JP2011014048A - Apparatus and method for processing information, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which enable a user to easily obtain information relating to his or her position in a period for which the user acted in line with another user using a mobile phone.SOLUTION: In an information providing system, a server obtains action history information or the like in each communication terminal and specifies a period obtained by analyzing the operation history information in the each communication terminal, as a period for which users of communication terminals acted in line with each other, and obtains movement history information in communication terminals can measuring positions of communication terminals themselves, from these communication terminals. Consequently, a user of a communication terminal which cannot leave a movement history of the communication terminal itself can obtain information relating to the movement history with respect to the period for which the user acted in line with another user if movement history information about a communication terminal of the another user is stored in the server.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for acquiring information related to a place where a person has acted with another person.

  Currently, GPS (Global Positioning System) technology for measuring the position of mobile phones has been used. Thereby, although the user of the mobile phone can confirm his / her position, there are many mobile phones that still cannot use the GPS technology. Even in such a case, it may be desired to confirm the position of the user. For example, by using the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, even if the GPS technology cannot be used in the own mobile phone, You can check your current location.

JP 2005-223436 A

  By the way, after acting with friends such as shopping, there is a case where it is desired to confirm which store or the like has been visited. In such a case, if the GPS technology can be used in the mobile phone used by itself, it is possible to acquire information desired to be traced back by searching the history of the measured position. On the other hand, if a user who uses a mobile phone who cannot use GPS technology or cannot keep a history of what GPS technology can use, wants to know such information, It was necessary to search the history or listen to it directly to check it. Therefore, it may be possible to obtain the position of the friend at the time you want to know from the history accumulated in the server, etc., but in this case you can obtain the history when you are not acting together, or refuse the person From the viewpoint of privacy protection, there are cases where it can be acquired without any problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and is an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus that can easily acquire information on a position in a period in which a user who uses another mobile phone has acted together The purpose is to provide a program.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides movement history acquisition means for acquiring movement history information indicating movement history of a first communication terminal from the first communication terminal, and operation history of the first communication terminal. Operation history acquisition means for acquiring first operation history information indicating the second operation history information indicating the operation history of the second communication terminal, and the first and second operation histories acquired by the operation history acquisition means A specifying means for specifying a period obtained by a predetermined analysis of information as a period during which a user of the first communication terminal and a user of the second communication terminal are acting together; Request acquisition means for acquiring request information indicating a request for providing information according to the movement history of the first communication terminal from the communication terminal, and when the request information is acquired by the request acquisition means, the movement history acquisition means Taken by And providing means for providing the second communication terminal with information corresponding to the movement history of the period specified by the specifying means among the movement histories indicated by the movement history information. A processing device is provided.

  In another preferred aspect, the request information acquired by the request acquisition unit includes information indicating a period, and the providing unit includes a period included in the request information acquired by the request acquisition unit, If the period specified by the specifying means overlaps, the first communication terminal is inquired whether to allow information provision according to the movement history, and is permitted from the first communication terminal. When the response to be acquired is acquired, information corresponding to the movement history of the overlapping period is provided to the second communication terminal.

  In another preferable aspect, the operation history indicates each time when a specific type of operation is performed, and the specifying unit includes the operation history indicated by the first operation history information and the second operation history information. When the relation between the compared operation histories satisfies a predetermined condition, the period corresponding to the time indicated by the operation history satisfying the condition is set as the first communication terminal. It is specified as a period during which both the user and the user of the second communication terminal acted together.

  In another preferable aspect, the operation history acquisition unit acquires the first and second operation history information corresponding to each type of operation for a plurality of types of operations, and the specifying unit includes the first operation When the operation history indicated by the history information and the operation history indicated by the second operation history information are compared for each type of operation, and the relation of the compared operation history satisfies a predetermined condition, The period according to the time indicated by the operation history that satisfies the condition is specified as the period during which the user of the first communication terminal and the user of the second communication terminal are acting together.

  In another preferable aspect, the specifying unit includes a plurality of sets satisfying the condition among the set of the operation histories compared, and a time relationship indicated by the operation history of each set is determined in advance. If the condition is satisfied, the period between these times is specified as a period in which the user of the first communication terminal and the user of the second communication terminal are acting together. To do.

  Moreover, this invention acquires the movement history information which shows the movement history of a 1st communication terminal from the said 1st communication terminal, the 1st operation history information which shows the operation history of the said 1st communication terminal, and 2nd An information acquisition process for acquiring second operation history information indicating the operation history of the communication terminal, and a period obtained by analyzing the first and second operation history information acquired in the information acquisition process by a predetermined process. A process of identifying the user as a period during which both the user of the first communication terminal and the user of the second communication terminal have acted together, and request acquisition for acquiring request information from the second communication terminal And when the request information is acquired in the request acquisition process, the information corresponding to the movement history of the period specified in the identification process among the movement history indicated by the movement history information acquired in the information acquisition process , An information processing method characterized by comprising a providing step of providing to the second communication terminal.

  Moreover, this invention acquires the movement history information which shows the movement history of a 1st communication terminal from the said 1st communication terminal, the 1st operation history information which shows the operation history of the said 1st communication terminal, and 2nd When the request information is acquired in the information acquisition process of acquiring the second operation history information indicating the operation history of the communication terminal, the request acquisition process of acquiring the request information from the second communication terminal, and the request acquisition process, The period obtained by analyzing the first and second operation history information acquired in the information acquisition process by a predetermined process is determined by using the first communication terminal user and the second communication terminal. The identification process for identifying the period during which the person was acting together, and when the period is identified in the identification process, out of the movement history indicated by the movement history information acquired in the information acquisition process, Information corresponding to the, an information processing method characterized by comprising a providing step of providing to the second communication terminal.

  The present invention also provides a computer, a movement history acquisition means for acquiring movement history information indicating a movement history of the first communication terminal from the first communication terminal, and a first operation history of the first communication terminal. The operation history acquisition means for acquiring one operation history information and the second operation history information indicating the operation history of the second communication terminal, and the first and second operation history information acquired by the operation history acquisition means in advance A specifying means for specifying a period obtained by analyzing the determined process as a period in which a user of the first communication terminal and a user of the second communication terminal are acting together; Request acquisition means for acquiring request information from the communication terminal, and when the request information is acquired by the request acquisition means, of the movement history indicated by the movement history information acquired by the movement history acquisition means, the specific hand To provide a program for the information corresponding to the moving history of the specified time period, to function as a providing means for providing to the second communication terminal by.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the information processing apparatus, the information processing method, and program which can acquire easily the information regarding the position in the period which carried out the action with the user who uses another mobile telephone can be provided.

