JP3987079B2 - Information management apparatus and program for realizing the information management apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information management apparatus, an information management method, and a program for realizing the information management apparatus for managing transmission of information provided from a sponsor as an information sender to a user as an information receiver.

  Providers of various products and services (hereinafter referred to as sponsors) provide information on the products and services to an unspecified number of users by running advertisements on television.

  On the other hand, sponsors have also transmitted advertisements to electronic devices (hereinafter referred to as user devices) such as mobile phones and personal computers of each user via a network (see Patent Document 1).

  For example, in Patent Document 1, the sponsor transmits an advertisement to the user device as follows. That is, when the sponsor transmits an advertisement to the user device, the sponsor registers the advertisement in an information management device called a service providing server device. Thereby, the service providing server device transmits the advertisement list to a user device called a user terminal. When the user terminal receives the advertisement list from the service providing server device, the user terminal displays the list on the display. Thereby, the user can browse the advertisement list. When the user browses the advertisement list, he / she operates the input means of the user terminal and designates a desired advertisement from the list. Then, the user terminal transmits information specifying the advertisement to the service providing server device. When the service providing server device receives information specifying an advertisement from the user terminal, the service providing server device transmits the specified advertisement to the user terminal. When receiving the advertisement from the service providing server device, the user terminal displays the advertisement on the display. Thereby, the user can browse a desired advertisement.

  By the way, in Patent Document 1, the service providing server device gives points (hereinafter referred to as points in Patent Document 1) to the user when the advertisement is transmitted to the user terminal. The point of this patent document 1 can be exchanged for a reward presented by a sponsor who is an advertiser or an administrator of a server. The reward includes application for a sweepstakes, price reduction of a telephone fee, discount of a usage fee when a user uses a paid service provided by a sponsor, and the like.

  However, the point of patent document 1 is limited to the exchange with the reward shown by the sponsor of the sponsor who is an advertiser, or the administrator of a server unlike cash. Therefore, the point of patent document 1 did not have the convenience like cash. Further, the points of Patent Document 1 can be exchanged only for a reward having a value lower than the fee for using the paid service used by the user when the reward is exchanged for a reward other than the prize application.

  Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses a value that is higher than the idea of giving a user a point having convenience such as cash (that is, a point whose usage is not limited) and a fee for using a paid service used by the user. There was no idea of making it possible to give the user points.

  Therefore, the inventor of this application has made an invention for improving the convenience of points, and the applicant of this application filed as Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-315292 on October 29, 2004, and further, 2005 On July 14, 2000, based on the Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-315292, a priority application was filed as Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-206209.

  The invention filed as Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-206209 (hereinafter referred to as the prior application invention) relates to an information management device used by an agency, and in order to give the point a value equivalent to cash, Resources that support the value are secured, and a part of the resources is distributed to users who have viewed the sponsor-provided information (hereinafter referred to as browsing users). Specifically, the information management device according to the invention of the prior application distributes a part of the sponsor fee to the viewing user, using the sponsor fee paid from the sponsor to the agent as a source. Thereby, the information management device of the invention of the prior application can give the browsing user points having a value equivalent to cash. The agency means a company that transmits sponsor-provided information to the user on behalf of the sponsor. Further, the sponsor-provided information means service information such as advertisements and questionnaires that the sponsor provides to the user.

  The outline of the information management apparatus of the prior invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a connection form of the information management apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 17A, the information management device 100 is connected to a plurality of sponsor devices 200 and a plurality of user devices 300 via a communication network 400. Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 17B, the information management apparatus 100 includes a plurality of user apparatuses via the communication network 400 when the information management unit 160 has a function of performing the same processing as the sponsor apparatus 200. Connect with 300 only.

  The information management apparatus 100 means an apparatus that manages transmission of sponsor-provided information provided from a sponsor to a user. The information management apparatus 100 is, for example, an electronic device such as a server or a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC). The information management apparatus 100 is mainly used by an agent. The agency is an operating company (including employees of the operating company) that operates the agency business using the information management apparatus 100, and is also an administrator of the information management apparatus 100. Hereinafter, the agency may be referred to as an operating company or an administrator. In sending and receiving mail, a plurality of providers (not shown) are interposed among the information management device 100, the sponsor device 200, and the user device 300, as in the conventional case.

  The sponsor device 200 means a device used by a sponsor who is an information sender. The sponsor device 200 is, for example, a server, a PC, an interactive television broadcasting device (hereinafter referred to as an interactive TV broadcasting device), or other electronic devices.

  The user device 300 means a device used by a user who receives information. The user device 300 is, for example, a mobile phone, a PC, an interactive television receiver (hereinafter referred to as interactive TV), or other electronic devices.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the configuration of the information management apparatus of the prior application invention.

  As illustrated in FIG. 18, the information management apparatus 100 distributes to a storage unit 115 that stores various types of information, a communication unit 110 that communicates with external devices such as the sponsor device 200 and the user device 300, and users. A distribution cost calculation unit 140 that calculates a cost (hereinafter referred to as distribution cost), a payment processing unit 150 that performs payment processing of the distribution cost to the user, and information management that performs management of transmission of sponsor-provided information and various processes Unit 160, a control unit 170 that controls the entire computer (for example, decoding of program instructions, processing of various data necessary for computer operation, timing control, etc.), and an administrator gives a command or is necessary Consists of various devices for inputting information (for example, keyboards, mice, scanners, reading / writing devices for various storage media, etc.) An input unit 180, various devices for outputting information (e.g., a display or a printer, etc.) and an output section 190 constituted by. Note that the storage unit 115 includes a RAM in which various information is readable and a read-only ROM. The storage unit 115 includes a sponsor information registration unit 120 that registers corporate information (hereinafter referred to as sponsor information) regarding the sponsor itself, and a user information registration unit that registers personal information (hereinafter referred to as user information) regarding the user itself. 130. When the information management apparatus 100 receives information input from the input unit 180 or various information from other devices (for example, the sponsor device 200 or the user device 300) via the communication unit 110, the information management device 100 receives the received information. , Temporarily stored in the storage unit 115. After that, the information management apparatus 100 reads the received information from the storage unit 115, and based on the read information, various processes (for example, the received information output unit 190) defined by the management program 501 described later. On the display). Hereinafter, description regarding this operation will be omitted.

  The sponsor device 200 includes a storage unit 215 for storing various information, a communication unit 210 for communicating with the information management device 100, and various information (for example, sponsor information, sponsor provision information, contract update information). ), Etc.) and the control of the sponsor apparatus 200 as a whole (for example, processing of various data necessary for decoding program instructions and computer operation, timing control, etc.) A control unit 270 for performing information, an input unit 280 including various devices for inputting information (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a scanner, a reading / writing device for various storage media, and the like), and a sponsor gives a command Alternatively, an output unit composed of various devices (for example, a display, a printer, etc.) that outputs necessary information. And a 90. Note that the storage unit 215 includes a RAM in which various information is readable and a read-only ROM. The sponsor device 200 receives information received from the input unit 280 or information received from other devices (for example, the information management device 100 or the user device 300) via the communication unit 210. , Temporarily stored in the storage unit 215. Thereafter, the sponsor device 200 reads the received information from the storage unit 215, and based on the read information, performs various processes defined by the above-described program (for example, to the display of the received information output unit 290). Display). Hereinafter, description regarding this operation will be omitted.

  In addition, the user device 300 transmits and receives various information (for example, user information, sponsor-provided information, etc.), a storage unit 315 that stores various information, a communication unit 310 for communicating with the information management device 100, and so on. Information processing unit 360 that performs management and various processing, and control unit 370 that performs overall control of the user apparatus 300 (for example, decoding of program instructions, processing of various data necessary for computer operation, timing control, etc.) And an input unit 380 composed of various devices for inputting information (for example, a keyboard / mouse, a scanner, a reading / writing device for various storage media such as a CD-ROM and a DVD, etc.), and a user command An output unit 390 configured by various devices (for example, a display, a printer, or the like) that gives or outputs necessary information. The it has. Note that the storage unit 315 is configured by a RAM in which various information is readable and a read-only ROM, similar to the storage unit 215 of the sponsor device 200. Similar to the sponsor device 200, the user device 300 receives information input from the input unit 380 and various information from other devices (for example, the information management device 100 and the sponsor device 200) via the communication unit 310. In the case, the received information is temporarily stored in the storage unit 315. Then, after that, the user device 300 reads the received information from the storage unit 315, and based on the read information, performs various processes defined by the above-described program (for example, to the display of the received information output unit 390). Display). Hereinafter, description regarding this operation will be omitted.

  The information management apparatus 100 operates as follows.

  First, the information management apparatus 100 performs sponsor registration and user registration. Note that sponsor registration means registering sponsor information in the information management apparatus 100. The information management device 100 acquires sponsor information from the sponsor device 200 and registers the acquired sponsor information in the sponsor information registration unit 120. Note that the registered sponsor information includes money amount information (hereinafter simply referred to as “sponsor cost”) related to the cost paid from the sponsor to the agent, and the information management apparatus 100 determines the number of times provided according to this sponsor cost. (Or provision amount) on behalf (that is, transmission of sponsor provision information to the user). Further, user registration means registering user information in the information management apparatus 100. The information management apparatus 100 acquires user information from the user apparatus 300 and registers the acquired user information in the user information registration unit 130.

  When the sponsor management and the user registration are performed, the information management apparatus 100 performs a proxy service (that is, transmission of sponsor provision information to the user). The agency work is performed mainly when the user accesses the information management apparatus 100 and designates the sponsor-provided information desired to be browsed. At this time, the information management apparatus 100 acquires the sponsor-provided information specified by the user from the sponsor apparatus 200 and transmits it to the user apparatus 300. Alternatively, when the sponsor provision information is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120, the information management apparatus 100 reads the sponsor provision information designated by the user from the sponsor information registration unit 120 and transmits it to the user device 300. Thereby, the display of the output unit 390 of the user device 300 displays a screen shown in FIG. 19A or 19B, for example.

  FIGS. 19A and 19B are diagrams illustrating an example of sponsor-provided information. FIG. 19A shows an example of sponsor-provided information in the form of an advertisement, and FIG. 19B shows an example of sponsor-provided information in the form of a questionnaire.

  In the example shown in FIG. 19A, the user device 300 has a sentence notifying the user that the motor show will be held, a sentence requesting the user to input a keyword in the box field, a box field for entering the keyword, A screen having a “browse confirmation transmission” key is displayed.

  The “browse confirmation transmission” key means a key for transmitting the keyword input in the box field to the information management apparatus 100. When the user inputs a keyword (hereinafter referred to as a reply keyword) in the box field and presses the “browse confirmation transmission” key, the user apparatus 300 assigns the reply keyword to the information management apparatus via the communication unit 310. To 100.

  When the information management unit 160 of the information management device 100 receives a reply keyword from the user device 300 via the communication unit 110, the information management unit 160 compares the reply keyword with a plurality of keywords registered in the sponsor information registration unit. To do. Then, the information management unit 160 determines that the user has viewed the sponsor-provided information when the reply keyword matches any of the plurality of keywords registered in the sponsor information registration unit, and returns the reply keyword Is stored in the sponsor information registration unit 120 or the user information registration unit 130 as browsing confirmation information.

  In the example shown in FIG. 19B, the user device 300 has a screen having a question text for a car, a check field where a “re” point is input when the user checks, and a “send questionnaire response” key. Is displayed. The “questionnaire response transmission” key means a key for transmitting the position information of the “re” point input in the check field to the information management apparatus 100 as the response information of the questionnaire. When the user inputs a “re” point in the check column and presses the “send questionnaire response” key, the user apparatus 300 transmits the position information of the “re” point to the information management apparatus 100 as response information for the questionnaire. When the information management apparatus 100 acquires questionnaire response information from the user apparatus 300, the information management apparatus 100 determines that the user has browsed the sponsor-provided information, and sponsor information registration unit 120 or user information registration uses the questionnaire response information as browsing confirmation information. Stored in the unit 130.

  Whenever it is determined that the user has browsed the sponsor-provided information, the information management apparatus 100 gives a point of a predetermined value to the browsing user by the information management unit 160.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 calculates the distribution cost to be distributed to the browsing user by the distribution cost calculation unit 140 based on the integrated value of the points given to the browsing user. Then, the information management apparatus 100 uses the payment processing unit 150 to perform a payment process for the calculated distribution cost (that is, transmission of the calculated distribution cost to the viewing user's user device 300) using the sponsor cost as a source. .

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 creates, for example, a report shown in FIG. 20 by the information management unit 160 and transmits it to the sponsor apparatus 200 at a predetermined timing. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a report. The predetermined timing is, for example, when the provision period ends (or when it ends), or when the number of provisions reaches the upper limit value (or when it reaches), the distribution set according to the sponsor fee For example, when the upper limit of cost is exceeded (or exceeded).

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the information management apparatus of the prior invention.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the server that functions as the information management apparatus 100 is a microprocessor unit (hereinafter referred to as MPU) 101 that functions as a processing unit, and a random access that functions as a storage unit that temporarily stores various types of information. Memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) 102, read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) 103 that functions as a storage unit that permanently stores various information, and hard disk drive that functions as a storage unit that stores permanent information (Hereinafter referred to as an HDD) 104, a power supply unit 109 that supplies power to each part, an input unit 180 that inputs various types of information, an output unit 190 that outputs various types of information, and the like.

  The server reads the management program 501 stored in the program medium 500 via the input means of the input unit 180 (for example, a reading / writing device for various storage media), and the following functional means Build inside. As a result, the server functions as the information management apparatus 100. The management program 501 is a program for executing various controls necessary for transmission / reception and management of various types of information (for example, sponsor information, user information, sponsor-provided information, etc.).

  Functional units built in by the server include the communication unit 110, the distribution cost calculation unit 140, the payment processing unit 150, the information management unit 160, the control unit 170, the information management device 100, and external devices (for example, the sponsor device 200 and the like). Transmission / reception record storage units 107, 107 ′, sponsor information registration units 120, 120 ′, user information registration units 130, 130 ′, etc. for storing communication record information related to various information transmitted / received to / from the user apparatus 300, etc. There is.

  The communication unit 110, the distribution cost calculation unit 140, the payment processing unit 150, the information management unit 160, and the control unit 170 are functional units built in the MPU 101.

  As described above, the communication unit 110 is a functional unit that communicates with external devices such as the sponsor device 200 and the user device 300. The communication unit 110 controls transmission and reception of information as is well known. The communication unit 110 communicates with an external device through a wired or wireless input / output interface (not shown).

  The distribution cost calculation unit 140 is a functional unit that calculates distribution costs as described above. The distribution cost calculation unit 140 functions by the management program 501.

  As described above, the payment processing unit 150 is a functional unit that performs payment processing of the distribution cost to the user. The payment processing unit 150 functions by the management program 501.

  As described above, the information management unit 160 is a functional unit that manages transmission of sponsor-provided information and various processes. The information management unit 160 includes a timer for performing various processes. The information management unit 160 functions by the management program 501.

  As described above, the control unit 170 is a functional unit that performs overall control of the computer (for example, decoding of program instructions, processing of various data necessary for computer operation, timing control, etc.).

