JP5977664B2 - Server apparatus, server apparatus control method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for informing a user of a partner who is compatible with the user, for example.

In recent years, communication such as chat has been actively performed by executing an application program (application) installed in a terminal device such as a high-performance mobile phone. This type of communication is realized by communicating with the other user's terminal device registered in the user's friend list in the terminal device via a management server (server device) that provides the communication service. Is done.
Such communication is widely used mainly in acquaintances with acquaintances in the real world, but recently, it is sometimes used to communicate with unacquainted parties.
Therefore, services that mediate communication between users who are not familiar with each other are being provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this service, personal information (profile) of a user and information of a desired partner (desired partner profile) are received in advance from users, and the users whose information match each other are intermediated.

JP 2002-109025 A

However, with this service, the user is forced to input not only his / her own personal information but also the information of the desired partner in advance, which gives the impression that it is troublesome for the user. I cannot deny that.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and one of its purposes is to introduce a partner who is compatible with the user without giving the user an impression that it is troublesome. Is to provide new technology.

  Means employed by the present invention to solve the above problems will be described. In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, reference numerals in the drawings are appended in parentheses for convenience in the following, but the present invention is not intended to be limited to the illustrated forms.

  A server device (10) according to the present invention is a server device (10) that can communicate with a terminal device (20) that is operated by each of a plurality of users. A determination unit (131) that determines one user and one or more second users excluding the first user, and a first storage unit (TB11) that stores a plurality of pieces of first information. The first presentation unit (141) for presenting one information to the terminal device (20) of the second user and the second information for the presented first information from the terminal device (20) of the second user A receiving unit (121) for receiving and a second presenting unit (142) for presenting the received second information on the terminal device of the first user are provided.

In the server device (10), when the first user and the second user among the plurality of users are determined, the first information such as a question is presented to the second user while being presented. When the second user answers the second information to the first information, the second information is presented to the first user. Therefore, according to this server apparatus (10), the 1st user can know the 2nd information replied by the 2nd user without carrying out troublesome operation, for example, with the 2nd user and Prior to communication, the personality and preferences of the second user can be grasped.
The first information is typically a question, but includes not only the information itself but also identification information for identifying the information. Similarly, the second information is typically an answer to a question, but includes not only the information itself but also identification information for identifying the information.

In the server device (10), the determination unit (131) determines two or more users as the first users among the plurality of users, and for each of the determined first users. The second user is determined, and the receiving unit (121) associates the second information received for the presented first information with the first information and the second user, and stores the second information. It is good also as a structure memorize | stored in (TB12).
According to this configuration, a plurality of first users are determined, and a second user is determined for each of the first users. For this reason, a certain user may be determined as a 1st user, and may be determined as a 2nd user. Accordingly, in the second storage unit (TB12), even if the user is determined as the first user, the second information answered as the second user may be stored in association with each other. In addition, a certain user may be determined as both the first user and the second user at a certain time.

  In this configuration, the reception unit (121) receives reception information indicating whether the second information for the first information has been received from the terminal device of the second user, the second user, and the second user. It is good also as an aspect matched with the user and the shown 1st information, and memorize | stored in the 3rd memory | storage part (TB13). According to this aspect, whether or not the second information for the first information presented in association with the determined first user has been received from the second user can be determined from the received information.

In this aspect, the second information stored in association with one user as the second user in the second storage unit (TB12) and the second user in the second storage unit (TB12) Of the second information stored in association with other users other than the one user, the third storage unit (TB13) is associated with the one user as the first user. In addition, based on the result of comparing the second information indicated by the reception information received from the terminal device (20) of the second user, the user related to the one user is used as the other use. You may provide the matching process part (132) specified from a person.
According to this configuration, the second information associated with one user and the second information answered by another user with respect to the first information from the one user are compared with the first information. A user related to the user is identified from the other users. In other words, the second information answered by other users with respect to the first information other than the one user is excluded from the comparison target.
Note that specifying based on the result of comparison means specifying a person who has a relatively large number of matches in the second information, or the number of matches is equal to or greater than a threshold (the number of questions / answers is a denominator). To identify the person.

In the aspect including the matching processing unit (132), when the second information associated with the second user and the first information is stored in the second storage unit (TB12), the third storage is performed. When the reception information indicates that the second information for the first information is not received from the terminal device (20) of the second user in the unit (TB13), the first presentation unit (141) The aspect which suppresses making the said 2nd user's terminal device (20) present the said 1st information is preferable.
According to this aspect, when the second user has already answered with the second information with respect to the presented first information, it is possible to suppress the same first information from being presented to the second user. .
In this aspect, the reception unit (121) may change the reception information to a content indicating that it has been received.

In the configuration in which the reception information is stored in the third storage unit (TB13), the first storage unit (TB11) stores the first information in association with each determined first user, and the determination unit It is good also as a structure provided with the 1st information update part (133) which updates the 1st information corresponding to the said user according to the request | requirement of each of two or more 1st users determined by (131).
According to this configuration, the first information stored in association with each first user is updated according to the request of each first user. Here, the update includes addition and change.
Only the updated (added / changed) first information may be stored in association with each of the first users.

  In the configuration in which the reception information is stored in the third storage unit (TB13), the second information for the first information is received from the second user's terminal device (20) in the third storage unit (TB13). When the reception information indicates that the second presentation unit (142) is the second information stored in the second storage unit (TB12) and is associated with the reception information. The information may be presented to the terminal device (20) of the first user associated with the received information.

Further, the present invention can be conceptualized not only as a server device (10) but also as a control method for the server device (10) and a program for causing a computer to function as the server device (10).
The program may be recorded on a recording medium. If this recording medium is used, the program can be installed in the computer, for example. Here, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the system containing the management server which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the management server in the system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal device in the system. It is a functional block diagram of the system. It is a figure which shows an example of the memory content of the user information storage part in a management server. It is a figure which shows an example of the memory content of the 1st memory | storage part in a management server. It is a figure which shows an example of the memory content of the 2nd memory | storage part in a management server. It is a figure which shows an example of the memory content of the 3rd memory | storage part in a management server. It is a figure which shows an example of the determined group. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement outline | summary of the same system. It is a flowchart which shows the group determination process of the same system. It is a flowchart which shows the question process of the system. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen shown on a respondent's terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen shown on a respondent's terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen shown on a questioner's terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen shown on a questioner's terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen shown on a questioner's terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the matching process of the same system. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen shown to a terminal device. It is a functional block diagram of the system concerning an application and a modification. It is a figure which shows an example of the memory content of the 1st memory | storage part which concerns on an application and a modification.

<Outline of Embodiment>
In a mode in which other users registered in your friend list can be selected as communication partners, for those who are not acquainted, know in advance the compatibility with you in terms of personality, hobbies, preferences, etc. In addition, it can be said that it is preferable to register it in one's friend list.
Therefore, in this embodiment, before a user registers an unacquainted partner in the friend list of his / her terminal device, the management server (server device) first selects a plurality of candidates. , Present multiple questions to each of these selected candidates, obtain the answer results for those questions, and secondly present the same question to the user and answer results for those questions And, thirdly, from among the selected candidates, a person who answers that matches the user's answer result (or has high similarity) is identified and presented to the user.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of this embodiment. Since details will be described later, only a brief description will be given here. The management server is communicably connected to each of a plurality of terminal devices. In this figure, for convenience, each of the terminal devices operated by the users A to D and the management server are communicably connected. Indicates the state.
First, when a communication application is executed for the first time on the terminal device of user A (step Sa10), that is, before user A communicates with another user, the management server calls user A as a questioner. And a group in which a plurality of users among the other users except the user A are set as the respondents is determined (step Sb10). Here, for convenience, it is assumed that the users B, C, and D are determined as the respondents.

