INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION GATHERING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information gathering system that can efficiently obtain and manage information such as opinions of users.SOLUTION: An information gathering system 300 in which a product 14 and a contribution management server 15 can communicate with each other via a network includes: a data input start button (contribution button) 20 for starting data input by a user; data input means for accepting data input if the data input start button is depressed; software information acquisition means for acquiring software information including device identification information to identify the product 14 or software identification information to identify software executed by the product 14; and transmission means for transmitting the accepted data and the acquired software information to the contribution management server 15. The contribution management sever 15 includes transfer destination determination means for determining a data transfer destination using the device identification information or the software identification information.