  The transmission / reception record storage unit 107, the sponsor information registration unit 120, and the user information registration unit 130 are functional units constructed in the RAM 102. The transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′, the sponsor information registration unit 120 ′, and the user information registration unit 130 ′ are functional units built in the HDD 104.

  Note that the transmission / reception record storage unit 107, the sponsor information registration unit 120, and the user information registration unit 130 built in the RAM 102 store highly necessary and relatively new information. For example, each time the information management apparatus 100 transmits / receives various information to / from an external device (for example, the sponsor apparatus 200, the user apparatus 300, etc.), the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 stores communication record information related to the transmitted / received information. Store. Further, the sponsor information registration unit 120 has sponsor information for which the contract with the sponsor is valid (that is, sponsor information for which the provision period of the sponsor provision information remains, and a flag (hereinafter referred to as sponsor stop information transmission stoppage)). , Which is referred to as a transmission stop flag) is stored in an updatable state. The user information registration unit 130 stores user information that can transmit sponsor-provided information (that is, user information that does not have a transmission stop flag recorded) in an updatable state.

  In contrast, the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′, the sponsor information registration unit 120 ′, and the user information registration unit 130 ′ built in the HDD 104 store past information that is no longer necessary. For example, the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′ stores various types of information transmitted / received between the information management apparatus 100 and the sponsor apparatus 200 or between the information management apparatus 100 and the user apparatus 300 after a predetermined period has elapsed. . In addition, the sponsor information registration unit 120 ′ has sponsor information whose contract with the sponsor has expired (that is, sponsor information whose sponsor provision information has expired, sponsor information in which a transmission stop flag is recorded, etc.). Is stored. In addition, the user information registration unit 130 ′ is a user who has processed payment of user information that cannot transmit sponsor-provided information (that is, user information in which a transmission stop flag is recorded) or distribution cost. Store information. The sponsor information registration unit 120 ′ can store all sponsor information as well as sponsor information whose contract with the sponsor has expired. In addition, the user information registration unit 130 ′ is not limited to user information that cannot transmit sponsor-provided information, and can store all user information.

  The transmission / reception record storage units 107 and 107 ′ are memory areas for storing communication record information related to various information transmitted / received between the information management apparatus 100 and external devices (for example, the sponsor apparatus 200, the user apparatus 300, etc.). It is.

  The communication record information recorded in the transmission / reception record storage units 107 and 107 ′ received, for example, the sponsor information or sponsor provision information when the sponsor information or sponsor provision information is received from the sponsor apparatus 200 or the user apparatus 300. Access history, specific information request history when information requesting transmission of specific sponsor provision information from user device 300 is received, transmitted sponsor provision information when sponsor provision information is transmitted to user device 300 (or transmission) Information that can identify sponsor sponsored information), user information and browsing confirmation information when user information and browsing confirmation information are received from the user device 300, and the like. The communication record information is temporarily stored in the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 together with the header information. Thereafter, the header information of the communication record information is identified by the information management unit 160. Thereby, it is determined which communication record information corresponds to the sponsor information of which contract number. Each communication record information is registered in one or both of the sponsor information registration unit 120 and the user information registration unit 130 while being associated with the sponsor information of each contract No. by the information management unit 160.

  The transmission / reception record storage unit 107 transmits the communication record information after the elapse of the predetermined period to the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′ to be stored in the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 ′ when a predetermined period elapses after each communication record information is stored. At the same time, erase from itself.

  The sponsor information registration units 120 and 120 'are memory areas for registering sponsor information. The sponsor information registration unit 120, 120 ′ is an input unit of the information management apparatus 100 that receives information written in contracts, memorandums, and other documents exchanged between the sponsor and the operating company (agent). The sponsor information input to the information management apparatus 100 by being read by 180 reading means (for example, a scanner) is registered. Alternatively, the sponsor information registration units 120 and 120 ′ allow the administrator to visually confirm information written in a contract, a memorandum, and other documents and input means (for example, a keyboard) of the input unit 180 of the information management apparatus 100. Or sponsor information entered by operating the mouse). Or sponsor information registration part 120,120 'registers the sponsor information which the information management apparatus 100 received from the sponsor apparatus 200 by the communication part 110. FIG.

  The sponsor information registration unit 120, when each sponsor information expires (that is, when the provision period of the sponsor provision information expires or a transmission stop flag is recorded), the sponsor information registration unit 120 ' And stored in the sponsor information registration unit 120 ′ and deleted from itself. However, even if the sponsor information registration unit 120 is the sponsor information in which the transmission stop flag is recorded, the response information from the sponsor to the report (that is, the information that the contract is updated or the information that the contract is not updated). If the contract with the sponsor is not revoked, the sponsor information is continuously stored until the revocation of the contract with the sponsor is confirmed by the administrator.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. The sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 'has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

  FIG. 22 shows sponsor information in which columns such as “contract No.”, “sponsor No.”, “item”, and “data” are formed.

  The “Contract No.” column is a column for registering a number assigned to each contract between the sponsor and the operating company (hereinafter referred to as “contract No”). The information management unit 160 generates a serial number each time a contract is made between the sponsor and the operating company (or every time the sponsor requests the operating company to provide the sponsored information to the user), The generated number is registered as a contract number in the “contract number” column of the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. Note that the contract number is a different number for each contract even if they are the same sponsor.

  The “sponsor No.” column is a column for registering a number assigned to each sponsor (hereinafter referred to as sponsor No.). The information management unit 160 generates a serial number, and registers the generated number as a sponsor number in the “Sponsor No” column of the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. In addition, even if the contract No. is different, the sponsor No. is the same number if it is the same sponsor.

  FIG. 22 shows, for each contract No., in the “item” column, the “name” column, the “representative” column, the “person in charge” column, the “phone number” column, the “FAX number” column, and the “URL”. Field, “e-mail address” field, “sponsor cost” field, “distribution upper limit ratio” field, “distribution cost upper limit (total)” field, “provision count (predicted value)” field, “provision period” field, The sponsor information in which the “total distribution cost” column, “setting condition 1” to “setting condition 10” column, “communication history” column, “transmission stop” column, and other columns are formed is shown.

  “Name” field, “Representative” field, “Person in charge” field, “Telephone number” field, “FAX number” field, “(Homepage) URL” field, “(E-mail) mail address” field, etc. This is a column for registering information unique to the sponsor.

  The “Sponsor Cost” column is a column for registering a sponsor fee. The sponsor fee is a cost that the sponsor pays to the agent (ie, operating company) as a price for the sponsor to send information provided by the sponsor (ie, service information such as advertisements and questionnaires) to the user.

  The “distribution upper limit ratio” column is a column for registering an upper limit ratio (hereinafter referred to as a distribution upper limit ratio) to be distributed to the user as a distribution cost from among the sponsor costs. The distribution upper limit ratio is appropriately set by the administrator based on an instruction from the sponsor or according to the amount of the sponsor fee.

  The “distribution cost upper limit value (total amount)” column is a column for registering an upper limit value (hereinafter referred to as an upper limit value of the distribution cost) of the total amount distributed to the user as the distribution cost from among the sponsor costs. The upper limit value of the distribution cost is calculated by the information management unit 160 multiplying the sponsor cost information by the distribution upper limit ratio.

  The “provision number (predicted value)” column is a column for registering a predicted value of the number of times of providing the sponsor-provided information. The predicted value of the number of provisions is information determined according to the sponsor fee. The predicted value of the number of provisions is calculated by dividing the upper limit of the distribution cost calculated by the information management unit 160 (or the administrator) based on the sponsor cost information by the average value of “granting points for each provision” described later. Is done. The information management unit 160 stops the transmission of the sponsor provision information to the user device 300 when the number of provisions of the sponsor provision information exceeds the predicted value of the number of provisions registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120.

  The “provision period” column is a column for registering the provision period of sponsor-provided information. The provision period is information determined according to the sponsor fee. The provision period is appropriately set according to the sponsor fee by the administrator. The information management unit 160 stops the transmission of the sponsor provision information to the user device 300 when the provision period of the sponsor provision information exceeds the provision period registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120.

  The information management apparatus 100 includes a “name” field, a “representative” field, a “person in charge” field, a “phone number” field, a “FAX number” field, a “(homepage) URL” field, and an “email address”. ”,“ Sponsor Cost ”,“ Provision Period ”, and the like can be acquired as electronic information from the sponsor device 200.

  The “setting condition” column is a column for registering a condition set by the sponsor in order to extract a user who transmits the sponsor-provided information.

  The “communication history” column is a column for registering a communication history transmitted / received between the information management device 100 and the sponsor device 200 and a communication history transmitted / received between the information management device 100 and the user device 300. The communication history can include information such as the provision date and time, the user number of the destination that sent the sponsor provision information, the distribution cost, the payment processing date, and the payment method. For each contract No, the information management unit 160 receives sponsor-provided information to the user device 300 or receives response information from the user (that is, a reply keyword, questionnaire response information, etc.) from the user device 300. In this case, the communication history is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 when the distribution cost to the user is calculated, or when the distribution cost is paid to the user.

  The “transmission stop” column is a column for registering a transmission stop flag (that is, a flag indicating stop of transmission of sponsor-provided information) predetermined by the administrator when the transmission of sponsor-provided information is stopped. Hereinafter, when distinguishing between a sponsor with a transmission stop flag registered and a sponsor with no transmission stop flag registered, the former is referred to as a transmission stop sponsor and the latter is referred to as a transmission continuation sponsor.

  FIG. 22 shows the sponsor information with the contract number “7043”, the sponsor number “1678ba”, the name “XXXXX”, the representative “XXX”, and the person in charge “XXX”. × ”, the telephone number is“ 03-XXXXXX-XXX ”, the FAX number is“ 03-XXXXXX-XXXXXX ”, and the URL is“ http://www.a01.co. jp ", email address" aabbcc@xxyy.ne.jp ", sponsor fee" 1,000,000 yen ", distribution upper limit ratio" 75% ", distribution cost upper limit" 750,000 yen " It shows that the predicted value of the number of provisions is “2500 times”, the provision period is “20040701 to 20040930”, and the total distribution cost is “526,550 yen”.

  Further, FIG. 22 shows the setting conditions 1 to 3 of the sponsor information with the contract number “7043”, and the extracted marriage history of the user is “unmarried”, the gender is “male”, and the address is “Tokyo” or “Saitama”. It shows that it has become.

  FIG. 22 also shows that as the sponsor information with the contract No. “7043”, the communication history is “xxxx” and the transmission stop is blank (that is, does not exist).

  The user information registration units 130 and 130 'are memory areas for registering user information. The user operates the input means (for example, a keyboard or a mouse) of the input unit 380 of the user device 300 to input user information. Then, the user device 300 transmits user information to the information management device 100 via the communication unit 310 by processing in the information processing unit 360. The information management device 100 receives the user information transmitted from the user device 300 by the communication unit 110 and registers the received user information in the user information registration unit 130. When the sponsor-provided information cannot be transmitted, the user information registration unit 130 transmits the user information of the user to the user information registration unit 130 ′ and registers the user information in the user information registration unit 130 ′. Delete user information for.

  It should be noted that the user information stored in the user information registering unit 130 is the user information registering unit 130 when the user information no longer accepts sponsor-provided information (that is, when the transmission stop flag is recorded). It is transmitted to 'and stored in the user information registration unit 130' and is deleted from itself. However, even if the user information is recorded with the transmission stop flag, if the payment of the distribution cost has not yet been processed, the user information registration unit 130 does not process the user information until the payment of the distribution cost is processed. Keep storing.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information registered in the user information registration unit 130. Note that the user information registered in the user information registration unit 130 'has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

  The example illustrated in FIG. 23 illustrates user information in which columns such as “registration No.”, “user No.”, “item”, and “data” are formed.

  The “registration No.” column is a column for registering a number assigned to each user registration (hereinafter referred to as registration No.). Each time the user is registered, the information management unit 160 generates a serial number, and registers the generated number as a registration number in the “registration No” column of the user information registered in the user information registration unit 130.

  The “user number” column is a column for registering a number assigned to each user (hereinafter referred to as a user number). The information management unit 160 generates a serial number, and registers the generated number as a user number in the “user number” column of the user information registered in the user information registration unit 130.

  Further, FIG. 23 shows, for each registration No., in the “item” field, the “granting point for each provision” field, the “unprocessed accumulated points” field, the “point conversion amount” field, and the “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost”. Column, “Processed distribution cost” column, “Payment processing history” column, “Nickname” column, “Password” column, “Email address” column, “Phone number” column, “Address area” column, “Gender” column , “Age” column, “Occupation” column, “Annual income” column, “Marriage history” column, “Number of children” column, “Owned / unoccupied” column, “Presence / absence of car” column, “Hobby” column, “Like” ”Brand” column, “Nearest station” column, “Frequently visited area” column, “Payment method” column, “Transfer destination” column, “Transfer source” column, “Communication history” column, “Transmission stop” column, User information in which other fields are formed is shown.

  The “provided points for each provision” column is a column for registering points (hereinafter referred to as “given points for each provision”) given to the user every time the sponsor provision information is provided to the user. The user can obtain more points as user information is registered in more items. The information management device 100 does not give points to the user just by sending the sponsor-provided information to the user device 300. Instead, when the information management apparatus 100 receives the response information from the user (that is, a reply keyword or questionnaire response information, etc.) from the user apparatus 300 after transmitting the sponsor-provided information to the user apparatus 300. , Give points to users.

  The “unprocessed accumulated points” column is a column for registering an accumulated value of points acquired by the user (hereinafter referred to as “unprocessed accumulated points”) in which payment of the distribution cost to the user is unprocessed.

  The “point conversion amount” column is a column for registering the conversion amount of cash (for example, yen) to points (hereinafter referred to as point conversion amount). The “point conversion amount” field can be formed in both the sponsor information registration unit 120 and the user information registration unit 130. For example, when the sponsor and the user belong to different countries, the point conversion amount stored in the “point conversion amount” column is an amount in the currency unit of the country to which the sponsor and the user belong. The distribution cost calculation unit 140 of the information management apparatus 100 converts the point conversion amount from the currency unit amount of one country (for example, the country of the user) to the other country (for example, the sponsor) according to the daily fluctuation in the exchange rate. Will be used by converting to the monetary amount of the country.

  The “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost” column is a column for registering an accumulated amount of distribution cost acquired by the user (hereinafter referred to as “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost”) in which payment to the user is unprocessed. The unprocessed accumulated distribution cost is calculated by the information management unit 160 multiplying the unprocessed accumulated points by the point conversion amount.

  The “processed distribution cost” column is a column for registering the total of the distribution costs paid to the user.

  The “payment processing history” column is a column for registering a history of processing the payment of the distribution cost to the user.

  “Nickname” field, “Password” field, “Email address” field, “Phone number” field, “Address area” field, “Gender” field, “Age” field, “Occupation” field, “Annual income” field, “ “Marriage history” column, “Number of children” column, “Presence / absence of home” column, “Presence / absence of car” column, “Hobby” column, “Favorite brand” column, “Nearest station” column, “Frequently visited area” The "" column is a column for registering information unique to the user.

