JP2017097559A - Control method, management server, program, and management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control method, a management server, a program, and a management system capable of improving the motivation of each customer belonging to a group to participate in an event held by the group.SOLUTION: The control method includes: acquiring user identification information for identifying users belonging to a group associated with group identification information for identifying the group; transmitting a coupon for offering a privilege to the group; acquiring stay information indicating that portable terminals 2a to 2d owned by the users belonging to the group to which the coupon has been transmitted are located at a holding place from the portable terminals; calculating the number or ratio of the users who own the portable terminals located at the holding place during a specific period among the users belonging to the group to which the coupon has been transmitted on the basis of the stay information; and varying the privilege to be offered in accordance with the coupon transmitted to the group of the users who own the portable terminals located at the holding place on the basis of the number or ratio of the users.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a control method, a management server, a program, and a management system.

  In recent years, coupon information indicating discounts on usage fees or provision of specific products, etc., or point information that can be exchanged for specific services, etc. for mobile terminals of customers using restaurants, event venues, accommodation facilities, etc. The granting system is known. In order to acquire benefits such as coupon information and point information, the customer operates a mobile terminal to access an Internet website that provides the benefits. And the customer can utilize the said privilege by holding | maintaining the information of the privilege acquired from the accessed website to a portable terminal, or outputting to a paper medium.

  For example, Patent Document 1 describes a privilege granting system that grants store visit points to each customer who visits a specific restaurant by a plurality of people. In this system, the number of customers included in a customer group who visits a specific restaurant is registered, and within the range of the registered number of people, a point of visit is obtained for each terminal of each customer included in the customer group. Is granted.

JP 2015-22399 A

  However, the privilege granting system described in Patent Literature 1 gives a privilege to each customer only when a group customer actually visits the store, and to a group customer who does not plan to visit the store. In addition, it did not present the benefits of visiting the store in advance. Therefore, in this privilege grant system, the willingness to hold events such as a dinner party cannot be sufficiently improved.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and a control method and management capable of improving the willingness to hold an event in a group for each customer belonging to the group. An object is to provide a server, a program, and a management system.

  A control method according to the present invention is a control method for a management server including a storage unit, and the management server acquires a holding place information indicating a holding place used for an event and a group. A group acquisition step for acquiring user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users belonging to the group, associated with the group identification information, and a transmission step for transmitting a coupon for granting a privilege to the group; Based on the acquisition step of acquiring the stay information indicating that the mobile terminal owned by the user belonging to the group to which the coupon is transmitted is located at the holding location indicated by the holding location information, the coupon is based on the stay information. Among the users belonging to the sent group, the mobile device located at the venue during the specified period A calculation step for calculating the number or ratio of users having, a fluctuation step for varying a privilege given by a coupon transmitted to a group of users who own mobile terminals located at the venue, based on the number or ratio, Have

  Further, in the control method according to the present invention, holding place information is associated with the coupon transmitted to the group, and the holding place information indicating the holding place where the portable terminal indicated by the stay information is located is a portable terminal. It is preferably venue location information associated with a coupon sent to a group of owned users.

  Further, in the control method according to the present invention, in the group acquisition step, the period and location information of the event held by the group associated with the group identification information is acquired, and the coupon transmitted to the group includes It is preferable that the venue location information associated with the group identification information of the group is associated, and the specific period is an exhibition period associated with the group identification information of the group to which the coupon is transmitted.

  In the control method according to the present invention, when the specific period ends, the management server associates with the group identification information of the group to which the coupon of the changed privilege is transmitted, and the mobile terminal owned by the user belonging to the group Further includes a held place storage step for storing the held place information indicating the held place in the storage unit as the held place information. In the transmission step, the held place information is included in the group identification information of the group in the past. When stored in association with each other, it is preferable to transmit a coupon associated with the held place information.

  Further, in the control method according to the present invention, in the held place storage step, a user who belongs to the group to which the coupon of the changed privilege is transmitted in association with the held place information is stored in the storage unit as a participating user. In the storing and transmitting step, when a user who belongs to the group has been stored in association with the held place information as a participating user in the past, it is stored as a participating user when the held place information is stored most recently. It is preferable to transmit the coupon to a portable terminal owned by the user.

  Further, in the control method according to the present invention, in the held place storage step, the group identification information further includes a number of times storage step of storing the number of times the held place information is stored in the storage unit, and in the variable step, As the number of times associated with the group identification information or the number of times per predetermined period is smaller, it is preferable that the value of the privilege is increased.

  In the control method according to the present invention, the management server includes a joint group acquisition step of acquiring group identification information of another group associated with the group identification information indicating the group to which the user belongs in accordance with a user instruction. Furthermore, in the variable step, among the group identification information of other groups associated with the group identification information of the group of the user who owns the mobile terminal located at the holding location, the mobile terminal located at the holding location is owned It is preferable to change the value so that the value of the privilege increases as the number of group identification information of the user group increases.

  Further, in the control method according to the present invention, it is preferable that the variation step is performed so that the value of the privilege becomes higher as the number of persons is larger or the ratio is higher.

  In the control method according to the present invention, an upper limit is set for the value of the privilege, and it is preferable that the upper limit of the value be changed higher as the number of users belonging to the group increases in the variable step.

  Further, in the control method according to the present invention, in the group acquisition step, a group attribute of the group associated with the group identification information is further acquired, and in the variation step, based on the group attribute associated with the group identification information, the privilege Is preferably varied.

  In the control method according to the present invention, the group is preferably a group used in an application executed by an external server.

  In the control method according to the present invention, it is preferable that the stay information includes holding place identification information transmitted from the wireless terminal device installed at the holding place to the mobile terminal.

  In the control method according to the present invention, it is preferable that the stay information includes holding place identification information acquired by the mobile terminal from a two-dimensional barcode installed at the holding place.

  In the control method according to the present invention, it is preferable that the stay information includes position information and position time information of the mobile terminal specified by the position specifying unit included in the mobile terminal.

  Moreover, in the control method which concerns on this invention, it is preferable to transmit a coupon to the portable terminal which each of the some user who belongs to a group has in a transmission step.

  A management server according to the present invention is a management server including a storage unit, and is associated with a holding place acquisition unit that acquires holding place information indicating a holding place used for an event, and group identification information for identifying a group. In addition, a group acquisition unit that acquires user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users belonging to the group, a server transmission unit that transmits a coupon for granting a privilege to the group, and the coupon are transmitted. The acquisition unit for acquiring stay information indicating that the mobile terminal owned by the user belonging to the group is located at the holding place indicated by the holding place information, and the group to which the coupon is transmitted based on the stay information Calculate the number or ratio of users who own mobile devices located at the venue during a specific period. Comprising a calculation unit for, based on the number or ratio, a changer for changing the benefits conferred by the coupon sent to a group of the user who owns the portable terminal located in venue, the.

  A program according to the present invention is a program of a management server including a storage unit, and a holding place acquisition step for acquiring holding place information indicating a holding place used for an event in the management server, and a group for identifying the group A group acquisition step of acquiring user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users belonging to the group, associated with the identification information, a transmission step of transmitting a coupon for granting a privilege to the group, and a coupon A coupon is transmitted based on the acquisition step of acquiring from the mobile terminal the stay information indicating that the mobile terminal owned by the user belonging to the group to which the user is transmitted is located at the holding place indicated by the holding place information Among the users belonging to the selected group, those who were located at the venue during the specified period Based on the calculation step for calculating the number or ratio of users who own terminals and the number or ratio, fluctuations that vary the benefits given by coupons sent to groups of users who own mobile terminals located at the venue Steps are executed.

