JP6945867B2 - Party system and server device for party system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a party system and a server device for a party system, and more particularly to a party system and a server device for a party system for holding a party using a video call.

Traditionally, a party called a speed dating party has been held. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of such a party table arrangement. As shown in FIG. 8, there are eight tables, a heart mark is a female seat, a round mark is a male seat, and a black mark indicates reserved (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

At such a party, the same number of male and female participants gather at the party venue, and men and women sit across the table and have a conversation between men and women facing each other. After a certain period of time, the man moves from one seat to another and talks again between the men and women facing each other.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-32176

For example, when holding a wedding party, it is necessary to have a venue and staff for participation reception and party progress. Since participants gather at the venue, it is necessary to select a venue and date and time that are easy to participate in, and the dates and times that can be held are limited. Also, participation from a distance is not easy. Moreover, it is cumbersome to adjust the number of male and female participants to be the same on the day of the party.

In view of such circumstances, an object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a party system and a server device for a party system that can easily hold a party and realize a party that is easy to participate in.

The present invention provides a party system server device configured as follows in order to solve the above problems.

The party system server device is a party system server device for holding a party using a video call, and (a) a terminal connection portion to which a user's terminal is connected via a communication network, and (b). A user management unit that stores user information about the user in a storage device, (c) a video call control unit that controls the video call between two terminals connected to the terminal connection unit, and (d). During the holding of the party, the user information regarding the user of the plurality of terminals connected to the terminal connection unit and participating in the party is referred to, and one of the female users is referred to from the plurality of terminals. Select two terminals each consisting of one terminal and one terminal of the male user, and from the terminal of the selected female user, the terminal of the selected male user. To provide a party execution unit that commands the video call control unit to make the video call for a predetermined time between the two selected terminals. The party execution unit selects the two terminals that make the video call and joins the party so that the two users do not make the video call more than once at the same party. The party can be held even if the number of participating users is not the same for both men and women .

According to the above configuration, it is possible to realize a party that is easy to hold and easy to participate in.

Preferably, the party system server device is (e) a question presented to each of the two terminals immediately after the video call for the predetermined time ends, and the user who is the other party of the video call. When the question as to whether or not they want to be specific users to each other is answered that they want to be the specific users on both of the two terminals, the two users who have made the video call are the specific users to each other. When the interrelationship management unit that stores the interrelationship information indicating that the two terminals are stored in the storage device and (f) the interrelationship information is referred to, and the users of the two terminals are the specific users of each other. A mutual relationship management unit that commands the video call control unit to allow the video call between the two terminals other than the party is further provided. When the party execution unit selects two terminals each for making the video call at the party, the party execution unit reads out the user information and the interrelationship information, and the two terminals of the user who are the specific users of each other. Is excluded from the selection. The interrelationship management unit can register the interrelationship information indicating that one user is the specific user with each of the plurality of the users.

In this case, the user can easily join the party and increase the number of specific users.

Preferably, the server device for the party system further includes (g) a message control unit that controls the exchange of messages between the terminals. The interrelationship management unit refers to the interrelationship information and allows the exchange of the message between the two terminals when the users of the two terminals are the specific users of each other. , Command the message control unit.

In this case, users who are specific users can exchange messages with each other.

Preferably, the server device for the party system further includes (h) a ticket management unit that manages the number of virtual tickets owned by the user. The party execution unit has a predetermined number of tickets according to the state of the terminal from the number of tickets owned by the user of the terminal connected to the terminal connection unit in order to participate in the party being held. Instruct the ticket management department to reduce or increase the minutes.

In this case, for example, a fee can be collected from the user or a reward can be given to the user of the terminal according to the state of the terminal such as participating in a party or making a video call. ..

Preferably, the server device for the party system further includes (h) a ticket management unit that manages the number of virtual tickets owned by the user. The interrelationship management unit reduces or increases a predetermined number of tickets from the number of tickets owned by the user in response to the interrelationship information about the user being stored in the storage device. , Instruct the ticket management department.

In this case, it is possible to collect a fee from one or both of the users who become specific users of each other, or to reward one or both of them.

Preferably, the server device for the party system further includes (h) a ticket management unit that manages the number of virtual tickets owned by the user. The interrelationship management unit reduces or increases a predetermined number of tickets from the number of tickets owned by the user in response to the user making the video call with the specific user of the user. Instruct the ticket management department.

