JP5022056B2 - Meeting support system, method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for supporting waiting for a plurality of people.

   Systems that automatically support "meeting" behavior where people meet each other at a predetermined time and place have been widely developed.

  In Patent Document 1, it is possible to support the determination of the meeting place, and to easily contact the determined meeting place / time to a plurality of opponents, and the person who receives the contact can display information on the meeting place.

  In Patent Document 2, determination of a meeting place / time is supported while performing bidirectional communication with a navigation terminal.

  In Patent Document 3, a map image of a meeting place is generated and transmitted to a user.

According to Patent Document 4, a meeting place / time according to a life pattern is recommended based on a user's past “movement history”.
JP 2002-92232 A JP 2005-227168 A JP 2003-121194 A JP 2006-24194 A

  Each of the above-mentioned patent documents 1 to 4 automatically supports waiting by utilizing an existing GIS (Geographic Information System) service such as map / route search / navigation. These means determine and contact the meeting place, and guide to the meeting place. The final confirmation of arrival at the meeting place has to be performed by the user mainly through a “map”.

  However, in reality, for the first meeting place, for example, in an area where crowded buildings are crowded, you know that you are coming close, but you can not find a store on the upper floor of the building, In the first place, it is often not effective for people who are not good at reading maps.

  That is, there is a problem that it is not possible to intuitively confirm whether or not the final meeting place has been reached.

  Also, for people who are not good at maps, it is not always effective to guide all people to the same place so that map-based guidance does not work at all. For this reason, the guidance to the place according to each user's condition and property is also a problem.

  Furthermore, there is a problem that the data of a real meeting place cannot be effectively reused based on the waiting history of oneself, the other party, or another person.

  In this regard, Patent Document 1 is suitable for a classic meeting style in which meeting time and place are determined in advance, but meet each other in real time. It is not adapted to the waiting style to be adjusted.

  Since Patent Document 2 mainly assumes communication between automobiles, it is not adapted to a meeting style in which each other moves in real time to communicate with each other and adjust a meeting time and place.

  Since Patent Document 3 uses a map image, it is not effective for people who are not good at maps.

  Patent Document 4 uses the user's own “movement history”, but does not use data for waiting itself, especially information for waiting for another person.

  The present invention is a meeting support system for the purpose of efficiently determining a meeting place, communicating simple meeting information to a plurality of people, and displaying a method for reaching the meeting place. The goal is to be able to do it visually.

The present invention also provides:
・ Make it possible to provide guidance support to the meeting place according to the situation and nature of each user ・ Make use of the stored meeting data (especially photos of the place) of yourself and others The goal is to provide flexible support for both the classic meeting styles that determine the time and place, and the meeting styles that determine the time and place in real time while moving.

  The meeting support device according to the present invention is the identification information of each member and the connection identification information to the terminal held by each member from at least one of the terminals held by members who are a plurality of persons waiting at the same place. An input unit for inputting identification information of a contact, a meeting time, and a meeting place, an acquisition unit for obtaining a photo of the meeting place based on the identification information of the meeting place input to the input unit, and identification information of each member In addition to issuing unique meeting identification information to the meeting information including contact information, meeting time, meeting place identification information, and photos of the meeting place acquired by the acquisition unit, the meeting identification information is associated with the meeting information. And the registration information registered by the registration unit and the identification information of the waiting time and meeting place registered by the registration unit. And a notification unit for notifying the terminal identified by the contact information including the photo of the meeting place and a guide information for guiding each member to the meeting place based on the identification information of the meeting place, And a guiding unit that transmits to the terminal.

  According to the present invention, a photo of the meeting place is acquired based on the registered identification information of the meeting place, and the waiting information including the photo of the meeting place is notified to the terminal of the member who is waiting. The member can visually check whether or not he / she has actually reached the meeting place by using the photo of the meeting place.

  In addition, as meeting information, the meeting time and meeting place identification information are notified, so a classic meeting style that firmly determines the time and place in advance, a meeting style that decides the time and place in real time while moving each other, either Meetings in different styles can be flexibly supported.

  The guide unit may receive a customization setting regarding a display format of the guide information on the terminal from the terminal, and create the guide information based on the customization setting received from the terminal.

  In this way, it is possible to provide guidance support to a meeting place according to the situation and nature of each user.

  The registration unit may register a meeting place of new meeting information by causing the terminal to select a desired meeting place included in the past meeting information stored in the storage unit.

  In this way, it is possible to effectively use the stored meeting data (especially photos of places) of yourself and others.

  When the registration unit registers the past meeting place selected from the terminal in new meeting information, it is a numerical value that can be converted into an economic value for the member who owns the terminal that has entered the selected past meeting place. You may further provide the incentive provision part which provides a certain incentive.

  You may further provide the determination part which determines a meeting place based on the past meeting information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part.

  The registration unit creates a member-dedicated address corresponding to the same meeting identification information, registers it in association with the meeting information, and the notification unit is transmitted from any first terminal to the member-dedicated address The information may be notified from the member-dedicated address to the second terminal that is the terminal of all members other than the first terminal.

