SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM,RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, TERMINAL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING TERMINAL PROGRAM

• US 20120233017A1
• Filed: 03/11/2011
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sugiyama, Mari, Tokunaga, Hiroyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,665,872 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Provided is a server apparatus, etc., capable of flexibly providing shore'"'"'s provision information in accordance with a time range when a shore can be used by a user. The server apparatus according to the present invention, on the basis of store information including at least any one of position information of a store which provide a product or service, use time information of the store and attribute information of the store, and user time range information user time range information indicating a vacant time range of a user, determines a combination in which the user can use the shores within the time range indicated by the user time range information. Then, the server apparatus transmits the shore'"'"'s provision information in the determined combination to a terminal device of the user.

Claims

1. A server apparatus to which a terminal device is accessible via communication network, comprising:

a time range information acquiring unit that acquires user time range information indicating a vacant time range of a user;

a store combination determining unit that determines a combination of stores which the user can use within a time range indicated by the user time range information based on store information of each of stores which provide a product or service and the acquired user time range information, the store information including at least any one of position information of a store, use time information of the store and attribute information of the store, and the store information being stored in store information storing unit that stores provision information of the stores per store; and

a provision information transmitting unit that transmits the provision information of the stores in the determined combination, to the terminal device.

2. The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the store information storing unit further stores store time range information indicating a vacant time range of the store, and

the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores having the vacant time range of the store which at least partially overlaps the vacant time range of the user, based on the vacant time range of the user indicated by the acquired user time range information and the vacant time range of the store indicated by the store time range information.

3. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an attribute information acquiring unit that acquires attribute information of the user; and

a use time information setting unit that sets the use time information of the stores based on the acquired attribute information,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information and the set use time information of the stores.

4. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a use history information acquiring unit that acquires use history information of a store which the user uses in a past; and

a use time information setting unit that sets the use time information of the stores, based on the acquired use history information,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information and the set use time information of the stores.

5. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a schedule information acquiring unit that acquires schedule information of the user,

wherein the time range information acquiring unit acquires the user time range information satisfying a predetermined condition, from the acquired schedule information at a predetermined timing.

6. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a position information acquiring unit that acquires position information of the user from the terminal device,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information, the acquired position information of the user and the position information of the stores.

7. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an area information acquiring unit that acquires area information indicating an area in which the user moves,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information, the acquired area information and the position information of the stores.

8. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a use condition information acquiring unit that acquires use condition information comprising at least one of a purpose, a theme and a genre that the user uses a plurality of stores,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information, the acquired use condition information and the attribute information of the stores.

9. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a departure store information acquiring unit that acquires departure store information indicating a store which the user wishes to use first within the time range,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores including the store indicated by the acquired departure store information as a departure store.

10. The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the store combination determining unit redetermines a combination of the stores which the user can use within a remaining time of the time range after a predetermined time passes, and

the provision information transmitting unit transmits provision information of the stores in the redetermined combination, to the terminal device of the user.

11. The server apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a use recognizing unit that recognizes use of the provision information of the stores in the determined combination; and

a remaining time calculating unit that calculates the remaining time based on the recognized use time and the time range,

wherein the store combination determining unit redetermines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the remaining time at a timing of calculating the remaining time.

12. The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the provision information is benefit information indicating a benefit which the user gets from the stores.

19. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a use recognizing unit that recognizes use of the provision information of the stores in the determined combination; and

a remaining time calculating unit that calculates a remaining time in the time range based on the recognized use time and the time range,

wherein the store combination determining unit redetermines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the remaining time at a timing of calculating the remaining time.

20. The server apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an attribute information acquiring unit that acquires attribute information of the user; and

a use time information setting unit that sets the use time information of the stores based on the acquired attribute information,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information and the set use time information of the stores.

21. The server apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a use history information acquiring unit that acquires use history information of a store which the user uses in a past; and

a use time information setting unit that sets the use time information of the stores, based on the acquired use history information,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information and the set use time information of the stores.

22. The server apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a schedule information acquiring unit that acquires schedule information of the user,

wherein the time range information acquiring unit acquires the user time range information satisfying a predetermined condition, from the acquired schedule information at a predetermined timing.

23. The server apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a position information acquiring unit that acquires position information of the user from the terminal device,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information, the acquired position information of the user and the position information of the stores.

24. The server apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an area information acquiring unit that acquires area information indicating an area in which the user moves,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information, the acquired area information and the position information of the stores.

25. The server apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a use condition information acquiring unit that acquires use condition information comprising at least one of a purpose, a theme and a genre that the user uses a plurality of stores,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the time range, based on the acquired user time range information, the acquired use condition information and the attribute information of the stores.

26. The server apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a departure store information acquiring unit that acquires departure store information indicating a store which the user wishes to use first within the time range,

wherein the store combination determining unit determines the combination of the stores including the store indicated by the acquired departure store information as a departure store.

27. The server apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the store combination determining unit redetermines a combination of the stores which the user can use within a remaining time of the time range after a predetermined time passes, and

the provision information transmitting unit transmits provision information of the stores in the redetermined combination, to the terminal device of the user.

28. The server apparatus according to claim 27, further comprising:

a use recognizing unit that recognizes use of the provision information of the stores in the determined combination; and

a remaining time calculating unit that calculates the remaining time based on the recognized use time and the time range,

wherein the store combination determining unit redetermines the combination of the stores which the user can use within the remaining time at a timing of calculating the remaining time.

29. The server apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the provision information is benefit information indicating a benefit which the user gets from the stores.

13. (canceled)

14. (canceled)

15. An information providing method in a server apparatus to which a terminal device is accessible via communication network, comprising:

a step of, at the server apparatus, acquiring user time range information indicating a vacant time range of a user;

a step of, at the sever apparatus, determining a combination of stores which the user can use within a time range indicated by the user time range information based on store information of each of stores which provide a product or service and the acquired user time range information, the store information including at least any one of position information of a store, use time information of the store and attribute information of the store, and the store information being stored in store information storing unit that stores provision information of the stores per store; and

a step of, at the server apparatus, transmitting the provision information of the stores in the determined combination, to the terminal device.

16. A terminal device comprising:

a store information acquiring unit that acquires store information including at least one of position information of stores which provide a product or service, use time information of the stores and attribute information of the stores, per store from a server apparatus via communication network;

a time range information acquiring unit that acquires user time range information indicating a vacant time range of a user;

a store combination determining unit that determines a combination of the stores which the user can use within a time range indicated by the user time range information, based on the acquired user time range information and the acquired store information of each of the stores; and

a display control unit that displays provision information of the stores in the determined combination.

17. (canceled)

18. (canceled)