JP6496506B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing information related to purchase of a product.

  As a conventional technique, the information of the member card with the RFID tag is read in a non-contact manner with an antenna and a reader provided near the store entrance, and it is determined whether the customer visits an individual or a group such as a family. There has been known an advertising system that notifies an optimal and effective advertising message corresponding to a store visit form and customer attributes (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-113819 A (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, in the conventional technology, there has been a problem that it is not possible to appropriately notify other members of the same group of information regarding the product purchase of the members of the group.

  For example, traditionally, if one member purchases a product but does not voluntarily notify that one member has purchased the product, other members of the same group may I could not know that I purchased it.

  For this reason, for example, there is a possibility that a problem may arise that, for example, one member in a group needs to purchase only one item, so that different members in one group purchase the product in duplicate. In addition, even if a member of the same group has already purchased a product that one member is considering purchasing, since it is not known that there is a member who has already purchased, the usability and reputation of the product, There was a fear that the opportunity to obtain useful information could be lost because the purchased member could not be heard.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides an information processing apparatus and the like that can appropriately notify other members of product purchase information of group members. Objective.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention stores group management information in which one or more group management information having a group identifier of a group composed of two or more users and a user identifier of a user belonging to the group indicated by the group identifier is stored. A purchase information reception unit that receives purchase information including a product identifier of the product purchased by the user and a user identifier of the user, and a group identifier that is the same as the user identifier of the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit The information processing apparatus includes a purchase information transmitting unit that transmits information corresponding to a product identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit to a user indicated by the other one or more user identifiers.

  With this configuration, it is possible to appropriately notify other members of the same group of information regarding product purchases of the members of the group.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the purchase information transmitting unit transmits information corresponding to a product identifier included in the purchase information when the purchase information receiving unit receives the purchase information. It is a processing device.

  With this configuration, it is possible to transmit information related to product purchase immediately after the product purchase is performed.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the purchase information receiving unit further receives user input information input by the user regarding the product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information, and the purchase information transmitting unit includes: The information processing apparatus transmits information corresponding to a product identifier included in purchase information received by a purchase information receiving unit and user input information.

  With this configuration, it is also possible to transmit information related to the product input by the user who purchased the product.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the purchase information transmitting unit may store information corresponding to a product identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit when a predetermined condition is satisfied. It is the information processing apparatus to transmit.

  With this configuration, only when the condition is satisfied, information corresponding to the product identifier included in the purchase information can be transmitted. For example, transmission of information indicating the product purchased by the user can be appropriately limited.

  Moreover, in the information processing apparatus of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the purchase information transmitting unit receives purchase acceptance information, which is information used to accept purchase of a product indicated by the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit. The information processing apparatus further transmits the information.

  With this configuration, a product purchased by one user can be easily purchased by another user.

  The information processing apparatus of the present invention gives a reward to the user indicated by the purchase information corresponding to the purchase reception information when the purchase of the product is performed using the purchase reception information in the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus further includes a reward section.

  With this configuration, when a product is purchased by another user using purchase acceptance information transmitted in response to the purchase of a product by one user, a reward is given to the one user. The user can be urged to transmit the product purchase.

  Further, the information processing apparatus of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, a purchase history storage unit in which one or more purchase histories having a user identifier and a product identifier of a product purchased by the user indicated by the user identifier are stored; Using the purchase history indicated by the user identifier associated with the group identifier, a rank is determined for each group identifier, and a reward corresponding to the rank is given to the user indicated by the user identifier associated with each group identifier. An information processing apparatus further comprising a unit.

  With such a configuration, rewards can be given according to the products purchased by the members on a group basis, so that the purchase of the products by the members of the group can be promoted.

  Further, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is related to product information including a product identifier, a user identifier, and related input information that is information related to the product indicated by the product identifier input by the user indicated by the user identifier. In-group receiving unit that receives the product-related information received by the intra-group receiving unit, and transmits to the user indicated by another user identifier associated with the same group identifier as the user identifier included in the product-related information And an information processing apparatus.

  With this configuration, product related information can be transmitted and received between members in the group, and appropriate communication can be performed within the group regarding the product.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the related input information included in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit includes a group identifier corresponding to a user identifier included in the product related information, and the product related information. A related input information storage unit that is stored in association with the product identifier that the product related information has, a related identifier that is received by the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit, a group identifier that corresponds to a user identifier that the product related information has, A storage unit that stores the product input identifier in association with the product identifier of the product, a product specification information reception unit that receives product specification information that is information for specifying the product identifier, and a product specification received by the product specification information reception unit The related input information associated with the product identifier indicated by the information is acquired from the related input information storage unit and output for each group identifier. A further information processing apparatus that includes a communication input information output unit.

  With this configuration, product related information transmitted / received between members in the group can be output for each group, and for example, analysis on products can be performed.

  According to the information processing apparatus and the like according to the present invention, it is possible to appropriately notify other members of the same group of information related to product purchases of the members of the group.

Block diagram of an information processing system in an embodiment of the present invention A flowchart for explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the group management information of the information processing apparatus The figure which shows the figure which shows the purchase history management information of the information processing apparatus The figure which shows the identifier management table for reception of the information processing apparatus The figure which shows the example of a display of the user terminal of the information processing system The figure which shows the point management table | surface of the information processing apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the user terminal of the information processing system The figure which shows the related input information management table | surface of the information processing apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display by a user terminal (Drawing 10 (a)), and the figure which shows the other example of a display by a user terminal (Drawing 10 (b)) The figure which shows the example of a display of the related input information by the information processing apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the group reward management table | surface of the information processing apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the rank reward management table previously stored in the information processing apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the computer system in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of a structure of the computer system

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing system 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The information processing system 1000 includes an information processing apparatus 1 and two or more user terminals 2. The information processing apparatus 1 and the two or more user terminals 2 are connected by wire or wireless via a network such as the Internet or a communication line. In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, a case where the information processing system 1000 has four or more user terminals 2 as shown in FIG. 1 will be described as an example. That is all you need. Here, four or more user terminals 2 are represented by user terminals 2a-2d and the like.

  In the present embodiment, as an example, the information processing device 1 accepts an instruction to purchase a product or a product that has received a purchase instruction, like a server device that provides a so-called shopping site or the like. A case where processing for product purchase such as processing for purchase is also performed will be described as an example. However, the information processing apparatus 1 may be configured not to perform such processing for product purchase. In this case, the information processing system 1000 may or may not have a server device (not shown) that performs processing for purchasing such a product.

  The information processing apparatus 1 includes a group management information storage unit 101, a purchase designation information reception unit 102, a purchase processing unit 103, a purchase information reception unit 104, a purchase information transmission unit 105, a purchase determination unit 106, a reward unit 107, and a purchase history storage unit. 108, a group reward unit 109, an intra-group receiving unit 110, an intra-group transmission unit 111, a related input information storage unit 112, an accumulation unit 113, a product designation information receiving unit 114, and a related input information output unit 115.

  The information processing device 1 is, for example, a server device. The information processing apparatus 1 is realized by a computer or the like, for example.

  The group management information storage unit 101 stores one or more group management information. Each group management information is information having a group identifier of a group composed of two or more users and user identifiers of two or more users belonging to the group indicated by the group identifier.

  The group identifier is, for example, a group name or a unique code assigned to the group. A user indicated by a user identifier associated with the same group identifier is usually a user belonging to the same group. The group indicated by the group identifier included in the group management information is, for example, a registered group. The group here is, for example, a group of friends, acquaintances, and friends. The group may be a family. However, the group may be any group.

  The user identifier is information that can identify the user. The user identifier is, for example, a user name, a code assigned to the user, address information such as a user's mail address, an account such as a short message service or a social network service, a user's membership number, and a user's telephone number. Etc.

  The process of accumulating group management information in the group management information storage unit 101 does not matter. The group management information stored in the group management information storage unit 101 may be registered in advance or may be group management information accumulated in response to an instruction from a user or the like.

  The group management information storage unit 101 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium. The same applies to other storage units.

  The purchase designation information receiving unit 102 receives one or more purchase designation information from the user terminal 2 or the like. The purchase designation information is information relating to a product designated by the user for the purpose of purchase. The purchase designation information is information having a product identifier of one or more products designated by the user for the purpose of purchase and the user identifier of the user. The product identifier is information that can identify the product, and is, for example, a product name, a code assigned to the product, or the like. The purchase designation information may further include a store identifier that identifies a store that sells the product. The store identifier is, for example, a store name or a code assigned to the store. The purchase designation information receiving unit 102 receives purchase designation information transmitted from the user terminal 2, for example.

  The purchase designation information may be, for example, information on a purchased product for which purchase processing such as payment processing has been completed. Further, the purchase designation information may be information related to a product designated as a purchase target before processing for purchase. For example, the purchase designation information may be considered as information relating to a product that has been designated for the purpose of purchase or information relating to a product designated as a purchase plan. For example, the purchase designation information may be considered as information related to a product registered in a so-called shopping cart provided by a shopping site on the Internet, for example. A shopping cart is sometimes simply called a cart.

  The purchase designation information may further include information such as the number of products indicated by the product identifier.

  The purchase designation information receiving unit 102 accumulates, for example, purchase designation information transmitted from the user terminal 2 or the like in a storage unit (not shown).

