JP2004234369A - Confluence supporting device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a confluence supporting device capable of supporting the confluence of the mutual members of a group acting without being premised on the confluence with any special partner. <P>SOLUTION: This confluence supporting device 6 is configured to transmit information to a plurality of members owning terminals 1, 2 and 3 for a traveling object connected through a network, and registered so as to be identifiable through the terminals for the traveling object, and to support the confluence of the members. This confluence supporting device 6 is provided with a retrieving means for retrieving members that can be confluenced from among the members and an information transmitting means for transmitting predetermined information associated with the other members that can be confluenced to the terminals for the traveling object owned by the detected members that can be confluenced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a merging support device and method, and more particularly, to a merging support device and method for supporting a member who is acting without assuming merging with a specific partner.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art There is known a system that guides a plurality of vehicles traveling from different departure points to the same destination to an optimum junction (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-243596
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since such a system guides a plurality of persons (vehicles) acting on the premise of merging with a specific partner to an optimal merging point, the system does not assume the merging with a specific partner. It cannot support the merging of members of a group that is acting.
An object of the present invention is to provide a merging support device that can support merging of members of a group that is acting without assuming merging with a specific partner.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Advantageous Effects of Invention According to the present invention, information is transmitted to a plurality of members having mobile terminals that are connected via a network and that are registered in an identifiable manner, via the mobile terminals, thereby supporting the joining of the members. A merging support device, comprising: a search unit for searching for a member that can join from among the members; and predetermined information about another member that can join the mobile terminal owned by the detected member that can join. And an information transmitting means for transmitting the information. Note that “having a mobile terminal” means that a member has (or wears) a mobile terminal phone, a PDA, or the like, and a vehicle equipped with a navigation device with a communication function. This also includes the case where you are riding in
According to the present invention having such a configuration, members that can join are searched from members of the group that carries (ports) the registered mobile terminal, so that appropriate joining is supported.
[0005]
According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the search unit searches for the joinable members based on the position of the mobile terminal. According to such a configuration, members that can be merged are searched based on a position that is an important point at the time of merging, so that merging is appropriately supported.
According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, the search means searches for a member having a mobile terminal located within a predetermined distance from the specified position as a joinable member.
[0006]
According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, the search means can receive from the mobile terminal a setting indicating that a member having the mobile terminal does not require joining support, Exclude members who have mobile terminals for which merging support is not required from the search.
According to such a configuration, the group member sets the information transmission unit to the effect that transmission of information regarding the merge is unnecessary when the merger does not want to be merged. Can come off.
[0007]
According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, the search unit can receive, from the mobile terminal, a setting of a merging purpose of members having the mobile terminal, and the merging purpose is common. Make the members available to join. According to such a configuration, it is possible to support a confluence with a partner whose confluence purpose is the same, such as a desire for a partner having a meal together. Preferably, the merging purpose is at least one of moving together, eating and drinking together, merging, and positional information transmission.
[0008]
According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, the search unit can receive a setting of a member to be searched from the mobile terminal for each of the set merging purposes, and Search for members who can join from search targets set for each purpose. According to such a configuration, information about the members who have definitely met the merging purpose is provided.
[0009]
According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of mobile terminals are located at substantially the same position, the search means may include one member having a plurality of mobile terminals at the substantially same position. Are excluded from the search for members that can join with the other member having a plurality of mobile terminals at substantially the same position. According to such a configuration, since information is not transmitted between members acting together or having already joined, unnecessary transmission of information is prevented.
[0010]
According to another aspect of the present invention, information is transmitted via the mobile terminal to a plurality of members having mobile terminal connected and identified so as to be connected via a network, A merging support method for supporting merging, wherein a step of searching for a merging possible member from among the members, and a step of searching for a moving body terminal possessed by the detected merging possible member with respect to another member capable of merging. Transmitting predetermined information.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of a merging support system including a merging support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, in this merging support system, a plurality of mobile terminals such as a mobile terminal (PDA) 1 or a mobile phone 2 and an on-board navigation device 3 having a communication function are connected to the network 4. It is connected. An information center 6 is connected to the network 4. The information center 6 stores a host computer, a customer database in which customer information is stored, a merging support database in which conditions relating to merging are set and stored, and traffic information such as road information and a train timetable. It has a traffic information database and the like, and functions as a merging support device. A personal computer 8 is also connected to the network 4.
