WO2018083725A1

WO2018083725A1 - Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

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Publication number: WO2018083725A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/082399
Authority: WO
Inventors: 亮平詫間
Original assignee: 楽天株式会社
Priority date: 2016-11-01
Filing date: 2016-11-01
Publication date: 2018-05-11
Also published as: JPWO2018083725A1; JP6186542B1

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide advice matching a golf skill that a user wishes to develop in the future. The information processing device according to the present invention acquires, for each user of a plurality of users, the results of the latest golf played by the user and virtual past golf results calculated for the user, wherein the plurality of users played golf under the same or similar conditions as a target user. The information processing device then identifies, from among the plurality of users, users for whom there is a relatively large improvement between the virtual past golf results and the latest golf results. Then when the target user has selected one of the identified users in response to provision of information relating to the identified users, the information processing device provides advice matching the selected user.

Description

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program

The present invention relates to the technical field of a system that provides advice on golf.

Conventionally, a system for providing advice for supporting golf play is known as information related to golf. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system that determines a classification relating to a player's skill and the like based on a player's history, and generates advice information at a place where the player plays based on the place where the player plays and the player's classification. It is disclosed.

Also known is a system that provides learning information according to the current user's grades. For example, in Patent Document 2, in order to advance learning efficiently, test information for grasping a learner's understanding level of learning information is output, and a unit corresponding to the understanding level analyzed based on an answer to the test information And a system for outputting learning information of a level is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-201081 JP 2011-75837 A

However, the system described in the cited document 1 may provide advice suitable for the current skill level of the player, but does not provide advice for improving the skill of the player. Moreover, although the system described in the cited document 2 may provide learning information for efficiently performing learning, it does not provide advice suitable for the future image desired by the user.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and the like that can provide advice that matches a future image desired by a user regarding golf skills.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to golf by a corresponding user for each of a plurality of corresponding users who have played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions in which the target user has played golf. And the virtual result in the past time when the corresponding user has experienced golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf so far. Acquisition means for acquiring the result of the above, and specifying means for specifying a user having a relatively large degree of improvement in the result from the acquired virtual result to the acquired latest result among the plurality of corresponding users And when any one of the identified users is selected by the target user in response to provision of information regarding the identified user, the selection Characterized in that is a providing means for providing advice in accordance with the user was, an information processing apparatus having a.

According to this invention, a plurality of corresponding users who have played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions in which the target user to whom advice is provided played golf are specified. The corresponding user is a user who may have a possibility that the target user knows the level of golf skill. The information processing apparatus acquires the result of the most recent play and the result of the virtual play for each user. The result of play indicates the level of golf skill of the corresponding user. The result of the virtual play is that the corresponding user has played golf in the past time when the target user has experienced golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf to date. This is the result when assumed. The information processing apparatus identifies a user having a relatively large degree of improvement in the result from the virtual result to the latest result among the plurality of corresponding users. Therefore, there is a user who has a probability that the skill of golf is relatively improved from the past time when the target user has experienced golf to the same extent as he has experienced golf until now. Identified. Information about the identified user is provided, and the target user selects one of the identified users based on the provided information. The selected user is the future image desired by the target user or the target user's goal. The information processing apparatus provides advice corresponding to the selected user. Therefore, the information processing apparatus provides advice corresponding to a user selected as a future image by the target user from among users who have greatly improved golf skills. Therefore, it is expected that when the target user acts according to the advice, the golf skill of the target user improves, and the target user approaches the user selected as the future image. Therefore, the information processing apparatus can provide advice suitable for the future image desired by the user regarding golf skills.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the acquisition unit is configured such that the target user has experienced golf so far and the corresponding user has experienced golf. The larger the difference from a certain level, the higher the virtual result that is relatively inferior to the latest result.

According to this invention, it is possible to appropriately acquire the virtual play result of the corresponding user. The reason is that the longer or more experienced golf is, the more likely it is that the result of play will be improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the acquisition unit acquires the latest score of the corresponding user, and at least a predetermined type of clubs among a plurality of types of clubs. The virtual flight distance of the ball when the user hits the ball using the club, the extent to which the target user has experienced golf up to now, and the extent to which the relevant user has experienced golf The greater the difference is, the greater the difference between the flight distance acquisition means for acquiring a relatively short virtual flight distance compared to the ball flight distance when the user actually hits the ball using the club; Among the users who have played on the course for which the corresponding user has given the most recent score, the flying distance of the ball when hitting the ball using the predetermined type of club is the club of the predetermined type. Reference user specifying means for specifying a reference user that is within a predetermined distance from the virtual flight distance acquired in the step, wherein the acquisition means includes information on play on the course by the specified reference user. Based on this, a virtual score of the corresponding user is determined, and the specifying means specifies a user having a relatively high degree of improvement in score from the virtual score to the most recent score.

According to this invention, the information processing apparatus acquires a score as a result of play. The information processing apparatus is a virtual flight that indicates a skill level at which the target user flies the ball at a time when the target user has experienced golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf to date. Get the distance. The information processing apparatus can specify, as a reference user, a user who has made a flight distance substantially the same as the virtual flight distance of the corresponding user. The information processing apparatus has a skill level that is substantially the same as the skill level of the corresponding user when the target user has experienced golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf to date. Based on the play information of the reference user, the virtual score of the corresponding user is determined. The reference user's play information can be regarded as virtual play information of the corresponding user. Therefore, the information processing apparatus can appropriately determine the virtual score.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the third aspect, the flight distance acquisition unit acquires the virtual flight distance for each of the plurality of types of clubs. The virtual score of the corresponding user is determined based on the type of club used by the identified reference user in the course and the virtual flight distance acquired for each of the plurality of types of clubs. To do.

According to this invention, the information processing apparatus can use the type of club actually used by the reference user as the type of club used by the user in the virtual play. The virtual play of the corresponding user can be reproduced based on the type of club used by the user in the virtual play and the virtual flight distance for each type of club of the corresponding user. Therefore, the information processing apparatus can appropriately determine the virtual score.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the third aspect, the acquisition unit determines a score given by the identified reference user in the course as a virtual score of the corresponding user. It is characterized by that.

According to the present invention, the play by the reference user is regarded as the virtual play of the corresponding user. Therefore, the information processing apparatus determines the score of the reference user as the virtual score of the corresponding user. Therefore, the information processing apparatus can appropriately determine the virtual score.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the specifying unit includes a result of the target user out of a plurality of types of results, and the target. A user who has a relatively large degree of improvement in the type of result in which the difference between the user's experience of golf and the results obtained by other users who have experienced golf to the same extent has exceeded a predetermined value. It is characterized by specifying.

The kind of play in which the difference between the result given by the target user and the result given by another user who has experienced golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf so far exceeds the predetermined value The skill corresponding to the result is a skill that the target user is not good at compared to other users, or a skill that the target user is good at. There is a probability that the target user wants to improve at least one of the skill he is not good at and the skill he is good at. According to the present invention, the information processing apparatus can provide advice that is expected to relatively greatly improve a type of skill that is likely to be improved by the target user.

The invention according to claim 7 is an information processing method executed by a computer, in which each of a plurality of corresponding users who have played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions in which the target user has played golf. As a result of playing golf by the past, the most recent result and the past time when the target user has experienced golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf until now An acquisition step of acquiring a virtual result in the step, and among the plurality of corresponding users, a user having a relatively large degree of improvement in the result from the acquired virtual result to the latest acquired result is identified. In response to the specifying step and provision of information on the specified user, any one of the specified users is selected as the target user. If selected by, characterized in that it comprises a and a providing step of providing advice according to the user said selected.

The invention according to claim 8 is the result of playing golf by the corresponding user for each of a plurality of corresponding users who played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions under which the target user played golf. In addition, the most recent result and the virtual result in the past time when the target user has experienced golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf so far are acquired. And an identifying means for identifying a user having a relatively large degree of improvement in the result from the acquired virtual result to the most recent result obtained, among the plurality of corresponding users, and the identified When any one of the identified users is selected by the target user in response to provision of information regarding the selected user, the selected user is selected. Characterized in that it is an information processing program to function as a providing means, for providing advice in accordance with the.

According to the present invention, therefore, the information processing apparatus can provide advice suitable for the future image desired by the user regarding golf skills.

It is a figure showing an example of outline composition of information processing system S concerning one embodiment. It is a block diagram showing an example of the outline composition of golf reservation server 1 concerning one embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the content memorize | stored in a database. It is a figure showing an example of a functional block of system control part 14 of golf reservation server 1 concerning one embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the relationship between an experience difference and a coefficient. It is a figure which shows an example of the years of experience of a target user. It is a figure which shows the example of the result of the virtual play of the said user. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a candidate user. It is a figure which shows an example of the determination method of a virtual striking number. It is a figure which shows an example of a candidate user list page. It is a figure which shows an example of an advice page. It is a figure which shows the process example of the system control part 14 of the golf reservation server 1 which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process example of the system control part 14 of the golf reservation server 1 which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the virtual play result acquisition process of the system control part 14 of the golf reservation server 1 which concerns on one Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The embodiment described below is an embodiment when the present invention is applied to an information processing system.

