JP7471487B1 - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To reduce the burden on operators. [Solution] An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires application information to be approved as a store that can use electronic payment services, and an information processing unit that executes processing to acquire the results of a search performed by a search engine that provides services via a network using information on one or more items of a plurality of items included in the application information as a query, and to display the acquired search results on a display unit that is visually confirmed by an examiner who examines the application information. [Selected Figure] Figure 1

Description

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

Conventionally, there is known a determination device that determines whether a store's credit information satisfies a determination condition for whether the store can be recognized as a store that conducts credit-based transactions (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Patent No. 6438138

Conventional technology sometimes fails to reduce the burden on service operators in terms of making judgments.

The present invention was made in consideration of these circumstances, and one of its objectives is to provide an information processing device, information processing method, and program that can reduce the burden on operators.

One aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that includes an acquisition unit that acquires application information for obtaining permission to operate a store that can use electronic payment services, and an information processing unit that acquires the results of a search performed by a search engine that provides a service via a network using information on one or more items among a plurality of items included in the application information as a query, and displays the acquired search results on a display unit that is visually viewable by an examiner who examines the application information.

Another aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that includes an acquisition unit that acquires application information for obtaining permission to be a store that can use electronic payment services, and an information processing unit that uses information on one or more items among a plurality of items included in the application information as a query, acquires the results of a search performed by a search engine that provides services via a network, and compares the acquired search results with the application information to determine whether or not the store can be authorized to use the electronic payment services.

Another aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that includes an acquisition unit that acquires multiple pieces of application information corresponding to one application for permission to operate a store that can use electronic payment services, and an information processing unit that groups application information that has common characteristics among target information that is one or both of first information included in the application information and second information that is the result of a predetermined review based on the application information, and generates grouped application information.

According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can reduce the burden on the administrator.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration for realizing an electronic payment service. FIG. 1 is a sequence diagram (part 1) illustrating an example of a general flow of electronic payment. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram (part 2) illustrating an example of a general flow of electronic payment. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a payment server 100 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of user information 172. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of affiliated store/store information 176. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the examination server 200. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of application information 272. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining crawling. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a search result. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining information on excluded web pages. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of processing information 276. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining an emphasized aspect. 1 is a sequence diagram showing an example of a flow of processes executed by the examination server 200, the administrator terminal device 300, and the search server 400. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the results of a search in which information related to business details is emphasized over other information. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of keyword information 278. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a process flow executed by the examination server 200. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the payment service of the fourth embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining grouping. A diagram showing an example of application list information 280. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a process flow relating to allocation. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of load information 282. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of group information 284 stored in the storage unit 270. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of distribution list information 286. FIG.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, an embodiment of an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program of the present invention will be described. An application program and a payment server work together to provide an electronic payment service. In the following description, the application program is referred to as a payment application. An electronic payment service is a service that supports payments related to the purchase of goods and services at a store. A store is, for example, a physical store (real store) that exists in real space, but may also include a virtual store for electronic commerce. A virtual store may also include a store provided by an entity other than the operator of the electronic payment service. In that case, when making a payment for a purchase at a virtual store, the screen is controlled to transition to an interface screen of the electronic payment service. In an electronic payment service, a store is treated as belonging to, for example, an affiliated store (brand), and processing such as payment when a purchase is made at a store is mainly performed between the user and the affiliated store. Alternatively, processing such as payment may be performed between the user and the store.

First Embodiment
[Electronic payment service]
1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration for realizing an electronic payment service. The electronic payment service is realized mainly by a payment server 100. The payment service communicates with, for example, one or more user terminal devices 10, one or more first store terminal devices 50, one or more second store terminal devices 70, the payment server 100, the examination server 200, the administrator terminal device 300, and the search server 400 via a network NW. The network NW includes, for example, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a wireless base station, a provider device, and the like.

The user terminal device 10 is, for example, a portable terminal device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The user terminal device 10 is a computer device having at least an optical reading function, a communication function, a display function, an input acceptance function, and a program execution function. In the following description, the components for realizing these functions are referred to as a camera, a communication device, a touch panel, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), etc. In the user terminal device 10, a processor such as a CPU executes a payment app 20, which operates in cooperation with the payment server 100 to provide electronic payment services to users. The payment app 20 is installed in the user terminal device 10 from, for example, an application store, and controls the camera, communication device, touch panel, etc.

The first store terminal device 50 is installed, for example, in a store. The first store terminal device 50 is a computer device having at least a product price acquisition function, an optical reading function, a program execution function, and a communication function. The first store terminal device 50 includes a so-called POS (Point of Sale) device, and the product price acquisition function and the optical reading function may be realized by the POS device. The store code image 60 is placed in the store, and is a code image such as a QR code (registered trademark) printed on a paper or plastic medium. The store code image 60 may be displayed on a display placed in the store (which may be the display of a terminal device such as a smartphone).

The second store terminal device 70 is used by the operator of the affiliated store. The second store terminal device 70 is a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, etc. An interface 72 for affiliated stores runs on the second store terminal device 70. The interface 72 for affiliated stores may be an app for affiliated stores or a browser. The interface 72 for affiliated stores accepts coupon settings and the like made by the operator of the affiliated store and transmits them to the payment server 100. The second store terminal device 70, which is a smartphone, has the function of displaying a code image equivalent to a store code image and reading a code image displayed by the user terminal device 10 by executing the app for affiliated stores.

The payment server 100 realizes electronic payment based on payment information received from the user terminal device 10 or the first store terminal device 50. The first store terminal device 50 may include a POS device and an affiliated store server, in which case the payment information is sent from the POS device to the payment server 100 via the affiliated store server. In the following explanation, no distinction is made between these two, and it is assumed that the payment information is sent from the first store terminal device 50.

Figures 2 and 3 are sequence diagrams illustrating the general flow of electronic payment. There may be two patterns for electronic payment: pattern 1 and pattern 2.

