JP5155382B2 - Bid management device and bid management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bid management apparatus and a bid management method for managing bids on a plurality of auction items.

In recent years, the use of auction services on the Internet has become popular, and the number of scenes where one person bids for a plurality of products is increasing. For example, a person who can no longer watch a sports watching ticket may be sold through an auction service. In this case, even a match of the same opponent team on the same date may be listed at different prices due to differences in seats and the like. A user who wants to obtain a ticket for this game bids for a plurality of products in the hope that one of them can be successful.
In such a case, since it is troublesome for the user to proceed with bidding while checking the bidding status of each product, a system for automatically bidding on a plurality of products has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

  Patent Document 1 describes a bid management apparatus that acquires information on a plurality of products to be bid from a plurality of auction sites and automatically performs a bid in the order of early bid deadlines for these products.

Japanese Patent No. 3556162

  In the bid management device described in Patent Document 1, bidding is performed in the order from the earliest bid deadline, so that it is possible to prevent duplicate bidding. However, even if there is a high possibility of being able to make a successful bid at a cheap price if the product has a later bid due date, it is not possible to say that the user satisfaction is satisfied because the bid is performed in order from the product with the earlier bid due date.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a bid management apparatus and a bid management method capable of preventing duplicate bids and improving user satisfaction when bidding on a plurality of auction products.

A bid management apparatus according to the present invention is a bid management apparatus for managing bids for a plurality of products for sale on an auction site, and each bid upper limit value and each bid step value for a plurality of products to be bid. A bid setting means for setting; a bid management data storage means for storing the product, a bid upper limit for the product, and a bid step value for the product; and a product to be bidd among the plurality of products. A bid target setting means for setting, and a bid execution means for executing a bid for the bid target product set by the bid target setting means, wherein the bid target setting means is calculated based on the bid step amount. a bid amount that a satisfaction calculation means for calculating as a satisfaction difference between the bid maximum amount, the target setting means for setting a product of the bid target based on the satisfaction, Characterized in that it has.

In the present invention, a bid upper limit and a bid step price are set for each product, and a difference between the bid upper limit and the bid price is calculated. Here, the bid upper limit may be set on the user side, and the bid step amount may be set on the user side or automatically set on the system side. The calculated difference amount is regarded as a satisfaction level, and priorities are increased in descending order of satisfaction levels, and bidding is performed according to the priority levels. In general, when a user makes a successful bid for a product on an auction site, the greater the difference between the bid upper limit set by the user and the amount bid, the cheaper and the higher the satisfaction. Therefore, since a bid with a high sense of discount is executed preferentially, the user's satisfaction increases when the bid is successful.
In addition, as described above, priority is set for each bid and bids are executed in order from the highest priority. Never make a successful bid. Accordingly, since one product can be automatically bid at a price that satisfies the user's satisfaction, the user's satisfaction can be further improved.

The bid management apparatus of the present invention includes a current price storage unit that stores a current bid price of each product, and the bid target setting unit acquires a current bid price for each product from the current price storage unit , A bid amount calculating means for calculating an amount obtained by adding the bid step amount to the current bid price as the bid amount, and the target setting means sets the product having the highest satisfaction as the product to be bid Is preferred.

  In this invention, when determining the product to be bid next, the difference between the bid upper limit and the bid price is calculated for all products to be bid, and the product with the largest difference among these is calculated. That is, a product with high user satisfaction is determined. In order to determine a product to be bid each time a bid is made, it can be determined by the latest data such as the current bid price at the auction site.

In the bid management apparatus of the present invention, the bid management device includes a current price storage unit that stores a current bid price for each product, and the bid target setting unit acquires a current bid price for each product from the current price storage unit, A bid amount group calculating means for calculating each bid amount of the bid step amount interval from the current bid price to the bid upper limit when the current bid price is less than the bid upper limit; and A schedule creation means for creating a bid schedule corresponding to the bid, and the target setting means determines the bid order by increasing the priority in the descending order of satisfaction with respect to each schedule corresponding to each bid amount And it is preferable that the said bid execution means performs a bid in the said order determined by the said object setting means .

