INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

摘要

An apparatus of this invention is directed to an information processing apparatus that auctions and delivers merchandise in consideration of quality degradation caused by delivery of the merchandise, and implements both an increase in profit and an increase in delivery efficiency. The information processing apparatus includes a first receiver that receives the current position of merchandise from a communication terminal used for delivery of the merchandise, a first transmitter that transmits, to a communication terminal of each user, a reserve price representing the lower limit of a bid price according to prediction of quality degradation caused by delivery of the merchandise predicted based on a current position of each user and the received current position of the merchandise, a selector that receives bid prices for the merchandise from communication terminals of a plurality of users and selects a delivery destination candidate, and a second transmitter that transmits the selected delivery destination candidate to the communication terminal located at the current position of the merchandise.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a first receiver that receives a current position of merchandise from a communication terminal used for delivery of the merchandise; a first transmitter that transmits, to a communication terminal of each user, a reserve price representing a lower limit of a bid price according to prediction of quality degradation caused by delivery of the merchandise predicted based on a current position of each user and the received current position of the merchandise; a selector that receives bid prices for the merchandise from communication terminals of a plurality of users and selects a delivery destination candidate; and a second transmitter that transmits the selected delivery destination candidate to the communication terminal located at the current position of the merchandise.