[0012]
The mobile terminals 1, 2, and 3 are configured to detect the current position by GPS or the like and notify the information center 6 of the current position. In this embodiment, the mobile terminal always notifies the current position. However, the mobile terminal may notify the current position in response to a predetermined time interval or a request from the information center 6. Further, the mobile terminals 1, 2, 3 include a display screen capable of displaying images such as characters and input keys.
[0013]
This merging support system is a merging support system that transmits information to a plurality of members registered in advance via a mobile terminal and supports merging of members. This system searches for other members that can join in response to an instruction from a member, and joins in manual mode that supports joining, and multiple members that can be joined that have been received and saved in advance. When a search condition for the search is satisfied, the system is configured to automatically search for a plurality of members that can join based on this condition and to perform automatic mode merging support that supports merging.
[0014]
In manual mode merging support, for example, a group member sends a signal requesting merging support to join another member of the group for a predetermined merging purpose, such as "mealing together", for his or her mobile body. The terminal 1 (or 2 or the like) transmits the information to the information center 6 functioning as a merging support device to become a sender. In response to the request signal, the information center (merging support device) 6 determines whether or not another member is nearby based on the current position of the mobile terminal 1, 2, 3 owned by each member of the group. Is determined, and it is determined whether or not a member suitable for the purpose of joining the sender exists among the found members. Then, when the relevant member is found, the member is informed that the sender who wants to join is nearby, and if the member (receiver) who received the information accepts that the sender joins with the sender. Information is transmitted to the sender, including information that a recipient accepting the merge is nearby.
[0015]
In the automatic mode merging support, for example, when a search condition set in advance and stored, such as 5 to 6 o'clock in the evening on Sunday, is satisfied, registration is performed within a set range (for example, a range of 2 km from xx station). Based on other search conditions such as whether or not a plurality of mobile terminals owned by the selected members are located, a search for members that can join is automatically performed, and a plurality of members that can join are found Then, the information that the joinable member has been found is transmitted to the mobile terminal of the joinable member.
[0016]
Next, the initial setting performed for the information center 6 will be described. First, the initial settings common to members will be described. FIG. 2 shows a screen (merging condition setting: member common setting) displayed at the time of initial setting common to members. Prior to using the merging support device, for example, one of the members of the group represents the group from the home personal computer 8 or the like via the network 4 via the network 4 before using the merging support device. Center) 6. Note that this setting can also be performed from the mobile terminal 1, 2, or 3.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 2, in the initial setting common to the members of this embodiment, the “member” of the group to be merged, the “purpose & transmission message” that is the merging purpose, and the “merging member search” "Range" and "end timing" of merging support are set. The target members may be members of any group, such as circles, clubs, tennis buddies, company colleagues, and drinking friends.
In "Member", for each member who uses the merging support, a member name (or name) such as "OO Taro" is associated with an identification number (ID) of a mobile terminal carried (carryed) by the member. be registered. The identification number (ID) is used when the information center 6 specifies the position of each mobile terminal at the time of merging support and specifies the owner of each mobile terminal and notifies information about the merging. Preferably, an e-mail address, a mobile phone number, or the like is used.
[0018]
In the “purpose & transmission message setting”, the merging purpose is freely set according to the nature of the group. For example, if you are a company colleague and a drinking colleague is a member, for example, "meal / drink together" or "go together" to go or return to the company together, as shown in FIG. "Commuting / coming home", "request ride!" For asking a person traveling by car to take a ride, and "others ()" to be input each time each member uses it. Other setting examples include “move together”, “meal together”, “merge”, and “position information transmission”. If the group is a tennis companion, the purpose of "tennis together" (not shown) is set. As described later, when the group members use the merging support system, the merging purpose set in this way is displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal as a merging purpose option.
[0019]
Further, in the “joining member search range”, a range of members to be searched is set. In the illustrated example, “3 km” is set as the standard setting. With this setting, at the time of merging support, members within 3 km from the reference point specified by the sender become candidates for the receiver. In addition, the present embodiment is configured so that a search range can be set for each merging purpose by default, and in the example of FIG. From the reference point for the consolidation purpose of "1 km" to "commuting / returning home" to "200 meters" from the reference point, and the search range for the consolidation purpose of "Please ride!" Is set to "5 km".