  In the present invention, the schedule creation means adds the difference amount from 0 to the bid step amount, and adds the bid schedule until the bid amount of all the products is equal to or lower than the current bid price. Then, a schedule is created for these bids by increasing the priority in the descending order of the difference between the upper limit bid price and the bid price, that is, the degree of satisfaction, and the bid execution means executes the bid according to this schedule. That is, all bids are created in advance as a schedule. In this way, all possible bids are covered, and bids are placed in descending order of the difference between the maximum bid amount and the bid amount, that is, in the order of highest satisfaction. it can. Therefore, user satisfaction can be satisfied.

In the bid management apparatus of the present invention, the bid management apparatus further comprises a bid status determination means for monitoring a bid status on the auction site and determining whether or not a current bid is invalid , wherein the bid target setting means includes the bid status when the determination means determines that the current bid is invalid, it is preferable to set the high satisfaction item to the next as the product of the bid target.

  In this invention, since the bid situation determination means monitors the current bid situation, the next bid can be executed immediately when there is a change in the bid situation. In addition, since the next bid is executed when it is determined that the bid is invalid, there is only one valid bid, and it is possible to prevent duplicate bids from being made.

The bid management method of the present invention is a bid management method for managing bids for a plurality of products on the auction site, which is performed using a bid management device, and the bid management device is a bid target. A bid setting step for setting each bid upper limit and each bid step value for a plurality of products, and storing the product, a bid upper limit for the product, and a bid step value for the product in a bid management data storage unit And a bid target setting step for setting a bid target product among the plurality of products, and a bid execution step for executing a bid for the bid target product set by the bid target setting means, in bidding target setting step, satisfaction calculation stearyl be calculated by the bid amount, which is calculated on the basis of the bid step amount, and satisfaction as the difference between the bid maximum amount And executes the flop, and a target setting step of setting a product of the bid target based on the satisfaction.

The present invention relates to a bid management method performed using a bid management device, in which the bid management device sets a bid upper limit and a bid step amount for each product, and the difference between the bid upper limit and the bid is regarded as a satisfaction level. The priority is increased in the descending order of satisfaction, and bidding is performed according to this priority. Here, the bid upper limit may be set on the user side, and the bid step amount may be set on the user side or automatically set on the system side. In general, when a user makes a successful bid for a product on an auction site, the greater the difference between the bid upper limit set by the user and the amount bid, the cheaper and the higher the satisfaction. Therefore, since a bid with a high sense of discount is executed preferentially, there is a high possibility that the bid will be successful. That is, user satisfaction can be improved.
In addition, as described above, priority is set for each bid and bids are executed in order from the highest priority. Never make a successful bid. Accordingly, since one product can be automatically bid at a price that satisfies the user's satisfaction, the user's satisfaction can be further improved.

Schematic which shows the network structure of the auction system concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the bid management apparatus concerning the said 1st Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the bid management apparatus concerning the said 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the bid management apparatus concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the bid management apparatus concerning the said 2nd Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the bid schedule preparation concerning the said 2nd Embodiment. Schematic which shows the process for creating a bid schedule in the said 2nd Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the auction system 1 has a configuration in which a bid management device 10, an auction server 20, and a user terminal device 30 are connected via the Internet 2.
A user who uses the auction system 1 first accesses the auction site provided by the auction server 20 from the user terminal device 30 and performs user registration in order to use the auction site. Then, a desired product is selected from the products provided by the auction site, and necessary information is input in an automatic bid request field on the auction site. The input information is transmitted from the auction server 20 that provides the auction site to the bid management apparatus 10. Thereby, the bid management apparatus 10 performs an automatic bid.

Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.
The Internet 2 is the Internet based on a general-purpose protocol such as TCP / IP, but is not limited to this. For example, an intranet such as a LAN (Local Area Network), a network such as a communication line network or a broadcasting network in which a plurality of base stations capable of transmitting and receiving information via a wireless medium constitute a network, and a medium for directly receiving data Any configuration that transmits and receives data, such as the wireless medium itself, can be used.

