Server, client, and information sharing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11042819-B2
Application number	US-201615040070-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2016
Priority date	Feb 27, 2015
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A system, etc. capable of facilitating communication about a travel in which a plurality of members participate are provided. Based on communication with a first client (2a), a server (1) recognizes a plan which is determined by a departure place, a stopover, a destination, and a route and is about a first group to which a first user belongs. Based on communication with a second client (2b) of a second user belonging to the first group as a belonging-target group registered in a database (14), the second client (2b) is caused to display icons representing the departure place, the stopover, and the destination and the route included in the plan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server having a communication function with each of a plurality of clients serving as mobile stations, the server comprising:
a server storage device that stores one or a plurality of belonging-target group(s) of respective users of the plurality of clients; and
a server control device comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, cause the server control device at least to,
based on communication with a first client among the plurality of clients, recognize a plan about a first group to which the user of the first client belongs, the plan being determined by a departure place, a stopover, a destination, and a route from the departure place to the destination via the stopover; and,
based on communication with a second client of a user among the plurality of clients, the user belonging to the first group as the belonging-target group stored by the server storage device, cause the second client to display predetermined information,

wherein the plan includes an execution date of the plan,
wherein when a present date and time is not the execution date of the plan, the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, cause the server control device at least to send talk information by members of the belonging-target group to the first client and the second client,
wherein when the present date and time is the execution date of the plan, the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, cause the server control device at least to send the talk information by plan participants to a third client which is a client of a user participating in the plan among the plurality of clients,
wherein the user participating in the plan is at least part of members of the first group, and
wherein when the present time is before a starting time and date, a first-type talk information is sent to the third client, causing the third client to display a first-type screen including character keys, while when the present time is after the starting time and date, a second-type talk information is sent to the third client, causing the third client to display a second-type screen including model phrase buttons.

2. The server according to claim 1 , wherein
the predetermined information is a departure place icon, a stopover icon, and a destination icon respectively representing the departure place, the stopover, and the destination included in the plan and in the route.

3. The server according to claim 1 , wherein,
based on communication with the first client and the second client, the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured, with the at least one processor, cause the server control device at least to
recognize a message exchanged between the users of the first client and the second client; and,
based on communication with the first client and the second client, cause each of the first client and the second client to display the message.

4. A client comprising:
an input device that detects an input mode of a user;
an output device that includes an image display device that displays an image;
a communication device that carries out communication; and
a client control device configured to
recognize first information and second information by communicating with a first server via the communication device, the first information that can be subjected to content change by at least part of members of an assemblage formed by the plurality of members including the user, the second information that is sent by the individual member belonging to the assemblage via the respective client and cannot be subjected to content change except by the member who sent the second information; and,
in a state that one image of a first information image including the first information and a second information image including the second information is displayed by the image display device, cause the image display device to display the other image of the first information image and the second information image on a condition that a predetermined input mode is detected by the input device,

wherein the first server has a communication function with each of a plurality of clients serving as mobile stations, the first server comprising:
a server storage device that stores one or a plurality of belonging-target group(s) of respective users of the plurality of clients; and
a server control device; wherein,
based on communication with a first client among the plurality of clients, the server control device is configured to recognize a plan about a first group to which the user of the first client belongs, the plan being determined by a departure place, a stopover, a destination, and a route from the departure place to the destination via the stopover; and,
based on communication with a second client of a user among the plurality of clients, the user belonging to the first group as the belonging-target group stored by the server storage device, the server control device is configured to cause the second client to display predetermined information,

wherein when a control mode is a predetermined mode, the client control device is configured to cause the image display device to display the second information image according to a predetermined operation in a predetermined screen,
wherein when the control mode is not the predetermined mode, the client control device is configured to cause the image display device to display an image for selecting an image to be displayed among a plurality of images including the first information image and the second information image according to the predetermined operation in the predetermined screen,
wherein the plan includes an execution date of the plan,
wherein when a present date and time is not the execution date of the plan, the client control device is configured to cause the first server to send talk information by members of the first group to the client and a second client,
wherein when the present date and time is the execution date of the plan, the client control device is configured to cause the first server to send the talk information by plan participants to a third client which is a client of a user participating in the plan among a plurality of clients,
wherein the user participating in the plan is at least part of members of the first group, and
wherein when the present time is before a starting time and date, a first-type talk information is sent to the third client, causing the third client to display a first-type screen including character keys, while when the present time is after the starting time and date, a second-type talk information is sent to the third client, causing the third client to display a second-type screen including model phrase buttons.

5. The client according to claim 4 , wherein
the client control device is configured to execute a process in accordance with one control mode among a plurality of control modes including a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode.

6. The client of claim 4 , wherein, if a transmission request of either one information of the first information or the second information is received from the client, the server control device is configured to transmit a command to the client, the command causing the image display device to display an image including either of the one information and information for making a transition to the other information of the first information and the second information.

7. An information sharing system comprising:
the client of claim 4 ,
wherein if a transm

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Washizu Masahiro
• Hamano Yusuke

Classifications

• H04W4/024

  Guidance services · CPC title

• H04W4/08

  User group management · CPC title

• G06Q10/025 Primary

  Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title