JP7638701B2 - User information control system and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a user information control system and program.

Conventionally, there have been devices that allow the electronic exchange of business cards. Some such devices extract multiple business cards exchanged at the same time and display them in a sorted order, such as by seating order (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-105470 A

When exchanging business cards becomes as easy as with conventional devices, when exchanging business cards with multiple people at the same time and in succession, it can sometimes be difficult to know who you have already exchanged cards with and who you have not yet exchanged cards with. This can lead to problems such as exchanging cards with the same person more than once, or forgetting to exchange cards.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to provide a user information control system etc. that can reliably and smoothly provide and/or receive information about multiple people and users.

(1) The present invention provides
A user information control system for controlling user information capable of identifying a user, comprising:
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
The present invention relates to a user information control system that performs a process of identifying specific candidate users whose user information has been provided and/or received, and candidate users other than the specific candidate users, and displaying information about multiple candidate users.

The present invention also relates to a program that causes a computer to function as each of the above-mentioned units. The present invention also relates to a computer-readable information storage medium that stores a program that causes a computer to function as each of the above-mentioned units. The present invention also relates to a terminal device that includes each of the above-mentioned units.

According to the present invention, a user can grasp to which candidate users user information has or has not been provided, and from which candidate users user information of the candidate users has or has not been received, etc., and user information can be reliably and smoothly provided to and/or received from a plurality of people.

Here, "not provided" may mean that the user's user information has never been provided to other users in the past, or that the user information was provided in the past but the changed user information has not been provided to other users. The same interpretation will be used in the following explanation.

Furthermore, "not having been received" may mean that the user information of another user has never been received from another user in the past, or that the user information has been received from another user in the past, but the user information has not been received after it has been changed. The same interpretation will be used in the following explanation.

In addition, "user information has been provided" means that you have provided user information, regardless of whether the other party has given their consent. In addition, "user information has been received" means that you have received user information from the other user, regardless of whether you have given your consent. The same interpretation will be used in the following explanations.

(2) The present invention provides
A user information control system for controlling user information capable of identifying a user, comprising:
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
A condition that satisfies at least one of the following: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user; and
The condition includes that the user and the other user are in a positional relationship in which the user can provide or receive the service,
The display control unit is
The present invention relates to a user information control system that performs a process of identifying specific candidate users whose user information has been provided and/or received, and candidate users other than the specific candidate users, and displaying information about multiple candidate users.

The present invention also relates to a program that causes a computer to function as each of the above-mentioned units. The present invention also relates to a computer-readable information storage medium that stores a program that causes a computer to function as each of the above-mentioned units. The present invention also relates to a terminal device that includes each of the above-mentioned units.

According to the present invention, a user can grasp to which candidate users user information has or has not been provided, and from which candidate users user information of the candidate users has or has not been received, etc., and can reliably and smoothly provide and/or receive user information with multiple people.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the user and other users are in a positional relationship that allows them to provide or receive information, it is possible to extract suitable candidate users, and to provide and/or receive user information more reliably and smoothly.

(3) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The user information is
It may be business card information of the user.

According to the present invention, for example, users can exchange contact information and introduce themselves to each other.

(4) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The user information control unit
A process of exchanging user information of the user with user information of the other user may be performed by performing a process of providing user information of the user to the other user and a process of receiving user information of the other user from the other user.

According to the present invention, users can provide their own user information and also obtain user information from other users, allowing smooth exchange of user information between users.

(5) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The predetermined condition is:
The condition may further include that the position of the terminal device of the user and the position of the terminal device of the other user are in a predetermined positional relationship.

According to the present invention, for example, it is possible to impose a condition that the location of one's own terminal device and the location of the other user's terminal device are within a predetermined distance range (for example, within 2 meters), and appropriate candidate users can be extracted.

(6) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The predetermined condition is:
The condition may further include that the terminal device of the user and the terminal device of the other user are capable of communicating with each other.

According to the present invention, it is possible to impose a condition that the user's terminal device and the other user's terminal device are capable of communicating with each other, and to extract suitable candidate users.

(7) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The display control unit is
A process may be performed in which information about the plurality of candidate users is displayed on a screen on which user information is provided and/or received between the user and the other user.

According to the present invention, a user can provide or receive information while viewing information about multiple candidate users, and display control can be performed to enhance user convenience.

(8) In the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The display control unit is
The device may be configured to perform at least one of the following: a process for displaying whether or not the user information of the user has been provided to the candidate user and a process for displaying whether or not the user information of the candidate user has been received by the user and whether or not the user information of the candidate user has been received by the user.

According to the present invention, the user himself can recognize whether or not the content is available to be provided to the candidate user, and whether or not the content is available to be received from the candidate user, so display control can be performed to improve user convenience.

(9) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The user information control unit
Controlling a plurality of pieces of user information to be associated with the user based on an input from the user;
The display control unit is
A process of displaying whether or not the user information has been provided to each candidate user for each of a plurality of pieces of user information associated with the user; and
A process of displaying whether or not the user information has been received from the candidate user for each of a plurality of pieces of user information associated with each candidate user;
At least one of the above may be performed.

According to the present invention, since it is possible to recognize whether or not each piece of user information has been provided or received, display control can be performed that further enhances user convenience, and user information can be reliably and smoothly provided and/or received.

(10) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The user information control unit
Controlling the user information of the user so that it can be changed;
The display control unit is
A process of displaying whether or not the changed user information associated with the user has been provided to each candidate user; and
A process of displaying whether or not the changed user information associated with each candidate user has been received from the candidate user;
At least one of the above may be performed.

According to the present invention, it is possible to recognize whether or not the changed user information has been provided to each candidate user, or whether or not the changed user information has been received from each candidate user, so that display control can be performed that further enhances user convenience, and user information can be reliably and smoothly provided and/or received.

(11) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The display control unit is
A display mode of information regarding the candidate users may be changed depending on attributes of the candidate users.

According to the present invention, the display mode is changed according to the attributes of the candidate users, so that the user can easily consider which candidate users to provide user information to or receive user information from, taking into account the attributes.

(12) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The user information control unit
A process may be performed to provide user information of the user to the selected candidate user based on the user's input regarding information about the candidate user.

According to the present invention, a user can easily select and input candidate users to be provided while viewing information about the candidate users.

(13) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The information processing device may further include a notification unit that receives a selection of the candidate user based on an input from the user, and performs a notification process on a terminal device of the selected candidate user.

According to the present invention, candidate users can be identified from the owners of the terminal devices that have received the notification, and users can easily recognize candidate users in the real world.

(14) In addition, in the user information control system, the program, the information storage medium, and the terminal device according to the present invention,
The display control unit is
Based on the user's input, a selection of the candidate users may be accepted, location information of the selected candidate users may be distinguished from location information of the unselected candidate users, and the location information of each candidate user may be displayed.

According to the present invention, it is possible to know the location information of each candidate user, and further, it is possible to easily recognize the location information of the candidate user selected by the user.

1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration showing a configuration of a user information control system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of a server device according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of a terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the concept of exchanging user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of extraction of candidate users according to the embodiment; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen relating to user information according to the embodiment. 7A and 7B are diagrams for explaining an example of user information. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for exchanging user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for receiving user information according to the embodiment. 10A and 10B are diagrams showing an example of data relating to provision and receipt. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of data related to exchange in the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen relating to user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen relating to user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen relating to user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen relating to user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen relating to user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen relating to user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen relating to user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen relating to user information according to the embodiment. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing according to the present embodiment. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing according to the present embodiment. 11A and 11B are diagrams for explaining notification to candidate users according to the embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of map information including position information of candidate users according to the embodiment.

The present embodiment will be described below. Note that the present embodiment described below does not unduly limit the content of the present invention described in the claims. Furthermore, not all of the configurations described in the present embodiment are necessarily essential components of the present invention.

[1] User information control system First, an overview and a general configuration of a user information control system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration showing the configuration of the user information control system according to the present embodiment.

The server device 10 is an information processing device capable of providing a given service (for example, a service for exchanging business cards with users or a service for allowing users to play games) using a terminal device (game device) 20 connected for communication via the Internet.

The terminal device 20 is a client device, and is an information processing device such as a game device, smartphone, mobile phone, PHS, computer, game device, PDA, portable game machine, image generating device, etc., and is a device that can be connected to the server device 10 via a network such as the Internet (WAN) or LAN.

[1.1] User information control system configured in a client-server model The user information control system of this embodiment may be configured such that a server device 10 and a terminal device 20 (e.g., terminal devices 20A, 20B, 20C) are connectable to the Internet (an example of a network), as shown in FIG. 1.

By accessing the server device 10 from the terminal device 20, the user can play the game based on information transmitted from the server device 10 via the Internet.

In this embodiment, each game may be provided to the terminal device 20 by a single server device 10, or multiple server devices 10 may be linked together to form a server system and each game may be provided to the terminal device 20.

Although not shown, the user information control system may be a system in which a game server device that executes the game, a communication server device (a server device for exchanging user information) that controls the communication of information, and a terminal device 20 are mutually connected via the Internet.