  The “payment method” column is a column for registering a payment method of the distribution cost to the user. The payment method includes “direct” in which the distribution cost is transmitted to the user apparatus 300 as electronic money, and “account transfer” in which the distribution cost is transferred to an account of a financial institution designated by the user.

  The “transfer destination” column is a column for registering an account of a financial institution to which the distribution cost is transferred when the payment method is “account transfer”.

  The “transfer source” column is a column for registering the transfer source of the distribution cost when the payment method is “account transfer”. The transfer source is set by the user, but may be blank (ie, does not exist). In this case, the information management apparatus 100 registers the company name of the operating company.

  The “communication history” column is a column for registering a communication history transmitted and received between the information management apparatus 100 and the user apparatus 300. The communication history can include information such as provision date and time, provision destination user No., distribution cost, payment processing date, and payment method. For each registration number, the information management unit 160 receives sponsor-provided information to the user device 300, or receives response information from the user (ie, a reply keyword or questionnaire response information) from the user device 300. In this case, the communication history is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 when the distribution cost to the user is calculated, or when the distribution cost is paid to the user.

  The “transmission stop” column is a column for registering a transmission stop flag when transmission of sponsor-provided information is stopped. For example, when the user device 300 stops receiving sponsor-provided information, the information management unit 160 registers a transmission stop flag in the “transmission stop” column of the user information registered in the user information registration unit 130.

  FIG. 23 shows, as user information with a registration number of “257896”, a user number of “15681a”, a grant point for each provision of “150 points”, an unprocessed accumulated point of “3,000 points”, and a point conversion amount Is "1 point = 1 yen", the unpaid cumulative distribution cost is "3,000 yen", the processed distribution cost is "0 yen", the payment processing history is blank (that is, it does not exist), and the nickname is " XXX ”, password“ XXX ”, email address“ ddeeff@yyzz.ne.jp ”, phone number“ 03-XXXXXX-XXXXXX ”, address area“ “Tokyo”, gender “male”, age “26”, occupation “company employee”, annual income “501-7.5 million yen”, marriage history “unmarried”, number of children “0”, presence of home Is “No”, “None” is the presence or absence of a car, Hobby is “XXX”, Favorite brand is “ XXX ”, nearest station is“ XXX ”, frequently visited area is“ XXX ”, payment method is“ direct ”, transfer destination is blank (ie does not exist), and transfer source is It indicates that the communication history is blank (that is, does not exist), and the transmission stop is blank (that is, does not exist).

FIG. 23 shows the user information with the registration number “2577897”, the user number “23421b”, the payment method “account transfer”, the transfer destination “XXXXXX”, and the transfer source “XX”. Xxx ", the past communication history is" xxx ", and the transmission stop is" xxxx "that is a transmission stop flag.
JP 2004-152073 A (paragraphs 33 to 78, FIGS. 1 to 5)

  By the way, the information management device of the prior invention of the applicant of the present application lacks the viewpoint of making it possible to easily donate the distribution cost obtained by the user to a highly public interest organization such as a foundation or school corporation. It was.

  Therefore, the information management apparatus according to the invention of the prior application first has a problem that it is difficult to register a donation destination.

  For example, the information management apparatus of the invention of the prior application has a function of selecting “account transfer” as a payment method of the distribution cost. By using this function, the distribution cost can be transferred to another person's account, that is, the distribution cost can be donated to the other person. However, in order to use this function, the user needs to check the account of the donation destination and input the account of the donation destination accurately. In this regard, the user does not know the method for examining the account of the donation destination and tends to hesitate to examine the account of the donation destination. Further, since the user may mistakenly write down the account of the donation destination in a memo, the user cannot always input the account of the donation destination accurately. Therefore, since it is not easy for the user to use this function, it is difficult to register a donation destination.

  Secondly, in the information management device of the prior invention, the problem that a plurality of donations cannot be registered, and the problem that the donation ratio cannot be changed depending on the donations was there.

  That is, the information management apparatus of the prior invention is configured to select either “direct” or “account transfer” as a method of paying the distribution cost. Therefore, multiple donations could not be registered. Therefore, of course, it was not possible to register with different donation ratios depending on the recipient.

Therefore, this invention aims to provide an information management equipment to solve these problems.
In addition, it is preferable to prevent donation to an organization that is not preferable as a donation destination for the sponsor. Therefore, the information management apparatus can prevent donation to an organization that is not preferable as a donation destination for a sponsor even if a donation process is performed.

In order to solve the above-described problem, according to the information management device according to claim 1, the sponsor device used by the sponsor who is the sender of information and the user device used by the user who is the receiver of the information in the information management device interposed between a communication unit via the communication network to communicate with the sponsor device and a user equipment, a sponsor information registration means for registering the sponsor information on the sponsor, the user information for registering user information on Yu over tHE and registration means, and collective information registration means for registering the organization information about the organizations that are accepting donations from Yoo over the, and information management means for managing the transmission amount of sponsored information provided by the sponsor to the user, sponsored Distribution costs for viewing users who have viewed information and donations from users Has a distribution cost calculating means for calculating a distribution cost for each organization, and payment processing means for performing a payment processing in distribution costs for each organization received donations from the payment processing and user distribution cost to access user.
Note that the sponsor information registration unit described above is a type of sponsor information, which is information for causing the sponsor device to transmit sponsor provided information or sponsor provided information, and a price for the agency to send sponsor provided information to the user on behalf of the sponsor. The sponsor cost information related to the sponsor fee paid from the sponsor to the agency is registered for each sponsor.
Moreover, the above-mentioned user information registration means is an unprocessed value that is an integrated value of points for each provision given to a viewing user who is a user who has browsed sponsor-provided information as a kind of user information, and points for each provision. Accumulated user points are registered for each user.
Further, the group information registration means described above registers an unprocessed accumulated group acquisition point that is an accumulated value of donation points donated by the user as a kind of group information.
Further, the above-described user information registration means allows the user to select and input a donation destination selection field for selecting and inputting one or more donation destinations from the group information, and allowing the user to specify and input a donation ratio according to the donation destination. Donation destination registration information for displaying on the user device a donation destination registration screen having a donation rate input field is registered.

When the information management means receives a command for registering an arbitrary organization as a donation destination from the user device , the information management means reads the donation destination registration information from the user information registration means, and the organization information registration means reading information, and a read-out donations registration information and collective information, and transmitted to the user device of the user that sent the command, further, after which the percentage of donations with donations from the user apparatus selected by the user receiving a result, and registers the user chromatography the information registration means and received donations and percentage of contributions to the donation destination information of the user.

  The information management means can allow the user to arbitrarily set the donation rate within a range where the total donation rate does not exceed 100% and within a range of 0 to 100% per group.

For example, when the user selects A company and B company as donation destinations, the information management means sets 50% for company A, 40% for company B, and the remaining (10%) for the user's own acquisition. As a result, the user can set the donation ratio. For example, when the user selects company A and company B as donations, the information management means sets 100% for company A, 0% for company B, and the rest (0%) for the user's own. It is also possible to allow the user to set a donation rate as the amount to be acquired. In this case, Company B is only temporarily registered. The user will increase the proportion of donation to Company B as appropriate according to the scene.
Further, the information management means described above transmits the sponsor provision information to the user device within the upper limit value of the provision amount determined based on the sponsor cost information registered in the sponsor information registration means at a predetermined timing, and then In addition, when the browsing confirmation information indicating that the user has browsed the sponsor provided information is received from the user device, the user of the user device that has transmitted the browsing confirmation information is regarded as the browsing user, and one of the browsing users is identified from the user information registration unit. The grant points, donation destination information, and unprocessed accumulated user points for each offer are read, the organization that is the donation destination of the viewing user is identified from the read donation destination information, and the unprocessed accumulated group of the group identified from the group information registration means Read the earned points and add them to the percentage of donations included in the grant points and donation information for each viewing user. Then, calculate the donation points for each donation destination, add the donation points for each donation destination to the unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points, and register the added value as new unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points for each group. In addition to registering in the means, the user's earned points are calculated, the user's earned points are added to the unprocessed accumulated user points, and the added value is registered in the user information registering means as the new unprocessed accumulated user points of the browsing user To do.
The distribution cost calculation means described above reads the unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points from the group information registration means at a predetermined timing, and receives the donation from the user based on the read unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points. And the unprocessed accumulated user points are read out from the user information registration means, and the distributed cost for the viewing user is calculated based on the read unprocessed accumulated user points.
The above payment processing means reads the sponsor cost information from the sponsor information registration means at a predetermined timing, and uses the sponsor cost registered in the read sponsor cost information as a source for payment processing and browsing users. Payment processing for.

According to this information management apparatus, the sponsor information registration means described above is an exclusion for excluding users who have registered an unfavorable organization as a donation destination for sponsors from sponsors as condition information. An organization is registered. When the sponsor information is transmitted to the user device of the user, the information management unit described above reads the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit, and transmits the sponsor information based on the sponsor information. The users who meet the conditions for the above are extracted as condition conformers, and the excluded organizations are registered with the recipients from the condition conformers based on the excluded organizations included in the sponsor information. By excluding the user, the prospective sender is extracted, and the sponsor-provided information is transmitted to the user equipment of the prospective sender.

According to the information management apparatus of the second aspect , the sponsor information registration means registers, as sponsor information, a recommended organization recommended as a preferred donation destination by the sponsor and a recommendation reason for recommending the recommended organization. When the sponsor information is transmitted to the user device of the user, the information management unit described above reads the sponsor group and the reason for recommendation from the sponsor information registration unit, and displays the sponsor provision information display field for displaying the sponsor provision information. And a recommended group display information for displaying on the user device a sponsor-provided information display screen having a recommended group display field for selecting and inputting a recommended group as a donation destination and a recommended reason display field for displaying the reason for recommendation. The sponsor-provided information, the recommended group, and the reason for recommendation are transmitted to the user device of the user.

According to the information management device of the third aspect , the group information registration means registers the donating user who has made a donation and the donated accumulated points of the donating user in association with each group. And when the above-mentioned information management means transmits arbitrary information to the user device of the user, it reads out each donation user and the donation accumulated points of each donation user in the organization to which the user has donated from the group information registration means. The donation ranking display information for identifying the donation ranking of the user in the organization donated by the user based on the read donation user and the accumulated donation points of the donation user and displaying the identified donation ranking on the user device. Is transmitted to the user device of the user.
According to the information management device described in claim 4, in the information management device according to claim 1, the payment processing means executes the payment processing of the distribution cost for each organization that receives donation from the user. Then, the distribution cost is transferred to the account of each group registered in the group information registering means.
According to the information management device described in claim 5, in the information management device according to claim 1, when the payment processing means executes the payment processing of the distribution cost for the browsing user, the distribution cost is set to the user information. The transfer is made to the viewing user's account registered in the registration means.
According to the information management device described in claim 6, in the information management device according to claim 1, when the payment processing means executes the payment processing of the distribution cost for the browsing user, the distribution cost is set to the user information. It transmits as electronic money to the user device of the browsing user registered in the registration means.

According to the program according to claim 7 , an information management device having the following configuration, that is, a sponsor device used by a sponsor serving as an information sender and a user device used by a user serving as an information receiver by a computer Is an information management device that intervenes between the communication device that communicates with the sponsor device and the user device via the communication network, the sponsor information registration device that registers the sponsor information related to the sponsor, and the user information related to the user. User information registration means, group information registration means for registering group information related to groups accepting donations from users, information management means for managing the amount of sponsor-provided information provided to users by sponsors, and sponsor provision Distribution costs for viewing users who have browsed information A distribution cost calculation means for calculating a distribution cost for each organization donated by the user and a payment processing means for executing a distribution cost payment process for the viewing user and a distribution cost payment process for each group donated by the user Is realized.
Note that the sponsor information registration means described above is information for causing the sponsor device to transmit sponsor provided information or sponsor provided information as a kind of sponsor information, and a price for the sponsor to send the sponsor provided information to the user on behalf of the sponsor. The sponsor cost information related to the sponsor fee paid from the sponsor to the agency is registered for each sponsor.
Moreover, the above-mentioned user information registration means is an unprocessed value that is an integrated value of points for each provision given to a viewing user who is a user who has browsed sponsor-provided information as a kind of user information, and points for each provision. Accumulated user points are registered for each user.
Further, the user information registration means includes a donation destination selection field for allowing the user to select and input one or more donation destinations from the group information, and a donation information for allowing the user to specify and input a donation ratio according to the donation destination. Donation destination registration information for causing the user device to display a donation destination registration screen having a ratio input field is registered.
Further, the group information registration means described above registers an unprocessed accumulated group acquisition point that is an accumulated value of donation points donated by the user as a kind of group information.
When the information management means receives a command for registering an arbitrary organization as a donation destination from the user device, the information management means reads the donation destination registration information from the user information registration means, and the organization information registration means The information is read, and the read donation destination registration information and group information are sent to the user device of the user who sent the command, and then the donation destination and donation ratio selected by the user from the user device are By receiving, the received donation destination and the donation ratio are registered in the user information registration means as user donation destination information.
Further, the information management means described above transmits the sponsor provision information to the user device within the upper limit value of the provision amount determined based on the sponsor cost information registered in the sponsor information registration means at a predetermined timing, and then In addition, when the browsing confirmation information indicating that the user has browsed the sponsor provided information is received from the user device, the user of the user device that has transmitted the browsing confirmation information is regarded as the browsing user, and one of the browsing users is identified from the user information registration unit. The grant points, donation destination information, and unprocessed accumulated user points for each offer are read, the organization that is the donation destination of the viewing user is identified from the read donation destination information, and the unprocessed accumulated group of the group identified from the group information registration means Read the earned points and add them to the percentage of donations included in the grant points and donation information for each viewing user. Then, calculate the donation points for each donation destination, add the donation points for each donation destination to the unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points, and register the added value as new unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points for each group. In addition to registering in the means, the user's earned points are calculated, the user's earned points are added to the unprocessed accumulated user points, and the added value is registered in the user information registering means as the new unprocessed accumulated user points of the browsing user To do.
In addition, the above-mentioned distribution cost calculation means reads the unprocessed accumulated user points from the user information registration means at a predetermined timing, calculates the distribution cost for the browsing user based on the read unprocessed accumulated user points, The unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points are read from the group information registration means, and the distribution cost for each group donated from the user is calculated based on the read unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points.
The above payment processing means reads the sponsor cost information from the sponsor information registration means at a predetermined timing, and uses the sponsor cost registered in the read sponsor cost information as a source for payment processing and each group. Payment processing for.
According to this program, the above-described sponsor information registration unit and the above-described information management unit are operated as follows. In other words, the sponsor information registration means described above registers, as sponsor information, an exclusion group for excluding users who register a group that is not preferable as a donation destination for sponsors from among those who meet the conditions. . When the sponsor information is transmitted to the user device of the user, the information management unit described above reads the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit, and transmits the sponsor information based on the sponsor information. The users who meet the conditions for the above are extracted as condition conformers, and the excluded organizations are registered with the recipients from the condition conformers based on the excluded organizations included in the sponsor information. By excluding the user, the prospective sender is extracted, and the sponsor-provided information is transmitted to the user equipment of the prospective sender.

