Article lending device and article lending method

Abstract

To differentiate the same article in view of experience of a user at the time of use.SOLUTION: An article lending device 10 which provides lending service for an article mounted on the body and used comprises a management part 111 and a display control part 115. The management part 111 associatively manages identification information for uniquely identifying a plurality of articles having the same specifications, experience information associated with fortune that a user experiences when using the lent article, and state information showing that an article can be lent. The display control part 115 displays levels of fortune as to one or more articles based upon experience information when there are one or more articles whose experience information is managed by the management part 111 among lendable articles corresponding to a first specification on a screen on which a user who desires to lend an article of the first specification applies for the article.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an article lending device and an article lending method.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, a system for recommending articles to be lent to users has been used. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system in which a user who has received a rental of a kimono makes a post and the post is made public.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] Kimono is generally a so-called one-of-a-kind article for which there are no other kimonos with the same specifications. For this reason, in the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is not possible to differentiate each of a plurality of articles with the same specifications based on, for example, the experience content such as lucky or unlucky episodes experienced by the user of the article when using the article.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to provide an article lending device that can differentiate the same article from the viewpoint of the user's experience during use.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] An article lending device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a management unit that manages by associating identification information for identifying the same article with experience information experienced by a user when using the article, and a display control unit that displays the degree of luck based on the experience information for each article on a screen where the user applies for lending of the article.

[0007] In addition, the article lending method according to one aspect of the present disclosure manages by associating identification information for identifying the same article with experience information experienced by a user when using the article, and on a screen where the user applies for lending of the article, the degree of luck is displayed for each article based on the experience information.

Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present disclosure, the same article can be differentiated from the perspective of the user's experience during use.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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[0010] (A. First Embodiment) (A-1: System Configuration) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system 1A according to an embodiment. The system 1A includes an article lending device 10A and a plurality of user terminals 20 (20-1 to 20-n, where n is an integer of 2 or more). The user terminals 20 are used by users U (U-1 to U-n). The article lending device 10A and the user terminals 20 are connected via a network N.

[0011] The article lending device 10A is installed by a lending business operator B that conducts an article lending business. The lending business operator B lends articles to the user U and earns a profit by receiving a consideration (rental fee) for the lending from the user U. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the article lent from the lending business operator B to the user U (hereinafter referred to as the "lending target article") is a shoe. A shoe is an article used for walking while being worn on the foot. There are various types of shoes, such as sneakers, dress shoes, pumps, sandals, slippers, geta, zori, hiking shoes, mountaineering boots, and ski boots. In this embodiment, the case where mainly sneakers are the lending target articles will be described.

[0012] The lending business operator B installs a website related to the lending business (hereinafter referred to as the "lending website"). In this embodiment, the article lending device 10A has a function as a web server that provides the lending website. Further, the article lending device 10A has a function of receiving a lending application from the user U through the lending website and a function of managing the actual lending status of the sneakers.

[0013] The user terminal 20 is an information processing terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer. The user U connects to the article lending device 10A using the user terminal 20 and applies for the lending of sneakers from the lending website. At the time of applying for the lending, the consideration for the lending may be paid from the user U to the lending business operator B, or the consideration for the lending may be paid monthly like "X yen per month".

[0014] In this embodiment, attention is paid to one of the plurality of users U-1 to U-n, that is, the user U-1. The user U-1 uses the user terminal 20-1.

[0015] (A-2: User Terminal 20) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user terminal 20. Since the configurations of the plurality of user terminals 20-1 to 20-n are substantially the same, the configuration of the user terminal 20-1 will be described as an example in FIG. 2. The user terminal 20-1 includes a processing device 21, a communication device 22, a storage device 23, an input device 24, a display device 25, and a bus 26 that interconnects these devices.

[0016] The display device 25 is a display device that displays information to the outside (for example, various display panels such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL display panel). The input device 24 is an input device that receives an input from the outside (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, or a sensor). Note that the display device 25 and the input device 24 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch panel). The communication device 22 includes an interface connectable to the network N and communicates with other devices connected to the network N using wireless communication or wired communication.