In addition, the various processes related to the present invention may be performed only by the server device 10, or the various processes related to the present invention may be performed only by the terminal device 20.

[1.2] Terminal Device In this embodiment, the terminal device may be realized by a single game device having the functions of the server device 10, that is, a device that operates independently (standalone) without relying on other devices such as a server device.

In addition, in this embodiment, the present invention may be realized by the terminal device 20 alone, without being connected to the server device 10. For example, the present invention may be a user information control system realized by a plurality of terminal devices 20 through P2P (peer-to-peer) communication.

The system may be realized by connecting multiple such terminal devices by wire or wirelessly, with one terminal device functioning as the server device 10.

The terminal device may be not only a game device, but also a tablet information terminal device, a personal computer, or a game device (casing) installed in an amusement park.

[1.3] Cloud-type user information control system The user information control system of this embodiment may be a cloud-type user information control system. For example, in a cloud-type user information control system, the server device 10 (cloud device) alone performs basic processing (including game processing, drawing processing, etc.), and the terminal device 20 only controls the display of the processing results of the server device 10 (cloud device). The terminal device 20 only transmits information such as controller input information to the server device 10. In this case, the terminal device 20 may transmit information other than the input information.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the functions of the processing unit 200 of the terminal device 20 and the execution of the game program, except for input, may be executed by the server device 10, and the terminal device 20 may realize the above game by executing input and image display by streaming.

The user information control system may also store information stored in the server device 10 and information stored in the terminal device 20 in a given storage area on the Internet.

[1.4] Terminal Device Equipped with Multiple Controllers In the present embodiment, one terminal device 20 may be equipped with multiple controllers (input units 260). Note that when multiple users play a game using their own controllers on one terminal device 20, it is assumed that the multiple users are actually close to each other.

[1.5] Example of a Social Game The server device 10 may function as an SNS server that provides a communication-type service. Here, the SNS server may be an information processing device that provides a service that allows communication between multiple users.

In addition, when the server device 10 functions as an SNS server, for example, it is capable of providing games known as social games that are executed using the operating environment (API (Application Programming Interface), platform, etc.) of the SNS that it provides.

Unlike existing online games, social games include games that do not require dedicated client software and can be played with just a web browser and an SNS account. The server device 10 is also configured to provide an online game that can connect to other users' terminal devices 20 via a network and share the same game progress online at the same time.

[1.6] Examples of Browser Games In particular, the server device 10 may provide games provided on the web browser of the terminal device 20, such as browser games (games that can be launched simply by opening the installation site in the web browser) created in various languages, such as HTML, FLASH (registered trademark), CGI, PHP, shockwave, Java (registered trademark) applet, and JavaScript (registered trademark).

The terminal device 20 also has a web browser capable of viewing web pages (data in HTML format). That is, the terminal device 20 has a communication control function for communicating with the server device 10, and a web browser function for controlling display using data received from the server device 10 (web data, data created in HTML format, etc.), as well as transmitting user operation data to the server device 10, and executes various processes for providing a game screen to the user, allowing the user to play the game. However, the terminal device 20 may also acquire game control information provided by the server device 10, execute a predetermined game process, and play a game based on the game process.

Specifically, when the terminal device 20 makes a request to the server device 10 to play a predetermined game, the terminal device 20 is connected to the game site of the server device 10 and the game begins. In particular, the terminal device 20 may be configured to use an API as necessary to cause the server device 10 functioning as an SNS server to perform a predetermined process, or to obtain user information managed by the server device 10 functioning as an SNS server and execute the game.

[1.7] Others The server device 10 may be composed of one (device, processor) or multiple (devices, processors). Information (e.g., user information, game information, etc.) stored in the memory area (memory unit 170 described later) of the server device 10 may be stored in a database (broadly speaking, a storage device, memory) connected via a network (intranet or internet). The communication line between the terminal device 20 and the server device 10 may be wired or wireless.

[2] Server Device Next, the server device 10 of this embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the server device 10 of this embodiment. Also, the server device 10 of this embodiment may have a configuration in which some of the components (parts) of Fig. 2 are omitted.

The server device 10 includes an input unit 160 for use in input by the administrator and others, an information storage medium 180 in which specific information is stored, a communication unit 196 for communicating with the terminal device 20 and others, a processing unit 100 that mainly executes processing related to the game to be provided, and a storage unit 170 that mainly stores various data used in the game.

The input unit 160 is used by a system administrator or the like to input game-related settings and other necessary settings and data. For example, the input unit 160 in this embodiment is configured with a mouse, keyboard, etc.

The information storage medium 180 (a computer-readable medium) stores programs, data, etc., and its functions are realized by optical disks (CD, DVD), magneto-optical disks (MO), magnetic disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, or memory (ROM), etc.

The communication unit 196 performs various controls for communicating with the outside (e.g., terminals, other servers, or other network systems), and its functions are configured by hardware such as various processors or communication ASICs, programs, etc.

The storage unit 170 serves as a work area for the processing unit 100, the communication unit 196, etc., and its functions are realized by a RAM (VRAM), etc. The information stored in the storage unit 170 may be managed by a database.

In addition to the main memory unit 171, the memory unit 170 of this embodiment also includes an image buffer 172, a game data memory unit 174 in which game information indicating information related to the game is stored, and a user information memory unit (player information memory unit) 176.

In particular, the game data storage unit 174 stores information about the game space (game field) in which the game is played, information about each character, information about the virtual camera, and other setting values used in the game.

The user information storage unit 176 also stores user information (player information) for each user (each player). Note that "user information" is user information that can identify a user.

For example, the user information storage unit 176 stores one or more pieces of user information for each user in association with a user ID. The user ID is information for identifying a user. For example, the server device 10 may assign a user information ID (business card ID) for identifying the user information to each piece of user information.

The user information may include the following information:
(1) The user's nickname, the user's ID (user identification information), and if the user belongs to a team, the name of the team to which the user belongs and its ID (hereinafter referred to as "membership information");
(2) Information regarding individual and team performance, such as the current user's level, experience points, points, rewards earned, or game time (hereinafter also referred to as "performance information");
(3) Character (character input by the user) level, parameters (stamina, experience), abilities, characteristics and attributes,
(4) Information regarding the results of a match, such as the number of wins and losses against other characters and other teams in a match game against other characters (characters to be input by other users) and other teams (hereinafter also referred to as "match results information");
(5) Position information indicating the position of each user or team within the game field;
(6) Information on whether or not a player has been defeated (whether or not the game is over) (hereinafter, also referred to as "defeat information"); and
(7) Information regarding billing, such as billing history and billing amounts,
(8) Number of games played Note that the performance information, battle record information, and defeat information included in the user information are updated at predetermined times. For example, the predetermined times include every given period (e.g., every 5 minutes), when the user logs out, a predetermined time in the game (e.g., 8:00 a.m.), when a predetermined event occurs (when any individual match or team match ends), etc.

The processing unit 100 performs various processes using the main memory unit 171 in the memory unit 170 as a work area. The functions of the processing unit 100 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.) and ASICs (gate arrays, etc.), or by programs.

The processing unit 100 performs various processes of this embodiment based on programs (data) stored in the information storage medium 180. That is, the information storage medium 180 stores programs for causing a computer to function as each part of this embodiment (programs for causing a computer to execute the processes of each part).

For example, the processing unit 100 (processor) controls the entire server device 10 based on a program stored in the information storage medium 180, and performs various processes such as controlling the transfer of data between each unit. Furthermore, the processing unit 100 performs processes to provide various services in response to requests from the terminal device 20.

In this embodiment, the server device 10 may perform some or all of the processing of the processing unit 100, or the terminal device 20 may perform some of the processing of the processing unit 100.

The processing unit 100 includes a user information control unit 110, a display control unit 111, an input reception unit 119, a communication control unit 120, a Web processing unit 121, a management unit 122, a notification unit 123, an image generation unit 130, and a sound processing unit 140.

The user information control unit 110 controls user information. For example, based on a user's input, the user information control unit 110 performs a process of providing the user's user information to other users and a process of receiving the user information of the other users provided by the other users.

The user information control unit 110 may also control the setting of multiple pieces of user information associated with a user based on user input.

The user information control unit 110 may also control the user's user information so that it can be changed.

The user information control unit 110 may also perform a process of providing user information of a candidate user to the candidate user based on the user's input regarding information about the candidate user.

The user information control unit 110 may also perform a process of exchanging the user's user information with the user information of other users by performing a process of providing the user's user information to other users and a process of receiving the user information of other users from the other users.

The display control unit 111 controls the display of given information on the terminal device 20. The display control unit 111 may also control transmission so that a game screen is displayed on the terminal device 20. In other words, the display control unit 111 generates display control information for a game screen, etc., and controls the generated display control information to be displayed on the user's terminal device 20.

The display control unit 111 performs control to display a game image (game screen) on the display unit 290 of the terminal device 20.