  A management system according to the present invention is a management system including a management server including a storage unit and a mobile terminal that communicates with the management server. The management server stores holding place information indicating a holding place used for an event. A holding place acquisition unit to acquire, a group acquisition unit to acquire user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users belonging to the group, associated with the group identification information for identifying the group, and a privilege are granted A server transmitting unit that transmits a coupon to the group, and when the mobile terminal belongs to a group to which the user who owns the mobile terminal has transmitted the coupon from the management server, the coupon transmitted to the group And a display unit for displaying whether or not the mobile terminal is located at the venue indicated by the venue information. A stay determination unit to determine, and when the mobile terminal is located at the venue, a terminal transmission unit that transmits to the management server the stay information indicating that the mobile terminal is located at the venue indicated by the venue location information, The management server specifies, among the users belonging to the group to which the coupon is transmitted, based on the acquisition unit that acquires the stay information from the mobile terminal owned by the user that belongs to the group to which the coupon is transmitted, and the stay information. A calculation unit that calculates the number or ratio of users who own mobile terminals located at the venue during the period, and a coupon sent to a group of users who own mobile terminals located at the venue based on the number or ratio And a changing unit that changes the privilege given by the user.

  The control method, the management server, the program, and the management system according to the present invention can improve the willingness to hold an event in a group for each customer belonging to the group.

1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an outline of a management system 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of the management system. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a mobile terminal 2. FIG. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the group registration screen 400, (b) is a figure which shows an example of the prior privilege screen 410. (A) And (b) is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the stay determination function of the portable terminal 2. FIG. (A) is a figure showing an example of notice screen 600, and (b) is a figure showing an example of privilege screen 610. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a management server 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of various tables. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of various tables. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation sequence according to the management system 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation sequence according to the management system 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a calculation process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a fluctuation process.

  Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, it should be noted that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and extends to the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

(Outline of management system 1)
The management system 1 includes a mobile terminal 2 owned by a user who participates in an event, and a management server 3 that grants privileges related to the event to the mobile terminal 2. Events include events such as dinner parties, birthday parties and cherry-blossom viewing events held by multiple users, as well as events such as sports events, concerts and exhibitions held by specific organizers and watched or viewed by multiple users. It is.

  The privilege is electronic data that is given to the mobile terminal 2 of the user who participates in the event and can be used in the event, and is privilege screen display data that can be displayed by the mobile terminal 2, for example. The privilege includes information indicating exemption from payment of all or a part of the expenses necessary for participating in the event, information exchangeable with goods sold or distributed at the event, and the like. For example, when a restaurant is used in an event such as a dinner party, the information indicating exemption from the payment of expenses is discount information indicating a discount on food and drink charges, and the information exchangeable with goods is full for each user. Exchange information that can be exchanged with other beverages. The privilege may be point information that can be accumulated every time the user participates in the event. In this case, when point information that is equal to or greater than a predetermined point amount is accumulated, the above-mentioned fee exemption or article exchange is possible. It becomes possible. Hereinafter, the outline of the management system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining the outline of the management system 1.

(1) Storage of the venue used for the event First, the administrator of the management server 3 stores the venue information indicating the venue used for the event such as a dinner party in the management server 3. The venue is a restaurant, hotel, event venue, or the like. The event location information is event location identification information for identifying the event location, or geographical location information (latitude, longitude, etc.) of the event location. The holding place identification information is information for uniquely identifying the holding place, and is, for example, a holding place ID.

(2) Group registration Next, the users A, B, C, and D who own the mobile terminals 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d include the users A to D using any of the mobile terminals 2a to 2d. Register X. Hereinafter, the mobile terminals 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d may be simply referred to as the mobile terminal 2.

  In registering the group, the management server 3 stores the user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users belonging to the group in association with the group identification information for identifying the group X according to the instruction of the mobile terminal 2. To do. The group identification information is information for uniquely identifying a group, and is, for example, a group ID (Identification). The user identification information is information for uniquely identifying the user who owns each mobile terminal 2, and is, for example, a user ID or a terminal ID. The terminal ID is identification information for identifying the mobile terminal 2.

(3) Grant of coupon Next, the management server 3 grants a coupon to each group. The coupon is electronic data that is given to the portable terminal 2 of the user who participates in the event and obtains a privilege, and is, for example, advance privilege screen display data that can be displayed by the portable terminal 2. In granting a coupon, the management server 3 specifies group identification information and transmits the coupon to a group identified by the specified group identification information. That is, the management server 3 extracts a plurality of user identification information associated with the specified group identification information, and applies the same coupon to the mobile terminal 2 owned by each user identified by each extracted user identification information. (Discount coupons that can be used at restaurants, etc.).

(4) Stay determination of each user Next, the mobile terminal 2 owned by the user belonging to the group to which the coupon is given is assigned to the holding place indicated by any holding place information stored in the management server 3. It is determined whether or not the mobile terminal 2 is located. For example, near the entrance of a restaurant, a wireless terminal device that transmits a signal including venue identification information (such as a venue ID) of the restaurant is installed. The portable terminal 2 receives a signal including the venue identification information from the wireless terminal device when the mobile terminal 2 reaches a range where radio waves from the wireless terminal device reach as the user who owns the portable terminal 2 moves. Identification information is acquired and it determines with the said portable terminal 2 having been located in the holding place. Thereby, the management system 1 can automatically determine that the user stayed at the venue. The stay determination is not limited to determination based on radio waves transmitted by the wireless terminal device. For example, a photographing unit (not shown) included in the mobile terminal 2 is registered at a place such as a restaurant, and a QR (Quick Response) code ("QR code" is registered based on the place identification information). The terminal processing unit 26 included in the portable terminal 2 obtains the venue location identification information based on the read two-dimensional code, and the portable terminal 2 is located at the venue. May be determined.

(5) Transmission of stay information Next, when the portable terminal 2 determines that the portable terminal 2 is located at the holding place indicated by the holding place information, the stay information indicating that the portable terminal 2 is located at the holding place. Is transmitted to the management server 3. That is, when the portable terminal 2 acquires the holding place information (the holding place identification information or the like), the portable terminal 2 includes the acquired holding place information and the user identification information (user ID or terminal ID or the like) of the user who owns the portable terminal 2. The stay information is generated, and the generated stay information is transmitted to the management server 3. And the management server 3 acquires stay information by receiving stay information from each portable terminal 2.

(6) Calculation of Number of Participants or Participation Ratio Next, when the management server 3 acquires the stay information from the mobile terminal 2, based on the stay information, among the users belonging to the group to which the coupon is transmitted, during a specific period The number of participants or the participation ratio of the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 located at the venue is calculated. Hereinafter, an outline of calculation of the number of participants or the participation ratio will be described.

  First, the management server 3 specifies group identification information associated with user identification information included in the acquired stay information. Next, among the users associated with the identified group identification information, the management server 3 designates the user having the mobile terminal 2 that has transmitted the stay information including the same venue information during the specified period as the participating user. As specified. In addition, the same coupon is transmitted to each user linked | related with the specified group identification information. The specific period is a predetermined time (for example, within 2 hours) from the reception time of the first stay information received among the stay information received by the management server 3 from the mobile terminals 2 of the users belonging to the group. . Next, the management server 3 calculates the number of participating users as the number of participants. Then, the management server 3 calculates the ratio of the calculated number of participants to the number of user identification information associated with the group identification information (the number of users belonging to the group) as a participation ratio. Thus, the calculation of the number of participants or the participation ratio ends.

