JP7259120B1 - Matching service providing device and matching service providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to guide users to a place of interaction reliably and quickly. A storage unit (3) and a control unit (4) are provided, and the control unit (10a) receives a selection instruction of a specific event from a user terminal (10a) that has accessed by instructing recruitment, and stores user information and selected event information. A recruitment reception step of storing the associated recruitment information as matching information in the storage unit; and an application receiving step of correlating with the corresponding recruitment information and storing it in a storage unit, and in the recruitment reception step, one or more desired holding dates received from the user terminal are included in the relevant recruitment information and the application deadline. is set, and in the application reception step, selection of an event whose recruitment deadline has passed is made impossible, and the matching service providing device 1 includes the desired date selected from one or more desired dates in the application information. [Selection drawing] Fig. 6

Description

Application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act Posting on website Posting date: March 22, 2020 Website address: https://www. cyberagent. co. jp/news/detail/id=27437

The present invention relates to a matching service providing apparatus and a matching service providing method.

Currently, various services are provided to promote human interaction via communication networks such as the Internet, and one such service is a matching service. Matching services include, for example, those aimed at developing healthy exchanges with others (for example, between men and women) and subsequent relationships. Such matching services for the purpose of interacting and dating with others are provided to users by computer systems (hereinafter referred to as matching service providing devices) installed on communication networks such as the Internet by service providers. . The matching service providing device exchanges information with an information processing terminal (hereinafter referred to as a user terminal) such as a smartphone or a personal computer (PC) possessed by the user via a communication network to provide the matching service to the user. go. Users who use the matching service plan various events (movie viewing, theater viewing, dining, etc.) that will serve as opportunities for interaction, solicit participants, apply for event recruitment, and interact with others who participate in the event. can exchange information.

Note that the following non-patent document 1 describes an example of the contents of the service provided by the matching service, the procedure for providing the service, and the like.

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The matching service provider provides users registered as members of the service with information on various events (movie viewing, theatrical performances, meals, etc.) that will serve as opportunities for interaction via a communication network through a matching service providing device. published above. A user who has been registered as a member can become a solicitor who solicits participants for the publicized event, or an applicant for the solicitation.

By the way, recruiters generally want to determine participants for the event recruited by them as soon as possible. Therefore, if the reaction of others to the event recruited by the recruiter is slow, the recruiter should quickly give up the event and look forward to the next event. Therefore, the solicitor must make a decision on whether to continue or stop the solicitation at an appropriate time. However, the decision is not easy.

In addition, there are cases in which users who are applicants are at a loss as to when to decide to apply for the event. Then, while hesitating, the number of participants may reach the upper limit, and the application may be closed, resulting in missing an opportunity to interact with other users.

Furthermore, even if the recruiter and the applicant want to interact at the same event, if their schedules do not match, even if there is an application for the recruitment, the opportunity for exchange will be lost as a result. It is possible.

Therefore, the present invention provides a matching service providing apparatus and a matching service providing method that can surely and quickly lead users to a place of interaction in a matching service that connects users who want to interact with others and associate with each other. intended to provide.

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a matching service providing apparatus configured by a computer system capable of communicating with user terminals via a communication network and mediating exchanges between users,
comprising a storage unit and a control unit,
The storage unit stores user information, event information, and matching information,
The control unit
When an event recruiting instruction is received from a user terminal that has accessed, data to generate a recruiting screen for displaying the event in a selectable manner is sent to the user terminal, and identification is made from the user terminal that sent the generating data for the recruiting screen. and creating the matching information including recruitment information in which the user information of the user using the user terminal and the event information of the event selected on the recruitment screen are associated with each other. a recruiting reception step of storing in the storage unit;
When an instruction to apply for an event is received from a user terminal that has accessed, the application screen generation data for displaying the event corresponding to the recruitment information is sent to the user terminal, and the application screen generation data is sent. receives an instruction to select an event associated with specific recruitment information from the user terminal that sent the application information including the user information of the user using the user terminal, and the event selected on the application screen an application reception step of storing in the storage unit the matching information associated with recruitment information corresponding to
and run
In the recruitment reception step, the user terminal sends generation data of the recruitment screen that allows designation of two or more desired dates, and one or more desired dates are received from the user terminal that sent the generation data of the recruitment screen. Receive and include the desired date for holding the event in the relevant recruitment information, and set the application deadline in the recruitment information,
In the application reception step, the generation data of the application screen that disables the selection of recruitment information whose application deadline has passed is sent, and the event selected by the user terminal that sent the generation data of the application screen is recruited. including a desired holding date selected from one or more of the desired holding dates included in the information in the application information;
The matching service providing device is characterized by:

The computer system also communicates with an external database storing event source information including, as the origin of the event information, event classification and event sorting information for further classifying the events divided by the classification into genres. configured to allow
The control unit executes an event information storage step of acquiring the event source information from an external database, shaping the event source information into the event information, and storing the event information in the storage unit;
In the event information storage step, the event information to be stored in the storage unit is selected based on the event selection information included in the event source information.
It can also be a matching service providing device.
The event information includes information indicating the validity period of the event,
In the recruiting reception step, when a desired holding date is specified on the user terminal, for an event for which the desired holding date falls outside the valid period, the selection instruction on the recruiting screen is disabled.
It may be a matching service providing device.

The scope of the present invention also includes a method of providing a matching service that mediates exchanges between users by a computer system that has a storage unit and is configured to be able to communicate with user terminals via a communication network. How to provide matching service
The computer system
a step of storing user information, event information, and matching information in the storage unit; and, when an event recruitment instruction is received from an accessing user terminal, displaying a recruitment screen for allowing the user terminal to display the event in a selectable manner. Along with sending the generated data, receiving a selection instruction for a specific event from the user terminal that sent the generated data of the recruitment screen, user information of the user using the user terminal and selected on the recruitment screen a recruiting reception step of creating the matching information including the recruiting information associated with the event information of the event and storing it in the storage unit;
When an instruction to apply for an event is received from a user terminal that has accessed, the application screen generation data for displaying the event corresponding to the recruitment information is sent to the user terminal, and the application screen generation data is sent. receives an instruction to select an event associated with specific recruitment information from the user terminal that sent the application information including the user information of the user using the user terminal, and the event selected on the application screen an application reception step of storing in the storage unit the matching information associated with recruitment information corresponding to
In the recruiting reception step , the user terminal sends generation data of the recruitment screen that allows designation of two or more desired dates, and one or more desired dates are received from the user terminal that sent the generation data of the recruitment screen. Receive and include the desired date for holding the event in the relevant recruitment information, and set the application deadline in the recruitment information,
In the application reception step, the generation data of the application screen that disables the selection of recruitment information whose application deadline has passed is sent, and the event selected by the user terminal that sent the generation data of the application screen is recruited. The desired date selected from one or more desired dates included in the information is included in the application information.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, a matching service providing apparatus and a matching service providing method capable of surely and quickly guiding users to a place of interaction in a matching service for connecting users who desire interaction or dating with others. is provided. Other effects will be clarified in the following description.

1 is a diagram showing a network configuration including a matching service providing device according to an embodiment; FIG. It is a figure which shows the function of a matching service provision apparatus. It is a figure which shows the information stored in the member information database with which a matching service provision apparatus is provided. It is a figure which shows the information stored in the event information database with which a matching service provision apparatus is provided. It is a figure which shows the information stored in the matching information database with which a matching service provision apparatus is provided. It is a figure which shows the application information contained in a matching information database. It is a figure which shows the implementation procedure of matching service by a matching service provision apparatus. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a solicitation input procedure executed at a solicitor terminal in the process of implementing the matching service; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the flow of application deadline management processing executed by the matching service providing apparatus; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an application input procedure executed at an applicant terminal in the course of implementing a matching service; It is a figure which shows the flow of the event selection process which a matching service provision apparatus performs. It is a figure which shows the flow of a recruitment limitation process which a matching service provision apparatus performs.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in the drawings used for the following description, the same or similar parts may be denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description may be omitted.

=== Example ===
As an embodiment of the present invention, a matching service providing apparatus configured by a computer system installed on the Internet will be mentioned.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a network configuration including the matching service providing device 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the Internet 100 is connected with a matching service providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment and a user terminal 10 used by a user who uses the matching service. The hardware of the user terminal 10 is a smartphone, a personal computer (PC), or the like, and an application for using the matching service (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "service use application") is installed on the hardware. It shall be In the example shown in FIG. 1, a database managed by a company (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a "partner company") that has a business tie-up with a matching service provider (hereinafter referred to as an "external DB 20") I have something to say ) is also connected to the Internet 100 .

The computer system constituting the matching service providing apparatus 1 is composed of a communication unit 2 for communicating with the user terminal 10 via the Internet 100, a storage unit 3 consisting of a large-capacity storage device (HDD, etc.), and a computer. The control unit 4 and the like are included. The control unit 4, for example, has a configuration corresponding to the front end and the back end in the server device, and executes various programs related to implementation of the matching service. The communication unit 2 has a communication interface conforming to a predetermined standard (IEEE 802.11 standard, etc.), and mediates data communication between the user terminal 10, an external computer such as the external DB 20, and the control unit 4 via the Internet 100. do. In the storage unit 3, various kinds of information necessary for providing the matching service are stored as a database. The control unit 4 implements the matching service while updating information in the storage unit 3 based on communication with the user terminal 10 and the external DB 20 .

