding unit 104 has a group ID, a user ID, and a flag indicating a representative associated with each other. Groups can be created by each user, and when a person who wishes to create a group uses the terminal 3 to apply for group creation and the reception unit 103 accepts the request, the management unit 101 Create a new group. At this time, the management unit 101 assigns a group ID, which is unique identification information. Furthermore, at the time a group is created, the user who applied for group creation becomes the representative.

The user who became the representative of the group then urges the users added to the group to join the group verbally or by email, and the users who receive this request operate the terminal 3 to join the group. When the user makes an application and the reception unit 103 receives the application, the management unit 101 performs processing to include the user in an existing group. Note that when a plurality of users participate in a group, it is possible to change the representative to one of these users, and the reception unit 103 accepts an application for changing the representative as appropriate.

4. Group Purchase Next, a group purchase process for voting targets by the information processing device 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is an activity diagram showing the flow of group purchasing processing for voting targets.

First, when the reception unit 103 receives an application for a new joint purchase from the terminal 3, the management unit 101 first specifies the voting target range (A101). The management unit 101 identifies the voting target range based on the voting destination information shown in FIG. Identify the available voting destinations for representatives of selected groups. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of voting destination information.

The voting destination information is information that the management unit 101 collects from each voting destination via the network 2 about voting targets that are on sale, and is stored in the information storage unit 104. For example, if the voting destination available to the corresponding representative is only horse racing, the management unit 101 specifies only the horse racing information among the voting destination information as the voting target range.

When the management unit 101 specifies the voting range, the presentation unit 102 presents the voting range to the terminal 3 of the user who has applied for a new joint purchase (A102).

Then, when the user who has applied for a new joint purchase selects a desired voting target from the presented voting target range, the reception unit 103 receives this selection (A103).

When the reception unit 103 receives the voting object, the management unit 101 calculates the amount to be paid by each user when purchasing the voting object (A104). The burden amount will be calculated by equally dividing the burden proportion of each user belonging to the group, but if the burden proportion is determined in advance, the burden amount will be calculated by dividing the burden proportion of each user belonging to the group according to the burden proportion. calculate.

When the management unit 101 calculates the burden amount, the presentation unit 102 presents the burden amount to each user's terminal 3 (A105). At this time, if there is a user whose deposit amount is less than the burden amount presented among the users who are eligible to present the burden amount, the user will be presented with the difference between the burden amount and the deposit amount. do. The deposit will be explained later.

Further, the items to be purchased, the amount to be paid, etc. are stored and held in the information storage unit 104 by the management unit 101 as group purchase information. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of group purchase information. As shown in the figure, the group purchase information is associated with a group ID, a voting destination ID, a user ID, a purchase amount, a burden ratio, and a burden amount.

The group purchase ID is unique identification information generated by the management unit 101 when the reception unit 103 receives a voting target.

Thereafter, when the reception unit 103 receives an instruction to change the burden ratio from one of the users belonging to the group before the designated time is reached, the management unit 101 changes the burden ratio according to the content of the instruction (A106). The designated time is a predetermined time, for example, 30 minutes, before the sale end time of the applicable voting target.

When the burden ratio is changed, the management unit 101 calculates the burden of each user when purchasing the voting target based on the changed burden ratio (A104), and the presentation unit 102 displays the burden on each user's terminal. 3 presents the burden amount (A105).

Note that the instruction to change the burden percentage includes not only an increase or decrease in the burden percentage, but also an instruction to set the burden percentage to zero. Further, the instruction to change the burden ratio may be given in terms of amount. The instruction that the burden ratio or burden amount is 0 is also an expression of intention not to participate in the collective purchase of the corresponding voting target.

On the other hand, when the designated time is reached, the management unit 101 confirms the deposit amount and burden of each user belonging to the group. If the amount of the deposit is equal to or greater than the burden amount, the presentation unit 102 instructs the representative's terminal 3 to purchase the corresponding voting object, and when the reception unit 103 receives confirmation of this instruction (A107), the management unit 101 updates the deposit amount of each user belonging to the group (A108), and ends the group purchase process.

