Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user boards the identical vehicle after the first user does, comprising a controller configured to execute:

• acquiring departure points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;
• setting a predetermined area including the departure point of the first user and an area proximate to the departure point of the first user;
• determining whether the departure point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area;
• upon determining that the departure point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle;
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• upon determining that the departure point of the second user is within the predetermined area, not setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are not allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.

An information processing method applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, the information processing method causing a computer to execute:

• a step of acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;
• a step of setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user;
• a step of determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area;
• a step of, upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle;
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• a step of, upon determining that the destination point of the second user is within the predetermined area, not setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are not allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.

An information processing method applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user boards the identical vehicle after the first user does, the information processing method causing a computer to execute:

• a step of acquiring departure points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;
• a step of setting a predetermined area including the departure point of the first user and an area proximate to the departure point of the first user;
• a step of determining whether the departure point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area;
• a step of, upon determining that the departure point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle;
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• a step of, upon determining that the departure point of the second user is within the predetermined area, not setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are not allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.