In particular, the display control unit 111 of this embodiment extracts multiple candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from multiple other users, and displays information about the multiple candidate users on the user's terminal device.

Here, the "predetermined condition" includes at least one of the following conditions: the user's user information has not been provided to the other user, and the user information of the other user has not been received from the other user.

The "predetermined condition" may further include a condition that the user and the other user are in a positional relationship that allows for provision or receipt.

The "predetermined condition" may further include a condition that the location of the user's terminal device and the location of the other user's terminal device are in a predetermined positional relationship.

The "predetermined conditions" may further include a condition that the user's terminal device is capable of communicating with the terminal devices of other users.

The display control unit 111 also performs processing to identify specific candidate users whose user information corresponds to at least one of the provided and received states, and candidate users other than the specific candidate users, and to display information about multiple candidate users.

The display control unit 111 may also perform processing to display information about multiple candidate users on a screen where user information is provided and/or received between the user and other users.

The display control unit 111 may also perform at least one of the following processes: displaying whether or not the user information of a user is available to be provided to a candidate user when the user information has not yet been provided to the candidate user; and displaying whether or not the user information of a candidate user is available to be received from the candidate user when the user has not yet received the user information of the candidate user.

The display control unit 111 may also perform at least one of the following processes: for each of the multiple pieces of user information associated with a user, displaying whether or not the user information has been provided to each candidate user; and for each of the multiple pieces of user information associated with each candidate user, displaying whether or not the user information has been received from the candidate user.

The display control unit 111 may also perform at least one of the following processes: displaying whether or not the changed user information associated with the user has been provided to each candidate user; and displaying whether or not the changed user information associated with each candidate user has been received from the candidate user.

The display control unit 111 may also change the display mode of information about candidate users depending on the attributes of the candidate users.

The display control unit 111 may also accept a selection of candidate users based on user input, distinguish between location information of the selected candidate users and location information of unselected candidate users, and display the location information of each candidate user.

The input acceptance unit 119 accepts user input. The input acceptance unit 119 may also be configured to accept touch input on a touch panel as user input. The input acceptance unit 119 receives and accepts the contents of the input (touch position, timing, etc.) from the terminal device 20. The input acceptance unit 119 may also be capable of accepting input from multiple users. The input acceptance unit 119 receives the contents of the input in association with the user's identification information (user ID).

The communication control unit 120 establishes a connection (session or connection) with the terminal device 20 and performs processing to send and receive data via the network.

The web processing unit 121 functions as a web server. For example, the web processing unit 121 performs a process of transmitting data in response to a request from a web browser installed in the terminal device 20 through a communication protocol such as HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), and a process of receiving data transmitted by the web browser of the terminal device 20.

The management unit 122 manages game information and user information associated with the user's identification information for each user.

The notification unit 123 also notifies the user of given information. Note that "notifying" information means notifying (providing, presenting, displaying) the information to the user (user's terminal device 20).

For example, the notification unit 123 may accept a selection of a candidate user based on a user's input, and perform notification processing (notification processing by sound output, notification processing by display output, notification processing by vibration, etc.) on the terminal device of the selected candidate user.

The term "notification" refers to at least one of the following: sending by the server device 10 to the user's terminal device 20 via email (which may be a mail magazine, etc.) sent and received via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), sending via a given protocol, not limited to SMTP, sending a push notification, presenting (displaying) a given screen (banner display screen, notice screen, pop-up screen, etc.) of a given application, and notifying by the web processing unit 121 of the server device 10 via a web page. It indicates that the server device 10 actively sends to the user's terminal device 20. In addition, the server device 10 may also send information to the requested terminal device 20 in response to a request from the user's terminal device 20, which may be considered as one form of "notification". In addition, a push notification refers to displaying a message window in a partial area (such as the top edge) of the screen of the terminal (smartphone).

The image generation unit 130 is realized by, for example, a processor such as a GPU or a digital signal processor (DSP), a video signal IC, a program such as a video codec, an IC memory for drawing frames such as a frame buffer, etc. The image generation unit 130 generates an image of one game screen in one frame time (for example, 1/60 seconds) according to the progress of the game. The generated image is transmitted to the terminal device 20.

The image generation unit 130 performs drawing processing based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 100, thereby generating a game image, which is output to the image buffer 172 or transmitted to the terminal device 20. The image generation unit 130 may generate an image (a so-called three-dimensional image) that can be seen from a virtual camera (a given viewpoint) in the object space (game space).

For example, when the image generation unit 130 generates a three-dimensional game image, it first performs geometry processing such as coordinate transformation (world coordinate transformation, camera coordinate transformation), clipping, or perspective transformation, and creates drawing data (position coordinates of vertices of primitive surfaces, texture coordinates, color data, normal vectors, alpha values, etc.) based on the results of this processing. Then, based on this drawing data (primitive surface data), it draws the object (one or more primitive surfaces) after perspective transformation (after geometry processing) in the image buffer 172 (a buffer that can store image information in pixel units, such as a frame buffer or work buffer; VRAM). This generates an image that can be seen from the virtual camera (a given viewpoint) in the object space.

The sound processing unit 140 performs sound processing based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 100, generates game sounds such as background music, sound effects, or voice, and transmits them to the terminal device 20.

The processing unit 100 works in conjunction with the terminal device 20 to execute game processing for the game provided in this embodiment for each user based on user input entered via the terminal device 20.

The processing unit 100 may also have a timer function, which may be used to synchronize with each terminal device 20 in order to manage the progress of the game. In particular, the processing unit 100 may be configured to output the current time and a preset time to each unit.

[3] Terminal Device Next, the terminal device 20 of this embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is an example of a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal device 20 of this embodiment. Also, the terminal device 20 of this embodiment may have a configuration in which some of the components (parts) of Fig. 3 are omitted.

The input unit 260 allows the user to input operation data, and this function can be realized by a touch panel or a touch panel display. That is, the input unit 260 includes a detection unit 262 capable of detecting two-dimensional pointed position coordinates (x, y) on a screen on which an image is displayed. For example, the input unit 260 includes a detection unit 262 capable of detecting two-dimensional contact position coordinates (x, y) in a contact detection area (touch panel).

Note that touch operations on the display screen (hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, referred to as the "touch panel") may be performed using a fingertip or an input device such as a touch pen.

The input unit 260 may also include a button, lever, keyboard, steering wheel, microphone, acceleration sensor, etc. that can input operation information (operation signal) other than the indicated position.

The memory unit 270 serves as a work area for the processing unit 200, communication unit 296, etc., and its functions can be realized by a RAM (VRAM) or the like. In this embodiment, the memory unit 270 includes a main memory unit 271 used as a work area, an image buffer 272 in which the final display image and the like are stored, a game data memory unit 274, and a user information memory unit 276. Note that some of these may be omitted, or the memory unit 170 of the server device 10 may form part of them.

The image buffer 272 may store image data generated by the image generation unit 230 or image data received from the server device 10.

The game data storage unit 274 stores information about the game space (game field) in which the game is played, information about each character, information about the virtual camera, and other setting values used in the game. The terminal device 20 may also store information received from the server device 10 in the game data storage unit 274.

The user information storage unit 276 stores user information. The terminal device 20 may receive one or more pieces of user information corresponding to a user ID from the server device 10 and store the information in the user information storage unit 276.

The information storage medium 280 (a computer-readable medium) stores programs, data, etc., and its functions can be realized by optical disks (CD, DVD), magneto-optical disks (MO), magnetic disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, or memory (ROM), etc.

Moreover, a program for making a computer function as each unit of this embodiment (a program for making a computer execute the processing of each unit) can be stored in the information storage medium 280. Note that the processing unit 200 performs various processes of this embodiment based on the program (data) stored in the information storage medium 280, as described below.

The display unit 290 outputs the image generated by this embodiment, and its function can be realized by a CRT, LCD, touch panel display, HMD (head mounted display), etc.

In particular, in this embodiment, the display unit 290 also functions as an input unit 260 where the user operates the game by using a touch panel display. Here, the touch panel that can be used may be, for example, a resistive film type (four-wire type, five-wire type), a capacitive type, an electromagnetic induction type, an ultrasonic surface acoustic wave type, or an infrared scanning type.

The vibration unit 291 vibrates a vibration member (vibrator, motor, etc.) provided in the terminal device 20 based on the processing result of the processing unit.

The sound output unit 292 outputs the sound generated by this embodiment, and this function can be realized by a speaker or headphones, etc.

The communication unit 296 performs various controls for communicating with the outside (e.g., the server device 10 or other terminal devices 20), and its functions can be realized by hardware such as various processors or communication ASICs, programs, etc.

The terminal device 20 may receive, via a network, programs and data for causing a computer to function as each part of this embodiment, which are stored in the information storage medium 180 or memory unit 170 of the server device 10, and store the received programs and data in the information storage medium 280 or memory unit 270. The case in which the terminal device 20 functions by receiving programs and data in this manner is also included within the scope of the present invention.

