JP7380093B2 - Point system, point award method, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a point system, a point granting method, and a program for granting points for use in local services.

Municipalities and other local governments provide a variety of local services that residents need to live their daily lives.For example, transportation services such as trains, route buses, and taxis, medical services such as hospitals, nursing care services, and disability services. It provides welfare services, child care services such as daycare centers, school education, administrative services, entertainment services, etc. These local services are based on a certain population size, but if the population decreases and no longer satisfies a certain population size, local governments will find it difficult to provide the above-mentioned local services. Services that local governments are no longer able to provide, especially daily life-related services that are closely related to daily life, can be provided through mutual aid activities in which local residents help each other and solve their own daily life issues without receiving help from local governments. It is necessary to supplement.

In recent years, support systems have been put into operation that match clients who wish to receive the above-mentioned local services with providers who can provide the above-mentioned local services, and support the mutual aid activities of both parties. For example, ride sharing systems are known in which a user uses a smartphone to connect a car driver with a person who will ride in the car or to match people who ride in the car with each other.

In this type of support system, a so-called point system is introduced in order to stimulate mutual assistance activities among users. For example, conventionally, when the local service is implemented between users as the mutual aid activity, points are collected from the service consumer who enjoyed the local service, and points are given to the service provider who supplied the local service. A system is known in which this is done (see Patent Document 1).

JP2019-96242A

By the way, in realizing the above-mentioned local services through mutual aid activities of residents, it is important for those who wish to receive the above-mentioned local services (clients) to trust the person (provider) who provides the above-mentioned local services. In particular, when receiving the above-mentioned life-related services, it is extremely important whether there is a relationship of trust with the provider due to the nature of the service. If the client does not have trust in the provider, he or she will not be able to confidently request the provider to provide the regional service. On the other hand, when there is face-to-face interaction (communication) between the client and the provider, especially when there is a relationship between the two that continues that interaction, the above-mentioned concerns may not be present. It is thought that this will allow clients to request providers to provide the above-mentioned regional services with peace of mind.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a point system that can promote interaction between users belonging to a predetermined region and build relationships of mutual trust by using points used for regional services provided in a predetermined region. The purpose is to provide point awarding methods and programs.

(1) A point system according to one aspect of the present invention is a point system that grants points to a plurality of users belonging to a predetermined region to be used for regional services provided in the region. The point system includes an interaction determination unit that determines that users have interacted face-to-face based on a signal received from a terminal device owned by the user, and a determination unit that determines that the interaction between the users has occurred. and a point granting processing unit that grants points including attribute information of the interacting partner to each user with whom the interaction has been completed.

With this configuration, it is possible to increase the number of points held by users by actually interacting with each other, and it is also possible to build a relationship of trust between users. This increases opportunities to use the local service and also increases the level of security in providing the local service, thereby promoting the use of the local service. In addition, when the number of points held by a user decreases due to the new use of the regional service, interaction between users is naturally encouraged in order to obtain points in order to receive the provision of the new regional service, and the users are again encouraged to interact with each other. This will lead to exchanges. By creating such a chain or cycle of communication, interaction between users belonging to the area is promoted, it is possible to interact with a large number of users, and it is possible to naturally build relationships of mutual trust. Become.

(2) The point system of the present invention provides an attribute that determines whether or not the attributes of each user are different based on attribute information of each user when the interaction determining unit determines that an interaction has occurred between users. It further includes a determination section. In this case, the point granting processing unit grants points including attribute information of the interaction partner to each user when the attribute determining unit determines that the attributes of each user are different.

As a result, points are not awarded to each user even if the user interacts with other users who have the same attributes as the user, but points are awarded to each user only when the user interacts with other users who have different attributes. Therefore, the user becomes more motivated to collect attribute information of the interaction partner, and by actively interacting with other users, it becomes possible to build relationships of trust with a large number of users.

(3) When the number of points held by a user to whom points are to be awarded is a predetermined upper limit, the point granting processing unit may generate new points by assigning any of the points held by the user to new points. .

Thereby, the number of points held by the user can be maintained at the upper limit value.

(4) The point grant processing unit replaces any one of the plurality of points with the new point when each of the plurality of points among the held points includes the same attribute information.

This makes it easier to replace each of the plurality of points held with points containing different attribute information. As a result, the motivation to collect the same number of attribute information points as the upper limit value further increases.

(5) Further, the point grant processing unit replaces the oldest point given among the plurality of points with the new points.

As a result, previously awarded points are lost, and new points awarded at a more recent time remain as retained points.

(6) The point granting processing unit may replace the oldest point awarded among the retained points with the new points when the retained points each include different attribute information.

In this case as well, the number of points held by the user can be maintained at the upper limit.

(7) If the plurality of users belong to one of a plurality of predetermined groups, and the attribute information of each of the plurality of users identifies the group to which it belongs, the attribute information is either color information or shape information that can identify the group.

(8) The present invention further includes a point subtraction processing unit that reduces points held by the user each time a predetermined first timing arrives.

Accordingly, each time the first timing arrives, the points held by the user gradually decrease, so that the user can be motivated to compensate for the decreasing points. As a result, interaction between the user and other users can be promoted. Note that the first timing is, for example, the timing at which the date changes (00:00).

(9) The present invention further includes a point reset processing unit that resets the points held by the user to a predetermined number every time a predetermined second timing arrives.

Thereby, every time the second timing arrives, the points possessed by all users are uniformly unified to the predetermined number. Note that the second timing is, for example, the time when a specific day of the week starts, and specifically, is 00:00 on Monday.

(10) The present invention further includes a point display processing unit that displays points held by the user on a display unit of the terminal device together with the attribute information.

As a result, the points are displayed together with the attribute information on the display unit of the terminal device by the point display processing unit, so that the user can visually grasp the attribute information of the person with whom he or she has interacted. As a result, the user becomes motivated to collect attribute information of the interaction partner and actively interacts with other users, and as a result, it is possible to build relationships of trust with a large number of users.

(11) A point granting method according to another aspect of the present invention is a point granting method for granting points used for regional services provided in a given region to a plurality of users belonging to a predetermined region. The point awarding method includes an interaction determination step of determining that users have interacted face-to-face based on a signal received from a terminal device used by the users, and a determination that the interaction between the users has occurred in the interaction determination step. In this method, the processor executes a point granting step of granting points including attribute information of the interacting partner to each user who has interacted with the user when the user has interacted with the user.

(12) The present invention is a program for allocating points to be used for local services provided in the area by a computer to a plurality of users belonging to a predetermined area, the program comprising: It can also be regarded as a program for causing the computer to execute the steps, or a computer-readable recording medium on which such a program is recorded non-temporarily.

According to the present invention, by using points used for regional services provided in a predetermined region, it is possible to promote interaction between users belonging to the region and build a relationship of mutual trust.