Next, the management server causes, for example, a plurality of prepared questions to be presented in order (or randomly) to the terminal devices of the users B, C, and D serving as respondents (step Sb20). At this time, the management server makes the terminal devices of the users B, C, and D appear as if a question is issued from the character corresponding to the user A. That is, the user B, C, and D is actually asked about the management server, and the character corresponding to the user A (or the user A) is not asking the question. In addition, since the question is issued from the character corresponding to the user A, compared to the case where the question is directly issued from the user A, the resistance and psychology when the users B, C, and D answer the question. Can lower the barrier.
In each of the terminal devices of users B, C, and D, a question is presented, and if there is an answer to the question, it is returned to the management server (step Sc10). The management server transmits the returned answer to the terminal device of user A. The management server causes the terminal device of user A to present the question and the answer (step Sa20). Therefore, at this time, the user A can know the question presented to the users B, C, and D and the answer.
Such a question is repeatedly executed at a predetermined number of times (for example, 100 questions, until the determination result of step Sb30 becomes “Yes”).
On the other hand, user A is selected as the respondent's position in other groups. That is, the user A is a questioner's position in his / her group, but is a respondent's position in the other group. For this reason, the user A answers the same question as the users B, C, and D. Therefore, answers to a plurality of questions are obtained from users A, B, C, and D.

When answers to a plurality of questions are obtained from the users A, B, C, and D in this way, the management server executes matching processing (step Sb40). Specifically, the management server specifies, for example, the person B, C, and D who most agrees with the answer of the user A from the users B, C, and D, and identifies the specified user as the user A. The terminal device of the user A is presented as a compatible partner (step Sa30).
For this reason, the user A can know the information replied by the users B, C, and D, and can know a person who seems to be compatible before being registered in the friend list and communicating.
Whether user A registers this person in his / her friend list is left to user A's free will.

<Configuration of Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a system including a management server (server device) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in this figure, in the system 1, a plurality of terminal devices 20-1, 20-2, 20-3, 20-4,... Are managed via a mobile communication network Nb, a gateway 15, and the Internet Na. 10 is connected. For the terminal devices 20-1, 20-2, 20-3,..., In general, “− (hyphen)” and the following symbols are omitted and simply “20”. The terminal device 20 includes a touch panel 220 overlaid on the display panel 210, and a user performs necessary operations such as a touch operation on the screen displayed on the display panel 210 to input necessary information and various instructions. It has a configuration that can be

  The management server 10 presents a question presentation screen to a user selected from a plurality of users and obtains an answer, or identifies a user who is compatible with a certain user from these answer results A service for providing a chat function to a plurality of users is provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the management server 10. As shown in this figure, the management server 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 that controls the entire apparatus, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102 that functions as a main memory of the CPU 101, and a ROM that stores a boot program and the like. (Read Only Memory) 103, an interface (I / F) 105 for communicating via a network, an RTC (Real Time Clock) 106, and a storage unit 108 are included.
The RTC 106 outputs the current time information, for example, in the form of year / month / day / hour / minute / second.
In the storage unit 108, a database 118 managed by the CPU 101 is constructed. The storage unit 108 stores a service program for the management server 10 to provide the service to the user of the terminal device 20. The database 118 manages information about users, questions, answers, and the like as will be described later.

  The management server 10 is constructed as a single unit in FIGS. 1 and 2, but may be configured to be distributed as two or more units and viewed as if virtually one unit when viewed from the outside. good. On the other hand, some functions of the management server 10 may be constructed by a server that provides other services. Moreover, you may comprise so that the management server 10 may connect with the terminal device 20 via a relay server.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the terminal device 20. As shown in this figure, the terminal device 20 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a communication unit 204, a display panel 210, and a touch panel 220.
Among these, the CPU 201 controls the entire terminal device 20, and the memory 202 stores a basic program, a communication application for receiving the provision of the service, and the like in a nonvolatile manner. This application is downloaded from a specific distribution site and installed in the terminal device 20, for example. The communication unit 204 communicates with the management server 10 via the mobile communication network Nb.

The display panel 210 is a flat display such as a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) device. Although not described in detail, the touch panel 220 is configured integrally with the display panel 210, detects an operation position (two-dimensional coordinate value) with respect to the screen displayed by the display panel 210, and supplies the detected position to the CPU 201. The CPU 201 specifies the operation content on the touch panel 220 such as the moving direction, moving speed, and touch operation of the touch position based on the detection information.
Here, the types of touch operations that can be specified include, for example, tap, flick, drag, pinch and the like. Of these, tapping is an operation of tapping the display screen with a finger. Flicking is an operation in which the object displayed on the screen is gently touched with a finger. Dragging is an operation of moving an object displayed on the screen in contact with a finger. Pinch is an operation of expanding or narrowing a display screen with two fingers in contact with each other.

The terminal device 20 is not limited to the mobile communication network Nb, and may be configured to be connected to a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). When connected to a wireless LAN, the terminal device 20 is connected to the management server 10 via a wireless base station (access point) and the Internet Na.
The terminal device 20 is not limited to a mobile phone, and may be a tablet computer or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

  In the management server 10, the following functional blocks are constructed by executing the service program, and in the terminal device 20, by executing an application for receiving provision of the service.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing functional blocks constructed in the system 1.
In this figure, the functional block constructed | assembled by the management server 10 among the systems 1 and the terminal device 20 which paid its attention about one certain among several units | sets is shown.
As shown in this figure, on the management server 10 side, in addition to the reception unit 121 and the management unit 130, in the database 118, a user information storage unit TB10, a first storage unit TB11, a second storage unit TB12, and a third storage. Four storage units of the unit TB13 are constructed. Details of these four storage units will be described later.

The receiving unit 121 receives various types of information from the terminal device 20, for example, information such as answers and various types of instructions, or stores information in the storage unit via the management unit 130.
The management unit 130 executes various processes according to the received information, instructs each unit, and manages the four storage units. The management unit 130 includes a determination unit 131, a matching processing unit 132, a first presentation unit 141, a second presentation unit 142, and a user information acquisition unit 151.
Among these, for example, when an application installed in a terminal device 20 of a certain user is activated for the first time, the determination unit 131 sets the user as the questioner and other users as the respondent. The group to decide is decided. For this reason, each of a plurality of users has a group that is necessarily a questioner's position, and may be a respondent's position in another group. In addition, the questioner here refers to the respondent as if the character corresponding to him / herself presents the question in the system, rather than the user presenting the question at his / her own will. It is a person.
When the matching processing unit 132 satisfies a predetermined condition, for example, when a different question is presented a predetermined number of times to a respondent in a certain group, the user who becomes the questioner in the group The person who is compatible with the user is identified from the users in the position of the respondent.

The first presentation unit 141 instructs the terminal device 20 of the user who is the respondent to display a question presentation screen as if a question was issued from the character corresponding to the questioner, and presents the question. Information necessary to display the screen is transmitted.
When the answer to the question is received from the terminal device 20 of the user who is the respondent's position, the second presenting unit 142 gives the user the terminal device 20 of the questioner's position, as if to the user. The corresponding character instructs the display of the answer presentation screen such that the answer corresponding to the question is received from the respondent, and transmits information necessary for the display of the answer presentation screen.
The user information acquisition unit 151 acquires the user name and character information from the user information storage unit TB10.