  The purchase designation information receiving unit 102 may output purchase information having one or more product identifiers and a user identifier included in the received purchase designation information to the purchase information receiving unit 104. The purchase information will be described later.

  The purchase designation information receiving unit 102 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The purchase designation information receiving unit 102 may or may not include a communication device.

  The purchase processing unit 103 performs processing related to the purchase of the product indicated by the purchase designation information in accordance with the purchase designation information received by the purchase designation information receiving unit 102. Processing related to purchase includes, for example, payment processing for purchasing a product, processing for registering a product in a shopping cart associated with a user identifier included in purchase designation information, and the like. Further, the purchase-related process may be a process for calculating a shipping fee or the like, or a process for sending a shipping instruction for a product. Since the purchase processing performed by the purchase processing unit 103 is known, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  For example, when the payment processing is performed for one purchase designation information, the purchase processing unit 103 receives purchase information including one or more product identifiers and a user identifier included in the one purchase designation information. You may output to the part 104. FIG.

  The purchase information receiving unit 104 receives purchase information. The purchase information is information having a product identifier of a product purchased by the user and a user identifier of the user. The purchase information may further include information on the price of products purchased by the user, information on the number of purchases, and the like. The purchased product here may be considered to include a product to be purchased as a result, specifically, a product that has been confirmed to be purchased.

  It does not matter how the purchase information receiving unit 104 receives purchase information. For example, the purchase information receiving unit 104 receives, from the purchase processing unit 103, purchase information including one or more product identifiers and user identifiers included in one purchase designation information for which the purchase processing unit 103 has performed a settlement process. Also good. In addition, when the purchase designation information includes a product identifier of a product for which purchase is confirmed, for example, the purchase information receiving unit 104 includes a product identifier and a user identifier acquired from the purchase designation information by the purchase designation information receiving unit 102. Purchase information may be received from the purchase designation information receiving unit 102.

  In addition, for example, when the information processing apparatus 1 is an apparatus that does not perform a process for purchasing a product, the purchase information receiving unit 104 provides a server apparatus that provides a shopping site (not shown), a settlement process, and the like. Purchase information transmitted by another server device (not shown) such as a server device may be received. This purchase information is, for example, purchase information about a product purchased in another server device or the like. When the information processing apparatus 1 does not perform processing for purchasing a product, the purchase designation information receiving unit 102, the purchase processing unit 103, and the like can be omitted.

  The purchase information receiving unit 104 may further receive user input information. The user input information is information input by the user indicated by the user identifier included in the purchase information regarding the product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104. The user input information is, for example, information related to a product indicated by purchase information. The user input information is, for example, at least one of a user's comment indicated by the purchase information and a value indicating evaluation regarding the product indicated by the purchase information. The user indicated by the purchase information is a user indicated by the user identifier included in the purchase information. The product indicated by the purchase information is a product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information, and is usually a product purchased by the user indicated by the purchase information. The user input information input by the user is, for example, user input information transmitted by the user terminal 2. For example, the purchase information receiving unit 104 receives user input information together with purchase information.

  Instead of the purchase specification information receiving unit 102 receiving the purchase specification information, the purchase information reception unit 104 receives the purchase specification information, and the purchase information reception unit 104 includes the product identifier included in the received purchase specification information. And the user identifier may be acquired as purchase information. In such a case, it may be considered that purchase information is received. In this case, the purchase information receiving unit 104 may receive user input information about a product indicated by the purchase specification information together with the purchase specification information, and acquire the user input information together with the purchase information. May be. In such a case, the purchase designation information receiving unit 102 may be omitted.

  The acceptance here means reception of information input from an input device such as a keyboard, mouse, or touch panel, and reception of information transmitted from another server device, user terminal 2 or the like via a wired or wireless communication line. The concept includes reception of information read from a recording medium such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, and a semiconductor memory.

  The input means here may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse or menu screen. The purchase information receiving unit 104 can be realized by a device driver of an input unit such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, a communication unit, the device driver, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

  The purchase information transmission unit 105 sends the purchase information reception unit 104 to a user indicated by one or more other user identifiers associated with the same group identifier as the user identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104. Information corresponding to the product identifier of the received purchase information is transmitted. Here, transmitting to the user may be considered as transmitting to the user terminal 2 used by the user. The same applies to the following.

  The information corresponding to the product identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 transmitted by the purchase information transmitting unit 105 may be, for example, the product identifier itself included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104. Alternatively, another product identifier indicating the same product as the product indicated by the product identifier may be used. For example, when the product identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 is a code assigned to the product, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 displays the product name of the product corresponding to this code, the product name and the manufacturer A combination with a name or the like may be transmitted as a product identifier included in the purchase information.

  The purchase information transmitting unit 105 may transmit at least information corresponding to the product identifier among the information included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104. For example, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 may store the product identifier. In addition, information corresponding to the user identifier included in the purchase information included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 may be transmitted. Here, the information corresponding to the user identifier included in the purchase information may be, for example, the user identifier itself included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104, and indicates the same user as the user indicated by the user identifier. Other user identifiers may be used. For example, when the user identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 is a code assigned to the user, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 displays the user name corresponding to this code, the user name and the user A combination with the affiliation name or the like may be transmitted as a user identifier included in the purchase information.

  The purchase information transmission unit 105 transmits the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104 as information including at least information corresponding to the product identifier among the information included in the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104. You may do it. Also in this case, as described above, the product identifier included in the purchased purchase information may be another product identifier indicating the same product as the product identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104. The same applies to the user identifier included in the purchase information to be transmitted.

  The above-described identifier conversion is performed using, for example, a conversion table having an identifier before conversion and an identifier after conversion associated with each other. For example, the conversion table is stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown).

  In the following, a case where the purchase information transmission unit 105 transmits purchase information will be described as an example.

  The purchase information transmission unit 105 acquires, for example, a group identifier corresponding to the user identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104 from the group management information stored in the group management information storage unit 101. Then, one or more user identifiers associated with the same group identifier as the acquired group identifier are acquired from the group management information stored in the group management information storage unit 101. Normally, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 acquires a user identifier excluding the user identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 as one or more user identifiers. And purchase information is transmitted to the user which the acquired user identifier shows. When transmitting purchase information to the user indicated by the user identifier, for example, the user identifier is a user account such as an SNS (social network service) account, an SMS (short messaging service) account, or a user email address. In the case of information indicating the destination of the user, such as information indicating the address of the user terminal used by the user, such as an IP address, purchase information is transmitted with the user identifier as the destination. Further, when the user identifier is not information indicating the destination of information to be transmitted, such as a user name, the user identifier is obtained from the information associated with the user identifier stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) and the information indicating the destination. Information indicating a destination corresponding to the identifier may be acquired, and purchase information may be transmitted to the user indicated by the user identifier using the information indicating the destination.

  For example, the purchase information transmission unit 105 may transmit the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104 and the user input information to another user associated with the same group identifier. For example, when the user input information is a comment, by transmitting the purchase information and the comment to another user, the user identifier included in the purchase information indicates the product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information of the other user. A user's comment can be read, and it can be used as a trigger for purchasing a product indicated by the product identifier or as a study material when purchasing the product.

  For example, when the purchase information reception unit 104 receives purchase information, the purchase information transmission unit 105 may transmit purchase information to other users associated with the same group identifier. Transmission when purchase information is received may be considered as transmission immediately after reception of purchase information or transmission as a trigger when purchase information is received, for example. For example, the purchase information transmission unit 105 may perform so-called push transmission of purchase information to other users when the purchase information reception unit 104 receives purchase information.

  For example, the purchase information transmission unit 105 is configured so that the user indicated by one or more other user identifiers associated with the same group identifier as the user identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104 is processed by the information processing apparatus 1. The purchase information may be transmitted when an access designated in advance or some access is made.

  For example, the information indicated by the user indicated by another user identifier associated with the same group identifier as the user identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 confirms the presence or absence of purchase information addressed to this user. The purchase information transmission unit 105 may transmit the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104 to the user when the transmission information is transmitted to the processing device 1 or the like. For example, when a receiving unit (not shown) of the information processing apparatus 1 receives information confirming the presence / absence of purchase information having a user identifier of a user who uses the user terminal 2 from one user terminal 2, the purchase information is transmitted. The unit 105 may transmit purchase information having a user identifier associated with the group identifier associated with the user identifier to the user terminal 2.

  Note that the purchase information transmitting unit 105 may transmit the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 when a predetermined condition is satisfied. For example, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 may permit transmission of purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 when a predesignated condition is satisfied. The condition designated in advance here may be specifically considered as a condition for permitting transmission of purchase information. Note that sending the purchase information when the condition for permitting the transmission of purchase information is satisfied means that the purchase information is transmitted when the condition for not permitting the transmission of purchase information is not satisfied. You may think that it includes. The condition specified in advance may be, for example, a condition related to a product indicated by purchase information, or a condition related to a user indicated by a user identifier included in the purchase information. That is, the condition regarding the purchaser of goods may be sufficient.

  The condition regarding the product indicated by the purchase information is, for example, a condition that the product indicated by the purchase information is a predesignated product that permits transmission of purchase information. For example, the purchase information transmission unit 105 determines whether the product identifier included in the purchase information matches any one of one or more product identifiers stored in a storage unit (not shown) in advance. If so, it is determined that the condition specified in advance is satisfied.

