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- One embodiment of the present invention relates to an information providing apparatus, an information providing method, an information providing program, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the program.
- Patent Literature 1 describes a sales promotion system for facilitating sales promotion of products by introduction.
- this sales promotion system when an introducer who purchases a product using a mobile terminal selects a product that he / she wants to introduce from among the products for which payment has been completed, the introduction advertisement ID of the selected product is provided to the referee. Is done.
- Patent Document 2 listed below describes a member management system that introduces membership to a membership card or the like to another person using a mobile terminal. In this member management system, when the first mobile terminal notifies the server of the mail address of the second mobile terminal, the server notifies the second terminal of the URL of the application downloaded at the time of membership by mail.
- An information providing apparatus obtains recommendation information indicating that a first user recommends a predetermined recommendation target to a plurality of second users from a terminal of the first user.
- a first generation unit for generating a recommendation mail for recommending a recommendation target to a plurality of second users based on the recommendation information, and a first transmission for transmitting the recommendation mail to a plurality of second users
- application information indicating the application for the recommendation target is received from the terminal of the applicant
- a second acquisition unit for acquiring, a second generation unit for generating an application mail including application information, and a second transmission unit for transmitting the application mail to a second user other than the applicant.
- An information providing method is an information providing method executed by an information providing apparatus, wherein the first user recommends a predetermined recommendation target to a plurality of second users.
- An information providing program obtains recommendation information indicating that a first user recommends a predetermined recommendation target to a plurality of second users from the terminal of the first user.
- a first generation unit for generating a recommendation mail for recommending a recommendation target to a plurality of second users based on the recommendation information, and a first transmission for transmitting the recommendation mail to a plurality of second users
- application information indicating the application for the recommendation target is received from the terminal of the applicant
- the computer executes a second acquisition unit to acquire, a second generation unit that generates an application mail including application information, and a second transmission unit that transmits the application mail to a second user other than the applicant.
- a computer-readable recording medium obtains recommendation information indicating that a first user recommends a predetermined recommendation target to a plurality of second users from the terminal of the first user.
- a first generation unit that generates a recommendation email for recommending a recommendation target to a plurality of second users based on the recommendation information; and a recommendation email that is transmitted to the plurality of second users.
- the application information indicating the application for the recommendation target is given to the applicant.
- the computer executes a second acquisition unit that acquires from the terminal, a second generation unit that generates an application email including application information, and a second transmission unit that transmits the application email to a second user other than the applicant Memorize information providing program That.
- an application email indicating the application is generated and other than the applicant Sent to a second user.
- the second user can be encouraged to apply for the recommendation object. I can expect.
- other 2nd users apply for a recommendation object according to application mail, it can be expected that the satisfaction of the 1st user who is a recommender will rise.
- a plurality of second user candidates are selected and selected by referring to a first storage unit that stores recommendation data in which the first user and the second user are associated with each other.
- a selection unit that transmits candidate information indicating the plurality of candidates to the first user's terminal, wherein the first acquisition unit specifies a plurality of second specified from the candidates indicated by the candidate information in the first user's terminal.
- Recommendation information indicating the second user may be acquired. In this case, since the second user candidate is presented to the first user, the first user can easily select the second user.
- the recommendation data includes the transmission date and time of the latest recommendation mail transmitted to the second user as attribute information of the second user
- the selection unit transmits A plurality of candidates may be selected in descending order of date and time.
- the recommendation data includes a transmission date / time of a recent recommendation email transmitted to the second user, a recommendation target indicated by the recommendation email, an application date / time of the recommendation target, May be included as attribute information of the second user, and the selection unit may select a plurality of candidates in ascending order of time from the transmission date / time to the application date / time.
- the second user who responded quickly to the recommendation email and applied for the recommendation object is preferentially presented to the first user as a candidate, so that the first user can be expected to apply for the recommendation object. You can easily choose.
- the recommendation data includes the number of recommendation emails transmitted to the second user in the past as attribute information of the second user, and the selection unit receives the recommendation email.
- a plurality of candidates may be selected in descending order of the number.
- the recommendation data includes a category to be recommended corresponding to the hobby of the second user as the attribute information of the second user
- the selection unit includes the first user.
- a plurality of candidates may be selected in descending order of the degree of coincidence between the category of the recommendation target recommended by and the category of the recommendation target indicated by the recommendation data.
- the second user who has a hobby with a high degree of coincidence with the category to be recommended is preferentially presented to the first user as a candidate, so that the first user can expect application for the recommendation target. Can be selected easily.
- the selection unit refers to the second storage unit that stores the relationship data indicating the relationship between the users represented by the directed graph, and the two-way friend relationship with the first user
- the first group, the second group, and the third group may be specified, and a plurality of candidates may be selected in the order of the first group, the second group, and the third group.
- the selection unit is applied by the second storage unit, a third storage unit that stores a transmission history indicating the transmission date and time of the recommendation email and the recommendation target indicated by the recommendation email.
- the transmission corresponding to the other recommendation target in the same category as the recommendation target indicated by the recommendation mail generated by the first generation unit with reference to the fourth storage unit storing the application history indicating the recommended target and the application date and time A plurality of candidates may be selected in ascending order of difference in date / time and application date / time. In this way, the second user who responded quickly to the recommendation email and applied for the recommendation object is preferentially presented to the first user as a candidate, so that the first user can be expected to apply for the recommendation object. You can easily choose.
- the selection unit generates the first generation unit with reference to the fifth storage unit that stores the browsing history indicating the recommendation target and the browsing date and time browsed by the second user.
- a plurality of candidates may be selected in descending order of the number of browsing of other recommended objects in the same category as the recommended object indicated by the recommended email.
- the first user recommends the first user by preferentially presenting the second user who has browsed more recommendation objects in the same category as the recommendation object indicated in the recommendation email to the first user. hardly select people who can expect the target application.