FIG. 1 is a network connection diagram showing the configuration of the matching support system. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server device included in the matching support system. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user information management table. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a point acquisition history table. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a provider information management table. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information terminal used by a user registrant. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen (home screen) of an information terminal used by a user registrant. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the screen (determination standby screen, charge screen) of the information terminal used by the user registrant. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen (point supply screen) of an information terminal used by a user registrant. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the procedure of the usage registration process executed by the control unit of the server device. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the procedure of point granting processing executed by the control unit of the server device. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the procedure of point reset processing and point subtraction processing executed by the control unit of the server device.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings as appropriate. Note that the embodiments described below are merely examples of embodying the present invention, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a network connection diagram showing the configuration of a matching support system 100 including a server device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the point system 101 of the present invention is specifically implemented by the control unit 11 of the server device 10 and the control unit 21 of the information terminal 20 that constitute the matching support system 100.

The matching support system 100 is, for example, a system that is introduced in a local government that has jurisdiction over a predetermined area, and can be used by a plurality of registered users (corresponding to users of the present invention) who have registered in advance. . The matching support system 100 selects among the plurality of registered users, a requester (an example of a user) who desires to receive various regional services, and a registered provider (an example of a user) who can provide the regional services. This is a system that can support mutual assistance activities to be carried out smoothly between the two by matching users (for example).

Here, the plurality of user registrants are residents who live in a predetermined area under the jurisdiction of the local government and are permitted to use the matching support system 100.

Further, the local service is a service provided to residents in a predetermined area under the jurisdiction of the local government. The local services generally include existing transportation services such as railways, route buses, and taxis, medical services such as hospitals, nursing care services, welfare services for the disabled, childcare services such as daycare centers, school education, administrative services, and entertainment services. It includes not only services but also life-related services that are closely related to residents' lives. In addition, the above-mentioned life-related services include, for example, so-called ride sharing, shopping agency, garden cleaning, grass cutting, snow shoveling, pet walking, housekeeping, housework guidance, temporary pet care, child care, and child care. This includes sports guidance. In particular, the local services handled by the matching support system 100 are social services in which mutual interaction (two-way communication) between registered users plays a central role. Note that the ride sharing is a non-profit transportation service that uses a service provider's vehicle.

Further, the provider registrant is a person who has been approved by the local government or administrator as a person who satisfies the provider conditions for being able to provide the regional service. For example, if the local service is the ride sharing, the provider conditions regarding the ride sharing include, for example, the number of years a driver's license has been acquired, the annual mileage of the car, the current age, etc. . When each of these requirements clears predetermined standards, it is considered that the provider conditions are satisfied, and the provider is registered in the matching support system 100 as the provider registrant. For example, a provider registrant who is able to provide ride sharing if he or she has had a driver's license for 5 years or more, has an annual mileage of 10,000 km or more, and is under 60 years of age. Registered as .

Below, when the user registrant (requester) receives the provision of the ride sharing, which is a typical example of the social service, a processing example is performed in which matching is performed between the user registrant and the provider registrant. The matching support system 100 and point system 101 of this embodiment will be explained by exemplifying the following. Note that the matching support system 100 and the point system 101 are not limited to those applied to ride sharing, but are also applicable to matching between registered users and registered providers of the various regional services and various social services described above. It is also applicable to

[Configuration of matching support system 100]
As shown in FIG. 1, the matching support system 100 includes a server device 10, a plurality of information terminals 20 (an example of a terminal device of the present invention) used by a user registrant, and a plurality of information terminals used by a provider registrant. 30 (an example of the terminal device of the present invention), and these are communicably connected to each other via a network N1 such as a private line or a public line.

The server device 10 is an information processing device managed by a local government that has jurisdiction over an autonomous area such as a city, town, or village, and is, for example, a server computer or a cloud server. Note that the server device 10 is not limited to one computer, and may be a computer system in which a plurality of computers work together, or a cloud computing system. Furthermore, various processes executed by the server device 10 may be executed in a distributed manner by one or more processors.

The information terminal 20 is a terminal device used by the requester (user registrant), and the information terminal 30 is a terminal device used by the provider registrant (user registrant). The information terminals 20 and 30 are, for example, portable terminals such as smartphones and tablet terminals.

In the matching support system 100, when the request requesting the provision of ride sharing is input from the information terminal 20 to the server device 10, one or more provider candidates matching the request request are selected from a plurality of provider registrants. Select from among them. Then, the server device 10 transmits the selected provider candidate as a provider candidate to the information terminal 20 that is the source of the request. Then, when a specific provider candidate is selected by the client on the information terminal 20, the ride sharing provider (service provider) is determined, and the matching process between the client and the service provider is completed. .

When the provision of the ride sharing service is completed, that is, when the service provider transports the requester from the point of departure to the predetermined destination, the requester transfers the points he or she owns to the service provider. Points that can be used in the matching support system 100 are provided to the driver who is. For example, when an application necessary for using the matching support system 100 is activated on each of the information terminals 20 and 30, and a point supply request is sent to the server device 10 from the user application running on the information terminal 20, the server device 10 , based on the point supply request, decreases the points held by the client managed by the server device 10 by 2 points, and increases the points held by the service provider managed by the server device 10 by 2 points. . The increased or decreased held points are transmitted from the server device 10 to the information terminals 20, 30, and the held points registered in each information terminal 20, 30 are updated.

In this embodiment, the points are not given infinitely, but a predetermined number of points are given to the client's information terminal 20 by a point system 101, which will be described later. Although details will be described later, the point system 101 is concretely realized by the control unit 11 of the server device 10 and the control unit 21 of the information terminal 20.

Further, as described above, when a registered user uses the ride sharing, the points held by the registered user decrease. Therefore, if the user registrant has less than the required number of points, he or she will not be able to receive the ride sharing. Therefore, in the point system 101, points are awarded to the registered user when predetermined replenishment conditions are met. In this embodiment, when the point system 101 determines that the registrants have met and actually interacted with each other, the point system 101 newly awards points to each of the registrants who have actually interacted with each other.

In general, when local services such as ride sharing are realized through mutual aid activities among residents, the provider of the local service is a reliable provider for the client who wishes to provide the local service. In particular, when receiving the above-mentioned life-related services, it is extremely important whether there is a relationship of trust with the provider due to the nature of the service. If the client does not have trust in the provider, he or she will not be able to confidently request the provider to provide the regional service. On the other hand, if actual face-to-face interaction (communication) takes place between the client and the provider, especially if a relationship exists between the two that continues that interaction, the above-mentioned As a result, the client can request the provider to provide the above-mentioned regional service with peace of mind.

Therefore, according to the point system 101 of this embodiment, it is possible to increase the number of remaining points by actually interacting with each other among registered users, and it is also possible to build a relationship of trust between the registered users. This increases the opportunity to use the local service, further increases the level of security, and as a result, the use of the matching support system 100 is promoted. Furthermore, when the number of points held decreases due to the use of the local services through the matching support system 100, interaction between registered users is naturally encouraged to obtain points in order to receive new services, and the users are encouraged to use the services again. This will lead to interaction between registrants. By creating such a chain or circulation of communication, the registrants belonging to the area will actively interact with each other, making it possible to interact with a large number of registrants, and building a relationship of mutual trust. can be built naturally.

