JP2002259804A - Information provision device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] A customer can obtain information without performing a work of registering as a member of an information providing device, and permission / prohibition of provision of each information can be set for each different member system. Information providing device. SOLUTION: A member management server accumulates and gives points to the behavior of a customer who has become a member of a member system of the member management server, and transmits validity information to an information providing server. The information providing server stores the received validity information in the member registration information of the storage device. Further, the information providing server stores the permission information, which can be set to allow / prohibit the provision, in the storage device in association with each member system for each information, and receives the member identification information and the provision information identification information from the terminal device. Then, when the validity information of the member identification information indicates validity, and when the permission information corresponding to the member system of the member of the provided information identification information indicates permission, the provided information is transmitted to the terminal device. Send.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an information providing apparatus for providing various information has been known. With this information providing device, a customer who wants to obtain information registers as a member with an information providing service company that manages the information providing device, for example. Thereby, the member identification information is assigned to the customer, and the member registration information including the assigned member identification information is stored in the storage device. Then, the customer connects the terminal device to the information providing server, and transmits the member identification information from the terminal device to the information providing server. At this time, the information providing server collates the received member identification information with the member registration information stored in the storage device,
If the received member identification information is stored as the member registration information, the provision information is transmitted to the terminal device that transmitted the member identification information or a terminal device that has been registered in advance.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional information providing apparatus, a customer who wants to obtain information must register as a member of the information providing apparatus. On the other hand, in recent years, amusement stores (pachinko stores, etc.) and dealers (department stores, supermarkets, etc.)
Etc., a member system is adopted. This member system includes, for example, the behavior of a customer who has become a member (for example, the amount of a product purchased, the amount used for a game, the number of visits to a store, and the like).
Is given to the customer, and when the accumulated points reach a predetermined value, a privilege (for example, a prize service, a commodity purchase discount service, etc.) is given to the customer. By adopting such a member system, the number of visits and uses of fixed customers and new customers increases, and an effect of attracting customers can be expected. However, in the conventional member system, since benefits are prepared for each member system, there are few types of benefits and it is hard to say that the benefits are sufficiently attractive to members.
In order to provide attractive benefits to members, it is necessary to increase the types of benefits. Therefore, “providing information (for example, music, games, etc.)” is added as a privilege to be provided to the member, and the type of privilege is greatly increased. In addition to the information provided by each member registration store (each member system), the information to be provided can also include information from a company that specializes in providing information, and can provide attractive information in both types and contents. . By adopting such a member system, it is possible to expect a further effect of attracting customers. However, in the conventional information providing apparatus, even if a customer who has registered as a member in a member system such as a game store or a store wants to obtain information from the information providing server of the information providing apparatus, It is necessary to register as a member of the information providing device.

[0004] Since members of a plurality of member systems are registered in the information providing server, it is preferable that all information that can be provided from the information providing server can be provided to all registered members. Absent. For example, when the member system “dealer A” provides discount information exclusively for members of the member system “dealer A” as an information provider, the discount information is also provided to members of another member system “dealer B”. If it does, it will no longer be a privilege of the member of the member system “Shop A”. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to specify the provision destination (member of the member system) for each piece of information. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and enables a customer to obtain information without performing a work of registering as a member of an information providing apparatus. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information providing device capable of setting permission / prohibition of the provision of the information.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus as set forth in claim 1. In the information providing apparatus according to the first aspect, the storage device stores permission information indicating whether to permit the provision of the provision information to the members of the member system corresponding to each member system identification information. When the information providing server receives the member identification information and the provided information identification information transmitted from the terminal device, the permission information corresponding to the received provided information identification information becomes a member of the member system corresponding to the received member identification information. If it indicates that the provision to the terminal device is permitted, the provision information is transmitted to the terminal device. If the information providing device according to claim 1 is used, provision of each information is
Permission or prohibition can be set for each member system.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus as set forth in claim 2. In the information providing apparatus according to claim 2, the member identification information includes the member system identification information, and the information providing server transmits the permission information corresponding to the provided information identification information received from the terminal device to the received member identification information. If it indicates that the provision to the member corresponding to the member system identification information included in the information is permitted, the provision information is transmitted to the terminal device. By using the information providing device according to the second aspect, it is possible to set permission or prohibition of provision of each information for each member system, and the member system identification information is included in the member identification information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus according to the third aspect. The information providing device according to claim 3, further comprising an provided information providing terminal device, wherein the provided information providing terminal device determines the provided information and whether the member of each member system is permitted to provide the provided information. The permission information shown is stored in the storage device. By using the information providing device according to the third aspect, the permission information can be set from the provided information providing terminal device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus according to the fourth aspect. In the information providing device according to claim 4, the member management server is configured to correspond to the member system identification information corresponding to the member system of the member management server,
Permission information for each piece of provided information identification information is stored in a storage device. According to the information providing device of the fourth aspect, the permission information can be set from the member management server.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus according to the fifth aspect. In the information providing apparatus according to claim 5, the member identification information includes the member system identification information, and the member management server associates the member system identification information with its own member system,
Permission information for each piece of provided information identification information is stored in a storage device. According to the information providing device of the fourth aspect, the permission information can be set from the member management server, and the member system identification information is included in the member identification information.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the information providing apparatus of the present invention. The information providing apparatus according to the present embodiment is composed of four groups of “information provider”, “information providing center”, “service provider”, and “member”. The information provider concludes a business contract with the information providing center and provides the information to the information providing center. For example, the information provider A transmits the provided information from the provided information providing terminal device 10 to the information providing server 30. Information provider B
Similarly, the provided information is transmitted from the provided information providing terminal device 20 to the information providing server 30. Further, the provided information providing terminal device can set permission information for permitting / prohibiting provision of each member system to the member for each provided information.

The information providing center concludes a business contract or the like with the information provider and receives the provided information from the information provider.
Further, the information providing center concludes a business contract or the like with the service provider and registers the member of the service provider's member system as a member. For example, the information providing center enters into a business contract or the like with the service provider C, and the member 150 managed by the member management server 50 of the member system of the service provider C;
Information is provided to 151 or the like. In the storage device 40,
Member registration information, provision information registration information, provision information, and the like are stored. In addition, a business contract or the like is similarly concluded with the service provider D, and information is provided to the members 160, 161 and the like managed by the member management server 60 of the member system of the service provider D.

