JP7660750B1 - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides rewards to referring users.
[Solution] The information processing device has an authentication token issuing unit 432 that executes processing to issue an authentication token to the introducing user, who is the introducer, to prove that the user has been authenticated as an introducer of a product or service, a merchandise; an introduction token issuing unit 433 that executes processing to issue an introduction token to the introduced user to prove that the introduced user of the merchandise was introduced to the merchandise by the introducing user, on the condition that a authentication token corresponding to the merchandise has been issued to the introducing user; and a bonus granting unit 435 that executes processing to grant a bonus to the introducing user when a provider of the merchandise corresponding to the introduction token provides the merchandise to the introduced user after the introduction token has been issued.
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Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program.

Conventionally, there is known a service in which an introducing user introduces a product to an introduced user, and when the introduced user purchases the product, a reward is provided to the introducing user. Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for tracking customer behavior on the Internet by issuing cookies to the customer's terminal.

JP 2001-283083 A

However, because cookies are information stored on a terminal, there is a risk that cookies may be deleted or rewritten from the terminal. For example, if cookies are deleted from a terminal used by a referred user, the actions of the referred user cannot be tracked, and so even if the referred user purchases a product, it is not possible to provide a reward to the introducing user who introduced the product to the referred user via a website.

The present invention was made in consideration of these points, and aims to provide rewards to referring users.

The information processing device according to the first aspect of the present invention has: an authentication token issuing unit that executes a process to issue an authentication token to an introducing user, who is an introducer, to prove that the introducer has been authenticated as an introducer of a product or service, a product or service; an introduction token issuing unit that executes a process to issue an introduction token to an introduced user of the product to prove that the product was introduced to the introducing user by the introducing user, on the condition that the authentication token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user; and a reward granting unit that executes a process to grant a reward to the introducing user when a provider of the product corresponding to the introduction token provides the product to the introduced user after the introduction token has been issued.

The introduction token issuing unit may execute a process to issue the introduction token when the introducing user requests the issuance of the introduction token for the introduced user.

The introduction token issuing unit may execute a process to issue the introduction token to followers who follow the introducing user in a social networking service (SNS) as the introduced users.

The referral token issuing unit may execute a process to issue the referral token when the referred user requests issuance of the referral token corresponding to the product.

The referral token issuing unit may execute a process to issue the referral token to a viewer who has viewed content created by the introducing user that introduces the product as the referred user.

The referral token issuing unit may execute a process for issuing the referral token on the further condition that the introducing user refers to the referral content in which the product is introduced to the referred user, and the referral content indicates a positive evaluation of the product.

The certified token issuing unit may execute a process to issue the certified token when the provider requests issuance of the certified token to the introducing user.

The certified token issuing unit may execute a process to issue the certified token when at least one of the following conditions is met: the number of followers of the introducing user on a social networking site is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, and the provider has provided the product to the introducing user.

The introduction token may have an expiration date, and the reward granting unit may further execute a process to grant the reward if the introduced user completes the procedure to pay for the product within the expiration date of the introduction token.

The benefit may have a deadline for granting the benefit, and the benefit granting unit may further execute a process for granting the benefit if the date on which the referral token issuing unit issues the referral token has not passed the deadline for granting the benefit.

The reward granting unit may execute a process for granting the reward to at least one of the multiple different introducing users when the referred user performs a procedure for paying for the product corresponding to the multiple introducing tokens after multiple introducing tokens corresponding to the common product are issued to the referred user, the multiple introducing tokens corresponding to the multiple different introducing users.

The reward granting unit may refer to the payment history of the referred user after the referral token is issued to determine whether or not a procedure has been performed to pay for the product corresponding to the referral token.

The information processing method according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a step of executing a process executed by a computer to issue an authentication token to an introducing user who is an introducer of a product or service, the authentication token proving that the introducing user has been authenticated as an introducer of the product, on condition that the introducing user has been issued the authentication token corresponding to the product, to the introducing user, to prove that the introducing user has been introduced to the product by the introducing user, and a step of executing a process to grant a privilege to the introducing user when the introducing user has completed the procedure to pay for the product corresponding to the authentication token after the introduction token has been issued.

The program according to the third aspect of the present invention causes a computer to function as: an authentication token issuing unit that executes a process to issue an authentication token to an introducing user, who is an introducer, to prove that the introducer has been authenticated as an introducer of a product or service, a referral token issuing unit that executes a process to issue an introduction token to an introduced user, who is an introducer, to prove that the introducing user has been introduced to the product by the introducing user, on the condition that the authentication token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user; and a reward granting unit that executes a process to grant a reward to the introducing user when the introducing user has carried out a procedure to pay for the product corresponding to the referral token after the referral token has been issued.

The present invention has the effect of providing rewards to referring users.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an overview of an information processing system. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing device. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a product management database. FIG. 13 illustrates an example of the configuration of an authorization token. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an introduction token. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing executed by the information processing system.

[Overview of Information Processing System S]
1 is a diagram for explaining an overview of an information processing system S. The information processing system S is a system used for providing an information processing service. The information processing service is a service for providing a benefit to an introducing user when the introducing user introduces a product to an introduced user and the introduced user purchases or uses the product.

The product is a product or a service. The introducing user is a person who introduces a product, for example, a member of an information processing service. The introduced user is a person to whom a product is introduced. The introduced user may be a member of the information processing service or a non-member of the information processing service. The benefit is a reward given to the introducing user who introduced the product to the introduced user who purchased the introduced product as a reward for the contribution of the introducing user, for example, cash, points, cryptocurrency, etc. The information processing service may further include an online shopping service that sells products on the Internet. The information processing system S has a provider terminal 1, an introducing user terminal 2, an introduced user terminal 3, and an information processing device 4.