On the other hand, on the terminal device 20 side, a display unit 205, an operation detection unit 231, a management unit 233, a transmission unit 235, and a display control unit 237 are constructed.
The display unit 205 is provided in the display area of the display panel 210 and displays various contents.
The operation detection unit 231 detects an operation on the display unit 205 from the detection signal of the touch panel 220 and outputs operation information indicating the operation.
The management unit 233 executes various processes according to the operation information supplied from the operation detection unit 231, supplies information necessary for display on the display unit 205 to the display control unit 237, and receives various types of information from the management server 10. Information is received or various information to be transmitted to the management server 10 is supplied to the transmission unit 235.
The transmission unit 235 transmits the information supplied from the management unit 233 to the management server 10.
The display control unit 237 controls display contents displayed on the display unit 205. For example, the display control unit 237 causes the display unit 205 to display a question presentation screen when there is an instruction from the first presentation unit 141 when the user of the terminal device 20 is in the position of the respondent, When there is an instruction from the second presentation unit 142 when the user is in the questioner's position, an answer presentation screen is displayed.

In FIG. 4, for convenience of explanation, attention is paid to a certain terminal device 20, and only transmission / reception of information and messages between the terminal device 20 and the management server 10 is illustrated. In practice, the management server 10 receives information from the plurality of terminal devices 20, and conversely transmits information to the plurality of terminal devices 20. For this reason, in the figure, a large number of arrows heading toward the receiving unit 121 indicate that information is also received from other terminal devices other than the focused terminal device 20, and a large number of arrows heading from the management unit 130 indicate the terminal device. It shows that instructions and information are transmitted to other terminal devices other than 20.
Further, the Internet Na, the gateway 15, the mobile communication network Nb in FIG. 1, the I / F 105 in FIG. 2, the communication unit 204 in FIG. 3, and the like are only transmission paths for information, messages, and the like. In FIG.

  For convenience of explanation, the user information storage unit TB10, the first storage unit TB11, the second storage unit TB12, and the third storage unit TB13 will be described in order for the four storage units managed on the management server 10 side. .

<User information storage unit>
As mentioned above, on the question presentation screen, it is displayed as if the question was issued by the character corresponding to the user in the questioner's position, while on the answer presentation screen, it corresponds to the user in the questioner's position. The displayed character appears to have received an answer corresponding to the question from the respondent. The user information storage unit TB10 stores information for displaying characters corresponding to each user.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents stored in the user information storage unit TB10.
As shown in this figure, in the user information storage unit TB10, user name information and character information are stored in association with each other for each user ID.
Among these, the user ID is information for uniquely identifying the user. For example, when the corresponding user starts the application for the first time on the terminal device 20, at the time of registration, the management unit 130 is communicated with the management server 10. Is granted by. This user ID is also supplied to the terminal device 20 of the user and registered in the terminal device 20.
The name information is a name for identifying the user. For example, a name input by the user at the time of registration or a provisionally defined by the management unit 130 is used.
In the present embodiment, the character information is image information that defines a photographic image or illustration image of a pet corresponding to the user, for example, a dog. In this image information, a plurality of images corresponding to various scenes such as a question scene and an answer presentation scene are set. The image information is accompanied by a motion as described later. For this reason, as a character image, for example, the head, torso, both hands, both legs, etc. may be deformed and expressed with polygons corresponding to the parts, and the movement may be given with certain rules at these joints, It may be a collection of images that define movement by frame advance. Such character information is configured such that, for example, the user selects a plurality of types of information prepared in advance by the management server 10 at the time of registration.
Although not particularly illustrated, in the user information storage unit TB10, user attribute information such as age and sex may be registered for each user ID.

<First storage unit>
In the terminal device 20 of the user who is the respondent, the question is presented on the question presentation screen. What defines the question contents at this time is a question table in the first storage unit TB11.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a question table stored in the first storage unit TB11.
As shown in this figure, in the question table, question information as first information is stored in association with each question ID. The question information is information indicating specific questions such as “What is your favorite manga?”, “What is your favorite food?”, “What is your hobby?” This is information for uniquely identifying the question information.
For this reason, specific question information can be specified from the question ID by referring to the question table.
When the user selects one of a plurality of options prepared in advance as an answer to a question, information (text or identification information) of a plurality of options to be an answer to the question ID is not particularly illustrated. Is linked and stored.

<Second storage unit>
When the user answers the question presented on the terminal device 20 of the user who is the respondent, answer information indicating the answer is transmitted to the management server 10. The answer information at this time is stored in the answer table in the second storage unit TB12.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an answer table stored in the second storage unit TB12.
As shown in this figure, in the answer table, answer information as the second information is stored in association with each answerer ID and question ID. The respondent ID is information for identifying the user who answered the question, and the user ID of the user is used. The response information is information indicating the content of the response, and is information indicating a specific response of “music appreciation” for a question “What is your hobby?” With a question ID “003”, for example. For this reason, by referring to the answer table, it is possible to identify what type of user has answered what question.
In the second storage unit TB12, when the user identified by the respondent ID has not answered the question identified by the question ID, the answer information associated with the respondent ID and the question ID Is blank (or information indicating that it is blank is stored). In other words, if the answer information associated with the answerer ID and the question ID is blank in the second storage unit TB12, the user indicated by the answerer ID is assigned to the question identified by the question ID. It turns out that it is unanswered.

<Third storage unit>
As described above, in the present embodiment, a group in which a certain user is set as the questioner and another user is set as the respondent is determined. In addition, a user may be a questioner in a group corresponding to the user, but may be a respondent in another group. In this case, the user may be in the position of an answerer across a plurality of groups. If a question with the same content is repeatedly presented when it becomes a respondent's position over a plurality of groups, it will be annoying to the user who will be the respondent.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, in the group / acceptance information registration table in the third storage unit TB13, together with information indicating the configuration of the group, acceptance information indicating for each user whether or not an answer to the question is made is registered. It was to be.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the group / acceptance information registration table in the third storage unit TB13.
As shown in this figure, in the group / reception information registration table, reception information is associated with each questioner ID, respondent ID, and question ID. The questioner ID is information for identifying the user who is the position of the questioner, and the user ID is used. The reception information is the answer information answered by the user identified by the respondent ID in response to the question identified by the question ID when the user identified by the questioner ID is the position of the questioner ( This is information indicating whether or not the management server 10 has received it. Specifically, “not yet” indicates a state in which it has not been received, and “done” indicates a state in which it has been received.
Here, the group is composed of one user who is the position of the questioner and one user who is the position of one or more respondents, and the user who is the position of the respondent has multiple questions. Presented. For this reason, although details will be described later, in one group, a set of question IDs and reception information is associated with each of the users who are respondents as many as the number of questions.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a group. In this figure, the base side (the opposite side of the arrow) of the bold arrow indicates the user who is the questioner's position, and the arrow side indicates the user who is the respondent's position. Here, the user ID of the user who is the questioner is conveniently described as a group name.
For example, in the figure, group A has a user whose user ID is “A” as a questioner, and a user whose user ID is “B”, “C”, and “D” as a respondent. Shows the group. In the following description, a user whose user ID is “A” will be referred to as user A in order to simplify the explanation and match the explanation of the operation outline. Similarly, for users whose user IDs are “B”, “C”, “D”, “X”, “Y”, “Z”, users B, C, D, X, Y, Z Is written.
Also, a user who is a questioner's position in one group may be a respondent's position in another group. In the figure, user A is in the position of the questioner in group A, but is in the position of the respondent in group X with user X as the questioner.
On the other hand, a user who is a respondent's position in one group may also be a respondent in another group. In the figure, the user C who is the respondent in the group A is also the respondent in the group Y with the user Y as the questioner. Similarly, in the group A, the position of the respondent The user D is also a respondent in the group Z where the user Z is the questioner.

<System operation>
Next, the operation of the system 1 will be described. Since the outline of the operation has already been described, each of the group determination process, the question process, and the matching process executed by the management server 10 will be described in order here.