  In addition, the condition regarding the product indicated by the purchase information may be, for example, a condition that the classification of the product indicated by the purchase information is a predesignated classification that permits transmission of purchase information. For example, the purchase information transmission unit 105 is one of information indicating the classification of one or more products stored in a storage unit (not shown) in advance in which the information indicating the category of the product associated with the product identifier included in the purchase information is stored. It is determined whether or not they match one, and if they match, it is determined that a condition specified in advance is satisfied.

  The information indicating the product classification may be acquired by searching or the like from information having a product identifier stored in advance in a storage unit or the like (not shown) and information indicating the product classification, for example. Information indicating the classification of the product may be stored in the purchase information together with the product identifier. For example, the purchase designation information receiving unit 102 receives purchase designation information further including information indicating the classification of the product, and the purchase information receiving unit 104 receives purchase information further including information indicating the classification of the product. Also good. Alternatively, the product identifier may have a code indicating the classification of the product.

  The condition regarding the user indicated by the user identifier included in the purchase information is, for example, a condition that the user indicated by the user identifier permits transmission of purchase information to another user. Specifically, when the user identifier included in the purchase information matches one of the user identifiers of one or more users permitted to transmit purchase information stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) or the like, the purchase information transmission unit 105 may determine that a pre-specified condition is satisfied. Alternatively, the condition regarding the user may be a condition regarding the attribute of the user indicated by the user identifier. User attributes include, for example, age and affiliation.

  The purchase information transmission unit 105 may further transmit purchase acceptance information that is information used to accept purchase of a product indicated by the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104. For example, the purchase information transmission unit 105 uses the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104 to acquire purchase reception information having a product identifier included in the purchase information, and the acquired purchase reception information and purchase information Is transmitted to the user indicated by the other user identifier associated with the same group identifier as the user identifier included in the purchase information. The purchase acceptance information is, for example, a button for accepting purchase of a product indicated by the purchase information. The button for accepting the purchase here may be considered as information for outputting a button for accepting the purchase. The button for accepting purchase may be, for example, a button for outputting purchase designation information, a button for confirming purchase, or a button for starting a purchase operation. It may be a button or the like for registering a product in a shopping cart for purchase.

  The purchase acceptance information is, for example, information for outputting a screen for accepting purchase of a product indicated by the purchase information, a WEB page, or the like. The information for outputting the screen for accepting the purchase, the WEB page, and the like is, for example, link information for the screen for accepting the purchase and the WEB page. The link information to the WEB page for accepting the purchase is information having address information such as a URL to the WEB page for accepting the purchase. The screen or WEB page for accepting the purchase may be, for example, a screen or WEB page for confirming the purchase, or may be a screen or WEB page for starting the purchase operation. Therefore, it may be a registration screen for registering a product in a shopping cart, a WEB page, or the like.

  The purchase acceptance information may include an acceptance identifier that is an identifier for indicating that an operation related to purchase has been performed via the purchase acceptance information. The reception identifier is associated with, for example, a user identifier included in purchase information corresponding to purchase reception information. The purchase information corresponding to the purchase acceptance information is usually purchase information transmitted together with the purchase acceptance information. For example, information having a reception identifier and a user identifier is accumulated in a storage unit (not shown) when transmitting purchase reception information. For example, when an operation is performed on a button or a link indicated by the purchase acceptance information, information for accepting a purchase having the acceptance identifier, information for requesting a screen or WEB page for accepting the purchase, or the like May be transmitted by the user terminal 2. Further, when a product is purchased as a result of the processing using the purchase acceptance information, the purchase information acceptance unit 104 uses the acceptance identifier of the purchase acceptance information as purchase information related to the purchase of the product. Further, it is preferable to receive purchase information. With this reception identifier, the purchase determination unit 106 described later can determine whether or not a product has been purchased via the purchase reception information. The process using the purchase acceptance information is, for example, a process related to purchase performed by pressing a button or a link that is purchase acceptance information.

  Further, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 may further transmit information for receiving commodity related information (hereinafter referred to as related reception information) to a purchase information transmission destination. The related reception information is, for example, a screen for receiving merchandise related information or a button or link for displaying a WEB page. For example, the same information as the purchase reception information can be used.

  Since the process of outputting such buttons and links is a known technique, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The purchase information transmitting unit 105 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The purchase information transmission unit 105 may or may not include a communication device.

  The purchase determination unit 106 determines whether or not the product has been purchased using the purchase acceptance information. For example, when the purchase designation information or the purchase information has the reception identifier as described above, the purchase determination unit 106 determines that the product has been purchased using the purchase reception information. The technology for identifying whether or not this purchase is a purchase according to an operation of a specific button, link, etc. when a product is purchased according to an operation of a button, a link, etc., which is purchase acceptance information. Since it is well-known in the technology such as WEB page, detailed description is omitted here.

  The reward unit 107 gives a reward to the user indicated by the purchase information corresponding to the purchase reception information when the purchase of the product is performed using the purchase reception information. For example, when the purchase determining unit 106 determines that a product has been purchased using the purchase reception information, the reward unit 107 gives a reward to the user indicated by the purchase information corresponding to the purchase reception information.

  In addition, for example, when purchase of a product performed using purchase acceptance information is performed from, for example, a dedicated WEB page for purchasing a product using purchase acceptance information, a dedicated purchase screen, etc. The unit 107 gives a reward to the user indicated by the purchase information corresponding to the purchase acceptance information without making the above determination when the purchase is made via the WEB page, the purchase screen, or the like. You may do it. In the case where the determination is not made in this way, the purchase determination unit 106 may be omitted.

  Giving a reward to a user means, for example, giving a user points, giving information on discount benefits, giving a coupon code, or the like. Alternatively, cash back may be performed on the user. The points are, for example, information that can be exchanged for benefits according to points, or information that is used for payment instead of money. A discount privilege is a privilege that discounts a product price when purchasing a product. For example, the reward unit 107 transmits discount privilege information, a coupon code, and the like to the user terminal 2 of the user indicated by the purchase information. The reward unit 107 may store points, discount privilege information, and coupon code information in a storage unit (not shown) in association with the user identifier of the user indicated by the purchase information. The accumulation here may be additional writing, for example. In addition, about the process etc. which utilize a point, a discount privilege, a coupon code, etc. at the time of the purchase of goods, etc., since it is a well-known technique, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  The user indicated by the purchase information corresponding to the purchase reception information is, for example, purchase information used when acquiring the purchase reception information. The user indicated by the purchase information corresponding to the purchase acceptance information is, for example, the user indicated by the purchase information transmitted together with the purchase acceptance information. The user indicated by the purchase information is, for example, a user indicated by a user identifier included in the purchase information.

  For example, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 purchases the product indicated by the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 (hereinafter referred to as first purchase information) and the product identifier included in the first purchase information. In the case of transmitting purchase acceptance information for acceptance (hereinafter referred to as first purchase acceptance information) to another user belonging to the same group as the user indicated by the user identifier included in the first purchase information, When the purchase determination unit 106 determines that a product has been purchased using the first purchase reception information, the reward unit 107 is a user included in the first purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104. A reward is given to the user indicated by the identifier.

  When the purchase reception information includes the reception identifier as described above, the user indicated by the purchase information corresponding to the purchase reception information indicates the user identifier associated with the reception identifier included in the purchase reception information. You may think of it as a user.

  For example, when the purchase reception information includes the reception identifier as described above, when the user terminal 2 receives an operation of purchasing a product using the purchase reception information from the user, the purchase reception information is The purchase designation information having the reception identifier is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1. When the purchase designation information received by the information processing apparatus 1 has a reception identifier, the purchase determination unit 106 purchases a product using the purchase reception information in accordance with the purchase designation information. Judge. The reward unit 107 gives a reward to the user indicated by the user identifier corresponding to the reception identifier included in the purchase designation information. The user indicated by the user identifier corresponding to the reception identifier included in the purchase designation information is the user indicated by the user identifier included in the purchase information corresponding to the purchase reception information received from the user.

  The purchase history storage unit 108 stores one or more purchase histories. The purchase history is information having a user identifier and a product identifier of a product purchased by the user indicated by the user identifier. For example, the purchase information receiving unit 104 stores in the purchase history storage unit 108 a purchase history having a product identifier and a user identifier included in the purchase information received from the purchase processing unit 103 or the like or another server device (not shown). You may do it. Further, for example, when the purchase processing unit 103 performs a process of purchasing a product, a purchase history having the product identifier of the purchased product and the user identifier of the purchased user is accumulated in the purchase history storage unit 108. You may make it do. The purchase history may further include information such as the purchase price of the product and information such as the purchase date of the product. Note that the process of accumulating purchase histories related to purchased products is a known technique, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The group reward unit 109 determines a rank for each group identifier using the purchase history indicated by the user identifier associated with the group identifier. Then, the group reward unit 109 gives a reward corresponding to the rank to the user indicated by the user identifier associated with each group identifier. The rank is a group rank, a group grade, a rank, or the like. It may be considered as a group level.

  For example, the group reward unit 109 determines a rank of a group indicated by one group identifier using a purchase history having one or more user identifiers corresponding to the one group identifier. The group reward unit 109 acquires, for each group identifier, one or more user identifiers associated with the group identifier from the group management information, and purchase history including the acquired one or more user identifiers is a purchase history. Obtained from the storage unit 108. Then, the rank of the group identifier is determined using the purchase history acquired for each group identifier.