[0017] The memory device 23 is a recording medium readable by the processing device 21. The memory device 23 includes, for example, a non-volatile memory and a volatile memory. The non-volatile memory is, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), and an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory). The volatile memory is, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory). The memory device 23 stores the program PG2. The program PG2 is a program for operating the user terminal 20.

[0018] The processing device 21 includes one or more CPUs (Central Processing Unit). The one or more CPUs are an example of one or more processors. Each of the processor and the CPU is an example of a computer.

[0019] The processing device 21 reads the program PG2 from the memory device 23. By executing the program PG2, the processing device 21 functions as a website access unit 211. The website access unit 211 may be configured by circuits such as a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), and an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array).

[0020] The website access unit 211 is a so-called web browser, which realizes functions such as displaying web pages and following hyperlinks. The website access unit 211 mainly communicates with the server via HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and acquires data for displaying the website. In addition, the website access unit 211 performs syntax analysis on the acquired data according to its type (HTML (HyperText Markup Language) / XHTML (Extensible HyperText Markup Language) / XML (Extensible Markup Language), document, image, etc.). Further, the website access unit 211 appropriately arranges characters and images based on the result of the syntax analysis, or adjusts the size of the characters and colors them for drawing.

[0021] (A-3: Article Lending Device 10A) FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the article lending device 10A. The article lending device 10A includes a processing device 11, a communication device 12, a storage device 13, and a bus 16 that interconnects these devices.

[0022] The communication device 12 includes an interface connectable to the network N and communicates with other terminals connected to the network N using wireless communication or wired communication.

[0023] The storage device 13 is a recording medium readable by the processing device 11. The storage device 13 includes, for example, a non-volatile memory and a volatile memory. The non-volatile memory is, for example, ROM, EPROM, and EEPROM. The volatile memory is, for example, RAM. The storage device 13 stores a program PG1A. The program PG1A is a program for operating the article lending device 10A.

[0024] In addition, the storage device 13 stores website data SD. The website data SD is data for displaying a rental website. The website data SD includes, for example, a photograph of the rental target item, a sneaker, text explaining the rental service, and structure data indicating the structure of the rental website.

[0025] The storage device 13 also stores a first management table TBL1. The first management table TBL1 is a table for managing the lending status of rental target items (sneakers in this embodiment) held by the lending business operator.

[0026] FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the content of the first management table TBL1. The first management table TBL1 is a collection of records composed of identification information N1, specification information N2, and status information N3. The identification information N1 is information for uniquely identifying each of a plurality of rental target items. The specification information N2 represents the manufacturer name (name of the manufacturer or seller) N21, the model name N22, and the size N23 of the rental target item identified by the identification information N1. The status information N3 indicates whether the rental target item indicated by the identification information N1 corresponding to the status information N3 is available for rental (in this embodiment, if the status information is 1, it is available for rental; if the status information is 0, it is not available for rental). For example, the sneaker with the identification number "0001" and the sneaker with the identification number "0002" both have a manufacturer name: Aaa, a model name: Pp, and a size of 25.0 cm. Thus, in this embodiment, there may be a plurality of sneakers with the same specifications.

[0027] FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the contents of the second management table TBL2. The second management table TBL2 is an aggregate of records composed of the above-described identification information N1, posting date N4, evaluation value N5, and experience information N6. The experience information N6 is character string data representing the content of a lucky episode experienced by the user to whom the lending target item indicated by the identification information N1 was lent during the use of the lending target item. The evaluation value N5 is a value obtained by evaluating the degree of luck experienced by the above user on a five-point scale of 1 to 5, and the larger the value, the higher the degree of luck. In the present embodiment, the experience information N6 and the evaluation value N5 are posted by the user at the lending destination when returning the lent sneakers, and the posting date N4 indicates the date on which the experience information N6 and the evaluation value N5 were posted.

[0028] The processing device 11 includes one or more CPUs. The one or more CPUs are an example of one or more processors. Each of the processor and the CPU is an example of a computer. The processing device 103 functions as a management unit 111, a display control unit 115, and a communication control unit 116 by executing the program PG1A. At least a part of these functions may be configured by circuits such as DSP, ASIC, PLD, and FPGA.

