JP2002010345A - System of information service for waiting spot and record medium of its program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve information service determining automatically the most suitable potential spot for waiting to allow gathering to the spots for a short time, without any confusions for waiting target persons, and informing potential spot respectively to each mobile telephone terminal owned by the persons, in need of decision of a waiting spot while on the road, in consideration of relevance of distance between the persons. SOLUTION: A spot detecting unit 2A is installed on the each terminal 2 owned by the persons. The each terminal 2 transmits present spots information detected by the unit 2A to a server 1. The server 1 specifies the most suitable potential spot for the persons based on the present information transferred from the each terminal 2 so as to inform respectively to the each terminal 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a meeting place guidance service system for providing a meeting place guidance service to each meeting target person, and a program recording medium therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, digital mobile telephone terminals can exchange multimedia information on the Internet at high speed by using a packet communication service. Local information services that provide information on famous stores, buildings, places, and the like have become freely available on the go. In a portable information terminal having a position detection function for detecting a current position, when the current position detection information is transmitted to a communication partner, a map corresponding to the current position is displayed on the screen of the partner, and the map There has been known one having a destination position confirmation function for clearly indicating a current position of a transmission source. By the way, when two or more people who are far away are waiting together, each person talks with each other through a mobile phone, for example, considering the distance relationship of each person and available transportation, etc. They decide where they can meet at almost the same time without hesitation. At this time, any person accesses services on the Internet from the digital mobile phone terminal, uses the above-mentioned area guidance service to check famous stores and buildings, etc., and also uses mobile information with current location detection function If you have a terminal, you can use the position confirmation function to check the current position of the other party in advance and determine the meeting place relatively smoothly.

[0003]

However, even if the waiting area is determined by utilizing the above-mentioned area guidance service and the function of confirming the position of the other party, the determined waiting place is notified to the other party by telephone or e-mail. If the consent is not obtained, it is necessary to repeat the work of re-examining and contacting the other party, especially if the number of waiting parties is large, it will take time and effort until the decision is made, Repeating such tasks on the go could be a heavy burden and sometimes emotional. Furthermore, even if a meeting place is decided, not all meeting partners know the place, and sometimes the wrong transportation system is used. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a network environment in which a wide area communication can be performed between a service center and a mobile phone terminal. In consideration of this, a guide that automatically determines a waiting place candidate that can be assembled to a waiting place in a short time without any confusion and informs the mobile phone terminal owned by the waiting target of the candidate respectively. Service is to be realized.

[0004] The means of the present invention are as follows. According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a request for use of the guidance service is specified by a user to a server that provides a guidance service of a meeting place via a wide area network, each person possessed by the meeting target person has A meeting place guidance service system for notifying a meeting place guidance to a mobile phone terminal, wherein each of the meeting target person-owned mobile phone terminals includes:
A position detecting means for detecting a current position; and a transmitting means for transmitting current position information detected by the position detecting means to the server. A candidate specifying means for specifying an optimal meeting place candidate for each subject based on the current location information corresponding to each mobile phone terminal owned by the subject; and a meeting place candidate identified by the candidate identifying means for each mobile phone owned by the subject. Notification means for notifying the telephone terminal of guidance. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a program code for causing a computer to execute each of the above-described functions is recorded.

[0005] The present invention may be as follows. (1) When each mobile phone terminal owned by the waiting person transmits the current position information to the server, the mobile phone terminal also transmits destination identification information for identifying a waiting partner. Are identified based on the destination identification information transmitted from the client. (2) The server has a database for storing and managing general meeting place candidates for each region as a system candidate group, and the candidate specifying means searches the database based on the current position information of each waiting person. When specifying a meeting place candidate, the candidates are narrowed down by taking into account input designation conditions arbitrarily entered and designated by the subject. The server includes a registration candidate storage unit for each user for storing and managing a group of waiting place candidates registered in advance for each user using the guidance service as a group of user registration candidates, and the candidate specifying unit includes When searching the registration candidate storage means for each user based on the current position information of the user, each registered candidate group for each waiting person is selected as a search target, and each waiting candidate person is selected from among the registered candidate groups. Search for the best candidate for your current location. In this case, when the candidate specifying means searches the registration candidate storage means based on the current position information of each meeting target person to specify a meeting place candidate, the input specifying condition optionally specified by the target person Is added to narrow down candidates. The server stores and manages, as a user registration candidate group, a waiting place candidate group registered in advance for each user who uses the guidance service, in addition to a database that stores and manages a general meeting place candidate group for each region as a system candidate group. User-specific registration candidate storage means, and the candidate identification means searches the database and the user-specific registration candidate storage means based on the current position of each waiting person,
The search result excluding the duplicate result is specified as a meeting place candidate. In this case, the candidate specifying means includes:
Based on the current position of each meeting target person, a search result obtained by searching the database and the user-specific registration candidate storage means excluding duplicate results is specified as a meeting place candidate. The candidates are narrowed down by taking into account the input specification conditions specified.

(3) When an arbitrary waiting place is input and designated at the time of requesting the use of the guidance service of the waiting place, the candidate specifying means sets the designated waiting place in the specified waiting place candidate group. Add locations. (4) The candidate specifying means, when the number of candidates specified as the waiting place candidates exceeds a predetermined number, from the waiting place candidate group, the predetermined number according to the priority order associated with each of the candidates. The candidates are narrowed down by extracting the minutes candidates. (5) When the candidate specifying means specifies a candidate for a meeting place based on the current position information of each meeting target person, the candidate specifying means distributes the current position of each meeting target person on a map, and In addition to specifying an intermediate area in terms of distance as a meeting place area, referring to the position information added for each meeting place candidate, each meeting place is included in the specific area. Is determined, a location included in the specific area is extracted, and specified as a meeting place candidate. The candidate specifying means calculates the required time from the current position of each meeting target person to each meeting place when specifying the meeting place candidate, and calculates the time required for each meeting target person and each meeting place candidate. The required times are compared, and candidates are narrowed down by specifying candidates that can be arrived at the destination in a short time. In this case, when calculating the required time from the current position of each meeting target person to each meeting place, the candidate specifying means considers the use of the existing means of transportation when using the existing means of transportation. To calculate the required time. (6) Each of the mobile phone terminals owned by the meeting target person, when notified of a meeting place candidate from the server,
Display means for guiding and outputting the candidate to a display screen, and transmitting means for transmitting the selected candidate to the server when an arbitrary candidate is selected by the user from the guidance display screen, The server transmits the selection candidate transmitted from each mobile phone terminal owned by the waiting person to each mobile telephone terminal owned by the waiting person. In this case, when the selection candidates selected by each meeting target person are narrowed down to one place, the server determines the meeting place as a fixed candidate, and determines the fixed candidate with each mobile phone owned by the meeting target person. The guidance is notified to each terminal. (7) After the guidance notification of the meeting place candidate, when the server requests the use of the route guidance service from the cell phone terminal owned by the meeting target person, the server determines from the current position of the requesting cell phone terminal. It has a creating unit for creating a route guide indicating the route to the meeting place, and transmits the route guide created by the creating unit to the requesting mobile phone terminal.