(7) Change of privilege Finally, the management server 3 changes the privilege given by the coupon transmitted to the group to which the participating user belongs based on the calculated number of participants or participation rate. For example, when the coupon transmitted to the mobile terminal 2 owned by the participating user is a discount coupon, the management server 3 gives a privilege given to the participating user by the discount coupon if the participation ratio is 80% or more. Decide on a 20% discount benefit. Moreover, if the participation ratio is 30% or more and less than 80%, the management server 3 determines the privilege given to the participating user by the discount coupon as a privilege with a discount rate of 10%. Moreover, if the participation ratio is less than 30%, the management server 3 determines the privilege given to the participating user by the discount coupon as a privilege with a discount rate of 5%. The management server 3 may change the value of the privilege given to the group to which the participating user belongs so that the value of the privilege increases as the number of participants increases. As described above, the management system 1 varies the value of the privilege given to the group to which the participating user belongs, so that the value increases as the number of participants or the participation ratio increases. It is possible to improve the user's willingness to participate in the event.

  As described above, since the management system 1 can give a privilege that varies depending on the number of participants or the participation ratio to users belonging to the group, the user's willingness to hold an event and the willingness to participate in the event Can be improved.

  The description of FIG. 1 described above is merely an explanation for deepening the understanding of the contents of the present invention. Specifically, the present invention may be implemented in various embodiments described below, and may be implemented in various modifications without substantially exceeding the principle of the present invention. All such variations are within the scope of the present disclosure and the specification.

(Schematic configuration of the management system 1)
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the management system 1.

  The management system 1 includes a plurality of portable terminals 2 (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d,...) And a management server 3 owned by each of a plurality of users. The mobile terminal 2 and the management server 3 are connected to each other via a communication network such as a base station 4, a mobile communication network 5, a gateway 6, and the Internet 7. A program (for example, a browsing program) executed on the portable terminal 2 and a program (for example, a privilege management program) executed on the management server 3 are communication protocols such as a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). To communicate.

(Schematic configuration of the mobile terminal 2)
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the mobile terminal 2.

  The portable terminal 2 enables connection to a wireless communication network, determination of stay of the portable terminal 2, execution of a predetermined application program, and the like. For this purpose, the mobile terminal 2 includes a first wireless communication unit 21, a second wireless communication unit 22, a terminal storage unit 23, an operation unit 24, a display unit 25, and a terminal processing unit 26.

  The mobile terminal 2 is assumed to be a multi-function mobile phone (so-called “smart phone”), but the present invention is not limited to this. The mobile terminal 2 only needs to be applicable to the present invention. For example, a mobile phone (so-called “feature phone”), a mobile information terminal (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a mobile game machine, a mobile music player, a tablet terminal, a tablet A PC, a notebook PC, or the like may be used.

  The first wireless communication unit 21 includes a communication interface circuit including an antenna whose sensitivity band is a predetermined frequency band, and connects the mobile terminal 2 to a communication network (FIG. 2). The first radio communication unit 21 establishes a radio signal line by a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) method or the like with the base station 4 via a channel assigned by the base station 4 (FIG. 2). Communicate with. Note that the communication method with the base station 4 is not limited to the CDMA method, and may be another communication method such as a W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) method or an LTE (Long Term Evolution) method. The communication method with the base station 4 may be another communication method such as PHS (Personal Handy-phone System). Then, the first wireless communication unit 21 supplies the data received from the base station 4 to the terminal processing unit 26. In addition, the first wireless communication unit 21 transmits the data supplied from the terminal processing unit 26 to the base station 4.

  The second wireless communication unit 22 has an interface circuit for performing short-range wireless communication according to a communication method such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), and wireless communication between terminals with a wireless terminal device (not shown). And establish direct wireless communication. Note that the interface circuit included in the second wireless communication unit 22 is not limited to the one for performing short-range wireless communication. For example, the second wireless communication unit 22 may include a sound wave receiving circuit for receiving sound waves including various types of information. The second wireless communication unit 22 supplies the data received from the wireless terminal device to the terminal processing unit 26.

  The terminal storage unit 23 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory. The terminal storage unit 23 stores a driver program, an operating system program, an application program, data, and the like used for processing in the terminal processing unit 26. For example, the terminal storage unit 23 is a communication device driver program that controls the first wireless communication unit 21, a short-range wireless communication device driver program that controls the second wireless communication unit 22, and an input that controls the operation unit 24 as a driver program. A device driver program, an output device driver program for controlling the display unit 25, and the like are stored. In addition, the terminal storage unit 23 stores, as an operating system program, a connection control program for executing a wireless communication scheme of the IEEE 802.11 standard, a connection control program for a mobile phone, and the like. The terminal storage unit 23 also stores, as application programs, a web browser program that acquires and displays web pages, an e-mail program that transmits and receives e-mails, and the like. The computer program is a terminal storage unit using a known setup program or the like from a computer-readable portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM (compact disk read only memory) or a DVD-ROM (digital versatile disk read only memory). 23 may be installed.

  The operation unit 24 may be any device as long as the operation of the mobile terminal 2 is possible. For example, the operation unit 24 is a touch panel type input device, a keypad, or the like. The user can input letters, numbers, and the like using this device. When operated by the user, the operation unit 24 generates a signal corresponding to the operation. The generated signal is input to the terminal processing unit 26 as a user instruction.

  The display unit 25 may be any device that can output a moving image, a still image, and the like, and is, for example, a touch panel display device, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display, or the like. The display unit 25 displays a moving image corresponding to the moving image data supplied from the terminal processing unit 26, a still image corresponding to the still image data, and the like.

  The terminal processing unit 26 includes one or a plurality of processors and their peripheral circuits. The terminal processing unit 26 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 2 and is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The terminal processing unit 26 performs the first wireless communication so that various processes of the mobile terminal 2 are executed in an appropriate procedure according to the program stored in the terminal storage unit 23 and the output from the operation of the operation unit 24. The operations of the unit 21, the second wireless communication unit 22, the display unit 25, and the like are controlled. The terminal processing unit 26 executes processing based on programs (driver program, operating system program, application program, etc.) stored in the terminal storage unit 23. Further, the terminal processing unit 26 can execute a plurality of programs (such as application programs) in parallel.

  The terminal processing unit 26 includes a browsing execution unit 261, a stay determination unit 262, and a terminal transmission unit 263. Each of these units included in the terminal processing unit 26 is a functional module implemented by a program executed on a processor included in the terminal processing unit 26. Alternatively, these units included in the terminal processing unit 26 may be mounted on the mobile terminal 2 as independent integrated circuits, microprocessors, or firmware.

(Function of mobile terminal 2)
FIGS. 4A and 4B and FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating an example of each display screen displayed by the display function of the mobile terminal 2. FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams for explaining the stay determination function of the mobile terminal 2.

  FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of the group registration screen 400 displayed on the mobile terminal 2. The group registration screen 400 is a screen for the user to newly create or modify a group scheduled to participate in the event. On the group registration screen 400, a group name box 401, a user name 402, a group registration mark 403, a group registration button 404, and the like are displayed.

  In the group name box 401, the name of the group is input by the user through a text input operation. In the user name 402, the names of other users who have a predetermined relationship with the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 are displayed so as to be selectable. Note that the user name 402 is the name of the user stored in the management server 3.

