JP6490019B2 - Information management apparatus, information management method, and information management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information management device, an information management method and an information management system.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a technique for providing advertisements and free samples via vending machines is known. As an example of such information distribution, a technique of a vending machine that provides a predetermined present when a user browses a predetermined homepage and the user browses the homepage is known. In addition, in order to provide free samples to users with needs, if the registered user attributes satisfy the free sample provision conditions, the technology of the vending machine that provides free samples Are known.

JP 2002-83208 A JP 2006-163485 A

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, use of services via the Internet may not be promoted on the spot. For example, in the prior art, a predetermined article is only provided to a user who has viewed an advertisement or a user whose pre-registered attribute satisfies the provision condition of the free sample. For this reason, in the prior art, it is not possible to provide an article as a reward to a user who has installed a predetermined application on the spot.

  The present application has been made in view of the above, and aims to promote the use of services via the Internet in real time.

  The information management device according to the present application includes, from a terminal device used by a user, a reception unit that receives an identifier for identifying a vending machine that has notified the terminal device of information related to a predetermined application; An instruction unit that instructs the vending machine indicated by the identifier received by the reception unit to provide a reward to the user when access is made to content related to a predetermined application; It is characterized by.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, there is an effect that the use of the service via the Internet can be promoted in real time.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing executed by the information management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the information management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the vending machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration included in the information management apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the device ID database according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the user database according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the sales history database according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of information management processing by the vending machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of information management processing by the information management apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing for providing a reward to a user different from the user who has been authenticated by the information management apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment for implementing an information management device, an information management method, an information management system, and a vending machine according to the present application (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the information management apparatus, the information management method, the information management system, and the vending machine according to the present application are not limited by this embodiment. In the following embodiments, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

[1. Example of information management system)
First, an example of the information management system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing executed by the information management system according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, as an example of processing executed by the information management system 1, when an application advertisement that is an advertisement prompting the user U01 to install an application is distributed and the user U01 authenticates the application, An example of a process for providing a product sold by a vending machine free of charge as a reward will be described.

  The advertisement distributed to the user U01 by the information management system 1 described below is not limited to the advertisement that prompts the user to install an application. For example, the advertisement distributed by the information management system 1 may be not only a for-profit or non-profit advertisement but also a recruitment of volunteers, a public advertisement, a notification to the public, and the like. Further, the information management system 1 can distribute as an advertisement any content such as sales, advertisements, notifications, etc. of products and services, web pages, games, etc., in addition to advertisements that prompt application installation. Moreover, the content including a web page, a still image, a moving image, a character, a figure, a symbol, a hyperlink, and other arbitrary information can be applied to the advertisement. That is, as long as the content is intended to generate interest for the user, the information management system 1 can select any content related to various services via the Internet, such as web pages, games, emails, tweets, blog articles, and the like. Content may be distributed as advertisements.

  In the example shown in FIG. 1, the information management system 1 installs and manages the terminal device 10 used by the user U01, the vending machine 20 that sells articles, the application server 30 that distributes applications, and the vending machine 20. It has a vendor server 40 used by a supplier (hereinafter referred to as a vendor), and an information management apparatus 100 that executes information management processing described later. The information management system 1 may include an arbitrary number of terminal devices 10, vending machines 20, application servers 30, vendor servers 40, and information management devices 100. For example, it is assumed that the information management apparatus 100 can communicate with an arbitrary number of vending machines 20 and an arbitrary number of terminal apparatuses 10.

  The terminal device 10 is an information processing device used by the user U01, and is used by the user U01 to browse content such as news and columns. As a specific example, the terminal device 10 is a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a desktop PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, or the like.

  The vending machine 20 is a device that automatically sells predetermined articles. For example, the vending machine 20 has functions for automatically storing goods to be sold, confirming the input amount, specifying the goods to be sold, providing the goods, etc., and selling the goods in an unattended state. Can do. The items sold by the vending machine 20 are not limited to foods and beverages. For example, any items such as tickets for public transportation, tickets for facilities and movies, miscellaneous goods such as cosmetics, etc. Is applicable. The vending machine 20 may be a device that provides not only paid items but also free items such as free samples.

  Here, it is assumed that the terminal device 10 and the vending machine 20 can communicate via Bluetooth (registered trademark) or a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). For example, the vending machine 20 detects the terminal device 10 existing within a predetermined range from its own device at a predetermined time interval, and pushes predetermined information to the detected terminal device 10. Note that the vending machine 20 may distribute predetermined information when the terminal device 10 is requested to transmit information. Further, it is assumed that the terminal device 10 is executing a predetermined application that can receive predetermined information that is push-distributed from the vending machine 20.

  The application server 30 is an information processing apparatus that distributes a predetermined application, and is realized by, for example, a server apparatus or a cloud system. For example, the application server 30 stores one or more applications, and distributes the applications in response to a request from the terminal device 10. The application distributed by the application server 30 may be paid or free.

  The vendor server 40 is an information processing device used by the vendor, and is realized by, for example, a server device or a cloud system. For example, the vendor server 40 can communicate with the vending machine 20 via a predetermined network such as the Internet, and obtains information indicating the information and the number of articles provided by the vending machine 20. be able to. Note that the communication between the vending machine 20 and the vendor server 40 may not be via a network. For example, the vendor server 40 may acquire information read from the vending machine 20 when the trader replenishes the vending machine 20 with items.

  The information management device 100 is an information processing device realized by a server device, a cloud system, or the like, and is used by transmitting a predetermined notification to the vending machine 20 when the user U01 satisfies a predetermined condition. The goods sold by the vending machine 20 are provided to the user U01 as a reward for the person U01.

[1-1. Information management process)
Hereinafter, information management processing executed by the information management system 1 will be described. For example, a unique device ID is assigned to the vending machine 20 in advance as an identifier for identifying the vending machine 20. The vending machine 20 stores information for advertising an application that the user U01 wants to use (hereinafter sometimes referred to as an application advertisement). Such an application advertisement includes a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for introducing or downloading an application that the user U01 wants to use, and when authentication such as application use registration or login is performed. It is assumed that the article sold by the vending machine 20 is provided free of charge.