[Server device 10]
The specific configuration of the server device 10 will be described below with reference to FIG. 2. Here, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server device 10. As shown in FIG.

The server device 10 is for realizing a matching support system 100 for supporting the ride sharing performed as a mutual aid activity between the user registrant and the provider registrant. As shown in FIG. 2, the server device 10 includes a control section 11, a storage section 12, a database 13, and a communication section 14.

The communication unit 14 is a communication interface for connecting the server device 10 to the network N1 and performing data communication with the information terminals 20 and 30 according to a predetermined communication protocol.

The storage unit 12 is a nonvolatile storage medium or storage device including an HDD or SSD that stores various information. The storage unit 12 stores a control program for causing the control unit 11 to execute a point assignment process and various arithmetic processes, which will be described later, and data used in the point award process and various arithmetic processes.

The database 13 is a storage device such as an HDD or an SSD that stores user registration information regarding registrant users, provider registration information regarding registrant providers, etc. in a manageable manner as a database. The database 13 is not limited to a storage device provided in the server device 10, but may be configured as an external device such as another server device or a storage device that can perform data communication with the server device 10 through the Internet or the like. The database 13 includes a user information storage section 131 and a provider information storage section 132. A user information management table 131A (see FIG. 3) including a plurality of pieces of user registration information, and a point acquisition history table 131B (see FIG. 4), which will be described later, are stored in the user information storage section 131. Further, a provider information management table 132A (see FIG. 5) including a plurality of pieces of provider registration information is stored in the provider information storage unit 132. The user information management table 131A, the point acquisition history table 131B, and the provider information management table 132A are used for point grant processing and various arithmetic processing, which will be described later.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the user information management table 131A. As shown in FIG. 3, the user information management table 131A includes user ID, user name, set color, number of points held, color information associated with held points (point color information), point grant date and time, etc. The user registration information including the above is stored for each user ID.

Here, the user ID is identification information for identifying a registered user. The set color is color information (an example of attribute information of the present invention) that is individually set for each registered user. The point color information indicates a color associated with each point, and although not clearly shown in FIG. 3, the point color information for each point is registered in the user registration information. The number of points held indicates the remaining number of points held by the registered user. The point grant date and time is date and time information when the points were granted, and although not specified in FIG. 3, the date and time information for each point is registered in the user registration information.

The setting color indicates the attribute of the user registrant. In this embodiment, there are eight types of set colors; specifically, eight colors are red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, blue, magenta, and purple, which are said to be easy for humans to visually identify. It's a color. Any one of the eight colors described above is set for a plurality of registered users registered in the user information management table 131A. User registrants with the same set color form the same group. In other words, multiple registrants belong to one of multiple groups (eight groups), and the color set for the registrant identifies the affiliation relationship between each registrant. It is something. In other words, the set color identifies the group to which the registered user belongs.

Further, the set color is determined by the user management section 117 (see FIG. 2), which will be described later. Specifically, when the user management unit 117 performs a usage registration process to be described later, the setting color of the usage applicant is set to the same color as the setting color of the usage registrant who introduced the usage applicant. Ru.

Note that the types of set colors are not limited to eight colors, but may be at least two or more colors, and more preferably, the number of colors is the same as or greater than the upper limit (five) that can be held by the user registrant. The more the better.

In this embodiment, various setting values are determined for the points held by the user registrant. Note that each of these setting values is stored in the storage unit 12.

Specifically, a reset timing (an example of the second timing of the present invention) is determined at which the points held by the user registrant are reset to an initial value (predetermined number). Therefore, when the reset timing arrives, the held points are reset to the initial value. The reset timing is, for example, the timing at which a specific day of the week starts, and specifically, 00:00 every Monday. Further, the initial value is specifically five points associated with information (color code) indicating the setting color of the user registrant to whom points are given. Therefore, all registered users, excluding the provider of the ride sharing service, will lose the initial value (( 5).

Further, an upper limit value is set for the number of points held, and the upper limit value is set to five. In other words, the maximum number of points that a registered user can hold is five. Therefore, even if points are newly awarded by the point granting process described later, the number of held points will not exceed the upper limit (5).

Furthermore, a subtraction timing (an example of the first timing of the present invention) is determined at which the number of held points is reduced due to a timeout. The subtraction timing is set to a cycle shorter than the reset timing. Specifically, the subtraction timing is the timing at which the date changes (00:00). In other words, each time one day (24 hours) passes from the date change, the held points decrease by one. Note that if the number of points held is zero, it will not decrease any further.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the point acquisition history table 131B. As shown in FIG. 4, the point acquisition history table 131B includes, for each user ID, the cumulative number of points awarded within a predetermined set period, the number of colorful achievements (described later) achieved within the set period, etc. Acquisition history information including acquisition history information is stored for each user ID. Although the setting period can be arbitrarily set, in this embodiment, it is set to four weeks. Note that it is sufficient that the setting period is longer than the reset period (one week in this embodiment) in which the points held by the user registrant are reset to the initial value. Note that the acquisition history information managed in the point acquisition history table 131B includes the total number of all points awarded since registration for use, and the total number of times the colorful achievement has been achieved since registration for use. You can leave it there.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the provider information management table 132A. As shown in FIG. 5, the provider information management table 132A includes, as provider registration information regarding the provider registrant, the provider ID, the provider's name, the set color, the number of points held, and the number of automobiles. Individual information such as the number of years a driver's license has been acquired and the age of the provider is stored for each provider ID. The held points included in the provider registration information are points provided by the client when the service provider completes providing the service. The points held are managed separately from the points held by the above-mentioned user registrant, and there is no upper limit set, and they will not be reduced due to timeout.

The control section 11 controls the operation of each section of the server device 10. The control unit 11 includes control devices such as a CPU, ROM, and RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various calculation processes. The ROM is a nonvolatile storage medium in which control programs such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various arithmetic processes are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or nonvolatile storage medium that stores various types of information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (work area) for various arithmetic operations executed by the CPU. The control unit 11 controls the server device 10 by causing the CPU to execute various control programs stored in the ROM or the storage unit 12 in advance.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 11 includes an AC determining unit 111 (an example of an AC determining unit of the present invention), an attribute determining unit 112 (an example of an attribute determining unit of the present invention), and a point adding unit 113 (an example of an attribute determining unit of the present invention). Various processes such as point granting processing section), point resetting section 114 (example of point resetting processing section of the present invention), point subtraction section 115 (example of point subtraction processing section of the present invention), user management section 117, etc. Including. The control unit 11 functions as the various processing units when the CPU executes various calculation processes according to the control program. The control unit 11 or the CPU is an example of a computer that executes the control program. Note that a part or all of the processing units included in the control unit 11 may be configured with an electronic circuit. Further, the control program may be a program for causing a plurality of processors to function as the various processing units.