In the case of pattern 1 (hereinafter referred to as user scan) shown in FIG. 2, the user terminal device 10 with the payment application 20 activated decodes the store code image 60 by the optical reading function (S1). The store code image 60 includes store URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information. This store URL is the domain of the electronic payment service to which information capable of identifying the store is added, and is associated with the affiliated store ID, store ID, etc. in the payment server 100 (described later). The payment application 20 transmits the first payment information including the store URL and the account ID to the payment server 100 (S2). The payment server 100 searches for store information (described later) from the affiliated store ID and store ID corresponding to the store URL, acquires the affiliated store name and store name information (S3), and transmits it to the payment application 20 (S4). The user inputs the payment amount into the user terminal device 10 on the screen on which the affiliated store name and store name are displayed (S5). Then, the user terminal device 10 generates second payment information including at least the payment amount and transmits it to the payment server 100 (S6). The payment server 100 performs electronic payment based on the received second payment information (S7). The payment server 100 then transmits a payment completion notice (information for displaying a payment completion screen) to the payment application 20 (S8), and the payment application 20 displays the payment completion screen (S9). Note that when the store code image 60 is displayed on a display installed in the store, the store code image 60 may include not only the store URL but also information on the payment amount. In this case, the procedure in which the user inputs the payment amount is omitted, and the first payment information is transmitted to the payment server 100 with the information on the payment amount included. Information on the affiliated store name and store name may be included and displayed on the payment completion screen.

In the case of pattern 2 (hereinafter referred to as store scan) shown in FIG. 3, when the payment app 20 is started, when a payment operation is performed in the payment app 20, when the automatic update timing (for example, every minute) occurs, and at other timings, the payment app 20 sends a request to issue a one-time code to the payment server 100 (S11). The payment server 100 generates a one-time code (S12) and sends it to the payment app 20 (S13). The payment app 20 displays a code image such as a QR code or a barcode generated based on the one-time code (S14). The user holds (presents) the display surface of the user terminal device 10 over the first store terminal device 50, and the first store terminal device 50 decodes the code image using an optical reading function and obtains the one-time code, etc. (S15). Then, the first store terminal device 50 generates payment information including the one-time code, payment amount, affiliated store ID, store ID, etc., and sends it to the payment server 100 (S16). The payment amount information is acquired in advance by reading a barcode or manually entering it. Based on the received information, the payment server 100 identifies the user corresponding to the one-time code and performs electronic payment (S17). The payment server 100 then sends a payment completion notice to the payment application 20 (S18), and the payment application 20 displays a payment completion screen (S19).

Note that electronic payment may be made using only one of the above patterns. Furthermore, the "account ID" described in FIG. 2 may be other information (e.g., a phone number) that can be used as user identification information. Furthermore, issuance of a one-time code may be omitted in the store scan, and the payment app 20 may display a code image generated based on the user's account ID. In that case, the payment server 100 identifies the user corresponding to the account ID instead of identifying the user corresponding to the one-time code.

[Payment server]
4 is a configuration diagram of the payment server 100 according to the first embodiment. The payment server (service providing server) 100 includes, for example, a communication unit 110, a content providing unit 120, a payment processing unit 130, an information management unit 140, and a storage unit 170. The components other than the communication unit 110 and the storage unit 170 are realized by, for example, a hardware processor such as a CPU executing a program (software). Some or all of these components may be realized by hardware (including circuitry) such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), or a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or may be realized by cooperation between software and hardware. The program may be stored in advance in a storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or flash memory (a storage device with a non-transient storage medium), or may be stored in a removable storage medium (non-transient storage medium) such as a DVD or CD-ROM, and installed in the storage device by inserting the storage medium into a drive device.

The storage unit 170 is a HDD, flash memory, RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. The storage unit 170 may be a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device that the payment server 100 can access via a network. The storage unit 170 stores information such as user information 172, payment content information 174, and affiliated store/shop information 176.

The communication unit 110 is a communication interface for connecting to the network NW. The communication unit 110 is, for example, a network interface card.

The content providing unit 120 has, for example, a web server function, and provides information (content) for displaying various screens of the electronic payment service to the user terminal device 10. The content providing unit 120 reads out the necessary content from the payment content information 174 as appropriate, and provides it to the user terminal device 10. The user terminal device 10 accepts various inputs by the user while the content is being played by the payment application 20, and transmits the aforementioned payment information and the like to the payment server 100.

The payment processing unit 130 performs payment processing based on the payment information transmitted by the user terminal device 10 or the first store terminal device 50. The payment processing unit 130 performs payment processing while referring to the user information 172.

5 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the user information 172. The user information 172 is an example of the registration information of a user. The user information 172 is, for example, a user URL, an account ID, a telephone number, a password, as well as information associated with an email address, a user ID, a name, an address, a date of birth, a registration date, a charge balance, a deferred payment setting, a deferred payment limit, a deferred payment usage amount, a deferred payment available amount, a payment method setting, a bank account, a credit card number, a charge history information, and a payment history information. The user URL is used for a remittance process between users. When registering for the electronic payment service, it is necessary to register a telephone number and a password. The account ID is issued to the user by the payment server 100, and the user ID is an ID that can be set by the user at will (does not have to be set). The email address, and the name, address, and date of birth are also information that can be set by the user at will (does not have to be set). The registration date is the date on which the user registered for the electronic payment service (the date on which the account was created). Hereinafter, the user instance (electronic payment account) to which this information is associated will be referred to as an account.

The charge balance is information indicating the balance of electronic money that is set by the user by transferring money to the account in advance. The means of transfer include transfer from an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) of a designated company (bank) and transfer from a registered bank account. The deferred payment setting is information indicating whether or not the setting for enabling electronic payment by deferred payment has been completed, and is set to either "completed" or "not completed." The deferred payment limit is the limit of deferred payment that can be used each month, the deferred payment usage amount is the amount of deferred payment that has already been used in the current month, and the available deferred payment amount is the amount of deferred payment that can be used in the current month, which is calculated by subtracting the deferred payment usage amount from the deferred payment limit. In the figure, only one deferred payment limit is shown, but in reality, there is also a daily upper limit, and the lower of these may be set as the deferred payment limit. Further details of deferred payment will be described later. The payment method setting is setting information indicating whether the user will make electronic payment using the charge balance or payment by deferred payment at that time. The bank account and credit card number are information on a bank account or credit card number (account number, card number) that can be used to deposit funds into an electronic payment service. The charge history information is a history of the user transferring funds to the electronic payment service in advance to increase the charge balance. The payment history information is information that indicates the details of payments made by the user for each payment (date and time, store ID of the store where the purchase was made, payment amount, payment method, etc.).

Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of affiliated store/store information 176. Affiliated store/store information 176 includes, for example, a first table 176A in which an affiliated store ID and a store ID are associated with a store URL, a second table 176B in which an affiliated store name and sales amount (described above) are associated with an affiliated store ID, and a third table 176C in which a store ID is associated with a store ID. In addition to this information, affiliated store/store information 176 may also include information such as the affiliated store or store category, the store's location, and payment patterns.

