JP2024059109A - Information processing device and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To enable a wide range of user information including health-related information about a user to be collected, and to motivate the user to provide health-related information. [Solution] To collect user information including the health-related information of a user from a first access destination that provides user information including the user's health-related information, mask information that the user does not agree to use among the collected health-related information based on restriction information on whether the user agrees to use the health-related information, and calculate bonus points that can be used at a second access destination to which the bonus points are to be awarded based on the restriction information. Furthermore, a service is provided that uses the acquired user information including the health-related information to visualize the user's health condition. [Selected Figure] Figure 6

Description

This invention relates to an information processing device and an information processing program that support a points service that issues points in conjunction with the sale of goods or the provision of services.

Point services that issue points (including coupons, mileage, trading stamps, etc.) that can be used to exchange for products at real or virtual stores in conjunction with the sale of goods or the provision of services have become widespread as a means of sales promotion and customer acquisition.

One such point service known in the art is a system that acquires purchase-related information about a user from a service system linked to common login information, and grants bonus points calculated based on the acquired purchase-related information to the user's point account (Patent Document 1).

In recent years, it has become known that in health support services that award service points based on biometric information, users input daily measured biometric information such as weight, body fat percentage, and blood pressure, as well as health checkup data, into a user terminal used by the user, and points are awarded depending on whether the biometric information value is within the normal or abnormal range (Patent Document 2).

It is also known that in user support systems such as financial planning, in order to enable more accurate and more numerous proposals, personal management information consisting of account aggregation data, which is information on multiple accounts held by the user at financial institutions, expenditure data, which is the name, quantity, price, payment date, etc. of products purchased or services received by the user, and hospital receipt data, which includes the user's medical information and prescription information, is acquired and improvement proposals are sent to the user's mobile device (Patent Document 3).

JP 2019-204481 A JP 2002-251469 A JP 2018-185585 A

By using a website that uses account aggregation, it is possible to obtain purchasing-related information about users that exists on the Internet, account information held at financial institutions, and so on. However, health-related information, such as a user's biometric information such as weight, body fat percentage, blood pressure, health checkup data, and hospital medical information and prescription data, must be obtained from each individual access point, and there is a need to easily obtain a wide range of information, including health-related information.

This invention was made in light of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide an information processing device and information processing program that can acquire user information, including health-related information, from a wide range of access destinations, and that can motivate users to provide user information, including such health-related information.

In order to solve the above problem, a first aspect of the information processing device according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes a My Page information storage unit that stores at least information for accessing a first access destination that provides user information including health-related information of a specific user and information for accessing a second access destination to which bonus points are to be awarded, a constraint information storage unit that stores constraint information on whether the specific user agrees to use the health-related information, a user information collection unit that collects user information including the health-related information of the specific user based on the information for accessing the first access destination, a masking processing unit that masks information that the specific user does not agree to use from among the collected health-related information of the specific user based on the constraint information, and a bonus point calculation unit that calculates bonus points that can be used at the second access destination based on the constraint information.

A second aspect of the information processing device according to the present invention is characterized in that the health-related information of the specified user includes at least one of health-related information provided by a service system connected to a network, health-related information linked to an OS of the user terminal of the specified user, or health-related information input by the specified user.

A third aspect of the information processing device according to the present invention is characterized in that the restriction information on whether the specified user agrees to the use of the health-related information includes at least the specified user's consent/disagreement information on documents permitting use or test items permitted for use.

A fourth aspect of the information processing device according to the present invention is characterized in that the bonus point calculation unit further calculates the bonus points based on the destination of use of the bonus points.

A fifth aspect of the information processing device according to the present invention is characterized in that it further comprises an additional service processing unit that provides a visualization service of the health condition of the specified user based on at least the health-related information that the specified user has agreed to use.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing device and an information processing program that can collect a wide range of user information, including the user's health-related information, and can motivate the user to provide health-related information. Furthermore, by allowing the user to set constraint information, it is possible to appropriately reflect the user's intentions regarding the acquisition, use, storage, and provision of health-related information (hereinafter also referred to as "use of health-related information"). Furthermore, since bonus points are calculated in association with the constraint information, it is possible to increase the motivation of the user to agree to the use of more health-related information.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to collecting user information from a service system connected to a network, it is also possible to easily collect health-related information that is accumulated daily in a user terminal or health-related information written on paper.

According to the third aspect of the invention, it is possible to easily identify which health-related information of a user should be masked, and to appropriately handle personal information.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, it becomes possible for businesses that operate point processing services to promote the sale of specific products and the provision of services.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a user's health condition is visually displayed based on the health-related information or purchase-related information provided by the user, which can be useful in improving the user's health. Furthermore, this increases the motivation of the user to continually provide health-related information, and also enables businesses operating point processing services to promote the sale of products or provision of services for maintaining and improving health conditions.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the overall configuration of a point processing system to which an information processing device and an information processing program according to a first embodiment of the present invention are applied. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen for MyPage information presented by the information processing device shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen for individual login information presented by the information processing device shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a constraint information input screen presented by the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a point processing operation for health-related information in the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an example of an operation of calculating points for health-related information in the information processing device according to the first embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that in the following description, configurations and elements that are the same as or similar to configurations already described will be given the same reference numerals and descriptions will be omitted.

First Embodiment
An information processing apparatus and an information processing program according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the overall configuration of a point processing system 1 to which an information processing device and an information processing program according to a first embodiment of the present invention are applied.

(1) Overall configuration of point processing system 1 The point processing system 1 shown in Fig. 1 includes, as an example, a point processing server 2, an X service system 3, an A service system 4, a B service system 5, and a user terminal 6 used by a user. Each component of the point processing system 1 is communicably connected via a network 7 such as the Internet. Note that the A service system 4 and the B service system 5 are examples of service systems, and other service systems may be connected to the network 7. Furthermore, the point processing server 2 is not limited to a single server, and may be composed of multiple servers.

The point processing server 2 is an information processing device that supports a point service that issues points in association with the sale of goods or the provision of services. The A service system 4, the B service system 5, or the user terminal 6 are configured to provide the point processing server 2 with user information, including health-related information and purchase-related information, that they each store. The point processing server 2 acquires user information from service systems such as the A service system 4 or the B service system 5, which are sources of various user information, or from the user terminal 6 (hereinafter also referred to as the "first access destination"), and calculates bonus points that can be used in the X service system 3 (hereinafter also referred to as the "second access destination"), which is the destination of bonus points, in exchange for the acquired user information. The service system is a system that provides a service such as selling goods or providing services.

The A service system 4 is an example of a first access destination, and is a system that provides health-related information as an A service. The A service system 4 includes, for example, an A management device 41 that executes a processing function for implementing a hospital system, and an A user information database 42 that records the health-related information of each user. The health-related information includes information that requires special consideration in its handling, such as the user's health check information, medical information, and prescription information. The A service may be a service provided by a hospital, or a medical institution such as a clinic or pharmacy, a health insurance association, or an insurance company. The A service may be a service that can provide the user's health-related information, and may be, for example, a service operated by a barber shop, a beauty salon, or a fitness club. The A service may also be a point service, or it may not be a point service.