The service provider concludes a business contract with the information providing center, transmits the member information to the information providing server 30, and registers as a member of the information providing apparatus, so that the member of the own member system can use the information providing server 30. To receive information from In addition, the service provider concludes a membership contract or the like of the member system with each customer, and provides various benefits to the members' behavior of the member system (for example, the amount of goods purchased, the amount used for games, the number of visits to the store, etc.). give.
One of the benefits is the provision of information from the information providing center. In addition, the service provider may provide member-only information of the member system (member-only discount information, pachinko parlor table data disclosure information, and the like). In that case, the member management server has the function of the provided information providing terminal device, and serves as the provided information providing terminal device.
0, and it is also possible to set permission information for permitting / prohibiting the provision of each member system to the member for each provided information. The member management server can also set, for each piece of information provided from the information providing server 30, permission information for permitting / prohibiting the provision of the member system to the member.

The customer becomes a member of the member system by concluding a member contract of the member system with the service provider,
Receive the member identification information (for example, receive a member card storing the member identification information). Thereafter, the member performs various actions using the assigned member identification information. The member does not need to conclude a membership contract or the like with the information providing center, and can receive information from the information providing server 30 using the member identification information. At this time, whether the information can be received from the information providing server 30 depends on the member information transmitted from the member management servers 50 and 60 to the information providing server 30 with respect to the behavior of each member, and the provided information providing terminal device. It is determined based on the permission information set from 10, 20 and the permission information set from the member management servers 50, 60.

[0014] Here, the "information provider" refers to an individual or an organization that sends information to be provided to an information providing center via a communication line such as the Internet. The term "service provider" refers to a store (a department store or supermarket, etc.) and a game store (a pachinko parlor, etc.), and a "member of the member system".
It sells products and provides services to customers such as individuals and organizations (e.g., using game facilities). The term “member of the member system” refers to a customer such as an individual or an organization that has signed a membership contract with the “service provider”, and a member (a dealer or an amusement store) who has been given a privilege from the members of the member system. Members who have high usage fees) can receive information from the information providing center.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information providing device according to the present embodiment includes a provided information providing terminal device 10 on the information provider side,
20, an information providing server 30 on the information providing center side, member management servers 50 and 60 on the service provider side, terminals 70 and 71 on the member side, and mobile terminals 80 and 81 (hereinafter, these are referred to as “terminal devices”). ing. Each device can be connected via a communication line 90 (for example, an Internet communication line). The storage device 40 is connected to the information providing server 30. The storage device 40 stores provided information received from the provided information providing terminal devices 10 and 20, and also stores member registration information, provided information registration information, and the like. The member registration information is stored and deleted based on the member information transmitted from the member management servers 50 and 60 and the like. The provided information registration information is stored by the provided information providing terminal devices 10 and 20 and the information providing server 30, or provided by the member management servers 50 and 60 and the information providing server 30.
Is stored by

The information providing server 30 includes terminal devices 70 and 7
When the member identification information and the provided information identification information are received from 1, 80, 81, etc., based on the member registration information stored in the storage device 40, it is determined whether the member corresponding to the received member identification information is registered. Is determined. Further, based on the provided information registration information stored in the storage device 40, it is determined whether or not the permission information corresponding to the received provided information identification information indicates permission. The information is transmitted to the terminal device that transmitted the member identification information. The provided information providing terminal apparatuses 10 and 20 transmit the provided information and the permission information to the information providing server 30. The member management servers 50, 60, etc. are storage devices (not shown) for storing member management information of members who have signed a member system member contract with a service company (a store, a game store, or the like) that manages the member management server. )have. In addition, the member management servers 50, 60 and the like transmit permission information for members of the member system managed by the member management server to the information providing server 3.
Send to 0. Each member management server may transmit its own provided information to the information providing server 30 in some cases. In addition, the member management servers 50, 60, etc., transmit the member information of the members of the member system managed by the member management server to the information providing server 3.
Send to 0. The members are terminal devices 70, 71, 80, 8
1 is connected to the information providing server 30, and the member identification information and the provided information identification information are transmitted to the information providing server 30. Then, the information transmitted from the information providing server 30 is received. In FIG. 2, the storage device 40 is replaced with the information providing server 30.
However, the storage device 40 may be connected to the communication line 90.

When information is provided from the information providing server 30 to a customer who is a member of the member system of each service provider, the member registration information stored in the storage device 40 of the information providing server 30 and the member management server 50 are provided. , 60 can be in various forms. First, regarding a method of registering a member of the member system managed by the member management server as a member who can receive a privilege that can receive information from the information providing server 30,
Description will be made in order from [First Embodiment] to [Sixth Embodiment]. 1 and 2 show the first to sixth embodiments.
Use commonly.

[First Embodiment] First, the member management servers 50 and 60 determine whether the provision of information to each member of the member system is valid or invalid, and store the validity information in the member registration information. The first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. FIG. 3 shows an example of member registration information (member registration information 41) stored in the storage device 40.
In the member registration information 41 shown in FIG. 3, the member system name, the member number for identifying the member, the password, the name, the validity information, the contact information of the member (in some cases, the information transmission destination. In the example of FIG. Address) is stored. The member system name is member system identification information indicating which member system the member is a member of, and any member system name may be used as long as the member system can be specified, and a mail address of the member management server may be used. As the member identification information, a member number and a password may be used, or only the member number may be used.

