JP2016173783A - Server device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server device capable of appropriately grouping on-vehicle devices of two or more users during movement.SOLUTION: A server device includes: a reception section 101 for receiving route-related information that is the information related to a route associated with device identifiers being the identifiers of on-vehicle devices 2 and is the information having destination information indicating a destination from the two or more on-vehicle devices 2; a detection section 102 for detecting the two or more device identifiers satisfying a previously designated condition through the use of the route-related information associated with the device identifiers received by the reception section 101; a grouping section 103 for grouping the two or more device identifiers detected by the detection section 102; and a group processing section 105 for performing processing concerning the grouped device identifiers.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a device used when information is exchanged between two or more in-vehicle devices.

  As a conventional technique, based on the character string of the traffic information and the point information, the point name acquisition means for acquiring the name of the point included in the section of the target road by the traffic information by the character string, and the point name acquisition means Search condition setting means for setting a search word from the character string of the acquired location name, and a posted sentence corresponding to the search word set by the search condition setting means from among posted sentences posted on the computer network There has been known a posted text search system including search means for extracting (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2014-111988 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, the conventional technology has a problem that the in-vehicle devices of two or more moving users cannot be appropriately grouped.

  For this reason, for example, there is a problem that it is not possible to appropriately share information related to movement, such as information on a movement destination, among users moving toward the same direction. For example, conventionally, the user has to search for information related to the destination by searching or the like from information posted by other users, which is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a server device that can appropriately group in-vehicle devices of two or more moving users.

  The server device of the present invention is information related to a route associated with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device, and is route information related to information having destination information indicating a destination from two or more in-vehicle devices. A receiving unit that receives the information, a detection unit that detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predetermined condition using path-related information associated with the device identifier received by the receiving unit, and a second unit detected by the detecting unit The server device includes a grouping unit that groups the above device identifiers, and a group processing unit that performs processing related to the grouped device identifiers.

  With this configuration, it is possible to appropriately group two or more in-vehicle devices that are moving.

  In the server device according to the present invention, the group processing unit is a server device that performs processing for sharing information among grouped device identifiers.

  With this configuration, it is possible to appropriately share information related to movement, such as information on the destination, between in-vehicle devices that are moving.

  Further, in the server device according to the present invention, in the server device, the group processing unit receives the information associated with the device identifier, and the received information is included in the group including the device identifier associated with the information. It is a server apparatus which transmits to the vehicle-mounted apparatus which another apparatus identifier shows.

  With this configuration, information transmitted from a moving in-vehicle device can be transmitted to other in-vehicle devices belonging to the same group, and information related to movement, such as information on a destination, between moving in-vehicle devices Can be shared appropriately.

  Further, in the server device according to the present invention, in the server device, the detection unit detects a traffic jam for the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier received by the reception unit, and the device identifier in which the traffic jam is detected using the traffic jam detection result It is a server device that detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predesignated condition.

  With this configuration, users in a traffic jam state can be grouped. As a result, for example, it becomes possible to share appropriate information according to traffic jams, and it is possible to effectively use time in a traffic jam condition.

  In the server device according to the present invention, in the server device, the detection unit acquires destination information and a predicted arrival time for the device identifier associated with the route related information using the route related information received by the receiving unit. The server device detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predetermined condition for the destination information and the predicted arrival time using the acquired destination information and the predicted arrival time.

  With this configuration, it is possible to group users' in-vehicle devices that have the same destination and close to the predicted arrival time.

  Further, in the server device according to the present invention, in the server device, the detection unit uses the route-related information received by the receiving unit, and relates to the departure place of the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier associated with the route-related information. This is a server device that acquires information and further uses information related to the acquired departure place to detect two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predetermined condition related to the departure place.

  With this configuration, the user's in-vehicle devices can be grouped according to the departure place. For example, users' in-vehicle devices that have the same direction of departure can be grouped.

  Moreover, the server apparatus of this invention is the said server apparatus. The store information acquisition part which acquires the shop relevant information which is the information regarding the shop relevant to a group about the group grouped by the grouping part, and a store information acquisition part Is a server device that further includes a store information transmitting unit that transmits the store related information acquired by the vehicle-mounted device indicated by the one or more device identifiers constituting the group from which the store related information is acquired.

  With this configuration, it is possible to provide information regarding stores related to the group to the in-vehicle devices belonging to the group. For example, it is possible to provide information relating to destination stores common to the group to the in-vehicle devices belonging to the group. Thereby, for example, an action plan at the destination can be made while moving to the destination.

  Moreover, the server apparatus of this invention acquires the purchase screen information which is the information for displaying the purchase screen for purchasing the product relevant to a group regarding the group grouped by the grouping part in the said server apparatus. A purchase screen information acquisition unit, and a purchase screen information transmission unit that transmits the purchase screen information acquired by the store information acquisition unit to an in-vehicle device indicated by one or more device identifiers that constitute the group from which the store related information is acquired A server device provided.

  With this configuration, a screen for purchasing a product related to the group can be provided to the in-vehicle devices belonging to the group. Thereby, for example, souvenirs of the destination can be purchased while moving to the destination.

  According to the server device or the like according to the present invention, it is possible to appropriately group in-vehicle devices of two or more moving users.

Block diagram of an information processing system in an embodiment of the present invention A flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device of the information processing system A flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device of the information processing system The figure which shows the path | route related information management table of the server apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the present location information management table | surface of the server apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the traffic jam management table | surface of the server apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the group management table | surface of the server apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the group management information of the server apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the vehicle-mounted apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the vehicle-mounted apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the vehicle-mounted apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the shop related information management table | surface of the server apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the purchase screen information management table | surface of the server apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the vehicle-mounted apparatus of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the vehicle-mounted apparatus of the information processing system Schematic diagram showing an example of the appearance of a computer that implements the server device of the information processing system The figure which shows the internal structure of the computer which implement | achieves the server apparatus of the information processing system

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a server device and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing system 1000 in the present embodiment.

  The information processing system 1000 includes a server device 1 and two or more in-vehicle devices 2. In the figure, for convenience of explanation, two or more in-vehicle devices 2 are represented as in-vehicle devices 2a, 2b, 2c and the like. The server device 1 and the two or more in-vehicle devices 2 are connected so that information can be transmitted and received via, for example, a wireless or wired network or a communication line.

  The server device 1 is usually realized by a computer or the like.

  The in-vehicle device 2 is a device mounted on a moving body such as an automobile. The in-vehicle device 2 is usually a device capable of transmitting and receiving information and displaying information. The in-vehicle device 2 is realized by, for example, a navigation device such as a car navigation device, a multi-function mobile phone such as a so-called smartphone, a portable information terminal such as a tablet terminal, a portable computer, or the like.

  The server device 1 includes a reception unit 101, a detection unit 102, a grouping unit 103, a group storage unit 104, a group processing unit 105, a store information acquisition unit 106, a store information transmission unit 107, a purchase screen information acquisition unit 108, and a purchase screen. An information transmission unit 109 is provided.

  The in-vehicle device 2 includes an in-vehicle receiving unit 201, an in-vehicle transmitting unit 202, an in-vehicle receiving unit 203, and an in-vehicle display unit 204. In addition, in FIG. 1, although the structure of the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2a is shown as an example, the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2a, the vehicle-mounted apparatuses 2b, 2c, etc. have the same structure.

  The receiving unit 101 receives route-related information from two or more in-vehicle devices 2, respectively. The route related information is information related to the route associated with the device identifier that is the identifier of the in-vehicle device 2, and is information having destination information. The route-related information is, for example, route information that is route information or information used when acquiring route information.

  The destination information is information indicating the destination. The destination is, for example, a point to be moved. The destination information may be information that can identify the destination. The destination information is, for example, a place name, an address, a landmark name, or the like of the destination. The destination information may be coordinates such as latitude and longitude of the destination. The size of the destination does not matter. For example, the destination may be a landmark such as “Kinkakuji” or “Sky Tree”, a building, etc., or a region such as “Takayama” or “Atami”.

  The route related information may further include information indicating a departure place, information indicating the current location of the in-vehicle device 2, information indicating a waypoint, and the like. Information similar to the destination information can be used as the information indicating the starting point, the current location, and the waypoint. In addition, the information on the departure place and the current location may be information indicating the departure location with respect to the destination and the direction and direction of the current location.

  Further, the route related information may have conditions (for example, availability of use of toll roads) used when performing route search.

  The route related information may include route information indicating a route on which the user moves with a moving body such as an automobile. For example, the route-related information may be route information acquired by a user who travels with a mobile object by performing a route search using the in-vehicle device 2 or another server device (not shown). The route information is information indicating a route from the departure place to the destination, for example. The route information is information indicating a route acquired by, for example, a normal navigation device. The route information is, for example, information such as a combination of link and node information that passes when moving and information that indicates the order of passage, a place name, an address, and an intersection that pass when moving.

  The route related information may include both the destination information as described above, information indicating the departure place, and the route information. In addition, the route related information includes the current time, the time when the user decided the route, the scheduled departure time when the user departs, the departure time when the user departed from the destination, and the destination and waypoint planned by the user. It may further include information on time such as estimated arrival time arriving at or predicted arrival time obtained by route search or the like. Note that the time here may further include date information and the like. The same applies to the following.

  The receiving unit 101 may further receive information on the current location of the in-vehicle device 2 associated with the device identifier (hereinafter referred to as current location information). The current location information is, for example, coordinates such as latitude and longitude of the current location, an address, a road identifier, and the like. Further, the route-related information may further receive information (hereinafter, status information) regarding the status of the current location of the in-vehicle device 2 associated with the device identifier. The situation information is, for example, information indicating whether or not the road on which the in-vehicle device 2 is located is in a congested state, information indicating whether or not the road is restricted in traffic, and the like. Note that the current location information and the situation information may be information included in the route related information.

  The device identifier is an identifier of the in-vehicle device 2. The device identifier is, for example, the manufacturing number of the in-vehicle device 2, the code or name assigned to the in-vehicle device 2, the IP address of the in-vehicle device 2, the MAC address of the in-vehicle device 2, the mobile phone number of the in-vehicle device 2, etc. It is. A user identifier such as a user who owns the in-vehicle device 2 or a user who uses the in-vehicle device 2 may be considered as the device identifier. For example, the user identifier is a user name, a user email address, an account such as a user short messaging service (SMS), a social network service (SNS), a user name, or the like.