The hardware corresponding to the control unit 4 can be composed of one computer or a plurality of computers distributed on a communication network such as a LAN or the Internet 100 . Also, the storage unit 3 may be configured by a storage device attached to one computer, or may be configured by a plurality of storage devices distributed on the Internet 100 or LAN. Information managed by the same database may be distributed and stored in a plurality of storage devices.

FIG. 2 shows the functions of the matching service providing device 1. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, each function of the matching service providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment is indicated by blocks. The matching service providing device 1 is, for example, a computer system having the functions of a WWW server and a database server, and various functions of the matching service providing device 1 are realized by the control unit 4 executing a predetermined program. . The matching service providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment includes, as functions, a matching management unit 41 responsible for information processing related to event recruitment and application, and an event management unit 42 responsible for information processing related to the content of the event. . The matching service providing apparatus 1 also includes a member information DB 31, a matching information DB 32, and an event information DB 33 as databases. The matching service providing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 2 also includes a message management unit 43 that mediates communication between users mainly using texts, and a message DB 34 that manages messages.

In the following, as a specific example of the matching service, a user who seeks a date partner (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "recruiter") and a user who applied for recruitment (hereinafter referred to as "applicant") ) give an example of providing dating opportunities. Then, the configuration of the databases (31 to 34), the communication procedure between the user terminal 10 and the matching service providing apparatus 1 accompanying the execution of the matching service, the flow of information processing in the matching service apparatus 1, and the like in this example will be described.

===Database===
3 and 4 show information stored in the member information DB 31 and the event information DB 33. FIG. again. Information stored in the matching information DB 32 is shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B. As shown in FIG. 3, the member information DB 31 manages information (member information) on users registered as members using the matching service. As the member information, as shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the member ID for identifying each user, personal information such as name, gender, age, and e-mail address, residence prefecture and matching service providing apparatus 1 and Authentication information (password, etc.) for communication is associated. Note that the e-mail address may be substituted for the member ID.

As shown in FIG. 4, the event information DB 33 manages various date plans provided by the matching service as events, and the contents of the date plans as event information. In the event information, each date plan is identified by a plan ID, and each plan ID is associated with a date classification (movie viewing, theater viewing, meal, etc.) and an event outline (for example, date plan title, introduction, etc.). It is the information Further, in the event information illustrated in FIG. 4, for each date plan, there is a link (URL) to a web page where more detailed information about the plan release date and expiration date disclosed to the user and the date plan is posted. It is associated as an "external link". The valid period is the last day of the period during which it is possible to solicit applications. weekly) may be updated. For theater viewing, etc., the last performance date of the play is set as the valid period. A date plan such as a meal at an unspecified restaurant, such as eating while walking, does not set the valid period itself. For meals at a specific restaurant, a specific date and time when reservations can be accepted may be set as the validity period.

Note that the matching service providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment acquires data that is the source of this event information (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “event source information”) from the external DB 20 . Partner companies that manage the external DB 20 are, for example, event organizers, event ticket sellers, travel agencies, restaurant guide publishers, and the like. The URL of the external link in the event information DB 33 may be, for example, the location of the event source information or the location of a specific web page (eg, restaurant homepage, movie official website) included in the event source information. can be done.

5A and 5B are diagrams showing information stored in the matching information DB 32. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5A, in the matching information DB 32, the user information of the recruiter and the event information are matched by the recruitment information in which the member ID of the recruiter is associated with the plan ID of the date plan recruited by the recruiter. mapped. In addition, the matching management DB 32 also associates a desired date, which indicates a date and time of a date desired by a recruiter, with a recruitment area, etc., as recruitment information. The recruiting area may be arbitrarily set by the recruiter, or may be set by the residential prefecture included in the recruiter's user information. Then, if there is an application for a certain recruitment, matching information is created in which various information including the member ID of the applicant is associated with the relevant recruitment information as application information. Application information is not included in the corresponding matching information for a solicitation that has no applications.

FIG. 5B shows an example of application information associated with certain recruitment information. In the example shown in FIG. 5B, there are two applications for one recruitment, and two application information are associated with one recruitment information. In each piece of application information, the member ID of the applicant is associated with the desired date selected by the applicant from among the desired dates included in the recruitment information, a message directed to the recruiter, and the like. In addition, if the solicitor decides one of the multiple applicants as the participant to be dated, the information that the applicant is a participant will be associated with the applicant, or the application information other than the applicable applicant By deleting , one participant can be associated with one recruitment.