The validity information indicates whether the provision of information to the member corresponding to the member identification information is valid or invalid. For example, when “presence” is stored in the column of validity information, it indicates that provision of information to the member corresponding to the member identification information is valid (information is provided). On the other hand, when "absence" is stored in the column of the validity information, it indicates that the provision of the information to the member corresponding to the member identification information is invalid (the information is not provided). In the example shown in FIG. 3, by providing validity information (for example, determining whether “present” or “absent” is stored as validity information), the provision of information to the member is valid. Or invalid. The validity information of the member registration information 41 is changed by the member information transmitted from the member management servers 50 and 60. In the example shown in FIG. 3, since only the validity information needs to be changed, the management of the member registration information 41 is easy. For example, after the provision of information to the member corresponding to the member identification information is invalidated, the provision of the information may be valid again. In this case, it is only necessary to change from “Yes” to “No” or “No” to “Yes” in the validity information column corresponding to the member identification information, and it is necessary to store other information again. Absent. Note that, for example, the first two digits of the member number correspond to the member system name (in the example of FIG. 3, if the first two digits are “00”, the pachinko A1
Store, “01” indicates pachinko A2 store, “10” indicates department store B1 store, and “11” indicates department store B2 store.) If the member number is included in the member number, the member system name may not be required. .

FIG. 4 shows an example of member management information stored in the storage device of the member management servers 50 and 60 (member management information 42).
Is shown. The member management information 42 shown in FIG.
It indicates the member management information of the store, and stores a member number, password, name, address, validity information, accumulated points, and contact information of the member (e-mail address in the example of FIG. 4) for specifying the member. As the member identification information, a member number and a password may be used, or only the member number may be used. Since each member management server stores individual member management information, the member management information need not include the member system name. The validity information indicates whether the provision of information to the member corresponding to the member identification information is valid or invalid.
For example, when “present” is stored in the column of validity information, it indicates that provision of information to the member corresponding to the member identification information is valid. On the other hand, when “absence” is stored in the column of validity information, it indicates that the provision of information to the member corresponding to the member identification information is invalid. The validity information of the member management information 42 is changed based on the accumulated points of the member. The accumulative points are obtained by accumulating the points given to the action of the member corresponding to the member identification information. Based on the accumulated points, the validity information for the member corresponding to the member identification information is made valid or invalid.

5 and 6, each member management server 50,
60 is an example of the set point information (the set point information 43, 43) in which the number of points to be given to the action of the member is set.
a) is shown. FIG. 5 shows an example of the set point information 43 of the pachinko parlor A, and FIG. 6 shows an example of the set point information 43a of the department store B1. The set point information shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 includes a member system name, a member's action name, a member action number corresponding to the member's action name, and the number of points (grant points) to be given to the member's action name. Have been. As a member's action to give points,
For example, visiting a store (for example, one point is awarded once a visit is made), purchasing a ball (for example, 10 pachinko balls with a ball lending machine).
If you buy (rent) 00 yen, you will get 1 point. ),
A ball saving operation (for example, when 1000 balls are stored, 5 points are given. Note that a ball is a ball that can be used even after the next day by paying a commission), and a product is purchased (for example, 1000 points are purchased, 1 point is given). )). The member management servers 50 and 60 give points set in the set point information to members' actions. The storage device for storing the set point information 43, 43a, etc. may be installed anywhere as long as it can be accessed from the member management servers 50, 60, etc.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show the member management servers 50 and 6 respectively.
0 is an example of setting level information (setting level information 4) that sets the setting level of the accumulated points for validating the provision of information to each member (effectively setting the validity information).
4, 44a) are shown. FIG. 7 shows the setting level information 44 of the pachinko parlor A, and FIG. 8 shows the setting level information 44a of the department store B1. The setting level information shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 includes a member system name, validity information indicating whether provision of information to a member is valid or invalid,
Attained cumulative points and the like for validity information to be set valid are stored. The member management servers 50 and 60 set the validity information to be valid when the accumulated points of each member reach the reached accumulated points set in the set level information.
The storage device that stores the setting level information 44, 44a, etc. may be installed anywhere as long as it can be accessed from the member management servers 50, 60, etc.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the provided information registration information (provided information registration information 45) stored in the storage device 40. The provided information registration information 45 shown in FIG. 9 stores an information number, a file name, an information provider, an information type, validity information, permission information, and the like regarding information provided by the information provider. The information in which the validity information is set to “Yes” can be provided only to the members in which the validity information of the member registration information is set to “Yes”. The information set in the permission information can be provided only to the member having the set member system name. For example, FIG.
In the provided information registration information 45 shown in FIG.
The information “1” and “00002” can be provided only to members of the member system of the pachinko parlor A1 and for which “Yes” is set in the validity information of the member registration information. In the provided information registration information 45 shown in FIG. 9, the information of the information number “11002” is a member other than the member of the member system of the department store B2, regardless of the setting state of the validity information of the member registration information. Can be provided.

Further, the information providing server 30
When the provided information is transmitted, the information providing server 30 determines whether the information provider is registered based on the information provider registration information (not shown) stored in the storage device 40. And then accept the provided information. Further, the provided information registration information 45 shown in FIG. 9 indicates that, for example, a pachinko A1 shop that is a “service provider” can also be an “information provider”.

Next, a procedure for a customer to receive information from the information providing server 30 will be described. Here, the member management server 5
0 is the member management server of the pachinko A1 shop. First,
The customer signs a pachinko A contract with a pachinko A store
Become a member of one store's membership system. For customers, for example,
The member number “00003” is assigned. In the storage device of the member management server 50, for example, the member management information 42 illustrated in FIG. 4 is stored, and in the storage device 40 of the information providing server 30, for example, the member registration information 41 illustrated in FIG. At this time, the member number “000” of the member management information and the member registration information
The validity information corresponding to “03” is set to “none”. As a method of storing the member management information 42 and the member registration information 41 in the storage device, various methods such as a method of transmitting from the member management server 50 and storing can be used.

The member management server 50 gives points to the behavior of a customer who has become a member (for example, a member with a member number "00003") based on, for example, the set point information 43 shown in FIG. The identification of the customer is performed, for example, by reading the membership number stored in the membership card inserted into the card insertion slot. For example, the member number "0
0003 "visits the pachinko parlor A1 and inserts the membership card into the card slot of the pachinko machine, reads the member number" 00003 "stored in the membership card, and sets the point ( In FIG.
(One point is set). Then, the accumulated points are added to the accumulated points stored in association with the member number “00003” of the member management information 42, and the accumulated points are stored (in FIG. 4, the accumulated points are 1). Next, the member management server 50 determines validity or invalidity of information provision for the accumulated points corresponding to the member number “00003”, for example, based on the setting level information 44 shown in FIG. Setting level information 44 shown in FIG.
Since the accumulated cumulative point is set to “10”, it is determined to be invalid in this case. Here, since the validity information corresponding to the member number “00003” of the member management information 42 is set to “absent”, the validity information is not changed. Further, the validity information of the member registration information 41 is also “none”.
Remains.