  For example, the group reward unit 109 determines the rank according to the number of purchase histories acquired for each group identifier (that is, a value obtained by adding up the number of purchase histories). For example, group reward information, which is one or more information in which information indicating the range of the number of purchase histories and information indicating ranks are associated with each other, is stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown), and from this information, Information indicating a rank associated with information indicating the range of the number of purchase histories including the number of purchase histories acquired as described above is acquired.

  Further, the group reward unit 109 may acquire the total purchase amount of the purchase history acquired for each group identifier, and determine the rank according to the acquired total. The purchase price may be considered as the price of the purchased product. For example, information indicating the total range of purchase amounts indicated by the purchase history and information indicating the rank are associated with one or more pieces of information, and group reward information is stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown), From this information, information indicating a rank associated with information indicating the total range of purchase amounts to which the total purchase amount indicated by the purchase history acquired above belongs is acquired.

  The group reward unit 109 may determine the rank using only the purchase history within a predetermined period specified in advance. The predetermined period specified in advance is, for example, last year, last month, the past 10 months, or the like.

  Then, the group reward unit 109 acquires information indicating the reward corresponding to the rank acquired for the group. The information indicating a reward is, for example, information for specifying a reward to be given to a group or a user in the group, for example, information for specifying a type of reward to be given to the user and the content of the reward. The content of the reward is, for example, the number of points given to the user, the content of the coupon, the coupon code given to the user, or the like. For example, in a storage unit (not shown) or the like, one or more information in which information indicating a rank is associated with information indicating a reward is stored in advance, and the reward corresponding to the rank acquired for each group as described above. Is read from this storage unit. Then, the reward indicated by the acquired information indicating the reward is given to the user indicated by the user identifier corresponding to the group identifier indicating each group. Since the reward given to the user has been described above, a detailed description thereof is omitted here. Since giving a reward to a user has also been described above, a detailed description is omitted here. Instead of giving a reward to users in the group, a reward may be given to the group so that users belonging to this group can receive the reward.

  The in-group receiving unit 110 receives product related information. The product related information is information including a product identifier, a user identifier, and related input information that is information related to the product indicated by the product identifier input by the user indicated by the user identifier. The related input information is, for example, information having a comment regarding a product by a user, a value of evaluation, and the like. The intra-group receiving unit 110 receives product related information from the user terminal 2.

  The intra-group reception unit 110 is a reception unit that receives a message or the like such as an SNS, a short messaging service, an electronic conference room, or a device that realizes chatting, which can receive information transmitted by a plurality of users (for example, A receiving unit similar to that shown in FIG.

  The related input information included in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit 110 is, for example, information input by the user of the user terminal 2 for the product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information received by the user terminal 2. For example, as described above, the purchase information transmission unit 105 receives a button or a link that is related reception information for receiving such product related information, and the user terminal of another user belonging to the same group as the user indicated by the purchase information 2 along with purchase information. When another user operates a button or link that is related reception information displayed on the user terminal 2, a display unit (not shown) of the user terminal 2 does not show a screen for receiving product related information. Product related information displayed on a monitor or the like and having related input information input via this screen is transmitted from the user terminal 2 to the information processing device 1, and the in-group receiving unit 110 of the information processing device 1 performs this product related information. May be received.

  The intra-group receiving unit 110 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The intra-group receiving unit 110 may or may not include a communication device.

  The intra-group transmission unit 111 transmits the product-related information received by the intra-group reception unit 110 to a user indicated by another user identifier associated with the same group identifier as the user identifier included in the product-related information. For example, the intra-group transmission unit 111 acquires a group identifier corresponding to the user identifier included in the product-related information from the group management information, and similarly uses other user identifiers associated with the acquired group management information from the group management information. The acquired product related information is transmitted to the user indicated by the acquired user identifier. For example, the user terminal 2 that has received the product-related information displays the received product-related information on a display unit (not shown), so that users belonging to the same group can obtain information related to the product purchased by one user. , Express opinions, ask and answer questions, and exchange information.

  The intra-group transmission unit 111 is normally realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The in-group transmission unit 111 may or may not include a communication device.

  In the related input information storage unit 112, related input information included in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit 110 includes a group identifier corresponding to a user identifier included in the product related information, and a product identifier included in the product related information. Are stored in association with. Further, the related input information may be stored in association with the user identifier included in the product related information.

  The storage unit 113 associates the related input information included in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit 110 with the group identifier corresponding to the user identifier included in the product related information and the product identifier included in the product related information. And stored in the related input information storage unit 112. The group identifier corresponding to the user identifier included in the product related information can be acquired by searching or the like from the group management information stored in the group management information storage unit 101, for example. The accumulation here is, for example, additional writing.

  The product designation information receiving unit 114 receives product designation information that is information for designating a product identifier. The product designation information is information having a product identifier to be designated, for example. The product designation information receiving unit 114 may further include one or more group identifiers.

  The product designation information input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The acceptance here is a concept including reception. The product designation information receiving unit 114 can be realized by an input unit such as a touch panel or a keyboard, a device driver of a communication unit, a menu screen control software, or the like.

  The related input information output unit 115 acquires the related input information associated with the product identifier indicated by the product designation information received by the product designation information reception unit 114 from the related input information storage unit 112, and outputs it for each group identifier. . For example, the related input information associated with the product identifier indicated by the product designation information received by the product designation information receiving unit 114 is acquired from the related input information storage unit 112 for each related input information associated with the same group identifier. The obtained related input information is output for each group identifier. For example, the acquired related input information is output in association with the group identifier. If the product designation information further includes one or more group identifiers, the product designation information is associated with the one or more group identifiers and is associated with the product identifier indicated by the product designation information. The related input information may be output for each group identifier. For example, using the related input information output in this way, it is possible to analyze the purchase status of products for each group.

  Output includes display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, transmission to an external device, storage in a recording medium, delivery of processing results to other processing devices or other programs, etc. It is a concept that includes.

  The related input information output unit 115 may be considered as including or not including an output device such as a display. The related input information output unit 115 may be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The user terminal 2 is an information terminal device used by the user. The user terminal 2 includes a reception unit (not shown) that receives input from the user, a transmission unit (not shown) that transmits information corresponding to the input received by the reception unit to the information processing apparatus 1, and information processing A receiving unit (not shown) that receives information transmitted from the apparatus 1 and a display unit that displays information received by the receiving unit are provided. Moreover, you may have a process part (not shown) etc. which process according to the input which the reception part received, the information which the receiving part received, etc.

  For example, a transmission unit (not shown) of the user terminal 2 transmits purchase designation information received from the user by the reception unit (not shown) to the information processing apparatus 1. Moreover, the receiving part (not shown) of the user terminal 2 receives purchase information of other users belonging to the same group transmitted from the information processing apparatus 1, for example. The other user belonging to the same group is purchase information associated with the same group identifier and having the user identifier of the other user. And a display part (not shown) displays the received purchase information on a monitor etc. which are not shown in figure, for example. In addition, the reception unit (not shown) of the user terminal 2 receives a purchase reception for receiving the purchase of the product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information of another user belonging to the same group transmitted from the information processing apparatus 1, for example. The display unit (not shown) displays the buttons, links, and the like indicated by the received purchase acceptance information. For example, when the reception unit (not shown) receives a pre-designated operation for the displayed button or link, the transmission unit (not shown) can receive information for confirming the purchase, The information about requesting the screen, the web page, etc. is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 or the like. In addition, for example, a reception unit (not shown) of the user terminal 2 receives product related information about a product purchased by a user belonging to the same group, and a transmission unit (not shown) receives the received product related information. The information may be transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1. The product related information about the product purchased by the user belonging to the same group is the user indicated by the user identifier associated with the same group identifier as the user identifier of the user of the user terminal 2. Further, for example, a receiving unit (not shown) receives the product related information transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 by another user belonging to the same group, and the display unit (not shown) displays the received product related information. You may make it display. In this case, product related information having the same product identifier or the same user identifier may be displayed on the same page, the same pane, or the like.

  Further, the user terminal 2 may perform an operation for purchasing a product, an instruction for purchasing a product according to the operation, or the like to the information processing apparatus 1 or a site for purchasing other products. good.

  The user terminal 2 is realized by, for example, a computer, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, a multi-function mobile phone such as a so-called smartphone, a mobile information terminal, or the like.

  Next, an example of the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 of the information processing system 1000 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S <b> 101) The purchase designation information receiving unit 101 determines whether purchase designation information has been received from the user terminal 2. If received, the process proceeds to step S102. If not received, the process proceeds to step S110.

  (Step S102) The purchase processing unit 103 performs processing for the user indicated by the user identifier to purchase the product indicated by the product identifier, using the product identifier and the user identifier included in the purchase designation information received in step S101. . Further, the purchase processing unit 103 accumulates a purchase history having the product identifier and the user identifier in the purchase history storage unit 108. For example, a purchase history having an accumulation date is accumulated.

  (Step S103) The purchase determination unit 106 determines whether or not the purchase of the product performed in step S102 has been performed using purchase acceptance information. For example, it is determined whether or not the purchase designation information received in step S101 has a reception identifier included in the purchase reception information. If so, it is assumed that purchase has been performed using the purchase reception information. If it is determined and does not have, it is determined that the purchase has not been made using the purchase acceptance information. If the product has not been purchased using the purchase acceptance information, the process proceeds to step S104, and if the product has been purchased using the purchase acceptance information, the process proceeds to step S109.

