JP2017225905A - Information notification system and information notification method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To evoke an interest of a user in a place where a game is played by increasing a feeling of satisfaction when a user visits the place where a game is played, thereby increasing the number of customers in the place where a game is played.SOLUTION: An information notification system includes a position information acquisition part for acquiring position information on a user, a determination part for determining whether or not the user is present in a specific place based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition part; an information notification part provided in a specific place for notifying of information; and a notification control part for notifying of user related information associated with the user in the information notification part in priority to other information when it is determined by the determination part that the user is present in the specific place.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to an information notification system and an information notification method.

  There is a game device installed at a place where an unspecified number of users visit a game center or the like to play a game, and displays information about the user. For example, a user ranking is displayed based on a game result. At this time, a configuration is known in which a display body corresponding to the rank related to the user who played the game immediately before is identified and displayed so that the user can easily find his / her rank (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

JP 2008-12221 A

At present, in addition to facilities such as game centers, there is an environment in which individuals can play games using their own devices, such as home game machines, personal computers, portable game devices, smartphones, etc. Is in a situation. For this reason, it is in a situation where the ability to attract customers at the game center tends to decrease.
There are also a wide variety of network games played on the network.
Under such circumstances, it is difficult to effectively attract customers to a specific net game.
For this reason, it is demanded to attract users' interests so that they can repeatedly visit or visit game centers, net game sites, and the like. In this regard, Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration that makes it easy to find user ranking information, and is intended for the convenience of the user. However, with this configuration alone, the user can be a repeater. It is difficult to seek appealing power.

  Some aspects of the present invention can increase the number of people gathering at a specific place by raising the user's satisfaction by visiting the specific place, thereby raising the user's interest in the specific place. An object is to provide an information notification system and an information notification method.

  Another object of another aspect of the present invention is to provide an information notification system and an information notification method that can achieve the effects described in the embodiments described later.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to one embodiment of the present invention, there is a position information acquisition unit that acquires user position information, and the user exists at a specific location based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit. A determination unit that determines whether or not a user is associated with the user when the determination unit determines that the user is present at the specific location, and an information notification unit that is provided at the specific location and notifies the information. The information notification system includes a notification control unit that notifies related information in preference to other information in the information notification unit.

  In addition, according to one aspect of the present invention, a determination unit that determines presence / absence of a character associated with user identification information in a virtual space and the character or the character when the determination unit determines that the character exists It is an information alerting | reporting system provided with the alerting | reporting control part which alert | reports the relevant information corresponding to the user identification information with which it was associated with priority over other information in the said virtual space.

  One embodiment of the present invention is a position information acquisition step for acquiring user position information, and a determination for determining whether a user exists at a specific location based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition step. When it is determined in the step and the determination step that the user is present at the specific location, the user-related information associated with the user is notified in preference to other information at the information notification unit provided at the specific location. An information notification method comprising: a notification control step.

  Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, a determination step for determining presence / absence of a character associated with user identification information in a virtual space, and when the determination step determines that a character exists, the character or the character An information notification method comprising: a notification control step of notifying the related information corresponding to the user identification information associated with is given priority over other information in the virtual space.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information alerting | reporting system in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen as which the evaluation thing was displayed with the shop display apparatus in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the shop server in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the user information table in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence which the game device and store server in 1st Embodiment perform for the priority display of the evaluation thing corresponding to the user who visited the store. It is a figure which shows the example of a change of the display progress order in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the aspect of the priority alert | report in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence performed for the priority display of the evaluation thing corresponding to the user who the shop server of 3rd Embodiment visited the shop. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence performed for the priority display of the evaluation thing corresponding to the user who the shop server of 4th Embodiment visited the shop. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence performed for the priority display of the evaluation thing corresponding to the user who the shop server of 5th Embodiment visited the shop. It is a figure which shows an example of the user group information table of 6th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the group corresponding | compatible evaluation thing log | history information table of 6th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence which the shop server in 6th Embodiment performs regarding management of the number of existence according to a user group about the user who visited the shop. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence which the shop server in 6th Embodiment performs for the priority display of the evaluation thing corresponding to a user group. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence performed for the priority display of the evaluation thing corresponding to the user who the shop server in 7th Embodiment visited the shop. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information alerting | reporting system in 8th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence performed in order that the game device and game server in 8th this embodiment may alert | report priority information on a character or a user.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
[Configuration example of information notification system]
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of the information notification system in the present embodiment. The information notification system of this embodiment is provided in the store ST. The store ST is, for example, a game center.
The information notification system in the present embodiment includes a store server 10, a game device 30, and a store display device 50 provided in the store ST.

  The store server 10 is communicably connected to a plurality of game devices 30 provided in the store ST. Communication between the store server 10 and the game apparatus 30 may be wired or wireless.

The store server 10 manages game results performed in the game apparatus 30. That is, when the game played by the user ends, the game device 30 transmits game result information indicating the result of the played game (game result) to the store server 10. The store server 10 stores the game result information transmitted from the game device 30 as a play history.
The play history is used, for example, for displaying a ranking corresponding to the user who played the game on the game device 30.

  In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the shop server 10 may be connected with the high-order server corresponding to several shop ST, for example.

Each of the game devices 30 is a device on which a user plays a game. The plurality of game devices 30 provided in the store ST each correspond to a specific game.
In the present embodiment, at least one of the plurality of game devices 30 corresponds to a mahjong game. In the mahjong game in the present embodiment, for example, a tournament is held periodically. When a user participates in a tournament and wins a prize, a virtual evaluation object (an example of user-related information) is awarded to the winning user.

In the present embodiment, “user-related information” is an evaluation object such as a certificate or trophy awarded to the user when the user has achieved a good result in the game.
Further, the “user related information” may be a history of game results of the user so far, a user level on the game, a stage on the game reached by the user, and the like.
The “user-related information” may include information that can identify the user, such as the user's name (which may be a real name or a nickname), a name given to a corresponding avatar, and an image of the user. As a mode of notifying user-related information as a user name, a user's name can be indicated such as “Mr. A, visit!” And the like.

  In this embodiment, the “evaluation object” is a certificate, a trophy, a shield, or the like that is awarded as an evaluation of a successful game, such as winning, winning, winning a high score, etc. is there. The “evaluated object” is, for example, a title or honorific title acquired by the user in accordance with the result or achievement level in the game.

  Moreover, the game apparatus 30 in this embodiment can be played using the user card UC which a user owns. The user card UC stores a user account of the owner user. Here, the user account is, for example, a user ID that is identification information (identifier) uniquely indicating a user and a password corresponding to the user ID.

When a user account (user ID and password) is input at the start of the game, the game apparatus 30 reads a play history stored in the store server 10 corresponding to the input user account. And the game device 30 can start a game from the state which succeeded the grade etc. which a play history shows.
The user account input to the game apparatus 30 can be performed by either a character input operation on the game apparatus 30 or by causing a reader / writer included in the game apparatus 30 to read the user account stored in the user card UC. If the user card UC is used to input a user account to the game apparatus 30, the user does not need to perform an operation of inputting characters of a user ID and a password as the user account.

The store display device 50 includes, for example, a large screen, and is installed at a location where any customer (user) who visits the store ST can see the screen.
The store display device 50 performs display under the control of the store server 10. In the store display device 50, for example, an advertisement related to a newly introduced game device, a general advertisement, or the like is displayed.

  In addition, as described above, a tournament is held in the mahjong game performed on the game device 30 corresponding to the mahjong game, and an evaluation object is awarded to a user who participates in the tournament and plays the mahjong game. Then, in the store display device 50 of the present embodiment, the evaluation object awarded to the user as described above is displayed on the store display device 50.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen on which an evaluation object as a certificate is displayed on the store display device 50. As shown in the figure, when displaying the evaluation object, the user name of the user who acquired the evaluation object, the tournament name of the tournament where the evaluation object was acquired, and the like are displayed together with the evaluation object.
The user who has won a prize has a sense of superiority, for example, can show off to a friend or the like, and can obtain high satisfaction by displaying his / her evaluation item on the store display device 50 as shown in the above drawings. it can.

In the present embodiment, when a user who has been awarded one or more evaluation items as a result of having played a mahjong game at the store ST so far, visits the store ST 50 at the store display device 50. The user's evaluation item is displayed with priority.
As described above, when the user visits the store ST, if the evaluation product acquired in the past is preferentially displayed on the store display device 50, the user who has won a prize is treated specially. You can get a sense of superiority and satisfaction by receiving. For this reason, a user who has won a prize will be motivated to visit the store ST, for example, to obtain satisfaction or to show off to a friend. Thus, the increase in the number of visitors to the store ST can be expected by increasing the motivation for the user to visit the store ST.

[Configuration of store server]
With reference to FIG. 3, the structural example of the store server 10 of this embodiment is demonstrated. As shown in the figure, the store server 10 includes a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, and a storage unit 130.

  Communication unit 110 communicates with game device 30 and store display device 50 via a communication network (for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like) in store ST.

The control unit 120 executes various controls in the store server 10. The function as the control unit 120 is realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) included in the store server 10 executing a program.
The control unit 120 includes functional units such as a storage information management unit 121, a position information acquisition unit 122, a determination unit 123, and a notification control unit 124 corresponding to the control of display of the evaluation object on the store display device 50.

The storage information management unit 121 manages information stored in the storage unit 130. As one aspect of management of information stored in the storage unit 130, the storage information management unit 121 manages user information. That is, as a result of playing the mahjong game on the mahjong game compatible game device 30 and winning a prize at the tournament, the mahjong game compatible game device 30 generates an evaluation item to be awarded to the user. The game apparatus 30 transmits evaluation object data representing the generated evaluation object to the store server 10.
The evaluation object data includes evaluation object image data used for display of the evaluation object, evaluation object metadata including predetermined metadata (attribute information) about the evaluation object, and a user account representing a user to whom the evaluation object has been awarded. And the date and time when the evaluation item was awarded.
When the evaluation object data is received by the store server 10, the storage information management unit 121 stores (registers) the received evaluation object data in the user information table storage unit 131 in the storage unit 130.

The position information acquisition unit 122 acquires user position information.
As described above, when a user account of a user who plays a game is input to the game device 30 at the start of the game, the game device 30 provides a game start notification indicating that the user who has input the user account starts the game. It transmits to the store server 10. In the game start notification, for example, the input user account and identification information (game device ID) of the game device 30 that is the transmission source of the game start notification are transmitted.