Thereafter, if the customer with the member number “00003” purchases (rents) pachinko balls worth 10,000 yen from the ball rental machine at one pachinko parlor A, 10 points are awarded based on the set point information 43. Can be Thus, the accumulated points corresponding to the member number “00003” become 11 points. And the member management server 50
For the accumulated points corresponding to the member number “00003”, the validity or invalidity of information provision is determined based on the setting level information 44. In this case, the member number "0
Since the accumulated point “11” corresponding to “0003” is equal to or greater than the reached accumulated point “10” set in the setting level information 44 shown in FIG. 7, it is determined to be valid. Then, the validity information corresponding to the member number “00003” of the member management information 42 is changed to “Yes”. At the same time, the member management server 50 stores the member number “00” in the information providing server 30.
003 ”and member information including registration information indicating validity information“ Yes ”. When the information providing server 30 receives the member information, the member number “0” included in the received member information of the member registration information 41 stored in the storage device 40 is received.
The validity information corresponding to “0003” is changed to “Yes”.
Then, the member with the member number “00003” can receive predetermined provided information based on the information of the member registration information 41 and the validity information and the permission information set in the provided information registration information 45. In this case, the member number "00003"
(Member system is Pachinko A1 store), based on the setting information of the provided information registration information 45, the information number “000”
01 ”,“ Pachinko A1 stand data ”, information number“ 00 ”
002 ”,“ Pachinko A1 shop exchange discount ”, information number“ 11002 ”“ department B2 member recruitment ”, information number“ 20001 ”“ music ”, information number“ 21001 ”“ game ”, etc. from the information providing server 30. You can receive.

Next, a procedure in which a customer receives information from the information providing server 30 using the portable terminal 80 will be described with reference to FIG. The customer connects the mobile terminal 80 to the information providing server 30
Is connected, the member authentication screen 80a is displayed on the display means of the portable terminal 80. When transmission is selected after inputting the member number (in this example, “00003”) and password on this screen, the input member number and password are transmitted from the mobile terminal 80 to the information providing server 30. When receiving the member number and the password from the mobile terminal 80, the information providing server 30 checks the member registration information 41 stored in the storage device 40 (for example, the received member number and the password are stored in the member registration information 41). Is determined). Then, when the received member number and password are stored in the member registration information 41, the information providing server 30 collates the member registration information 41 with the received member number and recognizes the corresponding validity information. . Then, it compares the recognized validity information with the validity information of the provided information registration information 45 stored in the storage device 40. Then, the received member number is compared with the member registration information 41,
Recognize the member system of the member. Then, based on the matching result of the validity information and the permission information corresponding to the recognized member system, the member menu screen information indicating the type of information that can be provided is transmitted to the mobile terminal 80. In addition, member system name (for example, pachinko A1 store,
If the first two digits include the number of “00”, it is not necessary to collate the received member number with the member registration information 41,
It is easy to determine the membership system.

The portable terminal 80 receives the member menu screen information transmitted from the information providing server 30, and displays the member menu screen 80b on the display means. On the member menu screen 80b shown in FIG. 10, "1. Pachinko A1 shop stand data", "2. Pachinko A1 shop exchange discount", "3.
Department store B2 store member recruitment "," 4. Music information "," 5.
Game information "can be received. Here, when the customer selects, for example, “1. Pachinko A1 stand data” and performs a transmission operation, “Pachinko A
An information request signal including the provided information identification information indicating “one store data” is transmitted from the mobile terminal 80 to the information providing server 30. When receiving the information request signal from the portable terminal 80, the information providing server 30 carries the information corresponding to the provided information identification information included in the information request signal (in this case, “Pachinko A1 stand data” information). Transmit to terminal 80. The mobile terminal 80 receives the “Pachinko A1 stand data” information transmitted from the information providing server 30 and displays the “Pachinko A1 stand data” screen 80c on the display unit.

In the above description, the member is authenticated using the member number and the password. However, the member may be authenticated using only the member number. In this case, the password of the member management information and the member registration information can be omitted. In the above,
Although the member menu screen information is transmitted after determining the information that can be provided, the member menu screen information including all menus is transmitted, and the available information is determined after receiving the information request signal from the terminal device. Then, the information determined to be available may be transmitted to the terminal device.

[Second Embodiment] In the above description, the member identification information is stored in the member registration information, and the validity information corresponding to the member identification information is set to “Yes” or “None”. Member identification information may be stored or deleted in the registration information. A second embodiment for storing or deleting member identification information in member registration information will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, and 7. FIG. In the present embodiment, the validity information of the member registration information is omitted. For example, the member management server 50 stores the member management information 4
When the accumulated point corresponding to the member number “00003” of the second member reaches the reached accumulated point 10 set in the set level information 44, the member number “000” of the member management information 42 is obtained.
The validity information corresponding to “03” is set to “Yes”. At the same time, the member management server 50 transmits the member information including the member number “00003” to the information providing server 30. Upon receiving the member information, the information providing server 30 stores the member number “00003” included in the received member information in the member registration information 41. When the information providing server 30 receives the member number “00003” from the mobile terminal 80, for example, the received member number “00003” is stored in the member registration information 4
1 is determined. If the received member number “00003” is stored in the member registration information 41, it is determined that the provision of the information for the member number “00003” is valid, and the provision is possible based on the provision information registration information 45. Member menu screen information indicating the type of information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 80. In the second embodiment, whether the provision of information to the member corresponding to the member identification information is valid or invalid is determined only by whether the member registration information 41 stores the member identification information. can do.