In the present embodiment, the point system 101 includes at least an exchange determining section 111 and an attribute determining section 112 included in the control section 11. Further, the point system 101 may further include a point adding section 113, a point resetting section 114, a point subtracting section 115, and a point display processing section 212, which will be described later, included in the control section 21 of the information terminal 20. good.

The interaction determination unit 111 performs a process (an interaction determination process) of determining whether or not registered users have actually met and interacted with each other. Such a determination is made based on the point grant request when a signal indicating a point grant request is received from the information terminal 20 used by each of the registrants.

The determination methods of the AC determination unit 111 include, for example, a first determination method in which determination is made based on position information received from each information terminal 20, and a second determination method in which determination is performed with reference to determination results received from each information terminal 20. Any of the following determination methods can be applied.

The first determination method is based on each location information when the point grant request transmitted from each information terminal 20 includes location information (GPS information) of each information terminal 20 that is a transmission source. The separation distance between each information terminal 20 is calculated, it is determined whether the separation distance is within a predetermined threshold value, and when the separation distance is within the predetermined threshold value, the owner of each information terminal 20 is This is a method of determining (presuming) that certain registrants are actually interacting face-to-face.

When a predetermined action is performed by a user registrant, each information terminal 20 acquires the position information using the GPS receiving unit 25 (see FIG. 6), and acquires the position information and the points including the user ID, etc. The grant request is transmitted to the server device 10 via the network N1. The predetermined action is, for example, an action of shaking each other's information terminal 20 or an input operation for transmitting the point grant request. The predetermined threshold value is a value that can be evaluated to indicate that each user registrant is interacting face-to-face, and is, for example, 1 m.

In the second determination method, if short-range wireless communication is performed between the information terminals 20 in advance while the registrants are actually face-to-face, each information terminal 20 acquires information through the short-range wireless communication. The distance between the respective information terminals 20 is calculated based on the location information of the other party's information terminal 20 and the location information of the own information terminal 20, and whether or not the distance is within the predetermined threshold value. is determined, and if the separation distance is within the predetermined threshold, it is determined (estimated) that the registrants who are the owners of each information terminal 20 are actually meeting each other and interacting with each other. Thereafter, each information terminal 20 transmits the point grant request including the determination result, the date and time of the short-range wireless communication, the user ID, etc. to the server device 10. Then, if the point grant request includes the determination result and the communication date and time is immediately before the date and time when the point grant request is received, the exchange determining unit 111 of the server device 10 grants the point grant request. It is determined (estimated) that the requesters who made the requests, that is, the registrants who are the owners of each information terminal 20, are actually meeting face-to-face and interacting with each other. Here, the short-range wireless communication is, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark).

In addition, in the second determination method, the short-range wireless communication is communication defined in international standards ISO/IEC 10536, ISO/IEC15693, ISO/IEC 15693, etc. (communication distance is about several tens of centimeters from close contact), or infrared communication. In the case of communication (communication distance is about 30 cm to 1 m), it is not necessary for each information terminal 20 to make a determination based on position information. In this case, the information terminal 20 transmits the point grant request including the success of the short-range wireless communication and the date and time of the communication to the server device 10, and the AC determining unit 111 of the server device 10 determines whether the short-range wireless communication is confirmed to have been successful, and if the communication date and time is immediately before the date and time when the point grant request was received, the registrants (requesters) who are the owners of each information terminal 20 actually meet face-to-face. It may be determined (estimated) that they are interacting with each other.

When the interaction determining unit 111 determines that the registrants have interacted with each other, the attribute determining unit 112 determines the color of each registrant of each user based on the setting color determined for each registrant of the user. A process (attribute determination process) is performed to determine whether or not the set colors are different. Specifically, when the user ID is sent from each information terminal 20 together with the point grant request, the attribute determination unit 112 refers to the user registration information in the user information storage unit 131 and The setting colors corresponding to each user ID are extracted, and it is determined whether the respective setting colors are different. Such a determination result is used for point assignment processing by the point addition unit 113, which will be described later.

When the interaction determining unit 111 determines that the registrants have interacted with each other, the point adding unit 113 assigns points including a color code indicating the set color of the interaction partner to each of the registrants who have interacted with each other. (new points) (point granting process) is performed. Here, the color code is identification information for identifying the set color. Specifically, the point adding unit 113 issues (generates) the new points including the color code indicating the set color of the interaction partner, and adds new points to the points registered in the user registration information in the user information storage unit 131. The user registration information is updated by adding the new points to the currently held points, and the issued new points are transmitted to the information terminal 20 that is the source of the point grant request. Note that in this embodiment, the number of new points to be newly issued will be explained as one, but the number of new points to be issued is arbitrary. For example, if it is determined that the registrants have interacted with each other, two or more new points may be issued and added to the points held by the registrants.

In this embodiment, when the attribute determining unit 112 determines that the set color of each user registrant is different, the point adding unit 113 registers the new points including the color code indicating the set color of the interaction partner. Granted to the user. For example, if the setting color of one user registrant with whom you interacted is red, and the setting color of the other user registrant is blue, the one user registrant will receive blue points (new points) that include the blue color code. Points) are newly awarded, and red points (new points) including the red color code are newly awarded to the other user registrant. Note that if the attribute determining unit 112 determines that the set color of each user registrant is the same, the point adding unit 113 determines that each user No points will be awarded to registrants.

In addition, when the number of points held by a user registrant to whom points are to be granted is the upper limit (5), the point adding unit 113 adds one of the points held by the user registrant to a new grant. A process of replacing the point with the new point (replacement process) is performed. The replacement process is performed to add the new points to the points held by the user registrant when the number of held points is the upper limit, and to maintain the number of held points at the upper limit.

Furthermore, when the number of points held by the user registrant to whom points are to be given is the upper limit (5), the point addition unit 113 adds the color indicated by the color code of each held point (hereinafter referred to as point color). ) is as different as possible. Specifically, if the color codes included in a plurality of points among the five held points are the same, that is, if the point colors of the plurality of points are the same, the point addition unit 113 adds the Replace any one of the plurality of points with the new point. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a process is performed in which the oldest point awarded among the plurality of points is replaced with the new point. For example, if there are two red points with a red color code among the five held points, in the replacement process, the red point with the oldest point grant date and time is the new point among the two red points. will be replaced with Even if the new points are red points, the oldest red points are replaced with the new points with the latest grant date and time.

In addition, if the color codes of the five points held by the user registrant are all different, that is, if the point colors of the five points are all different, the point addition unit 113 calculates the date and time of the most awarded points among the five points held by the registered user. replaces the old point with said new point. Specifically, if the point color of each of the five points held is white, red, orange, yellow, or green, and a new point with a point color different from these colors (for example, light blue) is granted. In this case, the point with the oldest grant date and time out of the five points is replaced with a new point. In addition, if new points are awarded with the same point color as any of the five colors mentioned above, the new points will be converted into new points regardless of the date and time of grant of each point held. Replaced. Such replacement processing is performed in order to maintain a colorful state in which all five points have different point colors.

