JP4855989B2 - Virtual person management program, virtual person management apparatus, virtual person management method, and virtual person management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a virtual person management program, a virtual person management apparatus, a virtual person management method, and a virtual person management system useful for managing information about a virtual person used anonymously on a network, and in particular, assigns a virtual person. The present invention relates to a virtual person management program, a virtual person management apparatus, a virtual person management method, and a virtual person management system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to prevent personal information from leaking to a third party, a mechanism has been provided that enables anonymous participation in buying and selling products on the Internet and writing on bulletin boards. For example, in Patent Document 1 below, a bank account is opened as a virtual person by registering information indicating a correspondence relationship between a virtual person used anonymously on a network and a real person in a predetermined organization having a confidentiality obligation. A system is disclosed that makes it possible to perform payment, perform credit settlement, and deliver and receive merchandise.

JP 2002-123633 A

  However, in the conventional system, the virtual person is regarded as being attached to the real person to the last, and nothing is taken into consideration about transferring the virtual person to a third party. However, while acting as a virtual person on the network, trust is generated in the virtual person itself, and it may be possible to find property value for this trust. In such a case, in the conventional system, since the virtual person cannot be transferred to another person, there arises a problem that the property value of the virtual person cannot be used effectively. On the other hand, if it is impossible to pursue responsibility for a virtual person used anonymously, it will not be possible to suppress annoying behavior of a malicious participant.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and allows a virtual person to be transferred while allowing the pursuit of responsibility for a virtual person used anonymously on a network. It is an object to provide a management program, a virtual person management apparatus, a virtual person management method, and a virtual person management system.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a virtual person management program for managing information related to a virtual person used anonymously on a network, and has the responsibility of a user who owns the virtual person. A storage procedure for storing a user management device ID that uniquely identifies a user management device that manages the included user information in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies a virtual person, and a transaction that requests a virtual person sales transaction Corresponding to the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the buying and selling transaction among the receiving procedure for receiving the request notification and the user management device ID stored by the storing procedure when the transaction request notification is received by the receiving procedure The user management device ID stored in the table is stored in the user management device user who manages information related to the purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction. Information related to the user on the sales side who is the party to the sales transaction, the update procedure for rewriting and updating the management device ID, and the deletion request notification requesting to delete the information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be sold and sold To the user management apparatus that manages the information on the purchasing side, and sends an addition request notification requesting to add information about the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction. A transmission procedure for transmitting is executed by a computer.

  In addition, the present invention provides a virtual person management apparatus that manages information related to a virtual person used anonymously on a network, and a user management apparatus that manages user information including accountability of a user who owns the virtual person. Storage means for storing a user management device ID uniquely specified in association with a virtual person ID for uniquely specifying a virtual person, receiving means for receiving a transaction request notification for requesting a sales transaction of a virtual person, and receiving means When the transaction request notification is received, the user management device ID stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction among the user management device IDs stored by the storage means, Update means for rewriting and updating the user management device ID of the user management device for managing information related to the purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction And sending a delete request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person subject to the sales transaction to the user management device that manages information related to the sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction, Transmission means for transmitting an addition request notification requesting to add information related to a virtual person ID of a virtual person subject to a sales transaction to a user management apparatus that manages information related to a purchase-side user. And

  In addition, the present invention is a virtual person management method for managing information related to a virtual person used anonymously on a network, and a user management apparatus for managing user information including responsibility of a user who owns a virtual person. A storing step of storing a user management device ID uniquely specified in association with a virtual person ID uniquely specifying a virtual person, a receiving step of receiving a transaction request notification for requesting a sales transaction of the virtual person, and a receiving step The user management device ID stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction among the user management device IDs stored in the storage step when the transaction request notification is received at An update process for rewriting and updating the user management device ID of the user management device that manages information related to the purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction And sending a delete request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person subject to the sales transaction to the user management device that manages information related to the sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction, A transmission step of transmitting an addition request notification requesting to add information related to a virtual person ID of a virtual person subject to a sales transaction to a user management apparatus that manages information related to a purchase-side user. And

  The present invention is also a virtual person management system including a virtual person management apparatus that manages information about a virtual person used anonymously on a network, and a user management apparatus that manages information about a user who owns the virtual person. The virtual person management apparatus requests storage management means for storing a user management apparatus ID that uniquely identifies the user management apparatus in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies the virtual person, and a virtual person sales transaction. A receiving means for receiving a transaction request notification and a virtual person ID of a virtual person who is a target of a sales transaction among the user management device IDs stored by the storage means when the transaction request notification is received by the receiving means. A user who manages information related to a purchase-side user who is a party of a sales transaction with a user management device ID stored in association The update procedure for rewriting and updating the user management device ID of the physical device, and the deletion request notification for requesting to delete the information on the virtual person ID of the virtual person subject to the sales transaction, the sales side that is the party of the sales transaction Information related to the purchaser is transmitted to a user management device that manages information related to the user, and an addition request notification for requesting to add information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is managed for information related to the user on the purchase side Transmitting means for transmitting to the user management device, wherein the user management device is a user responsible capability evaluation value for evaluating a virtual person ID uniquely identifying a virtual person owned by the user and a degree of responsibility capability of the user Is stored in association with a user ID that uniquely identifies the user, and when a deletion request notification is received. If the virtual person ID included in the deletion request notification is deleted and updated from the virtual person ID stored in association with the user ID included in the deletion request notification, and the addition request notification is received And a user information update means for updating the virtual person ID included in the addition request notification by adding to the virtual person ID stored in association with the user ID included in the addition request notification. To do.

