JP2005141697A - Information processing apparatus and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus for controlling chat allowing both a celebrity and his or her fans to be satisfied. <P>SOLUTION: This information processing apparatus is provided with: a chat bid reception part 11b for reading and presenting at least holding date and time and a holding person identifier, for receiving a bid amount from a participant terminal 3 to store it by associating it with a participant identifier, and for extracting a participant identifier with a bid amount close to a bid request amount set to store it as a chat participant identifier; a half chat reception part 11c for receiving information of a half chat participant participating in a half chat from a participant terminal to store the participant identifier of the half chat participant as a half chat participant identifier; and a chat control part 11d for transmitting statement data received from a holding person terminal 2 and statement data received from the participant terminal 3 of the chat participant to the holding person terminal 2, the terminals of chat participants and the terminal of the half chat participant. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that mediate between an organizer terminal possessed by a chat organizer holding a chat and a participant terminal possessed by a participant participating in the chat. The “chat” in the present invention is a system that performs a character-based conversation in real time through a communication network, and sometimes has a conversation through multimedia data such as voice and moving images.

  With the spread of communication networks such as the Internet in recent years, celebrities such as talents, idols, athletes, and cultural people frequently communicate with their fans through the communication network.

  For example, there is an intermediary system in which fans can easily contact with celebrities, enable communication between celebrities and fans, and expand business opportunities for celebrities. (For example, patent document 1). The system described in Patent Document 1 includes a community server where fans can enjoy chatting directly with celebrities and their fans.

  However, the chat performed in the system described in Patent Document 1 can be performed by a celebrity and a fan, but the specific system is not disclosed and is considered to be a general chat. When talking to a celebrity using a general chat function, the celebrity talks with a plurality of fans, and there is a problem that questions from the fans to the celebrity are concentrated. In such a case, it is difficult for celebrities to answer questions from a large number of fans, and if only some questions are answered, fans who have not responded to celebrities will be dissatisfied.

Thus, when chatting with celebrities, even if the same chat system as before was introduced, both celebrities and fans were not satisfied.
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  In view of these problems, there is a need to develop a chat system that satisfies both celebrities and fans. When both celebrities and fans are satisfied, celebrities can provide good fan service. On the other hand, fans can deepen their interest in celebrities by communicating with celebrities, and can expand celebrity business markets.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method for controlling chat that can be satisfied by both celebrities and fans.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention mediates between an organizer terminal of a chat organizer holding a chat and a participant terminal of a participant participating in the chat. In the information processing device, the communication control device that transmits / receives data to / from the organizer terminal and the participant terminal, the control device that processes data transmitted / received via the communication control device, and the organizer identifier that identifies the organizer In association with the organizer information storage device that stores the organizer information of the organizer, the control device has the date and time of holding the chat from the organizer terminal and the right of the chat participant to participate in the chat to the organizer A chat holding reception unit that acquires holding information including a bid amount to be provided, stores the information in the holding information storage device in association with the organizer identifier with reference to the organizer information storage device, Both the date and time and the organizer identifier stored in the organizer information storage device are read out and presented, and the bid amount set by the participant who desires the right is received from the participant terminal and stored in association with the participant identifier. A chat bid accepting unit that extracts a participant identifier in which a bid amount equal to or closest to the desired bid amount is set and stores it as a chat participant identifier, and determines a chat comment by voting from a plurality of participant terminals A half chat reception unit that receives information on a half chat participant participating in the half chat from the participant terminal and stores the participant identifier of the half chat participant as a half chat participant identifier, a chat holding reception unit, and a chat bid reception Organizer identifier, chat participant identifier stored in the The utterance data received from the organizer terminal and the chat data received from the participant terminal of the chat participant are authenticated based on the identifier of the chat chat participant identifier. The voting data selected at the organizer terminal is sent to the participant terminal and the voting data received from the participant terminal of the half chat participant is aggregated and sent to the participant terminal and the participant terminal of the half chat participant. And a chat control unit that transmits response data to the vote data to the organizer terminal, the participant terminal of the chat participant, and the participant terminal of the half chat participant.