  The group registration mark 403 is a mark indicating that the user name 402 has been selected by a selection operation such as a user tap operation. The group registration button 404 registers the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 and the user indicated by the user name 402 on which the group registration mark 403 is displayed and the group indicated by the name input in the group name box 401. It is a button to do.

  FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of the advance privilege screen 410 displayed on the mobile terminal 2. The advance privilege screen 410 is a screen showing a coupon for granting a privilege to a group. On the advance privilege screen 410, an advance privilege display 411, a grant target group 412 and the like are displayed.

  The prior privilege display 411 is information indicating in advance the content of the privilege granted to the group, and is an example of a coupon. In the grant target group 412, the name of the group to which the privilege shown in the prior privilege display 411 is granted is displayed. By displaying the prior privilege display 411 on the mobile terminal 2 of each user belonging to the group displayed in the grant target group 412, each user receives the privilege displayed by going to a restaurant or the like in the group. It can be easily understood that it is obtained.

  FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams for explaining the stay determination function of the mobile terminal 2. Hereinafter, a case where the group X holds an event called the dinner party Y at the restaurant Z from the start time April 1 at 19:00 to the end time April 1 at 21:00 will be described as an example.

  FIG. 5A shows a situation in which the mobile terminal 2c owned by the user C belonging to the group X is located in the restaurant Z (holding place) where the dinner party Y is held before or during the dinner party Y. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating.

  In the vicinity of the entrance of the restaurant Z, a wireless terminal device 8 that transmits a signal including the location identification information (such as a venue ID) of the restaurant Z is installed. The wireless terminal device 8 broadcasts a signal including the event location identification information by predetermined short-range wireless communication.

  The wireless terminal device 8 is installed so that the entrance of the restaurant Z is included within a range where radio waves from the wireless terminal device 8 reach. Therefore, when the user enters the restaurant Z, the mobile terminal 2 owned by the user is surely located within a range where radio waves from the wireless terminal device 8 can reach. Therefore, when the user enters the store, the mobile terminal 2 owned by the user receives the signal including the venue location identification information from the wireless terminal device 8 and acquires the venue location identification information.

  FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram for explaining mutual communication between the mobile terminal 2 that has acquired the venue identification information and the management server 3.

  The wireless terminal device 8 performs short-range wireless communication according to a communication method such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), and broadcasts a signal including the venue identification information (1). When the mobile terminal 2 reaches within a range where radio waves from the wireless terminal device 8 reach, the mobile terminal 2 receives a signal including the venue identification information from the wireless terminal device 8. Next, the mobile terminal 2 determines that the mobile terminal 2 is located at the event location, generates stay information including the received location identification information and the user ID that owns the mobile terminal 2, The generated stay information is transmitted to the management server 3 (2). When the management server 3 receives the stay information from the mobile terminal 2, the management server 3 executes calculation processing and fluctuation processing described later, and transmits the notification screen display data and the privilege screen display data to the mobile terminal 2 that has transmitted the stay information (3 ). In addition, the user who owns the portable terminal 2 that has received the privilege screen display data can use the privilege by the privilege screen displayed based on the privilege screen display data.

  FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating an example of a notification screen 600 displayed on the mobile terminal 2. The notification screen 600 is a screen displayed by the mobile terminal 2 that has transmitted the stay information, and is a screen that shows the participation status received from the server. The notification screen 600 displays a participation status calculation result notification 601 and the like.

  The calculation result notification 601 includes a calculation result (the number of participating users and / or the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 located at the holding place) when the management server 3 receives the stay information transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 and executes the calculation process. Participation rate) is displayed. By displaying the calculation result notification 601 on the portable terminal 2, the user can check the participation status of other users belonging to the group.

  FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of the privilege screen 610 displayed on the mobile terminal 2. The privilege screen 610 is a screen showing a privilege based on the number of participants and / or the participation ratio of the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 located at the venue. On the privilege screen 610, a privilege display 611 or the like is displayed.

  In the privilege display 611, information indicating the content of the privilege, the name of the facility where the privilege can be used, and the name of the group to which the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 to which the privilege is assigned belong are displayed. When participating in an event held by a specific organizer, the name of the held event is displayed instead of the name of the facility. In addition, a bar code or a two-dimensional code created based on information indicating the content of the privilege may be displayed on the privilege display 611.

(Schematic configuration of the management server 3)
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the management server 3.

  The management server 3 registers a group in accordance with an instruction from a user who owns the mobile terminal 2, and transmits a coupon to the mobile terminal 2 owned by a user belonging to the group. In addition, the process which transmits a coupon to the portable terminal 2 which the user who belongs to a group owns is an example of the process which transmits a coupon to a group. Next, the management server 3 receives the stay information from each mobile terminal 2 during the specific period, and based on the received stay information, determines the number of participants or the participation rate of the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 located at the venue. calculate. And the management server 3 fluctuates the privilege provided with the coupon transmitted to the group of the user who owns the portable terminal 2 located in the venue based on the calculated number of participants or participation rate. In order to realize the functions as described above, the management server 3 includes a server communication unit 31, a server storage unit 32, and a server processing unit 33.

  The server communication unit 31 includes a communication interface circuit for connecting the management server 3 to the Internet 7. The server communication unit 31 supplies the data received from the mobile terminal 2 to the server processing unit 33.

  The server storage unit 32 includes, for example, at least one of a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk device, and an optical disk device. The server storage unit 32 stores a driver program, an operating system program, an application program, data, and the like used for processing by the server processing unit 33. For example, the server storage unit 32 stores a communication device driver program for controlling the server communication unit 31 and the like as a driver program. The computer program may be installed in the server storage unit 32 using a known setup program or the like from a computer-readable portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. In addition, the server storage unit 32 stores, as data, a holding place table shown in FIG. 8A, a user table shown in FIG. 8B, a group table shown in FIG. 8C, and a coupon shown in FIG. A table, an event table shown in FIG.

(Table data structure)
8 and 9 are diagrams illustrating examples of data structures of various tables. Note that the server storage unit 32 may store other various tables (such as a server device) without storing the various tables described below. In this case, when using the information stored in these various tables, the management server 3 accesses another device that stores the table and acquires the information stored in the table.

  FIG. 8A shows a holding place table. In the holding place table, the holding place ID, name, position information, address, telephone number, etc. of the holding place are stored in association with each holding place. The location information is geographical location information (latitude, longitude, etc.) of the venue. The venue location ID and the position information are examples of the venue location information.

  FIG. 8B shows a user table. In the user table, for each user, the user ID, terminal ID, user name, mail address, date of birth, friend user ID, and the like of the user are stored in association with each other. The terminal ID is identification information for identifying the mobile terminal 2 owned by the user. The friend user ID is a user ID of another user who has a friend relationship with the user. The friend relationship is an example of a predetermined relationship.

  FIG. 8C shows a group table. In the group table, for each group, the group ID, group name, belonging user ID, and the like of the group are stored in association with each other. The affiliation user ID is a user ID of a user belonging to each group, and is a user ID of a user registered in the group on the group registration screen 400. Hereinafter, the affiliation user ID associated with the group ID may be referred to as the affiliation user ID of the group ID.

  FIG. 9A shows a coupon table. In the coupon table, for each coupon, the coupon ID, group ID, privilege, venue ID, and the like of the coupon are stored in association with each other. The group ID is a group ID for identifying a target group to which each coupon is sent. That is, each coupon is transmitted to the mobile terminal 2 owned by the user identified by the belonging user ID of each group ID associated with the coupon. In addition, when a coupon is transmitted to all the groups, the information which shows giving to all the groups is memorize | stored in group ID linked | related with the said coupon.

