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US 12,236,461 · App. 17/841,190 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Matching support device, matching support system, and program

Inventor: Koichi Sasa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEEDSTOMATCH CORPORATION
G06Q30/0605G06Q10/06311G06Q30/06
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Patent No.
US 12,236,461
App. No.
17/841,190
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A matching support device which achieve matching between demand information and supply information, quickly and accurately reflecting changes in information. The matching support device acquires supply information and/or demand information, performs a matching between the demand information and the supply information, and transmits results of the matching to a supplier terminal and a consumer terminal. The matching support device, during a period specified from the supplier terminal and/or the consumer terminal, continues reception of the supply information and/or the demand information to reflect the changes in information and to continue matching. The matching support device may calculate, based on information of matchings, a schedule-to-result difference ratio of the supply plan information and/or the demand plan information.

Claims (54)

1. A matching support device formed communicably between a supplier terminal used by a supplier and a consumer terminal used by a consumer, the matching support device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories,

wherein the one or more memories are configured to store:

resource information indicating a matching requirement by a supplier and a consumer; and

supply information about a service or an article to be supplied sent from the supplier terminal and/or demand information about a service or an article that is demanded sent from the consumer terminal,

the one or more processors are configured to:

perform a matching, upon receiving supply information or demand information, between the supply information or the demand information that is newly received and the demand information or the supply information that is already stored in the one or more memories, and

when the matching is established between a supply information and a demand information, send a matching result to:

a first supplier terminal of a first supplier and a first consumer terminal of a first consumer that sent the supply information and the demand information between which the matching is established; and

a supplier terminal, other than the first supplier terminal, of a supplier that provides a resource information including a same matching requirement as a matching requirement that is provided by the first supplier, for which the matching is not performed, and/or a consumer terminal, other than the first consumer terminal, of a consumer that provides a resource information including a same matching requirement as a matching requirement that is provided by the first consumer, for which the matching is not performed.

2. The matching support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resource information includes a category of a supplier and/or a consumer, and

the one or more processors are further configured to send the matching result to a supplier terminal of a supplier that belongs to a same category of the first supplier and/or a consumer terminal of a consumer that belongs to a same category of the first consumer.

3. The matching support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

generate a supplier group from among a plurality of suppliers and/or a consumer group from among a plurality of consumers, by grouping suppliers and/or consumers to which the matching result is sent such that group supply information of an entirety of the supplier group and/or group consumer information of an entirety of the consumer group is generated, and

perform a matching based on the group supply information and the group consumer information.

4. The matching support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, when a matching between a demand information and a supply information is established, store a matching result thereof in the one or more memories, and further perform a matching based at least one of a demand information and a supply information in relation to the matching result, and

the one or more processors are further configured to determine that a matching is established on at least one of the demand information and the supply information that is sent to at least one of the supplier terminal and the consumer terminal and selected by at least one of the supplier terminal and the consumer terminal and/or at least one of a supplier using the supplier terminal and a consumer using the consumer terminal.

5. The matching support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to terminate a matching when an instruction to terminate the matching is received from at least one of the supplier terminal and the consumer terminal.

6. The matching support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

initiate a matching when at least one of a supply information that is newly received, a demand information that is newly received, a supply information that is newly received, and an update information to update a supply information that is already received and a supply information that is already received, from at least one of the supplier terminal and the consumer terminal; and

send a matching result to at least one of the consumer terminal and the supplier terminal.

7. The matching support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to send at least one of a supply information on which a matching is not established and a demand information on which a matching is not established to at least one of the consumer terminal and the supplier terminal.

8. The matching support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate and manage a schedule for at least one of the consumer and the supplier based on the matching result.

9. The matching support device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to perform a matching based on the schedule.

10. A matching support method performed by a computer formed communicably between a supplier terminal used by a supplier and a consumer terminal used by a consumer, wherein the computer comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories,

wherein the one or more memories are configured to store:

resource information indicating a matching requirement by a supplier and a consumer; and

supply information about a service or an article to be supplied sent from the supplier terminal and/or demand information about a service or an article that is demanded sent from the consumer terminal,

the matching support method comprising:

performing, by the one or more processors, a matching, upon receiving supply information or demand information, between the supply information or the demand information that is newly received and the demand information or the supply information that is already stored in the one or more memories, and

when the matching is established between a supply information and a demand information, sending a matching result to:

a first supplier terminal of a first supplier and a first consumer terminal of a first consumer that sent the supply information and the demand information between which the matching is established; and

a supplier terminal, other than the first supplier terminal, of a supplier that provides a resource information including a same matching requirement as a matching requirement that is provided by the first supplier, for which the matching is not performed, and/or a consumer terminal, other than the first consumer terminal, of a consumer that provides a resource information including a same matching requirement as a matching requirement that is provided by the first consumer, for which the matching is not performed.

11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory storage medium that stores a program allowing one or more processors of a computer formed communicably between a supplier terminal used by a supplier and a consumer terminal used by a consumer to perform a matching support method,

wherein the computer being capable of accessing one or more memories, and

the one or more memories are configured to store:

resource information indicating a matching requirement by a supplier and a consumer; and

supply information about a service or an article to be supplied sent from the supplier terminal and/or demand information about a service or an article that is demanded sent from the consumer terminal,

the program allows the one or more processors to:

perform a matching, upon receiving supply information or demand information, between the supply information or the demand information that is newly received and the demand information or the supply information that is already stored in the one or more memories, and

when the matching is established between a supply information and a demand information, send a matching result to:

a first supplier terminal of a first supplier and a first consumer terminal of a first consumer that sent the supply information and the demand information between which the matching is established; and

a supplier terminal, other than the first supplier terminal, of a supplier that provides a resource information including a same matching requirement as a matching requirement that is provided by the first supplier, for which the matching is not performed, and/or a consumer terminal, other than the first consumer terminal, of a consumer that provides a resource information including a same matching requirement as a matching requirement that is provided by the first consumer, for which the matching is not performed.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-285459 · Dec 27, 2011 · national
JP 2012-179098 · Aug 11, 2012 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17102839 · Nov 24, 2020
Continuation 16570485 · Sep 13, 2019
Continuation 16379262 · Apr 9, 2019
Continuation 14369013
Related Publication 20220309550A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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