The information management unit 140 manages the user information 172 and the affiliated store/store information 176 based on information acquired from the user terminal device 10 and the second store terminal device 70. The information management unit 140 adds new records, edits, deletes, etc. for the user information 172 and the affiliated store/store information 176.

[Electronic Payment]
When payment information is acquired from the user terminal device 10 or the first store terminal device 50, the payment processing unit 130 refers to the user information 172 to acquire the "payment method setting" of the user. For a user whose "payment method setting" is set to "charge balance", the payment processing unit 130 performs electronic payment as follows. For example, the payment processing unit 130 performs electronic payment by decreasing the charge balance managed in association with the user ID and increasing the item value of the affiliated store's sales. The item value of the affiliated store's sales is not used as electronic money itself, for example, but an amount corresponding to the item value of the sales is transferred to a bank account in a cycle according to an agreement between the affiliated store and the electronic payment service.

The payment processing unit 130 performs electronic payment for users whose "setting information" is set to "deferred payment" as follows. Deferred payment is set separately from "credit payment" in cooperation with a credit card company, which is a separate entity from the operator of the electronic payment service, and the operator of the electronic payment service acts as the creditor and allows electronic payment that is not dependent on the charge balance within the deferred payment limit. In order to receive the deferred payment service, it may be required to obtain a credit card provided by the operator of the electronic payment service. The amount used for deferred payment is settled on the payment date of the following month, for example, by debiting from a bank account, for one month's worth. In this case, the payment processing unit 130 performs provisional payment by adding the settlement amount to the deferred payment amount and subtracting the same amount from the available deferred payment amount, and when the closing date comes, it performs processing to debit the payment for the current month on the payment date of the following month as described above. In addition, if the settlement amount exceeds the available deferred payment amount at the time of provisional payment, an error notification is returned to the payment application 20.

[Inspection server]
The screening server 200 supports the screening of applications. An application is an application by an applicant (e.g., a business operator) to be approved as an affiliated store of an electronic payment service. An applicant is a business operator (corporation, sole proprietor, etc.) who applies to become a store (affiliated store) that can use the electronic payment service. The support includes providing information about the screening to the examiner, deriving a score indicating the suitability of the applicant as an affiliated store, and determining whether the affiliated store is suitable. The screening server 200 may support a part of the screening of the above application, or may support all of the screening. If the application passes the above screening, the applicant can provide electronic payments using the electronic payment service to store users at the applicant's store.

Figure 7 is a configuration diagram of the screening server 200. The screening server 200 includes, for example, a communication unit 210, an information acquisition unit 220, an information processing unit 230, and a storage unit 270. The components other than the communication unit 210 and the storage unit 270 are realized by, for example, a hardware processor such as a CPU executing a program (software). Some or all of these components may be realized by hardware (including circuitry) such as an LSI, ASIC, FPGA, or GPU, or may be realized by a combination of software and hardware. The program may be stored in advance in a storage device such as an HDD or flash memory (a storage device with a non-transient storage medium), or may be stored in a removable storage medium such as a DVD or CD-ROM (a non-transient storage medium), and may be installed in the storage device by attaching the storage medium to a drive device.

The storage unit 270 is a HDD, flash memory, RAM, etc. The storage unit 270 may be a NAS device that the screening server 200 can access via a network. The storage unit 270 stores information such as application information 272, search result information 274, and processing information 276, for example. These pieces of information may be stored in a distributed manner in multiple storage units. Details of each piece of information will be described later.

The communication unit 210 is a communication interface for connecting to the network NW. The communication unit 210 is, for example, a network interface card.

The information acquisition unit 220, for example, acquires the application information 272 from the applicant's terminal device. The applicant's terminal device may be, for example, the second store terminal device 70 or another terminal device.

Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of application information 272. Application information 272 is, for example, information required for screening and entered by the applicant into a specified form. The specified form is a form prepared by the operator of the electronic payment service, for example, a form for the applicant to enter information about the affiliated store of the electronic payment service that is required to be managed under the Installment Sales Act. Application information 272 includes information on multiple items. The multiple items include, for example, the trade name, representative information (name), store address, business name (corporate name or sole proprietor name), telephone number, email address, store URL (Uniform Resource Locator), business details (for example, products handled, services), etc. The information included in the above application information 272 is an example, and other information may be included, or some information may be omitted.

The information processing unit 230 executes a process for displaying the acquired search results on a display unit (for example, the display unit of the administrator terminal device 300) that is visually recognized by an examiner who examines the application information 272, using information on one or more items among a plurality of items included in the application information 272 as a query, and for displaying the acquired search results on a display unit (for example, the display unit of the administrator terminal device 300) that is visually recognized by an examiner who examines the application information 272. The process for displaying may be a process in which the examination server 200 directly displays information on the display unit of the administrator terminal device 300, or a process in which the examination server 200 displays information on the display unit of the administrator terminal device 300 via another device. Displaying includes, for example, the information processing unit 230 providing information to another device, which in turn displays information on the display unit of the administrator terminal device 300. The process for displaying may be a process in which the information processing unit 230 provides the acquired search results to the administrator terminal device 300, which in turn stores the provided information in a storage unit, so that the information can be displayed on the display unit at any timing.

The information processing unit 230 may use information on one or more items among the multiple items included in the application information 272 as a query, obtain the results of a search performed by a search engine that provides services via a network, and compare the obtained search results with the application information 272 to determine whether or not the store can be approved as a store that can use electronic payment services. The information processing unit 230 functions as, for example, a robotic process automation. Details of the processing by the information processing unit 230 will be described later.

[Administrator terminal device]
The administrator terminal device 300 is a terminal device used by an examiner who examines the application information 272. Information provided by the examination server 200 is displayed on the display unit of the administrator terminal device 300. The examiner uses the information displayed on the display unit to perform examination and process the application information 272.

[Search Server]
The search server 400 is a search engine that acquires information related to a query in response to a request for information related to the query and provides the acquired information to the requester. The information related to the query is information acquired from a host connected to the network NW. The search server 400 is a search engine that can be used by an unspecified number of users via the network NW.

[Crawling using application information (1)]
The information processing unit 230 performs crawling using the application information 272 and the search server 400. The information processing unit 230 generates a query from the application information 272, and requests the search server 400 to perform a search using the generated query.

