JP2008052383A - Site-operating method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible for a manager who manages houses to operate an advertisement-added website for residents to bring benefits to the residents and advertisers (cooperators). <P>SOLUTION: In a site-operating method, a management server 12 of a management firm which manages a condominium displays an advertisement-added portal site on the PCs 18 of the residents who live in the condominium and also displays the EC sites of advertisers on the PCs 18 when advertisements on the portal site are clicked. Commercial transactions are carried out through the EC sites thus displayed, and the residents are given points corresponding to the results of the transactions. Then, the amounts of management expenses to be paid by the residents to the management firm are reduced in accordance with the points which the residents accumulate. By this, the management firm operates the advertisement-added website for the residents to bring benefits to the residents and the advertisers. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a site management method, and more particularly to a site management method in which an advertisement is posted on a website, an advertisement fee (reward) is collected from an advertiser, and the website is operated with the collected advertisement fee.

  As a conventional method of this type, one disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. In this prior art, an advertisement is posted on a website of a content provider, and when a page with an advertisement is transmitted from the content provider to the user, a point corresponding to the amount of advertisement data is given to the user by the point service company. This point can be used for shopping on the website.

Here, the advertiser pays the advertising fee to the content provider and pays the point fee to the point service company. This fee corresponds to the advertisement data out of the communication fee paid by the user to the communication carrier. For this reason, the user can browse advertisements without worrying about communication charges. On the other hand, for the advertiser, even if the point fee is borne, the purchase of the product on the website is promoted by the point, so that it is expected to increase the profit as a result.
JP 2002-329136 A

  By the way, the present applicant, which is a management company that manages houses such as condominiums, is considering operating a portal site whose members are residential residents. An advertisement of the partner company is placed on a page in the portal site, and the advertisement is linked to an EC (Electronic Commerce) site of the partner company. A member who visits the portal site can move to the EC site by clicking an advertisement posted on the page, and purchase a product there.

  However, when the conventional technology is used for such site management, the following problems occur. That is, in this portal site, since the members are mainly residents, the number of members is limited. On the other hand, in the prior art, a product is not always purchased from an advertiser of the viewed advertisement. For this reason, it is not unlikely that the affiliated company that is the advertiser cannot make a profit while paying the point fee.

  Moreover, even if the resident obtains points, there is no profit unless he / she purchases a product. If he / she purchases a product in order to use the points, the profit is impaired.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a site where an administrator who manages a house operates a website with advertisements for residents, and benefits each of the residents and advertisers (partners). It is to provide a management method.

  The site management method according to the invention of claim 1 is a method in which an administrator managing a house operates a website for a resident living in the house, with the management server (12) of the administrator as the next means Function: Website display means (S5) for displaying a website with advertisement on a resident terminal (18) resident in a house; advertisement when a predetermined operation is accepted through the resident terminal during display processing of the website display means Electronic commerce site display means for displaying the main electronic commerce site on the resident terminal (S21); Points are given to the resident according to the results of the commercial transactions conducted through the electronic commerce site displayed by the electronic commerce site display means Point granting means (S101); and a reduction to reduce the amount of administrative expenses to be paid from the resident to the manager according to the points given by the point granting means Stage (S47~S53).

  In the invention of claim 1, the website with advertisement is displayed on the resident terminal by the website display means. In this state, when a predetermined operation is performed through the resident terminal (typically an operation of clicking an arbitrary advertisement on the website), the advertiser's electronic commerce site is displayed on the resident terminal by the electronic commerce site display means. Is done. When a commercial transaction is performed through the electronic commerce site displayed in this way, points corresponding to the result are awarded to the resident by the point granting means. The amount of the management fee that the resident should pay to the manager is reduced by the reduction means according to the given points.

  In this way, by making it possible to allocate the earned points to the management cost, the resident can surely enjoy the benefit in the form of a reduction in the management cost. In addition, as a result, the commercial transaction on the electronic commerce site is promoted, so that the advertiser can also enjoy the profit.

  In addition, a reward (advertisement fee) paid from the advertiser to the manager is applied to the resource for reducing the administrative cost. Here, the reward is preferably a reward according to the result of the commercial transaction, but may be a reward according to the number of clicks of the advertisement, a fixed amount of reward, or a combination thereof. By using rewards according to the results, advertisers can secure profits even if the website visitors are limited to residents.