  The bid management apparatus 10 includes, as hardware configurations, storage means (not shown) such as RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory), and control means such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The RAM has a temporary area where data and the like can be temporarily stored, and the ROM stores an OS (Operating System: basic software), programs for controlling various servers, various applications, various data, and the like. The CPU reads programs stored in these storage means and performs various processes according to the programs.

As shown in FIG. 2, a bid management database 101 and an auction database 102 are stored in the storage unit of the bid management apparatus 10.
For example, as shown in Table 1 below, the bid management database 101 includes a user ID for identifying a user who bids, a product ID of a product to be bid, a bid upper limit for the product, a bid step amount, The successful bid group ID is associated with each other and stored as one record. Here, the user ID is uniquely identifiable when user registration is performed in order to use the auction system 1. The product ID is given to each product registered in the product database of the auction server 20. The bid upper limit is an upper limit for bidding when automatic bidding is performed. The bid step amount is the amount of increase in the bid amount when bidding. The successful bid group ID is assigned to group a plurality of products that the user does not want to make a successful bid for, and identify each group. That is, each group is grouped to make a successful bid for one product. The items are not limited to those listed here, and other items may be added as appropriate as long as they are data related to bidding.

The auction database 102 stores information on auctions for products requested for automatic bidding. For example, as shown in Table 2 below, the product ID stored in the bid management database 101 described above, the current bid price at the auction site of the product identified by the product ID, and the bid price are presented. The table ID is stored as one record in association with the user ID.
Each time the bid price of the corresponding product is updated on the auction site, update data is transmitted from the auction server 20 to the bid management apparatus, and the contents of the auction database 102 are updated with this update data.

  The bid management apparatus 10 includes an input receiving unit 11 as a bid setting unit, a bid product determination unit 12, a bid execution unit 13, and a bid situation determination unit 14 as a functional configuration of the control unit. . The bid management device 10 includes a transmission / reception unit (not shown) that transmits / receives various data to / from various devices via the Internet 2.

  The input reception unit 11 receives data necessary for an automatic bid request for each product transmitted from the auction server 20 and stores the data in the bid management database 101. Data necessary for an automatic bid request for each product is information input to the user at the auction site, and includes data on the user ID of the user, a product ID of the product selected by the user, and a bid upper limit for the product. It is. The bid step amount has a default value on the auction server 20 side, and if there is no input from the user, a default value, for example, 100 is automatically set.

  The bid product determination unit 12 determines a product to be bid next. Specifically, for all products Ii for which a successful bid of a predetermined successful bid group ID has not been made, first, the next bid amount Pi is obtained by the following equation (1).

      Pi = current bid price + bidding step amount Si (1)

In equation (1), the current bid price is the current bid price of the corresponding product ID stored in the auction database 102. The bid step amount is a bid step amount set for the product Ii by the corresponding user stored in the bid management database 101.
Then, as shown in the following equation (2), the difference between the bid upper limit Li and the next bid Pi is defined as the satisfaction level.

      Satisfaction = Li-Pi (2)

The bid upper limit Li is the bid upper limit set for the product Ii by the corresponding user stored in the bid management database 101.
Thus, satisfaction is calculated for each product, and the product with the highest satisfaction is selected as the next bid product. However, if the satisfaction level is less than 0, the upper limit of the bid is exceeded, so that the product is not subject to bidding, and the product with the next highest satisfaction level is selected. If the satisfaction level of all products is less than 0, it means a successful bid failure.

  The bid execution unit 13 bids the product Ii selected by the bid product determination unit 12 with the bid amount Pi calculated by the equation (1).

  The bidding status determination unit 14 monitors the bidding status of the product for which the user is bidding, determines whether or not the bidding status has changed, and if there is a change, the current bidding for the product The price and the user ID of the user presenting the bid price are acquired, and the contents of the auction database 102 are updated with the acquired data. Specifically, the determination of the change in the bid situation is performed by determining whether or not the bid execution unit 13 has been successful in bidding and determining whether or not the current bid is valid. If a successful bid can be made by bidding by the bid execution unit 13, the process is terminated. If no successful bid is made, it is determined whether the bid is valid. The bid is valid before the bid deadline and the bid amount of the user is the current bid price of the product. A bid is invalid when another user is bidding at a higher price than the bid price of the user. If the bid is valid, the determination is made again after a certain period of time, and if the bid is invalid, a signal to execute the process is transmitted to the bid product determination unit 12.