The provider terminal 1 is a terminal used by a provider, such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, etc. The provider is a person who provides commercial materials, such as a manufacturer that produces products, a seller that sells products, a service provider that provides services, etc.

The introducing user terminal 2 is a terminal used by the introducing user, such as a smartphone, tablet terminal, or personal computer.

The introduced user terminal 3 is a terminal used by the introduced user, such as a smartphone, tablet terminal, or personal computer.

The information processing device 4 is a device that manages the information processing service, and is, for example, a server. For example, a dedicated application program (hereinafter referred to as a "dedicated app") for providing the information processing service is installed on each of the provider terminal 1, the introducing user terminal 2, and the introduced user terminal 3. The dedicated app has multiple function items for providing various functions, such as a function for registering commercial materials, a function for introducing commercial materials, a function for purchasing commercial materials, etc., and the information processing device 4 acquires information from each terminal and presents the information via the dedicated app. Note that the information processing device 4 may also acquire information from each terminal and present the information via the website of the information processing service.

The information processing device 4 uses the blockchain B to manage the track record of introducing products by an introducing user to an introduced user. The blockchain B is a system that issues a specific token used in the information processing service. The specific token is, for example, a non-fungible token.

The specified tokens include an authorization token and an introduction token. The authorization token is a token for proving that the introducer has been authorized, and is used as a condition for granting an issued token, described below, to the introducing user. The issued token is a token for proving that the introduced user has been introduced a product by the introducing user, and is used as a condition for granting a benefit to the introducing user.

Certified tokens and introduction tokens are distinguished by the type of information contained in each token, information indicating the type of token defined in the information processing service (e.g., a string for identifying the type of token), or the type of token issued by blockchain B (e.g., whether it is a soulbound token, which is a non-transferable, non-fungible token, or a transferable, non-fungible token, etc.).
The processes executed by the information processing system S will be described below.

First, the information processing device 4 registers information about the product to be introduced by the introducing user in the information processing service. For example, first, when the provider uses a dedicated app on the provider terminal 1 to input information about the product that the introducing user wishes to introduce in the information processing service, the provider terminal 1 transmits a registration request including information about the product input by the provider to the information processing device 4 ((1) in FIG. 1). Then, the information processing device 4 executes the product registration process ((2) in FIG. 1).

Then, the information processing device 4 certifies the introducing user as an introducer who will introduce the product to the introducing user. For example, when the introducing user first uses a dedicated app on the introducing user terminal 2 to select a product that the introducing user wishes to introduce from among multiple products registered in the information processing service, the introducing user terminal 2 sends a certification request to the information processing device 4 to have the introducing user certified as an introducer who will introduce the selected product ((3) in FIG. 1). Then, upon receiving the certification request, the information processing device 4 executes a process of issuing a certification token corresponding to the introducing user and the product, thereby certifying the introducing user as an introducer who will introduce the product ((4) in FIG. 1).

Then, the information processing device 4 records the performance of the introducing user introducing the product to the introduced user. For example, when the introducing user specifies an introduced user using a dedicated application on the introducing user terminal 2 and introduces a product to the specified introduced user, the information processing device 4 executes a process of issuing an introduction token corresponding to the introducing user, the introduced user, and the product, on the condition that an authentication token corresponding to the introducing user and the product has been issued, thereby recording the performance of the introducing user introducing the product to the introduced user ((5) and (6) in FIG. 1).

When an introduced user who has been introduced to a product by an introducing user completes the procedure to pay the provider for the product, the information processing device 4 grants a benefit to the introducing user identified by the introduction token, provided that an introduction token corresponding to the introduced user and the product has been issued ((7) and (8) in FIG. 1).

In this way, the information processing system S can prevent the information indicating the track record of the introducing user introducing a product to the introduced user from being deleted or rewritten by issuing an introduction token as information indicating the track record of the introducing user introducing a product to the introduced user. As a result, the information processing system S can provide a reward to the introducing user.
The configuration of the information processing device 4 will be described below.

[Configuration of information processing device 4]
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the information processing device 4. In Fig. 2, the arrows indicate the main data flows, and there may be data flows other than those shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 2, each block indicates a functional configuration, not a hardware (device) configuration. Therefore, the blocks shown in Fig. 2 may be implemented in a single device, or may be implemented separately in multiple devices. Data may be exchanged between blocks via any means, such as a data bus, a network, or a portable storage medium.

The information processing device 4 has a communication unit 41, a storage unit 42, and a control unit 43. The information processing device 4 may be configured by connecting two or more physically separate devices by wire or wirelessly. The information processing device 4 may also be configured by a cloud, which is a collection of computer resources.

The communication unit 41 has a communication controller for transmitting and receiving data between the provider terminal 1, the introducing user terminal 2, or the introduced user terminal 3 via the network. The communication unit 41 notifies the control unit 43 of data received via the network from the provider terminal 1, the introducing user terminal 2, or the introduced user terminal 3. In addition, the communication unit 41 transmits data output from the control unit 43 to the provider terminal 1, the introducing user terminal 2, or the introduced user terminal 3 via the network.

The storage unit 42 is a storage medium including a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, etc. The storage unit 42 may be provided outside the information processing device 4, in which case data may be exchanged between the storage unit 42 and the control unit 43 via a network. The storage unit 42 stores in advance a program to be executed by the control unit 43. The storage unit 42 stores information about users who use the information processing service (e.g., user ID, user gender, user age, credit card number, etc.). The storage unit 42 also stores a product management database that manages information about products.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a product management database. In the example shown in Figure 3, the product management database stores a provider ID, a product ID, certification conditions, a benefit content, and a benefit deadline in association with each other.