  A restriction information storage unit that stores information related to restrictions on the use of photos at the meeting place, and a determination unit that determines the validity of use of the photo at the meeting place registered by the registration unit based on the restriction information and the identification information of the meeting place And may be further provided.

  A meeting support system according to the present invention includes the above-described meeting support apparatus, a designation receiving unit that indicates a specific destination on a website, receives a designation of a specific destination via a terminal, and a designated identification A destination server that transmits the destination to the meeting support device, and the guidance unit waits for the member in response to receiving a notification from the terminal that the member has reached the meeting place. Destination guidance information for guiding from a place to a specific destination is created and transmitted to the terminal.

  A meeting support system according to the present invention includes the above-described meeting support apparatus, a designation reception unit that indicates a specific meeting place on a website, receives a designation of a specific meeting place via a terminal, and a specified identification And a registration unit that registers the identification information of the specific meeting place transmitted from the Web server as the meeting place of the waiting information. To do.

  At least one timing among the case where the designated reception unit is opened on the website, the case where the designation reception unit is opened on the website for a predetermined period, and the case where the designation reception unit accepts designation of the meeting place, There may be further provided a billing unit for setting a billing amount from the manager of the meeting support apparatus to the manager of the Web server.

  The meeting support method according to the present invention is the identification information of each member and the connection identification information to the terminal held by each member from at least one of the terminals held by members who are a plurality of persons waiting at the same place. Entering contact information, meeting time, and meeting place identification information, obtaining a meeting place photo based on the input meeting place identification information, identification information of each member, contact information, meeting Issued a unique meeting identification information for the waiting information including the time, meeting place identification information, and the acquired meeting place photograph, and registered the meeting identification information and the waiting information in association with each other. , Meeting time, meeting place identification information and meeting place A step of notifying meeting information including a photo to the terminal identified by the contact; and a step of creating guidance information for guiding each member to the meeting place based on the identification information of the meeting place and transmitting to the terminal And comprising.

  A program for causing a computer to execute this waiting support method is also included in the present invention.

  According to the present invention, a photo of the meeting place is acquired based on the registered identification information of the meeting place, and the waiting information including the photo of the meeting place is notified to the terminal of the member who is waiting. The member can visually check whether or not he / she has actually reached the meeting place by using the photo of the meeting place.

  In addition, as meeting information, the meeting time and meeting place identification information are notified, so a classic meeting style that firmly determines the time and place in advance, a meeting style that decides the time and place in real time while moving each other, either Meetings in different styles can be flexibly supported.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a waiting support apparatus 100 according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. The waiting support device 100 includes a control device 1, a primary storage device 2, an information input device 3, a communication device 4, a waiting page generation device 5, a guidance device 6, and a secondary storage device 7.

  The control device 1 is composed of an arithmetic device such as a CPU, and includes a place determination device 11 and a waiting information registration device 12.

  The temporary storage device 2 is composed of a RAM or the like, and temporarily stores programs and data necessary for the operation of the control device 1.

  The information input device 3 is a device that accepts various information inputs from the outside.

  The communication device 4 includes a plurality of mobile terminals 200 a, 200 b, 200 c (which are collectively represented by the mobile terminal 200) configured by a mobile phone, a PDA, and the like owned by each user, a mobile phone communication network, It is an interface for communicating via various communication networks such as a wireless LAN and the Internet. The mobile terminal 200 is owned by each user who wants to meet at the same meeting place.

  The secondary storage device 7 is a large-capacity storage medium that stores the meeting database 7a in a nonvolatile manner, and is constituted by, for example, a hard disk unit.

  Next, the flow of the waiting support process executed by the waiting support apparatus 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, as an example, it is assumed that three meeting members of ABC meet in front of the Ikebukuro statue near the east exit of JR Ikebukuro Station at 12:00 pm on Saturday, April 1. It is assumed that the three members of ABC have mobile terminals 200a, 200b, and 200c, respectively. Further, it is assumed that the member A determines the meeting time and place and notifies the members B and C.

  When the member A accesses the communication device 4 by the mobile terminal 200a, the waiting support device 100 starts the waiting support processing. Access to the communication device 4 is performed, for example, by inputting a URL uniquely assigned to the communication device 4 into a Web browser provided in the mobile terminal 200a.

  When the waiting support apparatus 100 starts processing, the waiting information registration apparatus 12 issues unique identification information (waiting ID) regarding this waiting and registers it in the waiting information DB 7a together with empty “waiting information”. And A who is the user of the portable terminal 200a is registered as a waiting member corresponding to the waiting ID.

  A registered as a meeting member can register B and C, which are other meeting members, which will be described later.

