Program, computer, and data processing method

• US 20050216557A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ohwa, Tsunayuki, Kudo, Yusuke, Yoshitomi, Kosuke
• Application Number:
  US11/084,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20050216557A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A program, a computer, and a data processing method used in a field of data communication are provided. The program is provided for making a computer perform determining a place where users of a plurality of computers are to meet on a basis of index data serving as indexes for identifying positions of the plurality of computers; transmitting data indicating the place.

Claims

1. A program for making a computer perform, comprising:

a first step of determining a place where users of a plurality of computers are to meet on a basis of index data serving as indexes for identifying positions of said plurality of computers; and

a second step of transmitting data indicating the place determined in said first step to said computers.

2. The program as claimed in claim 1, wherein in said first step, required time data indicating times required for arrival of the users of said plurality of computers is generated on a basis of said index data, and said place is determined on a basis of said required time data.

3. The program as claimed in claim 2, wherein in said first step, said place where a difference in said required time indicated by said required time data between the users of said plurality of computers satisfies a predetermined criterion is determined.

4. The program as claimed in claim 3, wherein in said first step, said place where said difference satisfies said predetermined criterion is determined among a plurality of predetermined places.

5. The program as claimed in claim 4, wherein said place that minimizes said difference is determined.

6. The program as claimed in claim 2, wherein in said first step, when it is determined on a basis of said index data that a predetermined proportion or more of said plurality of computers are situated within a predetermined distance, said place is determined using said index data corresponding to said computers situated within said predetermined distance and not using said index data corresponding to said computers situated outside said predetermined distance.

7. The program as claimed in claim 2, wherein in said first step, said place that minimizes a total sum of times required for arrival of the users of said plurality of computers on a basis of said index data is determined.

8. The program as claimed in claim 7, wherein in said first step, said place that minimizes said total sum is determined among a plurality of predetermined places.

9. The program as claimed in claim 2, wherein in said first step, an executing circuit included in said computer reads said index data from a memory included in said computer and determines said place on a basis of the read said index data according to said program.

10. The program as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a third step of transmitting, to other said computers, request data requesting said index data of the other said computers, wherein in said first step, the place where the users of said plurality of computers are to meet is determined on a basis of said index data received in response to said request transmitted in said third step.

11. The program as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fourth step of obtaining index data for identifying a position of the computer executing said program in response to request data received from another said computer, and transmitting the obtained index data to the transmission source of said request data.

12. The program as claimed in claim 1, wherein said index data indicates positions where said computers are used or positions of said computers identified by a GPS (Global Positioning System).

13. The program as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a fifth step of receiving a specification of a purpose for which said users are to meet, wherein in said first step, said place is determined from among a plurality of places matching said purpose specified in said fifth step.

14. The program as claimed in claim 1, wherein said computers are mobile type computers.

15. The program as claimed in claim 1, wherein said computers are portable type terminal apparatuses.

16. A computer comprising:

a memory for storing a program;

an interface; and

an executing circuit;

wherein said executing circuit reads and executes said program from said memory, and according to said program, said executing circuit determines a place where users of a plurality of computers are to meet on a basis of index data serving as indexes for identifying positions of said plurality of computers and transmits data indicating the determined place to said computers via said interface.

17. The computer as claimed in claim 16, wherein said executing circuit generates required time data indicating times required for arrival of the users of said plurality of computers on a basis of said index data, and determines said place on a basis of said required time data.

18. The computer as claimed in claim 16, wherein said executing circuit transmits a request to other said computers than the computer executing said program among said plurality of computers via said interface, and determines said place on a basis of said index data received in response to said request from the other computers.

19. The computer as claimed in claim 18, further comprising a tamper-resistant integrated circuit for performing a payment process by performing communication with another apparatus, and generating said index data of said computer executing said program on a basis of a position of said other apparatus identified by the communication, wherein said executing circuit determines said place on a basis of said index data received from said other computers and said index data generated by said integrated circuit.

20. A data processing method performed by a computer, said data processing method comprising:

determining a place where users of a plurality of computers are to meet on a basis of index data serving as indexes for identifying positions of said plurality of computers; and

transmitting data indicating the place determined in said first step to said computers.

21. The data processing method as claimed in claim 20, wherein required time data indicating times required for arrival of the users of said plurality of computers is generated on a basis of said index data, and said place is determined on a basis of said required time data.