The point reset unit 114 performs a process (point reset process) of resetting the points held by the user registrant to the initial value each time the predetermined reset timing arrives. This point reset process is executed for all registered users registered in the user information management table 131A. In this embodiment, the point reset unit 114 resets the points held by all registrants except for the provider of the ride sharing service to the initial value (5 points) when the date becomes Monday. . In other words, the reset cycle in which point reset processing is performed is one week. Here, the reset cycle is a period from the reset timing when the points held by the user registrant are reset to the initial value until the point is reset next time by the point reset process. Specifically, the point reset unit 114 erases all the held points registered in the user registration information in the user information storage unit 131, and then erases all the held points that are registered in the user registration information in the user information storage unit 131, and then erases the five points including the color code indicating the set color. Points are issued (generated) and added to the points held by registered users. The point colors of the five points issued in this case are all the same. In other words, all points of the same point color are issued. Further, the point reset unit 114 transmits information on the held points that have been reset to the initial value to the information terminal 20 that is the source of the point grant request.

The point subtraction unit 115 performs a process (point subtraction process) to reduce the points held by the user registrant every time the subtraction timing arrives. In this embodiment, the point subtraction unit 115 adds up the held points registered in the user registration information in the user information storage unit 131 every time one day (24 hours) passes from the subtraction timing. Performs processing to decrease by increments. In other words, the subtraction cycle in which the point subtraction process is performed is one day. Here, the subtraction cycle is a period from the subtraction timing at which the points held by the user registrant are subtracted until the next time the held points are subtracted by the point subtraction process. This subtraction period is shorter than the reset period. As described above, since the subtraction timing is set to the time when the date is changed, the point subtraction unit 115 decreases the held points by one each time the date changes. Further, the point subtraction unit 115 updates the held points registered in the user registration information every time the held points are decreased, and also updates the held points after the reduction to the point holding point that is sent to the sender of the point grant request. It is transmitted to the information terminal 20. In this embodiment, the reset period is one week and the subtraction period is one day, so after the points are reset by the point reset unit 114, the points decrease one by one until the next reset timing arrives. Until (until the reset period elapses), at least the same number of points as the initial value given at the time of reset is subtracted.

The user management unit 117 performs a process of registering the applicant's information in the user information management table 131A when a usage registration application for using the matching support system 100 is sent from the information terminal 20 to the server device 10. (use registration process). Note that the usage registration process will be described later.

[Information terminal 20]
The specific configuration of the information terminal 20 will be described below with reference to FIG. 6. Here, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information terminal 20.

As shown in FIG. 6, the information terminal 20 includes a control section 21, a storage section 22, an operation display section 23, a GPS reception section 25, a communication section 26, and the like. The information terminal 20 is a mobile terminal used by the registered user, and is, for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, or a tablet terminal.

The communication unit 26 is a communication interface that connects the information terminal 20 to the network N1 by wire or wirelessly and executes data communication with the server device 10 via the network N1 according to a predetermined communication protocol. Further, the communication unit 26 enables data communication between the information terminal 20 and other information terminals 20 and the information terminal 30 via wireless (for example, short-range wireless such as Bluetooth).

The storage unit 22 is a nonvolatile storage medium such as a flash memory that stores various information. The storage unit 22 stores control programs for causing the control unit 21 to perform various calculation processes, data used in various calculation processes, and the like.

The storage unit 22 also stores user registration information including the color set for the registered user, information on the points held by the registered user, the color code associated with each point, and the like.

The operation display unit 23 is a user interface that includes a display unit 23A such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays various information, and an operation unit (not shown) such as a mouse, keyboard, or touch panel that receives user operations. It is. The screens shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 are displayed on the display section 23A of the operation display section 23 in accordance with each procedure of the point assignment process described later.

Specifically, a home screen 41 (see FIG. 7), a confirmation screen 42 (see FIG. 8), and a charge screen 43 (see FIG. 9) are displayed on the display screen of the display unit 23A.

The home screen 41 is a screen that is first displayed when the user application is activated on the information terminal 20 in order to request a ride sharing service via the matching support system 100. As shown in FIG. 7, the home screen 41 includes a display frame 51 in which the user ID and the setting color of the registered user of the information terminal 20 are displayed, and a display frame 51 in which map data and the current location are displayed. A frame 52, a departure point input field 53, an arrival point input field 54, and a point confirmation button 55 are arranged.

The confirmation screen 42 is a screen displayed on the display section 23A when the point confirmation button 55 is pressed on the home screen 41. The confirmation screen 42 is also a screen that is displayed on the display unit 23A when the point grant request is transmitted from the information terminal 20 to the server device 10, and the confirmation screen 42 is a screen that is displayed on the display unit 23A, and the determination result by the AC determination unit 111 of the server device 10 is displayed. It is displayed on the display section 23A until it appears. In addition to the display frames 51 and 52 described above, the confirmation screen 42 includes a display frame 56 in which held points are displayed and a display frame 57 in which the determination result is displayed. The display frame 56 displays the currently held points.

The charging screen 43 is a screen that is displayed when the interaction determining unit 111 determines that registered users are interacting with each other and points are awarded. As shown in FIG. 9, in addition to the display frames 51, 52, 56, and 57 described above, an OK button 58 is arranged on the charge screen 43. On the charge screen 43, a display "CHARGE" indicating that points have been awarded is displayed in a display frame 57, and when the OK button 58 is pressed in this state, the award of points is confirmed.

In the present embodiment, in the confirmation screen 42 and charge screen 43, the display frame 56 includes circular marks 61 (see FIGS. 8 and 9), the same number as the number of points held, as marks indicating the points. A mark 61 having the same color as the point color indicated by the color code associated with the point is displayed. FIG. 8 shows an example in which three marks 61 are displayed, and FIG. 9 shows an example in which four marks 61 are displayed. Each of these marks 61 indicates the points held by the registered user, and the number of marks 61 indicates the number of points held by the registered user. The display color of each mark 61 is the point color indicated by the color code associated with the point. Note that a maximum of five marks 61 can be displayed in the display frame 56, but in FIGS. 8 and 9, empty areas for the marks 61 are shown by dotted lines for convenience.

The GPS receiving unit 25 acquires current position information of the information terminal 20. The GPS receiving unit 25 receives signals from GPS satellites and further performs predetermined arithmetic processing to detect a position on the earth.

The control section 21 controls the operation of each section of the information terminal 20. The control unit 11 includes control devices such as a CPU, ROM, and RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various calculation processes. The ROM is a nonvolatile storage medium in which control programs such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various arithmetic processes are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or nonvolatile storage medium that stores various types of information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (work area) for various arithmetic operations executed by the CPU. The control unit 21 controls the information terminal 20 by causing the CPU to execute various control programs stored in advance in the ROM or storage unit 22.

