JP7545866B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technology for encouraging users to make donations.

Patent Document 1 discloses a system for carrying out crowdfunding among investors, initiators, product providers that offer return products for investments, and an administrator that issues and manages points. Specifically, when the initiator presents a fundraising plan, investors apply for investment, and the administrator grants each investor points as a return for their investment.

JP 2019-67052 A

If users were given some kind of incentive to donate, the act of donating would become even more widespread. Therefore, the present invention aims to encourage users to donate.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an information processing device comprising: a memory unit that stores value information regarding a value granted to a user by a business in response to the user's purchase of a product or use of a service; a first donation processing unit that performs processing for the user to donate to a donation destination at least a portion of the money obtained by managing money corresponding to the value information stored for each user; and a second donation processing unit that performs processing for the business to donate to the donation destination a determined ratio of the money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit, wherein the first donation processing unit changes the ratio depending on a condition that determines the ratio of the money that the user donates to the donation destination to the money obtained by the business managing the money corresponding to the value information, and under the condition, the ratio of the money that the user donates to the donation destination to the money obtained by the business managing the money corresponding to the value information differs depending on the amount of money obtained by the business managing the money corresponding to the value information .
The present invention also provides an information processing device comprising: a memory unit that stores value information regarding a value granted to a user by a business in response to the user's purchase of a product or use of a service; a first donation processing unit that performs processing for the user to donate at least a portion of the money obtained by managing money corresponding to the value information stored for each user to a donation destination; and a second donation processing unit that performs processing for the business to donate a determined percentage of the money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit to the donation destination, wherein the second donation processing unit performs processing for a third party other than the business to donate a determined percentage of the money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit to the donation destination in addition to the business.

The present invention makes it possible to encourage users to make donations.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of an overall configuration of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a business server device 30 in the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a business server device 30 in the embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation of the business entity server device 30 in the embodiment. 4 is a sequence chart showing an example of an operation of the information processing system 1 in the embodiment. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on a user terminal 20 in the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of data stored by the business entity server device 30 in the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of data stored by the business entity server device 30 in the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation of the business entity server device 30 in the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of data stored by business entity server device 30 in a modified example. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of data stored by business entity server device 30 in a modified example. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of data stored by business entity server device 30 in a modified example. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of data stored by business entity server device 30 in a modified example.

[composition]
1 is a diagram showing an example of an information processing system 1 according to this embodiment. The information processing system 1 includes a donation collector terminal 10 used by a user who collects donations (hereinafter referred to as a donation collector), a user terminal 20 used by a user who makes so-called donation-assisted investments, a business operator server device 30 that functions as an information processing device according to the present invention, and a communication network 2 including a wireless communication network or a wired communication network. In this embodiment, the business operator server device 30 is a computer managed by a communication carrier (hereinafter referred to as a carrier) that provides communication services to users of the user terminals 20 via the communication network 2.

Although FIG. 1 shows one each of the donation solicitor terminal 10, user terminal 20, and business server device 30, there may be more than one of each. The donation solicitor terminal 10 and user terminal 20 may each be a computer that the user can carry with them, such as a smartphone, wearable device, or tablet device, or a fixed computer such as a personal computer. In this embodiment, the donation solicitor terminal 10 is, for example, a personal computer, and the user terminal 20 is, for example, a smartphone, but specific examples of the donation solicitor terminal 10 and user terminal 20 are not limited to this.

A fundraiser is an entity that solicits donations for all or part of the funds required to realize a plan, business, operation, etc. (hereinafter referred to as a project) to achieve a certain purpose. A fundraiser may be a natural person or a corporation. The project to which donations are made may be in any field or content, and is not particularly limited. A user selects one of the projects for which multiple fundraisers are each soliciting donations, and makes an investment with donation in that project as the recipient of the donation.

