Patent Publication Number: US-11397959-B2

Title: Information processing device, information processing terminal, and information processing method

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATION 
     This application is a National Stage Patent Application of PCT International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2019/019625 (filed on May 17, 2019) under 35 U.S.C. § 371, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-105751 (filed on Jun. 1, 2018), which are all hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. 
     FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing terminal, and an information processing method. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Currently, various promotion measures (campaigns) have been carried out toward consumers such as sales promotion measures carried out by business operators that manufacture and sell products or the like to promote sales of the products and use promotion measures carried out by business operators providing services related to electronic money to promote the use of electronic money. Examples of the above-mentioned sales promotion measure include giving incentives such as providing discount coupons, which can be used for the next purpose of a product, to a consumer who is confirmed to have satisfied predetermined conditions such as purchasing a predetermined product on the basis of the purchase history of the user. In addition, as the use promotion measure, for example, the right to play a game for the consumer to acquire points that can be used like electronic money according to the amount of use of electronic money at a physical store is given as an incentive. Further, by playing the game, the consumer can acquire points corresponding to a predetermined amount of money according to the game result. By the promotion measures involving the granting of incentives as described above, the consumer is motivated by the acquisition of incentives and is guided to take actions such as purchasing products and use of electronic money, and product sales and use of electronic money will be further promoted. 
     In addition, by providing an incentive through a card or terminal associated with the consumer, the business operator side can collect a lot of attribute information (for example, sex, age, or the like) of the consumer who has purchased a product or used electronic money and behavior information (for example, purchase time, place of purchase, or the like) and can use the collected information utilized in marketing activities. For example, as an example of the method of giving an incentive to a consumer as described above, there are techniques disclosed in Patent Literatures 1 to 3 below. 
     In addition, as a sales promotion measure, the business operator has conventionally advertised consumers to sell new products by using various media such as newspapers and televisions, the Internet, and the like. In particular, in recent years, there has been a method of using a technique such as an affiliate to guide a browser of a third-party website to the advertisement website of the business operator through the website. As a technique using such a method, there is a technique disclosed in Patent Literature 4 below. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     Patent Literature 1: JP 2002-92740 A 
     Patent Literature 2: JP 2005-11116 A 
     Patent Literature 3: JP 2012-181652 A 
     Patent Literature 4: JP 2008-225968 A 
     SUMMARY 
     Technical Problem 
     However, the above promotion measures have not been compatible with various purchasing channels used by consumers (for example, electronic commerce). In addition, since the above-mentioned advertisement by the business operator only provides information about the product or the like (including information such as campaign) in one direction from the business operator side, there is a limitation on a motivation to lead the consumer to take action such as purchasing the product. Therefore, it cannot be said that the promotion measures so far have effectively guided the consumer to the product purchase behavior or the electronic money use behavior. 
     Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, the present disclosure proposes a new and improved information processing device, information processing terminal, and information processing method capable of effectively implementing promotion measures. 
     Solution to Problem 
     According to the present disclosure, an information processing device is provided that includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires a transaction history between one or a plurality of electronic commerce business operators and a user; a determination unit that determines whether the user satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of the acquired transaction history; and an incentive giving unit that gives the user a right to execute a game in which points can be given according to a result via an information processing terminal used by the user on the basis of a determination result. 
     Moreover, according to the present disclosure, an information processing terminal is provided that receives a right to execute a game in which points can be given according to a result when it is determined that a user satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of a transaction history between one or a plurality of electronic commerce business operators and the user. 
     Furthermore, according to the present disclosure, an information processing method is provided that includes: acquiring a transaction history between one or a plurality of electronic commerce business operators and a user; determining whether the user satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of the acquired transaction history; and giving the user a right to execute a game in which points can be given according to a result via an information processing terminal used by the user on the basis of a determination result. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     As described above, according to the present disclosure, promotion measures can be effectively implemented. 
     Note that the above-described effect is not necessarily restrictive, and any one of effects described in the present specification or any another effect obtainable from the present specification may be exhibited in addition to or in place of the above-described effect. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a system diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an information processing system  10  according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of a user terminal  100  according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of a service server  200  according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a purchase history DB  232  according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of an acquisition condition DB  234  according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of an aggregation server  300  according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of an aggregation server  300   a  according to a variation of the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information processing method according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 9  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a display screen  602  of a lottery game according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 10  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a display screen  604  of a lottery game according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 11  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a display screen  606  of entry according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 12  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information processing method according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 13  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a receipt  600  used in the second embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 14  is a system diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an information processing system  10   a  according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 15  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of a code management server  500  according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 16  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a code DB  532  according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 17  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of a service server  200   a  according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 18  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a campaign DB  238  according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 19  is a flowchart (part 1) illustrating an example of the information processing method according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 20  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of display screens  700  and  710  for issuing a referral code according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 21  is a flowchart (part 2) illustrating an example of the information processing method according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 22  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of referral code input screens  720 ,  730 , and  740  according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 23  is a flowchart (part 3) illustrating an example of the information processing method according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 24  is a block diagram for explaining a hardware configuration of an information processing device  900  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, in this specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted. 
     In addition, in this specification and the drawings, a plurality of components having substantially the same or similar functional configuration may be distinguished by giving the same reference numerals followed by different alphabets in some cases. However, when it is unnecessary to particularly distinguish each of the plurality of components having substantially the same or similar functional configuration, only the same reference numeral is assigned. 
     Note that the description will be given in the following order. 
     1. Background leading to creation of embodiments of the present disclosure 
     2. First Embodiment 
     2.1 Schematic configuration of the information processing system  10   
     2.2 Detailed configuration of the user terminal  100   
     2.3 Detailed configuration of the service server  200   
     2.4 Detailed configuration of the aggregation server  300   
     2.5 Variation of the aggregation server  300   a    
     2.6 Information processing method 
     3. Second Embodiment 
     4. Third Embodiment 
     4.1 Schematic configuration of the information processing system  10   a    
     4.2 Detailed configuration of the code management server  500   
     4.3 Detailed configuration of the service server  200   a    
     4.4 Information processing method 
     4.4.1 Referral code issuance stage 
     4.4.2 Incentive giving stage by referral code 
     4.4.3 Incentive giving stage by Internet advertisement 
     5. Conclusion 
     6. Hardware configuration 
     7. Supplement 
     1. Background Leading to Creation of Embodiments of the Present Disclosure 
     First, before describing details of embodiments according to the present disclosure, description will be given of a background to creation of the embodiments according to the present disclosure by the present inventors. 
     The present inventors have repeatedly studied the promotion measures and the like as described above. Examples of the promotion measure include that the right to play a game for the consumer to acquire points that can be used like electronic money is given as an incentive according to the amount of use of electronic money at a physical store. Alternatively, examples of the above promotion measure include giving the points as an incentive to the consumer according to the purchase amount of the product designated at a physical store. Further, although it is different from the direct promotion measure, there are cases where the consumer can acquire the above points as an incentive by answering a questionnaire regarding the use of electronic money or the like. By the promotion measures involving the granting of incentives as described above, the consumer is motivated by the acquisition of incentives and is guided to take actions such as use of electronic money and product purchase, and the product purchase and use of electronic money will be further promoted. In addition, by providing incentives via a card, terminal, or app that is associated with the consumer, the business operator side can associate the attribute information or action information of the consumer that has been previously collected as member information of the member who uses electronic money with information of purchased products or the like, and more information can be collected. Then, the business operator can utilize the information collected in this way for future marketing activities. 
     However, in recent years, many consumers are more likely to purchase products from an electronic commerce (EC) business operator (electronic commerce business operator) because of its convenience rather than at a physical store. Therefore, in such a situation, consumers have been strongly demanding promotion measures that enable them to obtain the above-mentioned opportunity to acquire incentives when they purchase products from EC business operators. 
     In addition, since the promotion measures so far, which have not been compatible with electronic commerce, could not been able to collect information related to electronic commerce, the collected information cannot be said to be information about sufficient consumer consumption activities, causing a limitation on marketing activities. 
     Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned situation, the present inventors have earnestly studied to implement an effective promotion measure corresponding to electronic commerce. Then, the inventors have created embodiments of the present disclosure capable of implementing effective promotion measures as described below. 
     In the embodiments of the present disclosure described below, consumers can acquire incentives such as points that can be used like electronic money through product purchase not only at a physical store, but also through electronic commerce. Therefore, according to the present embodiments, it is possible to increase the opportunities for consumers to acquire incentives at each stage, which can effectively lead to the promotion of purchase of products or the like. Additionally, according to the present embodiments, since it is possible to collect information related to electronic commerce, it is possible to collect information related to consumption activities of more consumers, and utilize the collected information for future marketing activities. The details of the embodiments of the present disclosure created by the present inventors will be sequentially described below. 
     Note that, in the following description, unless otherwise specified, a user means a general consumer, and unless otherwise specified, an EC business operator means a business operator that conducts electronic commerce with respect to a general consumer. In addition, unless otherwise specified, the business operator means a business operator that manufactures or sales a product or the like to general consumers by using websites operated by an EC business operator, a business operator that provides services related to electronic money, a business operator that plans and manages promotion measures (campaigns), and the like. 
     Further, in the following description, unless otherwise specified, a referrer means a user who provides referral of predetermined electronic money to an acquaintance or the like, and unless otherwise specified, a referree means a user who receives referral of the use of electronic money from the above referrer. 
     2. First Embodiment 
     &lt;2.1 Schematic Configuration of the Information Processing System  10 &gt; 
     First, a schematic configuration of an information processing system  10  according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 1  is a system diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the information processing system  10  according to the present embodiment. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , the information processing system  10  according to the present embodiment can include, for example, a user terminal (information processing terminal)  100 , a service server (information processing device)  200 , and an aggregation server (information aggregation apparatus)  300 . The user terminal  100 , the service server  200 , and the aggregation server  300  described above can communicate with each other via various wired or wireless communication networks (illustration omitted). Note that the number of user terminals  100 , service servers  200 , and aggregation servers  300  included in the information processing system  10  is not limited to the numbers illustrated in  FIG. 1 , but may be more. Hereinafter, the overview of each apparatus included in the information processing system  10  according to the present embodiment will be described. 
     (User Terminal  100 ) 
     The user terminal  100  is a user-owned information processing terminal used by the user. For example, the user terminal  100  can be a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a general-purpose personal computer (PC), a tablet terminal, a wearable device such as a head mounted display (HMD) or a smart watch, or the like. 