  In the privilege, the content of the privilege granted according to the number of participants and / or the participation ratio is stored. The holding place ID is a holding place ID of a holding place where the privilege given by the coupon can be used. In addition, when the coupon which can be used in all the holding places is transmitted, the information which shows all the holding places is memorize | stored in the holding place ID of the said coupon.

  Moreover, although a coupon table is produced according to the coupon registration instruction | indication from the administrator of the management server 3, a coupon table may be produced by the other method. For example, in accordance with a coupon registration instruction from an owner of a venue such as a restaurant that has contracted with the manager of the management server 3, various types of information related to the coupon relating to the venue may be registered.

  FIG. 9B shows an event table. In the event table, the event ID, event name, coupon ID, group ID, period, holding place ID, participating user ID, and the like of the event are stored in association with each event. The event name is the name of an event that is stored only when registered in advance by a specific organizer. In the period, a specific period in which the event is held is stored. In the event location ID, event location identification information for identifying the event event location is stored.

  The participating user ID is the user ID of the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 located at the event venue. That is, the participating user ID is a user ID of a user who is located at a holding place during a specific period in each event, and a belonging user ID of a group ID associated with each event. Each record stored in the event table is deleted at 5 am on the day after the specific period ends.

  Returning to FIG. 7, the server processing unit 33 will be described below. The server processing unit 33 includes one or a plurality of processors and their peripheral circuits. The server processing unit 33 controls the overall operation of the management server 3 and is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The server processing unit 33 controls the operation of the server communication unit 31 and the like so that various processes of the management server 3 are executed in an appropriate procedure according to the program stored in the server storage unit 32. The server processing unit 33 executes processing based on programs (driver program, operating system program, application program, etc.) stored in the server storage unit 32. Further, the server processing unit 33 can execute a plurality of programs (such as application programs) in parallel.

  The server processing unit 33 includes a holding place acquisition unit 331, a group acquisition unit 332, a server transmission unit 333, an acquisition unit 334, a calculation unit 335, and a variation unit 336. Each of these units included in the server processing unit 33 is a functional module implemented by a program executed on a processor included in the server processing unit 33. Alternatively, these units included in the server processing unit 33 may be mounted on the management server 3 as independent integrated circuits, microprocessors, or firmware.

(Operation sequence 1 of the management system 1)
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation sequence according to the management system 1.

  The operation sequence described below is based on programs stored in advance in the terminal storage unit 23 and the server storage unit 32, and is mainly performed by the terminal processing unit 26 and the server processing unit 33 in the mobile terminal 2 and the management server 3. Performed in cooperation with the element.

  First, the holding location acquisition unit 331 of the management server 3 follows the holding location registration instruction from the administrator of the management server 3 or the owner of a restaurant or the like who has contracted with the administrator. The address, telephone number, etc. are acquired, and the acquired various data and the event location ID are associated with each other and stored in the event location table (step S101). When the holding place table is stored in a device other than the management server 3 (server device), the holding place table 331 does not perform step S101 and the holding place table 331 uses the holding place table. You may access the other apparatus which memorize | stores a place table, and may acquire the information memorize | stored in the holding place table.

  Next, according to an operation using the operation unit 24 by the user of the mobile terminal 2, the browsing execution unit 261 displays the name of the group in the group name box 401 of the group registration screen 400 and identifies the user name selected by the user. (A group registration mark 403 is displayed in the vicinity of the user name 402) (step S102). Hereinafter, a method for acquiring the user name 402 displayed on the group registration screen 400 will be described. First, when the user instructs the display execution unit 261 to display the group registration screen 400, the browsing execution unit 261 transmits a user name acquisition instruction including the user ID of the user to the management server 3. The management server 3 refers to the user table and identifies a friend user ID associated with the user ID included in the user name acquisition instruction. Next, the management server 3 refers to the user table and extracts the user name associated with each friend user ID. And the management server 3 transmits each extracted user name to the portable terminal 2 with friend user ID. In this way, the mobile terminal acquires the user name 402.

  Next, when the group registration button 404 on the group registration screen 400 displayed by the browsing execution unit 261 is selected in accordance with an operation using the operation unit 24 by the user of the mobile terminal 2, the browsing execution unit 261 includes the first wireless A group registration instruction is transmitted to the management server 3 via the communication unit 21 (step S103). The group registration instruction includes the name of the group input in the group name box 401, the user ID of the user who owns the mobile terminal 2, the user ID corresponding to the selected user name, and the like.

  Next, when the group acquisition unit 332 of the management server 3 acquires the group registration instruction received from the mobile terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31, the group name included in the group registration instruction and the group registration instruction are transmitted. The user ID of the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 and the user ID corresponding to the selected user name are acquired as the group name of the group table and the belonging user ID, and the acquired various information is associated with the new group ID. Store in the group table (step S104). When the group table is stored in another device (server device) other than the management server 3, in step S104, the acquired information is transferred to the other device and stored in the group table in the other device. In this case, when using the group table, the group acquisition unit 332 accesses another device that stores the group table, and acquires information stored in the group table. Similarly, other devices may store other tables, and the server processing unit 33 may acquire information on other tables each time.

  Note that the steps in the operation sequence shown in FIG. 10 are not limited to the order described above. For example, the holding location acquisition process in step S101 may be executed every time a holding location registration instruction is received. Further, a series of processes in steps S103 to S104 may be executed each time group registration (step S102) is performed in accordance with an operation using the operation unit 24 by the user of the mobile terminal 2.

  In the group registration using the group registration screen 400, the user may be able to register an event. In this case, the group registration screen 400 displays various boxes for registering the event name, the event holding period, and the event holding location. Next, the group registration instruction includes the event name, the event holding period, and the event holding location input on the group registration screen 400. When the group acquisition unit 332 of the management server 3 acquires the group registration instruction received from the portable terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31, the event name included in the group registration instruction, the event holding period (specific period), and The event holding location is acquired together with the group ID of the group to which the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 belongs, and the acquired various types of information are associated with the new event ID and stored in the event table. The group acquisition unit 332 refers to the event location table, acquires the event location ID based on the event event location included in the group registration instruction, and stores the acquired event location ID in the event table. Referring to the coupon table, the coupon ID corresponding to the identified venue ID is stored in the event table.

(Operation sequence 2 of the management system 1)
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation sequence according to the management system 1.

  The operation sequence described below belongs to a group that participates in a specific event mainly by the terminal processing unit 26 and the server processing unit 33 based on programs stored in the terminal storage unit 23 and the server storage unit 32 in advance. This is executed in cooperation with each element of the mobile terminal 2 (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d,...) And the management server 3 of each user. In the operation sequence described below, a restaurant is used in an event such as a dinner party, and a wireless terminal device that transmits a signal including venue information (such as venue identification information) is installed at the entrance of the restaurant. This will be described as an example.

  First, the server transmission unit 333 of the management server 3 refers to the coupon table and the group table, and displays the advance privilege screen display data for displaying the advance privilege screen 410 indicating each coupon, as a group associated with each coupon ID. Created in association with the user ID of the ID (step S201).

  Next, the server transmission unit 333 sends the server communication unit 31 to the mobile terminal 2 owned by the user identified by the affiliated user ID associated with the created advance privilege screen display data. (Step S202).

  Next, the browsing execution part 261 of the portable terminal 2 will receive the advance privilege screen display data based on the received advance privilege screen display data, if the advance privilege screen display data is received from the management server 3 via the 1st wireless communication part 21. FIG. The information is displayed on the display unit 25 (step S203). Thus, since the prior privilege screen 410 is displayed on the display unit 25, users belonging to the group can understand that the privilege is granted in advance, so that the willingness to hold an event is decided. It becomes possible to improve.