The message DB 34 stores information related to messages exchanged between users via the matching service providing apparatus 1, such as senders and receivers of messages, date/time of transmission/reception of messages, and texts of messages.

=== Implementation procedure of matching service ===
As described above, the service utilization application is installed in the user terminal 10 . Service use applications are prepared for various operating environments (platforms) including differences in OS, such as for smartphones and PCs, depending on the form of the user terminal 10 . The service use application is composed of, for example, a web browser specialized for the function of correctly displaying the screen of the membership website published by the matching service providing apparatus 1 through the WWW server function according to the platform of the user terminal 10. can do. Therefore, if a website for PCs for providing matching services is prepared on the matching service providing apparatus 1 side, the service utilization application for PCs may be a general-purpose web browser.

In any case, when the computer running the service use application logs in through the authentication procedure using the authentication information such as the member ID and password, the matching service providing apparatus 1 identifies the computer by the authentication information. It recognizes it as the member's user terminal 10 and permits access to itself. Then, the service providing apparatus 1 repeats the operation of sending the web page requested from the user terminal 10 and receiving the user's instruction information and input information for the web page, while sequentially performing the processing related to the matching service. carry out.

FIG. 6 shows a communication procedure between the matching service providing device 1 and the user terminal 10 and an outline of information processing in the matching service providing device 1 in the communication process. In FIG. 6, the user terminal 10 of the user who will be the recruiter is referred to as the recruiter terminal 10a, and the user terminal 10 of the user who will be the applicant is referred to as the applicant terminal 10b. Then, the matching service providing apparatus 1 accepts a recruitment reception procedure for accepting recruitment of date plans by recruiters through information communication with the recruiter terminal 10a, and accepts applications for date plans that are being recruited through information communication with the applicant terminal 10b. We will notify recruiters and applicants of contact information related to recruitment and applications as necessary, and communicate between recruiters and participants after participants are decided. Matching services will be implemented through procedures such as mediating message exchanges.

First, regarding the recruiting reception procedure, as shown in FIG. The information is referred to the member information DB 31, and if there is corresponding member information, the user terminal 10 is permitted to access. Then, the matching management section 41 of the control section 11 displays a Web page (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "start page") for allowing the user to select whether to become a date plan recruiter or an applicant. is sent (s1 to s4). When the "recruiter" is instructed by the recruiter terminal 10a (s5) and the instruction information is transmitted (s6), the matching service providing apparatus 1 uses the user terminal 10 as the recruiter terminal 10a to perform a date plan. (s7).

The recruiter narrows down the conditions of the date plan to be recruited while repeating information communication with the service providing apparatus 1 via the Web page using the recruiter terminal 10a (s8 to s10). The service providing apparatus 1 searches the event information DB 33 each time input information for the web page sent to the recruiter terminal 10a is received, and returns the web page containing the search results to the recruiter terminal 10a. When the service providing device 1 receives an instruction to select a specific date plan from the recruiter terminal 10a (s11), the matching information including the recruitment information described above based on the selected date plan (s12) is created, and the matching information is stored in the matching information DB 32 (s13).

FIG. 7 shows an example of an application input procedure for inputting information necessary for date plan recruitment in the recruiter terminal 10a. FIG. 7 more specifically shows the solicitation input (s8) for setting the content of solicitation on the solicitor terminal 10a in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the matching service providing apparatus 1 allows the contents of each date plan in the event information DB 33 to be browsed by the recruiter terminal 10a through the Web page. Then, according to the request from the recruiter terminal 10a, the Web page including the date plan list is returned to the recruiter terminal 10a. As a result, the recruiter terminal 10a acquires the date plan in a browsable manner (s81).

The web page for browsing the date plans includes, for example, an instruction button for selecting an arbitrary date plan from a plurality of date plans displayed in a list, an entry field for a desired date for a date, and the like. Of course, in response to the first request from the recruiter terminal 10a, a web page displaying a date plan that can be selected is sent, and if a certain date plan is selected on the web page, the entry field for the desired date of the date is displayed. You may make it send the web page containing.

In any case, the recruiter terminal 10a obtains a selectable date plan from a Web page or the like (s81), selects a date plan to be recruited (s82), and inputs a desired date (s83). Also, at the time of recruitment, predetermined detailed information is input in addition to the date plan and desired date (s84). The detailed information includes, for example, the recruiter's self-introduction, a message encouraging the applicant to apply, whether the recruiter and the applicant are going on a one-on-one date, whether the recruiter and the applicant each bring a friend (companion), etc. It is information such as whether to date in a group.

