Matching system

Abstract

To provide a matching system that enables getting to know unfamiliar persons at a current time such as competition winners, famous chief executive officers and like at events.SOLUTION: A matching system comprises: invitation guest registration means that registers competition winners and famous chief executive officers as an invitation guest; history information registration means that registers history information associated with the invitation guest; applicant-for-participation registration means that registers an applicant for participation 2 not included in the invitation gest; seat arrangement storage means that stores a seat arrangement in a matching event; selection means that displays accessible links on the history information, and makes the applicant for participation 2 in a matching event select the participation or non-participation in the matching event, and the invitation guest in the event; transmission means that transmits matching information associating an applicant object 16 for participation in the matching with the selected applicant for participation; and matching arrangement means that allocates the applicant object for participation in the matching and the applicant for participation 2 in a specific group area consisting of a plurality of seats, and stores the allocation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a matching system that provides an opportunity to directly exchange opinions with celebrities and the like who have been invited as guests. [Background technology]

[0002] There is provided a technology that makes it easy to hold an event by, for example, sending multiple e-mails to invite multiple acquaintances you want to meet to an event, classifying specific replies from the contents of the reply e-mails, and efficiently selecting the desired event attendees. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-32160 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, with conventional technology, it is possible to hold an event by sending notification means such as e-mail to acquaintances that one already knows, but it is difficult to get together with people who one would like to meet and exchange opinions with, such as people who have won prizes in sports competitions or famous business people, but who are not currently acquaintances and therefore cannot meet in person. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] Therefore, the present invention, provided as a means for solving the above problem, is a matching system that assists in matching between invitees and desired participants for a matching event to be held at a specific venue, and is characterized by comprising: an invitee registration means for registering competition winners or well-known business executives as invitees; a career information registration means for registering career information linked to each invitee registered in the invitee registration means; a desired participant registration means for registering desired participants not included in the invitees; a seating arrangement storage means for storing seating arrangements for the matching event; a selection means for displaying a link to access the career information and allowing desired participants to select whether or not they will participate in the matching event and invitees registered in the invitee registration means as desired match candidates; a transmission means for transmitting matching information linked to the desired match candidates selected by the selection means with the selected desired participant; and a matching arrangement means for identifying a specific group area consisting of a plurality of seats included in the seating arrangement and distributing the desired match candidates and desired participants linked by the matching information so that they are included in the specific group area.

[0006] It is also preferable that the specific group area is made up of a plurality of adjacent seats, or that the specific group area is made up of a plurality of seats where a specific dish is to be served.

[0007] Furthermore, it is also preferable to provide a matching arrangement output means for outputting the matching arrangement stored in the matching arrangement means as a map diagram or a table. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, a person can meet people at an event who are not currently acquainted with him / her, such as a prize winner in a competition or a famous company manager, and this can serve as an opportunity to exchange opinions and expand his / her network of contacts. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1]This is a diagram showing an outline of layout diagram M, where (a) shows the case where the seats surrounding table T are designated as specific group area 18, and (b) shows the case where an area configured within a virtual frame 19 in free space is designated as specific group area 18. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of a matching system S. [Figure 3] 1 is a flowchart showing an example of information management and information processing of a matching system S. FIG. [Figure 4] The following shows an example of the notification sent by the matching system S to the prospective participant 2, and the information that the prospective participant 2 fills in and selects. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this specification and drawings, components having substantially the same functional configurations are designated by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

[0011] Figure 1 shows layout diagram M, which shows an example of an arrangement in which invited guests 1, consisting of competition prizewinners or prominent business executives invited to matching event A, and prospective participants 2, who wish to be matched with invited guests 1 and exchange opinions with them, can sit in seats C. Note that seat C here may refer to a chair that can be physically seated, or it may refer to a space in which one can stand within a free space consisting only of the floor. In this case, "seating" refers to invited guest 1 or prospective participants 2 standing in the space.

[0012] Here, the competitions of the competition winners who are invited guests 1 are not particularly limited, and include people who have won or placed in world-class sporting competitions, people who have won or placed in world-class cooking competitions, people who have won or placed in music competitions, etc. Also, they may be title holders who have set various records by participating in competitions such as sports.

[0013] As shown in FIG. 2, the matching system S according to the present invention is composed of a server 3 managed by the organizer of a matching event A, which has a processing device 4, a storage device 5, and information transmission / reception means 6, and a terminal 4 of a prospective participant 2, which has a processing device 8, a storage device 9, information transmission / reception means 10, and a display means 11. The server 3 and the terminal 4 are connected via a network W so that information can be communicated. The processing devices 4 and 8 may be, for example, central processing units (CPUs). The storage devices 5 and 9 may be, for example, hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid state drives (SSDs). The display means 11 may be a display device. The terminal 4 may be a desktop computer or a mobile information communication terminal such as a smartphone.

[0014] Next, the procedure by which the matching system S allocates the desired participants 2 to seats C included in the specific group area 18 where they can be matched with the matching-desired target persons 16 among the invited guests 1 who wish to be matched will be explained using the seat arrangement storage means St1 to the matching arrangement means St7 and Figure 3.

[0015] 1 is stored in the storage device 5 by the seating arrangement storage means St1. The calculation processing device 4 can allocate registered invited guests 1 and desired participants 2 to the multiple seats arranged on the layout plan M in accordance with specific rules using the matching arrangement means St7, which will be described later, and store the allocations in the storage device 5.

[0016] In the matching system S according to the present invention, the guest registration means St2 registers the guests 1 selected by the organizer of the matching event A from among the prizewinners of the competition and famous business managers, by storing them in the storage device 5.