The processing unit 200 (processor) performs processing such as game processing, image generation processing, and sound generation processing in conjunction with the server device 10 based on input data and programs from the input unit 260.

In particular, in this embodiment, game processing includes processing for starting a game when a game start condition is satisfied, processing for progressing the game, processing for placing objects such as characters and enemy characters, processing for displaying objects, processing for calculating game results, and processing for ending a game when a game end condition is satisfied.

The processing unit 200 also performs game processing (e.g., processing of a competitive game, etc.) based on the user's input information input by the input unit 260. The processing unit 200 may be executed in conjunction with the server device 10, or a part or all of the processing unit 200 may be formed in the server device 10.

The processing unit 200 performs various processes using the memory unit 270 as a work area. The functions of the processing unit 200 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.) and ASICs (gate arrays, etc.), or by programs.

The processing unit 200 includes a user information control unit 210, a display control unit 211, an input reception unit 212, a notification unit 213, a communication control unit 220, a web browser 221, an image generation unit 230, and a sound processing unit 240. Note that some of these may be omitted.

The user information control unit 210 controls the user information. The user information control unit 210 may perform all or a part of the same processes as the user information control unit 110 of the server device 10.

The display control unit 211 also performs processing to display the game screen on the display unit 290. For example, the display control unit 211 may display the game screen using the web browser 221. The display control unit 211 also causes the display unit 290 to display information required during the game based on information transmitted from the server device 10. For example, the terminal device 20 displays the display information of the game screen received from the server device 10.

The display control unit 211 may also perform processing similar to all or part of the processing performed by the display control unit 111 of the server device 10.

The input reception unit 212 performs a process of receiving input from a user. The input reception unit 212 may also perform all or part of the same processes as the input reception unit 119 of the server device 10.

The notification unit 213 notifies the user of given information. For example, the notification unit 213 displays the information on a game screen. The notification unit 213 may also notify the user of information (e.g., sound output information, vibration information, display information) received from the server device 10 (performing sound output, vibration processing, and display processing). The notification unit 213 may also perform processing similar to all or part of the processing performed by the notification unit 123 of the server device 10.

The communication control unit 220 performs processing to transmit and receive data to and from each of the server devices 10. The communication control unit 220 also performs processing to store data received from the server device 10 in the storage unit 270, to analyze the received data, and to control processing related to the transmission and reception of other data.

The communication control unit 220 may store and manage destination information (network information such as IP addresses and port numbers) of other terminal devices 20 and the server device 10 in the storage unit 270 or the information storage medium 280. The communication control unit 220 may communicate with the server device 10 when it receives input information from the user to start communication.

In particular, the communication control unit 220 transmits user identification information and operation information to the server device 10 and receives data (user's web page, game screen, etc.) from the server device 10.

The communication control unit 220 may transmit and receive data to and from the server device 10 at a predetermined cycle, or may transmit and receive data to and from the server device 10 when input information is received from the input unit 260. In particular, the communication control unit 220 of this embodiment performs processing to receive given screen information (e.g., information about a game screen, etc.) from the server device 10.

The web browser 221 is an application program for viewing web pages (game screens), and downloads HTML files, image files, etc. from the web server (server device 10), analyzes the layout, and controls the display. The web browser 221 also sends data to the web server (server device 10) using input forms (links, buttons, text boxes, etc.).

The web browser 221 of the present embodiment can realize a browser game. For example, the web browser 221 can execute a browser game using JavaS
It may also be one that executes programs written in .script (registered trademark), FLASH (registered trademark), Java (registered trademark), or the like.

The terminal device 20 can display information from a web server specified by a URL (short for Uniform Resource LoPator) via the Internet using the web browser 221. For example, the terminal device 20 can display a game screen (data such as HTML) received from the server device 10 using the web browser 221.

The image generation unit 230 performs drawing processing based on various processes (e.g., game processing) performed by the processing unit 200, thereby generating an image, which is output to the display unit 290 by the display control unit 211. The image generated by the image generation unit 230 may be a so-called two-dimensional image, or a so-called three-dimensional image. Note that the image generation unit 230 may perform processing similar to all or part of the processing performed by the image generation unit 130 of the server device 10.

The sound processing unit 240 performs sound processing based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 200, generates game sounds such as background music, sound effects, or voice, and outputs them to the sound output unit 292. Note that the sound processing unit 240 may perform all or part of the same processing as the sound processing unit 140 of the server device 10.

[4] Overview The user information control system of this embodiment is a system capable of exchanging user information (business card information). For example, as shown in Fig. 4, in the user information control system, a terminal device 20A of a user A and a terminal device 20B of a user B exchange user information by wireless communication. That is, the user A electronically provides his/her own user information to the user B and receives the user information of the user B from the user B, thereby exchanging the user information.

In particular, in the user information control system of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, before user A exchanges user information, multiple users B, C, D, and E who satisfy a predetermined condition (e.g., the condition that the users are located within 2 meters of the user A's location) are extracted, and the extracted users B, C, D, and E are set as candidate users for exchanging user information with the extracted users B, C, D, and E.

As shown in FIG. 6, user A's terminal device 20A displays a list of multiple candidate users B, C, D, and E on screen G1 for exchanging user information (business card information).

Then, the terminal device 20A displays images FB, FC, FD, and FE (examples of information about the candidate user) related to each of the candidate users B, C, D, and E.

For example, an image relating to a candidate user may display the candidate user's name, whether user A's user information has been provided to the candidate user, and whether the candidate user's user information has been received from the candidate user.

In this way, in this embodiment, User A can understand to which candidate users user information has or has not been provided, and from which candidate users user information has or has not been received, etc., allowing User A to exchange business cards reliably and smoothly.

The user information control system of this embodiment is a system capable of implementing a game. In addition, in this embodiment, for example, a rhythm game (also called a music game or a timing judgment game) is provided in which a user's input is evaluated by making an input (operation input, touch input, contact operation, etc.) to an object (a sign, a marker, a figure) displayed on a screen. In the following description, for convenience of explanation, the processing of the terminal device 20A of the user A will be mainly described, but the server device 10 may perform a part or all of the processing of the terminal device 20A.

[5] Description of User Information In this embodiment, the "user information" is user information that can identify a user. For example, the "user information" is the user's business card information. The "business card information" may include the user's name (real name, abbreviation, nickname), affiliation, the user's contact information, an image, and the like. The "contact information" is information such as the user's own email address, the user name (account) of a given application, and a phone number.

Figure 7 (A) shows an example of an image (business card image) GA001 of user information for business card ID = A001 associated with user A (user ID = A) displayed on terminal device 20. Note that the business card ID is information for identifying user information, and if there are multiple pieces of user information for user A, a unique business card ID is assigned to each piece of user information.

As shown in FIG. 7(A), the user information may include at least one of the user's name, title, and the name and character image of the character to be operated in the game. For example, the user information of business card ID=A001 includes the name of user A in the game space (e.g., Business Card Taro), the title of user A in the game space (e.g., Rookie Producer), the idol that user A is in charge of in the game space (e.g., XXX △ Kaori), and the character image of the idol that user A is in charge of.

The user information may include the company name, title, name, email address, address, telephone number, company URL, etc. For example, as shown in FIG. 7(B), it may be an image GA002 showing a typical business card.

[6] Providing user information In this embodiment, a process is performed to provide user information of a user to other users based on an input from the user. Note that "provision" may mean transmitting the user information via wireless communication (or wired communication) over a network (Internet, intranet), converting the user information into a predetermined code and displaying it, linking the user information to the user ID of the other user, etc.

Specifically, we will explain an example in which user information of user A is provided to candidate user B (candidate user ID = B).

In this embodiment, for example, the terminal device 20A of user A accepts a selection input of candidate user B based on an input from user A on the image FB related to candidate user B, and when an input of an instruction to provide (e.g., a slide input) is accepted, the terminal device 20A performs a process of providing user information of user A to candidate user B via communication to the terminal device 20B of user B.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when user A's terminal device 20A receives a touch input from user A on image FB of candidate user B, who is to be provided from among multiple candidate users B, C, D, and E, on screen G2 for exchanging user information (business card information), the terminal device 20A displays the orientation of the business card image GA001 so that it faces upward on the screen, for example. In other words, assuming that candidate user B, with whom the user is exchanging, is in front of user A, the business card image GA001 is displayed upside down.

Then, the terminal device 20A transmits a business card image GA001 indicating user information of user A to the terminal device 20B of user B by accepting a slide input toward the candidate user B with whom the user A is to be exchanged (e.g., toward the top of the screen).

Note that "communication" refers to wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) and Wi-Fi (registered trademark).

In this embodiment, user information may be transmitted by direct communication between terminal devices 20, as in P2P, or user information may be transmitted between terminal devices 20 via server device 10, as in a client-server model.

In addition, "provision" may mean presenting (displaying) coded user information on the assumption that the code will be read by another user's terminal device 20.

For example, the terminal device 20A may convert the user information of user A into a QR code (registered trademark), and user A may display the QR code on the terminal device 20A. The QR code may then be read by the terminal device 20B of user B, thereby providing the user information of user A to user B. Note that the user information may be coded according to a given code standard, not limited to a QR code.