  (Step S104) The purchase information receiving unit 104 receives purchase information including the product identifier and the user identifier included in the purchase designation information received in Step S101 from the purchase processing unit 103. Furthermore, the price of the product purchased by the user indicated by the product identifier, information indicating the classification of the product, the image of the product, and the like may be acquired.

  (Step S105) The purchase information transmitting unit 105 determines whether the purchased product, the purchased user, or the like satisfies a predesignated condition. For example, it may be determined whether or not the information indicating the classification of the product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information indicates one of one or more previously specified classifications, and if the information is satisfied, it may be determined that the condition is satisfied. . In addition, for example, it is determined whether or not information such as a flag permitting transmission of purchase information is associated with the user identifier included in the purchase information. You may judge. If the condition specified in advance is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S106. If not satisfied, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S106) The purchase information transmitting unit 105 acquires the user identifiers of other users belonging to the same group as the user indicated by the user identifier included in the purchase information received in Step S104. Specifically, the purchase information transmission unit 105 reads group information associated with the user identifier included in the purchase information received in step S104 from the group management information stored in the group management information storage unit 101. Then, one or more user identifiers that are associated with the group management information and are included in the purchase information received in step S104 are read from the group management information.

  (Step S107) The purchase information transmission unit 105 is information having a reception identifier associated with the user identifier included in the purchase information received in Step S104, and is indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information received in Step S104. Obtain purchase acceptance information for accepting purchase of a product. Further, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 accumulates the reception identifier and the user identifier corresponding to the reception identifier in a storage unit or the like (not shown) in association with each other. The accumulation here is, for example, additional writing.

  (Step S108) The purchase information transmitting unit 105 transmits the purchase information received in Step S104 and the purchase reception information acquired in Step S107 to the user terminal 2 used by the user indicated by the user identifier read in Step S106. . Note that when the purchase information receiving unit 104 further receives user input information about a product indicated by a product identifier included in the purchase information, the user input information may be transmitted together with the purchase information. For example, when the purchase designation information includes user input information about a product designated as a purchase target, the purchase information reception unit 104 receives the user input information together with the purchase information. The purchase information transmission unit 105 may transmit the information. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S109) The reward unit 107 gives a reward to the user corresponding to the purchase acceptance information used for the purchase of the product performed in Step S103. For example, the user identifier corresponding to the reception identifier included in the purchase designation information received in step S101 is obtained by searching or the like from the information having the reception identifier stored in the storage unit (not shown) and the user identifier in step S107. The reward is given to the user indicated by the acquired user identifier. For example, the reward unit 107 stores a point specified in advance or a point corresponding to a product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase reception information in a storage unit (not shown) or the like in association with the acquired user identifier. Then, the process proceeds to step S104.

  (Step S <b> 110) The intra-group receiving unit 110 determines whether or not product related information having related input information has been received from the user terminal 2. If received, the process proceeds to step S111. If not received, the process proceeds to step S114.

  (Step S111) The storage unit 113 includes related input information included in the product related information received in Step S110, a group identifier associated with a user identifier included in the product related information, and a product identifier included in the product related information. Corresponding information is stored in the related input information storage unit 112.

  (Step S112) The intra-group transmission unit 111 acquires the user identifiers of other users belonging to the same group as the user indicated by the user identifier included in the product related information received in step S110. For example, the intra-group transmission unit 111 searches the group management information stored in the group management information storage unit 101 for a group identifier associated with the user identifier included in the product related information received in step S110 and acquires the group identifier. Then, one or more other user identifiers associated with the same group identifier as the acquired group identifier are acquired from the same group management information.

  (Step S113) The in-group transmission unit 111 transmits the product related information received in Step 112 to the user terminal 2 of the user indicated by the user identifier acquired in Step S112. Then, the process returns to step S110.

  (Step S114) The group reward unit 109 determines whether it is time to determine a rank for the group indicated by the group identifier. For example, it is a timing for determining whether or not a date specified in advance such as April 1 of every year or the first Monday of every month has been reached, and determining the rank when the date specified in advance is reached. Judge. In addition, when the process of determining the rank has already been performed on the same day or the like, it may not be determined whether or not it is the timing for determining the rank again so that the process of determining the rank is not performed redundantly. good.

  (Step S115) The group reward unit 109 acquires a purchase history for each group identifier from the purchase history stored in the purchase history storage unit 108. For example, a user identifier is acquired from each purchase history stored in the purchase history storage unit 108, a group identifier corresponding to each acquired user identifier is acquired from the group management information, and the acquired group management information is the same. Get purchase history every time.

  (Step S116) The group reward unit 109 adds up the purchase history acquired for each group identifier in step S115 for each group identifier. For example, the number of purchase histories acquired for each group identifier may be aggregated. Or you may total the purchase amount which the purchase history acquired for every group identifier has.

  (Step S117) The group reward unit 109 acquires a rank corresponding to the values tabulated in step S116 for each group identifier. For example, the group incentive unit 109 acquires a rank corresponding to a value range including the aggregate value from a plurality of pieces of information that are prepared by associating the aggregate value range and the rank.

  (Step S118) The group reward unit 109 gives a reward corresponding to the rank acquired for each group identifier in step S117 to a user indicated by one or more user identifiers corresponding to each group identifier. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S119) The product designation information receiving unit 114 determines whether or not product designation information has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S120. If not accepted, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S120) The related input information output unit 115 displays related input information that is associated with the product identifier indicated by the product designation information received in Step S119 and that is associated with the same group identifier. Each identifier is acquired from the related input information storage unit 112.

  (Step S121) The related input information output unit 115 outputs the related input information acquired in step S120 for each group identifier. For example, the related input information acquired for each group is output in association with the group identifier. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, when the purchase information receiving unit 104 receives purchase information, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 transmits purchase information. However, after the purchase information is received, When the user input information is received from the user indicated by the user identifier included in the purchase information for the product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 may transmit the purchase information and the user input information. Good.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing system 1000 in the present embodiment will be described with an example. The schematic diagram of the information processing system 1000 is the same as FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing group management information stored in the group management information storage unit 101. The group management information has attributes of “user ID” and “group ID”. “User ID” is a user identifier, and here is assumed to be a user's mail address. “Group ID” is a group identifier. Here, it is assumed that one record (row) is one group management information.

  If the user A who uses the user terminal 2a performs an operation for purchasing a product whose product name is “ABC wine” in the shopping site provided by the information processing apparatus 1 with respect to the user terminal 2a, the user A Purchase designation information having “u001@abcd.com” which is the user identifier of the product and “ABC wine” which is the product identifier of the product to be purchased is transmitted from the user terminal 2a to the information processing apparatus 1 via the network. . Here, it is assumed that the product identifier is a product name. The purchase designation information may further include payment information at the time of purchase.

  Here, it is assumed that the user A inputs a comment about the product when purchasing the product. For example, it is assumed that the input comment is “I cannot believe that this wine can be bought at this price”. The input comment is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 together with purchase designation information as user input information.

  When the purchase designation information receiving unit 102 of the information processing device 1 receives the purchase designation information and the user input information from the user terminal 2a, the purchase processing unit 103 uses the received purchase designation information to purchase the purchase designation information. The user indicated by the user identifier included in the product performs processing for purchasing the product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase designation information.

  After processing for purchasing the product, the purchase processing unit 103 stores the product identifier “ABC wine” and the user identifier “u001@abcd.com” included in the purchase designation information, the price of the product “1500 yen”, the date, Is stored in the purchase history storage unit 108. The price of the product can be obtained from a database of products stored in a storage unit (not shown).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing purchase history management information for managing the purchase history stored in the purchase history storage unit 108. The purchase history management information has attributes of “product name”, “user ID”, “price”, and “date”. “Product name” is a product identifier, and here it is assumed that it is a product name. “Price” is the price of a product. The “price” may be considered as a purchase price. It is assumed that “date” is a date on which a product is purchased. Here, a case where a plurality of purchase histories are already stored is described as an example. Here, it is assumed that the accumulated data is added as the lowest row.

  The purchase determination unit 106 determines whether the purchase of the product has been performed using the purchase acceptance information. Here, it is determined whether or not the purchase designation information received by the purchase designation information receiving unit 102 has a reception identifier, and if so, it is a purchase made using the purchase reception information. Judge. Here, since it does not have, it judges that it is not the purchase performed using the information for purchase reception. For this reason, the process which gives reward to the user who purchased goods is not performed.

  The purchase information receiving unit 104 receives purchase information having the product identifier “ABC wine” and the user identifier “u001@abcd.com” included in the purchase specification information received by the purchase specification information receiving unit 102 as described above. Accept from 103 or the like. Here, as an example, it is assumed that purchase information further including an image of a product indicated by the product identifier is received. Here, the purchase information receiving unit 104 also receives user input information included in the purchase designation information. Here, the purchase information receiving unit 104 also receives information indicating the classification of the purchased product from the purchase processing unit 103. Here, it is assumed that information “wine” is received as information indicating the classification of the product. The image of the product and the classification of the product can be acquired from, for example, a product database stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like.

  The purchase information transmission unit 105 determines whether the purchased product satisfies a predesignated condition. Here, for example, it is assumed that the predesignated condition is a condition that the classification of the purchased product is a class other than the predesignated classification, and the predesignated classification is “electric appliance”, and It is assumed that the classification is “clothing”. Since the category of the product received by the purchase information receiving unit 104 is “wine”, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 has a category of the purchased product other than “electric appliance” and “clothing” designated in advance. Judge. For this reason, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 determines that the purchased product satisfies a predetermined condition.