In addition, if the vendor for which the representative is registered to vote allows anyone other than the representative to confirm the purchase information (based on laws and regulations, contracts, etc.), the management department 101 will confirm the purchase. You may also do so.

On the other hand, if there is a user whose deposit amount is less than the burden amount when the designated time is reached, the management department 101 will pay the burden so that the burden amount of the user becomes less than or equal to the deposit amount. Change the ratio (A109). Next, the management unit 101 calculates the burden amount for each user when purchasing the voting object based on the changed burden ratio (A110), and the presentation unit 102 calculates the burden amount for each user's terminal 3. Present the amount (A111). Regarding the results, the reception unit 103 receives confirmation from each user (A112), and if the shortage of deposit money is resolved, the presentation unit 102 instructs the representative's terminal 3 to purchase the corresponding voting object. When the reception unit 103 receives confirmation of this instruction (A107), the management unit 101 updates the deposit amount of each user belonging to the group (A108), and ends the group purchase process.

If the shortage of the deposit is not resolved, the presenting unit 102 presents to each user's terminal 3 that the joint purchase was unsuccessful (A113), and ends the joint purchase process.

If a reward is generated as a result of jointly purchasing a voting object and the voting object wins, etc., the reward will be distributed to the users who made the joint purchase based on the share of the burden. FIG. 8 is an activity diagram showing the flow of processing when distributing rewards.

When a reward is generated for the jointly purchased voting target and the representative who confirms it performs a payment confirmation operation from the terminal 3 and the reception unit 103 accepts the instruction (A201), the management unit 101 The remuneration amount is calculated (A202). The amount of remuneration is calculated by dividing the total amount of remuneration according to the proportion of each user's burden. After calculating the individual remuneration amount for each user, the management unit 101 updates the deposit amount for each user (A203), and ends the process.

5. Fund Management Next, fund management will be explained. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of fund information stored and held by the information holding unit 104. The management unit 101 associates a user ID with a group ID, and further associates a deposit total, a remuneration total, a purchase total, a withdrawal total, and a balance for each user ID, and manages the usage of the user who is the representative of the group. The debt amount is also associated with the person ID and managed as fund information.

Furthermore, although the management unit 101 manages funds as numbers, the actual funds are managed by the representative. This is because payments and rewards received when purchasing items to be voted for are made through the representative's account.

The deposit total shows the total amount of cash deposited by each user to the representative. The remuneration total shows the total amount distributed as remuneration for voting targets. The total purchase amount indicates the total amount of burden incurred when making joint purchases to be voted on. The withdrawal total indicates the total amount that each user received back from the representative. The remaining amount is the amount obtained by subtracting the total amount of purchases and withdrawals from the total of deposits and remuneration, and is the amount that each user has deposited with the representative. The amount of deposit mentioned above corresponds to this remaining amount. Further, the debt amount indicates the total amount that the representative needs to repay to other users belonging to the group.

Here, the deposit/withdrawal process that involves the actual movement of cash will be explained. FIG. 10 is an activity diagram showing the flow of deposit/withdrawal processing. First, when the receiving unit 103 receives either a withdrawal notification or a deposit notification (A301), the management unit 101 waits for confirmation of these notifications. A withdrawal notification is sent to the reception unit 103 by the representative, and a deposit notification is sent to the reception unit 103 by a user other than the representative. On the other hand, confirmation of the withdrawal notification is made to the reception unit 103 by the user who received the cash return from the representative, and confirmation of the deposit notification is made to the reception unit 103 by the representative.

When the receiving unit 103 receives a confirmation regarding the withdrawal notification or a confirmation regarding the deposit notification, the management unit 101 updates the deposit amount based on the confirmation (A302) and ends the process.

Note that confirmation of withdrawal notifications or confirmation of deposit notifications can be automatically performed in the management unit 101 by, for example, configuring a service such as Internet banking to send notification emails to the transfer destination to the information processing device 1. It is also possible to confirm with .