  Next, the stay determination unit 262 of the mobile terminal 2 moves through the second wireless communication unit 22 when the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 arrives within a range where radio waves from the wireless terminal device 8 can reach. A signal including the event location identification information (eg event ID) received from the wireless terminal device 8 is acquired (step S204).

  Next, the terminal transmission unit 263 generates stay information, and transmits the generated stay information to the management server 3 via the first wireless communication unit 21 (step S205). The stay information includes holding place information included in the signal acquired by the stay determination unit 262 and the user ID of the user who owns the mobile terminal 2.

  Next, the acquisition unit 334 of the management server 3 acquires the stay information received from the mobile terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31. Next, when the stay information is acquired by the acquisition unit 334, the calculation unit 335 performs a calculation process (step S206). Details of the calculation process will be described later.

  Next, the calculation unit 335 transmits the notification screen display data generated by the calculation process to the mobile terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31 (step S207). Note that the portable terminal 2 to which the notification screen display data is transmitted is the portable terminal 2 corresponding to the belonging user ID of the group ID associated with the user ID included in the stay information acquired in step S206.

  Next, when receiving the notification screen display data from the management server 3 via the first wireless communication unit 21, the browsing execution unit 261 of the mobile terminal 2 displays the notification screen 600 based on the received notification screen display data. (Step S208). Note that the series of processing from step S204 to step S208 is executed each time the mobile terminal 2 owned by a user belonging to a group is located at the venue.

  Next, the changing unit 336 of the management server 3 executes a changing process (step S209). Details of the variation processing will be described later.

  Next, the change part 336 transmits the privilege screen display data produced | generated by the change process to the portable terminal 2 via the server communication part 31 (step S210). The portable terminal 2 to which the privilege screen display data is transmitted is the portable terminal 2 owned by the user identified by the participating user ID associated with the event ID in the event table.

  And the browsing execution part 261 of the portable terminal 2 will receive the privilege screen 610 on the display part 25 based on the received privilege screen display data, if privilege screen display data is received from the management server 3 via the 1st wireless communication part 21. FIG. It is displayed (step S211).

(Calculation process)
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the calculation process. The calculation process shown in FIG. 12 is executed in step S206 of FIG.

  First, the calculation unit 335 acquires stay information from the acquisition unit 334 (step S301). Next, the calculation unit 335 refers to the group table and extracts a group ID in which the user ID included in the acquired stay information is associated as the belonging user ID. Next, the calculation unit 335 determines whether or not the coupon ID associated with the extracted group ID is stored in the coupon table (step S302). Next, when it is determined that the coupon ID is not stored in the coupon table (step S302—No), the calculation unit 335 ends the series of steps.

  In addition, when the calculation unit 335 determines that the coupon ID is stored in the coupon table (step S302—Yes), the calculation unit 335 determines whether an event related to the stay information is registered in the event table (step S303). ). First, the calculation part 335 extracts holding place information (holding place identification information etc.) and user ID from the acquired stay information. Next, the calculation unit 335 refers to the group table and extracts a group ID in which the extracted user ID is associated as the belonging user ID. Then, the calculation unit 335 determines whether or not an event ID associated with both the extracted holding place information (holding place identification information and the like) and the extracted group ID is stored in the event table.

  Next, when it is determined that the event ID is not stored in the event table (No at Step S303), the calculation unit 335 creates information about a new event and stores it in the event table (Step S304). First, the calculation unit 335 instructs the group acquisition unit 332 to acquire a group ID. The group acquisition unit 332 refers to the group table and acquires a group ID in which the user ID included in the stay information is associated as the belonging user ID. Next, the calculation unit 335 instructs the holding place acquisition unit 331 to acquire a coupon ID and a holding place ID associated with the acquired group ID. The holding location acquisition unit 331 refers to the coupon table, acquires a coupon ID associated with the extracted group ID, and acquires a holding location ID associated with the acquired coupon ID. In addition, the holding place acquisition part 331 acquires all the holding place IDs memorize | stored in the holding place table with reference to a holding place table, when holding place ID is not linked | related with acquired coupon ID. Next, the calculation unit 335 extracts the coupon ID only when the holding place information (holding place identification information) included in the stay information is the same as the holding place ID acquired by the holding place acquisition unit 331. Next, the calculation unit 335 sets a specific period in which the reception time of the stay information is a start time and the end time is a predetermined time after the start time. The calculation unit 335 then extracts the extracted coupon ID, the group ID in which the user ID included in the stay information is associated as the affiliation user ID, the set specific period, the holding place information (holding place identification information included in the stay information. ), The user ID (participating user ID) included in the stay information is stored in the event table in association with the new event ID. When the creation of information on a new event is completed as described above, the calculation unit 335 creates notification screen display data for displaying a notification screen indicating that only one person participates in the event (step S309). This step is finished.

  When the calculation unit 335 determines that the event ID is stored in the event table (step S303—Yes), the time when the stay information is received is the time during the specific period associated with the event ID. Whether or not (step S305). When the terminal transmission unit 263 of the mobile terminal 2 transmits stay information including the time when the signal including the holding place information (such as the holding place identification information) is received from the wireless terminal device 8, the calculating unit 335 displays the stay information. It may be determined whether or not the time included in is a time during a specific period.

  Next, when the calculation unit 335 determines that the time when the stay information is received is not the time during the specific period (step S305—No), the calculation unit 335 displays notification screen display data for displaying a notification screen indicating that the event has ended. It creates (step S309) and ends a series of steps.

  In addition, when the calculation unit 335 determines that the time at which the stay information is received is within the specified period (step S305-Yes), the event ID acquired using the user ID included in the stay information as the participating user ID And stored in the event table (step S306).

  Next, the calculation unit 335 refers to the event table and calculates the number of participating user IDs associated with the acquired event ID as the number of participants (step S307).

  Next, the calculation unit 335 refers to the event table and the group table, and in step S307 for the number of user IDs belonging to the group ID associated with the acquired event ID (the number of users belonging to the group). The calculated ratio of the number of participants is calculated as a participation ratio (step S308).

  Then, the calculation unit 335 creates notification screen display data for displaying a notification screen including the calculation result notification 601 including the calculated number of participants or participation rate (step S309), and ends a series of steps.

  Note that when a predetermined notification browsing button (not shown) displayed on the mobile terminal 2 is pressed by a user belonging to a group that has held an event during a specific period, the mobile terminal 2 displays a notification screen. You may comprise. In this case, first, the browsing execution unit 261 of the mobile terminal 2 transmits a notification browsing instruction to the management server 3 when a predetermined notification browsing button is pressed by the user. Next, when the calculation unit 335 of the management server 3 receives the notification browsing instruction, the calculation unit 335 executes each process of steps S307 to S309 described above, and the generated notification screen display data is transmitted to the portable terminal 2 that has transmitted the notification browsing instruction. Send to. Then, the browsing execution unit 261 of the mobile terminal 2 displays a notification screen on the display unit 25 based on the received notification screen display data.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the variation process. The variation process shown in FIG. 13 is executed in step S209 of FIG.

  The changing unit 336 refers to the event table for each event and waits until the current time has passed the end time in the specific period (step S401—No). When the event whose current time has passed the end time in the specific period has occurred (step S401—Yes), the changing unit 336 refers to the event table and determines the number of participating user IDs associated with the event ID of the event. The number of participants is calculated (step S402).

