PRICE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, PRICE DETERMINATION SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20130117073A1
• Filed: 01/04/2012
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakiyama, Takahiro
• Application Number:
  US13/810,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117073A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0206 Price or cost determination based on market factors

Abstract

A price varying unit (32) is varies a current price of purchase target data that is to be purchased by a user. A price determination unit (34) determines, in a case where the first user has purchased the purchase target data, a different price from the current price of the purchase target data which is varied by the price varying unit (32), as a price of the purchase target data which is applied in a case where a second user associated with the first user purchases the purchase target data, based on a price of the purchase target data which was applied in a case where the first user purchased the purchase target data.

Claims

1. A price determination system, comprising:

price varying means for varying a current price of purchase target data that is to be purchased by a user;

means for acquiring user group data obtained by associating a first user with a second user from means for storing the user group data; and

price determination means for determining, in a case where the first user has purchased the purchase target data, a different price from the current price of the purchase target data which is varied by the price varying means, as a price of the purchase target data which is applied in a case where the second user associated with the first user purchases the purchase target data, based on a price of the purchase target data which was applied in a case where the first user purchased the purchase target data.

2. The price determination system according to claim 1, wherein:

the price determination means comprises price comparison means for comparing, in the case where the second user purchases the purchase target data, the price determined based on the price of the purchase target data which was applied in the case where the first user purchased the purchase target data with the current price of the purchase target data which is varied by the price varying means; and

when the current price of the purchase target data which is varied by the price varying means is higher than the price determined based on the price of the purchase target data which was applied in the case where the first user purchased the purchase target data, the price determined based on the price of the purchase target data which was applied in the case where the first user purchased the purchase target data is determined as the price of the purchase target data which is applied in the case where the second user associated with the first user purchases the purchase target data.

3. The price determination system according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for acquiring sales quantity data relating to a sales quantity or a saleable quantity of the purchase target data from means for storing the sales quantity data; and

means for determining a number of second users who are allowed to purchase the purchase target data at the price determined by the price determination means, based on the sales quantity or the saleable quantity indicated by the sales quantity data.

4. The price determination system according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for acquiring sales quantity data relating to a sales quantity or a saleable quantity of the purchase target data from means for storing the sales quantity data;

means for determining a period during which the second user is allowed to purchase the purchase target data at the price determined by the price determination means, based on the sales quantity or the saleable quantity indicated by the sales quantity data.

5. The price determination system according to claim 1, further comprising means for executing processing for giving a reward to the first user associated with the second user in the case where the second user purchases the purchase target data at the price determined by the price determination means.

6. The price determination system according to claim 1, further comprising means for receiving a designation of a second user by the first user from among the second users associated with the first user,

wherein the price determination means determines the price of the purchase target data which is applied in the case where the second user designated by the first user from among the second users associated with the first user purchases the purchase target data, based on the price of the purchase target data which was applied in the case where the first user purchased the purchase target data.

7. The price determination system according to claim 1, further comprising means for acquiring purchase history data indicating a purchase history of the purchase target data by the first user from means for storing the purchase history data, wherein:

the price determination means comprises judgment means for judging, based on the purchase history data, whether or not, in the case where the second user purchases the purchase target data, the first user associated with the second user has purchased the purchase target data in the past; and

when the first user associated with the second user has purchased the purchase target data in the past, the price determined based on the price of the purchase target data which was applied in the case where the first user purchased the purchase target data is determined as the price of the purchase target data which is applied in the case where the second user associated with the first user purchases the purchase target data.

8. The price determination system according to claim 1, further comprising purchase qualification generation means for generating, in the case where the first user has purchased the purchase target data, purchase qualification data indicating that the second user associated with the first user is qualified to purchase the purchase target data at the price determined by the price determination means, and causing purchase qualification data storage means to store the purchase qualification data, wherein:

the price determination means comprises judgment means for judging whether or not the purchase qualification data is stored in the purchase qualification data storage means in the case where the second user associated with the first user purchases the purchase target data; and

when the purchase qualification data is stored in the purchase qualification data storage means, the price determined based on the price of the purchase target data which was applied in the case where the first user purchased the purchase target data is determined as the price of the purchase target data which is applied in the case where the second user associated with the first user purchases the purchase target data.

9. A control method for a price determination system, the control method comprising:

a price varying step of varying a current price of purchase target data that is to be purchased by a user;

a step of acquiring user group data obtained by associating a first user with a second user from means for storing the user group data; and

a price determination step of determining, in a case where the first user has purchased the purchase target data, a different price from the current price of the purchase target data which is varied in the price varying step, as a price of the purchase target data which is applied in a case where the second user associated with the first user purchases the purchase target data, based on a price of the purchase target data which was applied in a case where the first user purchased the purchase target data.

10. A program for causing a computer to function as:

price varying means for varying a current price of purchase target data that is to be purchased by a user;

means for acquiring user group data obtained by associating a first user with a second user from means for storing the user group data; and

price determination means for determining, in a case where the first user has purchased the purchase target data, a different price from the current price of the purchase target data which is varied by the price varying means, as a price of the purchase target data which is applied in a case where the second user associated with the first user purchases the purchase target data, based on a price of the purchase target data which was applied in a case where the first user purchased the purchase target data.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium having the program according to claim 10 recorded thereon.

12. A price determination system, comprising:

price varying means for varying a current price of a product or a service that is to be purchased by a user;

means for acquiring user group data obtained by associating a first user with a second user from means for storing the user group data; and

price determination means for determining, in a case where the first user has purchased the product or the service, a different price from the current price of the product or the service which is varied by the price varying means, as a price of the product or the service which is applied in a case where the second user associated with the first user purchases the product or the service, based on a price of the product or the service which was applied in a case where the first user purchased the product or the service.