JP6115745B2 - Meeting support system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for supporting a meeting by using a mobile terminal possessed by a user registered as a meeting member.

  When meeting on the go, the first arrival person who arrives first in the meeting place must wait for the meeting partner, and if the arrival of the meeting party is greatly delayed, the first person will arrive at the meeting place from the meeting party. Unless you know if you will arrive or not, you will have to wait at the meeting place until the meeting partner arrives, and you will have anxiety and stress.

  As a solution to such a problem, when a person is late for the meeting time, it is generally performed that a person who is late for the meeting sends an e-mail to the meeting partner. In order to grasp the positional relationship of the meeting place, the position information is acquired from the mobile terminal owned by the person who is waiting, the position information of the own terminal, the position information acquired from the mobile terminal held by the meeting partner, and the meeting place An invention for displaying position information on a map is disclosed.

JP 2009-231933 A

  However, in the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, position information must be acquired from a portable terminal possessed by a person who waits, but a person who waits for a place where the portable terminal does not receive radio waves (for example, a subway) If there is a person who is waiting, the location information cannot be obtained from the portable terminal, and if the person who is late for the meeting time is notified by e-mail that the person who is late for the meeting time is late, Unless the e-mail is transmitted to the meeting partner, the meeting partner cannot grasp that the meeting is delayed.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a meeting support system that can automatically notify an arrival time to a meeting partner without acquiring position information from a portable terminal possessed by a meeting person.

  The present invention is a system comprising at least a portable terminal carried by a user and equipped with a non-contact IC chip for mobile, and a waiting support device that provides a service that supports waiting, wherein the portable terminal includes: , The meeting date and time and the contact information and route information of the user are stored, and when the non-contact IC chip for mobile communicates with the automatic ticket gate installed at the boarding station of the route information, the date of communication is the date of the waiting date and time. When it is the same as the meeting date, boarding notification means for notifying the meeting support device of the contact information of the user stored in the portable terminal as the user's entrance contact information, and from the meeting support device, When receiving contact information and arrival time, and contact information and arrival time of other users, the received user And the lateness of the user corresponding to the contact information of the user and the contact information of the other user from the arrival time of the other user and the waiting time stored in the mobile terminal An arrival status display means for determining the lateness of the other user and displaying the determination result is provided, and the meeting support device is provided for each user registered as a member of the meeting with the contact information of the user and the destination station. When the waiting management information DB that stores the waiting management information in which the route information is stored and the user contact information of the user are transmitted from the portable terminal, the waiting date is the date at this time, and the user contact notification Search means for searching the waiting management information including the destination information from the waiting management information DB, and the waiting management information searched by the searching means The route information associated with the user's entrance contact information is acquired, and the train that matches the acquired route information and the time at this time is specified. An arrival time acquisition means for acquiring the arrival time of the user arriving at a destination station of information, and when the arrival time acquisition means acquires the arrival time of the user, an admission flag is obtained from the waiting management information searched by the search means. Extracting the contact information of the other user who is erected, and transmitting the contact information of the user and the acquired arrival time of the user to the contact information of the other user extracted, and the entrance The contact information of the other user that is flagged, the arrival time of the other user associated with the contact information, and the entry contact information of the user. After the obtained arrival time of the user is sent to the user's entrance contact information, an entrance flag is set in the user's entrance contact information included in the searched waiting management information, and the user's entrance contact information In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a waiting support system comprising an arrival time distribution means for storing in the waiting management information searched for the arrival time of the user in association with the above is provided.