The business operator who manages the business server device 30 provides various services to users, including electronic payments using the user terminal 20, and grants value information called "points" to users in response to the purchase of various products or the use of various services by the users. These points correspond to value information related to the value that the user can use in place of money. In this embodiment, the value of one point is equivalent to the monetary value of one yen, but the exchange rate between points and money can be determined arbitrarily. Users can make investments using these points, and can also donate to a desired donation destination using at least a portion of the profits (the value of which is equivalent to money) obtained by managing the invested points. In this embodiment, a combination of investment and donation is called an investment with donation. The management of points is performed by the business operator itself, or by a person entrusted with management by the business operator.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the business operator himself donates an amount of money that is a fixed percentage of the amount donated by the user to the same donation recipient as the user. In other words, if a user earns a profit of X through an investment with a donation, and that profit X is donated to a certain donation recipient, the business operator also donates an amount of money of X to the donation recipient. For the user, the business operator will donate an amount equal to the amount that the user donated, which motivates the user to donate. This is one of the features of this embodiment.

Figure 2 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of the business server device 30. The business server device 30 is physically configured as a computer device including a processor 3001, memory 3002, storage 3003, communication device 3004, input device 3005, output device 3006, and a bus connecting these. Each of these devices operates with power supplied from a battery (not shown). In the following description, the word "device" can be interpreted as a circuit, device, unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the business server device 30 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figure, or may be configured without including some of the devices. In addition, the business server device 30 may be configured by communicating and connecting multiple devices each having a different housing.

The functions of the business server device 30 are realized by loading specific software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor 3001 and memory 3002, causing the processor 3001 to perform calculations, control communications via the communication device 3004, and control at least one of the reading and writing of data in the memory 3002 and storage 3003.

The processor 3001, for example, operates an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 3001 may be configured with a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, registers, etc. Also, for example, a baseband signal processing unit, a call processing unit, etc. may be realized by the processor 3001.

The processor 3001 reads out programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 3003 and the communication device 3004 into the memory 3002, and executes various processes according to these. The programs used are those that cause a computer to execute at least some of the operations described below. The functional blocks of the business server device 30 may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 3002 and running on the processor 3001. The various processes may be executed by one processor 3001, or may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 3001. The processor 3001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The programs may be transmitted from the communication network 2 to the business server device 30 via a telecommunications line.

The memory 3002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be composed of at least one of, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. The memory 3002 may also be called a register, a cache, a main memory (primary storage device), etc. The memory 3002 can store executable programs (program codes), software modules, etc. for implementing the method according to this embodiment.

Storage 3003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be composed of at least one of, for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (e.g., a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk), a smart card, a flash memory (e.g., a card, a stick, a key drive), a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magnetic strip, etc. Storage 3003 may also be called an auxiliary storage device.

The communication device 3004 is, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, etc., and performs communication via the communication network 2.

The input device 3005 is an input device (e.g., a key, a microphone, a switch, a button, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 3006 is an output device (e.g., a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside. Note that the input device 2005 and the output device 2006 may be integrated into one configuration (e.g., a touch panel).

Each device, such as the processor 3001 and memory 3002, is connected by a bus for communicating information. The bus may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between each device.

The business server device 30 may be configured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), or a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and some or all of the functional blocks may be realized by the hardware. For example, the processor 3001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

The donation solicitor terminal 10 is physically configured as a computer device including a processor, memory, storage communication device, input device, output device, and buses connecting these. Each function of the donation solicitor terminal 10 is realized by loading specific software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor and memory, causing the processor to perform calculations, control communications via the communication device, and control at least one of reading and writing of data in the memory and storage. In terms of hardware, the processor, memory, storage, communication device, input device, output device, and buses connecting these are similar to the processor 3001, memory 3002, storage 3003, communication device 3004, input device 3005, output device 3006, and buses connecting these described for the business operator server device 30.