  In S <b> 1, the waiting date and place determined by the member A himself or the waiting date and place determined by the place determining device 11 is input to the waiting information registration device 12. The method for determining the meeting place is arbitrary, and the following pattern is assumed.

  a) Meeting place identification information such as an address and a landmark name corresponding to a place previously determined by the member A is directly input from the mobile terminal 200a to the waiting registration apparatus 12.

  b) When the member A inputs the direction of the person he / she wants to meet, the conditions of the station / location, etc. from the mobile terminal 200a, the location determination device 11 acquires from the waiting information DB 7a candidates for the waiting location near the input desired meeting location. And transmitted to the portable terminal 200a. The waiting place candidates received by the mobile terminal 200a are displayed, and a desired place is selected from them, thereby determining the waiting place.

  c) The place determination device 11 automatically selects an optimal meeting place from peripheral information other than the waiting history, such as the relationship between the current position information (GPS information) of each member's terminal 200 and the movement history of the terminal 200 in the past. And determine the time.

  d) The place determination device 11 automatically determines a meeting place with a track record from the past meeting history of the member A itself or another member BC. The meeting information DB 7a is inquired about past meeting information of each member A, B, and C. For example, the meeting place is scored by the following items, and the meeting place with the highest score is determined.

・ Number of members who have met at the place in the past ・ Time when the place was used in the past for each member (new scores are high)
・ Evaluation of each member when using the location in the past ・ Frequency, use time, evaluation from all history information in the meeting information DB 7a other than members. When the location identification information is determined, it is input to the waiting information registration device 12 as “waiting information” together with the waiting ID. In the meeting information DB 7a, map information indicating the relationship between the address and the landmark and map information indicating the relationship between the address and the GPS position information are prepared in advance. If both are connected, map information indicating the relationship between the GPS position information and the address and the landmark can be realized. Therefore, regardless of whether the input meeting place is the address / landmark / GPS position information, It can be specified by this map information.

  In S2, the meeting information registration device 12 searches the meeting information database 7a using the input meeting place identification information (for example, address / landmark / GPS position information) as a key, and acquires a photograph of the meeting place. At this time, if the photo of the place is not stored in the meeting information database 7a, the web resource is searched using various web search services using the meeting place identification information as a key, and the location of the place is automatically identified. A photo may be obtained. Alternatively, the terminal 200a may provide a photo of the meeting place.

  In addition, when a plurality of photographs at the place are stored in the meeting information database 7a, the optimum photograph is selected based on the incidental information associated with each photograph. The following methods can be considered as a method for selecting an optimal photograph according to the accompanying information.

・ The number of times the photo was used in the past as a photo of the meeting place ・ Evaluation of the photo by the member when it was used in the past ・ Shooting time zone such as weekday daytime, last night etc. Based on these incidental information, it is appropriate The evaluation value (score) is calculated by a simple method, and the photo with the highest score is selected as the meeting photo. For example, a photo in a shooting time zone that is as close as possible to the actually determined waiting date and time is selected as the waiting photo.

  A plurality of acquired photos may be presented to the terminal 200a as candidates and may be selected, or a plurality of photos at the meeting place may be selectable. By the method as described above, a photograph of a place to be used for the current meeting is determined automatically or by a selection instruction from the terminal 200a.

  In S3, the meeting information registration device 12 registers the meeting place / time and photo determined as described above in the meeting information database 7a in association with the meeting ID.

  FIG. 3 exemplifies the contents of the waiting information registered in the waiting information database 7a (registered items and actually registered values). Note that the items of the waiting information shown in this figure may be added as necessary. For example, messages for other members may be registered. The data format is arbitrary, and may be text such as XML or binary data.

  In S4, the communication device 4 transmits the waiting information input and confirmed by the member A from the terminal 200a to the other registered members B and C. For example, the communication device 4 transmits a meeting contact mail to the mail addresses of the mobile terminals 200b and 200c.

  FIG. 4 illustrates the contents of the meeting contact mail. The meeting contact e-mail includes a web page that allows users to browse the registrant of the meeting information (here, A), the date and time of meeting, the identification information of the meeting place (here, the specific name “Ikefukuro”), the photo of the meeting place, etc. Page) URL is included. The meeting contact e-mail can include an arbitrary message input from the terminal 200a by the member A, such as “Do you know the location?

  The URL embedded in the meeting contact mail is a URL of a meeting page for displaying information related to the meeting only for this member. The Web page and URL are automatically generated by the meeting page creation device 5 when creating a contact mail.

  In S5, the members B and C who have received the meeting contact e-mail access the meeting page indicated by the URL described in the e-mail by using the mobile terminals 200b and 200c, and acquire and display information on the meeting place. .

  FIG. 5 illustrates the display contents of the meeting page. On this screen, at least a member of the meeting, a meeting date and time, a meeting place, and a photo of the meeting place are displayed. If necessary, a map near the meeting place and a message registered by the member may be displayed. Further, a guidance start button / evaluation button / message input field may be displayed.

  In addition, the display method of this meeting page (page layout, design taste, format information such as character size / font / character color, date / time display format, etc.) can be customized on this page according to each member's preference. It shall be.

  The page customization information is registered in the waiting information DB 7a, and is referred to and reflected by the waiting page generation device 5 when the waiting page is accessed next time or when the waiting page is displayed at another opportunity with the same member.