  The present invention is registered as a mobile terminal equipped with a mobile non-contact IC chip, storing a meeting date and time, having a boarding notification means, a search means, an arrival time acquisition means, an arrival time distribution means, and a waiting member. A waiting support method using a waiting support apparatus having a waiting management information DB in which user contact information and route information to a destination station are recorded for each user, wherein the non-contact IC chip for mobile uses When the user carrying the mobile terminal communicates with an automatic ticket gate installed at a station where the user boarded, and the date of communication matches the meeting date of the waiting date and time stored in the mobile terminal, the boarding notification means The meeting support information is the user contact information set in the user's mobile terminal as the user contact information. The search means searches the waiting management information DB for waiting management information including the user's entrance contact information, and the arrival time acquisition means searches the waiting management information searched by the searching means from the waiting management information. The train that arrives at the destination station earliest is identified from the route timetable indicated by the route information associated with the user contact information, and the arrival time at which the identified train arrives at the destination station in the route information is acquired. The arrival time distribution means extracts contact information of other users for which an admission flag is set from the waiting management information searched by the search means, and the arrival time distribution means Information and the arrival time acquired by the arrival time acquisition means are transmitted to another portable terminal specified by the contact information of the other user, and the arrival time distribution means , The contact information of the other user and the arrival time associated with the contact information and the arrival time acquired by the arrival time acquisition means are transmitted to the mobile terminal of the user, the arrival time distribution means, An admission flag is set in the admission contact information of the user, and a waiting support method is provided, including a step of storing the arrival time acquired by the arrival time acquisition means in the waiting management information DB in association with the admission contact information of the user Thus, the above problems are solved.

  According to the present invention, when the user passes the automatic ticket gate at the boarding station, the train on which the user gets is specified, and the arrival time at which the train arrives at the destination station is defined as the arrival time at which the user arrives at the destination station. Since the acquired arrival time is automatically notified to the queuing partner, the arrival time can be automatically notified to the queuing partner without acquiring location information from the mobile terminal possessed by the queuing person. it can.

The figure explaining the structure of the waiting assistance system which concerns on this embodiment. The figure explaining the function of a portable terminal. The figure explaining the function of a meeting assistance apparatus. The flowchart explaining the operation | movement at the time of registering waiting management information. The figure explaining the screen displayed on a portable terminal when registering meeting management information. The flowchart explaining the operation | movement at the time of supporting waiting. The figure explaining the waiting support information in this embodiment.

  From here, suitable embodiment of the waiting assistance system 1 concerning this invention is described in detail, referring drawings. The embodiment described below is only one embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described below, and various modifications and changes are possible.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a meeting support system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the waiting support system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a waiting support device 3 that provides a service that supports waiting, and a user who uses the service provided by the waiting support device 3. In FIG. 1, in addition to these devices, an automatic ticket gate 4 installed in a station used by a user is illustrated, and the waiting support system 1 and the portable terminal 2 are connected to the Internet 5. Connect through.

  In order to determine whether the user registered as a member of the meeting is late for the meeting, the arrival time at which the user arrives at the destination station is required. In the meeting support system 1 of the present embodiment, the user can check the automatic ticket gate of the boarding station. When passing the machine 4, the user guesses the train on which the user gets, specifies the arrival time at which the train arrives at the destination station as the arrival time at which the user arrives at the destination station, and automatically waits for the specified arrival time To be notified.

  When the user passes the automatic ticket gate 4 at the boarding station, the arrival time is waited and notified to the other party, so that the place where the automatic ticket gate 4 is installed is included in the service area of the mobile terminal 2, If the radio waves of the terminal 2 do not reach, the arrival time cannot be notified to the other party.

  From here, each apparatus which comprises the waiting assistance system 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated in detail. First, the mobile terminal 2 constituting the meeting support system 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining functions of the mobile terminal 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 2 is equipped with a mobile non-contact IC chip 23 developed for a service using proximity non-contact communication, such as a mobile phone or a smartphone, and has a wireless communication function. The portable terminal 2 according to the present embodiment is a device that can be carried by the user. The portable terminal 2 of the present embodiment has a boarding ticket application 24 that functions as a boarding ticket (commuter pass) as an application using the mobile non-contact IC chip 23, and a meeting A meeting support application 25 for using the support device 3 is installed.

  Further, in the waiting support application 25, contact information (in this case, an e-mail address) of the user who owns the portable terminal 2 is set at the time of installation, and further, when the waiting management information is set, the waiting date and time and the user are set. The contact information and route information are stored.

  Further, as a function realized by the meeting support application 25, the mobile non-contact IC chip 23 notifies the meeting terminal 3 of the route information in order to notify the meeting terminal 3 that the user has entered the station. When communicating with the automatic ticket gate 4 installed in the vehicle, when the date of communication is the same as the meeting date, there is provided a boarding notification means 20 for notifying the meeting support device 3 of the stored contact information as entrance contact information, Further, when the contact information and the arrival time are received from the waiting support device 3 in order to display the arrival times of the user and the waiting party, the received time and the waiting time stored in the portable terminal 2 are An arrival status display means 21 for determining a user's lateness corresponding to the contact information and displaying the determination result is provided. The arrival status display means 21 of the mobile terminal 2 obtains the received arrival time and the required time from the time at which the user arrives at the destination station in addition to the determination result of the user's lateness. The remaining time of the required time is displayed using the time measured by 2 as a key.