[0029] The communication control unit 116 controls the communication device 12 to transmit and receive various information. In the present embodiment, the communication control unit 116 transmits data (for example, HTML, image, script, etc.) for displaying the lending website to the client device in response to an access from the client device (for example, the user terminal 20). The user terminal 20 that has received the data displays a screen G1 for allowing the user U to specify the specifications of the sneakers that the user wishes to lend according to the data. Hereinafter, a case where the user U-1 accesses the lending website using the user terminal 20-1 will be described.

[0030] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the screen G1. The screen G1 includes a pull-down menu M1, a pull-down menu M2, and a pull-down menu M3. The user U-1 who has viewed the screen G1 specifies the name of the manufacturer of the sneakers desired to be rented by operating the pull-down menu M1. The user U-1 who has viewed the screen G1 specifies the model name of the sneakers desired to be rented by operating the pull-down menu M2. The user U-1 who has viewed the screen G1 specifies the size of the sneakers desired to be rented by operating the pull-down menu M3. Then, the user U-1 can cause the user terminal 20-1 to execute a process of transmitting application data representing the specifications (hereinafter, the first specifications) specified by operating the pull-down menus M1 to M3 by operating the virtual operator B1 to the article lending device 10A.

[0031] The management unit 111 manages by associating identification information that uniquely identifies a plurality of sneakers with the same specifications, experience information regarding the luck experienced by the user when using the rented sneakers, and status information indicating that the sneakers are available for lending. In the present embodiment, the management unit 111 associates the specification information and the status information with the identification information and stores them in association with the first management table TBL1, and updates the status information according to the lending status of the lending target article indicated by the identification information. In addition, the management unit 111 stores the identification information of the sneakers in the second management table TBL2 in association with the experience information and the evaluation value posted by the user of the lending destination when the rented sneakers are returned.

[0032] The display control unit 115, upon receiving the application data, identifies a lendable target item that conforms to the first specification represented by the application data with reference to the first management table TBL1. For example, assume that the manufacturer name represented by the application data is "Aaa", the model name represented by the application data is "Pp", and the size represented by the application data is "25.5 cm". In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the sneakers with the manufacturer name "Aaa", the model name "Pp", and the size "25.5 cm" have identification information "0001", "0002", and "0003", respectively. Among these, the sneakers with status information 1 are the sneakers with identification information "0001" and the sneakers with identification information "0002". Therefore, the display control unit 115 identifies the sneakers with identification information "0001" and the sneakers with identification information "0002" as lendable target items that conform to the first specification represented by the application data.

[0033] If there is one or more sneakers among the sneakers identified by referring to the first management table TBL1 for which the evaluation value and experience information are managed in the second management table TBL2, the display control unit 115 displays, on the user terminal 20-1, a screen G2 in a list format in which the identification information, evaluation value, and experience information of each of these sneakers are arranged in descending order of the evaluation value. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the screen G2. In this embodiment, the evaluation value of the sneakers with identification information "0001" is "3", and the evaluation value of the sneakers with identification information "0002" is "5". Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the screen G2 in which the evaluation value and experience information regarding the sneakers with identification information "0002" and the evaluation value and experience information regarding the sneakers with identification information "0001" are arranged in this order from top to bottom is displayed on the user terminal 20-1. The sneakers with identification information "0001" and the sneakers with identification information "0002" are sneakers with the same specifications, but are differentiated from the perspective of "lucky items that bring good luck" due to a difference in the degree of bringing good luck.

[0034] Also, the processing device 11 operating according to the program PG1A executes an article lending method that prominently shows the features of the present disclosure. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in this article lending method. The processing device 11 waits until there is an access from the user terminal 20 to the lending website (denoted as "website" in the figure) (step S100: NO). When there is an access from the user terminal 20 to the lending website (step S100: YES), it functions as the communication control unit 116 and transmits website data SD (denoted as "site data" in the figure) for displaying the screen G1 to the user terminal 20 (step S102).