  For this reason, the purchase information transmission unit 105 acquires the group identifier “G01” associated with the user identifier “u001@abcd.com” included in the purchase information from the group management information illustrated in FIG. The other user identifiers “cfrf@bdlccd.com” and “bgdog@shlaade.com” associated with the acquired group identifier “G01” are acquired from the same group management information by searching.

  Further, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 acquires, as purchase acceptance information, information for displaying a button for accepting an instruction to display a page for purchasing a product indicated by the product identifier “ABC wine” included in the purchase information. . Here, for example, a URL (not shown) of a page for purchasing “ABC wine” is arranged in an information template for displaying buttons prepared in advance, and purchase acceptance information is generated. This URL can be acquired, for example, by searching for a WEB output product page or the like stored in a storage unit (not shown) using a product identifier as a search key or the like.

  Also, here, purchase acceptance information that further includes an acceptance identifier associated with a user identifier included in the purchase information is acquired as the purchase acceptance information. For example, a reception identifier “A010063” composed of a character string is acquired using a rule or algorithm specified in advance, and this reception identifier “A010063” is further arranged in the template or the like to obtain purchase information. At the same time, the reception identifier “A010063” is associated with the user identifier “u001@abcd.com” included in the purchase information and stored in a storage unit (not shown).

  FIG. 5 is a reception identifier management table for managing reception identifiers accumulated in a storage unit (not shown). The reception identifier management table has attributes of “reception ID” indicating a reception identifier and “user ID”.

  In addition, as a reception identifier, you may use what changed the user identifier which purchase information has, or a part of user identifier according to the rule etc. which were designated beforehand. For example, an email address “@” that is the user identifier may be replaced with “#”. In this case, the reception information management table may be unnecessary.

  Furthermore, here, as an example, the purchase information transmitting unit 105 acquires related reception information for receiving product related information about the product indicated by the product identifier included in the purchase information. The related reception information is, for example, information for displaying a button for displaying a product related information input screen associated with the product identifier included in the purchase information and indicated by the product identification information. This related reception information can be created in the same manner as the purchase acceptance information, for example.

  The purchase information transmission unit 105 receives the purchase information and user input information received by the purchase information reception unit 104 and the purchase reception information and related reception information acquired by the purchase information transmission unit 105 as described above. It is transmitted to the user terminal 2 of the user indicated by the identifier “cffrf@bdlccd.com” and “bgdog@shlaade.com”. Specifically, purchase information, user input information, purchase acceptance information, and related reception information are transmitted to the email addresses indicated by these user identifiers.

  In the above description, when it is determined that the purchased product does not satisfy the condition specified in advance, the purchase information transmission unit 105 does not transmit purchase information.

  Receiving units (not shown) of the user terminal 2b of the user B indicated by the user identifier “cfrf@bdlccd.com” and the user terminal 2c of the user C indicated by the user identifier “bgdog@shlaade.com” When the purchase information, user input information, purchase acceptance information, and related reception information transmitted from the device 1 are received, the display units (not shown) of the user terminals 2b and 2c are purchased on a monitor (not shown). Information and user input information, and buttons respectively indicated by purchase acceptance information and related reception information are displayed.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating purchase information and user input information displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 2b, a button 60 indicated by purchase acceptance information, and a button 61 indicated by related reception information. A similar screen is displayed on the user terminal 2c.

  In this way, when one user purchases a product, by displaying purchase information on the user terminal 2 of another user belonging to the same group, the purchased product is introduced to the other user, or the same The purchase of goods etc. can be recommended. In addition, since only purchase information of users belonging to the same group is received, for example, only purchase information of acquaintances belonging to the same group can be received instead of purchase information of unspecified and unknown users. The product indicated by the purchase information can be evaluated comprehensively from the purchased product and the user who purchased the product. Also, only user input information input by users belonging to the same group can be received, and only highly reliable user input information can be obtained.

  Here, if the user B operates and pushes the button 60 indicated by the purchase acceptance information by operating a touch panel or the like (not shown), the product identifier “ABC wine” included in the purchase acceptance information corresponding to the button 60 is purchased. The URL of the WEB page to be received and the reception identifier “A010063” are transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 from the transmission unit (not shown) of the user terminal 2b.

  When a receiving unit (not shown) of the information processing device 1 receives the URL and the reception identifier “A010063”, a transmission unit (not shown) of the information processing device 1 converts the information on the WEB page indicated by the URL into the reception identifier “ A010063 "is transmitted to the user terminal 2b. It is assumed that the WEB page indicated by this URL is a page that accepts a purchase instruction for the above “ABC wine”.

  When the user terminal 2b receives the information on the WEB page and the reception identifier, the user terminal 2b uses the information on the WEB page to receive a purchase instruction for the product indicated by the product identifier “ABC wine” on a monitor (not shown) (see FIG. (Not shown).

  When the user B operates the displayed page to purchase a product whose product identifier is “ABC wine”, the user terminal 2b displays the product identifier “ABC wine” and the user identifier “ The purchase designation information having “cfrf@bdlccd.com” and the reception identifier “A010063” is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1. When user B inputs user input information, purchase designation information that further includes the user input information may be transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1.

  When the purchase designation information receiving unit 102 of the information processing apparatus 1 receives the purchase designation information, the purchase processing unit 103 determines that the user B indicated by the user identifier “cfrf@bdlccd.com” is the product identifier “ABC” as described above. Processing for purchasing the product indicated by “wine” is performed.

  Here, since the purchase designation information has the reception identifier “A010063”, the purchase determination unit 106 transmits the purchase of the product made in accordance with the purchase designation information from the purchase information transmission unit 105. It is determined that the purchase has been made using the purchase acceptance information.

  Therefore, the reward unit 107 acquires the reception identifier “A010063” from the purchase specification information received by the purchase specification information reception unit 102, and this reception identifier “A010063” from the reception identifier management table shown in FIG. The user identifier “u001@abcd.com” corresponding to is acquired. Then, a point designated in advance, for example, 1000 points is given as a reward to the user indicated by the user identifier.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a point management table for managing points stored in a storage unit (not shown). The point management table has attributes of “user ID” and “point”. “Point” is, for example, a value that can be used to purchase a product in terms of money.

  For example, the reward unit 107 adds 1000 points to the value of “points” corresponding to the user identifier “u001@abcd.com” in the point management table shown in FIG. You will be rewarded with points.

  Instead of giving 1000 points, points with a value proportional to the amount of purchased goods may be given.

  In addition, since the process etc. which transmit the purchase information about the goods which the user B purchased are the same as the above, description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  In the above description, the case where the user B operates the button 60 indicated by the purchase acceptance information on the screen shown in FIG. 6 by operating a touch panel (not shown) or the like has been described. If the button 61 indicated by the related reception information on the screen shown in FIG. 6 is pressed by operating a touch panel (not shown) or the like, a display unit (not shown) of the user terminal 2b is displayed according to the purchase acceptance information corresponding to the button 61. , A screen for inputting related input information on the product identifier “ABC wine” is displayed on the monitor.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an input screen for purchase acceptance information displayed on a monitor or the like (not shown) of the user terminal 2b.

  Then, it is assumed that the user B operates the touch panel (not shown) and inputs related input information, which is a comment related to the product, in the input field 80 of the input screen shown in FIG. Assume that the related input information that has been input is, for example, the text “What kind of dish does this wine fit?”. If the transmission button 81 is pressed, the transmission unit (not shown) of the user terminal 2b includes the input related input information, the user identifier “cfrf@bdlccd.com” of the user B, and the product identifier corresponding to the related input information. The product related information having “ABC wine” is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1.

  The in-group receiving unit 110 of the information processing apparatus 1 receives the product related information transmitted from the user terminal 2b. The accumulation unit 113 acquires the group identifier “G01” corresponding to the user identifier “cfrf@bdlccd.com” included in the received product related information from the group management information illustrated in FIG. Then, the related input information included in the product related information “What kind of dish does this wine fit?” Corresponds to the product identifier “G01” possessed by this product related information and the group identifier “G01” acquired above. Then, it accumulates in the related input information storage unit 112. Here, the related input information is further stored in the related input information storage unit 112 in association with the user identifier included in the product related information.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a related input information management table for managing related input information stored in the related input information storage unit 112. The product related information has attributes of “product ID”, “group ID”, “user ID”, and “comment”. “Product ID” is a product identifier, “Group ID” is a group identifier, “User ID” is a user identifier, and “Comment” is related input information. Here, it is assumed that one record (row) is information accumulated according to one product related information.

  Further, the intra-group transmission unit 111 sets the group management information shown in FIG. 3 to the group identifier “G01” corresponding to the user identifier “cfrf@bdlccd.com” included in the product related information received by the intra-group reception unit 110. And “u001@abcd.com” and “bgdog@shlaade.com” which are user identifiers associated with the acquired group identifier “G01” other than the user identifier “cffrf@bdlccd.com”. Is acquired from the same group management information. Then, the product related information received from the user terminal 2b is transmitted to the user terminal 2 of the user indicated by the acquired user identifier in the same manner as when purchasing information is transmitted.