  Further, when an operation for registering the waiting management information in the waiting management information DB 36 of the waiting support device 3 is performed on the portable terminal 2 in order to set the waiting management information, the waiting date and time, the route information, and the other party to be waiting are set. After the user's contact information is set and the meeting date / time and route information are stored, the set information is transmitted to the meeting support apparatus 3 as meeting management information, and other users included in the meeting management information At least the meeting date and time and the destination station are sent to the contact information of the mobile station 2 and when at least the meeting date and time and the destination station are received from the other portable terminal 2, the date and time and the destination station are stored, and then the route to the destination station The user sets the information, the contact information stored in the mobile terminal 2, the received waiting date and time and the setting Queuing management information setting means 22 for transmitting the route information to the meeting support device 3 is provided.

  Next, the waiting support device 3 constituting the waiting support system 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the function of the meeting support device 3.

  The meeting support device 3 is realized by using a general-purpose web server. As shown in FIG. 3, the meeting support device 3 is registered as a database (DB: DataBase) as a meeting date and time, a destination station, and a member of the meeting. An application implemented on the web server, including a waiting management information DB 36 for storing waiting management information including contact information and arrival time of each user and a route information DB 35 for storing timetables of various routes In order to obtain the arrival time of the user who entered the station as a function realized by the mobile terminal 2, when the contact information is sent from the mobile terminal 2, the waiting management information including the contact information is waited for at this date. The search means 30 for searching from the management information DB 36, and the waiting management information searched by the search means 30 to the entrance contact information. After obtaining the associated route information, identifying the train that matches the obtained route information and the time at this time, the arrival of the identified train arriving at the destination station of the route information from the identified train timetable When the arrival time acquisition means 31 for acquiring the time and the arrival time acquisition means 31 acquire the arrival time, the contact information for which the admission flag is set is searched from the waiting management information searched by the search means 30, and the entrance contact information The information and the acquired arrival time are transmitted to the extracted contact information, and the contact information for which the entrance flag is set, the arrival time associated with the contact information, the entrance contact information, and the acquired arrival time Is sent to the admission contact information, then the admission flag is set for the admission contact information included in the searched waiting management information, and the arrival time is related to the admission contact information. Arrival time distribution means 32 for storing is provided.

  In addition, in order to register the waiting management information in the waiting management information DB 36, when the waiting management information is received from the portable terminal 2, the received waiting management information is registered in the waiting management information DB 36, and the contact information and route from the portable terminal 2 are registered. When the information is received, the waiting management information registration means 33 for registering the received route information in association with the received contact information is added to the waiting management information determined by the received waiting date and time and the contact information. In the form, when the boarding station and the destination station delivered from the portable terminal 2 are delivered, the route retrieval means 34 for retrieving the route from the boarding station to the destination station is provided so that the user can search for the route information. .

  From here, each means with which the portable terminal 2 and the waiting assistance apparatus 3 were equipped is demonstrated in detail, describing operation | movement of the waiting assistance system 1. FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when registering waiting management information, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen displayed on the portable terminal 2 when registering waiting management information.

  When a user who is a member of the meeting operates the portable terminal 2 to activate the meeting support application 25 and then selects a menu for registering meeting management information from the menu of the meeting support application 25, When the waiting management information setting means 22 is activated (S1) and the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 is activated, a screen for setting the waiting date and time (FIG. 5A) is displayed and the waiting management information is registered. The user sets the waiting date and time, and acquires the waiting date and time to be included in the waiting management information (S2).

  In the present embodiment, a route setting button object 6a is provided on the screen (FIG. 5 (a)) for setting the waiting date and time, and when the route setting button object 6a is selected, the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 is selected. Displays a screen (FIG. 5 (b)) that allows the user who registers the waiting management information to set the destination station when waiting for the user's boarding station, and the user who registers the waiting management information receives the boarding station and the purpose. A station is set and a destination station to be included in the meeting management information is acquired (S3).

