Relationship support apparatus, relationship support method, and storage medium

A relationship support apparatus, in which information of a plurality of users looking for a relationship partner is registered, which supports the plurality of users in seeking an opportunity to have a relationship with each other, and which is communicably connected to terminals of the plurality of users, the relationship support apparatus comprising:na receiving unit that receives, from a terminal of a first relationship-seeking user, identification information of a desired relationship partner user, with whom the first relationship-seeking user desires to have a relationship, and further receives, from a terminal of the desired relationship partner user, identification information of a second relationship-seeking user, with whom the desired relationship partner user desires to have a relationship;a determination unit that determines, based on the identification information of the desired relationship partner user and the identification information of the second relationship-seeking user that have been obtained through the receiving unit, whether or not an agreement has been reached on the relationship between the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner user; anda suspension unit that, when the determination unit determines that the agreement has been reached on the relationship between the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner user, suspends the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner user from carrying out a relationship-seeking activity with respect to another user,wherein:na mode of enabling the relationship-seeking activity to be carried out is defined as an active mode and a mode of disabling the relationship-seeking activity from being carried out is defined as a suspended mode, andwhen a status of the first relationship-seeking user and a status of the desired relationship partner are in the suspended mode, the suspension unit prevents the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner from browsing a profile of another user.

A relationship support method of registering information of a plurality of relationship-seeking users who seek a relationship and supporting the plurality of relationship-seeking users in seeking an opportunity to have a relationship with each other, the relationship support method comprising:nreceiving, from a terminal of a first relationship-seeking user, identification information of a desired relationship partner user, with whom the first relationship-seeking user desires to have a relationship;receiving, from a terminal of the desired relationship partner user, identification information of a second relationship-seeking user, with whom the desired relationship partner user desires to have a relationship;determining, based on the identification information of the desired relationship partner user and the identification information of the second relationship-seeking user, whether or not an agreement has been reached on the relationship between the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner user; andwhen the determining determines that the agreement has been reached on the relationship between the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner user, suspending the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner user from carrying out a relationship-seeking activity with respect to another user,wherein:na mode of enabling the relationship-seeking activity to be carried out is defined as an active mode and a mode of disabling the relationship-seeking activity from being carried out is defined as a suspended mode, andwhen a status of the first relationship-seeking user and a status of the desired relationship partner are in the suspended mode, the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner are prevented from browsing a profile of another user.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored therein, the program causing a computer to function as a relationship support apparatus, in which information of a plurality of users looking for a relationship partner is registered, which supports the plurality of users in seeking an opportunity to have a relationship with each other, and which is communicably connected to terminals of the plurality of users, the program further causing the computer to function as:na receiving unit that receives, from a terminal of a first relationship-seeking user, identification information of a desired relationship partner user, with whom the first relationship-seeking user desires to have a relationship, and further receives, from a terminal of the desired relationship partner user, identification information of a second relationship-seeking user, with whom the desired relationship partner user desires to have a relationship;a determination unit that determines, based on the identification information of the desired relationship partner user and the identification information of the second relationship-seeking user that have been obtained through the receiving unit, whether or not an agreement has been reached on the relationship between the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner user; anda suspension unit that, when the determination unit determines that the agreement has been reached on the relationship between the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner user, suspends the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner user from carrying out a relationship-seeking activity with respect to another user,wherein:na mode of enabling the relationship-seeking activity to be carried out is defined as an active mode and a mode of disabling the relationship-seeking activity from being carried out is defined as a suspended mode, andwhen a status of the first relationship-seeking user and a status of the desired relationship partner are in the suspended mode, the suspension unit prevents the first relationship-seeking user and the desired relationship partner from browsing a profile of another user.