INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20170018043A1
• Filed: 09/29/2014
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: TAKAHASHI, Naoki
• Granted Patent: US 10,460,405 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0258 Registration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/14 Travel agencies

Abstract

When detecting a reduction in the price of an airline ticket included in an airline ticket and plan voucher combination that does not meet any set of desired purchase conditions specified by users, a set item providing server SA notifies information to prompt reduction in the price of a plan voucher included in a combination that fails to satisfy any set of desired purchase conditions that has no hits, among combinations of the marked-down airline ticket and a plan voucher, to the facility provider that provides the plan voucher.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

at least one memory configured to store computer program code;

at least one processor configured to access said at least one memory and operate as instructed by said computer program code, said computer program code including;

first registering code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to register first items each indicating at least a transportation fare in a first database in accordance with a registration request from a first terminal connected to the information processing apparatus through a network;

second registering code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to register second items each indicating at least a facility plan charge in a second database in accordance with a registration request from a second terminal connected to the information processing apparatus through the network;

obtaining code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to obtain sets of desired purchase conditions, each set indicating at least a budget specified by a user of a third terminal connected to the information processing apparatus through the network;

detecting code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to detect a reduction in a fare indicated by the first item included in a combination of a first item registered in the first database and a second item registered in the second database that satisfies none of the sets of desired purchase conditions obtained; and

notification code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to notify when a reduction in a fare indicated by the first item is detected, information to prompt reduction in a charge indicated by the second item included in a combination that fails to satisfy any of the sets of desired purchase conditions, among combinations of the first item whose fare has been reduced and the second item, to a provider of the second item, through the network.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising

first identifying code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to identify, for each of a plurality of budget levels, how many users specified a budget indicated by one of the sets of desired purchase conditions, a combination of the first item whose fare has been reduced and the second item failing to satisfy a budget indicated by any one of the sets of desired purchase conditions,

wherein the notification code causes at least one of said at least one processor to notify information associating, for each budget level, the number of users identified with the budget level as the information to prompt reduction in the charge to the provider of the second item.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 further comprising

second identifying code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to identify how many users specified a budget indicated by one of the sets of desired purchase conditions more than once, a combination of the first item whose fare has been reduced and the second item failing to satisfy a budget indicated by any one of the sets of desired purchase conditions,

wherein the notification code is configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to notify information associating, for each budget level, the number of users identified by the second identifying code with the budget level as the information to prompt reduction in the charge to the provider of the second item.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising

second identifying code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to identify how many users specified a budget indicated by one of the sets of desired purchase conditions a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined period of time, a combination of the first item whose fare has been reduced and the second item failing to satisfy a budget indicated by any one of the sets of desired purchase conditions,

wherein the notification code is configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to notify information associating, for each budget level, the number of users identified by the second identifying code with the budget level as the information to prompt reduction in the charge to the provider of the second item.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

third identifying code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to identify how many users viewed an item provided by a specific provider, among users who specified a budget indicated by one of the sets of desired purchase conditions, a combination of the first item whose fare has been reduced and the second item failing to satisfy a budget indicated by any one of the sets of desired purchase conditions,

wherein the notification code is configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to notify information associating, for each budget level, the number of users identified by the third identifying code with the budget level as the information to prompt reduction in the charge to the specific provider.

6. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the notification code is configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to notify information associating, for each budget, the number of users identified by the identifying code and the number of stocks of the first item included in a combination that fails to satisfy any of the sets of desired purchase conditions with the budget level as the information to prompt reduction in the charge to the provider of the second item.

7. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

only when the number of users identified by the identifying code is less than or equal to a threshold value, the notification code causes at least one of said at least one processor to notify the information to prompt reduction in the charge to the provider.

8. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

only when an occupancy rate of the facility is less than or equal to a threshold value, the notification code causes at least one of said at least one processor to the information to prompt reduction in the charge to the provider.

9. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

only when an occupancy rate of the facility is less than an occupancy rate of the competing provider, the notification code causes at least one of said at least one processor to notify the information to prompt reduction in the charge to the provider.

10. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

only when the number of stocks of the first item included in a combination that fails to satisfy any of the sets of desired purchase conditions, among combinations of the first item whose fare has been reduced and the second item, is less than or equal to a threshold value, the notification code causes at least one of said at least one processor to notify the information to prompt reduction in the charge to the provider.

11. An information processing method performed by a computer, the method comprising:

registering first items each indicating at least a transportation fare in a first database in accordance with a registration request from a first terminal connected to an information processing apparatus through a network;

registering second items each indicating at least a facility plan charge in a second database in accordance with a registration request from a second terminal connected to the information processing apparatus through the network;

obtaining sets of desired purchase conditions, each set indicating at least a budget specified by a user of a third terminal connected to the information processing apparatus through the network;

detecting a reduction in a fare indicated by the first item included in a combination of a first item registered in the first database and a second item registered in the second database that satisfies none of the obtained sets of desired purchase conditions; and

notifying, when a reduction in a fare indicated by the first item is detected, information to prompt reduction in a charge indicated by the second item included in a combination that fails to satisfy any of the sets of desired purchase conditions, among combinations of the first item whose fare has been reduced and the second item, to a provider of the second item, through the network.

12. A non-transitory recording medium recording an information processing program for causing a computer to:

register first items each indicating at least a transportation fare in a first database in accordance with a registration request from a first terminal connected to the information processing apparatus through a network;

register second items each indicating at least a facility plan charge in a second database in accordance with a registration request from a second terminal connected to the information processing apparatus through the network;

obtain sets of desired purchase conditions, each set indicating at least a budget specified by a user of a third terminal connected to the information processing apparatus through the network;

detect a reduction in a fare indicated by the first item included in a combination of a first item registered in the first database and a second item registered in the second database that satisfies none of the sets of desired purchase conditions obtained; and

notify, when a reduction in a fare indicated by the first item is detected, information to prompt reduction in a charge indicated by the second item included in a combination that fails to satisfy any of the sets of desired purchase conditions, among combinations of the first item whose fare has been reduced and the second item, to a provider of the second item, through the network.