  Next, the change unit 336 refers to the event table and the group table, and in step S402 for the number of user IDs belonging to the group ID associated with the acquired event ID (the number of users belonging to the group). The calculated ratio of the number of participants is calculated as a participation ratio (step S403).

  Next, the change unit 336 refers to the event table and extracts a coupon ID associated with the acquired event ID. Next, the fluctuation | variation part 336 determines the privilege corresponding to coupon ID based on the calculated participant number and / or participation ratio with reference to a coupon table (step S404). The changing unit 336 may set the upper limit of the privilege value higher as the number of users belonging to the group increases. For example, when a discount coupon that gives a privilege with a discount rate of 20% at the maximum is transmitted to a user belonging to the group, the changing unit 336 has a maximum of 30% when the number of users belonging to the group is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. Set a discount rate of. Thereby, it becomes possible to improve the willingness to increase the number of groups in each user.

  And the fluctuation | variation part 336 produces the privilege screen display data for displaying the privilege screen containing the privilege display 611 which shows the determined privilege (step S405), and complete | finishes a series of steps.

  As described above, according to the number of participants or the participation ratio of users belonging to the group of the next held event, privileges related to the event can be given, and the event participation intention of users belonging to the group It becomes possible to improve.

(Modification 1)
Note that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the mobile terminal 2 determines whether or not the mobile terminal 2 is located at the place where the event is held by determining the position information and position of the mobile terminal specified by the GPS unit (not shown) provided in the mobile terminal 2. You may perform based on time information. The GPS unit is an example of a position specifying unit.

  The GPS unit included in the mobile terminal 2 includes a GPS circuit including an antenna whose sensitivity band is mainly a 1.5 GHz band, and receives a GPS signal from a GPS satellite (not shown). The GPS unit decodes the GPS signal and acquires time information and the like. Next, the GPS unit calculates the pseudo distance from the GPS satellite to the mobile terminal 2 based on the time information, and the mobile terminal 2 exists by solving the simultaneous equations obtained by substituting the pseudo distance. Detect position (latitude, longitude, altitude, etc.). Then, the GPS unit periodically outputs the position information indicating the detected position in association with the acquired position time information.

  The stay determination unit 262 of the mobile terminal 2 acquires position information and position time information that are periodically output from the GPS unit, and uses the acquired position information and position time information as the user ID of the user who owns the mobile terminal 2. At the same time, the data is transmitted to the management server 3 via the first wireless communication unit 21.

  The acquisition unit 334 of the management server 3 acquires position information and position time information received from the mobile terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31. Next, when the acquisition unit 334 acquires position information and position time information, the acquisition unit 334 refers to the event table and acquires an event ID associated with the user ID acquired together with the position information and position time information. Next, the acquisition unit 334 specifies the venue ID associated with the location information within a predetermined range from the location information acquired with reference to the venue location table. When the location information indicating the location within the predetermined range from the venue location information (eg venue location identification information) associated with the event ID and the acquired location time information is in the specific period associated with the event ID, the location information The user ID acquired together with the location time information is stored as a participating user ID in the event table in association with the acquired event ID.

  As a result, it is not necessary to newly install a device such as the wireless terminal device 8 in the event holding location information (holding location identification information or the like), and the management system 1 can be easily constructed.

(Modification 2)
The management server 3 may store a history of events held by each group. That is, when it is determined in step S401 described above that the event whose current time has passed the end time in the specific period has occurred (step S401-Yes), the changing unit 336 of the management server 3 refers to the event table. The group ID, the venue ID, and the participating user ID associated with the event ID of the event are extracted. And the fluctuation | variation part 336 is linked | related with extracted group ID, and memorize | stores in the held table which is not shown with participating user ID as extracted held place ID as held place ID. In addition, the changing unit 336 stores the number of times the held place ID is stored in association with each group ID as the number of held events in the held table. The held place ID is an example of held place information.

  In this case, the server transmission unit 333 refers to the held table and extracts the group ID and the held place ID associated with the group ID. And the server transmission part 333 is extracted with reference to a coupon table, the advance privilege screen display data for displaying the advance privilege screen 410 which shows the coupon of coupon ID linked | related with extracted held place ID. It may be created in association with the belonging user ID of the group ID. Thereby, it becomes possible to send the coupon of the place held by the group in the past to the group again.

  In addition, the server transmission unit 333 extracts the group ID with reference to the held table, and extracts the most recently stored participating user ID among the participating user IDs associated with the group ID. And the server transmission part 333 may match the prior privilege screen display data for displaying the prior privilege screen 410 which shows each coupon in association with the participating user ID memorize | stored most recently. Thereby, it becomes possible not to transmit a coupon to the user absent from the previous event.

  Also, the changing unit 336 refers to the held table and extracts the group ID and the number of times the event is held associated with the group ID. In step S <b> 404 described above, the changing unit 336 determines the privilege so that the value of the privilege corresponding to the coupon ID increases as the extracted number of event held times or the number of event held times per predetermined period decreases. To do. The number of events held per predetermined period is an example of event holding frequency. As a result, a coupon with a high value of privilege is sent to a group having a small number of times to hold an event, and it is possible to improve the willingness to hold the event.

(Modification 3)
Further, the group table may store the group attributes of the group in association with each other. The group attribute is, for example, a withdrawal rate, a hobby, a residential area, an age structure, a gender ratio, or the like of a user belonging to the group. The group withdrawal rate is the ratio of the number of users who are out of the group to the total number of users stored as the group's belonging users and the number of users who have been stored as the group's belonging users. It is.

  In this case, when the changing unit 336 instructs the group acquiring unit 332 to acquire a group attribute, the group acquiring unit 332 acquires the group attribute associated with the event ID with reference to the group table, and the changing unit 336 The privilege is changed based on the acquired group attribute. For example, the fluctuating unit 336 has a frequency of holding a dinner party such as hobbies other than cooking or eating, where the residential area is dispersed, the age structure is higher than a predetermined age, the male ratio is high, etc. A predetermined coefficient (such as “1.2”) is set for a group attribute that is assumed to be less than a predetermined number. And the fluctuation | variation part 336 determines a privilege based on the value which multiplied the coefficient corresponding to a group attribute to the calculated participant number and / or participation ratio. Accordingly, for example, by setting a coefficient of 1.0 or more for a group that is unlikely to hold an event, it is possible to improve the willingness to hold the event. Moreover, the fluctuation | variation part 336 may determine a privilege so that the value of a privilege may become high, when a withdrawal rate is below a predetermined rate.

(Modification 4)
Group registration may be performed based on a group used in an application executed by an external server and provided from the external server. For example, first, the holding location acquisition unit 331 of the management server 3 acquires user information registered in the management server 3 and registered in an SNS application operated by a web server different from the management server 3. Here, the user indicated by the user information belongs to a group set in the SNS application. The user information includes the name of the group to which the user belongs and the user ID of the user. Next, the venue acquisition unit 331 extracts information on users belonging to the same group from the acquired user information. Next, the venue acquisition unit 331 newly associates the group name and user ID included in the extracted user information with the group ID as the group name and the belonging user ID based on the extracted user information. Store in group table. Thereby, the function of the management system 1 can be easily provided to an existing group created in another service.