  In S6, the guidance device 6 starts guidance of the member to the registered meeting place in response to a predetermined operation (for example, pressing of the guidance start button) being performed on the meeting page.

  The guidance device 6 creates information about how to reach the meeting place in response to an input of each member's current position or guidance start position (home location, nearest station, etc.), and transmits the information to the terminal 200. When terminal 200 receives the information, terminal 200 displays the information on the display.

  The method of guidance by information display is arbitrary, and can be realized by a known GIS service (for example, map, route search, navigation, or a combination thereof). It is possible to freely select a proper guidance method.

  a) Guidance by map. Specify the route and meeting location on the map. This is the most common guidance method, but it doesn't make sense for people who can't read the map.

  b) Photo guidance (photo navigation). A method that seems effective for people who cannot read the map. It is guided by taking out photos of station exits / streets / turns / entrances, etc., one after another, taken from the viewpoint of people walking. If necessary, an arrow indicating the traveling direction may be overlaid on the photograph.

c) Guidance only by characters For example, “JR Ikebukuro Station East Exit on your left” or “Right turn at the XX intersection and go straight ahead to the next two traffic lights”.

  These “guidance of the guidance method” are also registered in the meeting information DB 7a so that they do not have to be selected at each meeting.

  In addition, some users already know about the location and may not need guidance in the first place.There is an option to finish this process just by displaying the waiting time and location without starting the guidance itself. There may be.

  The waiting support process is thus completed. After that, each member basically goes to the meeting place according to the guidance, but further meeting support (for example, alerting members who do not arrive at the date and time) may be added as necessary.

  When the members B and C head for the first place while looking at the meeting page on the terminals 200b and 200c, they can intuitively confirm the arrival at the final meeting place with the photograph of the place.

  Further, after waiting, the used photo may be evaluated by a simple method such as pressing a button from the waiting page. This evaluation is registered in the meeting information DB 7a in association with the meeting information.

With the above, in the meeting support system for the purpose of efficiently determining the meeting place, communicating simple meeting information to multiple people, and guiding to the meeting place,
・ You can check the arrival visually by the photo of the meeting place.
・ We can be able to provide guidance support to meeting places according to the situation and nature of each user.
-It is possible to give an effect that the information about meeting of yourself and others, especially photos of places, can be used effectively.

Second Embodiment
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the meeting support apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment. In this figure, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. The information input device 3 of the waiting support device 100 of the present embodiment includes a position information acquisition device 3a. The position information acquisition device 3a is configured by a GPS device or the like, and has a function of acquiring position information of the terminal 200 in real time when a member is a destination.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of the waiting support process according to the second embodiment.

  First, in S11, information on the current position is acquired so that the “Ike Owl image” that the member A is currently in is a meeting place. Here, the position measured by the position information acquisition device 3a is acquired. Alternatively, base station information with which terminal 200 is currently communicating may be acquired as current position information. Or you may acquire the GPS photograph image | photographed with the camera function attached to the terminal 200a. The acquired current position information is input to the meeting information registration device 12 as meeting information.

  At this time, time information such as “after XX minutes” or additional information related to waiting for a message or the like may be input to the mobile terminal 200a and transmitted to the waiting support device 100.

  Further, the place determination device 11 may automatically determine the waiting time by the following method.

・ Acquire the current position of each member's terminal 200 from the registered member's telephone number and base station information or GPS information. ・ Calculate the required time from the current position of all the members' terminals 200 to the meeting place, and the latest time. This sets the meeting place and time. The flow (S12 to S16) following the process for determining the waiting photo is the same as that in the first embodiment (S2 to S6).

  However, if the GPS photo is transmitted in S11, the photo at the meeting place is registered with priority. In the guidance of the meeting place (S16), each member may set his current position by using the GPS function of the terminal 200 in the same manner as the member A performed in S11.

<Third Embodiment>
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the waiting support process according to the third embodiment. Since this process is executed by the waiting support apparatus 100 having the same configuration as that of the second embodiment, the block diagram of the waiting support apparatus 100 is omitted.

  In S21, member A takes a picture of “Ikefukuro” at the meeting place with the terminal 200a equipped with the GPS function and the camera function, and sends a “waiting support start mail” to the waiting support start mail address defined by the system 100. Send.

  FIG. 9 shows the contents described in the meeting support start mail. The photographed GPS photograph and identification information of the member performing the meeting are attached to the meeting support start mail.

  In S22, the meeting information registration device 12 that has received the meeting support start mail from the mobile terminal 200a of the member A analyzes the contents of this mail and creates meeting information.

  Note that the identification information of the meeting place is specified from the GPS information of the attached image using the same method as in the first embodiment.

  The meeting information registration device 12 creates a mail account dedicated to this meeting information and associates it with the meeting information. This mail account is a mailing list, and posts to this address are sent to all registered members.

  The waiting information is registered in the waiting information DB 7a by the same method as in the first embodiment.