According to this program, when an instruction for registering an arbitrary group as a donation destination is received from the user device, the information management unit reads the donation destination registration information from the user information registration unit, and the group information registration unit The group information is read out from the user device, the read donation destination registration information and the group information are transmitted to the user device of the user who sent the command, and then the donation destination and the donation selected by the user from the user device are sent. By receiving the ratio, the computer is driven to register the received donation destination and the donation ratio as user donation destination information in the user information registration means. This facilitates the registration process of donation destination information. Further, according to this program, when the above-mentioned information management means transmits sponsor-provided information to the user device of the user, the information management means reads out the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration means, and based on the sponsor information. Users who meet the conditions for sending sponsor-provided information are extracted as condition conformers, and based on the excluded groups included in the sponsor information, excluded organizations are donated By excluding previously registered users, a prospective transmission person is extracted, and sponsor-provided information is transmitted to the user apparatus of the prospective transmission person.

  According to the information management device of claim 1, a donation destination selection for the user to select and input one or more donation destinations from the group information based on the group information registered in advance in the group information registration means. A donation destination registration screen having a column and a donation rate input column for the user to specify and input a donation rate according to the donation destination can be presented to the user.

  As a result, the user can easily register the donation destination simply by selecting and inputting one or more donation destinations from the group information presented in the donation destination selection field. Therefore, this information management apparatus can solve the first problem in the conventional example, that is, the problem that it is difficult to register a donation destination.

Also, the user can easily register different donation ratios according to each donation destination simply by designating and inputting the donation ratio in the donation ratio input field. For this reason, this information management device cannot register with the second problem in the conventional example, that is, the problem that a plurality of donations cannot be registered, and the donation rate changed according to the donation destination. Can solve the problem.
Further, when the user browses the sponsor provided information, the information management device is configured to calculate an unprocessed integrating group based on the grant points for each offer and the donation ratio registered in the user information registration means for each user. The acquired points and the unprocessed accumulated user points are calculated. And this information management apparatus performs the payment process with respect to each group, and the payment process with respect to a browsing user by using the sponsor expense registered as sponsor expense information in sponsor information registration means as a fund. Thereby, this information management apparatus can manage the transmission amount of the sponsor provision information provided to the user from the sponsor so that the sponsor provision information is transmitted within the upper limit value determined based on the sponsor cost information.
Furthermore, according to this information management device, when sponsor-supplied information is transmitted to the user device of the user, the user device of the prospective sender who excludes the user who has registered the exclusion group as the donation destination from among the condition-adapters To send sponsor-provided information. Therefore, according to this information management apparatus, it is possible to prevent donation to an organization that is not preferable as a donation destination for the sponsor.

Incidentally, according to the information management device according to any one of claims 2-6, in addition to the effect of the device the invention described in claim 1 described above can achieve the following effects.

According to the information management device of claim 2 , when sponsor-supplied information is transmitted to the user's user device, the recommended group recommended as a preferred donation destination by the sponsor and the reason for the recommendation are displayed on the user device. Can do. When the user agrees with the reason for recommendation, the user selects and inputs the recommended group displayed on the user device. As a result, the user can donate part or all of the points acquired by browsing the provided sponsor-provided information to the recommended group that has been selected and input. Therefore, the information management apparatus can promote the user's donation act.

According to the information management apparatus of the third aspect , the user donation ranking in the organization donated by the user can be displayed on the user apparatus. Thereby, the information management device can stimulate the user's competitive spirit and promote the user's donation act.
According to the information management apparatus of the fourth aspect , the distribution cost is paid to each group that receives donation from the user by transferring the distribution cost to the account of each group registered in the group information registration unit. be able to.
According to the information management apparatus of the fifth aspect , the payment process of the distribution cost to the viewing user can be executed by transferring the distribution cost to the viewing user's account registered in the user information registration means.
According to the information management device of the sixth aspect , the distribution cost is transmitted to the viewing user's user device registered in the user information registration means as electronic money, thereby executing the distribution cost payment processing for the viewing user. Can do.

According to the program described in claim 7 , as in the case of the device invention described in claim 1, the user can select one or more of the group information based on the group information registered in advance in the group information registering means. A donation destination registration screen having a donation destination selection field for selecting and inputting a donation destination and a donation rate input field for the user to specify and input a donation rate according to the donation destination is presented to the user. Can do.

  As a result, the user can easily register the donation destination simply by selecting and inputting one or more donation destinations from the group information presented in the donation destination selection field.

Also, the user can easily register different donation ratios according to each donation destination simply by designating and inputting the donation ratio in the donation ratio input field.
In addition, according to this program, when sponsor-supplied information is transmitted to the user's user device, the prospective sender is extracted by excluding the users who have registered the exclusion group as the donation destination from the condition-adapters. Then, the sponsor-provided information is transmitted to the user device of the scheduled transmission person. Therefore, according to this program, it is possible to prevent donation to an organization that is not preferable as a donation destination for the sponsor.

  The present invention is intended to make it possible to easily donate a distribution cost acquired by a user to a highly public interest organization such as a foundation or school corporation.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about a common component and the same component, and those duplicate description may be abbreviate | omitted.

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Hereinafter, the configuration of an information management apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the information management apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining functional means of the information management apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the same components (see FIG. 18 and FIG. 21) as those of the information management device of the prior invention of the applicant of the present application are denoted by the same reference numerals. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 of the prior invention is replaced with the information management apparatus 100a, and the information management section 160 of the prior application is replaced with the information management section 160a.

  As described above, the information management apparatus 100a is intended to make it possible to easily donate the distribution cost acquired by the user to an organization having a high public interest. However, as long as the information management apparatus 100a is an organization registered in the organization information registration unit 125, which will be described later, the distribution cost acquired by the user can be donated even if the organization is not a highly public organization. Hereinafter, an organization that accepts donations from users is referred to as a donation accepting organization or simply an organization.

  The server functioning as the information management device 100a reads and executes the management program 501a stored in the program medium 500a via the input means of the input unit 180 (for example, a reading / writing device for various storage media). The same function means as the information management apparatus 100 of the prior invention is built inside (see FIG. 2). The management program 501a has a function for constructing the group information registration units 125 and 125 ′ in the storage unit 115 in the management program 501 of the invention of the prior application, and a condition-adapting person extraction unit 162 in the information management unit 160a. And a group information management unit 164 and a donation destination information management unit 166.

  The information management apparatus 100a of this embodiment is different from the information management apparatus 100 of the prior invention in that the group information registration units 125 and 125 ′ are built in the storage unit 115, and further, the information management unit 160 has the condition Conformant extraction means 162, group information management means 164, and donation destination information management means 166 are constructed (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

  The group information registration unit 125 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 registers information related to the donation receiving group as group information. The group information registration unit 125 'shown in FIG. 2 is the same as the group information registration unit 125 shown in FIGS.

  However, the group information registration unit 125 currently registers only information on groups that can be transferred to an account.

  On the other hand, the group information registration unit 125 ′ registers information on a group that can be transferred to an account in the past in addition to information on a group that can be transferred to an account.

  The condition-adapted person extraction unit 162 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is configured by the conditions specified by the sponsor from among the registered users registered in the user information registration unit 130 (“setting condition 1” to “setting condition 10” in FIG. 3). A function that extracts a user who conforms to (see column) as a condition conformer is provided. Thereby, the information management apparatus 100a can transmit sponsor provision information only to a condition conformer.

  The condition-adapting person extraction unit 162 has a function of sending sponsor-provided information excluding the condition-adapting person when the condition-adjusting person registers an unfavorable organization as a donation destination for the sponsor. ing.

  As a result, the information management apparatus 100a prevents the condition-adapting person from earning points and thereby donating to an organization that is not preferred as a donation destination for the sponsor even if the donation process is performed. Can do.

  The group information management unit 164 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a function of registering group information in the group information registration unit 125 when group information is input from the input unit 180 by the server administrator.

  In addition, the group information management unit 164 reads group information from the group information registration unit 125 when the user registers an arbitrary group as a donation destination in the user information registration unit 130, and based on the group information, the user uses the group information. Create donation destination selection field information to select and input one or more donation destinations from among the donation destination selection field information and the percentage of donations for the user to specify the proportion of donation according to the donation destination It has a function of transmitting input field information to the user device 300 of the user. The user device 300 of the user displays a donation destination information registration screen to be described later based on the donation destination selection column information and the donation rate input column information (see FIG. 9). As a result, the information management apparatus 100a allows the user to select and input one or more donation destinations from the group information via the user apparatus 300, and to specify and input the donation ratio according to the selected donation destination.

  The group information management means 164 has a function of registering points acquired by the group (hereinafter referred to as group acquisition points) in the group information registration unit 125.

  The donation destination information management unit 166 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is configured such that when the user registers an arbitrary group as a donation destination in the user information registration unit 130, the user selects one of the group information from the group information via the user device 300. When selecting and inputting a plurality of donations and specifying and inputting a donation ratio according to the selected donation, the user information registration unit uses one or more donations and the donation ratio as the donation information of the user. 130 is registered.

  Note that the information transmitted and received between the information management apparatus 100a and the sponsor apparatus 200 includes a sponsor ID assigned to each sponsor in order to identify the sponsor. By identifying the sponsor ID, the information management apparatus 100a identifies which contract the sponsor apparatus 200 that is transmitting / receiving information is used by. Thereby, the information management device 100a appropriately transmits and receives various information to and from the sponsor device 200.

  Similarly, information transmitted and received between the information management apparatus 100a and the user apparatus 300 includes a user ID assigned to each user in order to identify the user. By identifying this user ID, the information management apparatus 100a identifies which contract user is using the user apparatus 300 that is transmitting and receiving information. Thereby, the information management device 100a appropriately transmits and receives various pieces of information to and from the user device 300.

  The sponsor No. shown in FIG. 3 is a kind of sponsor ID. Further, the user No. shown in FIG. 5 is a kind of user ID.

<Registration information>
Hereinafter, information registered by the information management apparatus 100a will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. The sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 'has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

  The sponsor information shown in FIG. 3 has a configuration in which columns of “excluded organization 1” to “excluded organization 5” (hereinafter simply referred to as excluded organization column) are added to the sponsor information of the conventional example shown in FIG.

  The excluded group column is for registering an unfavorable group as a donation destination for the sponsor. Hereinafter, an organization registered in the excluded organization column is referred to as an excluded organization. Excluded organizations include organizations that are against the interests of sponsors and organizations that compete with sponsors. Excluded organizations are entered in the excluded organization column when the sponsor operates the input unit 280 of the sponsor device 200 or the administrator of the server operates the input unit 180 of the information management device 100a based on the sponsor's instruction. be registered. In the example shown in FIG. 3, five excluded group columns are provided, but the server administrator can increase or decrease the number of excluded group columns as appropriate.

  When the sponsor-provided information is transmitted to the user, the condition-adapting person extraction unit 162 of the information management apparatus 100a extracts the condition-adapting person, and further registers the exclusion group from the condition-adapting person as the donation destination in the user information. By excluding users (hereinafter referred to as “excluded group registered users”), a person scheduled to transmit is extracted. Then, the information management apparatus 100a transmits the sponsor-provided information only to the scheduled transmission person. In other words, the information management apparatus 100a can transmit the sponsor-provided information only to the condition-adapting person excluding the excluded group registration user. As a result, even if a condition-adapting person excluding excluded group registered users gains points by browsing sponsor-provided information, it is donated only to a donation receiving group excluding the excluded group. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100a can prevent the distribution cost that is partially funded by the sponsor fee from being distributed to the excluded group.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of group information registered in the group information registration unit 125. The group information registered in the group information registration unit 125 'has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

  FIG. 4 shows group information in which columns such as “registration No.”, “group No.”, “item”, and “data” are formed.

  The “registration No.” column is a column for registering a number (hereinafter referred to as “registration No”) assigned every time group information is registered. Each time the group information is registered, the information management unit 160 generates a serial number, and registers the generated number as a registration number in the “Registration No” column.

  The “Group No.” column is a column for registering a number (hereinafter referred to as “Group No.”) assigned to each group. The information management unit 160a generates a serial number, and registers the generated number as a group number in the “group number” column. In addition, it is preferable to assign only one organization number per organization.

  Further, FIG. 4 shows, for each registration number, in the “item” column, the “name” column, the “representative” column, the “person in charge” column, the “phone number” column, the “FAX number” column, the “URL”. Field, "E-mail address" field, "Account" field, "Unprocessed accumulated points" field, "Point conversion amount" field, "Unprocessed accumulated distribution cost" field, "Donor history (unprocessed)" field, The “processed distribution cost” column, “payment processing history” column, “donor history (processed amount)”, “handling stop” column, and other columns are shown.

  “Name” field, “Representative” field, “Person in charge” field, “Telephone number” field, “FAX number” field, “(Homepage) URL” field, “(E-mail) mail address” field, etc. This is a column for registering information unique to the organization.

  The “account” column is a column for registering an account opened by a group in a financial institution. In the example shown in FIG. 4, an account with the text information “○ △ bank ○ △ × branch ordinary account ○○ ××” is registered in the “account” column. Code information to be specified may be registered.

  The “Unprocessed accumulated points” column is a column for registering the accumulated value of group earned points (hereinafter referred to as “unprocessed accumulated group earned points”) for which the payment of the distribution cost to the group is unprocessed. is there.

  The “point conversion amount” column is a column for registering the point conversion amount, similarly to the “point conversion amount” column (see FIGS. 5 and 23) registered in the user information registration unit 130.

  The “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost” column is a column for registering the unprocessed accumulated distribution cost, similarly to the “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost” column (see FIGS. 5 and 23) registered in the user information registration unit 130. . Here, the unprocessed accumulated distribution cost means an accumulated amount of distribution cost that has been acquired by the group and has not yet been paid to the group. The unprocessed accumulated distribution cost is calculated by the information management unit 160a multiplying the unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points (that is, the points registered in the “unprocessed accumulated acquisition points” column) and the point conversion amount. The

  The “donor history (unprocessed portion)” column is a column for registering the history of the user who donated the unprocessed cumulative distribution cost.

  The “processed distribution cost” column is a column for registering the total distribution cost paid to the organization.

  The “payment processing history” column is a column for registering a history of processing the payment of the distribution cost to the organization.

  The “donor history (processed amount)” column is a column for registering the history of the user who donated the processed distribution cost. Here, the processed distribution cost means the distribution cost paid to the organization.

  The “handling stop” column is a column for registering a flag indicating the stop of donation handling (hereinafter referred to as a handling stop flag). The information management unit 160a registers a handling stop flag in the “stop handling” column when, for example, the organization's account is closed or the organization is dissolved, so that it becomes impossible to donate to the organization.