  Similar to the bid management apparatus 10, the auction server 20 has a hardware configuration such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory) not shown, and a control means such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). It is equipped with. The storage means stores a user database storing data including a user ID for identifying a user, and a product database storing data including a product ID for identifying a product as an auction item. Further, as a functional configuration of the control means, a processing means for executing a series of processes relating to the auction is provided.

  As the user terminal device 30, for example, a mobile phone, a mobile computer, a personal computer, or the like can be used. Storage means such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) And the like. The user terminal device 30 includes input means such as a mouse and a keyboard that can be input by the user, and the user operates the input means to access the auction site provided by the auction server 20 and use the auction service. .

[Operation of bid management apparatus 10]
In the auction system 1, a user who accesses the auction site provided by the auction server 20 using the user terminal device 30 selects a plurality of products as bid targets in order to make a successful bid for any one on the auction site, Request automatic bidding after setting a bid limit for each item. By this operation, the user ID of the user, the product ID of the selected product, and the bid upper limit of the product are transmitted from the auction server 20 to the bid management apparatus 10. If the bid step amount is not set, the auction server 20 automatically transmits a default value (100).

  The input receiving unit 11 receives the user's upper bid limit Li and the bid step amount Si for each product Ii transmitted from the auction server 20, receives a user ID for identifying the user, a product ID for identifying the product, The bid upper limit of the product and the bid step value of the product are associated with each other and stored in the bid management database 101 (step S11). In addition, in order to make a successful bid for any one product, a plurality of products targeted for bidding are grouped, a successful bid group ID for uniquely identifying each group is assigned, and the assigned group ID is associated with each product ID. Store in the bid management database 101.

Next, the bid status determination unit 14 determines whether or not a successful bid has been established in the current bid (S12). When bidding for the first time, since it is a situation where bidding has not been made yet, the answer is No and the process proceeds to Step 13. If the bid has already been made, if the bid is successful, the answer is Yes and the process is terminated. On the other hand, if no successful bid has been established, the process proceeds to step 13.
In step 13, the bid status determination unit 14 determines whether or not the current bid is valid (S13). When bidding for the first time, since it is a situation where bidding has not yet been performed, the answer is No and the process proceeds to step S15. If the bid has already been made, the answer is Yes if the bid is valid, and after waiting for a predetermined time (step S14), the process returns to step S12. On the other hand, if the bid is invalid, the answer is No and the process proceeds to step S15.

  The bid product determination unit 12 determines the product to be bid next (step S15). Specifically, among the products of the corresponding user stored in the bid management database 101, all the products Ii of a predetermined successful bid group ID that have not been successfully bid yet are represented by the above formulas (1) and (2). The bid amount Pi and the satisfaction level are calculated, and the product Ii having the maximum satisfaction level is selected.

Then, the bid product determination unit 12 determines whether or not the bid amount Pi is equal to or less than the bid upper limit amount Li for the product Ii with the highest degree of satisfaction (step S16).
If the bid Pi is greater than the bid maximum amount Li, that is, when the Li-Pi <0 (S16: No) is that the goods of all the hand is greater than the bid maximum amount Li, a successful bid failed and will process Exit.
On the other hand, when the bid amount Pi is equal to or less than the bid upper limit amount Li (S16: Yes), the bid execution unit 13 bids on the commodity Ii with the next bid amount Pi (step S18).

  After bidding, the process returns to step S12, and the above-described processes from step S12 to S18 are repeated until a successful bid is made or fails.

[Effects of First Embodiment]
According to the above 1st Embodiment, there can exist the following effects.
The bid product determination unit 12 calculates the difference between the bid upper limit set by the user for the product and the amount obtained by adding the bid step amount to the current bid price of the product on the auction site, and the product with the largest difference Is determined as the next item to be bid. In general, the user feels cheaper and the satisfaction level is higher as the difference between the upper bid limit set by the user and the amount of money for which the user can actually make a successful bid is larger. Therefore, by increasing the priority of products with a large difference, the possibility that the user can make a successful bid with a bid price that feels cheap is increased, and the satisfaction of the user can be improved.

