WO2023176439A1

WO2023176439A1 - Device and method for performing gifting, and program for same

Info

Publication number: WO2023176439A1
Application number: PCT/JP2023/007446
Authority: WO
Inventors: 幸一郎城戸; 蔵人南; 憲志朗田村
Original assignee: エンゲート株式会社
Priority date: 2022-03-14
Filing date: 2023-02-28
Publication date: 2023-09-21
Also published as: JP2023134086A

Abstract

In this method for performing gifting, assistance is provided to reply to the gifting. A device 100 receives, from a fan terminal 110, a request for purchasing a gift, the target of the gifting and the gift having been selected in the request. The device 100 then transmits a notification to the effect that the gifting has been performed, to a player terminal 120 used by a player who is the target of the gifting, and the player who has accepted the notification inputs a reply in relation to the gifting. The device 100, which has received reply information, generates a reply image including the reply, and assigns an NFT in which the reply image is associated with the fan who performed the gifting. If an intention to transfer the NFT is transmitted from the fan terminal 110, the device 100 transmits a notification to the player terminal 120 of the player who performed the reply, indicating that the NFT to which the reply image including the reply is associated has been transferred.

Description

Devices, methods and programs for gifting

The present invention relates to a device and method for gifting, and a program therefor.

In addition to admission fees for games held at the stadium, sports teams' main sources of revenue are advertising revenue from sponsors, broadcasting rights revenue from broadcasting or distributing matches, and revenue from sales of goods related to the team or its players. The revenue obtained in this way is used for player compensation, player development, etc.

Among the revenue sources mentioned above, product sales, unlike admission fees, are possible at any time, regardless of whether there is a match, and are promising as a means of solidifying the management base of sports teams. It offers sports fans a system called ``gifting,'' which allows them to sell content and gift it to teams or their players. On the website "Engate (registered trademark)" provided by the applicant, a web page for each team can be viewed, and a gift can be sent there by specifying the team or its players as the recipient. When a gift is given, who gave which gift is displayed on the page. For example, by giving gifts during a game, fans can convey their feelings about the game, and by giving gifts before and after a game, they can convey their expectations for the team or its players, their support, etc. I can convey my feelings.

If a gift is made by specifying a player as the recipient, the player in question can reply, in other words, send a reply to express gratitude, etc., but the more famous the player is, the more fans expect a reply, the more time is constrained. Yes, there were not many replies.

This situation in which it is difficult to receive a response to gifting is not limited to gifts by sports fans, but can also be expected in cases of gifting to various celebrities such as artists and comedians.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and its purpose is to support replies to gifting in devices, methods, and programs for gifting.

In order to achieve such an object, a first aspect of the present invention is a method for performing gifting, wherein a device selects a person to be gifted and a gift from a user terminal used by a user. a step of receiving the gift purchase request; a step of the device transmitting a notification that the gifting has been performed to a target person terminal used by the target person; a step of the device transmitting a notification from the target person terminal to the target person terminal generating an image that includes at least a portion of a reply to the received gift; the device providing the user with an NFT to which the image is associated; and transmitting a notification to the terminal that the granted NFT has been transferred.

Further, a second aspect of the present invention is the method according to the first aspect, wherein the step of providing includes a step in which the device requests an NFT server capable of communicating with the device to provide the NFT. include.

Further, a third aspect of the present invention is the method according to the second aspect, in which the step of assigning the device to an NFT server that can communicate with the device corresponds to the target person or the organization to which the target person belongs. requesting issuance of an NFT and association of the image with the NFT, with the issuer address as the owner, and the device corresponds to the user of the NFT with which the image is associated with the NFT server; requesting a transfer for the user address.

Further, a fourth aspect of the present invention is the method according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the image includes the target person's name of the target person and the date and time when the target person inputted the reply. and a serial number of the reply input by the target person.

Further, a fifth aspect of the present invention is the method according to the fourth aspect, wherein the image includes a pre-registered image associated with the target person.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is the method according to the fourth or fifth aspect, wherein the images are a set of images related to the target person, and the NFT represents the set of images. A single file is associated.