Furthermore, "provision" may also mean storing one's own user information in a memory area of the server device 10 or in a memory area on the Internet (on the cloud) as information indicating that the user information has been provided to another user.

[7] Receiving user information In this embodiment, a process of receiving user information of another user provided by the other user is performed. Note that "receiving" refers to, for example, receiving the user information of the other user from the other terminal device 20 to one's own terminal device 20 via communication and storing it in the memory of the terminal device 20, reading a code presented by the other user, storing information indicating that the other user information has been received in the memory area of the server device 10 or in a memory area on the Internet (on the cloud), and the like.

Specifically, an example will be described in which user A receives user information of user B. For example, when user information of user B is provided from terminal device 20B of user B, terminal device 20A of user A receives the user information of user B through communication and stores it in the storage unit of terminal device 20A. Receiving the user information may or may not require operational input from user A.

Figure 9 shows an example of the other party's business card receipt screen G3 displayed on user A's terminal device 20A. In other words, user A's terminal device 20A displays an image GB001 of the user information of user B, whose received business card ID is B001, on the display unit of terminal device 20A.

As shown in FIG. 9, the terminal device 20A of user A may receive an instruction to "approve" or "reject" the user information of user B, and when an instruction to "approve" is received, the user information of user B may be considered as having been received and stored in the memory unit of the terminal device 20A. The terminal device 20A may view and display the user information that has been received at any time.

In addition, the "reception" may be obtained by reading coded information of another user, rather than by communication. For example, the terminal device 20A of the user A may receive the coded information of another user.
The user information of user B may be received by reading the QR code into which the user information of user A has been converted.

Furthermore, "receiving" may mean storing information indicating that another user's information has been received in a memory area of the server device 10 or in a memory area on the Internet (on the cloud).

[8] Data Management Each terminal device 20 performs provision management and receipt management of user information for users and candidate users. Figures 10 (A) and (B) show an example of the provision status and receipt status of user A and each candidate user B, C, D, and E extracted based on user A. Note that, when there are multiple user information, provision management and receipt management of user information are performed for each business card ID, but for convenience of explanation, the provision management of user A's business card ID = A001 and the receipt management of user B's business card ID = B001 will be mainly explained. Also, the initial values of the providing flag F1, the providing completion flag F2, the receiving flag R1, and the receiving completion flag R2 are "0".

[8.1] Provision Management As shown in FIG. 10(A), when the terminal device 20A receives an instruction input from user A to provide business card ID=A001 to user B, the terminal device 20A updates the provision flag F1 corresponding to user B's user ID to “1”.

When terminal device 20A receives "information indicating that an approval instruction for receipt of business card ID = A001 has been received from user B of the other party" from terminal device 20B or server device 10, it updates the provision completion flag F2 corresponding to user B's user ID to "1." In other words, provision is only completed when the other user approves it.

On the other hand, when terminal device 20A receives from terminal device 20B or server device 10 "information indicating that a refusal instruction to accept business card ID = A001 has been received from user B," it maintains "0" for the provision completion flag F2 corresponding to user B's user ID.

[8.2] Receipt Management As shown in Fig. 10(B), when the terminal device 20A receives the business card ID = B001 from the user B and has not yet approved or rejected it, it updates the receiving flag R1 (approval waiting flag) corresponding to the user ID of the user B to "1." In addition, it registers the business card ID = B001 received from the user B in association with the candidate user ID.

Then, when the terminal device 20A receives an "approval" instruction for receipt from user A regarding business card ID=B001, it updates the receipt completion flag R2 corresponding to business card ID=B001 and user B's user ID to "1".

On the other hand, when terminal device 20A receives a "reject" instruction from user A to accept business card ID=B001, it maintains "0" for the acceptance completion flag R2 corresponding to business card ID=B001 and user B's user ID.

[8.3] Server Management When managing data of each user on the server device 10 or the cloud, the provision flag F1, provision completed flag F2, receiving flag R1, and reception completed flag R2 of each candidate user are managed in synchronization with each terminal device 20.

For example, the server device 10 manages the providing flag F1 and the providing completed flag F2 associated with the candidate users B, C, D, and E for the business card ID = A001 in the memory area of the server device 10 or in a memory area on the Internet (on the cloud), and manages the receiving flag R1 and the receiving completed flag R2 associated with the candidate users B, C, D, and E.

The server device 10 may also manage each user's own user information and received user information of other users in the server device 10's storage area or in a storage area on the Internet (on the cloud), and may process the information for viewing and display in response to a user's request, or may control the information so that it can be downloaded.

[9] Exchange of User Information In this embodiment, a process of exchanging user information of a user with user information of other users may be performed by performing a process of providing user information of a user to other users and a process of receiving user information of the other users from the other users.

For example, in this embodiment, the process of providing user A's user information of business card ID = A001 to user B and the process of user A receiving user information of user B's business card ID = B001 may be performed simultaneously or consecutively to perform the process of exchanging user information of user A's business card ID = A001 with user information of user B's business card ID = B001.

In addition, each terminal device 20 (server device 10) may manage the exchange of user information between the user and candidate users. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, an exchange in progress flag E1 (initial value "0") and an exchange completion flag E2 (initial value "0") are prepared in association with each candidate user, and exchange management is performed.

Figure 11 shows an example of the exchange status between user A and a candidate user extracted based on user A. For example, if the providing flag F1 of candidate user B for user A is "1" and the receiving flag R1 of candidate user B is "1", it is determined that an exchange is in progress between users A and B, and the exchanging flag E1 is set to "1" in association with candidate user B.

For example, if the provision completion flag F2 of candidate user B for user A is "1" and the receipt completion flag R2 of candidate user B is "1", it is determined that the exchange between users A and B is complete, and the exchange completion flag E2 associated with the user ID of candidate user B is updated to "1". Note that if there are multiple pieces of user information, the exchange of user information is managed for each business card ID.

[10] Description of Extraction of Candidate Users In this embodiment, a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition are extracted from a plurality of other users, and information about the plurality of candidate users is displayed on the user's terminal device.

The "predetermined conditions" are conditions for extracting users who will provide and/or receive user information.

For example, the "predetermined condition" includes at least one of the following conditions: the user's user information has not been provided to another user (e.g., the providing flag F1 = 0), and the user information of another user has not been received from the other user (the receiving flag R1 = 0). In this way, it is possible to prevent a situation in which user information is exchanged redundantly with a user who has already exchanged user information (provided and received).

The "predetermined condition" may further include a condition that the user and the other user are in a positional relationship that allows for provision or reception. For example, this condition may be a condition that the location of the user's terminal device and the location of the other user's terminal device are in a predetermined positional relationship. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the condition may be that the location of the terminal device 20A of user A and the location of the terminal device 20B of user B are within a predetermined range (for example, within 2 meters from the terminal device 20A of user A). In this way, users who are in a short distance from the user A can be selected as candidates, and appropriate candidate users can be extracted.

The predetermined range may be set based on the operation input of user A. For example, it may be possible to specify, based on the operation input of user A, within how many meters the other users to be extracted are located around the position of user A (e.g., the position detected by terminal device 20A).

Without being limited to this, the terminal device 20A may set the predetermined range based on user information. For example, the predetermined range may be automatically set or the range that the user can specify may be changed according to the user's status (job title, game level, payment status, item usage status, number of business cards exchanged in the past, number of business cards owned), etc. For example, the higher the status, the wider the predetermined range may be, or conversely, the narrower it may be.

It may also be possible to set multiple predetermined ranges depending on the relationship between users. For users who are friends in a game or have exchanged business cards in the past, if they are within 5 meters they may be extracted as a candidate user, and for other users, if they are within 2 meters they may be extracted as a candidate user.

The position of the terminal device 20 is, for example, a position on the earth (latitude, longitude) identified by the GPS (Global Positioning System) function of the terminal device 20.

In addition, if the terminal device 20 can obtain the location or area in which the user is located, information on that location or area may be used.

For example, the terminal device 20 may have a function for transmitting a beacon signal including a user ID according to a communication protocol such as BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy), and may also have a beacon detection function.

In such a case, the terminal device 20 can acquire the user ID and location information of the other user stored in the other user terminal device 20 that is transmitting the beacon signal based on the received beacon signal. This makes it possible to detect that the user's terminal device and the other terminal device are in close proximity to each other.

It is also possible to prepare a dedicated device capable of transmitting a beacon signal separately from the terminal device 20 and have the user carry the device.

The user information control system may also be equipped with a fixed camera installed in a specified space (e.g., a conference room), and the tag on the user's name tag may be read from an image captured by the camera to obtain information on whether the user is located within a specified range.

The "predetermined condition" may also include a condition that the user's terminal device 20 and the terminal device 20 of another user are capable of communicating with each other. For example, this condition may be a condition that the terminal device 20A of user A and the terminal device 20B of user B are capable of communicating with each other, making it possible to extract suitable candidate users.

