JP6553162B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

  In recent years, with the rapid spread of the Internet, sales of products or services (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “products etc.”) via networks are actively performed. Therefore, for example, in order to enhance the user's willingness to purchase a product etc., a technology has been proposed in which the price of the product etc. is discounted stepwise on the purchase screen for purchasing the product etc. (for example, Patent Document 1) reference).

JP 2014-178729 A

  However, in the prior art, there is room for further improvement in terms of raising the user's willingness to purchase products and the like.

  The present application has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of enhancing a user's purchase intention for a product or service.

  An information processing apparatus according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires sales information on a product or service to be sold. The determination unit is information of a store displayed in a list on a purchase screen for purchasing the product or service based on the sales information acquired by the acquisition unit, and the predetermined product or service is Determining store information for sale at a price.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, the user's willingness to purchase goods or services can be increased.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of information processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing system. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a user terminal. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing apparatus. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the sales information storage unit. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the change information storage unit. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the store-related information storage unit. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the page information storage unit. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a purchase screen displayed on the user terminal. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a purchase screen displayed on the user terminal. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a purchase decision screen displayed on the user terminal. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of information processing in the information processing apparatus. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the user behavior information storage unit. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a purchase screen displayed on the user terminal. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer that executes a program.

  Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a mode for implementing an information processing program according to the present application (hereinafter, referred to as “embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the information processing apparatus, the information processing method, and the information processing program according to the present application are not limited by the embodiments.

First Embodiment
[1. Information processing)
First, an example of information processing according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of information processing according to the first embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 50 is a server or the like that can perform a process of providing product or service information to a user U or a process of selling a product or service. The information processing apparatus 50 does not have to be a single processing apparatus, and may be realized by a plurality of processing apparatuses such as a cloud system operating in cooperation. In the following, a case where a product sales process or the like is performed among products and services will be described as an example. However, the following description can also be applied to a case where a service sales process or the like is performed.

  The terminal devices 10, 40a, 40b are devices having a function capable of communicating with the information processing device 50 via the network N (see FIG. 2). The terminal device 10 is used by the user U. The terminal device 40a is used by a store manager Pa that manages a store that sells products (store A), while the terminal device 40b is a store manager Pb that manages a store that sells products (store B). Used by.

  Therefore, in the following, the terminal device 10 may be described as the "user terminal 10", and the terminal devices 40a and 40b may be described as the "shop terminals 40a and 40b". Further, in the case where the store terminals 40a and 40b are described without being particularly distinguished, “store terminal 40” is described, and when the store managers Pa and Pb are not particularly distinguished, “store manager P” is described. It describes.

  The numbers of user terminals 10 and shop terminals 40 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 described later are merely examples and are not limited. In addition, the “store” in the present specification includes a real store, a virtual store, and the like, and it may be a store of any form as long as the product can be sold.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, first, the information processing apparatus 50 receives sales information regarding a product to be sold from the store terminals 40a and 40b (step S1). It is assumed that the "goods" here are the same goods, in other words, the goods that are handled by both store A and store B. In FIG. 1, the case where the product is “Bag A” will be described as an example.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus 50 receives sales information of the same product from a plurality of stores (stores) A and B. Note that the information processing apparatus 50 according to the present embodiment sells a product by performing a so-called price-down time sale, which lowers the price of the product in stages, only for a predetermined time, which will be described later. Therefore, for example, the sales information of the product may include various information such as the start price and the minimum price in the time sale in addition to the product image, detailed description, and the number of stocks. The sales information of such products will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In the above, the information processing apparatus 50 receives the sale information of the product from the stores A and B at the same timing. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the sale information of the product is received from the store A The sales information of the product may be received from the store B after the sales are started.

  The sales information described above is stored in the storage unit 70 (see FIG. 4) of the information processing apparatus 50. The information processing apparatus 50 acquires the sales information of the product stored in the storage unit 70, for example, when the sales of the product is started at the above-described time sale or the like (step S2).

  Next, the information processing apparatus 50 determines store information displayed in a list on a purchase screen for purchasing a product based on the acquired sales information (step S3). At that time, the information processing apparatus 50 makes the information of the stores displayed in a list the information of the stores which can sell the product bag A at a predetermined price (here, for example, 30000 which is the start price). To be determined. In the example of FIG. 1, it is assumed that the information of the stores A and B is determined as the store information displayed in the list.

  For example, when the user U considers or desires to purchase the bag A, which is a product, the user terminal 10 requests the information processing apparatus 50 for product sales information by the operation of the user U (step S4). .

  In response to the request, the information processing apparatus 50 provides the user terminal 10 with the sales information of the product and the list of the information of the determined store (step S5). As a result, on the purchase screen, the display unit 12 of the user terminal 10 displays a list of product sales information and store information.

  In FIG. 1, an example of the purchase screen of the display unit 12 is shown. As shown in FIG. 1, the display unit 12 displays a list of information on the store A and information on the store B, as well as sales information such as the image of the product bag A, the current price, and the product details. Specifically, on the display unit 12, the information of the store A is displayed in a list in the display column 110a and the information of the store B is displayed in a list in the display column 110b.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, information on stores that sell products at a predetermined price, in other words, the same price, is determined for the bag A that is a product, and a list of the determined store information is displayed on the user terminal. 10 to be displayed on the display unit 12.

  Thereby, in this embodiment, the user U becomes easy to select a store by expanding the choices of a store, and as a result, the user U's willingness to purchase goods can be enhanced.

  Next, for example, when the user U desires to purchase the bag A at the store A, the user terminal 10 makes a purchase request for a product to the information processing apparatus 50 by the operation of the user U (step S6). Such a purchase request is, for example, a button on the purchase decision screen (see FIG. 11) that is subsequently displayed after the user U performs a pre-payment operation by pressing the “add to cart” button 120 a displayed on the display unit 12. This is performed by a purchase determination operation of pressing 204.

  Then, in response to the purchase request, the information processing apparatus 50 performs sales processing such as settlement in the store A (step S7).

[2. Information processing system 1]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing system 1. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a user terminal 10, a store terminal 40, and an information processing device 50.

  The user terminal 10, the store terminal 40, and the information processing apparatus 50 are connected to be communicable with each other wirelessly or via a network N. The network N is, for example, a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN) such as the Internet.