In this case, it is possible to collect a fee from a user who makes a video call with a specific user, or to reward a user who makes a video call with a specific user.

Preferably, the server device for the party system further includes (h) a ticket management unit that manages the number of virtual tickets owned by the user. The interrelationship management unit reduces or increases a predetermined number of tickets from the number of tickets owned by the user in response to the user exchanging the message with the specific user of the user. Instruct the ticket management department.

In this case, it is possible to collect a fee from a user who exchanges a message with a specific user, or to give a reward to a user who exchanges a message with a specific user.

Preferably, the server device for the party system further includes (i) a notification unit for displaying the notification information on the terminal. When the new terminal is connected to the terminal connection unit and participates in the party during the holding of the party, the party execution unit sends the notification information to the terminal that has once participated in the party but is not currently participating. Is instructed to the notification unit so that is displayed.

In this case, notification information that motivates the user to return to the party can be displayed on the terminal of the user who has left the party.

Preferably, the user management unit includes affiliation information for identifying the organization to which the user belongs in the user information.

In this case, it is possible to hold a party in which users belonging to different organizations participate together, or to hold a party in which only users belonging to a specific organization participate.

Preferably, the ticket management unit (1) totals the number of paid tickets purchased by the user for all the users belonging to the predetermined organization, and (2) totals the number of purchased tickets, and (2) the predetermined number of tickets. For all the users belonging to the organization, at the predetermined party, the consumption number totaling which totals the number of paid tickets owned by the user immediately before joining the party, and (3). ) for all of the users who participated in the prescribed of the party, in the party, and the party collection meter to aggregate the number that the user has decreased from the number of the ticket paid who owned immediately prior to participating in the party, Do at least one of them.

In this case, the cost burden of the organization can be determined based on the aggregation.

Preferably, the user management unit stores the user information including information about the gender of the user in the storage device. The party execution unit refers to the user information regarding the user of the plurality of terminals connected to the terminal connection unit and participating in the party during the holding of the party, and from the plurality of terminals, the party execution unit refers to the user information. Two terminals each consisting of the terminal of the female user and the terminal of the male user are selected, and of the two selected terminals, the terminal of the female user is the terminal of the male user. The video call control unit is instructed to call a terminal and make the video call between the two terminals for a predetermined time.

In this case, a video call party can be held.

According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a party that is easy to hold and easy to participate in.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the whole structure of a party system 10. (Example 1) It is a block diagram of a server device. (Example 1) It is a flowchart when holding a party. (Example 1) It is a flowchart when holding a party. (Example 1) It is a schematic diagram of the screen display of a terminal. (Example 1) It is a schematic diagram of the screen display of a terminal. (Example 1) It is a schematic diagram of the screen display of a terminal. (Example 1) It is a schematic diagram of a table arrangement. (Conventional example)

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

<Example 1> The party system 10 and the server device 12 for the party system of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of the overall configuration of the party system 10. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of terminals 2 such as smartphones, tablet PCs, tablet terminals, and notebook PCs are connected to a party system server device 12 (hereinafter, "server" via a communication network 4 such as a mobile phone or the Internet. It is connected to the device 12 ”). The server device 12 may be configured by one server device or a plurality of server devices (for example, a main server and a WebRTC server).

Application software (hereinafter, referred to as "dedicated application") that operates in cooperation with the server device 12 is installed in the terminal 2. The terminal 2 is connected to the server device 12 when the dedicated application is started. The terminal 2 downloads a dedicated application from the server device 12 or a server device 14 other than the server device 12 via the communication network 4, or purchases a virtual ticket (hereinafter, referred to as “ticket”). be able to.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the server device 12. As shown in FIG. 2, the server device 12 includes a communication unit 20 which is a communication interface, a control unit 30 which is composed of a CPU, a memory, and the like and processes data according to a predetermined program, and a storage which is composed of a hard disk, a RAM, and the like. The device 40 is provided. The communication unit 20, the control unit 30, and the storage device 40 exchange data signals via a bus.

The communication unit 20 controls a video call between a terminal connection unit 22 to which the terminal 2 is connected via the communication network 4 and two terminals 2 connected to the terminal connection unit 22 via the communication network 4. It includes a video call control unit 24, a message control unit 26 that controls the exchange of messages between terminals 2, and a notification unit 28 that causes notification information to be displayed on the terminal 2.