As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 21 includes various processing units such as a point grant request transmission unit 211 and a point display processing unit 212. The control unit 21 functions as the various processing units when the CPU executes various calculation processes according to the control program. The control unit 21 or the CPU is an example of a computer that executes the control program. Note that a part or all of the processing units included in the control unit 21 may be configured with an electronic circuit. Further, the control program may be a program for causing a plurality of processors to function as the various processing units.

When the user registrant performs the above-described predetermined action (shaking of the information terminal 20 or input operation for transmitting a point grant request), the point grant request transmitter 211 transmits the points through the network N1. A process of transmitting a grant request to the server device 10 (transmission process) is performed.

The point display processing unit 212 performs a process (display process) of displaying the points held by the user registrant together with the set color on the display screen of the display unit 23A of the operation display unit 23. As described above, the color code is associated with each held point. Therefore, in this embodiment, the point display processing unit 212 displays the mark 61 with the point color indicated by the associated color code in the display frame 56 of the display unit 23A as the held points. In this way, instead of simply displaying the remaining number of points held, a mark 61 of a predetermined point color is displayed, so the registered user can see what color points they have. It can be easily understood visually.

Hereinafter, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the usage performed by the server device 10 when applying for usage registration for the matching support system 100 to the server device 10 using the information terminal 20. An example of the registration processing procedure will be described. In the following explanation, an applicant who wishes to register for use starts a predetermined application for application for use registration on the information terminal 20, and this application receives the application for use registration and various input information from the information terminal 20, which will be described later. is transmitted to the server device 10.

First, in step S31, the control unit 11 determines whether a usage registration application has been received from the information terminal 20. Upon receiving the usage registration application, the control unit 11 displays a user information input screen (not shown) on the information terminal 20, presents the screen to the applicant, and inputs the application information necessary for the usage registration application. Prompt for input (S32). The above application information includes personal information necessary for user registration (applicant's name, gender, age, address, contact information, photo certificate data, etc.) and usage information of the introducer (registered user) who introduced the applicant. person ID (introducer ID).

In the next step S33, the control unit 11 receives the application information (personal information, introducer ID) required for usage registration through the user information input screen of the information terminal 20. Determine whether information has been acquired. If it is determined in step S33 that the application information has not been input and that application cancellation has been input (S34), the series of processes ends. On the other hand, when the application information is input in step S33, a process of comparing the input information with the input certificate data is performed in the next step S35.

In step S35, if it is determined that the verification does not match (No in S35), the control unit 11 outputs error information indicating a verification error to the applicant's information terminal 20 (S36). After that, the series of processing ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S35 that there is a match (Yes in S35), the control unit 11 accepts (permits) the usage registration application. Then, the control unit 11 issues an ID (user ID) of the applicant (S37), further generates user registration information including the user ID and the application information, and creates a user information management table. 131A (see FIG. 3) (S38). Further, the control unit 11 registers, in the generated user registration information, a set color that is the same as the set color set for the introducer in association with the user ID (S39). In other words, the color set by the applicant is set to the same color as that of the introducer. Note that at this point, since the points are not issued to the applicant, the number of points held by the applicant is zero, and the fact that the number of points is zero is registered in the user registration information.

After that, the control unit 11 transmits user registration information including the applicant's user ID, setting color, and number of points held (zero) to the information terminal 20 that sent the usage registration application (S40), and then The process ends.

In addition, in the information terminal 20 that has received the user registration information, when the user application is started, the control unit 21 displays the user ID and the setting color in the display frame 51 of the home screen 41. . Note that since the number of held points is zero, the mark 61 indicating the held points is not displayed in the display frame 56 of the confirmation screen 42 at this point.

Hereinafter, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 11, an example of the procedure of a point granting process for granting points to a user registrant (requester) who has requested point granting will be described, as well as a point granting method of the present invention. In the following explanation, there are two people requesting point granting, and each requester starts the user application on his or her own information terminal 20, and the user application issues point grant requests and various other requests from the information terminal 20. It is assumed that the information is transmitted to the server device 10.

First, in step S51, the control unit 11 determines whether a point grant request has been received from each information terminal 20. More specifically, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the point grant request is received from each information terminal 20 within a predetermined time (for example, several seconds). As described above, the point grant request includes the user ID registered in the information terminal 20 of the sender, determination information used in the interaction determination process described below, and the like.

When the control unit 11 receives the point grant request, it performs the above-mentioned interaction determination process to determine whether or not the registrants who have transmitted the point grant requests have had face-to-face interaction with each other (S52). Here, step S52 is an example of an AC determining step of the present invention.

The interaction determination process in step S52 is performed based on the first determination method or the second determination method described above, with reference to the user ID, the determination information, etc. included in the point grant request. In addition, when the exchange determination process based on the said 1st determination method is performed, the said determination information is the positional information of the information terminal 20, a user ID, etc.. In addition, when the exchange determination process based on the second determination method is performed, the determination information may include the result (determination result) of the determination process executed on the information terminal 20 or the information between the information terminals 20 of each user registrant. The communication information includes the date and time of the short-range wireless communication, the user ID, and the like.

If it is determined in step S52 that face-to-face interaction has taken place between the registrants, the process proceeds to step S53. Furthermore, if it is determined that the interaction has not occurred, the series of processing ends without any points being awarded.

In the next step S53, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the setting color of each user registrant is different based on the setting color determined for each user registrant with whom the interaction has been performed. The attribute determination process described above is performed.

If it is determined in step S53 that the set colors are different, the process proceeds to step S54. Furthermore, if it is determined that the set colors are the same, the series of processing ends without any points being awarded.

In the next step S54, the control unit 11 performs the above-described point granting process of granting the points to each user registrant with whom the interaction has been performed. That is, in this embodiment, new points are given to each registered user when the registered users actually meet and interact with each other. The points awarded in step S54 are points associated with a color code indicating the color set by the interaction partner; in other words, they are points with the same point color as the color set by the interaction partner. Note that step S54 is an example of a point granting step of the present invention. When the new points are awarded in step S54, the number of new points awarded is added to the cumulative number of points included in the acquisition history information managed in the point acquisition history table 131B (see FIG. 4). (S55).

In the next step S56, the control unit 11 refers to the user registration information of each user registrant from the user information management table 131A (see FIG. 3), and determines whether the number of points held before point grant is the upper limit ( 5). Here, if it is determined that the number of held points is less than the upper limit (No in S56), the control unit 11 adds the new points to the points included in the user registration information (S62), and adds the new points to the points included in the user registration information. Update user registration information. After that, the process advances to step S63.

On the other hand, in step S56, if it is determined that the number of points held before point grant is the upper limit value (Yes in S56), in the next step S57, the control unit 11 controls the number of points registered in the user registration information. It is determined whether or not there are a plurality of points having the same point color among the points having the upper limit value. This determination is made based on the point color information (see FIG. 3) included in the user registration information.

