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US 2026/0245115 A1Published application
Intra-event reward distribution system
AssigneeJapan Medical Engineering Institute, Inc.
InventorToshihiko KASHINO
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Abstract
In a case in which a questionnaire response is received by a questionnaire response receiving unit, a second remaining point number recording unit records a new remaining point number obtained by adding the number of points associated with the questionnaire response to the current number of remaining points associated with a recipient candidate participant who has received the questionnaire response. Points of the number of points received within a range of the number of remaining points recorded in the second remaining point number recording unit from the recipient candidate participant are converted into a reward at a second exchange rate, and a reward corresponding to the number of received points is distributed to the recipient candidate participant.
Claims41
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An intra-event reward distribution system that distributes a reward according to the number of points acquired by a recipient candidate participant in one or a plurality of events to the recipient candidate participant, the intra-event reward distribution system comprising:
- a point issuing unit that converts currency received from a provision candidate participant of one or a plurality of events into points at a first exchange rate, and issues points of the number of points corresponding to the received currency to the provision candidate participant;
- a questionnaire response receiving unit that receives a questionnaire response to a questionnaire associated with each provision candidate participant in association with each recipient candidate participant;
- a first remaining point number recording unit that records a new number of remaining points obtained by adding the number of issued points to a current number of remaining points associated with the provision candidate participant who has received issued points in a case in which the points are issued from the point issuing unit, and records a new number of remaining points obtained by subtracting the number of points associated with a questionnaire response from the current number of remaining points associated with the provision candidate participant who has received the questionnaire response in a case in which the questionnaire response receiving unit receives the questionnaire response;
- a second remaining point number recording unit that records a new number of remaining points obtained by adding the number of points associated with the questionnaire response to the current number of remaining points associated with the recipient candidate participant who has received the questionnaire response in a case in which the questionnaire response receiving unit receives the questionnaire response;
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- a reward distribution unit that converts points of the number of points received within a range of the number of remaining points recorded in the second remaining point number recording unit from the recipient candidate participant into a reward at a second exchange rate and distributes a reward corresponding to the number of received points to the recipient candidate participant.
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The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- a refund unit that converts points of the number of points received within the range of the number of remaining points from the provision candidate participant into currency at a third exchange rate, and refunds, to the provision candidate participant, any one or a combination of two or more of currency corresponding to the number of received points or digital points, a prepaid card, and an article having a value corresponding to the currency.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- the first exchange rate is R1=currency/points, and the second exchange rate is R2=currency/points, and
- the second exchange rate R2 is equal to or less than the first exchange rate R1.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- the reward distribution unit distributes a reward in any one or a combination of two or more of tangible currency, a prepaid card, digital points, digital currency, virtual currency, and a novelty.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- the reward distributed by the reward distribution unit is any one or a combination of two or more of tangible currency, a prepaid card, and a novelty, and
- the reward distribution unit delivers an amount of reward obtained by subtracting a transfer fee or/and a delivery fee or/and a transfer/delivery fee from the number of received points.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- the reward distributed by the reward distribution unit is digital points or/and digital currency or/and virtual currency, and
- the reward distribution unit displays a right to receive the reward on a screen of a terminal on a recipient candidate participant side.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- an action receiving unit that receives an action for an event content associated with each provision candidate participant in association with each recipient candidate participant;
- and
- a third remaining point number recording unit that records the number of remaining points in association with each recipient candidate participant, in which the number of points associated with the action received by the action receiving unit is added to a current number of remaining points.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- each time the number of points associated with the questionnaire response received by the questionnaire response receiving unit is added to the current number of remaining points, the second remaining point number recording unit records the added number of points in association with the provision candidate participant who has received the questionnaire response.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- each time the number of points associated with the questionnaire response received by the questionnaire response receiving unit is subtracted from the current number of remaining points, the first remaining point number recording unit records the subtracted number of points in association with the recipient candidate participant who has received the questionnaire response.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- a determination unit that compares the number of remaining points recorded in the first remaining point number recording unit with the number of points associated with the questionnaire response in a case in which the questionnaire response receiving unit receives the questionnaire response, and determines whether or not the number of points associated with the questionnaire response is able to be given to the recipient candidate participant,
- wherein, in a case in which the determination unit determines that the number of points associated with the questionnaire response is able to be given to the recipient candidate participant, addition/subtraction processing of subtracting the number of points associated with the questionnaire response from the current number of remaining points recorded in the first remaining point number recording unit and adding the number of points associated with the questionnaire response to the current number of remaining points recorded in the second remaining point number recording unit is executed, and
- the intra-event reward distribution system further comprises a point addition/subtraction processing unit that executes suspension processing of suspending the addition/subtraction processing in a case in which the determination unit determines that the number of points associated with a questionnaire response is not able to be given to the recipient candidate participant.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- a questionnaire provision count calculation unit that compares the number of remaining points recorded in the first remaining point number recording unit with the number of points associated with a questionnaire response and calculates the number of times of a questionnaire with a reward being able to be provided,