It is a figure explaining the information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the service history information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the specific period information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the server which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the content of the analysis process in FIG. It is a figure explaining the service history information of the communication terminal Y which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the service history information of the communication terminal Z which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the result of the comparison process which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining an example of the screen displayed on a communication terminal when requesting information provision. It is a figure explaining an example of the screen displayed on a communication terminal, when making a response with respect to the request | requirement of information provision. It is a figure explaining an example of the screen displayed on the communication terminal to which information was provided. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of a server according to Modification 1;

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

<Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an information providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information providing system 1 includes a communication terminal 10 such as a mobile phone and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a server 20, a communication line 30, a base station 40, and a service providing terminal 50. Among these, there are a plurality of communication terminals 10, base stations 40, and service providing terminals 50. Each of the plurality of base stations 40 transmits and receives various types of information by wirelessly connecting to and communicating with the communication terminal 10 within the communication range, and also transmits and receives various types of information to and from the server 20 via the communication line 30. . As described above, the communication terminal 10 is wirelessly connected to one of the base stations 40 and transmits / receives various information to / from the other communication terminals 10 and the server 20 via the communication line 30.

  The service providing terminal 50 is a terminal that provides an information service to a communication terminal by communication via the electronic tag unit 107 of the communication terminal 10 described later, and is a terminal installed in various places. This information service, for example, manages entry / exit of ticket gates in transportation such as trains, electronic payment using electronic currency, etc., as well as information related to a specific store (store location, features, coupons, etc.) There is provision of store information to show. The information service is not limited to this, and includes that information is transmitted and received between the service providing terminal 50 and the communication terminal 10 via the electronic tag unit 107. Further, communication when providing an information service is not limited to communication via the electronic tag unit 107, but may be communication via a short-range communication unit 108, an infrared communication unit 109, and an interface 111, which will be described later. .

  Next, the communication terminal 10 and the server 20 will be described in order. In this example, the plurality of communication terminals 10 are described as having three communication terminals 10, and are assumed to be communication terminals X, Y, and Z, respectively. The communication terminals X, Y, and Z are used by users X, Y, and Z, respectively. Note that the communication terminals X, Y, and Z are simply referred to as communication terminals 10 when not distinguished from each other. First, the configuration of the communication terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the communication terminal 10 according to the embodiment. The communication terminal 10 includes a control unit 101, a storage unit 102, an operation unit 103, a display unit 104, an audio processing unit 105, a position measurement unit 106, an electronic tag unit 107, a short-range communication unit 108, an infrared communication unit 109, and a communication unit 110. And an interface 111, which are connected to each other via a bus.

  The control unit 101 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. The CPU reads out a control program stored in the ROM, loads it into the RAM, and executes it to control each unit of the communication terminal 10 via the bus, and perform a call function, a communication function, and a process to be described later. Implement various functions such as functions. The RAM functions as a work area when the CPU processes each data.

  The storage unit 102 is a large-capacity storage unit such as a nonvolatile memory, for example, and stores various types of information described below. Note that the storage unit 102 may be one in which a recording medium such as an external nonvolatile memory is connected via a connection interface or the like.

  Information stored in the storage unit 102 includes address book information, schedule information, communication history information, base station history information, movement history information, and operation history information. The operation history information is information indicating a history regarding an operation performed directly between the communication terminals 10 without going through the base station 40 and an operation performed between the communication terminal 10 and the service providing terminal 50. In this example, Corresponding to the type of operation, it has service history information, near field communication history information and infrared history information. The description about these various information is mentioned later. In this example, the communication terminals Y and Z are configured not to include the position measuring unit 106 as will be described later, and thus movement history information is not stored.

  The operation unit 103 has operation buttons such as numeric keys, and when a user operates the operation buttons, data representing the operation content is output to the control unit 101. The user performs various instructions such as various communication controls, telephone calls, character input, and various settings, which will be described later, by operating the operation buttons.

  The display unit 104 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display that displays an image on the display screen 1040. The display unit 104 displays an image on the display screen 1040 under the control of the control unit 101. The displayed images displayed on the display screen 1040 are various displays such as a display corresponding to an operation, a menu display, and a display related to information provision described later.

  The sound processing unit 105 includes a sound processing circuit such as a microphone, a speaker, and a DSP (Digital Signal Processor). The sound processing unit 105 generates and outputs a sound collection signal indicating sound collection contents by the microphone, and a control unit. The audio signal input by the control of 101 is processed by the audio processing circuit, and the sound related to the audio signal is output from the speaker.

  For example, the position measuring unit 106 measures the position of the terminal using GPS technology, and outputs information indicating the measured position, in this example, coordinates expressed by north latitude and east longitude. In this example, it is assumed that the communication terminal X includes the position measurement unit 106, but the communication terminals Y and Z do not include the position measurement unit 106. In addition, if it can measure the position of a self-terminal, it will not be restricted to what used GPS technology.

  The electronic tag unit 107 has a function of performing wireless communication with a service providing terminal 50 that is close within a communication distance (in this example, about several centimeters) using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology, and is used for communication. And a control circuit for controlling each function of the electronic tag unit 107, an information corresponding to a service desired to be provided, a storage area for storing the provided information, and the like.

  Information stored in the storage area of the electronic tag unit 107 is read or information is newly written under the control of the control unit 101. The information read out by the control unit 101 is, for example, a service providing time indicating a time when the service is provided, and a service providing location where the service providing terminal 50 providing the service indicates an installation location. This service providing place is not necessarily limited to the one indicated by coordinates, but may be indicated by the contents of the service provided (e.g., station ticket gate entry, XX store electronic payment, etc.) or provided a service. The information may be indicated by the name of the service providing terminal 50 (terminal identification ID or the like) as long as it is information that can identify the place where the service is provided. When receiving the information service provided from the service providing terminal 50, the electronic tag unit 107 acquires information indicating the service providing time and the service providing location from the service providing terminal 50, and stores the storage area of the electronic tag unit 107. To remember.

  The short-range communication unit 108 uses, for example, a technology such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) to communicate with other communication terminals 10 within a communication range (in this example, about several meters) via the base station 40. Without direct communication. When there is another communication terminal 10 within the communication range according to user settings, communication is automatically performed with the communication terminal 10 without performing any special operation on the communication terminal 10. You can also Information for identifying the communication terminal 10 of the communication partner with which the short-range communication unit 108 performs communication and a period during which communication with the communication terminal 10 is performed are acquired by the control unit 101. Note that the communication here includes not only the transmission and reception of information according to a user instruction, but also the state of being connected wirelessly.