  The device identifier is preferably information associated with information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2. For example, the device identifier may be information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2. The information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 is, for example, information that can be used as a destination when transmitting information to the in-vehicle device 2, such as an email address or an account, or a transmission destination when transmitting information from the in-vehicle device 2. It can be used as information. When the device identifier is associated with information indicating a contact address, for example, information having the device identifier and the contact address associated with each other is stored in advance in a storage or the like (not shown) of the server device 1. Also good. The information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 may be information indicating the contact information of the user of the in-vehicle device 2.

  The receiving unit 101 may further receive information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 from the in-vehicle device 2. And the information which shows the contact address which the receiving part 101 received may be matched with the apparatus identifier of the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2, and may be accumulate | stored in the storage part etc. which are not shown in figure. When information indicating the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 is used as the device identifier, receiving the device identifier may be considered as receiving information indicating the contact information of the user.

  The route related information received by the receiving unit 101 may be associated with the device identifier in any way. For example, a device identifier received by the receiving unit 101 together with the route related information may be considered as a device identifier associated with the route related information. In addition, the receiving unit 101 may receive information including route-related information and a device identifier from the in-vehicle device 2. Further, the route related information may have a device identifier. The same applies to information associated with the device identifier other than the route related information received by the receiving unit 101.

  For example, the receiving unit 101 associates the received route related information and the like with the device identifier associated with the route related information and stores the information in a storage unit or the like (not shown).

  The receiving unit 101 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The receiving unit 101 may or may not include a communication device.

  The detection unit 102 detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predesignated condition by using the route related information associated with the device identifier received by the reception unit 101. Detecting using the route related information may be using the route related information itself or using information acquired using the route related information. For example, the detection unit 102 has two or more device identifiers, and route-related information associated with the device identifier and information acquired using the route-related information are designated in advance for grouping. Detect two or more device identifiers that satisfy the condition. The detection of the device identifier performed by the detection unit 102 is, for example, detection for grouping.

  It does not matter what condition is specified in advance. The predesignated condition here may be one predesignated condition or a combination of two or more predesignated conditions. The predesignated condition may be a product or sum of a plurality of predesignated conditions. One predesignated condition may have a plurality of conditions, and one condition may be a product or sum of a plurality of conditions. In the present embodiment, for the sake of convenience of explanation, the predesignated conditions are expressed in natural language. However, the detection conditions are, for example, conditional expressions corresponding to these natural languages or these natural languages. It may be configured by one or more corresponding functions, method names, control syntaxes indicated by “if”, “then”, and the like. The form and structure of the detection conditions are not limited. Further, the detection condition may be an algorithm for performing a determination process corresponding to these natural languages. The same applies to the following.

  For example, the detection unit 102 acquires destination information for the device identifier associated with the route related information using the route related information received by the receiving unit 101, and uses the acquired destination information to acquire destination information. Detect two or more device identifiers that satisfy a pre-specified condition for. The detection unit 102 normally acquires the destination information included in the route related information, but it does not matter how the detection unit 102 acquires the route related information.

  For example, the detection unit 102 detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a pre-specified condition that the destinations indicated by the destination information included in the corresponding route-related information are the same. . The detecting unit 102 detects, for example, route related information having the same destination from destination information included in two or more route related information received by the receiving unit 101, and is associated with the detected route related information. The identifier is detected as a device identifier that satisfies the condition. The detection of the device identifier here may be considered as acquisition of the device identifier.

  The fact that the destination is the same means, for example, that the area including the destination indicated by the destination information that each of the two or more route-related information includes, for example, the area is the same. The same destination means that, for example, the destination indicated by the destination information of two or more route-related information is within the same municipality, within the same prefecture, Or being in the district. For example, having the same destination may mean that the destination identifiers match. The destination identifier is a destination place name, area name, area name, landmark name, address, or the like. The match here is usually a complete match, but may be a partial match. For example, when the destination information is a destination identifier such as a place name, for example, “Takayama”, “Atami”, etc., the detection unit 102 is associated with two or more route related information having matching destination information. Two or more device identifiers are detected by searching or the like. In addition, when the destination information is coordinates such as latitude and longitude of the destination, it is determined whether or not the destination identifier obtained using the destination coordinates matches in the same manner as described above. Two or more device identifiers associated with two or more route related information having destination information are detected by searching or the like. Note that processing for obtaining information such as destination identifiers and addresses from coordinates such as latitude and longitude is a technique known as reverse geocoding, and therefore detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  In addition, the fact that the destination is the same means that, for example, the distance between the destinations indicated by the destination information included in two or more route-related information is less than a predetermined distance, The area of the minimum rectangular area including the destination indicated by is not more than a predesignated value. For example, when the destination information is coordinates such as latitude and longitude of the destination, the distance in the real space between the coordinates indicated by the destination information each of two or more route related information is less than a predetermined threshold In addition, the destination indicated by the destination information may be considered to be the same. For example, in such a case, the detection unit 102 has two or more device identifiers, and the distance between coordinates indicated by the destination information included in each of the two or more route-related information associated with these device identifiers is: Two or more device identifiers that are shorter than a predetermined threshold are detected. Further, when the destination information is a destination identifier such as a place name, for example, the detection unit 102 has a distance between coordinates acquired using the destination information equal to or less than a predetermined distance as described above. Two or more device identifiers associated with two or more route-related information having certain destination information may be detected. Note that processing for obtaining coordinates such as latitude and longitude from information such as destination identifiers and addresses is a known technique as a technique called geocoding, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The condition specified in advance may be, for example, a condition that two or more destinations indicated by destination information included in each of the two or more route-related information are located in a range specified in advance. Being located within a predesignated range means that, for example, the minimum rectangle including two or more destinations, and the area and size of the minimum circle are within a predesignated range (for example, below a threshold). Is that the distance between two or more destinations is within a predesignated range (for example, below a threshold). In addition to this condition, the predesignated condition may further include a condition that the predicted arrival time at the destination indicated by the destination information is within a predesignated range.

  For example, the detection unit 102 detects a traffic jam for the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier received by the reception unit 101, and uses a detection result of the traffic jam to set a predesignated condition that the device identifier is a traffic jam detected. You may make it detect the 2 or more apparatus identifier to satisfy | fill. Detecting a traffic jam for the in-vehicle device 2 may be considered as detecting a traffic jam for a moving body such as an automobile on which the in-vehicle device 2 is mounted. Detecting a traffic jam is, for example, detecting that a moving body such as an automobile on which the in-vehicle device 2 is mounted is in a traffic jam state or on a traffic jam road. The device identifier in which the traffic jam is detected is, for example, the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2 in a traffic jam state.

  It does not matter how the detection unit 102 detects a traffic jam for the in-vehicle device 2. For example, when the receiving unit 101 receives status information indicating that traffic congestion has been detected, the detection unit 102 determines that the device identifier associated with this status information is the device identifier from which traffic congestion has been detected. To do. Further, the detection unit 102 calculates the average moving speed from the current location information about the one in-vehicle device 2 sequentially received by the receiving unit 101, and the device identifier associated with the one current location information from the calculated average moving speed. Congestion may be detected for the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by For example, a traffic jam may be detected for the in-vehicle device 2 when a state where the moving speed of the current location is equal to or less than a threshold value continues for a predetermined time or longer. That is, it may be detected that the in-vehicle device 2 is in a traffic jam state. Alternatively, a traffic jam may be detected when the average moving speed is equal to or less than a threshold value. Instead of the average moving speed, a traffic jam may be detected when the moving amount per unit time is equal to or less than a threshold value. Further, for the current location information received by the receiving unit 101, the detecting unit 102 obtains corresponding situation information from a server device that provides information on traffic congestion on a road (not shown), and this information is in a traffic jam state. If indicated, a traffic jam may be detected.

  For example, the detection unit 102 satisfies a predesignated condition that the destination indicated by the destination information of the corresponding route related information is the same, and both are predesignated to be device identifiers in which traffic congestion is detected. Two or more device identifiers that satisfy the conditions may be detected.

  For example, the detection unit 102 uses the route related information received by the receiving unit 101 to acquire destination information and predicted arrival time for the device identifier associated with the route related information, and acquires the acquired destination information and predicted arrival. The time may be used to detect two or more device identifiers that satisfy pre-specified conditions for destination information and predicted arrival time. Since acquisition of destination information and conditions for destination information are the same as described above, description thereof is omitted here. It does not matter how the detection unit 102 acquires the predicted arrival time for the device identifier associated with the route-related information. For example, the detection unit 102 may acquire the predicted arrival time included in the route related information as the predicted arrival time for the device identifier. Further, the detection unit 102 may acquire the predicted arrival time by performing a route search or the like using the destination information included in the route related information, the departure point information, the departure time information, or the like. Alternatively, the predicted arrival time may be acquired by transmitting destination information, departure point information, departure time information, or the like to a server (not shown) that performs external route search. The time here may be considered to include a date or the like, or may not be included. The predesignated condition for the predicted arrival time is, for example, a condition that the difference between the predicted arrival times is equal to or less than a predesignated threshold, or a time zone in which the predicted arrival times corresponding to two or more device identifiers are the same ( For example, it is included in a range from 10:00 am to 4 pm. For example, the detection unit 102 has the same destination indicated by the destination information acquired from the corresponding route related information, and the predicted arrival time at the destination acquired from the corresponding route related information is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. Detect two or more device identifiers.

  For example, the detection unit 102 uses the route-related information received by the receiving unit 101 to acquire information related to the departure point of the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier associated with the route-related information. The information related to the device is further used to detect two or more device identifiers that satisfy a pre-specified condition related to the departure place. For example, the detection unit 102 detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predetermined condition regarding the destination information and the predicted arrival time as described above and satisfy a predetermined condition related to the departure place. May be.

  The information related to the departure place is, for example, information indicating the departure place, information indicating the direction of the departure place, and information indicating the direction of the departure place. The departure place is the point of departure. The information indicating the departure place may be information that can specify the departure place. As the information indicating the departure place, the same information as the destination information can be used. The information indicating the direction of the departure point is information indicating the region or the region of the departure point, such as the Kanto direction, the Kansai direction, or the Chubu direction. The information indicating the direction of the departure point is, for example, information indicating the direction of the departure point with respect to the destination and the range of the direction including the departure point with respect to the destination. This direction may be a direction indicated by an angle with respect to a specific direction such as north, and indicates a range of directions relative to the destination, such as west, east, south, and north. It may be.

