Server, client, and information sharing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016253603-A1
Application number	US-201615040070-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 10, 2016
Priority date	Feb 27, 2015
Publication date	Sep 1, 2016
Grant date	—

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 ( 2 a ), 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 ( 2 b ) of a second user belonging to the first group as a belonging-target group registered in a database ( 14 ), the second client ( 2 b ) 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; 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.

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 is the route.

3 . The server according to claim 1 , wherein,
based on communication with the first client and the second client, the server control device is configured 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, the server control device is configured to 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 the server of claim 1 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.

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 . A server that communicates with 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 ; and a server that communicates with the client; 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 of the server is configured to transmit the one information to the client.

8 . The server according to claim 1 , wherein
based on communication with the first client among the plurality of clients, the server control device is configured to recognize a current location of the first client and a request to share information about the current location in the first group to which the user of the first client belongs; and, based on communication with the second client of the user belonging to the first group as the belonging-target group stored by the server storage device among the plurality of clients, the server control device is configured to cause the second client to display a map showing the current location of the first client.

9 . The server according to claim 8 , wherein,
based on communication with the second client, the server control device is configured to cause the second client to output presence of the request sent from the first client and, on a condition that the request is accepted by the second client, causes the second client to display the map.

10 . The server according to claim 8 , wherein,
based on communication with the first client and the second client, the server control device is configured 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, the server control device is configured to cause each of the first client and the second client to display the message.

11 . A client serving as a mobile station having a function to communicate with a server, the client comprising:
an input device; an output device; and a client control device; wherein, based on communication with the server, the client control device is configured to cause the server to recognize a plan about a first group to which a user of the client belongs, the plan including a departure place, a stopover, and a destination input via the input device and a route from the departure place to the destination via the stopover; and based on communication with the server, the client control device is configured to cause the output device to display a departure place icon, a stopover icon, and a destination icon respectively representing a departure place, a stopover, and a destination and a route included in another plan sent from a client of another user belonging to the first group.

12 . An information sharing system comprising the server of claim 1 , wherein
the client serving as the mobile station having a function to communicate with the server, the client comprising: an input device; an output device; and a client control device; wherein, based on communication with the server, the client control device is configured to cause the server to recognize the plan about the first group to which the user of the client belongs, the plan including the departure place, the stopover, and the destination input via the input device and the route from the departure place to the destination via the stopover; and based on communication with the server, the client control device is configured to cause the output device to display a departure place icon, a stopover icon, and a destination icon respectively representing a departure place, a stopover, and a destination and a route included in another plan sent from a client of another user belonging to the first group.

13 . The client according to claim 11 , wherein
based on communication with the server, the client control device is configured to cause the server to recognize a message sent via the input device from the user of the client to the another user belonging to the first group, and, meanwhile, the client control device is configured to recognize the m

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Washizu Masahiro
• Hamano Yusuke

Classifications

• 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

• H04W4/024

  Guidance services · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title