  According to these inventions, when a transaction request notification for requesting a sales transaction for a virtual person is received, the user management device ID stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person is managed as a user on the sales side. The user management device ID of the user management device that can be rewritten and updated to the user management device ID of the user management device that manages the user on the purchase side. For the user management device that manages the user on the sales side, The virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction can be deleted, and the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is added to the user management device that manages the user on the purchase side Therefore, the virtual person can be transferred, and the user management apparatus that manages the virtual person ID and the responsibility of the user who owns the virtual person Since it is possible to manage, it becomes possible to accountability for virtual person used anonymously on the network.

  Further, the present invention provides the management company responsibility capability evaluation value for evaluating the responsibility level of the management company corresponding to the user management device ID and the degree of responsibility capability of the virtual person corresponding to the virtual person ID. A calculation procedure for calculating a virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value for evaluating the management person responsibility capacity evaluation value and the virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value calculated by the calculation procedure as virtual person IDs. Further, the information is stored in association with each other.

  Also, in the present invention, in the above invention, when the transmission procedure receives a transaction request notification by the reception procedure, each user management device that manages information relating to the user on the selling side and information relating to the user on the purchasing side In response to the confirmation request notification sent by the sending procedure, the update procedure is further sent in response to the confirmation request notification sent to confirm the sales intention of the selling user or the purchasing intention of the purchasing user. When the intention to sell the virtual person and the intention to purchase the virtual person are confirmed, the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction among the user management device IDs stored by the storage procedure The user management apparatus I of the user management apparatus that manages information related to the user on the purchase side with the user management apparatus ID stored in association with the user ID And updates rewritten to.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above-mentioned invention, the transaction request notification is transmitted by an external device that receives a notification application for selling a virtual person by a user on the sales side and receives a purchase application notification for the application for sales. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, when a transaction request notification requesting a sales transaction for a virtual person is received, the user on the sales side is managed with the user management device ID stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person. The user management device ID of the user management device can be rewritten and updated with the user management device ID of the user management device that manages the user on the purchasing side. The virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the transaction can be deleted, and the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction can be added to the user management device that manages the user on the purchase side. Therefore, the virtual person can be transferred, and the virtual person ID is managed by the user management device that manages the responsibility of the user who owns the virtual person. It is possible to, it is possible to accountability for virtual person used anonymously on the network.

  That is, according to the present invention, there is an effect that a virtual person can be transferred while pursuing responsibility for a virtual person used anonymously on a network.

  Exemplary embodiments of a virtual person management program, a virtual person management apparatus, a virtual person management method, and a virtual person management system according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the configuration of the virtual person management system in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a virtual person management system. As shown in FIG. 1, the virtual person management system 1 includes a virtual person management apparatus 10, a user management apparatus 20, a user terminal 30, and a service providing apparatus 40.

  The virtual person management apparatus 10 is an apparatus that manages information about a virtual person used anonymously on a network. The user management device 20 manages information related to real users who own virtual persons. This user management apparatus 20 is provided for each management company. The management company guarantees the responsibility of the virtual person used by the user managed by the user management device 20 owned by the company. The user terminal 30 is a terminal device used by a user who owns a virtual person. The service providing device 40 is a device that provides various services to the user terminal 30 on the network. Examples of services provided to the user terminal 30 include online shopping, bulletin boards, brokerage services for sales transactions, and the like. The service provided by the service providing device 40 can be used by either a real person or a virtual person.

  The functional configuration of the virtual person management apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of the virtual person management apparatus. As shown in the figure, the virtual person management device 10 stores various data such as a control unit 11 for overall control of the virtual person management device 10, a program used for processing in the control unit 11, and a virtual person information file 121. Storage unit 12.

  The control unit 11 includes a virtual person information generation unit 111, a reception unit 112, a virtual person information update unit 113, and a transmission unit 114.

  The virtual person information generation unit 111 generates virtual person information and stores it in the virtual person information file 121. Here, the data configuration of the virtual person information file 121 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram of the virtual person information file. The virtual person information file has, for example, a virtual person ID, a user management device ID, a management company responsibility capacity evaluation value, and a virtual person responsibility capacity evaluation value as data items. The virtual person ID stores an ID for uniquely identifying the virtual person. The user management device ID stores an ID for uniquely identifying a user management device that manages information related to the user who owns the virtual person. The management company responsibility capacity evaluation value stores a management company responsibility capacity evaluation value for evaluating the degree of responsibility of the management company of the user management device. The virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value stores a virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value for evaluating the degree of responsibility ability of the virtual person.