  In S23, in response to the confirmation of the waiting information by the member A, a waiting contact mail describing the waiting information is automatically transmitted to the terminals 200 of the other members B, C, and D. FIG. 10 is an example of a meeting contact mail describing the meeting information.

  The content of the text is optional, but the minimum necessary information should be entered. For members who know where and how to go, just read this e-mail and the information on the meeting place and time may be completed. .

  In S24, a response to the member A's meeting contact mail is received from a member other than member A. If you want to change the meeting time or location, you can contact from the Web page accessed from the URL described in the email. This Web page is created by the waiting page generation device 5. Even if you simply reply to this email, it will be delivered to all members (or all members other than those who responded) by the mailing list function, so members can contact each other via a single address. is there.

<Fourth embodiment>
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the waiting support process according to the fourth embodiment. Since this process is executed by the waiting support apparatus 100 having the same configuration as that of the second embodiment, the block diagram of the waiting support apparatus 100 is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the member A has registered the meeting information with “Ikefukuro” as the meeting place in the past, and the member B refers to this meeting information at a completely different meeting opportunity.

  Since S33 to S35 are the same as S3 to S5, description thereof will be omitted.

  In S31, the place determination device 11 determines a meeting place. When the member B determines the meeting place, the meeting information of the other in the past in the meeting information DB 7a is referred to. For example, when the keyword “JR Ikebukuro Station” is input, the meeting information including the meeting place around the keyword is extracted from the meeting information DB 7a, and listed and displayed on the terminal 200b.

  Among them, referring to the comment “Ikefukuro is popular as a meeting place spot near the east exit” included in the past meeting information registered by member A, member B selects “Ikefukuro” and decided to meet. Suppose that At this time, a predetermined score due to the reuse of the meeting place of member A is added as an incentive to member A.

  In S32, a photo of the meeting place is acquired. Here, when the member B decides the photograph taken and registered by the member A as the photo at the meeting place, the member A's meeting information includes a predetermined score based on the adoption of the photo at the meeting place as the member A. Is added as an incentive to

  In S36, member B and the other meeting members meet according to the guidance, and evaluate whether the photograph of the meeting place is actually easy to understand. Depending on this evaluation, the incentive to member A increases or decreases.

  As described above, the waiting information of member A is reused and evaluated by other members, and an incentive is set. This score is also stored in the waiting information DB 7a as part of the waiting information of the member A.

  Incentives are converted into actual monetary values and can be converted into real currency at a later date by other means. Alternatively, virtual currency or points that can be used in some network service may be used.

<Fifth Embodiment>
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the meeting support apparatus 100 according to the fifth embodiment. The device 100 includes the control device 1 and the secondary storage device 7 as described above. However, the control device 1 further includes a discrimination control device 13, and the secondary storage device 7 includes the right holder information DB 7b, features. An information DB 7c, an image information DB 7d, a discrimination result information DB 7e, and a public information DB 7f are further provided.

  The right holder information DB 7b stores information related to the right holder of the photo at the meeting place corresponding to the identification information of the meeting place.

  The feature information DB 7c stores failure feature information that serves as a reference indicating whether or not it contains content that is not allowed to use a photograph of the meeting place. The obstacle characteristic information includes, for example, the face of a specific celebrity, the presence position information of a character that is a copyrighted work, color, part configuration, or a combination of some or all of these.

  The discrimination result information DB 7e stores discrimination result information of the photos at the meeting place. The discrimination result information is a comparison between the feature information extracted from the photo of the meeting place and the failure information in the feature information DB 7c, and includes content common to both (that is, the photo of the meeting place includes the failure feature information). Use the photos of the meeting place without permission from the right holders of various intangible property rights included in the photo of the meeting place specified by the rights holder information in the rights holder information DB 7b. This is information indicating whether or not the information is inappropriate, and is created and registered by the discrimination control device 13.

  The image information DB 7d stores only the photos of the meeting places that are indicated to be suitable for use according to the discrimination result information in the discrimination result information DB 7e.

  The public information DB 7f includes public information which is information indicating how much it is appropriate to publish a photograph whose use is appropriate according to the determination result information in the determination result information DB 7e. Remember.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the photo check process according to the fifth embodiment. This process is performed when the photo of the meeting place is registered in the meeting support process or when the photo of the meeting place is published on the meeting page.

  In S <b> 41, the discrimination control device 13 checks the photo contents for the photo at the meeting place included in the waiting information. Check the photo contents as follows. The feature information extracted from the photo of the meeting place is compared with the failure information in the feature information DB 7c, and whether or not the contents common to both are included, and if the contents common to both are included, further waiting Whether or not it is inappropriate to use the photo at the meeting place depending on whether the right holder specified by the right holder information corresponding to the location information of the place has permitted the use of the photo at the meeting place. to decide.

  As a result of the check, if it is determined that the use of the photograph is appropriate, the process proceeds to S43. If it is determined that the photograph is inappropriate, the process ends.

  In S43, the discrimination control device 13 stores, in the image information DB 7d, a photo of the meeting place where it is indicated that the disclosure is appropriate.

