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Distribution device, distribution method, and terminal device

  • US 9,363,655 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2013
  • Issued: 06/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A distribution device comprising a processor configured to:

  • receive location information and a scheduled path, which starts from a first coverage region in which communication is possible and reaches a second coverage region in which communication is possible by way of an out-of-coverage region in which communication is impossible, from a first terminal device possessed by a user;

    when the location information and the scheduled path is received, calculate an expected time within which the user arrives to the second coverage region from the first coverage region by way of the out-of-coverage region;

    correct the expected time based on a user property including one of;

    ability, physical characteristics, and material possessions of the user; and

    distribute an alert to a second terminal device when the location information of the second coverage region is not received from the first terminal device within the corrected expected time.

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