  The site management method according to the invention of claim 2 is dependent on claim 1. The link from the advertisement to the electronic commerce site and the payment of the reward from the advertiser to the manager are performed through the ASP server (52) of the affiliate service provider. The ASP server records the contents of the commercial transaction performed through the electronic commerce site displayed by the electronic commerce site display means as transaction information (78) in the database (DB), and the transaction information of this database is managed by the administrator. To the user terminal (14). This site operation method further causes the management server to function as first acquisition means (S113) for acquiring transaction information provided by the ASP server from the administrator terminal. The point giving means gives points based on the transaction information thus obtained.

  In the invention of claim 2, each of the manager and the advertiser participates in the affiliate service provided by the affiliate service provider. The affiliate service forms a link from the advertisement to the e-commerce site, and when the transaction is conducted on the advertiser's e-commerce site via the website with advertisement, the affiliate manages the reward according to the result from the advertiser It is a service to pay to the person. The ASP server of the affiliate service provider records the contents of such a commercial transaction as transaction information in a database, and provides the management information of this database to the administrator terminal. A 1st acquisition means acquires the transaction information provided by the ASP server from an administrator terminal, and a point provision means performs point provision based on the transaction information acquired by the 1st acquisition means.

  As described above, by using the affiliate service, the manager can receive the payment of the reward from the advertiser, and can receive the transaction information from the affiliate service provider through the manager terminal. The management server can give points according to the results of the commercial transaction based on the transaction information provided to the administrator terminal in this way.

  The site management method according to the invention of claim 3 is dependent on claim 2 and causes the management server to further function as storage means (32) for storing the point granting conditions (76) determined for each electronic commerce site. The point granting means includes a second obtaining means (S123) for obtaining a point granting condition corresponding to the electronic commerce site from the storage means when a commercial transaction is performed through the electronic commerce site displayed by the electronic commerce site display means; Point calculation means (S125) for calculating points to be given based on the transaction information acquired by the first acquisition means and the point grant conditions acquired by the second acquisition means;

  In the invention of claim 3, the point granting conditions determined for each electronic commerce site are stored by the storage means. In granting points, the second obtaining means obtains the point granting conditions corresponding to the electronic commerce site where the commercial transaction was performed from the storage means, and the point calculating means obtains the transaction information obtained by the first obtaining means and the second acquisition. Points to be awarded are calculated based on the point grant conditions acquired by the means.

  As described above, the point granting conditions are determined for each electronic commerce site, and for the point calculation, the point granting conditions corresponding to the electronic commerce site where the commercial transaction is performed are applied. This makes it possible to set point granting conditions suitable for each electronic commerce site and activate the commercial transaction.

  The site management method according to the invention of claim 4 is dependent on claim 3, wherein the commercial transaction includes purchase of a product, and the point grant condition includes a point grant rate indicating a ratio of the grant point to the purchase price.

  The site management method according to the invention of claim 5 is dependent on any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the point grant means executes point grant processing in response to an operation through the administrator terminal, and the reduction means is a resident. A reduction process is executed in response to the operation through the terminal.

  In the invention of claim 5, the timing at which the points are given is determined by the manager, while the timing at which the given points are allocated to the management fee is left to the resident side.

  In the preferred embodiment, the administrator periodically obtains transaction information for a certain period from an affiliate service provider (for example, obtains information for the current month at the end of each month) and gives points. Reduction processing, that is, allocation of earned points to management costs is executed in response to the terminal operation of the resident.

  As a result, the resident can accumulate points, promote purchase at the electronic commerce site, and delay the timing of redemption of points.

  The site management program according to the invention of claim 6 is a program for an administrator managing a house to manage a website for a resident living in the house, and is a processor (12) 30) is made to function as the following means: Website displaying means (S5) for displaying a website with an advertisement on a resident terminal (18) of a resident resident in a residence; Residing during display processing of the website displaying means An electronic commerce site display means (S21) for displaying the advertiser's electronic commerce site on the resident terminal when a predetermined operation is accepted through the user terminal; an electronic commerce site displayed by the electronic commerce site display means; Point granting means (S101) for granting points according to the results to the resident; and the amount of administrative expenses to be paid by the resident to the manager Reduction means for reduction in accordance with the granted points (S47~S53).

  According to the present invention, an administrator who manages a house operates a website with advertisements for residents, and can bring benefits to each of the residents and advertisers (partners).

  The above object, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

  With reference to FIG. 1, the site management system 10 of this embodiment includes a management server 12 connected to the Internet 50. The management server 12 realizes a portal site whose members are condominium residents. This portal site is operated by a management company that manages condominiums. Note that the management server 12 is installed in the data center in order to prevent the leakage of personal information of members.