  In addition, the bid status determination unit 14 monitors the current bid status, and when the bid becomes invalid, the bid product determination unit 12 determines the product to be bid next. Therefore, even if the user bids on a plurality of products, there is only one bid effective at that moment, so it is possible to prevent duplicate bids.

Second Embodiment
In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the bid management device 40 includes an input receiving unit 41 as a bid setting unit, a bid schedule creation unit 42, a bid execution unit 43, as a functional configuration of the control unit, A bid situation determination unit 44. Note that the bid management database 101 and the auction database 102 have the same configuration as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  Similar to the input receiving unit 11 of the first embodiment, the input receiving unit 41 receives data necessary for an automatic bid request for each product transmitted from the auction server 20 and stores the data in the bid management database 101. Data necessary for an automatic bid request for each product is information input to the user at the auction site, and includes data on the user ID of the user, a product ID of the product selected by the user, and a bid upper limit for the product. It is. The bid step amount has a default value on the auction server 20 side, and if there is no input from the user, a default value, for example, 100 is automatically set.

  The bid schedule creation unit 42 calculates the bid price of the product based on the current bid price and the bid step price on the auction site, and the higher the difference between the bid price and the bid upper limit specified by the user, the higher the priority. Increase the schedule to create a schedule.

  The bid execution unit 43 bids based on the schedule created by the bid schedule creation unit 42. Note that the timing of bidding after the first bidding is performed according to the determination of the bidding status determination unit 44 described later.

  The bidding status determination unit 44 monitors the bidding status of the product for which the user is bidding and determines whether or not the bidding status has changed, and if there has been a change, the current bidding for the product The price and the user ID of the user presenting the bid price are acquired, and the contents of the auction database 102 are updated with the acquired data. Specifically, the determination of the change in the bidding status is performed by determining whether or not the bidding by the bid execution unit 43 has been successful and determining whether or not the current bid is valid. When a successful bid is made by bidding by the bid execution unit 43, the process is terminated, and when the successful bid is not successful, it is determined whether or not the bid is valid. A bid is valid when the bid amount of the user is the current bid price of the product. A bid is invalid when another user is bidding at a higher price than the bid price of the user. If the bid is valid, the determination is made again after a predetermined time has elapsed. If the bid is invalid, a signal indicating that the bid processing is executed is transmitted to the bid execution unit 43.

[Operation of bid management apparatus 40]
In the second embodiment, the operation of the bid management apparatus 40 will be described with reference to FIG.
The input receiving unit 41 receives a user's upper bid limit Li and a bid step amount Si for each product Ii transmitted from the auction server 20, and receives a user ID for identifying the user, a product ID for identifying the product, The bid upper limit of the product and the bid step value of the product are associated and stored in the bid management database 101 (step S21). In addition, in order to make a successful bid for any one product, a plurality of products targeted for bidding are grouped, a successful bid group ID for uniquely identifying each group is assigned, and the assigned group ID is associated with each product ID. Store in the bid management database 101.

Next, the bid schedule creation unit 42 creates a bid schedule based on the bid upper limit and bid step amount stored in the bid management database 101 and the current bid price stored in the auction database 102 (step). S22).
Among the products of the corresponding user stored in the bid management database 101 shown in Table 1 above, the bid schedule for the products of the product IDs “1” to “4” of the successful bid group ID “1” that has not been successfully bid yet. The creation method will be specifically described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this method, satisfaction is calculated for all products when the difference D is increased from 0 by the bid step amount, and priorities are set according to the satisfaction.
First, the difference D is initialized to 0 (step S221). Here, the difference D is the difference between the bid amount when the bid is actually made and the bid upper limit Li, and represents the degree of satisfaction of the user. That is, the greater the difference D, the more satisfied the user. In this embodiment, the bids are created in order from the lowest satisfaction.