The information processing unit 230, for example, constructs a query by combining words from two items in the application information 272, and uses the constructed query to perform crawling. Specifically, the information processing unit 230 generates two or more queries that are constructed by combining words from two different items among the multiple items in the application information 272, and crawls using the two or more queries generated to obtain search results. The query is constructed, for example, by combining words from different items in the application information 272. The information processing unit 230 performs crawling using a query that combines any two words from, for example, the trade name, representative information (name), store address, business name (corporate name or sole proprietor name), telephone number, email address, store URL, and business content (for example, products handled, services). Note that instead of a combination of two words, a query of one word or a query of a combination of any number of words (for example, three) may be used. Below, an example in which a query is constructed of two words and crawling is performed using three queries will be described.

Figure 9 is a diagram for explaining crawling. For example, as shown in Figure 9, the information processing unit 230 performs crawling using queries Q1, Q2, and Q3. Query Q1 is a combination of the trade name and representative information. Query Q2 is a combination of the trade name and address. Query Q3 is a combination of the trade name and business name (corporate name or sole proprietor name). The items of application information 272 used in the query are arbitrary, but as described above, it is preferable to use a combination of the trade name and words of other items (e.g., representative information, address, business name, telephone number) as the query. It has been confirmed that this combination allows information used in the review to be obtained efficiently and accurately.

Figure 10 is a diagram showing an example of a search result. The search result includes information on multiple web pages related to the query (e.g., IF1-IF5...). The information processing unit 230 executes a process to extract information on a predetermined number of web pages from the information on multiple web pages related to the query included in the search result, and display the extracted information on the predetermined number of web pages on a display unit that is visually recognized by an examiner who examines the application information 272. The information processing unit 230 extracts information on the top five web pages, for example. The top five are the top five with the highest relevance to the query. The extracted web page information is information displayed in the search result as shown in Figure 10 (e.g., information that can be obtained after linking to the link destination is not included). The information processing unit 230 stores the extracted search result in the storage unit 270 as search result information 274.

As described above, the information processing unit 230 can automatically obtain the information to be used in the review. This reduces the burden on the administrator (reviewer).

[Crawling using application information (2)]
The information processing unit 230 may exclude information on a predefined type of web page from information on a plurality of web pages related to the query included in the search result, and extract information on the excluded web pages. Fig. 11 is a diagram for explaining information on the excluded web pages. The information on a predefined type of web page includes information on a web page to which a predefined tag is added, information on an image web page, information on a map information web page, and information on a web page provided by a predefined host or service.

The specified tag is, for example, a tag indicating that the information on the web page is an advertisement, or a tag indicating that the information on the web page is information provided by a specified service. The information on the web page provided by a specified host or service is, for example, information on a web page of a preset information providing service or URL. In the example of FIG. 11, the information processing unit 230 excludes information IF11 and IF12 of the web page tagged with an advertisement, and extracts information on the top five web pages from information IF13 onwards of the web page.

As described above, the information processing unit 230 can automatically obtain more accurate information to be used in the review by excluding information from web pages of preset types. This further reduces the burden on the administrator (reviewer).

[Crawling using application information (3)]
The information processing unit 230 may preferentially acquire information on web pages provided by a preset source from among information on a plurality of web pages related to the query included in the search result. For example, information on the preset source is stored in the storage unit 270. The information processing unit 230 may acquire, for example, only information on the preset source, or information on the preset source and a predetermined number of top-ranked information. Furthermore, when the information processing unit 230 acquires information on the preset source and the number of pieces of acquired information on web pages does not satisfy a threshold value, the information processing unit 230 may acquire information on other web pages so as to satisfy the threshold value.

As described above, the information processing unit 230 can automatically obtain more accurate information to be used in the review by preferentially obtaining information from a web page of a preset source. This further reduces the burden on the administrator (reviewer).

[Processing of crawling results]
The information processing unit 230 displays the acquired search results on a display unit that is visually recognized by an examiner who examines the application information 272. The information processing unit 230 provides processed information that aggregates and processes the search results. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the processed information 276. The information processing unit 230 arranges the search results corresponding to the queries in association with the queries. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the information processing unit 230 arranges Q1 and the result of the query Q1, arranges the query Q2 and the result of the query Q2, and arranges the query Q3 and the result of the query Q3. Instead of (in addition to) the queries, the application information 272 may be associated with the search results.

For example, the information processing unit 230 processes information in the search results that matches or matches the query or words contained in the query in a manner that is more emphasized than other information. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the emphasized manner. The information processing unit 230 processes parts of the aggregated search results that match or match the query or words contained in the query in a manner that makes them stand out by encircling or highlighting them as shown in FIG. 13. A match may mean that a part of the query or a word contained in the query matches, or that a similar word that is similar to a preset query or a word contained in the query matches or matches. A similar word is a preset word that differs in capital letters or lowercase letters, or that differs by one character.

In the processing for processing to make the results stand out, the information processing unit 230 may only target the search results of the target query, or may target the search results of other queries. For example, in processing for query Q1, the information processing unit 230 may target a mode in which the search results for query Q1 include portions that match or match query Q1 or words included in query Q1, or may target portions that match or match query Q1 or words included in query Q1, which are included in the search results for one or both of query Q2 and query Q3. The information processing unit 230 stores the information in which the portions that match or match the query or words included in the query are highlighted as processing information 276 in the storage unit 270.

The information processing unit 230 provides the content including the processing information 276 to the administrator terminal device 300, and causes the content to be displayed on the display unit of the administrator terminal device 300. This allows the examiner to check the accuracy of the application information 272 by referring to the content (e.g., the information shown in FIG. 13) displayed on the display unit of the administrator terminal device 300.

In the information of FIG. 13, the information processing unit 230 may assign a reliability to the search results. For example, a high reliability may be assigned to information on a web page provided by a pre-set highly reliable source. For example, a highly reliable source may be, for example, a specific information providing service, the official URL of a store, or a URL containing the store name.

Furthermore, if the number of pieces of web page information included in the search results is equal to or less than a threshold, the information processing unit 230 may determine that the aggregated web page information is low in reliability and add information indicating low reliability to the search results. Conversely, if the number of pieces of web page information included in the search results exceeds a threshold, the information processing unit 230 may determine that the aggregated web page information is low in reliability and add information indicating low reliability to the search results. Furthermore, if the reliability is low, only information indicating low reliability may be presented to the examiner.

In addition, if the number of web page information included in the results of a search using a query is below a threshold, the information processing unit 230 may not aggregate the search results, but may instead generate information indicating that sufficient web page information cannot be obtained, and notify the examiner of the generated information.