  In the apartment, a switching hub (SW-HUB) 14 connected to the Internet 50 is installed. Each dwelling unit of the apartment is provided with a hub (HUB) 16 connected to the SW-HUB 14. Note that an MDF (Main Distributing Frame) room is suitable as the installation location of the SW-HUB 14, and pipe space (PS) or the like is used for the wiring of the cable connecting the SW-HUB 14 and each HUB 16.

  Residents of condominiums, that is, members, can browse the portal site by connecting the PC 18 to the HUB 16 at home. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2, an information socket 22 is arranged in each room in the dwelling unit. Each information socket 22 is connected to the HUB 16 via a LAN cable 24, and a wireless access point (AP) is connected to one of the information sockets 22. As the PC 18, a tablet PC 18 compatible with a wireless LAN standard (IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11g, etc.) is used. The tablet PC 18 is equipped with a browser for browsing a site on the Internet 50.

  An EC server 54 is connected to the Internet 50. The EC server 54 realizes a plurality of EC sites (described later) respectively corresponding to a plurality of companies.

  The management company has partnered with companies (including groups and individuals) that sell products (including services) that meet the needs of residents, and posted advertisements (banner ads, text ads, etc.) of partner companies on the portal site page. To do. The advertisement to be posted is linked to the EC site of the partner company that is the advertiser, and when the member purchases a product on the EC site via the portal site, the partner company pays the management company.

  Creation of the link as described above and payment of a reward are performed through an affiliate service provided by an affiliate company. The affiliate service is realized by an ASP (Affiliate Service Provider) server 52 connected to the Internet 50.

  Then, the management company gives points according to the purchase amount to the members, using the rewards from the partner companies as resources. Members can use the accumulated points for condominium management expenses.

  The management server 12 is configured as shown in FIG. The PC 18, the management terminal 14, the ASP server 52, and the EC server 54, which will be described later, also have the same configuration. Referring to FIG. 3, management server 12 includes a CPU 30, a memory 32, an input device 34, an output device 36, a network controller 38, and the like. The memory 32 stores programs and data for operating the CPU 30. The input device 34 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like, and inputs a signal corresponding to an operation by the operator to the CPU 30.

  The CPU 30 executes processing such as site generation and site management in response to an operation signal from the input device 34. The processing result of the CPU 30 is held in the memory 32 and later outputted through an output device 36 (display, printer, etc.). The network controller 38 connects the CPU 30 to be communicable with the PC 18 or the like via a network, that is, the Internet 50 and a LAN (SW-HUB 14, HUB 16, etc.). As a result, the management server 12 can be controlled by operating the PC 18 and the management terminal 14, and the management server 12 can use the functions of the ASP server 52 and the EC server 54.

  Next, the site management method of the site management system 10 configured as described above will be described. First, an outline will be described. Referring to FIG. 4, first, each of the management company and the affiliated company participates in an affiliate service operated by the affiliate company. Next, the management company applies for an alliance with the affiliated company through the affiliate company. When the partner company approves this, the management company places a product advertisement (for example, a banner advertisement) of the partner company on its portal site. The banner advertisement is linked to the EC site of the partner company through an affiliate service.

  The member accesses the portal site of the management company and browses the page. If you click on the advertisement on the page, you can go to the EC site of the partner company that is the advertiser, where you can purchase the product. When a member purchases a product via the portal site, a part (for example, 2%) of the price is paid as a reward from the partner company to the management company through the affiliate service.

  The contents of electronic commerce (such as purchase date, purchaser, purchaser, purchase price, etc .: hereinafter “purchase information”) between the member and partner company are recorded in the database DB of the affiliate service. . The management company obtains purchase information for a certain period (for example, for one month) from the affiliate company, and gives the member points according to the purchase amount.

  The points accumulated in this way can be used for administrative expenses. That is, when the member desires, the management company calculates an amount corresponding to the points and subtracts this from the management cost. The member may pay the management fee thus discounted to the management company.

  Next, specific examples will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 shows a top page displayed on the screen of the PC 18 when a member logs on to the portal site. Referring to FIG. 5, the top page includes information for identifying the member (for example, condominium name, dwelling unit number, name, etc.), the point balance of the member, a message addressed to the member, addressed to all members living in the same apartment A category list CT1 is posted together with a message and the like. This category list CT1 includes four categories of “eat”, “shopping”, “search”, and “reservation”.