[0020]
Further, in the “end timing”, it is set at which point the merging support is ended. If "5 minutes later" is set as shown in FIG. 2, the search is performed for 5 minutes after the start of the merging support, and then the merging support ends. Other options include "until returning home".
[0021]
Next, the initial setting for each member performed for the information center 6 will be described. FIG. 3 shows a screen (merging condition setting: member) displayed at the time of initial setting for each member. The initial setting for each member is such that each of the members registered in the initial setting common to the members, after the initial setting common to the members, uses the network 4 from the personal computer 8 or the like at home before using the merging support device. This is a setting to be performed on the merging support device 6 via. This setting can also be made from the mobile terminal 1, 2, 3,.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 3, in the initial setting for each member in the present embodiment, a “transmission condition” and a “reception condition” are set. "Sending condition" is a condition under which a member becomes a "sender" to search for another member who has a desired merging purpose. "Receiving condition" is a condition in which another member has a merging purpose. This is a condition for determining what kind of condition to be searched when searching for a member, ie, what kind of search is to be performed.
[0023]
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, in the “transmission condition”, the “merging start condition” is set to “start only with manual setting”, “start manually + automatically” and “use the merging support system”. "No".
"Start only with manual setting" means that when a member requests a search for another member (recipient) who wants to join using the mobile terminals 1, 2, and 3, the member is set as the sender. This item is used to select the manual transmission mode at which merging support is started.
[0024]
In addition, "manual + automatic start" means that, in addition to the manual transmission mode, a predetermined condition (for example, from 18:00 to 19:00 on Saturday) set by the member is saved, and when this condition is satisfied, This is an item for selecting an automatic transmission mode in which joining support with the member as a sender is automatically started. The predetermined condition is set in the item of “automatic start condition setting” described later.
Further, "Do not use the merge support system" is an item for selecting the member not to use the merge support system as the sender.
[0025]
Further, "automatic start condition" is set. The “automatic start condition” is a condition for automatically starting the merging support. As described above, “manual + automatic start” is selected in the “merging start condition”, and the automatic reception mode is set. It will be set when selected. When the joining start conditions set here are satisfied, the joining support device 6 automatically starts searching for members that can join based on the joining start conditions.
[0026]
In the present embodiment, a plurality of conditions can be set in parallel as shown in FIG. 3 as “Setting 1”, “Setting 2”, and “Setting 3”. In this embodiment, in each setting, the member who is the setter sets “purpose setting”, “day setting”, “time setting”, “receiving member setting”, “location setting”, and “other setting”. Are set, and the contents of the merging support to be started as a sender (search conditions for members who can merge) are specified.
[0027]
In the purpose setting, the merging purpose desired in “Setting 1” is set to “Somebody?”, “Meal / Drink together”, “Commuting / Returning home”, “Please ride together!” , From the "other ()" that can be set by the setter, the member can select one as the desired merging purpose. The merging purpose illustrated on this screen is basically the merging purpose set in “Initial setting common to members”.
[0028]
In the “day setting” and “time setting”, “day of the week” and “time” for starting the search for other members that can join are set as the search start date and time desired by the member. If the purpose of merging is “meal / drink together”, for example, “19:00 to 20:00” on “Friday”, and if the purpose of merging is “commuting / coming home”, for example, “Monday to Friday” "18:00 to 19:00" is set, and if the merging purpose is "other (tennis)", for example, "Sunday" from "10:00 to 11:00", the day and time matching the merging purpose are set. Will be set.
[0029]
Further, in "reception member setting", another member who is desired as a search target for members that can join is set by the joining support based on "setting 1". This is for selecting another member that matches the merging purpose selected in the “purpose setting”. The other members selected in this item are candidates for receivers when joining support is performed in the automatic transmission mode based on “Setting 1”. Therefore, members who are not selected in the “setting of receiving members” are not subject to the merging support even if other conditions are met by the merging support based on the “setting 1”, and the sender is not merged. Information that they are looking for a candidate is not communicated.
[0030]
Next, in the "place setting", when performing the automatic mode merging support based on the "setting 1", the center (reference point) of a range (area) in which to search for other members that can merge is set to, for example, "○ × station" Nearby ". A range with a radius defined by the “member common setting” from the reference point set in this way is a search range (regional condition).