  When the terminal device 10 enters the predetermined area, the vending machine 20 push-distributes the device ID and the application advertisement to the terminal device 10 (step S1). In such a case, the terminal device 10 advertises an application to the user U01 by displaying the push-delivered application advertisement. For example, when the user U01 selects acquisition of the application indicated by the application advertisement, the terminal device 10 downloads a predetermined application from the application server 30 (step S2) and performs installation (step S3).

  Subsequently, when the installation of the application is completed, the terminal device 10 transmits an authentication request of the user U01 via the installed application together with the device ID received from the vending machine 20 to the information management apparatus 100. (Step S4). For example, the terminal device 10 uses the installed application as an authentication request for various information used for authentication such as the user name and password used by the user U01, the name, gender, and age of the user U01. To 100.

  In such a case, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not the user U01 has been authenticated through the application advertised by the application advertisement (step S5), and determines that the authentication has been performed. Then, an authentication completion notification, which is a notification that the authentication has been completed, is transmitted to the terminal device 10 (step S6). Then, the information management apparatus 100 provides the vending machine 20 indicated by the device ID received from the terminal apparatus 10, that is, the vending machine that presents the user U01 with the application authenticated to the user U01. By transmitting the authentication completion notification, the user U01 is instructed to provide a reward (step S7). As described above, when the authentication completion notification transmitted by the information management apparatus 100 is received, the vending machine 20 provides the user U01 with the article sold by the own apparatus free of charge (step S8).

  In addition, when the vending machine 20 provides an article to be sold to the user U01 free of charge, the vending machine 20 notifies the vendor server 40 of the provision of the article (step S9). In such a case, the vendor server 40 distributes a provision report indicating the type and number of articles provided free of charge to the information management apparatus 100 (step S10). Then, the information management apparatus 100 calculates the price of the article provided free of charge based on the received provision report (step S11), and provides the price to the vendor via a predetermined settlement means.

  In this way, the information management apparatus 100 receives the device ID of the vending machine 20, and when it is determined that the user U01 has installed and authenticated the application, the vending machine indicated by the received device ID. The machine 20 is instructed to provide a reward for the user U01. For this reason, when the user U01 installs and authenticates the application, the information management apparatus 100 provides an article as a reward from the vending machine 20 located around the user U01 in real time. Can do. As a result, the information management apparatus 100 can promote application installation and authentication.

[1-2. About authentication)
Here, in the processing described above, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not the authentication by the user U01 has been performed, and when the authentication has been performed, the vending machine provides the user U01 with a reward. 20 instructed. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may simply transmit an authentication completion notification indicating that the authentication has been completed, instead of a notification that clearly indicates that the reward is to be provided to the user U01. Further, the information management apparatus 100 may transmit an authentication completion notification when login is performed via an application. Further, the information management apparatus 100 may transmit an authentication completion notification when receiving a notification from an application installed in the terminal device 10.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 authenticates the web page for logging in the application, the web page displayed when the login is completed, and the user U01, for example, via the application installed in the terminal device 10. An authentication completion notification may be transmitted when there is an access to a web page to be performed or a web page displayed when authentication is completed. For example, when the information management apparatus 100 receives a notification that the user U01 has been authenticated from a login web page or content, or an authentication server that distributes the authentication web page or content. May determine that authentication has been performed.

  The information management apparatus 100 also displays content that is displayed when an application is registered or when a web page or content for registering the terminal device 10 that has installed the application is accessed, or when the application is accessed. An authentication completion notification may be sent when there is access to. Further, the information management apparatus 100 may transmit an authentication completion notification when an arbitrary content related to the application is accessed from the terminal apparatus 10.

  That is, when the information management apparatus 100 can identify not only the authentication that the user U01 consciously performs, such as login, but also that the application has been installed in the terminal apparatus 10 and the application has been executed, An authentication completion notification may be transmitted to the vending machine 20. Note that the embodiment is not limited to this, and the information management apparatus 100 is not limited to when authentication is performed, for example, when the user U01 performs a predetermined action using an application, etc. An authentication completion notification may be transmitted to the vending machine 20 at an arbitrary timing.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not the user U01 has performed the first authentication, and only when it is determined that the first authentication has been performed, the information management apparatus 100 instructs to provide the user U01 with a reward. Good. Further, for example, when the user U01 is authenticated, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not a predetermined period (for example, one day or one week) has elapsed since the previous authentication was performed. If it is determined and a predetermined period has elapsed, an instruction may be given to provide a reward. Further, the information management apparatus 100 may not receive an authentication request directly from the terminal apparatus 10. For example, when the information management apparatus 100 receives only the device ID from the terminal apparatus 10 and receives a notification that the user U01 has been authenticated from a server or the like that performs application authentication or management, the information management apparatus 100 uses The person U01 may be instructed to provide a reward.

[1-3. (Provision of goods)
In the above-described processing, the vending machine 20 provided an article sold by the own device as a reward for the user U01. Here, when receiving the authentication completion notification, the vending machine 20 does not need to specify the user U01, and may simply place a predetermined article at the providing port where the article is provided. In addition, the vending machine 20 measures the distance from the terminal device 10 used by the user U01 based on, for example, the radio field strength of wireless communication, and if the measured distance is shorter than a predetermined threshold, the vending machine 20 May be provided.

  Moreover, the vending machine 20 may perform discount of the provision price of goods as a reward to the user U01. For example, when receiving the authentication completion notification, the vending machine 20 notifies the user U01 that the goods can be provided at a discount price. The vending machine 20 may provide an article when the user U01 inputs a discounted fee.

[1-4. About the provided goods)
Moreover, the vending machine 20 may provide arbitrary articles | goods with respect to a user. For example, the vending machine 20 may provide a predetermined article set in advance, or may provide an article designated by the user U01. More specifically, when receiving the authentication completion notification, the vending machine 20 may light all the selection buttons for selecting an article and provide the article corresponding to the selection button pressed by the user. In addition, the vending machine 20 holds articles (hereinafter referred to as “limited products”), free samples, etc. that are not sold in a normal sales mode, and when receiving a notification of completion of authentication, the vending machines 20 May be provided.