The control unit 30 includes a user management unit 32, a party execution unit 34, a mutual relationship management unit 36, and a ticket management unit 38. The user management unit 32 accepts registration (user registration) of a user (hereinafter referred to as "user") who uses the party system 10, manages user information about the user, and performs processing such as login. The party execution unit 34 performs a process for holding a party (hereinafter, referred to as “party”) using a video call. The interrelationship management unit 36 manages interrelationship information between users, which will be described in detail later. The ticket management unit 38 manages the number of tickets owned by the user.

The storage device 40 includes a log 42 that records the history and information such as the usage status and data communication of the terminal 2 connected to the terminal connection unit 22, party information 44 related to the party such as the date and time of the event, participation conditions, and user information. 46, interrelationship information 48, which will be described later, and the like are stored.

The dedicated application installed on the terminal 2 has a browser function, a video call function, a message function, an upload function, and a notification function. With the browser function, information can be exchanged between the terminal 2 and the server device 12, party information 44 and the like are displayed on the screen of the terminal 2, and the information input by the terminal 2 is transmitted to the server device 12. .. The video call function allows the terminal 2 to make a video call with another terminal 2. The message function allows a message to be exchanged between the terminal 2 and another terminal 2. The upload function allows the image data and the like stored in the terminal 2 to be uploaded to the server device 12. The notification function displays the notification information from the server device 12 on the terminal 2.

3 and 4 are flowcharts when a party is held using the party system 10.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, when the dedicated application is started on the terminal 2 (S10), the terminal 2 is connected to the terminal connection unit 22 of the server device 12 via the communication network 4, and the server device 12 Can communicate with.

When the user registration is not completed (N in S12), the user registration screen for performing the user registration is displayed on the terminal 2, and the user can be registered by operating the terminal 2 (S13).

The data input by the terminal 2 for user registration is transmitted to the user management unit 32 of the server device 12. The user management unit 32 stores the user information in which the data input by the terminal 2 and the user ID are paired in the storage device 40. When holding a speed dating party, include gender in the user information. When holding a cross-industry exchange party, include the type of business, job title, etc. in the user information.

For example, in the case of user registration for a marriage hunting party, when the e-mail address, password, and nickname are input on the terminal 2, the terms of use are agreed, and the data is transmitted to the server device 12, the basic information among the user information is used. Is registered and the user registration is completed. After that, when profile input, image registration, age confirmation, etc. are performed on the terminal 2, the detailed information thereof is added to the user information. The user information can include a name, a nickname, a gender, a date of birth, a place of residence or a prefecture of birth, a job type, a hobby category, a self-promotion statement, an image, and the like.

When the user registration is completed (Y in S12), the login screen is displayed on the terminal 2 (S14). When login is completed by entering a password or face authentication on the terminal 2, the party information 44 is read from the storage device 40, and a list of parties being held or scheduled to be held and a detailed button for each party are displayed on the terminal 2. (S16). When the detail button is selected by tapping or the like, the detailed information of the selected party is displayed on the terminal 2, and the admission button is displayed when admission is possible (S17).

When the admission button is selected by tapping or the like on the terminal 2, acceptance of party participation is started (S18). First, the user management unit 32 of the server device 12 reads the user information about the user of the terminal 2 from the storage device 40, and determines whether the age confirmation has been completed (S20). When the age confirmation has not been completed (N in S20), the terminal 2 displays a screen for uploading the photograph of the certificate for certifying the age to the server device 12 (S21).

When the photo of the certificate is uploaded, the age is confirmed by the date of birth written on the certificate, and if the age condition is satisfied, the user stored in the storage device 40 is instructed by the user management unit 32. Age-confirmed information is added to the information.

When the age has been confirmed (Y in S20), the ticket management unit 38 of the server device 12 determines whether or not the number of tickets owned by the user of the terminal 2 is equal to or greater than the predetermined number required to participate in the party (Y). S22). When the number of tickets owned by the user is less than the predetermined number (N in S22), the ticket purchase screen for purchasing the ticket is displayed on the terminal 2, and the user of the terminal 2 can purchase the ticket. (S23).

When the number of tickets owned by the user is equal to or greater than the predetermined number (Y in S22), the acceptance of the party is completed and the party is ready to participate (hereinafter referred to as "participable state") (S24). ).