As described above, the matching service providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment allows the recruiter to set a plurality of desired date dates according to his or her schedule. In other words, the recruiter can present a plurality of desired date dates for applicants. As a result, there is a high possibility that the recruiter and the user who wishes to apply will have the same desired dates for a date, so that more applications can be expected and more reliable dating opportunities can be obtained.

Returning to FIG. 6, when the matching service providing apparatus 1 creates matching information including new recruitment information based on communication with the recruiter terminal 10a (s12), the matching management unit 41 allows the application for the recruitment. An application deadline management process is executed to allow acceptance only for a predetermined period (for example, 24 hours) (s14).

FIG. 8 shows the flow of the application deadline management process (s14) in the matching service providing apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, when matching information including new recruitment information is created, the matching service providing apparatus 1 creates the matching information (s12), stores it in the matching information DB 32 (s13), or Starting from an appropriate point in time such as the point at which a setting instruction regarding the final recruitment is received from the user terminal 10a (s11), a predetermined deadline for accepting applications (for example, 24 hours) is set (s141). Then, if there is no application by the deadline, the relevant recruitment information is deleted, etc., so that the acceptance of applications after the expiration of the deadline is disabled (s142→s143→s144).

In addition, in the application deadline management process (s14) shown in FIG. 8, both when there is no application by the deadline and when there is an application, that fact is notified to the recruiter (s145). . In addition, as a notification method for recruiters, for example, e-mail, or by linking with a function called "push notification" or "pop-up notification" etc. implemented mainly on the service usage application side for smartphones A notification method, or a notification method in which the matching service providing device 1 posts a fixed message to the recruiter terminal 10a using the above-described message intermediary function can be considered.

Thus, in the matching service device 1 according to the embodiment, by setting a finite recruitment period, recruiters do not have to wait for an application for a long period of time. You can reconfirm the intention of the applicant and lead to a prompt application. That is, according to the matching service providing device 1 according to the embodiment, the recruiter can set the desired date of the date, and by limiting the recruitment period, the users who want to interact can be connected reliably and quickly. It has become.

Next, the procedure for accepting applications for date plans that are currently being recruited will be described. Returning to FIG. 6, when a certain user terminal 10 accesses through the authentication procedure, the matching service providing apparatus 1 sends the start page to the user terminal 10 (s15 to s18). Then, when the user terminal 10 that sent the start page instructs the matching service providing apparatus 1 to apply and receives the instruction information (s19, s20), the matching service providing apparatus 1 uses this user terminal 10 as the applicant terminal 10b, and the applicant terminal 10b. A Web page for performing application procedures is sent to the terminal 10b (s21). Thereafter, the matching service providing apparatus 1 repeats information communication with the applicant terminal 10b via the Web page, and allows the applicant to select a date plan that the applicant wants to finally participate in from the currently recruiting date plans (s22 to s24). ).

Specifically, when the applicant terminal 10b receives an instruction input or a selection input for the Web page sent (s22), the service providing apparatus 1 searches the matching information DB 32 for each opportunity to receive the input information ( s23, s24), narrowing down the matching information including recruitment information that matches the conditions included in the input information, and sending the result of the narrowing down to a Web page to the applicant terminal 10b. Then, when the matching service providing apparatus 1 receives the selection instruction of the specific date plan from the applicant terminal 10b (s25), the matching information including the recruitment information corresponding to the selected date plan includes the user information of the applicant. The above application information is associated (appended) (s26), and the matching information DB 32 is updated with the matching information (s27).

FIG. 9 shows an example of the application input (s22) procedure for selecting and inputting information necessary for applying at the applicant terminal 10b in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 9, when the applicant terminal 10b instructs the applicant to apply on the start page, the matching service providing apparatus 1 returns a Web page for allowing the applicant to select a desired area for a date. . When the applicant selects an area via the web page using the applicant terminal 10b (s221), the selection information is sent to the matching service providing apparatus 1. FIG. The matching service providing apparatus 1 searches the matching information DB 32 based on this selection information, and returns to the applicant terminal 10b a Web page listing date plans based on the relevant recruitment information. As a result, the applicant terminal 10b acquires information about the date plan being recruited (s222).