The user terminal 20 is physically configured as a computer device including a processor, memory, storage communication device, input device, output device, and buses connecting these. Each function of the user terminal 20 is realized by loading specific software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor and memory, causing the processor to perform calculations, control communication by the communication device, and control at least one of reading and writing of data in the memory and storage. In terms of hardware, the processor, memory, storage, communication device, input device, output device, and buses connecting these are similar to the processor 3001, memory 3002, storage 3003, communication device 3004, input device 3005, output device 3006, and buses connecting these described for the business server device 30.

When the user terminal 20 is a terminal that performs wireless communication such as a smartphone, the communication device is hardware (transmitting/receiving device) for performing communication between computers via the communication network 2 in accordance with a communication standard such as LTE (Long Time Evolution). Specifically, the communication device may be configured to include a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc. to realize at least one of Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD). For example, the transmitting/receiving antenna, the amplifier unit, the transmitting/receiving unit, the transmission path interface, etc. may be realized by the communication device. The transmitting/receiving unit may be implemented as a transmitting unit or a receiving unit that is physically or logically separated.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the business server device 30. The acquisition unit 31 acquires various information from the donation solicitor terminal 10 or the user terminal 20 via the communication network 2. The information acquired by the acquisition unit 31 includes information stored or generated by the donation solicitor terminal 10 or the user terminal 20, and information input or specified by the donation solicitor or user at the donation solicitor terminal 10 or the user terminal 20.

The storage unit 32 stores at least points (i.e., value information) that the business operator gives to a user in response to the user's purchase of a product or use of a service. More specifically, the storage unit 32 stores a user ID that identifies each user and points (more precisely, the amount of points) given to the user in association with each other. Point-giving rules that define the relationship between the user's purchase of a product or use of a service and the amount of points given to the user and restrictions on use, etc., are stored by the business operator server device 30, and points are given to each user according to the point-giving rules. Note that the points themselves may not be given by the business operator server device 30, but may be given by another device. However, even in this case, the storage unit 32 of the business operator server device 30 stores at least the results of points being given to each user, that is, the user ID that identifies each user and the points given to the user in association with each other.

The information presentation unit 33 presents to the user information on the donation destination or the amount of money to be donated according to the behavior history or attributes of each user as information to be used as a reference when making an investment with donation. The behavior history of the user is, for example, the user's application usage history on the user terminal 20, the operation history of the user terminal 20, the Internet browsing history using the user terminal 20, the donation history of the user, the location history of the user terminal 20, etc. The user attributes are, for example, gender, age, occupation, annual income, residential area, etc. The business server device 30 may acquire these user behavior history or user attributes directly from the user terminal 20, may acquire them from the user terminal 20 via another device, or may acquire them stored in another device via the communication network 2. Rules that define the relationship between the user's behavior history or user attributes and the information on the donation destination or the amount of money to be donated presented to the user are stored by the business server device 30, and the information to be presented to each user is determined according to the rules. For example, if it is estimated from the user's behavioral history or attributes that the user is interested in sports, information such as presenting sports-related projects as donation destinations, or presenting a higher recommended donation amount for sports-related projects compared to non-sports-related projects, is presented.

The first donation processing unit 34 performs processing for each user to donate at least a portion of the money obtained by managing the money corresponding to the points stored for that user to a donation destination. Specifically, the processing for a user to donate to a donation destination is processing for subtracting points equivalent to the money to be donated from the points associated with the user ID in the storage unit 32 and storing the result, and transferring the money equivalent to the subtracted points to the bank account of the donor that is the donation destination. The amount of money obtained by managing the money corresponding to the points that is actually donated to the donation destination is specified by the user. For example, the entire amount of profits from an investment with a donation, or 10% of that amount, is donated. The donation destination to which the money is donated is also specified by the user.

The second donation processing unit 35 performs processing for the business to donate to the donation recipient a determined percentage of the money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit 34. Specifically, the processing for the business to donate to the donation recipient is a process in which the business transfers the money to be donated to the bank account of the donor, which will be the donation recipient. The determined percentage of the money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit 34 is, for example, 100%. In other words, the business donates the same amount of money as the user donated to the same donation recipient as the user. Note that the amount donated by the user and the amount donated by the business do not necessarily need to be the same amount, and the ratio between the two may be determined by a certain rule.

