Abstract: An operator terminal 2 accesses a web server 1 via a network NW, and acquires error information on an error that has occurred in the access to the web server 1. And then, the operator terminal 2 determines whether or not the occurred error is an error of a specific type on a basis of the error information, and re-accesses the web server 1 in response to the determination that the occurred error is the error of the specific type.

Abstract: To make predictions about racing, a point to pay attention to in pre-race movements of each racer can be presented. To this end, for racers entered in a race to be processed, a plurality of captured pre-race movement images of pre-race movements made by the racers before a race are retrieved. By using the retrieved pre-race movement images and racing result information corresponding to each pre-race movement image, an attention point to be paid attention to while each racer is making pre-race movements are identified. Presentation information for presenting information about the identified attention point is then generated and controlled to be presented to a user on an external terminal.

Abstract: After purchase a betting ticket, odds fluctuate as time goes by and the predicted payout amount of part of buying targets becomes lower than the total purchase amount, causing unexpected loss for the ticket holders. Systems and methods acquire odds information about a race, a betting type of a betting ticket for designating one or more racers out of racers to participate in a race of the racing and a buying target in the betting type. Additionally, an acceptance amount for each buying target is accepted from a user, and notification information is output when at least one predicted payout amount out of each predicted payout amount calculated from each acceptance amount for each buying target of a betting type of a betting ticket accepted from the user and the acquired odds information is less than a reference amount based on a total acceptance amount accepted from the user.

Abstract: It is an object to automatically provide information suitable for a user without increasing time or effort of the user. An information processing device acquires an operation history of a predetermined user about one or more races from storage device. The information processing device determines a skill level of the predetermined user about purchasing of betting tickets according to the operation status identified by the operation history. The information processing device controls display of the race information in response to a request from the predetermined user according to the skill level.

Abstract: A cancellation request of a purchased betting ticket including information that specifies a first user purchasing the betting ticket, a betting type, and a buying target of the betting ticket is accepted from the first user; after acceptance of the cancellation request, when accepting from a second user a purchase of a betting ticket of a betting type and a buying target same as the betting type and the buying target of the betting ticket receiving the cancellation request from the first user, an amount is deposited in an account of the first user depending on an amount of a betting ticket receiving the cancellation request from the first user and an amount of a betting ticket accepted from the second user; and information indicating that the cancellation request is established is output for the first user when the amount to be deposited is not zero.

Abstract: Odds information about a race of the racing is acquired (S3), a betting type of a betting ticket for designating one or more racers out of racers to participate in a race of the racing, a buying target in the betting type, and an acceptance amount for each buying target are accepted from a user (S1), and information to be notified to the user is output when at least one predicted payout amount out of each predicted payout amount calculated from each acceptance amount for each buying target of a betting type of a betting ticket accepted from the user and the acquired odds information is less than a reference amount based on a total acceptance amount accepted from the user.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to enable predictions helpful to viewers to be preferentially presented. An information processing apparatus accepts dopester's purchase of a voting ticket for voting a race target participating in a race. The information processing apparatus accepts a prediction of the dopester for a race for which purchase of a voting ticket is accepted, the prediction including a race target predicted by the dopester. The information processing apparatus determines a coincidence between a promising bet of a race target of a voting ticket whose purchase is accepted and a prediction accepted by the prediction acceptance means per dopester. The information processing apparatus determines a prediction of which of a first dopester and a second dopester is preferentially presented to viewers based on coincidences determined for the first dopester and the second dopester, respectively.

Abstract: To make predictions about racing, a point to pay attention to in pre-race movements of each racer can be presented. To this end, for racers entered in a race to be processed, a plurality of captured pre-race movement images of pre-race movements made by the racers before a race are retrieved. By using the retrieved pre-race movement images and racing result information corresponding to each pre-race movement image, an attention point to be paid attention to while each racer is making pre-race movements are identified. Presentation information for presenting information about the identified attention point is then generated and controlled to be presented to a user on an external terminal.

Abstract: In betting ticket information provision devices that provide information on a betting ticket for racing (10, 30), the device: acquires information on a betting count for each buying target in each betting type of the betting ticket for a race before the race of the racing starts (S2); specifies a betting type in which a reception amount predicted to be received by a host of the racing is less than or equal to a predetermined reference value when a buying target that the betting count is maximum wins (S3, S4); and outputs recommendation information to recommend a betting type different from the specified betting type before the race of the racing starts (S8).

Abstract: It is an object to automatically provide information suitable for a user without increasing time or effort of the user. An information processing device acquires an operation history of a predetermined user about one or more races from storage device. The information processing device determines a skill level of the predetermined user about purchasing of betting tickets according to the operation status identified by the operation history. The information processing device controls display of the race information in response to a request from the predetermined user according to the skill level.

Abstract: A search is performed for information of other products associated with a question about a specific product. A server system 10 searches for information of other products associated with a question about a specific product, in accordance with the following procedure. [1] The server system inputs a product ID and a question text (text) related to a question (S405). [2] The server system extracts a product name corresponding to the product ID from product basic information (FIG. 2(b-1)) in an auction DB 12 (S410). [3] The server system analyzes each of the product name and the question text to specify one or more keywords (S415). [4] The server system sets a search condition for a search for products associated with each specified keyword (S420) and extracts necessary items out of the product information satisfying the search condition, from the product basic information, display information, and product price information (FIGS. 2(b-1) to (b-3)) in the auction DB 12 (S425).