- the selection unit generates the first generation unit with reference to the sixth storage unit that stores the application history indicating the recommendation target and the application date and time applied by the second user.
- a plurality of candidates may be selected in descending order of the number of applications of other recommended objects in the same category as the recommended object indicated in the recommended email.
- the first user is recommended by presenting the second user who applied more for other recommendation targets in the same category as the recommendation target indicated in the recommendation email to the first user as a candidate. easily select people who can expect the target application.
- the recommendation target may be a product
- the recommendation target application may be a product purchase application.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information providing system 1 according to the embodiment.
- the information providing system 1 includes a server 11, the Internet 12, a client 13, a client 14, a user relation database 15 (second storage unit), and a user ID conversion table 16.
- the server 11 is connected to the clients 13 and 14, the user relation database 15, and the user ID conversion table 16 via the Internet, whereby the clients 13 and 14, the user relation database 15, and the user ID conversion table 16 are connected. Two-way communication is possible.
- the server 11 is an information providing apparatus that provides the client 13 or the client 14 with a web page for selling the product and accepts an application for purchasing the product from the client 13 or the client 14. That is, the server 11 provides an online shopping site to the user.
- the product may be tangible or intangible such as a service.
- the server 11 may be a dedicated server, a personal computer, a virtual server, or a system formed by a combination of these.
- the Internet 12 is an example of a communication network.
- the Internet 12 includes a wired or wireless general-purpose line or dedicated line, a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the like.
- Clients 13 and 14 are terminals having a browser and a mail function.
- the clients 13 and 14 acquire a web page from the server 11 according to a user operation and display it on the browser.
- the clients 13 and 14 receive the mail transmitted from the server 11. Examples of the clients 13 and 14 include personal computers and mobile phones, but the types of the clients 13 and 14 are not limited to these.
- the user relationship database 15 is a means for storing relationship data indicating relationships between users.
- the user relationship database 15 is provided in a computer system that controls a social networking service (SNS) and exists separately from the server 11. But the installation location of this database is not limited, For example, the server 11 may be provided with the user relation database 15.
- SNS social networking service
- the relationship data is data in which a user ID of one user and an ID (friend ID) of a user who has a friendship with the user and SNS are associated with each other.
- the user specified by the user ID “001” has a two-way friend relationship with the two users specified by the user IDs “002” and “003”, respectively.
- the friendship may be unidirectional.
- the user indicated by the user ID “001” is in a friendship relationship with the two users specified by the user IDs “002” and “003”.
- the user indicated by the user ID “001” is a completely different person.
- the relationship data indicates the relationship between the users indicated by the directed graph.
- the user ID conversion table 16 is a means for storing the correspondence of user IDs between systems.
- a single user does not always use one type of user ID in a plurality of systems, and in some cases, the user uses a user ID for each system.
- the user ID managed by the online shopping site (server 11) may be different from the user ID managed by the SNS (user relation database 15). Since the user ID conversion table 16 is used to compensate for such differences in user IDs between systems, the user ID conversion table 16 is not necessary if the IDs of the respective users completely match between the systems.
- the installation location of the user ID conversion table 16 is not limited, and may be provided in the server 11 or may be provided in the same system as the user relationship database 15.
- the data in the user ID conversion table 16 is generated by exchanging an OAuth token, which is a mechanism related to delegation of authorization information, between services.
- OAuth token is a mechanism related to delegation of authorization information, between services.
- the data in the first row indicates that the user identified by the user ID “001” on the online shopping site (server 11) side is “1001” in SNS and “2001” in other services. It indicates that the user ID is registered. Note that the same user ID may be assigned between sites for one user, such as ID “1002” in the second row.
- the server 11 will be specifically described.
- the server 11 transmits an email (recommendation email) for recommending a product to one or more users of the client 14.
- the user (first user) of the client 13 who recommends a product is referred to as a recommender
- the user (second user) of the client 14 who receives the product recommendation is referred to as a partner user.
- this partner user is referred to as a “nominated person”.
- the server 11 purchases the product from the other user other than the purchaser.
- the purchaser is a kind of applicant, and the purchase mail is a kind of application mail.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating product recommendation in the information providing system 1.
- A indicates a recommender
- B 1 to B 10 indicate counterpart users.
- the recommender A who wants to get a referral reward recommends a product to the other user by sending a recommendation email.
- the partner user is a colleague of the recommender's company, a person who has the same hobby as the recommender, an acquaintance with the recommender at the off meeting, or a person who is registered in the same mailing list as the recommender.
- the partner users B 1 to B 10 may not know each other. Also, the other users B 1 to B 10 may not know that the recommended mail sent to them is sent to the other user. Therefore, it may be difficult to encourage the other user to purchase recommended products simply by sending a recommendation email.
- the other party in the case where the user B 1 has purchased the goods in accordance with the recommendation e-mail other partner user as a message to purchase e-mail such as "I bought in accordance with recommended!”
- the counterpart users B 2 to B 10 know that another person has actually purchased the product.
- the recommender can achieve the purpose of the recommendation to some extent, and therefore, a certain level of satisfaction can be obtained.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the server 11.
- a CPU Central Processing Unit
- a ROM Read Only Memory
- RAM Random Access Memory
- An input / output interface 35 is further connected to the bus 34.
- the input / output interface 35 includes an input unit 36 such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a microphone, an output unit 37 such as a display and a speaker, a storage unit 38 such as a hard disk and a nonvolatile memory, a communication unit 39 such as a network interface, and a magnetic field.
- a drive 40 that drives a removable medium 41 such as a disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory is connected.
- the CPU 31 loads a program stored in the storage unit 38 to the RAM 33 via the input / output interface 35 and the bus 34 and executes the program, thereby performing a series of processes described later.