  In the present embodiment, the route of the waiting support device 3 of the waiting support device 3 so that the route of the user who registers the waiting management information can be set on the screen (FIG. 5B) for setting the boarding station and the destination station. When a route search button object 6b for using the search means 34 is provided and the route search button object 6b is selected, the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 is set by the user who registers the waiting management information. The boarding station, the destination station and the meeting date and time are transmitted to the route search means 34 of the waiting support device 3 (S4), and the route searching means 34 of the waiting support device 3 is searched for route information from the boarding station to the destination station.

  When the boarding station, the destination station, and the meeting date and time are delivered from the portable terminal 2, the route search unit 34 of the meeting support device 3 searches the route information DB 35 to search for route information from the boarding station to the destination station, and In order to present the trains in time for waiting to the user, among the trains that arrive at the destination station before the waiting time, the departure / arrival time of the train whose arrival time is closest to the waiting time is used as timetable information for each route information. Search is performed (S5).

  When the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 receives the route information and the timetable information search results obtained from the route search means 34 of the waiting support device 3, it displays a list of route information included in the search results. When a plurality of route information is searched, the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 selects a single route information from the searched plurality of route information (FIG. 5C). ) Is displayed, the user selects one piece of route information to be used for waiting, and when the user selects one piece of route information, the screen for displaying the route information selected by the user and the timetable information of the route information (see FIG. 5 (d)) is displayed, and the route information selected as the route information of the user who registers the waiting management information is acquired (S6).

  In the present embodiment, a member setting button object 6c for setting another user to be registered as a waiting member is provided on the screen that displays the details of the route information selected by the user. When the member setting button object 6c is selected, the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 displays a screen (FIG. 5 (e)) for setting contact information of other users registered as waiting members. The contact information of other users to be registered as waiting members is set by the user who registers the waiting management information, and the contact information of the other users to be registered as waiting members is stored in the portable terminal 2. The destination information is acquired as contact information of the member to be waited to be included in the wait management information (S7).

  In the present embodiment, on the screen for setting the contact information of other users registered as waiting members, the information set up so far by the user who registers the waiting management information is stored in the waiting management information DB 36 of the waiting support apparatus 3. When the registration button object 6d for registration is set and the registration button object 6d is selected by the user who registers the waiting management information, the waiting management information setting unit 22 of the portable terminal 2 sets the information set so far. Is sent to the waiting support apparatus 3 as waiting management information (S8).

  The meeting management information transmitted to the meeting support device 3 includes the meeting date and time, the destination station, the contact information of the meeting member, and the route information of the user who registered the meeting management information. At this time, the waiting management information registered in the waiting management information DB 36 is associated with the user's route information to the contact information of the user who registers the waiting management information, and the contact information of other users of the waiting member. Is not associated with route information.

  When the waiting management information registration means 33 of the waiting support device 3 receives the waiting management information from the portable terminal 2 operated by the user who registers the waiting management information, the waiting management information is added to the waiting management information by adding an identifier of the waiting management information. Register in the DB 36 (S9).

  When the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 transmits the waiting management information to the waiting support apparatus 3, the user's contact information set in the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 is sent to the user's contact information. An e-mail for setting the route information is transmitted (S10).

  In this e-mail, a script (for example, a hyperlink) for calling the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 is described in addition to the waiting management information, the set waiting date and time, and the target station. When the waiting management information setting unit 22 of the portable terminal 2 is called from an e-mail, the waiting management information setting unit 22 of the portable terminal 2 stores the waiting date and the destination station described in the e-mail. After that (S11), the destination station described in the e-mail is displayed and a screen (FIG. 5 (f)) for setting only the boarding station of the route information is displayed, and the user as the meeting partner sets the boarding station. The boarding station of the user who will be the meeting partner is acquired (S12).

  On the screen (FIG. 5 (f)) for setting only the boarding station of the route, a route search button object 6e for using the route search means 34 of the meeting support device 3 is provided, and the route search button object 6e is selected. Then, the waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 transmits the boarding station set by the user and the destination station described in the e-mail to the route searching means 34 of the waiting support apparatus 3 (S13). Route information from the station to the destination station is searched by the route search means 34 of the waiting support device 3.