     The user terminal  100  can, for example, order an EC business operator for a product or service, that is, perform electronic commerce with the EC business operator. More specifically, the user terminal  100  can perform electronic commerce via an EC site provided by an EC business operator, sends an e-mail or the like to an EC business operator, or receives an e-mail from the EC business operator according to a user operation. For example, the EC site includes, as the product information of a sold product, information such as a product code, a product name, a category, an image picture, manufacturing, a distributor, and a selling price, and the uniform resource locator (URL) of the EC site. The user terminal  100  displays such an EC site to the user, and the user operates according to the display, thereby transmitting a sales log to an EC business operator server  400  managed by the EC business operator so as to perform electronic commerce. Further, the EC business operator server  400  that has received the sales log performs payment processing and delivery processing, and, for example, transmits a purchase confirmation e-mail including sales log information for confirming the purchase of the product with respect to the user, to the user terminal  100 . Note that the sales log can include information such as the product code, name, sales date and time, sales price, purchaser, and sales site of the sale product, as well as information about the site browsing history by the purchaser. 
     In addition, the user terminal  100  is equipped with a browsing app that allows browsing of not only the EC site but also an advertising site of a campaign for sales promotion provided by a business operator. In addition, the user terminal  100  is equipped with an incentive app for receiving an incentive from the business operator on the basis of determination by the service server  200 , which will be described later. For example, the incentive app can execute a game for acquiring points that can be used like electronic money on the basis of determination by the service server  200 , which will be described later. Then, the incentive app can receive points corresponding to a predetermined amount of money according to the game result when the user executes the game. 
     Further, the user terminal  100  may be equipped with an electronic money app for allowing the user to make payment using electronic money via the user terminal  100 . More specifically, the user terminal  100  is equipped with the above-mentioned app and is held over a reader/writer installed in a physical store so that identification information about the user and the like (for example, a member ID, a name, a member registration date, a member registration store) and information of held electronic money (for example, usage amount, available amount) can be provided to the reader/writer, and payment processing when purchasing a product can be performed. Then, the information about the payment processing is transmitted to a server (illustration omitted) managed by a business operator that provides a service related to electronic money, and the business operator can acquire information such as the use amount of electronic money used by the user, a usage location, and a purchased product. 
     In addition, the user terminal  100  can also capture an image of a receipt  600  (see  FIG. 13 ) or the like, and can transmit the captured image data to another server (illustration omitted). Further, the user terminal  100  can also transmit and receive information to and from another server such as the service server  200  described later. 
     Note that the above functions are mere examples, and the user terminal  100  may appropriately have functions other than the above. Further, the user terminal  100  may have a plurality of functions by itself. In addition, the detailed configuration of the user terminal  100  will be described later. 
     (Service Server  200 ) 
     The service server  200  is, for example, a computer managed by a business operator and capable of communicating with the user terminal  100  operated by the user. For example, the service server  200  can determine whether electronic commerce performed by the user satisfies conditions (predetermined conditions) to which an incentive is given, and can give the user an incentive on the basis of the determination result. In addition, the service server  200  can transmit and receive information to and from the aggregation server  300  described later in order to acquire the purchase history (transaction history) used in making the above determination. Note that the above functions are mere examples, and the service server  200  may appropriately have functions other than the above. In addition, the detailed configuration of the service server  200  will be described later. 
     (Aggregation Server  300 ) 
     The aggregation server  300  is a computer for aggregating purchase histories (transaction histories) regarding the users from EC business operator servers (information management apparatuses)  400   a ,  400   b ,  400   c  managed by the EC business operator. The EC business operator server  400  stores information for conducting an electronic commerce procedure through the EC site, for example, a sales log transmitted from the user, information about payment status, delivery status of products, and the like. Therefore, the aggregation server  300  acquires the purchase histories of the user from the EC business operator server  400  and aggregates the purchase histories. Further, the service server  200  described above can acquire the purchase history of a predetermined user from the aggregation server  300 . Note that the detailed configuration of the aggregation server  300  will be described later. 
     Note that it is preferable that the service server  200  and the aggregation server  300  described above transmit and receive the information of purchase history, in other words, cooperate with each other, via an application programming interface (API), that is, an interface common to both. 
     Note that, in the present embodiment, the service server  200  and the aggregation server  300  do not have to be realized by a single apparatus. For example, each of the service server  200  and the aggregation server  300  described above may be realized by a plurality of apparatuses that are connected via various wired or wireless communication networks (illustration omitted) and cooperate with each other. 
     &lt;2.2 Detailed Configuration of the User Terminal  100 &gt; 
     The overview of the information processing system  10  according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, a detailed configuration of each apparatus included in the information processing system  10  according to the present embodiment will be sequentially described. First, a detailed configuration of the user terminal  100  will be described with reference to  FIG. 2 .  FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the user terminal  100  according to the present embodiment. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , the user terminal  100  according to the present embodiment mainly includes a display unit  110 , an input unit  120 , a storage unit  130 , a control unit  140 , a communication unit  160 , and an imaging unit  170 . The functional blocks of the user terminal  100  will be sequentially described below. 
     (Display Unit  110 ) 
     The display unit  110  is a display module including a display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or a cathode ray tube (CRT). The display unit  110  is used, for example, to display an image of an EC site provided by an EC business operator or a campaign site for sales promotion. Note that the display unit  110  does not have to be configured as a part of the user terminal  100 , but, for example, a display apparatus connected to the user terminal  100  by wire or wirelessly may be treated as the display unit  110 . 
     (Input Unit  120 ) 
     The input unit  120  receives input of data and commands to the user terminal  100 . More specifically, the input unit  120  is realized by a touch panel, a keyboard, or the like, and can receive an input of a command instruction from a user. 
     (Storage Unit  130 ) 
     The storage unit  130  is realized by a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk (HD), a non-volatile memory, or the like provided in the user terminal  100 , and stores various information. For example, the storage unit  130  can, for example, store image data of a receipt  600  (see  FIG. 13 ) captured by the user. In addition, the storage unit  130  can store various apps that can be executed by the user terminal  100 . Further, the storage unit  130  may store information of various types of information (member information, available amount of money, electronic payment information, etc.) used in a series of processing for payment using electronic money. Note that the various types of information described above are merely examples, and the storage unit  130  may store other types of information. 
     (Control Unit  140 ) 
     The control unit  140  is realized by hardware, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM) provided in the user terminal  100 , and can perform various processing executed by the user terminal  100 . 
     (Communication Unit  160 ) 
     The communication unit  160  is realized by, for example, a communication device such as a communication antenna, a transmission/reception circuit, and a port, and can transmit and receive information to and from another server such as the service server  200 . For example, the communication unit  160  can receive an e-mail from the service server  200 . In addition, the communication unit  160  can transmit the image data to the service server  200 . Additionally, the communication unit  160  may transmit various types of information used in a series of processing for payment to another server or the like via the reader/writer. Note that the various communication contents described above are merely examples, and the communication unit  160  may communicate other information. 
     (Imaging Unit  170 ) 
     The imaging unit  170  is a camera module that captures an image. The imaging unit  170  uses an image sensor such as a charge coupled device (CCD) and complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) to capture a subject (for example, the receipt  600 ), and generates image data. 
     Note that the various functional blocks illustrated in  FIG. 2  are merely examples, and the user terminal  100  may have other functional blocks not illustrated in  FIG. 2 . 
     &lt;2.3 Detailed Configuration of the Service Server  200 &gt; 
     The detailed configuration of the user terminal  100  according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, the detailed configuration of the service server  200  according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to  FIGS. 3 to 5 .  FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the service server  200  according to the present embodiment.  FIG. 4  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a purchase history DB  232  according to the present embodiment, and  FIG. 5  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of an acquisition condition DB  234  according to the present embodiment. 
     As described above, the service server  200  according to the present embodiment determines whether electronic commerce or the like performed by the user satisfies the condition for giving an incentive, and can give the user an incentive on the basis of the determination result. Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the service server  200  can mainly include an input unit  220 , a storage unit  230 , a control unit  240 , and a communication unit  260 . The functional blocks of the service server  200  will be sequentially described below. 
     (Input Unit  220 ) 
     The input unit  220  receives input of data and commands to the service server  200 . More specifically, the input unit  220  is realized by a touch panel, a keyboard, or the like, and can receive input of information about conditions for giving an incentive from a business operator. 
     (Storage Unit  230 ) 
     The storage unit  230  is realized by, for example, a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk, a non-volatile memory, or the like provided in the service server  200 , and stores a program for the control unit  240 , which will be described later, to execute various processing, or the like, information for performing processing, received information, and the like. For example, the storage unit  230  can store information about the above conditions input by the business operator and the purchase history acquired from the aggregation server  300 . Note that the various types of information described above are merely examples, and the storage unit  230  may store other types of information. Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the storage unit  230  stores a purchase history data base (DB)  232 , an acquisition condition DB  234 , and an account DB  236 . Hereinafter, an example of information stored in the storage unit  230  will be described. 
     ˜Purchase History DB  232 ˜ 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the purchase history DB  232  stores various types of information such as a user&#39;s purchase history (purchase date and time (transaction date and time), purchase day of the week, purchase store (e.g., EC business operator, physical store, etc.), purchase product category, purchase product (transaction product), total purchase amount (transaction amount), the number of combinations of purchase product category, payment method (e.g., cash, credit card, electronic money), payment medium type (for example, credit card company, type of electronic money), user&#39;s membership rank, point service or electronic money member number, the number of times of purchase, a determination result as to whether the purchase is first purchase, associated with user identification information (user ID) (e.g., purchase confirmation e-mail address described later). Note that the various types of information described above are merely examples, and the purchase history DB  232  may store other types of information. 
     ˜Acquisition condition DB  234 ˜ 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the acquisition condition DB  234  stores information regarding conditions for giving an incentive to the user, which is input by a business operator. Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the acquisition condition DB  234  stores various types of information such as a purchase period for which an incentive is given to the user, a purchase day of the week, a purchase store (for example, an EC business operator, a physical store, etc.), a purchase product category, purchased product name, total purchase amount, the number of combinations of purchased product category (number of products), the number of times of purchase, and the determination result as to whether the purchase is the first purchase is set to conditions, and payment method (for example, cash, credit card, electronic money), payment medium type (for example, credit card company, type of electronic money), user membership rank, and the like. 
     For example, in the present embodiment, as illustrated in  FIG. 5 , different products sold by different business operators (e.g., FN brewing, FN dairy industry, FN milling) may be combined as a product for giving an incentive to the user. By doing so, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to easily implement a transverse sales promotion measure (campaign) for a plurality of business operators. Note that the various types of information described above are merely examples, and the acquisition condition DB  234  may store other types of information.