(8) The server comprises: a user information storage means for storing and managing user information registered in advance for each user who uses the guidance service; A user authentication unit that refers to the user information storage unit and determines whether the request is a use request from a legitimate user whose user information is registered in advance, and that the user authentication unit determines that the use request is from a legitimate user. Is determined, the user is permitted to use the meeting guidance service. (9) The server displays and outputs the waiting place candidate specified by the candidate specifying means on a homepage, and in a state where the waiting place candidate is displayed on the homepage, the notifying means outputs the waiting place candidate owned by the waiting target person. When the homepage is accessed from each mobile phone terminal, the homepage is delivered and notified to the mobile phone terminal of the request source. (10) The server performs a billing procedure for charging the user who has used the guidance service a usage fee according to the usage status. (11) When the server receives the current location information and the telephone number of the waiting partner from one of the mobile telephone terminals owned by the waiting person, the server receives the telephone number of the waiting partner. And calls the mobile phone terminal owned by the other party based on the current location information obtained from the called mobile phone terminal, and the candidate specifying unit obtains the current location information obtained from each mobile phone terminal of the waiting person. The candidate of the meeting place is specified based on the. In this case, the server, when a candidate for a meeting place is specified by the candidate specifying means, calls each of the mobile phone terminals owned by the respective meeting target persons and automatically distributes the candidate for a meeting place.
Further, after the guidance notification of the meeting place candidate, when the server requests the use of the route guidance service from one of the meeting target person-owned mobile phone terminals, the server sets the meeting from the current position of each mobile phone terminal. In addition to creating route guidance indicating a route to a place for each waiting person, each mobile phone terminal corresponding to the waiting person created by calling each of the waiting person's own mobile phone terminals. To each.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when it is necessary to determine a waiting place at an outing place or the like, only a server that provides a waiting place guidance service is requested to use the guidance service. In consideration of the distance relationship between the persons to be waited for, the server automatically determines an optimal waiting place candidate which can be gathered at the waiting place in a short time without being lost. It is possible to realize a guidance service in which each mobile phone terminal is notified of the candidate.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a meeting place guidance service system according to this embodiment. This meeting place guidance service system is designed to provide a meeting place guidance service utilizing a digital mobile communication system. In other words, when the user requests the use of the meeting place guidance, a service business for providing a meeting place guidance service for paying a notice of the meeting place to each mobile phone terminal owned by the meeting target person for a fee is developed. Anyone can use the Internet to construct a wide area communication system that realizes a new service business.

In this meeting place guidance service system, the center server 1 that provides the guidance service and each mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the person to be used who uses the service can communicate via the Internet. In the network environment, each mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the meeting target has a current position detecting device 2 for detecting a current position.
A is provided, and current position information (latitude and longitude information) detected by the detection device 2A is transmitted to the server 1 via the base station 3, the mobile communication switching center 4, and the Internet. The server 1 specifies an optimal meeting place candidate for each subject based on the current position information transmitted from each mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the meeting subject and sends the candidate to each mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the subject. A service for providing notification of guidance is provided. The user who can use the service is a user who has been registered as a member in advance, and provides a meeting place guidance service on the condition that the user is a legitimate member user.

The server 1 is provided with a map information DB (database) 11, a personal information DB 12, a meeting place user registration information DB 13, a guidance request information file 14, and a search condition / search result file 15. Map information DB1
1 is a service target area (for example, as shown in FIG. 2)
In addition to storing and managing the "map information" corresponding to the "detailed map No. by region" which classifies the city such as the metropolitan area into detailed regions, in this embodiment, "transportation information", "meeting" The location system candidate group is stored and managed.

Here, the "transportation information" defines "transportation types" available in the area, and "time required" from the base position to each station (point) in the area for each type. Is information that defines ". That is, the "transportation information" defines the required time for each type of "bus", "train", "express / normal", etc., and for each point (stop station). The “meeting place system candidate group” is a general meeting place candidate group for each area, which is selectively registered on the service provider side. In other words, famous stores, parks,
It lists movie theaters, entrances and exits of stations. In addition,
Each candidate in the “meeting place system candidate group” has a priority according to its reputation and the frequency of past meeting use.
‥ is added. That is, since the number of candidates becomes enormous according to the area scale, the downtown area, and the like, the degree of prominence is taken into consideration, and the priority order of the queuing use frequency is changed according to the learning result. Further, position information (longitude / latitude information) on the map is also added to each candidate in the “meeting place system candidate group”. Note that the service provider periodically changes / adds each candidate in the “meeting place system candidate group”.

As shown in FIG. 3, the personal information DB 12
It stores and manages personal information of member users who can use the meeting place guidance service.
"Series No.", "Name", "Gender", "Date of birth",
"Address", "telephone number (TEL)", "FAX number",
"Email address", "Registration date", "User ID",
It consists of "password" items. Note that “Name”, “Telephone number (TEL)”, “User ID”, and “Password” are required input items when registering a new user, but items such as “Date of birth” may be changed as necessary. You only need to register.

The meeting place user registration information DB 13 stores and manages user registration candidate groups of meeting places arbitrarily registered in advance by member users. For example, a meeting place frequently used by users can be arbitrarily registered. I have. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the meeting place user registration information DB 13 is configured to store the “user ID” and the “meeting place user registration candidate group” for each user as data for one record. Note that each candidate in the “meeting place user registration candidate group” also has a priority,
Although 順 位 is added, the priority in this case is arbitrarily specified in advance by the user. Further, position information (longitude / latitude information) on the map is added to each candidate of each user registration candidate group. The position information is information obtained by the user touching and specifying a desired location on the map provided by the center.