  The detection unit 102 normally acquires information indicating the departure point included in the route related information as information indicating the departure point, but it does not matter how the detection unit 102 acquires information indicating the departure point. The detection unit 102 may acquire information indicating the direction of the departure place. For example, the detection unit 102 may acquire information indicating a region including the departure point indicated by the information indicating the departure point acquired as information indicating the direction of the departure point. For example, the identifier of the area including the coordinates of the departure place acquired from the information indicating the departure place is acquired as the information indicating the direction of the departure place by the technique such as reverse geocoding described above. In addition, the detection unit 102 may acquire information indicating the direction of the departure place. For example, the detection unit 102 may acquire information indicating the direction of the departure place included in the route related information. The detecting unit 102 acquires the coordinates of the departure point and the destination from the information indicating the departure point included in the route related information and the destination information, and acquires the direction of the destination using the coordinates. May be. For example, when the value of the east longitude of the departure place is smaller than the value of the east longitude of the destination, information indicating the west direction may be acquired as information indicating the direction of the departure place.

  For example, when the distance between the departure points indicated by the information indicating the departure points obtained using two or more route-related information is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, the detection unit 102 Two or more device identifiers corresponding to two or more route-related information are detected as two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predesignated condition related to the departure place. In addition, for example, when the directions or directions of the departure points acquired by using two or more route related information respectively coincide with each other, the detection unit 102 detects two or more corresponding to the two or more route related information. These device identifiers may be detected as two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predetermined condition related to the departure place.

  Note that the detection unit 102 acquires route information using two or more route-related information, respectively, and when a part of the route indicated by the acquired route information matches, two or more corresponding to the route-related information. The device identifier may be detected as a device identifier that satisfies a predesignated condition. Here, “partially match” means, for example, that a predetermined number or more of road names included in the route information match, or that the route has a predetermined length or more than the travel time. It may be considered that they match. For example, when “highway A” is included in the route indicated by the route information obtained from each of the two route-related information, two device identifiers corresponding to the route-related information satisfy the conditions specified in advance. It may be detected as information.

  It does not matter how the detection unit 102 acquires route information using route-related information. For example, when the route related information includes route information, the detection unit 102 may acquire the route information. Alternatively, the detection unit 102 may acquire route information by performing route search or the like using the departure point information and destination information included in the route related information. Alternatively, the detection unit 102 may acquire route information by transmitting destination information, departure point information, departure time information, and the like to an external server (not shown) that performs route search.

  There is no limitation on the timing at which the detection unit 102 detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predetermined condition. For example, the detection unit 102 may detect two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predetermined condition at each predetermined or indefinite timing specified in advance. Also, for example, when the receiving unit 101 receives route-related information, the device identifier corresponding to this route-related information and one or more corresponding to other route-related information (for example, route-related information received before) A process of determining whether or not two or more device identifiers satisfying a predesignated condition is performed for the set of device identifiers, and if the condition is satisfied, a set of device identifiers satisfying the condition is detected. Here, the one or more device identifiers corresponding to the path-related information received before that are already determined to be a set of device identifiers that satisfy a pre-specified condition with respect to other device identifiers. It may be an identifier.

  In addition, when the detecting unit 102 detects a traffic jam for one route related information received by the receiving unit 101, a condition specified in advance for the device identifier corresponding to the route related information and other route related information Processing for determining whether or not two or more device identifiers satisfy the condition may be performed.

  Note that the detection unit 102 may use a combination of two or more of the previously specified conditions as described above. In this case, information used for determining each condition may be appropriately acquired.

  The grouping unit 103 groups two or more device identifiers detected by the detection unit 102. Grouping here means, for example, that two or more grouped device identifiers are classified and stored in groups in the group storage unit 104 described later, or two or more grouped device identifiers are stored in a database or the like. For example, registering it in one record, associating device identifiers belonging to the same group with group identifiers of the same group, and storing them in the group storage unit 104 or the like to be described later. The group identifier is a group identifier. It should be noted that grouping the contact information associated with the device identifier may be considered as grouping the device identifier substantially. The same applies to the following. Further, adding a device identifier to an existing group may be considered as grouping here.

  Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, a case will be described as an example where grouping section 103 stores two or more device identifiers detected by detection section 102 in group storage section 104 in association with group identifiers.

  The grouping unit 103 may store the group identifier of each group and information such as information indicating a destination common to the group and information indicating a departure place in the group storage unit 104 in association with each other. .

  The group here is a group that can send and receive information such as e-mails, messages, photos, maps, and the like.

  The grouping unit 103 transmits information for confirming whether or not grouping can be performed to the in-vehicle devices 2 indicated by the device identifiers to be grouped. Only when information permitting grouping is received from the device 2, the device identifiers corresponding to the in-vehicle device 2 may be grouped. Information for confirming whether or not grouping may be performed may be information for inquiring whether or not to join a group or information for inquiring whether or not to register for a group. Further, the grouping unit 103 may be required to transmit information indicating grouping to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the grouped device identifier. The grouping unit 103 may include a transmission unit that transmits and receives these pieces of information, a communication unit such as a reception unit, a driver thereof, and the like. The grouping unit 103 may appropriately use a transmission unit, a reception unit, and the like (not shown) included in the server device 1 for transmission / reception of these pieces of information.

  The grouping unit 103 may exclude the device identifier corresponding to the in-vehicle device 2 that has arrived at the destination indicated by the route related information from the group including the device identifier. For example, the current location indicated by the current location information transmitted in association with the device identifier from the in-vehicle device 2 is designated in advance for the destination indicated by the destination information included in the route related information transmitted in association with the device identifier. The device identifier may be excluded from the group containing the device identifier. For example, the group identifier associated with this device identifier may be deleted. Thereby, the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2 can be grouped only for the temporary period until it arrives at the destination.

  The group storage unit 104 stores grouped device identifiers. Here, as an example, a case where information having a device identifier and a group identifier is stored in the group storage unit 104 will be described. In this case, device identifiers belonging to the same group are associated with the same group identifier.

  The group storage unit 104 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium. The same applies to other storage units.

  The group processing unit 105 performs processing related to grouped device identifiers. For example, the grouping unit 103 performs a process for sharing information between the grouped device identifiers as a process related to the grouped device identifiers. The process of sharing information between device identifiers is specifically a process of sharing information between in-vehicle devices 2 indicated by the device identifier. For example, the process of sharing information refers to, for example, sharing information received from the in-vehicle device 2 corresponding to one device identifier belonging to one group as one or more other device identifiers belonging to the same group. This is a process of transmitting to the corresponding in-vehicle device 2. The information received from the in-vehicle device 2 corresponding to one device identifier is information transmitted in association with the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2, for example.

  For example, the group processing unit 105 receives information associated with a device identifier (for example, information to be shared) as a process of sharing information, and associates the received information with this information. The process which transmits to the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2 which the other apparatus identifier in the group containing an apparatus identifier shows is performed. For example, when the group processing unit 105 receives information associated with one device identifier, the group processing unit 105 is the same as the device identifier among the device identifiers grouped by the grouping unit 103 and accumulated in the group storage unit 104 or the like. One or more other device identifiers belonging to the group are acquired, and information associated with the one device identifier received above is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the acquired device identifier. For example, when the device identifier is contact information of the in-vehicle device 2, the information is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier using the contact information. The contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier is retrieved from the information having the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier stored in the storage unit (not shown) and the device identifier in association with each other. It may be obtained by such as. The information transmission may be so-called push transmission or pull transmission. The transmission of information is, for example, transmission of an email including information, transmission of a message, or the like.

  Note that the process of sharing information between groups is a well-known technique in mailing lists, SMS, SNS, and the like, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  Information shared between grouped device identifiers is information such as e-mails, messages, photos, maps, and the like.

  For example, the group processing unit 105 may perform a process of outputting a grouped device identifier as a process related to the grouped device identifier. The process of outputting the grouped device identifier is to output the device identifier in association with the group identifier. For example, the process of outputting grouped device identifiers is outputting information having device identifiers and group identifiers. For example, the group processing unit 105 may output a device identifier for each group, or may output a list of information having the device identifier and the group identifier. The output here is a concept including display on a display, printing on a printer, transmission to an external device, accumulation in a recording medium, delivery of a processing result to another processing device or another program, and the like. is there.

  For example, the group processing unit 105 converts the grouped device identifiers into a mailing list operated inside or outside the server device 1, an SMS group, an SNS group, or the like as processing related to the grouped device identifiers. You may register. It should be noted that registering the device identifier may be considered to substantially include registering contact information corresponding to the device identifier.

  When the group processing unit 105 outputs information, the group processing unit 105 may have an output device, a driver, or the like for performing output. For example, when the group processing unit 105 transmits and receives information, the group processing unit 105 may include a transmission unit for transmitting and receiving, a communication unit such as a reception unit, a driver thereof, and the like. Further, the group processing unit 105 may appropriately use a transmission unit, a reception unit, and the like (not shown) included in the server device 1 for transmitting and receiving information.

  Further, the group processing unit 105 may transmit information indicating that it is grouped in the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the grouped device identifier.

  The output is a concept including transmission to an external device, accumulation in a recording medium, delivery of a processing result to another processing device or another program, and the like.

  The store information acquisition unit 106 acquires store related information, which is information about stores related to the group, grouped by the grouping unit 103. A store related to a group is a store corresponding to a destination of one or more in-vehicle devices 2 indicated by one or more device identifiers in the group. Specifically, it is a store corresponding to the destination indicated by the destination information included in the route-related information having one or more device identifiers in the group. For example, the store corresponding to the destination is a store located within a range designated in advance from the destination, a store associated with the destination identifier, or the like. In addition, the stores related to the group are stores where the user who uses the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by one or more device identifiers in the group is interested, or between the users who use the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by two or more device identifiers. It may be a store that has become a hot topic. For example, a store related to a group is a store indicated by an identifier of a store extracted from information shared (for example, transmitted / received) between the in-vehicle devices 2 indicated by two or more device identifiers in the group.