- the information providing program executed by the server 11 is recorded on a removable medium 41 such as a magnetic disk (including a flexible disk), an optical disk (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM), a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory.
- a removable medium 41 such as a magnetic disk (including a flexible disk), an optical disk (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM), a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory.
- the information providing program is provided via a wired or wireless transmission medium such as the Internet 12.
- the information providing program can be installed in the computer by attaching the removable medium 41 to the drive 40 and storing it in the storage unit 38 via the input / output interface 35. Further, the information providing program can be installed in the computer by being received by the communication unit 39 and stored in the storage unit 38. Furthermore, the information providing program may be installed in advance in the computer.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the server 11.
- a user database 61 by executing an information providing program or the like, a user database 61, a product database 62, a mailing list database 63, a history database (first, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth storage units) 64, An initial data generation unit 65, a Web server function (first acquisition unit, second acquisition unit) 66, a page generation unit 67, an authentication unit 68, a sales processing unit 69, and a recommendation unit 70 are realized.
- the user database 61 is a means for storing user data.
- the user data includes a user ID, various user attributes (name, nickname, address, telephone number, e-mail address, hobby, etc.) and a login password.
- the product database 62 is a means for storing product data.
- Product data includes a product ID that identifies the product, various product attributes (product name, product image, product category, product manufacturer or provider name, manufacturer or provider address, sales area or service area , URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a web page that sells the product, product price, etc.).
- the mailing list database 63 is a means for storing mailing list data.
- the mailing list data includes a mail address representative of the mailing list and mail addresses of one or more users included in the mailing list.
- the history database 64 is a means for storing various history data (browsing history, purchase history, recommendation history, and transmission history).
- the browsing history record includes the user ID, the ID of the viewed product, and the browsing date and time.
- the record of purchase history includes a user ID, an ID of a purchased product, and a purchase date and time (application date and time).
- the browsing history is generated and stored by a Web server function 66 described later, and the purchase history is generated and stored by a sales processing unit 69 described later.
- the recommendation history is data in which a user ID (recommendation ID) for specifying a recommender and attribute information of one or more other users are associated with each other.
- the attribute information of each partner user includes a user ID (partner ID) for identifying the partner user, a transmission date / time of the recommended email (for example, recent transmission date / time), a name of the partner user (for example, a nickname), and a recommendation from the recommender.
- FIG. 1 An example of recommendation history is shown in FIG.
- the recommender ID is “001” and the partner IDs are “101” to “104”. From this example, the user K has recently purchased the recommended product A, the user J has not yet purchased the product A, the user L has not been sent a recommendation email regarding the product A, etc. I understand. Categories may be shown hierarchically, such as “CD / Classic”. The category item may be omitted in the recommendation history.
- the transmission history is generated and recorded for each of the recommendation mail and purchase mail described later.
- the record of the transmission history is indicated by the mail ID for identifying the mail, the user ID and mail address of the recommender, the user ID and mail address of one or more other users, the transmission date and time of the mail, and the mail.
- Product ID of the recommended product is indicated by the mail ID for identifying the mail, the user ID and mail address of the recommender, the user ID and mail address of one or more other users, the transmission date and time of the mail, and the mail.
- each history data is not limited to the above example, and various modifications are possible.
- the email addresses of the recommender and the other user may be included in the recommendation history instead of the transmission history.
- These databases 61 to 64 may be directly constructed on a file system provided by the operating system, or may be constructed by a database management system.
- the initial data generation unit 65 is means for generating initial data of recommendation history and storing it in the history database 64.
- the initial data generation unit 65 refers to a database in which a relationship between users is defined, and associates a plurality of users as recommenders and counterpart users, thereby newly generating a recommendation history record.
- the timing for generating the initial data is arbitrary.
- the initial data generation unit 65 generates the initial data periodically or in response to an instruction from the administrator of the server 11. There are several methods for generating initial data of recommendation history as shown below.
- the initial data generation unit 65 may generate initial data with reference to the user database 61 and the user relation database 15. For each user, when there is a possibility that the user ID in the user database 61 and the user ID in the user relation database 15 are different, the initial data generation unit 65 refers to the user ID conversion table 16 and uses the user ID in advance. The user ID in the relational database 15 is converted into the user ID in the user database 61 in advance.
- the initial data generation unit 65 sets one user ID in the user database 61 as a recommender ID, and reads another user ID corresponding to the user ID from the user relation database 15. In this case, when one or more other user IDs can be acquired, the initial data generation unit 65 sets the user ID as a partner ID. Subsequently, the initial data generation unit 65 reads the user data of each counterpart user from the user database 61 to identify the user name and hobby of each counterpart user. Subsequently, the initial data generation unit 65 specifies the category of each counterpart user. The initial data generation unit 65 specifies a category by allowing the other user to input a category via a predetermined web page or by extracting a product category corresponding to a hobby based on a predetermined correspondence table held in advance. To do.
- the initial data generation unit 65 When the user ID of the recommender and the other user and the user name, hobby, and category of each other user are specified in this way, the initial data generation unit 65 generates initial data of the recommendation history using these data, and the history Store in database 64. In the example of FIG. 7, the initial data generation unit 65 reads out the partner IDs “101”, “102”, “103”, and “104” corresponding to the recommender ID “001” from the user relation database 15, and It is assumed that the user name, hobby, and category are specified, and four records related to the recommender ID “001” are generated.
- the initial data generation unit 65 executes the above initial data generation process for each user ID in the user database 61. If no other corresponding user ID is found in the user relational database 15, the initial data generation unit 65 terminates the process at that time, so that a recommendation history is generated for all user IDs in the user database 61. Not exclusively.
- the initial data generation unit 65 may generate initial data of recommendation history with reference to the user database 61 and the mailing list database 63.