  The route search means 34 of the meeting support device 3 refers to the route information DB 35 to search for route information from the boarding station to the destination station, and in addition to presenting the train in time to the user to the user before the meeting time. Among the trains arriving at the destination station, the departure / arrival time of the train whose arrival time is the closest to the waiting time is searched for each route information as timetable information, and the search result is transmitted to the portable terminal 2 (S14).

  The waiting management information setting means 22 of the portable terminal 2 displays a screen (FIG. 5 (g)) that displays the search result of the routing information of the user who is the waiting partner in the same manner as the user who registered the waiting management information. The route information of the user who is the waiting partner of the user who registers the waiting management information is acquired (S15).

  A route registration button object 6f for registering the route information of the user as the waiting partner in the waiting management information DB 36 is set on the screen (FIG. 5G) for displaying the search result of the route of the user as the waiting partner. When the route registration button object 6f is selected, the contact information stored in the portable terminal 2, the received waiting date and time, and the set route information are transmitted to the waiting support device 3 to the waiting support device 3 ( S16).

  The meeting management information registration means 33 of the meeting support apparatus 3 receives the contact information, the meeting date and time, and the set route information from the portable terminal 2, and searches the meeting management information DB 36 for meeting management information including the contact information and the meeting date and time. Then, route information is registered in association with the contact information included in the searched waiting management information (S17), and this procedure ends.

  From here, operation | movement of the waiting assistance system 1 at the time of supporting waiting is demonstrated. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation when supporting a meeting.

  When the user gets on the train, the user holds the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the user over the automatic ticket gate 4 installed at the station (boarding station), and the mobile non-contact IC chip 23 of the mobile terminal 2 and the automatic ticket gate 4 communicates, the waiting support application 25 installed in the portable terminal 2 is automatically activated (S20). If the waiting date and time stored in the portable terminal 2 matches the date at this time, the portable terminal 2 The boarding notification means 20 notifies the waiting support device 3 of the contact information of the user set in the waiting support application 25 as entrance contact information (S21).

  When the entry contact information is transmitted from the boarding notification device, the search means 30 of the meeting support device 3 searches the meeting management information DB 36 for meeting management information including the entry contact information with the date at this time as the date of arrival ( S22).

  When the search means 30 of the meeting support apparatus 3 retrieves the meeting management information, the arrival time acquisition means 31 of the meeting support apparatus 3 operates, and the arrival time acquisition means 31 of the meeting support apparatus 3 searches the waiting management searched by the search means 30. The route information associated with the entry contact information is acquired from the information (S23).

  Next, the arrival time acquisition means 31 of the meeting support device 3 refers to the route information DB 35, and as a train that matches the route information and the time at this time, from the timetable of the route indicated by the route information, The train that arrives at the destination station earliest among the trains that depart later is acquired, and the arrival time at which the specified train arrives at the destination station of the route information is acquired from the timetable of the specified train (S24).

  When the arrival time acquisition unit 31 of the meeting support device 3 acquires the arrival time, the arrival time distribution unit 32 of the meeting support device 3 operates. The arrival time distribution unit 32 of the meeting support device 3 is first searched by the search unit 30. The contact information for which the admission flag is set is extracted from the waiting management information (S25).

  Then, the arrival time distribution means 32 of the meeting support device 3 transmits the entry contact information and the acquired arrival time to the extracted contact information (S26), and associates the extracted contact information with the contact information. The registered arrival time, the entry contact information and the acquired arrival time are transmitted to the entry contact information (S27). If the contact information with the entrance flag set is not extracted, the entrance contact information and the acquired arrival time are transmitted to the entrance contact information.

  Then, the arrival time distribution means 32 of the meeting support device 3 sets an entry flag for the entry contact information included in the searched meeting management information, and stores the arrival time in the meeting management information in association with the entry contact information. (S28).

  When the arrival status display means 21 of the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the user who has entered receives the user's contact information and arrival time from the waiting support device 3, the arrival time received from the waiting support device 3 is stored in the mobile terminal 2. From the waiting time, the user's lateness corresponding to the contact information is determined, and processing for displaying the determination result is executed (S29a). When there is no other user who has entered, the user displayed by the arrival status display means 21 at this time is only the user who has entered, and when there is a user who has already entered, the user displayed by the arrival status display means 21 Becomes another user who has entered, in addition to the user who entered.