The guide request information file 14 is a work for receiving the guide request information transmitted from each mobile telephone terminal 2 owned by the meeting target person and temporarily storing the information for each user every time the meeting place guide service is used. File for That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the guidance request information file 14 stores, for each user, one record of “user ID”, “current location information”, “destination TEL”, “input designation condition”, and “reception date and time”. It is configured to store and hold as minute data. In this case, when the service is used, the person to be awaited from his / her mobile phone terminal 2 receives a “user ID”
The “current position information” and the “destination TEL” are transmitted to the server 1. In addition, the “input designation condition” may be changed from the mobile phone terminal 2 as needed when an abstract meeting place such as a movie theater or a coffee shop is designated at the time of requesting use of the guidance service. It has been sent. Here, the server 1 searches this “input designation condition” when searching for an optimal meeting place candidate for each subject based on the current position information transmitted from each mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the meeting subject. In addition, candidates are narrowed down. Therefore, for example, when “somewhere movie theater” is designated as the input designation condition, the candidates for the meeting place are narrowed down to only movie theater candidates.

The search condition / search result file 15 is used to search for the most suitable waiting place candidate for each subject based on the current position information transmitted from each mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the waiting subject. Criteria "and its" Search Results "
Is a work file for temporarily storing and holding, as shown in FIG. 6, a configuration in which “user ID”, “position information”, “input designation condition”, and “search result” are stored and held as data for one record. It has become. Note that "User I
"D", "position information", and "input designation condition" indicate search conditions for searching for a meeting place. The search condition for one record includes the “user ID”, “position information”, and “user designation condition” corresponding to a plurality of waiting targets. The “search result” is an optimal meeting place candidate group for each subject searched according to the search condition, and the content is rewritten each time the candidate narrowing process is executed.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the server 1. Note that the mobile phone terminal 2 is basically the same as a normal configuration except that the mobile phone terminal 2 is provided with a current position detection device 2A, and thus the configuration is omitted in the drawing. The CPU 21 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the server 1 according to the operating system and various application software in the storage device 22. The storage device 22 stores an operating system, various application software, and the like, and is a recording medium 2 composed of a magnetic, optical, semiconductor memory, or the like.
3 and its drive system. This recording medium 23 is a fixed medium such as a hard disk or a CD-ROM, a floppy desk, a RAM card,
It is a portable medium such as a magnetic card. The programs and data in the recording medium 23 are stored in a CPU
RAM (for example, static RAM) under the control of 21
24, and the data in the RAM 24 is saved in the recording medium 23. Further, the recording medium may be provided on an external device such as a server,
21 is a program / program in the recording medium via a transmission medium.
You can also access and use the data directly.

The CPU 21 can also take in some or all of the data stored in the recording medium 23 from another device via a transmission medium, and newly register or additionally register the data in the recording medium 23. That is, the transmission control unit 25 receives a program / data transmitted from another device constituting the computer communication system via a wired transmission line such as a communication line or a cable or a wireless transmission line such as radio waves, microwaves, and infrared rays. And can be installed in the recording medium 23. In addition, program /
The data may be stored and managed on the external device side such as a server, and the CPU 21 may directly access and use the program / data on the external device side via a transmission medium. On the other hand, the CPU 21 has a transmission control unit 25, an input unit 26, and a display unit 2 as its input / output peripheral devices.
7 are connected via a bus line, and the CPU 21 controls their operations according to an input / output program.

Next, the operation of the meeting place guidance service system in the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, a program for realizing each function described in these flowcharts is stored in a recording medium 23 in the form of a readable program code, and the CPU 21 sequentially executes operations according to the program code. I do. Further, the CPU 21 can also sequentially execute the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium. The same applies to other embodiments described later, and an operation specific to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data externally supplied via a transmission medium in addition to a recording medium.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the operation of the portable telephone terminal 2, and FIGS.
Is a flowchart showing the operation of the server 1 on the service center side. First, on the mobile phone terminal 2 side,
When the server 1 is accessed via the Internet (Fig. 8
In step A1), since the home top page is transmitted from the server 1, the mobile phone terminal 2 receives the home top page, and causes the mobile phone terminal 2 to display the home page. Here, the user selects and designates an arbitrary item menu from the processing menu in the top page screen.

Then, the portable telephone terminal 2 determines the selected menu (step A2), and performs a process corresponding to the selected item while responding to the server 1. That is, a user registration process (step A3) or a meeting place guidance service process (steps A5 to A12 in FIG. 8 and steps A15 to A18 in FIG. 9) is performed. On the other hand, in the server 1 side, when an arbitrary item menu is selected and designated by the user in a state of waiting for an access request from the user (step B1 in FIG. 10), the selected menu item is determined (step B2). Processing corresponding to the item, that is, user registration processing (step B3) or meeting place guidance service processing (steps B4 to B10 in FIG. 10,
Steps B15 to B20 in FIG. 11 are performed.

Now, a case where the user registration process is selected will be described. In this user registration process, there are menu items of “new / change registration of member user” and “new / change registration of meeting place”, among which “new / change registration of member user” is designated. Then, server 1
Transmits a registration page having an entry field for entering necessary items to the requester, and the owner of the mobile phone terminal 2 that has transmitted the registration page fills in the registration page and returns it to the server 1. . Then, the server 1 records the respective registered items in the personal information DB 12. In this case, registration processing corresponding to the designation of “new registration” or “change registration” is performed.
You can arbitrarily rewrite your own registered record. In this embodiment, a billing procedure for billing the user for the usage fee in accordance with the use status of the meeting place guidance service is performed. At the time of this billing, "name", "mail address", "FAX" Each item of "number" is used.

FIGS. 12 and 13 show "new / new meeting place".
FIG. 12 shows a registration process when the “change registration” menu item is designated. FIG. 12 shows a registration process on the mobile phone terminal 2 side.
3 is a flowchart showing a registration process on the server 1 side. First, on the mobile phone terminal 2 side, a map of an area including a location to be registered is specified, and a request for transmitting a map is made to the server 1 (step C1 in FIG. 12). In this case, a desired area is designated by inputting the upper part of the address notation (for example, the name of the town area) or the west exit of Shinjuku Station, and the reception of the map information is waited (step C2). Upon receiving the map transmission request, the server 1 searches the map information DB 11 based on the request content (step D1 in FIG. 13), acquires the requested map information, and transmits it to the request source (step D2).

Upon receiving the map information (step C2 in FIG. 12), the portable telephone terminal 2 displays it on the registration screen (step C3), and an arbitrary point is designated on the map screen (step C3). In step C4), when the priority is input and specified (step C5), the "specified place" and "priority" are transmitted to the server 1 together with the "user ID" (step C6). Then, the process returns to step C1 until the end of the meeting place registration is instructed, and thereafter, the above-described operation is repeated (steps C1 to C7). Server 1
When the “priority” is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 2 together with the “designated place”, it is received (step D3 in FIG. 13), and the map information in the map information DB 11 is referred to. Then, position information (latitude and longitude information) corresponding to the specified location is obtained (step D4). After writing the “user ID”, “designated place”, “priority”, and “latitude and longitude information” as registration information for one record in the meeting place user registration information DB 13 (step D).
5) The process returns to step D1 until the end of the meeting place registration is instructed, and the above operation is repeated thereafter (step D).
1 to D7).