In addition, instead of highlighting words that match or match the query or words contained in the query, the information processing unit 230 may extract matching or similar words or sentences (predetermined regions) that include matching or similar words, and aggregate and process the extracted sentences (predetermined regions).

In addition, if each of the words included in the query is included in any of the search results, or if a predetermined number of words are included in the search results, the information processing unit 230 may omit presenting the search results to the reviewer, and instead present information about the review process or proceed with the review process.

The information processing unit 230 may also obtain search results from multiple different types of search servers 400 and use the multiple obtained results to assist in examining the reliability of the descriptions in the application information 272. For example, the information processing unit 230 may obtain a predetermined number of top search results from each search server 400, or obtain a predetermined number of results according to the reliability of the search server 400.

[Summary so far]
If the examiner does not use the processing of this embodiment, the examiner needs to generate a query, use the query to perform a search, and aggregate and process the search results. Furthermore, the examiner needs to perform an examination by comparing in detail the aggregated and processed information with the application information 272. For this reason, the examination places a heavy burden on the examiner in terms of time and labor.

In contrast, in this embodiment, the examiner does not need to generate a query and use the query to search, or to aggregate and process the search results. Furthermore, the examiner can easily recognize information corresponding to the application information 272 from the aggregated and processed information. Therefore, the processing of this embodiment can reduce the burden on the examiner.

Furthermore, the reliability of the application information 272 may be reviewed using information from a database that provides information on corporations and the like, but information on newly established corporations, sole proprietors, etc. may not be available from the database. Furthermore, the information obtained from the database may differ from the information on the actual applicant. In this embodiment, it is possible to assist reviewers in more easily reviewing the application information 272 of applicants for whom it is difficult to obtain the information referenced in reviewing such application information 272, thereby reducing the burden on the reviewers.

[Sequence Diagram]
14 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the screening server 200, the administrator terminal device 300, and the search server 400. First, the information processing unit 230 of the screening server 200 acquires the application information 272 (S100). Next, the information processing unit 230 generates a query from the application information 272 (S102). Next, the information processing unit 230 requests the search server 400 to perform a search using the query (S104), and acquires the results of the search according to the request from the search server 400 (S106). The information processing unit 230 repeats the processes of S104 and S106 according to the number of queries.

Next, the information processing unit 230 generates search result information 274 (S108). Next, the information processing unit 230 processes the search result information 274 (S110) and provides the processed information 276 to the administrator terminal device 300 (S112). The administrator terminal device 300 displays the provided processed information 276 on the display unit (S114). The examiner performs the examination by referring to the processed information 276 displayed on the display unit. The administrator terminal device 300 accepts the examination result according to the examiner's operation (S116). In addition to the examination using the processed information 276, the examiner may also examine other examination items. Next, the administrator terminal device 300 transmits the received examination result to the examination server 200 (S118). The examination server 200 confirms the examination result based on the transmitted examination result (S120).

As described above, the examiner can easily conduct the review by referring to the processing information 276 provided by the review server 200, thereby reducing the time and labor burden on the examiner.

According to the first embodiment described above, the review server 200 executes a process to display the acquired search results on a display unit that is visible to the reviewer who reviews the application information 272, thereby reducing the burden on the operator.

Second Embodiment
The second embodiment will be described below. In the first embodiment, the screening server 200 emphasizes the query or words that match or are similar to the words included in the query in the search results. In the second embodiment, the screening server 200 emphasizes the business details in the search results in addition to (or instead of) the above. The following description will focus on the differences from the first embodiment.

The information processing unit 230 of the examination server 200 displays the search results on the display unit in a manner that emphasizes the information related to the business content of the application information 272 more than the other information. The other information may be, for example, information other than the information focused on in the first embodiment, or information focused on in the first embodiment and information other than the information focused on in the first embodiment.

Figure 15 is a diagram showing an example of the results of a search in which information related to business details is emphasized more than other information. As shown in Figure 15, the information processing unit 230 emphasizes the query or words contained in the query (e.g., representative information, address, corporate name, or sole proprietor name, etc.) in a first manner, and emphasizes the business details in a second manner. In the example of Figure 15, the first manner is a manner in which the object is surrounded by a square frame, and the second manner is a manner in which the object is surrounded by a circular frame. The second manner may be any manner different from the first manner, and may be, for example, a manner in which the highlight color is different from the highlight color of the first manner.

The information processing unit 230 refers to the keyword information 278 stored in the storage unit 270 to determine whether or not a word corresponding to the business content is included. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the content of the keyword information 278. The keyword information 278 is, for example, information in which the business content is associated with a keyword. The keyword is a keyword related to the business content. For example, if the business content is a dental clinic, the keywords would be "teeth" and "oral care."

In the above example, in addition to (or instead of) the business content, information included in the application information 272 may be emphasized. The information processing unit 230 may, for example, display the application information 272 in a manner that emphasizes words that match or match each of the information entered in each field. This emphasis may be different for each word that matches or matches the corresponding field.

According to the second embodiment described above, the review server 200 displays the search results on the display unit in a manner that emphasizes information related to the business content more than other information, so that the reviewer can easily recognize the reliability of the business content of the application information 272. This reduces the burden on the reviewer.

Third Embodiment
The third embodiment will be described below. In the first embodiment, the screening server 200 provides the manager terminal device 300 with the processed information 276 for the examiner to check when conducting the screening. In the third embodiment, the screening server 200 performs the screening. The information processing unit 230 of the screening server 200 compares the search results obtained by the search engine with the application information 272 to determine whether or not the store can be approved as a store that can use the electronic payment service. The third embodiment will be described below.

The information processing unit 230 changes the content of the next process depending on the result of the determination as to whether or not information on a specific item included in the application information 272 is included in the search results. The specific item may be any item included in the application information 272, and may be one or more.

For example, if the information for the specified items is the trade name, representative information, address, business name, and business details, the information processing unit 230 proceeds to the first process if the information for the specified items (or information matching these) is included in the search results, and proceeds to the second process if it is not included. For example, if the information for the specified items is business details, the information processing unit 230 proceeds to the first process if the details of the situation (or words related to the business details) are included in the search results, and proceeds to the second process if it is not included. Being included may mean being included in any of the search results, or may mean being included in the results of a specific search. The results of a specific search are, for example, the results of a search using a query that includes information for the specified items.