  FIG. 4 shows the organization information with the registration number “1207”, the organization number “496305”, the name “Foundation XX △△”, the representative “XX △△”, and the person in charge “XX △”. △ ”, telephone number is“ 03-xxxx-xxxx ”, fax number is“ 03-xxxx ”, and URL is“ http://www.b02.co. jp ”, email address“ ddeeff@xxyy.ne.jp ”, account“ ○ △ bank ○ △ × branch ordinary account ○○ ×× ”, unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points“ 18,060 points ”, The point conversion amount is "1 point = 1 yen", the unprocessed cumulative distribution cost is "18,060 yen", the donor history (unprocessed portion) is "20040801: 15681a: 90p; ...", and the processed distribution cost is " 108,760 yen ", payment processing history is" 20040201: \ 16750; ... ", donor history (processed amount) is" 20040106: 15733b: 30p; ... ", and the handling stop is blank (that is, it does not exist) It shows that it has become. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the donor history (unprocessed portion) and the donor history (processed portion) include information including a combination of a donation date, a donor's user number, and a donation point. Each time points are donated from the user, the history information is added. The payment processing history is configured such that information including a combination of “date” and “payment processing amount” is one history information, and the history information is added each time payment processing is performed.

  In addition, FIG. 4 shows the organization information with the registration number “1208”, the organization number “473308”, the name “Foundation XXX”, the representative “○ △ XX”, and the person in charge “○○”. “ΔΔ ×” indicates that the handling stop is “× XXX”, which is a handling stop flag.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information registered in the user information registration unit 120. The user information registered in the user information registration unit 120 'has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

  The user information shown in FIG. 5 includes the “acquired points” column, the “donation destination 1” to “donation destination 4” columns (hereinafter referred to as the donation destination column), and the “donation destination column”. It has a configuration in which columns “Ratio 1” to “Ratio 4 of donation” (hereinafter referred to as “donation ratio column”) are added. The acquired points column is for registering points acquired by the user (hereinafter referred to as user acquired points) and points that have not yet been processed for donation. The donation destination column is for the user to register an arbitrary group as a donation destination. Hereinafter, an organization registered in the donation destination column is referred to as a donation destination organization. The donation rate column is for registering the donation rate according to the donor. One donation rate column is provided for each donation destination column. In the example shown in FIG. 5, four sets of donation destination columns and donation ratio columns are provided, but the server administrator can increase or decrease the number of combinations as appropriate.

  Information registered in the donation destination column (hereinafter referred to as donation destination group information) and information registered in the donation rate column (hereinafter referred to as donation rate information) are provided as donation destination information by the donation destination information management means 166. Registered in the user information registration unit 130. It should be noted that the donation destination information management means 166, when the user has earned points and the user has registered the donation destination information in the user information registration unit 130, the user information registered in the user information registration unit 130. The donation destination information is read out, the donation points are calculated based on the points acquired by the user and the donation ratio information included in the donation destination information, and the calculated donation points are transmitted to the group information management means 164. In response to this, the group information management unit 164 registers the donation points calculated by the donation destination information management unit 166 in the group information registration unit 125 as group acquisition points acquired by the group that is the donation destination.

  In FIG. 5, as user information whose registration number is “257896”, the donation destination 1 is “XXX (010334)”, the donation rate 1 is “40%”, and the donation destination 2 is “ΔΔΔ (005462)”. , The donation rate 2 is “40%”, the donation destination 3 is “XXX (020360)”, and the donation rate 3 is “20%”. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the donation destination organization information is composed of information in which “the name of the organization that is the donation destination” and “organization number” are combined.

<Operation of information management device>
FIG. 6 to FIG. 8 are flowcharts showing examples of operations of the information management apparatus, respectively, and show main operations of the information management apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in S110, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the group information management unit 164) of the information management device 100a operates the input unit 180 of the information management device 100a by the server administrator. When the group information is input, the group information is registered in the group information registration unit 125. As a result, the information management unit 160a performs group information registration.

  Next, when the new user operates the input unit 380 of the user device 300 to access the information management device 100a and transmits the user information of the new user in S120, the information management unit 160a transmits the user information of the new user via the communication unit 110. User information is received, and the received user information is registered in the user information registration unit 130. “New user” means a user who newly registers as a user.

  The specific operation of user registration of a new user in the information management unit 160a in S120 is as follows.

  That is, when the operation is started, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a constantly monitors the access from the sponsor device 200 and the access from the user device 300. When the information management unit 160a detects an access from the user device 300, various information (for example, information for new user registration, donation, etc.) is returned as a response to the access from the user device 300 via the communication unit 110. Information for pre-registration, sponsor-provided information, etc.) is transmitted to the user device 300. Note that “new user registration information” means information for displaying a user registration screen on the display of the output unit 390 of the user device 300. Further, “donation destination registration information” means information for displaying a donation destination information registration screen (see FIG. 9) on the display of the output unit 390 of the user device 300. Here, it is assumed that the user is accessing the information management apparatus 100a in order to perform new user registration.

  In order to perform this registration operation, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a detects an access from the user device 300, and further receives a command for executing user registration from the user device 300. In response to this, the information management unit 160a reads the new user registration information from the user information registration unit 130, and transmits the new user registration information to the user device 300 via the communication unit 110.

  When the information processing unit 360 of the user device 300 receives the new user registration information from the information management device 100a via the communication unit 310, the information processing unit 360 creates a user registration screen based on the new user registration information, and the user registration The display screen is displayed on the display of the output unit 390. A user who becomes a new user inputs his / her user information into an arbitrary item on the screen while viewing the user registration screen displayed on the display, and transmits the input user information to the information management apparatus 100a. For this purpose, the input unit 380 is used.

  In response to this, the information processing unit 360 of the user device 300 transmits the user information of the new user to the information management device 100a.

  When the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the user information of the new user from the user device 300 via the communication unit 110, the information management unit 160a generates a user number for the new user. Then, the information management unit 160 a associates the generated user number for the new user with the received user information of the new user, and registers these in the user information registration unit 130.

  In this way, the information management unit 160a registers the user information of the new user in the user information registration unit 130 in S120.

  In the step of S120 (that is, the “user information registration” step), the user may register donation destination information. In this case, the user accesses the information management apparatus 100a in order to register donation destination information.

  At this time, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a detects an access from the user device 300, and further receives a command for executing donation destination information registration from the user device 300. In response to this, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the group information management unit 164 or the donation destination information management unit 166) reads the donation destination registration information from the user information registration unit 130 in S121, and The organization information is read from the information registration unit 125, and the donation destination registration information and the organization information are transmitted to the user device 300 via the communication unit 110 in S122. The “donation destination registration information” means information for displaying a donation destination registration screen on the display of the output unit 390 of the user device 300 as described above.

  When the information processing unit 360 of the user device 300 receives the donation destination registration information and the group information from the information management device 100a via the communication unit 310 in S123, the information processing unit 360 receives the donation destination based on the donation destination registration information and the group information. An information registration screen is created, and the donation destination information registration screen is displayed on the display of the output unit 390.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a donation destination information registration screen. FIG. 9A shows a screen in an initial state, and FIG. 9B shows a screen in a state where a window of a “donation destination” column described later is opened.

  In the example shown in FIG. 9, the donation destination information registration screen has a “donation destination” field and a “donation ratio” field for each donation destination, and further includes a “send” key for transmitting the input information; It has a configuration having an “input cancel” key for canceling input information.

  The “donation destination” column is a column for displaying a list of the names of donation receiving organizations included in the organization information received from the information management apparatus 100a and for allowing the user to select an organization to be a donation destination. The user apparatus 300 first displays a screen shown in FIG. 9A when registering donation destination information. The user who sees this operates the input unit 380 and presses the triangular arrow displayed in the right corner of the “donation destination” field. In response to this, the user apparatus 300 opens a window displaying a list of organization names. As a result, the user apparatus 300 displays the screen shown in FIG. The user who sees this selects an organization as a donation destination from the names of organizations displayed in a list in the window. In response to this, the user apparatus 300 displays the selected organization in the “donation destination” column, and determines the organization that is the donation destination.

  The “donation rate” column is a column for allowing the user to input a donation rate. The user operates the input unit 380 to input a numerical value that is a donation ratio within a range of 0 to 100% in the “donation ratio” column. In response to this, the user apparatus 300 displays the input numerical value in the “donation ratio” column. In addition, the figure used as the ratio of donation may be 0%. In this case, the donation destination registered as 0% is simply temporarily registered. The user will appropriately increase the rate of donation to the recipient according to the scene. In addition, the numerical value that is the percentage of donation is defined within a range of 0 to 100% for each donation destination. If the user inputs a numerical value that exceeds 100% for each donation destination, when the user device 300 exceeds 100%, the user device 300 displays an error on the display and rejects the input. If the user inputs a numerical value that is less than 100% for each donation destination, the remaining amount is returned to the user as the user's earned points.

  The donation destination information registration screen is scrolled by pressing a triangular arrow displayed at the right corner of the screen.

  The user operates the input unit 380 of the user device 300 to select an arbitrary group from group information displayed in the “donation destination” column. Thereby, the user apparatus 300 performs an input process on the selected group as a donation destination in S124. In addition, the user operates the input unit 380 of the user device 300 to input a numerical value to be a donation rate in the “donation rate” column. Thereby, the user apparatus 300 performs an input process on the input numerical value as a donation ratio in S125. Thereafter, in S126, the user apparatus 300 transmits the donation destination and the donation ratio to the information management apparatus 100a as donation destination information via the communication unit 310.

  The information management unit 160a (specifically, the donation destination information management unit 166) of the information management device 100a receives the donation destination information from the user device 300 via the communication unit 110 in S127. In step S128, the information management unit 160a registers the received donation destination information in the user information registration unit 130.

  In this manner, the information management unit 160a performs donation destination information registration processing in S121 to S128.

  Next, the information management unit 160a registers the sponsor information of the new sponsor in the sponsor information registration unit 120 in S130. Thereby, the information management part 160a performs sponsor registration of a new sponsor. The “new sponsor” means a sponsor who newly registers as a sponsor. Among the sponsors, in addition to a sponsor who registers as a sponsor for the first time, there are sponsors who have already contracted with an agency and also entrusted agency work for new projects.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S130 is as follows.

  That is, the information management unit 160a of the information management apparatus 100a constantly monitors the access from the sponsor apparatus 200 and the access from the user apparatus 300 as described above. When the information management unit 160a detects an access from the sponsor device 200, the information management unit 160a acts as a response to the access from the sponsor device 200 via the communication unit 110 as various information (for example, transmission of sponsor-provided information to the user). Information relating to business, etc.) is transmitted to the sponsor device 200. When the sponsor performs new sponsor registration, the information management unit 160a detects access from the sponsor device 200, and further receives a command for executing sponsor registration from the sponsor device 200. In response to this, the information management unit 160a reads the new sponsor registration information from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and transmits the new sponsor registration information to the sponsor device 200 via the communication unit 110. “New sponsor registration information” means information for displaying a sponsor registration screen on the display of the output unit 290 of the sponsor device 200.

  When the information processing unit 260 of the sponsor device 200 receives the new sponsor registration information from the information management device 100a via the communication unit 210, the information processing unit 260 creates a sponsor registration screen based on the new sponsor registration information, and registers the sponsor. The display screen is displayed on the display of the output unit 290. A sponsor who becomes a new sponsor looks at the sponsor registration screen displayed on the display, inputs his / her sponsor information into an arbitrary item on the screen, and transmits the sponsor information to the information management apparatus 100a. Perform the operation. In response to this, the information processing unit 260 transmits the sponsor information of the new sponsor to the information management apparatus 100a. The sponsor information of the new sponsor includes money amount information (that is, sponsor cost) related to the cost paid from the sponsor to the agent.

  When the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the sponsor information of the new sponsor from the sponsor device 200 via the communication unit 110, the information management unit 160a generates a sponsor number for the new sponsor. Then, the information management unit 160a associates the generated sponsor number for the new sponsor with the received sponsor information of the new sponsor, and registers them in the sponsor information registration unit 120.

  In this way, the information management unit 160a registers the sponsor information of the new sponsor in the sponsor information registration unit 120 in S130.

  The step S130 and the next step S140 may be performed before the step S110 ("group information registration" step) or before the step S120 ("user information registration" step).

  Further, the step of S120 (“user information registration” step) may be performed before the step of S110 (“group information registration” step).

  Further, when changing the already registered group information, the process is the same as the process of S110 ("group information registration" step). Further, when changing the already registered user information, the process is the same as the process of S120 ("user information registration" process). Further, when changing sponsor information that has already been registered, the process is the same as the process of S130 ("Sponsor information registration" process).

  Further, when the user performs an operation of changing donation destination information, the processing is the same as the steps S121 to S128.

  Next, when the information management unit 160a registers the sponsor information of the new sponsor in the sponsor information registration unit 120, in S140, the information management unit 160a sets the upper limit value of the number of times (or the amount of provision) of the sponsor information provided by the new sponsor. The “sponsor-provided information provision count” means the number of times sponsor-provided information can be transmitted to the user. The “amount of sponsor-provided information” means the amount of information that can be transmitted to the user.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S140 is as follows.

  That is, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor information of the new sponsor from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and based on the sponsor fee included in the sponsor information of the new sponsor, the number of times (or the amount of provision of the sponsor provided information) ) Is calculated. When information management unit 160a calculates the upper limit value of the number of times (or provided amount) of sponsor-provided information, it associates the sponsor number of the new sponsor with information on the upper limit value of the number of provided (or provided amount) sponsor-provided information. These are registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. As a result, the information management unit 160a always reads the upper limit value of the number of times (or the amount of provision) of the sponsor provision information for each contract item from the sponsor information registration unit 120 based on the sponsor No of each contract item. Will be able to.

  In this way, the information management unit 160a sets the upper limit value of the number of times (or the amount of provision) of sponsor provision information of a new sponsor in S140.

  Next, when the upper limit value of the number of times (or the amount of provision) of the sponsor-provided information of the new sponsor is set, the information management unit 160a extracts the condition conforming person for each contract item in S150. Note that “condition-adapted person” means a user who matches the conditions specified by the sponsor (for example, “setting condition 1” to “setting condition 10” shown in FIG. 3).

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S150 is as follows.

  That is, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the condition compliant person extracting unit 162) reads the sponsor information from the sponsor information registration unit 120 at a predetermined timing for each contract case, and also the user information registration unit 130. To read out the user information of each user No. Then, the information management unit 160a selects “setting condition” (in the example shown in FIG. 3, “setting condition 1” included in the sponsor information of the read contract item from the read user information of each user No. ”To“ setting condition 10 ”) are extracted. When the information management unit 160a extracts the condition conforming person of the read contract matter from the user information of each user No, the information management unit 160a associates the sponsor information of the contract matter with the extracted user No. of the condition conforming person, Register in the sponsor information registration unit 120 (see FIG. 3).

  In this manner, the information management unit 160a extracts the condition conforming person for each contract item in S150.

  Next, when the information management unit 160a extracts the condition conforming person for each contract item, in S160, the user who registers the excluded organization from the condition conforming person to the donation destination (hereinafter referred to as an excluded group registered user). exclude. Thereby, the information management part 160a extracts the user (henceforth a transmission plan person) who is going to transmit sponsor provision information.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S160 is as follows.