In the participation ready state, the normal screen is displayed on the terminal 2 (S26). When a predetermined operation for starting a video call of a party is performed on the terminal 2 (Y in S28), a standby screen is displayed on the terminal 2 until the terminal 2 of the other party to make a video call is connected (N in S34). Is performed, and the standby state is set (S30). When a predetermined operation is performed in the standby state (Y in S32), the standby state is released and the normal screen is displayed on the terminal 2. When connected to the other party's terminal 2 (Y in S34), a video call screen is displayed on the other party's terminal 2 and his / her own terminal 2, and a one-to-one video call is made (S36).

When the predetermined time elapses (Y in S38), the video call (S34) ends, and the two terminals 2 that made the video call are connected to each other as a specific user (for example, "friend" in the case of a marriage party, a different industry). In the case of an exchange party, a question screen asking whether or not he / she wishes to become an “acquaintance”) is displayed (S40). When it is answered that both of the two terminals 2 that have made the video call desire (Y in S42), the interrelationship information 48 indicating that the two users who have made the video call are specific users to each other is stored. It is stored in the device 40 (S44).

When the question is answered, the question of whether to return to the party is displayed on the terminal 2, and when the predetermined operation for answering the return to the party is performed on the terminal 2 (Y in S46), the standby screen is displayed on the terminal 2. (S30), when a predetermined operation for answering not to return to the party is performed (N in S46), the normal screen is displayed on the terminal 2 (S26). Although not shown, when the party ends, the participation ready state is canceled, and the terminal 2 displays the same screen as S16.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a screen display example of the terminal 2 in the case of a marriage-hunting party.

FIG. 5A is a normal screen in a state in which participation is possible. As shown in FIG. 5A, the upper 50 of the screen shows that the reception is completed and the party can be joined (Room in), that is, that the party can participate in the video call and the names of the parties that can participate. Below that, the party search window 56 and the ticket purchase button 58 are displayed. Unillustrated content (for example, information on participating parties, category buttons for party search, etc.) is displayed in the center 52 of the screen. At the bottom 54 of the screen, various icons for displaying other pages are displayed. For example, when a heart-shaped icon is selected by tapping or the like, the screen switches to a screen displaying a list of users who are specific users (friends) with the terminal user. When the upper part 50 of the screen is selected by tapping or the like, the screen switches to the standby screen before starting the video call of the party, and the party is participating.

FIG. 5B is a standby screen. As shown in FIG. 5B, the room in state and the party name are displayed in the upper 50 of the screen. The color of the upper part 50 of the screen is different from the color of the upper part of the screen of FIG. 5A, and it can be seen that the party is participating and the video call is waiting. In the center 52 of the screen, it is displayed that the call is in progress, and the Room out button 64 is displayed below it. When the Room out button 64 is selected by tapping or the like, the screen is switched to the normal screen shown in FIG. 5A, and the party execution unit 34 of the server device 12 cancels the call of the other party to make a video call. In addition, an appropriate explanation may be displayed in the center 52 of the screen, for example, it takes several minutes to call the other party when it is crowded, or it cannot be called when the other party is connected when Room out. ..

FIG. 5C is a video call screen. As shown in FIG. 5C, a video image taken by the terminal of the other party to make a video call is displayed in the center 72 of the screen, and the terminal of the other party taken by the own terminal is in the small frame 74 at the lower right of the screen. The video image displayed in is displayed, and the available video call time and the elapsed video call time are displayed in the small frame 76 at the lower right of the screen. The other party's image 70a (registered image or default image) is displayed on the upper 70 of the screen, and next to it, the other party's simple information 70b (for example, nickname, age automatically calculated from date of birth, place of residence) Etc.) are displayed, and the report button 70c and the video call button 70d are displayed. When the report button 70c is selected by tapping or the like, it is possible to notify the administrator of the party system 10 that the other party of the video call has inappropriate behavior or the like. The video call button 70d indicates that a video call is in progress. When the video call button 70d is selected by tapping or the like, for example, it may be possible to perform operations such as pausing the video call and executing the mask processing displayed to the other party with the mask superimposed on the own video image. ..

FIG. 5D is a question screen displayed after the end of the video call. As shown in FIG. 5D, the registered image 80 of the other party, the guidance sentence 81 for ending the video call, the question sentence 82, and the two buttons 84 and 86 for answering are displayed, and one of the buttons 84 is displayed. , 86 is selected by tapping or the like to answer the question sentence 82.