The first process may be a process different from the second process. For example, the first process is a process of proceeding to the next step of the review or a process of confirming the passing of the review, and the second process is a process of having an examiner review the document. In addition, the first process and the second process may be processes of having an examiner review the document, and the second process may be a process of having an examiner who is more skilled at reviewing than the examiner of the first process review the document.

The information processing unit 230 may change the content of the next process depending on the degree to which information of a specific item included in the application information 272 is included in the search results. For example, the information processing unit 230 may proceed to a first process if the degree to which information of a specific item is included in the search results is equal to or greater than a threshold, and may proceed to a second process if the degree is less than the threshold. The degree of inclusion may be expressed, for example, by a score as described below. For example, the higher the score, the higher the degree.

[flowchart]
17 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of a process executed by the examination server 200. This process is executed for one piece of application information 272 (one application), for example.

First, the information processing unit 230 of the screening server 200 derives a first score for the query Q1 (S300). For example, the information processing unit 230 derives the score based on the degree of match between the information included in the search result and the query or the words included in the query. For example, the score may be derived based on the number of words included in the query included in the search result, or the ratio of the words to the information of the web page (e.g., the number of characters), or the score may be derived based on other methods. For example, the higher the number or ratio, the higher the score derived. In addition, the reliability of the information of the web page may be taken into account. For example, if the information of a highly reliable web page contains the words included in the query, a higher score may be assigned than if the information of a less reliable web page contains the words included in the query.

Next, the information processing unit 230 derives a second score for query Q2 (S302). Next, the information processing unit 230 derives a third score for query Q3 (S304). For example, the second score and the third score are derived in the same manner as the first score. Next, the information processing unit 230 derives an integrated score by integrating the first score, the second score, and the third score (S306). The integrated score is a score obtained by statistically processing the first score, the second score, and the third score.

Next, the information processing unit 230 compares the search results with the business content of the application information 272 to derive a score for the business content (S308). For example, as described above, the information processing unit 230 derives a score based on the degree of match between the information included in the search results and words in the business content of the application information 272 or words corresponding to the business content. Next, the information processing unit 230 stores each score, the combined score, and the score for the business content in the memory unit 270, and stores the first score - the third score together with the corresponding query information in the memory unit 270 (S310).

Next, the information processing unit 230 determines whether each of the first score, the second score, and the third score is equal to or greater than the first threshold and whether the combined score is equal to or greater than the second threshold (S312). The first threshold may be a different threshold for each score. If each of the first score, the third score, and the third score is not equal to or greater than the first threshold or the combined score is not equal to or greater than the second threshold, the process proceeds to step S318.

If each of the first score - the third score is equal to or greater than the first threshold, and the combined score is equal to or greater than the second threshold, the information processing unit 230 determines whether the score for the business content is equal to or greater than the third threshold (S314). If the score for the business content is equal to or greater than the third threshold, the information processing unit 230 determines that the application information 272 that is the subject of this process is not to be reviewed by an examiner (S316). If the score for the business content is not equal to or greater than the third threshold, the information processing unit 230 determines that the application information 272 that is the subject of this process is to be reviewed by an examiner (S318). This ends the processing of this flowchart.

Each process in the above flowchart is an example, and the contents of the process may be changed or some of the processes may be omitted. For example, the information processing unit 230 may make a judgment using an integrated score that combines the first score - the third score and the score for the business content, or may omit using the score for the business content. The information processing unit 230 may provide the above scores or the judgment results using the scores to the administrator terminal device 300, and the examiner may make an evaluation by referring to the scores or the judgment results. In the processing of step S316, the information processing unit 230 may presume that the store related to the application information 272 exists, instead of (or in addition to) determining that the store is not to be examined by the examiner, and in the processing of step S318, instead of (or in addition to) determining that the store related to the application information 272 is not to be examined by the examiner, may presume that the store related to the application information 272 does not exist.

In addition, if any of the words included in the query or specific information included in the application information 272 is included in any of the search results, the information processing unit 230 may determine that the word is not to be reviewed by the reviewer. For example, if any of the words included in queries Q1-Q3 (e.g., store, representative information, address, business name) is included in any of the search results, the information processing unit 230 may determine that the word is not to be reviewed by the reviewer.

The examiner may also be determined based on the judgments of S312 and S314. For example, if the judgments of S312 and S314 are positive, the application may be subject to review by an examiner with a low level of screening proficiency, and if the judgments of S312 and S314 are negative, the application may be subject to review by an examiner with a high level of screening proficiency. The processing of this flowchart may also be utilized as part of a screening process, and the processing of this flowchart may be performed after or before other screening processes.

According to the third embodiment described above, the examination server 200 compares the acquired search results with the application information 272 to determine whether or not the store can be approved as a store that can use electronic payment services, thereby reducing the burden on the operator.

Fourth Embodiment
The fourth embodiment will be described below. In the first to third embodiments, the application information 272 is processed one by one. In the fourth embodiment, the examination server 200 processes application information 272 that has common characteristics in groups. The following description will focus on the differences from the first to third embodiments.

The review server 200 acquires multiple pieces of application information 272 corresponding to one application for permission to operate a store that can use electronic payment services, groups the application information 272 that has common characteristics, and generates grouped application list information (group application information) (details will be described later). The review server 200 provides the application list information to the administrator terminal device 300 of the reviewer who reviews the application information 272. This allows the reviewer to refer to the application list information displayed on the display unit of the administrator terminal device 300 and efficiently review the application information 272 that has common characteristics collectively.

[composition]
Fig. 18 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the payment service of the fourth embodiment. The payment service includes, for example, one or more group servers 500 in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment. In the example of Fig. 18, the examination server 200 and group servers (first group server 500A, second group server 500B, third group server 500C) are shown, and other configurations are omitted.

The group server 500 is, for example, a server provided for each base where an examination is performed. The group server 500 acquires the application information 272 or application list information sent to the examination server 200, and has the application information 272 or application list information examined by a staff member at the base. For example, the group server 500 provides the application information 272 or application list information to the administrator terminal device 300, and the examiner performs the examination using the administrator terminal device 300. Note that part or all of the group server 500 may be the administrator terminal device 300. The examination server 200 may provide the application information 272 or application list information to the administrator terminal device 300.

[Grouping process]
19 is a diagram for explaining grouping. For example, the information processing unit 230 groups the application information 272 having a common feature of first information included in the application information 272, or groups the application information 272 having a common feature of second information that is a result of a predetermined examination based on the application information 272.