The B service system 5 is another example of the first access destination, and is a system that provides purchase-related information as a B service. The B service system 5 includes, for example, a B management device 51 that executes a processing function for realizing a financial service, and a B user information database 52 that records the purchase-related information of each user. The B service may be a service used by a user to make a payment for a product, such as a payment service provided by a financial institution, or a service that sells a product to a user or a service that provides a service to a user. The B service may be a service used by a user to make a payment for a product, such as a credit payment service, or a service that sells a product to a user by a retailer such as a department store, supermarket, convenience store, or virtual store, or a service that provides a service to a user such as a delivery company. Note that such a service used by a user in relation to a purchase may or may not also serve as a point service.

The X service system 3 is a system that provides the X service, which is a point service. The X service system 3 is an example of a second access destination, and includes an X management device 31 that executes a processing function for realizing the X service, and an X user information database 32 that stores the points acquired by each user in the X service. The X service is a service that also serves as a point service. Note that the point service is a service in which, for example, when a registered user purchases a product or service, points are granted to the user under conditions set by the company according to the purchase amount or the number of visits to the store, and the accumulated points can be exchanged for a product or service on the next or subsequent visits to the store, or used as payment when purchasing a product or service. Management data of the granted or used points is generally stored in a point card or a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, and is transmitted from a cash register terminal of the store or a POS server to which the cash register terminal is connected to a point processing server and used for management of member users. Specific examples of point services include various types such as coupons, mileage, trading stamps, etc.

The user terminal 6 is an information processing device operated by a user and communicatively connected to the point processing server 2 via the network 7. When an application for recording the user's health condition is installed in the user terminal 6, the user terminal 6 can provide the point processing server 2 with health-related data (hereinafter also referred to as "OS-linked data") acquired by the application and managed by the operating system (OS) of the user terminal 6. The user terminal 6 can also provide the point processing server 2 with health-related information input by the user, for example, image data of health-related documents such as a medical certificate photographed by the camera 64 of the user terminal, or text data such as blood pressure and body temperature input by the user from the input unit 68. In this way, the user terminal 6 is the source of the user's health-related information, and can therefore be the first access destination.

(2) Hardware configuration (2-1) Point processing server 2
The point processing server 2 comprises a processor 21, a memory 22, a storage 23, a communication interface (communication I/F) 24, an input/output interface (input/output I/F) 25, and a bus 26 connecting these together.

The processor 21 controls the operation of the entire point processing server 2. The processor 21 may be a general-purpose processor such as a CPU, MPU, or GPU, but may also be a dedicated processor such as an ASIC or FPGA. The memory 22 is a main storage device and includes RAM. The storage 23 is an auxiliary storage device and includes non-volatile storage devices such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD). The communication interface (communication I/F) 24 is a wired or wireless communication interface and is a module for communicating with external devices such as the service systems 3 to 5 and the user terminal 6 via the network 7. The network 7 is, for example, the Internet, and may include access networks such as a LAN, a WAN, a mobile communication network, a wired telephone network, FTTH, and a CATV network. The input/output interface (input/output I/F) 25 imports input data from an external device and outputs output data to an external device.

(2-2) Service Systems 3 to 5
The service systems 3 to 5 employ various hardware configurations according to the services they provide, but each system at least includes a management device for managing the service system and a specific user information database for providing each service.

(2-3) User terminal 6
The user terminal 6 includes a processor 61, a memory 62, a storage 63, a camera 64, a communication interface (communication I/F) 65, an input/output interface (input/output I/F) 66, a touch screen 67, and a bus 60 connecting these. Here, the storage 63 stores an operating system (OS), application programs, and various data. The touch screen 67 includes an input unit 68 and a display unit 69. The user terminal 6 is, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a notebook personal computer. The user terminal 6 may be a stationary computer such as a desktop personal computer.

(3) Functional configuration (3-1) Point processing server 2
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the information processing device (point processing server 2) according to the first embodiment.

The point processing server 2 of this embodiment has the following functional configuration: a control unit 210, a communication control unit 220, and a memory unit 230.

The communication control unit 220 controls communication between the point processing server 2 and external devices. In accordance with instructions from the control unit 210, the communication control unit 220 receives user information including the user's health-related information and purchase-related information from the first access destination, and outputs the received user information to the control unit 210. In addition, the communication control unit 220 sends a notification regarding bonus points to the X service system 3 in accordance with instructions from the control unit 210.

The memory unit 230 includes a My Page information memory unit 231, a restriction information memory unit 232, and a user information memory unit 233.

The My Page information storage unit 231 stores at least information for accessing a first access destination that provides user information including health-related information of a specific user, and information for accessing a second access destination to which bonus points are awarded. The My Page information storage unit 231 stores each user's My Page information in association with each user's integrated account. The My Page information also includes individual login information for each service system selected as the first access destination, in association with the service system.

The restriction information storage unit 232 stores restriction information on whether a specific user agrees to the use of health-related information. The restriction information on whether the specific user agrees to the use of the health-related information includes at least the document permitting use or the consent/non-consent information of the specific user regarding the test items permitted for use. "Use of health-related information" here means acquiring, using, storing, providing, etc. of collected health-related information, and includes, for example, the point processing server 2 acquiring, storing, using for a certain purpose, and providing to a third party, health-related information that the user agrees to use. Note that "acquiring" here means, for example, that the point processing server 2 records and takes possession of the information, and "collecting" means gathering user information.

The user information storage unit 233 stores user information including health-related information and purchase-related information obtained from the first access destination.

The control unit 210 functions as an account information registration unit 211, a user information collection unit 212, a masking processing unit 213, a bonus point calculation unit 214, a bonus point notification unit 215, and an additional service processing unit 216 by the processor 21 executing a program stored in the memory 22. The additional service processing unit 216 will be described in detail in the second embodiment described later.

The account information registration unit 211 is activated, for example, when registering as a member to an integrated account provided by the point processing server 2 or when updating information on a registered integrated account. The account information registration unit 211 displays an input screen for setting My Page information and an input screen for setting restriction information, acquires My Page information and restriction information from the user, and stores the acquired My Page information and restriction information in the My Page information storage unit 231 and the restriction information storage unit 232 in association with the user's integrated account.

When a user logs in to an integrated account using the common login information of the integrated account registered in advance, the account information registration unit 211 displays an input screen for setting My Page information on the user terminal 6. The My Page information input screen allows the user to register individual login information for the service system that is the source of the user's health-related information and purchase-related information, information for collecting health-related information from the user terminal 6, individual login information for the service system to which bonus points are to be awarded, information collection timing, bonus point usage settings, and the like. At this time, the individual login information for the service system that is the source of the specified user's health-related information and purchase-related information is stored in a state linked to the common login information for the integrated account.