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and a recording medium for presenting auction information to users who have a strong desire to purchase an item at an appropriate point in time. An information processing server specifies an advertising target auction in which at least one the item name and the item code of a specific item exhibited on an auction is identical, and in which an immediate successful bid is possible at a bid price which has been bid for the auction of the specific item, when a bidder who tries to bid for the auction of the specific item via a web page for receiving bids for an auction is a bidder who has lost the right to win the specific item due to a bid of another bidder, and presents the information on the specified advertising target auction, to bidders who try to bid for the auction of the specific item.

Abstract: Once a product in an auction has been purchased, a message relay (101) relays messages about sale and purchase of the product exchanged between a seller of the product and a bidder who is the winning bidder of the product, between a seller terminal used by the seller and a bidder terminal used by the winning bidder. A history storage (102) stores a history of the relayed messages. An information generator (103) uses the history to (1) estimate a seller's time that is required by the seller, in a period from when a not-yet purchased product is purchased until the product will be dispatched (2) estimates a bidder's time that is required by the bidder in the period from when the not-yet purchased product is purchased until the product will be dispatched and (3) calculates a sum of the seller's time and bidder's time, and employs the calculated sum as the expected period that is required from when the not-yet purchased product is purchased until the product will be dispatched.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to enable predictions helpful to viewers to be preferentially presented. An information processing apparatus accepts dopester's purchase of a voting ticket for voting a race target participating in a race. The information processing apparatus accepts a prediction of the dopester for a race for which purchase of a voting ticket is accepted, the prediction including a race target predicted by the dopester. The information processing apparatus determines a coincidence between a promising bet of a race target of a voting ticket whose purchase is accepted and a prediction accepted by the prediction acceptance means per dopester. The information processing apparatus determines a prediction of which of a first dopester and a second dopester is preferentially presented to viewers based on coincidences determined for the first dopester and the second dopester, respectively.

Abstract: Apparatus, method, program, and recording medium for notifying the probability of bids by other user to a user before the other user makes a bid. An information processing server specifies an alert notification target auction where a prompt decision price has been set, specifies a bid price monitoring target auction where at least one of an item name and an item code of an item exhibited in the alert notification target auction is matched, and notifies an alert to at least one of a bidder who makes a bid at the alert notification target auction where the prompt decision price has been set, and a certain potential bidder who probably makes a bid at the auction, when the highest bid price in the bid price monitoring target auction satisfies the predetermined condition for the reference price according to the prompt decision price set to the alert notification target auction.

Abstract: An electronic mail such as a remind mail is sent at a timing which encourages bidding on an auction to apply to purchase a product. An electronic mail sending device sends a first electronic mail which notifies a user of a terminal device of a first application deadline in a transaction for which the first application deadline to purchase a product is set, and which includes link information to a webpage which lists information about the product to be traded, decides whether or not the application information is received by the first application deadline, compares the access time to the webpage and the reference time, and when the access time comes later than the reference time, makes a relative send time of a second electronic mail to be sent next come earlier than a relative send time of the first electronic mail which has already been sent.

Abstract: An object is to provide useful information for determining an auction end time to an exhibitor who wishes to determine the auction end time. Accordingly, a server 11 includes an access number calculation unit 76, an auction detection unit 77, and an estimation unit 75. The access number calculation unit 76 obtains the number of accesses of every predetermined time to past auctions for other products based on action time information. The auction detection unit 77 detects the number of held auctions of the other products and end dates and times thereof based on the auction information. The estimation unit 75 identifies an auction holding period based on the number of accesses of every predetermined time for past auctions and the number and the end dates and times of held auctions, and provides data indicating the auction holding period to a user terminal 13 of the exhibitor.

Abstract: Once a product in an auction has been purchased, a message relay (101) relays messages about sale and purchase of the product exchanged between a seller of the product and a bidder who is the winning bidder of the product, between a seller terminal used by the seller and a bidder terminal used by the winning bidder. A history storage (102) stores a history of the relayed messages. An information generator (103) uses the history to (1) estimate a seller's time that is required by the seller, in a period from when a not-yet purchased product is purchased until the product will be dispatched (2) estimates a bidder's time that is required by the bidder in the period from when the not-yet purchased product is purchased until the product will be dispatched and (3) calculates a sum of the seller's time and bidder's time, and employs the calculated sum as the expected period that is required from when the not-yet purchased product is purchased until the product will be dispatched.

Abstract: An electronic mail such as a remind mail is sent at a timing which encourages bidding on an auction to apply to purchase a product.

Abstract: Provided is an auction system capable of prompting a user to put up a popular item identified based on a bidding situation of an auction for auction. The auction device (10) stores, in association with at least some of users of the auction system, items that may be put up for auction by the at least some of user, identifies a successful item group based on at least one of a degree of deficiency in an item count in relation to a bidder count per item group constituted of items that share properties and a degree of rise of a current closing bid price in relation to a past closing bid price per item group, the degree of deficiency and the degree of rise being obtained based on results of bids on items that are put up for an auction, extracts users who may put up an item of the identified successful item group or a possible alternative thereto for auction, and recommends the extracted users to putting up an item of the successful item group or a possible alternative thereto for auction.