  The stores are, for example, restaurants such as restaurants, cafeterias, and coffee shops, stores that sell specialty products, and the like. However, the store may be a store that provides any product or service. The store-related information includes a store name, a menu of products and services handled in the store, information that introduces the store, a store WEB page, a store reservation screen, and the like. For example, when the store is a restaurant, the store-related information is a menu of dishes provided at the restaurant. The data format of store related information is not limited. Store related information is information used in order to display information about a store, for example. For example, the store related information is information used to output a screen displaying information related to the store. For example, the store related information may be a combination of HTML format data and image information, or may be electronic document data in a specific file format. However, the data format etc. of store related information are not ask | required.

  The store information acquisition unit 106 may acquire store-related information stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) or may acquire store-related information through a WEB search or the like. Further, store-related information may be dynamically created using information stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown), a template, and the like. Store-related information stored in a storage unit (not shown), information used to create store-related information, and the like are updated as appropriate according to information associated with a store identifier transmitted from the store. Also good. The store related information may be stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) in association with information indicating the congestion status of the store. The information indicating the congestion status is information indicating whether the store is crowded with customers, information indicating whether there are vacant seats, and the like. Information indicating this congestion state may be updated as appropriate.

  How the store information acquisition unit 106 may acquire store related information related to the grouped group.

  For example, the store information acquisition unit 106 acquires the destination information included in the route related information associated with one or more device identifiers constituting the group for the group grouped by the grouping unit 103, and the server device 1 Corresponding to information indicating an area including the destination indicated by the acquired destination information from information associating area information, which is information indicating an area stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown), and store-related information One or two or more store-related information obtained may be acquired. The area information is, for example, a coordinate group indicating the outline of the area, or an area identifier such as a place name or address indicating the area.

  The store information acquisition unit 106 acquires, for example, the destination information included in the route-related information associated with one or more device identifiers constituting the group for the group grouped by the grouping unit 103. Using the destination information, a store in a predesignated area including the destination indicated by the destination information may be detected, and store related information regarding the detected store may be acquired. A store in a predesignated area indicating a destination is, for example, a store in a position within a predesignated range from a position such as coordinates indicated by the destination information, or an area including a position indicated by the destination information ( For example, it is a store in a municipal area, a district, a specific area or the like associated with destination information in advance. For example, the store information acquisition unit 106 acquires the store identifier of such a store using the destination information, performs a search such as a WEB search using the store identifier as a search key, and stores the WEB of the store. Get page information as store related information. The store identifier here is, for example, a store name or a code assigned to the store. Further, the store-related information associated with the store identifier acquired above is searched from one or more store-related information stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) in the server device 1 in association with the store identifier. It may be obtained by such as. Since the process of acquiring a store identifier or the like in a predesignated area including the destination is known as a technology such as a navigation device or an electronic map, detailed description thereof is omitted here. Alternatively, store related information corresponding to the destination information acquired above from store related information of stores in a pre-designated area including the destination stored in association with the destination information in a storage unit (not shown) or the like May be obtained by searching or the like.

  Note that the store information acquisition unit 106 may preferentially acquire store related information associated with information indicating a congestion state indicating that the store is not crowded with respect to other information. For example, you may make it acquire only the information of the store which has the information which shows the congestion condition which shows that it is not crowded.

  Further, the store information acquisition unit 106 acquires a store identifier such as a store name from texts transmitted and received between groups, and acquires store-related information corresponding to the acquired store identifier by searching or the like in the same manner as described above. May be. For example, it is possible to acquire a store identifier from text or the like by using data mining or topic extraction technology. Moreover, you may acquire a shop identifier using the technique etc. which acquire a morphological analysis or a clue phrase. For example, the store information acquisition unit 106 receives text information transmitted and received between groups, the group processing unit 105, acquires a noun phrase or the like by morphological analysis from the received text information, and from among the acquired noun phrases, A noun phrase having a clue phrase such as “store” or “restaurant” is acquired as a store identifier. It should be noted that the clue phrase and the morphological analysis are only examples, and other clue phrases or parts of speech other than noun phrases may be used. Note that data mining, topic extraction technology, morphological analysis, and technology for acquiring clue phrases are well-known technologies, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  There is no limitation on the timing at which the store information acquisition unit 106 acquires store-related information. For example, the store information acquisition unit 106 determines that the current time is a time specified in advance with respect to the predicted arrival time acquired using the route-related information associated with one or more device identifiers constituting one group. If the previous time is exceeded, store-related information may be acquired for this one group. Further, for example, the store information acquisition unit 106 is designated in advance in a period prior to the predicted arrival time acquired using the route related information associated with one or more device identifiers constituting one group. You may acquire store related information about this one group at a fixed or indefinite timing. Moreover, the store information acquisition part 106 may acquire store related information, when a store identifier is acquired from the text transmitted / received between one group.

  The store information transmitting unit 107 transmits the store related information acquired by the store information acquiring unit 106 to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by one or more device identifiers that constitute the group from which the store related information is acquired. For example, the store information transmission unit 107 acquires a device identifier corresponding to one group grouped by the grouping unit 103 from the group storage unit 104 or the like, and the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 corresponding to the acquired device identifier. Information is acquired, and store-related information acquired for this one group is transmitted using the acquired contact information.

  The store information transmission unit 107 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a broadcasting means. The store information transmission unit 107 may or may not include a communication device.

  The purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 acquires purchase screen information that is information for displaying a purchase screen for purchasing products related to the group grouped by the grouping unit 103. The product related to the group is, for example, a product considered to be interested in the group or a product recommended for the group. The product related to the group is, for example, a souvenir or a special product related to the group. The product related to the group is, for example, a souvenir at the destination of the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by one or more device identifiers constituting the group, a special product, or the like. The purchase screen may be a screen that can finally purchase a product. The purchase screen is, for example, a screen on which a product can be purchased, ordered, or reserved. The purchase screen is, for example, information including a button for purchasing a product, an input field, and the like. The purchase screen may be considered as an interface screen for accepting purchases. For example, in the in-vehicle device 2 that displays the purchase screen, when an operation is accepted for the purchase screen, information corresponding to the operation is received in advance from the in-vehicle device 2 for accepting an order for the server device 1 or a product. It is transmitted to a designated server device (not shown). For example, the purchase screen information can be realized by a combination of HTML data and image information. However, the data format of purchase screen information does not matter.

  The purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 may acquire purchase screen information stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) or the like, or may acquire purchase screen information through a WEB search or the like. Further, purchase screen information may be dynamically created using information stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) and a template. Purchase screen information stored in a storage unit (not shown), information used to create purchase screen information, and the like are appropriately updated according to information associated with a store identifier transmitted from a store or the like. Also good.

  The purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 may acquire purchase screen information of a purchase screen for purchasing products related to the grouped group. For example, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 acquires and acquires the destination information included in the route related information associated with one or more device identifiers constituting the group for the group grouped by the grouping unit 103. Using the destination information, purchase screen information for purchasing a product related to an area including the destination indicated by the destination information is acquired.

  For example, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 acquires the destination information included in the route related information associated with one or more device identifiers constituting the group for the group grouped by the grouping unit 103, and the server device By searching for one or more purchase screen information associated with the acquired destination information from information associated with destination information and purchase screen information stored in advance in a storage unit 1 not shown in FIG. You may get it.

  Further, for example, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 acquires the destination information included in the route related information associated with one or more device identifiers constituting the group for the group grouped by the grouping unit 103, From the information associating the area information and the purchase screen information as described above stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) of the server device 1 with the area information including the destination indicated by the acquired destination information. One or more purchase screen information may be acquired.

  Further, for example, information that associates the information indicating the area with the product identifier of the product is stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown), and the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 displays the destination indicated by the destination information. The product identifier corresponding to the area including is acquired. Then, the purchase screen information of the product may be acquired by performing a WEB search or the like using the product identifier. Alternatively, the purchase associated with the acquired product identifier from the information that associates the product identifier stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) of the server device 1 with the purchase screen information about the product indicated by the product identifier. Screen information may be acquired by searching or the like.

  It does not matter how the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 detects the product identifier corresponding to the area including the destination indicated by the destination information. For example, if the destination information is the coordinates of the destination, and the information indicating the area associated with the purchase screen information is information indicating the outline of the area in coordinates, the coordinates indicated by the destination information are included. An area is detected from the areas whose contours are indicated by coordinates, and a product identifier associated with the detected area is acquired. Further, when the destination information is a destination identifier such as a destination address or a place name, from the information in which the destination identifier stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) and the product identifier are associated, The product identifier associated with the destination identifier that matches the acquired destination information is acquired. The correspondence relationship between the information indicating the region and the product identifier may be one-to-one, may be one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many.

  Further, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 acquires a product identifier such as a product name from texts transmitted and received between groups, and acquires purchase screen information corresponding to the acquired product identifier by a WEB search in the same manner as described above. Alternatively, it may be obtained by searching or the like from information that associates a product identifier stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) of the server device 1 with purchase screen information about the product indicated by the product identifier. good. In addition, information used for generating purchase screen information associated with the acquired product identifier is obtained by searching or the like from information associating the product identifier with information used for generating purchase screen information. Then, purchase screen information may be generated.

  For example, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 can acquire a store identifier from text or the like by using data mining or topic extraction technology. Further, the product identifier may be acquired by using a technique for acquiring morphological analysis or a clue phrase. For example, the store information acquisition unit 106 receives text information transmitted and received between groups, the group processing unit 105, acquires a noun phrase or the like by morphological analysis from the received text information, and from among the acquired noun phrases, Noun phrases having clue phrases such as “confectionery”, “special product”, and “specialties” are acquired as product identifiers. It should be noted that the clue phrase and the morphological analysis are only examples, and other clue phrases or parts of speech other than noun phrases may be used.

  There is no limitation on the timing at which the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 acquires the purchase screen information. For example, in the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108, the current time is designated in advance for the predicted arrival time acquired using the route related information associated with one or more device identifiers constituting one group. Purchase time screen information may be acquired for this one group when the previous time is exceeded. Further, for example, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 is designated in advance in a period prior to the predicted arrival time acquired using the route related information associated with one or more device identifiers constituting one group. Purchase screen information for this one group may be acquired at certain or indefinite timing. Moreover, the store information acquisition part 106 may acquire purchase screen information, when a product identifier is acquired from the text transmitted / received between one group.

  The purchase screen information transmission unit 109 transmits the purchase screen information acquired by the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by one or more device identifiers constituting the group from which the purchase screen information is acquired. Since this process is the same as the process in which the store information transmitting unit 107 transmits the store-related information to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by one or more device identifiers constituting the group, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The purchase screen information transmission unit 109 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The purchase screen information transmission unit 109 may or may not include a communication device.