Next, the operation when the guidance service for the meeting place is requested will be described. First, the mobile phone terminal 2 acquires position information from the current position detection device 2A (step A4 in FIG. 8). And your own user ID,
When the password is input and designated (step A5), the current position information is transmitted to the server 1 together with the user ID and the password, and then a response from the server is waited for (step A6). The server 1 searches the personal information DB 12 based on the received user ID and password to determine whether the request is a service request from a legitimate member user. If it is not a password, a negative response is made and the system enters a state of waiting for re-input of the user ID and password (steps B4 and B in FIG. 10).
5).

Then, the mobile phone terminal 2 that has received the acknowledgment
Inputs and designates the telephone number of the other party to be waited for and sends it to the server 1 (step A7 in FIG. 8). In this case, if there are a plurality of destinations, the destination telephone numbers for a plurality of persons are designated and transmitted. Here, when the user requests an abstract meeting place such as a movie theater at the time of requesting the guidance service, the user inputs the "designated condition" (steps A8 and A9). After giving an affirmative response to the regular member user, the server 1 provides guidance request information “user ID”, “current location information”,
When the “input designation condition” is received in addition to the “destination TEL”, the “input designation condition” is written into the guidance request information file 14 and the “registration date and time” is written (step in FIG. 10). B6 to B8). In this state, when the user designates the execution of the guidance service on the requesting mobile phone terminal 2 side, the execution start is transmitted to the server 1 (step A10 in FIG. 8), and then the response waiting state is set. (Step A11). Upon receiving the guidance service execution request, the server 1 starts a waiting place candidate search process (steps B9 and B10 in FIG. 10).

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing an outline of the waiting place candidate search processing (step B10). That is, the server 1 transmits the guidance request information file 14
A record corresponding to the "user ID" of the request source is read out from (step E1), and the "T
EL ”, the personal information DB 12 is searched based on the“ TEL of the other party ”, and the corresponding“ user I
D "(step E2). Further, the guidance request information file 14 is searched based on the obtained “user ID”, and it is checked whether the corresponding “user ID” exists (step E3). That is, it is checked whether the current position information has been obtained from each meeting target person who is a legitimate member user.

If all the current positions of the persons to be queried are present, the "reception date and time"
Is read from the guidance request information file 14, and it is checked whether or not they are at substantially the same time in order to identify the meeting target persons (step E4). In this case, since each waiting person talks about the use of the waiting place guidance service by telephone contact and accesses each other to the guidance service center, the access times are substantially the same (for example, 10 minutes). The degree of deviation is within an allowable range). In this case, if all the current positions of the persons to be queried are aligned and the reception date and time are substantially the same time, the persons to be queried can be specified, but the persons to be queried cannot be specified. Then, the process returns to step B1 in FIG. 10 to invalidate the guidance service request.

In the above-described confirmation processing for identifying the persons to be queried, if the persons to be queried can be identified, the process proceeds to step E5 in FIG. The “user ID”, “current position information”, and “input designation condition” are respectively written in the search condition / search result file 15 as condition information for candidate search. Then, based on the "user ID" of each meeting target person, the meeting place user registration information DB 13 is searched (step E6), and it is checked whether the candidate group corresponding to the user is registered (step E7). In this embodiment, if there is a user registration candidate, the registration candidate group is searched, and if there is no user registration candidate, a system candidate is searched. That is, instead of searching both the system candidate group and the user registration candidate group, in this embodiment, the user registration candidate group is prioritized over the system candidate group.

That is, if the user candidates have been registered, the process proceeds to step E8, where the meeting place user registration information DB 13 is searched based on the corresponding user ID, all registration candidate groups are extracted, and search conditions / search results are retrieved. File 15
Is written as “search result” in the field. Then, the “current position” of each meeting target person is extracted, and each “position information” is extracted.
Optimum area for meeting is specified based on (Step E
9). That is, in this embodiment, when the “current position” of each meeting target person is distributed on a map, an intermediate area in terms of distance is specified as the meeting place area for each meeting target person. I am trying to do it.
Then, it is checked whether or not the registered location is included in the specific area based on the “latitude and longitude information” added to each extraction candidate as the “search result” (step E10). The registration candidates are narrowed down by specifying only those candidates as meeting place candidates (step E11). In this case, the search condition / search result file 1
The registration candidates are narrowed down by deleting each candidate outside the specific area from the search results (registration candidate group) in 5.

Next, the guidance request information file 14 is searched on the basis of the user ID of each meeting target person (step E1).
2) It is checked whether or not the input specification condition is included in the record (step E13). If there is, the waiting place candidate group that is the "search result" in the search condition / search result file 15 is determined by the " Narrow down according to "input designation condition" (step E14). In this case, the search condition /
The registration candidates are narrowed down by deleting candidates that do not correspond to the “input designation condition” from the search results (registration candidate group) in the search result file 15. The candidates of the registered candidate group narrowed down in this way are rearranged in accordance with the "priority order", and it is determined whether or not the number of candidates is equal to or more than a predetermined number (for example, the number of candidates that can be simultaneously displayed on the terminal screen). If it is the above, a candidate editing process is performed to cut off candidates with lower priorities so that the number of candidates in the registration candidate group becomes a predetermined number (step E15).

On the other hand, if the user candidate is not registered (step E7), the process proceeds to a system candidate search process. That is, in the search process in this case, similarly to the case of the user registration described above, the “current position”
Are distributed on a map, and an area intermediate in distance is specified as a meeting place area (step E16). Then, the map information DB 11 is searched based on the map number corresponding to the specific area, and all the system candidate groups in the specific area are extracted (step E17). Then, based on the “latitude and longitude information” added to each extracted system candidate, it is checked whether the place is included in the specific area (step E18), and only the candidates included in the specific area are checked. Is identified as a meeting place candidate to narrow down registration candidates (step E19).

Next, the process proceeds to the above-described step E13, where the guidance request information file 14 is searched based on the "user ID" of each waiting person, and if the record contains "input designation condition", The meeting place candidate group is narrowed down according to the "input designation condition" (step E14).
Then, by referring to the “priority” of each candidate, a candidate editing process is performed in which candidates with lower priorities are discarded so that the total number of candidates in the system candidate group becomes a predetermined number (step E1).
5).