If it is determined in step S57 that there are multiple points having the same point color (Yes in S57), the process proceeds to step S58. Further, if it is determined that there are no plural points having the same point color (No in S57), that is, if it is determined that all the points have different point colors, the process proceeds to step S59.

In step S58, the control unit 11 performs a replacement process in which, among a plurality of points having the same point color, the point with the oldest point grant date and time (point grant date and time) is replaced with the new point to be newly granted. I do. Specifically, the control unit 11 deletes the points to be replaced from the held points registered in the user registration information, adds the new points, and updates the user registration information. . After that, the process advances to step S63. Note that the point grant date and time is determined with reference to the user registration information (see FIG. 4) in the user information management table 131A. For example, if the point colors indicated by the color codes of the five points you own are white, red, red, yellow, and green, then of the two points with the same red point color, the point with the older point grant date and time is Replaced with the new point. Since such replacement processing is performed, the new points can be incorporated into the owned points while maintaining the number of owned points at the upper limit value.

In the next step S59, the control unit 11 determines whether or not there is a point of the same point color as the new point to be newly given among the upper limit points registered in the user registration information. Perform processing (judgment processing). This determination process is performed based on the point color information (see FIG. 3) included in the user registration information.

In step S59, if it is determined that there is a point with the same point color as the new point (Yes in S59), the process proceeds to step S60, and if it is determined that there is no point (No in S59), the process proceeds to step S61. move on.

In step S60, the control unit 11 performs a replacement process to replace a point having the same point color as the new point with the new point. Specifically, the control unit 11 deletes points having the same point color from the held points registered in the user registration information, adds the new points, and updates the user registration information. Update. After that, the process advances to step S65.

Further, in step S61, the control unit 11 performs a replacement process of replacing the point with the oldest point grant date and time among the held points with the newly granted point. Specifically, the control unit 11 deletes the oldest point given to the points registered in the user registration information, adds the new points, and adds the new points to the held points registered in the user registration information. Update. After that, the process advances to step S65.

In step S63, with the new points given and the user registration information updated, the control unit 11 determines that if the number of points held is the upper limit, the point colors of all points are A process (determination process) is performed to determine whether or not they are different. This determination process is performed based on the point color information (see FIG. 3) included in the user registration information.

In step S63, if it is determined that all the point colors are different (Yes in S63), the control unit 11 controls the point colors included in the acquisition history information managed in the point acquisition history table 131B (see FIG. 4) The number of colorful achievements is added by one (S64). After that, the process advances to step S65. Here, if the point colors of the five points are all different, marks 61 in five colors will be displayed in the display frame 56 of the display section 23A of the information terminal 20; The five marks 61 become colorful. In this way, when the display frame 56 enters the colorful state, it is determined that the colorful state has been achieved, and the number of times the colorful state has been achieved is updated. Note that if it is determined that all the point colors are not different, the process advances to step S65 without updating in step S64.

In the next step S65, the control unit 11 performs a process (transmission process) of transmitting information regarding points (point information) included in the updated user registration information to each information terminal 20 that is the source of the point grant request. I do. The point information includes the number of updated points, the point color of each point, the cumulative number of points awarded within the set period (see FIG. 4), the number of times the colorful achievement has been achieved, and the like. When the information terminal 20 receives the point information, the control unit 21 of the information terminal 20 displays a mark 61 of a predetermined point color in the display frame 56 of the confirmation screen 42 and charge screen 43.

Hereinafter, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 12, an example of the procedure of a point reset process for resetting the points held by a registrant user and a point subtraction process for subtracting the points held by a registrant user will be described. The point reset process and the point subtraction process are performed by the control unit 11 of the server device 10.

First, in step S71, the control unit 11 determines whether the predetermined reset timing has arrived. As described above, in this embodiment, the reset timing is the time (point in time) when the day of the week changes to Monday. Therefore, specifically, the control unit 11 uses the clock function installed in the server device 10 to determine whether the date and time has reached 00:00 on Monday.

In step S71, if it is determined that the reset timing has arrived (Yes in S71), the process proceeds to step S72, and if it is determined that the reset timing has not yet arrived (No in S71), the process continues. The process advances to step S73.

In step S72, the control unit 11 resets the points held by all registered users to the initial value (5 points). Specifically, the control unit 11 erases all points held by all registrants registered in the user registration information of the user information management table 131A, and then issues (generates) five points. , will be added as points held by registered users. The five points issued at this time are all points that include a color code indicating the color set by each user registrant.

When the held points are reset in step S72, the control unit 11 performs a process of transmitting point information including information on the held points after the reset to the information terminals 20 of all registered users (S73). After that, the process advances to step S74. Note that when the information terminal 20 receives the point information, the control unit 21 of the information terminal 20 displays a mark 61 corresponding to the reset points in the display frame 56 of the confirmation screen 42 and charge screen 43.

In step S74, the control unit 11 determines whether the predetermined subtraction timing has arrived. As described above, in this embodiment, the subtraction timing is the timing at which the date changes (00:00). Therefore, specifically, the control unit 11 uses the clock function installed in the server device 10 to determine whether the time has reached 00:00.

If it is determined in step S74 that the subtraction timing has arrived (Yes in S74), the process proceeds to step S75. Note that in step S74, the determination process in step S74 is continued until the subtraction timing arrives.

In the next step S75, the control unit 11 performs a process of reducing the points held by the registered user. This process is performed on the points held by all registered users. Specifically, each time the subtraction timing arrives, the control unit 11 subtracts one point from the points held by all registrants registered in the user registration information of the user information management table 131A, and Update the points held in user registration information.

Thereafter, in step S76, the control unit 11 performs a process of transmitting point information including information on held points after subtraction to the information terminals 20 of all registered users. Thereafter, the process returns to step S71, and the processes from step S71 onwards are repeated. Note that when the information terminal 20 receives the point information, the control unit 21 of the information terminal 20 displays a mark 61 corresponding to the points after subtraction in the display frame 56 of the confirmation screen 42 and charge screen 43.

As explained above, in the point system 101 of this embodiment, when it is determined that the registered users have actually interacted with each other, the number of points held by each registered user increases. This allows a relationship of trust to be built between registrants through interaction. As a result, opportunities to use the local services such as ride sharing increase, and the level of security in providing the local services also increases, promoting the use of the local services. Furthermore, if the number of points held by a registered user decreases due to new use of the regional service, the registered user will naturally join other registered users in order to receive points in order to receive the new provision of the regional service. Attempt to communicate with each other. In other words, interaction between registrants is further encouraged, leading to interaction between registrants again. By creating a chain or cycle of communication like this, interaction in the area to which registered users belong will be further promoted, and by realizing a large number of interactions, it will be possible to naturally build relationships of mutual trust. Become.