- the initial data generation unit 65 sets a user ID corresponding to the representative mail address indicated by the mailing list data as a recommender ID. Further, the initial data generation unit 65 sets one or more user IDs corresponding to other mail addresses belonging to the same group as the representative mail address as the partner ID. The user ID corresponding to each mail address is obtained by referring to the user data. Subsequently, the initial data generating unit 65 specifies the user name, hobby, and category of each counterpart user as described above, and generates and stores initial data of the recommendation history.
- the initial data generation unit 65 can generate initial data of a recommendation history.
- the blank items (transmission date / time, recommended product, purchase record, purchase date / time, number of emails) at the time of initial data generation are updated by the processing of the recommendation unit 70 described later.
- the Web server function 66 is based on a procedure defined in HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), an arbitrary markup language (for example, HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), compact HTML, HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language), XML (Extensible Markup Language). Language)) is transmitted to the client 13 or the client 14.
- the web page includes various objects such as text or images.
- the web server function 66 receives various data transmitted from the client 13 or the client 14.
- the web server function 66 monitors the access to the web page by the users of the clients 13 and 14, and generates a browsing history and stores it in the history database 64 whenever the access occurs.
- the web server function 66 is realized by executing a web server program.
- the page generation unit 67 is a means for generating a web page transmitted to the clients 13 and 14 via the web server function 66.
- the page generation unit 67 generates a web page (sales page) for performing a product purchase procedure in response to an HTTP request from the client 13.
- the page generation unit 67 acquires product data corresponding to the HTTP request from the product database 62, and generates a sales page using the product data.
- the sales page includes product information such as product name (“wooden bat”), product image, product price, “shopping basket” button for placing the product in the shopping cart, and recommendations regarding this product.
- a link to send an email (a link that says “Recommend email to a friend”) is placed.
- the generated sales page is transmitted to the client 13 by the Web server function 66 and displayed on the client 13.
- the client 13 When a link “Prompt with a friend by e-mail” in the sales page is clicked, the client 13 requests a web page for sending a recommendation e-mail, and the web server function 66 receives the request.
- the page generation unit 67 generates an authentication page for authenticating the user of the client 13. For example, the page generation unit 67 generates the authentication page shown in FIG.
- the “Next” button in FIG. 9 is an interface for causing the server 11 to execute authentication processing.
- the generated authentication page is transmitted to the client 13 by the Web server function 66 and displayed on the client 13.
- the page generation unit 67 causes the recommender to input the body text of the recommendation email and to select a final partner user (recommended email transmission page). ) And the recommended mail transmission page is transmitted to the client 13 via the Web server function 66.
- the client 13 displays a recommendation mail transmission page, and the recommender inputs the text and selects the other user.
- a list of candidates for the other user As shown in FIG. 10, in the recommended mail transmission page, a list of candidates for the other user, a check box for selecting the other user, the mail address and name of the recommender, and the text of the recommended mail are input. , The name and handling store of the recommended product, and a button (send button) for sending the input contents to the server 11.
- a message “This is a good product!” Is input as the body of the recommendation email, and three users K, J, and M are selected as the other users.
- the list of candidates for the other user (candidate information) is generated by a recommendation candidate selection unit 71 described later.
- the page generation unit 67 allows the purchaser to input the text of the purchase email (a purchase email transmission page). ) Is generated.
- the client 14 applies the purchase application data (application data). ) To the server 11.
- This application data includes the purchaser's user ID, the user ID of the recommender who sent the recommendation email, and information indicating that the sales page has been accessed from the link of the recommendation email.
- the page generation unit 67 generates a purchase email transmission page according to the application data, and transmits the purchase email transmission page to the purchaser's client 14 via the Web server function 66.
- the purchase email transmission page includes product information of recommended products. Note that the text of the purchase email may be sent to the server 11 as part of the application data.
- the authentication unit 68 is a means for authenticating the users of the clients 13 and 14.
- the client 13 or 14 inputs the user ID and password on the authentication page and clicks the “Next” button, the client 13 or 14 transmits the user ID and password to the server 11 and the Web server function 66 These data are received.
- the authentication unit 68 authenticates the user by performing processing for checking the user ID and password.
- the sales processing unit 69 is a means for performing sales processing such as product arrangement and billing when a purchase of a product is requested from the client 14.
- the sales processing unit 69 generates a purchase history indicating the purchase of the product by the user of the client 14 and stores it in the history database 64.
- the recommendation unit 70 is a means for acquiring a recommendation email text recommending a product from the client 13 and transmitting a recommendation email including the acquired text and product information corresponding to the recommended product (recommended product) to the other user. is there.
- the recommendation unit 70 transmits a purchase email including a message indicating the purchase of the recommended product from the partner user (purchaser) to the partner user other than the purchaser. It is also a means.
- the processing executed by the recommendation unit 70 is based on the assumption that the user of the client 13 has been authenticated by the authentication unit 68.
- the recommendation unit 70 includes a recommendation candidate selection unit 71, a recommendation email generation unit (first generation unit) 72, a recommendation email transmission unit (first transmission unit) 73, a purchase email generation unit (second generation unit) 74, and a purchase email transmission.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 is means for selecting a candidate for the other user based on the recommendation history recorded in the history database 64.
- a predetermined link in the sales page for example, a link called “Recommend Email with Friends” in FIG. 8
- the recommendation candidate selecting unit 71 performs the following based on the user ID of the recommender. Execute the process.
- the method for selecting candidates is not limited. For example, the candidates may be selected by the following method.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 may read a recommendation history corresponding to the recommender ID, and select all the other users indicated by the recommendation history as candidates.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 may select a predetermined number of partner users as candidates from the top after rearranging the partner users indicated by the recommendation history corresponding to the recommender ID according to a specific item.