When the process of searching for a waiting place candidate is completed in this way, the process proceeds to step B15 in FIG.
Sends a notification of the "search result" to each meeting target person. In this case, the server 1 displays a list of waiting place candidates as search results on the homepage, and when accessed from the mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the waiting person, requests the homepage in response to the request. Although the delivery notification is sent to the origin, the “mail address” in the personal information DB 12 may be acquired, and the waiting place candidate group may be notified by email. Alternatively, a voice call may be performed, and a voice notification may be performed together with the display notification of the meeting place candidate group.

FIG. 15A shows the screen contents of a group of waiting place candidates in this case, and a list of place names where waiting is possible is displayed. When the meeting target receives the meeting place candidate group, the meeting place candidate is displayed on its own screen (FIG. 8).
Step A12). In this state, when the user selects and specifies a desired candidate from the group of waiting place candidates (step A15 in FIG. 9), the selected candidate is transmitted to the server 1 (step A16). In this case, the candidate selected by the other waiting person can be confirmed on his own screen (step E17). Then, when selecting a plurality of candidates, the above operation is repeated (steps A15 to A18).

The server 1 performs a process of receiving the selection candidates (steps B16 and B17 in FIG. 11), stores and holds the received selection candidates for each user, and identifies and displays the selection candidates for each user on a homepage (FIG. 11). Step B18). As a result, the candidate selected by another meeting target person can be confirmed on his / her own screen. FIG. 15B shows the screen content in a state where the candidates selected by each meeting target are identified and displayed. For example, identification display such as changing a display color for each user or adding a selected user name is performed. Done. Then, if there is another selection request from the user, the process returns to step B16, and
The above operation is repeated (steps B16 to B19). As a result, when the meeting place is narrowed down to one, that is, when there is no selection request from the user again, the candidate is fixed, the fixed candidate is posted on the homepage, and each mobile phone terminal 2 (Step B20).

Next, after confirming the confirmed candidate on the homepage, if the person to be waited for wants to receive a route guidance service from the current position to the waiting place, he or she requests the route guidance service ( Step A19 in FIG. 9). Then, the current position information detected by the current position detecting device 2A is obtained (Step A20),
After transmitting the "current position information" to the server 1 together with the user ID (step A21), the reception of route guidance is waited (step A22). When receiving the request for the route guidance service (step B21 in FIG. 11), the server 1 creates a map of the current position information of the request source and a destination (a meeting place of a fixed candidate) (step B22), On the created map, a route guide taking into account the means of transportation etc. is created and added (step B23) and transmitted to the request source (step B24). Then, returning to step B21, each time the route guidance service is requested, the above operation is repeated (step B21).
To B24).

Here, upon receiving the route guidance (step A22 in FIG. 9), the requesting portable telephone terminal 2 displays and outputs it on its own screen (step A23). In this case, the route from the current position to the destination is displayed in one screen. After providing such a series of services, the server 1 performs a process of charging the service user (step B25 in FIG. 11). In other words, the basic fee is equally divided by the number of persons to be waited for using the meeting place guidance service to obtain the billed amount of each person, and for the user who uses the road guidance service,
The usage fee is added and charged as a special amount. It should be noted that an invoice for each user is created and mail notification, FAX notification or mail is sent to each user. At this time, the address of the meeting place user registration information DB 13 is referred to. In each mobile phone terminal 2, a process of receiving a billing procedure from the server 1 is performed (step A24 in FIG. 9).

As described above, in the first embodiment, when a meeting place is requested in a place where the user is to go, a request for meeting guidance is made to the server, and each mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the meeting target person is requested. Transmits the current position information to the server 1, the server 1 determines the distance relationship between the persons to be waited for based on the current position information transmitted from each mobile phone terminal 2. In consideration of this, it is possible to automatically determine a waiting place candidate that can be gathered up to a waiting place in a short time without any confusion. Then, the automatically determined candidate is notified to each mobile phone terminal owned by the meeting target person, so that the optimum meeting place for each meeting target person can be immediately known. In other words, when deciding a waiting place, the user can immediately receive an optimum waiting place from the server without performing any troublesome operation, so that an extremely practical guidance service can be realized. .

In this case, when transmitting the current location information to the server 1, each mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the waiting person also transmits the destination identification information (TEL) for identifying the waiting partner. Therefore, it is possible to easily specify the meeting target persons. Also, when searching for a system candidate group in the map information DB 11 based on the current position information of each meeting target person to specify a meeting place candidate, input designation conditions arbitrarily specified by the target person are taken into account. Because the candidates are narrowed down, for example, if you specify "somewhere movie theater" as the designation condition, you can receive guidance narrowed down to only movie theater candidates, and the subsequent candidate selection work This can be easily performed. That is, since the system candidate group in the map information DB 11 is composed of an enormous number of candidates according to the regional scale, the downtown area, and the like, the narrowing down is particularly effective.

The meeting place user registration information DB 13
Is provided, and a desired meeting place is registered for each user, so that only a place suitable for the user's preference can be notified. Also in this case, candidates can be narrowed down by taking into account the specified conditions arbitrarily input and specified by the subject. When the number of candidates specified as the waiting place candidates exceeds a predetermined number, a predetermined number of candidates are extracted from the waiting place candidate group according to the priority order associated with each of the candidates. Because we narrowed down the candidates by, for example,
When the number of candidates is large, it is possible to preferentially guide a famous candidate frequently used as a meeting place, and if a priority is added to the user registration candidates, a desired candidate is given priority. Can be guided.

Each mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the meeting target person is
A arbitrarily selected candidate from the guidance display screen of the meeting place candidate is transmitted to the server 1, and the server 1 distributes the transmitted selection candidate to each of the mobile phone terminals 2 owned by the target person. Therefore, communication between the persons to be queued via the server 1 becomes possible, and it becomes possible to smoothly determine candidates. As a result, when the selection candidates are narrowed down to one place, the server 1 can determine the meeting place as a fixed candidate and notify it. In other words, the final decision is entrusted to each person, but by giving a confirmation notice, it is possible to prevent a mistake. In addition, after the notification of the meeting place candidate, when the use of the route guidance service is requested from the mobile phone terminal owned by the meeting target person,
Since the route guidance indicating the route from the current position of the requesting mobile phone terminal to the corresponding waiting location is created and transmitted to the requesting mobile phone terminal, the waiting location and its route are not known. Even a user can gather without hesitation.