  The virtual person information generation unit 111 illustrated in FIG. 2 calculates the management company responsibility capacity evaluation value and stores it in the management company responsibility capacity evaluation value of the virtual person information file 121. Specifically, for example, credibility based on past transaction history data, responsibility agency ability based on current financial data, continuity based on data indicating the possibility of future bankruptcy or acquisition, etc. The management company responsibility capacity evaluation value is calculated by quantifying the value and substituting it into a predetermined evaluation formula. In addition, the virtual person information generation unit 111 calculates a virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value and stores it in the virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value of the virtual person information file 121. Specifically, for example, the credibility based on past transaction history data is digitized using a predetermined method, and the virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value is calculated by substituting it into a predetermined evaluation calculation formula. However, when a virtual person is initially registered, since there is no transaction record as a virtual person, in this case, for example, a management company responsibility ability evaluation value and a user responsibility ability evaluation value described later are substituted into a predetermined evaluation calculation formula. By doing so, a virtual person responsible ability evaluation value is temporarily calculated.

  The receiving unit 112 receives various types of information from the user management device 20 and the service providing device 40. The information received from the user management apparatus 20 includes an issue instruction for instructing to issue a virtual person ID, for example. As information received from the service providing device 40, for example, there is a transaction request notification for requesting a sales transaction of a virtual person. The transaction request notification is transmitted by the service providing apparatus 40 that has received the virtual person sales application notification and received the purchase application notification for the sales application.

  The virtual person information update unit 113 extracts virtual person information including the virtual person ID from the virtual person information file 121 based on the virtual person ID corresponding to the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction. The virtual person information update unit 113 rewrites and updates the user management apparatus ID of the extracted virtual person information with the user management apparatus ID of the user management apparatus 20 that manages information related to the purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction. .

  The transmission unit 114 transmits various types of information to the user management device 20. The information to be transmitted to the user management device 20 includes, for example, a newly issued virtual person ID, a confirmation request notification for requesting confirmation of a user's virtual person sales intention or virtual person purchase intention, and a virtual subject to a sales transaction. There is a deletion request notification for requesting to delete information related to a person's virtual person ID, and an addition request notification for requesting to add information related to a virtual person ID of a virtual person to be traded. The deletion request notification includes the user ID of the user on the sales side and the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction. Further, the addition request notification includes the user ID of the user on the purchase side and the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction.

  A functional configuration of the user management apparatus 20 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a functional configuration diagram of the user management apparatus. As shown in the figure, the user management device 20 includes a control unit 21 that controls the user management device 20 as a whole, and a storage unit that stores various data such as a program used for processing in the control unit 21 and a user information file 221. 22.

  The control unit 21 includes a reception unit 211, a user information management unit 212, and a transmission unit 213.

  The receiving unit 211 receives various types of information from the virtual person management device 10 and the user terminal 30. Examples of information received from the virtual person management apparatus 10 include a newly issued virtual person ID, a confirmation request notification, a deletion request notification, and an addition request notification. The information received from the user terminal 30 includes, for example, an issue request for requesting to issue a virtual person ID.

  The user information management unit 212 manages user information stored in the user information file 221. Here, the data structure of the user information file 221 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a data configuration diagram of the user information file. The user information file 221 includes, for example, a user ID, a user accountability evaluation value, and a virtual person ID as data items. The user ID stores an ID for uniquely identifying the user. The user accountability evaluation value stores a user accountability evaluation value for evaluating the degree of accountability of the user. The virtual person ID stores an ID for uniquely identifying the virtual person owned by the user.

  The user information management unit 212 illustrated in FIG. 4 calculates a user responsible ability evaluation value and stores it in the user responsible ability evaluation value of the user information file 221. Specifically, for example, the credit information managed by the credit company is obtained, the credit information is digitized using a predetermined method, and is substituted into a predetermined evaluation calculation formula to calculate the user responsibility capacity evaluation value. To do. Further, the user information management unit 212 stores the virtual person ID received from the virtual person management apparatus 10 in the virtual person ID of the user information file 221.

  When the deletion request notification is received by the reception unit 211, the user information management unit 212 extracts user information including the user ID from the user information file 221 based on the user ID included in the deletion request notification, The virtual person ID included in the deletion request notification is deleted and updated from the extracted virtual person ID of the user information.

  When the addition request notification is received by the reception unit 211, the user information management unit 212 extracts the user information including the user ID from the user information file 221 based on the user ID included in the addition request notification, The virtual person ID included in the addition request notification is added to the extracted virtual person ID of the user information and updated.