When the user selects a service system as the first access destination from which the user information is provided, the account information registration unit 211 displays an input screen on the user terminal 6 for setting individual login information related to the service system. If the selected service system is a service system that provides health-related information, after the individual login information is set, a constraint information input screen is displayed on the user terminal 6 in order to set constraint information corresponding to the selected service system. On the constraint information input screen, the user is prompted to register constraint information indicating whether or not the user agrees to the acquisition, use, storage, and provision of health-related information collected from the selected service system. When the user selects the user terminal 6 as the first access destination from which the user information is provided, the constraint information input screen is displayed on the user terminal 6 in the same manner as in the case of the service system, and the user is prompted to register in advance constraint information indicating whether or not the user agrees to the use of the health-related information in association with each of the OS-linked data, image data, and input data provided from the user terminal 6. Note that when the user terminal 6 is selected, the input screen for setting individual login information is not displayed.

In order to determine whether the service system selected by the user as the first access destination provides health-related information, it may be pre-registered whether the service system that is an option for the first access destination provides health-related information. Alternatively, when setting individual login information for the service system, the determination may be made from the name of the service system, the URL of the link destination, or the names of documents to be collected. If it is determined that the service system selected by the user is a service system that provides health-related information, this determination result is stored. Note that if the user terminal 6 provides OS-linked data, image data, or text data, the user terminal 6 may be determined to be the first access destination that provides health-related information.

The user information collection unit 212 collects user information including health-related information of a specific user based on information for accessing the first access destination. Here, the health-related information of a specific user includes at least one of health-related information provided by a service system connected to the network 7, health-related information linked to the OS of the user terminal 6 of the specific user, and health-related information input by the specific user. Information for accessing the first access destination includes individual login information for the service system and information for accessing the user terminal 6. The user information collection unit 212 is activated in response to satisfaction of the information collection timing conditions set in the My Page information.

The user information collection unit 212 collects user information including the health-related information or purchase-related information of the user from each of one or more first access destinations selected by the user in the My Page information. The user information collection unit 212 accesses each of one or more service systems corresponding to the individual login information linked to the common login information of the specific user based on the My Page information, and collects user information including the health-related information or purchase-related information of the user. The user information collection unit 212 also sends a request to send OS-linked data to the user terminal 6 and collects the corresponding health-related information (OS-linked data) from the user terminal 6. Furthermore, the user information collection unit 212 sends a request to send image data to the user terminal 6 to collect image data of a photograph of a medical certificate or the like from the user terminal 6, or sends a request to send health-related text data entered by the user to the user terminal 6 to collect health-related text data from the user terminal 6.

For user information including health-related information acquired from a service system that provides health-related information or the user terminal 6, the user information collection unit 212 applies processing by the masking processing unit 213 as a subsequent processing step. On the other hand, for purchasing-related information collected from a service system that provides purchasing-related information, the user information collection unit 212 stores the collected purchasing-related information in the user information storage unit 233 without applying processing by the masking processing unit 213, and applies processing by the bonus point calculation unit 214 as a subsequent processing step.

The masking processing unit 213 masks the collected health-related information of a specific user that the specific user does not agree to use, based on the restriction information. In other words, the masking processing unit 213 performs masking processing on user information including health-related information collected from a service system that provides health-related information or from the user terminal 6, which the user has not agreed to acquiring, using, storing, providing, etc., so that the health-related information is not handled in subsequent processing.

The masking process involves generating mask information corresponding to information that the user does not agree to use, i.e., documents or test items that the user does not agree to use, for each piece of health-related information collected from a service system that provides one or more pieces of health-related information or from the user terminal 6, based on constraint information previously set by the user, and then matching the collected health-related information with the mask information. Then, masking is performed on the content that matches the mask information. In masking, for example, the health-related information that corresponds to the mask information may be deleted from the collected health-related information, or may be replaced with dummy data. The point processing server 2 then records the masked health-related information in the user information storage unit 233.

The bonus point calculation unit 214 calculates bonus points that can be used at the second access destination for each of the user information including health-related information and the user information including purchase-related information acquired from one or more first access destinations as compensation for acquiring the user information. The bonus point calculation unit 214 has a function of calculating bonus points using different calculation standards depending on whether the acquired user information is health-related information or purchase-related information.

When calculating bonus points as compensation for obtaining health-related information, the bonus point calculation unit 214 calculates the bonus points available at the second access destination based on the restriction information. For example, the bonus points are calculated based on the restriction information, corresponding to the amount of health-related information or the usage pattern that the specified user has agreed to use. In addition, the bonus point calculation unit 214 may not only calculate the bonus points based on the restriction information, but also calculate the bonus points based on the usage destination of the bonus points set in the My Page information.

When the bonus point calculation unit 214 calculates bonus points as compensation for acquiring purchasing-related information, the bonus point calculation unit 214 calculates the bonus points according to at least one element of the type of information, the level of detail of the information, the amount of information, and the amount contained in the acquired purchasing-related information, and a point award rate preset corresponding to the element. For example, a conversion coefficient corresponding to the purchasing-related information is preset, and the bonus point calculation unit 214 calculates the product of the amount of the product or the like indicated in the purchasing-related information and the conversion coefficient, or calculates the product of the amount of information in the purchasing-related information and the conversion coefficient, to calculate the bonus points.

When the A service or the B service is a service that also serves as a points service, the bonus point calculation unit 214 will maintain the points that the specified user has already acquired in the A service or the B service even if bonus points are awarded to the specified user. In other words, when the bonus point calculation unit 214 acquires user information and calculates bonus points, it does not perform a point exchange process between the A service and the X service, or between the B service and the X service, but only calculates the bonus points for the service specified as the point award destination. As a result, even if bonus points are awarded to the user's point account in the X service based on the user information related to the A service or the B service, the points that the user has already acquired in the A service or the B service will be maintained as they are.

The bonus point notification unit 215 notifies the second access destination of the calculated bonus points. The bonus point notification unit 215 generates a notification for adding the bonus points calculated by the bonus point calculation unit 214 to the user's point account, and executes a process of transmitting this bonus point notification from the communication control unit 220 to the X service system 3. Note that this transmission process uses individual login information for logging in to the X service system 3, specified by the My Page information. The X service system 3 that receives the bonus point notification performs a process of adding the calculated bonus points as bonus points that can be used in the X service provided by the X service system 3.

(3-2) User terminal 6
The user terminal 6 displays an input screen for My Page information and restriction information in accordance with instructions from the point processing server 2 , and transmits the My Page information and restriction information input by the user to the point processing server 2 .