In addition, when a request for using the meeting guidance service is specified by the user, the user is authenticated, and the use of the guidance service is permitted on condition that the request is from a legitimate user. , Members-only service becomes possible. In this case, if the homepage on which the meeting place candidates are posted is accessed by the user, access to the homepage may be permitted on condition of the member user. Further, since the server 1 performs a billing procedure for charging a user who uses the guidance service a usage fee in accordance with the usage status, the billing procedure can be automated.

(Second Embodiment) Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the above-described first embodiment, the case where the user registration candidate group is searched with priority over the system candidate group has been exemplified. However, in the second embodiment, in addition to the system candidate group, the user registration candidate group If there is, both the system candidate group and the user registration candidate group are searched. Further, in the first embodiment, for each of the meeting target persons, the intermediate area in terms of distance is specified as the meeting place area and the candidates are narrowed down. In the second embodiment, the candidates are narrowed down. Further, the required time is calculated for each waiting person / candidate, and the required times are compared, and the candidates are narrowed down so that the required time is the shortest for each person. . In the above-described first embodiment, the same components having the same names are denoted by the same reference numerals,
In addition to omitting the description, the description will focus on the features of the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 shows a server 1 according to the second embodiment.
It is a flowchart showing a meeting place search process on the side. First, in the first embodiment, step E in FIG.
A process for confirming a person to be waited for is specified (step F1), which is the same process as the processes shown in 1 to E4. That is, it is checked whether or not the current position information has been obtained from each meeting target person who is a legitimate member user. If the current position information has been obtained, the “reception date and time” corresponding to each meeting target person is read from the guidance request information file 14. Checks whether the times are substantially the same, and performs a confirmation process for identifying the meeting target persons. As a result, when it is possible to specify the meeting target persons (step F2), the “user I” is set for each meeting target person.
D "and" current position information "are written in the search condition / search result file 15 (step F3).

When the "current position" of each person to be waited for is distributed on a map, an intermediate area in terms of distance is specified as a waiting place area (step F).
4) A map information DB based on a map number corresponding to a specific area
11 is retrieved, and all applicable system candidate groups are extracted (step F5). Then, based on the “latitude and longitude information” added to each extracted system candidate, it is checked whether the place is included in the specific area (step F).
6) The registration candidates are narrowed down by specifying only the candidates included in the specific area as the meeting place candidates (step F7).

Next, the meeting place user registration information DB 13
To determine whether there is a registration candidate corresponding to each meeting target person (step F8), and if registered, search the meeting place user registration information DB13. Also in this case, when the "current position" of each waiting person is distributed on the map, an intermediate area in terms of distance is specified as the waiting place area (step F9) and added to the extraction candidates. It is checked whether the registered location is included in the specific area based on the latitude and longitude information (step F10),
The registration candidates are narrowed down by specifying only the candidates included in the specific area as the meeting place candidates (step F11).

With the system candidate group and the user registration candidate group extracted as a result, an editing process for deleting a duplicate candidate from the candidate group is performed (step F12). And, when using the guidance service,
It is checked whether a desired meeting place has been designated (step F13). That is, in the second embodiment, at the time of requesting the use of the guidance service, in addition to the “input designation condition” indicating the abstract waiting place as described above, a specific waiting place desired by the user can be arbitrarily designated. If an arbitrary place is designated, the input designated meeting place is added to the above-mentioned candidate group (step F14). The candidates are narrowed down based on the candidate group thus obtained (steps F15 to F18).

That is, if there is an “input designation condition”, candidates are narrowed down according to the condition (step F15,
F16). Next, the “current position” of each meeting target person and the time required for each candidate location are calculated for each meeting target person / candidate (step F17). In this case, if there is available transportation, the required time is calculated in consideration of the transportation. Here, when no transportation is used, the distance between the current position of the person to be awaited and the candidate site is calculated, and the required time is calculated by multiplying this distance by a constant. The required time is calculated in consideration of the above. That is, in the map information DB 11, the required time for each type and point is defined as the transportation means information, and the required time is calculated by considering the use of the transportation means by referring to the required time. . When calculating the required time, the strictness does not matter. Then, after calculating the required time for each waiting person / candidate, the required times are compared, and candidates are narrowed down in terms of least common multiple so that the required time is the shortest (step F18). In other words, the location is narrowed down to a place where the meeting target persons can gather at the meeting place at substantially the same time. In this case, the candidate place is 1
It is not necessary to narrow down to all candidates, and all candidates whose set time is substantially the same time are extracted.

As described above, in the second embodiment, in addition to the system candidates in the map information DB 11, the meeting place user registration information DB 13 is searched based on the current position of each meeting person, and the search result is displayed. Since the ones without duplicate results are specified as the meeting place candidates, it is possible to provide guidance including not only the system candidates but also the user registration candidates, and there is a system candidate more optimal than the user registration candidates. If this is the case, it will be possible to guide them predominantly. Also, when narrowing down candidates from a candidate group consisting of system candidates and user registration candidates, as in the first embodiment described above, the “input designation conditions” arbitrarily designated by the subject are added. Narrowing down is also possible. Also, when requesting the use of the guidance service of the meeting place,
When an arbitrary meeting place is designated by input, the designated place is added as a part of the candidate, so that the candidate guidance including the newly designated place on the spot is also possible.

When narrowing down candidates from a group of candidates including a system candidate, a user registration candidate, and a new input candidate, a required time from a current position of each waiting person to a waiting place of each candidate is calculated. Since each required time calculated for each waiting person and each candidate is compared, and each waiting person is identified as a candidate that can arrive at the destination in a short time, the candidates are narrowed down. It is possible to guide a meeting place where all the members can gather at substantially the same time. In this case, when using a transportation system that exists in the meantime, the required time is calculated in consideration of the use of the transportation system, so there are both people who use transportation and people who do not use transportation. Also, it is possible to guide a meeting place where all the members can gather at substantially the same time.

(Third Embodiment) Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the above-described first and second embodiments, each meeting target person who is a member user individually accesses the service center. In the third embodiment, however, a plurality of meeting targets can be accessed by any one of them. Various guidance services can be provided to the user. In other words, it is not necessary that all of the persons to be waited for are members, and a guidance service can be provided to each person only by accessing one of the member users. In addition,
In the first embodiment described above, the same components in name are
The same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.
The description will focus on the features of the third embodiment.