The provider ID is information for identifying the provider of the product. The product ID is information for identifying the product. The certification condition is a condition for issuing a certification token, and is, for example, a condition set by the provider. The certification condition is, for example, at least one of the following conditions: the number of followers of the introducing user on SNS is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, and the provider has provided the product to the introducing user. The predetermined threshold is, for example, a value set by the provider. The certification condition may be a condition set by an administrator of the information processing device 4. The reward content is the content of the reward to be granted to the introducing user, and is, for example, the content set by the provider. The reward content may be the content set by the administrator of the information processing device 4. The grant deadline is the deadline for granting the reward, and is, for example, a deadline set by the provider or the administrator of the information processing device 4.

Returning to FIG. 2, the control unit 43 has a registration unit 431, a certified token issuing unit 432, an introduction token issuing unit 433, a payment management unit 434, and a bonus granting unit 435. The control unit 43 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and functions as the registration unit 431, the certified token issuing unit 432, the introduction token issuing unit 433, the payment management unit 434, and the bonus granting unit 435 by executing a program stored in the memory unit 42.

[Registration process]
First, a description will be given of the commercial material registration process executed by the information processing device 4. The registration unit 431 executes the commercial material registration process in response to a commercial material registration request from a provider. Specifically, the registration unit 431 executes the commercial material registration process by executing the following two steps.

As a first step, the registration unit 431 acquires a product registration request from the provider terminal 1. For example, first, when the provider selects a function item for registering a product from a menu of a dedicated app on the provider terminal 1, the provider terminal 1 displays a registration screen. The registration screen is a screen for registering a product to be introduced by an introducing user in the information processing service, and is provided with input fields for inputting information about the product to be introduced, such as a field for inputting the provider ID, a field for inputting the product ID, a field for inputting certification conditions, a field for inputting bonus details, etc.

In this case, when the provider inputs information into the input fields on the registration screen, the provider terminal 1 transmits a registration request including information about the product input by the provider to the information processing device 4. The information processing device 4 then acquires the registration request from the provider terminal 1.

In a second step, the registration unit 431 registers the product. Specifically, the registration unit 431 registers the product by storing information about the product included in the acquired registration request in a product management database.

[Authentication token issuance process]
Next, a description will be given of the authorized token issuing process executed by the information processing device 4. The authorized token issuing unit 432 executes a process for issuing an authorized token to the introducing user. Specifically, the authorized token issuing unit 432 executes the process for issuing an authorized token by executing the following two steps.

As a first step, the certification token issuing unit 432 acquires a certification request for the product from the introducing user terminal 2. The certification request is a request to have the introducing user certified as the introducer of the product, and includes, for example, the introducing user ID and the product ID.

For example, first, when the introducing user selects a function item for receiving certification for introducing a product from the menu of a dedicated app on the introducing user terminal 2, the provider terminal 1 displays a product selection screen. The product selection screen is a screen for the introducing user to receive certification for introducing a product, and displays, for example, a list of products registered in the information processing service (for example, a list of products whose information is stored in a product management database).

In this case, when the introducing user selects a product for which he/she wishes to receive certification for introduction from the list of products displayed on the product selection screen, the introducing user terminal 2 transmits a certification request including the introducing user's ID and the ID of the product selected by the introducing user to the information processing device 4. The certification request may further include the ID of the provider who provides the product. Then, the information processing device 4 acquires the certification request from the introducing user terminal 2.

As a second step, the certified token issuing unit 432 executes processing to issue a certified token to the introducing user. Specifically, when the certified token issuing unit 432 acquires a certification request from the introducing user terminal 2, it causes the blockchain B to issue a certified token corresponding to the introducing user and the product selected by the introducing user, and grants the certified token to the introducing user.

For example, first, the certified token issuing unit 432 sends the ID of the introducing user and the ID of the product included in the certification request to blockchain B. Blockchain B issues a token ID and issues a soulbound token, which is a non-fungible and non-transferable token including the ID of the issued token, the ID of the introducing user, and the ID of the product, as the certified token.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a certified token. In the example shown in Figure 4, the certified token is associated with a token ID, an introducing user ID, and a product ID. Note that the certified token is not limited to the example shown in Figure 4, and may further be associated with a provider ID and type information indicating that the type of the token is a certified token.

Returning to FIG. 2, when blockchain B issues a certification token, the certification token issuing unit 432 transmits the certification token (e.g., a token ID, etc.) to the introducing user terminal 2 that transmitted the certification request. The introducing user terminal 2 then stores the acquired certification token. In this way, by having blockchain B issue a soulbound token as a certification token, the information processing device 4 can prevent the certification of the introduction of a product from being transferred to another user. Note that the certification token issuing unit 432 may also have blockchain B issue a transferable non-fungible token as the certification token.

The certified token issuing unit 432 may execute a process for issuing a certified token when a predetermined condition related to the product selected by the introducing user is satisfied. Specifically, the certified token issuing unit 432 executes a process for issuing a certified token when, as a predetermined condition, the provider of the product selected by the introducing user requests issuance of a certified token to the introducing user.

For example, first, when the certification token issuing unit 432 acquires a certification request from the introducing user terminal 2, it notifies the provider terminal 1 corresponding to the provider of the product that the introducing user's request for certification to introduce the product has been accepted. In this case, the certification token issuing unit 432 may notify the provider terminal 1 of information (e.g., a profile, etc.) about the introducing user who wishes to be certified to introduce the product.

When the provider terminal 1 receives a notification from the information processing device 4, it displays information about the introducing user and information indicating the product. When the provider gives permission to introduce the product to the introducing user and performs an operation on the provider terminal 1 to approve the introduction of the product to the introducing user, the provider terminal 1 sends a request to issue an approved token to the information processing device 4. Then, when the approved token issuing unit 432 receives the request to issue an approved token from the provider terminal 1, it executes processing to issue an approved token to the introducing user. In this way, the information processing device 4 can grant an approved token to the introducing user authorized by the provider of the product.