[1. Overview of information processing system configuration and functions]
First, the configuration and functional overview of the information processing system S according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of an information processing system S according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system S includes a golf reservation server 1 and a plurality of user terminals 2. And the golf reservation server 1 and each user terminal 2 can mutually transmit / receive data via the network NW, for example using TCP / IP etc. as a communication protocol. The network NW is constructed by, for example, the Internet, a dedicated communication line (for example, a CATV (CommunityCommunAntenna Television) line), a mobile communication network (including a base station, etc.), a gateway, and the like.

The golf reservation server 1 is a server device that executes various processes related to a reservation site for reserving a golf course. The golf reservation server 1 is an example of an information processing apparatus in the present invention. The user can reserve the use of a desired golf course by using the reservation site. In the reservation site, it may be possible to reserve a golf lesson or a golf driving range. Moreover, the golf reservation server 1 performs the process for providing the advice for improving a user's golf skill. In response to a request from the user terminal 2, the golf reservation server 1 transmits, for example, a web page of a reservation site, or performs a process related to a search or reservation of a golf course.

User terminal 2 is a terminal device of a user who uses a reservation site. The user terminal 2 receives the web page from the golf reservation server 1 and displays it by accessing the golf reservation server 1 based on an operation from the user. Software such as a browser and an e-mail client is incorporated in the user terminal 2. As the user terminal 2, for example, a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile information terminal such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, or the like is used.

[2. Configuration of golf reservation server]
Next, the structure of the golf reservation server 1 is demonstrated using FIG.2 and FIG.3. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the golf reservation server 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the golf reservation server 1 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, an input / output interface 13, and a system control unit 14. The system control unit 14 and the input / output interface 13 are connected via a system bus 15.

The communication unit 11 is connected to the network NW and controls the communication state with the user terminal 2 and the like.

The storage unit 12 is composed of, for example, a hard disk drive. The storage unit 12 is an example of a storage device. In the storage unit 12, databases such as a user DB 12a, a golf course DB 12b, a lesson DB 12c, a practice field DB 12d, a golf course reservation DB 12e, a lesson reservation DB 12f, a practice field reservation DB 12g, and a play information DB 12h are constructed. “DB” is an abbreviation for database.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of contents stored in the database. The user DB 12a stores user information related to users who use the reservation site. Specifically, user attributes such as user ID, nickname, name, date of birth, sex, address, e-mail address, and golf start time information are stored in the user DB 12a in association with each user. The user information may be input by a user, for example. The user ID is identification information for identifying the user. Golf start time information shows the time when the user started golf. For example, the golf start time information may indicate the year when golf was started, may indicate the date when golf was started, or may indicate the date when golf was started. Good.

In the golf course DB 12b, golf course information related to a golf course that can be reserved on a reservation site is stored. Specifically, in the golf course DB 12b, golf course attributes such as a course ID, course name, address, feature information, one-round specified number of hits, and hole information 1 to 18 are stored in association with each golf course. . The course ID is identification information for identifying a golf course. The characteristic information indicates the characteristics of the golf course. The characteristic information may include, for example, at least one of a geographical characteristic of a place where the golf course is located, a characteristic of a hole, and a kind of turf. Geographic features include forests, hills, coasts, mountains, and riverbeds. The hall characteristics may include at least one of information indicating whether there are many short courses or information indicating whether the fairway is wide, for example. The hole information 1 to 18 is information about the first hole to the 18th hole, respectively. Each hole information includes a prescribed number of holes and layout information. The layout information indicates the layout of the hole. For example, the layout information indicates the position or range of a tee ground, fairway, green, cup, rough, bunker, pond, river, forest, OB (Out of Bounds), etc. in the hall. The layout information may be information indicating a map of the hall.

The lesson DB 12c stores lesson information related to golf lessons. Specifically, the lesson DB 12c stores a lesson ID, a lesson name, lesson details, and the like in association with each lesson. The lesson ID is identification information for identifying a lesson. The lesson details may include at least one of, for example, what lesson will be held, where the lesson will take place, the name of the coach, whether it is a private lesson, or the like.

The practice field information related to the golf practice field is stored in the practice field DB 12d. Specifically, the practice field ID, practice field name, address, and the like are stored in the golf course DB 12d in association with each practice field. The practice field ID is identification information for identifying the practice field.

The reservation status of each golf course is stored in the golf course reservation DB 12e. Specifically, the course ID, play date, start time, reservation flag, reservation type, user ID, and the like are stored in the golf course reservation DB 12e for each combination of course ID, play date, and start time. The play date indicates the date on which golf is played by the reservation person. The start time indicates the time when golf play is started. For example, the start time interval is predetermined for each golf course. The reservation flag indicates whether or not the use of the golf course indicated by the course ID is reserved from the start time of the play day. When the reservation flag is TRUE, it indicates that it is reserved. If the reservation flag is FALSE, it indicates that no reservation is made. The reservation type indicates the type of reservation for the golf course. As the reservation type, normal reservation or single-person reservation is set. The normal reservation is that a group representative or the like makes a reservation in order for a group composed of at least two members to play golf. Only one user can make a regular reservation for a combination of the same golf course, play date and start time. A one-person reservation is a reservation for use of a golf course by one user. It is possible to make a one-person reservation by a plurality of users for a combination of the same golf course, play date and start time. In this case, a plurality of users who have made a reservation for one person play golf together. The user ID indicates the user who made the reservation. In the case of normal reservation, the user ID of the group representative is stored in the golf course reservation DB 12e. In the case of a one-person reservation, the user ID is stored in the golf course reservation DB 12e for each user who has made a reservation.

The lesson reservation DB 12f stores lesson reservation information indicating the reservation status of golf lessons. Specifically, the lesson reservation DB 12f stores a lesson ID, a user ID, a lesson date and time, and the like in association with each lesson reservation. The lesson ID indicates a reserved lesson. The user ID indicates the user who reserved the lesson. The lesson date indicates the date when the reserved lesson is performed.

The practice field reservation DB 12g stores practice field reservation information indicating the reservation status of the golf practice field. Specifically, the practice field reservation DB 12g stores a practice field ID, a user ID, a practice field date and time, and the like in association with each practice field reservation. The practice field ID indicates a reserved practice field. The user ID indicates the user who reserved the practice field. The practice field date and time indicates the date and time when the reserved practice field is used.

The play information DB 12h stores play information related to play when the user actually plays golf on the golf course. Specifically, the play information DB 12h stores a user ID, a course ID, a play date, a start time, a purpose of play, companion information, weather conditions, club information used, number of rounds played, hole play information 1 to 18, and the like. Is done. The user ID indicates a user who has played golf. The course ID indicates the golf course on which the play was performed. The play date indicates the date on which golf was played. The start time indicates the time when golf play is started. The purpose of play indicates what purpose the user played golf. Examples of play purposes include entertainment, competition, play, and serious play. The companion information indicates a member who played golf with the user. The companion information may be, for example, a list of member user IDs. The weather condition indicates the weather in the time zone in which the user played on the golf course played by the user. The weather condition may include at least one of, for example, wind direction, wind speed, temperature, humidity, and weather. The used club information is information indicating the club used by the user when playing golf. For example, the used club information may include the product name or product code of the used club for each type of club. The product code may be, for example, a JAN (Japan Article Number) code, an EAN (European Article Number) code, or a UPC (Universal Product Code) code. Examples of club types include 1st-11th woods, 1st-9th irons, pitching wedges, sand wedges, and putters. The number of hits per round is the total number of hits for all holes.

The hole play information 1-18 corresponds to the play of the first hole to the 18th hole, respectively. Each hole play information includes tee position information, number of hits of holes, and at least one shot information. The tee position information indicates the position of the first hit tee in the corresponding hole. For example, the tee position information may indicate any of front, regular, and back. The number of hits of the hole is the number of times the user hits the ball in the corresponding hole.

Shot information is information for each shot in the corresponding hole. When the number of hits is N, the hole play information includes N pieces of shot information from shot information 1 to shot information N. The shot information includes the club type, distance, ball stop position information, and the like. The club type indicates the type of club used in the corresponding shot. The distance indicates the flight distance or movement distance of the ball by the corresponding shot. The ball stop position information indicates the position where the ball that flew or moved in the corresponding shot stopped. For example, the ball stop position information may indicate the coordinates of the position where the ball has stopped in the corresponding hole. Further, for example, the ball stop position information may indicate whether the place where the ball stopped is a fairway, green, cup, rough, bunker, pond, river, forest, or OB.