Therefore, the position information acquisition unit 122 acquires the game start notification transmitted from the game device 30 as described above as the user position information.
That is, that the game start notification is transmitted from the game device 30 indicates that the user indicated by the user ID included in the transmitted game start notification exists in the store ST. Therefore, the user account transmitted from the game apparatus 30 to the store server 10 is position information indicating that the position of the user is in the store ST.

The determination unit 123 determines whether or not a user exists in the store ST (an example of a specific place) based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 122.
Specifically, the determination unit 123 of the present embodiment determines that there is no user in the store ST in a state where the position information acquisition unit 122 has not received a game start notification as position information. On the other hand, when the position information acquisition unit 122 receives the game start notification as the position information, the determination unit 123 indicates that the user indicated by the user ID included in the received game start notification exists in the store ST. judge.

  In the present embodiment, the “specific place” refers to a place corresponding to a physical facility in the real world such as a game center including a game center, an amusement park, a stadium, a concert venue, or the vicinity of the facility and the facility. It is a place to include. Further, the “specific place” may be, for example, a point (latitude, longitude, etc.) or a region specified by geographic coordinates.

  When the determination unit 123 determines that the user is present in the store ST, the notification control unit 124 displays an evaluation object (an example of user-related information) associated with the user in the store display device 50 (an example of the information notification unit). ) With priority over other information.

In the present embodiment, the “information notification unit” is a display device provided in a specific place such as a physical entertainment facility, for example. The display device is a large display device that is arranged so that any customer can watch, for example, in an amusement facility. Alternatively, the display device may be a screen of a game machine provided in a game center, for example.
In addition, the “information notification unit” may be a device that outputs sound such as a speaker provided in a specific place such as a physical entertainment facility.
Further, the “information notification unit” is a predetermined place in the virtual space in a virtual space such as a game space.

Further, in this embodiment, “priority notification” means user-related information of a user who is determined to be present in a specific place (or a character or a character determined to be present in the virtual space, which will be described later). (Related information attached to the user identification information of the character) is output in such a way that human recognition is higher than other information to be notified.
Specifically, “notify with priority” is to display the information for a longer time than other information to be notified in unit time.
Alternatively, “notify with priority” is to increase the frequency (number of times) displayed in the unit time compared to other information to be notified.
Alternatively, “priority notification” is, for example, in the case of a certificate, while other information to be notified is displayed in a gorgeous amount while only a certificate is displayed. For example, the information is displayed in a more conspicuous manner than other information to be notified.

Whether or not the determination unit 123 is a user (an example of a specific user) who has acquired an evaluation object based on the user information stored in the user information table storage unit 131 for the user determined to exist in the store ST. Further determine whether or not.
When the determination unit 123 determines that the user has acquired the evaluation object, the notification control unit 124 displays the evaluation object associated with the user or information related thereto in the store display device 50 in the other manner. Information is given priority over information.

In the present embodiment, the “specific user” is a user who has a qualification about notification of corresponding user-related information.
Specifically, when an evaluation object such as a certificate or trophy is notified as user-related information, a user whose user information indicating that a certificate or trophy is acquired is stored in the storage unit is a specific user. is there.
In addition, for example, when a user name or a photograph of a user who has a certain number of visits is notified as user-related information, a user whose user information indicating that the number of visits is a certain number or more is stored in the storage unit is specified. A user.
The “specific user” is, for example, a user who has reached a predetermined level or stage on the game.
The “specific user” is, for example, a user who has acquired a specific item in the game. Here, a specific item cannot be easily obtained, such as items that take time to obtain, items that consume a large amount of points in the game for obtaining, items that have a low probability of being obtained, etc. High). For example, gems, ornaments, weapons, books, characters, etc. can be set as appropriate.

The storage unit 130 stores various information processed by the store server 10. The storage unit 130 includes a user information table storage unit 131.
The user information table storage unit 131 stores user information. The user information stores information about a user who plays the mahjong game of the present embodiment using the game device 30 of the store ST. The user information table storage unit 131 stores user information for each of a plurality of users according to the structure of the user information table.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a user information table stored in the user information table storage unit 131.
One row (one record) in the user information table of FIG. 3 is user information corresponding to one user. The user information corresponding to one user includes a user ID, a password, a user name, and evaluation object history information.

The evaluation object history information in the user information is information indicating the history of the evaluation object acquired by the corresponding user so far playing the mahjong game on the game device 30 corresponding to the mahjong game in the store ST.
As shown in the figure, the evaluation object history information includes one or more evaluation object information. One evaluation object information is information on one evaluation object acquired by the user.
The evaluation object information corresponding to one evaluation object includes each information of evaluation object image data, evaluation object metadata, acquisition date and notification history.

The evaluation object image data is image data representing a corresponding evaluation object, and is used when the evaluation object is displayed by the store display device 50.
The evaluation object metadata includes predetermined metadata (attribute information) regarding the corresponding evaluation object. In the evaluator metadata, for example, the type of the corresponding evaluator (for example, award certificate, trophy, shield, etc.), information on the event that the evaluated item was awarded to the user (the event name, event level, number of participants in the event, etc.) ) Is included.
The award date and time indicates the date and time when the corresponding evaluation object was awarded to the user.
As described above, the evaluation object image data, the evaluation object metadata, and the award date and time are the evaluation object transmitted to the store server 10 from the game device 30 on which the mahjong game is played as a result of the user playing the mahjong game and winning a prize. Information contained in the data.

The notification history is information indicating a history in which the corresponding evaluation item is displayed on the store display device 50.
Specifically, the notification history includes a display period (display start date and display end time) for each display (evaluation object display) of the corresponding evaluation object on the store display device 50. In FIG. 4, the notification history displays one piece of information, but this is an example, and when the corresponding user repeatedly visits the store, a plurality of notification histories exist.

[Example of processing procedure]
Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5, an example of a processing procedure executed by the game device 30 and the store server 10 in this embodiment for the priority display of the evaluation object corresponding to the user who has visited the store ST will be described. To do.

First, the processing procedure executed by the game apparatus 30 will be described. Note that the processing of the game device 30 in the figure is not limited to the game device 30 compatible with the mahjong game, and any of the game devices 30 installed in the store ST may execute.
As described above, when the user starts the game, the user inputs a user account to the game device 30 by causing the game device 30 to read a character input operation on the game device 30 or the user card UC.
Therefore, the game device 30 waits for a user account to be input (step S100—NO). Then, when the user account is input (step S100-YES), the game apparatus 30 includes the input user account and its own game apparatus ID, and the game server 30 starts the game. The game start notification shown is transmitted to the store server 10 (step S102).

In addition, when the play of the mahjong game by the user is started, the game device 30 waits for the played mahjong game to end (step S200-NO).
When the mahjong game ends (step S200-YES), the game device 30 stores a game end notification indicating that the game has ended, including the user account input at the start of the game and its own game device ID. It transmits with respect to the server 10 (step S202).

Then, the example of a process sequence which the shop server 10 performs is demonstrated.
The position information acquisition unit 122 in the store server 10 determines whether or not a game start notification transmitted from any of the game devices 30 installed in the store ST is received. (Step S300).
As described above, the position information acquisition unit 122 acquires the received game start notification as position information.

When the game start notification is received (step S300-YES), the determination unit 123 determines that the user indicated by the user ID of the user account included in the game start notification exists in the store ST, and performs the following processing. Run.
That is, the determination unit 123 searches the user information table storage unit 131 for user information that stores the same user ID that is included in the game start notification received corresponding to step S300 (step S302).
Next, the determination unit 123 determines whether or not significant evaluation object history information is stored in the user information searched in step S302 (step S304).
For example, if the corresponding user has never won a mahjong game and no evaluation object has been awarded, no significant evaluation object history information is stored in the user information. On the other hand, if the corresponding user has an experience of winning a mahjong game and has been awarded an evaluation item, significant evaluation item history information including the evaluation item information of the evaluation item awarded in the user information is obtained. Stored.

If it is determined in step S304 that significant evaluation object history information is stored, the user has a qualification that the evaluation object awarded to the user is notified.
Therefore, the notification control unit 124 in this case sets the display progress order of the store display device 50 in which priority is given to the display of the evaluation target subject to priority notification (step S306). The evaluation object to be preferentially notified is the evaluation object indicated by the evaluation object information stored in the evaluation object history information included in the user information of the user indicated by the user ID included in the game start notification received in the previous step S300. It is.
In the present embodiment, as a mode for giving priority to the display of the evaluation object targeted for priority notification, the frequency at which the evaluation object targeted for priority notification is displayed is set higher than other information.

With reference to FIG. 6, an example of the display progress order changed in step S306 will be described.
In FIG. 6, the upper row shows an example of the display progress order before being changed in step S306.
In the case of the figure, for example, in the first one display section, it is shown that the steady display of the evaluation object A and the subsequent advertisement A and advertisement B are displayed every display time T1. In the second second display section, it is shown that the steady display of the evaluation object B and the subsequent advertisement C and advertisement D are displayed for each display time T1.
Thus, in the display progress order before the change, the contents displayed for each display section are different.
And the display progress order changed by step S306 becomes like the lower line of FIG. 6, for example. That is, in the first one display section, the evaluation object to be prioritized notification is displayed every display time T1, and then the steady display of the evaluation object A, the advertisement A, and the advertisement B are displayed. Next, in the second one display section, the evaluation object to be preferentially notified is displayed for each display time T1, followed by the steady display of the evaluation object B, the advertisement C, and the advertisement D.
That is, in the order of display progress in the lower row of FIG. 6, the same priority notification target evaluation object is displayed for each display section. On the other hand, the other information (steady display of the evaluation object A, advertisement A, advertisement B, steady display of the evaluation object B, advertisement B, advertisement C) is once for each of two consecutive display sections. It is displayed. As described above, in the present embodiment, in the display progress order, the frequency of displaying the evaluation object as the priority notification target is set to be higher than that of other information (evaluation object, advertisement, etc. that are displayed constantly).
In addition, in the aspect of FIG. 6, the priority notification target evaluation object is inserted so as to be added in one display section, but for example, any one of the evaluation object A steady display, the advertisement A, and the advertisement B is deleted. Thus, the priority notification target evaluation object may be displayed so as to replace it. Furthermore, for example, both the evaluation object A steady display and the advertisement B may be deleted, and the priority notification target evaluation object may be displayed so as to replace it.
Although not shown in FIG. 6, the evaluation products of all users acquired in the store are sequentially displayed, and when a certain user comes to the store among those users, the evaluation of the user is performed. You may make it make the display frequency of an object high. For example, it is assumed that there are 50 evaluation items acquired in the store and the 50 evaluation items are sequentially displayed. Therefore, the display of one evaluation object is displayed once in 50 times. In this state, when a user who has an evaluation object visits the store, the display of the evaluation object of the user is changed to display once every five times, for example. In this case, the display frequency of the evaluated product of the store visitor increases 10 times.