[Third Embodiment] In the above embodiment, only the validity or invalidity of the provision of the information to the member is set. However, the member level is set for the member, and the information according to the member level is set. Can also be provided. Set membership levels for members,
A third embodiment for providing information according to the member level will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 11, 12, 13, and 14. FIG. FIG. 11 shows an example of member registration information (member registration information 41b) storing the member level, and FIG. 12 shows an example of member management information (member management information 42) storing the member level.
b) is shown. FIG. 13 shows an example of setting level information (setting level information 44b) for setting the arrival cumulative point for the member level, and FIG. 14 shows an example of providing information registration information (setting for providing information registration) for setting information according to the member level. Information 45b) is shown.

The member management servers 50 and 60 set the member levels "0" to "3" for each member based on the accumulated points corresponding to the member identification information of the member management information and the setting level information 44b shown in FIG. I do. When the member level is set to “0”, provision of information to the member is invalid. When the member level is set to “1” to “3”, information provision is effective for the member and information corresponding to the member level can be provided. The member level is set to the information type of the provided information registration information 45b according to the member level set in the setting level information 44b. The member level corresponding to the member number is also stored in the member registration information 41b and the member management information 42b.

Now, in the state set as shown in FIGS. 5 and 11 to 14, the pachinko A1 shop member number “0” is set.
If the customer of “0001” visits the pachinko parlor A1 and purchases (rents) pachinko balls for 1,000 yen using a ball rental machine, the member management server 50 will use the point setting information 43 to obtain 2 points (payment points “ 1 ”+ ball purchase point“ 1 ”). And the member management server 50
Stores the accumulated points corresponding to the member number "00001" of the member management information 42b. In this case, the point “2” is added to the current accumulated point “28”, and the accumulated point “30” is stored. Further, the member management server 5
0 determines the member level corresponding to the member number “00001” based on the accumulated points and the setting level information 44b. In this case, since the accumulated point “30” is equal to or greater than the reached accumulated point “30” set in the setting level information 44b, it is determined that the member level is “3”. Thereby, the member number "0000" of the member management information 42b is obtained.
The member level corresponding to “1” is changed from “2” to “3”. At the same time, the member management server 50 stores the member number “00”
001 "and the member information including the member level information indicating the member level" 3 "are transmitted to the information providing server 30. Upon receiving the member information from the member management server 50, the information providing server 30 includes the member level of the member registration information 41b corresponding to the member number included in the received member information in the received member information. Change to member level information (in this case, member level "3"). After this, the member number "00
The member of “001” can receive information corresponding to the member level “3” based on the member level “3” and the provided information registration information 45b. In this case, for example, “music information” that could not be received at the previous member level “2” can be received.

[Fourth Embodiment] In the above, the member management servers 50 and 60 determine whether the provision of information to each member is valid or invalid, and transmit the validity information or the member level information to the information providing server 30. However, the information providing server can determine whether the provision of information to each member is valid or invalid. less than,
A fourth embodiment in which the information provision server 30 determines whether the provision of information to each member is valid or invalid will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 13, 15, and 16. FIG. FIG.
Shows an example of member registration information (member registration information 41c), and FIG. 16 shows an example of member management information (member management information 42c). The member management information 42c shown in FIG. 16 stores the member number and the accumulated points, and the member registration information 41c shown in FIG. 15 stores the member number, the password, the accumulated points, the member level, and the like.

In the state set as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the member with the member number "00001" of the pachinko A1 shop visits the pachinko A1 shop and receives 1000
When a pachinko ball for a yen is purchased (rented), the member management server 50 determines “2” based on the set point information 43.
Give points. Then, the member management server 50 stores the accumulated points corresponding to the member number “00001” of the member management information 42c. In this case, the point “2” is added to the current accumulated point “28”, and the accumulated point “30” is stored. At the same time, the member management server 50
The member information including the member number “00001” and the accumulated point information indicating the accumulated points (in this case, the accumulated points “30”) is transmitted to the information providing server 30. Upon receiving the member information from the member management server 50, the information providing server 30 includes the accumulated points corresponding to the member number “00001” included in the received member information in the member registration information 41c in the received member information. It is stored based on the accumulated point information. In this case, the accumulated point “28” corresponding to the member number “00001” of the member registration information is updated to “30” and stored. Then, the information providing server 30 stores the member number “00001” in the member registration information 41c.
The member level corresponding to the member number “00001” is determined based on the accumulated points corresponding to the member number and the set level information 44b. In this case, the accumulated point “30” corresponding to the member number “00001” is equal to or greater than the reached accumulated point “30” set in the setting level information 44b.
It is determined that the member level is “3”. As a result, the member level corresponding to the member number “00001” in the member registration information 41c is changed from “2” to “3”.

In the fourth embodiment, the member management server 5
0 and 60 give points to each member's action, calculate accumulated points, and
Determines the member level based on the accumulated points received from the member management servers 50 and 60. Thereby, each process is performed by the member management servers 50 and 60 and the information providing server 30.
Can be dispersed.

In the fourth embodiment, the information providing server 3
0 indicates that the member level is determined based on the accumulated points of each member and the set level information. However, as in the first and second embodiments, the member level is determined based on the accumulated points of each member and the set level information. The validity information may be determined to be valid or invalid, and the validity information corresponding to the member identification information of the member registration information may be set to “present” or “absent”, or the member identification information may be stored or deleted in the member registration information.

[Fifth Embodiment] In the fourth embodiment, the accumulated points of each member are transmitted from the member management servers 50 and 60 to the information providing server 30. It may be configured to transmit the points given to each member to the providing server. Hereinafter, a fifth embodiment in which the member points are transmitted from the member management servers 50 and 60 to the information providing server 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 13, 15, and 17. FIG. FIG. 17 shows an example of the member management information (member management information 42d). Member management information 42d shown in FIG.
Does not store accumulated points, member levels, and the like. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, for example, accumulated points and member levels are stored in the member registration information.