  In addition, when the vending machine 20 receives designation of an article provided from the information management apparatus 100, the vending machine 20 may provide the designated article. For example, when the user U01 is authenticated through an application related to the first article, the information management apparatus 100 specifies to provide the first article and relates to the second article. When the user U01 is authenticated through the application, it may be specified to provide the second article. That is, the information management apparatus 100 provides the user U01 with an article related to the application downloaded to the terminal device 10 used by the user U01 among the articles sold by the vending machine 20 as a reward for the user U01. You may instruct them to do so.

[1-5. About log acquisition)
Further, the information management apparatus 100 may hold, as a log, information indicating the user U01 who uses the terminal device 10 that has downloaded the application or the vending machine 20 that has push-distributed the application advertisement of the downloaded application. For example, the information management apparatus 100, when the user U01 is authenticated, the user ID for identifying the user U01, the device ID received from the terminal apparatus 10 used by the user U01, and the terminal apparatus 10 stores a log in which an application ID indicating an installed application is associated. Note that the information management apparatus 10 may also store information indicating an article provided as a reward to the user U01.

  Such a log indicates what application the user U01 is interested in, which application installed the application based on which vending machine 20, and what items the user U01 obtains as a reward. It is information indicating whether or not Such information can serve as an index for distributing other applications, advertisements, etc. to the user U01. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100 may select information to be provided to the user U01 based on the acquired log.

[1-6. (Use of location information)
Further, the information management apparatus 100 may execute processing according to the position of the terminal device 10. For example, the terminal device 10 specifies the position of the own device using a position positioning system such as GPS (Global Positioning System). And the terminal device 10 transmits the positional information which shows the position of an own apparatus to the information management apparatus 100 with apparatus ID. On the other hand, when authentication of the user U01 is performed, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether the installation position of the vending machine 20 indicated by the received device ID and the position indicated by the position information are within a predetermined range. If it is determined whether or not it fits, an authentication completion notification may be transmitted to the vending machine 20.

[2. Configuration of information management system]
Next, an example of the configuration of the information management system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the information management system according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the information management system 1 includes a terminal device 10, a vending machine 20, an application server 30, a vendor server 40, and an information management device 100. Further, the terminal device 10, the vending machine 20, the application server 30, the vendor server 40, and the information management device 100 are connected to be communicable with each other via a network N such as the Internet or a mobile communication network. Further, the terminal device 10 and the vending machine 20 can communicate with each other via a predetermined wireless communication network RN.

  The terminal device 10 is a terminal device used by a user. For example, the terminal device 10 is connected to the network N via a wireless communication network such as 3G or 4G, and communicates with the application server 30 or the information management device 100. The vending machine 20 is a device that automatically sells articles, and is a so-called vending machine. The application server 30 is realized by an arbitrary information processing apparatus and distributes applications to the terminal device 10. The vendor server 40 is an information processing device used by the vendor, and manages the type and number of articles sold by the vending machine 20. The information management apparatus 100 is realized by an arbitrary information processing apparatus, and executes the above-described information management process.

  Hereinafter, an example of the functional configuration of the terminal device 10, the vending machine 20, and the information management device 100 that the information management system 1 has will be described. Note that the functional configurations of the application server 30 and the vendor server 40 are the same as those of a publicly known server that distributes applications and a publicly known server that is used by vendors, and the description thereof is omitted.

[3. Configuration of Terminal Device 10]
First, an example of a functional configuration of the terminal device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the terminal device 10 includes a communication unit 11, a wireless communication unit 12, a storage unit 13, an input unit 14, a display unit 15, a position detection unit 16, and a control unit 17.

  The communication unit 11 is realized by, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card). The communication unit 11 is connected to the network N in a wired or wireless manner, and transmits / receives information to / from the application server 30 and the information management apparatus 100. The wireless communication unit 12 is a communication unit that realizes short-range wireless communication such as wireless LAN and Bluetooth with the vending machine 20, and is realized by, for example, an antenna unit for wireless communication.

  The storage unit 13 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory element such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk, and is executed in the terminal device 10. Programs and data are recorded. The storage unit 13 may be used as a work area when the terminal device 10 executes a program.

  The input unit 14 is an input device that receives various operations from the user. For example, the input unit 14 is realized by a touch panel or the like. The display unit 15 is a display device for displaying various information, that is, a screen, and is realized by a liquid crystal display or the like. Note that the input unit 14 and the display unit 15 may be integrated. The position detection unit 16 is a position detection device that detects the current position of the terminal device 10 using GPS or the like, and is realized by, for example, a position detection unit having a GPS antenna or the like.

  The control unit 17 is stored in a storage device inside the terminal device 10 by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or the like. Various programs are executed by using the RAM as a work area.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 17 includes a reception unit 17a, an execution unit 17b, and an authentication unit 17c, and realizes or executes the functions and operations of information processing described below. Note that the internal configuration of the control unit 17 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 3, and may be another configuration as long as information processing described later is performed.

  The receiving unit 17a receives the device ID and the application advertisement that are push-distributed from the vending machine 20. For example, the receiving unit 17 a receives a device ID and an application advertisement from the vending machine 20 via the wireless communication unit 12. In such a case, the receiving unit 17a outputs the device ID and the application advertisement to the executing unit 17b.

  The execution unit 17b executes an application. For example, when the execution unit 17b receives the device ID and the application advertisement, the execution unit 17b displays the application advertisement on the display unit 15 to present the content of the application advertisement to the user U01. Then, when the user U01 requests acquisition of the application indicated by the application advertisement, the execution unit 17b downloads the application indicated by the application advertisement from the application server 30.

  In addition, when the download of the application is completed, the execution unit 17b displays information for inquiring whether to install the application on the display unit 15. Then, when the user performs an operation to execute installation, the execution unit 17b executes application installation and executes the installed application.

  The authentication unit 17c is a function realized by executing the installed application, and executes authentication of the user U01. For example, when the application is executed, the authentication unit 17c causes the display unit 15 to display a screen requesting input of the user name and password of the user U01. When the user U01 inputs a user name and password, the authentication unit 17c sends an authentication request including the input user name and password to the information management apparatus 100 and the device received by the reception unit 17a. By transmitting the ID, the user U01 is authenticated. In addition, the authentication part 17c shows the position detected by the position detection part 16, when determining whether the information management apparatus 100 provides the reward with respect to the user U01 according to the position of the terminal device 10. The location information may be transmitted together with the device ID and the authentication request.