  When any category, for example, “eating” is selected, the top page is updated with a page including the category-specific advertisement list CT2 corresponding to the selected category, that is, “eating”. FIG. 6 shows an advertisement list of “eat” as an example of the category-specific advertisement list.

  Referring to FIG. 6, a plurality of advertising spaces, here four advertising spaces (# 1 to # 4) are formed in the category-specific advertisement list CT2, and advertisements of partner companies are placed in any of the frames. The In this example, an advertisement for “XX Pizza” is placed in the first frame (# 1) at the upper left of the screen, “Curry House XX” is placed in the second frame (# 2) at the upper right, and There is an advertisement for “Bentoya XX” in 3 frames (# 3). If any advertisement, for example, “XX Pizza” is selected, the category-specific advertisement list page CT2 is updated by the advertiser, that is, the EC site of “XX Pizza”.

  When a member orders a product through the displayed EC site, the product is delivered from the partner company to the member's house. Members are paid for the product from the partner company. Payment is made at the same time as the order using a credit card or the like. At this time, purchase information including purchase number, purchase date and time, member ID, EC site ID, price, etc. is recorded in the database DB of the affiliate service.

  At the end of the month, for example, the operator of the management company accesses the ASP server 52 (affiliate service) from the management terminal 14 and requests purchase information for one month. The ASP server 52 extracts the requested information from the database DB (see FIG. 4), stores it in a file, and transmits it to the management terminal 14.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of purchase information provided from the affiliate company to the management company as described above. Referring to FIG. 7, each purchase made at the EC site via the portal site is identified by a purchase number. A purchase date, a member ID (purchaser name), an EC site ID (partner company name), and a price are associated with each of one or a plurality of purchase numbers included in the purchase information. Note that the minus display of the price indicates that the order has been canceled or returned.

  After downloading the management information in this way, the operator accesses the management server 12 from the management terminal 14 and gives points to the members. Points are calculated by multiplying the purchase price by the return rate. Here, in principle, the return rate is the same value (for example, 2%) as the ratio of the compensation to the purchase price, but can be changed by agreement between the management company and the partner company. For this reason, the memory 32 of the management server 12 stores return rate information 76 (see FIG. 8) describing the return rate for each EC site.

  In the example of FIGS. 7 and 8, the purchase price of the member “AAA” is 2100 yen from the EC site “aaa”, minus 3000 yen from the EC site “ccc”, and 4800 yen from the EC site “bbb”. Yes, at this time, the points are calculated as 2100 × 0.02−3000 × 0.02 + 4800 × 0.03 = 126.

  Referring to FIG. 5 again, the current point balance of this member is 5920. When “use points” is clicked here, 5920 points are allocated to the management fee. For example, assuming that 1 point is 1 yen, the discount amount is calculated as 5920 yen. Therefore, if the monthly management fee determined by the contract is 10,000 yen, the management company will charge this member 4080 yen as the management fee for the next month.

  In using the points, a condition is imposed that the current balance is equal to or more than a predetermined point. The minimum point is determined to be 500 points, for example, in order to promote purchase or reduce processing complexity, but may be available from one point.

  If the calculated discount amount exceeds the administrative cost, the administrative cost will be zero and the remaining points will be carried over from the next month. If the membership is lost due to moving, etc., the accumulated points will be reimbursed to the member in a form other than administrative expenses such as gift certificates and prizes.

  In this embodiment, all points are redeemed in the form of discounts on administrative expenses except in cases such as moving, but other redemption forms such as gift certificates may be selected according to the request of the member.

  Note that the management company may collect a fixed amount of advertising fee (basic fee) from the partner company in addition to the reward according to the result as described above. Preferably, different advertisement charges are set depending on the display position of the advertisement, that is, in which frame of the category-specific advertisement list CT2 (see FIG. 6). Specifically, an expensive basic charge is set in the order of the first frame (# 1), the second frame (# 2),. Payments such as remuneration and advertisement fees are made electronically via a financial institution server. The advertisement display position of each company is described in partner company information 74.

  When performing the site management as described above, the memory 32 of the management server 12 stores programs and information as shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 9, site generation program 66 generates a portal site that can be browsed by a browser. This process is based on the image / text / layout information 70. Here, the layout information is information indicating the arrangement of site images and text, and is described in, for example, HTML (HyperText Markup Language), CGI (Common Gateway Interface), PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor), or the like.

  The site management program 68 corresponds to the flowcharts of FIGS. 10 to 12, 14, and 15, and executes processing such as page display and point addition / redemption. The member information 72 is information in which a dwelling unit number, name, logon ID, password, and the like are described for each member. The affiliated company information 74 is information describing a category, an EC site address, and the like for each affiliated company.