  According to the information processing apparatus according to the first feature of the present invention, a celebrity who is a chat organizer can provide a one-to-one chat to a chat participant who has made a successful bid for chat, and the other half. By providing one-to-many chats to chat participants, it is possible to gather opinions from many fans. Thereby, the chat system which a celebrity, a chat participant, and a half-chat participant can satisfy can be provided.

  An information processing method according to the second feature of the present invention is realized by an information processing apparatus that mediates between an organizer terminal of a chat organizer holding a chat and a participant terminal of a participant participating in the chat. In the information processing method, the date and time of holding the chat from the organizer terminal by the chat holding reception unit in the control device of the information processing device, and the bid amount that provides the organizer with the right of the chat participant to participate in the chat are included. The step of acquiring holding information and storing it in the holding information storage device in association with the organizer identifier for identifying the organizer, and the date and time of the holding stored at least in the organizer information storage device by the chat bid accepting unit of the control device Participant identifier is read and presented, and the bid amount set by the participant who wants the right is received from the participant terminal and participates A plurality of participants by the step of extracting and storing the participant identifier set with the bid amount equal to or closest to the bid desired amount and storing it as a chat participant identifier; Receiving half chat participant information participating in the half chat to determine the remark in chat by voting from the terminal from the participant terminal, and storing the participant identifier of the half chat participant as a half chat participant identifier; Authentication is performed by the chat control unit of the control device based on the organizer identifier, the chat participant identifier, and the half chat participant identifier stored in the chat holding reception unit, the chat bid reception unit, and the half chat reception unit. Received speech data and chat participants The remark data received from the end is sent to the organizer terminal, the participant terminal of the chat participant and the participant terminal of the half chat participant, and the voting data received from the participant terminal of the half chat participant is aggregated. Sending to the organizer terminal and the participant terminal of the half-chat participant, the voting data selected in the organizer terminal and the response data to the voting data are sent to the organizer terminal, the participant terminal of the chat participant and the half-chat participant Transmitting to the participant terminal.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the information processing apparatus and information processing method which control the chat which both a celebrity and a fan can satisfy can be provided.

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  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system according to the best mode of the present invention includes an organizer terminal 2 possessed by a chat organizer that holds a chat, and a participant terminal 3a possessed by a participant participating in the chat. 3b, and an information processing apparatus 1 that mediates between the organizer terminal 2 and the participant terminals 3a and 3b. The information processing apparatus 1, the organizer terminal 2, and the participant terminals 3a and 3b are general information processing terminals such as computers, PDAs, and mobile phones, and can transmit and receive data to and from each other via a communication network 4 such as the Internet. It is. It is preferable that the information processing apparatus 1 is realized by loading a program for performing predetermined processing on a computer. The organizer terminal 2 and the participant terminals 3a and 3b are equipped with an application such as a browser capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the information processing apparatus 1. The organizer terminal 2 is preferably a PDA having portability and full input / output, and the participant terminals 3a and 3b are preferably mobile phones that are remarkably widespread.

  The information processing device 1 includes a control device (CPU) 11 that controls processing realized by the information processing device 1, a program storage device 12 that stores a program executed by the control device 11, and processing performed by the control device 11. , Temporary storage device 21 for temporarily storing data, input / output control for transmitting input from control device 11 to input device 23 such as a keyboard and mouse and outputting output from control device 11 to output device 24 such as a display The communication control apparatus 25 which transmits / receives data with the organizer terminal 2 and the participant terminals 3a and 3b via the apparatus 22 and the communication network 74 is provided.

  The information processing apparatus 1 further includes a member information storage device 13, an organizer information storage device 14, and a holding information storage device 15. Each of these storage devices may be stored on a physically independent disk, may be stored on one disk, or may be stored on the same disk as the program storage device 12.