[4. Configuration of vending machine 20]
Next, an example of the functional configuration of the vending machine 20 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the vending machine according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the vending machine 20 includes a communication unit 21, a wireless communication unit 22, a storage unit 23, an article storage unit 24, an article provision unit 25, and a control unit 26.

  The communication unit 21 is realized by a NIC or the like, for example. The communication unit 11 is connected to the network N in a wired or wireless manner, and transmits / receives information to / from the vendor server 40 and the information management apparatus 100. The wireless communication unit 12 is a communication unit that realizes short-range wireless communication with the terminal device 10, and is realized by, for example, an antenna unit for wireless communication.

  The storage unit 23 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk, and records programs and data such as applications executed in the vending machine 20. For example, in the storage unit 23, a device ID 23a that is an identifier for identifying the vending machine 20 and an application advertisement 23b that is push-distributed are registered. The storage unit 23 may be used as a work area when the vending machine 20 executes a program.

  The article storage unit 24 stores articles sold by the vending machine 20. For example, the article storage unit 24 stores, cools, and keeps a beverage or food sold by the vending machine 20. The article providing unit 25 controls the provision of articles sold by the vending machine 20. For example, when the user U01 inserts money and selects an item to be purchased, the user U01 takes out the selected item among the items stored by the item storage unit 24. Provide as possible.

  The control unit 26 is realized by, for example, a CPU, MPU, ASIC, FPGA, or the like executing various programs stored in the storage device inside the terminal device 10 using the RAM as a work area. As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 26 includes a transmission unit 26a and a provision unit 26b, and realizes or executes functions and operations of information processing described below. Note that the internal configuration of the control unit 26 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 4, and may be another configuration as long as the information processing described below is performed.

  The transmitting unit 26a pushes a device ID 23a that is an identifier for identifying the vending machine 20 and an application advertisement 23b that is information related to a predetermined application to the terminal device U01 used by the user U01 via wireless communication. To deliver. For example, the transmission unit 26a detects the terminal device 10 that can perform communication via short-range wireless communication at predetermined time intervals. And the transmission part 26a transmits apparatus ID23a and the application advertisement 23b with respect to the terminal device 10, when the terminal device 10 which can communicate via near field communication is detected.

  The providing unit 26b provides a reward to the user U01 in accordance with an instruction from the information management apparatus 100. For example, as will be described later, when the information management apparatus 100 receives the device ID from the terminal device 10 and accesses the content related to the application from the terminal device 10, the information management device 100 indicates vending that indicates the received device ID. An authentication completion notification is transmitted to the machine 20. As a result, when the providing unit 26b receives the authentication completion notification from the information management apparatus 100, the providing unit 26b controls the article providing unit 25 to provide the user U01 with the article stored in the article storage unit 24 free of charge. To do. For example, the providing unit 26b provides a predetermined article, an article specified by the information management apparatus 100, or an article specified by the user U01 in a state where the user U01 can take out the article. The providing unit 25 is controlled.

[5. Configuration of information management apparatus 100]
Next, an example of the functional configuration of the information management apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration included in the information management apparatus according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the information management apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a control unit 130.

  The communication unit 110 is realized by a NIC or the like, for example. The communication unit 110 is connected to the network N by wire or wirelessly and transmits / receives information to / from the terminal device 10, the vending machine 20, and the vendor server 40. The storage unit 120 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk, and records programs and data such as applications executed in the information management apparatus 100. The

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the device ID database 121, the user database 122, and the provision history database 123 are registered in the storage unit 120. Hereinafter, an example of information registered in each of the databases 121 to 123 stored in the storage unit 120 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the device ID database 121, the device ID and information related to the vending machine 20 indicated by the device ID are registered in association with each other. For example, FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the device ID database according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, a device ID and an IP (Internet Protocol) address are registered in the device ID database 121 in association with each other. Here, the IP address is an IP address assigned to the vending machine 20 indicated by the associated device ID, and is a destination used when transmitting an authentication completion notification.

  In addition to the information shown in FIG. 6, various information such as position information indicating the position where the vending machine 20 is installed and the type of the vending machine 20 are registered in the device ID database 121. Good. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, conceptual values such as “device # 1” and “address # 1” are described, but the embodiment is not limited thereto. For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the IP address “address # 1” is registered in the device ID database 121 as the IP address assigned to the vending machine 20 indicated by the device ID “device # 1”.

  In the user database 122, information indicating an application authenticated by the user U01 is registered. For example, FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the user database according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, a user ID and an authentication application are associated and registered in the user database 122. Here, the user ID is an identifier for identifying the user. The authentication application is information indicating an application in which user authentication indicated by the associated user ID is performed.

  In addition to the information shown in FIG. 7, information such as the user's name, age, user name, password, and the like may be registered in the user database 122. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, conceptual values such as “user # 1” and “application # 1” are described, but the embodiment is not limited thereto. For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 7, the user U01 indicated by the user ID “user # 1” is authenticated in the user database 122 via the applications indicated by “application # 1” and “application # 2”. Is registered.

  In the provision history database 123, the history of articles provided to the user U01 is registered. For example, FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of information registered in the sales history database according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, a user ID, a device ID, a provided article, and an authentication application are registered in the sales history database 123 in association with each other. Here, the device ID is from the vending machine 20 that has distributed the application advertisement to the user indicated by the associated user ID, that is, from the terminal device 10 of the user indicated by the associated user ID. The received device ID. The provided article is information indicating an article provided to the user indicated by the associated user ID.

  In addition to the information shown in FIG. 8, information such as the date and time when the article was provided to the user may be registered in the provision history database 123. In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, conceptual values such as “user # 1” and “application # 1” are described. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 8, the vending machine 20 indicated by “device # 1” is stored in the provision history database 123 for the terminal device 10 used by the user U01 indicated by “user # 1”. As a result of distributing the advertisement, the application indicated by “application # 1” is authenticated, and it is registered that the article indicated by “article # 1” is provided as a reward.

  Returning to FIG. 5, the description will be continued. The control unit 130 is realized by, for example, a CPU, MPU, ASIC, FPGA, or the like executing various programs stored in the storage device inside the information management apparatus 100 using the RAM as a work area. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the control unit 130 includes a reception unit 131, an authentication execution unit 132, an instruction unit 133, a registration unit 134, a selection unit 135, and a calculation unit 136. Note that the internal configuration of the control unit 130 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 5, and may be another configuration as long as information processing described later is performed.