  The return rate information 76 is information describing the return rate referred to when calculating points for each partner company. The purchase information 78 is information describing the contents of purchases (see FIG. 7) made by each member through the EC site for each affiliated company, and is downloaded from the ASP server 52 to the management terminal 14 when giving points. Transferred from the management terminal 14 to the management server 12.

  The point information 80 is information describing the current point balance for each member. The management cost information 82 is information in which the management cost specified in the contract and the discounted management cost are described for each member (unit).

  Although illustration is omitted, the memory 32 of the EC server 52 also stores a program and information corresponding to the site generation program 66 and the image / text / layout information 70, and this allows the EC site to be viewed with a browser. Is generated.

  The CPU 30 of the management server 12 executes the main task (for member i) shown in FIGS. 10 to 12 and the point processing task shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 in parallel under the control of the multitask OS. Note that the main task is activated as many as the number of members, and “member i” means any one of them. Each of the main task and the point processing task is always in an activated state. On the other hand, the process shown in FIG. 13 is executed by the CPU 30 of the APS server 52.

  Referring to FIG. 10, the main task for member i starts in a wait for a logon request in step S1. When the logon request of the member i is detected from the PC 18 through the network controller 38, “YES” is determined in the step S1, and the logon process is executed by moving to a step S3.

  Specifically, when the member i operates the PC 18 to access the portal site of the management company, the CPU 30 of the management server 12 displays an authentication screen (not shown) on the PC 18. Here, when the member i inputs the ID and password, a logon request including this input information is transmitted to the management server 12 through the LAN (HUB 16, SW-HUB 14, etc.) and the Internet 50. The CPU 30 of the management server 12 receives the logon request from the PC 18 by the network controller 38 and executes logon processing. In the logon process, the input information included in the logon request is collated with the member information 72 stored in the memory 32 to confirm that the operator is the member i. If the authentication is thus established, the process proceeds to step S5. If the authentication is not established, the process returns to step S1 after error notification.

  In step S5, the top page of the portal site (see FIG. 5) is displayed on the PC 18, and then the loop processing of steps S7 to S13 is entered. The top page includes a category list CT1 (see FIG. 5). In step S7, it is determined whether any category in the category list CT1 has been selected. In step S9, it is determined whether or not “use point” is clicked on the top page. In step S11, it is determined whether or not another item has been selected. In step S13, it is determined whether or not there is a logoff request.

  If “YES” in the step S7, the process returns to the step S5 through steps S15 to S25 (see FIG. 11). If “YES” in the step S9, a point redemption process (see FIG. 12) is executed in a step S27, and the process returns to the loop process of the steps S7 to S13. If “YES” in the step S11, the process corresponding to the selected item is executed in a step S29, and then the process returns to the loop process in the steps S7 to S13. If “YES” in the step S13, a logoff process is executed in a step S31, and the process returns to the step S1.

  Referring to FIG. 11, in step S15, category-specific advertisement list CT2 (see FIG. 6) corresponding to the selected category is displayed on PC 18. Then, the loop processing of steps S17 and S19 is entered. In step S17, it is determined whether or not any advertisement in the category-specific advertisement list CT2 is selected. In step S19, it is determined whether or not “return” is selected. If YES in step S17, the process proceeds to step S21. If YES in step S19, the process returns to step S5.

  In step S21, an EC site corresponding to the selected advertisement is requested from the EC server 54 and displayed on the PC 18. Then, the loop processing of steps S23 and S25 is entered. In step S23, it is determined whether or not the product purchase through the EC site is completed. In step S25, it is determined whether or not “return” is selected. If “YES” in the step S23, the process returns to the step S5, and if “YES” in the step S25, the process returns to the step S15.

  The point redemption process in step S27 follows the subroutine of FIG. Referring to FIG. 12, first, in step S41, it is determined whether or not member i satisfies the qualification loss requirement. Qualification loss requirements include moving out of the condominium, leaving the portal site, etc. If “YES” is determined here, the process proceeds to the step S59 through the settlement process of the step S43, and if “NO”, the process proceeds to the step S59 through the processes of the steps S45 to S57. In the clearing process in step S43, a product, a gift certificate or the like corresponding to the member i's point balance is selected as a free gift, and a procedure for point expiration is performed.