[0035] When the user terminal 20-1 receives the website data SD, it displays the screen G1 on the display device 25 according to the website data SD. When the user U-1 who has visually recognized this screen G1 operates the pull-down menus M1 to M3 and the virtual operator B1 to specify the specifications of the sneakers that the user wishes to lend, application data representing the specifications is transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the article lending device 10A. When the processing device 11 receives the application data (step S104), it functions as the display control unit 115. In step S106 following step S104, it presents information regarding lendable sneakers. More specifically, in step S106, the processing device 11 refers to the first management table TBL1 to identify the lendable target articles that correspond to the specifications represented by the application data. Then, when there is one or more sneakers in the identified sneakers for which the evaluation value and experience information are managed in the second management table TBL2, the processing device 11 displays a list-form screen G2 in which the identification information, evaluation value, and experience information of each of the one or more sneakers are arranged in descending order of the evaluation value on the user terminal 20-1. Thereafter, when the processing device 11 lends the sneakers selected in step S106 (for example, ships them to the lending destination user), it functions as the management unit 111, updates the status information regarding the sneakers from 1 to 0, and when the sneakers are returned, it updates the status information regarding the sneakers from 0 to 1 again.

[0036] As described above, according to the article lending device 10A of the present embodiment, sneakers with the same specifications can be differentiated from the perspective of "lucky items that bring good luck". Further, according to the present embodiment, since the content of lucky episodes experienced by other users when using the sneakers is displayed for each sneaker, a user who wishes to lend out the sneakers can grasp the content of the lucky episodes experienced by other users when using each sneaker. Further, according to the present embodiment, since the information regarding the sneakers is displayed sorted in descending order of the degree of luck, it becomes easier for a user who wishes to lend out the sneakers to identify the sneaker that is considered to bring the strongest luck.

[0037] (B: Second Embodiment) FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system 1B including an article lending device 10B according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 9, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1. As is clear from a comparison between FIG. 9 and FIG. 1, the system 1B differs from the system 1A in that it has an article lending device 10B instead of the article lending device 10A.

[0038] FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the article lending device 10B. In FIG. 10, the same components as those in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3. As is clear from a comparison between FIG. 10 and FIG. 3, the article lending device 10B differs from the article lending device 10A in that a program PG1B is stored in the storage device 13 instead of the program PG1A. The program PG1B differs from the program PG1A in that it causes the processing device 11 to function as a management unit 111, a display control unit 115, a communication control unit 116, and a calculation unit 117. The calculation unit 117 calculates an evaluation value based on the experience information. Various methods can be considered as a method for calculating the evaluation value based on the experience information. For example, a table in which a plurality of keywords related to luck such as "lucky" or "fortunate" are registered in advance is stored in the storage device 23 in advance, and the calculation unit 117 performs morphological analysis on the experience information posted by the user to extract the above keywords, and it is conceivable to calculate the evaluation value based on the number of the extracted keywords. For example, if the number of the extracted keywords is 1 to 5, it is conceivable to set 1 to the evaluation value, and if the number of the extracted keywords is 6 to 10, it is conceivable to set 2 to the evaluation value. According to the present embodiment, since the evaluation value is calculated based on the experience information, it is not necessary for the user who posts the experience information to input the evaluation value, and while reducing the labor of the user, it is possible to realize the differentiation from the viewpoint of "lucky item that brings luck" for sneakers with the same specifications.

[0039] (C: Third Embodiment) FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system 1C including an article lending device 10C according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 11, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1. As is clear from a comparison between FIG. 11 and FIG. 1, the system C differs from the system 1A in that it has an article lending device 10C instead of the article lending device 10A.

[0040] FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the article lending device 10C. In FIG. 12, the same components as those in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3. As is clear from a comparison between FIG. 12 and FIG. 3, the article lending device 10C differs from the article lending device 10A in that a program PG1C is stored in the storage device 13 instead of the program PG1A. The program PG1C differs from the program PG1A in that it causes the processing device 11 to function as a management unit 111, a display control unit 115, a communication control unit 116, and an incentive granting unit 118. The incentive granting unit 118 grants an incentive to a user who has posted experience information. Specific examples of the incentive include the granting of points that can be applied to the lending fee or the discount of the lending fee by the incentive granting unit 118. According to the present embodiment, since an incentive is granted for posting experience information, an effect such as promoting the posting of experience information can be achieved.