In addition, when changing the display progress order in step S306, when there are a plurality of evaluation objects awarded to the priority notification target user, for example, after selecting one representative evaluation object, the selected evaluation object May be displayed in each one display section. In selecting an evaluation item, for example, an evaluation item having the latest award date or time may be selected, or a corresponding event level indicated in the evaluation item metadata may be selected.
Alternatively, one evaluation item to be displayed in one display section may be sequentially selected from a plurality of evaluation items.
Or you may make it display the image which put together the several evaluation thing into one for every display area.

Returning to FIG. When it is determined that the game start notification has not been received (step S300—NO), or when it is determined that no significant evaluation object history information has been stored (step S304—NO), step S306. The display progress order by is not changed. Then, the following processing is executed.
That is, the determination unit 123 determines whether or not a game end notification transmitted from any of the game devices 30 in the store ST has been received (step S308).
When the game end notification is received (step S308—YES), the determination unit 123 sets the user with the user ID included in the received game end notification as a game break user (step S310). A game break user is a user who exists in the store ST but does not play a game.

When the process of step S310 is performed or when a game end notification is not received (step S308-NO), the determination unit 123 determines whether or not a certain time has elapsed without the game break user restarting the game. (Step S312).
Whether or not the game break user has resumed the game can be determined by whether or not the game start notification including the user ID of the user who is the game break user has been received again in step S300.

When the game break user has elapsed a certain time without resuming the game (step S312—YES), the determination unit 123 treats the game break user who has passed the certain time without resuming the game as an exit user. A leaving user is a user who has left the store ST.
Then, in accordance with the fact that the game break user has passed a certain time without restarting the game as described above, the notification control unit 124 changes the order of the egress user's evaluation object in the display progress order excluded from the priority display target. (Step S314). As an example, the display progress order is changed from the state of the lower row in FIG. 6 to the state of the upper row by the process of step S314.

After the process of changing the display progress order in step S306 or the process of changing the display progress order in step S314, the notification control unit 124 performs display according to the display progress order changed in step S360 or step S314. The store display device 50 is controlled as described above (step S316).
After the process of step S316, or when the state where the game break user has not resumed the game has not elapsed (step S312—NO), the process returns to step S300.

[Summary of First Embodiment]
As described above, the information notification system according to the first embodiment includes the position information acquisition unit 122, the determination unit 123, the store display device 50 (an example of the information notification unit), and the notification control unit 124. Prepare.
The position information acquisition unit 122 acquires user position information (game start notification including a user ID).
Based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 122, the determination unit 123 determines whether there is a user in the store ST (an example of a specific place).
The store display device 50 is provided in the store ST and notifies information.
When the determination unit 123 determines that the user is present in the store ST, the notification control unit 124 uses the store display device 50 to obtain an evaluation object (an example of user-related information associated with the user) awarded to the user. This information is given priority over the information.

  According to the above configuration, for example, when the user goes to the store ST, his / her evaluation item is displayed on the store display device 50. Thereby, if a user visits store ST, satisfaction will increase, a user's interest to store ST will be raised, and it will become possible to raise the number of customers of store ST.

The information notification system according to the present embodiment further includes a storage unit 130 that stores predetermined user information related to the user.
In addition, the determination unit 123 is a user who is qualified to be notified of a specific user (awarded evaluation object) based on the user information stored in the storage unit 130 for the user determined to exist in the store ST. ) Is further determined.
When the determination unit 123 determines that the user is a specific user, the notification control unit 124 notifies the evaluation object awarded to the user with priority over other information in the store display device 50.

According to the said structure, alerting | reporting (display) in the shop display apparatus 50 is performed only for a specific user among the users who exist in the shop ST. By not displaying on the store display device 50 unless the user becomes a specific user in this way, the value of display on the store display device 50 is increased, and the satisfaction of the user who is the object of display is increased. It is possible to further increase the motivation of the user who wants to visit the store ST.
In addition, the number of customers who want to become a specific user by going to the store ST for the purpose of displaying an evaluation object by the store display device 50 and increasing the number of customers can be expected in this respect. .

  Moreover, in the information notification system according to the present embodiment, the information notification unit is a display unit (for example, the store display device 50), and the notification control unit 124 uses a user-related information as a predetermined evaluation object given to the user in the game. Is displayed on the display unit.

According to the said structure, alerting | reporting will be performed by the aspect of displaying an evaluation thing.
Thereby, it becomes possible to strongly appeal the notification of information related to the user visually. For this reason, in order that the customer who came to the store ST can easily notice the notification of the evaluation object, the satisfaction of the user who displays the evaluation object can be further enhanced, and the motivation for visiting the store ST can be further strengthened. It becomes possible.

  Moreover, in the information notification system according to the present embodiment, the notification control unit 124 causes the user-related information to be notified more frequently in unit time than other information to be notified.

  According to the said structure, the alerting | reporting given priority is implement | achieved by making it alert | report a user relevant information more frequently than other information.

  Further, in the information notification system according to the present embodiment, when the notification control unit 124 determines that the user who has been determined to be present at the specific location by the 123 determination unit is no longer present, the user association associated with the user is determined. Cancel the information prioritized notification.

  According to the said structure, the notification which gave priority to the user relevant information corresponding to a user is performed only corresponding to when the corresponding user has visited store ST, for example. That is, when the corresponding user leaves the store ST, priority notification is not performed on the user related information corresponding to the user who has left. As a result, it is possible to prevent an increase in user-related information that is unnecessarily preferentially notified.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the second embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, when giving priority to the display of the evaluation object as the priority notification object, as shown in FIG. It was.
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, one continuous display time for displaying the evaluation object for the priority notification target is set to be longer than the information for the other notification targets.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a priority notification mode in the present embodiment. In the figure, in the first display section, the display of the evaluation item A, the advertisement A, and the advertisement B are performed in the order of the same display time T1.
Further, in the second one display section, the display of the evaluation object B, the advertisement C, and the advertisement D are displayed in the order of the same display time T1.
In the third one display section, first, the evaluation object to be preferentially notified is displayed for a display time T2 longer than the display time T1, and subsequently displayed in the order of advertisement E and advertisement F for each display time T1. Has been done.
As described above, in this embodiment, priority is given to the evaluation object to be notified of priority by displaying it for a longer display time with respect to steady display or advertisement of other evaluation objects. Notification is performed.

  The processing of the store server 10 in the present embodiment may be the same as in FIG. However, in step S306, the notification control unit 124 according to the present embodiment sets the display time of the evaluation target subject to priority notification to be longer than the other information, as described in FIG. Make changes. Moreover, you may combine the aspect of FIG. 6, and the aspect of FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the evaluation object for priority notification is displayed for each display section, and the display time of the evaluation object for priority notification is longer than other information such as advertisements as shown in FIG. 7. May be. Furthermore, in the case where the length of each display section is fixed, the display time of the advertisement may be shortened by the length of the display time of the evaluation object to be preferentially notified. Furthermore, the display time of the advertisement may be eliminated, and that amount may be allocated to the display time of the evaluation object to be preferentially notified.

[Summary of Second Embodiment]
As described above, in the information notification system according to the second embodiment, the notification control unit 124 has a continuous display time for one display of the user-related information longer than other notification target information. To be.

  According to the said structure, the alerting | reporting given priority is implement | achieved by making it display user-related information with a continuation time longer than other information.

[Third Embodiment]
〔Overview〕
Subsequently, a third embodiment will be described. For example, in the store ST, when it is recognized that there are a plurality of users who have been awarded the evaluation object, the store server 10 prioritizes each of the plurality of user evaluation objects over other information. It is displayed on the display device 50.
At this time, priority is not provided for the display of the evaluation object of each user subject to priority notification. For example, the evaluation object of each user may be sequentially displayed for each display section in accordance with the mode shown in FIG. However, display priority (notification priority) may be set according to a certain standard, and display may be performed according to the set priority.

For example, the priority of notification is set based on the difficulty of acquiring an evaluation object (the difficulty of acquiring user-related information). That is, in the case where there are a plurality of priority evaluation target evaluation objects, a higher priority is set for an evaluation object that is more difficult for the user to acquire.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, a higher priority is set as the winning order corresponding to a certificate of merit, a trophy, or the like is higher.

In the present embodiment, “notification priority” refers to a degree of priority when a plurality of pieces of user-related information are given priority over other information to be notified. The priority may be an absolute value based on, for example, a time difference between the date and time corresponding to each user-related information and the current date or time, or a score determined according to the number of past notifications indicated by the notification history. It may be a relative value indicating priority, such as rank, second rank, third rank,.
Here, as a specific example of the above “time difference between the date and time corresponding to each user related information and the current date and time”, the date and time when the evaluation object (user related information) was awarded and the current date and time (the user's visit was confirmed) Time difference). The smaller this time difference, the newer the evaluation given to the user. It is considered that the newer the evaluation object awarded in this way, the greater the joy and excitement when the user gains. On the other hand, when an evaluation awarded a long time ago or a user has acquired a plurality of evaluations, the evaluation obtained several times before seems not to have a great impression. Therefore, when taking the idea that the new evaluation object is more valuable and should be notified preferentially, the smaller the time difference between the date and time corresponding to each user related information and the current date and time, the lower the priority of notification. The priority can be set so as to increase the value of.
Further, “the number of points determined according to the number of past notifications indicated by the notification history (hereinafter also referred to as notification history points)” is specifically as follows. As one of the simplest examples, each time user-related information is notified once, n (positive value) points are given, and if the number of notifications so far is h, it is expressed as n × h. The value becomes a notification history point.
The following two examples can be given as the priority setting based on the notification history points. That is, as the number of notification history points increases, the corresponding user is a heavy user who frequently visits the store ST. In the case of adopting the concept of respecting such heavy users, the higher the notification history points, the higher the value as the priority of notification, and among the user related information to be prioritized, User-related information is displayed with priority. On the other hand, if you want users who visit the store ST less frequently to pass, set the value as the priority of notification higher as the number of notification history points is smaller. Among the related information, the user related information of the user who visits the store ST less frequently is displayed with priority.
Note that a plurality of pieces of user-related information corresponding to one user can be notified with priority over other notification target information. In this case, for example, according to the notification priority for each user-related information set according to any of the above examples, the time displayed in the unit time can be varied among the plurality of user-related information.