Further, in the information terminal 20, a mark 61 with a predetermined point color is displayed in the display frame 56 of the display section 23A as the points held by the registered user. In this way, the remaining number of points held is not simply displayed as a number, but a mark 61 of a predetermined point color is displayed, so the registered user can check how many points he/she has, or It is possible to visually and easily grasp what color points are held. In addition, since the marks 61 that can be visually grasped are displayed, registered users are motivated to collect marks 61 of various colors and actively try to interact with other registered users. . As a result, a relationship of trust can be built with a large number of registered users.

Additionally, when new points are granted to a registrant who has the maximum number of points (5), any of the points held will be replaced with new points in steps S58, S60, and S61 described above. Ru. Thereby, the number of points held by the user registrant can be maintained at the upper limit value.

Additionally, if new points are granted to a registrant who has the maximum number of points (5), any of the points with the same point color will be replaced with the new points. Ru. Specifically, in step S58 described above, out of the plurality of points, the point with the oldest awarded date and time is replaced with the new points. This makes it easier for the mark 61 indicating a plurality of held points to become colorful, further increasing the user's motivation to collect points.

Further, if the number of held points is the upper limit (5) and the held points include points of the same color as the new points given, in step S60 described above, the points of the same color are converted to new points. Replaced. Furthermore, if the points of the same color as the newly awarded points are not included in the retained points, in step S61 described above, the oldest points awarded among the retained points are replaced with the new points. As a result, it is possible to maintain the number of points held at the upper limit, and to maintain a colorful state in which each of the five points held has a different color, and furthermore, it is possible to incorporate points with a new grant date and time into the held points. .

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the points held by all registered users are reset to the initial value each time the reset timing arrives. Therefore, even if the number of points held reaches zero before the reset timing arrives, new points will be given to the initial value, so the registered user will be able to use local services such as ride sharing again. becomes possible. Further, even if the held points become the colorful state before the reset timing arrives, the points are reset to the single color (the set color) again. Therefore, the registrants are motivated to return their points to the colorful state again, thereby promoting interaction between the registrants.

Also, each time the subtraction timing arrives, one point is subtracted from the points held by all registered users. Further, the subtraction timing is set to a cycle shorter than the reset timing. Therefore, the point subtraction process is always performed before the reset timing arrives. As a result, each time the subtraction timing arrives, the points held by the registrant are gradually reduced, so that the registrant can be motivated to use the points before they are lost. As a result, it is possible to promote the use of points by registered users, it is also possible to promote the use of local services as mutual aid activities, and it is also possible to activate local communication through the mutual aid activities. Further, if the points are deducted before the points held are reset to the initial value, the registered user becomes motivated to compensate for the decrease in the points held. In other words, registrants try to interact with other registrants to compensate for the decrease. As a result, the registrants will actively interact with each other, leading to building a relationship of trust between the registrants.

Note that in the above-described embodiment, the setting color (color information) that is individually set for each registrant user is illustrated as an example of the attribute information of the registrant user, but the attribute information is limited to the setting color. do not have. For example, it may be shape information indicating a shape (circle, square, diamond, double circle, oval, etc.) that is individually set for each registered user, or it may be a combination of the shape information and the color information. The information may be

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, in the point granting process, the process in which there are two requesters for point granting is illustrated, but in the present invention, when three or more requesters request point granting, each It is also applicable to a processing example in which new points are given to each requester.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a specific example was given for the reset timing and the subtraction timing, but the reset timing and the subtraction timing are not limited to the above-described specific example. For example, the reset timing may be any timing as long as it has a cycle longer than the subtraction timing.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the point system 101 as an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, but the present invention can also be regarded as a matching support system 100 that includes the point system 101. Further, the point system 101 and the matching support system 100 may both be configured by a single server device 10, or the server device 10 and one or more information terminals 20 used by the user registrant. It may also be composed of:

10: Server device 11: Control section 12: Storage section 13: Communication section 20, 30: Information terminal 21: Control section 23: Operation display section 23A: Display section 41: Home screen 42: Confirmation screen 43: Charge screen 61: Mark 100: Matching support system 101: Point system 111: Interaction determination unit 112: Attribute determination unit 113: Point addition unit 114: Point reset unit 115: Point subtraction unit 117: User management unit 131: User information storage unit 131A: Usage provider information management table 131B: point acquisition history table 132: provider information storage section 132A: provider information management table 211: point grant request transmission section 212: point display processing section

Claims (12)

A point system that grants points that can be used for local services provided in a given area to a plurality of users belonging to a predetermined area,
The point system includes one or more processors,
the one or more processors,
an interaction determination unit that determines whether the users have interacted face-to-face based on a signal received from a terminal device used by the users ;
a point granting processing unit that grants points including attribute information of the interaction partner to each user who has interacted when the interaction determining unit determines that the users have interacted with each other ;
A point system that functions as the one or more processors,
further functioning as an attribute determining unit that determines whether the attributes of each user are different based on the attribute information of each user when the interaction determining unit determines that an interaction has occurred between the users;
2. The point system according to claim 1, wherein the point granting processing unit grants points including attribute information of an interaction partner to each user when the attribute determination unit determines that the attributes of each user are different. Further comprising a point storage unit that stores points held by each of the plurality of users,
The point grant processing unit is
Claim 1 or 2, wherein when the number of points held by a user to whom points are granted is a predetermined upper limit, any of the points held by the user is replaced with new points to be newly granted. Point system described. The point grant processing unit is
4. The point system according to claim 3, wherein when a plurality of points among the held points each include the same attribute information, any one of the plurality of points is replaced with the new point. The point grant processing unit is
5. The point system according to claim 4, wherein the oldest point awarded among the plurality of points is replaced with the new point. The point grant processing unit is
4. The point system according to claim 3, wherein when each of the held points includes attribute information different from each other, the oldest point given among the held points is replaced with the new point. The plurality of users belong to one of a plurality of predetermined groups, and the attribute information of each of the plurality of users identifies the group to which the plurality of users belong,
7. The point system according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information is either color information or shape information that can identify the group. the one or more processors,
The point system according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , further functioning as a point subtraction processing unit that reduces points held by a user every time a predetermined first timing arrives. the one or more processors,
9. The point system according to claim 1 , further functioning as a point reset processing section that resets the points held by the user to a predetermined number each time a predetermined second timing arrives. the one or more processors,
10. The point system according to claim 1 , further functioning as a point display processing section that displays points held by a user on a display section of the terminal device together with the attribute information. A point granting method for granting points that can be used for local services provided in a predetermined region to multiple users belonging to a predetermined region, the method comprising:
an interaction determination step of determining that the users have interacted face-to-face based on a signal received from a terminal device used by the users;
a point granting step of granting points including attribute information of the interaction partner to each user who has already interacted when it is determined that the users have interacted with each other in the interaction determining step, by one or more processors; How to award points. A program for granting points that can be used for regional services provided in the region by one or more processors to a plurality of users belonging to a predetermined region, the program comprising:
A program for causing the one or more processors to execute the steps of the point awarding method according to claim 11.

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