  In step S45, it is determined based on the point information 80 whether or not the member i's point balance exceeds a predetermined value. If “NO” here, the process proceeds to a step S59, and if “YES”, the process proceeds to a step S47 to calculate an amount (a discount amount) corresponding to the point balance. In a succeeding step S49, it is determined whether or not the calculated amount is lower than the management cost set for the dwelling unit of the member i. If “YES” here, the calculated amount is discounted from the management cost in a step S51, and if “NO”, the entire management cost is discounted in a step S53. In step S55, the management cost information 82 is updated. In step S57, points corresponding to the discount amount are subtracted from the point balance of the member i.

  In step S59, the point information 80 is updated. Then, the process returns to the upper layer routine.

  The portal site display and point redemption processing described above are executed in response to the operation of the PC 18 by the member, while the point grant processing is in response to the operation of the management terminal 14 by the operator of the management company. Executed. Since the points are calculated based on the purchase information, the operator needs to download from the ASP server 52 to the management terminal 14 in advance. Therefore, the CPU 30 of the APS server executes the process of FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 13, in step S <b> 71, it is determined whether or not there is a logon request from management terminal 14. If “YES” here, after executing a logon process in a step S73, a loop of steps S75 to S79 is entered. In step S75, it is determined whether or not a purchase information download request has been made. In step S77, the presence or absence of another request is determined. In step S79, the presence or absence of a logoff request is determined.

  When downloading the purchase information, the operator designates a period such as “from February 1 to the last day”. For this reason, information indicating the designated period is attached to the download request from the management terminal 14.

  If “YES” in the step S75, the process shifts to a step S81 to store information related to the purchase made via the portal site during the designated period (purchase information: see FIG. 7) in a file and download it to the management terminal 14. To do. Then, the process returns to the loop of steps S75 to S79. The purchase information file has a predetermined format, such as CSV (Comma Separated Values) format, and is given a file name indicating purchase information.

  If “YES” in the step S77, the corresponding process is executed in a step S83, and the process returns to the loop of the steps S75 to S79. If “YES” in the step S79, the logoff process is executed in a step S85, and then, the process returns to the step S71.

  After the purchase information is stored in the memory 32 of the management terminal 14 in this way, the operator accesses the management server 12 from the management terminal 14 and gives points. Note that even if there is an error in the given points, the management server 12 can be accessed and corrected. Such points are given and corrected through a point processing task.

  Referring to FIG. 14, the point processing task starts after waiting for a logon request in step S91. If there is a logon request from the management terminal 14, it is determined YES in step S91, and the process proceeds to step S93 to execute logon processing. Then, a loop of steps S95 to S99 is entered. In step S95, the presence / absence of a point giving operation is determined. In step S97, the presence / absence of a point correction operation is determined. In step S99, the presence / absence of a logoff request is determined.

  When an operation to instruct the start of the point giving process is performed, YES is determined in step S95, and the process proceeds to step S101 to execute the point giving process (see FIG. 15: described later). Then, the process returns to the loop of steps S95 to S99.

  When the operation for correcting the point is performed, the correction process is executed in step S103, and the process returns to the loop of steps S95 to S99. When there is a logoff request from the management terminal 14, a logoff process is executed in step S105, and the process returns to step S91.

  The point giving process in step S101 follows the subroutine of FIG. Referring to FIG. 15, in step S <b> 111, it is determined whether or not purchase information is stored in memory 32 of management terminal 14. Whether or not the stored information is purchase information can be determined based on the file format and file name.

  If “NO” in the step S 111, the process returns to the upper layer routine, and if “YES”, the process proceeds to a step S 113 to acquire purchase information from the management terminal 14. The acquired purchase information is stored in the memory 32 (see FIG. 9). In a succeeding step S115, it is determined whether or not an unprocessed purchase number is included in the purchase information in the memory 32. If NO, the process returns to the upper layer routine. The memory 32 stores processed purchase numbers, that is, purchase numbers that have already been subjected to point grant processing (not shown), and stores all purchase numbers included in the purchase information 78 as processed. If so, NO is determined in step S115.

  If “YES” in the step S115, the process shifts to a step S117 to select one of unprocessed purchase numbers. In subsequent step S119, it is determined whether or not the purchaser corresponding to the selected purchase number is a member. If NO, error processing is executed in step S121, and then the process returns to the upper layer routine.

  If the member ID corresponding to the selected purchase number exists in the member information 72, it is determined YES in step S119, and points are given to this member through the processing of steps S123 to S127. In step S123, the return rate of the purchaser corresponding to the selected purchase number is read from the return rate information 76 (see FIG. 8) in the memory 32. In step S125, points are calculated by multiplying the price by the return rate. In step S127, the point information 80 in the memory 32 is updated. Then, the process returns to step S115.