In this embodiment, “user-related information acquisition difficulty” means that, for example, when the user-related information is an evaluation item such as a certificate or trophy acquired when the user wins a game, The winning order corresponding to the evaluated item, the level of the tournament in which the game in which the user has acquired the evaluated product, the number of participants in the tournament (that is, the competition rate for acquiring the award), and the like.
The “difficulty in acquiring user-related information” may be, for example, the number of evaluation items acquired by the user, that is, the number of user-related information associated with the user when the user-related information is an evaluation item. .

  In the present embodiment, there is no particular limitation on how the set priority is reflected in the order of display of information on the store display device 50. For example, according to the description of FIG. 6, the display progress order can be changed so that the frequency of display increases as the priority increases. Or according to description of FIG. 7, you may make it lengthen the display time of 1 time that an evaluation thing is continuously displayed according to a priority becoming high.

[Example of processing procedure]
With reference to FIG. 8, the example of the process sequence performed for the priority display of the evaluation thing corresponding to the user who the store server 10 of this embodiment came to store ST is demonstrated.
In the figure, the processing in steps S1300 to S1304 is the same as that in steps S300 to S304 in FIG.

If it is determined in step S1304 that the user information of the user indicated by the user ID included in the game start notification received in step S1300 includes significant evaluation object history information, notification control is performed. The unit 124 executes the following processing.
In other words, the notification control unit 124 sets the priority for the priority evaluation target evaluation object according to the reception of the game start notification corresponding to the current step S1300 based on the winning ranking corresponding to the evaluation object (step S1306). ). As shown in FIG. 4, the winning ranking corresponding to the evaluation object is indicated in the evaluation object metadata in the evaluation object information of the corresponding evaluation object.
Then, the notification control unit 124 sets the display progress order so that the priority evaluation target display according to the reception of the game start notification corresponding to step S1300 is prioritized according to the priority set in step S1306. Change (step S1308).

  Since the processing in steps S1310 to S1318 is the same as that in steps S308 to S316 in FIG. 5, the description thereof is omitted here.

In the present embodiment, the priority in the priority notification is set based on the difficulty of acquisition as the winning order corresponding to the evaluation item. However, the difficulty of acquisition is not limited to the winning order.
For example, the notification control unit 124 according to the present embodiment can set the priority based on the level of the tournament to which the evaluation object has been awarded. Here, the level of the tournament is whether it is a scale for a specific game center, whether it is a prefecture, Kanto district (Kansai district) or nationwide etc. It may be according to the size of the scale. Or you may be according to the skill level and technical level with respect to games, such as a beginner, an intermediate player, and an advanced player, and an attainment stage.
It can also be said that the difficulty is high that one user acquires as many evaluation objects as possible. Therefore, the notification control unit 124 according to the present embodiment is based on the number of evaluation objects awarded to one user in a case where all evaluation objects corresponding to one user are collectively displayed as evaluation objects for priority notification objects. You can also set the priority.

[Summary of Third Embodiment]
As described above, in the information notification system according to the third embodiment, the notification control unit 124 is based on the predetermined attribute of the user related information associated with the user determined to be present at the specific place by the determination unit 123. To set the notification priority.

According to the above configuration, when prioritizing the user-related information targeted for priority notification for each of a plurality of users over other information, the user-related information may be notified according to the priority set for each user-related information targeted for priority notification. it can.
As a result, for example, not all user-related information targeted for priority notification is uniformly notified with the same priority, but a difference in priority is given under certain conditions. It is possible to appropriately notify the user related information.

  In addition, in the information notification system according to the present embodiment, the notification control unit 124 determines the priority of notification based on the difficulty of acquiring user-related information associated with the user determined to be present at the specific place by the determination unit 123. Set.

  According to the above configuration, the user-related information that is difficult to acquire is notified with higher priority. Thereby, the value of the user related information notified increases and the satisfaction of the user notified of the user related information becomes higher.

[Fourth Embodiment]
〔Overview〕
Subsequently, a fourth embodiment will be described. In the previous third embodiment, the priority of the evaluation object to be preferentially notified is set based on the difficulty of acquisition such as a prize ranking.
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the priority of notification is set based on the date and time corresponding to the evaluation object to be notified of priority. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the priority is set such that the priority is higher as the date and time of granting of the evaluation object subject to priority notification is newer.

  It is perceived that the evaluation value with the older award date and time becomes lower in value because it is related to the past results for the user. From this point of view, it is reasonable to give priority to the latest evaluations that have been awarded as recently as possible, and it is reasonable to display them in the future. The motivation of a user who visits and plays a game can be increased.

[Example of processing procedure]
With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 9, the example of the process sequence performed for the priority display of the evaluation object corresponding to the user who the store server 10 of this embodiment came to store ST is demonstrated.
In the figure, the processing in steps S2300 to S2304 is the same as that in steps S1300 to S1304 in FIG.

In the present embodiment, the notification control unit 124 sets the priority for the evaluation object to be notified of priority according to the reception of the game start notification corresponding to the current step S2300 based on the award date and time corresponding to the evaluation object. (Step S2306).
As shown in FIG. 4, the award date and time to which the evaluation object corresponds is shown in the evaluation object information of the corresponding evaluation object.

  Also, in the figure, the processing in steps S2308 to S2318 is the same as that in steps S1308 to S1318 in FIG.

[Summary of Fourth Embodiment]
As described above, in the information notification system according to the fourth embodiment, the notification control unit 124 is based on the date and time corresponding to the user-related information associated with the user determined to be present at the specific place by the determination unit 123. To set the notification priority.

  According to the above configuration, the degree of priority to be notified differs according to the date and time corresponding to the user related information to be notified of priority. Thereby, it becomes possible to appropriately set and notify the priority according to the old and new of the user related information to be notified of priority.

[Fifth Embodiment]
〔Overview〕
Subsequently, a fifth embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the priority of notification based on the number of notifications (displayed) by the store display device 50 so far (the number of notifications: an example of a notification history) for the evaluation object that is the priority notification target this time. Is set.
Specifically, a lower priority is set as the number of notifications for an evaluation object that is a priority notification target increases, and a higher priority is set as the number of notifications decreases.

  In setting the evaluation object as a priority notification target, for example, it is possible to take the idea that it is preferable that the opportunity for the evaluation object to be notified in priority in a relatively long period is as uniform as possible between users. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as described above, the priority is set based on the number of notifications about the evaluation object that is the priority notification target.

[Example of processing procedure]
With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the example of the process sequence performed for the priority display of the evaluation thing corresponding to the user who the shop server 10 in this embodiment came to the shop ST is demonstrated.
In the figure, the processing in steps S3300 to S3304 is the same as that in steps S1300 to S1304 in FIG.

In the present embodiment, the notification control unit 124 sets a priority for an evaluation object to be preferentially notified in response to reception of the game start notification corresponding to step S3300 this time based on the number of notifications corresponding to the evaluation object. (Step S3306).
The number of notifications corresponding to the evaluation object is included in the notification history in the evaluation object information of the corresponding evaluation object shown in FIG.

  Also, in the figure, the processing in steps S3308 to S3318 is the same as that in steps S1308 to S1318, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

[Summary of Fifth Embodiment]
As described above, in the information notification system according to the fifth embodiment, the notification control unit 124 notifies the user related information when the determination unit 123 determines that there are a plurality of users. The notification priority is set based on the history.

  According to the said structure, the priority of alerting | reporting is made to differ according to the log | history of the alerting | reporting so far of the user relevant information of priority alerting | reporting object. Thereby, for example, it is possible to make the opportunities for notifying user-related information as uniform as possible.

[Sixth Embodiment]
〔Overview〕
Subsequently, a sixth embodiment will be described. In the mahjong game of the present embodiment, a plurality of users form a user group (hereinafter simply referred to as a group) as a team and play a battle between groups. In the present embodiment, a prize such as a certificate or trophy is awarded to a group, not to individual users.

  In the present embodiment, the “user group” is a group composed of a plurality of users set in a game in which a plurality of users progress in cooperation, for example. For example, in the case of a game in which a battle is performed between groups, each group in the game corresponds to a “user group”. In the case of games such as baseball and soccer, one user group is constituted by users belonging to the same team. When a group wins a tournament or the like, an evaluation object such as a virtual winning cup is awarded to the group.

Then, when a user belonging to the group to which the evaluation object is awarded comes to the store ST, the evaluation object awarded to the group to which the user belongs is preferentially displayed on the store display device 50.
In addition, in this embodiment, when the user who has visited the store ST belongs to a plurality of groups to which the evaluation object has been awarded, the store server 10 has visited the store ST among the plurality of groups. Prioritize and display the evaluation items of the group with the larger number of users.
For example, when both group A and group B have acquired an evaluation product as a group, the number of users belonging to group A who visits store ST is two, and group B who also visits store ST If the number of users belonging to is five, the evaluation object of group B is preferentially displayed.
If the display is performed as described above, the excitement among the users can be expected due to the large number of users, and the number of users who are interested in the store also increases, so the user can come again as a repeater Can be improved. The group A evaluation items may not be displayed, and the group A evaluation items may also be displayed, but the frequency or display time may be displayed lower than the group B evaluation items. Good.

[User information table]
The configuration of the store server 10 in the present embodiment may be the same as in FIG. However, in the present embodiment, the structure of the user information table stored in the user information table storage unit 131 is different from that in FIG. 4 in response to the evaluation object being awarded for each group of users.

The user information table in the present embodiment includes the user group information table shown in FIG. 11 and the group correspondence evaluation object history information table shown in FIG.
One row (one record) in the user group information table shown in FIG. 11 is user information corresponding to one user. The user information corresponding to one user includes information on a user ID, a password, a user name, and a group ID.
The affiliation group ID is identification information indicating one or more groups to which the corresponding user belongs.

The group-corresponding evaluation object history information table shown in FIG. 12 shows the awarding status of evaluation objects for each group. One row (one record) in the group-corresponding evaluation object history information table of FIG. 3 is group-corresponding evaluation object history information corresponding to one group.
The group-corresponding evaluation object history information corresponding to one group includes a group ID, a group name, and evaluation object history information.
The group ID in the group-corresponding evaluation object history information indicates a group ID assigned to the corresponding group.
The group name indicates the group name assigned to the corresponding group.
The evaluation object history information includes evaluation object information representing an evaluation object awarded to the corresponding group. The information included in the evaluation object information is the same as that shown in FIG.