<Group decision processing>
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the group determination process.
In this embodiment, the trigger for executing the group determination process in the management server 10 is when the app installed in the terminal device 20 is executed for the first time as described above.
In the terminal device 20 in which the application is executed for the first time, the management unit 233 transmits information to that effect to the management server 10 via the transmission unit 235 (step Sa10 in FIG. 10). When the information at this time is received by the management unit 130 via the reception unit 121, the determination unit 131 in the management unit 130 executes a group determination process (step Sb10 in FIG. 10).

In FIG. 11, the management unit 130 that has received information indicating that an application has been executed for the first time in a certain terminal device 20 via the receiving unit 121 generates a user ID that uniquely identifies the user in the terminal device 20. Then, it is newly registered in the user information storage unit TB10 (step Sb101). Further, the management unit 130 supplies the generated user ID to the terminal device 20. Thereby, in the said terminal device 20, the said user ID is registered into a memory | storage part (illustration omitted).
In addition, the management unit 130 associates the generated user ID with the name information and character information of the user and newly registers them in the user information storage unit TB10. As the name information at this time, for example, information input or designated by the user through communication with the terminal device 20 is used. As the character information, the information selected by the user from among a plurality of items presented by communication with the terminal device 20 may be used, or the character information automatically determined by the management unit 130 may be used.

Next, the determination unit 131 determines a group in which the newly registered user is the position of the questioner and other users are the positions of the respondent (step Sb102). At this time, the user who takes the position of the respondent may be determined at random from among the users (user IDs) already registered in the user information storage unit TB10. Information such as age and age may be entered by the user and registered, and those that match or close to the user who is the questioner may be sequentially determined. For example, information registered as other information in the user information storage unit TB10 can be used as information such as the sex and age of the user.
When the determination unit 131 determines a new group, in the group / acceptance information registration table of the third storage unit TB13, the determination unit 131 includes a plurality of determinations for each of the users who are the respondents and the users who are the questioners. Are newly registered in association with each other (step Sb103).

  For example, the group A is determined with the user A as the questioner and the users B, C, and D as the respondent, and the question ID is “001” for each of the users B, C, and D. When 100 questions from “100” to “100” are presented, they are defined as indicated by group A in the group / acceptance information registration table of FIG. However, in this figure, although there is information that is “completed” in the reception information associated with each question ID, at the stage immediately after the group decision, a question is still asked to the user who is still a respondent. Since the information is not presented, all the reception information associated with the question ID is registered as “not yet”.

  Also, the determination unit 131 newly registers a plurality of question IDs in association with the user who is the respondent's position in the second storage unit TB12. At this time, since the user has not answered at all, the answer information associated with the question ID is all blank.

  Thus, when an application is started for the first time on the terminal device 20, a user who operates the terminal device is registered in the user information storage unit TB10, and a group with the user as the questioner is managed by the management server. 10 and is registered in the group / acceptance information registration table of the third storage unit TB13.

Thereafter, the management unit 130 performs the question processing (step Sb20) for each group until a predetermined number of times the question processing is performed while changing the question content (the determination result of step Sb30 is “Yes”). ”Until it becomes“ ”.
This question processing is executed for all the groups registered in the group / acceptance information registration table of the third storage unit TB13. Here, focusing on the group A described above, the group A The question processing for will be described as an example.

<Question processing>
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a question process for a group.
In this embodiment, the question processing for one group is executed 10 times (10 questions) every 10 minutes at a preset time (for example, 8:00 pm), for example.
Therefore, when the time information output by the RTC 106 (see FIG. 2) reaches the set time, the management unit 130 accesses the group / acceptance information registration table in the third storage unit TB13 and pays attention to it. The user (user ID) who is the respondent in the group and the question ID corresponding to the question content are specified (step Sb201). For example, if the group of interest is group A, users B, C, and D are specified. In this description, one question ID is randomly specified from “1” to “100”, but the question ID already specified in the group is excluded. In addition, about question ID, you may identify in order from "1" to "100" not random.

Next, the management unit 130 accesses the answer table of the second storage unit TB12, and responds to a scheduled question (question ID) among users (respondent IDs) in the position of the respondent. It is determined whether or not there is a person who has answered (step Sb202).
In a certain group, if the respondent has not answered the questioner's question, the questioner ID, the respondent ID, and the questioner ID of the questioner are registered in the group / acceptance information registration table of the third storage unit TB13. The reception information corresponding to the question ID is “not yet”, and the answer information corresponding to the respondent ID and the question ID is blank in the answer table of the second storage unit TB12.
On the other hand, in the group / acceptance information registration table of the third storage unit TB13, the acceptance information is “not yet”, but there is a case where the answer information is stored in the corresponding answer column in the answer table of the second storage unit TB12. is there. That is, this case means that the user identified by the respondent ID has already answered the question corresponding to the question ID in another group, not in the group of interest. .
For example, when a question with the question ID “003” is presented to the users B, C, and D who are respondents in the group A, the reception information is “not yet” as shown in FIG. However, it is assumed that the answer table has contents as shown in FIG. In this case, since the answer information is not stored in the users B and C, it is understood that the question is not answered. On the other hand, since the answer information is stored in the user D, it can be seen that the question has already been answered as a respondent in other groups than the group A. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, it can be seen that the user D has already answered in the group Z as the respondent.

  If there is a person who has already answered the scheduled question among the users scheduled as respondents (if the determination result in step Sb202 is “Yes”), the management unit 130 returns the answer. The already completed person is excluded from the target person who asks the question corresponding to the question ID in the focused group (step Sb203). In the above example, the user D is excluded from the subjects of the question whose question ID is “003”. In other words, the target person of the question is set to the users B and C.

  On the other hand, if there is no person who has already answered the scheduled question among the users scheduled as respondents (if the determination result in step Sb202 is “No”), the management unit 130 Step Sb203 is skipped and the process proceeds to the next step Sb204. In other words, since there is no one who is excluded from the target audience of the question corresponding to the question ID among the users who are planned as respondents, all users who are respondents in the group are subject to the question. Set to

  And the 1st presentation part 141 performs the question presentation process corresponding to question ID with respect to the user set as the subject of a question (step Sb204). More specifically, first, the user information acquisition unit 151 accesses the user information storage unit TB10 and is associated with the user ID of the target person of the question (the user who is scheduled as an answerer). The name information and the character information are acquired, and the name information and the character information associated with the user ID in the questioner's position are acquired, while the first presentation unit 141 accesses the first storage unit TB11. The question information associated with the question ID of the scheduled question is acquired. 2ndly, the 1st presentation part 141 is the question information which self acquired with respect to the terminal device 20 of one user set as the subject of a question, and the said concerned acquired by user information acquisition part 151 Send name information and character information associated with one user (user ID) and name information and character information associated with a user (user ID) in the position of the questioner, The display of the question presentation screen using these pieces of information is instructed. The 1st presentation part 141 performs transmission and an instruction | indication about each of the user set to the subject of a question.

  Here, among users scheduled as respondents in a specific group, those who have answered the scheduled question are excluded from the target users who ask questions corresponding to the question ID. In other words, the first presentation unit 141 suppresses the same question from being presented to the answered user. For this reason, since the same question as the question that has already been answered is not presented twice or more to a user who is scheduled as an answerer in the group, it is possible to avoid bothering the user.

For example, when the user in the questioner's position is the user A, the target person of the question is the users B and C, and the question ID is “003”, the first presentation unit 141 For the terminal device 20, the question information associated with the question ID “003”, the name information and character information associated with the user B, the name information and character information associated with the user A And send. Further, the first presentation unit 141 asks the terminal device 20 of the user C, the question information associated with the question ID “003”, the name information and the character information associated with the user C, The name information and character information associated with user A are transmitted.
In addition, the 1st presentation part 141 transmits the information about the said some choice to the terminal device 20, when the several choice is prepared beforehand as the answer with respect to the question linked | related with question ID.

