Delivery assistance device, delivery assistance method, and recording medium

A delivery assistance method executed by a delivery assistance device that assists in an operation of a delivery service in which a vehicle cabin including a trunk of a vehicle used by a requester is able to be designated as a luggage delivery destination, the delivery assistance method comprising the steps of:

• distributing key information that a deliverer of a company that provides the delivery service is to use to unlock a door for access to the vehicle cabin of the vehicle, to the deliverer of the company;
• distributing entry authority information regarding an authority for the deliverer of the company to enter a predetermined area in which the vehicle is present, to the deliverer of the company when the key information is distributed to the deliverer of the company in the distributing of the key information;
• and
• determining whether or not the vehicle is present within the predetermined area when a luggage is delivered to the vehicle cabin by the deliverer of the company, wherein
• in a case where the key information is distributed to the deliverer of the company, the entry authority information is distributed to the deliverer of the company when it has been determined that the vehicle is present within the predetermined area when the luggage is delivered to the vehicle cabin by the deliverer of the company.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a delivery assistance program causing a delivery assistance device assisting in an operation of a delivery service in which a vehicle cabin including a trunk of a vehicle used by a requester is able to be designated as a luggage delivery destination to execute a delivery assistance method, the delivery method comprising the steps of:

• distributing key information that a deliverer of a company that provides the delivery service is to use to unlock a door for access to the vehicle cabin of the vehicle, to the deliverer of the company;
• distributing entry authority information regarding an authority for the deliverer of the company to enter a predetermined area in which the vehicle is present, to the deliverer of the company when the key information is distributed to the deliverer of the company in the distributing of the key information;
• and
• determining whether or not the vehicle is present within the predetermined area when a luggage is delivered to the vehicle cabin by the deliverer of the company, wherein
• in a case where the key information is distributed to the deliverer of the company, the entry authority information is distributed to the deliverer of the company when it has been determined that the vehicle is present within the predetermined area when the luggage is delivered to the vehicle cabin by the deliverer of the company.