[Example of processing procedure]
Subsequently, with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 13 and 14, an example of a processing procedure executed for the priority display of the evaluation object corresponding to the user group of the user who has visited the store ST by the store server 10 in the present embodiment will be described. To do.
First, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 13, an example of a processing procedure executed by the store server 10 regarding the management of the number of existence by user group for the user who has visited the store ST will be described. Note that this embodiment is intended for user groups, and the following processing procedure does not process information for only one user. For example, a plurality of users such as when the number of users visiting the store increases sequentially. This information is processed. Of course, it corresponds to the processing when the first one of the group visits the store. For example, in step S4300, which will be described later, a determination is made every time a new user who comes to the store starts a game. For users who have already visited the store, determination is made for all the users.

First, when a game start notification is received (step S4300), the determination unit 123 searches for group-corresponding evaluation object history information of a group to which a user with the same user ID as included in the received game start notification belongs ( Step S4302).
At this time, the determination unit 123 searches the user group information table (FIG. 11) for user information including the user ID included in the game start notification. Next, the determination unit 123 searches the group-corresponding evaluation object history information table (FIG. 12) for group-corresponding evaluation object history information including the group ID included in the searched user information as a group ID.

Next, the determination unit 123 determines whether or not significant evaluation object information is stored in the retrieved group-corresponding evaluation object history information (step S4304).
When significant evaluation object information is not stored in the group-corresponding evaluation object history information (step S4304—NO), the evaluation object is awarded to the user group to which the user who starts the game in response to reception of the current game start notification belongs. It has not been. Therefore, in this case, the process returns to step S4300.
On the other hand, when significant evaluation object information is stored in the group-corresponding evaluation object history information (step S4304—YES), the user who is recognized to be present in the store ST in response to reception of the current game start notification Is a user (a user who belongs to a priority notification target group) that belongs to a user group (a priority notification target group) to which an evaluation object has been awarded.
In this case, the notification control unit 124 determines whether or not the priority notification target group belonging user whose presence has been recognized in response to the reception of the current game start notification is already included in the group-corresponding user presence information (Step S1). S4306).

Although not shown in the figure, the group-corresponding user presence information is information in which a group ID indicating a belonging user group is associated with each user ID of a user belonging to the priority notification target group. The group-corresponding user presence information also stores a game break user flag indicating whether or not the user is currently set as a game break user for each user ID of the priority notification target group belonging user.
As the user ID in the group-corresponding user presence information, the user ID included in the game start notification received in step S4300 is used. As the group ID in the group-corresponding user presence information, the group ID corresponding to the group-corresponding evaluation object history information searched in step S4302 is used.

In step S4300, the game start notification is received when the user visits the store ST and starts the game for the first time, or when the user who has finished the game has not passed the fixed time determined in step S4312 described later. It is performed corresponding to either the case where the game is restarted.
However, in the latter case, the corresponding user is already included in the group corresponding user presence information, and is set as a game break user by the game break user flag.
Therefore, the notification control unit 124 in this case performs the determination in step S4306 described above before updating the group-corresponding user presence information.

When it is determined that it is included in the group-corresponding user presence information (step S4306-YES), the notification control unit 124 determines that the corresponding user has stopped the break and restarted the game, and the corresponding priority notification is performed. The setting as the game break user of the user belonging to the target group is canceled (step S4308). At this time, the notification control unit 124 changes the game break user flag of the corresponding priority notification target group belonging user to a value indicating that the user is not a game break user. After the process of step S4308, the process returns to step S4300.
On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not included in the group-corresponding user presence information (step S4306-NO), the process proceeds to step S4318 described later.

  When it is determined in step S4300 that the game start notification has not been received, the determination unit 123 determines whether or not a game end notification transmitted from any of the game devices 30 in the store ST has been received. (Step S4310).

When the game end notification is received (step S4310—YES), the determination unit 123 determines whether the user who has finished playing the game is included in the group-corresponding user presence information in response to the game end notification. (Step S4312).
If it is determined that it is not included in the group-corresponding user presence information (step S4312—NO), the process returns to step S4300.
On the other hand, when it is determined that it is included in the group-corresponding user presence information (step S4312—YES), the notification control unit 124 determines the user corresponding to the reception of the game end notification in step S4310 this time. Set as a game break user (step S4314). At this time, the notification control unit 124 sets a value indicating that the user is a game break user for the game break user flag corresponding to the user in the group corresponding user presence information. After the process of step S4314, the process returns to step S4300.

When it is determined that a game end notification has not been received (step S4310—NO), the notification control unit 124 determines whether there is a game break user who has passed a certain time without restarting the game. (Step S4316).
If it is determined that there is no game break user who has passed a certain time without restarting the game (step S4316—NO), the process returns to step S4300.

When it is determined that it is not included in the group-corresponding user presence information (step S4306-NO), or when there is a game break user who has passed a certain time without restarting the game (step S4316-NO), notification The control unit 124 executes the following processing.
That is, the notification control unit 124 updates the group-corresponding user presence information so as to add or delete the users included in the group-corresponding user presence information (step S4318).
Before a user who belongs to a group visits the store, of course, there is no group-corresponding user presence information corresponding to the group, and when it is determined that the first user of the group has visited the store, Corresponding group-corresponding user presence information is recorded for the first time.

The process of updating the group-corresponding user presence information in step S4318 differs as follows between the case where the process reaches step S4318 from step S4306 and the case where the process reaches step S4318 from step S4316.
First, when step S4306 is reached to step S4318, the notification control unit 124 updates the group-corresponding user presence information so as to add a new priority notification target group belonging user corresponding to the current step S4300 as step S4318. To do.
Moreover, when it reaches from step S4316 to step S4318, the alerting | reporting control part 124 performs the following processes as step S4318. That is, the notification control unit 124 updates the group-corresponding user presence information so as to delete the game break user who is determined to have passed for a certain time without restarting the game in this step S4316. After the process of step S4318, the process returns to step S4300.
By executing such processing, the group-corresponding user presence information is appropriately updated according to the situation of the user's arrival and exit at the store ST.

Next, with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 14, an example of a processing procedure executed for the priority display of the evaluation object corresponding to the user group by the store server 10 in the present embodiment will be described.
The notification control unit 124 waits for the group-corresponding user presence information to be updated in step S4318 in FIG. 13 (NO in step S4320).

When it is determined that the group-corresponding user presence information has been updated (step S4320—YES), the notification control unit 124 indicates the user (priority notification target group affiliation user) indicated in the updated group-corresponding user presence information. The number of users belonging to each priority notification target group is recognized (step S4322).
Next, the notification control unit 124 sets the priority for each priority notification target evaluation object corresponding to each priority notification target group based on the number of users belonging to each priority notification target group recognized in step S4322. (Step S4324).
And the alerting | reporting control part 124 changes the display advancing order of the shop display apparatus 50 according to the priority set by step S4324 about the evaluation thing of the priority alerting | reporting object for every priority alerting | reporting object group (step S4326).
And the alerting | reporting control part 124 controls the shop display apparatus 50 so that the display according to the display progress order changed by step S4326 is performed (step S4328).
In the process of FIG. 9, the display progress order is changed in accordance with the update of the group-corresponding user presence information. However, for example, the processing of steps S4322 to S4328 may be executed at predetermined time intervals using the group-corresponding user presence information at that time.

[Summary of Sixth Embodiment]
As described above, in the information notification system according to the sixth embodiment, the notification control unit 124 stores other user-related information associated with the user group to which the user determined to be present at the specific place by the determination unit 123 belongs. This information is given priority over the information to be notified.

  According to the above configuration, the user group to which the arriving user belongs in response to the user arriving at the specific location corresponding to the case where the user related information is given to the user group to which a plurality of users belong. It becomes possible to preferentially notify the user related information.

  Further, in the information notification system according to the present embodiment, the notification control unit 124 includes a plurality of pieces of user-related information associated with each of a plurality of user groups to which a user determined to be present at a specific place by the determination unit 123 belongs. The priority of notification is set based on the number of belonging users determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit among the belonging users belonging to each of the user groups.

  According to the above configuration, when a user who has arrived at a specific location belongs to a plurality of groups, among the plurality of groups, the priority of the user related information of the group having many affiliated users existing at the specific location It is possible to perform priority notification so as to increase. Thereby, it is possible to perform priority notification of reasonable user-related information corresponding to a case where a user who has arrived at a specific location belongs to a plurality of groups.

[Seventh Embodiment]
〔Overview〕
Subsequently, a seventh embodiment will be described. In the seventh embodiment, when the store server 10 recognizes that the user to whom the evaluation object has been awarded is present in the store ST and causes the store display device 50 to display the evaluation object awarded to the user. In addition, a notification that the display of the evaluation object is performed (evaluation object notification) is transmitted to the user terminal device.

As described above, the notification of the evaluation object notification is transmitted from the store server 10 to the user's terminal device, so that the user can know that his / her evaluation object is displayed on the store display device 50 of the store ST. it can.
Thereby, for example, it can be made known to the user that the evaluation product of the user who has visited the store ST is displayed on the store display device 50.
For example, when a user visits a game center and starts playing, even if the user's evaluation object is preferentially displayed on the store display device 50, the user is enthusiastic about playing. You may not notice. And there is a possibility that it will return as it is after the play. In this regard, according to the above configuration, since the user announces that the user's evaluation object is displayed on the store display device 50, the user confirms that after the play is completed or between play. Can raise a sense of satisfaction and a strong interest in game center services.

  In the case of this embodiment, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the shop server 10 is connected with an external network etc., and is comprised so that it can communicate with a user's terminal device via a network.

[Example of processing procedure]
With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 15, the example of the process sequence performed for the priority display of the evaluation thing corresponding to the user who the shop server 10 in this embodiment came to the shop ST is demonstrated.
In the same figure, since each process of step S5300-S5306 becomes the same as that of step S300-S306 in FIG. 5, description here is abbreviate | omitted.

In the present embodiment, when the display progress order is changed so as to prioritize the display of the evaluation target subject to priority notification in step S5306, the following processing is performed.
In other words, the notification control unit 124 causes the terminal display device 50 of the store ST to display the evaluation object awarded to the user on the terminal device (for example, a mobile phone) of the user targeted for priority notification this time. Is sent (step S5308).
In addition, as an aspect of transmission of the evaluation object notification, it may be by e-mail or a push notification for a predetermined application corresponding to the mahjong game of the present embodiment. Moreover, you may make it notify by SNS corresponding to the mahjong game of this embodiment.
In the process of step S5308, the store server 10 stores the transmission destination corresponding to the transmission mode of the evaluation object notification, for example, in the user information table.