FIG. 17 shows a server 1 according to the third embodiment.
It is a flowchart showing the outline of the overall operation of the side. First, upon receiving a request for a guidance service from the mobile phone terminal 2 (step G1), the server 1 performs user authentication similar to that of the above-described first embodiment (step G2). As a result, the server 1 must be an authorized member user. In step G3, the access is invalidated. If the member is a regular member, a request message for requesting the telephone number of the waiting party is transmitted to the requesting mobile phone terminal 2 (step G3).
4). In this case, if there are a plurality of waiting parties, transmission of the telephone number of each person is requested. In response to this, when the telephone number of the waiting party is transmitted from the request source together with its own current location information, it is received and stored (step G5), and the telephone number of the called party is received. Automatically calls the mobile phone terminal 2 based on the number (step G
6), obtain the current position information from the mobile phone terminal 2 (step G7). Thereafter, the above operation is repeated (steps G6 to G8) until all the current position information of the waiting partner is obtained (step G8).

When all the current position information for the number of waiting persons has been obtained, a search processing of the waiting place is performed based on the information (step G9). This search process is performed according to any of the search processes described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. The search results obtained in this way are broadcasted (simultaneously) to each meeting target person (step G10). Then, it is checked whether or not the requester has further requested the route guidance (step G11). Here, when a user requests a route guidance, the user sends his or her mail address together with the request. When the route guidance is requested, the server 1 creates the same route guidance as in the above-described first embodiment, but in this case, the server 1 A minute guide is prepared (step G12). Then, the route guidance for each meeting target person is broadcasted to each corresponding meeting target person by e-mail (step G13).
Finally, a billing process is performed. In this case, the number of users of the guidance service is collectively billed to the request source (step G14).

As described above, in the third embodiment, the mobile phone terminal 2 of the person to be queried transmits the telephone number of the queuing party together with its current location, so that the server 1 Based on the destination telephone number, the mobile telephone terminal 2 is called to obtain the current position information, and it is possible to specify the most suitable meeting place candidate for each person. Then, based on each of the acquired telephone numbers, each of the mobile telephone terminals 2 owned by the person to be waited can be called to automatically deliver a waiting place candidate. Thereafter, when the use of the route guidance service is requested, it is possible to create a route guidance for each meeting target person, call up the corresponding mobile phone terminal, and distribute it. In other words, if any one of the meeting target persons is a member user, various guidance services can be received even if the other meeting target persons are non-members. Need not be.

In each of the above-described embodiments, when the user talks with each person to be waited using the mobile phone terminal 2 and decides to use the guidance service, the telephone line is cut off and the server is switched off. 1 is accessed, but if a plurality of lines are available at the same time, the server 1 is accessed while talking with the other party to use the guidance service without interrupting the telephone line with the waiting person. You may do so. Further, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied not only to the case of using a mobile communication service network on the ground but also to a satellite communication service system.

In each embodiment, personal information is registered at the center side from the mobile phone terminal 2. However, personal information can be registered by inputting personal information from a computer terminal at home or the like. Good. When transmitting the telephone number of the other party, the telephone number of the other party may be read from the address book and transmitted. Similarly, in the third embodiment, when transmitting an e-mail address, the e-mail address may be read from the address table and transmitted. Further, as the "input designation condition" designated by the user when using the guidance service, in addition to designating an abstract meeting place, a transportation facility which the user wants to use may be entered as the designation condition. In this case, the calculation of the required time is performed in consideration of the designated transportation.

Further, in addition to transmitting the route guidance on which the route is developed on the map, if the voice information for guiding the route by voice is also transmitted, the route guidance is provided by voice while looking at the route guide map. Can be confirmed, which is highly convenient for the user. Furthermore, even after providing various guidance services, until each person arrives at the meeting place, the current position information transmitted from each mobile phone terminal owned by the person to be matched is continuously received, and While moving toward a meeting place, a service may be provided that guides and displays the current position of each person on a map in real time while following the movement. by this,
At present, it is possible to confirm where other people are, and it is possible to cope with the situation, such as not to hurry or panic, so that the guidance for meeting can be made more effective.

[0059]

According to the present invention, when it is necessary to determine a meeting place at an outing place or the like, when a request is made to a server which provides a meeting place guidance service, the server uses: Based on the current location information sent from each mobile phone terminal owned by the meeting target, the distance relationship between the meeting target is considered, and all members gather at the meeting place in a short time without being lost. A new guide service with a high value of use is provided, as it automatically determines the best possible meeting place candidates and provides notification of the candidates to each mobile phone terminal owned by the meeting target. Business can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a meeting place guidance service system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a map information DB11.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a personal information DB12.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a meeting place user registration information DB13.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a guidance request information file 14.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a search condition / search result file 15;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the server 1.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone terminal 2;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone 2 following FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server 1 on the service center side.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server 1 on the service center side following FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a registration process on the mobile phone terminal 2 when a menu item “new / change registration of a meeting place” is designated;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a registration process on the server 1 side when a menu item “new / change registration of a meeting place” is designated;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a meeting place candidate search process.

FIG. 15A is a diagram showing a screen content of a meeting place candidate group, and FIG. 15B is a diagram showing a screen content in a state where a candidate selected by each meeting target person is identified and displayed;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a meeting place search process on the server 1 side according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an outline of the overall operation of the server 1 according to the third embodiment.

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 Reference Signs List 1 server 2 mobile phone terminal 2 2A current position detecting device 11 map information DB 12 personal information DB 13 meeting place user registration information DB 14 guidance request information file 15 search condition / search result file 21 CPU 22 storage device 23 recording medium 25 transmission control Department

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Claims (22)

