JP7178517B1 - Information processing device and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

Kind Code: A1 A payment method for a product or service requested by a user belonging to a group is improved in the degree of freedom of payment methods for each user. An identification information acquisition unit that acquires user identification information from a mobile terminal owned by each user belonging to a group; a storage unit for storing, a payer information acquisition unit for acquiring payer information indicating a payer who pays for the requested product or service from the portable terminals of users belonging to the group, and information that the payer has instructed payment 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a settlement processing unit for performing a first process for settlement by a payment method registered by a payer in response to a payment; and a notification unit for notifying that payment has been completed. [Selection drawing] Fig. 2

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and an information processing method.

For example, at a restaurant, etc., a method of collectively paying for the food and drinks of a group of customers, a method of calculating the amount to split the bill and paying individually, a method of paying in advance for those who left midway. There has been known a system that performs accounting processing using, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-100001.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2021-5130

The problem with such a system is to improve the flexibility of payment methods for customers. For example, for goods or services requested separately by customers within the same group, paying only for what they requested, paying for one or more other customers, or otherwise It was demanded that it be possible to easily get customers to pay.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of these points, and aims to improve the degree of freedom of payment methods for each customer for the price of goods and services requested by customers belonging to a group. aim.

In a first aspect of the present invention, an identification information acquiring unit for acquiring user identification information for identifying the user from the mobile terminal held by each user belonging to the group; and a group identification for identifying the group. a storage unit that associates and stores information, the user identification information of the user belonging to the group indicated by the group identification information, and request information indicating a product or service requested by the user; and association with the group identification information. Payer information indicating a payer who pays for the requested product or service among the users belonging to the group corresponding to the user identification information stored in the storage unit by Payer information acquisition unit acquired from the mobile terminal of the user, and settlement by the payment method registered by the payer in response to the payer instructing payment via the mobile terminal of the user. and a payment processing unit that performs the first processing of (1), and in response to the completion of the first processing by the payment processing unit, the portable terminal of the user who requested the product or the service is notified that the payment has been completed. Provided is an information processing device comprising a notification unit that notifies.

The payer information acquisition unit is configured to indicate, from the mobile terminal of the first user belonging to the group, the second user belonging to the group as a candidate for paying for the product or service requested by the first user. and the notification unit requests approval of payment from the mobile terminal of the second user indicated by the candidate information in response to the acquisition of the candidate information by the payer information acquisition unit. and the payer information acquiring unit transmits, from the mobile terminal of the second user, approval information indicating approval of payment for the product or service requested by the first user. The candidate information indicating the second user may be used as the payer information according to the acquisition.

The payer information acquisition unit obtains from the mobile terminal of a second user who belongs to the group and is different from the first user who requested the product or the service, the payment of the product or the service requested by the first user. You may acquire the said payer information which shows becoming a payer.

The payer information acquisition unit acquires candidacy information indicating that the first user wants to pay for the product or service requested by the first user from the mobile terminal of a second user who belongs to the group and is different from the first user. and the notification unit requests the mobile terminal of the first user to approve the second user's payment in response to the acquisition of the candidature information by the payer information acquisition unit. A message is sent, and the payer information acquisition unit requests approval from the portable terminal of the first user that the second user pays for the product or service ordered by the first user. The candidacy information may be used as the payer information in response to acquisition of the indicated approval information.

after the first process by the payment processing unit is completed, a second payment method for transferring the amount paid by the second user from the first user to the second user using the payment method registered by the first user; A remittance processing unit that performs 2 processing may be further provided.

a benefit granting unit that grants a benefit corresponding to the amount paid by the second user to at least one of the first user and the second user after the first processing by the payment processing unit is completed; good too.

providing information in which, after the identification information acquisition unit acquires the group identification information and the user identification information, first information in which the product or the service is associated with a price is transmitted to each of the mobile terminals of the users; wherein the information providing unit provides the user whose registered payment method is a predetermined payment method among the users belonging to the group by providing the price of the product or service of the first information to the predetermined payment method. You may transmit the 2nd information changed to the price corresponding to a payment method.

The identification information acquisition unit further acquires exclusion information indicating the product or service to be excluded from the first information registered in advance by the user in association with the user identification information; Second information indicating the product corresponding to the exclusion information of the one user among the first information as an order-impossible product of the one user may be transmitted to the one user.

It further comprises a request information acquisition unit that acquires from the mobile terminal request information indicating the product or service requested by the user by operating the mobile terminal, and the notification unit receives the request from the user belonging to the group. The information on the product or the service received is notified to each of the mobile terminals of the users belonging to the group, and the request information acquisition unit provides information indicating the timing at which the product or service requested by the user should be provided. Timing information may also be obtained from the mobile terminal.

The request information acquisition unit may acquire, in the request information, information indicating to whom among the users belonging to the group the product or service requested by the user should be provided.

The identification information acquisition unit associates the user identification information with coupon information indicating a coupon that allows the user belonging to the same group to discount a predetermined amount from the price of the product or service. , the mobile terminal of the coupon holding user who holds the coupon, and the payment processing unit, in response to the coupon holding user instructing to use the coupon, the payer belonging to the group You may perform the 3rd process for discounting by applying the said coupon to the payment of .

The notifying unit applies the coupon to the non-coupon holding user when the payment processing unit executes the third process of applying the coupon to the payment of the non-coupon holding user who does not hold the coupon. The mobile terminal of the coupon holding user may be notified that payment for the product or service has been completed.

The notification unit may notify the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group that the coupon is available in response to the coupon-holding user's instruction to use the coupon.

The notification unit may associate the information of the coupon held by the coupon holding user belonging to the group with the coupon holding user and notify the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group.

In a second aspect of the present invention, a step of acquiring user identification information for identifying the user from a mobile terminal held by each user belonging to a group, executed by a computer; a step of associating group identification information, the user identification information of the user belonging to the group indicated by the group identification information, and request information indicating a product or service requested by the user and storing the group in a storage unit; Payer information indicating a payer who pays for the requested product or service among the users belonging to the group corresponding to the user identification information stored in the storage unit in association with the identification information, Acquisition from the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group, and settlement by the payment method registered by the payer in response to the payer instructing payment via the mobile terminal of the payer himself/herself and, in response to the completion of the first process, notifying the portable terminal of the user who requested the product or service that the payment has been completed. An information processing method is provided.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is effective in the degree of freedom of the payment method of each customer being improved with respect to the price of the goods and services which the customer who belongs to a group requested.

1 shows an overview of an information processing system S according to this embodiment. 1 shows a configuration example of an information processing apparatus 100 according to this embodiment. An example of user information stored in the storage unit 120 according to the present embodiment is shown. An example of the operation flow of the information processing system S according to the present embodiment is shown. A first modified example of the operation flow of the information processing system S according to the present embodiment is shown. A second modification of the operation flow of the information processing system S according to the present embodiment is shown. A modification of the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is shown. A third modification of the operation flow of the information processing system S according to the present embodiment is shown.