- the items used as the basis for the rearrangement and the order of the rearrangement may be arbitrarily determined.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 may sort the other users in descending order of the transmission date and time, or may sort the other users in the descending order of the number of past mails. Moreover, the recommendation candidate selection part 71 may rearrange an other party user in order with a short period after purchasing a recommendation mail and purchasing the recommendation goods shown by the mail. This means that based on the difference between the purchase date / time and the transmission date / time indicated in the recommendation history, the other users are rearranged in the order of quick response to the latest recommended mail. In the example of FIG. 7, when the counterpart users are rearranged in order of increasing difference between the purchase date and time and the transmission date and time, the order is user K, user M, user L, and user J. When the other users are rearranged in this way, the recommendation candidate selecting unit 71 selects a predetermined number of other users as candidates from the top. The number of partner users to be selected may be arbitrarily determined, for example, 10, 8, 4 or the like.
- candidates are extracted after rearranging the other users based on the past transmission results of recommended emails, or the other users who have purchased products in response to the recommended emails are extracted preferentially as candidates.
- a person who can expect to purchase the product can be presented to the recommender.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 may select a predetermined number of partner users as candidates from the top after rearranging the partner users in descending order of the degree of matching between the attribute of the recommended product and the hobby of the partner user.
- the recommendation history includes a category item as shown in FIG.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 acquires the product ID of the recommended product shown on the sales page together with the recommender ID.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 reads the recommendation history corresponding to the recommender ID, and reads the product data corresponding to the product ID of the recommended product from the product database 62. Subsequently, the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 compares the category indicated by each recommendation history with the category of the recommended product, and rearranges the recommendation history in the order in which they are similar.
- the similarity of categories is defined in advance as a correspondence table by an arbitrary method, and the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 compares the two categories with reference to the correspondence table. After performing such rearrangement, the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 selects a predetermined number of partner users from the top as candidates. The number of partner users to be selected may be arbitrarily determined.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 may rearrange the other users based on the content of the friendship between the recommender and the other user, and then select a predetermined number of recommended offers from the top as candidates.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 refers to the user relationship database 15 and determines which of the following relationships a to c the relationship between the recommender and the other user corresponds.
- relationship a can be said to be a relationship in which the other user and the recommender follow each other, and relationship b follows the recommender by the other user.
- relationship c can be said to be a relationship in which the other user is followed by the recommender.
- A Two-way friend relationship
- b One-way friend relationship from the other user to the recommender (relation data in which the user ID of the recommender is specified as the friend ID corresponding to the user ID of the other user exists) However, there is no relational data indicating a connection in the opposite direction)
- C One-way friend relationship from the recommender to the partner user (there is relationship data in which the user ID of the partner user is specified as the friend ID corresponding to the user ID of the recommender, but in the opposite direction There is no relational data that shows the connection)
- the recommendation candidate selection part 71 is the other party user (1st group) applicable to the said relationship a, the other party user (2nd group) applicable to the said relationship b, and the other party user (3rd group) applicable to the said relationship c. ) Sort the other users in the order. And the recommendation candidate selection part 71 selects a predetermined number of other party users as a candidate in order from the 1st group of users. The number of partner users to be selected may be arbitrarily determined.
- the candidate of the other user determines the candidate of the other user based on the strength and direction of the friendship. Since the two-way friendship is stronger than the one-way friendship, the relationship a has the highest priority.
- the other user receives a recommendation email from a recommender he / she thinks is a friend, whereas in relation c, the recommender is another person for the other user. Therefore, when selecting a candidate, the second group has priority over the third group.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 may select a predetermined number of recommended offers from the top as candidates after rearranging the other users based on the browsing history or purchase history in the history database 65. For example, the recommendation candidate selecting unit 71 may rearrange the other users in descending order of the number of browsed or purchased products in the category corresponding to the recommended product.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 refers to the transmission history and purchase history, and responds quickly to the product in the category corresponding to the recommended product (the person who has a short time from receiving the recommendation email to purchasing the product).
- the other users may be rearranged in order. This means that the other users are sorted in ascending order of the difference between the transmission date / time and the purchase date / time corresponding to other products in the same category as the product indicated by the recommendation email generated by the recommendation email generation unit 72.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 may rearrange the other users based on statistical values such as a median value and an average value regarding the difference between the transmission date and time and the purchase date and time.
- the purchase of the product can be performed by extracting the other users who have browsed or purchased more products in the same category as the product indicated in the recommendation email, or the other users who have purchased the product in response to the recommendation email as candidates.
- the person who can expect can be shown to the recommender.
- the recommended candidate selection unit 71 outputs a candidate user list selected by any one of the above methods to the page generation unit 67 as candidate information.
- the page generation unit 67 generates a recommended email transmission page using the list.
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 may cause the recommender to select a candidate selection method, and extract the candidate of the partner user by the selected method.
- the partner user candidate may be extracted by a method selected by the recommender from the methods shown in the first to fifth examples.
- the recommendation email generation unit 72 is a means for generating a recommendation email based on an instruction from the recommender.
- the recommender makes a necessary input on the recommendation mail transmission page and presses the transmission button, the client 13 transmits the data shown on the page to the server 11.
- the web server function 66 receives the data and outputs it to the recommended mail generator 72.
- the recommended mail generation unit 72 acquires the text of the recommended mail from the input data. Also, the recommended mail generation unit 72 acquires the nickname of the other user actually designated by the recommender from the data, and converts the nickname into the user ID with reference to the user database 61. Subsequently, the recommended mail generation unit 72 reads the mail address corresponding to the user ID of the other user from the user database 61. Subsequently, the recommendation mail generation unit 72 has a predetermined subject, a recommender ID, the text of the acquired recommendation mail, and the product information (product name, manufacturer or offer provided on the recommendation mail transmission page). The name of the trader, the URL of the sales page, the price, etc.) are shown, and a recommendation mail is generated with the read mail address as the destination. Here, in the recommendation mail, the URL of the web page that sells the recommended product is arranged as a link. The recommended email generator 72 outputs the generated recommended email to the recommended email transmitter 73.