  The user terminal 10 and the store terminal 40 are realized by, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a notebook PC (Personal Computer), a desktop PC, or the like.

  The store terminal 40 can transmit, to the information processing apparatus 50, sales information (for example, information on the price of the product, stock information, and the like) related to the product according to the operation of the store manager Pa, Pb (see FIG. 1). Further, for example, when the product is purchased by the user U, the store terminal 40 receives a notification of such purchase from the information processing apparatus 50. And the shop terminal 40 can perform the process etc. which ship goods to the user U.

  Next, the configurations of the user terminal 10 and the information processing apparatus 50 described above will be specifically described.

[3. User terminal 10]
FIG. 3 is a view showing a configuration example of the user terminal 10. As shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the user terminal 10 includes a communication unit 11, a display unit 12, an input unit 13, a control unit 20, and a storage unit 30.

[3.1. Communication unit 11]
The communication unit 11 is connected to the network N by wire or wireless, and transmits / receives information to / from the information processing apparatus 50. For example, the communication unit 11 is realized by an NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like.

[3.2. Display unit 12]
The display unit 12 is a display device that displays various kinds of information such as the above-described sales information of products and a list of store information. For example, the display unit 12 is an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL display. Moreover, although the display part 12 is a touch panel type display, it is not limited to this.

[3.3. Input unit 13]
The input unit 13 is an input device that receives various operations from the user U. The input unit 13 has, for example, a button or the like for inputting characters, numbers, and the like. When the display unit 12 is a touch panel display, a part of the display unit 12 functions as the input unit 13.

[3.4. Storage unit 30]
The storage unit 30 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a random access memory (RAM) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 30 stores various programs, setting data, and the like.

[3.5. Control unit 20]
The control unit 20 is a controller, and includes, for example, a microcomputer including a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM), a RAM, an input / output port, and various circuits. Further, the control unit 20 may be configured by hardware such as an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The control unit 20 includes a transmission unit 21, a reception unit 22, and a processing unit 23.

[3.5.1. Transmitter 21]
The transmitting unit 21 can transmit various types of information and requests to the information processing apparatus 50 via the communication unit 11 in accordance with the user operation accepted by the input unit 13. For example, the transmission unit 21 can transmit, to the information processing apparatus 50, a request for sales information of a product or a purchase request for a product according to a user operation.

[3.5.2. Receiver 22]
The receiving unit 22 can receive, via the communication unit 11, various information provided from the information processing device 50, such as a list of sales information of products and information of a store.

[3.5.3. Processing unit 23]
The processing unit 23 controls the entire user terminal 10 including the display unit 12 and the like. For example, the processing unit 23 can output a list of sales information of a product received by the receiving unit 22 and information of a store to the display unit 12 for display.

[4. Information processing apparatus 50]
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing apparatus 50. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the information processing apparatus 50 includes a communication unit 51, a control unit 60, and a storage unit 70.

[4.1. Communication unit 51]
The communication unit 51 is connected to the network N in a wired or wireless manner, and transmits and receives information to and from the user terminal 10, the shop terminal 40, and the like. For example, the communication unit 51 is realized by a NIC or the like.

[4.2. Storage unit 70]
The storage unit 70 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory element such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 70 according to the present embodiment includes a sales information storage unit 71, a change information storage unit 72, a store related information storage unit 73, and a page information storage unit 74.

[4.2.1. Sales information storage unit 71]
The sales information storage unit 71 stores sales information related to products. In the sales information storage unit 71, for example, information is registered by the store manager P, but the present invention is not limited to this. The sales information storage unit 71 is an example of a first storage unit.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the sales information storage unit 71. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, in the sales information storage unit 71, “product ID”, “product name”, “product details”, “store ID”, “store name”, “start price”, “minimum price” and Each item of “stock quantity” is included, and these pieces of information are associated with each other.

  “Product ID” is identification information assigned to each product to be sold. “Product name” is information indicating the name of a product. “Product details” is detailed information about the product such as the manufacturer, size, and color of the product. The “item details” may include, for example, a still image or a moving image of the item. Further, although the “item details” are registered or set by the shop terminal 40 in the above, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the items may be set in advance.

  “Store ID” is identification information assigned to each store. “Store name” is information indicating the name of a store.

  The “start price” is, for example, information related to a price at the start when a time sale is performed, and is an example of a predetermined price. In the case where the “starting price” is different for each store, for example, the time sale can be started with the start price set by the store terminal 40 of an arbitrary store as a predetermined price, but is not limited thereto.

  That is, for example, the start price may be started at the highest start price among the start prices set by each store terminal 40 or may be started at the lowest start price, and further, an average start obtained by averaging the set start prices You may start with a price. In the above description, the “start price” is set by the store terminal 40, but is not limited to this. For example, the “start price” is a value set in advance for the product such as a normal price of the product. Also good.

  “Minimum price” is information on the lower limit price of a product, and is set for each store. In other words, the "minimum price" is information on the price that each store wants to secure at the minimum. “Number of stocks” is information on the number of stocks of products in each store, and is an example of remaining number information indicating the number of remaining products. Accordingly, the “stock quantity” in the sales information storage unit 71 is decremented by 1 every time one product is purchased.

  In FIG. 5, the product ID “A1” in the sales information storage unit 71 has a product name “bag A”, and when the bag A is targeted for sale, products from three stores A, B, and C are sold. The example which received sales information of is shown.

  For example, the store ID “S1” indicates that the store name is “store A”, the start price is “¥ 30000”, the minimum price is “¥ 24000”, and the stock quantity is “50”. Store C is a store that has participated in the time sale after the time sale has already started. Therefore, in the “starting price” corresponding to the store C, information on the starting price may not be registered.

[4.2.2. Change information storage unit 72]
Returning to the description of FIG. 4, the change information storage unit 72 stores change information related to a change in the price of a product in a time sale. Specifically, the change information storage unit 72 stores information for lowering the start price as a predetermined price. Here, the above-described change information is coupon information for discounting the price of the product, but is not limited to this. The change information storage unit 72 is an example of a second storage unit.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the change information storage unit 72. As shown in FIG. 6, the change information storage unit 72 includes “price change ID”, “discount setting”, “update interval”, “start time”, “end time” and “current discount”. Information is included, and these pieces of information are associated with each other.