The Web page returned from the matching service providing device 1 includes, for example, an instruction button for selecting an arbitrary date plan from a plurality of date plans that are being recruited and displayed in a list, and set by the recruiter for each date plan. It includes a button for selecting an arbitrary desired date from the desired date of the date, an input field for a message, and the like. Of course, the matching service providing device 1 sends a web page for selecting a date plan being recruited, a web page for selecting the desired date and time of the date, and a web page for inputting a message to the applicant terminal 10b. You can send them sequentially.

Applicant terminal 10b acquires a selectable date plan from a Web page or the like (s222), selects the date plan to apply for and the desired date date, and inputs a message (s223 to s225).

Returning to FIG. 6, when there is an application for the date plan set by the recruiter, the matching service providing apparatus 1 notifies the recruiter terminal 10a of that fact (s28). Note that this notification corresponds to the processing (s145) for notifying that there is an application in the application deadline management processing (S14) shown in FIG.

Then, if the recruiter accepts the application, the recruiter sends information to that effect to the matching service providing apparatus 1 from the recruiter terminal 10a (s29→s30). As a procedure for a recruiter to accept or reject an application, for example, it is conceivable to list applicants on a Web page that can be accessed only by the recruiter terminal 10a. On the Web page, predetermined information based on the application information corresponding to each application (for example, age and residence of the applicant, message from the applicant) and the like are also described. Then, the recruiter browses the Web page and designates one of the applicants as a date partner (participant) using the recruiter terminal 10a.

Alternatively, each time there is an application, the solicitor terminal 10a is notified of the fact (s28), and the recruiter may decide to accept or reject the application for the notified application each time. Then, when the matching service providing apparatus 1 receives information indicating acceptance of an application by a certain applicant from the recruiter terminal 10a (s30), the matching information including the corresponding recruitment information in the matching information DB 32 is The matching information DB 32 is updated by associating the application information corresponding to the accepted application with the information indicating the acceptance (s31). Then, the applicant terminal 10b of the applicant is notified that the application has been accepted (s32).

On the other hand, when information to the effect that a certain application is rejected is sent from the recruiter terminal 10a (s29→s33), the application information corresponding to the rejected application is deleted from the matching information, or The matching information DB 32 is updated by, for example, associating the information to that effect with the corresponding application information (s34). In the procedure shown in FIG. 6, applicants whose applications have been rejected are also notified to that effect (s35).

Applicants whose applications have been rejected may be made aware that their applications have not been accepted by not notifying them by the above-mentioned recruitment deadline without any special notification. In the case of adopting the method of notifying the acceptance or refusal of the application depending on the presence or absence of the notification within the deadline in this way, the fact will be sent to the applicant terminal 10b at an appropriate point in the application reception procedure (s15 to s27). All you have to do is send the Web page that describes it.

Once the recruiter of the date plan designates the applicants who will be the participants as described above, after that, the recruiters and the participants who will be the parties to the date will personally contact each other to discuss the date. You just need to decide more specific cases (meeting place and time on the day of the date, etc.). In the matching service providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment, the message management unit 43 allows communication between the user terminals of the recruiter and the participant (10a-10b) so that the parties can communicate without exchanging their contact information. (s36). Also, every time the parties exchange messages, the history is saved in the message DB 34 (s37).

=== event sorting function ===
In the matching service provided by the matching service providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment, the content of the event is related to dating. However, the event source information provided by the partner company through the external DB 20 may include events with content not suitable for dates. For example, when watching a movie, the content of the movie is horror or the occult, or when watching a sporting event, the content of the sport is mixed martial arts, etc. Otherwise, it cannot be said that it is suitable as a place to meet for the first time.

Therefore, when storing event information based on event source information acquired from the external DB 20 in the event information DB 33, the matching service providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment stores only the event source information related to the event that matches the purpose of the matching service. It may have an event selection function to be acquired.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the flow of information processing related to the event selection function in the matching service providing apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. Here, the event source information stored in the external DB 20 can be categorized (movie, theater, sports, meal, etc.) as the content of the event, and the event source information can be sorted out in the matching service providing apparatus 1. It is assumed that it contains event selection information for making The event selection information is information for further classifying the events classified according to the classification by genre. For example, if the event classification is movie, mystery, science fiction, comedy, horror, anime, action, romance, etc. , and if the category is watching sports, it is baseball, soccer, tennis, boxing, mixed martial arts, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 10, the matching service providing apparatus 1 accesses the external DB 20 through the event management unit 42 (s301), and selects information such as event source information corresponding to the difference from the time of the previous access. For the target event source information, the event selection information is sequentially acquired, and if it is determined from the acquired event selection information that the event source information including the event selection information should be acquired, the event source information is acquired. (s302, s303→s304). Then, the acquired event source information is shaped into the event information shown in FIG. 4 and stored in the event information DB 33 (s305, s306). Then, such a series of processes is performed for all event source information to be selected (s307).