For all the four products, it is determined whether or not the difference between the bid upper limit Li and the difference D is larger than the current bid price of the product Ii (step S222). That is, it is determined whether the bid price does not exceed the bid upper limit Li.
If the difference between the bid upper limit Li and the difference D is larger than the current bid price of the product Ii (S222: Yes), the difference between the bid upper limit Li and the difference D is determined as not exceeding the bid upper limit Li. Is added to the schedule (step S223).
If the difference between the bid upper limit Li and the difference D is less than or equal to the current bid price of the product Ii (S222: No), it means that the bid upper limit Li has been exceeded. Process.

After the above process is performed for all four products, it is determined whether or not one or more schedules have been added (step S224).
If one or more schedules have been added, this means that there is still a product that has not exceeded the bid upper limit, and the difference D is increased by the bid step amount Si (step S225), and the process returns to step S222. The processing from step S222 to S225 is repeated.
On the other hand, if no schedule is added, the bid price of all the products will exceed the bid upper limit Li, and the process is terminated.

A specific example of creating a bid schedule by the above processing is shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, first, for the case where the difference D = 0, schedules for product IDs “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4” are added (see L1 to L4). Next, the schedule of each product is added in the case of the difference D = 100 to which the bid step amount of 100 yen is added (see L5 to L8). In this way, when the same process is performed by sequentially adding the bid step amount to the difference amount D, when the difference amount D = 2000, the product upper limit amount is set for the product IDs “1”, “2”, and “4”. Is not added to the schedule (see L81, L82, and L84). In the case of the difference D = 2100, all products exceed the upper bid limit, and there is no schedule that can be added, so the processing ends here.
And about the thing added to the schedule, the schedule order is provided in an order from the one with the higher difference D, ie, the one with high satisfaction.

Next, the bid execution unit 43 executes a bid with the bid amount of the product with the highest priority according to the schedule order based on the created bid schedule (step S23).
Next, the bid status determination unit 44 determines whether or not a successful bid has been established in the current bid (step S24). If a successful bid is established in the current bidding, the answer is Yes and the process is terminated. On the other hand, if no successful bid has been established, the answer is No and the process proceeds to Step 25.
In step S25, the bid situation determination unit 44 determines whether or not the current bid is valid (step S25). If the current bid is valid, the answer is Yes, and after waiting for a predetermined time, the process returns to step S24. On the other hand, if the bid is invalid, the answer is No and the process proceeds to step S26.

In step S26, the bid execution unit 43 determines whether or not all bid schedules have been completed (step S26). If all schedules have been completed, the successful bid has failed and the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the schedule has not yet ended, the process returns to step S23, and a bid is executed with the bid amount of the next ranked product.
Until the bidding schedule is completed, the processes of steps S23 to S26 are repeated.

[Effects of Second Embodiment]
According to the above 2nd Embodiment, there can exist the following effects.
The bid schedule creation unit 42 sets the difference D between the bid upper limit and the bid amount as the satisfaction level for all the products to be bid, and schedules the products in the descending order of the difference D (satisfaction level) when the bid amount is changed. Have created an order. In general, the user feels cheaper and the satisfaction level is higher as the difference between the upper bid limit set by the user and the amount of money for which the user can actually make a successful bid is larger. Therefore, by increasing the priority order of products with a large difference, the possibility that the user can make a successful bid with a cheap price is increased, and the satisfaction of the user can be improved.

  In addition, the bid status determination unit 44 monitors the current bid status, and when the bid is invalidated, the bid execution unit 43 bids on the product in the next order in the schedule. Therefore, even if the user bids on a plurality of products, there is only one bid effective at that moment, so it is possible to prevent duplicate bids.

[Modification]
In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, In the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, the deformation | transformation shown below is also included.
For example, in the above embodiment, the bid situation determination unit 14 (or 44) is configured to monitor the bid situation of the auction site, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the configuration may be such that the auction server 20 is periodically accessed to obtain the bid status, and if there is a change in the bid status, a notification is received from the auction server 20 by e-mail, etc. The structure which acquires a bid condition from may be sufficient.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the bid management apparatus 10 and the auction server 20 were comprised as a separate apparatus, it is not restricted to this, It comprises as one apparatus which has the function of the bid management apparatus 10 and the function of the auction server 20 together. May be.