- the text of the recommendation email is an example of recommendation information. Since the recommendation information may be information for product recommendation, the recommendation information may be expressed in a format other than the mail text. For example, the evaluation level (1, 2, 3, etc.) or ranking (for example, the ranking indicated as “Top n”) of the recommended product designated by the recommender may be added or attached to the recommendation email. Good.
- the recommended email transmitting unit 73 is a means for transmitting the recommended email input from the recommended email generating unit 72 to each designated user.
- the purchase email generation unit 74 is a means for generating a purchase email indicating that the other user has purchased the recommended product indicated by the recommendation email.
- the client 14 transmits the data shown on the page to the server 11.
- the input data includes the text of the purchase email (for example, “This is a really good product!”).
- the Web server function 66 receives the data and outputs it to the purchase mail generation unit 74.
- the purchase email generation unit 74 acquires the text of the purchase email from the input data. Further, the purchase mail generation unit 74 reads the transmission history corresponding to the purchaser and the purchased product from the history database 64, and specifies the mail address of another partner user who has received the same recommendation mail as that sent to the purchaser. At the same time, the mail address of the recommender who is the sender of the recommended mail is acquired from the user database 61. Subsequently, the purchase email generation unit 74 determines a predetermined subject, the text of the acquired purchase email, and the product information displayed on the purchase email transmission page (product name, manufacturer or provider name, sales Page URL, price, etc.) are displayed, and a purchase email addressed to the read email address is generated. The purchase e-mail address does not include the purchaser. The purchase email generation unit 74 outputs the generated purchase email to the purchase email transmission unit 75.
- the body of the purchase email is an example of purchase information (application information). Since the purchase information may be information indicating that the product has been purchased, the purchase information may be expressed in a format other than the mail text. For example, purchase prices, product evaluations, product images, and the like may be used as purchase information.
- the purchase mail may include information (for example, a nickname) for specifying a purchaser and purchase date and time.
- the purchase email transmission unit 75 is a means for transmitting the purchase email input from the purchase email generation unit 74 to the recommender and other counterpart users.
- the recommendation history update unit 76 is a means for updating the recommendation history in the history database 64.
- the recommendation history update unit 76 updates the record of the recommender and the other user corresponding to the recommendation email in response to the transmission of the recommendation email by the recommendation email transmission unit 73.
- the items updated here are the transmission date / time, the recommended product, the purchase record, the purchase date / time, and the past number of emails.
- the purchase record is updated to “no purchase”, and the purchase date and time is cleared.
- the recommendation history update unit 76 updates the purchaser record in response to the purchase email transmission by the purchase email transmission unit 75. Specifically, the purchase record of the purchaser is updated to “purchased”, and the transmission date and time of purchase email is set as the purchase date and time.
- the transmission history recording unit 77 is a means for recording in the history database 64 the transmission history for the recommendation email transmitted by the recommendation email transmission unit 73 and the transmission history for the purchase email transmitted by the purchase email transmission unit 75.
- the payment processing unit 78 is a means of performing a process of paying a reward to the recommender when the other user purchases a product from the web page indicated by the product information in the recommendation email. That is, the payment processing unit 78 performs processing related to the affiliate.
- affiliate payments are not limited to cash payments, and may be made at points that can be exchanged for products.
- the page generation unit 67 generates a sales page in response to an HTTP request from the client 13, and the Web server function transmits the sales page to the client 13 (steps S1001 and S1002).
- the client 13 receives and displays the sales page (steps S2001 and S2002).
- the client 13 requests the transmission page from the server 11 (step S2003).
- the Web server function receives the HTTP request, and the page generation unit 67 generates an authentication page in response to the HTTP request (steps S1003 and S1004). Then, the web server function 66 transmits an authentication page to the client 13 (step S1005).
- the client 13 receives and displays the authentication page (steps S2004 and S2005). When a user ID and password are input on this authentication page and a button for instructing authentication is clicked, the client 13 acquires these user ID and password and transmits them to the server 11 (steps S2006 and S2007).
- the Web server function 66 receives the user ID and password (step S1006). Subsequently, the authentication unit 68 authenticates the user of the client 13 by comparing the user ID and password with the user ID and password recorded in the user database 61 (step S1007).
- the recommendation candidate selection unit 71 selects a partner user candidate (step S1008).
- the recommended candidate selection unit 71 can select candidates using various methods such as the first to fifth examples.
- the page generation unit 67 generates a recommended mail transmission page (step S1009), and the Web server function 66 transmits the recommended mail transmission page to the client 13 (step S1010).
- the client 13 receives and displays the recommended email transmission page (steps S2008 and S2009).
- the body text of the recommended mail is input, and the send button is clicked, the client 13 acquires the body text and data indicating the other user, and stores these data in the server 11. Transmit (steps S2010 and S2011).
- the Web server function 66 receives the text of the recommendation mail and data indicating the other user (step S1011, first acquisition step). Subsequently, the recommendation mail generation unit 72 generates a recommendation mail using these data (step S1012, first generation step), and the recommendation mail transmission unit 73 sends the recommendation mail to the other user selected by the recommender. Transmit (step S1013, first transmission step). This recommendation mail is received by each client 14 (steps S3001, S4001, S5001). In the server 11, the recommendation history update unit 76 updates the recommendation history in response to the transmission of the recommendation email (step S1014), and the transmission history recording unit 77 records the transmission history of the recommendation email in the history database 64 (step S1015).
- the client 14 When the user of the client 14 who is one of the other users clicks the link to the sales page of the product (recommended product) indicated in the recommendation email, the client 14 requests the sales page (step S3002).
- the Web server function 66 receives the HTTP request (step S1016). Subsequently, the page generation unit 67 generates a sales page for the recommended product in response to the HTTP request (step S1017), and the Web server function 66 transmits the sales page to the client 14 (step S1018).