  The in-vehicle transmission unit 201 of the in-vehicle device 2 transmits route related information. There is no limitation on the timing at which the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 transmits the route-related information. For example, the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 transmits destination information route related information received via a reception unit (not shown) to the server device 1 in association with a device identifier stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown). .

  Further, the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 may transmit the current location information acquired by a GPS or the like (not shown) to the server device 1 in association with the device identifier.

  In addition, when the in-vehicle receiving unit 202 receives situation information about a road such as traffic jam information from a server device (not shown) that transmits the situation information, the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 uses the situation information as a device identifier. The data may be transmitted to the server device 1 in association with each other.

  The in-vehicle transmission unit 201 associates information such as text and images received via the in-vehicle reception unit 203 with the device identifier as information to be shared by the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier of the same group. You may transmit to the server apparatus 1.

  The in-vehicle transmission unit 201 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The in-vehicle transmission unit 201 may or may not include a communication device.

  The in-vehicle receiving unit 202 of the in-vehicle device 2 receives information requesting approval from the server device 1 for grouping the device identifiers of the own device. When the in-vehicle reception unit 203 accepts an operation for performing approval in accordance with the information for requesting approval or the like, the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 may transmit the information that approves grouping to the server device 1. Good.

  The in-vehicle receiving unit 202 may receive information indicating that the device identifiers of the own device are grouped from the server device 1.

  Moreover, the vehicle-mounted receiving part 202 receives the information (for example, information used as a share object etc.) transmitted from the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2 which the apparatus identifier of the same group shows, for example from the server apparatus 1. And the vehicle-mounted display part 204 displays the received information on the monitor etc. which are not shown in figure, for example.

  Moreover, the vehicle-mounted receiving part 202 receives the shop relevant information transmitted from the server apparatus 1, for example. For example, the in-vehicle display unit 204 displays the received store-related information on a monitor or the like (not shown). In addition, regarding the store-related information displayed by the in-vehicle display unit 204, when the in-vehicle reception unit 203 receives an operation for making a reservation or the like, the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 orders to have information necessary for the reservation or the like Etc. may be transmitted to a destination such as a server device (not shown) of the store associated with the store-related information.

  The in-vehicle receiving unit 202 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The in-vehicle receiving unit 202 may or may not include a communication device.

  The in-vehicle reception unit 203 receives, for example, purchase screen information transmitted from the server device 1. The in-vehicle display unit 204 displays, for example, a purchase screen indicated by the purchase screen information received by the in-vehicle reception unit 204 on a monitor (not shown). For example, when the in-vehicle reception unit 203 accepts an operation for ordering a product with respect to a purchase screen displayed by the in-vehicle display unit 203 described later, the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 gives an instruction to order with information necessary for ordering, etc. And transmitted to the destination of the server device 1 or the like associated with the purchase screen information.

  Here, reception is, for example, reception from an input unit, reception of an input signal transmitted from another device, reading of information from a recording medium, or the like. The input means of the in-vehicle reception unit 203 may be anything such as a touch panel, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The in-vehicle reception unit 203 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a touch panel or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

  The in-vehicle display unit 204 displays information received by the in-vehicle receiving unit 202. Moreover, the vehicle-mounted reception part 203 may display the input screen, menu screen, etc. for receiving input.

  The display on the in-vehicle display unit 204 is a display on a monitor or a projection using a projector. The in-vehicle display unit 204 may or may not include a display device. The in-vehicle display unit 204 can be realized by display device driver software, or a display device and its driver software.

  Note that the in-vehicle device 2 may further include a processing unit (not shown) for performing navigation and the like, a GPS (not shown) for acquiring the coordinates of the current location, and the like. For example, the in-vehicle device 2 may include a processing unit or the like included in a normal navigation device.

  Next, an example of operation | movement of the server apparatus 1 of the information processing system 1000 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S101) The receiving unit 101 determines whether route-related information associated with the device identifier has been received. For example, the receiving unit 101 determines whether a set of a device identifier and path related information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S102. If not received, the process proceeds to step S103.

  (Step S102) The receiving unit 101 stores the route related information received in step S101 in a storage unit (not shown) in association with the device identifier. Then, the process returns to step S103.

  (Step S103) The receiving unit 101 determines whether or not the current location information associated with the device identifier has been received. For example, the receiving unit 101 determines whether or not a set of a device identifier and current location information has been received. If received, the received current location information, device identifier, and reception time acquired from a clock (not shown) are associated with each other and stored in a storage unit (not shown), and the process proceeds to step S104. If not received, the process proceeds to step S109. move on. Instead of the reception time, information on the transmission time transmitted in association with the current location information may be stored in association with each other.

  (Step S104) The grouping unit 103 determines whether the device identifier associated with the current location information received in step S103 belongs to an existing group. For example, it is determined whether a device identifier that matches the received device identifier is stored in the group storage unit 104 in association with the group identifier, and if stored, determines that the device identifier belongs to the group, If it is not stored, it is determined that it does not belong. If it is determined that it belongs to the group, the process proceeds to step S105. If it is determined that it does not belong to the group, the process proceeds to step S107.

  (Step S105) The grouping unit 103 determines whether the destination has been reached using the current location information received in step S103. For example, the grouping unit 103 acquires the destination information from the route related information stored in the storage unit (not shown) in association with the device identifier received in step S103, and the destination indicated by the destination information Then, it is determined whether or not the current location indicated by the current location information is the same. For example, when the destination identifier indicated by the destination information (for example, a place name) matches the identifier of the current place indicated by the current position information (for example, the place name), it is determined that the destination and the current place are the same. . Further, for example, when the distance between the coordinates calculated from the coordinates of the destination indicated by the destination information (for example, latitude and longitude) and the coordinates of the current position indicated by the current position information is equal to or less than a threshold value, Are the same. If it is determined that the destination is the same as the current location, it is determined that the destination has been reached, and the process proceeds to step S106. If the destination is not the same, it is determined that the destination has not been reached, and the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S106) The grouping unit 103 excludes the device identifier received in step S103 from the group. For example, the group identifier stored in the group storage unit 104 in association with the device identifier may be deleted, or the device identifier may be deleted from the group storage unit 104. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S107) The grouping unit 103 uses the current location information received in step S103 to determine whether or not the device identifier associated with the current location information is in a traffic jam state. Determining whether or not the device identifier is in a state state means, for example, determining whether or not a moving body such as an automobile equipped with the in-vehicle device 2 corresponding to the device identifier is in a traffic jam state. is there. For example, the grouping unit 103 determines whether or not the current location indicated by the received current location information is a congested road, using traffic information for each road transmitted by a server device or the like that provides road information (not shown). May be. Further, the grouping unit 103 further uses the current location information (for example, coordinates) associated with the reception time within the past specified time in the current location information received and accumulated in step S103. The moving speed or the moving distance may be calculated, and if the moving speed or the moving distance is less than the threshold, it is determined that the traffic is in a congested state. If it is determined that there is a traffic jam, information indicating that it is in a traffic jam and a device identifier are associated with each other and stored in a storage unit (not shown), and the process proceeds to step S108. Return to S101. When proceeding to step S108, information indicating that there is a traffic jam and the device identifier may be associated with each other and stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like. Information indicating that there is a traffic jam is information such as a flag, for example.

  (Step S108) The grouping unit 103 performs a grouping process on two or more device identifiers including the device identifier received in step S103. Details of this processing will be described later. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S109) The group processing unit 105 determines whether or not the information to be shared associated with the device identifier has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S110. If not received, the process proceeds to step S113.

  (Step S110) The group processing unit 105 detects a group to which the device identifier received in step S109 belongs. For example, the group identifier associated with the device identifier received in step S109 is acquired from the group storage unit 104.

  (Step S111) The group processing unit 105 acquires contact information corresponding to the device identifier belonging to the group detected in Step S110. If the device identifier is contact information, the device identifier may be acquired. Note that the contact information corresponding to the device identifier received in step S109 need not be acquired.

  (Step S112) The group processing unit 105 transmits the sharing target information received in Step S109 to one or more in-vehicle devices 2 indicated by the contact information acquired in Step S111. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S113) The store information acquisition unit 106 substitutes 1 for the counter k. Note that this processing may be performed by another processing unit in the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108.

  (Step S114) The store information acquisition unit 106 determines whether there is a k-th group. For example, it is determined whether or not the kth group identifier exists in the group storage unit 104. If there is, the process proceeds to step S115, and if not, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S115) The store information acquisition unit 106 determines whether it is time to transmit store-related information to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier belonging to the kth group. For example, it may be determined whether or not the transmission time is specified in advance. For example, the transmission time specified in advance is a time that is a predetermined time before the predicted arrival time acquired using the route related information associated with one device identifier belonging to the kth group. It is. Further, the destination indicated by the destination information included in the route related information associated with one device identifier belonging to the kth group and the one device identifier are stored in a storage unit (not shown). This is the timing at which the distance between the two calculated from the current location indicated by the latest current location information is initially equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. Alternatively, when the store identifier is detected in the information shared in the kth group, it may be determined that it is the transmission timing. Here, the one device identifier belonging to the k-th group may be determined in any way, for example, may be determined at random. Alternatively, a device identifier or the like corresponding to the earliest predicted arrival time may be determined as this one device identifier. If it is time to transmit, the process proceeds to step S116. If it is not time to transmit, the process proceeds to step S118.

  (Step S116) The store information acquisition unit 106 acquires store-related information to be transmitted to the kth group. For example, the store information acquisition unit 106 acquires store related information corresponding to the destination of the kth group. The destination of the kth group is, for example, the destination indicated by the destination information included in the route related information associated with one device identifier belonging to the kth group. One device identifier in this case is the same as the one device identifier shown in step S115, for example.

  (Step S117) The store information transmitting unit 108 acquires contact information corresponding to the device identifier belonging to the k-th group as in step S111, and stores the route related information acquired in step S116. Send. Then, the process proceeds to step S118.

  (Step S118) The purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 determines whether it is time to transmit purchase screen information to the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the device identifier belonging to the kth group. This determination processing is the same determination processing as step S115, for example. However, the threshold values used may be different values or the same value. In this case, instead of determining that it is the transmission timing when the store identifier is detected in the information shared in the kth group, the product identifier is detected in the information shared in the kth group. If it is, it may be determined that it is a transmission timing. If it is time to transmit, the process proceeds to step S119, and if not, the process proceeds to step S121.