Further, a seventh aspect of the present invention is the method according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the device, in response to receiving an NFT collection display request requesting to display the NFT collection, One or more NFTs associated with one or more NFTs identified by one or more NFT identifiers associated with the user identifier included in the NFT collection display request are sent to the user terminal that sent the NFT collection display request. The method further includes the step of transmitting display information for displaying an NFT collection display screen including an image of the NFT collection display screen.

An eighth aspect of the present invention is the method according to the seventh aspect, wherein the NFT collection display screen displays an intention to transfer the NFT associated with the image displayed on the NFT collection display screen. Contains display elements for.

Further, a ninth aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a method for performing gifting, the method comprising: selecting a person to be gifted and a gift from a user terminal used by a user; a step of receiving a purchase request for the selected gift; a step of transmitting a notification to the effect that the gifting has been carried out to a target person terminal used by the target person; The method includes the steps of generating an image that includes at least a portion of the reply, and providing the user with an NFT associated with the image.

A tenth aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for performing gifting, which receives, from a user terminal used by a user, a gift purchase request in which a person to whom gifting is made and a gift is selected; Sending a notification that the gifting has been performed to the target person terminal used by the person, generating an image including at least a part of the reply to the gifting received from the target person terminal, and sending the image to the user. An NFT associated with the image is added to the image.

According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to generate an image that includes at least a part of a reply from a gifting person, and to notify the gifting person when an NFT with which the image is associated is transferred. By doing so, you can visualize the property value of replies and encourage them to reply.

1 is a diagram illustrating an apparatus for performing gifting according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the flow of a method for performing gifting according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a reply image according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a reply image according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram showing a flow of NFT granting according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device 100 communicates with a user terminal 110 used by a user via an IP network such as the Internet, and provides a gifting service that allows gifting. Further, the device 100 communicates with a target person terminal 120 used by a person to be gifted, such as an athlete, via an IP network such as the Internet, and can reply to a gift that selects the target person. Then, the device 100 communicates with an NFT server 130 that issues non-fungible tokens (hereinafter referred to as "NFT") via an IP network such as the Internet, and grants the NFT associated with the reply to the user. . The device 100 further communicates via an IP network such as the Internet with an administrator terminal 140 used by an administrator who manages settings regarding replies for the target person or an organization to which the target person belongs, such as a sports team or sports organization, and collects setting information. can be received. Here, "gifting" refers to a user purchasing digital content called a gift for a specific target, and "purchase" refers to making a payment. In the present invention, the subject includes people such as athletes, artists, and entertainers.

The device 100 includes a communication unit 101 such as a communication interface, a processing unit 102 such as a processor or CPU, and a storage unit 103 including a storage device or storage medium such as a memory or a hard disk. It can be configured by running a program to do so. Device 100 may include one or more devices, computers or servers. Further, the program may include one or more programs, and may be recorded on a computer-readable storage medium to form a non-transitory program product. The program can be stored in a storage device or a storage medium such as a database 104 that can be accessed from the storage unit 103 or the device 100 via an IP network, and can be executed by the processing unit 102. Data described below as being stored in storage unit 103 may be stored in database 104, and vice versa.

In the following, an example in which a sports fan makes a gift for an athlete will be mainly explained, but the present invention can also be applied to a person other than an athlete as the gift recipient.

Figure 2 shows the flow of the method for fans to perform gifting. First, the device 100 receives a point issuance request requesting the issuance of points from the fan terminal 110 (S201). In response to the point issuance request, the device 100 issues points to the fan using the fan terminal 110 according to the amount of consideration included in the point issuance request, and It is stored in the storage unit 103 in association with the fan identifier of the fan (S202). Here, points have been described as a payment means having property value that is issued upon payment of consideration, but points may also be issued without requiring payment of consideration.

The device 100 receives setting information from the administrator terminal 120 as necessary (S203). The setting information can include designation of the player whose reply is to be converted into NFT. Further, although the device 100 receives the setting information after the fan purchases points, this order may be reversed.