  The receiving unit 131 receives a device ID that identifies the vending machine 20 that has notified the terminal device U01 of information related to a predetermined application from the terminal device U01 used by the user. More specifically, the reception unit 131 receives the device ID push-distributed by the vending machine 20 to the terminal device 20 via wireless communication together with the authentication request.

  The authentication execution unit 132 determines whether the user U01 has been authenticated. For example, when receiving the authentication request, the authentication execution unit 132 communicates with the server device that performs authentication of the user U01 and the like to execute the application installed by the terminal device 20, and authenticates the user U01. Execute. Then, when the authentication is completed, the authentication execution unit 132 notifies the instruction unit 133 that the authentication is completed.

  When the terminal device 10 accesses content related to a predetermined application, the instruction unit 133 rewards the user U01 to the vending machine 20 indicated by the device ID received by the receiving unit 131. Instruct to provide. For example, when the instruction unit 133 receives a notification from the authentication execution unit 132 that authentication such as login or user registration of the user U01 has been performed as access to the content related to the application, the user It is determined that the authentication of U01 has been performed. And the instruction | indication part 133 determines whether the conditions for the user U01 to receive a reward are satisfy | filled.

  For example, the instruction unit 133 refers to the user database 122 and specifies an authentication application associated with the authenticated user U01. And the instruction | indication part 133 is the case where the information which shows the application by which the user U01 was newly authenticated is not contained in the specified authentication application, ie, the user was authenticated about the predetermined application for the first time. If so, decide to provide a reward.

  In such a case, the instruction unit 133 specifies an IP address associated with the received device ID from the device ID database 121, and transmits an authentication completion notification with the specified IP address as a destination. That is, the instruction unit 133 instructs the user to provide the article sold by the vending machine 20 indicated by the received device ID as a reward for the user U01. Further, the instruction unit 133 registers information indicating the application that has authenticated the user U01 as “authentication application” in the user database 122 in association with the user ID of the user who is the object of authentication.

  Note that the instruction unit 133 authenticates the items sold by the vending machine 20 when the information on the items sold by the vending machine 20 indicated by the received device ID is registered in the device ID database 121. A notification may be transmitted to the vending machine 20 specifying an article corresponding to the received application and instructing to provide the specified article. For example, the instruction unit 133 may instruct to provide an article when the application for which the authentication is performed is an application related to the article. Further, the instruction unit 133 may instruct to provide the article for free, or may instruct to provide the article at a predetermined discount price.

  When the registration unit 134 receives a notification that the reward has been provided to the user U01, the registration unit 134 obtains the device ID indicating the vending machine 20 or the user ID indicating the user U01 to whom the reward is provided. The information is registered in the provision history database 123 in association with the notification that the reward has been provided. For example, the registration unit 134 receives information indicating an article provided by the vending machine 20 according to an instruction from the information management apparatus 100 via the vendor server 40. In such a case, the registration unit 134 provides the user ID of the user U01 who is the provision destination of the article, the device ID of the vending machine 20 that provided the article, and the provided article that indicates the article provided by the vending machine 20. And the authentication application that is the reason for providing the article, that is, the information indicating the application authenticated by the user U01 are registered in the provision history database 123 in association with each other.

  The selection unit 135 selects information to be proposed to the user U01 based on the information registered in the provision history database 123. For example, the selection unit 135 extracts various types of information associated with the user ID of the user U01 from the provision history database 123, and the type of application that the user U01 authenticates and the user U01 obtained as a reward. The type of the article and the tendency of the vending machine 20 that provides a reward to the user U01 are specified. Such a tendency can be an index of an application that the user U01 prefers to use, an article that the user U01 prefers as a reward, and the like. In addition, the tendency of the vending machine 20 that provides a reward to the user U01 can be an index of information indicating the life lead of the user.

  Therefore, the selection unit 135 analyzes various information extracted from the provision history database 123 and selects information such as an advertisement to be provided to the user U01. Then, the selection unit 135 transmits the selected information to the terminal device 20 used by the user U01. The selection unit 135 selects the type of advertisement or the like to be provided to the user U01, and provides the information to the user U01 by notifying the selected type to a distribution server that distributes the advertisement or the like. May be performed.

  The calculation unit 136 calculates the amount of reward provided to the vendor based on the information registered in the provision history database 123. More specifically, the calculation unit 136 calculates information registered in the provision history database 123 at predetermined time intervals, and calculates the total amount of articles provided to the user U01. The amount of goods calculated in this way is an amount for downloading the application and authenticating the user U01, and is provided to the vendor as part of the advertising cost of the application.

[6. Example of information management process)
Next, an example of information management processing executed by the information management apparatus 100 and the vending machine 20 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of information management processing by the vending machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of information management processing by the information management apparatus according to the embodiment.

  First, an example of the flow of information management processing executed by the vending machine 20 will be described with reference to FIG. For example, the vending machine 20 determines whether or not the terminal device 10 exists within a predetermined range (step S101). To describe a more specific example, the vending machine 20 determines whether there is a terminal device 10 that can communicate via short-range wireless communication, or whether the radio wave intensity used for short-range wireless communication is a predetermined value. It is determined whether there is a terminal device 10 that is stronger than the threshold. If the terminal device 10 is not within the predetermined range (step S101: No), the vending machine 20 waits until the terminal device 10 enters the predetermined range.

  In addition, when the terminal device 10 is within the predetermined range (step S101: Yes), the vending machine 20 sends information indicating the application, that is, the application advertisement 23b and the device ID 23a of the vending machine 20 to the terminal. Push distribution is performed to the device 10 (step S102). Subsequently, the vending machine 20 determines whether or not a predetermined instruction such as an authentication completion notification has been received from the information management apparatus 100 (step S103). If not received (step S103: No), the vending machine 20 receives it. Wait until When the vending machine 20 receives a predetermined instruction such as an authentication completion notification (step S103: Yes), the vending machine 20 provides the user U01 with an article sold by the user apparatus free of charge (step S104), and ends the process. To do.