  “Price change ID” is identification information assigned for each method of changing the price of a product. The “discount setting” is information on the setting of the discount of the price of the product, and is, for example, information indicating a discount amount, a discount rate, and the like. “Renewal interval” is information indicating a price update interval when the price of the product is lowered gradually.

  The “start time” is information indicating the time for starting the price reduction of the product, that is, the time for starting the time sale. The “end time” is information indicating the time for ending the price reduction of the product, that is, the time for ending the time sale. “Current discount” is information relating to the current discount after the start of the time sale, and is updated as time passes.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the price change ID “B1” in the change information storage unit 72 indicates that the discount setting is “¥ 1000 each” and the update interval is “10 minutes”. That is, when the price change method with the price change ID “B1” is applied in the time sale, the price of the product is gradually reduced by 1000 yen every 10 minutes.

  Also, in the example shown in FIG. 6, the price change ID "B1" indicates that the start time is "21:00", the end time is "22:00", and the current discount is "¥ 1000 discount". Yes. In the time sale described later, the price change method of the price change ID “B1” is applied. For this reason, information about discounts may not be registered in the “current discount” corresponding to the price change ID “B2”.

  In addition, although the various information in the above-mentioned change information storage part 72 shall be preset or registered, it is not limited to this and may be registered by the shop terminal 40. Moreover, the price change method applied in the time sale can be appropriately selected.

[4.2.3. Store related information storage unit 73]
The store related information storage unit 73 stores various store related information related to stores that sell products. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the store related information storage unit 73. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the store-related information storage unit 73 includes information on each of “store ID”, “evaluation value”, “sales record”, “time to dispatch” and “advertisement” Are associated with each other.

  “Store ID” is store identification information as described above. “Evaluation value” is information relating to the user's evaluation of the store, and is information indicating that the higher the numerical value, the better the user's evaluation.

  “Sales performance” is information relating to past sales performance in stores. For example, “sales record” is information indicating the number of times a product is sold in a store, but is not limited thereto. That is, for example, the “sales record” may be other information such as information on a cancellation rate indicating a ratio of the number of times the user U has made a purchase request and canceled or returned in the middle.

  “Time to shipment” is information relating to the shipment of the product, for example, information indicating the time required from the purchase request by the user U to the shipment of the product. “Advertisement” is information related to the advertisement of the store, for example, information related to the advertising expenses that the store has made when selling the product. In FIG. 7, the A rank indicates that the advertising cost is the highest, and the C rank indicates that the advertising cost is the lowest.

  For example, the store ID “S1” (that is, store A) in the store related information storage unit 73 has an evaluation value of “4.8”, a sales record of “8000 times”, a time until shipment of “within 24 hours”, an advertisement Indicates “A rank”.

[4.2.4. Page information storage unit 74]
The page information storage unit 74 stores page information related to a product page including a purchase screen for purchasing a product at a site where the product is sold. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the page information storage unit 74. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the page information storage unit 74 includes information of “page ID”, “product ID”, “status”, “number of views”, “number put in cart”, and “number of purchases”. These pieces of information are associated with each other.

  “Page ID” is identification information assigned to each product page. “Product ID” is product identification information as described above. “Status” is information indicating the state of the product page. The information indicating the state of the product page is, for example, information such as during time sale, during preparation, time sale end, and the like.

  The “number of views” is information indicating the number of users currently viewing a product site. “Number put in cart” is information indicating the number of users who pressed the “Add to cart” button included in the purchase screen in order to purchase a product, in other words, the number of users who performed the pre-payment operation. . “Number of purchases” is information indicating the number of users who have actually purchased a product. In addition, the above-mentioned "the number of browsing", "the number put into the cart", and "the number of purchases" are examples of the information of the user related to the purchase of the product.

  For example, the page ID “C1” of the page information storage unit 74 is the product ID “A1” (ie, bag A), the number of browsing is “10000”, the number put in the cart is “30”, and the number of purchases is “20”. It is shown that.

[4.3. Control unit 60]
Returning to the description of FIG. 4, the control unit 60 is a controller, and includes, for example, a microcomputer having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an input / output port and the like, and various circuits. For example, the control unit 60 may be configured by hardware such as ASIC or FPGA.

  The control unit 60 includes a reception unit 61, an acquisition unit 62, a price change unit 63, a determination unit 64, a provision unit 65, and a processing unit 66.

[4.3.1. Reception part 61]
The reception unit 61 receives sales information of a product from the shop terminal 40. The reception unit 61 stores the sales information of the received product in the sales information storage unit 71.

  The accepting unit 61 accepts various information and requests transmitted from the user terminal 10. For example, when a request for sales information of a product is received from the user terminal 10, the reception unit 61 notifies the providing unit 65 that the request for sales information has been received.

  Further, for example, when the receiving unit 61 receives, from the user terminal 10, information indicating that the pre-payment operation has been performed by the user U, specifically, information indicating that the “put in cart” button is pressed. , And notifies the providing unit 65 that such information has been accepted. At this time, the reception unit 61 may perform processing of adding one to the “number put in the cart” of the page information storage unit 74.

  For example, when receiving a purchase request from the user terminal 10, the receiving unit 61 notifies the processing unit 66 that the purchase request has been received.

[4.3.2. Acquisition unit 62]
The acquisition unit 62 reads the change information storage unit 72 and acquires change information regarding the change in the price of the product. The acquisition unit 62 notifies the price change unit 63 of the acquired change information.

  And the acquisition part 62 will further acquire various information, if the present time becomes the start time of a time sale based on the information of the start time contained in change information. For example, the acquisition unit 62 reads the sales information storage unit 71 and acquires the sales information of the product. The acquisition unit 62 notifies the price change unit 63, the determination unit 64, and the provision unit 65 of the acquired sales information of the product.

  Further, the acquisition unit 62 reads out the shop related information storage unit 73 to acquire shop related information, and reads out the page information storage unit 74 to acquire page information. Then, the acquisition unit 62 notifies the determination unit 64 of the acquired store-related information and the page information to the determination unit 64 and the provision unit 65.

