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Communication device, communication system, and program

  • US 9,510,151 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2013
  • Issued: 11/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication device comprising:

  • a memory for storing for each user to communicate, a user name and a communication address of a mobile device owned by each user; and

    a computer processor for;

    obtaining location information of each mobile device whose communication address is stored in the memory;

    obtaining location information of the communication device;

    calculating a distance between the communication device and the mobile device on the basis of the location information obtained for the mobile device and the location information obtained for the communication device;

    deciding a notification sequence of user names or communication addresses automatically selected on the basis of communication frequency, among user names or communication addresses stored in the memory so that the notification sequence begins with a name of a user owning a mobile device whose calculated distance from the communication device is shorter or a communication address of the mobile device whose distance from the communication device is shorter; and

    notifying the user names or the communication addresses in accordance with the decided notification sequence, and displaying the distance of each mobile device from the communication device that is calculated,wherein;

    the location information of each mobile device whose communication address is stored in the memory is obtained at fixed intervals;

    the location information of the communication device is obtained at fixed intervals;

    the distance between the communication device and the mobile device is calculated at fixed intervals on the basis of latest location information obtained by the computer processor;

    the notification sequence of user names or communication addresses stored in the memory is decided at fixed intervals so that the notification sequence begins with a name of a user owning a mobile device whose latest calculated distance from the communication device is shorter or a communication address of the mobile device whose latest distance from the communication device is shorter; and

    the user names or the communication addresses is notified in accordance with latest decided notification sequence.

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