Management system, management method, management server, and storage medium

A management method for managing information related to use of a plurality of batteries including a first battery and a second battery, the first battery being associated with a first user, the second battery being not associated with the first user, the management method comprising:

• by a management server,
• a reception step of receiving, from a second user terminal used by a second user, a rental request for use of the first battery or the second battery;
• and
• an incentive giving step of, when the first battery or the second battery is rented to the second user, giving an incentive to the second user, according to return of the first battery or the second battery from the second user, wherein
• in the incentive giving step,
• when the second user returns the first battery to the first user, a first incentive is given to the second user, and
• when the second user returns the second battery to the first user or when the second user returns the first battery to a place of return that is different from the first user, a second incentive is given to the second user, and
• the first incentive is an incentive having a higher value than the second incentive.

A management server that manages information related to use of a plurality of portable batteries including a first battery and a second battery, the first battery being associated with a first user, the second battery being not associated with the first user, the management server comprising:

• a reception section that receives, from a second user terminal used by a second user, a rental request for use of the first battery or the second battery;
• and
• an incentive management section that, when the first battery or the second battery is rented to the second user, gives an incentive to the second user, according to return of the first battery or the second battery from the second user, wherein
• the incentive management section gives a first incentive to the second user when the second user returns the first battery to the first user, and gives a second incentive to the second user when the second user returns the second battery to the first user or when the second user returns the first battery to a place of return that is different from the first user, and
• the first incentive is an incentive having a higher value than the second incentive.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executable by a computer that manages information related to use of a plurality of portable batteries including a first battery and a second battery, the first battery being associated with a first user, the second battery being not associated with the first user, the program causing the computer to function as:

• a reception section that receives, from a second user terminal used by a second user, a rental request for use of the first battery or the second battery;
• and
• an incentive management section that, when the first battery or the second battery is rented to the second user, gives an incentive to the second user, according to return of the first battery or the second battery from the second user, wherein
• the incentive management section gives a first incentive to the second user when the second user returns the first battery to the first user, and gives a second incentive to the second user when the second user returns the second battery to the first user or when the second user returns the first battery to a place of return that is different from the first user, and
• the first incentive is an incentive having a higher value than the second incentive.