In order to input the setting information, the device 100 sends setting information input screen display information in HTML format for displaying a screen for inputting the setting information to the administrator terminal 140, and displays the setting information on the display screen of the administrator terminal 140. from the setting information input screen displayed on the web browser, or by running an application installed on the administrator terminal 140 (hereinafter referred to as the "app") and performing from the setting information input screen displayed on the application. You can Note that the "input screen" can take various formats such as a web page, modal window, pop-up window, etc. when displayed on a web browser, and when displayed on an app, it can take the form of a web page, modal window, pop-up window, etc. It can be one screen. In any case, any screen that includes an area having an input field for input is considered an input screen, and the same applies to input screens other than the setting information input screen described in this specification.

Then, the device 100 receives a purchase request from the fan terminal 110 to purchase the gift, which selects the person to be gifted and the gift (S204). The purchase request includes a fan identifier, a target person identifier for identifying the selected target person, and a gift identifier for identifying the selected gift.

The device 100 that has received the gift purchase request determines, for example, whether the points required for the gift identified by the gift identifier are equal to or less than the points given to the fan identified by the fan identifier (S205 ). If there are enough points given to the fan, as a purchase process, the gift identifier is stored in the storage unit 103 in association with the target person identifier and the fan identifier, and the points stored in association with the fan identifier are stored. Update your balance. For example, the balance can be updated by subtracting the points required to purchase the gift from the points stored in association with the fan identifier. By storing the gift identifier in the storage unit 103 in association with the target person identifier and the fan identifier, the target person identified by the target person identifier and the fan identified by the fan identifier are identified by the gift identifier. The fact that the gift was given will be recorded.

Although FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the device 100 receiving a gift purchase request from a single fan terminal 110, in reality, it receives multiple purchase requests from multiple fan terminals.

The device 100 transmits a notification that the gifting has been performed to the player terminal 120 used by the player who is the gifting target (S206). The player who received the notification can input a reply to the gifting, and if the reply is input, reply information including the reply is transmitted from the player terminal 120 to the device 100 (S207).

The input of the reply can be performed, for example, by transmitting reply input screen display information in HTML format from the device 100 to the player terminal 120 to display a screen for inputting the reply, and then displaying the reply input screen display information on the display screen of the player terminal 120 using a web browser. This can be done from the reply input screen displayed above, or by running an application installed on the player terminal 120 and from the reply input screen displayed on the application.

The device 100 that has received the reply information generates a reply image that includes at least a portion of the reply (S208). FIG. 3A shows an example of a reply image according to an embodiment of the present invention. The reply image 300A includes a player name 301, at least a portion of the reply input by the player 302, the date and time of the reply 303, and may further include a serial number 304 of the reply by the player. Note that the serial number 304 does not apply to all periods, but may be a serial number within 2022, or a numerical value within a predetermined period, for example.

Additionally, the reply image 300A may include gifting information 305 regarding the gifting for which the reply was directed. The gifting information 305 may include at least one of the date and time of gifting, consideration for the gifted gift, and an illustration representing the gifted gift. As described later, the reply image 300A can be bought and sold afterward, so even if there is a comment when a fan gifted the image, it is preferable that the gifting information 305 does not include such personal content.

In addition, the reply image 300A may include an image 306 associated with the player in question. The player may specify the image 306 on the reply input screen, or the administrator may specify the image 306 for each player on the setting information input screen. If the plurality of reply images 300A have the same image 306 registered in advance, each reply image can be distinguished by the serial number 304.

FIG. 3B shows another example of a reply image according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reply image 300B is similar to reply image 300A, but differs in that it includes the entire text of the reply input by the player. Note that the replies shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B are character strings for filling spaces, and are different from the actual replies. Further, the reply image 300A includes an image 306 showing the player, whereas the reply image 300B includes an image of an autograph written by the player.

The generated reply images may be a set of images related to the player, such as the first reply image 300A and the second reply image 300B. Such a set of images may be displayed by a single file or by a corresponding set of files. FIG. 3A generally shows an example in which a first reply image 300A is displayed on the NFT collection details display screen, which will be described later. It has a selection area 307.

The device 100 transmits an NFT grant request to the NFT server 130 to grant the NFT associated with the reply image to the user who performed the gifting (S209). Details of NFT grant will be described later.

Then, after receiving a notification from the NFT server 130 that the NFT granting has been completed (S210), the device 100 grants the NFT as a gifting reward to the fan terminal 110 of the fan who is the NFT grantee. A notification of what has been done is sent (S211).