[4.3.3. Price change unit 63]
Based on the change information, the price changing unit 63 lowers the predetermined price of the product when a predetermined condition is satisfied. Thus, for example, it is possible to perform a so-called price-down time sale in which the price of a product is lowered in stages only for a predetermined time, and the user U's willingness to purchase the product can be enhanced.

  For example, the price changing unit 63 may reduce the predetermined price with the passage of time based on the change information stored in the change information storage unit 72 (see FIG. 6). Specifically, the price changing unit 63 lowers the price of the product in steps of 1000 yen every 10 minutes, but is not limited thereto. As described above, the price of the product decreases with the passage of time, so that the user U can easily expect the price of the product to further decrease, and thus the user U's willingness to purchase the product can be further increased.

  In the above description, the price changing unit 63 reduces the predetermined price as time elapses. However, the price changing unit 63 is not limited to this. For example, the number of views, the number of carts, the number of purchases, and the like are not more than the predetermined number. , And may be lowered when other conditions are satisfied, such as when the interest of the user U on the product is relatively low. Thereby, it becomes possible to heighten the user's U interest and purchasing willingness.

  Further, as described above, information on the predetermined price is stored in the sales information storage unit 71, while the change information is stored in the change information storage unit 72. In other words, the predetermined price information and the change information are stored in separate storage units. The change information is coupon information as described above.

  Then, the price changing unit 63 may lower the predetermined price based on the predetermined price information and the change information. Specifically, the price changing unit 63 may reduce the predetermined price by applying the coupon information that is the changed information to the information of the predetermined price read from the sales information storage unit 71. .

  Thereby, in this embodiment, for example, discount processing can be performed without changing the information of a predetermined price (starting price) stored in the sales information storage unit 71. Therefore, for example, the processing load on the control unit 60 of the information processing apparatus 50 can be reduced as compared with a case where processing is performed to rewrite the information in the sales information storage unit 71 to a predetermined price that has been reduced at each price reduction. .

  Then, the price changing unit 63 notifies the determining unit 64 and the providing unit 65 of change information including the lowered predetermined price, the information on the current discount, and the like.

  The process of lowering the predetermined price by the price changing unit 63 is not limited to the above. For example, by rewriting the information of the predetermined price (starting price) stored in the sales information storage unit 71, The price of the product may be lowered.

[4.3.4. Determination unit 64]
Based on the sales information acquired by the acquisition unit 62, the determination unit 64 displays a list on the purchase screen and determines information of a store that sells the product at a predetermined price. Product sales information, store information determined by the determination unit 64, and the like are provided to the user terminal 10 via the providing unit 65 and displayed on the purchase screen.

  Here, an example of a purchase screen on the display unit 12 of the user terminal 10 provided with sales information, a list of store information, and the like will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase screen on which sales information and a list of shop information are displayed. In the product page including the purchase screen shown in FIG. 9, a time sale has already been started, and a state where the price of the product has been lowered (here, a state of being discounted by ¥ 1,000) is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the display unit 12 of the user terminal 10 displays sales information 101 including an image 101a of a bag A that is a product to be sold, an information column 101b such as a current price and product details, and a store. A list of information is also displayed. For example, on the display unit 12, the information of the store A is displayed in the display field 110a, and the information of the store B is displayed in a list in the display field 110b.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, based on the sales information, information on stores selling the product bag A at a predetermined price (here, the current price of ¥ 29000) is determined and listed. It was displayed on the purchase screen. Thereby, in this embodiment, the user U becomes easy to select a store by expanding the choices of a store, and as a result, the user U's willingness to purchase goods can be enhanced.

  For example, after the time sale is started, the store C may participate in the time sale as described above. At this time, the determination unit 64 determines whether the store C sells the bag A at a predetermined price based on the sales information registered by the store terminal 40 of the store C. Then, when it is determined that the store C sells the bag A at a predetermined price, the determination unit 64 displays the information of the store C in the display field 110 c as illustrated by an imaginary line in FIG. 9. Next, a list of store information is determined. Thereby, the user U can further expand store options and easily select a store, and the user U's willingness to purchase can be further enhanced.

  In addition, the determination unit 64 can determine the display order of the stores in the store information displayed in the list based on various types of information.

  For example, the determination unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores based on information (specifically, evaluation value information) regarding the user's evaluation of the stores, which is included in the store-related information. Specifically, the determination unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores so that the evaluation values are in descending order. Thereby, in the list of store information, stores with high evaluation values are displayed at the top, so that the user U can select the store with peace of mind, and thus the user U's willingness to purchase can be further enhanced. .

  Also, for example, the determination unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores based on the information on the sales results of the stores included in the store-related information. Specifically, the determination unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores so that the sales results are in the favorable order. Thereby, in the list of store information, since stores with good sales results are displayed at the top, the user U can select the store with peace of mind, and thus further enhance the user U's willingness to purchase goods. it can.

  Further, for example, the determination unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores based on the information related to the shipping of the product in the store (specifically, information on the time until shipping) included in the store-related information. Specifically, the determining unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores so that the time until shipping is in ascending order. As a result, in the list of store information, a store whose dispatch time is short is displayed at the top, so that it is possible for the user U to recognize that the product can be obtained early when the product is purchased. Therefore, the user U's willingness to purchase goods can be further enhanced.

  Also, for example, the determination unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores based on the information on the advertisement of the stores (specifically, the information of the advertising expenses) included in the store-related information. Specifically, the determination unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores so that the order of the advertising expenses is large (for example, the order of A, B, and C ranks). As a result, in the list of store information, stores with relatively high advertising expenses are displayed at the top, so that it becomes easy for the user U to purchase products in such stores, and as a result, stores with relatively high advertising expenses. Can lead to sales.

  For example, the determination unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores based on the lowest price information set for each store. Specifically, the determination unit 64 may determine the display order of the stores so that the lowest prices are in ascending order. As a result, in the list of store information, since stores that are trying to sell products at the lowest possible price are displayed at the top, the user U can easily purchase the products at such stores, and as a result, the minimum price is low. This can lead to store sales.