[0031]
Finally, “other settings”, for example, only when “the communication device (mobile phone) is not in the manner mode and is ON”, that is, only when the member can respond to the joining support, etc. Is set, and the setting of “Setting 1” is completed. If necessary, the setting after “Setting 2” having contents different from “Setting 1” is performed, and the setting of the transmission condition is completed.
[0032]
Next, “reception conditions” are set. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, in the setting of the “reception condition”, the “merging start condition” is changed to “reception only with manual setting”, “reception with manual + automatic”, and “merging support system”. Do not use ".
[0033]
"Receive only in manual setting" is an item for selecting a manual reception mode in which a system for receiving information that a sender is looking for a join person is transmitted only when the member desires. When this item is selected, information indicating that the sender is looking for a join person only when the intention to receive the request is received using the mobile terminal to the join support device (join information). Will be transmitted.
[0034]
The “manual + automatic reception” means that, in addition to the manual reception mode, when a predetermined condition (for example, from 18:00 to 19:00 on Saturday) is satisfied, information indicating that the sender is searching for a join person (join This is an item for selecting an automatic reception mode that enables automatic reception of information). The predetermined condition is set in the item of “automatic reception condition setting” described later.
[0035]
Further, “Do not use the merging support system” is an item for selecting that the member does not participate in merging support as a receiver. If you select this item, the information that the sender is looking for a join (joining information) will not be transmitted to that member until you deselect this item, and further, Information about this member will be removed from the merged information sent.
[0036]
Next, "automatic reception conditions" are set. The “automatic reception condition” is a condition of the joining that this member can accept, and is set when the automatic reception mode is selected by “manual + automatic start” in “reception condition”. In the present embodiment, a plurality of conditions can be set in parallel as shown in FIG. 3 as “Setting 1”, “Setting 2”, and “Setting 3”. In this embodiment, in each setting, each member is set to each of the items of “purpose setting”, “day setting”, “time setting”, “receiving member setting”, “location setting”, and “other setting”. Make the settings for
[0037]
In this embodiment, in the “purpose setting” of “setting 1”, the acceptable merging purpose is set to “receive all transmissions from members”, “receive meal / drink together”, and “receive commuting / home together”. "," Receive a ride request ", or" Other () "which can be set arbitrarily by the setter. That is, when "meal / drink together" is selected, members who can join for the purpose of joining "meal / drink together" are searched for. The merging purpose displayed on this screen is basically the merging purpose set in the initial setting common to the members.
[0038]
In the “day setting” and “time setting”, the day and time for receiving based on “setting 1” are set. If the purpose of merging is “meal / drink together”, for example, “19:00 to 20:00” on “Friday”, and if the purpose of merging is “commuting / coming home”, for example, “Monday to Friday” If "18:00 to 19:00" and the merging purpose is "other (tennis)", a date and time suitable for the purpose is selected and set, for example, "Sunday" from "10:00 to 11:00". become.
[0039]
Further, in the "reception member setting", in the reception mode based on "setting 1", a member accepting the merge is selected and set. This is for selecting a member (sender) that accepts the merge according to the purpose selected in the “purpose setting”. When the joining support is performed in the automatic reception mode based on “Setting 1”, the member selected in this item is the partner who accepts the joining.
[0040]
Next, in the “place setting”, a reference point for receiving the merging support in the automatic reception mode according to the “setting 1” is set to, for example, “near XX station”. When the user is within a predetermined range (area) centered on the reference point at the date and time set in “Day Setting” and “Time Setting”, it is possible to receive the automatic reception mode merging support based on “Setting 1”. .
[0041]
Finally, support is provided only for "other settings", for example, "when the communication device (mobile phone) is not in the manner mode and is ON", that is, only when the member can respond to the merging support. Is performed, and the setting of “Setting 1” is completed. If necessary, the setting after “setting 2”, which is different from “setting 1”, is similarly performed.
In this way, the setting of the joining condition common to the members and the setting of the joining condition for each member are performed, and the initial setting is completed.
[0042]
In the manual transmission mode, the same conditions as those set in the “automatic start condition setting” are set for each transmission. That is, when the member indicates through the mobile terminals 1, 2, 3 that the member wants to receive the merge support in the manual transmission mode, the merging support device 6 sets the mobile terminals 1, 2, 3, and 3. 4 to 9 are sequentially displayed on the display screen of FIG. 4, and the condition setting corresponding to "automatic start condition setting" of FIG. 3 is performed.