The information processing device 4 may execute a process for issuing an authorization token corresponding to a user designated by the provider. The user designated by the provider is a user selected by the provider from among multiple users of the information processing service, or a person who has individually contracted with the provider to introduce a product (a user who uses the information processing service or a user who does not use the information processing service). For example, when the provider first performs an operation to input information on a user who is authorized as an introducer who will introduce a product in the provider terminal 1, the provider terminal 1 transmits an authorization token issuance request including the ID of the user selected by the provider to the information processing device 4. Then, when the authorization token issuance unit 432 obtains the authorization token issuance request from the provider terminal 1, it executes a process for issuing an authorization token to the introducing user.

The information processing device 4 may also execute a process for issuing an authentication token corresponding to a first product to an introducing user who has previously introduced a second product provided by the provider of the first product. The first product and the second product are, for example, different products (e.g., products from the same series or products from different series, etc.) and are provided by the same provider.

For example, first, when the certified token issuing unit 432 receives a request for issuing a certified token corresponding to a first product from the provider terminal 1, the certified token issuing unit 432 refers to the blockchain B and searches for a certified token that includes the ID of the provider of the first product. Then, if a corresponding certified token has been issued as a search result, the certified token issuing unit 432 executes processing to issue a certified token corresponding to the introducing user identified by the introducing user's ID included in the certified token and the first product.

The certified token issuing unit 432 may execute a process for issuing a certified token when the introducing user satisfies a certification condition corresponding to a product as a predetermined condition. Specifically, the certified token issuing unit 432 executes a process for issuing a certified token when the introducing user satisfies a certification condition stored in the product management database in association with the ID of the product included in the certification request.

For example, if the certification condition is that the number of followers of the introducing user on the SNS is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the certification token issuing unit 432 first transmits the ID of the introducing user included in the certification request to an SNS server (not shown) that manages the SNS, and acquires information indicating the number of followers of the introducing user on the SNS. The introducing user ID in this case is an ID commonly used in the information processing service and the SNS. Then, the certification token issuing unit 432 executes processing to issue a certification token if the number of followers of the introducing user on the acquired SNS is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold included in the certification condition.

Also, for example, if the certification condition is that the provider has provided a product to the introducing user, the certification token issuing unit 432 first refers to the provision history (e.g., payment history) in the information processing service, and executes processing to issue a certification token if the history includes a history of the provider providing a product to the introducing user. In this way, the information processing device 4 can grant a certification token to an introducing user who meets predetermined conditions. Note that the certification token issuing unit 432 refers to the provision history in the information processing service, and if the history does not include a history of the provider providing a product to the introducing user, it may notify the introducing user terminal 2 that the product needs to be provided by the provider in order to be certified.

[Token issuing process]
Next, a description will be given of the process of issuing an issue token executed by the information processing device 4. The introduction token issuing unit 433 executes a process for issuing an introduction token corresponding to an introducing user and a product to an introduced user on the condition that an authorized token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user. Specifically, the introduction token issuing unit 433 executes the process for issuing an introduction token by executing the following three steps.

As a first step, the introduction token issuing unit 433 acquires an introduction request. The introduction request is a request for the issuance of an introduction token to allow the introducing user to record the achievement of introducing a product to the introduced user, and includes, for example, the ID of the introducing user, the ID of the introduced user, and the ID of the product. The introduction request may also include the ID of the provider and the ID of the token corresponding to the certification token.

Specifically, the introduction token issuing unit 433 acquires an introduction request from the introducing user. For example, first, when the introducing user selects a function item for introducing a product from a menu of a dedicated app on the introducing user terminal 2, the introducing user terminal 2 displays an introduction screen. The introduction screen is a screen on which the introducing user introduces a product to the introduced user, and is provided with, for example, an item for specifying the product to be introduced, an item for specifying the introduced user to be introduced, and an item for inputting the introduction content.

In this case, when the introducing user specifies a product and an introduced user on the introduction screen and performs an operation to input the introduction content, the introducing user terminal 2 transmits an introduction request to the information processing device 4, which includes an introduction message indicating the input introduction content, the introducing user's ID, the specified introduced user's ID, and the specified product ID. Then, the introduction token issuing unit 433 acquires the introduction request from the introducing user terminal 2. Thereafter, the introduction token issuing unit 433 transmits the acquired introduction message to the introduced user terminal 3 corresponding to the acquired ID of the introduced user.

As a second step, the introduction token issuing unit 433 searches for an authorization token corresponding to a specific introducing user and a specific product. The authorization token corresponding to a specific introducing user and a specific product is, for example, a non-fungible token including a combination of the acquired introducing user ID and the acquired product ID, a non-fungible token including a combination of the acquired introducing user ID, the acquired product ID, and type information indicating that the type of the token is an authorized token, a soulbound token including a combination of the acquired introducing user ID and the acquired product ID, etc.

Specifically, the introduction token issuing unit 433 refers to the blockchain B and searches for an authorization token corresponding to a combination of a specific introducing user and a specific product. When a token ID is acquired from the introducing user terminal 2, the introduction token issuing unit 433 may refer to the blockchain B and search for an authorization token corresponding to the acquired token ID.

As a third step, the introduction token issuing unit 433 executes a process for issuing an introduction token when a certified token corresponding to a specific introducing user and a specific product has been issued. Specifically, when the introduction token issuing unit 433 acquires an introduction request from the introducing user terminal 2, it causes the blockchain B to issue an introduction token corresponding to the introducing user, the introduced user designated by the introducing user, and the product designated by the introducing user, and grants the introduction token to the introduced user.

