INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20110208729A1
• Filed: 05/18/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hamano, Tomoaki, Kumakawa, Masatoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,756,226 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

The invention provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program that can improve convenience of a user and facilitate participation of a user, with respect to an existing group having members (users).

In the invention, a search request including a search keyword 44 input to an entry field 31 for search in a toolbar 30 displayed on a screen of a terminal 21, toolbar identification information 42 associated with and allocated to each of the groups, and member identification information 43 identifying members are received from the terminal (S6), the members are identified on the basis of the member identification information, a member search request of each of members is counted by accumulating a history of the search request for each of members, and a group search request as the group is counted by counting the member search request on the basis of the toolbar identification information (S10), member total points 33 that are distributable to the members are updated on the basis of the counted group search request (S33 and S34), and information of the member total points is transmitted to the terminal (S15).

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. An information processing apparatus for receiving a search request including a search keyword input to an entry field for search in a toolbar displayed on a screen of a terminal from the terminal and executing information processing, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a group information storage unit for storing information received from each of groups and associated with each of the groups;

a toolbar information storage unit for storing toolbar identification information associated with and allocated to each of the groups;

a member information storage unit for storing member identification information identifying members belonging to each of the groups and associated with each of the groups;

a receiving unit for receiving the toolbar identification information, the member identification information, and the search request from the terminal;

a evaluating unit for identifying the members on the basis of the member identification information with reference to the member information storage unit, and counting a member search request of each of members by accumulating a history of the search request for each of members;

a counting result storage unit for storing a counting result of the evaluating unit;

a total point calculating unit for calculating member total points distributable to the members; and

a transmitting unit for transmitting information of the member total points to the terminal, wherein

the evaluating unit refers to the toolbar information storage unit, and counts a group search request as each of the groups by counting the member search request on the basis of the toolbar identification information, and

the total point calculating unit updates the member total points on the basis of the counted group search request.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the evaluating unit counts member points for each of members distributed to each of members from the member total points, on the basis of the member search request.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the total point calculating unit sets initial member total points, on the basis of the group search request counted during a past constant period.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the evaluating unit counts the number of group search for each of the groups, on the basis of the group search request.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

the total point calculating unit updates the member total points, in the case where the number of group search exceeds the number of search of a threshold value.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein

the number of search of the threshold value is calculated on the basis of the number of group search counted during a past constant period.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claims 13, further including:

a data generating unit that generates data having a format to display information of the member total points on the toolbar.

20. The information processing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein

the data generating unit generates data having the format to display a search result with respect to the search request and information of the member total points.

21. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, further including

a toolbar providing unit for allocating toolbar identification information to each of the groups and issuing the toolbar.

22. An information processing method that an information processing apparatus receives a search request including a search keyword input to an entry field for search in a toolbar displayed on a screen of a terminal from the terminal and executes information processing, the information processing method comprising:

a group information storage step that a group information storage unit stores information received from each of groups and associated with each of the groups;

a toolbar information storage step that toolbar a information storage unit stores toolbar identification information associated with and allocated to each of the groups;

a member information storage step that a member information storage unit stores member identification information to identify members belonging to each of the groups and associated with each of the groups;

a receiving step that a receiving unit receives the toolbar identification information, the member identification information, and the search request from the terminal;

a evaluating step that a evaluating unit identifies the members on the basis of the member identification information with reference to the member information storage unit, and counts a member search request of each of members by accumulating a history of the search request for each of members;

a counting result storage step that a counting result storage unit stores a counting result of the evaluating unit;

a total point calculating step that total point calculating unit calculates member total points distributable to the members; and

a transmitting step that a transmitting unit transmits information of the member total points to the terminal, wherein

in the evaluating step, a group search request as each of the groups is counted by counting the member search request on the basis of the toolbar identification information, and

in the total point calculating step, the member total points are updated on the basis of the counted group search request.

23. A computer-readable recording medium that records an information processing program for causing a computer to receive a search request including a search keyword input to an entry field for search in a toolbar displayed on a screen of a terminal from the terminal and execute information processing, the information processing program causing the computer to function as:

a group information storage unit for storing information received from each of groups and associated with each of the groups;

a toolbar information storage unit for storing toolbar identification information associated with and allocated to each of the groups;

a member information storage unit for storing member identification information identifying members belonging to each of the groups and associated with each of the groups;

a receiving unit for receiving the toolbar identification information, the member identification information, and the search request from the terminal;

a evaluating unit for identifying the members on the basis of the member identification information with reference to the member information storage unit, and counting a member search request of each of members by accumulating a history of the search request for each of members;

a counting result storage unit for storing a counting result of the evaluating unit;

a total point calculating unit for calculating member total points distributable to the members; and

a transmitting unit for transmitting information of the member total points to the terminal, wherein

the evaluating unit refers to the toolbar information storage unit, and counts a group search request as each of the groups by counting the member search request on the basis of the toolbar identification information, and

the total point calculating unit updates the member total points on the basis of the counted group search request.