(Modification 5)
In the event table, a joint group acquisition process for acquiring a plurality of group IDs associated with one event may be performed in accordance with a user instruction. In this case, the group acquisition unit 332 refers to the group table to acquire a plurality of groups associated with the acquired event ID, and the variation unit 336 counts and calculates the number of acquired groups. As the number of groups counted together with the number of participants and / or participation ratio increases, the privilege with higher value is determined. Thereby, when a plurality of groups participate (join) in an event jointly, it becomes possible to give a privilege with high value to both groups, and it becomes possible to improve the willingness to hold a big event.

  It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, substitutions and modifications can be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Management system 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d Portable terminal 21 1st radio | wireless communication part 22 2nd radio | wireless communication part 23 Terminal memory | storage part 24 Operation part 25 Display part 26 Terminal processing part 261 Viewing execution part 262 Stay determination part 263 Terminal Transmission unit 3 Management server 31 Server communication unit 32 Server storage unit 33 Server processing unit 331 Holding place acquisition unit 332 Group acquisition unit 333 Server transmission unit 334 Acquisition unit 335 Calculation unit 336 Fluctuation unit 4 Base station 5 Mobile communication network 6 Gateway 7 Internet 8 Wireless terminal device

Claims (18)

A control method of a management server including a storage unit, wherein the management server includes:
A venue acquisition step for acquiring venue information indicating the venue used for the event;
A group acquisition step for acquiring user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users belonging to the group, associated with group identification information for identifying a group;
A transmission step of transmitting a coupon for granting a privilege to the group;
An acquisition step of acquiring, from the mobile terminal, stay information indicating that a mobile terminal owned by a user belonging to the group to which the coupon is transmitted is located at a holding place indicated by the holding place information;
Based on the stay information, among the users belonging to the group to which the coupon has been transmitted, a calculation step of calculating the number or ratio of users who own mobile terminals located at the holding place during a specific period;
Based on the number of persons or the ratio, a fluctuating step of changing the privilege given by the coupon transmitted to the group of users who own the mobile terminal located at the holding place;
A control method characterized by comprising: The venue information is associated with the coupon sent to the group,
The holding location information indicating the holding location where the mobile terminal indicated by the stay information is located is the holding location information associated with the coupon transmitted to a group of users who own the mobile terminal. 2. The control method according to 1. In the group acquisition step, the period and location information of the event held by the group associated with the group identification information is acquired,
The coupon sent to the group is associated with the venue information associated with the group identification information of the group,
The control method according to claim 1, wherein the specific period is the holding period associated with the group identification information of the group to which the coupon is transmitted. When the specific period ends, the management server associates with the group identification information of the group to which the coupon of the changed privilege has been transmitted, the location where the mobile terminal owned by the user belonging to the group is located A holding place storage step of storing the holding place information shown in the storage unit as held place information;
The said transmission step WHEREIN: When the said held place information is linked | related and memorize | stored in the past in the said group identification information of the said group, the said coupon linked | related with the said held place information is transmitted. The control method described in 1. In the held place storage step, the user belonging to the group to which the coupon of the changed privilege is transmitted in association with the held place information is further stored in the storage unit as a participating user,
In the transmission step, when a user who belongs to the group has been stored in association with the held place information as a participating user in the past, when the held place information is stored most recently, The control method according to claim 4, wherein the coupon is transmitted to a mobile terminal owned by a stored user. In the held place storage step, the group identification information further includes a number of times storing step of associating the number of times the held place information is stored in the storage unit,
The control method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein, in the changing step, the value is changed so that the value of the privilege becomes higher as the number of times associated with the group identification information or the number of times per predetermined period is smaller. The management server further includes a joint group acquisition step of acquiring group identification information of another group associated with the group identification information indicating a group to which the user belongs according to the instruction of the user,
Among the group identification information of other groups associated with the group identification information of the group of the user who owns the mobile terminal located at the holding location in the changing step, the user who owns the mobile terminal located at the holding location The control method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein the value is changed so that the value of the privilege increases as the number of group identification information of the group increases.   The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein in the changing step, the value is changed so that the value of the privilege increases as the number of persons increases or the ratio increases. The value of the privilege has an upper limit,
The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein in the changing step, the upper limit of the value is changed higher as the number of users belonging to the group is larger. In the group acquisition step, further acquiring a group attribute of the group associated with the group identification information;
The control method according to claim 1, wherein, in the changing step, the privilege is changed based on a group attribute associated with the group identification information.   The control method according to claim 1, wherein the group is a group used in an application executed by an external server.   The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the stay information includes holding place identification information transmitted from the wireless terminal device installed at the holding place to the mobile terminal.   The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the stay information includes holding place identification information acquired by the mobile terminal from a two-dimensional barcode installed at the holding place.   The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the stay information includes position information and position time information of the mobile terminal specified by a position specifying unit included in the mobile terminal.   The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein, in the transmission step, the coupon is transmitted to a mobile terminal owned by each of the plurality of users belonging to the group. A management server comprising a storage unit,
A venue acquisition unit that acquires venue information indicating the venue used for the event;
A group acquisition unit for acquiring user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users belonging to the group, associated with group identification information for identifying a group;
A server transmission unit for transmitting a coupon for granting a privilege to the group;
An acquisition unit that acquires stay information from a mobile terminal indicating that a mobile terminal owned by a user belonging to the group to which the coupon is transmitted is located at a holding place indicated by the holding place information;
Based on the stay information, among users belonging to the group to which the coupon is transmitted, a calculation unit that calculates the number or ratio of users who own mobile terminals located at the holding place during a specific period;
Based on the number of persons or the ratio, a variable unit that fluctuates a privilege given by the coupon transmitted to a group of users who own mobile terminals located in the holding place;
A management server comprising: A management server program comprising a storage unit, the management server,
A venue acquisition step for acquiring venue information indicating the venue used for the event;
A group acquisition step for acquiring user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users belonging to the group, associated with group identification information for identifying a group;
A transmission step of transmitting a coupon for granting a privilege to the group;
An acquisition step of acquiring, from the mobile terminal, stay information indicating that a mobile terminal owned by a user belonging to the group to which the coupon is transmitted is located at a holding place indicated by the holding place information;
Based on the stay information, among the users belonging to the group to which the coupon has been transmitted, a calculation step of calculating the number or ratio of users who own mobile terminals located at the holding place during a specific period;
Based on the number of persons or the ratio, a fluctuating step of changing the privilege given by the coupon transmitted to the group of users who own the mobile terminal located at the holding place;
A program characterized by having executed. A management system comprising a management server comprising a storage unit, and a portable terminal that communicates with the management server,
The management server
A venue acquisition unit that acquires venue information indicating the venue used for the event;
A group acquisition unit for acquiring user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users belonging to the group, associated with group identification information for identifying a group;
A server transmission unit that transmits a coupon for granting a privilege to the group,
The portable terminal is
When a user who owns the mobile terminal belongs to a group to which the coupon is transmitted from the management server, a display unit for displaying the coupon transmitted to the group;
A stay determination unit for determining whether or not the mobile terminal is located at a holding place indicated by the holding place information;
A terminal transmission unit that transmits stay information indicating that the mobile terminal is located at the holding location indicated by the holding location information to the management server when the portable terminal is located at the holding location;
The management server
An acquisition unit that acquires the stay information from a mobile terminal owned by a user belonging to the group to which the coupon is transmitted;
Based on the stay information, among users belonging to the group to which the coupon is transmitted, a calculation unit that calculates the number or ratio of users who own mobile terminals located at the holding place during a specific period;
Based on the number of persons or the ratio, and a variable unit that varies the privilege given by the coupon transmitted to the group of users who own the mobile terminal located at the holding place,
Management system characterized by that.