In the state set as shown in FIGS. 15 and 17, the member number “000” of the pachinko parlor A1 is set.
01 ”visits a pachinko parlor A1 and uses a ball rental machine
When purchasing (renting) pachinko balls worth 000 yen, the member management server 50 gives the point “2” based on the set point information 43. And the member management server 50
Transmits the member information including the point information (in this case, the point information “2”) indicating the point given the member number “00001” to the information providing server 30. Upon receiving the member information from the member management server 50, the information providing server 30 receives the member number “0” included in the received member information.
The point information (in this case, “2”) included in the received member information is added to the accumulated points (in this case, “28”) of the member registration information 41c corresponding to “0001”, and the accumulated points are stored. (In this case, the accumulated point “30” is stored). Further, the information providing server 30
Is based on the accumulated points corresponding to the member number “00001” and the set level information 44b.
The member level corresponding to "1" is determined. In this case, since the cumulative point “30” corresponding to the member number “00001” is equal to or higher than the reached cumulative point “30” set in the setting level information 44b, it is determined that the member level is “3”. As a result, the member level corresponding to the member number “00001” in the member registration information 41c is changed from “2” to “3”.

In the fifth embodiment, the member management server 5
0 and 60 give points to each member's action,
The information providing server 30 calculates the accumulated points based on the points received from the member management servers 50 and 60, and determines the member level. Thereby, each processing can be distributed to the member management servers 50 and 60 and the information providing server 30. The information providing server 30
Can provide information based on the accumulated points obtained by adding points for each member system of which the customer is a member, so that versatility is improved.

In the fifth embodiment, the information providing server 3
0 indicates that the member level is determined based on the accumulated points of each member and the set level information. However, as in the first and second embodiments, the member level is determined based on the accumulated points of each member and the set level information. The validity information may be determined to be valid or invalid, and the validity information corresponding to the member identification information of the member registration information may be set to “present” or “absent”, or the member identification information may be stored or deleted in the member registration information.

In the fifth embodiment, the information providing server 30 stores the accumulated points of the member registration information 41c every time the point information is received from the member management servers 50 and 60. The information 41c may be sequentially stored. In this case, the information providing server 30
Calculates the accumulated points for the member when the member identification information is received from the terminal device, and determines whether the provision of the information to the member is valid or invalid based on the accumulated points and the setting level information 44b.

[Sixth Embodiment] In the fifth embodiment, the member management servers 50 and 60
Based on the set point information, points are given to the member's action, and point information indicating the assigned points is transmitted to the information providing server 30. However, action information indicating the member's action is transmitted to the information providing server 30. You may. Hereinafter, a sixth embodiment in which the member management servers 50 and 60 transmit action information indicating member actions to the information providing server 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 13, 15, and 17. FIG. In this case, the storage device 4 of the information providing server 30
For example, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, set point information in which each service provider (member management server of the member system) sets points to be given to each member's action (service) is stored. .

Now, with the settings as shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 17, the member number “0000” of the pachinko parlor A1 is set.
1 ”visits a pachinko parlor A1 and uses a ball rental machine for 10
When a pachinko ball for 00 yen is purchased (rented), the member management server 50 sets the member number “00001” and action information indicating a visit to the store based on the set point information 43 (for example, member action number “001”), Behavior information indicating the purchase of a ball (for example, member behavior number “002”) and the purchase price of the ball 10
The member information including the action evaluation information such as 00 yen is transmitted to the information providing server 30. When the information providing server 30 receives the member information from the member management server 50, the information providing server 30 awards points based on the set point information 43 and the behavior information, ball lending amount, and the like included in the received member information (in this case, points "2"). And the member registration information 41c
Of the member number “000” included in the received member information
The accumulated point corresponding to “01” is stored (in this case, the current accumulated point “28” and the added point “2” are added, and the accumulated point “30” is stored). Then, the information providing server 30 determines the member level corresponding to the member number “00001” based on the accumulated points corresponding to the member number “00001” and the setting level information 44b. In this case, it is determined that the member level is “3”, and the member level corresponding to the member number “00001” of the member management information 41c is changed from “2” to “3”.

In the embodiment described above, the setting of the permission information may be performed from the information providing server 30, from the provided information providing terminals 10 and 20, or from the member management server 50. 60 may be performed. Also, for example, the information provider or the service provider notifies the information providing center of the permission information by facsimile or the like,
The setting of the permission information may be performed at the information providing center based on the contents of the setting request.

As described above, the description of [first embodiment] to [sixth embodiment] mainly describes the registration of members, but the following description will be given from the provided information providing terminal device or the member management server. An embodiment in which permission / prohibition of provision of provision information is set for each member system will be described.

[Embodiment in which provision of provision information is set to permission / prohibition for each member system] The provision information provision terminal device 1 according to the sixth embodiment
FIGS. 14, 18, and 19 show methods for setting permission information from 0, 20, etc., and member management servers 50, 60, etc.
This will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the permission information of the provided information registration information can be set for each member system identification information. Further, the information providing server 30 receives the member identification information and the provided information identification information from the terminal device, and the permission information corresponding to the received provided information identification information is transmitted to the member of the member system corresponding to the received member identification information. If the provision indicates permission, the provision information is transmitted to the terminal device. In addition, the member system name (for example, pachinko A1
In a store, if the number with the first two digits is “00”, the membership system can be easily identified.

The provided information registration information 45b shown in FIG.
Every time the information provider (for example, the provider A) transmits the provided information from the provided information providing terminal device to the information providing server 30, the registered contents of the provided information are added or changed. When transmitting the provided information from the information provider to the information providing server 30, the information providing server 30 uses the information providing server 30 based on the information provider registration information (not shown) stored in the storage device 40. The provided information is received after checking whether or not the user is registered. Then, every time the provided information is received, a new information number is allocated, and the registration of the provided information is added. When the information number is received together with the provided information, the content of the information number is changed to the received provided information. . Various methods are possible for adding and changing the registration of the provided information. In the example of FIG. 14, the permission information of the provided information registration information 45b is
The information provider is configurable. In order to enable setting from the member management server of the member system, for example, provided information permission information (FIG. 18) is used.