  The transmission unit 213 transmits various types of information to the virtual person management device 10 and the user terminal 30. The information transmitted to the virtual person management apparatus 10 includes, for example, an issue instruction for instructing to issue a virtual person ID. As information transmitted to the user terminal 30, for example, there is a newly issued virtual person ID.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6, a processing procedure when the user acquires a virtual person ID will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence chart showing a processing procedure when a virtual person ID is issued. In this processing procedure, the user terminal 30 accesses the user management apparatus 20 that manages the user of the user terminal 30 and acquires the virtual person ID issued by the virtual person management apparatus 10 via the user management apparatus 20. The procedure for doing this will be described.

  First, the user terminal 30 transmits an issue request for requesting to issue a virtual person ID to the user management apparatus 20 (step S101).

  Subsequently, the user information management unit 212 of the user management apparatus 20 calculates a user responsible ability evaluation value, and stores the calculated user responsible ability evaluation value in the user responsible ability evaluation value of the user information file 221 (step S102). .

  Subsequently, the transmission unit 213 of the user management device 20 transmits an issue instruction for instructing to issue a virtual person ID to the virtual person management device 10 (step S103).

  Subsequently, the virtual person information generation unit 111 of the virtual person management apparatus 10 issues a virtual person ID (step S104) to generate virtual person information. The virtual person information generation unit 111 stores the user management apparatus ID of the user management apparatus 20 that has transmitted the issue instruction in step S103 in the user management apparatus ID of the virtual person information (step S105). The virtual person information generation unit 111 calculates the management company responsibility capacity evaluation value and stores it in the management company responsibility capacity evaluation value of the virtual person information (step S106). The virtual person information generation unit 111 calculates a virtual person responsible ability evaluation value and stores it in the virtual person responsible ability evaluation value of the virtual person information (step S107).

  Subsequently, the transmission unit 114 of the virtual person management apparatus 10 transmits the virtual person ID issued in step S104 to the user management apparatus 20 (step S108).

  Subsequently, the user information management unit 212 of the user management apparatus 20 stores the virtual person ID received from the virtual person management apparatus 10 in the virtual person ID of the user information file 221 (step S109). The transmission unit 213 of the user management device 20 transmits the virtual person ID to the user terminal 30 (step S110). Thereby, the user can acquire a virtual person ID.

  With reference to FIG. 7, the processing procedure when the user assigns the virtual person ID will be described. FIG. 7 is a sequence chart showing a processing procedure when assigning a virtual person ID. In this processing procedure, a procedure for transferring the virtual person ID owned by the user of the user terminal A to the user of the user terminal B will be described. In this processing procedure, the user terminal 30 used by the user A who wants to sell the virtual person ID is defined as the user terminal A, and the user terminal 30 used by the user B who desires the purchase of the virtual person ID is defined as the user terminal B. To do. The user management apparatus 20 that manages information related to the user A is referred to as a user management apparatus A, and the user management apparatus 20 that manages information related to the user B is referred to as a user management apparatus B.

  First, the user terminal A accesses the transaction mediation site that mediates the sales transaction of the virtual person ID provided in the service providing device 40 and applies for the sale of the virtual person ID (step S201).

  Subsequently, the service providing apparatus 40 posts the virtual person ID for which the sales application has been made in the purchase applicant recruitment column of the virtual person ID in the transaction brokerage site (step S202).

  Subsequently, the user terminal B accesses the transaction brokerage site of the service providing device 40 and applies for purchase of the virtual person ID (step S203). The service providing apparatus 40 transmits a purchase application reception notification indicating that the purchase application has been received to the user terminal A (step S204).

  Subsequently, when the user A gives an operation instruction to approve the purchase application by the user B, the user terminal A transmits an approval notification for the purchase application to the service providing apparatus 40 (step S205).

  Subsequently, the service providing device 40 transmits a transaction request notification for requesting a sales transaction of the virtual person ID to the virtual person management device 10 (step S206).

  Subsequently, the transmission unit 114 of the virtual person management device 10 transmits a reconfirmation request notification for requesting the user A to confirm the sales intention again to the user management device A (step S207). The transmission unit 213 of the user management apparatus A transmits a reconfirmation request for requesting the user A to confirm reconfirmation of the sales intention to the user terminal A (step S208).

  Subsequently, when the user A gives an operation instruction indicating that he / she has a sales intention, the user terminal A transmits a reconfirmation notification of the sales intention to the user management apparatus A (step S209), and the transmission unit of the user management apparatus A 213 transmits this reconfirmation notification to the virtual person management apparatus 10 (step S210).

  Subsequently, the transmission unit 114 of the virtual person management apparatus 10 transmits a reconfirmation request notification for requesting the user B to confirm the purchase intention of the user B again to the user management apparatus B (step S211). The transmission unit 213 of the user management apparatus B transmits a reconfirmation request for requesting the user B to reconfirm purchase intention to the user terminal B (step S212).