Part or all of the information included in the play information may be input to the user terminal 2 by the user himself / herself, for example. In this case, the user terminal 2 transmits the input information to the golf reservation server 1, and the golf reservation server 1 stores the received information in the play information DB 12h. Basically, the user inputs the play purpose and club information to be used. Also, the user basically inputs information corresponding to companion information when the reservation type is a normal reservation. Part of the information included in the play information may be automatically obtained or generated by the golf reservation server 1 and stored in the play information DB 12h, for example. A method for automatically acquiring or generating information is not limited. The method described below is exemplary. For example, the golf reservation server 1 may acquire a course ID, a play date, a start time, and a user ID whose reservation flag is TRUE from the golf course reservation DB 12e and store them in the play information DB 12h. Further, for example, when the reservation type stored in the golf course reservation DB 12e is a one-person reservation, the golf reservation server 1 can generate companion information based on the user ID stored in the golf course reservation DB 12e. Further, for example, the golf reservation server 1 may acquire the weather condition in the time zone corresponding to the start time from the predetermined server device on the play date of the golf course indicated by the course ID and store it in the play information DB 12h. For example, the user of the reservation site may be able to purchase a golf club at a predetermined online shopping site. In this case, the golf reservation server 1 may generate used club information based on the purchase history of the online shopping site. For example, for each type of golf club, the golf reservation server 1 may estimate that the club purchased by the user on the day closest to the play date is the club used by the user. Further, for example, an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip may be embedded in a ball used by the user. This IC chip may be provided with an antenna for GPS (Global Positioning System), for example. The IC chip receives a signal from a GPS satellite and calculates the position of the ball for each predetermined time interval. The IC chip temporarily stores position information in association with the position of the ball at each predetermined time interval and time. The IC chip transmits the position information at a predetermined timing to a terminal device that can be carried by a user playing golf. The terminal device may be the same as the user terminal 2 or may be different from the user terminal 2. The terminal device transmits position information to the golf reservation server 1 together with the user ID of the user who is playing golf. The golf reservation server 1 calculates the tee position information, the number of hits, the flight distance, and the ball stop position information of each hole based on the layout information 1 to 18 of the golf course where the user is playing golf and the received position information. To do. For example, a sensor such as an acceleration sensor, an impact sensor, or a speed sensor may be attached to each club used by the user. The terminal device portable by the user receives information output from the sensor. The terminal device may determine which type of club has hit the ball based on the received information. The user terminal 2 may generate a club type according to the determination result and transmit it to the golf reservation server 1.

The storage unit 12 further stores various data for displaying a web page, such as an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document, an XML (Extensible Markup Language) document, image data, text data, an electronic document, and the like. The storage unit 12 stores various setting values.

Further, the storage unit 12 stores various programs such as an operating system, a DBMS (Database Management System), and a server program. The server program is a program that causes the system control unit 14 to execute various processes related to the reservation site. The server program includes various program codes. Note that the various programs may be acquired from, for example, another server device or the like via the network NW, or may be recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape, an optical disk, or a memory card and read via the drive device. You may be made to do. The server program or the like may be a program product.

The input / output interface 13 performs interface processing between the communication unit 11 and the storage unit 12 and the system control unit 14.

The system control unit 14 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 14a, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 14b, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 14c, and the like. The CPU 14a is an example of a processor. The present invention can also be applied to various processors different from the CPU. The storage unit 12, the ROM 14b, and the RAM 14c are examples of memories. The present invention can also be applied to various memories different from the hard disk, ROM, and RAM.

In addition, the golf reservation server 1 may be comprised with a some server apparatus. For example, a server device that performs processing such as reservation of a golf course, a server device that performs processing for providing advice to a user, a server device that transmits a web page in response to a request from the user terminal 2, and a database are managed. Server devices or the like may be connected to each other via a LAN or the like.

[3. Overview of system control functions]
Next, the functional outline of the system control unit 14 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 9. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the system control unit 14 of the golf reservation server 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the system control unit 14 reads and executes various program codes included in a program such as a server program by the CPU 14a, so that a play result acquisition unit 141, a candidate user specifying unit 142, and an advice providing unit 143 are provided. And so on. The play result acquisition unit 141 is an example of an acquisition unit of the present invention. The candidate user specifying unit 142 is an example of specifying means of the present invention. The advice providing unit 143 is an example of providing means of the present invention.

The system control unit 14 provides advice for the user to improve golf skills. A user to whom advice is provided is called a target user. The system control unit 14 provides advice according to the future image desired by the target user or the target user's goal. The future image desired by the target user or the target user's target is, for example, a user who wants to be the target user among users different from the target user. A user who wants to be a target user is called a target user. For example, by watching how other users are playing golf, the target user can know what skill level of other users and what level. The system control unit 14 identifies a user who can know the skill level of the target user as a corresponding user. The system control unit 14 identifies, as candidate users, users who are estimated to be greatly improved in the skill level of golf from the corresponding users. The system control unit 14 causes the target user to select a target user from among the candidate users. The system control unit 14 provides advice based on the history of golf of the selected target user.

[3-1. Identify applicable users]
The play result acquisition unit 141 identifies a plurality of corresponding users who played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions under which the target user played golf. The condition for playing golf is a condition for identifying a user who has a probability of being viewed by the target user as playing golf. The play result acquisition unit 141 can identify the corresponding user based on the play information DB 12h. The conditions for playing golf include at least a golf course and a play date. The user may be a user who played on the same golf course and play date as the golf course and play date played by the target user. In this case, the user is playing golf on the golf course on which the target user is playing on the day the target user is playing. Therefore, the target user is likely to have seen the user playing golf. The conditions for playing golf may or may not include the start time. For example, the user may be a user who played on the same golf course, play date, and start time as the golf course, play date, and start time played by the target user. That is, the corresponding user may be a companion of the target user. In this case, the user is playing golf together with the target user. Therefore, the target user inevitably sees the user playing golf. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may start one of the start times immediately before and immediately after the start time played by the target user in addition to the user who played at the same start time as the start time played by the target user. The user who has started playing may also be included in the corresponding user. The conditions for playing golf may or may not include the playing situation of golf. The play status may include at least one of weather conditions, specifications of the club used, the number of companions, the purpose of play, and the position of the first tee. In this case, the corresponding user is a user who played in the same or similar play situation as the target user among the users who played on the same golf course and play date as the target user played. May be. There is a possibility that the target user refers to a user who has played in the same or similar play situation as the target user.

The play result acquisition unit 141 may exclude, from the corresponding users, users whose degree of golf experience is less than or equal to the degree that the target user has experienced golf so far. The reason is that the target user becomes the future image of the target user. The degree to which the user is experiencing golf may be years of experience or cumulative rounds. The number of years of experience is the number of years that have elapsed since the user started playing golf. The play result acquisition unit 141 can calculate the years of experience based on the golf start time information stored in the user information DB 12a. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may calculate the years of experience based on the play information DB 12h. For example, the play result acquisition unit 141 may determine the oldest play date among the play dates stored in the play information DB 12h in association with the user ID of the target user on the date when the user started golf. The cumulative number of rounds indicates how many rounds the user has played since starting golf. The play result acquisition unit 141 may calculate the cumulative number of rounds based on the play information DB 12h. For example, the play result acquisition unit 141 may count the number of play information stored in the play information DB 12h in association with the user ID of the target user as the cumulative number of rounds.

[3-2. Get play results]
The play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the result of golf play by the corresponding user for each of the specified corresponding users. The play result acquisition unit 141 can acquire a play result based on the number of hits and hole play information 1 to 18 stored in the play information DB 12h. As a result of play, the result of the most recent play and the result of the virtual play are acquired. The result of play indicates the level of golf skill. The play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire a plurality of types of play results determined in advance for each of the most recent play and virtual play.

Examples of play results include score, ball flight distance, shot stability, and average number of putts. The score indicates the overall skill level of golf. The play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire the number of hits in one round as a score. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may calculate the score by subtracting the specified number of strokes from the number of strokes in one round. The distance of the ball indicates the skill level at which the ball is moved far away. The play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire only the flight distance when the driver is used. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire a flight distance for each of a plurality of types of clubs. The play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire, for example, a maximum flight distance or an average flight distance. The shot stability rate indicates the level of skill for performing a stable shot. A stable shot may include, for example, at least one of the accuracy of hitting the ball and the accuracy of the distance of the ball. Examples of shot stability rates include fairway keep rate, peron rate, OB rate, recovery rate, and sand save rate. These ratios indicate skill levels corresponding to the respective ratios. Note that the play result acquisition unit 141 may calculate the shot stability rate based on at least two rates among the fairway keep rate, the peron rate, the OB rate, the recovery rate, and the sand save rate. The average number of putts indicates the level of skills for performing stable putts. The stable putt may include at least one of, for example, that the direction in which the ball is hit is accurate and that the distance to roll the ball is accurate.

The result of the most recent play is the result of actual play when the user has the current skill level or the recent skill level. The play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire the latest result among the results when the user plays on the same golf course and play date as the golf course and play date played by the target user, for example. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may be the result of the most recent play among the results when the user plays on the same golf course as the golf course played by the target user. Or the play result acquisition part 141 may acquire the result of the last play irrespective of what golf course played.