In addition, an application that records the user's health condition, installed in the user terminal 6, acquires the user's health-related information and records it in the storage 63 in the user terminal 6. The health-related information recorded in the user terminal 6 includes various health-related information of the individual user, such as biometric information such as height, weight, blood pressure, and pulse rate, as well as exercise information such as the number of steps and the number of flights of stairs climbed, and sleep information. Here, biometric information such as height, weight, blood pressure, and pulse rate may be input by the user, and exercise information such as the number of steps and the number of flights of stairs climbed may be automatically recorded by a sensor provided in the user terminal 6. The data recorded in the user terminal 6 by the health application is managed by the OS of the user terminal 6 as OS-linked data, and is transmitted to an external device in response to a request from the external device.

The user terminal 6 also acquires the health-related information by having the user capture an image of the medical examination results page on which the health-related information is published using the camera 64 of the user terminal 6, or by having the user input data such as blood pressure and weight using a touch panel. Then, the health-related information is transmitted from the user terminal 6 to an external device in response to a request from the external device.

(4) Operation of the point processing server 2
An example of the operation of the information processing device (point processing server 2) of the first embodiment will be described. The point processing server 2 first executes an account information registration process for setting user account information and predetermined setting information, and then collects user information at a predetermined information collection timing and executes a bonus point process.

(4-1) Account information registration process
The account information registration process involves registering My Page information, including linking it to individual login information for service systems that the user wishes to manage in an integrated manner with the common login information, and registering restriction information as to whether the user agrees to the use of health-related information, i.e., whether the user agrees to the acquisition, use, storage, provision, etc. of health-related information.

(4-1-1) My Page information registration process
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen for MyPage information presented by the information processing device (point processing server 2) shown in FIG.

The My Page information input screen in FIG. 3 is displayed, for example, on the touch screen 67 of the user terminal 6. When a login request is made by the user, the point processing server 2 causes the user terminal 6 to display, for example, the integrated account login screen shown in FIG. 3 (A). When the user enters a user ID and password on this screen, the point processing server 2 performs user authentication based on the entered user ID and password. If the user's validity is confirmed as a result of this authentication process, the point processing server 2 causes the user terminal 6 to display an input screen for setting My Page information corresponding to that user ID. It is assumed that the user ID and password are registered when registering as a member or updating the integrated account.

Figure 3 (B) is an input screen for setting My Page information, and includes areas (a) to (c) for setting information for accessing the first access destination, which is the source of user information, an area (d) for setting the timing of information collection, an area (e) for setting information for accessing the second access destination, which is the destination to which bonus points are awarded, and an area (f) for setting the conditions for using bonus points.

"Service System Settings" (a) is an input screen that allows the user to select a desired service system from among the service systems displayed as options. Predetermined representative service systems, A Medical Institution, B Health Insurance, C Pharmacy, D Point Service, and E Bank, are displayed as options, but, for example, geographically close service systems may be displayed based on the current location information of the user terminal 6. Furthermore, if the service system desired by the user is not displayed, other service systems may be displayed by pressing the "Browse" button. When a desired service system is selected in "Service System Settings" (a), an input screen for individual login information for logging in to that service system is displayed.

Figure 4 is an example of an input screen for individual login information presented by the information processing device (point processing server 2) shown in Figure 2.

The input screen for individual login information in FIG. 4 is displayed on the touch screen 67 of the user terminal 6. The input screen for individual login information in FIG. 4 is displayed, for example, when the A medical institution is selected in the "Service system setting" (a) of the My Page information, and is configured to allow the user to input the access URL, login ID, and password of the service system related to the A medical institution. The point processing server 2 displays an "Agree" button on the user terminal 6 to request the user's consent to the collection of user information including health-related information from the A medical institution. When the user presses the "Agree" button on this input screen, the point processing server 2 stores the access URL, login ID, password, and consent information of the service system related to the A medical institution as individual login information of the service system by including them in the My Page information. Note that, depending on the service system, personal identification information may be requested at the time of login, but this personal identification information may be input in the entry step after logging in to the service system, or may be set in advance as My Page information if the service system accepts registration of personal identification information in advance.

Here, if Medical Institution A has been pre-registered as a service system that provides health-related information, or if this can be determined from the name of Medical Institution A or the contents of the link entered on the individual login information input screen, in response to the user's consent to the collection of user information from Medical Institution A, an input screen for setting restriction information as to whether the user agrees to the use of health-related information is displayed, as described below.

"OS Linked Data Settings" (b) is an input screen for setting the OS linked data recorded in the user terminal 6, and displays the L health checkup app data, M step count app data, and N sleep app data as options. When the user selects the L health checkup app data as the first access destination, the point processing server 2 sends a data transmission request to the OS of the user terminal 6 at the information collection timing to obtain the L health checkup app data collected by the L health checkup app as OS linked data. Even when "OS Linked Data Settings" (b) is selected, an input screen for setting restriction information on whether the user agrees to the use of health-related information is displayed.

In "Other input settings" (c), the options "Image transmission" and "User input" are displayed. "Image transmission" means that the user transmits image data of a medical certificate or the like captured by a camera. "User input" means that the user inputs text data indicating values such as blood pressure and body temperature. Even when "Other input settings" (c) is selected, an input screen is displayed in which the user can set restriction information regarding whether or not he or she agrees to the use of this health-related information.

"Information collection timing" (d) is an input screen for setting the information collection timing for accessing the first access destination and collecting user information. As the information input timing, one or more of "When logging in to the integrated account", "Regularly (every month)", "Specified date and time (year, month, and day)", and "Linked to scheduler" can be specified. In the scheduler and link setting, the collection timing of user information can be linked to a scheduler installed on the user terminal 6. For example, if medical institution A is set in "Service system setting" (a) and the date of visit to medical institution A is recorded in the scheduler of the user terminal 6, the point processing server 2 can obtain this date of visit from the scheduler of the user terminal 6 and collect health-related information from the service system of medical institution A in accordance with the date of visit.

"Bonus point allocation destination setting" (e) is an input screen for setting the service system to which bonus points will be allocated, which is the second access destination. The user can select whether the bonus points calculated as compensation for providing user information will be allocated to the X point service or the Y point service. In addition to the point services displayed in advance, the allocation destination of bonus points may be selected from other point services by pressing the "Browse" button.

"Bonus point usage condition setting" (f) is an input screen for setting how the bonus points given in exchange for user information will be used. This input screen allows the user to register that the bonus points given will be used only for specific products, services, or stores, such as "use only for health-related products" or "use only at R store." Furthermore, the user may use the "Browse" button to select a desired use destination from within a preset range of use destinations. In addition to the display of the conditions "use only for health-related products" or "use only at R store," "1.5x bonus" or "2x bonus" may also be displayed. By displaying on the My Page that the value or multiplier of the bonus points can be increased, the user's incentive to provide health-related information or purchase health-related foods can be increased. Furthermore, the business operator of the point processing service can also expect an increase in sales of specific products, services, or stores.

(4-1-2) Registration process of constraint information
Next, the constraint information registration process will be described.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a restriction information input screen presented by the information processing device (point processing server 2) shown in FIG.