         ˜Account DB  236 ˜       

     The account DB  236  stores the user identification information used when the service server  200  acquires the purchase history from the aggregation server  300 . For example, the account DB  236  stores a purchase confirmation e-mail address (details will be described later) as the identification information in association with the user e-mail address owned by the user. By using the information stored in the account DB  236  as described above, the service server  200  can transfer the e-mail related to the purchase confirmation e-mail address from the aggregation server  300  to the user (user terminal  100 ) by using the above user e-mail address. Note that the account DB  236  may not be provided depending on the method of aggregating purchase histories in the aggregation server  300 . 
     (Control Unit  240 ) 
     The control unit  240  is realized by hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM provided in the service server  200 , and performs various processing executed by the service server  200 . As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the control unit  240  mainly includes an information acquisition unit  242 , a determination unit  244 , an output control unit (incentive giving unit)  246 , and a transfer unit (transmission unit)  248 . The processing blocks included in the control unit  240  will be described below. 
     ˜Information acquisition unit  242 ˜ 
     The information acquisition unit  242  can acquire the aggregated purchase history information of a predetermined user from the aggregation server  300  described later, using the above identification information. The purchase history is managed by the aggregation server  300  by aggregating the purchase history relating to transactions between a plurality of EC business operators and users for each user in association with the above identification information. Therefore, the information acquisition unit  242  can acquire the purchase history of a specific user by using the identification information. Note that the information acquisition unit  242  can acquire the purchase history from the aggregation server  300  in response to a request from the user terminal  100 , and can output the acquired information to the determination unit  244  described later. 
     In addition, the information acquisition unit  242  can also acquire the image data of the receipt  600  (see  FIG. 13 ) from the user terminal  100  described above. The information acquisition unit  242  can perform image processing and optical character recognition (OCR) on the acquired image data and extract the information displayed in the image data to acquire the information of the purchase history (for example, purchased product, purchase amount, purchase quantity, etc.) of the user at a physical store. Then, as described above, the information acquisition unit  242  can output the acquired information to the determination unit  244  described later. Note that the above processing contents are merely examples, and the information acquisition unit  242  may perform other processing. 
     ˜Determination unit  244 ˜ 
     On the basis of the acquired purchase history, the determination unit  244  can determine whether the user satisfies a preset condition for giving an incentive. Note that the above processing contents are merely examples, and the determination unit  244  may perform other processing. 
     ˜Output control unit  246 ˜ 
     The output control unit  246  can output the incentive-related information to the user terminal  100  via the communication unit  260  described below on the basis of the determination result of the determination unit  244  described above. For example, when the determination unit  244  determines that the user satisfies the above conditions, the output control unit  246  can transmit the information as to permission of execution of a game for acquiring points that can be used like electronic money, to the user terminal  100 . More specifically, the game is a game in which the points can be given to the user according to the result of the game. That is, in the present embodiment, the user is given the right to execute the game as an incentive. Note that the above processing contents are merely examples, and the output control unit  246  may perform other processing. 
     ˜Transfer Unit  248 ˜ 
     The transfer unit  248  transfers the e-mail relating to the purchase confirmation e-mail address from the aggregation server  300  to the user (user terminal  100 ) using the user e-mail address associated with the purchase confirmation e-mail address. Note that the transfer unit  248  may not be provided depending on the method of aggregating purchase histories in the aggregation server  300 . 
     (Communication Unit  260 ) 
     The communication unit  260  is realized by, for example, a communication device such as a transmission/reception circuit and a port, and can transmit and receive information to and from the user terminal  100 , and another server such as the aggregation server  300 . For example, the communication unit  260  can receive the purchase history of the user from the aggregation server  300 . Note that the communication contents described above are merely examples, and the communication unit  260  may transmit and receive other information. 
     Note that the various functional blocks illustrated in  FIG. 3  are merely examples, and the service server  200  may have other functional blocks not illustrated in  FIG. 3 . 
     &lt;2.4 Detailed Configuration of the Aggregation Server  300 &gt; 
     The detailed configuration of the service server  200  according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, a detailed configuration of the aggregation server  300  according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to  FIG. 6 .  FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the aggregation server  300  according to the present embodiment. 
     As described above, the aggregation server  300  according to the present embodiment can aggregate purchase histories regarding users from the EC business operator server  400  managed by the EC business operator. Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 6 , the aggregation server  300  can mainly include a storage unit (management unit)  330 , a control unit  340 , and a communication unit  360 . The functional blocks of the aggregation server  300  will be sequentially described below. 
     (Storage Unit  330 ) 
     The storage unit  330  is realized by, for example, a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk provided in the aggregation server  300 , and stores a program for the control unit  340 , which will be described later, to execute various processing, or the like, information obtained by the processing, received information, and the like. For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 6 , the storage unit  330  stores an e-mail address DB  332 , a purchase history DB  334 , and the like. Note that the above-mentioned stored information is merely an example, and the storage unit  330  may store other information. 
     ˜E-Mail Address DB  332 ˜ 
     The e-mail address DB  332  stores the purchase confirmation e-mail address generated by a generation unit  350  described later as user identification information. By using the information stored in the e-mail address DB  332 , the aggregation server  300  can acquire the purchase history from a purchase confirmation e-mail for confirming the purchase of a product for the user received on behalf of the user from the EC business operator server  400 . Since the aggregation server  300  can associate purchase confirmation e-mails from different EC business operators with the same user in the case of the same purchase confirmation e-mail address, the purchase histories relating to the user can be aggregated. 
     ˜Purchase History DB  334 ˜ 
     The purchase history DB  334  stores the purchase history of the user associated with the purchase confirmation e-mail address as identification information. Note that since the stored information is the same as that of the purchase history DB  232  described above, a detailed description thereof is omitted here. 
     (Control Unit  340 ) 
     The control unit  340  is realized by hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM provided in the aggregation server  300 , and performs various processing executed by the aggregation server  300 . For example, the control unit  340  mainly includes an information acquisition unit (aggregation unit)  342 , a transfer unit  348 , and a generation unit  350 , as illustrated in  FIG. 6 . The processing blocks included in the control unit  340  will be described below. 
     ˜Information Acquisition Unit  342 ˜ 
     As described above, the information acquisition unit  342  acquires the purchase history from the purchase confirmation e-mail received from the EC business operator server  400  on behalf of the user for confirming the purchase of the product for the user. The information acquisition unit  342  can associate the information of the purchase history with the same user and aggregate the information even in the case of purchase confirmation e-mails from different EC business operators as long as the purchase confirmation e-mail addresses are the same. 
     ˜Transfer Unit  348 ˜ 
     The transfer unit  348  transfers an e-mail related to the purchase confirmation e-mail address from the aggregation server  300  to the service server  200  described above. 
     ˜Generation Unit  350 ˜ 
     The generation unit  350  can generate the purchase confirmation e-mail address described above. Specifically, the generation unit  350  generates a purchase confirmation e-mail address in response to a request from the user terminal  100  via the service server  200 , and notifies the user terminal  100  of the generated purchase confirmation e-mail address via the service server  200 . At this time, the service server  200  stores the purchase confirmation e-mail address in association with the user e-mail address notified by the user. The user who has been notified of the purchase confirmation e-mail address registers the purchase confirmation e-mail address with an EC business operator as an e-mail address used when performing electronic commerce with the EC business operator. By doing so, the purchase confirmation e-mail from the EC business operator is received by the aggregation server  300 , and the aggregation server  300  can acquire the purchase history from the received e-mail. In addition, in the present embodiment, a login ID and a password for directly logging in to the system for managing the purchase confirmation e-mail may be directly received from the user. In this case, the aggregation server  300  can acquire the corresponding e-mail from the mailbox storing the purchase confirmation e-mail using the received login ID and the like. Further, in the present embodiment, even when the aggregation server  300  receives and acquires the purchase confirmation e-mail from the EC business operator on behalf of the user, the purchase confirmation e-mail may be transferred to the user e-mail address owned by the user via the aggregation server  300  and the service server  200 . 
     (Communication Unit  360 ) 
     The communication unit  360  is realized by, for example, a communication device such as a transmission/reception circuit and a port, and can communicate with an external apparatus such as the user terminal  100 , the service server  200 , or the like. For example, the communication unit  360  can transmit the purchase history of the user to the service server  200  in association with the purchase confirmation e-mail address in response to a request from the service server  200 . Note that the communication contents described above are merely examples, and the communication unit  360  may transmit and receive other information. 
     &lt;2.5 Variation of the Aggregation Server  300   a&gt;   
     In addition, the aggregation server  300  can be modified as described below. A detailed configuration of the aggregation server  300   a  according to a variation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to  FIG. 7 .  FIG. 7  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the aggregation server  300   a  according to the variation of the present embodiment. As illustrated in  FIG. 7 , the aggregation server  300   a  according to the present variation can mainly include a storage unit  330   a , a control unit  340   a , and a communication unit  360 , as in the aggregation server  300  described above. In the present variation, the storage unit  330   a  has a login account DB  332   a  instead of the e-mail address DB  332 , and the control unit  340   a  has an information acquisition unit  342   a  in which the method of acquiring the purchase history is different from the above method. Here, a detailed description will be omitted for the points common to the above-described aggregation server  300 , and only different points will be described. 
     (Storage Unit  330   a ) 
     The storage unit  330   a  stores a program or the like that is provided in the aggregation server  300   a  and that is for the control unit  340   a , which will be described later, to execute various processing. For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 7 , the storage unit  330   a  stores the login account DB  332   a  and the purchase history DB  334  described above. 
     ˜Login Account DB  332   a˜   
     The login account DB  332   a  stores the user&#39;s login account for logging in to the EC business operator server  400  managed by each EC business operator (note that login account is provided by the user in advance) in association with the identification information (unique ID) of the user. In the present variation, the purchase history DB  334  stores the purchase history acquired from the EC business operator server  400  in association with the identification information. Therefore, according to the present variation, even purchase histories from different EC business operators can be associated with one identification information assigned to each user, and thus the purchase histories of the users are aggregated. Further, the service server  200  can acquire the purchase history from the aggregation server  300  by using the identification information, and the acquired purchase history is stored in association with the identification information. 
     That is, in the present embodiment, the login account is managed by the aggregation server  300 , not by the service server  200 . Further, even when one user has a plurality of login accounts related to a plurality of EC business operators, the aggregation server  300  can aggregate the purchase history of the user by associating the plurality of login accounts with the identification information of the user. 
     (Control Unit  340   a ) 
     The control unit  340   a  is realized by hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM provided in the aggregation server  300   a , and performs various processing executed by the aggregation server  300   a . For example, the control unit  340   a  mainly includes an information acquisition unit  342   a , as illustrated in  FIG. 7 . 