As a result of the virtual play, it is assumed that the corresponding user has played golf in the past period when the target user has been playing golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf to date It is a result when doing. The play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire a virtual play result based on the latest play result. For example, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines from the result of the most recent play based on the difference between the degree that the corresponding user has experienced golf until now and the degree that the target user has experienced golf until now. You may acquire the result of a virtual play. This difference is called experience difference. Specifically, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires a virtual play result that is relatively inferior to the result of the most recent play as the experience difference increases. The reason is that the longer the years of experience or the greater the number of accumulated rounds, the higher the skill level of golf. The storage unit 12 may store a table that defines a coefficient corresponding to the experience difference for each combination of the type of result of play and the experience difference. Then, the play result acquisition unit 141 may calculate the virtual play result by multiplying the result of the most recent play by a coefficient corresponding to the type of play result and the experience difference. The coefficient may be the same or different between the types of results of play. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may calculate a virtual play result by calculation using the experience difference and the result of the most recent play.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the experience difference and the coefficient. In FIG. 5, the difference in years of experience is used as an example of experience difference, and the number of hits, flight distance, and average number of putts are used as examples of play results. As shown in FIG. 5, the coefficient corresponding to each of the number of strokes and the average number of putts is 1 or more. In addition, the coefficient corresponding to the number of strokes and the average number of putts becomes larger as the difference in years of experience increases. The coefficient corresponding to the flight distance is 1 or less. In addition, the coefficient corresponding to the flight distance becomes smaller as the difference in the years of experience increases.

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example of the years of experience of the target user. FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of a virtual play result of the user. As shown in FIG. 6A, the target user is a user UA, and the user UA has two years of experience. As shown in FIG. 6B, the corresponding users are users UB to UD. The user UB has five years of experience, the user UC has seven years of experience, and the user UD has three years of experience. Therefore, the difference in years of experience for each of the users UB, UC and UD with respect to the user UA is 3 years, 5 years and 1 year. The latest number of hits of the user UB, the flight distance of the driver, and the average number of putts are 100 shots, 230 yards, and 3 times, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5, the coefficients of the number of batting, the driver's flight distance, and the average number of putts according to the difference in the number of years of experience are 1.3, 0.86, and 1.25. Therefore, the virtual number of hits of the user UB, the flight distance of the driver, and the average number of putts are 130 shots, 197 yards, and 3.75 times, respectively. The latest number of hits of the user UC, the flight distance of the driver, and the average number of putts are 80 strokes, 170 yards, and 2.5 times, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5, the coefficients of the number of batting, the driver's flight distance, and the average number of putts according to the difference in the years of experience over 5 years are 1.5, 0.82, and 1.35. Therefore, the virtual number of hits of the user UC, the flight distance of the driver, and the average number of putts are 120 shots, 139 yards, and 3.375 times, respectively. The most recent number of hits of the user UD, the flying distance of the driver, and the average number of putts are 120 strokes, 160 yards, and 4 times, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5, the coefficients of the number of batting, the driver's flight distance, and the average number of putts according to the difference in years of experience are 1.1, 0.9, and 1.1. Therefore, the virtual number of hits of the user UC, the flight distance of the driver, and the average number of putts are 132 shots, 144 yards, and 4.4 times, respectively.

The play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire a virtual hit number by the method described above, or may acquire a virtual hit number by a method different from the method described above. For example, the play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire the virtual flight distance of the ball when the user hits the ball using the club for at least a predetermined type of the plurality of types of clubs. The predetermined type of club may be a driver, for example, or may be a type of club different from the driver. The predetermined type of club may be a club used by the user for the first hit of the first hole. The play result acquisition unit 141 acquires a relatively short virtual flight distance as compared to the latest flight distance as the experience difference increases. The method for acquiring the virtual flight distance is the same as the method described above. The play result acquisition unit 141 is a flying distance of the ball when the user hits the ball using a predetermined type of club among the users who have played on the same golf course as the golf course that the user played with the most recent hits. However, a user who is within a predetermined distance from the virtual flight distance of the user is identified as a reference user. In other words, the play result acquisition unit 141 identifies a user who has actually made a flight distance substantially the same as the virtual flight distance. The play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the virtual hit number of the corresponding user based on the play information of the reference user in the golf course played by the corresponding user with the latest hit number. The reference user is a user who has substantially the same skill level as that of the corresponding user. The play result acquisition unit 141 can regard at least a part of the play information of the reference user whose skill level is substantially the same as that of the corresponding user as at least a part of the virtual play information of the corresponding user. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately determine the number of virtual shots.

The reference user's play information may be the number of hits or the type of club used. For example, the play result acquisition unit 141 may determine the reference user's hit number as the virtual hit number of the corresponding user. Multiple reference users may be identified. In this case, the play result acquisition unit 141 may determine, for example, the representative value of the number of hits of a plurality of reference users as the virtual hit number of the corresponding user. The representative value may be, for example, an average value, a median value, or a mode value.

Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire the virtual flight distance of the corresponding user for each of a plurality of types of clubs. The method of acquiring the virtual flight distance by each type of club is the same as the method of acquiring the virtual flight distance by the predetermined type of club. The play result acquisition unit 141 may determine the virtual hit number of the user based on the type of club used by the reference user and the virtual flight distance acquired for each of the multiple types of clubs. The type of club used by the reference user on the golf course played by the corresponding user with the most recent hits can be regarded as the type of club used by the corresponding user in the virtual play. The virtual play can be reproduced based on the type of club used by the user in the virtual play and the virtual flight distance of each of the plurality of types of clubs. Therefore, the play result acquisition unit 141 can appropriately determine the virtual hit number.

For example, in each hole, the play result acquisition unit 141, in order from the first hit, uses the club of the type used by the reference user as the flight distance when the user hits the ball. Get the flight distance. The play result acquisition unit 141 accumulates the virtual flight distance in order from the first hit. The play result acquisition unit 141 determines the hit number when the accumulated virtual flight distance exceeds the distance of the corresponding hole as the virtual hit number of the corresponding user in the hole. The play result acquisition unit 141 calculates the number of virtual hits for one round by adding up the number of virtual hits in all holes. Multiple reference users may be identified. In this case, the play result acquisition unit 141 may specify, for example, the most frequently used club among clubs used by a plurality of reference users.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a method for determining a virtual hit number. The corresponding user is the user UC. The nearest flight distance by the driver of the corresponding user is 230 yards. As shown in FIG. 6B, the difference in the number of years of experience between the user UC and the user UA is 5 years, and as shown in FIG. 5, the flight distance coefficient corresponding to the difference in the number of years of experience is 0. 82. Therefore, the virtual flight distance by the driver of the user UC is 139 yards. The play result acquisition unit 141 specifies, for example, a user who has given a flight distance of 139 yards to 5 yards as a reference user. For example, the flight distance of the driver of the user UE is 140 yards. Therefore, the user UE is a reference user. The distance of the first hole of the golf course played by the user UC with the most recent batting is 300 yards. The club used by the user UE in the first hit of the first hole is a driver. Accordingly, the play result acquisition unit 141 subtracts the virtual flight distance 139 yards of the driver from 300 yards, and calculates the remaining distance 161 yards from the ball to the cup. The club used by the user UE in the second shot is the first iron. It is assumed that the virtual flight distance by the first iron of the user is 105 yards. Therefore, the play result acquisition unit 141 subtracts 105 yards from 161 yards and calculates the remaining distance of 56 yards. It is assumed that the club used by the user UE in the third shot is a pitching wedge. The virtual flight distance by the pitching wedge of the corresponding user is 41 yards. Accordingly, the play result acquisition unit 141 subtracts 41 yards from 56 yards and calculates the remaining distance of 15 yards. It is assumed that the club used by the user UE in the fourth shot is a putter. The virtual flight distance by the user's putter is 8 yards. Accordingly, the play result acquisition unit 141 subtracts 8 yards from 15 yards and calculates the remaining distance of 7 yards. It is assumed that the club used by the user UE in the fifth shot is a putter. Accordingly, the play result acquisition unit 141 subtracts 8 yards from 7 yards and calculates the remaining distance minus 1 yard. Since the remaining distance is less than or equal to 0, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines the number of hits for the first hole to be five.

Note that the play result acquisition unit 141 may identify the club used by the most reference users according to the remaining distance from the ball to the cup. For example, it is assumed that the remaining distance before hitting the first hit is 300 yards, and the type of club used by most reference users in the vicinity of 300 yards is a driver. Accordingly, the play result acquisition unit 141 subtracts the virtual flight distance 197 yards of the driver of the user UC from 300 yards, and calculates the remaining distance 161 yards. It is assumed that the type of club used by most reference users in the vicinity of 161 yards is No. 5 wood. It is assumed that the virtual flight distance of the user UC's 5th wood is 111 yards. Therefore, the play result acquisition unit 141 subtracts 111 yards from 161 yards and calculates the remaining distance of 60 yards.

The play result acquisition unit 141 may generate a play result when the candidate user specifying unit 142 attempts to specify a candidate user, or may generate a play result in advance. For example, when play information of any user is stored in the play information DB 12h, the play result acquisition unit 141 may generate a result of the most recent play based on the stored play information. In addition, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines the result of the virtual play of the user based on the difference between the degree that the user experienced golf and the degree that the companion experienced golf, and the result of the most recent play that was generated. May be generated. The play result acquisition unit 141 may store the generated play result in the play information DB 12h in association with the stored play information.