  In addition, here, as an example, an image of a product corresponding to the product identifier included in the product-related information is acquired by searching from a database or the like that stores the product identifier and the product image in association with each other. The product image is transmitted together with the product related information.

  The user terminal 2a of the user A indicated by the user identifier “u001@abcd.com” and the user terminal 2c of the user C indicated by the user identifier “bgdog@shlaade.com” are transmitted from the information processing apparatus 1 by the user terminal 2b. The product related information and the product image are received. And the display part which the user terminal 2a and the user terminal 2c show in figure which received the goods relevant information and goods image which are not shown respectively is displayed on a monitor.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing product-related information displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 2a (FIG. 10A), and a diagram showing product-related information displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 2c (FIG. 10B). It is.

  For example, the state where the user terminal 2a displays the product related information transmitted by the user terminal 2b is as shown in FIG.

  Further, the user of the user terminal 2a performs a predesignated operation from the display screen as shown in FIG. 9A to display a screen for inputting related input information similar to that in FIG. When the related input information is input according to the product related information transmitted by 2b and an operation of transmitting to the information processing apparatus 1 is performed, the input related input information and the user identifier included in the previously received product related information The product related information having “u001@abcd.com” and the product identifier “ABC wine” is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1.

  Similarly to the above, the intra-group receiving unit 110 receives product related information having related input information from the user terminal 2b. Similarly to the above, the storage unit 113 stores the related input information included in the received product related information in the related input information storage unit 112.

  The intra-group transmission unit 111 is a user identifier “cfrf@bdlccd.com” that is another user identifier associated with the same group identifier “G01” as the user identifier “u001@abcd.com” included in the received product related information. The user identifier “bgdog@shlaade.com” is acquired, and the product related information and product image transmitted by the user terminal 2a are transmitted to the user terminals 2b and 2c that are the user terminals of the user indicated by the acquired user identifier. To do.

  The user terminals 2b and 2c that have received the product-related information and the product image display the received product-related information and product image, respectively.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 10B, the user terminal 2 c uses the related input information included in the product related information transmitted by the user terminal 2 b and the related input information included in the product related information transmitted from the user terminal 2 a. Display below. Thereby, communication about the information relevant to the goods which the user in the group purchased can be performed only by the member in a group.

  In addition, in the user terminal 2b, the related input information which the product related information which the user terminal 2b transmitted previously has is displayed, and the related input information which the product related information which the user terminal 2a transmitted below is displayed further below You just have to do it. That is, the related input information of the merchandise related information transmitted by the terminal is appropriately sorted together with the merchandise related information received from the other user terminals 2 in the order received or transmitted, and is output by the own terminal.

  Here, in order for the administrator or the like of the information processing device 1 to output the related input information about the product whose product identifier is “UTD wine”, the product designation information receiving unit 114 of the information processing device 1 is instructed by the keyboard. It is assumed that a product identifier “UTD wine” is input via an input device such as.

  The related input information output unit 115 detects the record (row) that is the product identifier “UTD wine” received by the product designation information receiving unit 114 from the related input information management table as shown in FIG. Read to memory etc. From the read records, records with the same “group ID” are sequentially detected for each “group ID”, and the related input information of the records detected for each “group ID” is classified for each “group ID”. , Each of them is output in association with the attribute value of “group ID”. For example, here, the related input information output unit 115 displays the related input information on a monitor (not shown).

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of related input information by the related input information output unit 115.

  In addition, the group reward unit 109 determines whether or not today's date indicated by a calendar (not shown) is a predesignated date, and if it is a predesignated date, the group award is assigned to the group indicated by the group identifier. Process to give rewards. Here, for example, if the date designated in advance is the 20th of every month and today's date is July 20, the group incentive unit 109 determines that it is the date for giving a reward to the group. And give rewards.

  Specifically, the group reward unit 109 acquires the value of “group ID” from the purchase history management information as shown in FIG. 4 so that there is no duplication, and purchase history for each acquired “group ID”. From the management information, one or more records (rows) having the same “group ID” are detected. Then, the “price” value of each detected record is aggregated for each “group ID”, and the values obtained by the aggregation are associated with the “group ID” value in a storage unit (not shown) or the like. Memorize temporarily. In this case, the “price” value is aggregated only for the records whose “date” value is the date from the date when the aggregation is performed to one month before the purchase history management information record. .

  FIG. 12 is a group reward management table stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown). The group reward management table has a “price range” and a value “rank”. The “price range” is an attribute indicating a price range. “Rank” is the rank of the group.

  FIG. 13 is a rank reward management table stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown). The rank reward management table has “rank” and a value of “reward”. “Rank” corresponds to “rank” in FIG. “Reward” is a reward given to a group, and here, points given to each member constituting the group are shown.

  For example, if the value obtained by summing up the “price” acquired by the group incentive unit 109 for the group whose “group ID” is “G01” is “60000” (yen), the group incentive unit 109 From the group reward management table shown in FIG. 5, the record indicating the price range in which the attribute value of “price range” includes this value “60000” is detected, and the “rank” value of the detected record is acquired. Here, since “60000” falls within the range of “50000 or more and less than 100000” of the record on the third line from the top of FIG. 12, the group reward section 109 has the attribute value of “rank” of this record “ C ”is acquired. Then, the group reward unit 109 acquires “800” (points) that is the attribute value of “reward” of the record whose attribute value of “rank” is “C” from the rank reward management table shown in FIG. .

  Further, the group reward unit 109 acquires the “user ID” of the record whose “group ID” is “G01” from the group management information shown in FIG. 3, and is the value of the “reward” acquired above. 800 ”(points) is stored in the point management table shown in FIG. 7 in association with all the acquired“ user IDs ”. If the same “user ID” as the stored “user ID” has already been stored, the “reward” value acquired above is added to the “point” value corresponding to the “user ID”. .

  Thus, for example, for “u001@abcd.com”, “cffrf@bdlccd.com”, and “bgdog@shlaade.com” corresponding to the group whose “group ID” is “G01”. 800 points each.

  The group incentive unit 109 performs the same process for “group ID” obtained by collecting other “price” values.

  Thereby, a reward can be given to the members of each group indicated by the group identifier in accordance with the total purchase amount for each group, and the purchase of products of the members constituting the group can be promoted on a group basis.

  As mentioned above, according to this Embodiment, the information regarding the product purchase of the member of a group can be appropriately notified to the other member of the same group. Thereby, for example, as a result, a product purchased by a member in the group is recommended to other members, and sales of the product can be promoted. In addition, since only information related to product purchases of members in the same group is notified, for example, when a group is configured by users having similar hobbies, preferences, etc., the hobbies, preferences, etc. are similar as a result. Only information about the product purchased by the user can be selectively received. Further, since members in the same group are often familiar members, it is possible to handle the notified information as highly reliable information.

  Moreover, according to this Embodiment, it can communicate appropriately within a group regarding goods by transmitting / receiving goods relevant information between the members in a group. As a result, for example, knowledge about products can be deepened within the group, and sales of products can be promoted.

  In addition, when a product is purchased using the purchase acceptance information transmitted together with the purchase information for the product purchased by one user, the purchase information is transmitted by giving a reward to the one user. The user can be prompted for permission.

In the above embodiment, the purchase information receiving unit 104 receives purchase information further including one or more group identifiers among group identifiers associated with user identifiers as purchase information, and the purchase information transmitting unit 105 is a user identifier other than the user identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit 104, and the purchase information reception unit is indicated to the user indicated by one or more user identifiers associated with the group identifier included in the purchase information. Information corresponding to the product identifier included in the purchase information accepted by the user 104 may be transmitted.
By adopting such a configuration, for example, when one user belongs to a plurality of groups, information corresponding to the product identifier included in the purchase information is transmitted only to one of the plurality of groups. This makes it possible to appropriately limit a group of users who are transmission destinations of information related to products purchased by the user.

  Note that the group identifier included in the purchase information is, for example, a group identifier specified by a user who purchases a product. For example, the group identifier included in the purchase information is a group identifier specified by the user at the time of purchasing a product. For example, the purchase designation information receiving unit 102 receives purchase designation information further including a group identifier from the user terminal 2, for example, and the purchase information receiving unit 104 purchases the purchase information having this group identifier. You may accept from the information receiving part 102, the purchase process part 103, etc. Alternatively, the purchase information receiving unit 104 may directly receive purchase information having a group identifier from the user terminal 2 or the like.

  Further, the group identifier included in the purchase information may be a group identifier that is automatically determined by a processing unit or the like (not shown) according to a product or the like purchased by the user among the group identifiers of a plurality of groups to which the user belongs. . For example, information indicating the classification of products as described in the above embodiment and the group identifier of the group to which the user belongs are stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) for each user identifier. When a user purchases a product, the product classification is acquired by searching for information stored in a storage unit (not shown) and the product classification by associating the product. You may make it acquire the group identifier matched with the classification | category of goods from the group identifier matched with the user identifier of this user as a group identifier determined about goods. The case where the user purchases a product or the like may be considered that the purchase specification information receiving unit 102 has received purchase specification information having a user identifier, and the product identifier in the purchase specification information is the product in this case. It may be thought of as the product shown.

  In this way, when the purchase information receiving unit 104 receives purchase information further having one or more group identifiers, the purchase history storage unit 108 stores the user identifier and the product purchased by the user indicated by the user identifier. One or more purchase histories having a product identifier and one group identifier of group identifiers associated with the user identifier are stored, and the group reward unit 109 stores each group identifier included in the purchase history. The rank may be determined, and a reward corresponding to the rank may be given to the user indicated by the user identifier associated with each group identifier.

