Advance notification system, advance notification method, and mobile communication device

• US 9,949,081 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2016
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Ishii, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, Brandon J
• Application Number:
  US15/242,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20160360366A1
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/004 using portable personal devices hand-held or body-worn self-defence devices using repellent gases or chemicals F41H9/10
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0283 via a telephone network, e.g. cellular GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0288 Attachment of child unit to child/article
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An advance notification system, an advance notification method, and a mobile communication device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an advance notification system comprises a first mobile device and a second mobile device. The first mobile device stores a schedule including a scheduled time and a scheduled place and comprises a transmitter and at least one first processor. The second mobile device acquires a device position of the second mobile device itself. The at least one processor determines whether an advance notification is required on the basis of the device position and the scheduled place. The at least one processor also causes the transmitter to transmit the advance notification to the second mobile device when determining that the advance notification is required.

Claims

1. An advance notification system comprising:

a first mobile device comprising a transmitter, at least one first processor, and a storage that stores a schedule including a scheduled time and a scheduled place, and a plurality of predetermined ranges including a first predetermined range and a second predetermined range located inboard with respect to the first predetermined range, with the center of the plurality of predetermined ranges being set at the scheduled place; and

a second mobile device that acquires a device position of the second mobile device itself;

wherein the at least one first processor

determines whether an advance notification is required on the basis of the device position with respect to the first predetermined range when a remaining time before the scheduled time becomes equal to a predetermined time, and determines whether the advance notification is required on the basis of the device position with respect to the second predetermined range when a fixed amount of time has elapsed since the remaining time before the scheduled time became equal to the predetermined time, and

cause the transmitter to transmit the advance notification to the second mobile device when determining that the advance notification is required.

2. The advance notification system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first processor is configured to:

set a route from the device position to the scheduled place;

calculate, in accordance with the route, a departure time for a case where the scheduled time is set as an arrival time; and

determine whether the advance notification is required on the basis of a current time and the departure time.

3. The advance notification system according to claim 2, wherein the at least one first processor is configured to:

create guidance information on the basis of the device position and the route when the advance notification is transmitted to the second mobile device; and

cause the transmitter to transmit route guidance to the second mobile device on the basis of the guidance information.

4. The advance notification system according to claim 3, wherein the second mobile device comprises a receiver and at least one second processor, the receiver receives the route guidance from the first mobile device, and the at least one second processor notifies a user of the second mobile device of the route guidance.

5. An advance notification method in an advance notification system including

a first mobile device that stores a schedule including a scheduled time and a scheduled place, and a plurality of predetermined ranges including a first predetermined range and a second predetermined range located inboard with respect to the first predetermined range, with the center of the plurality of predetermined ranges being set at the scheduled place, and

a second mobile device that acquires a device position of the second mobile device itself,

the method comprising:

determining, by a processor of the advance notification system, whether an advance notification is required on the basis of the device position with respect to the first predetermined range when a remaining time before the scheduled time becomes equal to a predetermined time, and determining whether the advance notification is required on the basis of the device position with respect to the second predetermined range when a fixed amount of time has elapsed since the remaining time before the scheduled time becomes equal to the predetermined time; and

providing the advance notification on the second mobile device when the processor determines that the advance notification is required.

6. A mobile communication device comprising:

a storage configured to store a schedule including a scheduled time and a scheduled place, and a plurality of predetermined ranges including a first predetermined range and a second predetermined range located inboard with respect to the first predetermined range, with the center of the plurality of predetermined ranges being set at the scheduled place;

a receiver configured to receive a device position acquired by an another mobile device; and

at least one processor configured to

determine whether an advance notification is required on the basis of the device position with respect to the first predetermined range when a remaining time before the scheduled time becomes equal to a predetermined time, and determining whether the advance notification is required on the basis of the device position with respect to the second predetermined range when a fixed amount of time has elapsed since the remaining time before the scheduled time becomes equal to the predetermined time, and

a transmitter configured to transmit advance notification information to the another mobile device when the at least one processor determines that the advance notification is required.