[3-3. Identifying candidate users]
The candidate user specifying unit 142 selects a candidate user who has a relatively large degree of improvement from the result of the virtual play acquired by the play result acquisition unit 141 to the result of the most recent play among a plurality of corresponding users. As specified. Thus, the candidate user specifying unit 142 sets the golf skill level relative to the past time when the target user has experienced golf to the same extent as the golf user has experienced so far. Therefore, it is possible to identify a corresponding user who has a significantly improved probability. Candidate user specifying unit 142 acquires the degree of improvement in results for each type of play result. For example, the candidate user specifying unit 142 may calculate the difference between the virtual result and the most recent result, or calculate the ratio between the virtual result and the most recent result as the degree of improvement of the result. . For example, the candidate user specifying unit 142 may specify only a user having the greatest degree of improvement in results for each type of play result as a candidate user. Alternatively, the predetermined order is M. For example, for each type of result of play, the candidate user specifying unit 142 may specify a user from a user whose degree of improvement is the largest to a user who is M-th highest in the degree of improvement as candidate users. Candidate user specifying unit 142 may specify one candidate user as a whole, or may specify two or more candidate users.

FIG. 6C is a diagram illustrating a specific example of candidate users. As shown in FIG. 6B, the result of the most recent play and the result of the virtual play of the corresponding users UB to UD are acquired. The absolute value of the difference between the most recent hit number and the virtual hit number of the user UB is 30. The absolute value of the difference between the most recent hit number and the virtual hit number of the user UC is 40. The absolute value of the difference between the most recent hit number and the virtual hit number of the user UD is 12. Therefore, the candidate user specifying unit 142 specifies the user UC having the largest difference in the number of strokes as a candidate user for the number of strokes. The absolute value of the difference between the flight distance of the driver closest to the user UB and the flight distance of the virtual driver is 43. The absolute value of the difference between the flight distance of the nearest driver of the user UC and the flight distance of the virtual driver is 31. The absolute value of the difference between the flight distance of the driver nearest to the user UD and the flight distance of the virtual driver is 16. Accordingly, the candidate user specifying unit 142 specifies the user UB having the largest difference in the driver's flight distance as a candidate user for the driver's flight distance. The absolute value of the difference between the latest average number of pads of the user UB and the virtual average number of pads is 0.75. The absolute value of the difference between the latest average number of pads of the user UC and the virtual average number of pads is 0.875. The absolute value of the difference between the most recent average number of pads of the user UD and the virtual average number of pads is 0.4. Therefore, the candidate user specifying unit 142 specifies the user UC having the largest difference in the average number of putts as a candidate user for the average number of putts.

Regarding the result of a certain type of play, the result of the last play of a certain user may be inferior to the result of the last play of the target user. In this case, the candidate user specifying unit 142 may exclude the corresponding user from the candidate users for the type. The reason is that a user who gives a result inferior to the result of the target user's play does not become the target of the target user. In this case, the play result acquisition unit 141 need not acquire the virtual play result of the corresponding user for the type.

The candidate user specifying unit 142 may specify candidate users for all of a plurality of predetermined results of play. Or the candidate user specific | specification part 142 may specify a candidate user only about the result of the play corresponding to the kind of skill with which a target user is not good. Or the candidate user specific | specification part 142 may specify a candidate user only about the result of the play corresponding to the kind of skill which an object user is good at. Alternatively, the candidate user specifying unit 142 may specify candidate users for both the result of play corresponding to the skill type that the target user is not good at and the result of play corresponding to the skill type that the target user is good at. The reason is that there is a probability that the target user desires to improve a skill type that the target user is not good at or a skill type that the target user is good at. Therefore, the target user is likely to target a user who has greatly improved such kind of skill. By specifying candidate users in this way, the golf reservation server 1 can provide advice that is expected to relatively greatly improve the types of skills that are likely to be improved by the target user. it can.

Specifically, the candidate user specifying unit 142 specifies a user who has experienced golf as much as the target user is experiencing golf as a comparative user. The candidate user specifying unit 142 acquires the play result of the target user and the play result of the comparison user for each type of play result. The result of the acquired play may be the result when the user played golf most recently. Candidate user specifying unit 142 determines whether the difference between the result of the target user's play and the result of the comparison user's play exceeds a predetermined value among a plurality of types of predetermined play results. Candidate users who have a relatively large degree of improvement in results may be identified. A result of a type of play in which the result of the target user's play is inferior to the result of the comparison user's play indicates a skill level that the target user is not good at. The result of the type of play in which the play result of the target user is superior to the result of the comparison user's play indicates the skill level that the target user is good at. When there are a plurality of comparison users, the candidate user specifying unit 142 may calculate a representative value of the comparison user's play result and calculate a difference between the target user's play result and the representative value. The representative value may be, for example, an average value, a median value, or a mode value. When calculating the result difference, the result of the target user's play is subtracted from the result of the comparison user's play or the result of the target user's play from the result of the comparison user's play corresponding to the type of result of the play. It is determined whether the candidate user is specified for the result of the kind of play that the target user is not good at or whether the candidate user is specified for the result of the kind of play that the target user is good at. When the absolute value of the difference between the results is calculated, the candidate user specifying unit 142 can specify the candidate user for both the result of the type of play that the target user is not good at and the result of the type of play that the user is good at.

[3-4. Providing information about candidate users]
The advice providing unit 143 responds to the selected user when one of the candidate users is selected by the target user in response to provision of candidate user information regarding the candidate user specified by the candidate user specifying unit 142. Provide advice. Specifically, candidate user specific part 142 provides candidate user information to user terminal 2 of an object user. The candidate user information is information that allows the target user to specify who the candidate user is. The candidate user information may include at least one of a candidate user's name and nickname, for example. However, the candidate user information may not include these names. Even if the name of the candidate user is not known, any information may be used as long as the target user can identify who is the candidate user among the users who have been seen playing by the target user. By watching the candidate user playing, the target user can know what kind of skill the candidate user has. Therefore, the candidate user information may or may not include the result of the last play of the candidate user. For example, the candidate user information may include a plurality of types of play results determined in advance. Alternatively, the candidate user information may include only a result of a type of play that is relatively improved by the candidate user. The candidate user information may or may not include information indicating the degree to which the candidate user has experienced golf.

The advice providing unit 143 may transmit the candidate user list page to the user terminal 2 of the target user. The candidate user list page is a web page including candidate user information. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a candidate user list page. As shown in FIG. 8, the candidate user list page includes one or a plurality of candidate user information 110. In FIG. 8, candidate user information 110 corresponding to the user UC and candidate user information 110 corresponding to the user UB are displayed. The candidate user information 110 shown in FIG. 8 includes the name of the candidate user, the result of the latest play of a type that the degree of improvement of the candidate user is relatively large, and the years of experience. The candidate user information 110 may further include a selection button. Alternatively, for each candidate user information 110, a selection button may be displayed in association with the candidate user information 110. The selection button is a button for selecting a target user from among candidate users. By pressing a selection button corresponding to any candidate user information 110, the target user selects a target user from among candidate users based on provision of candidate user information.

There are various timings for providing candidate user information and causing the target user to select the target user. For example, after a user plays golf, the user or companion's play information is input and the golf reservation server 1 stores the play information in the play information DB 12h, or the golf reservation server 1 plays the user's play information. Is automatically stored in the play information DB 12h, the play result acquisition unit 141 may specify the user as the target user. Alternatively, when the user logs in to the reservation site, the play result acquisition unit 141 may specify the logged-in user as the target user. Alternatively, when the user performs an operation for requesting advice on the user terminal 2, the play result acquisition unit 141 may specify the user as a target user. When the target user is specified, the candidate user specifying unit 142 may provide candidate user information and cause the target user to select the target user.

[3-5. Providing advice]
After the target user is selected, the advice providing unit 143 provides advice corresponding to the selected target user to the user terminal 2 of the target user. The advice provision part 143 produces | generates the advice information which shows advice based on the log | history regarding a target user's golf, for example. The advice providing unit 143 has performed what the target user has done with golf from the past time when the target user is experiencing golf to the same extent as the target user is experiencing golf. To the target user as a golf plan. In other words, the advice providing unit 143 provides advice to do the same thing as the target user has done for golf. The advice providing unit 143 can use information stored in at least one of the play information DB 12h, the golf reservation DB 12e, the lesson reservation DB 12f, and the practice field reservation DB 12g as a history for generating advice information. The play information DB 12h corresponds to a history indicating what play the user has performed. The golf reservation DB 12e corresponds to a history indicating what golf course the user has played on. The lesson reservation DB 12f corresponds to a history indicating what lessons the user has received. The practice field reservation DB 12g corresponds to a history indicating what practice the user has performed.