6. Others The present invention may be provided in each of the following aspects.
In the information processing device, the reception unit receives an instruction for increasing the burden ratio, decreasing the burden ratio, or specifying the amount to be paid for the purchase cost, and the management unit An information processing device that calculates a burden amount of the purchase cost for each user by changing the burden ratio according to an instruction.
The information processing device includes a presentation section, and if there is a user whose deposit amount is less than the burden amount among the users, the presentation section displays the burden amount and the deposit amount. An information processing device that presents the difference in price.
In the information processing device, when the amount of the deposit corresponding to at least a part of the users is less than the burden amount when a pre-specified time is reached, the management section adjusts the burden percentage. An information processing device that changes
In the information processing device, the presentation unit presents vendors available on a terminal device associated with a representative who is a user of the group when the reception unit receives the selection of the voting target. Information processing device.
A program that causes a computer to operate as an information processing device capable of communicating with a terminal device, the information processing device comprising a reception unit and a management unit, and the reception unit being associated with each of users constituting a group. The management unit accepts the selection of at least one voting target from any of the terminal devices, and the management unit determines the proportion of each user's share of the purchase cost of the voting target when remuneration is generated for the voting target. A program that calculates the remuneration amount of each user with respect to the remuneration based on the above-mentioned remuneration, and manages the remuneration amount as a deposit that can be used for the purchase cost of subsequent voting targets.
Of course, this is not the case.

Further, it may be provided as a computer-readable non-temporary recording medium that stores the above-mentioned program.

Further, according to each aspect of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
- It becomes easier for users to participate in joint purchasing, and it becomes easier to share costs.
・Users can easily grasp the amount to be deposited.
- If a user has not deposited a deposit, it will be possible to exclude that user from purchasing voting tickets jointly.
・It will be possible to share the types of votes that can be purchased within the group.

1: Information processing device 2: Network 3: Terminal 3-1: Terminal 3-2: Terminal 3-n: Terminal 10: Communication bus 11: Processing section 12: Storage section 13: Temporary storage section 14: External device connection section 15 : Communication department 100 : System 101 : Management department 102 : Presentation part 103 : Reception part 104 : Information holding part 301 : Screen display part 302 : Notification part 303 : Operation input part

Claims (6)

An information processing device capable of communicating with a terminal device,
Equipped with a reception department and management department,
The reception unit receives a selection of at least one voting target from any of the terminal devices associated with each of the users forming the group,
When remuneration is generated for the voting object, the management section calculates the amount of remuneration for each user for the remuneration based on each user's share of the purchase cost of the voting object, and manage the amount as a deposit that can be used to pay for subsequent purchases to be voted on;
Information processing device. The information processing device according to claim 1,
The reception unit accepts any one of instructions for increasing the burden ratio, decreasing the burden ratio, and specifying the burden amount of the purchase cost,
The management unit changes the burden ratio according to the instruction and calculates the burden amount of the purchase cost for each user.
Information processing device. The information processing device according to claim 2,
Equipped with a presentation section,
The presentation unit presents the difference between the burden amount and the deposit amount when there is a user whose deposit amount is less than the burden amount among the users. In the information processing device according to claim 2 or 3,
The management unit changes the burden ratio when the amount of the deposit corresponding to at least some of the users is less than the burden amount when a pre-specified time is reached. Information processing device . The information processing device according to claim 3,
The presenting unit presents vendors available on a terminal device associated with a representative who is a user of the group when the receiving unit receives the selection of the voting target. A program that causes a computer to operate as an information processing device capable of communicating with a terminal device,
The information processing device includes a reception section and a management section,
The reception unit receives a selection of at least one voting target from any of the terminal devices associated with each of the users forming the group,
When remuneration is generated for the voting object, the management section calculates the amount of remuneration for each user for the remuneration based on each user's share of the purchase cost of the voting object, and manage the amount as a deposit that can be used to pay for subsequent purchases to be voted on;
program.

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