     ˜Information Acquisition Unit  342   a˜   
     The information acquisition unit  342   a  acquires the purchase history from the EC business operator server  400  using the login account associated with the identification information. For example, the aggregation server  300  is configured to perform scraping for extracting the purchase history from a page related to a user of an EC site (HTML content) provided by the EC business operator server  400 . Alternatively, the aggregation server  300  and the EC business operator server  400  may be configured to transmit and receive the purchase history information via an API, that is, an interface common to both. 
     &lt;2.6 Information Processing Method&gt; 
     The detailed configuration of each apparatus included in the information processing system  10  according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, regarding the information processing method according to the present embodiment, the information processing method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to  FIGS. 8 to 11 .  FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating an example of the information processing method according to the present embodiment. In addition,  FIGS. 9 and 10  are explanatory diagrams for explaining an example of display screens  602  and  604  of a lottery game according to the present embodiment. Further,  FIG. 11  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a display screen  606  of entry according to the present embodiment. 
     Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 8 , the information processing method according to the present embodiment can include a plurality of steps from Step S 101  to Step S 111 . Details of each of these steps will be described below. 
     (Step S 101 ) 
     A business operator inputs conditions for giving the user an incentive to the service server  200  and sets the conditions. Information about the setting conditions is stored in the acquisition condition DB  234  described above. 
     For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the acquisition condition DB  234  stores various types of information such as a purchase period for which an incentive is given to the user, a purchase day of the week, a purchase store (for example, an EC business operator, a physical store, etc.), a purchase product category, purchased product name, total purchase amount, the number of combinations of purchased product category, the number of times of purchase, and the determination result as to whether the purchase is the first purchase is set to conditions, and payment method (for example, cash, credit card, electronic money), payment medium type (for example, credit card company, type of electronic money), user membership rank, and the like. Specifically, the example illustrated in  FIG. 5  shows the condition of giving an incentive when any two products of “FN Sake Brewery Sour Can”, “FN Dairy SS cheese”, and “FN milled FN 100% pasta 10 mm” are purchased for 200 yen or more each between Feb. 1 and Apr. 30, 2018 between a physical store and an EC business operator. In addition, the maximum number of times an incentive can be given is set to three. Note that, in the present embodiment, the setting conditions are not limited to the conditions illustrated in  FIG. 5 , and various settings are possible. 
     In the present embodiment, a target store is not limited to a physical store, but may be an EC business operator. Further, the EC business operator is not limited to one EC business operator, but can be set across a plurality of EC business operators. Further, in the present embodiment, a target product is also not limited to the product sold by the same business operator (seller, manufacturer), but products sold by different business operators can be combined. For example, the conditions illustrated in  FIG. 5  are intended such that different business operators from “FN Brewing”, “FN Dairy”, and “FN Milling” transversely tie up and propose consumers the opportunity to enjoy pasta, cheese and sake at the same time to perform sales promotion transversely. In addition, in the present embodiment, a target payment method can also be set across a plurality of electronic money. As described above, in the present embodiment, the target EC business operator, sales business operator, payment method, type of electronic money, product, etc. can be set transversely, and the target period, target amount, payment method, etc. can be finely and flexibly set in advance, and thus more effective promotion measures are possible. 
     (Step S 103 ) 
     The aggregation server  300  receives a purchase confirmation e-mail from the EC business operator server  400  for confirming that the user has purchased a product from the EC business operator. As described above, the aggregation server  300  preliminarily generates a purchase confirmation e-mail address in response to a request from the user terminal  100  via the service server  200 , and notifies the user terminal  100  of the generated purchase confirmation e-mail address via the service server  200 . Then, the user who has been notified of the purchase confirmation e-mail address registers the purchase confirmation e-mail address with an EC business operator as an e-mail address used when performing electronic commerce with the EC business operator. By doing so, the purchase confirmation e-mail from the EC business operator is received by the aggregation server  300 . At this time, the aggregation server  300  transfers the purchase confirmation e-mail to the user e-mail address owned by the user via the service server  200 . 
     (Step S 105 ) 
     The aggregation server  300  acquires the purchase history of the user from the received purchase confirmation e-mail and stores it in the purchase history DB  334 . At that time, the aggregation server  300  stores the purchase history in association with the purchase confirmation e-mail address. For example, the purchase history includes information such as the date and time of the transaction made by the user with the EC business operator, the product, and the amount of money, and more specifically, various types of information illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
     (Step S 107 ) 
     The service server  200  acquires the purchase history of the user in question from the purchase history DB  334  of the aggregation server  300  in response to a request from the user terminal  100  (a request is transmitted from the user terminal  100  to the service server  200  by the user operating a predetermined app on the user terminal  100 ). 
     Then, the service server  200  compares the information regarding the conditions stored in the acquisition condition DB  234  with the acquired purchase history, and determines whether the user satisfies the condition for giving an incentive. When the service server  200  determines that the condition is not satisfied, the processing ends, and when the condition is satisfied, the processing proceeds to Step S 109 . 
     Note that, at this time, since there is a double taking of incentives by a malicious user, the service server  200  determines whether there is no double taking. For example, even if it is not possible to install multiple apps related to the same service on a single terminal, one user can have multiple terminals, so that the same person can acquire multiple incentives. Therefore, the service server  200  uses various kinds of identification information or the like to determine whether the same person does double taking of incentives. 
     (Step S 109 ) 
     The service server  200  transmits, to the user terminal  100 , information indicating that execution of a game for acquiring points that can be used like electronic money is permitted. The user terminal  100  that has received the information displays, for example, a display screen  602  related to the lottery game as illustrated in  FIG. 9 . Then, the user can play the lottery game permitted as described above via the user terminal  100 . Note that the display screen  602  illustrated in  FIG. 9  is an example of the display screen related to the lottery game, and is not limited to such a form. 
     (Step S 111 ) 
     The user acquires points on the basis of the result of the lottery game performed in Step S 109  described above. The user terminal  100  gives points to the user by displaying the display screen  604  related to the lottery game as illustrated, for example, in  FIG. 10 . Note that the information of the acquired point is transmitted by the user terminal  100  to a server (illustration omitted) of the business operator that provides the service related to electronic money, and the processing of giving the points to the user is performed. In addition, the display screen  604  illustrated in  FIG. 10  is an example of the display screen related to the lottery game, and is not limited to such a form. Then, the service server  200  returns to Step  3107 . 
     Note that, in the present embodiment, the granting of an incentive is not limited to the execution of a lottery game, but, for example, points may be given without the execution of such a game, and a discount coupon may be provided. 
     Note that, in the above description, the user operates a predetermined app on the user terminal  100 , the user terminal  100  transmits a request to the service server  200 , and the service server  200  automatically determines whether the condition is met. However, the present embodiment is not limited to such a method, and a list of products purchased by the user may be checked to determine whether to apply (entry) for a campaign (promotion measure), and the user may be allowed to perform an application operation according to the determination. 
     For example, in the present embodiment, as illustrated in  FIG. 11 , a display screen  606  of entry, which is a list of products purchased by the user, may be displayed on the user terminal  100 . In addition, when there are a plurality of campaigns, a list of only products that are the targets of the campaigns and that the user purchased may be displayed on the display screen  606 . Then, the user can select a campaign to apply by selecting a product or the like through such a display screen  606 . 
     In addition, in the above-described information processing method, the purchase confirmation e-mail address is used to aggregate the purchase histories of a predetermined user, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and the purchase history of the user may be aggregated by using the login account associated with the user identification information (unique ID), owned by the user and used for logging in to the EC business operator server  400  managed by each EC business operator. 
     As described above, according to the present embodiment, consumers can acquire incentives when purchasing products in electronic commerce. Therefore, according to the present embodiments, it is possible to increase the opportunities for consumers to acquire the points at each stage, which can effectively lead to the promotion of purchase of products or the like. Additionally, according to the present embodiments, since it is possible to collect information related to electronic commerce, it is possible to collect information related to consumption activities of more consumers, and utilize the collected information for future marketing activities. 
     In addition, in the present embodiment, the target EC business operator, sales business operator, payment method, type of electronic money, product, etc. can be set transversely, and conditions including the target period, target amount, payment method, etc. can be finely and flexibly set, and thus more effective promotion measures are possible. In particular, until now, it has been possible to set only simple conditions such as conditions of a purchase period and a purchased product, but according to the present embodiment, it is possible to finely set a plurality of conditions, and more effective promotion measures can be taken. Further, until now, it has been difficult to carry out a promotion measure that targets a plurality of EC business operators transversely, but according to the present embodiment, it is possible to target a plurality of EC business operators transversely, and thus more effective promotion measures can be taken. Additionally, according to the present embodiment, since it is possible to set conditions transversely, it is possible to increase the number of business operators (tie-up business operators) participating in the same promotion measure, creating a great business opportunity. 
     3. Second Embodiment 
     The above-described first embodiment of the present disclosure realizes a promotion measure for giving an incentive to a product purchase from an EC business operator. However, in reality, a channel for purchasing the product is not limited to the EC business operator, and, for example, the product may be purchased at a physical store. Therefore, in the second embodiment of the present disclosure described below, a promotion measure for giving an incentive to a product purchase from an EC business operator and a physical store is realized. The details of the second embodiment will be described below. Note that the detailed configurations of the information processing system  10  according to the present embodiment and each apparatus included in the information processing system  10  are common to the above-described first embodiment. Therefore, a detailed description of the configuration of the information processing system  10  according to the present embodiment and each apparatus included in the information processing system  10  will be omitted here. 
     First, regarding the information processing method according to the present embodiment, the information processing method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to  FIGS. 12 and 13 .  FIG. 12  is a flowchart illustrating an example of the information processing method according to the present embodiment, and  FIG. 13  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of the receipt  600  used in the present embodiment. 
     Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 12 , the information processing method according to the present embodiment can include a plurality of steps from Step S 201  to Step S 221 . Details of each of these steps will be described below. 
     (Step S 201 ) 
     Similar to the first embodiment, a business operator inputs conditions for giving the user an incentive to the service server  200  and sets the conditions. Information about the setting conditions is stored in the acquisition condition DB  234  described above. 
     (Step S 203 ) 
     The user uses the user terminal  100  to capture an image of the receipt  600  with which it is possible to confirm that the product has been purchased from the physical store, and transmits the captured image data to the service server  200 . The service server  200  receives the transmitted image data of the receipt  600 . 