The advice information may include at least one of round plan information, practice plan information, and recommended club information. The round plan information indicates what round is played. The round plan information may include at least one of information on a golf course to be played, a frequency of the round, and information on a companion at the time of the round. The golf course information may include at least one of the name of the golf course that the target user has played, the name of the golf course that the target user has played relatively, and the characteristics of the golf course that the target user has played. . The companion information at the time of the round may include at least one of the name or nickname of the companion who plays together relatively when the target user rounds, and the characteristics of the companion. The companion's characteristics are that when the target user plays golf, the tendency of the companion to experience golf, the tendency of the companion's play result, the result of the play between the target user and the companion It may include at least one of the superiority and inferiority. The type of play result displayed as companion information may include at least the number of strokes. Alternatively, the type of play result may be a type in which the degree of improvement by the target user is relatively large. Alternatively, predetermined results of a plurality of types of play may be displayed as companion information.

The practice plan information indicates what kind of practice you will do. The practice plan information may include at least one of information regarding a lesson and information regarding a practice area. Information about the lesson includes the name of the lesson that the target user has received, the content of the lesson, the name of the coach that the target user has been taught, information that indicates whether the target user has taken an individual lesson or a group lesson, and the target user May include at least one of the frequency of taking lessons. The information about the practice field includes the name of the practice field that the target user has used, the name of the practice field that the target user has used relatively, the area where the target user has used the practice field, and the target user. May include at least one of the frequency of using the practice field.

Recommended club information indicates what product club to use for the recommended club information. The recommended club information may include at least one of information on a club most recently used by the target user and information on a club that the target user has used so far. The club information may include a club product name for each of the plurality of types of clubs.

The advice providing unit 143 may transmit an advice page to the user terminal 2 of the target user. The advice page is a web page including advice information. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an advice page. FIG. 9 shows an advice page when the user UC is selected as the target user. As shown in FIG. 9, the advice page includes round plan information 210, practice plan information 220, and recommended club information 230. The round plan information 210 shown in FIG. 9 includes names of three golf courses that the user UC has played relatively many times. The round plan information 210 includes the round frequency of the user UC. Further, the round plan information 210 includes information indicating that the accompanying person is a user whose average number of putts is smaller than that of the user UC. The practice plan information 220 includes the name of the lesson received by the user UC and the name of the coach taught by the user UC. In addition, the practice plan information 220 includes the names of practice areas used by the user UC relatively much. The practice plan information 220 includes the frequency with which the user UC uses the practice field. The recommended club information 230 includes the product name of the club most frequently used by the user UC so far for each of a plurality of types of clubs.

When the target user plays golf, practices golf, or uses a club according to the advice information, the skill level of the target user approaches the skill level of the target user, which is the future image desired by the target user. I can expect that. In addition, the target user is a user who may have relatively greatly improved the result of a certain type of play. Therefore, the target user can expect to greatly improve the skill level corresponding to the result of that type of play. Therefore, the system control unit 14 can provide advice suitable for the future image desired by the target user regarding golf skills.

Note that the provision of advice illustrated in FIG. 9 is an example in which advice is provided immediately after a target user selects a target user from among candidate users. However, the advice providing unit 143 may provide advice at another timing. In this case, the advice providing unit 143 may generate advice information when providing advice. Alternatively, the advice providing unit 143 may generate advice information in advance and store the advice information in the storage unit 12 in association with the user ID of the target user.

For example, when the target user performs an operation requesting advice on the user terminal 2, the advice providing unit 143 may provide advice. Alternatively, the target user inputs a search condition for the golf course to the user terminal 2 in order to reserve the golf course. Then, the user terminal 2 transmits a search condition to the golf reservation server 1, and the golf reservation server 1 searches for a golf course that satisfies the search condition. The golf reservation server 1 transmits to the user terminal 2 a web page indicating the search result of the golf course that satisfies the search condition. When there is a golf course that the target user has played among the golf courses that satisfy the search conditions, the advice providing unit 143 provides advice information that recommends the target user to reserve the golf course, a web that shows the search results. It may be included in the page. Further, for example, in a one-person reservation, the target user selects a golf course to be reserved from golf courses that satisfy the search conditions. Then, the golf reservation server 1 transmits a web page for selecting a play date and a start start time to the user terminal 2. When there is a combination of a play date and a start start time that has already been reserved by a user who has been accompanied by the target user, the advice providing unit 143 selects the play date and the start start time. Advice information recommended to the user may be included in the web page. Further, for example, the golf reservation server 1 searches for a lesson that satisfies the search condition input by the target user in order to reserve the lesson. The golf reservation server 1 transmits a web page indicating a search result of lessons satisfying the search condition to the user terminal 2. If there is a lesson that the target user has received among lessons that satisfy the search condition, the advice providing unit 143 includes advice information that recommends the target user to reserve the lesson in the web page indicating the search result. You may not. Further, for example, the golf reservation server 1 searches for a practice field that satisfies the search condition input by the target user in order to reserve the practice field. The golf reservation server 1 transmits to the user terminal 2 a web page indicating a search result of practice areas that satisfy the search conditions. When there is a practice field that has been used by the target user in the practice field that satisfies the search conditions, the advice providing unit 143 provides advice information that recommends the target user to reserve the practice field as a web indicating the search result. It may be included in the page. In addition, when the target user searches for a club on an online shopping site, advice information that recommends the purchase of a club that the target user has used may be included in the web page indicating the club search result.

[4. Operation of information processing system]
Next, the operation of the information processing system S will be described with reference to FIGS. The system control unit 14 executes the processes shown in FIGS. 10 to 12 according to various program codes included in the server program stored in the storage unit 12.

FIG.10 and FIG.11 is a figure which shows the process example of the system control part 14 of the golf reservation server 1 which concerns on this embodiment. For example, when the target user is specified, the system control unit 14 may execute the processes illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 11.

As shown in FIG. 10, the play result acquisition unit 141 identifies a plurality of corresponding users who played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions under which the target user played golf (step S1). First, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the play information with the newest play date among the play information stored in the play information DB 12h in association with the user ID of the target user as the latest play information of the target user. Also good. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may include one or a plurality of play dates in which a play date is included in a period from a predetermined number of days ago to the present time among the play information stored in the play information DB 12h in association with the user ID of the target user. The information may be acquired as the latest play information of the target user. Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the user ID of the corresponding user. For example, the play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire the user ID included in the accompanying person information included in the latest play information of the target user as the user ID of the corresponding user. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may search the play information DB 12h for play information including the same course ID and play date as the course ID and play date included in the latest play information of the target user. The golf course indicated by the course ID included in the latest play information of the target user is a golf course on which the target user played golf most recently. Then, the play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire the user ID included in the searched play information as the user ID of the corresponding user. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may include at least one of weather conditions, tee position information, club information used, companion information, and play purpose included in each of the latest play information of the target user and the searched play information. The play information of the user who played in the same or similar play situation as the target user may be extracted from the retrieved play information. Then, the play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire the user ID included in the extracted play information as the user ID of the corresponding user.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 sets the play result type number i to 1 (step S2). Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the result i of the latest play of the target user (step S3). The play result i is an i-th type result among a plurality of predetermined types of play results. When the type of play result i is the number of strokes, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the number of strokes for one round from the latest play information of the target user. When the type of play result i is a flight distance by a certain type of club, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the flight distance corresponding to the type of club from the latest play information of the target user. When there are a plurality of flight distances corresponding to that type of club, the play result acquisition unit 141 calculates the maximum value or average value of the flight distances. When the type of play result i is a shot stability rate or an average put rate, the play result acquisition unit 141 includes shot information included in each of the hole play information 1 to 18 included in the latest play information of the target user. Based on this, the ratio is calculated. When a plurality of pieces of latest play information of the target user are acquired in step S1, the play result acquisition unit 141 may acquire the play result i for each piece of play information.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 calculates a representative value of the result i of the latest play of the comparative user who is experiencing golf to the same extent as the target user is experiencing golf (step S4). First, the play result acquisition unit 141 specifies a comparison user. For example, the play result acquisition unit 141 may specify a user who has the same years of experience as the target user as a comparison user based on the golf start time information stored in the user DB 12a. Alternatively, the play result acquisition unit 141 may calculate the number of play information stored in the play information DB 12h in association with the user ID of the target user as the cumulative number of rounds. Then, the play result acquisition unit 141 may identify a user having a cumulative number of rounds whose difference from the cumulative number of rounds of the target user is within a predetermined value as a comparison user. Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the latest play result i of each comparison user. Specifically, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the play information with the latest play date as the latest play information of the comparison user among the play information stored in the play information DB 12h in association with the user ID of the comparison user. May be. Then, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the play result i based on the acquired play information. The method for obtaining the result of the play based on the play information is the same as in step S3. Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 calculates an average value, a median value, or a mode value as a representative value of the acquired play result i.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 calculates the difference between the result of the last play of the target user and the calculated representative value (step S5). Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines whether or not the absolute value of the calculated difference is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value (step S6). At this time, if the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the absolute value of the difference is equal to or greater than the threshold value (step S6: YES), the play result acquisition unit 141 proceeds to step S7. On the other hand, when it is determined that the absolute value of the difference is not greater than or equal to the threshold (step S6: NO), the play result acquisition unit 141 proceeds with the process to step S18.