[Action]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In the following description, for example, when the business server device 30 is described as the subject of processing, this specifically means that the processor 3001 performs calculations by loading a specific software (program) onto hardware such as the processor 3001 and memory 3002, and controls communication via the communication device 3004 and the reading and/or writing of data in the memory 3002 and storage 3003, thereby executing processing. The same applies to the donation collector terminal 10 and the user terminal 20.

[Presentation Information Generation Operation]
First, a process of generating information to be presented to a user by the business server device 30 will be described with reference to Fig. 4. In Fig. 4, the business server device 30 (information presentation unit 33) analyzes the behavior history or attributes of each user at a predetermined time (e.g., every 24 hours) (step S11). This analysis is for identifying what project the user is likely to donate and how much money based on the behavior history or attributes of each user, and may use, for example, a method of vector analysis of the user's interests and hobbies and preferences, or a method of identifying the user's desired project and the donation amount using so-called machine learning.

The business server device 30 (information presentation unit 33) selects one or more donation destinations for each user based on the analysis results, and generates information about each donation destination (step S12). The information about the donation destination includes the project name and details of the project. As described above, the business server device 30 stores rules that define the relationship between the user's behavioral history or user attributes and the information about the donation destinations presented to the user, and the information presented to each user is generated according to the rules. This information is stored by the business server device 30 (information presentation unit 33) in association with each user ID.

The business server device 30 (information presentation unit 33) calculates the donation amount for the selected donation destination for each user based on the analysis results, and generates information about the donation amount (step S13). The information about the donation amount includes the number of points recommended as the amount to donate to each donation destination. As described above, the business server device 30 stores rules that define the relationship between the user's behavioral history or user attributes and the information about the donation amount presented to the user, and the information presented to each user is generated according to the rules. This information is stored by the business server device 30 (information presentation unit 33) in association with each user ID.

[Operation to determine donation destination and donation amount]
Next, the process of determining the donation destination and donation amount according to the user's instructions will be described with reference to Fig. 5. In Fig. 5, the user terminal 20 transmits a request to the business server device 30 according to the user's operation (step S21). This request includes the user ID of the user operating the user terminal 20.

When the acquisition unit 31 acquires this request, the business server device 30 (information presentation unit 33) transmits the information stored in association with the user ID included in this request (information related to the donation destination and donation amount) to the user terminal 20 as presented information to be presented to the user (step S22). The user terminal 20 displays this presented information.

Here, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed as presentation information on the user terminal 20. In FIG. 6, each project displayed as "projects recommended for you" is a group of candidates for donation destinations determined by analyzing the behavior history or attributes of each user. Also, "recommended investment point amount" is a recommended donation amount determined by analyzing the behavior history or attributes of each user. On the other hand, each project displayed as "other projects" in FIG. 6 is a group of candidates for donation destinations determined in some order of priority (for example, in order of highest donation amount) without considering the behavior history or attributes of each user. For these projects, "recommended investment point amount" (i.e., recommended donation amount) is not displayed like each project displayed as "projects recommended for you". When the user selects a desired project from this list, the details of the project are displayed on the user terminal 20, and the user can learn about them.

The user looks at an image like the one in Figure 6, selects the project to which they would like to donate, and then selects the points they would like to invest. The number of points that can be specified at this time is limited to the amount of points held by the user.

In FIG. 5, when the user designates a project to which the donation will be made and further designates points to be invested, the user terminal 20 accepts the operation (step S23) and transmits the contents designated by the user to the business operator server device 30 (step S24). The business operator server device 30 (storage unit 32) stores the contents (step S25).

Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating information stored for each user by the business server device 30 (storage unit 32). As illustrated in Figure 7, the user's behavior history and attributes, points held by the user, a project ID identifying a donation destination (project) in which the user made a donation-linked investment, investment points that are points invested by the user in the project with a donation, profit points that are points obtained by managing the donation-linked investment, and donation points that are points donated by the user to the project are stored in association with the user ID. In the example of a user with user ID "UID001", all of the profit points that are points obtained by investment are donated to each donation destination. However, in this example, if the profit from the investment management is negative (i.e., for project PID023), no donation is made.

Figure 8 is a diagram illustrating information stored for each project by the business server device 30 (storage unit 32). As illustrated in Figure 8, a project ID that identifies each project, the attributes of the project, and the total donation points donated to the project are stored in association with each other. The total donation points include both points donated by the user's investment with donation and points donated by the business.

[Donation Processing]
Next, a donation process performed by the business entity server device 30 will be described with reference to Fig. 9. In Fig. 9, the business entity server device 30 performs a process of determining the profit obtained by managing the points at a predetermined timing (step S31).

Next, the business server device 30 (first donation processing unit 34) performs processing to allow each user to donate at least a portion (e.g., an amount equal to the profit) of the money obtained by investing the money corresponding to the points stored for each user to the donation destination (step S32). In other words, the business server device 30 (first donation processing unit 34) subtracts points equivalent to the money to be donated from the points associated with the user ID in the memory unit 32 and stores the result, and transfers the money equivalent to the subtracted points to the bank account of the donor to which the donation is to be made.

Next, the business server device 30 (second donation processing unit 35) performs processing for the business to donate to the donation recipient a set percentage of the money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit 34 (for example, the same amount as the user's donation) (step S33). In other words, the business server device 30 (second donation processing unit 35) performs processing for the business to donate to the donation recipient by transferring the money to be donated from the business to the bank account of the donor who will be the donation recipient. In synchronization with the processing shown in FIG. 9, the contents of the information exemplified in FIGS. 7 and 8 are updated.

According to the embodiment described above, the business operator will donate an amount equal to the profits from the user's investment with donation to the same donation recipient as the user, which will motivate the user to donate and, as a result, will encourage users to donate.

[Modification]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. The above-described embodiment may be modified as follows. In addition, two or more of the following modifications may be combined and implemented.
[Modification 1]
The amount of donation from the user to each donation recipient may be dynamically changed according to conditions. Specifically, the first donation processing unit 34 stores conditions that determine the ratio of the money that the user donates to the donation recipient to the money obtained by the business operator through management, and changes the ratio according to the conditions.

For example, in principle, 90% of the money equivalent to the profits obtained by the business operator through management may be donated, but a larger percentage (for example, 100%) may be donated to the donation destination presented to the user through analysis of the user's behavior history or attributes. For this reason, the first donation processing unit 34 stores conditions that determine the percentage of the money that the user donates to the donation destination from the money obtained through management by the business operator, as exemplified in FIG. 10, and changes the percentage according to the condition. In other words, under the conditions stored in the first donation processing unit 34, the percentage of the money that the user donates to the donation destination from the profits obtained through the management of points differs depending on whether the donation destination is presented to the user according to the behavior history or attributes of each user. In the example of FIG. 10, 100% of the profits are donated to the donation destination presented to the user through analysis of the user's behavior history or attributes, and 90% of the profits are donated to other donation destinations. In this way, it is possible to further promote donations to donation destinations that suit individual users.

In addition, for example, a certain percentage of the money equivalent to the profit obtained by the business operator through the management is donated, but if the amount of money obtained through the management is large, a larger percentage may be donated. For this reason, the first donation processing unit 34 stores conditions that determine the percentage of the money that the user donates to the donation destination relative to the money obtained through the business operator's management, as exemplified in FIG. 11, and changes the percentage according to the conditions. In other words, under the conditions stored in the first donation processing unit 34, the percentage of the money that the user donates to the donation destination relative to the profit from the management of the points varies depending on the amount of money obtained through the management of the points. In the example of FIG. 11, the donation amount is 0% of the profit when the profit from the management is less than 0% of the principal points, the donation amount is 50% of the profit when the profit from the management is 0% or more and less than 1% of the principal, the donation amount is 70% of the profit when the profit from the management is 1% or more and less than 2% of the principal, and the donation amount is 100% of the profit when the profit from the management is 2% or more of the principal. In this way, donations according to the performance of the management are possible.