  (Step S119) The purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 acquires purchase screen information to be transmitted to the kth group. For example, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 acquires purchase screen information for one or more products corresponding to the destination of the kth group.

  (Step S120) Similar to step S111, the purchase screen information transmission unit 109 acquires contact information corresponding to the device identifier belonging to the kth group, and stores the purchase screen acquired in step S119 in this contact. Send information. Then, the process proceeds to step S121.

  (Step S121) The store information acquisition unit 106 increments the value of the counter k by 1. Then, the process returns to step S114.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  Next, an example of a grouping process among the operations of the server apparatus 1 of the information processing system 1000 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process corresponds to step S108 in FIG.

  (Step S <b> 201) The detection unit 102 detects a device identifier that satisfies a predesignated condition for the device identifier associated with the current location information received in the higher-level process. The conditions here are, for example, conditions for grouping. For example, the grouping unit 103 has the same destination for the device identifier associated with the current location information received in the higher-level processing, is in a traffic jam, and has predicted arrival at the destination. One or more device identifiers having a time difference less than a threshold and having the same departure direction are detected.

  (Step S202) The grouping unit 103 determines whether there is any device identifier already detected in step S201. If there is, the process proceeds to step S203, and if not, the process proceeds to step S205.

  (Step S203) The grouping unit 103 adds the device identifier associated with the current location information received in the upper process to the group detected in step S202. For example, the same group identifier as the already grouped device identifier detected in step S202 is associated and stored in the group storage unit 104.

  (Step S204) The grouping unit 103 acquires contact information for the device identifier associated with the current location information received in the higher-level processing, and transmits information indicating that the device is grouped. Then, the process returns to the upper process. Note that when transmitting grouped information, information such as a destination or a departure point common to device identifiers belonging to a group associated with the group identifier may be further acquired and transmitted.

  (Step S205) The grouping unit 103 groups the device identifier associated with the current location information received in the upper process and the device identifier detected in step S201 into a new group. For example, these device identifiers are associated with the same group identifier and stored in the group storage unit 104. The grouping unit 103 further associates the group identifier with information such as the destination information corresponding to the device identifiers constituting the group and the information regarding the direction of the departure point, etc. You may accumulate in

  (Step S206) The grouping unit 103 acquires contact information corresponding to the device identifiers grouped in step S205, and transmits information indicating that the devices are grouped to the in-vehicle device 2 that is the contact. To do. When transmitting the grouped information, information such as a destination and a departure place common to the device identifiers belonging to the group associated with the group identifier may be further transmitted. Then, the process returns to the upper process.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process is terminated.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing system 1000 in the present embodiment will be described. A conceptual diagram of the information processing system 1000 is shown in FIG. Here, as an example, a case where the in-vehicle device 2 is a car navigation device mounted on an automobile will be described.

  When a user A who drives an automobile equipped with an in-vehicle device 2a, which is a car navigation device, inputs "Takayama" which is destination information to the in-vehicle device 2a and performs a route search, the in-vehicle device 2a A route search is performed using information on the current location (such as coordinates such as latitude and longitude) acquired using a GPS (not shown) as departure location information, and using the current time acquired from a clock (not shown) as the departure time, Get route information. Moreover, the estimated arrival time at the destination when moving according to the acquired route information is acquired. Here, it is assumed that the current location as the departure point is the coordinates (x1, y1) of one point of “Kobe” and the predicted arrival time at the destination is “17:20”.

  Then, when the user A performs an operation of determining to use the acquired route information for navigation, for example, an operation of pressing an OK button (not shown), the in-vehicle reception unit 203 of the in-vehicle device 2a performs this operation. The processing unit (not shown) included in the in-vehicle device 2 starts navigation, and the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 of the in-vehicle device 2a acquires the destination information “Takayama” input above and the GPS from above. Then, the coordinates (x1, y1) of the current location, which is the information of the departure place, and the predicted arrival time “17:20” are transmitted as route related information to the server device 1 in association with the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2a. For example, here, it is assumed that the device identifier transmitted in association with the route related information is the mail address “userA @ driver...” Of user A stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown) of the in-vehicle device 2a. Here, it is assumed that x1, y1, etc. are arbitrary values indicating coordinates.

  The receiving unit 101 of the server device 1 receives a set of route related information and a device identifier transmitted from the in-vehicle device 2a. The receiving unit 101 associates the received route related information with the device identifier and accumulates them in a storage unit (not shown). In addition, here, the receiving unit 101 acquires information on the direction of the departure point using the coordinates (x1, y1) of the departure point included in the received route related information.

  Specifically, information indicating each of a plurality of areas obtained by dividing Japan into a plurality of areas is stored in a storage unit (not shown) in association with the information indicating the direction, and the received route related information It is determined in which area the coordinates of the departure point included in the information are included, and information indicating the direction of the departure point associated with the area determined to be included is acquired. And the information which shows the direction of the acquired departure place is matched with said route relevant information and apparatus identification information as information acquired using route relevant information, and it accumulate | stores in the storage part which is not shown in figure. The information indicating each of the plurality of regions is, for example, a plurality of coordinates indicating the contour and boundary of each region. Information indicating the direction of the departure place includes names of directions such as “Kanto”, “Kansai”, and “Koshinetsu”. For example, here, since the coordinates (x1, y1) of the departure place are the coordinates in the area associated with the name “Kansai area”, the receiving unit 101 displays the information “Kansai area” as the departure place information. It is acquired and stored as information indicating the direction of.

  FIG. 4 is a path related information management table for managing path related information accumulated in a storage unit (not shown) of the server device 1. The route related information management table has attributes of “device ID”, “destination”, “departure place”, “departure direction”, and “predicted arrival time”. “Device ID” is the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2. “Destination” is destination information of route-related information. “Departure point” is the departure point information of the route related information. The “departure direction” is information indicating the direction of the departure place acquired using the information of “departure place”. “Predicted arrival time” is a predicted arrival time that is route-related information. In the route related information management table, each record (row) is information including route related information transmitted from one in-vehicle device 2, and information such as the route related information transmitted from the in-vehicle device 2a is as follows. It is assumed that the information is accumulated as the first line information. Here, it is assumed that route-related information and the like transmitted from other in-vehicle devices 2 have already been accumulated.

  During the navigation, the in-vehicle device 2a acquires coordinates as current location information using a GPS or the like (not shown) at a predetermined or indefinite timing specified in advance. Then, the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 associates the acquired current location information with the device identifier “userA @ driver...” And sequentially transmits them to the server device 1.

  When the receiving unit 101 of the server apparatus 1 receives the current location information and the device identifier transmitted from the in-vehicle device 2a, the received current location information and the device identifier are received from a clock or the like (not shown) “14:25” The information is stored in a storage unit (not shown) sequentially in association with “28 seconds”.

  FIG. 5 is a current location information management table stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the server device 1. The current location information management table has attributes of “device ID”, “current location”, and “time”. “Device ID” is a device identifier, and “current location” is current location information, which is a coordinate here. “Time” is the reception time.

  FIG. 6 is a traffic jam management table accumulated in a storage unit (not shown). In the traffic jam management table, “device ID” that is a device identifier determined to be in a traffic jam state is stored.

  When the receiving unit 101 of the server apparatus 1 receives the current location information and accumulates it in the current location information management table as shown in FIG. 5, the detection unit 102 identifies the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Associated with the accumulated current location information. It is determined whether or not the in-vehicle device 2a indicated by is already in a traffic jam state. Specifically, the detection unit 102 determines whether or not “device ID” that matches the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Exists in the traffic jam management table. Here, since there is no match, the in-vehicle device 2a determines that it has not been previously determined that there is a traffic jam. If there is a match, it is determined that the traffic is already congested.

  Since the detection unit 102 has not previously been determined to be in a traffic jam state, whether or not the in-vehicle device 2a indicated by the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Associated with the latest accumulated current location information has entered a traffic jam. Judging. It is assumed that the latest accumulated current location information is (x115, y115). In the current location information management table shown in FIG. 5, the detection unit 102 is a record (row) in which the attribute value of “device ID” matches the device identifier “userA @ driver...”, And the value of “time” is Then, the record that is the newest value that is 15 minutes or more away from the latest reception time “14:25:28” stored in advance is detected. Here, it is assumed that a record having “device ID” “userA @ driver...” And “time” “14:09:32” is detected. Then, the detecting unit 102 acquires (x111, y111) that is the value of “current location” of the detected record and “14:09:32” that is the value of “time”. Then, the moving speed of the in-vehicle device 2a is calculated using (x115, y115) that is the latest current location information accumulated as described above and the time “14:25:28” that is the latest reception time. Specifically, the moving speed of the in-vehicle device 2a is calculated from the change in coordinates indicated by the current location information, and the moving speed is calculated by dividing this by the difference in reception time. Then, it is determined whether or not the calculated moving speed is less than a threshold value for determining a traffic jam. For example, if the calculated moving speed is 15 km / h and the threshold is 20 km / h, it is determined that the in-vehicle device 2a is in a traffic jam state. Then, the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Is added to the traffic jam management table shown in FIG.

  Since the detection unit 102 determines that the in-vehicle device 2a corresponding to the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Is in a traffic jam state, the detection unit 102 detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predetermined condition for this device identifier. Perform processing. This may be considered as detecting two or more device identifiers that satisfy a pre-specified condition including the device identifier. The predesignated condition is, for example, “an apparatus where the destination is the same, the direction of the departure point is the same, the difference in predicted arrival times is less than or equal to a threshold value, and traffic congestion is detected. It is assumed that the condition is “identifier”.

  First, the detection unit 102 detects a record in which “device ID” matches the device identifier “userA @ driver...” From the route related information management table shown in FIG. Attribute value “Takayama”, “departure direction” attribute value “Kansai direction”, and “predicted arrival time” attribute value “17:20” are acquired. In the other records of the route related information management table shown in FIG. 4, the attribute value of “Destination” matches “Takayama”, and the attribute value of “Departure” is the same as “Kansai”. In addition, one or two or more records whose difference between the attribute value of “predicted arrival time” and “17:20” is within a threshold of 30 minutes are detected. Then, the attribute value of “device ID” of the detected record is acquired. Further, for each acquired “device ID”, it is sequentially determined whether or not there is a “device ID” that matches the traffic jam management table shown in FIG. 6, and only those that have a matching “device ID” are acquired. One or more “device IDs” acquired in this way are device identifiers that satisfy the conditions specified in advance for the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Detected by the detection unit 102. For example, it is assumed that the device identifiers acquired here are “userC @ driver ...”, “userG @ driver ...”, and “userQ @ driver ...”.