In step S7, the play result acquisition unit 141 sets the user number j of the corresponding user to 1. Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the result of the most recent play of the user j (step S8). The corresponding user j is the jth user among the identified corresponding users. The play result acquisition unit 141 includes a course ID that is the same as the course ID and the play date included in the latest play information of the target user among the play information stored in the play information DB 12h in association with the user ID of the user j. You may acquire the play information containing a play date as the latest play information of the said user j. And the play result acquisition part 141 acquires the result i of the latest play of the said user j based on the acquired play information. The method for obtaining the result of the play based on the play information is the same as in step S3.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines whether or not the result i of the latest play of the user j is better than the result i of the latest play of the target user (step S9). There may be a case where a plurality of play results i are acquired in step S3 by acquiring a plurality of pieces of latest play information of the target user in step S1. In this case, the play result acquisition unit 141 uses, from among a plurality of play results i, a play result i when the target user plays on the same golf course and play date as the corresponding user j. If the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the result i of the most recent play of the user j is better than the result i of the most recent play of the target user (step S9: YES), the process proceeds to step S11. . On the other hand, when the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the result i of the latest play of the user j does not win the result i of the latest play of the target user (step S9: NO), the process Advances to step S15.

As shown in FIG. 11, in step S <b> 11, the play result acquisition unit 141 specifies the degree to which the corresponding user j has experienced golf. The identification method to the extent that golf is experienced is the same as in step S4. And the play result acquisition part 141 calculates an experience difference by subtracting the grade in which the object user experienced golf from the grade in which the applicable user j experienced golf.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines whether the experience difference is larger than 0 (step S12). At this time, when it is determined that the experience difference is greater than 0 (step S12: YES), the play result acquisition unit 141 advances the process to step S13. On the other hand, when it is determined that the experience difference is not greater than 0 (step S12: NO), the play result acquisition unit 141 advances the process to step S15.

In step S13, the play result acquisition unit 141 executes a virtual play result acquisition process. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a virtual play result acquisition process of the system control unit 14 of the golf reservation server 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines whether or not the type of the play result i is the number of strokes (step S31). At this time, if the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the type of the result i of play is the number of strokes (step S31: YES), the play result acquisition unit 141 proceeds to step S34. On the other hand, if the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the type of the result i of play is not the number of hits (step S31: NO), the process proceeds to step S32.

In step S32, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires a coefficient corresponding to the type of the result i of play and the experience difference calculated in step S11. When the value of the result of play is larger and the level of the skill corresponding to the result is higher, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires a smaller coefficient within a range of 1 or less as the experience difference is larger. When the value of the result of play is larger and the level of the skill corresponding to the result is lower, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires a larger coefficient within a range of 1 or more as the experience difference is larger.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 calculates the virtual play result i of the user j by multiplying the result i of the latest play of the user j by a coefficient. Then, the play result acquisition unit 141 ends the virtual play result acquisition process.

In step S34, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires a coefficient corresponding to the flight distance and the experience difference calculated in step S12. The play result acquisition unit 141 acquires a smaller coefficient within a range of 1 or less as the experience difference increases. Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 calculates the nearest flight distance of each type of club based on the latest play information of the user j (step S35).

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 calculates the virtual flight distance of each type of club by multiplying the nearest flight distance of each type of club by a coefficient (step S36).

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the reference user's play information (step S37). Specifically, the play result acquisition unit 141 identifies the type of club used by the user j in the first hit of the first hole from the latest play information of the user j. Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires the golf ID included in the latest play information of the user j as the course ID of the golf course played by the user j most recently. Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 searches the play information DB 12h for play information including the course ID of the golf course that the user j has played most recently. Next, for each piece of searched play information, the play result acquisition unit 141 calculates the flight distance of the same type of club as the type of the club used by the user j at the first hit of the first hole based on the play information. calculate. Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 calculates a predetermined flight distance from the virtual flight distance of the type of club used by the user j at the first hit of the first hole in the searched play information. Play information that is within the distance is acquired as reference user play information.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 sets the virtual hit number of the corresponding user j to 1. The play result acquisition unit 141 sets the hole number m to 1 (step S38). Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 sets the remaining distance to the distance of the m-th hole of the golf course played by the user j most recently. Further, the play result acquisition unit 141 sets the shot number n to 1 (step S39).

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 uses the club type included in the shot information n of the hole play information m included in the play information of the reference user to determine the club used by the reference user for the nth shot of the mth hole. The type is specified (step S40). For example, the play result acquisition unit 141 identifies the type of club used by the most reference users.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 increases the virtual number of hits by 1 (step S41). Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 acquires a virtual flight distance corresponding to the identified club type among the virtual flight distances calculated in step S36. And the play result acquisition part 141 subtracts the acquired virtual flight distance from the remaining distance, and updates the remaining distance (step S42).

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines whether or not the remaining distance is longer than 0 (step S43). At this time, when it is determined that the remaining distance is longer than 0 (step S43: YES), the play result acquisition unit 141 advances the process to step S44. In step S44, the play result acquisition unit 141 increments the shot number n by 1 and advances the process to step S40. On the other hand, if the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the remaining distance is not longer than 0 (step S43: NO), the process proceeds to step S45.

In step S45, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines whether the hole number m is less than 18. At this time, when it is determined that the hole number m is less than 18 (step S45: YES), the play result acquisition unit 141 advances the process to step S46. In step S46, the play result acquisition unit 141 increments the hole number m by 1 and advances the process to step S39. On the other hand, when it is determined that the hole number m is not less than 18 (step S45: NO), the play result acquisition unit 141 ends the virtual play result acquisition process.

When the virtual play result acquisition process is completed, as shown in FIG. 11, the candidate user specifying unit 142 calculates the degree to which the result i has improved from the virtual play result i of the user j to the most recent play result i. (Step S14). For example, the candidate user specifying unit 142 may calculate the absolute value of the difference between the virtual play result i and the latest play result i as the degree of improvement of the play result i.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines whether or not the user number j is less than the number of identified users (step S15). At this time, when the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the user number j is less than the number of the corresponding users (step S15: YES), the play result acquisition unit 141 proceeds to step S16. In step S16, the play result acquisition unit 141 increments the user number j by 1 and advances the process to step S8. On the other hand, if the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the user number j is not less than the number of corresponding users (step S15: NO), the play result acquisition unit 141 proceeds to step S17.

In step S <b> 17, the candidate user specifying unit 142 specifies, as the candidate user i, a user who has the largest degree of improvement in the play result i among the specified corresponding users. Candidate user i is a candidate user corresponding to the type of play result i.

Next, the play result acquisition unit 141 determines whether or not the type number i is less than the number of types of play results (step S18). At this time, if the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the type number i is less than the number of types of play results (step S18: YES), the process proceeds to step S19. In step S19, the play result acquisition unit 141 increments the type number i by 1, and advances the process to step S3. On the other hand, if the play result acquisition unit 141 determines that the type number i is not less than the number of types of play results (step S18: NO), the play result acquisition unit 141 proceeds to step S20.

In step S20, the advice providing unit 143 transmits the candidate user list page to the user terminal 2 of the target user. Specifically, the advice providing unit 143 generates candidate user information for each candidate user specified in step S17. For example, the advice providing unit 143 may include at least one of the candidate user's name, nickname, and the result of the most recent play in the candidate user information. The advice providing unit 143 generates a candidate user list page including candidate user information. Then, the advice providing unit 143 transmits the generated candidate user list page.

The user terminal 2 displays the candidate user list page received from the golf reservation server 1 on the display of the user terminal 2. The user selects one of the candidate users corresponding to the candidate user information displayed on the display as the target user. Then, the user terminal 2 transmits the user ID of the selected target user to the golf reservation server 1. The advice providing unit 143 receives the user ID from the user terminal 2 (step S21).