  On the other hand, in the terminal device 20 instructed to present the question presentation screen, the management unit 233 creates a question presentation screen based on the received various information and supplies the question presentation screen to the display control unit 237. The display control unit 237 displays the question presentation screen on the display unit 205 (step Sc101).

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a question presentation screen. The question presenting screen shown in this figure is an example in which the questioner is the user A and the question ID is “003” when presented to the terminal device 20 of the user B who is in the position of the respondent. It is.
This question presentation screen is displayed by interrupting, for example, the processing that has been executed so far, when the terminal device 20 receives an instruction to present a question together with various information from the management server 10.

In this question presentation screen, the character 272 representing the questioner is displayed as if asking a question corresponding to the question ID to the character 276 representing the respondent.
Specifically, the character 272 is a pet image defined by character information associated with the user A who is the questioner. Here, image information corresponding to the question scene is used, and the character 272 is viewed from the back side of the screen. It is displayed to ask the character 276. In the vicinity of the character 272, the question information associated with the question ID “003” is displayed as a balloon 274 as if it was emitted from the character 272. For this reason, from the viewpoint of the user B who is the respondent, the resistance and psychological barriers when answering the question are lower than when the question is directly issued by the user A.
The character 276 arranged on the front side of the screen in the display unit 205 is a pet image defined by the character information associated with the user B who is the respondent, that is, the user who operates the terminal device 20. It is a pet image corresponding to user B who is himself.

For the question presented in this way, for example, if the answer is a selection formula, when the software button 257 is operated, the selection is made from the options displayed in the pull-down menu 258 as shown in FIG. You can answer by Here, it is assumed that “Reading” is answered using the pull-down menu 258 as shown in FIG.
When a large number of options are prepared and do not fit in a single pull-down menu 258, the options are displayed to be scrolled by, for example, an operation of moving the slide bar 259 or an operation such as flicking the pull-down menu 258. .

  When the question is answered, the question processing is terminated in the terminal device 20, and the processing that has been interrupted to present the question presentation screen is resumed. However, when the next question occurs, the question presentation screen is displayed again.

By the way, the answer to a question is not something that must be done. For this reason, the software button 261 as shown in FIG. 13 or FIG. 14 is touched or added to the pull-down menu 258 in order to resume the processing that was interrupted to present the question presentation screen. It is also possible to add a designation to ignore the question by operating the item “pass”.
In addition, as an option prepared as an answer to the question, the one transmitted to the terminal device 20 in association with the question ID as described above is used.
As an answer to the question, as an example other than the selection formula, a field 263 for inputting an answer is displayed as shown in FIG. 15, for example, and a software keyboard (not shown) is used for this field 263. Alternatively, the respondent may input the text as the answer.

  Now, in the terminal device 20 to which an answer has been input, the operation detection unit 231 supplies the answer information to the management unit 233, and the management unit 233 includes the user ID of the user who operates the terminal device 20 together with the answer information ( The respondent ID) is transmitted to the management server 10 via the transmission unit 235 in association with the question ID (step Sc102).

The receiving unit 121 that has received the question ID, the answer information, and the user ID (answerer ID) in the management server 10, based on the information, the second storage unit TB12 and the third storage unit via the management unit 130. TB13 is updated (step Sb205).
Specifically, the accepting unit 121 accepts the answer table of the second storage unit TB12 via the management unit 130 corresponding to the accepted user ID (answerer ID) and question ID. The response information is stored, and for the group / acceptance information registration table of the third storage unit TB13, the acceptance information corresponding to the user ID (questioner ID), the respondent ID, and the question ID in the position of the questioner Is changed to “Done” (reception information of “Done” is stored).
As a result, the answer information is registered in the answer table, and the group / reception that the user specified for the question is answered to the question specified by the question ID made by the questioner. Registered as acceptance information in the information registration table.

In the above example, since the user B in the position of the respondent makes a response “reading” to the question with the question ID “003”, the reception unit 121 includes the management unit 130. As shown in FIG. 7, in the answer table of the second storage unit TB12, “reading” is registered in the answer information column where the answerer ID is “B” and the question ID is “003”. As shown in FIG. 8, in the group / acceptance information registration table of the third storage unit TB13, the questioner ID is “A”, the answerer ID is “B”, and the question ID is “003”. Update certain reception information from "Not" to "Done".
In this example, there may be a response from the user C. When there is an answer from the user C, as in the case of the user B, the management unit 130 updates the second storage unit TB12 and the third storage unit TB13.

  Next, the 2nd presentation part 142 performs the process which makes the user who is a questioner present the reply content of a respondent (step Sb206). Specifically, first, the second presentation unit 142 accesses the first storage unit TB11 to acquire the question information corresponding to the question ID, and also stores the user information via the user information acquisition unit 151. Accessing the part TB10, the name information and character information associated with the user ID of the respondent and the character information associated with the user ID in the position of the questioner are acquired. Secondly, the second presenting unit 142 sends the acquired answerer's name information and character information, the questioner's character information, question information, The response information received in step Sb205 is transmitted to instruct the display of the response presentation screen.

  In the above example, the user A who is in the position of the questioner presents the question with the question ID “003”, and the respondent who is the user B answers “reading”. Thus, the second presentation unit 142 replies to the terminal device 20 operated by the user A with “What is your hobby?” As the question information, the character information of the questioner, and “Pooh” as the name information of the respondent. The character information of the person and “reading” as the answer information are transmitted to instruct the display of the answer presentation screen.

  On the other hand, in the terminal device 20 instructed to display the answer presentation screen, the management unit 233 creates an answer presentation screen based on the received various information and supplies it to the display control unit 237. The display control unit 237 displays the answer presentation screen on the display unit 205 (step Sa201).

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an answer presentation screen. The answer presentation screen shown in this figure is an example in the case of being presented on the terminal device 20 of the user A who is in the questioner's position.
Note that this answer presentation screen is displayed by interrupting, for example, the processing that has been executed so far when the terminal device 20 receives a presentation instruction together with various information from the management server 10. That is, even if the terminal device 20 executes a function other than this service, when the management server 10 instructs the display of the answer presentation screen, the function that has been executed so far is interrupted. This answer presentation screen is displayed.

In this answer presentation screen, the character 272 representing the self as viewed from the questioner, ie, the user A, moves from the front side of the screen of (1) toward the back side of (2) to represent the answerer. Ask the character 276 the question contents with the balloon 281, move again toward the front of the screen of (3), and present the answer contents with the balloon 283 to the user A who is the questioner It has become.
According to such an answer display screen, it is possible to give the user A who is in the position of the questioner as if the character 272 as his / her own character has acquired the answer contents of the user B. .
In FIG. 16, the character 276 is independently displayed as three bodies (1), (2), and (3). However, in reality, the characters 276 of (1) to (3) are displayed. One body is displayed in an animation with movement to move.

  In the answer presentation screen, for example, when the user performs a touch operation on the software button 255, the display of the answer presentation screen is terminated, and the process suspended for displaying the answer presentation screen is resumed. However, when the next answer occurs, the answer presentation screen is displayed again.

