METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION ACQUISITION, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To propose a new information providing method which gives an amusement. SOLUTION: A virtual vending machine 10 which sells capsules C comprising allocated information to be provided is set as a user interface. Different kinds of information are allocated to the capsules C at a given ratio and the capsules are arranged in a random order in the vending machine and vended sequentially. The contents of information that users obtain are different according to the buying timing and the users win or lose. The users, on the other hand, observe how the capsules C are arranged and can predict the timing to obtain desired information and increase the probability of winning. Consequently, the user enjoy how to obtain desired information with a smaller number of trials just like enjoying a game by skillfully predicting the timing.