For example, first, the introduction token issuing unit 433 transmits the ID of the introducing user, the ID of the introduced user, and the ID of the product included in the introduction request to blockchain B. Blockchain B issues a token ID, and issues a non-fungible, transferable token including the ID of the issued token, the ID of the introducing user, the ID of the introduced user, and the ID of the product as an introduction token. The introduction token issuing unit 433 may cause blockchain B to issue an introduction token that further includes type information indicating that the type of token to be issued is an introduction token.

Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an introduction token. In the example shown in Figure 5, the introduction token is associated with a token ID, an introducing user ID, an introduced user ID, and a product ID. Note that the introduction token is not limited to the example shown in Figure 5, and may further be associated with type information indicating that the type of token is an introduction token. The introduction token may also be further associated with an issue date when the introduction token is issued and an expiration date of the introduction token (e.g., one week, one month, one year, etc.). The expiration date may be a deadline predetermined by the information processing device 4, or may be a deadline determined by the provider of the product.

Returning to FIG. 2, when blockchain B issues an introduction token, the introduction token issuing unit 433 transmits the introduction token (e.g., a token ID, etc.) to the introduced user terminal 3 corresponding to the acquired ID of the introduced user. After that, the introduced user terminal 3 stores the acquired introduction token.

Here, if an introducing user introduces a product to a introduced user with negative content, it may not be appropriate to grant a privilege to such an introducing user even if the introduced user subsequently purchases the product. Therefore, the information processing device 4 may execute a process for issuing an introduction token when an introducing user introduces a product to a introduced user with positive content. Specifically, the introduction token issuing unit 433 refers to the introduction content in which the introducing user introduces the product to the introduced user, and executes a process for issuing an introduction token with the additional condition that the introduction content indicates a positive evaluation of the product.

For example, first, the introduction token issuing unit 433 analyzes the introduction message obtained from the introducing user terminal 2 and determines whether the content of the introduction message is a positive evaluation of the product. Whether the content of the introduction message is a positive evaluation of the product may be determined based on whether or not it contains no negative evaluations, or whether or not the proportion of positive evaluations out of the total positive and negative evaluations is high. The introduction token issuing unit 433 determines whether or not the product is a positive evaluation using, for example, known technology (e.g., sentiment analysis and other emotional analysis).

Then, the introduction token issuing unit 433 further executes an introduction token issuing process when the introduction content of the introduction message is a positive evaluation of the product. In this way, the information processing device 4 can grant a privilege to the introducing user who introduced the product to the introduced user with positive content.

In the above, an example has been described in which the introduction token issuing unit 433 executes a process of issuing an introduction token corresponding to an introduced user designated by the introducing user, but this is not limited to this. For example, the introduction token issuing unit 433 executes a process for issuing an introduction token to a follower who follows the introducing user on SNS as the introduced user.

For example, first, when the introducing user uses the introducing user terminal 2 to post an introduction message for a specified product on the SNS, the introducing user terminal 2 posts the introduction message on the SNS and sends an introduction request to the information processing device 4. In this case, the introduction request includes the introducing user ID and the product ID. The introducing user ID included in the introduction request is an ID commonly used in the information processing service and the SNS. When the introduction token issuing unit 433 receives the introduction request, it inquires about the followers of the introducing user by sending the introducing user ID to an SNS server (not shown) that manages the SNS.

Then, the introduction token issuing unit 433 executes an introduction token issuing process corresponding to the follower's ID (introduced user's ID) obtained from the SNS server for each follower. In this way, the information processing device 4 can grant a reward for an introduction message posted by an introducing user on the SNS.

The introduction token issuing unit 433 may execute an introduction token issuing process with a viewer who has viewed the introduction content as an introduced user. The introduction content is content that introduces a product created by the introducing user, and is, for example, a web page. For example, the introduction content is set with the ID of the introducing user who created the content and the ID of the product introduced in the content.

In this case, first, when the introduced user performs an operation to access the introduced content on the introduced user terminal 3, the introduced user terminal 3 displays the introduced content. Then, when the introduced user terminal 3 accesses the introduced content, the introduction token issuing unit 433 acquires the introduced user's ID from the introduced user terminal 3, and executes an introduction token issuing process corresponding to the acquired introduced user's ID, the introducing user's ID set in the introduced content accessed by the introduced user terminal 3, and the product ID. In this way, the information processing device 4 can grant a benefit to the introducing user who created the introduced content in response to the introduced user's viewing of the introduced content.

The introduction token issuing unit 433 may execute a process for issuing an introduction token when an introduced user requests the issuance of an introduction token corresponding to a product. For example, the introduction content may include a support button for supporting the introducing user who introduces the product, and the ID of the introducing user may be set to the support button.

In this case, first, when the introduced user presses the support button in the introduced content displayed on the introduced user terminal 3, the introduced user terminal 3 sends an introduction token issuance request including the introducing user ID set in the support button to the information processing device 4. Then, when the introduction token issuance unit 433 acquires an introduction token issuance request from the introduced user terminal 3, it executes an introduction token issuance process corresponding to the acquired introducing user ID. In this way, the information processing device 4 can grant a privilege to the introducing user recommended by the introduced user.

The introduction token issuing unit 433 may execute a process for issuing an issue token when the introducing user satisfies an issuance condition corresponding to the product. For example, the introduction token issuing unit 433 executes a process for issuing an introduction token when the introducing user satisfies, as an issuance condition, a certification condition stored in the product management database in association with the ID of the product included in the introduction request.

[Granting process]
Next, a description will be given of the reward granting process executed by the information processing device 4. When the introduced user performs a procedure to pay for the product corresponding to the introduction token after the introduction token is issued, the reward granting unit 435 executes a process to grant a reward to the introducing user. Specifically, the information processing device 4 executes the process to grant a reward to the introducing user by executing the following two steps.

