Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11326890-B2
Application number	US-201916509545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2019
Priority date	Jul 12, 2018
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

An information processing apparatus provided with a communicator that receives request data which is a request relating to a change in a traveling route of a vehicle from a first user among two or more users traveling in the same vehicle and a processor that executes determining incentives to be granted to second users accompanying the change in the traveling route, wherein the second users are a part of or all of the two or more users excluding the first user, presenting incentive information on the determined incentives and inquiries about whether or not to accept the change in the traveling route to the second users and creating granting data for granting the determined incentives to the second users when the second users accept the change in the traveling route.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a storage storing information on incentives each user possesses, and
a processor coupled to the storage, the processor being programmed to:
receive request data which is a request relating to a change in a traveling route of a vehicle from a first user among two or more users traveling in the vehicle and first incentive information indicating one or more first incentives that are designated by the first user and that the first user can provide to one or more second users who are a part of or all of the two or more users excluding the first user;
determine one or more incentives to be granted to the one or more second users among the two or more users accompanying the change in the traveling route within a range of the one or more first incentives;
present incentive information on the one or more determined incentives and one or more inquiries about whether or not to accept the change in the traveling route to the one or more second users; and
create granting data for granting the one or more determined incentives to the one or more second users when the one or more second users accept the change in the traveling route.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:
calculate one or more delay times of arrival at one or more destinations of the one or more second users accompanying the change in the traveling route; and
determine the one or more incentives to be granted to the one or more second users in accordance with the one or more delay times of arrival at the one or more destinations of the one or more second users.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to:
calculate one or more delay times of arrival at one or more destinations of the one or more second users accompanying the change in the traveling route; and
present the one or more delay times of arrival at the one or more destinations of the one or more second users.

4. An information processing method including:
receiving request data which is a request relating to a change in a traveling route of a vehicle from a first user among two or more users traveling in the vehicle and first incentive information indicating one or more first incentives that are designated by the first user and that the first user can provide to one or more second users who are a part of or all of the two or more users excluding the first user;
determining one or more incentives to be granted to the one or more second users among the two or more users accompanying the change in the traveling route within a range of the one or more first incentives;
presenting incentive information on the one or more determined incentives and one or more inquiries about whether or not to accept the change in the traveling route to the one or more second users; and
creating granting data for granting the one or more determined incentives to the one or more second users when the one or more second users accept the change in the traveling route.

5. An information processing system comprising:
a storage storing information on incentives each user possesses, and
a processor coupled to the storage, the processor being programmed to:
receive a request relating to a change in a traveling route of a vehicle from a first user among two or more users traveling in the vehicle and first incentive information indicating one or more first incentives that are designated by the first user and that the first user can provide to one or more second users who are a part of or all of the two or more users excluding the first user;
determine one or more incentives to be granted to the one or more second users among the two or more users accompanying the change in the traveling route within a range of the one or more first incentives;
present incentive information on the one or more determined incentives and one or more inquiries about whether or not to accept the change in the traveling route to the one or more second users; and
create granting data for granting the one or more determined incentives to the one or more second users when the one or more second users accept the change in the traveling route.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kaneko Yusuke
• Masui Junya
• Nakamura Yui
• Fujimura Ai
• TSUJIMOTO Keisuke
• Kuriyama Tomoyuki

Classifications

• G01C21/3697

  Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01C21/3438

  Rendezvous; Ride sharing · CPC title

• G06Q30/0639

  Locating goods or services, e.g. based on physical position of the goods or services within a shopping facility · CPC title

• G06Q30/0207 Primary

  Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates · CPC title

• G06Q30/0605 Primary

  Pooling transaction partners, e.g. group buying or group selling · CPC title