  That is, when the information management unit 160a (specifically, the condition compliant person extraction unit 162, the group information management unit 164, or the donation destination information management unit 166) extracts the condition compliant person of each contract item, the sponsor information registration unit 120 The sponsor information is read from the “excluded group” (in the example shown in FIG. 3, “excluded group 1” to “excluded group 5”) included in the read sponsor information, and the user information registration unit The user information of the condition conformer is read from 130, and “donation destination” included in the read condition conformer user information (“donation destination 1” to “donation destination 4” in the example shown in FIG. 5). To extract. The information management unit 160a compares the “exclusion group” extracted from the sponsor information with the “donation destination” extracted from the user information of the condition-matching person. At this time, the information management unit 160a determines whether the excluded organization matches the donation destination (that is, any of “exclusion organization 1” to “exclusion organization 5” and any of “donation destination 1” to “donation destination 4”). If there is a user who matches, the user is excluded from the condition conformers as an excluded group registration user. That is, the information management unit 160a deletes the user No. of the excluded organization registration user from the user No. of the condition conformer registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 in association with the sponsor information of the contract item, and registers the excluded organization. The user No. of the condition conformer who has deleted the user No. of the user is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120. As a result, the information management unit 160a transmits the sponsor-provided information to the condition adaptor of the user No who has deleted the user No. of the excluded group registration user.

  In this way, the information management unit 160a excludes the excluded organization registration user from the condition conformers in S160.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to S210 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in S210, the information management unit 160a sends sponsor-provided information of a case (hereinafter referred to as a transmission case) that matches the transmission timing to the user device 300 of the transmission planner at a predetermined timing. Send. Note that the above-described step S160 can also be deleted. If the process of S160 is deleted, the information management unit 160a transmits the sponsor-provided information to the condition-adapted person extracted in the process of S150, instead of the planned sender.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in S210 is as follows.

  The information management unit 160a transmits the sponsor-provided information of the transmission item to the user device 300 of the prospective transmission person by the following first method or second method.

  The first method is a method when sponsor-provided information is not registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 of the information management device 100a.

  In the first method, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a first reads sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 at a predetermined timing, and identifies sponsor information of a transmission item. Next, the information management unit 160a temporarily stores the sponsor information of the identified transmission item in the storage unit 115. Next, the information management unit 160a transmits a command for requesting transmission of sponsor-provided information to the sponsor device 200 of the sponsor registered in the sponsor information of the transmission item (hereinafter referred to as the sponsor device 200 of the transmission item). .

  When the information processing unit 260 of the sponsor device 200 of the transmission case receives a command for requesting transmission of sponsor provision information from the information management device 100a, first, the command for requesting transmission of the received sponsor provision information is temporarily stored in the storage unit 215. Remember. Next, the information processing unit 260 reads from the storage unit 215 the sponsor provision information (see FIGS. 19A and 19B) corresponding to the command requesting transmission of the sponsor provision information, and stores this information in the transmission item. The information is sent to the information management apparatus 100a as sponsor-provided information. In response to this, the information management device 100a receives the sponsor provision information of the transmission item from the sponsor device 200 of the transmission item.

  When the information management unit 160a of the information management apparatus 100a receives the sponsor provision information of the transmission case from the sponsor apparatus 200 of the transmission case, first, the information management unit 160a temporarily stores the received sponsor provision information of the transmission case in the storage unit 115. Next, the information management unit 160a reads out the sponsor information of the transmission item corresponding to the received sponsor provision information of the transmission item from the storage unit 115, and the scheduled transmission person included in the sponsor information of the read transmission item The user No. is specified. Next, the information management unit 160a reads the user information corresponding to the user No. of the specified scheduled sender from the user information registration unit 130, and identifies the email address of the scheduled sender included in this user information. (See FIG. 5). Next, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor provision information of the transmission item from the storage unit 115, and transmits the sponsor provision information of the read transmission item to the email address of the identified prospective transmission person. As a result, the information management unit 160a transmits the sponsor-provided information of the transmission item to the user device 300 of the scheduled transmission person.

  The second method is a method when sponsor-provided information is registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 of the information management apparatus 100a.

In the second method, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a first reads sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 at a predetermined timing, and identifies sponsor information of a transmission item. Next, the information management unit 160a temporarily stores the sponsor information of the identified transmission item in the storage unit 115. Next, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor information of the transmission item corresponding to the sponsor provision information of the transmission item from the storage unit 115, and the user of the prospective transmission person included in the read sponsor information of the transmission item No is specified. Next, the information management unit 160a reads the user information corresponding to the user No. of the specified scheduled sender from the user information registration unit 130, and identifies the email address of the scheduled sender included in this user information. (See FIG. 5). Next, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor information of the transmission case from the storage unit 115, extracts the sponsor provision information from the read sponsor information of the transmission case, and sends the extracted sponsor provision information to the e-mail address of the prospective transmission person Send to. As a result, the information management unit 160a transmits the sponsor-provided information of the transmission item to the user device 300 of the scheduled transmission person.

  In this way, the information management unit 160a transmits the sponsor-provided information of the transmission item to the user device 300 of the planned transmission person at a predetermined timing.

  In response to this, the information processing unit 360 of the user device 300 of the prospective transmission person receives the sponsor provision information of the transmission item from the information management device 100a. Then, the information processing unit 360 displays the sponsor-provided information of the received transmission item on the display of the output unit 390. The prospective sender looks at the sponsor-provided information of the transmission case displayed on the display, and uses the browsing confirmation information (that is, the return keyword included in the sponsor-provided information in the advertisement format and the sponsor-provided information in the questionnaire format). The questionnaire response included) is transmitted to the information management apparatus 100a. Hereinafter, this prospective sender is referred to as a browsing user.

  In response to this, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives the browsing confirmation information from the user device 300 of the browsing user in S220.

  Next, when receiving the browsing confirmation information from the browsing user's user device 300, the information management unit 160a, in S230, based on the browsing user's user No included in the received browsing confirmation information, the user information registration unit 130. The user information of the browsing user is read out from. Thereby, the information management part 160a identifies a browsing user.

  Next, when the information management unit 160a identifies the browsing user, in S240, the information management unit 160a registers the point registered in advance in the user information of the browsing user (in the example shown in FIG. "150 points") are given to the user as user acquisition points. This user earned point is registered in the “acquired point” column of the user information shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, the information management unit 160a performs donation processing for each user at a predetermined timing.

  The specific operation of the information management unit 160a in this donation processing is as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the donation destination information management unit 166) registers user information at a predetermined timing in S250 in order to perform donation processing to each organization. The user information of each user is read from the unit 130, and for each user, it is identified whether or not the donation destination information is registered in the user information.

  When donation destination information is registered in the user information in S250, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the group information management unit 164 and the donation destination information management unit 166) performs the donation process as follows. .

  That is, first, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the donation destination information management unit 166), when donation destination information is registered in the user information, in S260, for each donation destination, the user acquisition points and the donation points. The points to be donated to each donation destination (hereinafter referred to as “donation points”) are calculated by multiplying the ratio.

  Next, in S270, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the group information management unit 164) sets the donation points as points acquired by the group (hereinafter referred to as group acquisition points) in the group information registration unit 125. sign up. At this time, the information management unit 160 a first reads group information of each group from the group information registration unit 125. Next, the information management unit 160a regards the donation points as group acquisition points, and for each group, the group acquisition points and the unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points included in the group information (that is, “unprocessed accumulated acquisition”). Add the points registered in the “Points” column. Next, the information management unit 160a registers the obtained value as a new unprocessed integrated group acquisition point in the “unprocessed integrated acquisition points” column of the group information. At the same time, the information management unit 160a registers the donor history in the “donor history (unprocessed)” column of the group information. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the donor history includes information including a combination of a donation date, a donor's user number, and a donation point as one history information. In this way, the information management unit 160a updates the group information.

  Next, when the information management unit 160a (specifically, the donation destination information management unit 166) registers the group acquisition points in the group information registration unit 125, in S280, the user information registration unit 130 receives the user information of each user. Reading and updating of unprocessed accumulated points (that is, points registered in the “unprocessed accumulated points” column) are performed as follows for each user. That is, for each user, the information management unit 160a calculates the remaining amount by subtracting the total of donation points from the user acquisition points, adds the remaining amount and the unprocessed accumulated points, and newly obtains the value obtained thereby. As an unprocessed accumulated point, it is registered in the “unprocessed accumulated point” field of the user information. At this time, the information management unit 160a updates the user acquired points registered in the “acquired points” column of the user information to 0 points. In this way, the information management unit 160a updates the user information.

  On the other hand, when donation destination information is not registered in the user information in S250, the information management unit 160a (specifically, the group information management unit 164 and the donation destination information management unit 166) performs unprocessed processing as follows. Update accumulated points. That is, the information management unit 160a adds the user acquisition point and the unprocessed accumulated point for each user, and registers the value obtained thereby as a new unprocessed accumulated point in the “unprocessed accumulated point” column of the user information. To do. At this time, the information management unit 160a updates the user acquired points registered in the “acquired points” column of the user information to 0 points. In this way, the information management unit 160a updates the user information.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to S310 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the distribution cost calculation unit 140 of the information management apparatus 100a calculates the distribution cost for each group in S310 as follows. That is, the distribution cost calculation unit 140 reads the group information of each donation receiving group from the group information registration unit 125 periodically at a predetermined timing. Then, the distribution cost calculation unit 140 calculates the unprocessed accumulated distribution cost of each group based on the information registered in the “unprocessed accumulated acquisition points” column (see FIG. 4) included in the read group information. Calculate (see FIG. 4), and register the calculated unprocessed cumulative distribution cost of each group in the group information registration unit 125 as one piece of group information.

  Next, in S320, the payment processing unit 150 of the information management apparatus 100a performs payment processing for each group as follows. That is, the payment processing unit 150 periodically reads the group information of each donation receiving group from the group information registration unit 125 at a predetermined timing. Then, the payment processing unit 150 sends the information to each organization based on the information registered in the “account” column, “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost” column, etc. included in the read organization information of each donation receiving organization. Process payment of distribution costs. Specifically, the payment processing unit 150 issues a command to transfer the distribution cost of the amount registered in the “unprocessed accumulated distribution cost” column of the group information to the account registered in the “account” column of the group information. Then, the data is transmitted to a host computer of a financial institution (not shown) via the communication unit 110. In response to this, the host computer of the financial institution transfers, for each group, the unprocessed accumulated distribution cost of each group to the account of the group.

  Note that the financial institution's host computer cannot transfer money to an account of a certain organization (hereinafter referred to as a non-transferable organization) for some reason (for example, the account of the organization is closed). Information indicating that it cannot be transmitted to the information management apparatus 100a. In response to this, the payment processing unit 150 of the information management apparatus 100a uses the communication unit 110 to inform the user device of the user (ie, the donor) who donated points to the non-transferable group with information indicating that the transfer process cannot be performed. To 300. In response to this, the user device 300 of the donor displays information on the display of the output unit 390 that the transfer process cannot be made to a non-transferable organization. As a result, the donor can know that the transfer process cannot be made to a non-transferable organization.

  In this case, the group information management unit 164 of the information management apparatus 100a registers a handling stop flag in the “stop handling” column of the group information of the non-transferable group registered in the group information registration unit 125.

  The group information management means 164 of the information management apparatus 100a registers 0 points in the “unprocessed accumulated points” column of the group information of groups that cannot be transferred registered in the group information registration unit 125, and records the history. Register in the “Payment Processing History” field of group information.

  In addition, the group information management unit 164 or the donation destination information management unit 166 of the information management apparatus 100a is displayed in the “donor history (unprocessed)” column of the group information of the non-transferable group registered in the group information registration unit 125. The registered information is read, and based on the read information, the user number of each donor and the donation points donated by each donor are specified. Next, the group information management unit 164 or the donation destination information management unit 166 reads the user information of the donor who is registered in the user information registration unit 130 based on the user number of each donor for each donor. Add the donor's donation points and the points registered in the “Unprocessed Integration Points” field of the user information, and use the resulting value as a new unprocessed integration point. "".

  Next, in S330, the distribution cost calculation unit 140 of the information management apparatus 100a calculates the distribution cost for each user as follows. That is, the distribution cost calculation unit 140 reads the user information of each registered user from the user information registration unit 130 periodically at a predetermined timing. Then, the distribution cost calculation unit 140 calculates the unprocessed accumulated distribution cost of each registered user based on the information registered in the “unprocessed accumulated points” column (see FIG. 5) included in the read user information. Calculate (see FIG. 5), and register the calculated unprocessed cumulative distribution cost of each registered user in the user information registration unit 130 as one piece of user information.

  Next, in S340, the payment processing unit 150 of the information management apparatus 100a performs payment processing for each user as follows. That is, the payment processing unit 150 reads out the user information of each registered user from the user information registration unit 130 periodically at a predetermined timing. Then, the payment processing unit 150 adds the information registered in the “unprocessed cumulative distribution cost” field, the “payment method” field, the “transfer destination” field, etc. included in the read user information of each registered user. Based on this, payment processing of the distribution cost to each registered user is performed. Specifically, when “direct” is registered in the “payment method” field of the user information of a registered user, the payment processing unit 150 is registered in the “unprocessed cumulative distribution cost” field of the user information. The distribution cost of the amount of money is transmitted as electronic money to the user device 300 of the registered user via the communication unit 110. Alternatively, the payment processing unit 150, when “account transfer” is registered in the “payment method” field of the user information of a registered user, the amount registered in the “unprocessed cumulative distribution cost” field of the user information Is sent to a host computer of a financial institution (not shown) via the communication unit 110. In response to this, the host computer of the financial institution transfers, for each registered user, the unprocessed accumulated distribution cost of each registered user to a transfer destination account designated by the user.

  Next, in step S350, the information management unit 160a determines whether the number of sponsor-provided provisions exceeds the upper limit value for each contract item. In this determination, the information management unit 160a reads the sponsor information of each contract item from the sponsor information registration unit 120, and the information on the number of times registered in the “provision number (predicted value)” column of the read sponsor information and “ This is done by comparing the information of the number of times of communication history registered in the “communication history” column.

  This determination can also be made by comparing the information on the amount registered in the “upper limit value (total amount) of distribution cost” column with the information on the amount registered in the “total distribution cost” column.

  If it is determined in S350 that the number of sponsor-provided information provisions exceeds the upper limit, the process proceeds to S360. On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of sponsor-provided information provisions does not exceed the upper limit, the process returns to S210.

  If it is determined in S350 that the number of sponsor-provided information provisions exceeds the upper limit, the information management unit 160a creates a report (see FIG. 20) regarding the contract item in S360, and uses the created report as the contract. It transmits to the sponsor apparatus 200 of a case.

  When the sponsor receives the report from the information management apparatus 100a, the sponsor determines whether to stop sending the sponsor-provided information.

  When canceling transmission of sponsor-provided information, the sponsor operates the sponsor device 200 to transmit a command to stop transmission of sponsor-provided information to the information management device 100a. When not stopping the transmission of the sponsor-provided information, the sponsor operates the sponsor device 200 to transmit a command to continue transmitting the sponsor-provided information to the information management device 100a.

