Method and apparatus for realizing sharing of taxi, and computer product

• US 20030177020A1
• Filed: 10/22/2002
• Published: 09/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Okamura, Akiyo
• Application Number:
  US10/274,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20030177020A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

All the users have a portable terminal with them for transmitting and receiving formation to or from a server. User A is already onboard a taxi and sends his/her willingness to accept a parson to share the taxi. Users who wish to share a taxi also send their willingness to share the taxi. The server selects some users from among these users based on the destinations and locations of these users and the taxi. The server informs the user A about the selected users and their personal information such as male/female, drunk/non-drunk ect. The user A finally decides a candidate person with whom he/she would like to share the taxi. The information that he/she has been selected is sent to the candidate. The taxi driver is informed to pick-up the candidate from his/her present location.

Claims

1. A taxi sharing management method for arranging a sharing of a taxi for first customers who want to take a taxi with a second customer who is already onboard the taxi, the taxi sharing management method comprising:

a sharing candidate determination step of determining one or a plurality of sharing candidates from among the first customers and inform to the second customer, based on information relating to the first customers that includes riding request information that has been input by each of the first customers, and information relating to a current position and information relating to a destination that have been input together with the riding request information or that have been extracted based on the riding request information, and information relating to a destination and sharing approval information that have been input by the second customer;

a sharing-accepted person selection step of selecting a sharing-accepted person from among the sharing candidates who have been determined at the sharing candidate determination step based on the information that has been input by the second customer;

a sharing consent information input step of receiving an input of sharing consent information relating to whether the sharing is consented or not, in response to the information relating to the second customer or that has been input together with the sharing approval information or the information relating to the sharing candidates or that has been extracted based on the sharing approval information; and

a sharing consent information transmission step of transmitting at least one of the sharing consent information and the information relating to a current position of the sharing-accepted person, to at least one of the second customer and a driver of the taxi which the second customer is already onboard, based on the information of the sharing consent that has been input at the sharing consent information input step.

2. The taxi sharing management method according to claim 1, wherein the sharing candidate determination step is a step of determining a sharing candidate separate from the determined sharing candidate, based on the information relating to the sharing-accepted person who has been selected at the sharing-accepted person selection step.

3. The taxi sharing management method according to claim 1, wherein the sharing candidate determination step is a step of determining a sharing candidate separate from the determined sharing candidate, based on the information on sharing consent that has been input-accepted at the sharing consent information input step.

4. The taxi sharing management method according to claim 1, wherein the riding request information includes guarantee information for guaranteeing the social standing of the first customer.

5. A taxi sharing management method for arranging a sharing of a taxi for first customers who want to take a taxi with a second customer who is already onboard the taxi, the taxi sharing management method comprising:

a riding request information reception step of receiving riding request information for requesting a ride on a taxi from the first customers;

a sharing approval information reception step of receiving information relating to a destination and sharing approval information for approving a sharing of a taxi from the second customer;

a sharing candidate determination step of determining one or a plurality of sharing candidates from among the first customers, based on the information relating to the first customers that includes the riding request information that has been received at the riding request information reception step, and information relating to a current position and information relating to a destination that have been received together with the riding request information or that have been extracted based on the riding request information, and the information relating to a destination and the sharing approval information that have been received at the sharing approval information reception step;

a first customer information transmission step of transmitting the information relating to the sharing candidates who have been determined at the sharing candidate determination step, to the second customer;

a sharing-accepted person information reception step of receiving information relating to a sharing-accepted person who has been selected by the second customer, from among the information relating to the sharing candidates that has been transmitted at the first customer information transmission step;

a second customer information transmission step of transmitting information relating to the second customer that has been received together with the sharing approval information or the information relating to the sharing candidates or that has been extracted based on the sharing approval information, to the sharing-accepted person, based on the information relating to the sharing-accepted person that has been received at the sharing-accepted person information reception step;

a sharing consent information reception step of receiving the sharing consent information relating to the sharing consent of the sharing-accepted person, in response to the information relating to the second customer that has been transmitted at the second customer information transmission step; and

a sharing consent information transmission step of transmitting at least one of the sharing consent information or the information relating to a current position of the sharing-accepted person, to at least one of the second customer and a driver of the taxi which the second customer is already onboard, based on the information of the sharing consent that has been received at the sharing consent information reception step.

6. The taxi sharing management method according to claim 5, wherein the sharing candidate determination step is a step of determining a sharing candidate separate from the determined sharing candidate, based on the information relating to the sharing-accepted person that has been received at the sharing-accepted person information reception step.

7. The taxi sharing management method according to claim 5, wherein the sharing candidate determination step is a step of determining a sharing candidate separate from the determined sharing candidate, based on the information on the sharing consent that has been received at the sharing consent information reception step.

8. The taxi sharing management method according to claim 5, wherein the riding request information includes guarantee information for guaranteeing the social standing of the first customer.