  Note that the meeting page generation device 5 uses the one registered in the image information DB 7d as a meeting place photo to be disclosed on the meeting page, and generates a meeting page.

  As described above, it is possible to automatically check a problem regarding the right of the photo content at the timing when the photo at the meeting place is registered and released.

<Sixth Embodiment>
Web sites provided on various home pages may be the caller of the waiting support process.

  FIG. 14 shows a schematic configuration of a meeting support system 500 according to the sixth embodiment. This system is configured by connecting various websites 300 and the meeting support device 100. When clicked, the Web site 300 is provided with a trigger 301 for passing an argument 302 of the meeting place and sending an execution instruction for the meeting support process in the meeting support server 1 when clicked. The trigger 301 can be composed of a URL hyperlink or button, and a link 303 is constructed with the waiting support apparatus 100 by a user operation, and an argument of the waiting place is passed.

  In FIG. 14, when the trigger 301 of the “wait here” button is clicked, the name “Ichimaru” is passed as identification information from the Web site 300 to the meeting support server 1 as the argument 302 of the meeting place information.

  FIG. 15 shows the flow of a waiting support process executed by this system. In the following, it is assumed that three members A, B, and C meet at “Ichimaru” near Roppongi Station at 6:00 pm on Saturday, April 1st.

  This process starts when the member A accesses the web site 300 established by “Ichimaru” on the mobile terminal 200a owned by the member A and clicks the “waiting” button 301 on the web site 300.

  When the waiting support apparatus 100 starts processing, a unique waiting ID related to this waiting is created together with empty “waiting information”. And A who is the user of the portable terminal 200a is registered as a waiting member corresponding to the waiting ID.

  A registered as a meeting member can register BC, which is another meeting member. The contents to be registered include a contact information such as an e-mail address or a telephone number, and a name if necessary.

  In the meeting support apparatus 100, the past meeting information of the member A is recorded, and if it is a partner who has been meeting before, it can be easily selected and input from the history.

  In S <b> 51, the member A determines the meeting date and time and inputs it to the meeting support apparatus 100.

  In S52, a photo of the meeting place is determined. This searches the waiting information database 7a using the identification information (name / address / landmark / GPS information, etc.) of the meeting place notified as an argument from the Web site 300, and acquires a photo of the meeting place.

  At this time, if a photo of the meeting place is not stored in the meeting information database 7a, a web resource is searched using various web search services using the meeting place information as a key, and the meeting is automatically performed. You may get a photo of the place.

  In addition, when a plurality of photographs at the place are stored in the meeting information database 7a, the optimum photograph is selected based on the incidental information associated with each photograph. The following methods can be considered as a method for selecting an optimal photograph according to the accompanying information.

・ Number of times the photo was used in the past as a photo of the meeting place ・ Evaluation by members of the photo when it was used in the past ・ Photographed in the time zone as close as possible to the date and time of the meeting, such as during the daytime on weekdays and at the end of the night Based on these incidental information, an evaluation value (score) is calculated by an appropriate method, and the photo with the highest score is selected as the meeting photo.

  A plurality of acquired photos may be presented to A as candidates and may be selected, or there may be a plurality of photos to be selected. By using the method as described above, a photograph of a place to be used for the current meeting is determined automatically or by a selection instruction from a member.

  As described above, in the meeting support system 500 for the purpose of efficiently determining the meeting place, communicating simple meeting information to a plurality of people, and guiding to the meeting place, the destination designated on the Web site 300 is waiting as it is. It becomes a place, and the effect that the setting of the meeting place is simplified is given.

<Seventh embodiment>
FIG. 16 shows the flow of processing executed by the meeting support system 500 according to the seventh embodiment. In the following, it is assumed that three members A, B, and C meet at “Ichimaru” near Roppongi Station at 6:00 pm on Saturday, April 1st.

  In S61, based on the identification information of the last meeting place (final destination) notified from the Web site 300, one or a plurality of meeting places in the vicinity of the meeting place are extracted from the meeting information DB 7a, and these are temporarily reserved. It transmits to the portable terminal 200a of member A as a place candidate. The transmitted temporary meeting places are listed according to a predetermined order, and the following may be considered as a standard for determining the order.

(A) Whether it is close to the final destination (b) Whether it is close to the nearest station (c) Whether it is an easy-to-understand place (d) Whether the frequency used in the past meeting system is high (e) Traffic Whether or not there are many It is preferable to digitize the above and enumerate those with a large sum of the numerical values with a priority order as the optimum temporary meeting place for waiting.

  In S67, after the guidance of each member to the provisional meeting place is completed and the member A notifies the meeting support system 1 to that effect by a predetermined operation, guidance from the provisional meeting place to the final destination is performed. Also at this time, each member such as a map, a photograph, and a character can freely select an optimum guidance method according to his / her situation and aptitude.

  As described above, when the final destination is set on the Web site 300, an appropriate temporary meeting place corresponding to the final destination can be set separately and guided to each of the temporary meeting place and the final destination. Even if it is not suitable as a meeting place, it is possible to reliably reach the final destination after meeting at a suitable provisional meeting place.