<Overview of information processing system S>
FIG. 1 shows an outline of an information processing system S according to this embodiment. The information processing system S pays for the products and services separately requested by customers in the same group, paying only for the product or service requested by the customer, paying for other customers, or paying for other customers. It is a system that makes it easy to have other customers pay. In this embodiment, a customer who uses the system S is called a "user". FIG. 1 shows an example in which the information system S is applied to a restaurant. The information system S includes a mobile terminal 10 , a shop terminal 20 and an information processing device 100 .

The mobile terminal 10 is a mobile device held by each user belonging to a group. Also, the mobile terminal 10 may be a mobile device that a store lends to a customer who visits the store. The mobile terminal 10 is, for example, a smart phone, a tablet, smart glasses, a smart watch, a mobile PC, or the like.

The store terminal 20 is provided in a store, and executes processing for the store to manage and provide products, services, and the like. The store terminal 20 stores, for example, information on food and drink menus of products provided by the store. The store terminal 20 may manage the provision status of the food ordered by the customer. The store terminal 20 may also perform payment processing for products, services, etc. ordered by the customer. The store terminal 20 is, for example, a server, POS terminal, tablet, smartphone, or the like.

The information processing device 100 is communicably connected to the mobile terminal 10 and the store terminal 20 via a communication network such as an Internet line or a mobile phone network, and executes processing corresponding to customer orders, payment requests, and the like. do. The information processing device 100 may be provided at a location different from the store, or alternatively, may be provided at the store. FIG. 1 shows an example in which the shop terminal 20 and the information processing device 100 are separate members provided at different positions. may

In the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus 100 acquires user identification information for identifying the user from the mobile terminal 10 held by each user ((1) in FIG. 1). The information processing device 100 also acquires group identification information for identifying a group from the mobile terminal 10 .

For example, when a user enters a store and reads a code presented at the store with the mobile terminal 10, the mobile terminal 10 stores user identification information and group identification information corresponding to the code as an information processing device. Send to 100. The code presented at the store is, for example, a QR code (registered trademark) attached to a table, a seat, or the like in the store, a bar code, or the like. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a mobile terminal 10 reads a QR code 22 pasted on a table 21 in a store. In this case, the plurality of mobile terminals 10 that have read the same QR code 22 transmit the same group identification information corresponding to the QR code 22 to the information processing device 100 .

Alternatively, the user may use the mobile terminal 10 to register in advance that he/she is a user of the group. The mobile terminal 10 of the user registered as a group transmits the user identification information and the corresponding group identification information to the information processing apparatus 100 in response to reading the code. It is desirable that the reading of the QR code, the registration of the group, the transmission of the user identification information and the group identification information, and the like as described above are performed by the application executed on the mobile terminal 10 .

Accordingly, the information processing apparatus 100 can recognize that the users of the mobile terminals 10 that have transmitted the same group identification information belong to the same group. Here, for example, a group including a first user, a second user, and a third user who read the QR code of the first table in the store using their own mobile terminal 10 and have dinner at the first table is the first group.

The information processing device 100 transmits to each of the mobile terminals 10 first information indicating information on food and drink menus such as dishes and drinks provided by the store ((2) in FIG. 1). The information processing apparatus 100 receives request information indicating a food order input by the user using his/her mobile terminal 10 ((3) in FIG. 1). The information processing device 100 transmits to the shop terminal 20 as user information in which the received order information, the user identification information, and the group identification information are associated ((4) in FIG. 1).

The information processing device 100 acquires payer information indicating a payer who pays for the ordered food among the users belonging to the group from the mobile terminals 10 of the users belonging to the group ((5) in FIG. 1). Payer information is information indicating one or more users in the group. For example, the information processing apparatus 100 acquires the payer information input by the second user using his/her own mobile terminal 10, thereby making the payer of the food ordered by the first group the second user.

The information processing device 100 performs processing for settlement using the payment method registered by the payer in response to the payer's instructions for payment via his/her mobile terminal 10 ((6) in FIG. 1). ). The information processing device 100 notifies the mobile terminal 10 of the user belonging to the group to which the payer belongs that the payment has been completed in response to the completion of the processing for settlement ((7) in FIG. 1). The information processing device 100, for example, transmits to the mobile terminals 10 of the first user, the second user, and the third user that the second user has finished paying for the first group. The information processing device 100 may transmit to the store terminal 20 that payment has been completed.

As described above, the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment allows users who come to the store as a group to order food using the mobile terminal 10 and input information on the payer for the food. Payment processing can be executed according to the information of The information processing device 100 can receive information indicating one or more users in the group as payer information, and can improve the flexibility of the user's payment method. Such an information processing apparatus 100 will be described below.

<Configuration example of information processing apparatus 100>
FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the information processing apparatus 100 according to this embodiment. The information processing device 100 is, for example, a computer such as a server. Information processing apparatus 100 includes communication unit 110 , storage unit 120 , and control unit 130 .

The communication unit 110 is connected to the mobile terminal 10 and the store terminal 20 via a communication network. A communication unit 110 is an interface for connecting to a communication network such as an Internet line or a mobile phone network.

The storage unit 120 is a storage medium including ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. The storage unit 120 may also include a large-capacity storage device such as a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and/or an SSD (Solid State Drive). For example, when a computer functions as the information processing apparatus 100, information such as an OS (Operating System) and programs that make the computer function may be stored. Further, the storage unit 120 may store various information including a database that is referred to during program execution.

The storage unit 120 may also store intermediate data generated (or used) by the information processing apparatus 100 in the process of operation, calculation results, thresholds, reference values, parameters, and the like. In addition, the storage unit 120 may supply the stored data to the request source in response to a request from each unit in the information processing apparatus 100 .

The storage unit 120 associates group identification information for identifying a group, user identification information of a user belonging to the group indicated by the group identification information, and request information indicating a product or service requested by the user, and stores them as user information. Remember. FIG. 3 shows an example of user information stored in the storage unit 120 according to this embodiment. The user information includes, for example, group identification information (group ID), user identification information (user ID) of users belonging to the group, information on dishes requested by the user (product ID), and information on services (service ID). It is related information.

The identification information may also have payer information (payer ID) that indicates the payer. If the user does not specify, the payer information may be information indicating each user. The user information includes first category information (first category ID) indicating whether the request is for individual use or for sharing with a group, second category information (first category ID) indicating the category of products and services such as drinks and food ( second category ID). If the user does not specify, the first category information may be set as a request for personal use.

Control unit 130 exchanges various information via communication unit 110 . Also, the control unit 130 controls each unit of the information processing apparatus 100 . The control unit 130 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 130 has an identification information acquisition unit 131 , an information provision unit 132 , a request information acquisition unit 133 , a payer information acquisition unit 134 , a payment processing unit 135 and a notification unit 136 . In other words, the CPU executes the programs stored in the storage unit 120 to obtain the identification information acquisition unit 131, the information provision unit 132, the request information acquisition unit 133, the payer information acquisition unit 134, the payment processing unit 135, and It functions as a control section 130 having a notification section 136 .