When the participation becomes possible, the processing on the server device 12 side is taken over by the party execution unit 34. The party execution unit 34 adds the user of the terminal 2 who is participating in the party and waiting for the video call to the participant list of the party. During the party, the party execution unit 34 selects two terminals from each of the terminals 2 of the plurality of users in the participant list, that is, the plurality of terminals 2 connected to the terminal connection unit 22 and participating in the party. , Instruct the video call control unit 24 of the communication unit 20 of the server device 12 to make a video call for a predetermined time between the two selected terminals 2. The party execution unit 34 refers to the user information about the user of the terminal 2 connected to the terminal connection unit 22 and participating in the party, and selects two terminals 2 each. Even if the party execution unit 34 reads the user information 46 from the storage device 40, the user information 46 referred to by the user management unit 32 reads from the storage device 40 in the process of joining the party (for example, login process). , May be transmitted to the party execution unit 34.

The party execution unit 34 selects two terminals 2 to make a video call during the party participation so that the two users make a video call only once at the same party and do not make a video call more than once. .. For example, the party execution unit 34 creates a list that records a set of user IDs of the users of the two terminals 2 that have made a video call, and then sets the user IDs of the users of the two selected terminals 2. , Check if it is on this list, and if it is on the list, exclude those two from the selection of the two terminals 2 that make video calls while attending the party.

The selection of the two terminals 2 for making a video call is performed by a predetermined method. For example, you can select randomly, select in the order in which you participated in the party, select in the order of the least number of video calls, select in the order of longest waiting time for video calls, or select by AI (artificial intelligence). .. In the case of a speed dating party, the users of the two terminals 2 to be selected are female and male. In the case of a cross-industry exchange party, the industries of the users of the two selected terminals 2 are different from each other.

For example, a video call between terminals 2 is performed via a WebRTC server which is a video call control unit 24, and in the case of a marriage hunting party, the WebRTC server is in accordance with a command from the terminal 2 of a female user to the terminal 2 of a male user. Call (call). The command to the WebRTC server is given from another server (main server) in which the party execution unit 34 is configured.

For example, when there is one woman and many men, the WebRTC server connects to a large number of men each time the party time (predetermined time of a video call) expires. Even if there are two men and five women, if one woman is connected twice, the video call ends for that woman and repeats for the five women. A question screen is displayed on the terminal 2 each time the video call ends.

When the video call ends after the predetermined time has elapsed (Y in S36), the processing on the server device 12 side is taken over by the interrelationship management unit 36. The interrelationship management unit 36 is a question displayed on each of the two terminals 2 immediately after the video call for a predetermined time is completed, and desires to be a specific user with the user who was the other party of the video call. When the question of selecting whether or not is answered is desired on both of the two terminals 2, the interrelationship information 48 indicating that the two users who have made the video call are specific users to each other is provided. It is stored in the storage device 40.

When the question is answered by both terminals 2 or when a predetermined time elapses from the display of the question screen, the processing on the server device 12 side is taken over by the party execution unit 34.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a list display screen of a specific user (friend) in the case of a marriage-hunting party. As shown in FIG. 6, a back button and a screen title are displayed on the upper part 50 of the screen of the terminal 2. In the center 52 of the screen, for each specific user of the user of the terminal 2, an image 53a (registered image or default image) of the specific user, information 53b such as the nickname and age of the specific user, a mail button 53c, and a video call. Button 53d is displayed. When the image 53a is selected by tapping or the like, the screen switches to the screen displaying the detailed information of the specific user. If there is an unread message from a specific user, a round frame 53p is displayed on the upper right of the mail button 53c, and the number of unread messages is displayed in the round frame 53p. When there is an unread message or a video call from a specific user, a round frame 54a is displayed on the heart-shaped icon in the lower part 54 of the screen, and the number or number of the specific user is displayed in the round frame 54a.

The mutual relationship management unit 36 of the server device 12 manages the exchange of video calls and messages between users who are specific users of the other party. Specifically, the interrelationship management unit 36 refers to the interrelationship information 48 stored in the storage device 40, and when the users of the two terminals 2 are specific users to each other, the video between the two terminals 2 is used. The video call control unit 24 of the server device 12 is instructed to allow the call. Further, the interrelationship management unit 36 reads out the interrelationship information 48 stored in the storage device 40, and when the users of the two terminals 2 are specific users to each other, the interrelationship management unit 36 reads a message between the two terminals 2. The message control unit 26 is instructed to allow the exchange.