[0041] (D: Modification) Each of the above-described embodiments may be modified as follows. Also, two or more aspects arbitrarily selected from the following modified aspects may be appropriately combined within a range where they do not conflict with each other. (D-1: Modification Example 1) In the above-described embodiment, the article lending device 10A has a function as a web server that provides a lending business website, a function of receiving a lending application from the user U through the lending website, and a function of managing the actual lending status of sneakers. However, the article lending device 10A only needs to be able to realize the functions of the management unit 111 and the display control unit 115. For example, a web server that provides a lending business website may be provided in the system 1A separately from the article lending device 10A. Similarly, for the second embodiment, a web server that provides a lending business website may be provided in the system 1B separately from the article lending device 10B. Similarly, for the third embodiment, a web server that provides a lending business website may be provided in the system 1C separately from the article lending device 10C.

[0042] (D-2: Modification Example 2) In the above embodiment, the item to be lent was a sneaker. However, it may be a shoe other than a sneaker such as a high heel, or it may be a jewelry (for example, an accessory such as a ring or a necklace), clothing including a hat, or an automobile.

[0043] (D-3: Modification Example 3) In the above embodiment, items with the same specifications were differentiated from the perspective of "lucky items that bring good luck". However, even for items of the same type and the same color with different sizes, they may be regarded as "the same item" and differentiated from the perspective of "lucky items that bring good luck".

[0044] (D-4: Modification Example 4) The experience information in the above embodiment was string data representing the content of a lucky episode experienced by the user when using the item. However, the experience information of the present disclosure may include string data representing the content of an unlucky episode experienced by the user when using the item. For an item for which experience information representing an unlucky episode and experience information representing a lucky episode are registered, an evaluation value may be calculated by offsetting the degree of bad luck represented by the former and the degree of good luck represented by the latter. Also, the timing of posting the experience information is not limited to the time of returning the lent item, and the posted experience information is not limited to information representing an episode experienced in the use of an item lent by the item lending service of the present disclosure. For example, experience information representing an episode experienced when using the same item (for example, an item owned by the poster) may be posted.

[0045] (D-5: Modification Example 5) The display control unit 115 in the above embodiment displayed the identification information, evaluation value, and experience information of each lendable item to be lent in descending order of the evaluation value at the time of receiving the application data. However, regardless of whether it is lendable or not, the identification information, evaluation value, and experience information may be displayed in descending order of the evaluation value. This is because it is possible to accept a reservation for lending even for an item that is not lendable at the time of receiving the application data.

[0046] (D-6: Variant Example 6) In the above embodiment, the program PG1A was stored in the storage device 13 of the article lending device 10A, but the program PG1A may be manufactured or sold alone. As a mode of providing the program PG1A to the purchaser when selling the program PG1A, there are a mode of writing the program PG1A on a computer-readable recording medium such as a flash ROM and distributing it, or a mode of distributing it by downloading via a telecommunication line. Similarly for the program PG1B and the program PG1C, each of the program PG1B and the program PG1C may be manufactured or sold alone.

[0047] (E: Others) (1) In the above-described embodiment, ROM, RAM, etc. were exemplified as the storage device 13 and the storage device 23, but the storage device 13 and the storage device 23 may be a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk), a smart card, a flash memory device (for example, a card, a stick, a key drive), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-ROM), a register, a removable disk, a hard disk, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magnetic strip, a database, a server, or other appropriate storage media.

[0048] (2) In the above-described embodiment, the described information, signals, etc. may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, the data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description may be represented by voltage, current, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or photons, or any combination thereof.

[0049] (3) In the above-described embodiments, the input / output information, etc. may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed using a table. The input / output information, etc. may be overwritten, updated, or appended. The output information, etc. may be deleted. The input information, etc. may be transmitted to other devices.

[0050] (4) In the above-described embodiments, the determination may be made based on a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), a boolean value (Boolean: true or false), or a numerical comparison (e.g., comparison with a predetermined value).

[0051] (5) The processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. exemplified in the above-described embodiments may be reordered as long as there is no contradiction. For example, for the methods described in the present disclosure, the elements of various steps are presented using an exemplary order and are not limited to the presented specific order.