<Eighth Embodiment>
FIG. 17 shows a business model using the meeting support system 500. The user 400 is a person who browses the website 300 and clicks the trigger 301 (hyperlink, button, etc.) on the website 300 and uses the waiting support device 100, and mainly owns the website 300. You are a business owner or potential customer.

  The Web site 300 is a site where a business owner having an actual store or the like introduces his / her own store, and a trigger 301 for executing a meeting support process is embedded in these sites. That is, the configuration of the meeting support system 500 is the same as that in the sixth or seventh embodiment.

  In this business model, the usage fee of the meeting support device 100 is all paid by the Web site 300 side, and the usage fee is not charged from the user 400 at all. The usage fee paid from the Web site 300 is a benefit for the waiting support device 100 and the operator of the waiting support device 100.

  Since the Web site 300 can indirectly provide the meeting support device 100 to the user 400 of the own store free of charge, the convenience of the user 400 is improved and more customers can be acquired. If the number of customers = users increases, the number of times the meeting support apparatus 100 is used increases, so that the operator of the meeting support apparatus 100 can enjoy more benefits.

 In addition, the usage fee for the waiting support device 100 may be generated at any of the following timings.

・ Installation fee when the trigger 301 is installed on the website 300 ・ Daily, weekly, monthly, and annual charges for a certain period of time when the trigger 301 is installed on the website 300 ・ The trigger 301 of the website 300 is Usage fee that is incurred every time it is used Note that settlement including billing / payment of the usage fee can be performed by a known electronic settlement method.

Block diagram of a meeting support apparatus according to the first embodiment Flowchart of waiting support processing according to the first embodiment Figure illustrating the contents of the waiting information registered in the waiting information database A diagram illustrating the contents of a meeting contact email A diagram illustrating the contents displayed on the meeting page Block diagram of a meeting support apparatus according to the second embodiment Flowchart of waiting support processing according to the second embodiment Flowchart of waiting support processing according to the third embodiment A diagram exemplifying the contents described in the meeting support start mail A figure showing an example of a meeting contact e-mail describing meeting information Flowchart of waiting support processing according to the fourth embodiment Block diagram of a meeting support device according to the fifth embodiment Flow chart of photo check process The figure which shows schematic structure of the waiting assistance system which concerns on 6th Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the flow of the waiting assistance process which concerns on 6th Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the flow of the waiting assistance process which concerns on 7th Embodiment. Diagram showing a business model that uses a meeting support system

Explanation of symbols

5: Waiting page generation device, 7a: Waiting information database, 11: Place determination device, 12: Waiting information registration device, 200: Terminal, 300: Web site

Claims (9)