FIG. 18 shows an example of the provided information permission information (provided information permission information 46) stored in the storage device 40. The provided information permission information 46 shown in FIG.
Permission information (in this example, 1 or 0) of a member system name, an information number, an information type, and an information type corresponding to each member system name is stored. The information number of the provided information registration information 45b corresponds to the information number of the provided information permission information 46, and the information type of the provided information registration information 45b corresponds to the information type of the provided information permission information 46.
Each member system name in the permission information column b corresponds to each member system name in the provided information permission information 46. For example, when a new information number is registered in the provided information registration information 45b, the information number, information type, and permission information for each member system are automatically added to the provided information permission information 46. For example, “1” is set as an initial value in the column of permission information for each member system when it is automatically added. Each member system sets “0” for information whose provision is to be prohibited to members of its own member system.
For example, in the member system of the pachinko A1 store, only the permission information of “line (horizontal direction)” of the member system name “pachinko A1 store” can be changed.

In FIG. 14, the permission information of “Pachinko A1 store stand data with information number 00001” is such that “Pachinko A1 store” which provided the information has only “1” for pachinko A1 store (own member system name). , And the other member system sets “0”. In FIG.
The pachinko A1 shop member system has information number 11002
In this example, the recruitment of department store B2 members is set to prohibit the provision of information to members of the member system. Similarly, the member system of the department store B1 also shows an example in which the recruitment of the member of the department store B2 of the information number 11002 is set so as to prohibit the information provision to the members of the member system. Provided information registration information 4 in FIG.
5b and the provided information permission information 46 of FIG.
This becomes the provided information registration information 45c shown in FIG. The additional information registration information 45c includes the permission information part of the additional information registration information 45b in the upper part (part specified by the provider) and the permission information part of the additional information permission information 46 in the lower part (part specified by the member system). Included in In the example of FIG.
The permission information corresponding to 461a of the provided information permission information 46 is included in the portion indicated by 461a of the provided information registration information 45c.

For example, the information providing server 30 determines that the permission information of the provided information registration information 45c is “1” in both the upper and lower rows.
(Permission) ", it is determined that the provision is permitted.
For example, the information providing server 30 transmits the member identification information and “information number 000” from the members of the pachinko A1 store member system.
When the provided information identification information of the “Pachinko A1 shop data of 01” is received, the permission information of the provided information registration information 45c is “1 (permitted)” in both the upper and lower rows, so the pachinko A1 shop of information number 00001 is received. Send data. When the member identification information and the provided information identification information of “Pachinko A1 store stand data of information number 00001” are received from the members of the member system of the pachinko A2 store, the permission information of the provided information registration information 45c is changed to “0” in the upper part. (Prohibited) "and the lower row is" 1 (Permitted) ", so that the pachinko A1 store stand data of information number 00001 is not transmitted. Alternatively, when the terminal device receives the provided information as shown in the example of FIG. 10, the permission information of the provided information registration information 45c indicates only the information type in which both the upper and lower rows are “1 (permitted)” in the member menu. It is displayed on the screen 80b.

As described above, the accumulated points are calculated by adding the points given to the actions of each member, and when the accumulated points reach the reached accumulated points set in the set level information, the information is provided to the members. The operation to be made valid and the method of setting permission / prohibition of the provided information have been described. Here, it is preferable that the provision of the information is invalidated when a predetermined condition is satisfied after the provision of the information is validated. The method will be described below.

{Example of Subtracting Points] Various conditions can be set as the predetermined conditions for invalidating the provision of information. One method is to invalidate the provision of information after a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the provision of information has been validated. Another method is a method in which the provision of information is made invalid and the provision of information is invalidated when the accumulated points reach a predetermined accumulated point. For example, after the provision of information is made valid, the accumulated points are subtracted by a predetermined value (for example, 5 points) every predetermined period (for example, one month). Alternatively, a subtraction point is set according to information to be provided, and each time a member receives information, the subtraction point according to the information is subtracted from the accumulated points. Alternatively, the accumulated points are subtracted based on the member's action. Various methods other than the above can be used for subtracting the accumulated points.

Here, an embodiment in which a subtraction point corresponding to the information is subtracted from the accumulated points every time the member receives the information will be described from the first embodiment to the sixth embodiment. Here, it is assumed that the member number is “00001”, the information received is game information, and the subtraction point is 10. First, in the first embodiment, the member with the member number “00001” receives the game information from the information providing server 30. Then, the information providing server 30 updates the member management server 50 that manages the member number “00001”.
Then, the subtraction information including the member number “00001” and the subtraction point “10” is transmitted. Upon receiving the subtraction information, the member management server 50 subtracts the subtraction point “10” from the accumulation point “28” of the member “00001” (the subtraction result, the accumulation point becomes “18”), and determines the result of the determination. The member information is transmitted to the information providing server 30. Then, the information providing server 30 stores the member registration information based on the received member information. Second Embodiment and Third Embodiment
This embodiment is also the same as the first embodiment. Next, in the fourth embodiment, the member number "0
The member of “0001” receives the game information from the information providing server 30. Then, the information providing server 30 subtracts the subtracted point “10” from the accumulated point “28” of the member number “00001” (the subtracted result indicates that the accumulated point is “1”).
8 "), and transmits the subtraction information including the determined result to the member management server 50. Then, the member management server 50
Stores the member management information based on the received subtraction information. Also in the case of the fifth embodiment and the sixth embodiment,
This is the same as the example of the fourth embodiment. However, in this case, the accumulated points need not be transmitted to the member management server 50.

{[Embodiment for Specifying Terminal Device to Receive Providing Information] In the above description, when the member receives the information, the information providing server 30 transmits the information to the terminal that has requested the information. It is also possible for a member to specify a terminal to receive information. The designated terminal can be a terminal corresponding to the mail address of the member registration information. For example, the mail address of the member with the member number “00001” in the member registration information 41c is the mail address of the personal computer at home of the member. Here, when the member with the member number “00001” requests provision of information from the mobile terminal as shown in FIG. 10, a selection item of the transmission destination is added to the member menu screen 80b (for example, the requesting terminal / Add a field to select one of the designated terminals). Here, when the requesting terminal is selected, the information providing server 30 transmits the information to the mobile terminal that has requested the information, and when the designated terminal is selected, the information providing server 30 transmits the mail address of the member registration information 41c (this In the example, the information is transmitted to the member's home PC with the member number “00001”. It should be noted that various other selection methods are possible.