- wherein the number of times of the questionnaire with the reward being able to be provided is displayed on a screen of a terminal on a recipient candidate participant side.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- a questionnaire provision count calculation unit that compares the number of remaining points recorded in the first remaining point number recording unit with the number of points associated with a questionnaire response and calculates the number of times of a questionnaire with a reward being able to be provided,
- wherein, in a case in which the number of times of the questionnaire with the reward being able to be provided is equal to or less than a predetermined number of times, a warning of the case is displayed on a screen of a terminal on a recipient candidate participant side.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- a questionnaire provision count calculation unit that compares the number of remaining points recorded in the first remaining point number recording unit with the number of points associated with a questionnaire response and calculates the number of times of a questionnaire with a reward being able to be provided,
- wherein, in a case in which it is determined that provision of the questionnaire with the reward is not possible based on a calculation result of the questionnaire provision count calculation unit, a warning indicating that the provided questionnaire does not have a reward is displayed on a screen of a terminal on a recipient candidate participant side.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- points of the number of remaining points recorded in the second remaining point number recording unit are exchangeable for a product or a service provided by an event cooperation institution at a fifth exchange rate,
- the second exchange rate is R2=currency/points, and the fifth exchange rate is R5=currency/points, and
- the fifth exchange rate R5 is set to be higher than the second exchange rate R2.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- the first remaining point number recording unit records supplementary information indicating a giving time of the number of points or/and a reward exchange deadline in association with the number of points each time the number of points is added to the current number of remaining points of the first remaining point number recording unit, and records information specifying a recipient candidate participant as a giving destination of the number of points and a provision candidate participant as a giving source or/and supplementary information indicating a giving time or/and a reward exchange deadline in association with the number of points each time the number of points is subtracted from the current number of remaining points of the first remaining point number recording unit.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- each time the number of points is added to the current number of remaining points of the second remaining point number recording unit, the second remaining point number recording unit records information specifying a provision candidate participant as a giving source of the number of points and a recipient candidate participant as a giving destination or/and supplementary information indicating a giving time or/and a reward exchange deadline in association with the number of points.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- a point addition/subtraction processing unit that executes addition/subtraction processing of subtracting the number of points associated with a questionnaire response from the current number of remaining points recorded in the first remaining point number recording unit and adding the number of points to the current number of remaining points recorded in the second remaining point number recording unit on a condition of approval of the provision candidate participant in a case in which the questionnaire response is received from the recipient candidate participant.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- the reward distribution unit distributes a reward corresponding to the number of points received from the recipient candidate participant on a condition of approval of a provision candidate participant who has given the number of points associated with the questionnaire response to the recipient candidate participant.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- an upper limit value of the number of responses to a questionnaire with a reward per event or/and an upper limit value of the number of responses to a questionnaire that is able to be made from one provision candidate participant are set, and
- the questionnaire response receiving unit rejects reception of a questionnaire response exceeding the upper limit value.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- an upper limit value of the number of responses to a questionnaire with a reward per event or/and an upper limit value of the number of responses to a questionnaire that is able to be made from one provision candidate participant are set, and
- the reward distribution unit rejects distribution of a reward corresponding to a questionnaire response exceeding the upper limit value.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- a server that manages the questionnaire is included in an event management system that manages the one or plurality of events.
The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- an event management system including a server that manages the one or plurality of events;
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- a questionnaire management system that includes a server that manages the questionnaire, and
- cooperates with the event management system by an API (application programming interface) in the questionnaire management system,
- wherein, in a case in which questionnaire display is requested by a terminal on a recipient candidate participant side, the API in the questionnaire management system is called, and a questionnaire is displayed on a screen of the terminal on the recipient candidate participant side.
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The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, wherein
- supplementary information specifying an event in which points of the number of remaining points recorded in the second remaining point number recording unit are given is recorded in association with the points,
- the points of the number of remaining points recorded in the second remaining point number recording unit are able to be converted into a reward at the second exchange rate within a holding period or a designated period of the event in which the points are given and are able to be converted into a reward at the sixth exchange rate outside of the holding period or outside of the designated period of the event in which the points are given,
- the second exchange rate is R2=currency/points, and the sixth exchange rate is R6=currency/points, and
- the sixth exchange rate R6 is set to be lower than the second exchange rate R2.
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The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- an event management system including a server configured to manage internal points issued in the one or plurality of events;
- and
- an external point management system including a server configured to manage external points issued in an event other than the one or plurality of events,
- wherein the internal points are able to be converted into the external points.
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The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 52, further comprising:
- an event management system including a server configured to manage internal points issued in the one or plurality of events;
- and
- an external point management system including a server configured to manage external points issued in an event other than the one or plurality of events,
- wherein the external points are able to be converted into the internal points, and
- supplementary information specifying that the points are issued in an event other than the one or plurality of events is recorded in association with the internal points converted from the external points.
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The intra-event reward distribution system according to claim 39, wherein
- an exchange rate in a case in which the external points are converted into the internal points is
- R11=internal points/external points, and
- the exchange rate R11 is set to a value lower than 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.