  Further, in this way, when the purchase information receiving unit 104 receives purchase information further having one or more group identifiers, the intra-group receiving unit 110 is associated with the product identifier, the user identifier, and the user identifier. The product-related information having one group identifier among the group identifiers and related input information that is information related to the product indicated by the product identifier input by the user indicated by the user identifier is received, and the intra-group transmission unit 111 However, the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit 110 may be transmitted to a user indicated by another user identifier associated with the group identifier included in the product related information.

  Further, in the above case, the related input information storage unit 112 includes the related input information included in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit 110, the group identifier included in the product related information, and the product related information. The storage unit 113 stores the related input information included in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit 110, the group identifier included in the product related information, and the product of the product. The related input information is stored in the related input information storage unit 112 in association with the identifier, and the related input information output unit 115 displays the related input information associated with the product identifier indicated by the product designation information received by the product designation information receiving unit 114. The information may be acquired from the related input information storage unit and output for each group identifier included in the related input information.

  In the above embodiment, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  In the above-described embodiment, it is needless to say that two or more communication means (such as a purchase designation information receiving unit and an intra-group receiving unit) existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium. .

  In the above embodiment, information related to processing executed by each component, for example, information received, acquired, selected, generated, transmitted, and received by each component. In addition, information such as threshold values, mathematical formulas, addresses, etc. used by each component in processing is retained temporarily or over a long period of time on a recording medium (not shown) even when not explicitly stated in the above description. It may be. Further, the storage of information in the recording medium (not shown) may be performed by each component or a storage unit (not shown). Further, reading of information from the recording medium (not shown) may be performed by each component or a reading unit (not shown).

  In the above embodiment, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory. At the time of execution, the program execution unit may execute the program while accessing a storage unit (for example, a recording medium such as a hard disk or a memory).

  Note that the software that realizes the information processing apparatus in the above embodiment is the following program. That is, this program stores in a group management information storage unit in which one or more group management information having a group identifier of a group composed of two or more users and a user identifier of a user belonging to the group indicated by the group identifier is stored. A purchase information reception unit that receives purchase information including a product identifier of a product purchased by a user and a user identifier of the user, and a group identifier that is the same as the user identifier of the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit Is a program for functioning as a purchase information transmission unit that transmits information corresponding to the product identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit to the user indicated by one or more other user identifiers associated with.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, a function that can be realized only by hardware such as a modem or an interface card in an acquisition unit that acquires information or an output unit that outputs information is not included in the function realized by the program.

  Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the appearance of a computer that executes the program and realizes the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  14, a computer system 900 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 905, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor 904.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 15, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 905, a computer 901 is connected to an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing a program such as a boot-up program, and the MPU 911. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 913 that temporarily stores and provides a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, and a bus 915 that interconnects the MPU 911, ROM 912, and the like Prepare. The computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to the LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 900 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus and the like according to the above-described embodiments may be stored in the CD-ROM 921, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905, and transferred to the hard disk 914. Instead, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 914. The program is loaded into the RAM 913 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921 or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment. The program may include only a part of an instruction that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is suitable as an apparatus for processing information related to product purchase, and is particularly useful as an apparatus for notifying other users of information related to product purchase. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus 2 User terminal 101 Group management information storage part 102 Purchase designation information receiving part 103 Purchase processing part 104 Purchase information reception part 105 Purchase information transmission part 106 Purchase judgment part 107 Reward part 108 Purchase history storage part 109 Group reward part 110 In-group receiving unit 111 In-group transmitting unit 112 Related input information storage unit 113 Accumulating unit 114 Product designation information receiving unit 115 Related input information output unit 1000 Information processing system

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A group management information storage unit storing one or more group management information having a group identifier of a group composed of two or more users and a user identifier of a user belonging to the group indicated by the group identifier;
A processing unit that automatically determines a group identifier from among group identifiers of a group to which the user belongs, according to products purchased by the user;
A purchase information receiving unit for receiving purchase information including a product identifier of a product purchased by a user, a user identifier of the user , and a group identifier determined by the processing unit ;
When the purchase information receiving unit receives the purchase information, a user identifier other than the user identifier to which the purchase information has, to the user indicating one or more user identifiers associated with the group identifier to which the purchase information has An information processing apparatus comprising: a purchase information transmission unit that transmits information corresponding to a product identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit. The purchase information receiving unit further receives user input information input by a user regarding a product indicated by a product identifier included in the purchase information,
The purchase information transmitting unit according to claim 1 Symbol placement of the information processing apparatus transmits the information and the user input information corresponding to the product identifier purchase information the purchase information receiving unit receives has. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the purchase information transmission unit transmits information corresponding to a product identifier included in the purchase information received by the purchase information reception unit when a predetermined condition is satisfied. . The purchase information transmitting unit, the purchase information purchase acceptance information is information used to accept purchase of the product showing purchase information accepting unit accepts the one further one claims 1 to 3 to send Information processing apparatus according to item. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a reward unit that gives a reward to a user indicated by purchase information corresponding to the purchase reception information when the purchase of the product is performed using the purchase reception information. . A purchase history storage unit that stores one or more purchase histories having a user identifier and a product identifier of a product purchased by the user indicated by the user identifier;
A group that determines a rank for each group identifier using the purchase history indicated by the user identifier associated with the group identifier, and gives a reward corresponding to the rank to the user indicated by the user identifier associated with each group identifier further information processing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims claims 1-5 having a reward unit. An in-group receiving unit that receives product related information including a product identifier, a user identifier, and related input information that is information related to the product indicated by the product identifier input by the user indicated by the user identifier;
A claim further comprising: an intra-group transmission unit that transmits the product-related information received by the intra-group reception unit to a user indicated by another user identifier associated with the same group identifier as the user identifier included in the product-related information. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6 . The related input information included in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit is stored in association with the group identifier corresponding to the user identifier included in the product related information and the product identifier included in the product related information. An input information storage unit;
The related input information included in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit is stored in the related input information storage unit in association with the group identifier corresponding to the user identifier included in the product related information and the product identifier of the product. An accumulator to
A product specification information receiving unit that receives product specification information that is information for specifying a product identifier;
A related input information output unit that acquires related input information associated with the product identifier indicated by the product specifying information received by the product specifying information receiving unit from the related input information storage unit, and outputs the related input information for each group identifier The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 provided. Purchase history in which one or more purchase histories having a user identifier, a product identifier of a product purchased by the user indicated by the user identifier, and one group identifier among group identifiers associated with the user identifier are stored A storage unit;
Determining the rank for each group identifier the purchase history has, claim a reward in accordance with the rank of claim 1, further comprising a group incentive section that gives the user indicated by the user identifier associated with each group identifier The information processing apparatus according to any one of 5 . A product identifier, a user identifier, a group identifier of one of the group identifiers associated with the user identifier, and related input information that is information about the product indicated by the product identifier input by the user indicated by the user identifier; An in-group receiving unit for receiving product-related information having
Request product-related information in the receiving unit the group has received, from claim 1, further comprising a group within the transmission unit that transmits to the user indicated by the other user identifier associated with the group identifier to which the product-related information has The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 and 9 . Related input information stored in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit is stored in association with a group identifier included in the product related information and a product identifier included in the product related information; ,
A storage unit that stores the related input information included in the product related information received by the intra-group receiving unit in the related input information storage unit in association with the group identifier included in the product related information and the product identifier of the product;
A product specification information receiving unit that receives product specification information that is information for specifying a product identifier;
A related input information output unit that acquires related input information associated with the product identifier indicated by the product specifying information received by the product specifying information receiving unit from the related input information storage unit, and outputs the related input information for each group identifier The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 provided. A group management information storage unit storing one or more group management information having a group identifier of a group composed of two or more users and a user identifier of a user belonging to the group indicated by the group identifier; and a purchase information reception unit And an information processing method performed using a purchase information transmitting unit and a processing unit ,
A processing step in which the processing unit automatically determines a group identifier from among group identifiers of a group to which the user belongs, according to products purchased by the user;
A purchase information receiving step for receiving purchase information, wherein the purchase information receiving unit receives a product identifier of a product purchased by a user, a user identifier of the user , and a group identifier determined by the processing unit ;
When receiving the purchase information in the purchase information receiving step, a user identifier other than the user identifier to which the purchase information has, to the user indicating one or more user identifiers associated with the group identifier to which the purchase information has An information processing method comprising: a purchase information transmitting step of transmitting information corresponding to a product identifier included in the purchase information received in the purchase information receiving step. A computer capable of accessing a group management information storage unit storing one or more group management information having a group identifier of a group composed of two or more users and a user identifier of a user belonging to the group indicated by the group identifier; ,
A processing unit that automatically determines a group identifier from among group identifiers of a group to which the user belongs, according to products purchased by the user;
A purchase information receiving unit that receives a product identifier of a product purchased by a user, purchase information having the user identifier of the user, and a group identifier determined by the processing unit ;
When the purchase information receiving unit receives the purchase information, a user identifier other than the user identifier to which the purchase information has, to the user indicating one or more user identifiers associated with the group identifier to which the purchase information has The program for functioning as a purchase information transmission part which transmits the information corresponding to the product identifier which the purchase information which the said purchase information reception part received has.

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