Although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12 after the answer presentation screen is displayed, the user who is the questioner can also display a list of answers.
Specifically, when a user in the questioner's position makes a request for a list of answers to the display unit 205, the management unit 233 displays the user's user who operates the terminal device 20 together with the request. The ID is transmitted to the management server 10 via the transmission unit 235. In the management server 10, the management unit 130 accesses the third storage unit TB13, and identifies the respondent ID and question ID whose reception information is “completed” in the group having the user ID as the questioner. To do. Next, the management unit 130 accesses the first storage unit TB11 to acquire question information corresponding to the identified question ID, while accessing the second storage unit TB12 to identify the identified respondent ID and question ID. Get the answer information specified in. The user information acquisition unit 151 accesses the user information storage unit TB10 and acquires character information and name information associated with the respondent ID. The management unit 130 sets the acquired question information, answer information, character information, and name information as a set, and returns the set to the terminal device 20 that requested the list of answers.
If there are many sets of respondent IDs and question IDs whose reception information is “completed” in the group having the user ID as a questioner by accessing the third storage unit TB13, the management unit 130 May return all of the plurality of sets to the terminal device 20, or may return a predetermined number, for example, the 10 sets most recently answered to the terminal device 20.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of an answer list screen. The list screen shown in this figure is an example when the answers of the users B, C, and D who are in the position of the respondent are displayed in a list on the terminal device 20 of the user A who is in the position of the questioner.
In this list screen, the balloon 291 is updated in the user information storage unit TB10 in FIG. 5 (0B), in the first storage unit TB11 in FIG. 6 (1B), and in the second storage unit TB12 in FIG. (2B) and the contents of the answer linked in (3B) after the update in the third storage unit TB13 of FIG. That is, for the question “What is your hobby?” By the user A who is in the questioner's position (question ID: “003”), the answer content “Reading” by the user B whose name information is “Pooh” and This is an example in which the character 276 of the user B is displayed in association with the user B. According to this example, for user A in the questioner's position, resistance and psychological barriers when obtaining an answer are lower than when an answer is issued directly from user B.
In addition, the balloon 292 is tied at (0C) in the user information storage unit TB10, (1C) in the first storage unit TB11, (2C) in the second storage unit TB12, and (3C) in the third storage unit TB13. The balloon 293 is (0D) in the user information storage unit TB10, (1D) in the first storage unit TB11, (2D) in the second storage unit TB12, and in the third storage unit TB13. This is the answer content linked in (3D). The character 277 in the balloon 292 corresponds to the user C, and the character 278 in the balloon 293 corresponds to the user C.

In this example, the question IDs are different and displayed, for example, in the order in which the answers were received. However, the same question IDs are arranged in the same question ID and displayed so that the responses can be compared for each respondent. Alternatively, it may be displayed how one respondent answered a different question. Further, when the display unit 205 cannot display the entire screen due to many answers, the display may be scrolled by, for example, a flick operation or an operation of moving a slide bar (not shown).
On the list screen, for example, when the user touches the software button 255, the process ends.

<Matching process>
When a predetermined number of questions are made for a certain group, matching processing is executed (step Sb40). Accordingly, the matching process will be described below by taking the group A with the user A as the questioner as an example.
The user A is in the position of the questioner in the group A. However, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the user A is in the position of the respondent in the group X in which the user X is in the position of the questioner. Here, it is assumed that the user A answers the question with the question ID “001” to “100” with the user X as the questioner.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the operation of the matching process.
First, the matching processing unit 132 identifies a group for which a predetermined number of questions have been made (step Sb401). Note that a predetermined number of questions have already been made in the group X. Here, a case where the group in which the predetermined number of questions has been made is the group A will be described as an example.
Next, the matching processing unit 132 accesses the third storage unit TB13 and excludes the respondent ID and the question ID whose reception information is “unknown” in the specified group from the next comparison target (step Sb402). In this group, the case where the reception information is “not yet” is either the first case or the second case. Specifically, in the first case, a user who is in the position of the respondent in the specified group responds in the position of the respondent in another group, and in the second case, the user is specified. This is a case where the question is presented to the user who is the respondent in the group, but the question is not answered (when a pass or the like is specified). In the second case, no answer is given, so the first case is a problem here. That is, in the first case, the user who is in the position of the respondent in the specified group does not reply to the questioner in the group. For this reason, the answerer ID and the answer information identified by the question ID whose reception information is “not yet” are not used in the matching of the user who is in the position of the questioner.

Now, the matching processing unit 132 accesses the second storage unit TB12 and pays attention to the question IDs from “001” to “100” in order, and answers information of users who are in the position of respondents in the specified group Are totaled for each user who is in the position of the respondent (step Sb403). At this time, the answer contents of the respondents whose reception information is “not yet” are excluded from the comparison target whether or not they match.
And the matching process part 132 specifies the respondent (user ID) with the largest number of matching of answer information with respect to a questioner in the specified group (step Sb404).

  Next, the user information acquisition unit 151 accesses the user information storage unit TB10 to acquire the user name information and character information identified by the user ID, and the matching processing unit 132 receives the user information. The information acquired by the acquisition unit 151 is transmitted to the terminal device 20 of the user who is in the position of the questioner in the specified group to instruct the presentation of the specified result screen (step Sb405).

  On the other hand, in the terminal device 20 that is instructed to display the specific result screen, that is, the terminal device 20 of the user who is in the position of the questioner in the specified group, the management unit 233 determines the specific result based on the received various information. A screen is created and supplied to the display control unit 237. The display control unit 237 displays the specific result screen on the display unit 205 (step Sa30).

FIG. 19A is a diagram illustrating an example of the identification result screen. The specific result screen shown in this figure is displayed on the terminal device 20 of the user A who is a questioner in the group A, and among the users B, C and D who are the respondents in the group A. It is an example when C is specified by the matching process.
Specifically, the character 272 representing the user A who is self informs the name information of the user C identified by the matching process using the character information in a balloon 295. As a result, the user A who is the person knows that the person C who seems to have good compatibility is the user C because his / her answer contents are highly similar.

For example, when the user A touches the display portion of the balloon 295, the management unit 233 shifts the display content on the display unit 205 to the user C's my page for introducing the user C. Although not shown in particular in the user C's My Page, a profile related to the user C is made public, and the friend list of the user who is browsing the My Page (user A here) Includes software buttons for registering. In order for the user A who browses the user C's My Page to chat with the user C, the user A registers the user C in his friend list. That is, when the user A browses the user C's my page specified by the matching process and operates a software button (not shown) for registering in the friend list included in the my page, the user A's friend User C is registered in the list.
Thus, when the user A selects the user C in his / her friend list and instructs to input and send a message such as text, the message is transmitted to the user C via the management server 10. To the terminal device 20. User C can reply to a message from user A. When the user C responds to the message of the user A, the message is transmitted to the terminal device 20 of the user A via the management server 10. Each terminal device 20 of users A and C displays each other's messages in time series.

On the other hand, when the user C touches the message of the user A displayed on the terminal device 20 (display unit 205) of the user C, the user A shifts to the user A's My Page for introducing the user A. Similarly, this My Page includes a software button for registering the user A in the friend list. User C can register user A in his / her friend list by operating the software button.
The user registered in the friend list can be selected as a partner (chat partner) to send a message. In the example described above, since user A and user C are registered in each other's friend lists, user A and user C can always send messages to each other.
Therefore, thereafter, the users A and C will perform a pseudo chat sharing the timeline. In addition, although the chat by the user A and C was demonstrated here as an example, the chat by three or more users is also possible. Further, here, the case where the user A (C) registers the user C (A) in the friend list has been described. However, as a result of self-determination, the user A (C) may not register in the friend list. That is, whether or not to register the partner specified by the matching process in the friend list is left to the user's free will.

  When the matching process is executed for a group for which a predetermined number of questions have been asked, the result screen of the matching process is displayed, for example, by interrupting the process that has been executed so far. Therefore, for example, when the user performs a touch operation on the software button 255, the management unit 233 ends the display of the result screen and restarts the interrupted process.