As a first step, the payment management unit 434 executes a process to pay for the merchandise. For example, first, when the introduced user performs an operation to make payment for the merchandise using a dedicated app on the introduced user terminal 3, the introduced user terminal 3 sends a payment request to the information processing device 4. The payment request is a request for payment for the merchandise, and includes, for example, the introduced user's ID, the merchandise ID, and the ID of the token (introduction token) corresponding to the merchandise. The payment request may further include a credit card number. Then, when the payment management unit 434 receives the payment request, it executes a payment process to settle the merchandise.

As a second step, when the payment management unit 434 executes the payment process, the reward granting unit 435 executes a process for granting a reward to the introducing user. For example, first, the reward granting unit 435 refers to the blockchain B and searches for an introduction token that includes the acquired token ID or a combination of the acquired introduced user ID and product ID.

Then, when a corresponding introduction token is issued as a search result, the reward granting unit 435 executes a process to grant a reward to the introducing user identified by the introduction token. For example, the reward granting unit 435 grants to the introducing user a reward whose contents are stored in the product management database in association with the ID of the acquired product. When the reward granting unit 435 executes a process to grant a reward to the introducing user, it may notify the introducing user terminal 2 of a message that a reward has been granted.

The reward granting unit 435 may execute a process for granting a reward to the introducing user of a product when the introduced user performs a procedure for paying for the product in a shopping service or store other than the information processing service. Specifically, the reward granting unit 435 executes the process for granting a reward to the introducing user by executing the following three processes.

As a first step, the reward granting unit 435 acquires the payment history of the introduced user after the introduction token is issued. The payment history includes, for example, information indicating the object of the payment, the date and time of the payment, etc. The reward granting unit 435 acquires the payment history of the introduced user at a predetermined interval (for example, daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) from the introduced user terminal 3, the provider terminal 1 of the provider who provides the merchandise, or an external server (not shown) that provides the shopping service.

In a second step, the reward granting unit 435 refers to the payment history of the introduced user and determines whether or not a procedure has been performed to pay for the product corresponding to the introduction token. Specifically, the reward granting unit 435 determines whether or not the payment history of the introduced user includes a payment for the product identified by the introduction token corresponding to the introduced user.

As a third step, the reward granting unit 435 executes processing to grant a reward to the introducing user when the introduced user makes a payment for the product. In this way, the information processing device 4 can grant a reward to the introducing user who introduced the product to the introduced user based on the introduced user's track record of paying for the introduced product.

Here, if the introduced user purchases the product immediately after the date on which the product is introduced by the introducing user, it is highly likely that the product was purchased as a result of the introduction of the product by the introducing user, whereas if the introduced user purchases the product some time after the date on which the product is introduced by the introducing user, it is considered that the probability of the product being purchased as a result of the introduction of the product by the introducing user is low. Therefore, the bonus granting unit 435 may further execute processing to grant a bonus when the introduced user has completed the procedure to pay for the product within the expiration date of the introduction token.

For example, first, the reward granting unit 435 determines whether the expiration date included in the relevant introduction token has passed the acquisition time when the payment request was acquired from the introduced user terminal 3. Then, if the reward granting unit 435 determines that the expiration date has not passed the acquisition time, it executes processing to grant a reward to the introducing user. In this way, the information processing device 4 can grant a reward to the introducing user when there is a high probability that the introduced user has purchased a product as a result of the product being introduced by the introducing user.

The bonus granting unit 435 may further execute a process for granting a bonus if the date on which the referral token is issued by the referral token issuing unit 433 has not passed the bonus granting deadline. For example, the bonus granting unit 435 determines whether the issue date of the referral token has passed the bonus granting deadline. Then, if the bonus granting unit 435 determines that the bonus granting deadline has not passed the issue date of the referral token, it executes a process for granting a bonus to the introducing user. In this way, the information processing device 4 can provide the introducing user with an incentive to introduce a product to the introduced user early on.

When the introduced user is introduced by multiple different introducing users for the same product, the reward granting unit 435 may execute a process for granting a reward to at least one of the multiple introducing users. Specifically, when the introduced user is issued multiple introduction tokens corresponding to multiple different introducing users, each of which corresponds to a common product, and the introduced user performs a procedure for paying for the product corresponding to the multiple introduction tokens, the reward granting unit 435 executes a process for granting a reward to at least one of the multiple different introducing users.

The reward granting unit 435, for example, divides the reward equally among the number of introducing users and executes processing to grant the reward to each introducing user. The reward granting unit 435 may execute processing to grant a reward to an introducing user, among the multiple introducing users, who first introduced the introduced user. The reward granting unit 435 may also execute processing to grant a reward to an introducing user, among the multiple introducing users, designated by the introduced user.

For example, first, when the introduced user performs a payment procedure for the product price on the introduced user terminal 3 and performs an operation to designate one introducing user from among multiple introducing users, the introduced user terminal 3 transmits the ID of the introducing user designated by the introduced user to the information processing device 4. Then, the reward granting unit 435 executes a process to grant a reward to the introducing user designated by the introduced user. In this way, the information processing device 4 can grant a reward to at least one of the multiple introducing users, even if multiple introducing users have introduced a common product to the introduced user.

[Processing of Information Processing System S]
Next, a description will be given of the flow of processing executed by the information processing system S. Fig. 6 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of processing executed by the information processing system S. This processing starts when the introducing user terminal 2 transmits a certification request including an introducing user ID and a product ID to the information processing device 4 (S1).

When the certification token issuing unit 432 receives a certification request from the introducing user terminal 2, it causes blockchain B to issue a certification token including the introducing user ID and the product ID included in the certification request, and grants the certification token to the introducing user by sending the issued certification token to the introducing user terminal 2 (S2).