  The member information storage device 13 is a storage device that stores the member information of the participant in association with the participant identifier for identifying the participant. For example, the data structure and data shown in FIG. 2 are stored. That is, a “user ID (participant identifier)” which is a participant identifier for identifying a participant, a “password” for authenticating the participant, a “mail address” for sending a guide such as holding a chat to the participant, “Payment account” for paying the chat service, “Favorite genre” that is the genre of celebrities that the participant likes, “Favorite organizer” that is the organizer that the participant likes, and the participants receive the service Data items such as “holding points” that are held for this purpose. Here, the “genre” is for classifying celebrities, and data such as sports, entertainment, idols, and talents are assigned.

  The organizer information storage device 14 is a storage device that stores the organizer information of the organizer in association with the organizer identifier for identifying the organizer, and stores, for example, a data structure and data as shown in FIG. . In other words, the “organizer ID (organizer identifier)” that is the organizer identifier for identifying the organizer, the “name” of the organizer, the “genre” to which the organizer belongs, and the “chat holding” in which the date and time when the chat was held are stored. Data items such as “history” and “email address” for the organizer to be contacted.

  The holding information storage device 15 has an “held number” for identifying the chat to be held, an “organizer ID” that is the organizer identifier of the organizer that holds the chat, an “date and time”, and the “bidding request” set by the organizer. Amount ”,“ successful bidder ID ”,“ successful bidder telephone number ”that is a participant identifier of the participant who has acquired the right to participate in this chat,“ message from the organizer ”effective for collecting participants, etc. Provide data items.

  The program storage device 12 stores a chat holding acceptance program 12a, a chat bid acceptance program 12b, a half chat acceptance program 12c, a chat control program 12d, a member management program 12e, and the like, and each program is read into the control device 11. By being executed, the control device 11 realizes a chat holding reception unit 11a, a chat bid reception unit 11b, a half chat reception unit 11c, a chat control unit 11d, and a member management unit 11e.

  The chat holding reception unit 11a acquires holding information including the date and time of holding the chat from the organizer terminal and the bid amount that provides the organizer with the right of the chat participant to participate in the chat, and the organizer information storage device 14 is a means for storing in the holding information storage device 15 in association with the organizer identifier.

  The chat bid accepting unit 11b reads and presents at least the date and time and the organizer identifier stored in the organizer information storage device, and receives the bid amount set by the participant who desires the right from the participant terminal. It is a means for extracting and storing a participant identifier in which a bid amount equal to or closest to the desired bid amount is set and stored as a chat participant identifier.

  The half chat reception part 11c receives the information of the half chat participant who participates in the half chat who determines the speech in the chat by voting from a plurality of participant terminals from the participant terminal, and sets the participant identifier of the half chat participant. It is a means for memorizing as a half chat participant identifier.

  Here, the half chat means that a half chat participant votes for an utterance, the organizer refers to the voting result, selects an utterance to be answered, and replies to the selected utterance. The remarks to be answered and their responses are posted in the log presented to the organizer, chat participants, and half-chat participants, but remarks that have not been answered by the organizer are the organizers and half-chat participants Only can be referenced. That is, basically, the organizer and the chat participant have a one-on-one conversation, and the half chat participant appeals to the organizer while referring to the chat between the organizer and the chat participant. . The organizer must reply to the chat participant, but does not necessarily have to reply to the half chat participant. By using this half-chat function, the organizer, for example, casts a question by asking the half-chat participant the question "What do you like best about the songs so far?" be able to.