     (Step S 205 ) 
     The service server  200  performs image processing and OCR on the received captured image data, and extracts the information displayed on the image data so as to be able to acquire the information of the user&#39;s purchase history (e.g., purchase product, amount of money, the number of purchases) at the physical store. For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 13 , when the receipt  600  includes a product code (for example, a JAN code or the like) that is associated with the product and consists of a string of numbers, the product code can be extracted and the information of the product purchased by the user can be acquired. Note that the receipt  600  illustrated in  FIG. 13  is an example of the receipt  600  according to the present embodiment, and is not limited to such a form. 
     Then, the service server  200  stores the acquired purchase history in the purchase history DB  232 . 
     (Step S 207 ) 
     Then, the service server  200  compares the information regarding the conditions stored in the acquisition condition DB  234  with the acquired purchase history, and determines whether the user satisfies the condition for giving an incentive. When the service server  200  determines that the condition is not satisfied, the processing proceeds to Step S 213 , and when the condition is satisfied, the processing proceeds to Step S 209 . 
     (Step S 209 , Step S 211 ) 
     Since Step S 209  and Step S 211  are the same as Step S 109  and Step S 111  according to the first embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 8 , detailed description thereof will be omitted here. 
     (Step S 213  to Step S 221 ) 
     Since Step S 213  to Step S 221  are the same as Step S 103  to Step S 111  according to the first embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 8 , detailed description thereof will be omitted here. 
     As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to realize a promotion measure for giving an incentive to purchase products from EC business operators and physical stores. Therefore, according to the present embodiments, it is possible to increase the opportunities for consumers to acquire the points at each stage, which can effectively lead to the promotion of purchase of products or the like. 
     4. Third Embodiment 
     By the way, as described above, the present inventors have studied use promotion measures (campaigns) for promoting use of electronic money, for example, the right to play a game for the consumer to acquire points is given as an incentive according to the amount of use of electronic money at a physical store. Then, such use promotion measures have been advertised by business operators to consumers using the Internet or the like. However, the above-mentioned advertisement by the business operators is limited in providing strong motivation to lead the consumer to the use of electronic money because the information regarding giving an incentive from the business operator side is provided only in one direction. 
     Therefore, in view of the above situation, the present inventors have earnestly studied to implement a more effective use promotion measure. In such a study, the present inventors thought that it would be possible to motivate consumers to use electronic money by using the referral by an acquaintance. Specifically, it is in a situation that electronic money is not used by many consumers due to barriers that “it is difficult to use” and the “mechanism is difficult”. However, the present inventors have thought that, when an acquaintance who uses electronic money on a daily basis recommends the use of electronic money, there is a sense of security that you can ask the acquaintance immediately if you have any questions regarding the use of electronic money, and it would be easier for a referree to move to the action of using electronic money. Based on such an original idea, the present inventors have arrived at the creation of the third embodiment of the present disclosure in which the function of realizing a use promotion measure for giving an incentive to the referree and the referrer according to the referral of the use of electronic money to the acquaintance is applied to the embodiment of the present disclosure described above. 
     That is, the third embodiment described below can realize a campaign that gives an incentive to a referrer (other user) who has referred use of predetermined electronic money and a referree (user) who has newly used the electronic money according to the referral. According to the present embodiment, since the referrer who uses the predetermined electronic money on a daily basis provides referral of the electronic money, the referree can feel a sense of security, and it is possible to promote use of electronic money by the referree. Further, according to the present embodiment, since the referrer and the referree are provided with an incentive by the use of the electronic money by the referree, a strong motivation of performing referral can be provided to the referrer and a strong motivation of use can be provided to the referree. Note that, in the present embodiment, the referral of the use of electronic money to the referree is not limited to that by the referrer, but may be referral by advertisement by business operators (store poster, newspaper advertisement, magazine advertisement, Internet advertisement, social networking service (SNS), e-mail, or the like) 
     Note that, in the present embodiment described below, it is possible to determine whether an incentive is given and it is possible to determine the content of an incentive given depending on the influx route through which the referree has used the electronic money. Here, the influx route specifically means a case where a referree uses electronic money as an incentive app is installed on the user terminal  100  owned by the referree by referral by a referrer (referrer may be not only a user but also a store poster or the like by a business operator), a case where a referree uses electronic money by browsing an Internet advertisement of a use promotion measure (campaign) by a business operator, or the like. In the present embodiment, it is possible to acquire information as to through what influx route the referree has passed and reached the use of electronic money by using a referral code (influx route information) described later, and because the incentive can be given to the referree according to the influx route, the use of electronic money can be more effectively promoted. Additionally, according to the present embodiment, because the business operator can collect the information related to the influx route, the collected information can be utilized for future marketing activities and advertisement activities. The details of the third embodiment of the present disclosure created by the present inventors will be sequentially described below. 
     &lt;4.1 Schematic Configuration of the Information Processing System  10   a&gt;   
     First, a schematic configuration of an information processing system  10   a  according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to  FIG. 14 .  FIG. 14  is a system diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the information processing system  10   a  according to the present embodiment. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 14 , the information processing system  10   a  according to the present embodiment can mainly include, for example, a user terminal  100 , a service server  200   a , an aggregation server  300 , and a code management server  500 . The user terminal  100 , the service server  200   a , the aggregation server  300 , and the code management server  500  described above can communicate with each other via various wired or wireless communication networks (illustration omitted). Hereinafter, the overview of each apparatus included in the information processing system  10   a  according to the present embodiment will be described. Note that, in the present embodiment, the user terminal  100  and the aggregation server  300  are the same as those in the first embodiment, and description thereof will be omitted here. 
     (Service Server  200   a ) 
     As in the first embodiment, the service server  200   a  is, for example, a computer managed by a business operator and capable of communicating with the user terminal  100  operated by the user. For example, the service server  200   a  can give an incentive to the referree or the like according to the influx route leading to the use of the electronic money by the referree. Note that the above function is merely an example, and the service server  200   a  may have functions other than the above as appropriate. In addition, the detailed configuration of the service server  200   a  will be described later. 
     (Code Management Server  500 ) 
     The code management server  500  is a server for managing a referral code or the like for acquiring information regarding the influx route, and is a computer that can communicate with the user terminal  100  operated by the user. For example, the code management server  500  can issue a referral code in response to a request from the user terminal  100 , receive the referral code received from the user terminal  100 , information related to an influx route, or the like, and determine whether the condition that the referree is given an incentive is satisfied. Note that the above functions are merely examples, and the code management server  500  may have functions other than the above as appropriate. In addition, the detailed configuration of the code management server  500  will be described later. 
     &lt;4.2 Detailed Configuration of the Code Management Server  500 &gt; 
     The overview of the information processing system  10   a  according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, a detailed configuration of the code management server  500  according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to  FIGS. 15 and 16 .  FIG. 15  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the code management server  500  according to the present embodiment, and  FIG. 16  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of the code DB  532  according to the present embodiment. 
     The code management server  500  according to the present embodiment is a server for managing code information, as described above. Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 15 , the code management server  500  can mainly include a storage unit  530 , a control unit  540 , and a communication unit  560 . The functional blocks of the code management server  500  will be sequentially described below. 
     (Storage Unit  530 ) 
     The storage unit  530  is realized by, for example, a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk provided in the code management server  500 , and stores a program for the control unit  540 , which will be described later, to execute various processing, or the like, information for performing the processing, received information, and the like. For example, the storage unit  530  can store information on a referral code issued by an issue unit  548  described later. Note that the above-mentioned stored information is merely an example, and the storage unit  530  may store other information. Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 15 , the storage unit  530  stores, for example, the code DB  532 . 
     ˜Code DB  532 ˜ 
     The code DB  532  stores information of a code (for example, a referral code) issued in response to a request from the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer. Specifically, an information acquisition unit  542  described later, as illustrated in a code DB  532   a  of  FIG. 16 , acquires a system ID, a campaign ID, a referrer ID (for example, identification information associated with an incentive app installed on the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer) transmitted from the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer, and the electronic money type used by the referrer. Then, the issue unit  548 , which will be described later, issues a referral code so as to be associated with the acquired information, and the code DB  532   a  stores the referral code together with information of the expiration date of the referral code. 
     Further, the information acquisition unit  542  acquires the information such as the referral code (for example, the referral code is notified to the referree by the referrer and the referral code notified to the referree is input to the user terminal  100 ), the referree ID (for example, identification information associated with the incentive app installed in the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer, or the like), and the registration date and time on which the referree has input, i.e., registered, the referral code, transmitted from the user terminal  100  owned by the referree. Then, a code DB  532   b  illustrated in  FIG. 16 , along with other information associated with the referral code (system ID, campaign ID, referrer ID, electronic money type), associates and stores the information of the referree ID and the registration date and time of the referral code. 
     Note that the system ID is information for identifying the service server  200   a  described later, and the campaign ID is information for identifying a use promotion measure (campaign). The referrer ID is identification information associated with the referrer who provides referral of electronic money, and may be, for example, the identification information associated with the incentive app installed in the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer or the identification information used when the referrer uses electronic money. In addition, the referree ID is identification information associated with the referree who has received referral of electronic money, and may be, for example, the identification information associated with the incentive app installed in the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer or the identification information used when the referree uses electronic money. In addition, in addition to the above identification information, the referree ID may also include recognition information for recognizing that the referree has installed an app or the referree has browsed an Internet advertisement of the campaign. In such a case, the referree ID is transmitted to the code management server  500  and the service server  200   a  in a format including the recognition information. Further, in the present embodiment, for example, the referree ID and the referral code may have a one-to-one correspondence. In this case, by making a one-to-one correspondence, it is possible to limit the installation of the incentive app by one referral code to one for one referree. 
     Note that, in the above description, the referral code has been described as issued in response to a request from the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer, but the present embodiment is not limited to this. In the present embodiment, for example, it may be issued in advance in response to a request of the business operator. In this case, the code DB  532  stores the referral code issued in advance together with the information of the expiration date of the referral code. 
     (Control Unit  540 ) 
     The control unit  540  is realized by hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM provided in the code management server  500 , and performs various processing executed by the code management server  500 . As illustrated in  FIG. 15 , the control unit  540  mainly includes an information acquisition unit  542 , a determination unit  544 , and an issue unit  548 . The processing blocks included in the control unit  540  will be described below. 
     ˜Information Acquisition Unit  542 ˜ 
     The information acquisition unit  542  acquires the system ID, the campaign ID, the referrer ID, the electronic money type, and the like transmitted from the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer, and output the acquired information to issue unit  548  and the storage unit  530 , which will be described later. In addition, the information acquisition unit  542  acquires information such as the referral code, the referree ID, the registration date and time of the referral code, and the like transmitted from the user terminal  100  owned by the referree, and outputs them to the determination unit  544  and the storage unit  530 . In the present embodiment, since the referral code and the referrer ID can be acquired, it is possible to recognize through what referral by the referrer (influx route) the referree has reached the use of electronic money. 