The identification information acquisition unit 131 acquires user identification information for identifying users from the mobile terminals 10 held by the users belonging to the group. The user identification information is, for example, user-specific information pre-registered in the mobile terminal 10, a telephone number, a user ID used for a settlement service used in the mobile terminal 10, information specific to the mobile terminal 10, and the like. . Also, the user identification information may be information including payment method information registered in advance by the user.

The identification information acquisition unit 131 further acquires group identification information for identifying groups from the mobile terminal 10 . The group identification information may include, for example, store identification information, tables in the store, and seat position information. The identification information acquisition unit 131 associates the user identification information with the group identification information and stores them in the storage unit 120 as user information.

After the identification information acquisition unit 131 acquires the group identification information and the user identification information, the information providing unit 132 transmits the first information that associates the product or service with the price to each of the mobile terminals 10 of the users. The first information is information indicating products, services, etc. handled by the store. As in the example of FIG. 1, when the information processing apparatus 100 is applied to a restaurant, the first information is information indicating a food and drink menu. The first information is desirably stored in storage unit 120 . The control unit 130 may acquire the first information in advance from the store terminal 20 and store it in the storage unit 120 .

The request information acquisition unit 133 acquires from the mobile terminal 10 request information indicating a product or service requested by the user by operating the mobile terminal 10 . The request information acquisition unit 133 acquires, for example, request information indicating dishes ordered by the user. The request information acquisition unit 133 may acquire request information including information indicating to whom among the users belonging to the group the product or service requested by the user should be provided. The request information acquisition unit 133 associates the acquired request information with the user identification information of the requesting user and the group identification information of the group to which the user belongs, and includes the acquired request information in the user information, and stores it in the storage unit 120 .

The payer information acquisition unit 134 selects a payer who, among the users belonging to the group corresponding to the user identification information stored in the storage unit 120 in association with the group identification information, pays for the requested product or service. Information is acquired from the mobile terminals 10 of users belonging to the group. The payer information acquisition unit 134 associates the acquired payer information with the user identification information of the payer and the group identification information of the group to which the payer belongs, and includes it in the user information, and stores it in the storage unit 120 . As described above, the user information becomes information including the request information and the payer information.

The settlement processing unit 135 performs the first processing for settlement by the payment method registered by the payer in response to the payer's own portable terminal 10 instructing payment of the price. The payment method is a credit card, electronic money, or the like. The payment method may be a payment service operated by a business operator who owns the information processing device 100 . The settlement processing unit 135 processes the payment for the product or service requested by the group by the payment method specified by the payer.

The first process executed by the settlement processing unit 135 is, for example, a billing process corresponding to the payment methods for businesses operating credit cards, electronic money, and the like. In this case, the payment processing unit 135, for example, controls the communication unit 110 to transmit the billing amount information to the business server of the business providing the payment service of the payment method specified by the payer. Instead of this, the settlement processing unit 135 may perform a process of charging the user's bank account or the like. If there is a separate billing server or the like that executes billing processing, the settlement processing unit 135 may control the communication unit 110 to transmit billing amount information to the billing server or the like.

Upon completion of the first process by the payment processing unit 135, the notification unit 136 notifies the portable terminal 10 of the user who requested the product or service that payment has been completed. Further, in response to the request information acquisition unit 133 acquiring request information from the mobile terminals 10 of users belonging to one group, the notification unit 136 transmits the request to the mobile terminals 10 of other users belonging to the one group. Information may be provided.

In response to the payer information acquisition unit 134 acquiring payer information from the mobile terminals 10 of users belonging to one group, the notification unit 136 sends the payment to the mobile terminals 10 of other users belonging to the one group. You may notify the person information. Also, the notification unit 136 may notify the store terminal 20 of the user information.

According to the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment as described above, the user can simply and smoothly execute the process from requesting a product or service to payment using his/her mobile terminal 10 . A more specific operation of such an information processing apparatus 100 will be described below using the information processing system S shown in FIG. 1 as an example.

<Example of operation flow of information processing system S>
FIG. 4 shows an example of the operation flow of the information processing system S according to this embodiment. The operation flow shown in FIG. 4 describes an example in which a first group including three users, a first user, a second user, and a third user, eats and drinks at a restaurant. In FIG. 4, the mobile terminal 10 operated by the first user is referred to as a first mobile terminal 10a, the mobile terminal 10 operated by the second user is referred to as a second mobile terminal 10b, and the mobile terminal 10 operated by the third user is referred to as a third mobile terminal. 10c.

First, the users of the first group visit the store and read the QR code presented on the table in the store with their mobile terminals 10 (S41). For example, when the mobile terminal 10 reads the QR code, an application is executed, and information such as table layout information and seat layout information in the store is displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal 10 . In this case, it is desirable that the user of the mobile terminal 10 be able to input his or her sitting position among the displayed tables, seats, and the like.

In addition, the executed application is used, for example, for inputting user requests and the like and for displaying notifications and the like from the information processing apparatus 100 until the user completes payment after eating and drinking. For example, when the user inputs his/her sitting position on the application execution screen of the mobile terminal 10, the user's name, nickname, and the like are displayed. The user's name, nickname, etc. may be registered by the user from an application, or may be registered in the information processing apparatus 100 in advance. It is desirable that the information processing device 100 not transmit personal information such as the user's name and nickname to the shop terminal 20 .

On the other hand, the information processing apparatus 100 may transmit information such as each other's names and nicknames to the mobile terminals 10 of the users in the group. As a result, the seated user can confirm who is sitting in which seat simply by looking at the application execution screen. Note that when information about users belonging to a group is registered in advance, the information processing apparatus 100 may transmit information such as names and nicknames of users who have visited the store to users in the group who have not yet visited the store. As a result, users who are planning to attend before entering the store can know who is sitting in which seat, and, as will be described later, the status of orders for products, services, etc. requested by users who have visited the store, the status of provision, and the like. can grasp.

The first mobile terminal 10a, the second mobile terminal 10b, and the third mobile terminal 10c respectively transmit the user identification information and the group identification information corresponding to the read QR code to the information processing apparatus 100 (S42a, S42b, and S42c). The user identification information may include the user's seat location information entered by the user. In addition, the user identification information may further include payment method information entered and registered in the mobile terminal 10 by the user.

The identification information acquisition unit 131 acquires user identification information and group identification information transmitted from the first mobile terminal 10a, the second mobile terminal 10b, and the third mobile terminal 10c, respectively, and stores them in the storage unit 120 as user information. . Since the group identification information associated with the three pieces of user information included in the user information is the same information, the control unit 130 determines whether the first user, the second user, and the third user belong to the same group. I can understand something.

The notification unit 136 transmits the user information to the store terminal 20 (S43). Thereby, the store clerk can grasp the position of the seat where the first group including the first user, the second user, and the third user came to the store and sat down. Next, the information providing unit 132 transmits the first information indicating the information of the food and drink menu provided by the store to the first mobile terminal 10a, the second mobile terminal 10b, and the third mobile terminal 10c (S44a, S44b, and S44c). Alternatively or additionally, the information providing unit 132 may transmit the first information to the mobile terminal 10 in response to the application of the mobile terminal 10 being executed.