  Next, an example of the flow of information management processing executed by the information management apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. For example, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether an authentication request and a device ID are received from the terminal apparatus 10 (step S201). To explain a more specific example, the information management apparatus 100 authenticates the device ID received by the terminal device 10 from the vending machine 20 and the application related to the application advertisement received by the terminal device 10 from the vending machine 20. It is determined whether or not the requested authentication request has been accepted. When the information management apparatus 100 has not received the authentication request and the device ID (step S201: No), the information management apparatus 100 stands by until it is received.

  Further, when the information management apparatus 100 accepts the authentication request and the device ID (step S201: Yes), the information management apparatus 100 executes authentication of the user U01 (step S202). Then, the information management apparatus 100 determines whether or not the authentication of the user U01 has been performed for the first time (step S203), and if it is the first authentication (step S203: Yes), the vending machine indicated by the device ID 20 is instructed to provide the article free of charge (step S204), and the process ends. On the other hand, when the authentication of the user U01 is not the first time (step S203: No), the information management apparatus 100 skips step S204 and ends the process.

[7. (Modification)
The information management apparatus 100 according to the above-described embodiment may be implemented in various different forms other than the above-described embodiment. Therefore, in the following, another embodiment of the information management apparatus 100 will be described.

[7-1. (When multiple terminal devices are linked)
When the user U01 is authenticated through the application, the information management device 100 described above receives a reward from the vending machine 20 that distributes the application advertisement and the device ID to the terminal device 10 of the user U01. Was provided. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may provide a reward to the second user U02 when the first user U01 is authenticated.

  To give a more specific example, the information management device 100 uses the first terminal device 60 used by the second user U02 as the first device ID identifier received from the second vending machine 50. It is received via the first terminal device 10 used by the user U01. When the information management apparatus 100 accesses the content related to the predetermined application from the first terminal apparatus 10, the information management apparatus 100 gives the second vending machine 60 indicated by the received apparatus ID to the second vending machine 60. You may instruct | indicate to provide the reward with respect to the 2nd user U2. That is, the information management apparatus 100 may provide a reward to the user U02 who introduced the application to the authenticated user U01.

  For example, FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing for providing a reward to a user different from the user who has been authenticated by the information management apparatus according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 11, an example is described in which the first user U01 uses the terminal device 10 and the second user U02 who is a friend of the first user U01 uses the terminal device 60. .

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 11, the user U01 is located in the vicinity of the vending machine 20, and the user U02 is located in the vicinity of the vending machine 50. In such a case, the vending machine 10 push-distributes application advertisements to the terminal device 10 (step S1). Further, the vending machine 50 push-distributes the device ID of its own device to the terminal device 60 (step S2). Here, the vending machine 50 pushes and distributes a message such as “Free drink when you invite a friend!”, That is, a message that a reward is obtained when other users are authenticated. Good.

  In such a case, for example, the terminal device 60 transmits the device ID received from the vending machine 50 to the terminal device 10 in accordance with an instruction from the user U02 (step S3). Subsequently, the terminal device 10 installs an application in accordance with an instruction from the user U01 (step S4), and transmits an authentication request together with the device ID received from the terminal device 60 to the information management device 100. In such a case, the information management apparatus 100 performs authentication of the user U01 (step S6), and transmits an authentication completion notice to the vending machine indicated by the received device ID, that is, the vending machine 50 (step S6). S7). As a result, the vending machine 50 provides the sales item to the user U02 free of charge.

  The information management apparatus 100 receives the device IDs of the vending machines 20 and 50 from the terminal device 10 to transmit an authentication completion notification to the vending machines 20 and 50, and rewards both the users U01 and U02. May be provided. For example, the information management apparatus 100 may provide a reward to both the users U01 and U02 when both the user U01 and the user U02 perform authentication.

  In the example described above, the terminal device 10 has received the application advertisement 23a from the vending machine 20. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the terminal device 60 transmits the application advertisement 23a to the terminal device 10 together with the terminal ID 23b. In such a case, the terminal device 10 may execute application installation and user U01 authentication based on the application advertisement 23a.

[7-2. (Selection based on provided history)
In the above description, the information management apparatus 100 selects information to be provided to the user U01 based on the information registered in the provision history database 123. Here, the information management apparatus 100 distributes, for example, a web page related to an article provided as a reward to the user U01 and a URL of a web page for selling the article to the terminal device 10, and “buy it if it is delicious! Or the like may be displayed. Further, the information management apparatus 100 may distribute a message that prompts the vending machine 10 to purchase an article provided as a reward for the user U01. That is, the information management apparatus 100 may perform purchase promotion at a vending machine or guidance to a shopping site.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 may select information to be provided to the user U01 using an external environment when the user U01 requests authentication. For example, the information management device 100 collects, as a log, location information indicating the location of the terminal device 10 together with the date and time when the user U01 performed authentication and the date and time when the article was provided to the user U01. Then, the information management apparatus 100 determines the external environment such as the weather, temperature, and disaster at the position of the terminal device 10 at the date and time when the user U01 performed authentication and the date when the article was provided to the user U01. You may search and select the information which considered the searched weather, temperature, etc. For example, when the weather and temperature at the time of providing information are similar to the weather and temperature at the time when the user U01 performs authentication, the information management apparatus 100 performs the authentication when the user U01 performs authentication. An advertisement that prompts the purchase of the provided article may be selected.

[7-3. About application advertisements)
In the above description, the vending machine 20 performs push distribution of application advertisements related to the application. Here, the terminal device 10 can display such an application advertisement in an arbitrary manner. For example, when the terminal device 10 accepts the distribution of the application advertisement, the terminal apparatus 10 may launch an existing messenger application and display the application advertisement as a kind of message. For example, the terminal device 10 may display the content arranged in the web page. As one, an application advertisement may be displayed. The terminal device 10 may display the received application advertisement via a route search application, an application for displaying a weather forecast, or the like. That is, the terminal device 10 may display an application advertisement that has been push-distributed by executing an arbitrary application.

[7-4. About reward contents)
Note that the information management apparatus 100 described above determines what item is designated as a reward, whether to provide an item free of charge, a discount rate when providing the item, and what user U01 is rewarded If the user U01 performs an action using the application, such as when a user is provided or a login or authentication is performed, an arbitrary condition such as a reward is provided. As such conditions, for example, an arbitrary condition can be set in advance by an advertiser of the application advertisement 23a, an advertising agency, or the like. And the information management apparatus 100 should just provide a reward with respect to the user U01, when the preset conditions are satisfy | filled.

