Client, server, and information sharing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10631137-B2
Application number	US-201615050727-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2016
Priority date	Feb 27, 2015
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A system, etc. that can facilitate sharing of information when a predetermined condition is satisfied is provided. A client (2) includes: an input device (21) that detects an input mode of an own user; a communication device (23) that carries out communication; and a client control device (20) that determines whether or not a first condition set in advance is satisfied and, if the first condition is determined to be satisfied, causes the input device (21) to function as an input interface for sending predetermined first information, which is associated with a predetermined input mode, via the communication device (23) by the predetermined input mode having a smaller number of times of input or a smaller information quantity to be input with respect to the input device (21) than a case in which the first condition is determined to be not satisfied.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A client comprising:
an input device that detects an input mode using a display of character keys and an input mode using a display of model phrase buttons of a user;
a communication device that carries out communication;
a clock function that recognizes a current time; and
a client control device configured to
determine whether or not a first condition set in advance is satisfied and,
if the first condition is determined to be satisfied, cause the input device to function as an input graphical user interface for sending predetermined first information, which is associated with the input mode using the display of model phrase buttons, via the communication device by the input mode using the display of model phrase buttons,

wherein the first condition is a condition that the current time shown by the clock function is included in a time zone set in advance;
an output device that outputs information, the output device comprises an image display device that displays an image;
wherein if the client control device recognizes, by communicating with external equipment via the communication device, new information sent from another client and if the first condition is determined to be satisfied, the client control device is configured to cause the output device to output second information together with the new information, the second information including the first information for causing the own user to recognize that the first information associated with the input mode, the first information being model phrases and the second information being model phrase buttons.

2. The client according to claim 1 ,
further having a clock function that recognizes current time; wherein
the first condition is a condition that the current time shown by the clock function is included in a time zone set in advance.

3. The client according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a storage device that stores information; wherein
the client control device is configured so as to store, in the storage device, a condition set by the own user or another user as the first condition.

4. A server having a communication function with each of a plurality of clients serving as mobile stations, the server comprising:
a database which associates and stores a group action ID of a group action and a user ID of each of members serving as users registered to participate in the group action, and associates and stores a first condition which includes a condition for the members to start the group action in association with the user ID;
a clock function that recognizes a current time; and
a server control device configured to
determine whether or not the first condition is satisfied for each of the members based on the first condition stored in the database, and,
if the first condition is determined to be satisfied for one of the members,
transmit via the network, to the client used by the member, an order for causing an input device to function as an input graphical user interface for sending predetermined first information associated with an input mode using a display of character keys and an input mode using a display of model phrase buttons of a user, which is provided at the client used by the member, than a case in which the server control device determines that the first condition is not satisfied for the member,

wherein the first condition is a condition that the current time shown by the clock function is included in a time zone set in advance;
wherein the client comprises a communication device and an output device which outputs information, the output device including an image display device that displays an image; and,
if the client control device recognizes, by communicating with the server via the communication device, that a second condition is satisfied in addition to the first condition, the second condition being that a user ID of another user serving as a user of another client is associated with the group action ID in a case in which new information sent from the another client is recognized, the client control device is configured to cause the output device to output second information together with the new information, the second information including the first information for causing the own user to recognize that the first information associated with the input mode, the first information being model phrases and the second information being model phrase buttons.

5. The server according to claim 4 , wherein
the server control device is configured so as to store, as the first condition in the database, a condition for starting the group action received from the client of the member having the user ID associated with the group action ID.

6. The server according to claim 5 , wherein
the server control device is configured so as to transmit information for causing the user to designate the condition for starting the group action to the client when receiving registration of participation in the group action by the user of the client.

7. An information sharing system comprising:
the server according to claim 4 and the client serving as the mobile station according to claim 4 .

8. An information sharing system comprising the client of claim 1 and a server that communicates with the client; wherein
the server comprises
a database which associates and stores a group action ID of a group action and a user ID of each of members serving as users registered to participate in the group action, and stores the first condition which further includes a condition for the members to start the group action in association with the user ID; wherein
the client control device is configured to,
transmit a user ID of the own user to the server via the communication device, and receive from the server a condition for the own user to start the group action regarding the group action having a group action ID associated with the user ID, and
determine whether or not the condition for starting the group action is satisfied as determination of satisfaction or non-satisfaction of the first condition.

9. The information sharing system according to claim 8 , wherein
the client comprises an output device which outputs information; and,
if the client control device recognizes, by communicating with the server via the communication device, that a second condition is satisfied in addition to the first condition, the second condition being that a user ID of another user serving as a user of another client is associated with the group action ID in a case in which new information sent from the another client is recognized, the client control device is configured to cause the output device to output, together with the new information, second information for causing the own user to recognize that the first information associated with the input mode can be sent by the predetermined input mode.

10. The information sharing system according to claim 8 , wherein
the server comprises a server control device configured so as to store the first condition in the database, the first condition further including a condition for starting the group action received from a client of a member having a user ID associated with the group action ID.

11. The information sharing system according to claim 10 , wherein
the server control device is configured so as to transmit information for the user to designate the condition for starting the group action to the client when receiving registration of participation in the group action by the user of the client.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamano Yusuke
• Washizu Masahiro

Classifications

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/08 Primary

  User group management · CPC title

• H04W4/21

  for social networking applications · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title