Gift-valuable article exchange assisting device and method, and computer product

A gift-valuable article exchange assisting method comprising steps of:

• storing exchangeable article information that indicates whether a gift can be exchanged to a valuable article and storing exchange conditions in correspondence with the gifts and the valuable articles that can be exchanged, in a memory unit;
• collectively downloading delivery management information related to delivery of a gift from a delivery management device at the start of a delivery affair;
• determining, when a first party decides that the gift belonging to the first party is unwanted to the first party, whether the gift can be exchanged to a valuable article belonging to a second party based on the exchangeable article information stored in the memory unit;
• calculating a predetermined service charge when it is determined that the exchange is possible in the determination step;
• deciding a valuable article, to which the gift is actually exchanged, equivalent to a value obtained by subtracting the service charge from a value of the gift based on the exchange conditions;
• and
• uploading exchange result information to the delivery management device after completion of all delivery affairs.

A computer program containing instructions which when executed on a computer causes the computer to realize:

• storing exchangeable article information that indicates whether a gift can be exchanged to a valuable article and storing exchange conditions in correspondence with the gifts and the valuable articles that can be exchanged, in a memory unit;
• collectively downloading delivery management information related to delivery of a gift from a delivery management device at the start of a delivery affair;
• determining, when a first party decides that the gift belonging to the first party is unwanted to the first party, whether the gift can be exchanged to a valuable article belonging to a second party based on the exchangeable article information stored in the memory unit;
• calculating a predetermined service charge when it is determined that the exchange is possible in the determination step;
• deciding a valuable article, to which the gift is actually exchanged, equivalent to a value obtained by subtracting the service charge from a value of the gift based on the exchange conditions;
• and
• uploading exchange result information to the delivery management device after completion of all delivery affairs.