  In addition, when the arrival status display means 21 of the mobile terminal 2 possessed by another user who has already entered receives the contact information and arrival time of the user from the waiting support device 3, the arrival time received from the waiting support device 3 and the mobile phone. Based on the waiting time stored in the terminal 2, the user's lateness corresponding to the contact information is determined, and processing for displaying the determination result is executed (S29b). Here, the user displayed by the arrival status display means 21 of the mobile terminal 2 is the user who has entered in addition to the user currently displayed at this time.

  Next, the process of the arrival status display means 21 of the portable terminal 2 will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining waiting support information in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, on the screen displayed by the arrival status display means 21 of the mobile terminal 2, at least a humanoid icon 70 to which contact information is added and an object 71 indicating the destination station are displayed. In addition, according to the flow of FIG. 6, the humanoid icon 70 to be displayed is the number of users who have entered the boarding station, and the maximum number of humanoid icons 70 is the number of users included in the waiting management information.

  Late arrival is a problem in waiting, so it is necessary to display the user who is late for the waiting time and the late time. In this embodiment, the arrival status display means 21 of the mobile terminal 2 has a user who is late for the waiting time. In addition, a symbol indicating lateness (here, “late” character) is added to the humanoid icon 70 corresponding to the user, and further, a late time determined from the arrival time and waiting time of the user is added.

  In the present embodiment, since the convenience is increased when the user who is registered as a meeting member can easily grasp the remaining time until the user arrives at the destination station, in this embodiment, the arrival status display means of the mobile terminal 2 is increased. 21 shows the remaining time until the user registered as a meeting member arrives at the destination station by moving the humanoid icon 70 to the destination station in accordance with the remaining time required for the user to arrive at the destination station. Can be grasped intuitively.

  FIG. 7A shows a screen displayed on the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the user who first enters the station. In FIG. 7A, a humanoid icon 7a1 corresponding to the user who first enters the station is displayed. Is done. The contact information of the user is added to the human icon 70 (70a) corresponding to the user, the human icon 70 (70a) corresponding to the user, the object 71 indicating the destination station, and the human icon 70 (70a). ) Indicates the remaining time until the user arrives at the destination station, and the remaining time of the required time when entering the station is the difference between the required time (the user's entry time and arrival time).

  The humanoid icon 70 moves according to the remaining time of the required time using the time measured by the mobile terminal 2 as a key. In this embodiment, the arrival status display means 21 of the mobile terminal 2 Every time 1 minute), the remaining time of the user displaying the humanoid icon 70 is updated, and the display position of the humanoid icon 70 is updated according to the remaining time after the update.

  FIG. 7B is a screen after 10 minutes have passed since FIG. 7A, and the remaining time of the user corresponding to the humanoid icon 70 (70a) is shortened by 10 minutes after 10 minutes have passed. Therefore, the interval between the object 71 indicating the destination station and the humanoid icon 70 (70a) is shortened by a length corresponding to 10 minutes.

  FIG. 7C shows a screen displayed when a new user enters the station. FIG. 7C shows a humanoid icon 70 (70a) corresponding to the user who first entered the station, and 2 The humanoid icon 70 (70b) corresponding to the user who entered the station is displayed.

  The contact information of the user is added to the humanoid icon 70 (70b) corresponding to the user who entered the station for the second time, and the user arrives at the meeting time from the arrival time of the user who entered the station for the second time. It is determined that the user is late, and a symbol indicating lateness and a late time are added to the humanoid icon 70 (70b) corresponding to the user.

  The contents displayed on the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the user who entered the first station and the user who entered the second station are the same, but the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the user who entered the first boarding station The user icon 70 (70b) corresponding to the user who entered the station for the second time is added and displayed, and the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the user who entered the station for the second time is the user who entered the first station. And a humanoid icon 70 (70b) corresponding to the user who entered the station for the second time are newly displayed.

  FIG. 7D is a screen when the remaining time of the user who entered the first boarding station is “0 minutes”, and the humanoid icon 70 corresponding to the user whose remaining time is “0 minutes”. (70a) is displayed on the object 71 of the destination station.