In order for the matching service providing apparatus 1 to sort out the event source information based on the event type information, for example, the event information DB 33 stores a list of event selection information to be acquired or event selection information not to be acquired. is prepared, and the event selection information in the event source information is referred to this list. Of course, all the event source information may be formatted and stored in the event information DB 33, and date plans not suitable for dates may be excluded from the list of date plans displayed on the recruiter terminal 10a. In any case, it is sufficient to be able to select available date plans based on the event selection information in the event source information.

=== Recruitment limited function ===
As described above, some event information stored in the event information DB 33 has an expiration date set. Therefore, even if the date when the recruiter started recruiting for the date plan is within the effective period, if the day when the recruiter can schedule a date is outside the effective period, that day cannot be set as the desired date. . Therefore, the matching service providing device 1 may have a recruiting limitation function that allows the recruiter to select only a recruitable date plan and prevents the date and time outside the expiration date from being set as the desired date.

FIG. 11 shows the flow of information processing related to the recruitment limiting function in the matching service providing apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, when the matching service providing apparatus 1 receives an instruction to recruit from the user terminal 10 that has accessed through the authentication procedure (s401), the matching service providing apparatus 1 designates this user terminal 10 as the recruiter terminal 10a. A Web page for inputting a desired date for a date is sent to the recruiter terminal 10a as a start page (s402).

When the matching service providing apparatus 1 acquires the desired date sent from the recruiter terminal 10a (s403), the matching service providing apparatus 1 acquires the event information of the date plan for which the desired date is within the valid period from the event information DB 33 (s404). Based on the acquired event information, a Web page listing date plans in a selectable manner is sent to the recruiter terminal 10a (s405).

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when the matching service providing apparatus 1 receives an instruction to select a specific date plan from the recruiter terminal 10a (s11), the member information of the recruiter corresponding to the recruiter terminal 10a Matching information is created in association with the event information of the selected date plan (s12), and the matching information is stored in the matching information DB 32 (s13). As described above, according to the matching service providing device 1 having the recruitment limiting function, the recruiter tries to set the desired date of the date plan outside the effective period, and searches again for the date plan whose desired date is within the effective period. Therefore, it is possible to quickly and reliably recruit a date.

Of course, after a specific date plan is selected on the recruiter terminal 10a, if a date and time outside the effective period of the date plan is input as the desired date, the recruiter terminal 10a is informed that the date and time cannot be set. In addition to displaying the date plan, the web page may be resent. Alternatively, when a date and time outside the valid period is entered as the desired date, a web page may be sent that allows selection of only the date plan with the previously entered desired date within the valid period.

===Other embodiments===
Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the above embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the described configurations.

Regarding the time-limited solicitation function, in the above embodiment, a predetermined solicitation period was set by the matching service providing device 1, but the solicitor may be allowed to select from a plurality of solicitation periods, or the solicitor terminal 10a may be configured so that an arbitrary recruitment period can be set.

The order of priority may be set for the desired date of the date plan set by the solicitor.

For the event selection function, for example, it may be possible to conditionally recruit date plans corresponding to all event source information. For example, the member information includes information related to hobbies and preferences, and the matching service providing device 1 sends a selectable list of date plans to the recruiter terminal 10a and the applicant terminal 10b. The list may also include date plans that are not normally suitable based on information on the applicant's hobbies and preferences and event type information in the event information. Further, it may be possible to set whether or not to include a date plan corresponding to a hobby or preference in the list on the recruiter terminal 10a or the applicant terminal 10b.

The event selection function used to sort out date plans that can be recruited based on event type information, but sort out date plans that can be recruited and applied according to the residence and age of recruiters and applicants. You may make it For example, for recruiter terminal 10a and applicant terminal 10b, date plans in areas far from the recruiter's or applicant's area may be excluded from the list. Furthermore, event information may include information about age restrictions so that users under the age of 20 cannot select a date plan involving drinking, even if the user is an adult of 18 years or older. Furthermore, based on the user's age and residential area, such as "under 20 years old only prefectures adjacent to the place of residence", "20 to 29 years old only in the same area (Kanto region etc.)", "over 30 years old nationwide" In addition, it may be possible to variably set the area of the date plan where recruitment and application can be made.