  The infrared communication unit 109 performs direct wireless communication with another communication terminal 10 within a communication range (in this example, about several tens of centimeters) without using the base station 40 by using infrared rays. The time when information is transmitted / received to / from another communication terminal 10 by the infrared communication unit 109 is acquired by the control unit 101.

  The communication unit 110 performs communication by wireless connection with the base station 40 within the communication range under the control of the control unit 101. Through this communication, communication between users of the communication terminal 10, transmission / reception of e-mails, transmission / reception of various information to / from the server 20, and exchange of information by connecting to a network such as the Internet from the communication line 30. Etc. Information for specifying the communication terminal 10 of the communication partner with which communication is performed by the communication unit 110 and a period during which communication with the communication terminal 10 is performed are acquired by the control unit 101. In addition, information for specifying the base station 40 wirelessly connected by the communication unit 110 is acquired by the control unit 101.

  The interface 111 is, for example, a connection terminal that is wired to an external device, and transmits / receives various information to / from the connected external device. Also for this transmission / reception, the control unit 101 may acquire information for identifying the communication terminal 10 of the other party and the time when the transmission / reception of information with the communication terminal 10 is performed. The above is the description of the configuration of the communication terminal 10. Next, the configuration of the server 20 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the server 20 according to the embodiment. The server 20 includes a control unit 201, a storage unit 202, an operation unit 203, a display unit 204, and a communication unit 210, which are connected to each other via a bus.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The CPU reads out a control program stored in the ROM, loads it into the RAM, and executes it, thereby controlling each unit of the server 20 via the bus and using various information acquired from the plurality of communication terminals 10. Thus, an analysis process for specifying a period during which users of a plurality of communication terminals 10 have acted together, a process for providing information according to the position of the communication terminal 10 in the period, and the like are realized. The RAM functions as a work area when the CPU processes each data.

  The storage unit 202 is, for example, a large-capacity storage unit such as a hard disk or a non-volatile memory, and stores various information (operation history information, movement history information, etc.) acquired from the communication terminal 10 by the communication unit 210 as described later. Information stored in the unit 102) corresponding to each acquired communication terminal 10. As described above, since the communication terminals Y and Z do not have the position measurement unit 106, the movement history information is not stored in the storage unit 102, and therefore corresponds to the communication terminals Y and Z. The movement history information is not stored in the storage unit 202.

  The storage unit 202 also corresponds to each communication terminal 10 with respect to specific period information obtained by analysis processing described later, corresponding to the communication terminal 10 (in this example, the communication terminal X) having movement history information. Is memorized. The description about these various information is mentioned later.

  The operation unit 203 has operation elements such as a keyboard and a mouse. When the administrator of the server 20 operates the operation elements, data representing the operation contents is output to the control unit 201. The administrator gives instructions for various settings by operating the operation elements.

  The display unit 204 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display that displays an image on a display screen. The display unit 204 displays an image on the display screen under the control of the control unit 201. The images displayed on the display screen are various displays such as a display according to an operation, a menu display, and a setting screen display.

  The communication unit 210 transmits and receives various types of information to and from the communication terminal 10 that is wirelessly connected to each base station 40 via the communication line 30 under the control of the control unit 201. The above is the description of the configuration of the server 20. Next, various information stored in the storage unit 102 of the communication terminal 10 and the storage unit 202 of the server 20 will be described.

  The address book information has information associated with the name, telephone number, e-mail address, etc. of the user who uses the communication terminal 10. The schedule information is information indicating an action schedule or the like of a user who uses the communication terminal 10, and has information in which a time or a time zone and an action schedule are associated with each other, for example. The action schedule includes, for example, an action place, a companion, and the like, and this indicates a schedule of a period in which the action is performed together with the companion. If there is an accompanying person corresponding to the name of the user included in the address book information, these accompanying persons are associated with each other. Note that the address book information may not be stored in the storage unit 202 of the server 20.

  The communication history information is generated as a result of the communication terminal 10 communicating with another communication terminal 10 using the communication unit 110, and is information in which the communication terminal 10 of the communication partner is associated with the period of communication. Is recorded as history. The base station history information is generated by wirelessly connecting to the base station 40 by the communication unit 110, and the communication terminal 10 is wirelessly connected to the base station 40 by wirelessly connecting to the base station 40 by the communication unit 110. Information associated with a period is recorded as a history. That is, the base station history information indicates the connection destination base station 40 that changes with time.

  The movement history information is generated as a result of measuring the position of the own terminal by the position measuring unit 106, and information in which the position of the own terminal is associated with the measured time is recorded as a history. According to the contents of the movement history information, it is possible to specify at which time the user of the mobile terminal 10 was located, and it is also possible to specify the movement route by a change in position with the progress of time.

  The near field communication history information is generated as a result of the communication terminal 10 communicating with another communication terminal 10 using the near field communication unit 108, and corresponds to the communication terminal 10 of the communication partner and the period during which the communication was performed. The attached communication information is recorded as a history. The infrared communication history information is generated as a result of the communication terminal 10 communicating with another communication terminal 10 using the infrared communication unit 109, and is communication information indicating the time at which information was transmitted to and received from the communication terminal 10 of the communication partner. Is recorded as history.

  The service history information is generated when the communication terminal 10 receives the information service provided from the service providing terminal 50 using the electronic tag unit 107, and the service providing information in which the service providing time and the service providing location are associated with each other is recorded in the history. It is recorded as. The service provision information is acquired from the information stored in the storage area of the electronic tag unit 107, and the contents indicated by the service provision place are the same as those stored in the storage area of the electronic tag unit 107 as described above. It is. The service history information is information as shown in FIG. 4, for example.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating service history information stored in the storage unit 102 of the communication terminal 10 (in this example, the communication terminal X). A process in which such service history information is generated will be described.

  The user X of the communication terminal X at 10:00 on April 1, the service providing terminal A (hereinafter, the service providing terminals A, B,... In the figure, it is referred to as terminals A, B..., And if not distinguished from each other, it is called the service providing terminal 50) and the communication terminal X is brought close to the station A ticket gate (information) When receiving the service), the information is stored in the storage area of the electronic tag unit 107.

  The control unit 101 then associates the service providing time (4/1 10:00) with the service providing location (A station ticket gate appearance (terminal A)) from the information stored in the storage area. Is added to the service history information stored in the storage unit 102. In this example, the name of the service providing terminal 50 is also included in the information indicating the service providing location. However, as described above, this name may not be included.