The chat control unit 11d authenticates based on the organizer identifier, the chat participant identifier, and the half chat participant identifier, and holds the speech data received from the organizer terminal and the speech data received from the chat participant participant terminal. To the participant terminal, the participant terminal of the chat participant, and the participant terminal of the half chat participant, and the total number of voting data received from the participant terminal of the half chat participant It is means for transmitting to the participant terminal, and transmitting the vote data selected at the organizer terminal and the response data to the vote data to the organizer terminal, the participant terminal of the chat participant, and the participant terminal of the half chat participant. .
Next, with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the flow of processing in the best embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  First, in step S101, the chat holding acceptance unit 11a of the information processing apparatus 1 accepts the registration of the event from the organizer terminal 2, and stores the desired bid amount, the date and time of the successful bid, etc. in the event information storage device 15 in association with the organizer identifier. .

  Next, in step S101, the chat bid acceptance unit 11b of the information processing apparatus 1 transmits information related to the holding of the chat registered in step S101 to the participant terminals 3a and 3b. In step S103, the participant terminal 3a 3b is accepted. In step S104, the participant who bids for the amount closest to the desired bid amount received in step S101 is determined as the successful bidder. Here, it is assumed that the participant of the participant terminal 3a has made a successful bid.

  In step S105, the chat bid acceptance unit 11b of the information processing apparatus 1 responds to the successful bid confirmation from the participant terminals 3a and 3b, and presents a message to each of the successful bidder and those who have failed to bid. At this time, it is preferable that the winning bidder input the winning bidder's mobile phone number, which is the contact information of the winning bidder, and store it in the holding information storage device 15.

  Further, when the successful bidder is confirmed from the organizer terminal 2 in step S106, the information processing apparatus 1 refers to the held information storage device 15 to confirm the successful bidder and informs the organizer terminal 2 of the successful bidder's telephone number. Present.

  In step S108, the participant terminal 3a is confirmed immediately before the date and time of the chat. Preferably, the organizer calls the participant for confirmation. As a result, the organizer can confirm that the participant can participate, and the participant can confirm that the chat partner is the celebrity.

  On the other hand, in step S109, the half chat accepting unit 11c accepts an application for half chat from the participant terminal 3b. Here, it is assumed that an application for half chat is made from the participant terminal 3b.

  In this way, when the organizer, the participant, and the half chat participant are determined, the chat control unit 11d starts chat control in step S110.

  When the chat is started, when the utterance data is received from the organizer terminal 2 in step S151, the received utterance data is reflected in the chat log, and the chat log is transmitted to the organizer terminal 2 in step S152. Similarly, when the utterance data from the participant terminal 3a is received, the received utterance data is reflected in the chat log, and the chat log is transmitted to the participant terminal 3a. Thus, the utterance data from the organizer terminal 2 and the participant terminal 3a is recorded in the chat log, and the latest chat log is always transmitted to the organizer terminal 2 and the participant terminal 3a.

  Here, the latest chat log may be stored in the temporary storage device 21 or may be sequentially stored in a storage device (not shown).

  In step S153, a call may be made to the participant terminal 3a stored in the organizer information storage device 14, and the incoming call history may be confirmed at the participant terminal 3a. That is, when a display request from the participant terminal 3a to the information processing apparatus 1 is received in step S154 using this incoming call history as a trigger, the latest chat log can be transmitted to the participant terminal 3a in step S155.

  Here, the case where the chat log is transmitted whenever there is a utterance from the organizer terminal 2 and the participant terminal 3a has been described, but the latest chat log is automatically transmitted at the reload time interval set in each terminal. You may do it.

  On the other hand, in step S156, when a display request is made automatically or manually from the participant terminal 3b of the half chat participant, the chat control unit 11d transmits the latest chat log to the participant terminal 3b.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B, a process for reflecting a statement made by a half chat participant will be described.

  As shown in chat pages P112 and P113 in FIG. 9 to be described later, the screen of the organizer terminal 2 includes information on the chat unit 101 that presents a chat log with the participant terminal 3a and information on the participant terminals 3b of the half chat participants. The half chat part 102 which presents is provided.