It is preferable that users who become specific users to each other after a video call at one party do not subsequently become partners in a video call with each other at another party. Further, it is preferable that one user can be a specific user with each of the plurality of users. Therefore, preferably, when the party execution unit 34 selects two terminals 2 for making a video call at a party, the party execution unit 34 refers to the user information 46 and the interrelationship information 48, and two users who are specific users to each other. Exclude terminal 2 from the selection. Further, preferably, the interrelationship management unit 36 can register interrelationship information indicating that one user is a specific user with each of the plurality of users.

By applying from one or both users who are specific users to each other, the mutual relationship information 48 regarding the specific users may be deleted, and the relationship of being specific users to each other may be canceled. When users who were specific users of each other join the same party after the interrelationship information is erased, the terminals 2 of the users who are specific users of each other are selected as two terminals for making a video call at the party, and the party's terminals 2 are selected. You can connect to each other via video calls.

Also, during the party, it is preferable to be able to join the party at any time, get out of the party at any time, and be able to return (rejoin) the party at any time.

In this case, preferably, when a new terminal 2 is connected to the terminal connection unit 22 and joins the party during the party, the party execution unit 34 is a terminal that once participated in the party but is not currently participating. The notification unit 28 is instructed so that the notification information is displayed in 2.

As a result, the notification information motivating the user to return to the party can be displayed on the terminal 2 of the user who has escaped from the party. For example, if the video call goes round during the party, the terminal 2 that has escaped from the party is notified of the new user's participation by the notification information because it waits until a new user joins. In addition, the user who has escaped from the party may be notified by the notification information of the number of users who can make a video call when returning to the party, the remaining time until the end of the party, and the like.

The party system 10 introduces a ticket in order to charge the user or give a reward to the user according to the use of the party system.

The user can purchase a paid ticket from the ticket purchase screen displayed on the terminal 2. FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the ticket purchase screen. As shown in FIG. 7, the number of tickets and the amount buttons 51p to 51t are displayed for each of the plurality of columns 51a to 51e, and when any of the amount buttons 51p to 51t is selected by tapping or the like, the ticket purchase procedure is performed. You can proceed.

Free tickets may be distributed. For example, when user registration is completed, a predetermined number of free tickets are given to the user. Free tickets may have restrictions on expiration dates and available services. For example, for a party that can participate with a free ticket, the predetermined time for a video call is set to 1 minute, and for a party that participates with a paid ticket, the predetermined time for a video call is set to 3 minutes. Free tickets may be used (consumed) in preference to paid tickets. On the contrary, the paid ticket may be used preferentially.

When using a ticket or obtaining a ticket when joining a party, the party execution unit 34 is owned by the user of the terminal 2 connected to the terminal connection unit 22 to participate in the party being held. The ticket management unit 38 is instructed to reduce or increase a predetermined number of tickets from the number of existing tickets according to the state of the terminal 2. For example, reducing or increasing the number of tickets owned by the user of the terminal 2 according to the state of the terminal 2 such as participating in a party (S24) or making a video call (S36). Therefore, it is possible to collect a fee from the user of the terminal 2 or give a reward to the user.

When the ticket is used or the ticket is obtained when the other party of the video call is a specific user, the interrelationship management unit 36 stores the interrelationship information 48 about the user in the storage device 40. Correspondingly, the ticket management unit 38 is instructed to reduce or increase a predetermined number of tickets from the number of tickets owned by the user.

In this case, it is possible to collect a fee from one or both of the users who are specific users to each other, or to reward one or both of them.

When using a ticket or obtaining a ticket when making a video call between users who are specific users of each other, the interrelationship management unit 36 corresponds to the user making a video call with the specific user of the user. , Instruct the ticket management unit 38 to reduce or increase a predetermined number of tickets from the number of tickets owned by the user.

In this case, it is possible to collect a fee from a user who makes a video call with a specific user, or to reward a user who makes a video call with a specific user.

When a ticket is used or a ticket is obtained when exchanging a message between users who are specific users of each other, the interrelationship management unit 36 corresponds to the user exchanging a message with the specific user of the user. , Instruct the ticket management unit 38 to reduce or increase a predetermined number of tickets from the number of tickets owned by the user.

In this case, it is possible to collect a fee from a user who exchanges a message with a specific user, or to give a reward to a user who exchanges a message with a specific user.