[Regarding the first information]
The first information is information included in the application information 272, and includes, for example, the trade name, the affiliated store name, the corporate name, the business details, and a telephone number. The first information has a common characteristic, for example, when the input information for the target item of the application information 272 is common, and when, for example, one or more pieces of information among the trade name, the affiliated store name, the corporate name, the representative, and the business details are the same. The information processing unit 230, for example, groups application information 272 that has a common trade name, or groups application information 272 that has a common business detail.

[Regarding the second information]
The second information is the result of the screening using the application information 272. The second information has a common feature that the result of the screening is negative, for example. The screening is, for example, a first screening regarding the exclusion of antisocial forces (so-called CSRS) or a second screening regarding the lack or suspicion of lack of protection for credit card users (so-called JDM).

The first review may be the result of a judgment made by the information processing unit 230 by comparing the application information 272 with information obtained from a database that provides information used in the first review, or may be the review result confirmed by an examiner. The second review may be the result of a judgment made by the information processing unit 230 by comparing the application information 272 with information obtained from a database that provides information used in the second review, or may be the review result confirmed by an examiner. For example, the information processing unit 230 groups application information 272 for which the review result of the first review was negative, or groups application information 272 for which the review result of the second review was negative. The information processing unit 230 may also group application information 272 for which the review result of the first review and the review result of the second review were negative.

[Regarding priority]
The information processing unit 230 may group application information 272 that share a common feature with a high priority. For example, a priority is set for the common feature. For example, the information processing unit 230 extracts application information 272 that shares a common feature of the second information with a high priority (for example, application information 272 for which the CSRS or JDM screening has been rejected) from a plurality of application information 272, and groups the extracted application information 272. After that, for example, the information processing unit 230 may group application information 272 that share a common trade name with the next highest priority. The information processing unit 230 may group application information 272 that share a plurality of common features. For example, application information 272 that share a common trade name, corporate name, and business content (handled products) may be grouped.

As described above, the information processing unit 230 groups the application information 272, generates application list information (group application information) that consolidates the grouped information on one sheet, and stores the generated application list information in the storage unit 270. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of application list information 280. The application list information 280 includes, for example, multiple records, each of which corresponds to one piece of application information 272. One record corresponds to information for each item of the application information 272, and includes, for example, the trade name, corporate name, affiliated store name, handled products, presence or absence of crawling results, payer name, payment date, comments, and the like. The information processing unit 230 provides the application list information 280 to the group server 500 so that it can be viewed by the examiner.

The items included in the above application list information 280 are just examples, and other items may be included or some items may be omitted. For example, in addition to the items shown in FIG. 20, various information may be included, such as the results of the first review, the results of the second review, the results of a review using a database that provides company information, and the score described in the third embodiment above.

In addition, if some of the application information 272 is common, the information processing unit 230 may refer to the crawling results for other application information 272 that has some of the application information 272 in common. For example, if the trade name, representative information, address, and business name are common, the information processing unit 230 may refer to the crawling results for the common application information 272. For example, the information processing unit 230 may efficiently perform crawling after generating the application list information 280. For example, the information processing unit 230 may refer to the results of one crawling for application information 272 that becomes the same query in generating a query, instead of crawling multiple times.

The information processing unit 230 may also display on the display unit in a manner that allows the examiner to easily recognize areas where information for the same item is common to multiple records and areas where the information differs. This allows the examiner to more easily proceed with the examination.

[Summary so far]
Here, when reviewing the application information 272, the reviewer may review one piece of application information 272 displayed on one screen. After reviewing one piece of application information 272, the reviewer reviews the next piece of application information 272, but the next piece of application information 272 is random and is not related to the previous piece of application information 272 and does not share common characteristics.

In contrast, in this embodiment, reviewers can review by viewing the application list information 280 as described above, which reduces the burden and shortens the review time. For example, application information 272 from the same store name, such as a chain store, may arrive together. By grouping such application information 272, reviewers can review application information 272 with common characteristics collectively by referring to the application list information 280. If the characteristics are common in this way, the review results in the application list information 280 can be used for other reviews in the same application list information 280. Furthermore, reviewers' proficiency improves by reviewing similar application information 272, which is expected to reduce the burden and shorten the review time.

For example, as described in the first to third embodiments, the search results will be the same or similar, so the reviewer can quickly review the application information 272 by referring to the same or similar search results. Furthermore, for items in a record that the reviewer needs to enter, the reviewer can copy the information on the results of one review, reducing the effort required for input. For example, comments related to the review are often the same for each record, so the reviewer can copy and use the comments from one record.

[Allocation processing]
As described above, the information processing unit 230 allocates the grouped application list information 280 to the group server 500. The information processing unit 230 allocates to the review group the application list information 280 that has common characteristics of the specialty areas of the previously set review group, or allocates to the review group the application list information 280 that has common characteristics of past reviews by the review group by referring to the past review history. The information processing unit 230 may allocate multiple application list information 280 to the review groups, for example, based on the load degree associated with the application list information 280 and the acceptable load degree associated with the review group including one or more reviewers.

Figure 21 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing related to allocation. First, the information processing unit 230 determines whether it is a predetermined timing (S400). The predetermined timing may be, for example, a timing that occurs once a day, once every few days, or once every few hours, or may be a timing when the number of pieces of application information 272 reaches a threshold value. If it is a predetermined timing, the information processing unit 230 groups the application information 272 (S402).

Next, the information processing unit 230 generates load information for the grouped application list information 280 (S404). For example, the information processing unit 230 consolidates multiple pieces of application information with common characteristics onto one sheet, and generates a single sheet of application list information 280 in which the information for the items of the multiple pieces of application information are arranged by item on the single sheet, and further associates the load with the application list information 280.

22 is a diagram showing an example of the load information 282. The load information 282 is information in which the identification information of the application list information 280, the details of the application list information 280, and the load are associated with each other. The details of the application list information 280 are information such as the number of application information 272 (applications) in the application list information 280 and common characteristics. The information processing unit 230 derives the load of the application list information 280 based on a predetermined rule, algorithm, calculation formula, etc. For example, the load is derived by multiplying the load degree of one application information 272 by the number of applications, and further multiplying it by a coefficient according to the common characteristics. For example, the load of one application information 272 is multiplied by the number of application information 272, "100", and multiplied by a coefficient "0.5" according to the common characteristics to derive the load "50" for the application list information 280. For example, a coefficient is set according to the difficulty level according to the common characteristics, and the load of the application list information 280 with a high level of difficulty is derived to be higher than the load of the application list information 280 with a low level of difficulty. The above derivation method is just one example, and other methods may be used, or processing time may be derived instead of load.