Further, the information providing unit 132 may transmit the latest first information to the mobile terminal 10 in response to the user inputting a request for the latest information to the application. As a result, for example, if the store includes information that a new product or service has been added or the existing product or service cannot be provided in the first information, the user will not receive an explanation from the store clerk. , the latest information on products or services that can be provided.

The first user, the second user, and the third user check the food and drink menu on the mobile terminal 10 and input order details such as dishes to the mobile terminal 10 . The first user, the second user, and the third user may input the time to provide the food, the destination, and the like. The first mobile terminal 10a, the second mobile terminal 10b, and the third mobile terminal 10c transmit to the information processing apparatus 100, respectively, request information indicating the details of orders placed by the first user, the second user, and the third user (S45a). , S45b, and S45c). The request information acquisition unit 133 acquires the request information, includes the acquired request information in the user information, and causes the storage unit 120 to store the user information.

The notification unit 136 notifies each of the mobile terminals 10 of the users belonging to the group of the information on the product or service requested by the users belonging to the group (S46a, S46b, and S46c). Thereby, the first user, the second user, and the third user can grasp the order status in the first group.

Note that the first user, the second user, and the third user may input the time to provide the ordered food, the destination, etc. after grasping the order status in the first group. In this case, the request information acquisition unit 133 obtains the supply destination information notified by the notification unit 136 indicating the recipient of the requested product or service, and the provision information indicating the timing at which the requested product or service should be provided to the recipient user. Timing information is further acquired from the mobile terminal 10 . The request information acquisition unit 133 may further include the acquired provision destination information and provision timing information in the user information and cause the storage unit 120 to store the user information.

The notification unit 136 transmits the user information to the store terminal 20 (S46d). As a result, the store clerk can grasp the order from the first group, and can provide the dish ordered by the user at an appropriate timing to an appropriate destination. In other words, the user provides information that clarifies, for example, whether the order is for oneself to eat or drink, whether the order is for sharing with a plurality of people, or whether the order is for a user other than the user to eat and drink. Additional dishes can be ordered.

Next, one or more of the users of the first group enter into the mobile terminal 10 that they will be the payers in order to pay for the ordered food. Note that the user may enter whether or not to be the payer for each dish ordered by the individual. The user may enter that a particular user will be the payer for the food ordered, or that the entire group will be the payer for the food ordered. The user may enter that they will be the payer for the dishes ordered to be shared with the group. Also, the user may enter whether or not to become a payer for each product category. The user may also set an upper limit on the amount to be paid.

FIG. 4 shows an example where the second user pays for the food of the first group. In this case, the second user inputs to the second portable terminal 10b that the whole group will be the payer of the ordered food. The second mobile terminal 10b transmits payer information indicating that the second user is the payer to the information processing device 100 (S47). The payer information acquisition unit 134 acquires payer information, includes it in the request information of the first group, and stores it in the storage unit 120 .

Note that if the user executes the application of the mobile terminal 10 before visiting the store and registers in advance that he or she is a user of a group, the user further executes the operations up to S47 before visiting the store. may In other words, by using the information processing device 100, the user can acquire information on the food and drink menu at the reservation stage before visiting the store, and input orders for eating and drinking when visiting the store and information on the payer. can be done. As described above, at the time of reservation, before ordering, at the time of ordering, or at any timing before payment processing after ordering, the user can decide whether he or she will pay, or whether the payer will be paid. can decide.

In addition, when the payer information acquiring unit 134 acquires payer information from a plurality of users for one product or one service, the payer information acquiring unit 134 identifies the plurality of users as payers for the one product or one service. may be In this case, it is preferable that the payer information acquisition unit 134 can also acquire information as to whether multiple users pay equally (split the bill) or whether a specific user pays more.

Then, the second user inputs a payment instruction to the portable terminal 10 at any timing of reservation, before ordering, at the time of ordering, or after ordering. FIG. 4 shows an example in which the second user inputs a payment instruction to the mobile terminal 10 after placing an order. The first mobile terminal 10a transmits the payment instruction input by the second user to the information processing device 100 (S48). In response to the receipt of the payment instruction by the control unit 130, the settlement processing unit 135 executes the first process of settlement using the payment method registered by the second user (S49). Note that, when a plurality of users are payers, the settlement processing unit 135 may perform processing in which each payer pays an amount obtained by dividing the price by the number of payers.

The notification unit 136 notifies the first user, the second user, and the third user that the payment has been completed in response to the completion of the first process by the payment processing unit 135 (S50a, S50b, and S50c). . Thereby, the users of the first group know that payment for food and drink has been completed. Here, it is preferable that the mobile terminal 10 displays an image or the like indicating that payment has been completed on the display screen. For example, the user can leave the store smoothly by showing the display screen of the mobile terminal 10 indicating that payment has been completed to the store clerk.

In addition, the notification unit 136 may notify the store terminal 20 that the payment for the first group has been completed (S50d). This allows the store clerk to know that the payment for the first group has been completed. As described above, the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment can smoothly accept and process orders for products or services from a plurality of users visiting a store as a group to payment. Thereby, each user can complete the process from ordering a product or service to payment by inputting his/her own request into one application running on his/her mobile terminal 10, for example. In addition, store clerks can easily grasp the status of customer visits, orders, and payments.

Then, the user can register a payment method for each user on his/her mobile terminal 10, and can pay using the registered payment method at the timing intended by the user. Therefore, the user can finish eating and drinking smoothly without having to stand in line at the register of the store and process payment for each user after eating and drinking.

Note that one or more users in the group may want to leave first. Therefore, when the first process of the payment processing unit 135 is completed for one user, the notification unit 136 may notify the one user that the payment has been completed. As a result, the user who leaves the store first completes the payment for the product or service he/she ordered, and also completes the payment for the other user's order if he/she is the payer for the other user's order. Thus, the information indicating "paid" can be displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal 10 itself. Therefore, by showing the display screen of the mobile terminal 10 to the store clerk, for example, the user can smoothly leave the store before other users.

Note that, when the first process of one user is completed, the settlement processing unit 135 makes it impossible to execute the first process of the one user for the additional payment for the amount ordered by another user. is desirable. Further, when the payment processing unit 135 completes the first processing of one user, the payer information acquisition unit 134 may not accept the payer information with the one user as the payer. As a result, it is possible to prevent additional processing from occurring for users who plan to leave the store, users who have already left the store, and the like.

The information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment described above shows an example of an operation flow in which the second user pays the charges for the first user and the third user, but the operation of the information processing apparatus 100 is not limited to this. do not have. For example, a second user may become a payer after receiving approval from another user. The operation of such information processing apparatus 100 will be described below.