  On the screen of the participant terminal 3b of the half chat participant, as shown in chat pages P253 to P255 of FIG. 13 to be described later, the voting data replied and totaled by all the half chat participants is set in the list. A box C251 and a text box T251 for newly speaking by a half-chat participant are provided.

  First, with reference to Fig.7 (a), the process of the vote by a half chat participant is demonstrated.

  In step S201, it is determined whether the data acquired from the participant terminal 3b is a selection from the combo box C251 or an input from the text box T251.

In the case of selection from the combo box C251, in step S202, the selected item is counted up and the voting data is updated. On the other hand, when the input is from the text box T251, in step S203, the input text is added to the list of the combo box C251 to update the voting data. At this time, the initial count of the item added in step S203 is 1. This voting data is
Finally, in step S204, the data of the combo box C251 of the participant terminal 3b is updated, and further, the half chat unit 102 of the organizer terminal 2 is updated.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 7B, a process when the organizer responds to the vote data by the half chat participant will be described.

  In step S251, when the information processing apparatus 1 updates the half chat part of the organizer terminal 2 in the process as shown in FIG. 7A, an item is selected in the organizer terminal 2 in step S252. It waits for data to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1. If there is no item selection from the organizer, the half chat section is always updated in step S251.

  When an item is selected in the organizer terminal 2 in step S252, a response to the selected item is further received from the organizer terminal 2 in step S253.

  Finally, in step S254, the selected item received in step S252 and the response received in step S254 are reflected in the chat log, and the chat log is reflected in the chat unit 101 of the organizer terminal 2. The chat log reflected here is also reflected in the participant terminals 3a and 3b.

Next, screens presented by the information processing apparatus 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The information processing apparatus 1 presents screens as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 on the organizer terminal 2.

  First, the information processing apparatus 1 presents the organizer top page P101 to the organizer terminal 2 and causes the organizer to select a page that the operator wants to see.

  When “registration registration” is clicked on the organizer terminal 2, an event registration page P102 for registering information necessary for holding the chat is presented. In the event registration page P102, the organizer's ID, password, chat start date and time, desired bid amount, comments from the organizer, etc. are input, and when the registration button B101 is clicked, the information processing apparatus 1 is held. The person ID and password are authenticated, and an event registration completion page P103 is presented. Here, the information registered on the event registration page P102 is displayed. As the chat is registered, the information processing apparatus 1 presents the information to the participant terminals 3a and 3b, receives a bid from the participant terminals 3a and 3b, and determines a successful bidder.

  Next, when “successful bidder confirmation” on the organizer top page P101 is clicked on the organizer terminal 2, the organizer ID and password of the organizer are entered and the confirmation button B102 is clicked on the successful bidder confirmation authentication page P104. Then, the information processing apparatus 1 authenticates the organizer ID and password, and when the successful bidder is determined, presents the successful bidder confirmation page P105 displaying the successful bidder's telephone number to the organizer terminal 2.

  On the other hand, when “chat room” on the organizer top page P101 is clicked on the organizer terminal 2, the organizer ID and password of the organizer are entered on the chat entry page P111 and the authentication button B111 is clicked. The processing device 1 authenticates the organizer ID and password, and presents the chat page P112 to the organizer terminal 2. The chat page P112 includes a chat unit 101 that presents a chat log with the participant terminal 3a and a half chat unit 102 that presents information regarding the participant terminal 3b of the half chat participant.

  In the chat part 101 of the chat page P112, when the utterance data is input to the text box T111 by the organizer and the utterance button B112 is clicked, the chat page P113 is presented. In this chat page P113, the latest chat log reflecting the input message data is displayed. This latest chat log includes an organizer speech unit 103 transmitted from the organizer terminal 2 and a chat participant speech unit 104 that has made a successful bid for the right to chat. Although not shown here, it is a matter of course that the voting data and the response from the half chat participant selected by the organizer are also displayed on the chat unit 101. On the other hand, the half chat section 102 includes a voting result section 105 that displays the top several pieces of voting data voted by the half chat participants, and a new arrival message section 106 that displays newly entered text data. When the organizer responds in the half chat section 102, the organizer selects an item to be answered from the vote result section 105 and the new arrival message section 106, inputs the response in the text box T112, and clicks the half-to-half button B113.