  Subsequently, when the user B performs an operation instruction indicating that he / she has a purchase intention, the user terminal B transmits a reconfirmation notification of the purchase intention to the user management apparatus B (step S213), and the transmission unit of the user management apparatus B 213 transmits this reconfirmation notification to the virtual person management apparatus 10 (step S214).

  Subsequently, the virtual person information update unit 113 of the virtual person management apparatus 10 extracts virtual person information including the virtual person ID from the virtual person information file 121 based on the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be traded. Then, the user management device ID of the extracted virtual person information is rewritten and updated to the user management device ID of the user management device B (step S215).

  Subsequently, the transmission unit 114 of the virtual person management apparatus 10 transmits to the user management apparatus A a deletion request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction (step S216). ) And an addition request notification requesting to add information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction is transmitted to the user management apparatus B (step S217).

  Subsequently, when receiving the deletion request notification, the user information management unit 212 of the user management apparatus A extracts user information including the user ID of the user A from the user information file 221, and from the extracted virtual person ID of the user information, The virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is deleted and updated (step S218). The transmission unit 213 of the user management device A transmits a completion notification indicating that the sales transaction has been completed to the user terminal A (step S219).

  On the other hand, when receiving the addition request notification, the user information management unit 212 of the user management apparatus B extracts user information including the user ID of the user B from the user information file 221, and buys and sells the virtual person ID of the extracted user information. The virtual person ID of the virtual person to be traded is added and updated (step S220). The transmission unit 213 of the user management device B transmits a completion notification indicating that the sales transaction has been completed to the user terminal B (step S221).

  As described above, in the virtual person management system according to the present embodiment, when a transaction request notification requesting a virtual person sales transaction is received, the user management apparatus stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person is stored. The ID can be rewritten and updated from the user management device ID of the user management device 20 that manages the user on the sales side to the user management device ID of the user management device 20 that manages the user on the purchase side. In addition, the user management device 20 that manages the user on the sales side can delete the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction, and the user management device 20 that manages the user on the purchase side. Thus, the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction can be added. Therefore, it becomes possible to transfer a virtual person. Furthermore, since the virtual person ID can be managed by the user management apparatus 20 that manages the responsibility ability of the user who owns the virtual person, the responsibility for the virtual person used anonymously on the network can be pursued.

  The configuration of the virtual person management apparatus 10 in the present embodiment shown in FIG. 2 can be variously changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, a function equivalent to that of the virtual person management apparatus 10 can be realized by implementing the function of the control unit 11 of the virtual person management apparatus 10 as software and executing the function by a computer. Hereinafter, an example of a computer that executes the virtual personality management program 1071 in which the function of the control unit 11 is implemented as software will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a computer that executes a virtual personality management program. The computer 1000 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1010 that executes various arithmetic processes, an input device 1020 that receives input of data from a user, a monitor 1030 that displays various information, and a medium reading device that reads a program from a recording medium. 1040, a communication device 1050 that exchanges data with other computers via a network, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 1060 that temporarily stores various information, and a hard disk device 1070 are connected by a bus 1080. The

  The hard disk device 1070 includes a virtual personality management program 1071 having the same function as the control unit 11 shown in FIG. 2 and a virtual personality management program corresponding to various data stored in the storage unit 12 shown in FIG. Data 1072 is stored. Note that the virtual personality management data 1072 can be appropriately distributed and stored in another computer connected via a network.

  Then, the CPU 1010 reads out the virtual personality management program 1071 from the hard disk device 1070 and develops it in the RAM 1060, so that the virtual personality management program 1071 functions as the virtual personality management process 1061. Then, the virtual personality management process 1061 expands information read from the virtual personality management data 1072 and the like in an area allocated to itself on the RAM 1060 as appropriate, and executes various data processing based on the expanded data and the like.

  Note that the virtual personality management program 1071 is not necessarily stored in the hard disk device 1070, and the computer 1000 may read and execute this program stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM. Further, this program is stored in another computer (or server) connected to the computer 1000 via a public line, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), etc., and the computer 1000 executes the program from these. It may be read and executed.

(Supplementary Note 1) A virtual person management program for managing information about a virtual person used anonymously on a network,
Storage that stores a user management device ID that uniquely identifies a user management device that manages user information including the responsibility of the user who owns the virtual person in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies the virtual person Procedure and
A receiving procedure for receiving a transaction request notification for requesting the transaction of the virtual person;
When the transaction request notification is received by the reception procedure, the user management device ID stored by the storage procedure is stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction. An update procedure for rewriting and updating the user management device ID being rewritten with the user management device ID of the user management device for managing information on a purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction;
A deletion request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is transmitted to the user management device that manages information related to a sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction. And a transmission procedure for transmitting an addition request notification requesting to add information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction to the user management apparatus that manages information related to the user on the purchase side. When,
A virtual person management program characterized in that a computer is executed.