  Next, at 13:00 on April 1st, when the user X brings the communication terminal X close to the service providing terminal B and makes an electronic payment at the store B (receives provision of information service), Information is stored in the storage area of the electronic tag unit 107. Then, the control unit 101 obtains service provision information in which the service provision time (4/1 13:00) and the service provision place (B store settlement (terminal B)) are associated with each other from the information stored in the storage area. Acquired and added to the service history information stored in the storage unit 102. Thereafter, when provision of the information service is received, the service provision information is repeatedly added to the service history information. The above is the description of the service history information. Next, specific period information is demonstrated using FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating specific period information stored in the storage unit 202 of the server 20. The specific period information is information obtained by an analysis process described later, and is used by a user who has been acting with the user of the communication terminal 10 corresponding to the specific period information (hereinafter also referred to as a companion). This is information in which the terminal 10 is associated with a period during which the user has been acting. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the specific period information is stored corresponding to the communication terminal X, and the period from 10:00 to 13:00 on April 1 is the user Y of the communication terminals Y and Z. , Z indicates that the user X is accompanied, and there is no accompanying person from 13:00 to 15:30, and the accompanying user X is the user Y from 15:30 to 20:30. Is shown. The above is the description of various types of information stored in the storage unit 102 of the communication terminal 10 and the storage unit 202 of the server 20.

  Next, of the operations of the information providing system 1, processing realized by the control unit 201 of the server 20 executing the control program will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. The behavior of the users X, Y, and Z of the communication terminals X, Y, and Z will be described first. And the process which concerns on the server 20 is demonstrated using the various information produced | generated in the communication terminals X, Y, and Z as an example as a result of the action. In addition, about the process demonstrated below, in order to demonstrate easily, it demonstrates as a relationship with the communication terminals X, Y, Z, However, In fact, a process is performed as a relationship in the some communication terminal 10. Alternatively, processing may be performed on a predetermined number of communication terminals 10 set in advance.

First, the behavior of users X, Y, and Z on April 1 will be described in chronological order.
(1) At around 10:00, users X, Y, and Z wait near the ticket gate at station A.
(2) Information (photo data, etc.) is transmitted from the communication terminal X to the communication terminals Y and Z by infrared communication using the infrared communication unit 109 at 10:40.
(3) From 11:30, users X, Y, and Z have lunch at B store. During a meal (11:30 to 12:50), the communication terminals X, Y, and Z are located within a range of about 1 to 2 m from each other, and communication in the short-range communication unit 108 is started. There is also a situation in which communication by the short-range communication unit 108 is cut off due to, for example, one user temporarily leaving his / her seat.
(4) Around 13:00, the users X, Y, and Z leave the store at the store B through electronic payment using the communication terminals X, Y, and Z, respectively. Thereafter, the users X, Y, and Z start another action.
(5) At 13:30, user Z goes home through the ticket gate at station A.
(6) At 15:00, the user X obtains C information (for example, information on the E store) from the service providing terminal C in a certain facility that is acting differently. At the same time, the user Y also acquires F information (for example, a discount coupon at the F store) from the service providing terminal F in a certain facility. In this example, it is assumed that the service providing terminals C and F are installed in different facilities. Thereafter, users X and Y meet again.
(7) Information (C information and the like) is transmitted from the communication terminal X to the communication terminal Y by infrared communication using the infrared communication unit 109 at 15:30.
(8) Information (F information or the like) is transmitted from the communication terminal Y to the communication terminal X by infrared communication using the infrared communication unit 109 at 15:50.
(9) At 16:30, users X and Y enter the station from the ticket gate at station A and move to station D by train.
(10) 16:50, users X and Y enter the station from the ticket gate of D station.
(11) From 17:30, users X and Y have dinner at E store. During the meal (from 17:30 to 19:50), the communication terminals X and Y are located within a range of about 1 to 2 m from each other, and communication in the short-range communication unit 108 is started. There is also a situation in which communication by the short-range communication unit 108 is cut off due to, for example, one user temporarily leaving his / her seat.
(12) At about 20:00, the users X and Y leave the store at the E store using electronic communication terminals X and Y, respectively.
(13) At 20:50, users X and Y enter the station from the ticket gates at station D, get separated from each other, get on the train, and go home.

  The above is the behavior of the users X, Y, and Z on April 1. Next, processing realized by the control unit 201 of the server 20 executing a control program will be described. The start timing of this process is the timing set by the operation of the operation unit 203 by the administrator, the preset interval, the user of the communication terminal 10 operates the operation unit 103 of the communication terminal 10, and the server 20 This is the timing at which the processing start instruction is given.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server 20. First, the server 20 receives and acquires various information stored in the storage unit 102 of each communication terminal 10 (communication terminals X, Y, and Z) from each communication terminal 10, and sends it to the communication terminal 10 that is the acquisition source. Corresponding processing stored in the storage unit 202, that is, information acquisition processing (step S100) is performed.

  At this time, while acquiring various information, the information which identifies the communication terminal 10 of an acquisition origin is also acquired, and the communication terminal 10 of an acquisition origin is specified. Various information acquired in this way is information based on the behavior of the users X, Y, and Z described above. For example, for service history information acquired from the communication terminals X, Y, and Z, respectively, The configuration is as shown in FIGS.

  8 and 9 are examples of service history information stored in the storage unit 102 of the communication terminals Y and Z, respectively. The service history information related to the communication terminal X as shown in FIG. 4, the service history information related to the communication terminal Y as shown in FIG. 8, and the service history information related to the communication terminal Z as shown in FIG. Thus, the history of service provision information generated by the actions of users X, Y, and Z is shown.

  Here, the service history information in the communication terminals X, Y, and Z acquired by the server 20 has been described. However, the operation history information generated by the actions of the users X, Y, and Z (short-range communication history information and infrared communication) In addition to (history information), the movement history information is acquired in the same manner as the service history information. In this example, address book information, schedule information, communication history information, and base station history information other than these pieces of information are also acquired. Next, the server 20 performs an analysis process (step S110). Details of the analysis processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the contents of the analysis process (step S110). When the control unit 201 of the server 20 performs the analysis process, a period in which a user of the communication terminal 10 serving as a reference and a user of the other communication terminal 10 act together with each communication terminal 10 as a reference Perform analysis to identify In this example, it is assumed that the analysis is performed with reference to the communication terminal 10 (communication terminal X) that has the position measurement unit 106 and stores the movement history information. That is, the analysis for specifying the period during which the user X was acting with the other users Y and Z is performed.