  When a predetermined chat time elapses, the chat ends, and the information processing apparatus 1 presents the chat end page P114 to the organizer terminal 2.

  10 and 11 are screens presented to the participant terminal 3a of the chat participant who has made a successful bid for the right of the information processing apparatus 1 to chat with a celebrity.

  First, the information processing apparatus 1 presents the participant top page P201 on the participant terminal 3a, and causes the chat participant to select a page he / she wants to see.

  When “organizer information” is clicked on the participant terminal 3a, a holding information search page P202 that allows searching for the organizer holding the chat is presented. When the name, genre, etc. are designated on the holding information search page P202 and the decision button B201 is clicked, a holding information selection page P203 that displays a list of organizers that meet the search conditions is presented. When an organizer is selected from the list of scheduled organizers and the detailed button B202 is clicked, a held information display page P204 is presented, where the date and time of the event and a message from the organizer can be confirmed.

  Next, when “chat bidding” on the participant top page P201 is clicked on the participant terminal 3a, a chat bidding page P211 for registering information necessary for bidding for chat is presented. In the chat bidding page P211, the user ID of the participant, the password, the chat organizer of the chat to bid, and the bid amount are input, and when the bid button B203 is clicked, the chat bidding completion page P212 is presented. This chat bidding completion page P212 presents a time during which a bid result of a bidder can be obtained and a method for obtaining a bid tag result.

  Next, when “successful bid confirmation” on the participant top page P201 is clicked on the participant terminal 3a, the user ID and password of the participant are entered on the successful bid confirmation authentication page P211, and the confirmation button B204 is clicked. The information processing apparatus 1 authenticates the user ID and password, and presents a screen on which the bid result is displayed.

  If the bidding is successful, when the confirmation button B204 on the successful bid confirmation authentication page P211 is clicked, a successful bid page P222 is presented, and the mobile phone number used for the chat is input here. When the Yes button B205 is clicked, the successful bidder is determined, and when the No button is clicked, the cancellation is made. The mobile phone number input here is registered in the holding information storage device 15, the phone contact for the organizer and the chat participant to confirm each other in advance, and the contact phone for notifying the reload timing of the chat participant. Used for numbers.

  On the other hand, when “chat entry” on the participant top page P201 is clicked on the participant terminal 3a, the user ID, password and handle name of the chat participant are entered on the chat entry authentication page P231 and the authentication button B231 is clicked. Then, the information processing apparatus 1 authenticates the user ID and password, and presents the chat room authentication confirmation result page P232 to the participant terminal 3a. When entry button B232 is clicked here, chat page P233 is presented. The chat page P233 is provided with a text box T231. When the comment button B233 is clicked in the text box T231 and the comment button B233 is clicked, the chat participant in which the comment data input to the chat unit 230 of the chat page P234 is reflected. A speech unit 231 is provided.

  When the reload link L231 is clicked on the chat page P234, the latest log is presented to the chat unit 230. The latest log here further includes an organizer remark section 232 remarked by the organizer. The reload link L231 may be performed based on an incoming call from the information processing apparatus 1, or may be performed at the will of a chat participant. Further, when the reload link L231 is clicked on the chat page P235, the chat page P236 is presented. In this chat page P 236, voting data determined by voting by the half-chat participant and responded by the organizer is displayed in the half-chat participant remark section 233. That is, in this participant terminal 3a, it is preferable to refer only to the vote data returned by the organizer and its response without referring to all the vote data of the half chat participants.

  When the utterance data is input to the text box T231 on the chat page P236 and the utterance button B233 is clicked, the chat page P237 including the chat unit 230 in which the utterance data is reflected is presented.