The introducing user terminal 2 transmits an introduction request including an introduction message, the introducing user ID, the introduced user ID, the product ID, and the certified token ID to the information processing device 4 (S3). When the introduction token issuing unit 433 receives the introduction request, it transmits the obtained introduction message to the introduced user terminal 3 corresponding to the obtained introduced user ID (S4).

The introduction token issuing unit 433 refers to the blockchain B and searches for an authorization token that includes the acquired ID of the introducing user, the ID of the introduced user, the ID of the product, and the ID of the authorization token, thereby determining whether or not the authorization token has been issued (S5). If the introduction token issuing unit 433 determines that the corresponding authorization token has not been issued (NO in S5), it ends the process.

On the other hand, if the introduction token issuing unit 433 determines that the corresponding certified token has been issued (YES in S5), it causes blockchain B to issue an introduction token including the introducing user's ID, the introduced user's ID, and the product ID included in the acquired introduction request, and grants the introduction token to the introduced user by sending the issued introduction token to the introduced user terminal 3 (S6).

The introduced user terminal 3 sends a payment request including the introduced user ID, the product ID, and the introduction token ID to the information processing device 4 (S7). When the payment management unit 434 acquires the payment request, it executes the payment process (S8). When the payment management unit 434 executes the payment, the reward granting unit 435 refers to the blockchain B and searches for an introduction token including the acquired introduction token ID, the introduced user ID, and the product ID, thereby determining whether the introduction token has been issued (S9).

If the bonus granting unit 435 determines that the corresponding referral token has not been issued (NO in S9), it terminates the process. On the other hand, if the bonus granting unit 435 determines that the corresponding referral token has been issued (YES in S9), it grants a bonus to the referring user identified by the referral token (S10).

[Effects of this embodiment]
As described above, when an authentication token corresponding to an introducing user and a product is issued, the information processing device 4 executes a process for issuing an introduction token corresponding to the introducing user, the introduced user, and the product, and executes a process for granting a privilege to the introducing user when a provider of the product corresponding to the introduction token provides the product to the introduced user. In this way, the information processing device 4 issues an introduction token as information indicating the track record of the introducing user introducing the product to the introduced user, thereby preventing the information indicating the track record of the introducing user introducing the product to the introduced user from being deleted or rewritten. As a result, the information processing device 4 can provide a reward to the introducing user.

Furthermore, this invention will make it possible to contribute to Goal 9 of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and promote innovation and infrastructure."

Although the present invention has been described above using embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist of the invention. For example, all or part of the device can be configured by distributing or integrating functionally or physically in any unit. In addition, new embodiments resulting from any combination of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effect of the new embodiment resulting from the combination also has the effect of the original embodiment.

Reference Signs List 1 Provider terminal 2 Introducing user terminal 3 Introduced user terminal 4 Information processing device 41 Communication unit 42 Memory unit 43 Control unit 431 Registration unit 432 Authorized token issuing unit 433 Introduced token issuing unit 434 Payment management unit 435 Benefit granting unit B Blockchain S Information processing system