  In the above description, the determination unit 64 determines the display order of stores based on store-related information, minimum price information, and the like. However, this is merely an example and is not limited. Other criteria such as the order in which the sales information is received may be determined. Further, the determination unit 64 may determine the display mode (for example, color or character size) of the store information in the list based on the store related information and the like.

  Further, when the predetermined price is lowered during the time sale by the price changing unit 63, the determination unit 64 may appropriately update the store information displayed in the list according to the lowered predetermined price. it can. Such an update will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase screen on which a list of shop information etc. is displayed when the predetermined price is lowered.

  FIG. 10 shows the case where the price of the product is lowered during the time sale, and the current price, that is, the lowered predetermined price is “¥ 25000” (see the information column 101b).

  Here, in the store B, the lowest price included in the sales information of the product is set to “¥ 26000” (see FIG. 5). That is, since the current price is lower than the lowest price of the store B, the determination unit 64 updates the list of store information so as to delete the information of the store B.

  In this way, when the predetermined price is lowered, the determination unit 64 updates the store information displayed in the list to the store information that can be sold at the lowered predetermined price (in this case, ¥ 25000). May be. Thereby, it becomes possible to make the information on the store displayed in the list as appropriate information in line with the lowered predetermined price.

[4.3.5. Provision unit 65]
The description of FIG. 4 is continued. As described above, in response to the request for the sales information received by the reception unit 61, the providing unit 65 transmits, to the user terminal, the sales information of the product including the current price and the like, and the list of the information on the determined stores. 10 to provide.

  At this time, for example, the providing unit 65 may provide the information on the number of items in stock together with the store information determined by the determining unit 64. As a result, as shown in FIG. 9, information on the number of items in stock is displayed in the display field 104 of the purchase screen. Therefore, for example, when the number of products in stock decreases, it is possible to give the user U a sense of tension that if the product is not purchased quickly, the user U will be sold out. be able to. In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 9, the information of the total stock quantity which totaled the stock of each store was displayed, but it is not limited to this.

  Further, the providing unit 65 may provide the information of the user related to the purchase of the product together with the information of the store determined by the determining unit 64. For example, the providing unit 65 may provide the “number put in the cart” information included in the information on the user related to the purchase of the product. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 9, the information of the number put into the cart is displayed on the display field 105 of the purchase screen. Therefore, for example, when the number of carts is relatively large, a tension may be given to the user U that many other users are trying to purchase and will sell out if they do not purchase early. Therefore, the user U's willingness to purchase the product can be further increased.

  In addition, although the information of the "number put into the cart" was mentioned as an example as information of the user relevant to the purchase of goods in the above, it is not limited to this. That is, the providing unit 65 may provide information on “the number of browsing” and “the number of purchases” instead of or in addition to the “number in the cart”. In addition, the information on the user related to the purchase of the product is not limited to the display in characters, and may be provided by using, for example, an animation or a sound.

  Further, the providing unit 65 may provide the minimum price information of the product set for each store together with the store information determined by the determining unit 64 as shown in the display fields 110a to 110c of FIG. Good. As a result, the user U waits until the price of the product decreases to the lowest price while confirming, for example, how to reduce the number of stocks or how to increase the number of items in the cart. It is possible to purchase merchandise while having fun, such as purchasing, so that the user U's willingness to purchase can be further enhanced.

  Further, the providing unit 65 may provide, for example, change information of the price of the product, that is, coupon information, together with the information of the store determined by the determining unit 64, as shown in the display section 102 of FIG. Thereby, the user U can easily confirm information on the current discount by the coupon, for example.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the providing unit 65 displays, on the purchase screen, the “put in cart” buttons 120a to 120c for each store information, specifically, information on stores A, B, and C. May be displayed for each of the display columns 110a to 110c for displaying. Thereby, the user U can purchase goods easily at the store chosen by himself.

  That is, for example, when any of the “Add to Cart” buttons 120 a to 120 c is pressed by the user U and a pre-payment operation is performed, information indicating that the operation has been performed is provided via the receiving unit 61 through the providing unit 65. To be notified. In response to the notification, the providing unit 65 can provide the user terminal 10 with information on a purchase determination screen for determining purchase of a product.

  Here, an example of a purchase determination screen on the display unit 12 of the user terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a purchase decision screen.

  As shown in FIG. 11, on the purchase determination screen of the display unit 12 of the user terminal 10, an image 201 of a bag A that is a product to be sold is displayed, and various information such as a product name, a price, and a store name is information. It may be displayed in the column 202.

  In the display field 203 on the purchase determination screen, applied price change information, that is, coupon information may be displayed. In addition, you may display the expiration date of a coupon in the display column 203, and can prompt the user U for early purchase by this.

  A confirmation button 204 is displayed on the purchase decision screen. Then, the user terminal 10 transmits a purchase request to the information processing apparatus 50 when the user U presses the confirmation button 204 and a purchase determination operation is performed. As described above, when receiving the purchase request, the receiving unit 61 notifies the processing unit 66 that the purchase request has been received.

[4.3.6. Processing unit 66]
Returning to the description of FIG. 4, when the processing unit 66 receives a purchase request for a product from the user terminal 10, the processing unit 66 performs sales processing such as settlement of the product at the store selected by the user U. When the sales process is completed, the processing unit 66 adds, for example, one “number of purchases” in the page information storage unit 74, while “number put in cart” in the page information storage unit 74 and sales information You may perform the process which subtracts one "stock quantity" of the corresponding store of the memory | storage part 71. FIG.

[5. Processing flow of information processing apparatus 50]
Next, an information processing procedure in the information processing apparatus 50 will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of information processing in the information processing apparatus 50, and such processing is repeatedly executed. Further, the information processing shown in FIG. 12 is executed at the time sale.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the control unit 60 of the information processing device 50 acquires sales information of a product (step S10). Next, the control unit 60 determines information on stores displayed in a list on the purchase screen (step S11).

  The control unit 60 determines whether time has passed and it is time to change the price of the product (predetermined price) (step S12). When it is determined that it is the timing to change (Yes in step S12), the control unit 60 performs processing to change and lower the price of the product (step S13).

  Next, the control unit 60 updates the list of store information to a list of store information that can be sold at the lowered price of the product (predetermined price) (step S14). On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not the time to change (No in step S12), the control unit 60 skips the processes in steps S13 and S14.