[7-5. Others]
In addition, among the processes described in the above embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured. For example, the vendor server 40 can be integrated with the information management apparatus 100.

  For example, the above-described information management process includes an authentication server that performs authentication of the user U01, a content server that holds content accessed when the application performs authentication, a database server that holds the databases 121 to 123, and authentication. It may be realized by a reward providing server or the like that provides a reward when it is performed or when a predetermined content is accessed.

[7-6. Hardware configuration)
Further, the information management apparatus 100, the vending machine 20, the terminal apparatus 10 and the like according to the above-described embodiment are realized by a computer 1000 having a configuration as shown in FIG. 12, for example. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration. The computer 1000 is connected to an output device 1010 and an input device 1020, and an arithmetic device 1030, a primary storage device 1040, a secondary storage device 1050, an output IF (Interface) 1060, an input IF 1070, and a network IF 1080 are connected via a bus 1090. Have

  The arithmetic device 1030 operates based on a program stored in the primary storage device 1040 and the secondary storage device 1050, a program read from the input device 1020, and the like, and executes various processes. The temporary storage device 1040 is a memory device such as a RAM that temporarily stores data used by the arithmetic device 1030 for various arithmetic operations. The secondary storage device 1050 is a storage device in which data used for various calculations by the calculation device 1030 and various databases are registered, and is realized by a ROM (Read Only Memory), an HDD, a flash memory, or the like.

  The output IF 1060 is an interface for transmitting information to be output to an output device 1010 that outputs various types of information such as a monitor and a printer. For example, USB (Universal Serial Bus), DVI (Digital Visual Interface), This is realized by a standard connector such as HDMI (registered trademark) (High Definition Multimedia Interface). The input IF 1070 is an interface for receiving information from various input devices 1020 such as a mouse, a keyboard, and a scanner, and is realized by, for example, a USB.

  The input device 1020 includes, for example, an optical recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and a PD (Phase change rewritable disk), a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical disk), and a tape. It may be a device that reads information from a medium, a magnetic recording medium, a semiconductor memory, or the like. The input device 1020 may be an external storage medium such as a USB memory.

  The network IF 1080 receives data from other devices via the network N and sends the data to the arithmetic device 1030, and transmits data generated by the arithmetic device 1030 to other devices via the network N.

  The arithmetic device 1030 controls the output device 1010 and the input device 1020 via the output IF 1060 and the input IF 1070. For example, the arithmetic device 1030 loads a program from the input device 1020 or the secondary storage device 1050 onto the primary storage device 1040, and executes the loaded program.

  For example, when the computer 1000 functions as the information management apparatus 100, the arithmetic device 1030 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 130 by executing a program loaded on the primary storage device 1040. Further, the databases 121 to 123 in the storage unit 120 are stored on the secondary storage device 1050.

[8. effect〕
As described above, the information management apparatus 100 receives the device ID that identifies the vending machine 20 that has distributed the application advertisement 23b from the terminal device 10 used by the user U01, and transfers the application ID from the terminal device 10 to a predetermined application. When access to related content is performed, the vending machine 20 indicated by the received device ID is instructed to provide a reward for the user U01.

  As described above, when access to the content related to the application related to the application advertisement 23b is performed, the information management apparatus 100 receives an article as a reward from the vending machine 20 that presented the application advertisement 23b to the user U01. Can be provided in real time. As a result, the information management apparatus 100 can promote services such as application installation and authentication via the Internet.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 accepts the device ID transmitted from the vending machine 20 to the terminal device 10 via wireless communication. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can provide a reward in real time from the vending machine 20 located in the vicinity of the terminal apparatus 10, that is, in the vicinity of the user U01. Therefore, when the application advertisement 23b is distributed. In-place application installation and authentication motivation can be given.

  In addition, when the user U01 is authenticated through a predetermined application as access to content related to the application, the information management apparatus 100 uses the vending machine 20 indicated by the received device ID. To provide a reward for the person U01. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can provide the reward with respect to the user who performed authentication.

  Moreover, the information management apparatus 100 instructs the user U01 to provide a reward for the user U01 when the user U01 logs in via a predetermined application as authentication. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can provide the reward with respect to the user who performed login.

  In addition, when the first authentication of the user U01 is performed, the information management apparatus 100 instructs to provide a reward for the user U01. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can prevent the situation where a reward is provided many times to the same user U01.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 instructs the user U01 to provide the article sold by the vending machine 20 as a reward for the user U01. Therefore, when the application advertisement 23b is distributed, the information management apparatus 100 can provide motivation for application installation and authentication on the spot.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 instructs the user U01 to provide, as a reward for the user U01, items related to a predetermined application among items sold by the vending machine 20. For this reason, since the information management apparatus 100 can raise interest in goods and applications, it can provide motivation for application installation and authentication.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 instructs the user U01 to provide the goods sold by the vending machine 20 free of charge or at a predetermined discount price as a reward for the user U01. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can give variation to the content of the reward.

  In addition, when the information management apparatus 100 receives a notification that the reward is provided to the user U01, the information indicating the vending machine 20 or the user U01 who is provided with the reward. The ID is registered in the provision history database 123 in association with the notification that the reward has been provided. As described above, the information management apparatus 100 registers an application that the user U01 is interested in or an article that serves as a reward as a log, and thus, for example, an index such as an advertisement effect of the application advertisement 23b can be acquired.

  In addition, the information management apparatus 100 selects information to be proposed to the user U01 based on information registered in the provision history database 123. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 can provide information estimated that the user U01 is interested.

  Further, the information management apparatus 100 uses the device ID identifier received from the second vending machine 50 by the second terminal device 60 used by the second user U02, by the first user U01. It is received via the first terminal device 10. When the information management apparatus 100 accesses the content related to the predetermined application from the first terminal apparatus 10, the information management apparatus 100 gives the second vending machine 60 indicated by the received apparatus ID to the second vending machine 60. An instruction is provided to provide a reward for the second user U2. Therefore, for example, the information management apparatus 100 can provide a reward for the user U02 who prompted the user U01 to install or authenticate the application.