[0052] (6) Each function exemplified in FIGS. 2, 3, 10, and 12 is realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Also, the method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one physically or logically combined device, or two or more physically or logically separated devices may be directly or indirectly (e.g., using wired, wireless, etc.) connected and realized using these multiple devices. The functional block may be realized by combining software with the above one device or the above multiple devices.

[0053] (7) The programs exemplified in the above-described embodiments should be broadly interpreted to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, execution threads, procedures, functions, etc., whether called by the names such as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or by other names.

[0054] Also, software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium. For example, when software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using at least one of wired technologies (such as coaxial cables, optical fiber cables, twisted pairs, digital subscriber lines (DSL), etc.) and wireless technologies (such as infrared rays, microwaves, etc.), at least one of these wired and wireless technologies is included within the definition of the transmission medium.

[0055] (8) In each of the foregoing embodiments, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

[0056] (9) The information, parameters, etc. described in the present disclosure may be represented using absolute values, relative values from a predetermined value, or corresponding other information.

[0057] (10) In the above-described embodiments, the mobile device may include a case where it is a mobile station (MS: Mobile Station). A mobile station may be referred to by those skilled in the art as a subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable term. Also, in the present disclosure, terms such as "mobile station", "user terminal", "user equipment (UE)", "terminal", etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0058] (11) In the above-described embodiments, the terms "connected" and "coupled", or any variations thereof, mean any direct or indirect connection or coupling between two or more elements, and can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are "connected" or "coupled" to each other. The coupling or connection between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination of these. For example, "connected" may be read as "accessed". As used in the present disclosure, two elements can be considered to be "connected" or "coupled" to each other using at least one of one or more wires, cables, and printed electrical connections, and also, as some non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples, electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the radio frequency region, microwave region, and optical (both visible and invisible) region, etc.

[0059] (12) In the above-described embodiments, the description "based on" does not mean "based only on" unless otherwise specified. In other words, the description "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on".

[0060] (13) The terms "determining" and "deciding" as used in this disclosure may encompass a wide variety of operations. "Determining" and "deciding" may include, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (e.g., searching in a table, database, or another data structure), ascertaining, and considering something as having been "determined" or "decided". Also, "determining" and "deciding" may include considering something as having been "determined" or "decided" after receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., transmitting information), inputting, outputting, accessing (e.g., accessing data in a memory), etc. Further, "determining" and "deciding" may include considering something as having been "determined" or "decided" after resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. That is, "determining" and "deciding" may include considering something as having been "determined" or "decided" after performing some operation. Also, "determining (deciding)" may be read as "assuming", "expecting", "considering", etc.

[0061] (14) In the above-described embodiments, when the terms "include", "including" and their variants are used, these terms are intended to be inclusive, similar to the term "comprising". Further, the term "or" as used in this disclosure is not intended to be an exclusive disjunction.

[0062] (15) In this disclosure, for example, when articles are added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, this disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are in the plural form.

[0063] (16) In the present disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean that "A and B are different from each other". Note that the term may also mean that "A and B are each different from C". Terms such as "separate" and "coupled" may also be interpreted in the same way as "different".

[0064] (17) Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or switched and used during execution. Also, the notification of predetermined information (for example, the notification of "being X") is not limited to being explicitly performed, and may be performed implicitly (for example, by not performing the notification of the predetermined information).

[0065] (F: Aspects grasped from the above-described embodiments or modified examples) As described above in detail about the present disclosure, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure can be implemented as modified and changed aspects without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure determined by the description of the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustrative explanation and has no restrictive meaning for the present disclosure. The following aspects can be grasped from at least one of the above-described embodiments or modified examples.

[0066] The article lending device according to the first aspect of the present disclosure includes a management unit that manages by associating identification information for identifying the same article with experience information experienced by a user when using the article, and a display control unit that displays the degree of luck based on the experience information for each article on a screen where the user applies for lending the article. According to the first aspect, the same article can be differentiated from the viewpoint of the user's experience during use.

[0067] In a second aspect (an example of the first aspect) of the present disclosure, the identification information may be information that uniquely identifies a plurality of articles having the same specifications. Further, the management unit in the second aspect may manage by associating state information indicating that an article is available for lending with the identification information and the experience information. And, when there is one or more articles among the lendable articles corresponding to the specifications specified by the user on the screen and the experience information of which is managed by the management unit, the display control unit in the second aspect may display the degree of luck for each of the one or more articles based on the experience information. According to the second aspect, a plurality of articles having the same specifications can be differentiated from the viewpoint of luck experienced by the user at the time of use, that is, from the viewpoint of "lucky items that bring luck".