  When the information management unit 160a receives a command to cancel transmission of sponsor provision information from the sponsor device 200, the information management unit 160a cancels transmission of sponsor provision information of the contract item in S370.

  The information is canceled by the information management unit 160a registering the transmission stop flag in the “transmission stop” column of the sponsor information of the contract item registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120.

  The main operation of the information management apparatus 100a is as described above.

  As described above, the information management apparatus 100a can present the group information registered in advance in the group information registration unit 125 to the user. Accordingly, the user can easily register the donation destination by simply selecting one or more donation destinations from the presented group information.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100a can register one or a plurality of donation destinations and donation ratios as user donation destination information in the user information registration means. Accordingly, the user can donate to one or a plurality of donations, and can donate by changing the donation ratio according to the donation.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100a has various histories of group information registered in the group information registration unit 125 (that is, “donor history (unprocessed)” column and “payment process history” column shown in FIG. 4). , Based on the information registered in the “donor history (processed)” column, etc.), the accumulated value of the group earned points earned by each group, or whether the group earned points have been cleared, It is possible to recognize whether or not the distribution cost is paid for the group earning points.

[Example 2]
When transmitting sponsor-provided information to the user device, the information management device 100a according to the second embodiment transmits to the user device 300 the recommended group recommended as a preferred donation destination by the sponsor and the reason for the recommendation, together with the sponsor-provided information. . In response to this, the user apparatus 300 displays the recommended group and the reason for the recommendation on the display of the output unit 390 together with the sponsor-provided information.

  Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The information management apparatus 100a of this embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment. However, as shown in FIG. 10, the information management apparatus 100a of this embodiment registers the recommended organization and the reason for recommendation in the sponsor information for each contract item, and the operation shown in FIG. This is different from the first embodiment in that

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of sponsor information. The sponsor information shown in FIG. 10 includes the “recommended organization 1” to “recommended organization 5” column (hereinafter simply referred to as the recommended organization column) and “recommended reason 1” to “ It has a configuration in which a “Recommended Reason 5” column (hereinafter simply referred to as a “Recommended Reason Column”) is added.

  The recommended organization and the reason for recommendation are the names of organizations recommended as preferred donations by sponsors and the reasons for recommending the organizations. The recommended group and the reason for the recommendation are recommended by the sponsor operating the input unit 280 of the sponsor device 200 or by the server administrator operating the input unit 180 of the information management device 100a based on the sponsor's instruction. It is registered in the group column and the reason for recommendation column. In the example shown in FIG. 10, five groups of recommended groups and recommendation reasons are provided, but the server administrator can increase or decrease these numbers as appropriate.

  The information management apparatus 100a performs the operation illustrated in FIG. 11 when transmitting the sponsor-provided information to the user apparatus 300, that is, when executing the process of S210 illustrated in FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the information management apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 11, first, the information management unit 160a of the information management apparatus 100a reads sponsor provision information of a transmission item from the sponsor information registration unit 120 in S212.

  Next, in S214, the information management unit 160a reads from the sponsor information registration unit 120 the recommended group and the reason for recommendation registered in the sponsor information corresponding to the sponsor provision information of the transmission item.

  Next, in step S216, the information management unit 160a generates recommended group display information. The recommended group display information includes a sponsor-provided information display field for displaying sponsor-provided information, a recommended group display field for selectively inputting a recommended group as a donation destination, and a recommended reason display for displaying a reason for recommendation. This is information for causing the user device 300 to display a sponsor-provided information display screen (see FIG. 12) having columns. In addition, FIG. 12 is a figure which shows an example of the display of the sponsor provision information display screen based on the recommendation group display information.

  The sponsor-provided information display screen shown in FIG. 12 includes, in the sponsor-provided information shown in FIG. 19, a text requesting a user to make a donation to a recommended organization, a recommended organization display column, a recommended reason display column, a donation destination registration column, Is added. In addition, since the user apparatus 300 cannot display the sponsor-provided information display screen illustrated in FIG. 12 on one screen, the user device 300 is partially scroll-displayed.

  The text requesting the user to make a donation to the recommended organization is displayed when the recommended organization and the recommended reason are registered in the recommended organization column and the recommended reason column of the sponsor information shown in FIG. This sentence is appropriately created by the server administrator.

  The recommended group display column and the recommended reason display column are registered in the recommended group column and the recommended reason column when the recommended group and the recommended reason column are registered in the recommended group column and the recommended reason column of the sponsor information shown in FIG. The recommended group and reason for recommendation are displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 12, two sets of recommended group display fields and recommended reason display fields are provided, but this number is the recommended group registered in the recommended group column and the recommended reason column of the sponsor information and the recommended reason. Increase or decrease depending on the number of For example, when there is only one recommended group and recommended reason registered in the recommended group column and recommended reason column of the sponsor information shown in FIG. 10, there is only one set of recommended group display column and recommended reason display column. It becomes.

  The donation destination registration field includes a box field for inputting a “donation ratio” and a “temporary registration” key or a “main registration” key.

  The “donation rate” column is a column for allowing the user to input a donation rate. The user operates the input unit 380 to input a numerical value that is a donation ratio within a range of 0 to 100% in the “donation ratio” column. In response to this, the user apparatus 300 displays the input numerical value in the “donation ratio” column.

  The “temporary registration” key is a key for registering a donation destination only for this time. When the “temporary registration” key is pressed, the information management unit 160a of the information management apparatus 100a does not register the donation destination in the user information of the user information registration unit 130. Instead, the information management unit 160a reads the communication history of the sponsor information of the transmission item from the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 at a predetermined timing, and based on this communication history, the processing of S260 and S270 shown in FIG. Steps (namely, “donation point calculation” and “group acquisition point registration” step) are executed. The communication history is information that is always stored in the transmission / reception record storage unit 107.

  The “real registration” key is a key for permanently registering a donation destination. When this key is pressed, the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a registers the donation destination in the user information of the user information registration unit 130. Then, the information management unit 160a reads donation destination information in the user information from the user information registration unit 130 at a predetermined timing, and based on this donation destination information, steps S260 and S270 shown in FIG. (That is, the process of “donation point calculation” and “group acquisition point registration”).

  When the recommended group display information is generated in S216, the information management unit 160a sends the recommended group display information, the sponsor provided information, the recommended group, and the recommendation reason to the user device via the communication unit 110 in S218. To 300.

  In response to this, the information processing unit 360 of the user apparatus 300 receives the information from the information management apparatus 100a via the communication unit 310. Then, the information processing unit 360 combines these pieces of information to create sponsor provision information shown in FIG. 12, and displays the sponsor provision information on the display of the output unit 390. While viewing the sponsor-provided information displayed on the display, the user appropriately inputs information in the box field for inputting a reply keyword or the “donation ratio” field on the screen, and further, the “provisional registration” field. Or, after selecting the “main registration” field, press the “browse confirmation transmission” key. Then, the user apparatus 300 transmits information such as a donation destination, a donation ratio, provisional registration, or main registration to the information management apparatus 100a together with a reply keyword through the communication unit 310. When the user has not selected the “temporary registration” field or the “main registration” field, the user apparatus 300 sends the temporary registration information to the information management apparatus 100a as if the “temporary registration” field was selected. Send.

  When the information management unit 160a of the information management device 100a receives information such as a donation destination, a donation ratio, provisional registration, or main registration from the user device 300 together with a reply keyword from the user device 300 via the communication unit 110, the information management unit 160a Are compared with a plurality of keywords registered in the sponsor information. Then, the information management unit 160a determines that the user has browsed the sponsor-provided information when the reply keyword matches any of the plurality of keywords registered in the sponsor information, and browses the reply keyword. The confirmation information is stored in the sponsor information registration unit 120 or the user information registration unit 130.

  At this time, if the information management unit 160 a receives provisional registration information from the user device 300, the information management unit 160 a does not register the donation destination in the user information of the user information registration unit 130. Instead, the information management unit 160a reads the communication history of the sponsor information of the transmission item from the transmission / reception record storage unit 107 at a predetermined timing as described above, and based on this communication history, the processing of S260 and S270 is performed. Execute the process. On the other hand, at this time, if the information management unit 160 a has received the main registration information from the user device 300, the information management unit 160 a registers the donation destination in the user information of the user information registration unit 130. Then, as described above, the information management unit 160a reads the donation destination information in the user information from the user information registration unit 130 at a predetermined timing, and based on the donation destination information, steps S260 and S270 are performed. Execute.

  As described above, according to the information management apparatus 100a of this embodiment, when sponsor-supplied information is transmitted to the user apparatus 300, the recommended group recommended as a preferred donation destination by the sponsor and the reason for the recommendation are indicated to the user apparatus 300. Can be displayed. When the user agrees with the recommended reason by looking at the recommended group displayed on the user device 300 and the reason for the recommendation, the user selects and inputs the recommended group displayed on the user device 300 as a donation destination. Enter a percentage. In this way, the user can easily donate to a recommended organization that has selected and entered some or all of the points to be acquired by browsing the transmitted sponsor-provided information. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100a of this embodiment can promote the user's donation act.

[Example 3]
When the information management apparatus 100a of the third embodiment transmits arbitrary information such as sponsor-provided information to the user apparatus 300, the information management apparatus 100a transmits the user donation ranking to the user apparatus 300 together with the arbitrary information. In response to this, the user device 300 displays the user's donation ranking together with the arbitrary information on the display of the output unit 390.

  Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The information management apparatus 100a of this embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment. However, as shown in FIG. 13, the information management apparatus 100a of this embodiment has a point that the accumulated donation points are registered in the group information for each group, and the operation shown in FIG. 14 is executed. This is different from the first embodiment.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of group information. The group information shown in FIG. 13 has a structure in which the “donation cumulative points” column is added to the group information of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  The accumulated donation points are registered in association with the donating user who made the donation. In the example shown in FIG. 13, for example, the accumulated donation points for the organization No. “496305” are “70P (points)” from the user No. “05673a” and “05772d” from the user No. 290P (points) "and the like.

  The information management apparatus 100a performs the operation shown in FIG. 14 when transmitting arbitrary information to the user apparatus 300. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the information management apparatus. Here, description will be made assuming that arbitrary information is sponsor-provided information.

  As shown in FIG. 14, first, the information management unit 160a of the information management apparatus 100a reads sponsor provision information of a transmission item from the sponsor information registration unit 120 in S412.

  Next, the information management part 160a reads a user's donation destination from the user information registration part 130 in S414.

  Next, in S416, the information management unit 160a, based on the read-out user's donation destination, from the group information registration unit 125 in the “accumulated points” column of the organization information of the organization registered by the user in the donation destination. The donation user registered in and the accumulated donation points are read out.

  Next, in step S418, the information management unit 160a sorts the read combinations of donated users and donated cumulative points in descending order of donated cumulative points, and further assigns numbers in descending order of the cumulative total accumulated points. Is identified.

  Next, in S420, the information management unit 160a generates donation ranking display information. This donation ranking display information includes a sponsor provision information display screen having a sponsor provision information display field for displaying sponsor provision information and a ranking display field for displaying a ranking for each user donation destination (see FIG. 15). ) Is displayed on the user device 300. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sponsor-provided information display screen based on donation ranking display information.

  The sponsor provision information display screen shown in FIG. 15 has a configuration in which a ranking display column is added to the sponsor provision information shown in FIG. In addition, since the user apparatus 300 cannot display the sponsor-provided information display screen illustrated in FIG. 15 on one screen, the user device 300 is partially scroll-displayed.

  In this embodiment, the ranking display field is displayed when the user's donation destination is registered in the user information registration unit 130, and is displayed when the user's donation destination is not registered in the user information registration unit 130. It has a configuration that does not.

  When the donation ranking display information is generated in S420, the information management unit 160a sends the donation ranking display information, sponsor provision information, and the user's donation accumulated points to the user device 300 via the communication unit 110 in S422. Send.

  In response to this, the information processing unit 360 of the user apparatus 300 receives the information from the information management apparatus 100a via the communication unit 310. Then, the information processing unit 360 combines these pieces of information to create sponsor provision information shown in FIG. 15 and displays the sponsor provision information on the display of the output unit 390. As a result, the user can check the donation ranking in his donation destination while viewing the sponsor-provided information displayed on the display.

  As described above, according to the information management device 100a of this embodiment, the user device 300 can display the donation ranking of the user in the organization donated by the user. Thereby, the information management apparatus 100a of this Example can stimulate a user's competitive spirit and can promote a user's donation act.

<About the program>
The program according to the present invention is for realizing the above-described information management apparatus 100a by a computer.

  That is, the program according to the present invention realizes a configuration having the sponsor information registration unit 120, the group information registration unit 125, the user information registration unit 130, the communication unit 110, and the information management unit 160a by a computer. belongs to.

  In this configuration, when the user registers an arbitrary group as a donation destination in the user information registration unit 130, the information management unit 160a reads the group information from the group information registration unit 125 and stores it in the user device 300 of the user. By transmitting, the user is made to select one or more donation destinations from the group information via the user device 300, and the donation ratio is input according to the selected donation destinations.

  Also, the information management unit 160a described above selects one or more donations when the user selects one or more donations via the user device 300 and inputs a donation ratio according to the selected donation. Are registered in the user information registration unit 130 as donation destination information of the user.

  In implementing this program invention, preferably, when the sponsor information is transmitted to the user by the information management unit 160a described above, the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 is read and the sponsor information is read out. Even if it is for realizing a function that extracts a user who conforms to the conditions for transmitting sponsor-provided information based on information as a condition conformer and transmits sponsor-provided information to the condition conformant Good.

  In implementing this program invention, it is preferable that the above-mentioned sponsor information registration unit 120 registers, as sponsor information, a condition-unsuitable person who is an unfavorable organization for a sponsor as a donation destination. When the sponsor-provided information is transmitted to the user by the function of registering the exclusion group for excluding the sponsor and the information management unit 160a described above, the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 is read and the sponsor Based on the excluded organizations included in the information, the users who have registered the excluded organizations as the donors are excluded from those who meet the conditions. It may be for realizing the function of transmitting.

  In implementing this program invention, it is preferable that the information management unit 160a registers the donation destination and the donation ratio in the user information registration unit 130 as donation destination information when the user has earned points. The donation point information of the user registered in the user information registration unit 130 is read out, and for each donation point, the donation point based on the points acquired by the user and the donation rate included in the donation destination information And a function for registering the calculated donation points in the group information registration unit 125 as group acquisition points acquired by the group that is the donation destination.

  In implementing this program invention, it is preferable to read out the group acquisition points of each group registered in the group information registration unit 125 by a computer, and based on the integrated value of the group acquisition points for each group. And a distribution cost calculation unit 140 that calculates a distribution cost to be distributed to each group, and a payment processing unit 150 that performs a payment process of the distribution cost calculated by the distribution cost calculation unit 140 for each group. May be for.

  In this configuration, the above-described sponsor information registration unit 120 registers, as a kind of sponsor information, a sponsor fee paid by the sponsor to the agency as a price for the sponsor to send the sponsor provided information to the user.