  FIG. 7 is a group management table for managing device identifiers stored in the group storage unit 104 in association with group identifiers. The group management table has attributes of “group ID” that is a group identifier and “device ID” that is a device identifier.

  The grouping unit 103 determines whether any device identifiers detected by the detection unit 102 are already grouped. Specifically, in the group management table shown in FIG. 7, a record in which the attribute value of “Group ID” matches any of the detected device identifiers is detected.

  Here, if no matching record is detected, there is no existing group having a device identifier that satisfies a condition specified in advance for the device identifier “userA @ driver...”. Groups the device identifier acquired by the detection unit 102 and the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Into one group. Here, the same group identifier is associated with these device identifiers and added to the group storage unit 104. The group identifier to be associated is determined by, for example, a rule designated in advance. Here, it is assumed that a group identifier “G015” including a serial number in accordance with the group creation order is given.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing group management information in which a device identifier of a new group is added.

  The grouping unit 103 transmits information indicating that it has been newly grouped to the in-vehicle device 2 corresponding to each device identifier using the contact information corresponding to each device identifier constituting the group. . In this specific example, since each device identifier is a mail address registered in each in-vehicle device 2, information indicating that the device identifier is grouped using the device identifier as a destination is transmitted. Here, the destination information “Takayama” corresponding to the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Is acquired from the route-related information management table shown in FIG. 4 and indicates that this information is grouped. Send information.

  For example, when the in-vehicle receiving unit 202 of the in-vehicle device 2a of the user A corresponding to the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Receives the information indicating that the grouping unit 103 transmits the grouping, the in-vehicle device 2a The in-vehicle display unit 204 displays this information on the monitor 200a.

  FIG. 9 is information indicating the grouping displayed on the monitor 200a of the in-vehicle device 2a. For example, as shown in the figure, the information indicating the grouping includes information indicating the device identifier of the in-vehicle device 2a of the user A and the device identifiers of the in-vehicle devices 2 of other users belonging to the same group as the user A. The predicted arrival time corresponding to each device identifier is transmitted from the server device 1 to each in-vehicle device 2 as information indicating that the estimated arrival time is associated with each device identifier and grouped. Are displayed in association with each device identifier (for example, on the same line as each device identifier). Also, here, as an example, information on the current location of the in-vehicle device 2 corresponding to each device identifier stored in a storage unit (not shown) in association with the device identifier, or a user using each in-vehicle device 2 has purchased. Remarks information such as merchandise, reserved merchandise and facilities is transmitted from each in-vehicle device 2 to the server device 1 in association with the device identifier of each in-vehicle device 2 and accumulated in a storage unit (not shown) of the server device 1, The remark information associated with the device identifier is transmitted from the server device 1 together with the information grouped to each in-vehicle device 2 and displayed in association with each device identifier. Information on the current location of the in-vehicle device 2 is transmitted from each in-vehicle device 2 to the server device 1 and accumulated in a storage unit (not shown), for example. The current location information may be a place name, an address, or the like, or may be coordinate information. When the information on the current location transmitted by each in-vehicle device 2 is a coordinate, the server device 1 or the in-vehicle device 2 that receives the information may be converted into a place name, an address, or the like as appropriate. The information on the remarks such as the product purchased by the user or the reserved product may be information transmitted to the server device 1 by the user who made the purchase or reservation using the in-vehicle device 2. Information such as purchased products and reserved facilities by inputting an identifier may be information automatically stored in the server device 1. The facility here is a concept including restaurants and the like. Note that the remark information may be information other than the above as long as the information is preferably shared within the group.

  If it is determined in the above that there is already a grouping, specifically, in the group management table shown in FIG. 7, the attribute value of “group ID” is one of the detected device identifiers. When a matching record is detected, the grouping unit 103 acquires the “group ID” of the detected record, stores the group identifier in association with the device identifier “userA @ driver...”, And the acquired group ID. Add to part 104. As a result, the device identifier “userA @ driver...” Can be added to the existing group.

  The user A of the in-vehicle device 2a displays a screen for inputting information as shown in FIG. 10, and information on a character string, for example, “The arrival time seems to be greatly delayed due to traffic. "If there is a restaurant, please let me know", the in-vehicle reception unit 203 of the in-vehicle device 2a accepts the input character string, and if the user A performs an operation of transmission, the in-vehicle transmission unit 201 of the in-vehicle device 2a. However, the character string information is transmitted to the server device 1 in association with the device identifier “userA @ driver...”.

  When the group processing unit 105 of the server device 1 receives the information of the character string associated with the device identifier “userA @ driver...”, The group identifier associated with the device identifier is the group shown in FIG. A device identifier acquired by searching from the management table and associated with the same group identifier as the acquired group identifier is detected, and contact information of the in-vehicle device 2 indicated by the detected device identifier is acquired. Here, the device identifier itself, which is a mail address, is acquired as the contact information of the in-vehicle device 2. Then, using the acquired contact information, the received character string information is transmitted to the in-vehicle device corresponding to another device identifier belonging to the same group as the device identifier “userA @ driver...”.

  For example, if the in-vehicle receiving unit 202 of the in-vehicle device 2c indicated by the device identifier “userC @ driver...” Receives this information, the in-vehicle display unit 204 displays this information on the monitor 200c.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating information transmitted by the in-vehicle device 2a displayed on the monitor 200c of the in-vehicle device 2c.

  Similarly, the information returned from the in-vehicle device 2c according to the information received above is associated with the device identifier “userC @ driver... Sent. Then, the server apparatus 1 transmits the information sent back to the in-vehicle apparatus 2 corresponding to the other apparatus identifier belonging to the same group as the apparatus identifier, and the received in-vehicle apparatus 2 displays the information.

  By grouping in this way, it is possible to group in-vehicle devices 2 that have the same destination, have the same predicted arrival time, and have the same departure direction, and can easily share useful topics. Is possible. In addition, by grouping the in-vehicle devices 2 in a traffic jam, it is possible to collect information for changing the movement plan due to the traffic jam, and to kill time in a traffic jam and to relieve stress in a traffic jam. In addition, since it is during a traffic jam, there is a high possibility that a car or the like will stop, and the frequency of information exchange will increase. Therefore, effective information sharing without stress can be performed.

  FIG. 12 is a store related information management table for managing store related information. The store related information management table has attributes of “area” and “store information”. “Area” is area information, and here is an area identifier such as a place name. “Store information” is an identifier of store-related information, and here indicates a folder name in which the store-related information is stored. In addition, the identifier of the store-related information is assumed to be a store name as an example here. This store-related information is information of an electronic document for displaying a screen showing information related to the store.

  FIG. 13 is a purchase screen information management table for managing purchase screen information. The purchase screen information management table has attributes of “area” and “purchase screen”. “Area” is area information, and here is an area identifier such as a place name. “Purchase screen” is purchase screen information, and here indicates the name of the folder in which the purchase screen information is stored. This purchase screen information is information of an electronic document for displaying a screen for purchasing a product.

  The store information acquisition unit 106 determines whether it is time to sequentially transmit store related information for each group indicated by the group identifier. For example, in the route-related information shown in FIG. 4, the arrival prediction times associated with two or more device identifiers associated with each group identifier are acquired, and the current prediction prediction times obtained are It is determined whether there is a difference between the time and the threshold value within two hours. If there is, the store information acquisition unit 106 determines that it is time to transmit the store related information, and acquires the store related information. In addition, regarding the group identifier associated with information such as a flag indicating that the store-related information has already been transmitted, the process of transmitting the store-related information may not be performed.

  Here, for example, for the group whose group identifier is “G015”, if there is a device identifier whose corresponding predicted arrival time is within a threshold, the store information acquisition unit 106 is associated with this device identifier. The destination information obtained is acquired from the route related information management table shown in FIG. It is assumed that the acquired destination information is “Takayama”. The store information acquisition unit 106 detects a record (row) whose “area” matches “Takayama” from the store related information management table shown in FIG. 12, and is an attribute value of “store information” of the detected record. “Takayama Folk Art Restaurant”, “Restaurant Takayama”, and “Takayama Soba” are acquired, and store-related information stored in a folder indicated by these folder names in a storage unit (not shown) is read out. Then, as described above, two or more device identifiers included in this group identifier are acquired from the group management table shown in FIG. 8, and read out to two or more in-vehicle devices 2 corresponding to the acquired device identifiers. Send store related information.

  For example, the display unit 204 of the in-vehicle device 2 a that has received the store-related information by the in-vehicle receiving unit 202 displays the received store-related information on the monitor 200.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display example of store related information by the in-vehicle device 2a. Here, as shown in the figure, the display unit 204 displays, together with the store-related information, a button 205 for receiving a store reservation indicated by the store-related information. When this button 205 is pressed, a screen (not shown) for reserving a store indicated by the store-related information is displayed, and reservation can be accepted via this screen. Note that processing for displaying a button for accepting a reservation, processing for displaying a reservation screen and the like for accepting a reservation, and the like are well-known techniques, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here. Further, here, as shown in an area 206, a user identifier such as a user name of a user of the in-vehicle device 2 belonging to the same group as the in-vehicle device 2a using the store indicated by the store-related information, and this user's store Further, information indicating the evaluation (hereinafter referred to as store evaluation information) is further displayed. The information indicating evaluation is information indicating an evaluation score, for example. For example, an unillustrated reception unit or the like of the in-vehicle device 2 of the user who uses the store indicated by the store-related information receives an identifier of the store-related information of the store and information indicating evaluation about the store from the user. The in-vehicle device 2 associates the identifier of the store-related information received by the reception unit and the information indicating the evaluation with the device identifier of the in-vehicle device, and transmits the information to the server device 1. 101 etc. receive these information and accumulate | store in the storage part which is not shown in figure. Then, when the store information acquisition unit 106 acquires one or more store-related information to be transmitted with respect to the device identifier corresponding to one group identifier, the store-related information identifier to be acquired and the one group identifier If the store evaluation information associated with both the corresponding one or more device identifiers is stored in a storage unit (not shown), the store evaluation information and the device identifier are acquired, together with the store related information, It transmits to the vehicle-mounted apparatus 2 corresponding to a group identifier. Here, in particular, a user name corresponding to the acquired device identifier is acquired from information in which a device identifier and a user name stored in a storage unit (not shown) are associated in advance, and the user name is acquired from the device. Sending instead of identifier. However, it may be considered that the device identifier is also transmitted by converting the device identifier into information that can identify the device identifier. By doing so, it is possible to display evaluations about stores of members belonging to the same group together with store related information, and as a reliable and useful material when judging whether or not to use stores, etc. Can be used.