- the client 14 receives and displays the sales page (steps S3003 and S3004).
- the user of the client 14 performs a series of operations (for example, an operation of putting a product in a shopping cart, an operation of inputting a user ID and a password, an operation of specifying a payment method) on the sales page
- the client 14 Acquires purchase application data (application data) and transmits it to the server 11 (steps S3005 and S3006).
- the Web server function 66 receives the application data (step S1019). Subsequently, the sales processing unit 69 executes a series of sales processing (step S1020), and the payment processing unit 78 performs affiliate payment processing for the recommender (step S1021). Subsequently, the page generation unit 67 generates a purchase mail transmission page (step S1022), and the Web server function 66 transmits the purchase mail transmission page to the purchaser's client 14 (step S1023).
- the purchaser's client 14 receives and displays the purchase mail transmission page (steps S3007 and S3008).
- the client 14 acquires the text and transmits it to the server 11 (steps S3009 and S3010).
- the Web server function 66 receives the text of the purchase mail (step S1024, second acquisition step). Subsequently, the purchase email generation unit 74 generates a purchase email including the text (step S1025, second generation step), and the purchase email transmission unit 75 uses the purchase email as a recommender and other users other than the purchaser. (Step S1026, second transmission step). This purchase mail is received by the client 13 and the client 14 of a user other than the purchaser (steps S2012, S4002, and S5002). Subsequently, the recommendation history update unit 76 updates the record related to the purchaser of the recommendation history (step S1027), and the transmission history recording unit 77 records the transmission history related to the purchase mail in the history database 64 (step S1028). This completes the recommendation process using the recommendation email and the purchase email.
- the series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or software.
- a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed in the computer from the program recording medium.
- the program executed by the computer may be a program that is processed in time series in the order shown in the present embodiment, or in parallel or at a necessary timing such as when a call is made. It may be a program for processing.
- a purchase email indicating the purchase is generated, Sent to other partner users.
- Sent to other partner users Sent to other partner users.
- the recommender can also obtain financial satisfaction. That is, more rewards can be obtained by purchasing more products.
- the server 11 includes the payment processing unit 78, but the payment processing unit 78 may be omitted. That is, the process related to the affiliate payment can be omitted.
- the various databases 61 to 64 may be provided on a computer different from the server 11.
- the server 11 may access various databases via the network.
- the server 11 recommends a product by a recommendation email, but the target of recommendation is not limited to the product.
- admission, invitation to a membership card, participation in a campaign, or the like may be recommended. Therefore, the type of application is not limited to an application for purchase, and there may be various application modes such as an application for membership and an application for participation.
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推薦候補選択部71は、推薦者IDに対応する推薦履歴を読み出し、その推薦履歴で示される相手ユーザのすべてを候補として選択してもよい。