The constraint information input screen in FIG. 5 is displayed, for example, on the touch screen 67 of the user terminal 6 in response to the service system that provides health-related information being selected in FIG. 3 and the "Accept" button being pressed on the individual login information input screen in FIG. 4. The constraint information input screen displays options that the user can select for each of the items, for example, "Documents permitted for use," "Test items permitted for use," "Method of use of acquired information," and "Destination of provision of acquired information." Note that the constraint information input screen in FIG. 5 may be displayed at a time other than the setting of the individual login information, for example, in response to a request from the user to confirm the constraint information or to change the registered contents.

Examples of "documents permitted for use" include "health check results, medical records, surgery records, anesthesia records, examination records, prescriptions, medicine notebooks, medical histories, dispensing records, all," and the user checks the documents they wish to allow for use. Examples of "examination items permitted for use" include the examination items listed in the documents permitted for use, and options such as "medical history, work history, subjective/objective symptoms, height, weight, chest circumference, vision and hearing, chest X-ray, blood pressure, anemia, liver function, blood lipids, blood sugar, electrocardiogram, all" are presented. Options such as "market analysis, promotion, medical statistics, all" are presented as "methods of use of acquired information." Options such as "recipients of acquired information" include "store A, insurance company B, supermarket C, medical institution D, pharmacy E, all" are presented.

The user checks the options presented on the restriction information input screen that the user agrees to use. Then, when the user has finished checking the options and pressed the "Agree" button, it is confirmed that the user has agreed to the use of health-related information for the items selected by the user, and the confirmed restriction information is stored in the restriction information storage unit 232 in association with the relevant service system. It goes without saying that instead of checking the options that the user agrees to, the user may check the options that the user does not agree to. Here, when the "Cancel" button is pressed, the information collected from medical institution A will not be acquired or used by the point processing system 1. At this time, the selection of medical institution A may be cancelled from the "Service system settings" (a) of the My Page information.

When "OS linked data settings" (b) or "other input settings" (c) is selected on the My Page information input screen of FIG. 3, the input screen for individual login information of FIG. 4 is not displayed, and the input screen for restriction information of FIG. 5 is displayed. Then, for each of the items displayed on the input screen for restriction information, such as "Documents permitted for use," "Test items permitted for use," "Method of use of acquired information," and "Destination of provision of acquired information," the user registers whether or not he or she agrees to the use of health-related information, and the registration results are stored in the restriction information storage unit 232 in association with the item selected on "OS linked data settings" (b) or "other input settings" (c).

In addition, if it is known in advance what health-related information will be collected from the "OS-linked data settings" (b) or "other input settings" (c), the user's consent information may be automatically stored in the constraint information storage unit 232 based on the contents set in the "OS-linked data settings" (b) or "other input settings" (c) without using the constraint information input screen of FIG. 4.

For example, when "L Health Check App Data" is selected in "OS Linked Data Settings" (b) on the input screen for My Page information, or when "Image Transmission" or "User Input" is selected in "Other Input Settings" (c), it is assumed that consent has been obtained for "Health Check Results" as "Documents Allowed for Use" and "Height, Weight, Chest Circumference, Vision, and Hearing" as "Test Items Allowed for Use", and the restriction information may be automatically registered in the restriction information storage unit 232. Alternatively, instead of a configuration in which the user's consent information is registered in advance when setting "OS Linked Data Settings" (b) or "Other Input Settings" (c), the point processing server 2 may request the user's consent to the use of health-related information each time the point processing server 2 transmits a data transmission request to collect the relevant data to the user terminal 6, and when consent is obtained, the restriction information may be automatically registered in the restriction information storage unit 232.

(4-2) Overview of bonus point processing
When the control unit 210 determines that the information collection timing set in the MyPage information has arrived, it collects user information including health-related information or purchase-related information from each of one or more first access destinations selected in the MyPage information. For user information collected from the first access destination that provides health-related information, the control unit 210 executes a bonus point processing operation for the health-related information. On the other hand, for user information collected from the first access destination that provides purchase-related information, the control unit 210 executes a bonus point processing operation for the purchase-related information. In the following, the user information including health-related information collected from the first access destination is described as including only health-related information as a target for granting bonus points, but when the user information includes purchase-related information in addition to health-related information, the control unit 210 may apply a corresponding bonus point processing operation for both the health-related information and the purchase-related information, or may treat the purchase-related information as not being acquired.

In the bonus point processing operation for health-related information, a masking process and a bonus point calculation process for the health-related information are performed for each piece of user information collected from the first access destination that provides the health-related information. Then, a process is performed to notify the second access destination of the calculated bonus points.

On the other hand, in the bonus point processing operation for purchase-related information, a bonus point calculation process for the purchase-related information is executed for each piece of user information collected from the first access destination that provides the purchase-related information, without executing a masking process. Then, a process is executed to notify the second access destination of the calculated bonus points. Here, the process of notifying the second access destination of the bonus points may be a process common to health-related information and purchase-related information.

(4-2-1) Bonus point processing operation for health-related information
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a bonus point processing operation for health-related information in the information processing device (point processing server 2) of the first embodiment.

When the control unit 210 determines that the information collection timing set in the My Page information coincides (step S61: YES), it collects user information including health-related information or purchase-related information from each of the one or more first access destinations set in the My Page information (step S62). The control unit 210 executes a masking process (step S63), a bonus point calculation (step S64), and a bonus point notification (step S65) for the health-related information collected from each first access destination. On the other hand, when it is determined that the information collection timing has not arrived (step S61: NO), the process ends.

In the user information collection step (step S62), the control unit 210 acquires common login information for the user's integrated account. When the common login information is acquired, the control unit 210 acquires the individual login information for the A service system 4 and the B service system 5 registered in the "service system settings" (a) using the common login information as a key, and also acquires the individual login information for logging in to the X service by referring to the "bonus point allocation destination settings" (e).

Next, the control unit 210 accesses the A service system 4 and the B service system 5 based on the individual login information corresponding to each of the A service system 4 and the B service system 5 registered in the "service system settings" (a), and collects user information including health-related information and purchase-related information. Note that, although the A service system and the B service system are used as examples here, user information is collected in the same manner for all service systems set in the "service system settings" (a).

The control unit 210 collects user information including health-related information about the user from the A user information database 42 of the A service system 4. The control unit 210 also collects user information including purchase-related information about the user from the B user information database 52 of the B service system 5. At this time, a scraping engine, for example, can be used to collect the user information from the A service system 4 and the B service system 5. When collecting user information in the user information collection step (step S62), for example, only user information recorded after the previous collection timing may be collected.

When "OS linkage data" (b) is set in the My Page information, the point processing server 2 accesses the user terminal 6 of the user and requests the provision of health-related information held by the user terminal 6. For example, when "L health checkup app data" is set in the "OS linkage data" (b), the point processing server 2 requests the user terminal 6 of the user to transmit the L health checkup app data. In response to the data transmission request from the point processing server 2, the user terminal 6 transmits the L health checkup app data to the point processing server 2.

