Method and system for supporting service provision
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1. A method for supporting service provision by using a computer, the method including:
- receiving a request for member registration to an ad hoc group related to provision of a service and performing a process of the member registration;
managing ad hoc group information including communication information inclusive of information indicating a method for communication with each of members registered in the ad hoc group; and
providing the communication information to a provider of the service.
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Abstract
A group management server receives, from a device joining an ad hoc group related to the provision of a service as a member thereof, a member registration request including communication information inclusive of a method for communication with the device becoming the member and registers the device in the ad hoc group. The group management server provides the communication information to a provider of the service in response to a request from the service provider. The service provider performs communication related to the provision of the service with each of members by using the communication information.
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1. A method for supporting service provision by using a computer, the method including:
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receiving a request for member registration to an ad hoc group related to provision of a service and performing a process of the member registration;
managing ad hoc group information including communication information inclusive of information indicating a method for communication with each of members registered in the ad hoc group; and
providing the communication information to a provider of the service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An ad hoc group management server comprising:
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a storage unit storing ad hoc group information including communication information inclusive of information indicating a method for communication with each of members registered in an ad hoc group related to provision of a service;
a management unit receiving, from a user terminal, a request for member registration of a device to be registered as the member of the ad hoc group and performing a process of the member registration with respect to the group information; and
a group information provision unit for providing the communication information included in the ad hoc group information to a provider of the service. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A terminal device including:
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a selection unit selecting an ad hoc group related to provision of a service;
a notification unit notifying, of a member registration request for registering the terminal device or an external device existing outside thereof in the ad hoc group selected in the selection unit, a group management server for managing ad hoc group information including communication information inclusive of information indicating a method for communication with each of members registered in the ad hoc group; and
a processing unit referencing, when the terminal device has been registered in the ad hoc group, the ad hoc group information managed at the group management server and receiving and processing information related to the service from an application server for providing the service by using the communication information included in the ad hoc group information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 10)
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9. The terminal device according to Note 7, wherein the selection unit shows a list of ad hoc groups to a user and selects, from the list, one of the ad hoc groups specified by the user.
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11. The terminal device according to Note 7, further comprising a communication information storage unit storing therein the communication information for performing communication with the processing unit,
wherein the notification unit notifies the group management server of a user registration request including the communication information stored in the communication information storage unit, and wherein the notification unit references a list of ad hoc groups each joined by the terminal device as the member thereof when the communication information stored in the communication information storage unit is updated and notifies the group management server managing the ad hoc groups in the list of a request to update the communication information.
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12. An application server comprising:
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a reference processing unit referencing communication information inclusive of information indicating a method for communication with each of members registered in an ad hoc group related to provision of a service and managed at a group management server; and
a communication processing unit performing communication related to the provision of the service with each of the members by using the communication information.
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13. A system for supporting service provision, the system comprising:
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a group management server managing ad hoc group information including communication information inclusive of information indicating a method for communication with each of members registered in an ad hoc group related to provision of a service;
a first terminal notifying the group management server of a member registration request for registering the first terminal or an external device existing outside thereof in the ad hoc group; and
a second terminal for referencing the ad hoc group information managed at the group management server and performing communication related to the provision of the service with each of the members of the ad hoc group by using the communication information included in the ad hoc group information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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