[0068] In the article lending device according to a third aspect (an example of the first aspect or an example of the second aspect) of the present disclosure, the experience information is information representing the content of a lucky episode experienced by the user at the time of using an article, and the display control unit may display the content of the lucky episode that occurred at the time of using an article for each article. According to the third aspect, the content of the lucky episode experienced by the user at the time of using an article can be displayed for each article.

[0069] In the article lending device according to a fourth aspect (an example of the first aspect or an example of the second aspect) of the present disclosure, the experience information is information representing the content of a lucky episode experienced by the user at the time of using an article, and the article lending device may further include a calculation unit that calculates the degree of luck based on the experience information. According to the fourth aspect, the degree of luck can be calculated based on the experience information.

[0070] The display control unit in the article lending device according to a fifth aspect (an example of the first aspect, an example of the second aspect, an example of the third aspect, or an example of the fourth aspect) of the present disclosure may display information representing articles in a list format arranged in descending order of the degree of luck on the screen. According to the fifth aspect, since the information representing articles is displayed sorted in descending order of the degree of luck, it becomes easier to grasp the article that is considered to bring the strongest luck.

[0071] The article lending device according to the sixth aspect (an example of the first aspect, an example of the second aspect, an example of the third aspect, an example of the fourth aspect, or an example of the fifth aspect) of the present disclosure may further include an incentive giving unit that gives an incentive to the user who is the source of the posting of the experience information in response to the acquisition of the experience information. According to the fifth aspect, by giving an incentive, it is possible to promote the posting of experience information.

[0072] The article lending method according to the seventh aspect of the present disclosure manages by associating identification information for identifying the same article with experience information experienced by the user when using the article, and on the screen where the user applies for lending of the article, the degree of luck is displayed for each article based on the experience information. According to the seventh aspect, as in the first aspect, the same article can be differentiated in terms of the user's experience when using the article.

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[0073] 1A…System, 10A, 10B, 10C…Article lending device, 20…User terminal, 11, 21…Processing device, 111…Management unit, 115…Display control unit, 116…Communication control unit, 117…Calculation unit, 118…Incentive giving unit, 211…Web access unit, 12, 22…Communication device 12, 23…Storage device, 24…Input device, 25…Display device, 16, 26…Bus.

Claims

1. A management unit that manages by associating identification information for identifying the same article and experience information experienced by a user when using the article; A display control unit that displays the degree of luck based on the experience information for each article on a screen where a user applies for renting an article; An article rental device comprising the same.

2. The identification information is information that uniquely identifies a plurality of articles having the same specifications, The management unit manages by associating state information indicating that an article is available for rental with the identification information and the experience information, When there is one or more articles for which the experience information is managed by the management unit among the articles available for rental corresponding to the specifications specified by the user on the screen, the display control unit displays the degree of luck for each of the one or more articles based on the experience information. The article rental device according to Claim 1. The article rental device according to Claim 1.

3. The experience information is information representing the content of a lucky episode experienced by a user when using an article, The display control unit displays the content of a lucky episode that occurred when using an article for each article. The article rental device according to Claim 1. The article rental device according to Claim 1.

4. The experience information is information representing the content of a lucky episode experienced by a user when using an article, The article rental device according to Claim 1, further comprising a calculation unit that calculates the degree of luck based on the experience information. The article rental device according to Claim 1.

5. The display control unit displays information representing articles in a list format arranged in descending order of the degree of luck on the screen. The article rental device according to Claim 1. The article rental device according to Claim 1.

6. The article rental device according to Claim 1, further comprising an incentive granting unit that grants an incentive to the user who is the source of the experience information in response to acquisition of the experience information. The article rental device according to Claim 1.

7. Managing by associating identification information for identifying the same article and experience information experienced by a user when using the article; On a screen where a user applies for renting an article, displaying the degree of luck based on the experience information for each article. An article rental method.

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