[Claims] When a request for use of a guidance service is specified by a user to a server which provides a guidance service of a meeting place via a wide area network, the server is provided to each mobile telephone terminal owned by the meeting target person. A meeting place guidance service system for providing a notice of a meeting place, wherein each of the mobile phone terminals owned by the meeting target person has a position detecting means for detecting a current position, and a current position detected by the position detecting means. Transmitting means for transmitting location information to the server, wherein the server for providing a guidance service of the meeting place is an optimal meeting for each person based on the current position information corresponding to each mobile phone terminal owned by the person to be met. A candidate specifying means for specifying a location candidate, and a meeting place candidate specified by the candidate specifying means are proposed to each mobile phone terminal owned by the subject. And and a notification means for notifying that, meeting place guidance service system, characterized in that. 2. When each mobile phone terminal owned by the waiting person transmits current position information to the server, the mobile phone terminal also transmits destination identification information for identifying a waiting partner. 2. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 1, wherein the meeting target persons are specified based on the other party identification information transmitted from the telephone terminal. 3. The server has a database for storing and managing a general group of waiting place candidates for each area as a group of system candidates, and the candidate specifying means includes a database based on the current position information of each waiting person. Searching for a candidate for a meeting place to narrow down candidates by taking into account input designation conditions arbitrarily entered and designated by the subject. Location guidance service system. 4. The server includes a user-specific registration candidate storage unit that stores and manages a meeting place candidate group registered in advance for each user who uses the guidance service as a user registration candidate group. When searching the registered candidate storage means for each user based on the current location information of each waiting person, each registered candidate group for each waiting person is selected as a search target, and 2. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 1, wherein a search is made for a best candidate for the current position of each meeting target person. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the candidate specifying means searches the registered candidate storage means based on the current position information of each meeting target person to specify a meeting place candidate, and specifies an input specified by the target person. 5. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 4, wherein candidates are narrowed down by taking into account designated conditions. 6. The server according to claim 1, further comprising a database for storing and managing general waiting place candidates for each area as a system candidate group and a waiting place candidate group registered in advance for each user who uses the guidance service. A registration candidate storage unit for each user for storing and managing as a candidate group, wherein the candidate identification unit searches the database and the registration candidate storage unit for each user based on a current position of each meeting target person; 2. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 1, wherein the information obtained by removing duplicate results from the above is specified as a meeting place candidate. 7. A candidate for a waiting place, wherein the candidate specifying means removes duplicate results from respective search results obtained by searching the database and the user-registered candidate storing means based on the current position of each person to be waited. 7. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 6, characterized in that the candidates are narrowed down by taking into account input designation conditions arbitrarily entered and designated by the subject. 8. When an arbitrary waiting place is input and designated at the time of requesting use of the waiting place guidance service, the candidate specifying means replaces the inputted waiting place in the specified waiting place candidates. The meeting place guidance service system according to any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the system is added. 9. When the number of candidates specified as a meeting place candidate exceeds a predetermined number, the candidate specifying means selects one of the meeting place candidate groups from the group of meeting place candidates according to the priority order associated with each of the candidates. The meeting place guidance service system according to any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein candidates are narrowed down by extracting a predetermined number of candidates. 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said candidate specifying means specifies each of the waiting-position candidates based on the current-position information of each of the waiting-points in a state where the current position of each of the waiting-points is distributed on a map. While specifying an intermediate area in terms of distance to each of the target persons as a meeting place area, referring to the position information added for each meeting place candidate, each meeting place is located within the specific area. 10. A method according to claim 1, further comprising: judging whether the information is included, extracting a location included in the specific area, and specifying the extracted location as a candidate for a meeting place.
A meeting place guidance service system described in any of the above. 11. The candidate specifying means calculates a required time from the current position of each waiting person to each waiting place when specifying a waiting place candidate, and calculates the required time for each waiting person and each candidate. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the required times are compared, and the candidates are narrowed down by identifying candidates that can be arrived at the destination in a short time. 9
A meeting place guidance service system described in any of the above. 12. When calculating the required time from the current position of each person to be waited to each meeting place, the candidate specifying means uses the existing means of transportation when calculating the required time. 12. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 11, wherein the required time is calculated in consideration of the following. 13. A display means for guiding and outputting a candidate for a meeting place to a display screen when the server notifies the candidate of a meeting place from the server. And transmitting means for transmitting the selected candidate to the server when an arbitrary candidate is selected from among the mobile phone terminals. 2. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 1, wherein the selected candidates are distributed to each mobile phone terminal owned by the meeting target person. 14. The server, when the selection candidates selected by each meeting target person are narrowed down to one place, determines the meeting place as a fixed candidate, and determines the fixed candidate as a fixed candidate owned by the meeting target person. 14. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 13, wherein guidance notification is provided to each of the mobile phone terminals. 15. The server according to claim 1, wherein said server informs of said waiting place candidate and, when a request is made to use the guidance service from a mobile telephone terminal owned by the person to be waited for, said current server of said requesting mobile telephone terminal. A means for creating route guidance indicating a route from the position to the meeting place; and transmitting the route guidance created by the creation means to the mobile phone terminal of the request source. 15. A meeting place guidance service system according to claim 1 or claim 14, wherein 16. A server according to claim 1, wherein said server stores and manages user information registered in advance for each user who uses said guidance service, and said user is provided when a request for using a meeting guidance service is designated by a user. A user authentication unit that refers to the information storage unit and determines whether the request is a use request from a legitimate user in which user information is registered in advance. The user authentication unit may determine that the request is a use request from a legitimate user. 2. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 1, wherein when determined, the user is permitted to use the meeting guidance service. 17. The server displays and outputs a meeting place candidate specified by the candidate specifying means on a homepage. In a state where the meeting place candidate is displayed on the homepage, the notifying means sets the meeting target person When the homepage is accessed from each mobile phone terminal owned,
2. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 1, wherein the homepage is delivered to the requesting mobile phone terminal. 18. The meeting place guide according to claim 1, wherein the server performs a billing procedure for charging a user who has used the guide service a use fee according to the use situation. Service system. 19. One of the mobile phone terminals owned by the waiting person transmits a telephone number of a waiting partner in addition to its own current location information. When the current location information and the telephone number of the waiting party are transmitted from the terminal, the mobile phone terminal owned by the other party is called based on the other party's phone number, and the current mobile phone terminal is called from the called mobile phone terminal. 2. The meeting according to claim 1, further comprising acquiring position information, wherein the candidate specifying unit specifies a meeting place candidate based on current position information obtained from each mobile phone terminal of the meeting target person. Location guidance service system. 20. The server, when a candidate for a meeting place is specified by the candidate specifying means, calls each mobile phone terminal owned by the person to be matched and automatically distributes the candidate for a meeting place. 20. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 1 or 19, wherein 21. After the server notifies the candidate of the meeting place candidate, when the server requests the use of the route guidance service from any of the meeting target person's own mobile phone terminals, the current position of each mobile phone terminal is notified. , A route guide indicating a route from the meeting place to the meeting place is created for each meeting person, and each mobile phone terminal owned by the meeting person is called to correspond to the created guidance information for the meeting person. 20. The meeting place guidance service system according to claim 1 or 19, wherein the information is distributed to mobile phone terminals. 22. A recording medium having a program code readable by a computer, wherein a current position information detected by position detecting means provided in each mobile telephone terminal owned by the person to be waited for is provided as a guidance service of a waiting place. And a computer-readable program code to be transmitted to a server that performs the communication, and causes the server to identify an optimal meeting place candidate for each object based on current position information corresponding to each mobile phone terminal owned by the object. A recording medium comprising: a computer-readable program code; and a computer-readable program code for causing a specified waiting place candidate to be notified to each mobile phone terminal owned by the subject.