  FIG. 7E is a screen when the remaining time of the user who entered the station for the second time becomes “0 minutes”. When the remaining time of all the users becomes “0 minutes”, the mobile terminal 2 arrives. The status display means 21 ends the process, and the waiting support application 25 automatically ends.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Meeting support system 2 Portable terminal 20 Boarding notification means 21 Arrival status display means 22 Waiting management information setting means 23 Non-contact IC chip for mobile devices 24 Boarding ticket application 3 Waiting support apparatus 30 Search means 31 Arrival time acquisition means 32 Arrival time distribution means 33 Waiting management information registration means 34 Route search means 35 Route information DB
36 Meeting management information DB
4 Automatic ticket gate 5 Internet

Claims (2)

A system comprising at least a portable terminal possessed by a user and equipped with a mobile non-contact IC chip, and a waiting support device that provides a service that supports waiting,
The portable terminal is
Meet the meeting date and time, contact information and route information of the user,
When the mobile non-contact IC chip communicates with an automatic ticket gate installed at the boarding station of the route information, if the date of communication is the same as the waiting date of the waiting date and time, the mobile terminal stores the user's Boarding notifying means for notifying the meeting support device of contact information as entrance contact information of the user;
When the contact information and arrival time of the user and the contact information and arrival time of another user are received from the waiting support device, the received arrival time of the user and the other user, and the mobile terminal From the stored waiting time, the lateness of the user corresponding to the contact information of the user and the lateness of the other user corresponding to the contact information of the other user are determined, and the determination result is displayed. An arrival status display means for
The meeting support device includes:
For each user registered as a meeting member, a meeting management information DB that stores meeting management information in which the contact information of the user and the route information to the destination station are stored;
When the admission contact information of the user from the mobile terminal is sent, search wait together date to search for the meeting management information, including the admission contact information of the user with a date at this time from the waiting management information DB Means,
After obtaining the route information associated with the user's entry contact information from the waiting management information searched by the search means, specifying the train that matches the acquired route information and the time at this time, From the timetable, arrival time acquisition means for acquiring the arrival time of the user when the identified train arrives at the destination station of the route information;
When the arrival time acquisition unit acquires the arrival time of the user, the contact information of the other user for which an entrance flag is set is extracted from the meeting management information searched by the search unit, and the user's entrance contact is extracted. The destination information and the acquired arrival time of the user are extracted and sent to the contact information of the other user, and the contact information of the other user with the admission flag set is associated with the contact information. The user included in the searched queuing management information after transmitting the arrival time of the other user and the entry contact information of the user and the acquired arrival time of the user addressed to the entry contact information of the user. An admission flag is set in the admission contact information of the user, and a waiting time is searched for the arrival time of the user in association with the admission contact information of the user. Meeting support system which is characterized in that it comprises the arrival time delivery means to be stored in the management information. A mobile terminal equipped with a non-contact IC chip for mobile, storing a meeting date and time, and having a boarding notification means;
For each user registered as a search means, arrival time acquisition means, arrival time distribution means, and a member of a meeting, the meeting has a meeting management information DB in which the contact information of the user and the route information to the destination station are recorded. A meeting support method using a support device,
The mobile non-contact IC chip communicates with an automatic ticket gate installed at a station where a user carrying the mobile terminal gets on, and the date of communication matches the waiting date of the waiting date and time stored in the mobile terminal When the boarding notification means, the contact information of the user set in the user's mobile terminal is transmitted to the meeting support device as the user's entrance contact information,
The search means searches for waiting management information including the user contact information from the waiting management information DB,
The arrival time acquisition means specifies the train that arrives at the destination station earliest from the timetable of the route indicated by the route information associated with the user contact information from the waiting management information searched by the search means, Obtain the arrival time when the identified train arrives at the destination station of the route information,
The arrival time distribution means extracts contact information of other users for which an entrance flag is set from the meeting management information searched by the search means,
The arrival time distribution means transmits the arrival contact information of the user and the arrival time acquired by the arrival time acquisition means to another mobile terminal specified by the contact information of the other user,
The arrival time distribution means transmits the contact information of the other user and the arrival time associated with the contact information and the arrival time acquired by the arrival time acquisition means to the mobile terminal of the user,
The arrival time distribution means sets an entrance flag in the user's entrance contact information, and stores the arrival time acquired by the arrival time acquisition means in association with the user's entrance contact information in the waiting management information DB.
A meeting support method characterized by comprising steps.

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