  When a predetermined chat time elapses, the chat ends, and the information processing apparatus 1 presents a chat end page P238 on the participant terminal 3a.

  FIG.12 and FIG.13 is a screen which the information processing apparatus 1 presents to the participant terminal 3b of the half-chat participant whose utterance is determined by voting.

  First, the information processing apparatus 1 presents the participant top page P201 to the participant terminal 3b, and causes the half-chat participant to select a page to be viewed.

  When “half chat application” is clicked on the participant terminal 3b, the information processing apparatus 1 presents a half chat application page P241. When the user ID, password, and chat organizer are selected on the half chat application page P241 and the next button B241 is clicked, the participation amount setting page P242 is presented. Here, when the consideration to participate is selected and the application button B242 is clicked, a half chat registration completion page P243 is presented.

  On the other hand, when “half-chat entry” on the participant top page P201 is clicked on the participant terminal 3b, the authentication button B251 is clicked on the half-chat entry authentication page P251 by entering the halfcha, the user ID and password of the participant. Then, the information processing apparatus 1 authenticates the user ID and password, and presents the half-chat entry authentication page P252. When entry button B252 is clicked here, chat page P253 is presented.

  The chat page P253 is provided with a combo box C251 and a text box T251. When the utterance is made in the text box T251 and the vote / speak button B253 is clicked, the information processing apparatus 1 reflects the utterance in the combo box data D252 added to the list of the combo box C251, and the combo box data of the combo box C251. When selected from the list of D251, the selected item is counted up by one.

  The combo box C251 includes a frequent departure message display unit 251 that displays a high count message and a new arrival message display unit 252 that displays other messages. The frequent departure message display unit 251 can display, for example, the top three statements and collect votes from the half chat participants so that the chat organizer can easily select them. It is preferable to delete items that have been answered by the organizer. In addition, when there are more than a predetermined number of messages in the new message display unit 252, items with a small count and items for which time has passed since the message may be deleted.

  For items voted by the half-chat participant and selected and responded by the organizer, the chat unit 251 includes a half-chat participant remarking unit 254 as shown in the chat page P255.

  As described above, the present invention has been described according to the best mode for carrying out the invention. However, it should not be understood that the description and drawings constituting a part of this disclosure limit the present invention. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments, examples, and operational techniques will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

  It goes without saying that the present invention includes various embodiments not described herein. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the invention specifying matters according to the scope of claims reasonable from the above description.

1 is a system configuration diagram of an information processing system according to a best embodiment of the present invention, and a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure and data of the member information storage device which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure and data of the organizer information storage device which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure and data of the holding information storage device which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention. It is the sequence diagram which showed the process of the information processing method which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention. (Part 1) It is the sequence diagram which showed the process of the information processing method which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention. (Part 2) It is the flowchart which showed the process of the half chat in the information processing method which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen which the information processing apparatus which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention shows on an organizer terminal. (Part 1) It is an example of the screen which the information processing apparatus which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention shows on an organizer terminal. (Part 2) It is an example of the screen which the information processing apparatus which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention shows on the participant terminal of a chat participant. (Part 1) It is an example of the screen which the information processing apparatus which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention shows on the participant terminal of a chat participant. (Part 2) It is an example of the screen which the information processing apparatus which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention shows on a participant terminal of a half chat participant. (Part 1) It is an example of the screen which the information processing apparatus which concerns on the best embodiment of this invention shows on a participant terminal of a half chat participant. (Part 2)

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information processing apparatus 2 ... Organizer terminal 3a, 3b ... Participant terminal 4 ... Communication network 11 ... Control apparatus 11a ... Chat holding reception part 11b ... Chat bid reception part 11c ... Half chat reception part 11d ... Chat control part 11e ... Member management unit 12 ... Program storage device 12a ... Chat holding reception program 12b ... Chat bid reception program 12c ... Half chat reception program 12d ... Chat control program 12e ... Member management program 13 ... Member information storage device 14 ... Organizer information storage device 15 ... holding information storage device 21 ... temporary storage device 22 ... input / output control device 23 ... input device 24 ... output device 25 ... communication control device