When "other input settings" (c) in the My Page information is set, the point processing server 2 sends a request to the user terminal 6 to send health-related information based on the input settings. For example, when "image transmission" is set, the point processing server 2 requests the user terminal 6 to send image data of the medical examination results captured by a camera. When "user input" is set, the point processing server 2 requests the user terminal 6 to send text data of the health-related information entered by user operation. In response to the data transmission request from the point processing server 2, the user terminal 6 prompts the user to capture the health-related information with a camera or to input text, and transmits the captured image data or input text data to the point processing server 2. Note that if this image data or text data is recorded in advance in the user terminal 6, the prompting process is not necessary.

Next, the control unit 210 extracts user information collected from the first access destination that provides health-related information from the user information collected from one or more first access destinations, and executes a masking process (step S63). The control unit 210 reads out the restriction information associated with the first access destination that provided the extracted user information from the restriction information storage unit 232, and obtains information on "documents permitted to be used" and "test items permitted to be used". From this information, documents and test items that the user has not agreed to use are extracted, and the extracted items of disagreement are set as mask information. The control unit 210 matches the health-related information included in the extracted user information with the mask information, and executes a masking process for documents and test items that correspond to the mask information. In the masking process, for example, information that corresponds to the mask information is deleted from the health-related information or replaced with other dummy data, and the masked health-related information is recorded in the user information storage unit 233. When recording the health-related information in the user information storage unit 233, high security may be achieved for sharing and storage, such as by tightening access restrictions.

Next, the control unit 210 executes a bonus point calculation step (step S64) for the health-related information acquired from each first access destination. The control unit 210 calculates bonus points that can be used in the X service provided by the X service system 3 based on the restriction information or the My Page information. The bonus points are given as compensation for acquiring the health-related information that the user agreed to use. At this time, if the A service is a service that also serves as a points service, the calculation process is executed while maintaining the points acquired by the user in the A service that are stored in the A user information database 42 of the A service system 4.

Figure 7 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the operation of calculating points for health-related information in the information processing device (point processing server 2) of the first embodiment.

When calculating bonus points for health-related information, the point processing server 2 retrieves from the restriction information storage unit 232 restriction information previously set corresponding to each of the first access destinations that provide health-related information (step S71), and for each of the health-related information retrieved from the first access destinations, performs point calculation based on the amount of health-related information (step S72), point calculation based on the usage mode of the health-related information (step S73), and point calculation based on the usage conditions of the bonus points (step S74). The results of the bonus point calculation calculated for each of the health-related information retrieved from the first access destinations are then totaled to determine the bonus points for the health-related information (step S75).

In the point calculation based on the amount of health-related information (step S72), the control unit 210 calculates the bonus points according to the number of types of health-related information and the number of test items, or the weight of the bonus points associated with the types of information and the test items. At this time, a correspondence table may be prepared in which bonus point values corresponding to each document and each test item of the "documents permitted to be used" and the "test items permitted to be used" set as the restriction information are preset. For example, for the "documents permitted to be used", the health check result is set to 10 points, the medicine book is set to 8 points, and for the "test items permitted to be used", blood pressure is set to 0.1 points, and liver function is set to 0.2 points. If the user agrees to the use of these documents and test items, the bonus points according to the amount of health-related information can be calculated by adding bonus point values such as health check result 10 + medicine book 8 + blood pressure 0.1 + liver function 0.2.

In the step of calculating points based on the health-related usage (step S73), the control unit 210 can calculate bonus points according to the usage or value of the health-related information, such as the purpose of use or the destination, by combining the "documents permitted for use," "test items that may be used," "method of use of acquired information," and "destination of acquired information" set in the constraint information. The utility value of health-related information differs depending on the usage or the destination, such as the method of use. For example, when a store A is promoting the sale of blood pressure-related health foods, if both "promotion" as the "method of use of acquired information" and "store A" as the destination of acquired information are checked, the utility value of the health-related information may be high, and the point value or point rate may be set high. Alternatively, when an "insurance company B" is trying to predict insurance benefits using the results of tests for BMI, blood pressure, and liver function, if the results of a medical examination are checked as the "documents permitted for use," items including height, weight, blood pressure, and liver function are checked as the test items permitted for use, and insurance company B is checked as the destination of acquired information, the utility value of the health-related information may be set high.

The control unit 210 may further calculate the bonus points based on the "bonus point use condition setting" (f) of the My Page information in a point calculation step (step S74) based on the bonus point use conditions. In other words, when bonus points are awarded, the bonus points can be calculated according to the use conditions, such as what the user will use the bonus points for or at which store they will be used. For example, if the bonus point use condition is set to "use only for health-related products," the bonus points can be multiplied by 1.5, and if "use only at store R" is set, the bonus points can be multiplied by 2.0. This can provide an incentive for users to purchase health-related products, which is expected to increase sales at stores that sell health-related products and also contribute to improving the health of users.

In the bonus point notification step (step S75), the control unit 210 generates a notification for granting the calculated bonus points to the point account related to the X service system 3 of the user, and transmits this bonus point notification from the communication control unit 220 to the X service system 3. The bonus point notification uses the individual login information of the user for logging in to the X service, which is set in the "Bonus point grant destination setting" (e) of the My Page information. In the bonus point notification step (step S75), the bonus points for the health-related information and the bonus points for the purchase-related information may be added together and notified.

(4-2-2) Bonus point processing operation for purchase related information
When user information is collected from a service system that provides purchase-related information in the user information collection step (step S62) in Fig. 6, the collected purchase-related information is acquired without masking and recorded in the user information storage unit 233, and bonus points according to the purchase-related information are calculated. Note that the bonus point notification process (step S65) in Fig. 6 is executed in the same manner as for health-related information. The calculation process of bonus points according to the purchase-related information is described below.

First, we will take as an example a case where payment information is acquired as purchase-related information. The payment information is managed as one record, for example, for each product for which the user has paid in one purchase. One record includes the date and time when the user made the payment, the store name (including virtual stores), the amount, etc. Note that the payment information may also include, for example, the product name and point information for the paid product for each record.

The bonus point calculation process is performed, for example, based on the amount indicated by each record of the payment information. For example, a first conversion coefficient for converting the amount indicated by each record of the payment information into bonus points is read, and the sum of the products of the amount indicated by each record and the first conversion coefficient is calculated to calculate the bonus points.

On the other hand, the calculation process of the bonus points may be performed based on the amount of payment information. For example, a second conversion coefficient for converting the amount of payment information into bonus points is read out, and the total number of records of the payment information is multiplied by the second conversion coefficient to calculate the bonus points.

The first and second conversion coefficients may be set to different values depending on the service that provides the payment information. In addition, the first and second conversion coefficients may be set to higher values for records of payment information that indicate the name of the product for which payment has been made in addition to the date and time when the user made the payment, the store (including the virtual store), and the amount.

