Server device and information processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9883336-B2
Application number	US-201515124553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	Mar 10, 2014
Publication date	Jan 30, 2018
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018

Abstract

A server apparatus includes: a communication unit that communicates with a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus; a registration unit that, upon obtaining identification data of a mobile terminal which has been lost from the first communication apparatus, registers the identification data; and an output unit that, upon obtaining position data and the identification data from the second communication apparatus, outputs the position data when the identification data is registered, the position data indicating a position of the second communication apparatus at the time when the second communication apparatus receives the identification data sent from the mobile terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server apparatus, comprising:
a communication unit that communicates with a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus;
a storage unit that, upon obtaining identification data of a mobile terminal which has been lost from the first communication apparatus, stores the identification data and position data, indicating a position of the first communication apparatus at the time when the mobile terminal gets lost, in association with each other, wherein the storage unit, upon obtaining identification data of the mobile terminal which has been lost from the second communication apparatus, stores the obtained identification data and position data, indicating a position of the second communication apparatus at the time when the mobile terminal gets lost, in association with each other; and
a notification unit that, in a situation where the first position indicated by position data obtained from the first communication apparatus and the second position indicated by position data received from the second communication apparatus are distant from each other by at least a predetermined distance, provides a notification to the first communication apparatus that is set to prohibit display of any position from server apparatus unless the server apparatus performs the notification.

2. The server apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a calculation unit that, when a plurality of pieces of position data are registered in association with the identification data, calculates one position on the basis of the plurality of pieces of position data.

3. The server apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
when pieces of state data indicating states of wireless communication at times of reception of the identification data are obtained from the second communication apparatus in association with pieces of position data through multiple transactions, the calculation unit calculates the one position on the basis of positions indicated by the pieces of position data and the states of wireless communication indicated by the associated pieces of state data.

4. The server apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising
an obtaining unit that obtains specification data indicating specifications of hardware related to wireless communication when at least one of the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus performs position measurement via the wireless communication, wherein
the calculation unit calculates the one position on the basis of the specifications indicated by the specification data.

5. The server apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
an asking unit that, when the second communication apparatus belongs to the same region as the first communication apparatus, notifies the second communication apparatus of the identification data, and asks the second communication apparatus to transmit the identification data and position data of the second communication apparatus to the server apparatus upon reception of the identification data by the second communication apparatus.

6. An information processing system, comprising:
a server apparatus; and
a first communication apparatus,
wherein the server apparatus includes:
a communication unit that communicates with the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus;
a storage unit that, upon obtaining identification data of a mobile terminal which has been lost from the first communication apparatus, stores the obtained identification data and position data, indicating a position of the first communication apparatus at the time when the mobile terminal gets lost, in association with each other, wherein the storage unit, upon obtaining identification data of the mobile terminal which has been lost from the second communication apparatus, stores the obtained identification data and position data, indicating a position of the second communication apparatus at the time when the mobile terminal gets lost, in association with each other;

and
a notification unit that, in a situation where the first position indicated by position data obtained from the first communication apparatus and the second position indicated by position data received from the second communication apparatus are distant from each other by at least a predetermined distance, provides a notification to the first communication apparatus; and

the first communication apparatus includes:
a measurement unit that measures a position of the first communication apparatus;
a determination unit that determines whether the mobile terminal is lost;
a transmission unit that, when the mobile terminal is lost, transmits the identification data and the position of the first communication apparatus to the server apparatus in association with each other;

and
a display unit that is set to prohibit display of any position from server apparatus unless the server apparatus performs the notification.

7. An information processing system, comprising:
a server apparatus; and
a second communication apparatus, wherein
the server apparatus includes:
a communication unit that communicates with a first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus;
a storage unit that, upon obtaining identification data of a mobile terminal which has been lost from the first communication apparatus, stores the obtained identification data and position data, indicating a position of the first communication apparatus at the time when the mobile terminal gets lost, in association with each other, wherein the storage unit, upon obtaining identification data of the mobile terminal which has been lost from the second communication apparatus, stores the obtained identification data and position data, indicating a position of the second communication apparatus at the time when the mobile terminal gets lost, in association with each other;
a response unit that makes a response to the second communication apparatus with respect to an inquiry request from the second communication apparatus, the response indicating whether the identification data is registered in the server apparatus; and
a notification unit that, in a situation where the first position indicated by position data obtained from the first communication apparatus and the second position indicated by position data received from the second communication apparatus are distant from each other by at least a predetermined distance, provides a notification to the first communication apparatus that is set to prohibit display of any position from server apparatus unless the server apparatus performs the notification; and

the second communication apparatus includes:
a reception unit that receives the identification data sent from the mobile terminal;
an inquiry unit that makes an inquiry to the server apparatus about the received identification data;
a measurement unit that measures a position of the second communication apparatus; and
a transmission unit that, when a response indicating that the identification data is registered is received from the server apparatus, transmits the position of the second communication apparatus at a time of reception of the identification data to the server apparatus in association with the identification data.

8. An information processing system, comprising:
a server apparatus; and
a second communication apparatus, wherein
the server apparatus includes:
a communication unit that communicates with a first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus;
a storage unit that, upon obtaining identification data of a mobile terminal which has been lost from the first communication apparatus, stores the obtained identification data and position data, indicati

Assignees

• Ntt Docomo Inc
• Ase Co Ltd
• Ntt Docomo Llc

Inventors

• Kikuchi Daisuke
• Nakagawa Daisuke
• Nakashima Toshio

Classifications

• G08B21/24

  Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms · CPC title

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• H04W60/00

  Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration · CPC title

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title