(Additional remark 2) For evaluating the management company responsibility ability evaluation value for evaluating the degree of responsibility ability of the management company corresponding to the user management apparatus ID and the degree of responsibility ability of the virtual person corresponding to the virtual person ID A calculation procedure for calculating a virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value;
The storage procedure further includes storing the management company responsibility capability evaluation value and the virtual person responsibility capability evaluation value calculated by the calculation procedure in association with the virtual person ID. Virtual person management program.

(Additional remark 3) When the said transaction procedure notification is received by the said reception procedure, the said transmission procedure is to each said user management apparatus which manages the information regarding the said user on the sales side, and the information regarding the said user on the purchase side In addition, a confirmation request notification for requesting to confirm the sales intention of the user on the selling side or the purchase intention of the user on the purchasing side is further transmitted,
The update procedure is stored by the storage procedure when an intention to sell the virtual person and an intention to purchase the virtual person are confirmed by a response to the confirmation request notification transmitted by the transmission procedure. The user management device ID stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction among the user management device IDs managed is managed with respect to the user on the purchase side The virtual person management program according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the user management device ID of the user management device is rewritten and updated.

(Supplementary Note 4) The transaction request notification is transmitted by the external device that receives the sales application notification of the virtual person by the user on the sales side and receives the purchase application notification for the sales application. The virtual person management program according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 3.

(Supplementary Note 5) A virtual person management apparatus that manages information related to a virtual person used anonymously on a network,
Storage that stores a user management device ID that uniquely identifies a user management device that manages user information including the responsibility of the user who owns the virtual person in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies the virtual person Means,
Receiving means for receiving a transaction request notification for requesting the transaction of the virtual person;
When the transaction request notification is received by the receiving unit, the user management device ID stored by the storage unit is stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction. Updating means for rewriting and updating the user management device ID being replaced with the user management device ID of the user management device for managing information relating to a purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction;
A deletion request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is transmitted to the user management device that manages information related to a sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction. And a transmission means for transmitting an addition request notification for requesting to add information relating to the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction to the user management apparatus that manages information relating to the user on the purchase side. When,
A virtual person management apparatus comprising:

(Additional remark 6) For evaluating the management company responsibility ability evaluation value for evaluating the degree of responsibility ability of the management company corresponding to the user management apparatus ID and the degree of responsibility ability of the virtual person corresponding to the virtual person ID A calculation means for calculating a virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value;
The storage means further stores the management company responsibility capacity evaluation value and the virtual person responsibility capacity evaluation value calculated by the calculation means in association with the virtual person ID. Virtual person management device.

(Supplementary Note 7) When the transaction request notification is received by the reception unit, the transmission unit is provided to each of the user management devices that manages information on the sales-side user and information on the purchase-side user. In addition, a confirmation request notification for requesting to confirm the sales intention of the user on the selling side or the purchase intention of the user on the purchasing side is further transmitted,
The update means stores the storage means when the intention to sell the virtual person and the intention to purchase the virtual person are confirmed by a response to the confirmation request notification transmitted by the transmission means. The user management device ID stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction among the user management device IDs managed is managed with respect to the user on the purchase side The virtual person management device according to appendix 5 or 6, wherein the user management device ID of the user management device is rewritten and updated.

(Supplementary Note 8) The transaction request notification is transmitted by an external device that receives a notification of sales application of the virtual person by the user on the sales side and receives a notification of purchase application for the sales application. The virtual person management device according to any one of supplementary notes 5 to 7.

(Supplementary note 9) A virtual person management method for managing information about a virtual person used anonymously on a network,
Storage that stores a user management device ID that uniquely identifies a user management device that manages user information including the responsibility of the user who owns the virtual person in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies the virtual person Process,
A receiving step of receiving a transaction request notification for requesting the sales transaction of the virtual person;
When the transaction request notification is received in the reception step, the user management device ID stored in the storage step is stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction. An updating step of rewriting and updating the user management device ID being rewritten with the user management device ID of the user management device that manages information on a purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction;
A deletion request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is transmitted to the user management device that manages information related to a sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction. And a transmission step of transmitting an addition request notification requesting to add information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction to the user management device that manages information related to the user on the purchase side. When,
A virtual person management method comprising:

(Additional remark 10) For evaluating the management company responsibility ability evaluation value for evaluating the degree of responsibility ability of the management company corresponding to the user management apparatus ID and the degree of responsibility ability of the virtual person corresponding to the virtual person ID A calculation step of calculating a virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value;
The additional storage according to claim 9, wherein the storage step further stores the management company responsibility capability evaluation value and the virtual person responsibility capability evaluation value calculated in the calculation step in association with the virtual person ID. Virtual person management method.