For example, a fan who has been given an NFT selects a button 308 labeled "Buy and sell on the marketplace" from the NFT collection details display screen shown in FIG. By making the input, the intention to transfer the NFT is transmitted to the device 100 (S212), and when the predetermined conditions for transferring the NFT are satisfied (S213), the device 100 sends the information to the NFT server 130, A transfer request for transferring the NFT is transmitted (S214).

Then, after receiving a notification from the NFT server 130 that the NFT transfer has been completed (S215), the device 100 sends a reply image containing at least a part of the reply to the player terminal 120 of the player who sent the reply. sends a notification that the associated NFT has been transferred (S216).

In this way, by generating an image that includes at least a part of the reply from the gifting person and making it possible to notify the person when the NFT associated with the image is bought or sold, the reply can be sent to the gifting person. You can visualize the property value and encourage replies.

In the above explanation, the NFT grant request is sent to the NFT server 130 and the NFT is granted to the grantee. Good too. Similarly, the device 100 may execute the processing necessary for transferring the attached NFT.

NFT grant details
FIG. 4 shows the flow of NFT granting in the NFT server according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, the NFT server 130 specifies an NFT identifier such as a unique name, and sends the owner an issuer address corresponding to an issuer identifier that identifies the athlete who sent the reply or an organization such as a sports team or sports organization to which he or she belongs. As such, an NFT is issued (S401). Thereafter, the NFT identifier is designated and the reply image, its hash value, or the access destination of the reply image is registered (S402). As a result, the reply image is associated with the NFT identified by the NFT identifier, and is converted into an NFT.

Then, the NFT server 130 transfers the owner of the NFT from the issuer address to the user address corresponding to the user identifier that identifies the user who is the grantee (S403). As an example, the issuer address and the user address are public keys in a public key cryptosystem. By transferring the NFT issued with the issuer address as the owner to the user address of the user who is the grantee, it becomes possible to verify that the NFT has been officially issued. It can be guaranteed that the reply image associated with the NFT is a genuine image given by the publisher, the athlete, or the organization to which the athlete belongs. The verifiability of the NFT obtained in this way and the authenticity of the reply image are maintained even if the NFT is bought and sold on a platform where NFTs issued by the NFT server 130 are managed and distributed for secondary distribution.

In addition, although it has been described that the reply image or its hash value or the access destination of the reply image is registered in the NFT after issuing the NFT, depending on the NFT method, access to the reply image or its hash value or the reply image may be registered from the beginning. It is also conceivable to set a destination and issue an NFT. In other words, it is conceivable that the issuance of NFTs includes association of NFTs.

NFT transfer details
The device 100 can maintain an association between one or more users and one or more NFTs of which each user is the owner. More specifically, one or more user identifiers are associated with one or more NFT identifiers that identify one or more NFTs of which the user address corresponding to each user identifier is the owner; An association between user addresses and one or more NFT identifiers identifying one or more NFTs of which each user address is an owner may be maintained. In the latter case, it is preferable to separately maintain an association between one or more user identifiers and user addresses corresponding to each user identifier.

When the device 100 receives a request to display an NFT collection display screen from the user terminal 110, the device 100 determines one or more NFT identifiers associated with the user identifier included in the display request, and displays the one or more NFT identifiers. NFT collection display screen display information in HTML format for displaying one or more NFTs identified by can be transmitted to the user terminal 110. The NFT collection display screen can take various formats such as a web page, modal window, pop-up window, etc. when displayed on a web browser, and can take the form of a single screen of the app when displayed on an app. can do. In either case, any screen that includes one or more images associated with one or more NFTs corresponds to an NFT collection display screen. A screen that displays an overview of one or more NFTs associated with a user is called an "NFT collection summary display screen," and a screen that displays details of one or more NFTs that are associated with a user. can be called an "NFT collection details display screen."