Regarding the recruitment limited function, in the above embodiment, based on the valid period included in the event information, it was not possible to set the desired date for the date plan outside the valid period, but a calendar (schedule table) managed by the user himself It is also possible to prevent the desired date from being set by mistake on a date that has already been scheduled. Alternatively, if it is possible to change the previous schedule by notifying that there is a schedule, it is possible to set that day as the desired date. A calendar function may be implemented in the matching service providing apparatus 1, and the user may use the function.

The matching service providing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment basically uses a date plan in which users meet one-on-one as an event. good.

1 matching service providing device, 2 communication unit, 3 storage unit 4 control unit,
10 user terminal, 10a user terminal (recruiter terminal),
10b user terminal (applicant terminal), 20 external database (external DB),
31 member information database (member information DB),
32 matching information database (matching information DB),
33 event information database (event information DB),
41 matching management department, 42 event management department, 100 Internet

Claims (4)

A matching service providing device configured by a computer system capable of communicating with a user terminal via a communication network and mediating interaction between users,
comprising a storage unit and a control unit,
The storage unit stores user information, event information, and matching information,
The control unit
When an event recruiting instruction is received from a user terminal that has accessed, data to generate a recruiting screen for displaying the event in a selectable manner is sent to the user terminal, and identification is made from the user terminal that sent the generating data for the recruiting screen. and creating the matching information including recruitment information in which the user information of the user using the user terminal and the event information of the event selected on the recruitment screen are associated with each other. a recruiting reception step of storing in the storage unit;
When an instruction to apply for an event is received from a user terminal that has accessed, the application screen generation data for displaying the event corresponding to the recruitment information is sent to the user terminal, and the application screen generation data is sent. receives an instruction to select an event associated with specific recruitment information from the user terminal that sent the application information including the user information of the user using the user terminal, and the event selected on the application screen an application reception step of storing in the storage unit the matching information associated with recruitment information corresponding to
and run
In the recruiting reception step , the user terminal sends generation data of the recruitment screen that allows designation of two or more desired dates, and one or more desired dates are received from the user terminal that sent the generation data of the recruitment screen. Receive and include the desired date for holding the event in the relevant recruitment information, and set the application deadline in the recruitment information,
In the application reception step, the generation data of the application screen that disables the selection of recruitment information whose application deadline has passed is sent, and the event selected by the user terminal that sent the generation data of the application screen is recruited. including a desired holding date selected from one or more of the desired holding dates included in the information in the application information;
A matching service providing device characterized by: The matching service providing device according to claim 1,
The computer system can communicate with an external database storing event source information including, as the origin of the event information, event classification and event sorting information for further classifying the events classified by the classification by genre. configured,
The control unit executes an event information storage step of acquiring the event source information from an external database, shaping the event source information into the event information, and storing the event information in the storage unit;
In the event information storage step, the event information to be stored in the storage unit is selected based on the event selection information included in the event source information.
A matching service providing device characterized by: The matching service providing device according to claim 1 or 2,
The event information includes information indicating the validity period of the event,
In the recruiting reception step, when a desired holding date is specified on the user terminal, for an event for which the desired holding date falls outside the valid period, the selection instruction on the recruiting screen is disabled.
A matching service providing device characterized by: A method of providing a matching service that mediates interaction between users by a computer system that includes a storage unit and is configured to be able to communicate with user terminals via a communication network,
The computer system
a step of storing user information, event information, and matching information in the storage unit; and, when an event recruitment instruction is received from an accessing user terminal, displaying a recruitment screen for allowing the user terminal to display the event in a selectable manner. Along with sending the generated data, receiving a selection instruction for a specific event from the user terminal that sent the generated data of the recruitment screen, user information of the user using the user terminal and selected on the recruitment screen a recruiting reception step of creating the matching information including the recruiting information associated with the event information of the event and storing it in the storage unit;
When an instruction to apply for an event is received from a user terminal that has accessed, the application screen generation data for displaying the event corresponding to the recruitment information is sent to the user terminal, and the application screen generation data is sent. receives an instruction to select an event associated with specific recruitment information from the user terminal that sent the application information including the user information of the user using the user terminal, and the event selected on the application screen an application reception step of storing in the storage unit the matching information associated with recruitment information corresponding to
In the recruiting reception step , the user terminal sends generation data of the recruitment screen that allows designation of two or more desired dates, and one or more desired dates are received from the user terminal that sent the generation data of the recruitment screen. Receive and include the desired date for holding the event in the relevant recruitment information, and set the application deadline in the recruitment information,
In the application reception step, the generation data of the application screen that disables the selection of recruitment information whose application deadline has passed is sent, and the event selected by the user terminal that sent the generation data of the application screen is recruited. including a desired holding date selected from one or more of the desired holding dates included in the information in the application information;
A matching service providing method characterized by:

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