9. A taxi sharing management program for arranging a sharing of a taxi for first customers who want to take a taxi with a second customer who is already onboard the taxi, wherein the taxi sharing management program is for making a computer to execute:

a sharing candidate determination step of determining one or a plurality of sharing candidates from among the first customers and informs the second customer, based on information relating to the first customers that includes riding request information that has been input by each of the first customers, and information relating to a current position and information relating to a destination that have been input together with the riding request information or that have been extracted based on the riding request information, and information relating to a destination and sharing approval information that have been input by the second customer;

a sharing-accepted person selection step of selecting a sharing-accepted person from among the sharing candidates who have been determined at the sharing candidate determination step based on the information input by the second customer;

a sharing consent information input step of receiving a input of sharing consent information relating to whether the sharing is consented or not, in response to the information relating to the second customer that has been input together with the sharing approval information or the information relating to the sharing candidates or that has been extracted based on the sharing approval information; and

a sharing consent information transmission step of transmitting at least one of the sharing consent information and the information relating to a current position of the sharing-accepted person, to at least one of the second customer and a driver of the taxi which the second customer is already onboard, based on the information on the sharing consent that has been input at the sharing consent information input step.

10. A taxi sharing management program for arranging a sharing of a taxi for first customers who want to take a taxi with a second customer who is already onboard the taxi, wherein the taxi sharing management program is for making a computer to execute:

a riding request information reception step of receiving riding request information from the first customers;

a sharing approval information reception step of receiving information relating to a destination and sharing approval information from the second customer;

a sharing candidate determination step of determining one or a plurality of sharing candidates from among the first customers, based on the information relating to the first customers that includes the riding request information that has been received at the riding request information reception step, and information relating to a current position and information relating to a destination that have been received together with the riding request information or that have been extracted based on the riding request information, and the information relating to a destination and the sharing approval information that have been received at the sharing approval information reception step;

a first customer information transmission step of transmitting the information relating to the sharing candidates who have been determined at the sharing candidate determination step, to the second customer;

a sharing-accepted person information reception step of receiving information relating to a sharing-accepted person who has been selected by the second customer, from among the information relating to the sharing candidates that has been transmitted at the first customer information transmission step;

a second customer information transmission step of transmitting information relating to the second customer that has been received together with the sharing approval information or the information relating to the sharing candidates or that has been extracted based on the sharing approval information, to the sharing-accepted person, based on the information relating to the sharing-accepted person that has been received at the sharing-accepted person information reception step;

a sharing consent information reception step of receiving the sharing consent information relating to the sharing consent of the sharing-accepted person, in response to the information relating to the second customer that has been transmitted at the second customer information transmission step; and

a sharing consent information transmission step of transmitting at least one of the sharing consent information and the information relating to a current position of the sharing-accepted person, to at least one of the second customer and a driver of the taxi which the second customer is already onboard, based on the information on the sharing consent that has been received at the sharing consent information reception step.

11. A computer-readable recording medium that is recorded with a taxi sharing management program for arranging a sharing of a taxi for first customers who want to take a taxi with a second customer who is already onboard the taxi, wherein the taxi sharing management program is for making a computer to execute:

a sharing candidate determination step of determining one or a plurality of sharing candidates from among the first customers and informs the second customer, based on information relating to the first customers that includes riding request information that has been input by each of the first customers, and information relating to a current position and information relating to a destination that have been input together with the riding request information or that have been extracted based on the riding request information, and information relating to a destination and sharing approval information that have been input by the second customer;

a sharing-accepted person selection step of selecting a sharing-accepted person from among the sharing candidates who have been determined at the sharing candidate determination step based on the information input by the second customer;

a sharing consent information input step of receiving an input of sharing consent information relating to whether the sharing is consented or not, in response to the information relating to the second customer that has been input together with the sharing approval information or the information relating to the sharing candidates or that has been extracted based on the sharing approval information; and

a sharing consent information transmission step of transmitting at least one of the sharing consent information and the information relating to a current position of the sharing-accepted person, to at least one of the second customer and a driver of the taxi which the second customer is already onboard, based on the information of the sharing consent that has been input at the sharing consent information input step.

12. A computer-readable recording medium that is recorded with a taxi sharing management program for arranging a sharing of a taxi for first customers who want to take a taxi with a second customer who is already onboard the taxi, wherein the taxi sharing management program is for making a computer to execute:

a riding request information reception step of receiving riding request information from the first customers;

a sharing approval information reception step of receiving information relating to a destination and sharing approval information from the second customer;

a sharing candidate determination step of determining one or a plurality of sharing candidates from among the first customers, based on the information relating to the first customers that includes the riding request information that has been received at the riding request information reception step, and information relating to a current position and information relating to a destination that have been received together with the riding request information or that have been extracted based on the riding request information, and the information relating to a destination and the sharing approval information that have been received at the sharing approval information reception step;

a first customer information transmission step of transmitting the information relating to the sharing candidates who have been determined at the sharing candidate determination step, to the second customer;

a sharing-accepted person information reception step of receiving information relating to a sharing-accepted person who has been selected by the second customer, from among the information relating to the sharing candidates that has been transmitted at the first customer information transmission step;

a second customer information transmission step of transmitting information relating to the second customer that has been received together with the sharing approval information or the information relating to the sharing candidates or that has been extracted based on the sharing approval information, to the sharing-accepted person, based on the information relating to the sharing-accepted person that has been received at the sharing-accepted person information reception step;

a sharing consent information reception step of receiving sharing consent information relating to the sharing consent of the sharing-accepted person, in response to the information relating to the second customer that has been transmitted at the second customer information transmission step; and

a sharing consent information transmission step of transmitting at least one of the sharing consent information from the sharing-accepted person and the information relating to a current position of the sharing-accepted person, to at least one of the second customer and a driver of the taxi which the second customer is already onboard, based on the information relating to the sharing consent that has been received at the sharing consent information reception step.