  Next, the control unit 60 determines whether or not there is a request for sales information from the user terminal 10 (step S15). When it is determined that there is no request for sales information (No at Step S15), the control unit 60 skips the subsequent processing. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a request for sales information (step S15, Yes), the control unit 60 provides the user terminal 10 with a list of sales information and store information (step S16).

  Next, the control unit 60 determines whether there is a purchase request for a product from the user terminal 10 (step S17). When it is determined that there is a purchase request (step S17, Yes), the control unit 60 performs a product sales process (step S18). On the other hand, the control part 60 skips the process of S18, when it determines with there being no purchase request (step S17, No).

Second Embodiment
[6. Information processing apparatus according to second embodiment]
Next, information processing performed by the information processing apparatus 50 according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing apparatus 50 according to the second embodiment. In the following description, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  As described above, the sales information storage unit 71 may include not only a still image of a product but also a moving image related to the product. In the second embodiment, for example, an employee including a store manager P of a store that handles a product, a talent, or the like serves as an instructor to explain the product or a question from the user U about the product. It may be a "live video" in which an answer to the message etc. is performed in real time.

  For example, the providing unit 65 can provide the above-described live video as the sales information of the product to the user terminal 10 in response to the request for the sales information received by the receiving unit 61. That is, in the information processing apparatus 50 according to the second embodiment, a so-called live commerce service can be provided. As a result, the user U can consider or desire to purchase the product while viewing the live video displayed on the user terminal 10. It is possible to increase interest and increase the user U's willingness to purchase.

  In addition, when selling while providing live moving images, the information processing apparatus 50 according to the second embodiment includes action information indicating an action related to the purchase of the user U who is viewing a live moving image, for example. May be provided. Specifically, the information processing device 50 provides the user terminal 10 with current behavior related to the purchase of the user U, in other words, behavior information indicating real-time behavior when selling while providing a live video. May be provided. This can further enhance the purchase motivation of the user U.

  Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 13, for example, the storage unit 70 further includes a user behavior information storage unit 75.

[6.1. User behavior information storage unit 75]
The user behavior information storage unit 75 stores behavior information indicating the current behavior related to the purchase of the user U. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the user behavior information storage unit 75. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the user behavior information storage unit 75 includes respective information of “user ID”, “user name” and “action relating to purchase”, and these pieces of information are associated with each other. .

  The “user ID” is identification information for identifying the user U. The “user name” is, for example, information indicating a nickname or the like set by the user U on the Internet. “Behavior related to purchase” is, for example, information indicating the content of the current behavior related to the purchase of the user U. Information indicating the content of such actions includes “watching” indicating that a live video of the product is being viewed, “putting in cart” indicating that a pre-payment operation has been performed on the product, and product payment processing. There are “purchased” and the like which indicate that the etc. has been completed, but it is not limited thereto. Note that “viewing” described above indicates that the user U is viewing a live video without performing the pre-payment operation or the payment process, but is not limited thereto.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 14, the user ID “D1” of the user behavior information storage unit 75 indicates that the user name is “E1” and the behavior associated with the purchase is “viewing”. In addition, since the information of the user action information storage unit 75 is information indicating the action of the user U at the present time, the information is appropriately updated every time the action of the user U changes.

[6.2. Control unit 60]
Returning to FIG. 13, the description of the information processing according to the second embodiment will be continued. As described above, when the live moving image is provided to the user terminal 10 as sales information of a product by the providing unit 65 of the control unit 60, the acquiring unit 62 reads the user behavior information storage unit 75 and purchases the user U Action information indicating related actions is acquired. The acquisition unit 62 notifies the providing unit 65 of the acquired behavior information.

  Then, the providing unit 65 may provide the action information acquired by the acquiring unit 62 to the user terminal 10 together with the sales information of the product including the above-mentioned live moving image and the information of the store determined by the determining unit 64. .

  Here, an example of a purchase screen of the display unit 12 of the user terminal 10 provided with live moving images and action information will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a purchase screen on which a live video, action information, and the like are displayed. In the purchase screen shown in FIG. 15, a part of the store information is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the display unit 12 of the user terminal 10 displays the sales information 101 including the live moving image 101c and the like, and also displays the action information 107 indicating the action at the current time related to the purchase of the user U. Is done.

  For example, when there is a user U who has completed the payment processing for the product, the providing unit 65 is more specifically “purchased” because “action related to purchase” in the user behavior information storage unit 75 is “added to cart”. If there is an updated user U, the behavior information of the user U may be provided and displayed in the display column 107a.

  In the example of FIG. 15, action information such as “Mr. E3 has purchased now” is displayed in the display column 107a. In this way, for example, by providing the user U with behavior information indicating that a product is currently being sold more and more, it is possible to give the user U a tension that it will be sold out if not purchased quickly. Therefore, the user U's willingness to purchase the product can be further increased. In addition, action information is not restricted to the display by a character, For example, animation, a sound, etc. may be provided.

  For example, the providing unit 65 may provide the user terminal 10 with information indicating the number of users U who have purchased the product at the present time as the behavior information of the user U and display the information on the display column 107b. Specifically, for example, the providing unit 65 calculates the number of "purchased" in the "action related to purchase" of the user behavior information storage unit 75, or the "number of purchases" of the page information storage unit 74. By referring to the information, it is possible to obtain information indicating the number of purchased users U and to provide the information to the user terminal 10.

  For example, in FIG. 15, action information such as “20 people have already purchased” is displayed in the display column 107b. Thus, for example, by providing the user U with the number of users who have purchased a product as behavior information to the user U, it becomes possible to give the user U a tension that it will be sold out if not purchased early, Thus, it is possible to further enhance the user U's purchase intention for the product.

  For example, the providing unit 65 may provide the user terminal 10 with information indicating the number of users U who are currently viewing a live video as behavior information of the user U and display the information on the display column 107c. Specifically, for example, the providing unit 65 calculates the number of “viewing” in the “behavior related to purchase” in the user behavior information storage unit 75, thereby indicating the number of users U who are viewing the information. , And such information can be provided to the user terminal 10.