     In addition, the information acquisition unit  542  may acquire the referral code from a uniform resource locator (URL) parameter of an Internet advertisement page of a campaign by a business operator, which has been transmitted from the user terminal  100  owned by the referree and browsed by the referree. Specifically, when the referree browses the page related to the above URL by using the owned user terminal  100 , the user terminal  100  transmits the value designated by the URL parameter to the code management server  500 , and the referral code can be acquired. Further, the user terminal  100  can install or activate the incentive app according to the present embodiment triggered by the browsing of the page related to the URL. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to recognize that the referree has arrived at the use of the electronic money after browsing the Internet advertisement (influx route). In this case, the information acquisition unit  542  also acquires the information of the date and time when the referree browsed the Internet advertisement together with the referral code, and outputs the acquired information to the determination unit  544  and the storage unit  530 . Note that the above processing contents are merely examples, and the information acquisition unit  542  may perform other processing. 
     ˜Determination Unit  544 ˜ 
     The determination unit  544  compares the referral code or the like (for example, referral code, system ID, campaign ID, referrer ID, electronic money type, expiration date, or the like) stored in the code DB  532  with the referral code or the like (for example, referral code, registration date and time, referree ID, electronic money type, or the like) acquired from the user terminal  100  owned by the referree, and determines whether the referral code input by the referree is an appropriate referral code. Specifically, the information acquisition unit  542  described above acquires the referral code input by the referree and the information of the registration date and time from the user terminal  100  owned by the referree, and outputs them to the determination unit  544 . The determination unit  544  compares the referral code and the registration date and time acquired from the information acquisition unit  542  with the referral code stored in the code DB  532  of the storage unit  530  and the information associated with the referral code, and determines whether registration has been made within the expiration date and whether there is a double taking of incentives (for example, the same referree is repeatedly referred). Then, the determination unit  544  transmits the determination result to the user terminal  100  owned by the referree. Note that the above processing contents are merely examples, and the determination unit  544  may perform other processing. 
     ˜Issue Unit  548 ˜ 
     The issue unit  548  can generate the referral code described above. Specifically, the issue unit  548  issues, for example, a referral code including numbers, characters, and the like in response to a request from the user terminal  100 . More specifically, the issue unit  548  issues a referral code in association with the system ID, the campaign ID, the referrer ID, the electronic money type, and the like transmitted from the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer, and outputs the referral code together with the information of the expiration date of the referral code to the storage unit  530 . Further, the issue unit  548  transmits the issued referral code to the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer. 
     Note that, as described above, the issue unit  548  has been described to issue a referral code in response to a request from the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer, but the present embodiment is not limited to this. The issue unit  548  may issue the referral code in advance, for example, in response to a request from a business operator. In this case, the referral code issued in advance will be notified to the user (referree) through the advertisement of the business operator (for example, a store poster, Internet advertisement, or the like). 
     (Communication Unit  560 ) 
     The communication unit  560  is realized by, for example, a communication device such as a transmission/reception circuit and a port, and can transmit and receive information to and from the user terminal  100  or the like. 
     Note that the various functional blocks illustrated in  FIG. 15  are merely examples, and the code management server  500  may have other functional blocks not illustrated in  FIG. 15 . 
     &lt;4.3 Detailed Configuration of the Service Server  200   a&gt;   
     The detailed configuration of the code management server  500  according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, the detailed configuration of the service server  200   a  according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to  FIGS. 17 and 18 .  FIG. 17  is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the service server  200   a  according to the present embodiment, and  FIG. 18  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of the campaign DB  238  according to the present embodiment. 
     As described above, the service server  200   a  according to the present embodiment is a computer for giving an incentive to the referree and the referrer according to the influx route in which the user has reached the use of electronic money. Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 17 , the service server  200   a  can mainly include an input unit  220 , a storage unit  230   a , a control unit  240   a , and a communication unit  260 . The functional blocks of the service server  200   a  will be sequentially described below. Note that, here, detailed description of the points common to the service server  200  according to the above-described first embodiment will be omitted, and only different points will be described. 
     (Storage Unit  230   a ) 
     The storage unit  230   a  is realized by, for example, a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk provided in the service server  200   a , and stores a program or the like for the control unit  240   a , which will be described later, to execute various processing. Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 17 , the storage unit  230   a  further stores a campaign DB  238  in addition, for example, to the purchase history DB  232 , the acquisition condition DB  234 , and the account DB  236 . Note that, here, the purchase history DB  232 , the acquisition condition DB  234 , and the account DB  236  are common to those of the first embodiment, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted. 
     ˜Campaign DB  238 ˜ 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 18 , the campaign DB  238  stores information regarding the conditions for giving incentives, which is input by a business operator. Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 15 , the campaign DB  238  stores the identification information (system ID) for identifying the service server  200   a , the identification information (campaign ID) for identifying the campaign, the type of electronic money, the influx route (for example, referral code, or the like), electronic money issuance conditions (for example, issue amount, issuance period, or the like), electronic money use conditions (for example, use amount, use period, or the like), which are targets for giving an incentive to the user. In addition, the campaign DB  238  stores the content of the incentive to be given, a message displayed at the time of giving, a URL parameter as a transition destination, and the like. Note that the various types of information described above are merely examples, and the campaign DB  238  may store other types of information. 
     (Control Unit  240   a ) 
     The control unit  240   a  is realized by hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM provided in the service server  200   a , and performs various processing executed by the service server  200   a . As illustrated in  FIG. 17 , the control unit  240   a  mainly includes an information acquisition unit  242   a , a determination unit  244   a , and an output control unit  246 , and a transfer unit  248 . The processing blocks included in the control unit  240   a  will be described below. Note that, here, detailed description of the points common to the control unit  240  of the service server  200  according to the above-described first embodiment will be omitted, and only different points will be described. 
     ˜Information Acquisition Unit  242   a˜   
     The information acquisition unit  242   a  can acquire the determination result of the system ID, the campaign ID, the type of electronic money, and the referral code (the determination result by the determination unit  544  described above) from the user terminal  100  owned by the referree. Further, the information acquisition unit  242   a  can also acquire, from the user terminal  100 , information of the type of electronic money issued by the referree, the amount of money and the date and time of issue, the type of electronic money used by the referree, the amount of money and the date and time of issue. Then, the information acquisition unit  242   a  outputs the acquired information to the determination unit  244   a  described later. Note that the above processing contents are merely examples, and the information acquisition unit  242   a  may perform other processing. 
     ˜Determination unit  244   a˜   
     The determination unit  244   a  compares the information acquired by the information acquisition unit  242   a  from the user terminal  100  owned by the referree with the information regarding the conditions stored in the campaign DB  238 , and determines whether the referree satisfies the condition of giving an incentive. Then, the determination unit  244   a  outputs the determination result to the output control unit  246 . Note that the above processing contents are merely examples, and the determination unit  244   a  may perform other processing. 
     Note that the various functional blocks illustrated in  FIG. 17  are merely examples, and the service server  200   a  may have other functional blocks not illustrated in  FIG. 17 . 
     &lt;4.4 Information Processing Method&gt; 
     The detailed configuration of each apparatus included in the information processing system  10   a  according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, the information processing method according to the present embodiment will be described. Specifically, the information processing method according to the present embodiment mainly has three stages: a referral code issuance stage, an incentive giving stage by referral code, and an incentive giving stage by Internet advertisement. Hereinafter, each of these stages will be sequentially described. 
     (4.4.1 Referral Code Issuance Stage) 
     First, the referral code issuance stage according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to  FIGS. 19 and 20 .  FIG. 19  is a flowchart illustrating an example of the information processing method according to the present embodiment, and specifically a flowchart of the referral code issuance stage according to the present embodiment. In addition,  FIG. 20  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of display screens  700  and  710  for issuing a referral code according to the present embodiment. 
     Specifically, the referral code issuance stage according to the present embodiment can include a plurality of steps from Step S 301  to Step S 311  as illustrated in  FIG. 19 . Details of each of these steps will be described below. 
     ˜Step S 301 ˜ 
     When the incentive app is not installed in the user terminal  100  owned by the referrer, the incentive app is installed in Step S 301 . 
     ˜Step S 303 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  issues predetermined electronic money according to the operation of the referrer. Note that before the information processing method according to the present embodiment is executed, it is assumed that the user terminal  100  has an electronic money app for issuing and using predetermined electronic money. The user terminal  100  proceeds to Step S 305  when the predetermined electronic money is issued, and repeats Step S 303  when the electronic money is not issued. As described above, in the present embodiment, in order to issue the referral code in Step S 305 , which will be described later, issuance of electronic money is a condition. That is, in the present embodiment, referral of the electronic money can be performed only by the referrer who uses the predetermined electronic money. 
     ˜Step S 305 ˜ 
     Using the issuance of the predetermined electronic money in Step S 303  as a trigger, the user terminal  100  uses the incentive app to acquire referral code issuance screen data stored in the campaign DB  238  of the service server  200   a . Further, the user terminal  100  displays the referral code issuance screen. For example, the user terminal  100  displays a referral code issuance screen  700  as illustrated on the left side of  FIG. 20 . The referral code issuance screen  700  includes a referral issuance button  702  for accepting an operation for requesting the issuance of the referral code by the referrer. Note that the referral code issuance screen  700  illustrated in  FIG. 20  is an example of the referral code issuance screen, and the present embodiment is not limited to such a form. 
     ˜Step S 307 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  accepts an operation with respect to the referral issuance button  702  by the referrer. Then, the user terminal  100  transmits information such as the system ID, the campaign ID, the referrer ID, the electronic money type, or the like, to the code management server  500 , and requests the code management server  500  to issue a referral code. 
     ˜Step S 309 ˜ 
     The code management server  500 , which has received the request to issue the referral code, issues a referral code and transmits it to the user terminal  100 . The user terminal  100  displays the received referral code. For example, the user terminal  100  displays the referral code issuance screen  710  as illustrated on the right side of  FIG. 20 . The referral code issuance screen  710  includes a display column  712  for displaying the issued referral code, and a transmission button  714  for accepting an operation for requesting the transmission of the referral code to the referree. Note that the referral code issuance screen  710  illustrated in  FIG. 20  is an example of the referral code issuance screen, and the present embodiment is not limited to such a form. 