  As a result, information on local stores can be acquired in the car while moving to the destination, and action plans at the destination can be made, action plans can be reviewed, etc. In addition to being able to utilize it, it becomes possible to appropriately perform actions at the destination.

  Further, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 further determines whether it is the timing for transmitting purchase screen information for the group for which it is determined whether the store information acquisition unit 106 is the timing for transmitting store-related information. To do. For example, in the route-related information shown in FIG. 4, the arrival prediction times associated with two or more device identifiers associated with each group identifier are acquired, and the current prediction prediction times obtained are It is determined whether there is a difference from the time within a threshold of 1.5 hours. If there is, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 determines that it is time to transmit the purchase screen information and acquires the purchase screen information. For the group identifier associated with information such as a flag indicating that purchase screen information has already been transmitted, the process of transmitting purchase screen information need not be performed.

  Here, for example, for a group with a group identifier “G10”, if there is a device identifier whose corresponding predicted arrival time is within a threshold, the purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 is associated with this device identifier. Destination information is acquired from the route related information management table shown in FIG. It is assumed that the acquired destination information is “Karuizawa”. The purchase screen information acquisition unit 108 detects a record (row) whose “area” matches “Karuizawa” from the purchase screen information management table shown in FIG. 13, and uses the attribute value of the “purchase screen” of the detected record. A certain “Karuizawa roll cake”, “Karuizawa cookie”, and “Karuizawa bread” are acquired, and purchase screen information stored in a folder indicated by these folder names in a storage unit (not shown) is read out. Then, similarly to the above, two or more device identifiers included in this group identifier are acquired from the group management table shown in FIG. 8, and acquired to two or more in-vehicle devices 2 respectively corresponding to the acquired device identifiers. Send purchase screen information. Then, information such as a flag indicating that purchase screen information has already been transmitted is associated with this group identifier and stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like.

  For example, the in-vehicle display unit 204 of the in-vehicle device 2d corresponding to the one in-vehicle identifier associated with the group identifier “G010” that received the purchase screen information uses the received purchase screen information to monitor the purchase screen 200d. To display.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a purchase screen by the in-vehicle device 2d. In addition, when displaying purchase screen information, you may make it display the information (henceforth product evaluation information) which shows evaluation of the goods etc. which a purchase screen shows similarly to the store evaluation information mentioned above. The configuration for storing the product evaluation information in the server device 1 and the configuration for displaying the product evaluation information of users belonging to the same group on the purchase screen information, etc., store or display the above-described store evaluation information. Since the same configuration as the processing can be used, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The user of the in-vehicle device 2d can purchase the product shown on the purchase screen from the vehicle moving to the destination by operating the purchase screen. As a result, for example, souvenirs and special products at the destination can be purchased from the vehicle moving to the destination, and time can be used effectively.

  In the above, when the device identifier corresponding to the current location information received by the receiving unit 101 is already stored in the group storage unit 104 in association with the group identifier, that is, the device identifier is a grouped device identifier. If there is, the grouping unit 103 determines whether the destination has been reached using the received current location information. Specifically, the grouping unit 103 obtains the destination information from the route related information stored in a storage unit (not shown) in association with the received device identifier by a search using the device identifier as a search key. It is acquired, and it is determined whether or not the destination indicated by the destination information is the same as the current location indicated by the current location information. The determination of whether or not the current location has arrived at the destination is a well-known technology as a navigation device technology and the like, and thus the description thereof is omitted here. If it is determined that the destination has been reached, the grouping unit 103 deletes the device identifier corresponding to the received current location information from the group storage unit 104. Alternatively, the grouping unit 103 may add information such as a flag indicating that the current location information is excluded from the group. If it is determined that the destination and the current location are not the same, it is determined that the destination has not arrived, and the device identifier corresponding to the received current location information is not deleted from the group storage unit 104.

  By doing in this way, when the in-vehicle device 2 arrives at the destination, the in-vehicle device 2 can be excluded from the group, and the grouping of the in-vehicle devices 2 can be made temporary. The user who uses 2 can easily join the group.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, two or more in-vehicle devices that are moving can be appropriately grouped. For example, according to the present embodiment, the vehicle can move toward the same destination or the same direction. Two or more in-vehicle devices can be grouped. Thereby, for example, it becomes possible to appropriately share information related to movement among users who are moving toward the same destination or the like.

  In addition, by grouping in-vehicle devices mounted on a car in a traffic jam state, it becomes possible to share information among users in a traffic jam state, and it becomes possible to share information appropriately according to the traffic jam This makes it possible to effectively use time in a traffic jam condition.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  In each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means (store information transmission unit, purchase screen information transmission unit, etc.) existing in one device may be physically realized by one medium. Yes.

  In each of the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as an MPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory. At the time of execution, the program execution unit may execute the program while accessing a storage unit (for example, a recording medium such as a hard disk or a memory).

  The software that realizes the server device in each of the above embodiments is a program as described below. That is, this program is information related to a route associated with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device, and includes route-related information that is information having destination information indicating the destination. A detection unit that detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predetermined condition using a reception unit that is received from the device, path-related information associated with the device identifier received by the reception unit, and a detection unit that detects This is a program for functioning as a grouping unit that groups two or more device identifiers, and a group processing unit that performs processing related to the grouped device identifiers.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, a function that can be realized only by hardware such as a modem or an interface card in an acquisition unit that acquires information or an output unit that outputs information is not included in the function realized by the program.

  Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an external appearance of a computer that executes the program and realizes the server device according to the embodiment. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  In FIG. 16, the computer system 900 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 905, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor 904.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 17, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 905, a computer 901 is connected to an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing a program such as a boot-up program, and the MPU 911. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 913 that temporarily stores and provides a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, and a bus 915 that interconnects the MPU 911, ROM 912, and the like Prepare. The computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to the LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 900 to execute the functions of the server device and the like according to the above-described embodiment may be stored in the CD-ROM 921, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905, and transferred to the hard disk 914. Instead, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 914. The program is loaded into the RAM 913 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921 or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the server device according to the above-described embodiment. The program may include only a part of an instruction that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the server device or the like according to the present invention is suitable as a server device or the like that processes information transmitted from an in-vehicle device, and is particularly useful as a server device or the like that groups in-vehicle devices.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server apparatus 2, 2a-2c Car-mounted apparatus 101 Reception part 102 Detection part 103 Grouping part 104 Group storage part 105 Group processing part 106 Store information acquisition part 107 Store information transmission part 108 Purchase screen information acquisition part 109 Purchase screen information transmission part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 201 In-vehicle transmission part 202 In-vehicle receiving part 203 In-vehicle reception part 204 In-vehicle display part 1000 Information processing system

Claims (10)

A receiving unit that receives information related to a route that is associated with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device and that has information related to a destination that indicates destination, from two or more in-vehicle devices;
A detection unit that detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predesignated condition using path-related information associated with the device identifier received by the reception unit;
A grouping unit that groups two or more device identifiers detected by the detection unit;
A server device comprising: a group processing unit that performs processing related to grouped device identifiers. The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the group processing unit performs a process for sharing information between grouped apparatus identifiers. The group processing unit receives information associated with a device identifier, and transmits the received information to an in-vehicle device indicated by another device identifier in the group including the device identifier associated with the information. Item 3. The server device according to Item 2. The detection unit detects a traffic jam for the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier received by the reception unit, and uses two or more conditions satisfying a predesignated condition that the traffic jam is detected by using the traffic jam detection result. The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus identifier is detected. The detection unit acquires destination information and a predicted arrival time for a device identifier associated with the route-related information using the route-related information received by the receiving unit, and acquires the acquired destination information and the predicted arrival time. 5. The server device according to claim 1, wherein two or more device identifiers that satisfy a pre-designated condition for destination information and predicted arrival time are detected using. The detection unit uses the route related information received by the receiving unit to acquire information related to the departure place of the in-vehicle device indicated by the device identifier associated with the route related information, and the acquired departure place The server apparatus according to claim 5, further detecting two or more apparatus identifiers that satisfy a predesignated condition related to a departure place, further using related information. About the group grouped by the grouping unit, a store information acquisition unit that acquires store-related information that is information about stores related to the group, and
The store information transmission part which further transmits the shop relevant information which the said shop information acquisition part acquired to the vehicle-mounted apparatus which one or more apparatus identifiers which comprise the group from which the said shop relevant information was acquired is further provided. The server device according to claim 6. About the group grouped by the grouping unit, a purchase screen information acquisition unit that acquires purchase screen information that is information for displaying a purchase screen for purchasing a product related to the group;
The purchase screen information transmission part which transmits the purchase screen information which the said store information acquisition part acquired to the vehicle-mounted apparatus which one or more apparatus identifiers which comprise the group from which the said store relevant information was acquired further comprises. The server device according to claim 7. An information processing method performed using a receiving unit, a detecting unit, a grouping unit, and a group processing unit,
The receiving unit receives information related to a route associated with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device, and includes route-related information that is information having destination information indicating a destination from two or more in-vehicle devices. Receiving step;
The detection unit detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predesignated condition by using the route related information associated with the device identifier received in the reception step;
A grouping step in which the grouping unit groups two or more device identifiers detected in the detection step;
An information processing method comprising: a group processing step in which the group processing unit performs processing related to grouped device identifiers. Computer
A receiving unit that receives information related to a route that is associated with a device identifier that is an identifier of an in-vehicle device and that has information related to a destination that indicates destination, from two or more in-vehicle devices;
A detection unit that detects two or more device identifiers that satisfy a predesignated condition using path-related information associated with the device identifier received by the reception unit;
A grouping unit that groups two or more device identifiers detected by the detection unit;
A program for causing a group processing unit to perform processing related to grouped device identifiers.

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