Note that the timing for executing the matching process may not be the time when a predetermined number of questions are made, but may be the time when the user requests, for example. The user request is when a predetermined operation is performed on the terminal device 20. In the terminal device 20, the operation detection unit 231 that has detected such an operation outputs operation information indicating the operation, and the management unit 233 performs matching processing on the management server 10 via the transmission unit 235. Request. In the management server 10, the matching processing unit 132 that has received the request via the receiving unit 121 executes the matching process.
Here, when the matching process is executed at the request of the user, in the group where the user is the questioner, a situation where a sufficient number of responses are not obtained from the user who is the respondent, or the question It is assumed that the user who is in the position of the respondent is not answering a sufficient number of respondents in the position of the respondent in other groups. In such a situation, the number of responses that match the answer information of the user who is the respondent and the answer information of the user who is the questioner becomes extremely small, and the use that requested the matching process. It may not be possible to present users with good compatibility with sufficient accuracy.
Therefore, in such a situation, the management unit 233 displays a result screen as shown in FIG. 19B, for example, in detail that it is not possible to find a compatible user. The balloon 296 may be displayed as if it is emitted from the character 272 representing the requested user.
When the matching process is executed according to a user request, the matching process may be forcibly executed even in a situation where the number of answers is small.

As described above, in this embodiment, when a group including a user who is a questioner (first user) and a user who is a respondent (second user) is determined, While the content (first information) is presented to the user who is the respondent's position, when the user who is the respondent's position answers the presented question content, the response content (second information) is Presented to the user who is the questioner. Therefore, according to the embodiment, the user who is the questioner can know the content of the answer to the question content by the user who is the responder.
In addition, users who are in the questioner's position are identified and presented from the users who are in the respondent's position through the matching process, which is troublesome for the user. Without giving the impression that there is, there is introduced a partner who is compatible with the user who is the questioner.

<Application and modification>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and for example, various applications and modifications as described below are possible. Note that one or a plurality of arbitrarily selected aspects of application / deformation described below can be appropriately combined.

<Question setting>
In the embodiment, the question information is prepared in advance on the system side, for example. However, the question information may be set freely by the user who is the questioner.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 20, a first information update unit 133 is provided in the management unit 130. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 21, in the question table of the first storage unit TB11, the questioner ID is stored in association with the question ID and the question information. In the question table, the question information prepared on the system side is stored as the questioner ID with an ID that does not mean the user, for example, “999”. On the other hand, the question information set by the user is stored in association with the user ID (questioner ID) of the user.
In the question processing, when the user who is the questioner's position presents the question, the question information corresponding to the user ID (questioner ID) of the user is obtained from the user who is the answerer's position. What is necessary is just to set it as the structure shown on the terminal device 20. FIG.
In such a configuration, if there is a request from the user, the question information associated with the user ID of the user may be rewritten (updated) according to the instruction of the user.
According to such a configuration, the user who becomes the questioner can not only know the question prepared on the system side but also know the answer to the question he wants to know, and improve the matching accuracy. Will also help.

<Answer format>
In the above-described embodiment, the matching process is configured to identify respondents who have a large number of matches with the answer information of the user who is the questioner, but the answer by free input using the field 263 (see FIG. 15). In addition, when an answer to a question set by a questioner is assumed, it is conceivable that a configuration that counts the number of matches cannot be used.
Therefore, the questions are classified into a plurality of categories, and in some categories, the users who are in the position of the respondent answered the questions of the users who are in the position of the questioner regardless of the content of the answers. The number may be used for determination of the matching process.
For example, regardless of the content of the answer, the user who matches the category of the question with the highest number of answers may be identified by the matching process, or in combination with judgment based on the number of matches of the answer content, You may make it specify by weighting with a category.
For questions set by the user, the user who set the question registers his / her answer to the question, while the answer of the respondent who presented the question is registered It may be configured to determine that the answer of the respondent matches the answer of the questioner when they match.

<Reception information>
In the embodiment, for a question (question identified by the question ID) made by the questioner (user identified by the questioner ID), the respondent (identified by the respondent ID) set as the target person of the question. However, the present invention is not limited to this, although the reception information is changed from “not yet” to “done” when there is a response from the user.
For example, among the users who are respondents, those who have already answered the scheduled question are excluded from the question in step Sb203. The configuration may be changed from “not yet” to “completed”.
In this configuration, the reception information is the response information of the user who has responded to the question by the questioner (user identified by the questioner ID). It means whether or not it has been accepted from the terminal device 20, and it becomes unnecessary until the answer content used for the matching process is the answer content by the question by the questioner.
In addition, in this configuration, when a list of answers (see FIG. 17) is displayed to a user who is a questioner, contents already answered in other groups are used and displayed. become.
On the other hand, since the answer information whose acceptance information is “not yet” is not excluded from the comparison target in the matching process, the target answer information is increased, and the accuracy of the matching process is improved accordingly.

<Cloud etc.>
In the embodiment, the management server 10 includes and manages the database 118. However, the management server 10 may be managed by a server other than the management server 10, that is, managed by cloud computing.
In the embodiment, the user name information and the character information are stored in the user information storage unit TB10 on the management server 10 side, but may be stored on the terminal device 20 side, or as described above. It is also possible to manage by management.

<Others>
In the embodiment, the terminal device 20 has been described as having the touch panel 220. However, the terminal device 20 has operation elements such as hardware keys and switches, and various input operations and instructions can be performed via these operation elements. good.
In the embodiment, the group determination process is executed when the application installed in the terminal device 20 is executed for the first time, but may be other than this. For example, the user may make a request through the terminal device 20. In addition, after a series of question / answer cycles have been completed for a certain group and the matching process has been completed, a new group with other users as respondents may be set for the questioner.

  In the embodiment, in the second storage unit TB12, when the user identified by the respondent ID does not answer the question identified by the question ID, the user ID is associated with the respondent ID and the question ID. The answer information is blank (or information indicating that it is blank), but a record may be added when a reply is given, and a record may not exist if a reply is not given. .

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From the above-described embodiments, applications, and modifications, the following inventions can be understood from the viewpoint of introducing a partner who is compatible with the user without giving the user an impression that it is troublesome.

  That is, a server device (10) capable of communicating with a terminal device (20) that is operated by each of a plurality of users, wherein the first user and the first use among the plurality of users From the determination unit (131) that determines one or more second users excluding the user and the user information storage unit (TB10) that stores character information for each of the plurality of users, the first user The user information acquisition unit (151) that acquires the corresponding character information, the character indicated by the acquired character information, and the first information are associated with each other and presented to the terminal device (20) of the second user. A first presentation unit (141) for receiving, a reception unit (121) for receiving second information for the presented first information from the terminal device (20) of the second user, and the received second information, First use Second presenting unit to present to the terminal device (20) and (142), is provided with a server device (10) is grasped.

In the server device (10), when the first user and the second user among the plurality of users are determined, the first information such as a question is presented to the second user while being presented. When the second user answers the second information to the first information, the second information is presented to the first user. Therefore, according to this server apparatus (10), the 1st user can know the 2nd information replied by the 2nd user, without performing troublesome operation. For this reason, for example, before communicating with the second user, it is possible to grasp the personality and preferences of the second user.
In addition, since the first information is presented to the second user in association with the character of the first user, a psychological barrier that the second user has when answering the first information by the presentation of the character. Can be reduced.
The first information is typically a question, but includes not only the information itself but also identification information for identifying the information. Similarly, the second information is typically an answer to a question, but includes not only the information itself but also identification information for identifying the information. The first information may be prepared in advance or may be set by the first user.

In the server device (10), the second presentation unit (142) presents the second information to the terminal device of the first user by the character indicated by the character information corresponding to the acquired first user. It is good also as a structure made to do.
According to this configuration, the second information answered by the second user is presented to the first user by the character of the first user. For this reason, it is possible to give the first user a feeling as if his / her own part has acquired the second information for the first information.