In other words, the first and second conversion factors may be set to higher or lower values depending on the amount of information for each record or the type of information contained in each record. Furthermore, the first and second conversion factors may be set to different values depending on the period, such as the year or month, in which the payment for each record of the payment information was made. Note that the first and second conversion factors and the method of calculating the bonus points may be set in a manner different from that described above.

The above explanation describes the calculation process of bonus points when payment information is acquired as the purchase-related information. However, when other purchase-related information is acquired as the purchase-related information, such as information indicating the order history of a product, information indicating the registration status of a product under consideration for purchase, or information indicating the registration status for receiving the provision of a service, the same process as in the case of payment information described above may also be executed.

For example, other purchasing-related information includes information about each product in each record. Information indicating the order history of a product includes, for each record, the date and time when the user placed the order, the product name, the price, and the delivery location. Information indicating the registration status of a product under consideration for purchase includes, for each record, the date and time when the user registered it, the product name, and the price. Finally, information indicating the registration status for receiving the provision of a service includes, for each record, the type of service, the frequency with which the service is received, the user's gender and age, and the user's address.

When bonus points are calculated based on this purchasing-related information, as in the case of payment information, the calculation may be performed based on the amount of goods etc. indicated in the acquired purchasing-related information, or based on the amount of information, such as the total number of records, of the acquired purchasing-related information. As in the above case, the conversion coefficient used in the calculation process may be set to a different value depending on the service for which the purchasing-related information was acquired, or may be set according to the amount of information for each record or the type of information contained in each record, or may even be set to a different value depending on the date and time information indicated in the purchasing-related information.

As described above in detail, in the first embodiment of the present invention, by utilizing the individual login information of multiple services linked to the common login information, health-related information can be easily collected from a wide range of access destinations that provide health-related information, and by using the restriction information regarding the use of health-related information set by the user, the health-related information can be used appropriately. Furthermore, by calculating bonus points based on the restriction information, it is possible to motivate users to provide health-related information. Furthermore, it is possible for businesses operating point processing services to promote the sale of products and the provision of services.

In the first embodiment, an example has been described in which the point processing server 2 uses a scraping engine to perform the process of collecting user information. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the point processing server 2 may be configured to collect user information managed by each service system by using an Application Programming Interface (API) provided by the service system that operates each service that is the source of information. Generally, there are APIs for authentication and APIs for providing data, and by using these APIs in combination, the point processing server 2 can collect information about the user after authenticating the user.

In the first embodiment, the health-related information includes information that requires special consideration in its handling, such as health checkup information, medical treatment information, and prescription information. However, when collecting user information that includes information other than health-related information that requires special consideration in its handling, the restriction information setting process (FIG. 5), bonus point process (FIG. 6), and bonus point calculation process (FIG. 7) may be adopted in the same manner as for health-related information.

Second Embodiment
A point processing system 1 to which an information processing device and an information processing program according to the second embodiment are applied will be described.
The information processing device (point processing server 2) of the second embodiment further includes an additional service processing unit 216 that executes additional services, as shown in Fig. 2. The additional service processing unit 216 provides a visualization service of the health condition of the user based on at least the health-related information that the user has agreed to use. The additional services include, for example, a service that displays the user's health condition as a health report, a service that recommends products according to the user's health condition, and a service that recommends meals to improve the user's health condition. The additional service processing by the additional service processing unit 216 may be executed following the bonus point notification step (S65) in Fig. 6, or may be executed at any other timing.

A service that displays the user's health condition as a health report will be described. For example, the health check results include an evaluation of the results of the health check, divided into levels such as A to E, and the user's health condition can be obtained from these evaluations. The point processing server 2 obtains and records the health evaluations described in the health-related information, and displays the time-dependent changes in the evaluations as a health report, thereby providing information that visualizes the user's health condition. In addition, specific test items with poor evaluation results may be extracted, and the numerical changes in the items may be displayed. Furthermore, the health report may visualize the user's health condition and display health advice corresponding to the user's health condition. In this way, displaying the user's health condition and health level as a health report can increase the user's interest in health and contribute to the improvement of the user's health.

Furthermore, a health score that numerically indicates the user's health level may be calculated based on the user's health-related information, and this health score may be displayed together with the health report. For example, the health score may be calculated by extracting items of interest such as height, weight, BMI, blood sugar, blood pressure, lipids, and liver function from the user's health check results, and quantifying the degree to which these items deviate from the average level of a specified population using a standard deviation or the like.

In addition to displaying the health report, bonus points may be given according to the user's health condition or health score. For example, bonus points may be given when the visualized time-series evaluation results of the health check show a tendency of improvement, or when a specific test item reaches a target value. For example, when a user is on a diet, the user may be allowed to set a target value for "weight", and a time-series transition of "weight" may be generated and displayed from the acquired health-related information, and additional bonus points may be given when the weight reaches the target value. Alternatively, bonus points may be given according to the calculated health score value or change value. In this way, by giving additional bonus points according to the user's health level, it is possible to not only help the user improve their health, but also motivate them to actively provide health-related information.

Another example of additional service processing is a service that recommends products according to the user's health condition. Products that are expected to improve the user's health condition can be recommended according to the user's health condition determined from health-related information. For example, since it is possible to determine a user's health condition, such as high blood pressure, a tendency toward metabolic syndrome, or a tendency toward obesity, from the user's health-related information, it is possible to recommend foods that are expected to be effective for such health conditions, such as foods for specified health uses and foods with functional claims. This not only allows for suggestions to improve the user's health, but also leads to sales promotion of products such as foods for specified health uses and foods with functional claims.

As yet another example of the additional service processing, a meal for improving the user's health condition can be recommended by analyzing the user's purchase-related information together with the user's health-related information acquired by the information processing device of the first embodiment. For example, foods that the user frequently purchases on a daily basis can be extracted from the user's purchase-related information, and the user's health condition can be extracted from the health-related information, and it can be analyzed whether foods that the user needs to consume to improve his or her health condition are included in the foods purchased on a daily basis. Then, depending on the analysis results, foods that should be purchased for health reasons can be recommended to the user, or a menu using these foods as ingredients can be presented. Furthermore, if it can be determined from the user's purchase-related information that the user has purchased the recommended foods, additional bonus points can be given. This can improve not only the user's health but also the incentive for purchases.

<Modification>
(Modification 1) In the information processing device of the first embodiment, user information is collected from a service system that is an information source based on individual login information linked to common login information in the integrated account of each user. However, the user information collecting means may be configured as follows.

That is, when the time for collecting information arrives, first individual login information for the service system that holds the user information and second individual login information for the service system that holds the points account to which bonus points will be awarded are acquired. Then, user information is acquired based on the first individual login information, and bonus points are calculated based on the acquired user information. Finally, a notification of the calculated bonus points based on the second individual login information is sent to the management device of the service system that holds the points account to which bonus points will be awarded.