For example, if wireless communication is possible between the user's terminal device 20 and another user's terminal device 20, it may be determined that communication is possible. Also, if the terminal device 20 is connected to the same network as the other terminal device 20, it may be determined that communication is possible. The same network means that the Wi-Fi connection destination address (IP address) is the same, for example.

In addition, for example, when the user's terminal device 20 is within the range of close-proximity communication, for example, when the terminal device 20 receives a beacon signal from another user's terminal device 20, it may be determined that the terminal device 20 and the other terminal device 20 are capable of communicating with each other.

The server device 10 may also set up an online room for exchanging user information, and determine that the terminal device 20 and another terminal device 20 are capable of communicating with each other when the user and another user are logged in to the same online room.

[11] Display Control of Candidate Users In this embodiment, information about a plurality of extracted candidate users is displayed on the terminal device of the user.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when user A's terminal device 20A exchanges user information, it extracts users B, C, D, and E (user IDs = B, C, D, and E) who satisfy a certain condition as candidate users.

Then, in this embodiment, on a candidate user list screen (for example, screen G1 in FIG. 6), a process is performed in which specific candidate users whose user information corresponds to at least one of "provided" and "received" and candidate users other than the specific candidate users are identified, and images (examples of information related to candidate users) related to the multiple candidate users are displayed.

In this embodiment, images related to multiple candidate users may be displayed on a screen on which user information is provided between the user and other users (e.g., screen G2 in FIG. 8) and a screen on which user information is received (e.g., screen G3 in FIG. 9). Images related to candidate users may also be displayed on a screen other than the screen on which information is provided or received. The screen on which information is received or provided may be switched to a screen on which images related to candidate users are displayed by switching using a tab operation, or by performing a slide operation or button operation.
Although not shown, images relating to a plurality of candidate users may be displayed on a screen where provision and receipt are performed simultaneously.

"Information about the candidate user" may be a business card image (thumbnail image (reduced image) of the business card image) about the candidate user, or user information about the candidate user (part of the user information), such as the name of the candidate user.

[11.1] Identification example 1
In this embodiment, as shown in Figure 12, on a candidate user list screen G4, a specific candidate user B whose user information has been provided and received (i.e., exchanged) and candidate users C, D, and E other than the specific candidate user B are identified, and images FB, FC, FD, and FE relating to the multiple candidate users are displayed.

Here, "provided" means that the provision flag F1, which indicates that the user information has been provided to the other party, is set to "1." It does not matter whether the other party has agreed to receive the information. In other words, the value of the provision completion flag F2 does not matter.

Also, "received" means that the receiving flag R1, which indicates that the user information has been received from the other party, is set to "1." It does not matter whether the user has accepted the receipt. In other words, the value of the receiving completion flag R2 does not matter.

Now, assume that user A exchanges user information with candidate user B, providing his/her own user information and receiving the other user information. Then, for example, the providing flag F1 of candidate user B for user A becomes "1" and the receiving flag R1 becomes "1" (i.e., the exchanging flag E1 becomes "1").

In such a case, as shown in FIG. 12, in the image FB relating to candidate user B on the candidate user list screen G4, user A's terminal device 20A displays a provided mark MFY indicating that user information has been provided by user A to candidate user B, and a received mark MRY indicating that user information of candidate user B has been received from candidate user B.

On the other hand, since user A has not yet provided user information to candidate user C (provision flag F1 = 0), a mark MFN indicating that no information has been provided is displayed on the image FC relating to candidate user C. Also, since user A has not yet received candidate user C's user information from candidate user C (reception flag R1 = 0), a mark MRN indicating that no information has been received is displayed on the image FC relating to candidate user C. Note that the same processing is performed for user A and candidate user D as for candidate user C. Also, the same processing is performed for user A and candidate user E as for candidate user C.

[11.2] Identification example 2
In addition, in this embodiment, as shown in Figure 13, an exchanged mark MEY may be used to distinguish between a specific candidate user B whose user information has been provided and received (i.e., exchanged) and candidate users C, D, and E other than the specific candidate user B, and to display images FB, FC, FD, and FE related to multiple candidate users.

Here, "exchanged" indicates that user information has been provided and received between users. In other words, "exchanged" means that the providing flag F1, indicating that one user has provided user information to the other party, is "1", and the receiving flag R1, indicating that one user has received user information from the other party, is "1". It does not matter whether the other party has agreed to the receipt, and it does not matter whether one user has agreed to the receipt.

For example, when user A and candidate user B have provided user information about user A to candidate user B, and have received user information about user B from candidate user B (exchange in progress flag E1 = 1), user A's terminal device 20A may display an exchange mark MEY on the image FB related to candidate user B.

On the other hand, if user information has not been provided or received between user A and candidate user C (if exchange in progress flag E1 = 0), a mark MEN indicating that no exchange has been made is displayed on the image FC for candidate user C. Note that the same processing is carried out between user A and candidate user D as with candidate user C. The same processing is carried out between user A and candidate user E as with candidate user C.

[11.3] Identification example 3
14, in the present embodiment, a specific candidate user B whose user information corresponds to "already provided" may be identified from candidate users C, D, and E other than the specific candidate user B, and images FB, FC, FD, and FE relating to the multiple candidate users may be displayed. In other words, for each candidate user, only whether or not the user information has been provided may be identified and displayed.

[11.4] Example 4 of identification marking
15, in the present embodiment, a specific candidate user B corresponding to "received" for the user information and candidate users C, D, and E other than the specific candidate user B may be identified, and images FB, FC, FD, and FE relating to the multiple candidate users may be displayed. In other words, for each candidate user, only whether or not the user information has been received may be identified and displayed.

[11.5] Identification example 5
In addition, in this embodiment, as shown in Figure 16, a process may be performed to display whether or not user information of user A is available to each of candidate users C, D, and E to whom user information of user A has not yet been provided.

For example, if user information about user A has not been provided to candidate user C, but is available to candidate user C, the words "Available" will be displayed in image FC.

In addition, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16, for user A and each of candidate users C, D, and E, if user information has not been received from the candidate user, a process may be performed to display whether or not the user information of the candidate user is available to be received from the candidate user.

For example, in the case of user A and candidate user C, if user A has not yet received candidate user C's user information, but is in a state in which candidate user C can receive candidate user C's user information from user A, the process is performed to display the words "received" in image FC.

As shown in FIG. 16, if user information cannot currently be provided for users D and E, to whom user information about user A has not yet been provided, the words "Not available" are displayed in images FD and FE.

In addition, if user D's user information has not been received and is currently not available for receipt, the words "Not available for receipt" are displayed in image FD, and if user E's user information has not been received and is currently not available for receipt, the words "Not available for receipt" are displayed in image FE.

Although not shown, if user A and user D are currently unable to provide or receive because candidate user D and user E are exchanging user information, terminal device 20A may display the reason why this is not possible (for example, a message saying "User D and user E are exchanging business cards") in image FD. Also, the user name of the person with whom user D is exchanging (user E) may be displayed.

In addition, if the communication conditions of the terminal device 20D of candidate user D are poor and provision or receipt is currently impossible between user A and user D, the terminal device 20A may display the reason why this is not possible (for example, a message stating "Provision or receipt is not possible due to poor communication conditions of the terminal device of user D") in the image FD.

[12] Multiple User Information In the present embodiment, multiple pieces of user information may be set in association with a user based on the user's input. The terminal device 20 or the server device 10 assigns a business card ID to each of the multiple pieces of user information and manages the provision, receipt, and exchange.

For example, when two pieces of user information, business card ID=A001 and business card ID=A002, are set in association with user A based on the input of user A, terminal device 20A may determine, based on the input of user A, which business card ID's user information to provide to the candidate user. In other words, the terminal device 20A may accept the selection of the business card ID to be provided based on the input of user A.

In addition, in this embodiment, a process may be performed to display whether or not the user information has been provided to each candidate user for each of the multiple pieces of user information associated with the user (user ID). For example, as shown in FIG. 17, on the business card management screen G8 for user A, the terminal device 20A may perform a process to display whether or not the user information of user A has been provided to each of the candidate users B, C, D, and E for each of the multiple pieces of user information (for each business card ID) associated with user A.

For example, a process is performed to display whether business card ID = A001 has been provided to each of the candidate users B, C, D, and E, and a process is performed to display whether business card ID = A002 has been provided to each of the candidate users B, C, D, and E.

To be more specific, for business card ID=A001, if the card has already been provided to user B, a provided mark MFY is displayed on the candidate user image FB1, and if the card has not yet been provided to users C, D, or E, a mark MFN indicating that the card has not been provided is displayed on the candidate user images FC1, FD1, and FE1. The same display process is also performed for business card ID=A002.

In addition, in this embodiment, a process may be performed to display whether or not user information has been received from a candidate user for each of the multiple pieces of user information associated with each candidate user. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, when the terminal device 20A receives business card IDs (e.g., business card ID=B001, business card ID=B002) of multiple pieces of user information of candidate user B from the terminal device 20B of candidate user B on the receiving business card management screen G9, the terminal device 20A may perform a process to display whether or not user A has received user information from candidate user B for each of the multiple pieces of user information (for each business card ID) associated with candidate user B.