  For example, in FIG. 15, action information such as “the number of viewing users exceeds 10,000” is displayed in the display column 107 c. Thus, for example, by providing the other user U with the action information indicating that the number of viewing users of the live video of the product is increasing, the user U is notified that the competition for purchasing the product is increasing. It is possible to make it possible to recognize the user U's intention to purchase the product.

  In addition, the providing unit 65 may provide the user terminal 10 with information on current behavior information that changes after the sale using the live moving image is started.

  For example, the providing unit 65 may provide the user terminal 10 with information on the current number of users U who have performed pre-financial operations after starting sales using live video, and display the information on the display column 107d. . Specifically, for example, after the start of sales using a live video, the providing unit 65 changes the “behavior related to purchase” in the user behavior information storage unit 75 from “viewing” to “added to cart”. By calculating the number of updated users U, it is possible to obtain information indicating the current number of users U who have performed the pre-account closing operation. That is, the providing unit 65 excludes the number of people who have been put in the cart before the sale using the live video. Then, the providing unit 65 provides the information to the user terminal 10.

  In the example shown in FIG. 15, action information such as “30 people have been added to the cart” is displayed in the display field 107 d. Thus, for example, by providing the user U with information that changes after the start of sales using live video, such as the number of people put in the cart, it is attempted to purchase goods with interest in the live video. It is possible to make the user U recognize that there are more people. Thereby, it becomes possible to give the user U a sense of tension that the product will be sold out if it is not purchased early, and thus the user U's willingness to purchase the product can be further enhanced.

  Although FIG. 15 shows the display fields 107a to 107d as the action information 107 indicating the action at the present time related to the purchase of the user U, these are only examples and are not limited, and for example, display One or more of the columns 107a to 107d may be displayed. Further, the content of the behavior information 107 is not limited to the above.

  Continuing the description of FIG. 13, for example, when the pre-settlement operation is performed during the sale using the live video, the providing unit 65 changes the predetermined price when the pre-settlement operation is performed. Based on the information, the information on the purchase decision screen is provided to the user terminal 10.

  For example, when the pre-payment operation is performed when the “add to cart” button 120a (see FIG. 15) is pressed by the user U during the sale using the live video, the providing unit 65 performs the pre-payment operation. The coupon information ("1000 yen OFF" in the example of FIG. 15) which is the change information of is applied, and the information of the purchase determination screen on which the lowered predetermined price is displayed is provided to the user terminal 10.

  In other words, the provision unit 65 applies the coupon information in the sale using the live video when the “add to cart” button 120a is pressed by the user U before the sale using the live video and the pre-settlement operation is performed. Instead, the information on the purchase determination screen on which a predetermined price before sales using live video (“30000 yen” in the example of FIG. 15) is displayed is provided to the user terminal 10.

  As described above, it is possible for the user U to view the live moving image because there is a possibility that the user can view the live moving image inexpensively. As described above, when a purchase request for a product is received from the user terminal 10 after the purchase decision screen information is provided to the user terminal 10, the processing unit 66 performs a sales process such as product settlement. is there.

[7. effect〕
The information processing apparatus 50 includes an acquisition unit 62 and a determination unit 64. The acquisition unit 62 acquires sales information on a product or service to be sold. The determination unit 64 is information of a store displayed in a list on a purchase screen for purchasing a product or service based on the sales information acquired by the acquisition unit 62, and sells the product or service at a predetermined price. Determine store information.

  As a result, the user U can easily select a store by expanding the choice of the store, and as a result, it is possible to increase the user U's willingness to purchase a product.

  Further, the information processing apparatus 50 includes a price changing unit 63 that lowers a predetermined price when the predetermined condition is satisfied. Accordingly, for example, it is possible to perform a time sale such as lowering the price of a product in stages only for a predetermined time, and the user U's willingness to purchase the product can be enhanced.

  Further, the price changing unit 63 reduces the predetermined price as time passes. This makes it easier for the user U to expect the price of the product to fall further, and thus can further enhance the user U's willingness to purchase the product.

  In addition, when the predetermined price is lowered by the price changing unit 63, the determination unit 64 updates the information of the stores displayed in the list with the information of the stores that can be sold at the lowered predetermined price. Thereby, it becomes possible to make the information on the store displayed in the list as appropriate information in line with the lowered predetermined price.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 62 also includes information on a predetermined price included in the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit 71 (an example of the first storage unit) that stores the sales information, and change information related to a change in the predetermined price. The change information stored in the change information storage unit 72 (an example of the second storage unit) is stored. Then, the price changing unit 63 reduces the predetermined price based on the predetermined price information acquired by the acquiring unit 62 and the change information.

  As described above, the price changing unit 63 reduces the predetermined price based on the predetermined price information and the changed information separately stored in the sales information storage unit 71 and the changed information storage unit 72. Thereby, for example, discount processing can be performed without changing information of a predetermined price stored in the sales information storage unit 71. Therefore, for example, the processing load of the information processing apparatus 50 can be reduced as compared to the case where the processing of rewriting the information of the sales information storage unit 71 to the predetermined price is performed each time the price is reduced.

  Further, the information processing apparatus 50 includes a providing unit 65 that provides remaining number information (for example, inventory information) indicating the remaining number of products or services together with information on the store determined by the determining unit 64. As a result, for example, when the number of items in stock decreases, it is possible to give the user U a sense of tension that the item will be sold out if it is not purchased early. It can be enhanced.

  In addition, the information processing apparatus 50 includes a providing unit 65 that provides user information related to purchase of a product or service together with store information determined by the determining unit 64. Thereby, the user's U willingness to purchase goods can be raised more.

  In addition, the information processing device 50 provides the providing unit 65 that provides the lowest price information indicating the lowest price, which is the price of the lower limit of the product or service, set for each store together with the information of the store determined by the determining unit 64. Prepare. As a result, the user U waits until the price of the product decreases to the lowest price while confirming, for example, how to reduce the number of stocks or how to increase the number of items in the cart. It is possible to purchase merchandise while having fun, such as purchasing, so that the user U's willingness to purchase can be further enhanced.