[0043]
First, the user confirms his / her intention to receive the merging support on the “merging support start” screen in FIG. 4, and sets the merging purpose on the “purpose setting” screen in FIG. Next, another member to be searched is specified on the “member setting” screen of FIG. 6, and a search range is set on the “search range” screen of FIG. Further, the end condition of the member search is set on the "end condition" screen of FIG. 8, and the final confirmation of the start of the joining support is performed on the "start" screen of FIG. In the illustrated example, the "search range" in FIG. 7 is set to determine how far a search range should be from a member who is to be supported by the manual transmission mode. In addition, a location is input in XX of "OFF until XX" on the "end condition" screen in FIG.
In the manual reception mode, similar screens are sequentially displayed to set reception conditions.
[0044]
Next, the operation of the merging support device will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing of merging support performed by the merging support device 6.
First, in step S1, it is determined whether or not a signal that desires to receive merging support in a manual transmission mode as a sender has been received from the mobile terminals 1, 2, and 3 of the members. The signal in the transmission mode of this manual is received when a member of the group indicates on the screen of FIG. 9 that the merging support is to be started.
[0045]
When NO is determined in the step S1, the process proceeds to a step S2, and it is determined whether or not the temporal condition of the "automatic start condition" set by any member is satisfied. That is, it is determined whether the temporal condition (day, time) of the “automatic start condition” set by any member, for example, “19:00 to 20:00” of “Friday” is satisfied. If YES in step S2, the automatic mode merging support is performed based on another "automatic start condition" set by the member who set the time condition established in step S2.
[0046]
At this time, by setting the "automatic start condition" in the "transmission condition", a message as shown in FIG. It is preferable to make a final confirmation of Similarly, "automatic setting condition" is set in "receiving condition", and "automatic receiving condition setting" is set in the mobile terminals 1, 2, and 3 of members who are recipients under the set condition. At the date and time set in the above, it is preferable that a message as shown in FIG. 12 is sent and final confirmation is performed.
[0047]
When YES is determined in the step S1 or S2, the process proceeds to a step S3, where the registered members are detected from the current positions of the mobile terminals 1, 2, 3 owned by the members. Further, the process proceeds to step S4, and it is determined whether or not a registered member exists within the set search range (area).
When YES is determined in the step S4, the process proceeds to a step S5, where there are a plurality of senders (members who are searching for a joinable member), the merging purpose of the plurality of senders matches, and furthermore, It is determined whether or not the other party has set the other party as a member who desires to join for the purpose. When YES is determined in the step S5, the process proceeds to a step S6, and information including information on where other senders are is transmitted to the mobile terminal of each sender.
[0048]
If NO in step S5, the process proceeds to step S7, and it is determined whether or not any of the members within the search range satisfy the condition. That is, from the members within the predetermined range, a member whose merging purpose matches the merging purpose of the sender is extracted, and the extracted member and the sender wish to merge with each other with respect to the merging purpose. It is determined whether or not it is set as a member to perform.
When YES is determined in the step S7, the process proceeds to a step S8, and the merging information indicating that the sender is searching for another member to which the sender can join is combined with the mobile terminal 1, 2 of the other member (recipient) whose reception condition is matched. , 3, as shown in FIG. 13, for example, "Taro OO wants to join for the purpose of" mealing / drinking together ". The message "You are now near the station XX" is displayed, and the receiver is allowed to select the option of accepting or not accepting the join displayed with this message. In step S9, the receiver accepts the join. Receive a response as to whether or not to do.
Next, the process proceeds to step S10, where it is determined whether the receiver accepts the merge. If YES in step S10, that is, if the receiver accepts the merge, the process proceeds to step S11, where the sender is notified of the information that the receiver who wants to merge is nearby, and the position information of the receiver. .
[0049]
When the processing in step S6 and step S11 is completed, the process proceeds to step S12, in which the merging support between the two parties to which the information has been transmitted is stopped, and the process returns. Also, when the answer is NO in step S2, step S4, step S7, and step S10, the process returns.