Claims (2)

In the information processing apparatus that mediates between the organizer terminal of the chat organizer holding the chat and the participant terminal of the participant participating in the chat,
A communication control device for transmitting and receiving data to and from the organizer terminal and the participant terminal;
A control device for processing the data transmitted and received via the communication control device;
An organizer information storage device that stores the organizer information of the organizer in association with the organizer identifier that identifies the organizer;
The control device includes:
Obtain holding information including the date and time of holding the chat from the organizer terminal and a bid amount that provides the organizer with the right of the chat participant to participate in the chat, and refer to the organizer information storage device A chat holding reception unit that stores the information in the holding information storage device in association with the organizer identifier;
Read and present at least the date and time and the organizer identifier stored in the organizer information storage device, receive a bid amount set by the participant who desires the right from the participant terminal, and A chat bid accepting unit that stores in association with a participant identifier, extracts the participant identifier in which a bid amount equal to or closest to the bid desired amount is set, and stores it as the chat participant identifier;
Information of a half chat participant who participates in a half chat that determines speech in the chat by voting from a plurality of the participant terminals is received from the participant terminal, and the participant identifier of the half chat participant is half chat A half-chat reception section that stores as a participant identifier;
Authentication is performed based on the organizer identifier, the chat participant identifier, and the half chat participant identifier stored in the chat holding reception unit, the chat bid reception unit, and the half chat reception unit, and is received from the organizer terminal. And the remark data received from the participant terminal of the chat participant are transmitted to the organizer terminal, the participant terminal of the chat participant and the participant terminal of the half chat participant, and the half The voting data received from the participant terminal of the chat participant is aggregated and transmitted to the organizer terminal and the participant terminal of the half chat participant, and the voting data selected in the organizer terminal and a response to the voting data Data from the organizer terminal, the participant terminal of the chat participant and the half-cha The information processing apparatus further comprising a chat controller which transmits bets participant to the participant terminal. In an information processing method realized by an information processing apparatus that mediates between an organizer terminal of a chat organizer holding a chat and a participant terminal of a participant participating in the chat,
The date and time of holding the chat from the organizer terminal by the chat holding reception unit in the control device of the information processing apparatus, and the bid amount that provides the organizer with the right of the chat participant to participate in the chat are included. Acquiring holding information and storing it in a holding information storage device in association with an organizer identifier for identifying the organizer;
The chat bid acceptance unit of the control device reads out and presents at least the date and time of the event and the organizer identifier stored in the organizer information storage device, and sets the bid amount set by the participant who desires the right Receiving from the participant terminal and storing in association with the participant identifier, extracting the participant identifier in which a bid amount equal to or closest to the bid desired amount is extracted and storing it as the chat participant identifier; ,
The half chat reception unit of the control device receives from the participant terminal information of the half chat participant who participates in the half chat that determines speech in the chat by voting from the plurality of participant terminals, and the half chat Storing the participant identifier of the participant as a half-chat participant identifier;
Based on the organizer identifier, the chat participant identifier, and the half chat participant identifier stored in the chat holding reception unit, the chat bid reception unit, and the half chat reception unit by the chat control unit of the control device. Authenticate and receive the remark data received from the organizer terminal and the replay data received from the participant terminal of the chat participant, the participation of the organizer terminal, the participant terminal of the chat participant and the half chat participant The voting data received from the participant terminals of the half-chat participants is sent to the organizer terminal and the participant terminals of the half-chat participants, and is selected by the organizer terminal. Voting data and response data to the voting data are sent to the organizer terminal, the chat The information processing method characterized by comprising the step of transmitting to the participant terminal of the participant terminals and the half chat participants participants.

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