For example, for business card ID=B001, if user A receives it from candidate user B, a received mark MRY is displayed, and for business card ID=B002, if user A has not received it from candidate user B, a mark MRN is displayed indicating that it has not been received. The same process is carried out for other candidate users C, D, and E as for candidate user B.

[13] Changing User Information In the present embodiment, the user information of a user may be controlled so as to be changeable. For example, the terminal device 20A may control the user information of user A so as to be changeable based on an input from user A, or may control the user information of user A so as to be changeable automatically by computer control (CPU control). The terminal device 20A then stores the change content and the change date and time in association with each business card ID.

In addition, in this embodiment, a process may be performed to display whether or not the changed user information associated with the user has been provided to each candidate user.

For example, when the user information of business card ID=A001 associated with user A is changed, the system compares the date and time of provision with the date and time of change of the user information of business card ID=A001 for candidate users B, C, D, and E who have provided user information of business card ID=A001, and determines whether the latest user information has been provided. If the date and time of provision is older than the date and time of change, it determines that the latest user information has not been provided.

Although not shown, for example, if the latest user information has not been provided to candidate user B, the provision flag associated with business card ID=A001 may be updated to "0" and a mark MFN indicating that the information has not been provided may be displayed on the image FB of candidate user B. In addition, a message such as "The business card information of user A held by user B (business card ID=A001) is not the latest business card information" may also be displayed.

In addition, in this embodiment, a process may be performed to display whether or not the changed user information associated with each candidate user has been received from the candidate user.

For example, if the terminal device 20A has already received user information for candidate user B's business card ID (e.g., business card ID = B001), it compares the receipt date and time with the update date and time of business card ID = B001 to determine whether the latest user information has been received. If the receipt date and time is older than the change date and time, it determines that the latest user information has not been received.

Although not shown, for example, if the latest user information has not been received from candidate user B, the receiving flag associated with business card ID=B001 may be updated to "0", and a mark MRN indicating that the information has not been received may be displayed on the image FB of candidate user B. In addition, a message such as "The business card information of user B (business card ID=B001) held by user A is not the latest business card information" may also be displayed.

[14] Display Mode According to Attributes In this embodiment, the display mode of information about candidate users may be changed depending on the attributes of the candidate users.

"Attributes" include "user information," "information about the game," "information about the relationship between the user and candidate users," etc.

"User information" can be age, gender, products purchased in the past, billing status, job title in the real world, etc. For example, it may be possible to determine whether the job title of the candidate user is higher than the user's own job title or whether it is the same as the user's own job title, and change the display mode of the information about the candidate user based on the result of the determination.

For example, "information about the game" may be the candidate user's game play history (time spent playing the game), the group to which they belong, whether they have participated in events, which character they most support among the characters that appear in the game, their game parameters (level, etc.), etc.

Note that an "event" may be an event that occurs within the game, or may be an event in the real world (a concert, a handshake event, a visit to a specified location, etc.). For example, the manner in which information about a candidate user is displayed may be changed based on whether the candidate user attended a concert, whether he or she attended a handshake event, whether he or she visited a specified location, etc.

"Information on the relationship between the user and the candidate user" refers to "comparison information between the user and the candidate user," "the positional relationship between the user and the candidate user," "the communication status between the user and the candidate user," "the status of exchange of user information between the user and the candidate user," etc.

"Comparative information between the user and the candidate user" refers to whether the candidate user has a longer playing history (game play time) than the user, whether the user and the candidate user participated in the same event, whether the character the user supports the most is the same as the character the candidate user supports the most, whether the user and the candidate user are the same, whether the user and the candidate user are of the same gender, etc. For example, the display manner of the information about the candidate user may be changed based on whether the user and the candidate user participated in the same concert, whether the user and the candidate user participated in the same handshake event, whether the user and the candidate user visited the same specified place, etc.

The "positional relationship between the user and the candidate user" refers to the distance and direction between the user and the candidate user, etc.

"Communication status between the user and the candidate user" refers to whether communication is possible between the user's terminal device 20 and the candidate user's terminal device 20, whether the code can be read, etc.

"The status of exchange of user information between the user and the candidate user" refers to whether or not there has been an exchange, whether or not there has been a provision, whether or not there has been a receipt, etc. between the user and the candidate user.

In addition, in this embodiment, a priority may be set for each candidate user. For example, the priority of each candidate user may be set so that the priority increases with proximity to the user's location. Then, the images of the candidate users may be displayed in order of priority. The higher the priority, the larger the image of the candidate user may be. Special image processing (e.g., effect processing to make the image appear glowing) may be applied to the image of the candidate user with the highest priority. Furthermore, if the character the user is most cheering for is the same as the character the candidate user is most cheering for, the image of that candidate user may be made larger than the images of the other candidate users.

Figure 19 shows an example of a screen G10 displayed on user A's terminal device 20A. For example, the images of candidate users are displayed from left to right (images FC, FD, FB, FE) in order of proximity to user A's position (users C, D, B, E), and if the character most supported by user A is the same as the character most supported by candidate user C, image FC of candidate user C is displayed larger than the images FB, FD, FE of the other candidate users B, D, E.

[15] Flowchart In this embodiment, an example of display processing of the terminal device 20A of the user A will be described with reference to FIGS. 20A and 20B.

First, as shown in FIG. 20A, multiple candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition are extracted from multiple other users (step S1). For example, the predetermined condition is that user information has not been provided or has not been received between user A and the other users.

Then, based on the input from user A, it is determined whether or not to provide user A's user information to any of the candidate users (step S2). If the user information is to be provided (Y in step S2), the user information of user A is provided to the candidate users (step S3). If the user information is not to be provided (N in step S2), the process proceeds to step S4.

Then, it is determined whether or not user information of the candidate user has been received from any of the candidate users (step S4). If so (Y in step S4), the user information of the candidate user is accepted (step S5). If not (N in step S4), the process proceeds to step S6.

Next, as shown in FIG. 20B, specific candidate users for whom user information has been provided and received are selected (step S6). In other words, candidate users for whom exchange has been completed are selected.

Then, a process is performed to identify specific candidate users and candidate users other than the specific candidate users, and to display information about the multiple candidate users (e.g., images of the candidate users) (step S7).

Then, it is determined whether or not an end instruction has been received from user A (step S8). If an end instruction has been received (Y in step S8), the process ends. On the other hand, if an end instruction has not been received (N in step S8), the process returns to step S2. This ends the process.

[16] Notification processing [16.1] Notification processing example 1
In addition, in this embodiment, a selection of a candidate user may be accepted based on a user's input, and a notification process may be performed on the terminal device of the selected candidate user.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when user A's terminal device 20A accepts the selection of candidate user D (image FD related to candidate user D) displayed on screen G1 based on user A's touch input, it may perform notification processing to output a specific sound to candidate user D's terminal device 20D. Here, the notification processing may be not only sound output but also specific display control or vibration control. For example, when candidate user D's terminal device 20D receives notification data transmitted from terminal device 20A via a network, it executes notification processing (e.g., sound output of a specific sound) based on the notification data. For example, terminal device 20D executes notification processing at the timing of receiving the notification data.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 21, user A can identify candidate user D from among multiple candidate users based on the owner of the notified terminal device 20D, and user A can easily recognize candidate user D in the real world.

The terminal device 20A may also perform a notification process in which the terminal device 20D of the selected candidate user D outputs a specific sound to the terminal device 20D of the selected candidate user D, based on a slide input for providing the user information of the user A to the candidate user D. In this way, the user A can easily recognize which user in the real world is the candidate user D who provided his/her user information.

[16.2] Notification processing example 2
In addition, in this embodiment, the selection of candidate users may be accepted based on user input, and location information of the selected candidate users may be distinguished from location information of unselected candidate users, and the location information of each candidate user may be displayed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, user A's terminal device 20A accepts the selection of candidate user D (image FD related to candidate user D) displayed on screen G1 based on user A's touch input. Then, as shown in FIG. 22, terminal device 20A displays map information MP showing the position information of users B, C, D, and E, with user A's position information as the reference position. In this case, terminal device 20A displays map information MP with a predetermined selection mark MS added to the position information of candidate user D whose selection has been accepted. User A's terminal device 20A may display the map information MP in advance before providing user information to user D, or may display the map information MP after providing user information to user D.

The location information of user A may be, for example, location information acquired by the GPS of terminal device 20A of user A, and the location information of users B, C, D, and E may be location information acquired by the GPS of terminal devices 20B, 20C, 20D, and 20E of users B, C, D, and E. Furthermore, the map information MP may be a three-dimensional (XYZ axes) map image or a two-dimensional (XZ axes) map image.

In this way, user A can easily recognize not only the location of each candidate user from the map information MP, but also which user in the real world the selected candidate user D is.