     ˜Step S 311 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  accepts an operation with respect to the transmission button  714  by the referrer. Then, the user terminal  100  transmits the referral code to the referree via e-mail, SNS, or the like. As described above, the referral code issuance stage according to the present embodiment is executed, and the processing ends. Further, at the incentive giving stage by referral code, which will be described later, when the processing using the referral code received by the referree is executed, the referree and the referrer are given an incentive. 
     (4.4.2 Incentive Giving Stage by Referral Code) 
     Next, the incentive giving stage by referral code according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to  FIGS. 21 and 22 .  FIG. 21  is a flowchart illustrating an example of the information processing method according to the present embodiment, and specifically a flowchart of the incentive giving stage by referral code according to the present embodiment. In addition,  FIG. 22  is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of referral code input screens  720 ,  730 , and  740  according to the present embodiment. 
     Specifically, the incentive giving stage by referral code according to the present embodiment can include a plurality of steps from Step S 401  to Step S 415  as illustrated in  FIG. 21 . Details of each of these steps will be described below. 
     ˜Step S 401 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  owned by the referree receives the referral code from the referrer. 
     ˜Step S 403 ˜ 
     When the incentive app is not installed in the user terminal  100 , the incentive app is installed in Step S 403 . 
     ˜Step S 405 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  requests the referree to input a referral code in the middle stage of installation of the incentive app. For example, the user terminal  100  displays the referral code input screen  720  as illustrated on the left side of  FIG. 22 . The referral code input screen  720  includes an input button  722  for accepting an operation of requesting a transition to a screen for inputting the issued referral code. Then, when the referree operates the input button  722 , the user terminal  100  displays the referral code input screen  730  as illustrated in the center of  FIG. 22 . The referral code input screen  730  includes an input column  732  for inputting the issued referral code. Note that the referral code input screens  720  and  730  illustrated in  FIG. 22  are examples of the referral code issuance screen, and the present embodiment is not limited to such a form. 
     Then, when the referree inputs the referral code received from the referrer in the input column  732 , the user terminal  100  transmits the input referral code together with the information of the referree ID and the input (registration) date and time of the referral code to the code management server  500 . 
     Further, the code management server  500  determines whether or not the referral code input by the referree is an appropriate referral code, and when the referral code is determined to be appropriate, transmits the determination result to the user terminal  100  together with the information such as the system ID, the campaign ID, the referrer ID, the type of electronic money, or the like associated with the referral code. In addition, when the code management server  500  determines that the referral code is not appropriate, the code management server  500  transmits the determination result to the user terminal  100 . Note that, at this time, since there is a double taking of incentives by a malicious user, it is preferable that the code management server  500  determine whether there is no double taking or the like. 
     ˜Step S 407 ˜ 
     When the referral code is an appropriate referral code, the user terminal  100  acquires information such as the system ID, the campaign ID, the referrer ID, the type of electronic money, the referral code determination result, or the like, from the code management server  500 . Then, the user terminal  100  transmits the acquired information to the service server  200   a . On the other hand, when the referral code is not an appropriate referral code, the user terminal  100  repeats Step S 407 . 
     ˜Step S 409 ˜ 
     The service server  200   a  acquires from the user terminal  100  information such as the system ID, the campaign ID, the type of electronic money, the referral code determination result, or the like. Further, the service server  200  determines which campaign these pieces of information correspond to, and transmits the image data of a notification screen corresponding to the corresponding campaign to the user terminal  100 . Then, the user terminal  100  displays the notification screen. 
     ˜Step S 411 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  issues predetermined electronic money according to the operation of the referree. Then, the user terminal  100  transmits, to the service server  200   a , together with the referree ID, information such as the type of electronic money issued by the referree, the amount of money, the date and time of issuance, or the like. 
     ˜Step S 413 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  uses predetermined electronic money according to the operation of the referree. Then, the user terminal  100  transmits, to the service server  200   a , together with the referree ID, information such as the type of electronic money used by the referree, the amount of money, the date and time of issuance, or the like. 
     ˜Step S 415 ˜ 
     The service server  200   a  determines whether or not the referree satisfies the conditions for giving an incentive on the basis of the information acquired in Steps S 411  and S 413 . When the referree satisfies the conditions for giving an incentive, the incentive is given to both the referree and the referrer. The incentive may be, for example, giving the right to execute a lottery game as in the first embodiment. However, in the present embodiment, the giving of an incentive is not limited to the lottery game, but, for example, points may be given to both the referree and the referrer without the execution of such a game, and discount coupons may be provided to both. As described above, the incentive giving stage by referral code according to the present embodiment is executed, and the processing ends. 
     Additionally, according to the present embodiment, the incentive can be given on condition that, in addition to the installation of the incentive app, the referree issues and uses predetermined electronic money, and therefore use of electronic money can be promoted more strongly. 
     Note that although the above-mentioned referral code has been described as being the referral code transmitted by the referrer, in the present embodiment, as described above, it may be a referral code notified to the referree via an advertisement (store poster or the like) of a business operator. In such a case, the execution of Step S 401  is omitted. Further, in such a case, in Step S 405 , for example, the user terminal  100  displays the referral code input screen  720  as illustrated on the left side of  FIG. 22 , then the referree uses the operation on the input button  722  as a trigger, and the referral code input screen  740  as illustrated on the right side of  FIG. 22  is displayed. The referral code input screen  740  includes an input column  742  for inputting the issued referral code. Note that the referral code input screen  740  illustrated in  FIG. 22  is an example of the referral code issuance screen, and the present embodiment is not limited to such a form. 
     (4.4.3 Incentive Giving Stage by Internet Advertisement) 
     Next, the incentive giving stage by Internet advertisement according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to  FIG. 23 .  FIG. 23  is a flowchart illustrating an example of the information processing method according to the present embodiment, and specifically a flowchart of the incentive giving stage by Internet advertisement according to the present embodiment. 
     Specifically, the incentive giving stage by Internet advertisement according to the present embodiment can include a plurality of steps from Step S 501  to Step S 521  as illustrated in  FIG. 23 . Details of each of these steps will be described below. 
     ˜Step S 501 ˜ 
     The referree browses the Internet advertisement of a campaign by a business operator via the user terminal  100  owned by the referree, and operates (taps) a predetermined part of the page related to the advertisement. 
     ˜Step S 503 ˜ 
     The service server  200   a  transmits and receives information to/from the user terminal  100  and determines whether the incentive app is installed in the user terminal  100 . When the service server  200   a , when the app is not installed, proceeds to Step S 505 , and when it is installed, the proceeds to Step S 507 . 
     ˜Step S 505 ˜ 
     The incentive app is installed in the user terminal  100 . After the installation is completed, the user terminal  100  returns to Step S 503  described above. 
     ˜Step S 507 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  acquires the referral code from the URL parameter of the page of the Internet advertisement by using the operation of the referree at a predetermined part of the Internet advertisement in Step S 501  as a trigger. Then, the user terminal  100  transmits the acquired referral code together with the information of the referree ID and the acquisition (registration) date and time of the referral code to the code management server  500 . 
     ˜Step S 509 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  activates the incentive app. At this time, the user terminal  100  can acquire the information specifying the activation method from the URL parameter, and starts the incentive app on the basis of the acquired specifying information. 
     Further, the code management server  500  determines whether or not the received referral code is an appropriate referral code, and when the referral code is determined to be appropriate, transmits the determination result to the user terminal  100  together with the information such as the system ID, the campaign ID, the referrer ID, the type of electronic money, or the like associated with the referral code. In addition, when the code management server  500  determines that the referral code is not appropriate, the code management server  500  transmits the determination result to the user terminal  100 . Note that, at this time, it is preferable that the code management server  500  also determine whether or not there is a double taking. 
     ˜Step S 511 ˜ 
     When the referral code is an appropriate referral code, the user terminal  100  acquires information such as the system ID, the campaign ID, the referrer ID, the type of electronic money, the referral code determination result, or the like, from the code management server  500 . Then, the user terminal  100  transmits the acquired information to the service server  200   a  and proceeds to Step S 515 . On the other hand, when the referral code is not an appropriate referral code, the user terminal  100  proceeds to Step S 513 . 
     ˜Step S 513 ˜ 
     The user terminal  100  displays an error message and ends the processing. 
     ˜Step S 515 , Step S 517 , Step S 519  and Step S 521 ˜ 
     Since Step S 515  is the same as Step S 409 , Step S 411 , Step S 413 , and Step S 415  of  FIG. 21  described above, detailed description thereof is omitted here. 
     Note that, in the present embodiment, on the basis of the information transmitted from the user terminal  100  to the service server  200   a  at the time of browsing of the Internet advertisement, such as the date and time of browsing, the referree ID, or the like, it is possible to recognize whether the referree has arrived at issuing and using predetermined electronic money after browsing a predetermined Internet advertisement. 
     In addition, in the present embodiment, the function of the code management server  500  may be executed by the service server  200   a , and the processing apparatus is not particularly limited. 
     As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the referrer who uses the predetermined electronic money on a daily basis provides referral of the electronic money, the referree can feel a sense of security, and it is possible to promote use of electronic money by the referree. Further, according to the present embodiment, since the referrer and the referree are provided with an incentive by the use of the electronic money by the referree, a strong motivation of performing referral can be provided to the referrer and a strong motivation of use can be provided to the referree. 
     Additionally, in the present embodiment, it is possible to acquire information as to through what influx route the referree has passed and reached the use of electronic money, and because the incentive can be given to the referree according to the influx route, the use of electronic money can be more effectively promoted. Further, according to the present embodiment, because the business operator can collect the information related to the influx route, the collected information can be utilized for future marketing activities and advertisement activities. 
     Note that, in the above description, the third embodiment is described to be performed by the information processing system  10   a  in which a predetermined apparatus is added to the information processing system  10  according to the first embodiment or second embodiment of the present disclosure described above, but is not limited to this. For example, the third embodiment may be implemented alone by the information processing system  10   a  that can implement only the embodiment. 
     5. Conclusion 
     As described above, according to each of the embodiments of the present disclosure described above, it is possible to effectively carry out a promotion measure. 
     6. Hardware Configuration 
     Next, with reference to  FIG. 24 , a hardware configuration of the user terminal  100 , the service server  200 , the aggregation server  300 , and the code management server  500  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described.  FIG. 24  is a block diagram for explaining a hardware configuration of an information processing device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. The illustrated information processing device  900  can realize, for example, the user terminal  100 , the service server  200 , the aggregation server  300 , and the code management server  500  according to the above-described embodiment. 