[Modification 2]
The donation amount from the business operator may be changed according to some conditions. That is, the second donation processing unit 35 stores conditions for determining the ratio of money donated by the business operator to the amount donated by the user, and changes the ratio according to the conditions. For this reason, the second donation processing unit 35 stores conditions for determining the ratio of money donated by the business operator to the amount donated by the user, as exemplified in FIG. 12, and changes the ratio according to the conditions. In the example of FIG. 12, if the user's donation amount is less than 100% of the profit from the operation, the business operator's donation amount is 50% of the user's donation amount, and if the user's donation amount is 100% of the profit, the business operator's donation amount is the same as the user's donation amount. In this way, it is possible to realize donations by the business operator in conjunction with the user's donation amount. At this time, in the conditions stored in the second donation processing unit 35, an upper limit may be set for the ratio of money donated by the business operator to the amount donated by the user. In the example of FIG. 12, the upper limit of the ratio of money donated by the business operator to the amount donated by the user is 100%. In this way, even if donations by businesses are linked to the amount of donations made by users, it is possible to prevent excessive donations by businesses.

[Modification 3]
If there is a third party in the position of a so-called sponsor, the sponsor may also be included in the donation. In other words, the second donation processing unit 35 may perform processing for a third party other than the business to donate a proportion of money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit 34 to the donation destination in addition to the business. For this reason, as illustrated in FIG. 13, the second donation processing unit 35 stores a sponsor ID that identifies a sponsor determined for the project in association with each project ID. Then, the second donation processing unit 35 performs processing for the sponsor of the sponsor ID to donate a proportion of money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit 34 to the donation destination. In other words, the business server device 30 (the second donation processing unit 35) receives a donation amount from the sponsor and transfers the donation amount to the bank account of the donor. In this way, it is possible to encourage donations from sponsors.

[Modification 4]
Furthermore, in return for a donation by a sponsor, the sponsor may be advertised. That is, the business server device 30 includes an advertisement information presenting unit that presents advertisement information related to advertisements for the sponsor (third party). Specifically, in FIG. 13, the advertisement information presenting unit stores advertisement information consisting of, for example, images and text in association with each sponsor ID, and transmits the advertisement information via the communication network 2 to the user terminal 20 of the user who has made an investment with a donation in the project having the project ID corresponding to the sponsor ID. In this way, it is possible to further encourage donations by sponsors in return for advertisements.

[Modification 5]
The generation and presentation of presentation information to the user (FIG. 4) is not necessarily essential.

[Other Modifications]
The block diagrams used in the description of the above embodiments show functional blocks. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. The method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one device that is physically or logically coupled, or may be realized using two or more devices that are physically or logically separated and directly or indirectly connected (for example, using wires, wirelessly, etc.). The functional blocks may be realized by combining the one device or the multiple devices with software.

Functions include, but are not limited to, judgement, determination, judgment, calculation, computation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, regard, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assignment. For example, a functional block (component) that performs the transmission function is called a transmitting unit or a transmitter. As mentioned above, there are no particular limitations on the method of realization for either of these.

For example, a store terminal in one embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs the processing of the present disclosure.

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be applied to at least one of systems utilizing LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), or other suitable systems, and next generation systems enhanced based on these. Additionally, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A with 5G, etc.).

The processing steps, sequences, flow charts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be reordered unless inconsistent. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of various steps using an example order and are not limited to the particular order presented.

The input and output information may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed using a management table. The input and output information may be overwritten, updated, or added to. The output information may be deleted. The input information may be transmitted to another device.