<First Modification of Operation Flow of Information Processing System S>
FIG. 5 shows a first modification of the operation flow of the information processing system S according to this embodiment. The operation flow of the first modification shown in FIG. 5 shows the operation after the operation of S46 of the operation flow shown in FIG. 4 is executed, and the description of S41 to S45 is omitted. In addition, in the operational flow of the first modified example shown in FIG. 5, the substantially same operations as those in the operational flow shown in FIG.

In the operation flow of the first modification, after the notification unit 136 transmits the identification information to the first mobile terminal 10a, the second mobile terminal 10b, the third mobile terminal 10c, and the store terminal 20 (S46), the first group One or more of the users input into the mobile terminal 10 their candidacy to pay for the ordered food. FIG. 5 shows an example in which the second user is a candidate to pay for the food ordered by the first user.

The first mobile terminal 10a transmits candidacy information indicating that the second user is a candidate to the information processing device 100 (S61). As a result, the payer information acquisition unit 134, from the second mobile terminal 10b of the second user who belongs to the first group and is different from the first user, indicates that the first user wants to pay for the product or service requested by the first user. Get the candidature information shown.

Next, in response to the acquisition of the candidacy information by the payer information acquisition unit 134, the notification unit 136 sends a message requesting approval of the second user's payment to the first mobile terminal 10a of the first user. Notify (S62). When the first user approves of the second user becoming the payer, the first user inputs approval of becoming the payer into his or her first mobile terminal 10a. The first mobile terminal 10a transmits the information input by the first user to the information processing device 100 as approval information (S63).

As a result, the payer information acquiring unit 134 acquires approval information from the first user's first mobile terminal 10a, which indicates approval for the second user to pay for the product or service ordered by the first user. do. Then, the payer information acquiring unit 134 takes the candidature information as the payer information in response to acquiring the approval information.

The notification unit 136 notifies the second mobile terminal 10b of the second user that the second user has become the payer (S64). Here, the notification unit 136 may notify the mobile terminals 10 of other users in the first group that the second user is the payer. The operation after S64 is the same as the operation flow shown in FIG. 4, and the information processing apparatus 100 executes the first process in response to receiving the payment instruction.

Note that, if the first user does not approve of the second user becoming the payer, the first user may input to his or her first portable terminal 10a that he/she will deny becoming the payer after the operation of S62. . In this case, the notification unit 136 notifies the second mobile terminal 10b of the second user of the result of the denial by the first user (S64). Then, the first user, for example, requests another user other than the second user to become the payer, or inputs to the first mobile terminal 10a that he or she will pay. Alternatively, a third user other than the first user and the second user may input to his or her own third mobile terminal 10c that the payer will be a third user. In addition, it is desirable that the portable terminal 10 can set the upper limit of the amount paid by the payer. In other words, the payer information acquisition unit 134 acquires payer information including information on the upper limit of the payment amount, and the settlement processing unit 135 executes the first processing of the payer within the upper limit.

According to the operation flow of the first modified example described above, the information processing apparatus 100 performs payment processing with a user approved by another user as the payer. Thereby, even if multiple users enter as payers, it is possible to easily coordinate within the group and coordinate who pays without arguing in front of the cash register. In addition, for example, even if the user who is the payer is eating and drinking at a remote location, is away from the desk, or is concentrating on a conversation with another user, the information processing apparatus 100 does not allow the other user to pay for the payment. You can smoothly communicate that you will be the payer.

The payer information acquisition unit 134 of the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment described above receives the first user's We have described an example of obtaining payer information indicating that the will be the payer for the requested goods or services. Alternatively, a user other than the payer may input payer candidates. In other words, the payer information acquisition unit 134 may acquire candidate information indicating that the second user is a payer candidate from the mobile terminal 10 of a user different from the second user. The operation of such information processing apparatus 100 will be described below.

<Second Modification of Operation Flow of Information Processing System S>
FIG. 6 shows a second modification of the operation flow of the information processing system S according to this embodiment. The operation flow of the second modification shown in FIG. 6 shows the operation after the operation of S46 of the operation flow shown in FIG. 4 is executed, and the description of S41 to S45 is omitted. In addition, in the operation flow of the second modification shown in FIG. 6, the same reference numerals are assigned to operations that are substantially the same as those in the operation flow shown in FIG. 4, and overlapping descriptions are omitted.

In the operation flow of the second modification, after the notification unit 136 transmits the user information to the first mobile terminal 10a, the second mobile terminal 10b, the third mobile terminal 10c, and the store terminal 20 (S46), One or a plurality of users among the users inputs into the mobile terminal 10 the information of the person whom they want to pay for the ordered food. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the first user inputs the information of the second user into the first portable terminal 10a as a person who wants to pay for the food that the first user has ordered.

The first mobile terminal 10a transmits the information input by the first user to the information processing apparatus 100 as payer candidate information (S71). As a result, the payer information acquiring unit 134 selects the second mobile terminal 10a belonging to the first group from the first mobile terminal 10a of the first user belonging to the first group as a candidate to pay for the product or service requested by the first user. Get candidate information that indicates a user.

Next, in response to the acquisition of the candidate information by the payer information acquisition unit 134, the notification unit 136 notifies a message requesting approval of payment to the second mobile terminal 10b of the second user indicated by the candidate information. (S72). When the second user approves becoming the payer, the second user inputs approval of becoming the payer to his or her second mobile terminal 10b. The second mobile terminal 10b transmits the information input by the second user to the information processing device 100 as approval information (S73).

As a result, the payer information acquiring unit 134 acquires approval information from the second user's second portable terminal 10b, which indicates approval of payment for the product or service requested by the first user. And the payer information acquisition part 134 makes the candidate information which shows a 2nd user into payer information according to having acquired approval information.

The notification unit 136 notifies the first mobile terminal 10a of the first user that the second user has become the payer (S74). Here, the notification unit 136 may notify the mobile terminals 10 of other users in the first group that the second user is the payer. The operation after S74 is the same as the operation flow shown in FIG. 4, and the information processing apparatus 100 executes the first process in response to receiving the payment instruction.

According to the operation flow of the second modification described above, the information processing apparatus 100 can easily process payment requests between users. As a result, for example, the first user becomes the payer for the food and drink even when the second user is eating and drinking at a remote location, is away from the table, or is concentrating on a conversation with another user. can be requested smoothly.

If the second user does not approve of becoming the payer, the second user may input to his/her own second mobile terminal 10b to deny becoming the payer after the operation of S72. In this case, the notification unit 136 notifies the first portable terminal 10a of the first user of the result of denying that the second user has become the payer (S74). Then, the first user, for example, requests another user other than the second user to become the payer, or inputs to the first mobile terminal 10a that he or she will pay. Alternatively, a third user other than the first user and the second user may input to his or her own third mobile terminal 10c that the payer will be a third user.

If the payer information acquiring unit 134 does not acquire the approval information from the users in the group, the settlement processing unit 135 does not have to determine the amount billed to the users who are candidates for payment. For example, if one user is entered as a candidate for payment for an item ordered by another user, the payment will be processed until the user approves the payment or another user becomes the payer for the item. The processing unit 135 does not execute the first processing of the one user. As a result, the information processing apparatus 100 can prevent the user who can be the payer from completing the payment while the payer remains unknown.