  In addition, since the processes in steps S5310 to S5318 in the figure are the same as steps S308 to S316 in FIG. 5, the description thereof is omitted here.

[Summary of the seventh embodiment]
As described above, in the information notification system according to the seventh embodiment, the notification control unit 124 is a user associated with the user with respect to the terminal device of the user determined to be present at the specific place by the determination unit 123. It notifies that related information is alert | reported by an information alerting | reporting part (for example, store display apparatus 50).

  According to the above configuration, since the notification that the user-related information is preferentially notified is performed to the user via the user's terminal, the user is positively aware that the user-related information is notified. be able to.

[Eighth Embodiment]
〔Overview〕
Subsequently, an eighth embodiment will be described. In each of the above-described embodiments, in the real space, the user's evaluation object is displayed on the store display device 50 in the store ST in response to the user recognizing that the user exists in a specific place such as the store ST. It was like that.
On the other hand, in this embodiment, when it is determined that a specific character exists in the virtual space, related information corresponding to the character or user identification information associated with the character is displayed as information in the same virtual space. The notification unit is configured to be notified.

  In the present embodiment, the “virtual space” is a game space expressed by a two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional image. The “virtual space” may be a shopping mall operated on the Internet, for example.

In the present embodiment, the “specific character” is a character having a qualification that notification of corresponding related information is performed.
Specifically, there is a specific title that is given to the character as a result of achieving a certain level of results in the game, such as “A Hero of History”, and the character has such a specific title Is notified as user-related information, a character to which a specific title is awarded is a specific character.
Or, there is a specific item that is awarded to a character who has achieved a certain level of success in the game, and when it is reported as user-related information that the character has the specific item, it has the specific item A character for which is set is a specific character.

In this embodiment, “related information corresponding to a character or user identification information associated with the character” includes “related information corresponding to the character” and “user ID associated with the character (an example of user identification information). ) Related information corresponding to "."
The “related information corresponding to the character” is, for example, a title, item, character level, character name, or the like given to the character.
In addition, “related information corresponding to a user ID associated with a character” refers to evaluation of a certificate, a trophy, etc. awarded to a user who operates the character (that is, a user indicated by the user ID associated with the character). It is a thing. Further, the “user related information” may be a history of game results of the user so far, a user level on the game, a stage on the game reached by the user, and the like. Further, the “user related information” may be the name of the user (which may be a real name or a nickname), or an image of the user.

[Configuration example of information notification system]
With reference to FIG. 16, the structural example of the information alerting | reporting system in this embodiment is demonstrated.
In this figure, the same parts as those in FIG.
The information notification system in the present embodiment is configured by connecting a game server 70 and a plurality of game devices 90 via a network N so that they can communicate with each other.

  The game server 70 is a server that provides a common online game played in each of the game devices 90.

The online game is a game in which the same game progress is shared by each game device 90.
Such an online game is realized by the game server 70 progressing the game based on the operation information transmitted from each game device 90 and transmitting a game screen corresponding to the progress of the game to each game device 90. Is done. In such an online game, on the game screen displayed on each game device 90, in addition to the character corresponding to himself, other user characters existing in the same game space are also displayed.
Here, the online game in the present embodiment is not particularly limited to the mahjong game. For example, the online game here may be, for example, RPG (Roll Playing Game).
In addition, the online game in the present embodiment may be played using a game machine in a store such as a game center, or is performed by connecting a personal computer at home with the game server 70 via the network N. May be used.

The game device 90 displays an online game screen provided by the game server 70 and transmits operation information corresponding to the operation performed by the user to the game server 70.
The game server 70 advances the game according to the received operation information, and transmits game screen information corresponding to the game progress result to each game device 90. By such control, the online game similarly proceeds in each game device 90.

The game server 70 in this embodiment includes a communication unit 710, a control unit 720, and a storage unit 730.
The communication unit 710 communicates with the game device 90 via the network N.

The control unit 720 executes various controls in the game server 70. The function as the control unit 720 is realized by the CPU provided in the game server 70 executing the program.
The control unit 720 includes a game progress unit 721, a determination unit 722, and a notification control unit 723.

The game progression unit 721 advances the game based on the operation information transmitted from the game apparatus 90 and transmits a game screen corresponding to the progress result to the game apparatus 90.
The determination unit 722 determines whether or not there is a character associated with a user ID (an example of user identification information) in the virtual space. In addition, the determination unit 722 determines whether the character determined to exist in the virtual space is a specific character based on the information stored in the storage unit 730 or is associated with the user identification information of a specific user. Further determination is made as to whether or not. Here, the presence of a character means that the character is displayed in a form that can be visually recognized by the user in the displayed game screen. Alternatively, although the character itself is not displayed in the game screen, the user may be able to hear sounds and voices related to the character.

When the determination unit 722 determines that a character exists, the notification control unit 723 displays related information corresponding to the character or a user ID (an example of user identification information) associated with the character in a predetermined place in the game space. In (an example of an information notification unit), notification is given priority over other information. The predetermined place in the game space may be a specific place, region, or the like in addition to an imaginary monitor, signboard, car, building, mountain, river, cloud, or the like provided in the game space. Further, the related information may be a predetermined area provided separately from the game space or superimposed on the display screen such as a monitor. For example, an information display area for displaying game information and advertisements is provided in advance at the lower end of the display screen, and related information corresponding to the user ID is preferentially displayed on the information display area. It may be.
In addition, when the information control unit 723 determines that the character determined to exist in the virtual space is further a specific character or is associated with the user ID of a specific user, the related information Is given priority over other information at a predetermined place in the game space.

The storage unit 730 stores various types of information used by the control unit 720. The storage unit 730 includes a user information table storage unit 731.
The user information table storage unit 731 stores a user information table. The user information table storage unit 731 in the present embodiment stores information related to a character or a user ID associated with the character.
Specifically, the user information table in the present embodiment is not illustrated, but for example, in the user information table illustrated in FIG. 4, instead of the evaluation object history information, the user or the relationship associated with the character associated with the user. Information (an example of information related to a character or a user ID associated with the character) is stored.

In the information notification system of the present embodiment configured as described above, in an online game, there is a specific character in a predetermined game space while the game server 70 advances the game in response to an operation signal transmitted from the game device 90. It is determined whether or not.
When the game device 90 determines that the specific character exists in the predetermined game space, the game device 90 displays related information regarding the specific character or related information regarding the user corresponding to the specific character at a predetermined location in the game space. Let

In this way, when a specific character appears in an online game in which a character corresponding to each of a plurality of users appears in the game space, the title of the specific character and the results of the corresponding user Are displayed with priority over other information.
For example, in a battle game in which groups battle each other, Team A and Team B are fighting. For example, the nicknames of participating users are sequentially displayed in a predetermined area in each game screen of each user constituting Team A. Take the case where it is displayed as flowing.
In this case, for example, the nicknames of the participating users are displayed as “... P, Q, R,. The same display is performed on the game screen of each user of Team B. Here, when a user Z (Z is a nickname) who has a high history of battles in the past and who has a title such as “Hero of history battle” joins the A team halfway, it stands out from the nicknames of other users. Highlighted. For example, “... Q, R,“ Hero of the War ”Z participation! ! "..." is displayed. Information relating to the user Z may be repeatedly displayed without displaying other information for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) after entering the war, for example. Or you may display continuously several times (for example, 7 times).
A user who is preferentially displayed in this way has been treated specially among the users participating in the same game, and thus can be highly satisfied. And since a user comes to want to visit the same game space again, the activation of a game is achieved.

[Example of processing procedure]
Next, with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 17, an example of a processing procedure executed by the game server 70 and the game apparatus 90 in the present embodiment for preferentially informing related information of a character or a user will be described. In the description of the figure, a case where one character corresponds to one user is taken as an example for the convenience of making the description simple and easy to understand. In this case, one character is uniquely specified by the user ID.

First, the processing procedure executed by the game apparatus 90 will be described. The game device 90 determines whether or not an online game operation has been performed (step S1100).
When it is determined that an operation has been performed (step S1100—YES), the game apparatus 90 transmits operation information corresponding to the operation (step S1102).
After the process of step S1102 or when it is determined that no operation is performed (step S1102-NO), the game apparatus 90 has received the game screen information transmitted from the game server 70 or not. (Step S1104).

If it is determined that game screen information has been received (step S1104-YES), game device 30 updates the game screen that has been displayed so far to the newly received game screen information game screen ( Step S1106).
When the game screen is updated in this way, if the notification message is included in the game screen information, the notification message is displayed at a predetermined location in the game space where the player character is present on the game screen. .

  After completing the process in step S1106 or when no game screen information is received (step S1104-NO), the game device 90 returns the process to step S1100.

Subsequently, an example of a processing procedure executed by the game server 70 will be described.
In the game server 70, the game progression unit 126 is on standby for receiving the operation information transmitted from the game device 90 (step S6300—NO). Then, when the operation information is received (step S6300-YES), the game progression unit 126 advances the game according to the received operation information (step S6302). In step S6302, the game progression unit 126 generates game screen information representing a game screen corresponding to the game progress result.

Next, the determination unit 722 determines whether or not a character has newly appeared in a predetermined game space in which message notification is performed in accordance with the progress of the game in step S6302 (step S6304).
When it is determined that a character has newly appeared (step S6304—YES), the determination unit 722 searches the storage unit 130 for user information corresponding to the newly appearing character (step S6306).

Next, the determination unit 722 determines whether or not significant related information is stored in the user information searched in step S6306 (step S6308).
When it is determined that significant related information is stored (step S6308—YES), the notification control unit 723 generates a notification message in which priority is given to the display of the related information targeted for priority notification in accordance with step S6302. The game screen information is included (step S6310).

Further, when it is determined that a character does not newly appear in the predetermined game space (step S6304—NO), or when it is determined that no significant related information is stored (step S6308—NO). The following processing is executed.
That is, the determination unit 722 determines whether or not there is a priority notification target character that has left the game in step S6302 as the game progresses (step S6312).
Here, the priority notification target character is a character for which the related information is preferentially displayed by the process of step S6310 among the characters that have left the game in accordance with the progress in step S6302.

