Information delivery system for sending reminder times based on event and travel times

• US 9,386,420 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takehara, Mitsuru, Sako, Yoichiro, Asukai, Masamichi, Ito, Taiji, Sugino, Akinobu, Sano, Akane, Kamatani, Yoshiteru, Hayashi, Kazunori, Kon, Takayasu, Kamada, Yasunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Michael T
• Application Number:
  US14/579,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20150181376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

There is provided an information delivery apparatus including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time.

Claims

1. An information transmitting apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to generate data for issuing a notification of an event at a time that is based on information including a time of the event and a travel time between a location of an apparatus and a location of the event,

wherein the circuitry is configured to not transmit the notification based on whether or not the travel time is longer than the interval between a current time and the time of the event, and

wherein the current time is before the time of the event.

2. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data is for at least one display to display the notification.

3. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the travel time is one of a plurality of travel times calculated for a plurality of possible travel routes from the location of the apparatus to the location of the event.

4. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the time at which the notification is issued is further based on allowing extra time.

5. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the notification is based on historical information.

6. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the historical information comprises a past location of the apparatus.

7. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the historical information comprises information regarding a past history of display of at least one notification.

8. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to send information identifying the location of the apparatus to the information transmitting apparatus at regular intervals.

9. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate data for issuing the notification at an updated time, the updated time being based upon an updated travel time, the updated travel time being based upon an updated location of the apparatus.

10. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the notification includes the time of the event.

11. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the notification includes the location of the event.

12. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the notification includes information about a detail of the event.

13. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the notification includes information about delivery of information regarding the event.

14. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a mobile communications terminal.

15. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 14, wherein the mobile communications terminal is configured to determine the location of the mobile communications terminal based on a signal from a satellite.

16. The information transmitting apparatus of claim 14, wherein the mobile communications terminal is a mobile phone.

17. An information transmitting method, comprising:

generating data for issuing a notification of an event at a time that is based on information including a time of the event and a travel time between a location of an apparatus and a location of the event,

wherein the notification is not transmitted based on whether or not the travel time is longer than the interval between a current time and the time of the event, and

wherein the current time is before the time of the event.

18. At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by a processor, perform an information transmitting method, the method comprising:

generating data for issuing a notification of an event at a time that is based on information including a time of the event and a travel time between a location of an apparatus and a location of the event,

wherein the notification is not transmitted based on whether or not the travel time is longer than the interval between a current time and the time of the event, and

wherein the current time is before the time of the event.

19. An information processing system, comprising:

an information transmitting apparatus configured to transmit data for issuing a notification of an event at a time that is based on information including a time of the event and a travel time between a location of an apparatus and a location of the event,

an information receiving apparatus comprising circuitry configured to receive the data, wherein the circuitry is configured to not display the notification based on whether or not the travel time is longer than the interval between a current time and the time of the event, and

wherein the current time is before the time of the event.

20. An information processing method, comprising:

transmitting data for issuing a notification of an event at a time that is based on information including a time of the event and a travel time between a location of an apparatus and a location of the event,

receiving the data, wherein the notification is not displayed based on whether or not the travel time is longer than the interval between a current time and the time of the event, and

wherein the current time is before the time of the event.