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an authorization token issuing unit that issues an authorization token corresponding to the introducing user and the product to a blockchain to prove that the introducing user has been authorized as an introducer of a product or service, and grants the issued authorization token to the introducing user;
an introduction token issuing unit that issues, on the condition that the certification token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user and that the introducing user has requested issuance of the introduction token to the introduced user, the introduction token being for proving that the product has been introduced to the introducing user by the introducing user, and that issues, as a process for issuing the introduction token to the introduced user, the introduction token corresponding to the introducing user, the product introduced by the introducing user, and the introduced user to the blockchain, and grants the issued introduction token to the introduced user ;
a reward granting unit that executes a process for granting a reward to the introducing user when a provider that provides the product corresponding to the introducing token provides the product to the introduced user after the introducing token is issued;
An information processing device having the above configuration. an authorization token issuing unit that issues an authorization token corresponding to the introducing user and the product to a blockchain to prove that the introducing user has been authorized as an introducer of a product or service, and grants the issued authorization token to the introducing user;
an introduction token issuing unit that issues, on the condition that the certification token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user and that the introduced user of the product has requested issuance of the introduction token corresponding to the product , to the blockchain as a process for issuing the introduction token to the introduced user , the introduction token corresponding to the introducing user, the product introduced by the introducing user, and the introduced user, and grants the issued introduction token to the introduced user;
a reward granting unit that executes a process for granting a reward to the introducing user when a provider that provides the product corresponding to the introducing token provides the product to the introduced user after the introducing token is issued;
An information processing device having the above configuration. an authorization token issuing unit that issues the authorization token corresponding to the introducing user and the product to a blockchain and grants the issued authorization token to the introducing user, the authorization token being a process executed on the condition that a provider of the product has requested issuance of the authorization token to the introducing user who is the introducer , the authorization token being a process for issuing the authorization token to the introducing user ...
a referral token issuing unit which issues, on the condition that the certified token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user, a referral token for proving that the introduced user of the product was introduced to the introducing user by the introducing user to the introduced user, to the blockchain, the referral token corresponding to the introducing user, the product introduced by the introducing user, and the introduced user, and grants the issued referral token to the introduced user;
a reward granting unit that executes a process for granting a reward to the introducing user when the provider of the product corresponding to the introducing token provides the product to the introduced user after the introducing token is issued;
An information processing device having the above configuration. A process to be executed when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: the number of followers of an introducing user who is an introducer of a product or service in an SNS (Social Networking Service) is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a provider of the product has provided the product to the introducing user, the process being for issuing a certification token to the introducing user to prove that the introducing user has been certified as the introducer , the process comprising: an authentication token issuing unit that issues the authentication token corresponding to the introducing user and the product to a blockchain and grants the issued authentication token to the introducing user;
a referral token issuing unit which issues, on the condition that the certified token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user, a referral token for proving that the introduced user of the product was introduced to the introducing user by the introducing user to the introduced user, to the blockchain, the referral token corresponding to the introducing user, the product introduced by the introducing user, and the introduced user, and grants the issued referral token to the introduced user;
a reward granting unit that executes a process for granting a reward to the introducing user when the provider of the product corresponding to the introducing token provides the product to the introduced user after the introducing token is issued;
An information processing device having the above configuration. an authorization token issuing unit that issues an authorization token corresponding to the introducing user and the product to a blockchain to prove that the introducing user has been authorized as an introducer of a product or service, and grants the issued authorization token to the introducing user;
an introduction token issuing unit that issues, on the condition that the certified token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user, an introduction token for proving that the introduced user of the product has been introduced to the introducing user and that has a set expiration date to the introduced user, to the blockchain, the introduction token corresponding to the introducing user, the product introduced by the introducing user, and the introduced user, and grants the issued introduction token to the introduced user;
a reward granting unit that executes a process to grant a reward to the introducing user when a provider that provides the product corresponding to the introducing token provides the product to the introducing user after the introducing token is issued and the introducing user performs a procedure to pay for the product within the validity period of the introducing token;
An information processing device having the above configuration. the introduction token issuing unit executes a process for issuing the introduction token to a follower who follows the introducing user in a social networking service as the introduced user;
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The introduction token issuing unit executes a process for issuing the introduction token to a viewer who has viewed content introducing the product created by the introducing user as the introduced user.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The introduction token issuing unit executes a process for issuing the introduction token on a further condition that the introducing user refers to an introduction content in which the introducing user introduces the product to the introduced user, and the introduction content indicates a positive evaluation of the product.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The benefit has a deadline,
The privilege granting unit further executes a process for granting the privilege when the date on which the referral token issuing unit issues the referral token has not passed the granting deadline.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . the reward granting unit executes a process for granting the reward to at least one of the multiple different introducing users when the introduced user performs a procedure for paying for the product corresponding to the multiple introducing tokens after multiple introducing tokens corresponding to the common product are issued to the introduced user, the multiple introducing tokens corresponding to the multiple different introducing users respectively.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The benefit granting unit, after the introduction token is issued, refers to the payment history of the introduced user to determine whether or not a procedure for paying for the product corresponding to the introduction token has been performed.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The computer executes
A step of issuing an authorization token corresponding to the introducing user and the product to a blockchain as a process for issuing an authorization token to the introducing user, the introducing user, to prove that the introducing user has been authorized as an introducer of the product or service, and granting the issued authorization token to the introducing user;
a process to be executed on the condition that the certification token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user, and that the introducing user has requested issuance of the introduction token to the introduced user, the process including issuing, to the blockchain, the introduction token corresponding to the introducing user, the product introduced by the introducing user, and the introduced user, and granting the issued introduction token to the introduced user;
a step of executing a process for granting a privilege to the introducing user when the introduced user performs a procedure for paying for the product corresponding to the introducing token after the introducing token is issued;
An information processing method comprising the steps of: Computer,
an authorization token issuing unit that issues an authorization token corresponding to the introducing user and the product to a blockchain as a process for issuing an authorization token to the introducing user, the introducing user, to prove that the introducing user has been authorized as an introducer of the product or service, and grants the issued authorization token to the introducing user;
an introduction token issuing unit that issues introduction tokens corresponding to the introducing user, the product introduced by the introducing user, and the introduced user to the blockchain as a process for issuing the introduction token to the introduced user on the condition that the certified token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user and that the introducing user has requested issuance of the introduction token to the introduced user, and that grants the issued introduction token to the introduced user; and a reward granting unit that executes a process for granting a reward to the introducing user when the introduced user has completed procedures to pay for the product corresponding to the introduction token after the introduction token has been issued.
A program to function as a The computer executes
A step of issuing an authorization token corresponding to the introducing user and the product to a blockchain as a process for issuing an authorization token to the introducing user, the introducing user, to prove that the introducing user has been authorized as an introducer of the product or service, and granting the issued authorization token to the introducing user;
a step of issuing, on the condition that the certified token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user, and that the introduced user of the product has requested issuance of the introduction token corresponding to the product, the introduction token being an introduction token for proving that the product has been introduced to the introducing user by the introducing user, to the blockchain, the introduction token corresponding to the introducing user, the product introduced by the introducing user, and the introduced user, and granting the issued introduction token to the introduced user;
a step of executing a process for granting a benefit to the introducing user when a provider of the product corresponding to the introducing token provides the product to the introduced user after the introducing token is issued;
An information processing method comprising the steps of: Computer,
an authorization token issuing unit that issues an authorization token corresponding to the introducing user and the product to a blockchain as a process for issuing an authorization token to the introducing user, the introducing user, to prove that the introducing user has been authorized as an introducer of the product or service, and grants the issued authorization token to the introducing user;
an introduction token issuing unit that issues, on the condition that the certified token corresponding to the product has been issued to the introducing user and that the introduced user of the product has requested issuance of the introduction token corresponding to the product, the introduction token being for proving that the product has been introduced to the introducing user by the introducing user, to the blockchain as a process for issuing the introduction token to the introduced user, the introduction token corresponding to the introducing user, the product introduced by the introducing user, and the introduced user, and grants the issued introduction token to the introduced user; and
a reward granting unit that executes a process for granting a reward to the introducing user when a provider of the product corresponding to the introducing token provides the product to the introduced user after the introducing token is issued;
A program to function as a

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