[[Type of Provided Information, Terminal Device to Receive,
Example of Specifying Reception Time] In addition to specifying the terminal that receives the information, the specified information can be received by the specified terminal at the specified time. For example, the mail address of the member with the member number “00001” is the mobile terminal address of the member. Here, the member with the member number "00001"
As shown in FIG. 0, when the provision of information is requested from the mobile terminal, a selection item of the transmission time is added to the member menu screen 80b (for example, a selection field for every day / every Saturday / every Sunday,
And time specification fields etc.). Here, if the member with the member number “00001” selects the information of “1. Pachinko A1 stand data” and further selects the transmission time as “every Sunday” and “8:00”, The pachinko A1 stand data can be received by the portable terminal at 8:00 every Sunday. It should be noted that various other selection methods are possible.

The information providing apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the configuration described in the embodiment, and various changes, additions, and deletions can be made without changing the gist of the present invention. For example, the configuration of the information providing apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the configurations shown in FIGS. Items such as member registration information, member management information, setting point information, setting level information, and provided information registration information can be variously changed. Further, the signals used for the matching processing are not limited to the member number and the password, and various signals can be used. Further, the display screen displayed on the display means of the terminal device is not limited to the display screen described in the present embodiment, and can be variously changed. Further, as the terminal device, various terminal devices such as a mobile phone, a portable information terminal, and a mobile terminal can be used. In the present embodiment, member information is transmitted from the member management servers 50 and 60 to the information providing server 30, and the information providing server 30 stores the member registration information in the storage device 40.
May directly store the member registration information in the storage device 40. In the embodiment of FIG. 19, the permission is determined when the permission information is set to “1” in both the upper and lower rows, but various methods are possible for the setting method and the permission determination method. It is not limited to the present embodiment.

[0059]

As described above, if the information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is used, the customer can obtain information without performing the work of registering as a member of the information providing apparatus. It is possible to provide an information providing apparatus capable of setting permission / prohibition of provision of each information for each different member system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an information providing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of an information providing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of member registration information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of member management information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting point information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting point information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting level information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting level information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of provided information registration information.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the mobile terminal.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of member registration information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of member management information.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting level information.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of provided information registration information.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of member registration information.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of member management information.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of member management information.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of provided information permission information.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of provided information registration information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 20 Provided information providing terminal device 30 Information providing server 40 Storage device 50, 60 Member management server 150, 151, 160, 161 Member

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A storage device, an information providing server, and a terminal device, wherein the storage device stores member registration information including member system identification information corresponding to member identification information, provided information, and provided information. The provided information registration information including permission information indicating whether or not to permit the provided information to be provided to the member of the member system corresponding to each member system identification information is stored in association with the provided information identification information shown in FIG. When the information providing server receives the member identification information and the provided information identification information transmitted from the terminal device, the permission information corresponding to the received provided information identification information indicates that the permission information corresponding to the received member identification information is a member of the member system corresponding to the received member identification information. In the case where the information indicates that the provision of the service information is permitted, the terminal device transmits the provision information corresponding to the received provision information identification information to the terminal device. An information providing apparatus, wherein another information is transmitted to an information providing server, and the provided information transmitted from the information providing server is received. 2. A storage device, an information providing server, and a terminal device, wherein the storage device includes member registration information including member identification information including member system identification information, provision information, and provision indicating the provision information. The provided information registration information including permission information indicating whether or not to permit providing the provided information to a member of the member system corresponding to each member system identification information in association with the information identification information is stored. When the providing server receives the member identification information and the provided information identification information transmitted from the terminal device, the permission information corresponding to the received provided information identification information includes the member system identification information included in the received member identification information. Transmitting the provision information corresponding to the received provision information identification information to the terminal device, indicating that the provision of the membership system corresponding to the An information providing device, comprising: transmitting member identification information and provided information identification information to an information providing server; and receiving provided information transmitted from the information providing server. 3. The information providing device according to claim 1, further comprising a provided information providing terminal device, wherein the provided information providing terminal device provides the provided information and a member to each member system. An information providing apparatus, wherein permission information indicating whether to permit provision of the provision information is stored in a storage device. 4. A storage device, an information providing server, a member management server, and a terminal device, wherein the storage device includes member registration information including member system identification information corresponding to the member identification information, and provision information. And providing permission information indicating whether or not to permit the member of the member system corresponding to the member system identification information to provide the provision information corresponding to the respective provision information identification information in association with each member system identification information. The information registration information is stored, the member management server stores permission information for each provided information identification information in a storage device in association with the member system identification information corresponding to its own member system, and the information providing server includes: When the member identification information and the provision information identification information transmitted from the terminal device are received, the received provision information is compared with the member system identification information corresponding to the received member identification information. If the permission information corresponding to the broadcast identification information indicates that the provision of the provision identification information is permitted, the provision information corresponding to the received provision information identification information is transmitted to the terminal device. An information providing apparatus, comprising: transmitting identification information and provided information identification information to an information providing server; and receiving provided information transmitted from the information providing server. 5. A storage device, an information providing server, a member management server, and a terminal device, wherein the storage device has member registration information including member identification information including member system identification information, provision information, Provided information registration that includes permission information indicating whether or not to permit the member of the member system corresponding to the member system identification information to be permitted to provide the provided information corresponding to the provided information identification information in association with each member system identification information. The member management server stores permission information for each provided information identification information in a storage device in association with the member system identification information corresponding to its own member system, and the information providing server includes a terminal device. When the member identification information and the provision information identification information transmitted from are received, the received provision information is compared with the member system identification information included in the received member identification information. When the permission information corresponding to the identification information indicates that the provision of the provision identification information is permitted, the provision information corresponding to the received provision information identification information is transmitted to the terminal device, and the terminal device transmits the member identification information. An information providing apparatus, comprising: transmitting information and provided information identification information to an information providing server; and receiving provided information transmitted from the information providing server.