Although the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment has been described as an example in which the second user pays for the first user's food and drink, the information processing apparatus 100 is not limited to this. For example, the information processing device 100 may execute processing for transferring the amount paid by the second user from the first user to the second user. Further, the information processing apparatus 100 may give benefits such as coupons to users who use such a system. Such an information processing apparatus 100 will be described below.

<Modified example of information processing apparatus 100>
FIG. 7 shows a modification of the information processing apparatus 100 according to this embodiment. In the information processing apparatus 100 of this modified example, the same reference numerals are assigned to the operations that are substantially the same as those of the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and overlapping descriptions are omitted. The information processing device 100 of the modified example further includes a remittance processing unit 210 and a privilege granting unit 220 .

When the settlement processing unit 135 executes the first process, the remittance processing unit 210 remits the amount paid in the first process from the user who requested the product or service corresponding to the amount paid in the first process to the payer in the first process. A second process is executed to For example, in the operation flow of FIGS. 5 and 6, the remittance processing unit 210 transfers the amount paid by the second user using the payment method registered by the second user after the first processing by the payment processing unit 135 is completed in S49. , performs a second process for transferring money from the first user to the second user.

The second process executed by the remittance processing unit 210 may be the same process as the first process, and is, for example, a billing process corresponding to these payment methods for businesses that operate credit cards, electronic money, etc. . In the information processing device 100, the second process of the remittance processing unit 210 allows the other user to temporarily pay the price of the user who requested the product or service, and then the payment from the user who requested the product or service. It is possible to smoothly execute the operation of refunding to the person.

The second process executed by the remittance processing unit 210 may be an automatic remittance process set by the settlement service, or alternatively may be a remittance process executed after obtaining the consent of the first user. . Also, the second process may be a process of transferring points that can be used for a predetermined payment service from the first user to the second user.

Further, the second process executed by the remittance processing unit 210 may have a remittance limit set. For example, in the payment service used in the second process, if the balance of the first user is less than the amount to be remitted, the notification unit 136 sends a message to the first mobile terminal 10a of the first user to increase the balance of the payment service. to send. In addition, the notification unit 136 may transmit a message for increasing the balance by auto-charging or the like to a company server or the like of a company that provides settlement services.

The privilege granting unit 220 grants a privilege such as a coupon to a user who uses the system S. FIG. For example, in the operation flow of FIG. 4, after the first processing by the payment processing unit 135 is completed in S49, the privilege granting unit 220 grants the second user a privilege corresponding to the amount paid by the second user. The privilege granting unit 220 may grant the privilege to the first user instead of the second user. Alternatively, the privilege granting unit 220 may grant the privilege to the first user and the second user, or may grant the privilege to all users of the first group. When giving a privilege to a plurality of users, the privilege granting unit 220 may grant the privilege according to the amount paid by the user.

Further, for example, in the operation flow of FIGS. 5 and 6, the privilege granting unit 220 assigns the second user may give a benefit corresponding to the amount paid by Furthermore, the privilege granting unit 220 may grant a privilege to the user as a result of the remittance processing unit 210 executing the second process.

For example, when the second user temporarily pays the price of the first user and then refunds the money from the first user to the second user, the privilege granting unit 220 returns A privilege corresponding to the amount of money is given to the first user. In addition, if the privilege granting unit 220 has granted a privilege to the second user when the second user temporarily paid the price, the privilege granting unit 220 determines the refund amount of the first user in response to the refund by the first user. may be subtracted from the privilege given to the second user.

The benefits are, for example, coupons, points, etc. that the user can use at the store. The privilege may be a coupon, points, or the like that can be used when purchasing a product or the like using the payment method registered by the user. Also, the privilege may be a coupon, points, or the like that can be exchanged for a product or the like. Note that benefits such as coupons that the user can use at the store may be used by other users in the group in addition to the user. The information processing device 100 is preferably capable of further processing such benefits.

Also, a point management device and/or a coupon management device may be provided outside the information processing device 100 . For example, the point management device associates and manages a user ID for identifying a user and information on points owned by the user, and the coupon management device manages the user ID and information on coupons owned by the user. are associated and managed. The notification unit 136 notifies the point management device, the coupon management device, etc. of the increase/decrease of the privilege when the payment processing unit 135 performs the payment processing using the privilege, the privilege granting unit 220 performs the awarding of the privilege, or the like. Information should be provided. An example in which the information processing apparatus 100 processes coupons will be described below.

<Third Modification of Operation Flow of Information Processing System S>
FIG. 8 shows a third modification of the operation flow of the information processing system S according to this embodiment. The operation flow of the third modification shown in FIG. 8 shows the operation after the operation of S43 of the operation flow shown in FIG. 4 is executed, and the description of S41 to S42 is omitted. In addition, in the operation flow of the third modified example shown in FIG. 8, the same reference numerals are given to the operations that are substantially the same as those in the operation flow shown in FIG. 4, and overlapping explanations are omitted.

In addition, in the operation flow of the third modified example, it is assumed that the third user is given a coupon that can be used at the store in advance. Further, for example, when the third user visits a store and reads the QR code with the third mobile terminal 10c (S41c), the third mobile terminal 10c receives coupon information indicating available coupons in S42c. It is further assumed to be transmitted to the processing device 100 .

As a result, the identification information acquisition unit 131 associates the user identification information with the coupon information indicating a coupon that allows a user belonging to the same group to discount a predetermined amount from the price of a product or service. Acquired from the mobile terminal 10 of the coupon holding user holding the coupon. Then, the third user inputs to the third portable terminal 10c to use the given coupon. The third mobile terminal 10c transmits the instruction to use the coupon input by the third user to the information processing device 100 (S81).

The notification unit 136 notifies the mobile terminals 10 of the users belonging to the first group that the coupon is available in response to the instruction by the third user who is the coupon holding user to use the coupon (S82a, and S82b). The notification unit 136 may also notify the third user that the coupon can be used (S82c).

Then, transmission of information on the food and drink menu by the information providing unit 132 (S44), ordering of food by the first group (S45), notification of the order status by the notification unit 136 (S46), payment of payer information by the second mobile terminal 10b After the transmission (S47), the settlement processing unit 135 performs processing for settlement of the first group in response to a payment instruction (S48) from the second user. Here, the settlement processing unit 135 executes the third processing for discounting by applying the coupon to the settlement of the payer belonging to the first group in response to the coupon holding user's instruction to use the coupon. (S83).

In the third process, for example, an amount obtained by discounting the amount corresponding to the coupon to be used from the price of the food and drink of the first group is calculated. In the third process, the discounted amount is settled by the payment method specified by the payer. The processing for settlement executed by the settlement processing unit 135 is the same as the first processing described above.