  First, the control unit 201 of the server 20 first performs a prior determination process (step S111). The pre-determination process refers to schedule information, communication history information, and base station history information, and the degree of possibility that the user of each communication terminal 10 will act together in specifying the period during which the user of each communication terminal 10 was acting together Is a process of determining in advance according to the period. Specifically, this is performed as follows.

  The control unit 201 refers to the schedule information corresponding to the communication terminal X, and if the action schedule indicates a period for which an action is scheduled to be performed with another user Y, the user is informed about the period. It is determined that there is a high possibility that it is a period during which Y and the action are performed together. The same applies to the user Z. At this time, with reference to the schedule information about the communication terminals Y and Z, whether or not the period scheduled to be shared with the user X is indicated may be a target for determination of the possibility.

  Further, the control unit 201 refers to the communication history information corresponding to the communication terminal X, and lasts a predetermined time from the time when the communication unit 110 communicated with the communication terminal Y. Is determined to be highly likely to be a period in which the user Y of the communication terminal Y with which the communication is performed is acting. The same applies to the user Z. In addition, in the case of communication using character information such as e-mail, it may be a period of action together if the content is related to action in the future by analyzing the character information. May be determined as high. Similarly, in the case of communication using voice information such as a telephone call, if the content is related to the future action by analyzing the voice information, etc., there is a possibility that it is the period of the action. May be determined as high.

  Further, the control unit 201 refers to the base station history information corresponding to the communication terminal X and the base station history information corresponding to the communication terminal Y, so that the communication terminal X and the communication terminal Y communicate with the same base station 40. In the connection period, it is determined that there is a possibility that it is a period in which the user Y and the action are together. Therefore, in the period used as the different base station 40, it becomes a period which does not act together, and is handled as a period which is not the target of the period specified in the specific process mentioned later. The same applies to the user Z. In this example, it is assumed that communication terminals X, Y, and Z are wirelessly connected to the same base station 40 from 9:30 to 21:30 on April 1.

  The control unit 201 comprehensively determines the degree of possibility of acting together for each user in accordance with various periods by a predetermined calculation method using each determination result as described above. . This determination result is used in a specific process (step S113) described later, but in the following description, the degree of possibility is described as being constant regardless of the period and the user. The preceding is an explanation of the prior determination process.

  Next, the control unit 201 performs a comparison process (step S112). The comparison process is a process of comparing the operation history information corresponding to each communication terminal 10 for each type of operation, and analyzing and estimating the time (or period) when the users of each communication terminal 10 acted together. It is. Specifically, this is performed as follows.

  First, the control unit 201 compares each service provision information of the service history information corresponding to the communication terminal X with each service provision information of the service history information corresponding to the communication terminal Y, and provides a service provision time and a service provision place. A set that satisfies a predetermined relationship with respect to is extracted. This condition is, for example, a service providing place having a predetermined specific relationship (in this example, the same relationship), and the difference in the service providing time is within a predetermined time (in this example) Is a relationship of 2 minutes). The same processing is performed in relation to the communication terminal Z.

  For example, among the service history information of the communication terminal X, the service providing information indicating “4/1 10:00” “A station ticket gate appearance (terminal A)”, the service satisfying the condition among the service history information of the communication terminal Y The provided information is “10:01” and “A station ticket gate appearance (terminal A)”, and the service providing information satisfying the condition among the service history information of the communication terminal Z is “9:58” “A station ticket gate appearance ( Terminal A) ”. These service provision information is extracted as a set.

  Further, the control unit 201 compares the communication information of the infrared communication history information corresponding to the communication terminal X with the communication information of the infrared communication history information corresponding to the communication terminal Y, and determines the same time (the time difference set in advance). A set of communication information being transmitted / received may be extracted. The same processing is performed in relation to the communication terminal Z.

  Further, the control unit 201 extracts communication information indicating a period during which communication is performed with the communication terminal Y from the short-range communication history information corresponding to the communication terminal X. At this time, even if there is a period during which communication is disconnected, if the period is within a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes), communication is temporarily disconnected for that period. As a certain case, it may be handled as a period during which communication has been performed. The same processing is performed in relation to the communication terminal Z.

  In this way, when the operation history information obtained according to the actions of the users X, Y, and Z described above is compared with the information extracted as a result of performing the comparison process with the communication terminal X as a reference, FIG. It becomes a list as shown in.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the result of the comparison process based on the communication terminal X. The “time” of the list item indicates the time (or period) related to the information corresponding to the communication terminal X among the information extracted as a set, and the “extraction content” is extracted as described above. The contents of the information are shown, and “communication terminal” indicates the communication terminal 10 corresponding to the operation history information to be compared. The list shown in FIG. 10 is obtained by arranging the extracted information in time order.

  At each time in the list, the users Y and Z of the communication terminals Y and Z corresponding to each time can be estimated as being in the same place as the user X of the communication terminal X. For example, at “10:40”, since infrared communication is performed in the communication terminals X, Y, and Z, it is estimated that the users X, Y, and Z were in the same place, and “16:30” ”, It is presumed that the users X and Y were in the same place because the station A ticket gate entrance was performed at the communication terminals X and Y. The above is the description of the comparison process.

  Next, the control unit 201 performs a specific process (step S113). The identification process identifies the period calculated according to the time relationship for each set of information extracted in the comparison process as the period during which the reference user X was acting with the users Y and Z. It is processing. Specifically, this is performed as follows.

  First, the control unit 201 calculates the time difference between each set of information extracted in the comparison process, and when a predetermined condition (in this example, within one hour) is satisfied, The period is specified as the period during which both acted together. Note that the predetermined condition may be changed according to the degree of possibility determined in the above-described pre-determination process. For example, if the period with a high possibility is from “10:00” to “13:00”, the period is likely to be a period in which both acted together according to a predetermined condition. It may be relaxed so that the time is longer than the original condition within one hour, for example, within two hours.

  In this way, the control unit 201 determines that the user X who uses the communication terminal X, the user Y who uses the communication terminal Y, “10:00” to “13:00”, and “15:30”. ”To“ 20:50 ”, it is specified as a period in which both acted together. In addition, the control unit 201 has acted together with the user Z who uses the communication terminal X during the period from “10:00” to “13:00” with the user Z who uses the communication terminal Z. Specify as a period.

  And the control part 201 produces | generates the specific period information which matched the accompanying communication terminal which shows the communication terminal 10 which the user who was acting with the user X used in the period specified in this way and the period X And it memorize | stores in the memory | storage part 202 corresponding to the communication terminal X which the user X used as a reference | standard uses. The specific period information generated in this way is as shown in FIG. 5 described above. The above is the description of the specifying process.