If a user wishes to transfer NFTs that they own that are displayed on the NFT collection display screen, they select the display element by tapping or clicking a display element such as the button 308 shown in FIG. By doing so, the intention to transfer the NFT can be transmitted to the device 100. The display element displayed on the NFT collection display screen may be used as long as it indicates the intention to transfer, and the selection itself does not need to immediately indicate the intention to transfer. When the NFT is transferred as a result of the transfer, the device 100 sends a message indicating that the NFT has been transferred to the player terminal 120 of the player who sent the reply included in the reply image associated with the NFT, as described above. can be notified. At this time, consideration can be given to the player in accordance with the buying and selling price of the NFT, and by doing so, the act of replying gives rise to property value, leading to the promotion of replies.

In addition, in the above-described embodiments, unless there is a description of "only" such as "based only on", "only in accordance with", "only in the case", additional information is not included in this specification. Note that it is envisaged that the following may also be taken into account. Also, as an example, note that the statement ``if a, do b'' does not necessarily mean ``if a, do b'' or ``do b immediately after a'', unless explicitly stated. I want to be Moreover, the description "each a constituting A" does not necessarily mean that A is composed of a plurality of constituent elements, but includes that the constituent element is singular.

Also, just to be sure, even if there is an aspect in which a method, program, terminal, device, server, or system (hereinafter referred to as a "method, etc.") performs a different operation from that described in this specification, each of the present invention Aspects are directed to operations that are the same as any of the operations described in this specification, and the existence of operations that are different from those described in this specification does not make the method, etc. It should be added that this is not outside the scope of the present invention.

Furthermore, "start" and "end" shown in FIG. 4 are merely examples, and do not mean that the method according to the present embodiment always starts at S401 and ends at S403.

100 Device 101 Communication Department 102 Processing Department 103 Storage Department 104 Database 110 User Terminal 120 Organizer Terminal 130 NFT Server

300A Reply Image

300B Reply Image 301 Player Name 302 At least part of the reply input by the player 303 Date and Time 304 Serial Number 305 Gifting Information 306 Image associated with player 307 Selection area 308 Button

Claims

A method for gifting,
a step in which the device receives, from a user terminal used by a user, a gift purchase request in which a gift recipient and a gift are selected;
the device transmitting a notification that the gifting has been performed to a target person terminal used by the target person;
the device generating an image including at least a part of the reply to the gifting received from the target person terminal;
the apparatus providing the user with an NFT with which the image is associated.
The method according to claim 1, comprising:
The step of providing includes:
The method includes a step in which the device requests an NFT server capable of communicating with the device to grant the NFT.
3. The method according to claim 2,
The step of providing includes:
a step in which the device requests an NFT server capable of communicating with the device to issue an NFT and associate the image with the NFT, with the issuer address corresponding to the target person or the organization to which the person belongs as the owner;
the apparatus requests the NFT server to transfer the NFT with which the image is associated to a user address corresponding to the user.
The method according to claims 1 to 3,
The image is
the target person name of the target person;
the date and time when the target person inputted the reply;
and a serial number of the reply input by the target person.
5. The method according to claim 4,
The image includes a pre-registered image associated with the target person.
The method according to claim 4 or 5,
The images are a set of images related to the target person,
The NFT is associated with a single file representing the set of images.
7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
In response to receiving an NFT collection display request requesting to display an NFT collection, the device sends a request to a user terminal that has transmitted the NFT collection display request to a user terminal that is associated with a user identifier included in the NFT collection display request. The method further includes transmitting display information for displaying an NFT collection display screen that includes one or more images associated with the one or more NFTs identified by the one or more NFT identifiers.
The method according to claim 1,
The method further includes the step of the device transmitting a notification that the assigned NFT has been transferred to the target person's terminal.
A program for causing a computer to execute a method for gifting, the method comprising:
receiving, from a user terminal used by a user, a gift purchase request in which a gift recipient and a gift are selected;
Sending a notification that the gifting has been performed to a target person terminal used by the target person;
generating an image that includes at least a part of the reply to the gifting received from the target person terminal;
and providing the user with an NFT associated with the image.
A device for performing gifting,
Receive a purchase request for the gift from the user terminal used by the user, selecting the person to be gifted and the gift;
Sending a notification that the gifting has been performed to the target person terminal used by the target person,
An image including at least a part of the reply to the gifting received from the target person's terminal is generated, and an NFT associated with the image is provided to the user.