  For example, if the first purchase number “8407098” is selected in the purchase information 78 of FIG. 7, the corresponding purchase destination is the EC site “aaa”, and therefore the EC site “aaa” from the return rate information 76 of FIG. The reduction rate of “2%” is acquired. On the other hand, since the corresponding price is 2100 yen and the corresponding buyer is “AAA”, 2100 × 0.02 = 42 points are given to the member “AAA”. That is, the earned point of the member “AAA” described in the point information 80 increases by 42 points.

  When the third purchase number “84432387” is selected, the return rate “2%” of the corresponding EC site “ccc” is acquired. On the other hand, since the corresponding price is minus 3000 yen and the corresponding purchaser is “AAA”, −3000 × 0.02 = −60 points are given to the member “AAA”. Along with this, the acquisition point of the member “AAA” described in the point information 80 is reduced by 60 points.

  As is clear from the above, in this embodiment, the management server 12 of the management company displays the portal site with the advertisement on the resident's PC 18 (S5), and when the advertisement on the portal site is clicked, the advertiser's The EC site is displayed on the PC 18 (S21), and points corresponding to the results of the commercial transaction conducted through the EC site are given to the resident (S101). Then, the amount of management expenses to be paid from the resident to the management company is reduced according to the accumulated points (S47 to S53).

  In this way, by making it possible to allocate the earned points to the management cost, the resident can surely enjoy the benefit in the form of a reduction in the management cost. In addition, as a result, the commercial transaction on the electronic commerce site is promoted, so that the advertiser can also enjoy the profit.

  In this embodiment, the link from the advertisement to the EC site and the payment of the reward from the advertiser to the management company are performed via the ASP server 52 of the affiliate company (affiliate service provider). The ASP server 52 records the contents of purchase made through the EC site displayed via the portal site in the database DB as purchase information 78, and provides this purchase information 78 to the management terminal 14 of the management company. The management server 12 acquires the transaction information provided by the ASP server 52 from the management terminal 14 (S113). Points are given to the resident based on the transaction information thus obtained.

  In this embodiment, the advertiser pays the management company a reward according to the purchase price, and the management company gives the member points according to the purchase price. Points may be awarded.

  Alternatively, instead of or in combination with reward payment and point grant according to the result of such commercial transactions, reward pay and point grant according to the number of clicks of the advertisement (that is, the number of times the advertisement is displayed) may be performed. Good. Specifically, for example, when the member clicks “XX Pizza” in the “Eat” advertisement list CT2 in FIG. 6 and the EC site of “XX Pizza” is displayed, the reward and member from “XX Pizza” Raise points to. Alternatively, rewards and points may be generated each time a category is selected and each time an advertisement is selected. For example, when the member clicks “Eat” in the category list CT1 in FIG. 5 and the “Eat” advertisement list CT2 in FIG. 6 is displayed, “XX Pizza”, “Curry House XX”, and “Bentoya XX” are displayed. If the member clicks “XX Pizza” in the “Eat” advertisement list CT2 and the EC site “XX Pizza” is displayed, ○ Generate additional rewards and points for members from Pizza.

  In this embodiment, a single affiliate service is used, but a plurality of affiliate services may be used in combination. For example, a service of a first affiliate company is used with a certain EC site, and a service of a second affiliate company is used with another EC site. In this case, since the format of the purchase information to be provided is different for each affiliate company, a plurality of subroutines respectively corresponding to a plurality of affiliate companies are prepared in order to extract necessary data from them and calculate points. There is a need. In the point awarding process (see FIG. 15), immediately after acquiring the purchase information from the management terminal 14 (S113), a step (not shown) for specifying the purchase information provider is executed, and the specified affiliate is identified. Call the subroutine corresponding to your company.

  In addition, alliances that do not pass through affiliate companies are also possible. In this case, the management company needs to obtain purchase information directly from the partner company or the resident, and the operator needs to input it to the management terminal 14 manually. For example, if you are affiliated with a used car sales company and a resident purchases a used car from this company, the resident will submit a contract and car verification to the management company and apply for points. An operator of the management company inputs purchase information such as a purchaser name, a purchase destination, and a purchase price into the management terminal 14 with reference to a contract or the like. The management server 12 calculates points from the input purchase price and the return rate registered in advance, and adds this to the resident's point balance.