In the server device (10), the user information acquisition unit (151) acquires character information corresponding to the second user from the user information storage unit (TB10), and the second presentation unit. May be configured such that the character indicated by the acquired character information corresponding to the second user and the second information are associated with each other and presented to the terminal device of the first user.
According to this configuration, the second information answered by the second user is presented to the first user in association with the character of the second user. For this reason, the psychological barrier which a 1st user holds to a 2nd user by presentation of the character corresponding to a 2nd user can be reduced.

In the server device (10), the determination unit (131) determines two or more users as the first users among the plurality of users, and for each of the determined first users. The second user is determined, and the receiving unit (121) associates the second information received for the presented first information with the first information and the second user, and stores the second information. It is good also as a structure memorize | stored in (TB12).
According to this configuration, a plurality of first users are determined, and a second user is determined for each of the first users. For this reason, a certain user may be determined as a 1st user, and may be determined as a 2nd user. Accordingly, in the second storage unit (TB12), even if the user is determined as the first user, the second information answered as the second user may be stored in association with each other. In addition, a certain user may be determined as both the first user and the second user at a certain time.

  In this configuration, the reception unit (121) receives reception information indicating whether the second information for the first information has been received from the terminal device of the second user, the second user, and the second user. It is good also as an aspect matched with the user and the shown 1st information, and memorize | stored in the 3rd memory | storage part (TB13). According to this aspect, whether or not the second information for the first information presented in association with the determined first user has been received from the second user can be determined from the received information.

In this aspect, the second information stored in association with one user as the second user in the second storage unit (TB12) and the second user in the second storage unit (TB12) Of the second information stored in association with other users other than the one user, the third storage unit (TB13) is associated with the one user as the first user. In addition, based on the result of comparing the second information indicated by the reception information received from the terminal device (20) of the second user, the user related to the one user is used as the other use. You may provide the matching process part (132) specified from a person.
According to this configuration, the second information associated with one user and the second information answered by another user with respect to the first information from the one user are compared with the first information. A user related to the user is identified from the other users. In other words, the second information answered by other users with respect to the first information other than the one user is excluded from the comparison target.
Note that specifying based on the result of comparison means specifying a person who has a relatively large number of matches in the second information, or the number of matches is equal to or greater than a threshold (the number of questions / answers is a denominator). To identify the person.

In the aspect including the matching processing unit (132), when the second information associated with the second user and the first information is stored in the second storage unit (TB12), the third storage is performed. When the reception information indicates that the second information for the first information is not received from the terminal device (20) of the second user in the unit (TB13), the first presentation unit (141) The aspect which suppresses making the said 2nd user's terminal device (20) present the said 1st information is preferable.
According to this aspect, when the second user has already answered with the second information with respect to the presented first information, it is possible to suppress the same first information from being presented to the second user. .
In this aspect, the reception unit (121) may change the reception information to a content indicating that it has been received.

In the configuration in which the reception information is stored in the third storage unit (TB13), the first storage unit (TB11) stores the first information in association with each determined first user, and the determination unit It is good also as a structure provided with the 1st information update part (133) which updates the 1st information corresponding to the said user according to the request | requirement of each of two or more 1st users determined by (131).
According to this configuration, the first information stored in association with each first user is updated according to the request of each first user. Here, the update includes addition and change.
Only the updated (added / changed) first information may be stored in association with each of the first users.

  In the configuration in which the reception information is stored in the third storage unit (TB13), the second information for the first information is received from the second user's terminal device (20) in the third storage unit (TB13). When the reception information indicates that the second presentation unit (142) is the second information stored in the second storage unit (TB12) and is associated with the reception information. The information may be presented to the terminal device (20) of the first user associated with the received information.

The grasped invention can be conceptualized not only as a server device (10), but also as a control method for the server device (10) and a program for causing a computer to function as the server device (10).
The program may be recorded on a recording medium. If this recording medium is used, the program can be installed in the computer, for example. Here, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... System, 10 ... Management server, 20 ... Terminal device, 101, 201 ... CPU, 118 ... Database, 121 ... Reception part, 130 ... Management part, 131 ... Determination part, 132 ... Matching processing part, 133 ... First information Update part, 141 ... 1st presentation part, 142 ... 2nd presentation part.

Claims (9)

A server device capable of communicating with a terminal device operated by each of a plurality of users,
A determination unit that determines a first user and two or more second users excluding the first user among the plurality of users;
A first presentation unit that causes the second user terminal device to present first information read from a first storage unit that stores a plurality of first information;
The second storage unit receives second information for the presented first information from the terminal device of the second user and associates the received second information with the second user and the presented first information. A reception unit to be stored in,
The number of matches between the second information stored in the second storage unit and the first user's answer to the first information associated with the second information is tabulated for each second user, and the match a matching processing section based on the number to identify the user associated with the first user from the second user,
A server device comprising: The determination unit
Of the plurality of users, two or more users are determined as first users, and the second user is determined for each of the determined first users,
The reception unit
The server device according to claim 1, wherein the second information received for the presented first information is stored in the second storage unit in association with the first information and the second user. The reception unit
Reception information indicating whether or not the second information for the first information has been received from the terminal device of the second user, the first user, the second user, and the presented first information The server device according to claim 2, wherein the server device is stored in association with the third storage unit. A second presentation unit for causing the terminal device of the first user to present the accepted second information;
The matching processing unit
Second information stored in association with one user as the second user in the second storage unit;
Of the second information stored in association with other users other than the one user as the second user in the second storage unit, the second user as the first user in the third storage unit Second information associated with one user and indicated by the reception information received from the terminal device of the second user;
The server device according to claim 3, wherein a user related to the one user is identified from the other users based on a result of comparing the two. When the second information associated with the second user and the first information is stored in the second storage unit,
When the reception information in the third storage unit indicates that the second information for the first information is not received from the terminal device of the second user,
The server device according to claim 4, wherein the first presentation unit is configured to prevent the first information from being presented on the terminal device of the second user. The first storage unit stores first information in association with each determined first user;
In response to a request by each of the two or more first users determined by the determination unit, a first information update unit that updates the first information corresponding to the user,
The server device according to claim 2, comprising: a server device according to claim 2. When the reception information indicates that the second information for the first information is received from the second user's terminal device in the third storage unit,
The second presentation unit is the second information stored in the second storage unit, and the second information associated with the reception information is the terminal device of the first user associated with the reception information. The server device according to claim 4 , wherein the server device is presented. A control method of a server device capable of communicating with a terminal device operated by each of a plurality of users,
Determining a first user and two or more second users excluding the first user among the plurality of users;
Presenting the first information read from the first storage unit storing a plurality of first information to the terminal device of the second user;
The second storage unit receives second information for the presented first information from the terminal device of the second user and associates the received second information with the second user and the presented first information. Memorizing steps,
The number of matches between the second information stored in the second storage unit and the first user's answer to the first information associated with the second information is tabulated for each second user, and the match a step of based on the number to identify the user associated with the first user from the second user,
A control method for a server device, comprising: A computer capable of communicating with a terminal device operated by each of a plurality of users,
A determination unit that determines a first user and two or more second users excluding the first user among the plurality of users;
A first presentation unit that causes the second user terminal device to present first information read from a first storage unit that stores a plurality of first information;
The second storage unit receives second information for the presented first information from the terminal device of the second user and associates the received second information with the second user and the presented first information. The reception unit to be stored in, and
The number of matches between the second information stored in the second storage unit and the first user's answer to the first information associated with the second information is tabulated for each second user, and the match based on the number, the matching processing section for specifying a user from among the second user associated with the first user,
A program characterized by functioning as

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