Next, the advice providing unit 143 transmits an advice page corresponding to the target user indicated by the received user ID to the user terminal 2 of the target user (step S22). Specifically, the advice providing unit 143 may generate at least one of round plan information, practice plan information, and recommended club information as advice information. For example, the advice providing unit 143 may specify, as the period start date, the date when the target user has experienced golf as much as the target user has experienced golf so far. . When the degree of golf experience is the number of years of experience, the advice providing unit 143 has a date on which the experience years of the target user match the current experience years of the target user based on the golf start time information stored in the user DB 12a. Is specified as the period start date. When the degree of golf experience is the cumulative number of rounds, the target user's cumulative round number is determined based on the play date stored in the play information DB 12h in association with the user ID of the target user. The date that matches the number is identified as the period start date. The advice providing unit 143 may specify the play information whose play date is included in the period from the period start date to the present time among the play information stored in the play information DB 12h in association with the user ID of the target user. . The advice providing unit 143 may generate round plan information based on the specified play information. The advice providing unit 143 may generate recommended club information based on the used club information included in the specified play information. The advice providing unit 143 specifies lesson reservation information in which the lesson date is included in the period from the period start date to the present out of the lesson reservation information stored in the lesson reservation DB 12f in association with the user ID of the target user. Also good. The advice providing unit 143 includes the practice field reservation information in which the practice field date is included in the period from the period start date to the present time among the practice field reservation information stored in the practice field reservation DB 12g in association with the user ID of the target user. May be specified. The advice providing unit 143 may generate practice plan information based on at least one of the specified lesson reservation information and practice place reservation information. The advice providing unit 143 generates an advice page including the generated advice information. Then, the advice providing unit 143 transmits the generated advice page. When step S22 ends, the system control unit 14 ends the processes shown in FIGS. The user terminal 2 displays the advice page received from the golf reservation server 1 on the display of the user terminal 2.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the system control unit 14 corresponds to each of a plurality of corresponding users who played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions under which the target user played golf. As a result of playing golf, the virtual result in the past period when the user was experiencing golf to the same extent as the latest result and the degree to which the target user has experienced golf so far And get the result. Further, the system control unit 14 identifies candidate users having a relatively large degree of improvement in the results from the virtual result to the latest result among the plurality of corresponding users. In addition, in response to provision of information on a candidate user, the system control unit 14 provides advice corresponding to the selected target user when any of the candidate users is selected as the target user by the target user. . Therefore, a plurality of corresponding users who have played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions in which the target user to whom the advice is provided played golf are specified. The corresponding user is a user who may have a possibility that the target user knows the level of golf skill. Further, the result of the most recent play and the result of the virtual play acquired for each user indicate the level of golf skill of the user. The result of the virtual play is that the corresponding user has played golf in the past time when the target user has experienced golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf to date. This is the result when assumed. Further, among the plurality of corresponding users, a user having a relatively large degree of improvement in the result from the virtual result to the latest result is specified. Therefore, there is a user who has a probability that the skill of golf is relatively improved from the past time when the target user has experienced golf to the same extent as he has experienced golf until now. Identified. Information about the identified user is provided, and the target user selects one of the identified users based on the provided information. The selected target user is the future image desired by the target user or the target of the target user. Then, advice corresponding to the selected target user is provided. Therefore, advice corresponding to the user selected as the future image by the target user is provided from among users who have greatly improved their golf skills. Therefore, it is expected that when the target user acts according to the advice, the golf skill of the target user improves, and the target user approaches the user selected as the future image. Therefore, the golf reservation server 1 can provide advice suitable for the future image desired by the user regarding golf skills.

In addition, as the difference between the extent to which the target user has experienced golf up to the present time and the extent to which the corresponding user has experienced golf is greater, the system control unit 14 is relatively compared with the latest result. Inferior virtual results may be obtained. In this case, it is possible to appropriately obtain the virtual play result of the user.

Further, the system control unit 14 is a virtual flight distance of the ball when the user hits the ball using the club for at least a predetermined type of the plurality of types of clubs. The larger the difference between the degree of golf experience and the degree of user experience, the relative distance compared to the distance of the ball when the user actually hits the ball using the club. A short virtual flight distance may be acquired. In addition, the system controller 14 obtains, for a predetermined type of club, the ball flight distance when a ball is hit using a predetermined type of club among the users who have played on the course for which the corresponding user gave the most recent score. A reference user who is within a predetermined distance from the determined virtual flight distance may be specified. Further, the system control unit 14 may determine the virtual score of the corresponding user based on the play information of the reference user. Further, the system control unit 14 may specify a user whose degree of improvement in the score from the virtual score to the latest score is relatively large. In this case, the golf reservation server 1 can appropriately determine the virtual score.

Further, the system control unit 14 may acquire a virtual flight distance for each of a plurality of types of clubs. Further, the system control unit 14 may determine the virtual score of the user based on the type of club used by the reference user and the virtual flight distance of each of the multiple types of clubs. In this case, the golf reservation server 1 can appropriately determine the virtual score.

Further, the system control unit 14 may determine the score given by the reference user as the virtual score of the corresponding user. In this case, the golf reservation server 1 can appropriately determine the virtual score.

In addition, the system control unit 14 outputs a comparison user who has experienced golf to the same extent as the result of the target user out of a plurality of types of results and the level of experience that the target user has experienced so far. A user having a relatively large degree of improvement in the result of a type in which the difference from the result exceeds a predetermined value may be specified. In this case, the golf reservation server 1 can provide advice expected to relatively greatly improve the type of skill that is likely to be improved by the target user.

In the above embodiment, the information processing apparatus of the present invention is the golf reservation server 1. However, the information processing apparatus of the present invention may be a terminal device such as the user terminal 2. For example, the user who uses the user terminal 2 may be the target user. The user terminal 2 may acquire the result of the last play of the user and the result of the virtual play from the golf reservation server 1. Alternatively, the user terminal 2 may acquire the play information of the corresponding user from the golf reservation server 1, and may acquire the result of the most recent play and the result of the virtual play based on the play information. The user terminal 2 specifies a candidate user based on the result of the most recent play and the result of the virtual play. The user terminal 2 acquires candidate user information corresponding to the candidate user from the golf reservation server 1, and displays the candidate user information on a display included in the user terminal 2 or a display connected to the user terminal 2. The user terminal 2 acquires advice information corresponding to the target user selected by the target user from the candidate users from the golf reservation server 1 and displays the advice information on the display.

1 golf reservation server 2 user terminal 11 communication unit 12 storage unit 12a user DB
12b Golf Course DB
12c Lesson DB
12d Practice field DB
12e Golf Course Reservation 12f Lesson Reservation DB
12g Practice field reservation DB
12h Play information DB
13 Input / output interface 14 System controller 14a CPU
14b ROM
14c RAM
15 System bus 141 Play result acquisition unit 142 Candidate user specifying unit 143 Advice providing unit NW Network S Information processing system

Claims

For each of a plurality of corresponding users who played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions under which the target user played golf, the results of golf play by the corresponding user, the most recent result, and the target user An acquisition means for acquiring a virtual result in a past period in which the corresponding user has experienced golf to the same extent as having experienced golf until now;
Among the plurality of corresponding users, a specifying means for specifying a user having a relatively large degree of improvement in results from the acquired virtual result to the latest acquired result;
Providing means for providing advice according to the selected user when any one of the identified users is selected by the target user in response to provision of information on the identified user;
An information processing apparatus comprising:
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The acquisition means is relatively more in comparison with the latest result as the difference between the degree to which the target user has experienced golf up to now and the degree to which the corresponding user has experienced golf is larger. An information processing apparatus that acquires the inferior virtual result.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The acquisition means acquires the latest score of the user,
The virtual flight distance of the ball when the user hits the ball using the club for at least a predetermined type of the plurality of types of clubs, and the target user has experienced golf to date The greater the difference between the degree and the degree that the user is experiencing golf, the shorter the distance the ball travels when the user hits the ball using the club. A flight distance acquisition means for acquiring a virtual flight distance;
Of the users who played on the course for which the corresponding user gave the most recent score, the flying distance of the ball when the ball was hit using the predetermined type of club was acquired for the predetermined type of club. A reference user specifying means for specifying a reference user that is within a predetermined distance from the flight distance;
Further comprising
The acquisition means determines a virtual score of the corresponding user based on information on the course played by the identified reference user,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specifying unit specifies a user having a relatively high degree of improvement in score from the virtual score to the most recent score.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3.
The flight distance acquisition means acquires the virtual flight distance for each of the plurality of types of clubs,
The acquisition means calculates the virtual score of the user based on the type of club used by the identified reference user in the course and the virtual flight distance acquired for each of the plurality of types of clubs. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information processing apparatus is determined.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit determines a score given by the identified reference user in the course as a virtual score of the user.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Among the results of a plurality of types, the specifying means may include a result obtained by the target user and another user experiencing golf to the same extent as the target user has experienced golf so far. An information processing apparatus characterized in that a user having a relatively large degree of improvement in a result of a kind whose difference from the result exceeds a predetermined value is specified.
In an information processing method executed by a computer,
For each of a plurality of corresponding users who played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions under which the target user played golf, the results of golf play by the corresponding user, the most recent result, and the target user An acquisition step of acquiring a virtual result in a past period in which the corresponding user has experienced golf to the same extent as having experienced golf until now;
Among the plurality of corresponding users, a specifying step for specifying a user having a relatively large degree of improvement in results from the acquired virtual result to the most recent acquired result;
A providing step of providing advice according to the selected user when any one of the identified users is selected by the target user in response to provision of information on the identified user;
An information processing method comprising:
Computer
For each of a plurality of corresponding users who played golf under the same or similar conditions as the conditions under which the target user played golf, the results of golf play by the corresponding user, the most recent result, and the target user An acquisition means for acquiring a virtual result in a past period in which the corresponding user has experienced golf to the same extent as having experienced golf until now;
Among the plurality of corresponding users, a specifying means for specifying a user having a relatively large degree of improvement in results from the acquired virtual result to the latest acquired result;
Providing means for providing advice according to the selected user when any one of the identified users is selected by the target user in response to provision of information on the identified user;
An information processing program that functions as a computer program.