  Returning to FIG. 6, the description will be continued. When the analysis process (step S110) ends as described above, the server 20 waits for acquisition of request information (step S120; No). The request information is transmitted from the communication terminal 10 and is information for requesting provision of information relating to the movement history when acting with a specific user.

  The request information is normally transmitted from the communication terminals Y and Z that do not have the position measuring unit 106, and is rarely transmitted from the communication terminal X that has the position measuring unit 106. The user X of the communication terminal X may refer to the movement history information stored in the terminal or the server 20 and acquire information about the movement history, but the communication terminals Y and Z of the communication terminals Y and Z that do not have the position measurement unit 106 may be obtained. This is because the users Y and Z do not have the movement history information about their own terminals, and therefore cannot know the position at a specific time without referring to the movement history information related to the communication terminal X. Here, contents and settings displayed on the display screen 1040 of the communication terminal 10 before transmitting the request information will be described.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of a screen displayed on the communication terminal 10 when making a request for providing information. When the user operates the communication terminal 10 to start processing related to the request for information provision, the display screen 1040 of the communication terminal 10 displays a companion selection box SB1 (designating “accompanying person” who takes action). (Selected from the user name included in the address book information) is displayed. Note that information for identifying the communication terminal 10 corresponding to the stored specific period information is acquired from the server 20 so that the user of the communication terminal 10 is selected in the accompanying person selection box SB1. Also good.

  In addition, the display screen 1040 includes a month selection box SB2 (1 to 12) for selecting “date” as a period for which actions are taken together, a day selection box SB3 (1 to 31), and a time selection box SB4 for selecting “time”. (0 to 24, other) is displayed. In the time selection box SB4, it is possible to select a period as a time zone or not to set it (all time zones during the day from 0 o'clock to 24 o'clock).

  The display screen 1040 also displays buttons B1, B2, B3, and B4 for selecting “location”, “facility name”, “service content”, and “peripheral information” as “provided content” of information. .

  When the user operates the communication terminal 10 to select each item and then operates the send button B5, request information for requesting information provision of the selected content is transmitted to the server 20. At this time, the accompanying person is converted into information for identifying the communication terminal used by the user selected as the accompanying person with reference to the address book information.

  Returning to FIG. Thereby, if the server 20 receives and acquires request information from the communication terminal 10 (step S120; Yes), the control unit 201 refers to the acquired request information and corresponds to the communication terminal 10 indicated by the request information. By referring to the specific period information, the period in which the communication terminal 10 that has transmitted the request information is included in the accompanying communication terminal is compared with the period indicated by the request information, and information is obtained depending on whether or not there are overlapping periods. It is determined whether or not it falls within the possible range (step S130).

  If there is no overlapping period as a result of the comparison, it is determined that the information cannot be provided (step S130; No), and error processing is performed (step S170). Here, even when there is no information to be provided, such as when there is no specific period information corresponding to the communication terminal 10 related to the requested information provision, it may be determined that the information provision is not possible. Good. The error process is a process of transmitting information indicating that information cannot be provided to the communication terminal 10 that has transmitted the request information from the server 20 and notifying the user of the communication terminal 10. is there. Then, after error processing, it prepares for acquisition of the next request information (step S120; No).

  On the other hand, if there is an overlapping period (hereinafter referred to as an information provision period) as a result of the comparison, it is determined that the information can be provided (step S130; Yes), and the communication terminal 10 indicated by the request information indicates On the other hand, processing for confirming permission to provide information is performed (step S140). As a result, a display for a response as to whether or not to permit is displayed on the display screen 1040 of the communication terminal 10 on which the information provision permission is confirmed. This is, for example, a display as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example of a screen displayed on the communication terminal 10 when a response to the information provision request is made. This display example is an example displayed on the display screen 1040 of the communication terminal X. The request information acquired in the server 20 is transmitted from the communication terminal Y, and the communication terminal indicated by the request information is “communication terminal X”. ”And the period is“ April 1 (time is not set) ”.

  As shown in FIG. 12, on the display screen 1040, a display window W1, a Yes button B6, and a No button B7 for requesting permission for information provision are displayed. When the user X operates the communication terminal X and operates the Yes button B6, response information indicating that the provision of information is permitted is transmitted to the server 20, while when the No button B7 is operated, the information Response information indicating that the provision of the service is not permitted is transmitted to the server 20.

  Returning to FIG. When the server 20 receives response information indicating that provision of information is not permitted (step S150; No), the server 20 performs error processing (step S170). On the other hand, when response information indicating that the provision of information is permitted is received (step S150; Yes), the communication terminal 10 (communication) indicated by the request information for the information provision period is transmitted to the communication terminal 10 that has transmitted the request information. Information relating to movement history information corresponding to terminal X) is transmitted (step S160). Then, it prepares for acquisition of the next request information (Step S120; No).

  The information related to the movement history corresponds to the information provision contents indicated by the request information. If “location”, the information indicating the movement route in the information provision period, and if “facility name”, the information service in the information provision period. Information on the facility that has been provided (search the facility name, business hours, URL, etc. from the service provision location), if “service content”, information indicating the content of the information service provided during the information provision period, “peripheral information” ”Is information indicating stores, facilities, provided services, and the like in the vicinity of the travel route in the information provision period.

  These pieces of information may be stored in advance in the storage unit 202 of the server 20 in association with information indicating the position, or the server 20 is associated with each position of the movement route via a network such as the Internet. You may make it acquire by searching information. Note that these pieces of information are examples, and any information is included as long as the information is obtained using the movement history.

  Here, the users Y and Z of the communication terminals Y and Z set “accompanying person” as “user X” of the communication terminal X and “period” as “April 1 (time is not set)”. Explanation will be given on an example in which the provision of information is selected as “position” and the provision of information is requested, and the information is provided to the respective communication terminals Y and Z and displayed on the display screen 1040. To do.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the communication terminal 10 to which information is provided. FIG. 13A illustrates a display example on the communication terminal Y, and FIG. ing. As shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the display screen 1040 displays an action history window W2 for displaying a movement history in the information provision period among movement history information corresponding to the communication terminal X on a map. The In this example, the movement history is displayed as the movement route GL, and the position M on the movement route GL at the time (or period) related to the information extracted in the comparison process (step S112) described above and the time (or period). Is also displayed.

  When the pointer P displayed on the map is moved on the movement route GL by the operation of the communication terminal Y, information regarding the position of the pointer P is displayed in the detailed information window W3. In this example, the detailed display window W3 displays the time (or time zone) at the position, the name of the facility at the position, information about the facility, and the accompanying person at the time (or time zone). Note that the display contents in FIG. 13A and FIG. 13B are different because the information provision period differs between the communication terminal Y and the communication terminal Z depending on the contents of the specific period information. The above is the description of the operation of the server 20.