  In this embodiment, the management server 12 is installed in the data center for ensuring safety. However, the management server 12 may be installed in another place such as a management company. The management server 12 is a dedicated machine for managing the site of the management company, but this can also be realized by using an existing general-purpose machine.

  The portal site of this embodiment can also be used by users (general members) other than residents (owner members), but this type of user cannot receive point redemption by discounting management fees. For a user other than a resident, for example, a method of providing a free gift according to points or discounting an amount equivalent to points when purchasing a product from a partner company is applied.

It is a block diagram which shows one Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of LAN applied to each residence of FIG. 1 Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the management server applied to the FIG. 1 Example. It is an illustration figure which shows the site management method of this invention. It is an illustration figure which shows the category list page of the portal site applied to this invention. It is an illustration figure which shows an example of the advertisement list page classified by category of the portal site applied to this invention. It is an illustration figure which shows an example of the purchase information applied to FIG. 1 Example. It is an illustration figure which shows an example of the reduction rate information applied to the FIG. 1 Example. It is an illustration figure which shows an example of the memory map of the management server applied to the FIG. 1 Example. It is an illustration figure which shows a part of CPU operation | movement of the management server applied to the FIG. 1 Example. It is an illustration figure which shows a part of other CPU operation | movement of the management server applied to the FIG. 1 Example. It is an illustration figure which shows the other part of CPU operation | movement of the management server applied to the FIG. 1 Example. It is an illustration figure which shows a part of CPU operation | movement of the ASP server applied to FIG. 1 Example. FIG. 10 is an illustrative view showing yet another portion of the CPU operation of the management server applied to the embodiment in FIG. 1; It is an illustration figure which shows a part of other CPU operation | movement of the management server applied to the FIG. 1 Example.

Explanation of symbols

10 ... Site operation system 12 ... Management server 14 ... Management terminal 18 ... PC
30 ... CPU
32 ... Memory 50 ... Internet 52 ... ASP server 54 ... EC server

Claims (6)

A method of managing a home by a manager managing a home for a resident in the home,
The management server of the administrator
Website display means for displaying a website with an advertisement on a resident terminal of a resident in the house;
An electronic commerce site display means for displaying an advertiser's electronic commerce site on the resident terminal when a predetermined operation is accepted through the resident terminal during the display process of the website display means;
Point granting means for granting the resident a point according to the result of a commercial transaction conducted through the electronic commerce site displayed by the electronic commerce site display means, and management fee to be paid from the resident to the manager A site management method for causing an amount to be reduced according to the points awarded by the point granting means. Formation of the link from the advertisement to the electronic commerce site and payment of the reward from the advertiser to the manager are performed through the ASP server of the affiliate service provider,
The ASP server records, as transaction information, the contents of a commercial transaction performed through the electronic commerce site displayed by the electronic commerce site display means, and stores the transaction information of the database in the manager terminal of the manager. Offer to,
Causing the management server to further function as first acquisition means for acquiring transaction information provided by the ASP server from the administrator terminal;
The site management method according to claim 1, wherein the point granting unit gives points based on the transaction information acquired by the first acquisition unit. The management server further functions as a storage means for storing point grant conditions determined for each electronic commerce site,
The point grant means
When a commercial transaction is performed through the electronic commerce site displayed by the electronic commerce site display unit, the second acquisition unit acquires the point granting condition corresponding to the electronic commerce site from the storage unit, and is acquired by the first acquisition unit The site management method according to claim 2, further comprising point calculation means for calculating points to be given based on the transaction information that has been obtained and the point grant conditions acquired by the second acquisition means.   The site operation method according to claim 3, wherein the commercial transaction includes purchase of merchandise, and the point granting condition includes a point grant rate indicating a ratio of the grant points to the purchase price.   The point grant means executes point grant processing in response to an operation through the administrator terminal, and the reduction means executes reduction processing in response to an operation through the resident terminal. 4. The site management method according to any one of 4 above. A program for an administrator who manages a house to operate a web site for residents living in the house,
The management server processor of the administrator,
Website display means for displaying a website with an advertisement on a resident terminal of a resident in the house;
An electronic commerce site display means for displaying an advertiser's electronic commerce site on the resident terminal when a predetermined operation is accepted through the resident terminal during the display process of the website display means;
Point granting means for granting the resident a point according to the result of a commercial transaction conducted through the electronic commerce site displayed by the electronic commerce site display means, and management fee to be paid from the resident to the manager A site management program that causes an amount to be reduced according to the points granted by the point granting unit.

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