(Additional remark 11) When the said transaction request notification is received in the said receiving process, the said transmission process is to each said user management apparatus which manages the information regarding the said user on the sales side, and the information regarding the said user on the purchase side In addition, a confirmation request notification for requesting to confirm the sales intention of the user on the selling side or the purchase intention of the user on the purchasing side is further transmitted,
The update step is stored by the storage procedure when an intention to sell the virtual person and an intention to purchase the virtual person are confirmed by a response to the confirmation request notification transmitted in the transmission step. The user management device ID stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction among the user management device IDs managed is managed with respect to the user on the purchase side The virtual person management method according to appendix 9 or 10, wherein the user management apparatus ID of the user management apparatus is rewritten and updated.

(Supplementary Note 12) The transaction request notification is transmitted by the external device that receives the sales application notification of the virtual person by the user on the sales side and receives the purchase application notification for the sales application. The virtual person management method according to any one of supplementary notes 9 to 11.

(Supplementary note 13) A virtual person management system comprising a virtual person management apparatus that manages information related to a virtual person used anonymously on a network, and a user management apparatus that manages information related to a user who owns the virtual person. ,
The virtual person management device
Storage means for storing a user management device ID that uniquely identifies the user management device in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies the virtual person;
Receiving means for receiving a transaction request notification for requesting the transaction of the virtual person;
When the transaction request notification is received by the receiving unit, the user management device ID stored by the storage unit is stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction. Updating means for rewriting and updating the user management device ID being replaced with the user management device ID of the user management device for managing information relating to a purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction;
A deletion request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is transmitted to the user management device that manages information related to a sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction. And a transmission means for transmitting an addition request notification for requesting to add information relating to the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction to the user management apparatus that manages information relating to the user on the purchase side. And comprising
The user management device includes:
A virtual person ID that uniquely identifies a virtual person owned by the user and a user responsibility ability evaluation value for evaluating the degree of responsibility ability of the user are stored in association with a user ID that uniquely identifies the user. User information storage means;
When the deletion request notification is received, the virtual person ID included in the deletion request notification is deleted and updated from the virtual person ID stored in association with the user ID included in the deletion request notification. When the addition request notification is received, update is performed by adding the virtual person ID included in the addition request notification to the virtual person ID stored in association with the user ID included in the addition request notification. A virtual person management system, comprising:

(Supplementary Note 14) The virtual person management device includes:
Management company responsibility capability evaluation value for evaluating the degree of responsibility capability of the management company corresponding to the user management device ID and virtual person responsibility capability for evaluating the degree of responsibility capability of the virtual person corresponding to the virtual person ID A calculation means for calculating an evaluation value;
The storage means further stores the management company responsibility ability evaluation value and the virtual person responsibility ability evaluation value calculated by the calculation means in association with the virtual person ID. Virtual person management system.

(Supplementary Note 15) When the transaction request notification is received by the reception unit, the transmission unit is provided to each of the user management devices that manages information on the selling user and information on the purchasing user. In addition, a confirmation request notification for requesting to confirm the sales intention of the user on the selling side or the purchase intention of the user on the purchasing side is further transmitted,
The update means stores the storage means when the intention to sell the virtual person and the intention to purchase the virtual person are confirmed by a response to the confirmation request notification transmitted by the transmission means. The user management device ID stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction among the user management device IDs managed is managed with respect to the user on the purchase side The virtual person management system according to appendix 13 or 14, wherein the user management device ID of the user management device is rewritten and updated.

(Supplementary Note 16) The transaction request notification is transmitted by the external device that receives the sales application notification of the virtual person by the selling user and receives the purchase application notification for the sales application. The virtual person management system according to any one of supplementary notes 13 to 15.

  As described above, the virtual person management program, the virtual person management apparatus, the virtual person management method, and the virtual person management system according to the present invention are useful for managing information about virtual persons used anonymously on the network. In particular, it is suitable for transferring a virtual person.

It is a system configuration figure of a virtual person management system. It is a functional block diagram of a virtual person management apparatus. It is a data block diagram of a virtual person information file. It is a functional block diagram of a user management apparatus. It is a data block diagram of a user information file. It is a sequence chart which shows the process sequence at the time of virtual person ID issuing. It is a sequence chart which shows the process sequence at the time of virtual person ID transfer. It is a block diagram of a computer that executes a virtual personality management program.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Virtual person management system 10 Virtual person management apparatus 11 Control part 111 Virtual person information production | generation part 112 Reception part 113 Virtual person information update part 114 Transmission part 12 Storage part 121 Virtual person information file 20 User management apparatus 21 Control part 211 Reception part 212 User information management unit 213 Transmission unit 22 Storage unit 221 User information file 30 User terminal 40 Service providing apparatus 1000 Computer 1010 CPU
1020 Input device 1030 Monitor 1040 Medium reader 1050 Communication device 1060 RAM
1061 Virtual personality management process 1070 Hard disk device 1071 Virtual personality management program 1072 Virtual personality management data 1080 Bus

Claims (7)