Also, when a plurality of mobile terminals are located at substantially the same position within a predetermined range, it is determined that the members having these mobile terminals are acting together, and the joining between these members is performed. No support is provided.
[0050]
It is preferable that the message or the like added to the merging information as shown in FIG. 13 can be freely selected in the setting common to the members. When there are two or more recipients, a configuration may be adopted in which one recipient is notified that the other recipient has been found.
[0051]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes or modifications can be made within the scope of technical matters described in the claims.
For example, the merging purpose, start conditions, and the like can be freely set according to the group and the member. Further, the mobile terminal is not limited to a PDA, a mobile phone, or the like, and may be another portable device provided with necessary functions such as a communication function, a position identification function, and a display function.
[0052]
Further, in the above embodiment, the members (mobile terminals owned by the members) within the predetermined range are searched based on the temporal condition of the day of the week and the time. A configuration in which a search for (a mobile terminal owned by a member) is performed, that is, a search for a member (a mobile terminal owned by a member) may be performed within a predetermined area regardless of time or the like.
[0053]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a merging support device that can support merging between members of a group that is acting without assuming merging with a specific partner.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a merging support system including a merging support device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen displayed at the time of initial setting common to members for the merging support device.
FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed at the time of initial setting for each member for the merging support device.
FIG. 4 shows an example of a “joining support start” screen displayed when setting transmission conditions in the manual mode.
FIG. 5 shows an example of a “purpose setting” screen displayed when setting conditions for transmission in the manual mode.
FIG. 6 shows an example of a “member setting” screen displayed when setting transmission conditions in the manual mode.
FIG. 7 shows an example of a “search range” screen displayed when setting transmission conditions in the manual mode.
FIG. 8 shows an example of an “end condition” screen displayed when setting conditions for transmission in the manual mode.
FIG. 9 shows an example of a “start” screen displayed when setting transmission conditions in the manual mode.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the contents of processing performed by the merging support device at the time of merging support.
FIG. 11 shows an example of a message displayed on a mobile terminal of a set member when transmission for joining support is started based on “automatic setting conditions”.
FIG. 12 shows an example of a message displayed on a mobile terminal of a set member when starting reception for joining support based on “automatic setting conditions”.
FIG. 13 shows an example of a message to be displayed on the mobile terminal of the receiver whose merging conditions match.
[Explanation of symbols]
1: Mobile terminal (PDA)
2: Mobile phone 3: Navigation device 4: Network 6: Information center (joining support device)
8: Personal computer

Claims (9)

A merging support device that transmits information via a mobile terminal to a plurality of members having mobile terminal terminals that are connected via a network and are identifiably registered, and support the merging of the members. ,
Searching means for searching for members that can join from among the members,
Information transmission means for transmitting predetermined information about the other joinable members to the mobile terminal possessed by the detected jointable member,
A merging support device, comprising: The search means searches for the joinable member based on the position of the mobile terminal,
The merging support device according to claim 1. The search means searches for a member having a mobile terminal located within a predetermined distance from the specified position as a joinable member.
The merging support device according to claim 2. The search means can receive from the mobile terminal a setting that the member having the mobile terminal does not need the merging support, and the mobile unit that has determined that the merging support is unnecessary. Excluding members who have a mobile device from the search,
The junction support device according to claim 1. The search means can receive from the mobile terminal a setting of the purpose of joining the members having the mobile terminal, and set the members having the same purpose to be members that can be joined.
The merging support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The merging purpose is at least one of moving together, eating and drinking together, merging, and location information transmission.
The merging support device according to claim 5. The search means can receive a setting of a member to be searched from the mobile terminal for each of the set merging purposes, and from among the set search targets set for each of the set merging purposes. Search for joinable members,
The merging support device according to claim 5 or 6. The search means, when a plurality of mobile terminals are located at substantially the same position, assigns one member having the plurality of mobile terminals at the substantially same position to the plurality of mobile terminals at the substantially same position. Excluded from the search for members who can join the other member who owns the device,
The merging support device according to any one of claims 2 to 7. A merging support method for transmitting information via a mobile terminal to a plurality of members having mobile terminal terminals that are connected via a network and that are identifiably registered, thereby supporting the merging of the members. ,
Searching for a joinable member from the members;
Transmitting, to the mobile terminal possessed by the detected merging member, predetermined information on the other merging members;
A merging support method, comprising:

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