The terminal device 20A may accept the selection of a candidate user D based on a slide input for providing user information of user A to the candidate user D, and may display map information MP when the selection of the candidate user D is accepted.

[17] Application Examples [17.1] Batch Processing In this embodiment, based on the input of user A, user information may be provided in a batch to multiple candidate users B, C, D, and E. Also, based on an instruction from user A, approval of receipt or refusal of receipt may be performed in a batch from multiple candidate users B, C, D, and E.

[17.2] Extraction of Candidate Users In the present embodiment, candidate users close to user A are mainly extracted, but users located in remote locations may also be selected as candidate users.

[17.3] User Information Control System The user information control system of this embodiment does not need to have a function for implementing a game. In other words, the user information control system may only be capable of exchanging (at least one of providing and receiving) user information such as business card information.

In addition, an application server, system, or business card exchange device that can only exchange (at least one of providing and receiving) business card information (user information) may receive information about the game from a system for executing the game, a game server, a game device, or an external system that manages game information, and use the information about the game to exchange business card information (user information).

[18] Others The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, a term cited in the description of the specification or drawings as a term with a broad meaning or synonymous meaning can be replaced with a term with a broad meaning or synonymous meaning in other descriptions of the specification or drawings.

In this embodiment, the game is not limited to a music game. For example, the game can be used in action games, fighting games, sports games, and other competitive games, RPG games, training games, and other simulation games.

The present invention includes configurations that are substantially the same as the configurations described in the embodiments (for example, configurations with the same functions, methods, and results, or configurations with the same purpose and effect). The present invention also includes configurations that replace non-essential parts of the configurations described in the embodiments. The present invention also includes configurations that achieve the same effects as the configurations described in the embodiments, or that can achieve the same purpose. The present invention also includes configurations in which publicly known technology is added to the configurations described in the embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail as above, it will be easily understood by those skilled in the art that many modifications can be made without substantially departing from the novel features and effects of the present invention. Therefore, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

10 Server device, 20, 20A, 20B, 20C Terminal device,
100 Processing unit, 110 User information control unit, 111 Display control unit,
119 Input reception unit, 120 Communication control unit,
121 Web processing unit, 122 Management unit, 123 Notification unit,
130 image generating unit, 140 sound processing unit,
160 Input unit, 170 Storage unit, 171 Main storage unit, 172 Image buffer, 174 Game data storage unit, 176 User information storage unit,
180 Information storage medium, 196 Communication Department,
200 Processing unit, 210 User information control unit, 211 Display control unit,
212 input reception unit, 213 notification unit, 220 communication control unit,
221 Web browser, 230 Image generating unit, 240 Sound processing unit,
260 Input unit, 262 Detection unit, 270 Storage unit,
271 main memory unit, 272 image buffer, 274 game data memory unit,
276 User information storage unit,
280 information storage medium, 290 display unit, 292 sound output unit, 296 communication unit

Claims (18)

A user information control system for controlling user information capable of identifying a user, comprising:
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
an acquisition unit that acquires a location of the terminal device of the user and a location of the terminal device of the other user;
The predetermined condition is:
A condition that satisfies at least one of the following : user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The condition that the user and the other user are in a positional relationship in which the user can provide or receive the information ; and
a condition that the position of the terminal device of the user and the position of the terminal device of the other user are in a predetermined positional relationship;
The display control unit is
A user information control system characterized by performing a process of identifying specific candidate users whose user information has been provided and/or received, and candidate users other than the specific candidate users, and displaying information about multiple candidate users. A user information control system for controlling user information capable of identifying a user, comprising:
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
A user information control system characterized by performing at least one of the following processes: when the user information of the user has not been provided to the candidate user, displaying whether the user information is available to be provided to the candidate user; and when the user information of the candidate user has not been received by the user, displaying whether the user information of the candidate user is available to be received from the candidate user. A user information control system for controlling user information capable of identifying a user, comprising:
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
The user information control unit
Controlling a plurality of pieces of user information to be associated with the user based on an input from the user;
The display control unit is
A process of displaying whether or not the user information has been provided to each candidate user for each of a plurality of pieces of user information associated with the user; and
A process of displaying whether or not the user information has been received from the candidate user for each of a plurality of pieces of user information associated with each candidate user;
A user information control system comprising : A user information control system for controlling user information capable of identifying a user, comprising:
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
The user information control unit
Controlling the user information of the user so that it can be changed;
The display control unit is
A process of displaying whether or not the changed user information associated with the user has been provided to each candidate user; and
A process of displaying whether or not the changed user information associated with each candidate user has been received from the candidate user;
A user information control system comprising : A user information control system for controlling user information capable of identifying a user, comprising:
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
The user information control unit
A user information control system , comprising: a process for providing user information of a selected candidate user to the candidate user based on an input by the user regarding information about the candidate user . A user information control system for controlling user information capable of identifying a user, comprising:
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user ;
a notification unit that accepts a selection of the candidate user based on an input from the user and performs a notification process on a terminal device of the selected candidate user ,
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
A user information control system characterized by performing a process of identifying specific candidate users whose user information has been provided and/or received, and candidate users other than the specific candidate users, and displaying information about multiple candidate users. A user information control system for controlling user information capable of identifying a user, comprising:
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
A user information control system characterized by accepting a selection of candidate users based on input from the user, distinguishing between location information of the selected candidate users and location information of the unselected candidate users, and displaying the location information of each candidate user . In any one of claims 1 to 7 ,
The user information is
A user information control system, characterized in that the information is business card information of the user. In any one of claims 1 to 8 ,
The user information control unit
A user information control system characterized by performing a process of exchanging user information of the user with user information of the other user by performing a process of providing user information of the user to the other user and a process of receiving user information of the other user from the other user. In any one of claims 1 to 9 ,
The display control unit is
A user information control system characterized by performing processing for displaying information about the plurality of candidate users on a screen on which the user and the other users at least provide and receive user information. In any one of claims 1 to 10,
The display control unit is
A user information control system, characterized in that a display mode of information regarding the candidate users is changed according to attributes of the candidate users. A program for controlling user information capable of identifying a user,
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user ;
causing a computer to function as an acquisition unit that acquires a location of the terminal device of the user and a location of the terminal device of the other user;
The predetermined condition is:
A condition that satisfies at least one of the following : user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The condition that the user and the other user are in a positional relationship in which the user can provide or receive the information ; and
a condition that the position of the terminal device of the user and the position of the terminal device of the other user are in a predetermined positional relationship;
The display control unit is
A program characterized by performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user whose user information has been provided or received, and candidate users other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information about a plurality of candidate users. A program for controlling user information capable of identifying a user,
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
causing a computer to function as a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
A program that performs at least one of the following processes: when the user information of the user has not been provided to the candidate user, displaying whether the user information is available to be provided to the candidate user; and when the user information of the candidate user has not been received by the user, displaying whether the user information of the candidate user is available to be received from the candidate user. A program for controlling user information capable of identifying a user,
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
causing a computer to function as a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
The user information control unit
Controlling a plurality of pieces of user information to be associated with the user based on an input from the user;
The display control unit is
A process of displaying whether or not the user information has been provided to each candidate user for each of a plurality of pieces of user information associated with the user; and
A process of displaying whether or not the user information has been received from the candidate user for each of a plurality of pieces of user information associated with each candidate user;
A program for performing at least one of the above . A program for controlling user information capable of identifying a user,
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
causing a computer to function as a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
The user information control unit
Controlling the user information of the user so that it can be changed;
The display control unit is
A process of displaying whether or not the changed user information associated with the user has been provided to each candidate user; and
A process of displaying whether or not the changed user information associated with each candidate user has been received from the candidate user;
A program for performing at least one of the above . A program for controlling user information capable of identifying a user,
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
causing a computer to function as a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
The user information control unit
A program that performs a process of providing user information of a selected candidate user based on an input by the user regarding information about the candidate user . A program for controlling user information capable of identifying a user,
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user ;
causing the computer to function as a notification unit that accepts a selection of the candidate user based on an input from the user and performs a notification process on a terminal device of the selected candidate user ;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
A program characterized by performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user whose user information has been provided or received, and candidate users other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information about a plurality of candidate users. A program for controlling user information capable of identifying a user,
a user information control unit that performs a process of providing user information of the user to other users based on an input from the user, and a process of receiving user information of the other users provided by the other users;
causing a computer to function as a display control unit that extracts a plurality of candidate users who satisfy a predetermined condition from a plurality of other users and displays information about the plurality of candidate users on a terminal device of the user;
The predetermined condition is:
The method includes a condition that at least one of the following is satisfied: user information of the user has not been provided to the other user; and user information of the other user has not been received from the other user;
The display control unit is
performing a process of identifying a specific candidate user corresponding to at least one of the user information having been provided and the user information having been received and a candidate user other than the specific candidate user, and displaying information regarding the multiple candidate users;
A program characterized by accepting a selection of the candidate users based on the user's input, distinguishing between location information of the selected candidate users and location information of the unselected candidate users, and displaying the location information of each candidate user .

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