  As described above, the information providing system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention obtains the operation history information and the like in each communication terminal 10 in the server 20 and analyzes the operation history information of each communication terminal 10. Is determined as the period during which the users of each communication terminal 10 were acting together, and the movement history information of the terminal is acquired from the communication terminal 10 that can measure the position of the terminal itself. Therefore, if the user of the communication terminal 10 that cannot keep the movement history of the terminal is stored in the server 20 with the movement history information about the communication terminal 10 of the user who was accompanied, , Information related to the movement history can be acquired.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention can be implemented in various aspects as follows.

<Modification 1>
In the above-described embodiment, the analysis process (step S110) is performed before the request information is acquired, but may be performed after the request information is acquired as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server according to the first modification. Since the operation in the embodiment is merely the replacement of the timing at which the analysis process is performed, the detailed description of each other than the analysis process (step SA110) in the modification 1 is omitted.

  Since the analysis process (step SA110) in the first modification is a process performed after the request information is acquired, the communication terminal 10 that transmitted the request information and the communication terminal 10 used by the accompanying person indicated by the request information. In the relationship, a prior determination process, a comparison process, and a specific process may be performed. More specifically, the operation history information may be compared between the communication terminals 10 in the comparison process. For example, when request information is transmitted from the communication terminal Y and the accompanying person indicated by the request information is the user X of the communication terminal X, each process may be performed in relation to the communication terminals X and Y.

  In addition, the analysis processing (step S110) and the information provision processing (step S120 to step S170) in the embodiment described above may be processed in parallel without defining the order of processing order. . In this case, if the specific period information related to the request is not generated due to the fact that the analysis process has not ended when the request information is acquired, the server 20 performs error processing (step S170). Alternatively, after the specific period information is generated, the subsequent processing may be performed.

<Modification 2>
In the embodiment described above, the server 20 acquires various information received and acquired from each communication terminal 10 as an aspect of history information indicating the history, but each information constituting the history from the communication terminal 10 as needed. It may be acquired in units and added to the history information stored in the storage unit 202. Also in this case, as in the case of the embodiment, the communication terminal 10 that transmits information also transmits information for identifying the terminal itself.

  In this case, when an example of service history information is shown, when the communication terminal 10 receives provision of the information service, the communication terminal 10 transmits the service provision information to the server 20, and the server 20 transmits the acquired service provision information to the communication terminal. 10 is added to the service history information stored in the storage unit 202. Such processing is not limited to the service history information, but also applies to various other information. For example, in the case of movement history information, when the position is measured by the position measuring unit 106, information indicating the position The communication terminal 10 transmits information indicating the measurement time to the server 20. Note that the transmission of information from the communication terminal 10 to the server 20 does not have to be performed in real time, and may be performed at regular intervals. In this case, it is transmitted as history information for a fixed time.

<Modification 3>
In the second modification described above, the server 20 has been acquired by receiving service provision information from the communication terminal 10, but may be obtained by receiving from the service provision terminal 50. In this case, when the service providing terminal 50 has a configuration capable of communicating with the server 20 via the communication line 30 or the network and provides the information service to the communication terminal 10, the service providing information and Information for identifying the communication terminal 10 that provided the information service may be transmitted.

<Modification 4>
In the above-described embodiment, the server 20 acquires the base station history information stored in the communication terminal 10, but the server 20 is wirelessly connected to the base station 40. If information is acquired, it is not necessary to acquire from the communication terminal 10. In this case, the base station history information may not be stored in the communication terminal 10. Similarly, the communication history information may be acquired not from the communication terminal 10 but from a communication management device that manages communication.

<Modification 5>
In the above-described embodiment, the information in the address book information may be further associated with setting information indicating whether or not to provide information. In this way, in the process of confirming the information provision permission in step S140, the communication terminal 10 (communication terminal X) is not performed for the communication terminal 10 (communication terminal X) indicated by the request information. X), by referring to the address book information stored in the storage unit 202, the content of the setting information corresponding to the user of the communication terminal 10 (communication terminal Y, Z) that transmitted the request information The determination in S150 may be performed.

  In this process, even if the address book information is not acquired in the server 20, the control unit 101 of the communication terminal 10 indicated by the request information refers to the address book information stored in the storage unit 102. Thus, the server 20 may be automatically responded.

  Further, when the content of the setting information does not permit information provision, error processing (step S170) is performed without performing processing for the communication terminal 10 indicated by the request information, and information provision is permitted. In this case, processing similar to that in the embodiment, that is, processing for confirming with the user of the communication terminal 10 (communication terminal X) indicated by the request information may be performed. In this case, even if information provision is permitted in the setting information, information provision may not be permitted depending on the judgment of the user.

<Modification 6>
In the above-described embodiment, in the specifying process (step S113), the period calculated according to the time relationship for each set of information extracted in the comparison process is specified as the period in which both acted. However, for example, if there is only one set of extracted information, the period corresponding to the time for the set (for example, 10 minutes before and after the time) is specified as the period during which the user was acting together May be.

  In addition, even if there are a plurality of sets of extracted information, if the time for some of the sets is not included in the period specified in the processing of the embodiment, the period according to the time for the set May also be specified as the period during which they were acting together.

<Modification 7>
In the embodiment described above, in the specifying process (step S113), the time difference between each set of information extracted in the comparison process is calculated, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the period between the times is calculated. Has been specified as a period during which they acted together, but this condition may be changed according to the relationship of the information for which the time difference is calculated.

  For example, when the information for calculating the time difference is related to the service provision information, the distance between the service provision places indicated by the service provision information is calculated. Can be changed to make the length longer. According to this, if the service providing location is far away, it takes a long time to travel, so it usually takes longer time to receive the information service at each service providing location. It can also be made.

<Modification 8>
In the embodiment described above, the first and last timings of the period specified in the specifying process (step S113) coincide with the time for any of the information sets extracted in the comparison process. It is not always necessary to match, and for example, it may be changed for several minutes. Further, the time to be changed before and after may be different at the beginning and end of the period, or may be changed according to the content of information corresponding to the time.

<Modification 9>
In the embodiment described above, the content displayed on the communication terminal 10 when requesting information provision is as shown in FIG. 11 and selection has been made for each item, but some items have been selected. May not be selected. For example, when a companion is not selected, the communication terminal 10 may transmit request information for requesting provision of information about who the companion was in the selected period to the server 20. And the server 20 should just provide the information about the accompanying person in the period.