A virtual person management program for managing information about a virtual person used anonymously on a network,
Storage that stores a user management device ID that uniquely identifies a user management device that manages user information including the responsibility of the user who owns the virtual person in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies the virtual person Procedure and
A receiving procedure for receiving a transaction request notification for requesting the transaction of the virtual person;
When the transaction request notification is received by the reception procedure, the user management device ID stored by the storage procedure is stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction. An update procedure for rewriting and updating the user management device ID being rewritten with the user management device ID of the user management device for managing information on a purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction;
A deletion request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is transmitted to the user management device that manages information related to a sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction. And a transmission procedure for transmitting an addition request notification requesting to add information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction to the user management apparatus that manages information related to the user on the purchase side. When,
A virtual person management program characterized in that a computer is executed. Management company responsibility capability evaluation value for evaluating the degree of responsibility capability of the management company corresponding to the user management device ID and virtual person responsibility capability for evaluating the degree of responsibility capability of the virtual person corresponding to the virtual person ID A calculation procedure for calculating an evaluation value;
The storage procedure further stores the management company responsibility capacity evaluation value and the virtual person responsibility capacity evaluation value calculated by the calculation procedure in association with the virtual person ID. Virtual person management program. When the transaction request notification is received by the reception procedure, the transmission procedure is performed for each of the user management devices that manage information on the sales-side user and information on the purchase-side user. Further sending a confirmation request notification requesting to confirm the sales intention of the selling user or the purchasing intention of the purchasing user,
The update procedure is stored by the storage procedure when an intention to sell the virtual person and an intention to purchase the virtual person are confirmed by a response to the confirmation request notification transmitted by the transmission procedure. The user management device ID stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person who is the target of the sales transaction among the user management device IDs managed is managed with respect to the user on the purchase side The virtual person management program according to claim 1, wherein the virtual person management program is rewritten and updated to the user management device ID of the user management device.   2. The transaction request notification is transmitted by an external device that receives a sales application notification of the virtual person by the user on the sales side and receives a purchase application notification for the sales application. The virtual person management program according to any one of? A virtual person management apparatus that manages information about a virtual person used anonymously on a network,
Storage that stores a user management device ID that uniquely identifies a user management device that manages user information including the responsibility of the user who owns the virtual person in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies the virtual person Means,
Receiving means for receiving a transaction request notification for requesting the transaction of the virtual person;
When the transaction request notification is received by the receiving unit, the user management device ID stored by the storage unit is stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction. Updating means for rewriting and updating the user management device ID being replaced with the user management device ID of the user management device for managing information relating to a purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction;
A deletion request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is transmitted to the user management device that manages information related to a sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction. And a transmission means for transmitting an addition request notification for requesting to add information relating to the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction to the user management apparatus that manages information relating to the user on the purchase side. When,
A virtual person management apparatus comprising: A virtual person management method for managing information about a virtual person used anonymously on a network,
Storage that stores a user management device ID that uniquely identifies a user management device that manages user information including the responsibility of the user who owns the virtual person in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies the virtual person Process,
A receiving step of receiving a transaction request notification for requesting the sales transaction of the virtual person;
When the transaction request notification is received in the reception step, the user management device ID stored in the storage step is stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction. An updating step of rewriting and updating the user management device ID being rewritten with the user management device ID of the user management device that manages information on a purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction;
A deletion request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is transmitted to the user management device that manages information related to a sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction. And a transmission step of transmitting an addition request notification requesting to add information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction to the user management device that manages information related to the user on the purchase side. When,
A virtual person management method comprising: A virtual person management system comprising: a virtual person management apparatus that manages information about a virtual person used anonymously on a network; and a user management apparatus that manages information about a user who owns the virtual person,
The virtual person management device
Storage means for storing a user management device ID that uniquely identifies the user management device in association with a virtual person ID that uniquely identifies the virtual person;
Receiving means for receiving a transaction request notification for requesting the transaction of the virtual person;
When the transaction request notification is received by the receiving unit, the user management device ID stored by the storage unit is stored in association with the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction. Updating means for rewriting and updating the user management device ID being replaced with the user management device ID of the user management device for managing information relating to a purchase-side user who is a party of the sales transaction;
A deletion request notification requesting to delete information related to the virtual person ID of the virtual person that is the target of the sales transaction is transmitted to the user management device that manages information related to a sales-side user who is a party to the sales transaction. And a transmission means for transmitting an addition request notification for requesting to add information relating to the virtual person ID of the virtual person to be the target of the sales transaction to the user management apparatus that manages information relating to the user on the purchase side. And comprising
The user management device includes:
A virtual person ID that uniquely identifies a virtual person owned by the user and a user responsibility ability evaluation value for evaluating the degree of responsibility ability of the user are stored in association with a user ID that uniquely identifies the user. User information storage means;
When the deletion request notification is received, the virtual person ID included in the deletion request notification is deleted and updated from the virtual person ID stored in association with the user ID included in the deletion request notification. When the addition request notification is received, update is performed by adding the virtual person ID included in the addition request notification to the virtual person ID stored in association with the user ID included in the addition request notification. A virtual person management system, comprising:

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