The process of acquiring the first and second individual login information involves, for example, acquiring the first and second individual login information input by the user to the user terminal 6. When using such individual login information, a wide range of information, that is, user information relating to any service, can be acquired. In addition, bonus points can be awarded to a points account relating to a service desired by the user at each time.

For example, only common login information may be used to log in to multiple services that provide user information, and individual login information may be used to log in to the service system that holds the points account to which bonus points are to be awarded. Also, individual login information may be used to log in to multiple service systems that provide user information, and common login information may be used to log in to the service system that holds the points account to which bonus points are to be awarded.

(Variation 2) In the first embodiment, an example was described in which user information was acquired from a service system that is an information source, but the acquired user information is not limited to health-related information and purchase-related information. For example, survey response information, information on events and tourist spots, road congestion information, and user tweets on any topic may be acquired. Furthermore, when acquiring information from multiple services, it is not limited to acquiring a common type of information, and different types of information may be acquired all at once.

(Variation 3) In the first embodiment, an example was described in which the individual login information for each service system used by the user, the user information related to each service, and the scraping engine for collecting user information are managed within the point processing server 2. However, this is not limited to this, and the individual login information for each service system, the user information related to each service, and the scraping engine may be managed in the user terminal 6, or may be managed in a distributed manner between the point processing server 2 and the user terminal 6 or the service system to which bonus points are awarded.

For example, the information processing device and information processing program according to the first embodiment may be realized by the user terminal 6, and the user terminal 6 may realize a service similar to that of the point processing server 2. That is, the user terminal 6 may execute the account information registration process including the My Page information registration process (FIGS. 3 and 4) and the restriction information registration process (FIG. 5) described in the first embodiment, and the bonus point process (FIG. 6) such as user information collection, masking process, bonus point calculation, and bonus point notification when the time for collecting user information arrives. Alternatively, the user terminal 6 may manage the bonus point process, while distributing the user information collection process to a server that executes the scraping engine. In this case, the user terminal 6 may provide the scraping engine with individual login information for the service system that is the first access destination.

In the first embodiment, the point processing server 2 calculates the bonus points and transmits a notification for granting the calculated bonus points to the service server to which the bonus points are to be granted. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The point processing server 2 may only perform a process of acquiring user information from the service system that provides the information, and transmit the acquired user information together with the restriction information to the service server to which the bonus points are to be granted, and the service server may calculate the bonus points according to the received user information and restriction information, and grant the bonus points to the points of the corresponding user.

In other words, each processing function of the point processing server 2 does not necessarily have to be provided within the point processing server 2, but may be configured to be distributed and located in the user terminal 6, the service system of the information provider, and the service system that awards bonus points. In other words, this invention is not limited to being realized by a single device, but also includes being realized by a system including multiple devices.

(Variation 4) When there are multiple point services that are candidates for receiving bonus points, the point processing server 2 manages the current point award rate for the user of each point service. It then selects the point service with the highest point award rate at the current time, calculates bonus points according to the point award rate of the selected point service server, and sends an instruction to award the calculated bonus points to the selected point service. In this way, when a user uses multiple point services, it is possible to award bonus points to the point account of the point service with the highest point award rate at the current time.

In addition, when there are multiple point services that are candidates for the grant of bonus points, the point processing server 2 manages the user's frequency of use of each point service. It then selects the point service that is currently most frequently used, and transmits the acquired user information or a notification of points calculated based on the user information. In this way, when a user uses multiple point services, it is possible to grant bonus points to the point account of the point service that is currently most frequently used. Other methods for selecting the point service to grant bonus points include sequentially selecting all point services in use, or randomly selecting them.

(Variation 5) When the point processing server 2 receives user information and grants points to the user in return, the point processing server 2 may generate point grant history information and store it in the history database. The point grant history information may, for example, be composed of a user ID or a user information provider ID, associated with the date and time of acquisition of the user information, an identification name of the acquired user information, and the type and number of points granted. When the point processing server 2 receives a request to inquire about point grant history information from the user terminal 6 or the terminal of a person in charge of a business partner service, it searches the history database for the corresponding point grant history information and transmits it to the requesting terminal. This allows the user to confirm what type and how many points he or she has received in return for providing user information in the past. The provider of the user information may also confirm what type and how many points have been granted to the user in return for acquiring the user information.

In short, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment as it is, and in the implementation stage, the components can be modified and embodied without departing from the gist of the invention. Furthermore, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining multiple components disclosed in the above-mentioned embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, components from different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

1...Point processing system, 2...Point processing server, 21...Processor, 22...Memory, 23...Storage, 24...Communication I/F, 25...Input/output I/F, 3...X service system, 31...X management device, 32...X user information database, 4...A service system, 41...A management device, 42...A user information database, 5...B service system, 51...B management device, 52...B user information database, 6...User terminal, 60...Bus, 61...Processor, 62...Memory, 63...Storage page, 64...camera, 65...communication I/F, 66...input/output I/F, 67...touch screen, 68...input unit, 69...display unit, 7...network, 210...control unit, 211...account information registration unit, 212...user information collection unit, 213...masking processing unit, 214...bonus point calculation unit, 215...bonus point notification unit, 216...additional service processing unit, 220...communication control unit, 230...storage unit, 231...my page information storage unit, 232...restriction information storage unit, 233...user information storage unit

Claims (6)

a personal page information storage unit that stores at least information for accessing a first access destination that provides user information including health-related information of a specific user, and information for accessing a second access destination that is a destination to which bonus points are awarded;
a restriction information storage unit that stores restriction information indicating whether the predetermined user agrees to use the health-related information;
a user information collection unit that collects user information including health-related information of the predetermined user based on information for accessing the first access destination;
a masking processing unit that masks information that the specific user does not agree to use from among the collected health-related information of the specific user based on the restriction information;
a bonus point calculation unit that calculates bonus points that can be used at the second access destination based on the restriction information;
An information processing device comprising: The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the health-related information of the specified user includes at least one of health-related information provided by a service system connected to a network, health-related information linked to an OS of the specified user's user terminal, and health-related information input by the specified user. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the restriction information on whether the specified user agrees to use the health-related information includes at least the specified user's consent/non-consent information on documents permitting use or test items permitted for use. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the bonus point calculation unit further calculates the bonus points based on the destination of use of the bonus points. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising an additional service processing unit that provides a visualization service of the health condition of the specified user based on at least the health-related information that the specified user has agreed to use. On the computer,
Collecting user information including health-related information of a predetermined user based on information for accessing a first access destination that provides user information including health-related information of the predetermined user;
masking information that the predetermined user does not agree to use among the collected health-related information of the predetermined user based on restriction information on whether the predetermined user agrees to use the health-related information;
calculating, based on the restriction information, bonus points available for use at a second access destination to which bonus points are to be awarded;
An information processing program that executes the above.