When the settlement processing unit 135 executes the third process of applying the coupon to the settlement of the non-coupon holding user who does not hold the coupon, the notification unit 136 allows the non-coupon holding user to apply the coupon and purchase the product or service. The mobile terminal 10 of the coupon holding user is notified that the payment for the coupon has been completed. For example, the notification unit 136 notifies the third mobile terminal 10c of the third user that the second user has applied the coupon when the third process is performed for the settlement of the second user who is the non-coupon holding user. . In this case, in S50c, the notification unit 136 may notify that the second user has applied the coupon together with the notification that the payment has been completed. Also, the notification unit 136 may notify the amount to which the coupon has been applied.

According to the operation flow of the third modified example described above, the information processing apparatus 100 can apply coupons held by users different from the payer at the time of settlement by the payer, as long as they belong to the same group. As a result, users in the group can share the coupons held by the users in the group even when they request goods or services using their respective mobile terminals 10 and each pays. be able to.

In addition, in the operation flow of the third modification, after the operation of S43, an example in which the third user inputs to the third mobile terminal 10c that the coupon is to be used has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The third user may input to the third portable terminal 10c to use the coupon during the operations of S44 to S47. In this case, the third mobile terminal 10c transmits an instruction to use the coupon to the information processing device 100 in response to the third user inputting the use of the coupon. may be communicated within the group.

Alternatively, in response to the identification information acquiring unit 131 acquiring the coupon information from the mobile terminal 10 of the coupon holding user, the notification unit 136 collects the coupon information held by the coupon holding user belonging to the first group. may be associated with the coupon holding user and notified to the mobile terminals 10 of the users belonging to the first group. In addition, the notification unit 136 may notify the information of coupons in the group in response to the control unit 130 accepting an inquiry about the presence or absence of coupons from the mobile terminal 10 of the non-coupon holding user.

As a result, the coupon-non-holding user can obtain information on coupons that can be used without the third user inputting an instruction to use the coupon. In this case, the non-coupon-holding user may further request the coupon-holding user to use a coupon that can be used within the group.

For example, in S48, the second user inputs the information of the coupon that he/she wants to use from the second mobile terminal 10b. The notification unit 136 transmits an inquiry message as to whether or not the coupon may be used to the third mobile terminal 10c of the third user when the control unit 130 receives the information on the coupon that the user wants to use. Then, the settlement processing unit 135 executes the above-described third processing in response to the control unit 130 receiving the information for approving the use of the coupon from the third mobile terminal 10c of the third user.

As a result, payers in the group can easily acquire and use information on coupons that can be used in the group, even if they do not hold coupons. Note that the coupons available within the group may be coupons that are applicable when both the payer and the coupon holder request the goods or services. Also, the coupon may be a coupon that is applied to a user who has made a reservation to use the store as a group, a user who pays for other users as well (for example, an organizer of a drinking party, etc.).

Although the operation flow of the third modified example described above is an example of using coupons within a group, the present invention is not limited to this. The information processing apparatus 100 may similarly use other benefits provided to the user, such as points that can be used within a group, instead of coupons. Moreover, the information processing apparatus 100 may use a combination of a plurality of benefits.

In the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment described above, an example has been described in which the information provision unit 132 transmits the first information indicating the food and drink menu to the user's portable terminal 10, for example, as in the operation of S44. not limited. When the user identification information includes user-specific information, the information providing unit 132 may transmit second information indicating a food and drink menu corresponding to the user-specific information to the mobile terminal 10 of the user.

For example, the information providing unit 132 changes the price of the product or service in the first information to the price corresponding to the predetermined payment method for users who belong to the group and whose registered payment method is a predetermined payment method. Second information indicating a food and drink menu is transmitted. The predetermined payment method is, for example, a payment method recommended by the store. Also, the predetermined payment method may be, for example, a payment service operated by a business operator that owns the information processing device 100 .

In this case, the price of the second information for the same food and drink menu may be set lower than the price of the first information. A user can use a product or service at a low price by using a predetermined payment method. In addition, the business operator who owns the store or the information processing device 100 can increase the number of customers who use the desired payment service.

In S42, the identification information acquisition unit 131 may further acquire exclusion information indicating products or services to be excluded from the first information pre-registered by the user in association with the user identification information. Then, in S44, the information providing unit 132 transmits to the one user the second information indicating the product corresponding to the one user's exclusion information among the first information as the one user's non-orderable product. Accordingly, by pre-registering information such as disliked foods and allergens that cause food allergies, the user can obtain information on eating and drinking menus for which the registered foods cannot be ordered. You can choose your food with confidence.

The information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment described above inputs to the mobile terminal 10 that a user in the group will be the payer for the product or service requested by the shop in the group. Although an example of obtaining informed payer information has been described, it is not so limited. The information processing device 100 may determine the payer of the price according to the user's instruction.

For example, the application running on the mobile terminal 10 is configured so that the user can input whether or not to accept that the user can become a payer through a lottery or the like. Then, when the payer information acquiring unit 134 acquires the payer information indicating that the payer has accepted the possibility of becoming the payer from the mobile terminal 10, the control unit 130 selects a predetermined lottery or the like from among the users who have accepted the offer. to determine the payer. The notification unit 136 notifies the portable terminal 10 of the determination result of the payer.

The application running on the mobile terminal 10 may display an image of a lottery or the like, a moving image, etc. according to the determination result of the payer by the control unit 130 . Thereby, the information processing apparatus 100 can operate to increase the enjoyment of eating and drinking in the group. The method for determining the payer by the control unit 130 may be a game, fortune-telling, or the like instead of the lottery.

Although the information processing system S according to the present embodiment described above is an example in which the information processing apparatus 100 is applied to a restaurant, the present invention is not limited to this. The information processing apparatus 100 can be applied to a system used for payment when a product or service is used by a group. For example, the information processing apparatus 100 can be applied to a payment system for beauty salons, hair salons, movie theaters, taxis, car sharing, and the like.

The present invention makes it possible to contribute to Goal 9 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) led by the United Nations, "Industry and technological innovation."

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist thereof. be. For example, all or part of the device can be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in arbitrary units. In addition, new embodiments resulting from arbitrary combinations of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effect of the new embodiment caused by the combination has the effect of the original embodiment.

