Management device, management method, terminal device, control method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016110754-A1
Application number	US-201514980885-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 28, 2015
Priority date	Jun 28, 2013
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A management device is provided. A first-information acquisitor acquires a first information which has been transmitted from a terminal in response to that a first target application included in the plurality of target applications had been executed in the terminal. A second-information acquisitor acquires from the first target application a second information which represents that other target application was installed in the terminal. An install information manager manages an install information based on the first and second information. The install information represents which target application included in the plurality of target applications has been installed in the terminal. The third-information notifier transmits, to the terminal, a third information, based on the install information managed by the install information manager. The third information includes an indicative information which indicates at least one target application for which install information with respect to the terminal is not managed by the information manager.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A management device comprising:
an application manager configured to manage a set of application-related information which is related to a plurality of target applications which are subject to management; a first-information acquisitor configured to acquire a first information which has been transmitted from a terminal in response to that a first target application included in the plurality of target applications had been executed in the terminal; a second-information acquisitor configured to acquire a second information from the first target application, the second information representing that other target application was installed in the terminal, and the other target application being included in the plurality of target applications; an install information manager configured to manage an install information based on the first information acquired by the first-information acquisitor and on the second information acquired by the second-information acquisitor, the install information representing which target application included in the plurality of target applications has been installed in the terminal; a third-information notifier configured to transmit, to the terminal, a third information, based on the install information managed by the install information manager, the third information including an indicative information which indicates at least one target application for which install information with respect to the terminal is not managed by the information manager, the at least one target application being included in the plurality of target applications; and a fourth-information notifier configured to transmit, to the terminal, a fourth information which represents at least one target application for which install information with respect to the terminal is not managed by the install information manager, the at least one target application being included in the plurality of target applications, wherein the second-information acquisitor is configured to acquire, from the first target application, the second information which represents the other target application which has been installed in the terminal, the other target application being included in the at least one target application represented by the fourth information transmitted by the fourth-information notifier.

2 . The management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the other target application was installed in the terminal before the other target application has then been managed by the application manager.

3 . The management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the other target application was installed in the terminal, and wherein the other target application is one of a target application free of a function to transmit the first information to the management device and a target application for which the first-information acquisitor has not yet acquired the first information.

4 . The management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fourth-information notifier is configured to transmit, to the terminal, the fourth information based on information related to the plurality of target applications managed by the application manager and based on information related to the install information managed by the install information manager.

5 . The management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the application manager is configured to manage a first listing-prohibition information which associates a listing-prohibited-application and a listed-prohibited-application, the listing-prohibited-application is configured to set the prohibition of listing on the listed-prohibited-application based on the third information, the listed-prohibited-application is subject to the prohibition of listing by the listing-prohibited-application based on the third information, wherein the third-information notifier is configured to refer the first listing-prohibition information managed by the application manager, wherein the third-information notifier is configured to determine whether there is the first listing-prohibition information in which the first target application is set as the listed-prohibited-application, and wherein the third-information notifier is configured to transmit, to the terminal, a remainder which is obtained by removing information indicating the listing-prohibited-application from the third-information.

6 . The management device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the third-information notifier is configured to refer the first listing-prohibition information managed by the application manager, wherein the third-information notifier is configured to determine whether there is the first listing-prohibition information in which the first target application is set as the listed-prohibited-application, and wherein the third-information notifier is configured to transmit, to the terminal, a remainder which is obtained by removing information indicating the listed-prohibited-application from the third-information.

7 . The management device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reward processor configured to perform a reward-granting process for granting reward to a user who uses the terminal in a case that the reward processor determines that a reward granting condition is satisfied with respect to a second target application included in the at least one target application indicated by the second-information.

8 . The management device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a customer transfer information acquisitor configured to acquire a customer transfer information indicating a customer transfer to the second target application; and a customer transfer information manager configured to manage the customer transfer information acquired by the customer transfer information acquisitor, wherein the reward processor is configured to perform the reward-granting process, under a condition that the customer transfer information associated with the second target application is managed by the customer transfer information manager, in case that the reward processor determines that the reward granting condition is satisfied with respect to the second target application.

9 . The management device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the reward processor determines that the reward granting condition is satisfied in a case that the reward processor determines that the second target application has been executed by the terminal or has become executable by the terminal.

10 . The management device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the reward processor determines that the reward granting condition is satisfied in a case that the reward processor determines that the second target application has been executed by the terminal or has become executable by the terminal and also in a case that the reward processor determines that an achievement has been reached with respect to the second target application.

11 . The management device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the application manager is configured to manage information related to a period of time which has been set on a plurality of specific applications included in the plurality of target applications, and wherein the reward processor determines that the reward granting condition is satisfied in a case that the reward processor determines that the second target application has been executed by the terminal or has become executable by the terminal in the period of time.

12 . The management device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the application manager is configured to manage information related to a period of time which has been set on a plurality of specific applications included in the plurality of targ

Assignees

• Konami Digital Entertainment

Inventors

• Miyazaki Masato
• Nakai Yoko
• Sato Daisuke

Classifications

• G06Q30/0241

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• G06F8/61

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• G06Q30/0239 Primary

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• G06Q30/0207

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