  When it is determined that there is a priority notification target character leaving (YES in Step S6312), the notification control unit 723 excludes related information corresponding to the leaving priority notification target character from the priority notification target. Is included in the game screen information generated in step S6302 (step S6314).

When it is determined that there is no priority notification target character leaving (step S6312—NO), the notification control unit 723 transmits the game screen information generated in step S6302 to the game device 90 (step S6316).
In addition, when the process of step S6310 is performed, the notification control unit 723 transmits game screen information including the notification message in step S6310 to the game device 90 (step S6316).
In addition, when the process of step S6314 is performed, the notification control unit 723 transmits the game screen information including the notification message in step S6314 to the game device 90 (step S6316).
After the process of step S6316, the process returns to step S6300.

In the above description, a case where a game space in an online game is targeted is taken as an example.
However, other than the above, for example, a virtual store such as a virtual game center may be targeted. Specifically, in response to a specific character visiting the virtual store, related information corresponding to the specific character or the user identification information associated with the character is sent to a predetermined location (in the information notification unit) of the virtual store. In one example, for example, it can be configured to give priority to the advertisement over the store or other related information.
Here, the predetermined place can be, for example, a display device (such as a large monitor) provided in a virtual store. The predetermined place can be, for example, a wall, a window, a poster, or the like in a virtual store. Furthermore, the predetermined place is a predetermined area on a display screen (a monitor or the like) viewed by the user, which is provided separately from the space where the virtual store exists, or is superimposed on the space. It may be. For example, an information notification area for displaying advertisements and related information related to a virtual store in advance is provided at the lower end of the display screen viewed by the user, and a specific character or the character is displayed on the information notification area. Related information corresponding to the corresponding user may be preferentially displayed.

[Summary of Eighth Embodiment]
As described above, the information notification system according to the eighth embodiment includes the determination unit 722 and the notification control unit 723.
The determination unit 722 determines whether or not there is a character associated with the user identification information in the virtual space.
When the determination unit 722 determines that a character is present, the notification control unit 723 displays related information corresponding to the character or user identification information (user ID) associated with the character more than other information in the virtual space. Priority notification.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to notify information about a character existing in the virtual space or information about a user who operates the character existing in the virtual space in the virtual space. Thereby, for example, a user participates in an online game or the like and causes the character to exist in the virtual space, whereby the character operated by the user or information related to the user is notified in the virtual space, so that satisfaction can be obtained. And it becomes possible to raise the willingness for a user to participate in a game.

The information notification system according to the present embodiment further includes a storage unit 730 that stores information related to the character or user identification information associated with the character.
Then, the determination unit 722 determines whether the character determined to exist in the virtual space is a specific character based on information stored in the storage unit 130 or is associated with user identification information of a specific user. Further determination is made as to whether or not.
In addition, when the notification control unit 723 determines that the character determined to exist in the virtual space is further a specific character or is associated with the user identification information of a specific user, Related information is reported in preference to other information in the virtual space.

According to the above configuration, the notification in the virtual space is performed only for the appearance of a specific character or a character corresponding to a specific user. In this way, by preventing the related information from being notified unless the condition of growing up to a specific character or becoming a specific user is satisfied, the value of notifying the related information is increased, and the notification is performed. For example, it is possible to further enhance the user's satisfaction, for example, to further increase the motivation of the user who wants to visit the virtual space. Thereby, the number of users visiting the virtual space can be increased.
In addition, the number of users who visit the virtual space for the purpose of notifying related information and trying to improve results increases, and in this respect also, the number of users visiting the virtual space can be increased.

[Modification]
The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and includes a design and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the configurations described in the above first to eighth embodiments can be arbitrarily combined.

  For example, in the eighth embodiment, the function unit as the determination unit 722 may be configured to be included in the game device 90, for example.

For example, in the first to seventh embodiments, the user's position information is acquired by causing the game device 30 installed in the store ST to read the user card UC. However, the acquisition of the user position information may be configured as follows.
In other words, for example, the user effectively sets the GPS (Global Positioning System) function of the mobile terminal that he / she owns. And it comprises so that a portable terminal can transmit position information with respect to the shop server 10 via a mobile telephone network or a network, for example.

Here, whether or not to enable or disable the function (position information notification function) of the mobile terminal that detects the position and transmits the position information to the store server 10 as described above is arbitrary. Therefore, in order for the store server 10 to acquire the location information using the location information notification function of the mobile terminal as described above, it is necessary for the user to enable the location information notification function. Become.
Therefore, in this modified example, when the user enters the store ST with the location information notification function of his / her mobile terminal enabled, for example, a predetermined point is given to the user without particularly playing a game. Establish a point grant system. The given points can be used for, for example, a price for playing a game in the store ST.
By providing such a point grant system, the user actively sets the position information notification function of the mobile terminal to be valid in order to receive the point grant. Thereby, the priority alerting | reporting of the user relevant information according to the positional information notification function in this modification can be made to function actively.
In addition, such a location information notification function of the mobile terminal can be provided, for example, in a point grant application provided by the store ST installed in the mobile terminal.

And the determination part 133 in the shop server 10 determines whether a user exists in the place corresponding to shop ST based on the positional information transmitted from the portable terminal and acquired by the positional information acquisition part 122. FIG.
In the case of such a configuration, it is determined that the user exists at a location corresponding to the store ST when the location information is included in a range within a certain distance from the store ST, even outside the store ST. be able to.
Thus, by including the range outside the store ST in the specific location, for example, in the configuration for notifying the evaluation object notification as in the seventh embodiment, it exists outside the store ST but in the vicinity of the store ST. It is possible to notify the user of the evaluation object notification.

Further, when the user's mobile terminal has a function as a mobile phone, the base station identification information of the radiotelephone base station can be used as position information of the user's mobile terminal.
When the user's portable terminal has a wireless LAN communication function, identification information such as a wireless LAN access point and a router can be used as position information of the user's portable terminal.

In the first to seventh embodiments, the user-related information is preferentially notified based on the result of a game such as a tournament held in the range of the store ST. However, in the present embodiment, for example, user-related information may be preferentially notified based on the result of a game played in a specific region range or nationwide range.
For example, when a user wins a tournament that is set for the Tokyo area as a specific area range, even if the winning user visits a store in the Tokyo area that has never been visited, The user may be inquired as a high-ranking user in the Tokyo area, and user-related information such as an evaluation product may be preferentially notified on the store display device.
In addition, when a user wins a tournament set for the whole country of Japan, if the winning user visits a store in Japan that has never been visited, he / she will be referred to as a high-ranking user in the country. Then, user-related information such as an evaluation product may be preferentially notified on the store display device.
Such a configuration is realized, for example, by providing an upper server that is higher than a plurality of stores in a specific area range or stores in the whole country, and the upper server uses the user information in each store to control priority notifications. it can.

  Also, a program for realizing the functions of the store server 10 and the game server 70 described above is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed. Thus, processing as the store server 10, the game server 70, etc. may be performed. Here, “loading and executing a program recorded on a recording medium into a computer system” includes installing the program in the computer system. The “computer system” here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Further, the “computer system” may include a plurality of computer devices connected via a network including a communication line such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and dedicated line. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. As described above, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium also includes a recording medium provided inside or outside that is accessible from the distribution server in order to distribute the program. The code of the program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program that can be executed by the terminal device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server is not limited as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the terminal device. Note that the program may be divided into a plurality of parts, downloaded at different timings, and combined in the terminal device, or the distribution server that distributes each of the divided programs may be different. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that becomes a server or a client when the program is transmitted via a network. Including things. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

[Appendix]
From the above description, the present invention is grasped as follows, for example. In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, reference numerals in the accompanying drawings are appended in parentheses for convenience, but the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment.

  (Additional remark 1) The information alerting | reporting system which concerns on 1 aspect of this invention was acquired by the positional information acquisition part (122, S300) which acquires a user's positional information (for example, game start notification), and the said positional information acquisition part. Based on the position information, a determination unit (123, S300) that determines whether or not a user is present at a specific location (for example, the store ST), and an information notification unit (50) that is provided at the specific location and notifies the information. When the determination unit determines that the user is present at the specific location, the information control unit (124) notifies the user related information associated with the user with priority over other information in the information notification unit. , S306).

  According to the above configuration, for example, when the user goes to a specific place, the user-related information corresponding to the user is notified by the information notification unit. Thereby, satisfaction will increase if a user visits a specific place, the user's interest in a specific place will be raised, and it will become possible to aim at the increase in the number of people who gather at a specific place.

  (Additional remark 2) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in (Additional remark 1), Comprising: The memory | storage part which memorize | stores the predetermined user information relevant to a user is further provided, The said determination part contains the said For the user determined to be present at the specific location, it is further determined whether or not the user is a specific user based on the user information stored in the storage unit (S304), and the notification control unit is configured to determine the specific user by the determination unit. When it is determined that the user is a user, the user-related information associated with the user is notified with priority over other information in the information notification unit.

According to the said structure, alerting | reporting in an information alerting | reporting part is performed only for a specific user among the users who exist in a specific place. As described above, by not being notified by the information notifying unit unless the user becomes a specific user, the value of being notified by the information notifying unit is increased, and the satisfaction of the user who is a display target is further enhanced. Thus, it is possible to further strengthen the motivation of the user to go to a specific place.
In addition, the number of people who visit a specific place for the purpose of notifying user-related information by the information notification unit and want to become a specific user by playing a game, for example, is increased. An increase can be expected.

  (Additional remark 3) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is the information alerting | reporting system as described in (Appendix 2), Comprising: The said information alerting | reporting part is a display part, The said alerting | reporting control part was provided to the user in the game. A predetermined evaluation object is displayed on the display unit as the user-related information.

  According to the said structure, alerting | reporting is performed by the aspect of displaying an evaluation thing. Thereby, it becomes possible to strongly appeal the notification of information related to the user visually. This makes it easier for customers who come to a specific location to notice the notification of the evaluation object, so that the satisfaction of the user displaying the evaluation object can be further enhanced, and the motivation to go to the specific location can be further strengthened. become.

  (Additional remark 4) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in any one of (Additional remark 1) to (Appendix 3), Comprising: The said alerting | reporting control part is a unit about the said user relevant information. The frequency that is notified in time is set to be higher than the other information to be notified.

  According to the said structure, the alerting | reporting given priority is implement | achieved by making it alert | report a user relevant information more frequently than other information.

  (Additional remark 5) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in any one of (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 3), Comprising: The said alerting | reporting control part is 1 about the said user relevant information. The continuous display time of the display of times is set to be longer than the information of other notification targets.