  In addition, the above-described payment processing unit 150 performs payment processing for the distribution cost calculated by the distribution cost calculation unit 140 using a part of the sponsor cost registered in the sponsor information registration unit 120 as a source for each group.

  In implementing this program invention, preferably, in the above-described group information registration unit 125, as group information, the function of registering the name of each group in association with the account opened by the group in the financial institution, Even if the above-mentioned payment processing unit 150 realizes a function for performing the distribution cost payment processing by transferring the distribution cost to the account registered in the group information registration unit 125 for each group. Good.

  In implementing this program invention, the sponsor information registration unit 120 preferably registers, as sponsor information, a recommended organization recommended by the sponsor as a preferred donation destination and a reason for recommending the recommended organization. In addition, when the sponsor information is transmitted to the user by the information management unit 160a described above, a sponsor provision information display field for reading the recommended group and the reason for recommendation from the sponsor information registration unit 120 and displaying the sponsor provision information. And recommended group display information for displaying on the user device 300 a sponsor-provided information display screen having a recommended group display field for selectively inputting a recommended group as a donation destination and a recommended reason display field for displaying the reason for recommendation The recommended organization, the reason for the recommendation, and the sponsored information. It may be for realizing sending to over laser device 300.

  In implementing this program invention, the group information registration unit 125 preferably registers the donated user who has made a donation and the accumulated donation points of the donated user in association with each group, and further registered the information management unit. When transmitting arbitrary information to the user through 160a, each donation user and the accumulated donation points of each donation user in the group to which the user has donated are read from the group information registration unit 125. Based on the accumulated donation points of the donating user, the donation ranking display information for specifying the donation ranking of the user in the organization donated by the user and displaying the identified donation ranking on the user device 300 is displayed. It may be for realizing transmitting to.

<About changes and transformations>
The present invention is not limited to the first to third embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  For example, in the first to third embodiments described above, the information management apparatus 100a is a server or a PC, but may be a dedicated apparatus.

  Further, for example, in the above-described first embodiment, the information management apparatus 100a updates the group acquisition points registered in the “unprocessed accumulated acquisition points” column shown in FIG. 4 every time the user donates donation points to the group. Then, based on the updated group acquisition points, the distribution cost to be distributed to each group is calculated. On the other hand, the information management apparatus 100a reads each history registered in the “donor history (unprocessed)” column shown in FIG. 4 and adds the donation points included in each history. It is also possible to calculate the group acquisition points by the above and calculate the distribution cost to be distributed to each group based on the calculated group acquisition points. According to this configuration, the “unprocessed accumulated points” column shown in FIG. 4 can be deleted.

  For example, the donation destination information registration screen shown in FIG. 9 may be changed to the donation destination information registration screen shown in FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing another example of the donation destination information registration screen. The donation destination information registration screen shown in FIG. 16 has the same structure as the donation destination information registration screen shown in FIG. 9, with a column for directly inputting the account of the donation destination in addition to the column for selecting and inputting the donation destination. ing. That is, the donation destination information registration screen shown in FIG. 16 includes a field for selecting and inputting a donation destination composed of a “donation destination” field and a “donation ratio” field and a “donation destination account” field for each contribution destination. And a field for directly inputting the account of the donation destination consisting of a “donation ratio” field, and a field for selecting and inputting the donation destination and a field for directly inputting the account of the donation destination. The configuration includes a “Send” key and an “Cancel input” key. The “donation destination account” column is a column for allowing the user to directly input the account of the donation receiving organization. When the user registers donation destination information from the donation destination information registration screen shown in FIG. 16, the user operates the input unit 380 of the user device 300 to enter the account of the organization that is the donation destination in the “donation destination account” field. And enter a value that will be the donation rate in the “Donation rate” field. As a result, the user device 300 transmits the donation destination account and the donation rate to the information management device 100a as donation destination information via the communication unit 310.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the information management apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the information management apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of sponsor information. It is a figure which shows an example of group information. It is a figure which shows an example of user information. It is a flowchart (1) which shows the operation example of an information management apparatus. It is a flowchart (2) which shows the operation example of an information management apparatus. It is a flowchart (3) which shows the operation example of an information management apparatus. (A) And (B) is a figure which shows an example of the screen for donation destination information registration. It is a figure which shows an example of sponsor information. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of an information management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display based on the information for recommended group display. It is a figure which shows an example of group information. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of an information management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display based on the information for donation ranking display. It is a figure which shows the other example of the screen for donation destination information registration. It is a figure which shows the connection form of an information management apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information management apparatus of this applicant's prior application invention. It is a figure which shows an example of sponsor provision information. It is a figure which shows an example of a report. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the information management apparatus of prior application invention of this applicant. It is a figure which shows an example of sponsor information. It is a figure which shows an example of user information.

Explanation of symbols

100a: Information management device (server)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 ... Communication part 120 ... Sponsor information registration part 130 ... User information registration part 140 ... Distribution cost calculation part 150 ... Payment processing part 160a ... Information management part 162 ... Condition conformant extraction means 164 ... Group information management means 166 ... Donation destination information Management means 200 ... sponsor device (PC, interactive TV broadcast device, etc.)
300 ... User device (mobile phone, PC, interactive TV, etc.)

Claims (7)

In an information management device interposed between a sponsor device used by a sponsor who is an information sender and a user device used by a user who is an information receiver,
(A) communication means for communicating with the sponsor device and the user device via a communication network;
(B) Sponsor information registration means for registering sponsor information related to a sponsor, information as a kind of the sponsor information, information for causing the sponsor device to transmit sponsor provided information provided from a sponsor to a user, or the sponsor provided information And the sponsor information registration means for registering, for each sponsor, sponsor cost information related to sponsor costs paid from the sponsor to the agency as a price for the agency to send the sponsor provision information to the user on behalf of the sponsor,
(C) User information registration means for registering user information related to a user, and as one kind of the user information, a point for each provision given to a viewing user who is a user who has browsed the sponsored information, and the one Unprocessed accumulated user points, which are the accumulated values of points for each offer, are registered for each user, and one or more donation destinations are selected from the group information related to organizations accepting donations from the user. A donation destination for causing the user device to display a donation destination registration screen having a donation destination selection field for input and a donation rate input field for allowing the user to specify and input a donation rate according to the donation destination The user information registration means for registering registration information;
(D) Group information registration means for registering the group information, the group information registration means for registering an unprocessed accumulated group acquisition point that is an accumulated value of donation points donated by a user as a kind of the group information. When,
(E) Information management means for managing the transmission amount of the sponsor-provided information,
(A) When receiving an instruction for registering an arbitrary group as a donation destination from the user device, the donation destination registration information is read from the user information registration unit, and the group information is registered from the group information registration unit. And the read donation destination registration information and the group information are sent to the user device of the user who sent the command, and then the donation destination selected by the user from the user device By receiving the donation rate, the received donation destination and the donation rate are registered in the user information registration means as donation destination information of the user,
(B) transmitting the sponsor provision information to the user device within an upper limit value of the provision amount determined based on the sponsor cost information registered in the sponsor information registration unit at a predetermined timing; When viewing confirmation information indicating that the user has browsed the sponsor-provided information is received from the user device, the user of the user device that has transmitted the viewing confirmation information is regarded as a viewing user, and the user information registration unit Reading the grant point for each provision of the browsing user, the donation destination information, and the unprocessed accumulated user point, specifying the organization that is the donation destination of the browsing user from the read donation destination information, and registering the group information Read the unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points of the group identified from the means, and for each one of the viewing user's provision Calculate the donation points for each donation based on the points given and the percentage of donations included in the donation information, and add the donation points to the unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points for each donation. The obtained value is registered in the group information registration means as a new unprocessed accumulated group acquisition point of each group, and a user acquisition point is calculated, and the acquired point of the user is added to the unprocessed accumulated user point. The information management means for registering the added value in the user information registration means as the new unprocessed accumulated user point of the browsing user;
(F) Distribution cost calculation means for calculating a distribution cost for a viewing user who is a user who has browsed the sponsor-provided information and a distribution cost for each organization that has received donation from the user, wherein the group information is determined at a predetermined timing. The unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points are read from the registration means, and based on the read unprocessed accumulation group acquisition points, a distribution cost for each group that receives donation from the user is calculated. The distribution cost calculation means for reading the processing integration user point and calculating the distribution cost for the browsing user based on the read unprocessed integration user point;
(G) Payment processing means for executing distribution cost payment processing for the browsing user and distribution cost payment processing for each organization that has received donation from the user, from the sponsor information registration means to the sponsor at a predetermined timing. The payment processing means for reading the cost information, and using the sponsor cost registered in the read sponsor cost information as a resource, the payment processing for the viewing user and the payment processing for each group,
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The sponsor information registration means includes, as the sponsor information, an excluded group for excluding users who register a group that is not preferable as a donation destination for the sponsor from the condition conforming person. ,
When the sponsor information is transmitted to the user device of the user, the information management unit reads the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit, and uses the sponsor information as a basis for the sponsor information. A user who meets the conditions for transmission is extracted as a condition compliant person, and further, based on the excluded group included in the sponsor information, the excluded group is donated to the condition compliant person. An information management apparatus characterized in that a person who is scheduled to send is extracted by excluding users who are registered in, and the sponsor-provided information is transmitted to the user apparatus of the person who is scheduled to send . In the information management device according to claim 1,
In the sponsor information registration means, as the sponsor information, a recommended organization recommended as a preferred donation destination by the sponsor and a reason for recommending the recommended organization are registered.
The information management means, when transmitting the sponsor provision information to the user device of the user, reads the recommended group and the reason for recommendation from the sponsor information registration means, and provides the sponsor provision for displaying the sponsor provision information For displaying on the user device a sponsor-provided information display screen having an information display field, a recommended group display field for selectively inputting the recommended group as a donation destination, and a recommended reason display field for displaying the recommendation reason An information management apparatus characterized by transmitting information for recommended group display, the recommended group, the reason for recommendation, and the sponsor-provided information to the user device of the user. In the information management device according to claim 1,
The group information registration means is registered for each group in association with a donating user who has made a donation and the donated cumulative points of the donating user,
The information management means, when transmitting arbitrary information to the user device of the user, each donation user in the organization that the user has donated from the organization information registration means and the donation accumulated points of each donation user, , And based on each read donation user and the total donation points of each donation user, the donation ranking of the user in the organization donated by the user is specified, and the specified donation ranking is displayed on the user device. Information for donation ranking display is transmitted to the user device of the user. In the information management device according to claim 1,
The payment processing means transfers the distribution cost to the account of each organization registered in the organization information registration means when executing the payment processing of the distribution cost for each organization that receives donation from the user. Information management device. In the information management device according to claim 1,
The payment processing means transfers the distribution cost to the viewing user's account registered in the user information registration means when executing the payment processing of the distribution cost to the browsing user. In the information management device according to claim 1,
The payment processing means transmits the distribution cost as electronic money to the user device of the browsing user registered in the user information registration means when executing the payment processing of the distribution cost to the browsing user. Information management device. A computer interposed between a sponsor device used by a sponsor who is an information sender and a user device used by a user who is an information receiver;
(A) communication means for communicating with the sponsor device and the user device via a communication network;
(B) Sponsor information registration means for registering sponsor information related to a sponsor, information as a kind of the sponsor information, information for causing the sponsor device to transmit sponsor provided information provided from a sponsor to a user, or the sponsor provided information And the sponsor information registration means for registering, for each sponsor, sponsor cost information related to sponsor costs paid from the sponsor to the agency as a price for the agency to send the sponsor provision information to the user on behalf of the sponsor,
(C) User information registration means for registering user information related to a user, and as one kind of the user information, a point for each provision given to a viewing user who is a user who has browsed the sponsored information, and the one Unprocessed accumulated user points, which are the accumulated values of points for each offer, are registered for each user, and one or more donation destinations are selected from the group information related to organizations accepting donations from the user. A donation destination for causing the user device to display a donation destination registration screen having a donation destination selection field for input and a donation rate input field for allowing the user to specify and input a donation rate according to the donation destination The user information registration means for registering registration information;
(D) Group information registration means for registering the group information, the group information registration means for registering an unprocessed accumulated group acquisition point that is an accumulated value of donation points donated by a user as a kind of the group information. When,
(E) Information management means for managing the transmission amount of the sponsor-provided information,
(A) When receiving an instruction for registering an arbitrary group as a donation destination from the user device, the donation destination registration information is read from the user information registration unit, and the group information is registered from the group information registration unit. And the read donation destination registration information and the group information are sent to the user device of the user who sent the command, and then the donation destination selected by the user from the user device By receiving the donation rate, the received donation destination and the donation rate are registered in the user information registration means as donation destination information of the user,
(B) transmitting the sponsor provision information to the user device within an upper limit value of the provision amount determined based on the sponsor cost information registered in the sponsor information registration unit at a predetermined timing; When viewing confirmation information indicating that the user has browsed the sponsor-provided information is received from the user device, the user of the user device that has transmitted the viewing confirmation information is regarded as a viewing user, and the user information registration unit Reading the grant point for each provision of the browsing user, the donation destination information, and the unprocessed accumulated user point, specifying the organization that is the donation destination of the browsing user from the read donation destination information, and registering the group information Read the unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points of the group identified from the means, and for each one of the viewing user's provision Calculate the donation points for each donation based on the points given and the percentage of donations included in the donation information, and add the donation points to the unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points for each donation. The obtained value is registered in the group information registration means as a new unprocessed accumulated group acquisition point of each group, and a user acquisition point is calculated, and the acquired point of the user is added to the unprocessed accumulated user point. The information management means for registering the added value in the user information registration means as the new unprocessed accumulated user point of the browsing user;
(F) Distribution cost calculation means for calculating a distribution cost for a viewing user who is a user who has browsed the sponsor-provided information and a distribution cost for each organization that has received donation from the user, wherein the group information is determined at a predetermined timing. The unprocessed accumulated group acquisition points are read from the registration means, and based on the read unprocessed accumulation group acquisition points, a distribution cost for each group that receives donation from the user is calculated. The distribution cost calculation means for reading the processing integration user points and calculating the distribution costs for the browsing user based on the read unprocessed integration user points;
(G) Payment processing means for executing distribution cost payment processing for the browsing user and distribution cost payment processing for each organization that has received donation from the user, from the sponsor information registration means to the sponsor at a predetermined timing. read cost information, as funded by the sponsor charges registered in the sponsor cost information read, the program to function as the payment processing means for performing a payment processing for the payment processing and the organization for the access user met And
The sponsor information registration means includes, as the sponsor information, an excluded group for excluding users who register a group that is not preferable as a donation destination for the sponsor from the condition conforming person. ,
When the sponsor information is transmitted to the user device of the user, the information management unit reads the sponsor information registered in the sponsor information registration unit, and uses the sponsor information as a basis for the sponsor information. A user who meets the conditions for transmission is extracted as a condition compliant person, and further, based on the excluded group included in the sponsor information, the excluded group is donated to the condition compliant person. By extracting users who are registered in the list, the prospective sender is extracted, and the sponsor-provided information is sent to the user device of the prospective sender
A program characterized by operating as described above .

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