In the above embodiment, the auction server 20 has a default value for the bid step amount, and when the user requests a bid, the default value is automatically set as the bid step amount. The bid step amount may be set and transmitted to the auction server 20 together with the bid request, or the bid management device 10 may have a default value and set the default value as the bid step amount when a bid request is made. It is good.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, the bid condition determination part 14 is set as the structure which monitors the condition of a bid about the goods which the said user is bidding, and determines whether the bid condition has changed, specifically, If the bid is valid, the determination is made again after a certain period of time, and if the bid is invalid, the bid product determination unit 12 is configured to transmit a signal to execute the process. When the bid of the corresponding user is invalidated by bidding, a signal indicating that the process is executed may be transmitted to the bid product determination unit 12. Similarly, the bid situation determination unit 44 is configured to transmit a signal to execute processing to the bid execution unit 43 when a bid of another user is invalidated by another user's bid. Also good.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as a bid management apparatus and a bid management method when managing bids for a plurality of products on an auction site.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Auction system 10 ... Bid management apparatus 11 ... Input reception part 12 ... Bid goods determination part 13 ... Bid execution part 14 ... Bid situation determination part 20 ... Auction server 30 ... User terminal device 40 ... Bid management apparatus 41 ... Input reception part 42 ... Bid schedule creation unit 43 ... Bid execution unit 44 ... Bid situation determination unit 101 ... Bid management database 102 ... Auction database

Claims (5)

A bid management device for managing bids for a plurality of products on an auction site,
Bid setting means for setting each bid limit and each bid step value for multiple products to be bid,
Bid management data storage means for storing the product, a bid upper limit for the product, and a bid step value for the product in association with each other;
Among the plurality of products, a bid target setting means for setting a product to be bid;
Bid execution means for executing a bid on the product to be bid set by the bid target setting means,
The bid object setting means includes:
A bid amount that is calculated based on the bid step amount, and satisfaction calculating means for calculating as a satisfaction difference between the bid maximum amount,
And a target setting means for setting the bid target product based on the satisfaction degree . In the bid management device according to claim 1,
A current price storage means for storing the current bid price of each product;
The bid object setting means includes:
A bid price calculating means for acquiring a current bid price for each product from the current price storage means and calculating an amount obtained by adding the bid step price to the current bid price as the bid price ;
The target setting means sets the product having the highest satisfaction level as the product to be bid. In the bid management device according to claim 1,
A current price storage means for storing the current bid price for each product;
The bid object setting means includes:
The bid price amount interval from the current bid price to the bid upper limit when the current bid price for each product is obtained from the current price storage means and the current bid price is less than the bid upper limit. Bid amount calculation means for calculating each bid amount of
A schedule creation means for creating a bid schedule corresponding to each bid amount;
The target setting means determines the order of bidding by increasing the priority in descending order of satisfaction for each schedule corresponding to each bid amount ,
The bid management device , wherein the bid execution means executes bids in the order determined by the target setting means . In the bid management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A bid status determining means for monitoring the status of bidding on the auction site and determining whether the current bid is invalid ;
The bid target setting means, the bid management the bid status determination means when it is determined that the current bid is invalid and sets the high satisfaction item to the next as the product of the bid target apparatus. A bid management method for managing bids for a plurality of products displayed on an auction site, performed using a bid management device,
The bid management device is
Each bid upper limit and each bid step amount for a plurality of products to be bid are set, and the product, the bid upper limit for the product, and the bid step amount for the product are associated and stored in the bid management data storage means and bid setting step of,
A bid target setting step for setting a bid target product among the plurality of products;
Executing a bid execution step of performing a bid on a product to be bid set by the bid target setting means;
In the bid object setting step,
A bid amount that is calculated based on the bid step amount, and satisfaction calculation step of calculating as a satisfaction difference between the bid maximum amount,
And a target setting step of setting the bid target product based on the degree of satisfaction .

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