  According to the said structure, the alerting | reporting given priority is implement | achieved by making it display user-related information with a continuation time longer than other information.

  (Additional remark 6) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in any one of (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 5), Comprising: The said alerting | reporting control part is the said specific place by the said determination part. If it is determined that the user who has been determined to exist does not exist (S308 to S312), the prioritized notification of the user related information associated with the user is canceled (S314).

  According to the above configuration, only when a corresponding user is present at a specific location, for example, notification that gives priority to user-related information corresponding to the user is performed. That is, when the corresponding user no longer exists from the specific location, priority notification is not performed on the user-related information corresponding to the user that no longer exists. As a result, it is possible to prevent an increase in user-related information that is unnecessarily preferentially notified.

  (Additional remark 7) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in any one of (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 6), Comprising: The said alerting | reporting control part is the said specific place by the said determination part. The priority of notification is set based on a predetermined attribute of the user related information associated with the user determined to be present (S1306).

According to the above configuration, when prioritizing the user-related information targeted for priority notification for each of a plurality of users over other information, the user-related information may be notified according to the priority set for each user-related information targeted for priority notification. it can.
As a result, for example, not all user-related information targeted for priority notification is uniformly notified with the same priority, but a difference in priority is given under certain conditions. It is possible to appropriately notify the user related information.

  (Additional remark 8) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in (Additional remark 7), Comprising: The said alerting | reporting control part is linked | related with the user determined to exist in the said specific place by the said determination part. The notification priority is set based on the difficulty of acquiring the user-related information (S1306).

  According to the above configuration, the user-related information that is difficult to acquire is notified with higher priority. Thereby, the value of the user related information notified increases and the satisfaction of the user notified of the user related information becomes higher.

  (Appendix 9) One aspect of the present invention is the information notification system according to (Appendix 7) or (Appendix 8), in which the notification control unit is determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit. Notification priority is set based on the date and time corresponding to the user-related information associated with the user (S2306).

  According to the above configuration, the degree of priority to be notified differs according to the date and time corresponding to the user related information to be notified of priority. Thereby, it becomes possible to appropriately set and notify the priority according to the old and new of the user related information to be notified of priority.

  (Additional remark 10) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in any one of (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 9), Comprising: The said alerting | reporting control part is the said specific place by the said determination part. The priority of notification is set based on the notification history of the user related information associated with the user determined to be present (S3306).

  According to the said structure, the priority of alerting | reporting is made to differ according to the log | history of the alerting | reporting so far of the user relevant information of priority alerting | reporting object. Thereby, for example, it is possible to make the opportunities for notifying user-related information as uniform as possible.

  (Additional remark 11) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in any one of (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 10), Comprising: The said alerting | reporting control part is the said specific place by the said determination part. The user-related information associated with the user group to which the user determined to exist is prioritized over other information (S4328).

  According to the above configuration, the user group to which the arriving user belongs in response to the user arriving at the specific location corresponding to the case where the user related information is given to the user group to which a plurality of users belong. It becomes possible to preferentially notify the user related information.

  (Additional remark 12) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in (Additional remark 11), Comprising: The said alerting | reporting control part is the plurality to which the user determined to exist in the said specific place by the said determination part belongs. The user related information associated with each of the user groups is based on the number of belonging users determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit among the belonging users belonging to each of the plurality of user groups. Notification priority is set (S4324).

  According to the above configuration, when a user who has arrived at a specific location belongs to a plurality of groups, among the plurality of groups, the priority of the user related information of the group having many affiliated users existing at the specific location It is possible to perform priority notification so as to increase. Thereby, it is possible to perform priority notification of reasonable user-related information corresponding to a case where a user who has arrived at a specific location belongs to a plurality of groups.

  (Additional remark 13) Moreover, 1 aspect of this invention is an information alerting | reporting system as described in any one of (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 12), Comprising: The said alerting | reporting control part is the said specific place by the said determination part. To the terminal device of the user determined to be present in the information notification unit, the user related information associated with the user is notified by the information notification unit (S5308).

  According to the above configuration, since the notification that the user-related information is preferentially notified is performed to the user via the user's terminal, the user is positively aware that the user-related information is notified. be able to.

  (Additional remark 14) The information alerting | reporting system which concerns on 1 aspect of this invention is a determination part (722, S6304) which determines the presence or absence of the character linked | related with the user identification information in virtual space, and a character is detected by the said determination part. A notification control unit (723, S6310) for notifying the relevant information corresponding to the character or the user identification information associated with the character in preference to other information in the virtual space when it is determined that the character exists; Prepare.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to notify information about a character existing in the virtual space or information about a user who operates the character existing in the virtual space in the virtual space. Thereby, for example, a user participates in an online game or the like and causes the character to exist in the virtual space, whereby the character operated by the user or information related to the user is notified in the virtual space, so that satisfaction can be obtained. And it becomes possible to raise the willingness for a user to participate in a game.

  (Supplementary Note 15) One aspect of the present invention is the information notification system according to (Appendix 13), wherein the storage unit (730) stores information related to the character or user identification information associated with the character. The determination unit is further configured to determine whether the character determined to exist in the virtual space is a specific character or is associated with user identification information of a specific user based on information stored in the storage unit. (S6306, S6308), and the notification control unit further determines whether the character determined to exist in the virtual space is a specific character by the determination unit or a user identification of a specific user If it is determined that the information is associated with the information, the related information is Preferentially informing than other information between (S6310).

According to the above configuration, the notification in the virtual space is performed only for the appearance of a specific character or a character corresponding to a specific user. In this way, by preventing the related information from being notified unless the condition of growing up to a specific character or becoming a specific user is satisfied, the value of notifying the related information is increased, and the notification is performed. For example, it is possible to further enhance the user's satisfaction, for example, to further increase the motivation of the user who wants to visit the virtual space. Thereby, the number of users visiting the virtual space can be increased.
In addition, the number of users who visit the virtual space for the purpose of notifying related information and trying to improve results increases, and in this respect also, the number of users visiting the virtual space can be increased.

  (Supplementary Note 16) According to one aspect of the present invention, a position information acquisition step for acquiring user position information, and whether or not a user exists at a specific location is determined based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition step. And when the determination step determines that the user is present at the specific location, the user-related information associated with the user is prioritized over other information at the information notification unit provided at the specific location. And a notification control step for notification.

  (Supplementary Note 17) According to one aspect of the present invention, a determination step of determining the presence / absence of a character associated with user identification information in a virtual space, and when the determination step determines that a character exists, It is an information alerting | reporting method provided with the alerting | reporting control step which alert | reports the relevant information corresponding to the user identification information with which the said character was associated preferentially over other information in the said virtual space.

10 store servers, 30 game devices, 50 store display devices, 70 game servers, 90
Game device, 110 communication unit, 120 control unit, 121 storage information management unit, 122 position information acquisition unit, 123 determination unit, 124 notification control unit, 126 game progress unit, 130
Storage unit 131 User information table storage unit 133 Determination unit 710 Communication unit 720
Control unit, 721 game progress unit, 722 determination unit, 723 notification control unit, 730 storage unit, 731 user information table storage unit

Claims (17)

A location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of the user;
A determination unit that determines whether or not a user exists in a specific place based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit;
An information notifying unit provided in the specific location and notifying information;
An information control unit that, when the determination unit determines that the user is present at the specific location, notifies the user related information associated with the user with priority over other information in the information notification unit. Notification system. A storage unit for storing predetermined user information related to the user;
The determination unit further determines whether or not the user is a specific user based on the user information stored in the storage unit for the user determined to be present at the specific location;
When the determination unit determines that the user is the specific user, the notification control unit notifies the user related information associated with the user with priority over other information in the information notification unit. Item 4. The information notification system according to Item 1. The information notification unit is a display unit,
The information notification system according to claim 2, wherein the notification control unit displays a predetermined evaluation object given to the user in the game as the user-related information on the display unit. The notification control unit
The information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the user-related information is notified more frequently in unit time than other information to be notified. The notification control unit
The information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a continuous display time of one display for the user related information is longer than information for other notification targets. The notification control unit
The prioritized notification of user-related information associated with the user is canceled when it is determined by the determination unit that the user who has been determined to exist at the specific location is no longer present. The information alerting | reporting system as described in any one of. The notification control unit
The information notification according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a priority of notification is set based on a predetermined attribute of user-related information associated with a user determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit. system. The notification control unit
The information notification system according to claim 7, wherein priority of notification is set based on difficulty in acquiring user-related information associated with a user determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit. The notification control unit
The information notification system according to claim 7, wherein the notification priority is set based on a date and time corresponding to user-related information associated with a user determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit. The notification control unit
The information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein priority of notification is set based on a notification history of user-related information associated with a user determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit. . The notification control unit
The information according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein user-related information associated with a user group to which a user determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit is prioritized over other information. Notification system. The notification control unit
For user-related information associated with each of a plurality of user groups to which a user determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit, among the belonging users belonging to each of the plurality of user groups, the determination unit The information notification system according to claim 11, wherein notification priority is set based on the number of affiliated users determined to be present at the specific location. The notification control unit
13. The user terminal device determined to be present at the specific location by the determination unit is notified that user-related information associated with the user is notified by the information notification unit. The information notification system according to any one of the above. A determination unit for determining the presence or absence of a character associated with the user identification information in the virtual space;
A notification control unit for notifying the relevant information corresponding to the character or user identification information associated with the character with priority over other information in the virtual space when the determination unit determines that a character exists; An information notification system comprising: A storage unit for storing information related to the character or user identification information associated with the character;
Whether the determination unit is a specific character or is associated with user identification information of a specific user based on the information stored in the storage unit for the character determined to exist in the virtual space To determine further,
The notification control unit, when it is determined that the character determined to exist in the virtual space is a specific character or associated with user identification information of a specific user by the determination unit, The information notification system according to claim 14, wherein the related information is notified with priority over other information in the virtual space. A location information acquisition step for acquiring user location information;
A determination step of determining whether or not a user exists in a specific place based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition step;
When the determination step determines that the user is present at the specific location, notification control is performed to notify the user related information associated with the user with priority over other information at the information notification unit provided at the specific location. An information notification method comprising: A determination step of determining the presence or absence of a character associated with the user identification information in the virtual space;
A notification control step of notifying the relevant information corresponding to the character or the user identification information associated with the character with priority over other information in the virtual space when the determination step determines that a character exists; An information notification method comprising:

Images