10 Mobile terminal 20 Store terminal 21 Table 22 QR code 100 Information processing device 110 Communication unit 120 Storage unit 130 Control unit 131 Identification information acquisition unit 132 Information provision unit 133 Request information acquisition unit 134 Payer information acquisition unit 135 Payment processing unit 136 Notification Part 210 Remittance processing part 220 Privilege giving part

Claims (14)

an identification information acquisition unit that acquires user identification information for identifying the user from the mobile terminal held by each user belonging to the group;
A memory that associates and stores group identification information for identifying the group, the user identification information of the user belonging to the group indicated by the group identification information, and request information indicating the product or service requested by the user. Department and
payer information indicating a payer who pays for the requested product or service, among the users belonging to the group, corresponding to the user identification information stored in the storage unit in association with the group identification information; , a payer information acquiring unit acquired from the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group;
a settlement processing unit that performs a first process for settlement by a payment method registered by the payer in response to the payer's instruction to pay the price via the mobile terminal of the payer;
a notification unit that notifies the mobile terminal of the user who requested the product or the service that payment has been completed, in response to completion of the first process by the payment processing unit;
The payer information acquisition unit is configured to indicate, from the mobile terminal of the first user belonging to the group, the second user belonging to the group as a candidate for paying for the product or service requested by the first user. obtain the information of the
The notification unit, in response to the acquisition of the candidate information by the payer information acquisition unit, notifies the portable terminal of the second user indicated by the candidate information of a message requesting approval of payment,
The payer information acquisition unit acquires, from the mobile terminal of the second user, approval information indicating approval of payment for the product or service requested by the first user. , the candidate information indicating the second user is the payer information,
Information processing equipment. an identification information acquisition unit that acquires user identification information for identifying the user from the mobile terminal held by each user belonging to the group;
A memory that associates and stores group identification information for identifying the group, the user identification information of the user belonging to the group indicated by the group identification information, and request information indicating the product or service requested by the user. Department and
payer information indicating a payer who pays for the requested product or service, among the users belonging to the group, corresponding to the user identification information stored in the storage unit in association with the group identification information; , a payer information acquiring unit acquired from the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group;
a settlement processing unit that performs a first process for settlement by a payment method registered by the payer in response to the payer's instruction to pay the price via the mobile terminal of the payer;
a notification unit that notifies the mobile terminal of the user who requested the product or the service that payment has been completed, in response to completion of the first process by the payment processing unit;
The payer information acquisition unit acquires candidacy information indicating that the first user wants to pay for the product or service requested by the first user from the mobile terminal of a second user who belongs to the group and is different from the first user. and get
The notification unit notifies the portable terminal of the first user of a message requesting approval of payment by the second user in response to the acquisition of the candidature information by the payer information acquisition unit. ,
The payer information acquisition unit acquires, from the mobile terminal of the first user, approval information indicating that the second user approves payment for the product or service ordered by the first user. According to what has been done, the candidacy information is the payer information,
Information processing equipment. after the first process by the payment processing unit is completed, a second payment method for transferring the amount paid by the second user from the first user to the second user using the payment method registered by the first user; 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a remittance processing unit that performs 2 processing. Further comprising a benefit granting unit that grants a benefit corresponding to the amount paid by the second user to at least one of the first user and the second user after the first process by the payment processing unit is completed, The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3. providing information in which, after the identification information acquisition unit acquires the group identification information and the user identification information, first information in which the product or the service is associated with a price is transmitted to each of the mobile terminals of the users; further comprising the
The information providing unit, among the users belonging to the group, for users whose registered payment method is a predetermined payment method, the price of the product or service in the first information corresponds to the predetermined payment method. send the second information modified to the price,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The identification information acquisition unit further acquires exclusion information indicating the product or service to be excluded from the first information registered in advance by the user in association with the user identification information,
The information providing unit transmits to the one user second information indicating the product corresponding to the exclusion information of the one user among the first information as an unorderable product of the one user;
The information processing device according to claim 5 . further comprising a request information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the mobile terminal, request information indicating the product or service requested by the user by operating the mobile terminal;
The notification unit notifies each of the mobile terminals of the users belonging to the group of information on the product or the service requested by the users belonging to the group;
The request information acquisition unit further acquires from the mobile terminal provision timing information indicating the timing at which the product or service requested by the user should be provided.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6. 8. The request information acquisition unit according to claim 7, wherein the request information includes information indicating to whom among the users belonging to the group the product or service requested by the user should be provided. Information processing equipment. The identification information acquisition unit associates the user identification information with coupon information indicating a coupon that allows the user belonging to the same group to discount a predetermined amount from the price of the product or service. , further obtained from the mobile terminal of the coupon-holding user who holds the coupon;
The payment processing unit executes a third process for applying the coupon to the payment of the payer belonging to the group and discounting the price in response to the instruction by the coupon holding user to use the coupon. do,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The notifying unit applies the coupon to the non-coupon holding user when the payment processing unit executes the third process of applying the coupon to the payment of the non-coupon holding user who does not hold the coupon. 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the mobile terminal of the coupon holding user is notified that the payment for the product or the service has been completed. 10. The notification unit notifies the portable terminal of the user belonging to the group that the coupon is available in response to the coupon-holding user's instruction to use the coupon. 11. The information processing device according to 10. 12. The notification unit notifies the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group of the information of the coupon held by the coupon holding user belonging to the group in association with the coupon holding user. The information processing device according to any one of . the computer runs
a step of acquiring user identification information for identifying the user from a mobile terminal held by each user belonging to the group;
The group identification information for identifying the group, the user identification information of the user belonging to the group indicated by the group identification information, and the request information indicating the product or service requested by the user are associated with each other and stored in a storage unit. a step of memorizing;
payer information indicating a payer who pays for the requested product or service, among the users belonging to the group, corresponding to the user identification information stored in the storage unit in association with the group identification information; , acquiring from the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group;
a step of performing a first process for settlement by a payment method registered by the payer in response to the payer instructing payment via the mobile terminal of the payer;
a step of notifying the portable terminal of the user who requested the product or service that payment has been completed, in response to the completion of the first process;
In the step of acquiring the payer information from the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group, payment for the product or service requested by the first user is paid from the mobile terminal of the first user belonging to the group. further comprising obtaining candidate information indicating a second user belonging to the group as a candidate;
In the step of notifying that payment has been completed, in response to obtaining the candidate information, a step of notifying the portable terminal of the second user indicated by the candidate information of a message requesting approval of payment. further have
In the step of acquiring the payer information from the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group, the mobile terminal of the second user approves payment for the product or service requested by the first user. Further comprising a step of setting the candidate information indicating the second user as the payer information in response to obtaining approval information indicating that
Information processing methods. the computer runs
a step of acquiring user identification information for identifying the user from a mobile terminal held by each user belonging to the group;
The group identification information for identifying the group, the user identification information of the user belonging to the group indicated by the group identification information, and the request information indicating the product or service requested by the user are associated with each other and stored in a storage unit. a step of memorizing;
payer information indicating a payer who pays for the requested product or service, among the users belonging to the group, corresponding to the user identification information stored in the storage unit in association with the group identification information; , acquiring from the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group;
a step of performing a first process for settlement by a payment method registered by the payer in response to the payer instructing payment via the mobile terminal of the payer;
a step of notifying the portable terminal of the user who requested the product or service that payment has been completed, in response to the completion of the first process;
In the step of acquiring the payer information from the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group, the product requested by the first user is obtained from the mobile terminal of a second user who belongs to the group and is different from the first user. or obtaining candidature information indicating a willingness to pay for the service;
In the step of notifying that payment has been completed, in response to the acquisition of the candidacy information, a step of notifying the portable terminal of the first user of a message requesting approval of payment by the second user. further having
In the step of acquiring the payer information from the mobile terminal of the user belonging to the group, the second user pays for the product or service ordered by the first user from the mobile terminal of the first user. further comprising the step of setting the candidacy information as the payer information in response to obtaining approval information indicating that the payment is approved by
Information processing methods .

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