Identification information of each member, contact information that is connection identification information to the terminal held by each member, meeting time, and waiting time from at least one of the terminals held by members who are waiting at the same place An input unit for inputting identification information of the place;
An acquisition unit that acquires a photo of the meeting place based on the identification information of the meeting place input to the input unit;
Issued unique meeting identification information for the identification information of each member, the contact information, the meeting time, the meeting place identification information, and the meeting information including the meeting place photograph acquired by the acquisition unit, A registration unit that registers the waiting identification information and the waiting information in association with each other;
A notification unit for notifying the terminal identified by the contact information of the waiting time, the meeting place identification information registered by the registration unit, and the meeting place identification information and a photo of the meeting place;
Guide information for guiding each member to the meeting place is created based on the identification information of the meeting place, and a guide unit that transmits to the terminal,
And meeting support apparatus Ru with a,
A designation receiving unit that indicates a specific destination on a Web site and receives designation of the specific destination via the terminal, and destination transmission that transmits the designated specific destination to the meeting support device A web server comprising a unit;
A case where the designation receiving unit is opened on the website, a case where the designation receiving unit is opened on the website for a predetermined period, and a case where the designation receiving unit receives designation of the meeting place A billing unit that sets a billing amount for the web server manager from the manager of the meeting support device at least at one timing and does not charge the terminal that has designated the specific destination in the designation receiving unit; ,
With
The guidance unit receives destination guidance information for guiding the member from the meeting location to the specific destination in response to receiving a notification from the terminal that the member has reached the meeting location. A meeting support system that creates and transmits to the terminal.   Identification information of each member, contact information that is connection identification information to the terminal held by each member, meeting time, and waiting time from at least one of the terminals held by members who are waiting at the same place An input unit for inputting identification information of the place;
  An acquisition unit that acquires a photo of the meeting place based on the identification information of the meeting place input to the input unit;
  Issued unique meeting identification information for the identification information of each member, the contact information, the meeting time, the meeting place identification information, and the meeting information including the meeting place photograph acquired by the acquisition unit, A registration unit that registers the waiting identification information and the waiting information in association with each other;
  A notification unit for notifying the terminal identified by the contact information of the waiting time, the meeting place identification information registered by the registration unit, and the meeting place identification information and a photo of the meeting place;
  Guide information for guiding each member to the meeting place is created based on the identification information of the meeting place, and a guide unit that transmits to the terminal,
  A meeting support device comprising:
  A specific reception place is indicated on the Web site, and the specification reception unit that receives the specification of the specific meeting place via the terminal, and the identification information of the specified specific meeting place are transmitted to the waiting support apparatus. A web server comprising a transmission unit;
  A case where the designation receiving unit is opened on the website, a case where the designation receiving unit is opened on the website for a predetermined period, and a case where the designation receiving unit receives designation of the meeting place A billing unit that sets a billing amount for the web server manager from the manager of the meeting support apparatus at least at one timing, and that does not charge the terminal that has designated the specific meeting place in the designation receiving unit; ,
  With
  The said registration part is a meeting assistance system which registers the identification information of the specific meeting place transmitted from the said Web server as a meeting place of the said waiting information.   The guide unit receives customization settings regarding the display format of the guide information in the terminal from the terminal, creates the guide information based on the customization settings received from the terminal,
  The registration unit registers a meeting place of new meeting information by causing the terminal to select a desired meeting place included in the past meeting information stored in the storage unit,
  When the registration unit registers the past meeting place selected from the terminal in new meeting information, it can be converted into an economic value for the member holding the terminal that has input the selected past meeting place. The waiting support system according to claim 1 or 2 further provided with an incentive grant part which grants an incentive which is a large numerical value. The waiting support system according to claim 3 , further comprising a determining unit that determines a meeting place based on past meeting information stored in the storage unit. The registration unit creates a member-specific address corresponding to the same waiting identification information, registers the address in association with the waiting information,
The notifying unit transmits information transmitted from an arbitrary first terminal to the member-dedicated address, and is a second terminal that is a terminal of all members other than the first terminal from the member-dedicated address. The meeting support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is notified to the user . A restriction information storage unit that stores information on restrictions on the use of photos at the meeting place;
A determination unit that determines the validity of the use of the photo of the meeting place registered by the registration unit based on the restriction information and the identification information of the meeting place;
The waiting support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , further comprising: A meeting support device, a specific destination on the website, a designation receiving unit that accepts designation of the specific destination via a terminal, and a designated specific destination is transmitted to the meeting support device In a meeting support system comprising a Web server comprising a destination sending unit and a billing unit,
The meeting support device is contact information which is identification information of each member and connection identification information to the terminal held by each member from at least one of the terminals held by members who are a plurality of persons waiting at the same place Entering the meeting time and meeting place identification information;
The waiting support device acquires a photo of the meeting place based on the input identification information of the meeting place;
The meeting support device has issued unique meeting identification information for the meeting information including the identification information of each member, the contact information, the meeting time, the meeting place identification information, and the acquired meeting place photograph. And registering the meeting identification information and the meeting information in association with each other;
The waiting support device registers the waiting time including the waiting time, the meeting place identification information and the meeting place photo registered to the terminal identified by the contact;
Destination guidance information for guiding the member from the meeting place to the specific destination in response to the notification that the member has reached the meeting place from the terminal. Creating and sending to the terminal ;
The billing unit is configured to designate the meeting place when the designation receiving unit is established on the website, when the designation accepting unit is established on the website for a predetermined period, and when the designation accepting unit designates the meeting place. At least one timing among the cases of acceptance, a charge amount for the administrator of the Web server is set by the administrator of the meeting support apparatus, and the terminal that has designated the specific destination in the designation reception unit A non-charging step,
Meeting support method including.   A meeting support device, a specific destination on the website, a designation receiving unit that accepts designation of the specific destination via a terminal, and a designated specific destination is transmitted to the meeting support device In a meeting support system comprising a Web server comprising a destination sending unit and a billing unit,
  The meeting support device is contact information which is identification information of each member and connection identification information to the terminal held by each member from at least one of the terminals held by members who are a plurality of persons waiting at the same place Entering the meeting time and meeting place identification information;
  The waiting support device acquires a photo of the meeting place based on the input identification information of the meeting place;
  The meeting support device has issued unique meeting identification information for the meeting information including the identification information of each member, the contact information, the meeting time, the meeting place identification information, and the acquired meeting place photograph. And registering the meeting identification information and the meeting information in association with each other;
  Notifying the registered identification information of the meeting place, the meeting place identification information and the meeting place photo including the photograph of the meeting place to the terminal identified by the contact;
  Creating guidance information for guiding each member to the meeting place based on the identification information of the meeting place, and transmitting to the terminal;
  The billing unit is configured to designate the meeting place when the designation receiving unit is established on the website, when the designation accepting unit is established on the website for a predetermined period, and when the designation accepting unit designates the meeting place. At least one timing among the cases of acceptance, a charge amount for the administrator of the Web server is set by the administrator of the meeting support apparatus, and the terminal that has designated the specific destination in the designation reception unit A non-charging step,
  Registering the identification information of the specific meeting place transmitted from the Web server as the meeting place of the waiting information, the waiting support apparatus;
  Meeting support method including. A program for causing the waiting support system to execute the waiting support method according to claim 7 or 8 .

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