Posted message providing system, posted message providing apparatus, posted message providing method, and computer program

• US 9,208,478 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2012
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamada, Hideo, Muramatsu, Ryuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Parry, Chris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Houlihan, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US13/644,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,160 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Posted message providing systems, apparatuses, methods, and programs obtain a message posted on a computer network by a poster and location information associated with the posted message. The systems, apparatuses, methods, and programs obtain a poster location history that includes the specific locations of the poster in the past obtained at predetermined intervals. The systems, apparatuses, methods, and programs correct the location information associated with the posted message based on a text of the obtained posted message and the obtained poster location history, and communicate the posted message based on the corrected location information.

Claims

1. A posted message providing system, comprising:

a memory that stores a map information database; and

obtains (i) a message previously posted on a computer network by a poster, and (ii) posting location information indicating the location of the poster at a time the poster posted the posted message;

obtains a poster location history, the poster location history including specific previous locations of the poster obtained at predetermined intervals;

compares the poster location history with the stored map information;

corrects the posting location information associated with the posted message to a location representing an event referred to in the posted message based on a text of the obtained posted message and the comparison;

communicates the posted message based on the corrected posting location information.

2. The posted message providing system according to claim 1, wherein the controller:

corrects the posting location information associated with the posted message based on the specific locations in the poster location history up until a predetermined time before a time at which the poster posted the obtained message.

3. The posted message providing system according to claim 1, wherein when the obtained posted message contains a word relating to a traffic condition, the controller:

determines a location where the poster encountered the traffic condition based on the poster location history; and

corrects the posting location information to information representing the determined location.

4. The posted message providing system according to claim 3, wherein the controller:

determines a travel speed of the poster based on the poster location history; and

determines the location where the poster encountered the traffic condition as a location where the determined travel speed is less than a predetermined threshold speed.

5. The posted message providing system according to claim 1, wherein when the obtained posted message contains a word relating to a travel status, the controller:

determines a location where the poster experienced the travel status based on the poster location history; and

corrects the posting location information to information representing the determined location.

6. The posted message providing system according to claim 1, wherein the controller:

obtains a search condition;

extracts from a plurality of posted messages posted on the computer network the obtained posted message based on the obtained search condition.

7. The posted message providing system according to claim 1, wherein the controller:

communicates the posted message by providing the text of the posted message and the posting location information associated with the posted message.

8. The posted message providing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a memory including a poster location database;

wherein the controller obtains the poster location history from the poster location database.

9. The posted message providing system according to claim 1, further comprising a communication apparatus, wherein the controller:

obtains the posted message via the communication apparatus; and

after the posting location information is corrected, communicates the posted message via the communication apparatus.

10. A posted message providing method, comprising:

accessing a memory that stores a map location database;

obtaining (i) a message previously posted on a computer network by a poster, and (ii) posting location information indicating the location of the poster at a time the poster posted the posted message;

obtaining a poster location history, the poster location history including specific previous locations of the poster obtained at predetermined intervals;

comparing the poster location history with the stored map information;

correcting the posting location information associated with the posted message to a location representing an event referred to in the posted message based on a text of the obtained posted message and the comparison;

communicating the posted message based on the corrected posting location information.

11. The posted message providing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

correcting the posting location information associated with the posted message based on the specific locations in the poster location history up until a predetermined time before a time at which the poster posted the obtained message.

12. The posted message providing method according to claim 10, further comprising, when the obtained posted message contains a word relating to a traffic condition:

determining a location where the poster encountered the traffic condition based on the poster location history; and

correcting the posting location information to information representing the determined location.

13. The posted message providing method according to claim 12, further comprising:

determining a travel speed of the poster based on the poster location history; and

determining the location where the poster encountered the traffic condition as a location where the determined travel speed is less than a predetermined threshold speed.

14. The posted message providing method according to claim 10, further comprising, when the obtained posted message contains a word relating to a travel status:

determining a location where the poster experienced the travel status based on the poster location history; and

correcting the posting location information to information representing the determined location.

15. The posted message providing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

obtaining a search condition;

extracting from a plurality of posted messages posted on the computer network the obtained posted message based on the obtained search condition.

16. The posted message providing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

communicating the posted message by providing the text of the posted message and the posting location information associated with the posted message.

17. The posted message providing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

obtaining the poster location history from a poster location database.

18. The posted message providing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

obtaining the posted message via a communication apparatus; and

after the posting location information is corrected, communicating the posted message via the communication apparatus.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable posted message providing program, the program comprising:

instructions for accessing a memory that stores a map information database;

instructions for obtaining (i) a message previously posted on a computer network by a poster, and (ii) posting location information indicating the location of the poster at a time the poster posted the posted message;

instructions for obtaining a poster location history, the poster location history including specific previous locations of the poster obtained at predetermined intervals;

instructions for comparing the poster location history with the stored map information;

instructions for correcting the posting location information associated with the posted message to a location representing an event referred to in the posted message based on a text of the obtained posted message and the comparison;

instructions for communicating the posted message based on the corrected posting location information.