  As described above, regarding the provision of information, any information providing period can be used as long as it provides information obtained from specific period information, movement history information, and the like stored in the storage unit 202. In the request for information in each communication terminal 10, it is only necessary to request information of these various contents.

<Modification 10>
The prior determination process (step S111) in the above-described embodiment may not be used in the analysis process. In this case, the degree of possibility may be constant for the entire period. And it is not necessary for the server 20 to acquire various information necessary for this determination.

<Modification 11>
In the embodiment described above, the communication terminals Y and Z are not provided with the position measuring unit 106, but may be provided. If it is possible to generate a movement history in its own terminal, it is not necessary to acquire a movement history of another user's communication terminal 10, but it is possible to know information such as when the user has been acting with other users. When you want to use it, it is useful because it is not known only from the movement history of your terminal. In this case, for example, the request information may be transmitted by selecting the accompanying person as another user without specifying the period. Further, if the request information is transmitted by selecting a specific period with the accompanying person as himself / herself, it may be possible to confirm who the accompanying person was in the selected specific period.

<Modification 12>
In the embodiment described above, the analysis processing is performed using information (service history information, short-distance communication history information, infrared communication history information) about all types of operations in the operation history information. However, some types of operations are performed. For example, the analysis process may be performed using only the service history information.

<Modification 13>
The control program in the above-described embodiment is provided in a state stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as a magnetic recording medium (magnetic tape, magnetic disk, etc.), an optical recording medium (optical disk, etc.), a magneto-optical recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. Can do. It is also possible to download via the network.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information provision system, 10 ... Communication terminal, 20 ... Server, 30 ... Communication line, 40 ... Base station, 50 ... Service provision terminal, 101, 201 ... Control part, 102, 202 ... Storage part, 103, 203 ... Operation 104, 204 ... display unit, 105 ... audio processing unit, 106 ... position measurement unit, 107 ... electronic tag unit, 108 ... near field communication unit, 109 ... infrared communication unit, 110, 210 ... communication unit, 111 ... interface

Claims (8)

Movement history acquisition means for acquiring movement history information indicating the movement history of the first communication terminal from the first communication terminal;
Operation history acquisition means for acquiring first operation history information indicating an operation history of the first communication terminal and second operation history information indicating an operation history of the second communication terminal;
A period obtained by a predetermined analysis for the first and second operation history information acquired by the operation history acquisition means is defined as a user of the first communication terminal and a user of the second communication terminal. A means of identifying as a period during which both acted together,
Request acquisition means for acquiring request information indicating a request for providing information according to a movement history of the first communication terminal from the second communication terminal;
When the request information is acquired by the request acquisition means, out of the movement history indicated by the movement history information acquired by the movement history acquisition means, the information corresponding to the movement history of the period specified by the specifying means, An information processing apparatus comprising: providing means for providing to the second communication terminal. The request information acquired by the request acquisition means includes information indicating a period,
When the period included in the request information acquired by the request acquisition unit and the period specified by the specifying unit overlap, the providing unit moves the movement history with respect to the first communication terminal. Inquiring whether or not to permit information provision according to the first communication terminal and obtaining a response permitting from the first communication terminal, the information corresponding to the movement history of the overlapping period is sent to the second communication terminal The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is provided. The operation history indicates each time when a specific type of operation is performed,
The specifying unit compares the operation history indicated by the first operation history information with the operation history indicated by the second operation history information, and the relationship between the compared operation histories satisfies a predetermined condition. Specifies the period according to the time indicated by the operation history satisfying the condition as the period during which the user of the first communication terminal and the user of the second communication terminal were acting together. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The operation history acquisition means acquires the first and second operation history information corresponding to each type of operation for a plurality of types of operations,
The specifying unit compares the operation history indicated by the first operation history information and the operation history indicated by the second operation history information for each type of the operation, and a relationship between the compared operation histories is determined in advance. If the condition satisfying the condition is satisfied, the period corresponding to the time indicated by the operation history satisfying the condition is a period during which the user of the first communication terminal and the user of the second communication terminal are acting together. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, characterized by: The specifying means includes a plurality of sets satisfying the condition among the set of the operation histories compared, and when the relationship of the time indicated by the operation history of each set satisfies a predetermined condition, 5. The period between the two times is specified as a period in which a user of the first communication terminal and a user of the second communication terminal are acting together. 5. The information processing apparatus described in 1. Movement history information indicating the movement history of the first communication terminal is acquired from the first communication terminal, and the first operation history information indicating the operation history of the first communication terminal and the operation history of the second communication terminal are obtained. An information acquisition process for acquiring second operation history information to be shown;
The period obtained by analyzing the first and second operation history information acquired in the information acquisition process by a predetermined process is determined by using the first communication terminal user and the second communication terminal. A specific process that identifies the period during which the person was acting together,
A request acquisition process for acquiring request information from the second communication terminal;
When the request information is acquired in the request acquisition process, the information corresponding to the movement history of the period specified in the identification process is included in the movement history indicated by the movement history information acquired in the information acquisition process. An information processing method comprising: a providing process provided to the two communication terminals. Movement history information indicating the movement history of the first communication terminal is acquired from the first communication terminal, and the first operation history information indicating the operation history of the first communication terminal and the operation history of the second communication terminal are obtained. An information acquisition process for acquiring second operation history information to be shown;
A request acquisition process for acquiring request information from the second communication terminal;
When request information is acquired in the request acquisition process, a period obtained by analyzing the first and second operation history information acquired in the information acquisition process by a predetermined process is set as the first communication. A specifying process for specifying a period in which a user of the terminal and a user of the second communication terminal have acted together;
Providing the second communication terminal with information corresponding to the movement history of the period out of the movement history indicated by the movement history information acquired in the information acquisition process when the period is specified in the specifying process An information processing method comprising: a process. Computer
Movement history acquisition means for acquiring movement history information indicating the movement history of the first communication terminal from the first communication terminal;
Operation history acquisition means for acquiring first operation history information indicating an operation history of the first communication terminal and second operation history information indicating an operation history of the second communication terminal;
A period obtained by analyzing the first and second operation history information acquired by the operation history acquisition unit by a predetermined process is determined between the user of the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal. A specific means of identifying the period during which the user was acting together,
Request acquisition means for acquiring request information from the second communication terminal;
When the request information is acquired by the request acquisition means, out of the movement history indicated by the movement history information acquired by the movement history acquisition means, the information corresponding to the movement history of the period specified by the specifying means, A program for functioning as providing means to be provided to the second communication terminal.

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