Next, the information processing unit 230 distributes the application list information 280 to each group based on the group information (S406). FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the group information 284 stored in the storage unit 270. The group information 284 is information in which a group is associated with the degree of load that the group can accept. A group may be, for example, a group for each group server 500, or may be a further subdivided group. The information processing unit 230 distributes one or both of the application list information 280 and the application information 272 to groups so as to satisfy, for example, the following conditions. The conditions are, for example, (1) and (2).

The above (1) is that the load of each group does not exceed the acceptable load. The above (2) is that the difference corresponding to each of the multiple screening groups is equal to or less than a threshold. The above difference is the difference between the load level allocated to the screening group and the acceptable load level associated with the screening group. For example, if the difference corresponding to each of groups A-D is equal to or less than the threshold, but the difference for group E exceeds the threshold, the above condition (2) is not satisfied. In addition, instead of the above (2), the condition may be that the above difference falls within the range of the difference corresponding to each group. For example, the condition may be that the difference falls within 20 for a group with an acceptable load of 200, and that the difference falls within 10 for a group with an acceptable load of 100. In this way, the range of the difference may be set to a predetermined ratio to the acceptable load. For example, the information processing unit 230 comprehensively simulates the allocation of load and allocates the application list information 280 so as to satisfy the above condition.

The acceptable load may take into account one or both of the examiner's proficiency and specialty. For example, even if the number of examiners is the same, the acceptable load may differ depending on the proficiency or specialty. For example, there are groups (or specialty groups) with high proficiency in restaurant inspections, and groups (or specialty groups) with high proficiency in inspection of application information 272 whose results of the first or second inspection were rejected. For example, the information processing unit 230 may compare the common characteristics of the application list information 280 with the specialty of the group to correct the load of the load information 282. For example, when the information processing unit 230 allocates application list information 280 whose common characteristic is restaurants to a group with high proficiency in restaurant inspections, the information processing unit 230 may reduce the load of the application list information 280 and simulate the allocation. For example, when the original load is "100", the information processing unit 230 may correct the load to "80" and simulate. Additionally, the information processing unit 230 may prioritize application list information 280 in a group's specialty and distribute it to that group.

Returning to the explanation of FIG. 21, as described above, the information processing unit 230 generates the distribution list information 286 and provides the application list information 280 to the distribution destination (group server 500) (S408). FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the distribution list information 286. The distribution list information 286 is information in which the group identification information and the application list information 280 to be distributed are associated with each other. This ends the processing of this flowchart.

As described above, the information processing unit 230 distributes the list information 286 (or application information 272) according to the load that the review group (reviewer) can tolerate, thereby making effective use of review resources.

According to the fourth embodiment described above, the examination server 200 acquires multiple pieces of application information 272 corresponding to one application for permission to operate a store that can use electronic payment services, and groups application information that has common characteristics among target information that is one or both of the first information included in the application information 272 and the second information that is the result of a predetermined examination based on the application information 272, thereby reducing the burden on the operator. For example, an examiner can refer to the grouped application list information 280 and examine multiple applications included in the application list information 280 collectively. Since the examination is carried out efficiently, the burden on the operator is reduced.

The above describes the form for carrying out the present invention using an embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and various modifications and substitutions can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 User terminal device 20 Payment application 100 Payment server 200 Examination server 220 Information acquisition unit 230 Information processing unit 270 Storage unit 272 Application information 274 Search result information 276 Processing information 278 Keyword information 280 Application list information

Claims (7)

an acquisition unit that acquires application information for obtaining permission to operate a store that can use electronic payment services;
A query including information on one or more items among a plurality of items included in the application information is designated as a first query, and a query including information on an item that is different from the information on the item included in the first query included in the application information is designated as a second query, and a search engine providing a service via a network obtains a search result obtained by searching using the first query and a search result obtained by searching using the second query;
and an information processing unit that executes a process for displaying the acquired search results on a display unit that is visually recognized by an examiner who examines the application information,
the information processing unit executes a process for displaying the results of the search using the first query on a display unit visually recognized by an examiner who examines the application information in a manner in which information that matches or matches the information included in the first query and information that matches or matches the information included in the second query are emphasized more than other information among the results of the search using the first query.
Information processing device. The plurality of items include the business content of the store,
the information processing unit executes a process for displaying, on the display unit, a result of a search using the first query or the second query in a manner that emphasizes information related to the business content more than other information.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . the information processing unit executes a process for displaying the results of the search using the first query on the display unit by highlighting, in a first manner, information that matches or coincides with the first query among the results of the search using the first query, more than other information, and further highlighting, in a second manner different from the first manner, information related to the business among the results of the search using the first query, more than other information.
The information processing device according to claim 2 . The information processing unit refers to information in which business contents and keywords related to the business contents are associated with each other, the information being stored in a storage unit;
execute a process for displaying, on the display unit, a result of a search using the first query or the second query in a manner that emphasizes keywords related to the business content more than other information;
The information processing device according to claim 2 . The plurality of items include the store's trade name, information on the store's representative, the store's address, the store's business name, telephone number, email address, and business details.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The computer
Obtain application information to obtain permission to operate a store that accepts electronic payment services,
A query including information on one or more items among a plurality of items included in the application information is designated as a first query, and a query including information on an item that is different from the information on the item included in the first query included in the application information is designated as a second query, and a search engine providing a service via a network obtains a search result obtained by searching using the first query and a search result obtained by searching using the second query;
Displaying the acquired search results on a display unit that is visible to an examiner who examines the application information;
displaying the results of the search using the first query on a display unit that is visually recognized by an examiner who examines the application information, in a manner that emphasizes information that matches or matches the information included in the first query and information that matches or matches the information included in the second query more than other information among the results of the search using the first query;
Information processing methods. On the computer,
A process of acquiring application information for obtaining permission to operate a store that accepts electronic payment services;
a process of acquiring search results obtained by a search engine providing a service via a network using a first query, the first query being a query including information on one or more items among a plurality of items included in the application information, and a second query being a query including information on an item that is different from the information on the item included in the first query, and the second query;
A process of displaying the acquired search results on a display unit that is visually recognized by an examiner who examines the application information;
a process of executing a process for displaying the results of the search using the first query on a display unit that is visually recognized by an examiner who examines the application information, in a manner that emphasizes information among the results of the search using the first query that matches or matches the information included in the first query and information that matches or matches the information included in the second query more than other information;
A program that executes the following.

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