As described above, the party system 10 of the first embodiment can hold a party in which two people selected from a plurality of users participating in the party make a video call. The user can join the party by operating the terminal at a convenient place. Since the party is held by video call, there is no need for a venue where users gather and staff for attendance reception and party progress. Participants do not have to gather at the party venue, so there are few restrictions on the date and time of the event. If you can make video calls, you can join the party even if you are far away. In the case of a party where a video call is made between men and women, such as a marriage party, the party can be held even if the number of party participants is not the same.

Therefore, it is possible to realize a party that is easy to hold and easy to participate in.

Users who are specific users can make video calls and exchange messages. Users who are specific users to each other do not make a video call at a party after being registered as specific users to each other. Therefore, even if users who are specific users of each other participate in the same party, they cannot understand each other. In addition, each of a plurality of users can be a specific user. Therefore, the user can easily participate in the party and increase the number of specific users.

<Example 2> The party system of Example 2 and the server device for the party system (hereinafter, referred to as "server device") in which users belonging to different organizations can participate in a virtual party will be described.

Various organizations hold parties where people actually gather (for example, speed dating) instead of virtual parties. It is also possible for such an organization to build the party system of Example 1 and hold a virtual party. However, considering the burden of system construction and operation, it is necessary to secure a certain number of users. If multiple organizations can use the same party system, the burden of constructing and operating the party system will be reduced.

Therefore, the party system of the second embodiment is configured so that a plurality of organizations can use the same party system. Since the party system of the second embodiment is configured in the same manner as the first embodiment, a configuration different from that of the first embodiment will be mainly described below.

In the party system of the second embodiment, the user management unit of the server device includes the affiliation information indicating the organization to which the user belongs in the user information.

For example, an online party announcement page using a video call is provided on the site of an organization that can use the party system of the second embodiment (hereinafter, referred to as "user organization"). When a user belonging to the user organization participates in an online party on the event announcement page, install the dedicated application from the link pasted on the event announcement page. After installing the dedicated application, user registration can be performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and the party system can be used in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

Unlike the first embodiment, the user management unit of the server device includes the affiliation information for identifying the user organization to which the user belongs in the user information. For example, user registration is accepted at a different URL for each user organization, or a tag is embedded in a link to be pasted on the event notification page of the user organization so that the user organization can be understood.

The party execution unit may refer to the affiliation information included in the user information when selecting two terminals for video communication. In this case, at a party in which users belonging to different user organizations participate together, priority is given to video calls between users belonging to the same user organization, or video calls between users belonging to different user organizations are prioritized. Can be done. Since the party execution department refers to the affiliation information, it is possible to hold a party in which only users belonging to a specific organization participate.

The ticket management unit totals the number of tickets of a predetermined type based on, for example, the log 42 stored in the storage device 40, or in response to an increase or decrease in the number of tickets. Specifically, the ticket management department (i) totals the number of paid tickets purchased by the user for all users belonging to the predetermined user organization, and (ii) counts the number of purchases to the predetermined user organization. For all the users to which the user belongs, at a predetermined party, the number of consumed tickets, which is the total number of paid tickets owned by the user immediately before joining the party, is totaled, and (iii) at the predetermined party. For all the participating users, at least one of the party counting, which totals the number of paid tickets owned by the user immediately before joining the party, is counted at the party.

In (i), the amount of money purchased by a user belonging to a predetermined organization for a paid ticket is totaled. In (ii), the amount of paid tickets used by users belonging to a predetermined organization at a predetermined party is totaled. (Iii) totals the amount of paid tickets used at a predetermined party. Based on the totals of (i) to (iii), the cost burden of the user organization can be determined.

<Summary> As explained above, it is possible to realize a party that is easy to hold and easy to participate in.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be implemented with various modifications.

For example, the user may be an expert such as a consultant or a fortune teller, and a counselor who is looking for an expert that suits him / her. In that case, the user management department makes the user information include information for identifying whether it is an expert or a counselor, and the party execution department makes a video call between the expert terminal and the counselor's terminal. In addition, two terminals may be selected.