The determination may be based on a value represented by one bit (0 or 1), a Boolean (true or false) value, or a numerical comparison (e.g., with a predetermined value).

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described herein. The present disclosure can be implemented in modified and altered forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is intended as an illustrative example and does not have any limiting meaning on the present disclosure.

Software should be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads of execution, procedures, functions, and the like, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. Software, instructions, information, and the like may also be transmitted or received over a transmission medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using wired technologies (such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)), and/or wireless technologies (such as infrared, microwave, and the like), then these wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of a transmission medium.

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, the data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or photons, or any combination thereof.
In addition, terms explained in this disclosure and terms necessary for understanding this disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings.

In addition, the information, parameters, etc. described in this disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values from a predetermined value, or may be expressed using other corresponding information.

As used in this disclosure, the phrase "based on" does not mean "based only on," unless expressly stated otherwise. In other words, the phrase "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on."

Any reference to elements using designations such as "first," "second," etc., used in this disclosure does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient way to distinguish between two or more elements. Thus, a reference to a first and a second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in some way.

The "part" in the configuration of each of the above devices may be replaced with "means," "circuit," "device," etc.

When the terms "include," "including," and variations thereof are used in this disclosure, these terms are intended to be inclusive, similar to the term "comprising." Additionally, the term "or," as used in this disclosure, is not intended to be an exclusive or.

In this disclosure, where articles have been added through translation, such as a, an, and the in English, this disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are in the plural form.

1...information processing system, 2...communication network, 10...donation solicitor terminal, 20...user terminal, 30...business server device, 31...acquisition unit, 32...storage unit, 33...information presentation unit, 34...first donation processing unit, 35...second donation processing unit, 3001...processor, 3002...memory, 3003...storage, 3004...communication device, 3005...input device, 3006...output device.

Claims (8)

A storage unit that stores value information regarding a value that a business operator grants to a user in response to the user's purchase of a product or use of a service;
a first donation processing unit that performs processing for each user to donate at least a portion of money obtained by managing the money corresponding to the value information stored for each user to a donation destination;
a second donation processing unit that performs processing for the business operator to donate to the donation recipient a determined percentage of the money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit,
The first donation processing unit,
changing the ratio according to a condition that determines the ratio of money that the user will donate to the donation recipient to the money obtained by the business operator managing the money corresponding to the value information;
In the above conditions,
The ratio of the money donated by the user to the donation recipient to the money obtained by the business operator through investment of the money corresponding to the value information varies depending on the amount of money obtained by the business operator through investment of the money corresponding to the value information.
23. An information processing apparatus comprising: A storage unit that stores value information regarding a value that a business operator grants to a user in response to the user's purchase of a product or use of a service;
a first donation processing unit that performs processing for each user to donate at least a portion of money obtained by managing the money corresponding to the value information stored for each user to a donation destination;
a second donation processing unit that performs processing for the business operator to donate a determined percentage of the money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit to the donation recipient;
Equipped with
The second donation processing unit is
A process is performed for a third party other than the business operator to donate a determined percentage of the money donated by the processing of the first donation processing unit to the donation destination in addition to the business operator.
23. An information processing device comprising : The information processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising: an advertisement information presenting unit that presents information related to advertisements regarding the third party. 3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising: an information presentation unit that presents information on a donation destination corresponding to each of the users' behavioral histories or attributes to the users. 3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising: an information presenting unit that presents information regarding an amount of money to be donated according to a behavior history or an attribute of each of the users to the users. In the above conditions ,
The information processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the ratio of money donated by the user to the donation destination to the money obtained by the business operator by managing the money corresponding to the value information varies depending on whether the donation destination is presented to the user according to the behavioral history or attributes of each user. The second donation processing unit is
A condition for determining a ratio of money to be donated by the business operator to money donated by the user is stored;
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ratio is changed in accordance with the stored conditions. In the condition stored in the second donation processing unit,
The information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein an upper limit is set for the ratio of money donated by the business to money donated by the user.

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