13. A taxi sharing management apparatus that arranges a sharing of a taxi for first customers who want to take a taxi with a second customer who is already onboard the taxi, the taxi sharing management apparatus comprising:

a riding request information reception unit that receives riding request information from information terminal devices of the first customers;

a sharing approval information reception unit that receives information relating to a destination and sharing approval information from an information device of the second customer;

a sharing candidate determination unit that determines one or a plurality of sharing candidates from among the first customers, based on the information relating to the first customers that includes the riding request information that has been received by the riding request information reception unit, and information relating to a current position and information relating to a destination that have been received together with the riding request information or that have been extracted based on the riding request information, and the information relating to a destination and the sharing approval information that have been received by the sharing approval information reception unit;

a first customer information transmission unit that transmits the information relating to the sharing candidates who have been determined by the sharing candidate determination unit, to the information terminal device of the second customer;

a sharing-accepted person information reception unit that receives information relating to a sharing-accepted person who has been selected by the second customer, from among the information relating to the sharing candidates that has been transmitted by the first customer information transmission unit;

a second customer information transmission unit that transmits information relating to the second customer that has been received together with the sharing approval information or the information relating to the sharing candidates or that has been extracted based on the sharing approval information, to the information terminal device of the sharing-accepted person, based on the information relating to the sharing-accepted person that has been received by the sharing-accepted person information reception unit;

a sharing consent information reception unit that receives sharing information relating to the sharing consent of the sharing-accepted person, in response to the information relating to the second customer that has been transmitted by the second customer information transmission unit; and

a sharing consent information transmission unit that transmits at least one of the sharing consent information from the sharing-accepted person and the information relating to a current position of the sharing-accepted person, to at least one of the information terminal device of the second customer and the information terminal device of a driver of the taxi which the second customer is already onboard, based on the information relating to the sharing consent that has been received by the sharing consent information reception unit.

14. The taxi sharing management apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the information terminal devices of the first customers are portable information processing devices owned by the first customers.

15. The taxi sharing management apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the information terminal device of the second customer is provided in the taxi that the second customer is onboard.

16. The taxi sharing management apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the information terminal device of the second customer is a portable information processing device owned by the second customer.

17. A taxi sharing approval apparatus that enables persons who want to take a taxi to share the taxi, the taxi sharing approval apparatus comprising:

an input unit that inputs information relating to a destination and sharing approval information for approving a sharing of a taxi;

a sharing approval information transmission unit that transmits the information relating to a destination and the sharing approval information that have been input by the input unit, to a predetermined server;

a riding requester information reception unit that receives the information relating to one or a plurality of riding requesters, in response to the sharing approval information that has been transmitted by the sharing approval information transmission unit from the server;

a display control unit that controls a display screen to display the information relating to the riding requesters that has been received by the riding requester information reception unit;

a sharing-accepted person selection unit that selects a sharing-accepted person from the information relating to the riding requesters that is displayed on the display screen;

a sharing-accepted person information transmission unit that transmits the information relating to the sharing-accepted person selected by the sharing-accepted person selection unit, to the server; and

a sharing consent information reception unit that receives from the server at least one of sharing consent information as the sharing-accepted person and information relating to a current position of the sharing-accepted person.

18. The taxi sharing approval apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the display control unit controls the display screen to display a map, display a route to the destination on the map, and mark at least one of the current position and the destination of the riding requester on the map.

19. The taxi sharing approval apparatus according to claim 18 further comprising:

a riding requester selection unit that selects the riding requester by indicating at least one of the marked current positions and destinations of the riding requesters, wherein the display control unit controls the display screen to display information relating to a riding requester who has been selected by the riding requester selection unit.

20. A taxi riding request apparatus that is used by a person who wants to take a taxi, the taxi riding request apparatus comprising:

a riding request information input unit that inputs riding request information for requesting a ride on a taxi;

a riding request information transmission unit that transmits the riding request information that has been input by the riding request information input unit, to a predetermined server;

a reception unit that receives from the server, information relating to a person who is already onboard a taxi to share the taxi, in response to the riding request information that has been transmitted by the riding request information transmission unit;

a display control unit that controls a display screen to display the information relating to the other person to share the taxi that has been received by the reception unit;

a sharing consent information input unit that inputs sharing consent information relating to whether the sharing of the taxi is to be consented or not, in response to the information relating to the other person to share the taxi that is displayed on the display screen; and

a sharing consent information transmission unit that transmits the sharing consent information that has been input by the sharing consent information input unit, to the server.