     The information processing device  900  has a CPU  901 , a ROM  902 , a RAM  903 , and a host bus  904 . In addition, the information processing device  900  includes a bridge  905 , an external bus  906 , an interface  907 , an input apparatus  908 , an output apparatus  909 , a storage apparatus  910 , a drive  911 , a removable storage medium  912 , and a communication apparatus  913 . 
     The CPU  901  functions as an arithmetic processing apparatus and a control apparatus, and controls the entire operation or part of the operation of the information processing device  900  according to various programs recorded in the ROM  902 , the RAM  903 , the storage apparatus  910 , or the removable recording medium  912 . The ROM  902  stores a program, calculation parameters, and the like used by the CPU  901 . The RAM  903  temporarily stores the programs used in the execution of the CPU  901  and the parameters that suitably vary in this execution, and the like. The CPU  901 , the ROM  902 , and the RAM  903  are mutually connected through the host bus  904  composed of an internal bus such as CPU bus. Further, the host bus  904  is connected to the external bus  906  such as a peripheral component interconnect/interface (PCI) bus via the bridge  905 . Note that the host bus  904 , bridge  905 , and external bus  906  are not necessarily configured separately and that these functions may be implemented by one bus. 
     The input apparatus  908  is configured from input means whereby a user inputs information, such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, a switch, and a lever, and an input control circuit that generates an input signal on the basis of inputs by the user and that outputs the input signal to the CPU  901 , and the like. The user who operates the information processing device  900  can input various types of data or instruct a processing operation to the information processing device  900  by manipulating the input apparatus  908 . Note that the input apparatus  908  may be, for example, a remote control apparatus that uses infrared rays or other radio waves. 
     The output apparatus  909  is composed of an apparatus capable of visually or audibly reporting acquired information to the user. The output apparatus  909  can be, for example, a display apparatus such as an LCD, an organic electro luminescence (EL) display, a lamp, or the like, and an audio output apparatus such as a speaker, headphones, or the like. The output apparatus  909  can output results, obtained after processing by the information processing device  900 , in the form of picture that includes text, image, or the like, or in the form of sound that includes voice, acoustic sound, or the like. 
     The storage apparatus  910  is a data storage apparatus configured as an example of a storage unit of the information processing device  900 . The storage apparatus  910  may include a storage medium, a recording apparatus for recording data on the storage medium, a reading apparatus for reading data from the storage medium, and a deletion apparatus for deleting data recorded on the storage medium, or the like. The storage apparatus  910  is, for example, composed of a magnetic storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a semiconductor storage device, an optical storage device, or the like. The storage apparatus  910  stores programs and various data executed by the CPU  901 , various data acquired from the outside, and the like. 
     The drive  911  is a reader/writer for the removable recording medium  912  such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory, and is built in or externally attached to the information processing device  900 . The drive  911  reads, for example, the information recorded in the attached removable recording medium  912 , and outputs it to the RAM  903 . In addition, the drive  911  also writes record into the attached removable recording medium  912 . 
     The communication apparatus  913  is, for example, a communication interface composed of a communication device through which connection to a communication network is established, and the like. The communication apparatus  913  may be, for example, a communication card for a wired or wireless local area network (LAN), a Bluetooth (registered trademark), or a wireless USB (WUSB). In addition, the communication apparatus  913  may be a router for optical communication, a router for asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), a modem for various types of communication, or the like. The communication apparatus  913  transmits and receives a signal or the like to and from the Internet and other communication devices using a predetermined protocol such as TCP/IP. In addition, the communication network connected to the communication apparatus  913  is a network connected by wire or wirelessly, and is, for example, the Internet, a home LAN, infrared communication, satellite communication, or the like. 
     Heretofore, an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing device  900  has been illustrated. Each of the structural elements described above may be a general-purpose member, or may be hardware specialized in the function of the corresponding structural element. Such a configuration can be appropriately changed depending on the technical level at the time of implementation. 
     7. Supplement 
     Note that, the embodiment of the present disclosure described above can include, for example, the information processing device or the information processing method executed by the information processing system described above, a program for functioning the information processing device, and a non-transitory tangible medium in which the program is recorded. In addition, the program may be distributed via a communication line (including wireless communication) such as the Internet. 
     In addition, the respective steps in the information processing method of the above-described embodiment of the present disclosure may not necessarily be processed in the described order. For example, the respective steps may be processed in an appropriately changed order. In addition, the respective steps may be partially processed in parallel or individually instead of being processed in time series. Further, processing of the respective steps may not be performed according to the described method, but may be performed according to another method by another functional unit, apparatus, or the like. 
     As described above, the favorable embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the technical scope of the present disclosure is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that persons having ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the present disclosure can conceive various changes and alterations within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims, and it is naturally understood that these changes and alterations belong to the technical scope of the present disclosure. 
     In addition, the effects described in the present specification are merely illustrative or exemplary and are not restrictive. That is, the technology according to the present disclosure can exhibit other effects obvious to those skilled in the art from the description of the present specification in addition to or in place of the above-described effects. 
     Note that the following configuration also belong to the technical scope of the present disclosure. 
     (1) 
     An information processing device comprising: 
     an information acquisition unit that acquires a transaction history between one or a plurality of electronic commerce business operators and a user; 
     a determination unit that determines whether the user satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of the acquired transaction history; and 
     an incentive giving unit that gives the user a right to execute a game in which points can be given according to a result via an information processing terminal used by the user on the basis of a determination result. 
     (2) 
     The information processing device according to (1), further comprising a storage unit that stores the acquired transaction history in association with identification information. 
     (3) 
     The information processing device according to (2), wherein 
     the information acquisition unit acquires the transaction history from an information management apparatus managed by the electronic commerce business operator via an information aggregation apparatus. 
     (4) 
     The information processing device according to (3), wherein 
     the information acquisition unit acquires the transaction history associated with the identification information in the information aggregation apparatus. 
     (5) 
     The information processing device according to (4), wherein 
     the identification information includes a purchase confirmation e-mail address generated by the information aggregation apparatus, and 
     the purchase confirmation e-mail address is stored in the storage unit in association with a user e-mail address owned by the user. 
     (6) 
     The information processing device according to (5), wherein 
     the information aggregation apparatus includes: 
     an aggregation unit that aggregates the transaction histories by receiving an e-mail from each of the electronic commerce business operators to the purchase confirmation e-mail address, 
     a management unit that manages the aggregated transaction histories in association with the purchase confirmation e-mail address, and 
     a transfer unit that transfers the received e-mail. 
     (7) 
     The information processing device according to (6), further comprising a transmission unit that transmits the e-mail transferred from the information aggregation apparatus to an information processing terminal owned by the user using the user e-mail address associated with the purchase confirmation e-mail address. 
     (8) 
     The information processing device according to (4), wherein 
     the information aggregation apparatus includes: 
     an aggregation unit that aggregates the transaction histories from the information management apparatus using an account associated with the identification information, and 
     a management unit that manages the acquired transaction histories in association with the identification information. 
     (9) 
     The information processing device according to any one of (1) to (8), wherein the transaction history includes at least one of pieces of information of transaction date and time, transaction product, and transaction amount of a transaction performed by the user with the electronic commerce business operator. 
     (10) 
     The information processing device according to any one of (1) to (9), wherein the determination unit determines whether the user satisfies the predetermined condition on the basis of the predetermined condition set in advance. 
     (11) 
     The information processing device according to any one of (1) to (10), wherein the predetermined condition includes at least one of a period, a product, an amount of money, a number of products, and a condition for the electronic commerce business operator. 
     (12) 
     The information processing device according to any one of (1) to (11), wherein the information acquisition unit acquires a transaction history between a physical store and the user by using captured image data of a receipt. 
     (13) 
     The information processing device according to (1), wherein 
     the information acquisition unit acquires influx route information transmitted from an information processing terminal owned by the user, and 
     the determination unit determines whether the user satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of the acquired influx route information. 
     (14) 
     The information processing device according to (13), wherein the influx route information includes code information transmitted from a user other than the user. 
     (15) 
     The information processing device according to (13), wherein the influx route information includes code information obtained from a site browsed by the user. 
     (16) 
     An information processing terminal that 
     receives a right to execute a game in which points can be given according to a result when it is determined that a user satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of a transaction history between one or a plurality of electronic commerce business operators and the user. 
     (17) 
     An information processing method comprising: 
     acquiring a transaction history between one or a plurality of electronic commerce business operators and a user; 
     determining whether the user satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of the acquired transaction history; and 
     giving the user a right to execute a game in which points can be given according to a result via an information processing terminal used by the user on the basis of a determination result. 
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               10 ,  10   a  INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM 
               100  USER TERMINAL 
               110  DISPLAY UNIT 
               120 ,  220  INPUT UNIT 
               130 ,  230 ,  230   a ,  330 ,  330   a ,  530  STORAGE UNIT 
               140 ,  240 ,  240   a ,  340 ,  340   a ,  540  CONTROL UNIT 
               160 ,  260 ,  360 ,  560  COMMUNICATION UNIT 
               170  IMAGING UNIT 
               200 ,  200   a  SERVICE SERVER 
               232 ,  334  PURCHASE HISTORY DB 
               234  ACQUISITION CONDITION DB 
               236  ACCOUNT DB 
               238  CAMPAIGN DB 
               242 ,  242   a ,  342 ,  342   a ,  542  INFORMATION ACQUISITION UNIT 
               244 ,  244   a ,  544  DETERMINATION UNIT 
               246 ,  346  OUTPUT CONTROL UNIT 
               248 ,  348  TRANSFER UNIT 
               300 ,  300   a  AGGREGATION SERVER 
               332  E-MAIL ADDRESS DB 
               332   a  LOGIN ACCOUNT DB 
               350  GENERATION UNIT 
               400   a ,  400   b ,  400   c  EC BUSINESS OPERATOR SERVER 
               500  CODE MANAGEMENT SERVER 
               532 ,  532   a ,  532   b  CODE DB 
               548  ISSUE UNIT 
               600  RECEIPT 
               602 ,  604 ,  606 ,  700 ,  710 ,  720 ,  730 ,  740  DISPLAY SCREEN 
               702 ,  714 ,  722  BUTTON 
               712  DISPLAY COLUMN 
               732 ,  742  INPUT COLUMN 
               900  INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE 
               901  CPU 
               902  ROM 
               903  RAM 
               904  HOST BUS 
               905  BRIDGE 
               906  EXTERNAL BUS 
               907  INTERFACE 
               908  INPUT APPARATUS 
               909  OUTPUT APPARATUS 
               910  STORAGE APPARATUS 
               911  DRIVE 
               912  REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIUM 
               913  COMMUNICATION APPARATUS