  The information management system 1 includes a vending machine 20 and an information management device 100. Such a vending machine 20 distributes the device ID 23a for identifying the vending machine 20 and the application advertisement 23b to the terminal device 10 used by the user U01 via wireless communication. In addition, the information management apparatus 100 receives the device ID 23 a transmitted from the vending machine 20 from the terminal device 10. In addition, when the terminal device 10 accesses content related to a predetermined application, the information management device 100 provides a reward for the user U01 to the vending machine 20 indicated by the device ID 23a. Instruct. Then, the vending machine 20 provides a reward to the user U01 in accordance with an instruction from the information management apparatus 100. Therefore, the information management system 1 can promote application installation and authentication.

  The vending machine 20 transmits a device ID 23a for identifying the vending machine 20 and an application advertisement 23b to the terminal device 10 used by the user U01 via wireless communication. The vending machine 20 receives the device ID 23a from the terminal device 10 and, when the terminal device 10 accesses content related to a predetermined application, the vending machine 20 indicates the predetermined value. When a predetermined notification is received from the information management apparatus that transmits this notification, a predetermined reward is provided to the user U01. Therefore, the vending machine 20 can promote application installation and authentication.

  As described above, some of the embodiments of the present application have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, these are merely examples, and various modifications, including the aspects described in the disclosure section of the invention, based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, It is possible to implement the present invention in other forms with improvements.

  Moreover, the above-mentioned “section (module, unit)” can be read as “means”, “circuit”, and the like. For example, the distribution unit can be read as distribution means or a distribution circuit.

10, 60 Terminal device 11, 21, 110 Communication unit 12, 22 Wireless communication unit 13, 23, 120 Storage unit 14 Input unit 15 Display unit 16 Position detection unit 17, 26, 130 Control unit 17a Reception unit 17b Execution unit 17c Authentication Part 20, 50 Vending machine 23a Device ID
23b application advertisement 24 article storage unit 25 article providing unit 26a transmitting unit 26b providing unit 30 application server 40 vendor server 100 information management device 121 device ID database 122 user database 123 providing history database 131 receiving unit 132 authentication executing unit 133 lever unit 134 Registration unit 135 Selection unit 136 Calculation unit

Claims (14)

A receiving unit that receives an identifier for identifying a vending machine that has notified the terminal device of information related to a predetermined application from the terminal device used by the user;
When access from the terminal device to content related to the predetermined application is performed, the vending machine indicated by the identifier received by the receiving unit is instructed to provide a reward for the user. An indicator,
A registration unit that registers an identifier indicating the vending machine or information indicating the user to whom the reward is provided in a predetermined database when a notification that the reward has been provided to the user is received. An information management apparatus comprising: The information management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a selection unit that selects information to be proposed to the user based on information registered in the predetermined database by the registration unit. The receiving unit information management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the vending machine is characterized in that accept an identifier transmitted to the terminal apparatus via the wireless communication. When the user is authenticated through the application as access to the content related to the application, the instruction unit sends the usage to the vending machine indicated by the identifier received by the reception unit. The information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein an instruction is provided to provide a reward to a person. The instruction unit is configured as an authentication, via the predetermined application, when the user performs a login, according to claim 4, characterized in that an instruction to provide a reward for the user Information management device. The information management apparatus according to claim 4 or 5 , wherein the instruction unit instructs to provide a reward to the user when the user is first authenticated. The instruction unit, as compensation for the user, information management according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that an instruction to provide an article in which the vending machine is sold to the user apparatus. The instruction unit, as compensation for the user, among the articles which the vending machine is sold, according to claim 7, characterized in that an instruction to provide an article that is associated with the predetermined application to the user Information management device. The information management apparatus according to claim 7 or 8 , wherein the instruction unit instructs the article sold by the vending machine to be provided free of charge or at a predetermined discount price as a reward for the user. An identifier received by the first terminal device used by the first user from the first vending machine is used as a second terminal device used by a second user different from the first user. Accepting part through
When access to content related to a predetermined application is performed from the second terminal device, the first user is sent to the first vending machine indicated by the identifier received by the receiving unit. An instruction unit for instructing to provide a reward for
An information management apparatus comprising: An information management method executed by the information management device,
A receiving step of receiving an identifier for identifying a vending machine that has notified the terminal device of information related to a predetermined application from the terminal device used by the user;
When access from the terminal device to content related to the predetermined application is performed, the vending machine indicated by the identifier received in the reception process is instructed to provide a reward for the user. An instruction process;
A registration step of registering, in a predetermined database, an identifier indicating the vending machine or information indicating the user to whom the reward has been provided, when a notification that the reward has been provided to the user is received; An information management method comprising: and. An information management system having a vending machine and an information management device,
The vending machine is
A transmission unit that transmits an identifier for identifying the vending machine and information on a predetermined application to a terminal device used by a user via wireless communication;
A providing unit that provides a reward to the user in accordance with an instruction from the information management device;
The information management device includes:
A receiving unit for receiving an identifier transmitted from the vending machine from the terminal device;
When access from the terminal device to content related to the predetermined application is performed, the vending machine indicated by the identifier received by the receiving unit is instructed to provide a reward for the user. An indicator,
A registration unit that registers an identifier indicating the vending machine or information indicating the user to whom the reward is provided in a predetermined database when a notification that the reward has been provided to the user is received. An information management system comprising: An information management method executed by the information management device,
An identifier received by the first terminal device used by the first user from the first vending machine is used as a second terminal device used by a second user different from the first user. Accepting process through
When the second terminal device accesses content related to a predetermined application, the first user is sent to the first vending machine indicated by the identifier received in the receiving step. An instruction process for instructing to provide compensation for
An information management method comprising: An information management system having a vending machine and an information management device,
The vending machine is
A transmission unit that transmits an identifier for identifying the vending machine and information on a predetermined application to a terminal device used by a user via wireless communication;
A providing unit that provides a reward to the user in accordance with an instruction from the information management device;
The information management device includes:
An identifier received by the first terminal device used by the first user from the first vending machine is used as a second terminal device used by a second user different from the first user. Accepting part through
When access to content related to a predetermined application is performed from the second terminal device, the first user is sent to the first vending machine indicated by the identifier received by the receiving unit. An instruction unit for instructing to provide a reward for
An information management system comprising:

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