[0017] Furthermore, the storage device 5 registers career information 12 linked to each registered invited guest 1 by the career information registration means St3. The career information 12 can be referenced by prospective participants 2 who wish to participate in the matching event A by accessing the server 3, and can be used as a reference for deciding which invited guest 1 they wish to be matched with.

[0018] Furthermore, a desired participant 2 is registered by the desired participant registration means St4. The desired participant 2 is a person who does not overlap with the invited guest 1. The desired participant 2 can register as a member by inputting personal information such as his / her name, email address, SNS (Social Networking Service) information, and career history into the organizer's server 3 in advance. It is also preferable that the desired participant 2 register as a member what kind of matching event would interest him / her, and the type of matching event he / she is interested in, along with the personal information.

[0019] When the organizer plans a matching event A, the organizer notifies the terminal 7 of the prospective participants 2 who are registered with the server 3 via email or social media. As shown in FIG. 4 , the notification displays, on the display means 11 of the terminal 7, a link 13 for accessing the career information 12 associated with the invited guest 2, a selection box 14 for whether or not to participate in the matching event A, and an invited guest list 15 listing the names of the invited guests 2 registered in the invited guest registration means St2. The prospective participants 2 can use the selection means St5 to select and confirm, for example, invited guest 1c from the invited guest list 15 as a match-seeking target 16 with whom they wish to be matched. Once the invited guest 1c selected by the prospective participants 2 is confirmed, invited guest 16c becomes a match-seeking target 16. As shown below the downward arrow in FIG. 4 , the match-seeking target 16, together with the matching information 17a associated with the prospective participants 2, constitutes the matching information 17. Note that, although FIG. 4 illustrates an example in which the invited guest list 15 is displayed in a pull-down format, the display format of the invited guest list 15 is not limited thereto.

[0020] The transmission means St6 transmits the matching wishing targets 16 selected by the selection means St5 to the server 3 together with matching information 17 linked to the selected desired participant 2. The matching information 17 includes information for identifying the desired participant 2, information for identifying the matching wishing targets 16 selected by the desired participant 2, and information 17a linking the desired participant 2 with the selected matching wishing targets 16.

[0021] The transmission means St6 transmits the matching information 17 to the information transmission and reception means 10 of the terminal 7 and to the information transmission and reception means 6 of the server 3 via the network W. The server 3, which has received the matching information 17 via the information transmission and reception means 6, stores the matching information 17 in the storage device 5.

[0022] Here, the matching arrangement means St7 recognizes a specific group area 18 constituted by specific seats C among the multiple seats C arranged on the layout plan M, as shown in FIG. 1. The specific group area 18 is preferably a group of two or more seats C that can be enclosed by a single closed virtual frame 19 on the layout plan M. Note that the seat C here may refer to a chair that can be physically seated, or may refer to a space that can be secured for standing within a free space consisting only of the floor. The specific group area 18 may also be constituted by a combination of chairs and space.

[0023] The seating arrangement M, invited guests 1, desired participants 2, career information 12, and matching information 17 may be stored in one storage device 5, or may be stored separately in multiple physically separated storage devices 5. Furthermore, when the server 3 has multiple storage devices 5, the server 3 may also be made up of multiple units, and each unit may be connected to each other via a network W so that they can work together.

[0024] Then, the matching placement means St7 distributes the desired participants 2 and the matching wishing targets 16 linked by the matching information 17 so that they are included in the specific group area 18. If the specific group area 18 consists of two seats, the desired participants 2 and the matching wishing targets 16 linked by the matching information 17 are distributed to adjacent seats C. If the specific group area 18 consists of three or more seats C, the desired participants 2 and the matching wishing targets 16 linked by the matching information 17 are not necessarily adjacent to each other, but are distributed within the specific group area 18 surrounded by a virtual frame 19.

[0025] Here, if multiple desired participants 2 wish to be matched with the same matching-seeking target 16 allocated to the specific group area 18, the matching placement means St7 allocates the seats C that make up the specific group area 18 to three or more so that each desired participant 2 is included in one specific group area 18.

[0026] Furthermore, it is also preferable that the specific group area 18 is made up of a plurality of seats where a specific dish is to be served. In this case, it is also preferable that the specific group area 18 is made up of a plurality of seats C surrounding a table T where the specific dish is to be served. It is also preferable that the specific dish is a dish produced by the matching wishing candidates 16 allocated to the specific group area 18. [Explanation of symbols]

[0027] S Matching System 1 invited guests 2 Desired participants 16. Matching candidates 17 Matching Information 18 Specific Group Areas

Claims

1. A matching system that supports mediation between invitees and prospective participants for a matching event held at a specific venue, an invitee registration means for registering a prize winner of a competition or a prominent business manager as an invitee; a career information registration means for registering career information linked to each guest registered in the guest registration means; a desired participant registration means for registering desired participants who are not included in the invited guests; a seating arrangement storage means for storing seating arrangements in the matching event; a selection means for displaying a link for accessing the career information and allowing the prospective participant to select whether or not to participate in the matching event and the invited guests registered in the invited guest registration means as potential match-making targets; a transmitting means for transmitting matching information linking the matching desire target persons selected by the selecting means to the selected desired participant; a matching arrangement means for identifying a specific group area formed by a plurality of seats included in the seat arrangement and allocating matching-seeking targets and desired participants linked by the matching information so that they are included in the specific group area; A matching system characterized by:

2. The specific group area is made up of a plurality of adjacent seats.

2. The matching system according to claim 1.

3. The specific group area is composed of a plurality of seats where specific dishes are served.

2. The matching system according to claim 1.

4. A matching arrangement output means is provided for outputting the matching arrangement stored in the matching arrangement means as a map or a table.

2. The matching system according to claim 1.

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