  Moreover, the determination part 64 determines the display order of the store in the store information displayed in the list based on the lowest price information. As a result, for example, in the list of store information, a store trying to sell the product as cheaply as possible is displayed at the top, and it becomes easy for the user U to purchase the product at the store, resulting in the lowest price It can lead to sales of stores with low prices.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 62 is shop-related information including at least one of information on user's evaluation on the shop, information on sales performance of the shop, information on dispatch of goods in the shop, and information on advertisement of the shop. To get Then, the determination unit 64 determines the display order of the stores in the store information displayed in the list based on the store-related information acquired by the acquisition unit 62. Thereby, the user's U willingness to purchase goods can further be improved.

[8. Hardware configuration)
The information processing apparatus 50 in the above-described embodiment is realized by a computer 1000 configured as shown in FIG. 16, for example, executing a program.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer that executes a program. The computer 1000 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 1100, a random access memory (RAM) 1200, a read only memory (ROM) 1300, a hard disk drive (HDD) 1400, a communication interface (I / F) 1500, and an input / output interface (I). / F) 1600 and a media interface (I / F) 1700.

  The CPU 1100 operates based on a program stored in the ROM 1300 or the HDD 1400 and controls each unit. The ROM 1300 stores a boot program executed by the CPU 1100 when the computer 1000 starts up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like.

  The HDD 1400 stores data used by programs executed by the CPU 1100. The communication interface 1500 corresponds to the communication unit 51, receives data from another device via the network N, sends the data to the CPU 1100, and transmits data generated by the CPU 1100 to the other device via the network N.

  The CPU 1100 controls an output device such as a display and a printer and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse via the input / output interface 1600. The CPU 1100 acquires data from the input device via the input / output interface 1600. Further, the CPU 1100 outputs the generated data to the output device via the input / output interface 1600.

  The media interface 1700 reads a program or data stored in the recording medium 1800 and provides it to the CPU 1100 via the RAM 1200. The CPU 1100 loads the program from the recording medium 1800 onto the RAM 1200 via the media interface 1700, and executes the loaded program. The recording medium 1800 is, for example, an optical recording medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or PD (Phase change rewritable disk), a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical disk), a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. Etc.

  When the computer 1000 functions as the information processing apparatus 50, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 executes the program loaded on the RAM 1200 to receive the reception unit 61, the acquisition unit 62, the price change unit 63, and the like shown in FIGS. Each function of the determination part 64, the provision part 65, and the process part 66 is implement | achieved.

  The CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 reads these programs from the recording medium 1800 and executes them, but as another example, these programs may be acquired from other devices via the network N.

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

[9. Others]
Further, among the processes described in the above embodiment, all or part of the process described as being automatically performed may be manually performed, or the process described as being manually performed. All or part of them can be performed automatically by known methods. In addition, information including processing procedures, specific names, various data and parameters shown in the above-mentioned documents and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. For example, the various information shown in each figure is not limited to the illustrated information.

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

  In addition, the first and second embodiments described above can be appropriately combined within a range in which processing contents do not contradict each other.

  Also, the "section (module, unit)" described above can be read as "means" or "circuit". For example, the acquisition unit 62 can be read as acquisition means or an acquisition circuit.

Reference Signs List 1 information processing system 10 user terminal 40 store terminal 50 information processing apparatus 60 control unit 61 reception unit 62 acquisition unit 63 price change unit 64 determination unit 65 provision unit 66 processing unit

Claims (11)

An acquisition unit that acquires, from the storage unit, sales information on a product or service to be sold;
Information of a store displayed in a list on a purchase screen for purchasing the product or service based on the sales information acquired from the storage unit by the acquisition unit, wherein the price of the product or service is a predetermined price A determination unit that determines information about stores to be sold at
Information indicating a change in the number of times the pre-settlement operation has been performed since the pre- settlement operation , which is a pre-settlement operation of a user who desires to purchase the product or service. An information processing apparatus comprising: a providing unit that provides the information together with the store information determined by the determining unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a price changing unit that lowers the predetermined price when the predetermined condition is satisfied. The price changing unit
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined price is lowered as time elapses. The determination unit
When the predetermined price is lowered by the price changing unit, information of the shop displayed in a list is updated to information of the shop that can be sold at the lowered predetermined price. Item 4. The information processing apparatus according to Item 2 or 3. The acquisition unit
Information on the predetermined price included in the sales information stored in the first storage unit that stores the sales information and change information on the change of the predetermined price are stored in the second storage unit Obtaining the change information;
The price changing unit
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the predetermined price is lowered based on the information on the predetermined price acquired by the acquisition unit and the change information. The provision part which provides the remaining number information which shows the remaining number of the said goods or services with the information of the said shop determined by the said determination part is further provided, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. Information processing device. The information processing apparatus further comprising: a providing unit configured to provide, together with the information on the store determined by the determining unit, minimum price information indicating a minimum price that is a price at a lower limit of the product or service set for each store. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The determination unit
The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the display order of the shops in the information of the shops displayed in a list is determined based on the lowest price information. The acquisition unit
Store related information including at least one of information related to user evaluation of the store, information related to the sales performance of the store, information related to shipping of the product in the store, and information related to the advertisement of the store is acquired. And
The determination unit
The display order of the said shop in the information of the shop displayed by the list is determined based on the said shop relevant information acquired by the said acquisition part. The said statement is any one of the Claims 1-8 characterized by the above-mentioned. Information processing device. An information processing method executed by a computer,
An acquisition process of acquiring sales information on a product or service to be sold from the storage unit;
Information of a store displayed in a list on a purchase screen for purchasing the product or service based on the sales information acquired from the storage unit in the acquisition step, wherein the price of the product or service is predetermined A decision process for determining store information for sale at
Information indicating a change in the number of operations before settlement that is an operation before settlement of the user desiring purchase of the product or service, and which is performed after the sale of the product or service is started A providing step of providing the information together with the store information determined by the determining step. An acquisition procedure for acquiring sales information on a product or service to be sold from the storage unit;
Information of a store displayed in a list on a purchase screen for purchasing the product or service based on the sales information acquired from the storage unit according to the acquisition procedure, wherein the price of the product or service is predetermined A determination procedure for determining information of a store to be sold by
Information indicating a change in the number of operations before settlement that is an operation before settlement of the user desiring purchase of the product or service, and which is performed after the sale of the product or service is started An information processing program causing a computer to execute a providing procedure provided together with information on the store determined by the determining procedure.

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