2 Terminal 4 Communication network 10 Party system 12 Server device (Server device for party system)
22 Terminal connection unit 24 Video call control unit 26 Message control unit 26 Mutual relationship management unit 28 Notification unit 30 Control unit 32 User management unit 34 Party execution department 34 User management department 36 Party execution department 36 Mutual relationship management department 38 Ticket management department 40 Storage device

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A server device for a party system for holding a party that uses video calls.
The terminal connection part where the user's terminal is connected via the communication network,
A user management unit that stores user information about the user in a storage device,
A video call control unit that controls the video call between two terminals connected to the terminal connection unit, and a video call control unit.
During the holding of the party, the user information regarding the user of the plurality of terminals connected to the terminal connection unit and participating in the party is referred to, and one of the female users is referred to from the plurality of terminals. Select two terminals each consisting of one terminal and one terminal of the male user, and from the terminal of the selected female user, the terminal of the selected male user. To instruct the video call control unit to make the video call for a predetermined time between the two selected terminals.
With
The party execution unit selects the two terminals so that the two users do not make the video call more than once in the same party, and the user who participates in the party selects the two terminals. A server device for a party system that can hold the party even if the number of men and women is not the same. It is a question shown to each of the two terminals immediately after the video call for the predetermined time is completed, and whether or not the user who was the other party of the video call wants to be a specific user with each other. When the question is answered as desired by both of the two terminals, the storage device stores interrelationship information indicating that the two users who have made the video call are the specific users of each other. With the mutual relationship management department that is stored in
With reference to the interrelationship information, when the users of the two terminals are the specific users of each other, the video call control is performed so as to allow the video call between the two terminals other than the party. The Mutual Relationship Management Department, which commands the department,
With more
When the party execution unit selects two terminals each for making the video call at the party, the party execution unit reads out the user information and the interrelationship information, and the two terminals of the user who are the specific users of each other. Is excluded from the selection,
The server device for a party system according to claim 1, wherein the interrelationship management unit can register the interrelationship information indicating that one user is a specific user with each of the plurality of the users. A message control unit that controls the exchange of messages between the terminals is further provided.
The interrelationship management unit refers to the interrelationship information and allows the exchange of the message between the two terminals when the users of the two terminals are the specific users of each other. The server device for a party system according to claim 2, which commands the message control unit. A ticket management unit that manages the number of virtual tickets owned by the user is further provided.
The party execution unit has a predetermined number of tickets according to the state of the terminal from the number of tickets owned by the user of the terminal connected to the terminal connection unit in order to participate in the party being held. The server device for a party system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which instructs the ticket management unit to reduce or increase the amount. A ticket management unit that manages the number of virtual tickets owned by the user is further provided.
The interrelationship management unit reduces or increases a predetermined number of tickets from the number of tickets owned by the user in response to the interrelationship information about the user being stored in the storage device. The server device for a party system according to claim 2 or 3, which commands the ticket management unit. A ticket management unit that manages the number of virtual tickets owned by the user is further provided.
The interrelationship management unit reduces or increases a predetermined number of tickets from the number of tickets owned by the user in response to the user making the video call with the specific user of the user. The server device for a party system according to claim 2 or 3, which commands the ticket management unit. A ticket management unit that manages the number of virtual tickets owned by the user is further provided.
The interrelationship management unit reduces or increases a predetermined number of tickets from the number of tickets owned by the user in response to the user exchanging the message with the specific user of the user. The server device for a party system according to claim 3 , which commands the ticket management unit. A notification unit for displaying notification information on the terminal is further provided.
When the new terminal is connected to the terminal connection unit and joins the party during the holding of the party, the party execution unit sends the notification information to the terminal that has once participated in the party but is not currently participating. The party system server device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, which commands the notification unit to display. The server device for a party system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the user management unit includes affiliation information for identifying an organization to which the user belongs in the user information. The user management unit includes affiliation information for identifying the organization to which the user belongs in the user information.
The ticket management department
For all the users belonging to the predetermined organization, the purchase number totaling, which totals the number of paid tickets purchased by the user, and the purchase number totaling,
For all the users belonging to the predetermined organization, the consumption number totaling that totals the number of paid tickets owned by the user immediately before joining the party at the predetermined party. ,
For all of the users who participated in the prescribed of the party, in the party, and the party collection meter to aggregate the number that the user has decreased from the number of the ticket paid who owned immediately prior to participating in the party,
The server device for a party system according to any one of claims 4 to 7 , wherein at least one of the above is performed. The user management unit stores the user information including information on the gender of the user in a storage device.
During the holding of the party, the party execution unit refers to the user information regarding the user of the plurality of terminals connected to the terminal connection unit and is participating in the party, and from the plurality of terminals, the party execution unit refers to the user information. Two terminals each consisting of the terminal of the female user and the terminal of the male user are selected, and of the two selected terminals, the terminal of the female user is the terminal of the male user. The server device for a party system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, instructing the video call control unit to call a terminal and make the video call between the two terminals for a predetermined time.

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