推薦候補選択部71は、推薦者IDに対応する推薦履歴で示される相手ユーザを特定の項目に従って並べ替えた上で、先頭から所定数の相手ユーザを候補として選択してもよい。並べ替えの基準となる項目や並び順は任意に定めてよい。
推薦候補選択部71は、レコメンド商品の属性と相手ユーザの趣味との一致の度合いが高い順に相手ユーザを並べ替えた上で、先頭から所定数の相手ユーザを候補として選択してもよい。このような第3の例では、推薦履歴が図7に示すようにカテゴリの項目を備えていることを前提とする。また、推薦候補選択部71が、推薦者IDとともに、販売ページに示されたレコメンド商品の商品IDを取得することも前提とする。
推薦候補選択部71は、推薦者と相手ユーザとの間の友人関係の内容に基づいて相手ユーザを並べ替えた上で、先頭から所定数の推薦内定を候補として選択してもよい。
(a)双方向の友人関係
(b)相手ユーザから推薦者への一方向の友人関係(相手ユーザのユーザIDに対応する友人IDとして推薦者のユーザIDが指定されている関係データは存在するが、これとは逆方向のつながりを示す関係データは存在しない)
(c)推薦者から相手ユーザへの一方向の友人関係(推薦者のユーザIDに対応する友人IDとして相手ユーザのユーザIDが指定されている関係データは存在するが、これとは逆方向のつながりを示す関係データは存在しない)
推薦候補選択部71は、履歴データベース65内の閲覧履歴又は購買履歴に基づいて相手ユーザを並べ替えた上で、先頭から所定数の推薦内定を候補として選択してもよい。例えば、推薦候補選択部71はレコメンド商品に対応するカテゴリの商品の閲覧数又は購入数が多い順に相手ユーザを並べ替えてもよい。
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- 第1のユーザが複数の第2のユーザに所定の推薦対象を推薦することを示す推薦情報を該第1のユーザの端末から取得する第1取得部と、
前記推薦情報に基づいて、前記推薦対象を前記複数の第2のユーザに推薦するための推薦メールを生成する第1生成部と、
前記推薦メールを前記複数の第2のユーザ宛に送信する第1送信部と、
前記複数の第2のユーザの一人が前記推薦メールで示される前記推薦対象を申し込んで該推薦対象の申込者になった場合に、該推薦対象の申込みを示す申込情報を該申込者の端末から取得する第2取得部と、
前記申込情報を含む申込メールを生成する第2生成部と、
前記申込メールを前記申込者以外の前記第2のユーザ宛に送信する第2送信部と
を備える情報提供装置。 - 前記第1のユーザと前記第2のユーザとが関連付けられた推薦データを記憶する第1記憶部を参照して前記第2のユーザの候補を複数選択し、選択された複数の候補を示す候補情報を前記第1のユーザの端末に送信する選択部を更に備え、
前記第1取得部が、前記第1のユーザの端末において前記候補情報で示される候補から指定された前記複数の第2のユーザを示す前記推薦情報を取得する、
請求項1に記載の情報提供装置。 - 前記推薦データが、前記第2のユーザ宛に送信された最近の前記推薦メールの送信日時を該第2のユーザの属性情報として含んでおり、
前記選択部が、前記送信日時の降順に前記複数の候補を選択する、
請求項2に記載の情報提供装置。 - 前記推薦データが、前記第2のユーザ宛に送信された最近の前記推薦メールの送信日時と、該推薦メールで示される推薦対象と、該推薦対象の申込日時とを該第2のユーザの属性情報として含んでおり、
前記選択部が、前記送信日時から前記申込日時までの時間が短い順に前記複数の候補を選択する、
請求項2に記載の情報提供装置。 - 前記推薦データが、前記第2のユーザ宛に過去に送信された前記推薦メールの個数を該第2のユーザの属性情報として含んでおり、
前記選択部が、前記推薦メールの個数の降順に前記複数の候補を選択する、
請求項2に記載の情報提供装置。 - 前記推薦データが、前記第2のユーザの趣味に対応する推薦対象のカテゴリを該第2のユーザの属性情報として含んでおり、
前記選択部が、前記第1のユーザにより推薦される推薦対象のカテゴリと前記推薦データで示される推薦対象のカテゴリとの一致度が高い順に前記複数の候補を選択する、
請求項2に記載の情報提供装置。 - 前記選択部が、有向グラフで表されるユーザ間の関係を示す関係データを記憶する第2記憶部を参照して、前記第1のユーザと双方向の友人関係にある前記第2のユーザと、該第1のユーザへの一方向の友人関係にある前記第2のユーザと、該第1のユーザからの一方向の友人関係にある前記第2のユーザとを、それぞれ第1群、第2群、及び第3群として特定し、該第1群、該第2群、及び該第3群の順に前記複数の候補を選択する、
請求項2に記載の情報提供装置。 - 前記選択部が、推薦メールの送信日時と該推薦メールで示される推薦対象とを示す送信履歴を記憶する第3記憶部と、前記第2のユーザにより申し込まれた推薦対象及び申込日時を示す申込履歴を記憶する第4記憶部とを参照して、前記第1生成部により生成される推薦メールで示される推薦対象と同じカテゴリの他の推薦対象に対応する前記送信日時及び前記申込日時の差が小さい順に前記複数の候補を選択する、
請求項2に記載の情報提供装置。 - 前記選択部が、前記第2のユーザにより閲覧された推薦対象及び閲覧日時を示す閲覧履歴を記憶する第5記憶部を参照して、前記第1生成部により生成される推薦メールで示される推薦対象と同じカテゴリの他の推薦対象の閲覧数が多い順に前記複数の候補を選択する、
請求項2に記載の情報提供装置。 - 前記選択部が、前記第2のユーザにより申し込まれた推薦対象及び申込日時を示す申込履歴を記憶する第6記憶部を参照して、前記第1生成部により生成される推薦メールで示される推薦対象と同じカテゴリの他の推薦対象の申込数が多い順に前記複数の候補を選択する、
請求項2に記載の情報提供装置。 - 前記推薦対象が商品であり、前記推薦対象の申込みが商品の購入の申込みである、
請求項1~10のいずれか一項に記載の情報提供装置。 - 情報提供装置により実行される情報提供方法であって、
第1のユーザが複数の第2のユーザに所定の推薦対象を推薦することを示す推薦情報を該第1のユーザの端末から取得する第1取得ステップと、
前記推薦情報に基づいて、前記推薦対象を前記複数の第2のユーザに推薦するための推薦メールを生成する第1生成ステップと、
前記推薦メールを前記複数の第2のユーザ宛に送信する第1送信ステップと、
前記複数の第2のユーザの一人が前記推薦メールで示される前記推薦対象を申し込んで該推薦対象の申込者になった場合に、該推薦対象の申込みを示す申込情報を該申込者の端末から取得する第2取得ステップと、
前記申込情報を含む申込メールを生成する第2生成ステップと、
前記申込メールを前記申込者以外の前記第2のユーザ宛に送信する第2送信ステップと
を含む情報提供方法。 - 第1のユーザが複数の第2のユーザに所定の推薦対象を推薦することを示す推薦情報を該第1のユーザの端末から取得する第1取得部と、
前記推薦情報に基づいて、前記推薦対象を前記複数の第2のユーザに推薦するための推薦メールを生成する第1生成部と、
前記推薦メールを前記複数の第2のユーザ宛に送信する第1送信部と、
前記複数の第2のユーザの一人が前記推薦メールで示される前記推薦対象を申し込んで該推薦対象の申込者になった場合に、該推薦対象の申込みを示す申込情報を該申込者の端末から取得する第2取得部と、
前記申込情報を含む申込メールを生成する第2生成部と、
前記申込メールを前記申込者以外の前記第2のユーザ宛に送信する第2送信部と
をコンピュータに実行させる情報提供プログラム。 - 第1のユーザが複数の第2のユーザに所定の推薦対象を推薦することを示す推薦情報を該第1のユーザの端末から取得する第1取得部と、
前記推薦情報に基づいて、前記推薦対象を前記複数の第2のユーザに推薦するための推薦メールを生成する第1生成部と、
前記推薦メールを前記複数の第2のユーザ宛に送信する第1送信部と、
前記複数の第2のユーザの一人が前記推薦メールで示される前記推薦対象を申し込んで該推薦対象の申込者になった場合に、該推薦対象の申込みを示す申込情報を該申込者の端末から取得する第2取得部と、
前記申込情報を含む申込メールを生成する第2生成部と、
前記申込メールを前記申込者以外の前記第2のユーザ宛に送信する第2送信部と
をコンピュータに実行させる情報提供プログラムを記憶するコンピュータ読取可能な記録媒体。
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