Ride-share support system and ride-share support method

A ride-share support method to be executed by a ride-share support system which supports matching of a plurality of ride-share applicants who desire ride-share of a vehicle, the ride-share support method comprising:

• a step of communicating with mobile terminals used by each of the plurality of the ride-share applicants and an in-vehicle apparatus of the vehicle via a communication network;
• a getting-on/getting-off point information acquiring step of acquiring first getting-on/getting-off point information including information of at least one of a getting-on point and a getting-off point in the ride-share of a first ride-share applicant transmitted from a first applicant terminal to be used by the first ride-share applicant, and second getting-on/getting-off point information including information of at least one of a getting-on point and a getting-off point in the ride-share of a second ride-share applicant transmitted from a second applicant terminal to be used by the second ride-share applicant, for the first ride-share applicant and the second ride-share applicant who are each one of a plurality of ride-share applicants;
• a getting-on/getting-off point distance calculating step of calculating a distance between getting-on/getting-off points which is a distance between the getting-on point or the getting-off point in the ride-share of the first ride-share applicant and the getting-on point or the getting-off point in the ride-share of the second ride-share applicant based on the first getting-on/getting-off point information and the second getting-on/getting-off point information;
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• a ride-share matching step of determining ride-sharers of the vehicle by matching a plurality of the ride-share applicants while excluding combination of the first ride-share applicant and the second ride-share applicant in a case where the distance between getting-on/getting-off points is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, in a case where either one of the getting-on point or the getting-off point in the ride-share of the first ride-share applicant and the getting-on point or the getting-off point in the ride-share of the second ride-share applicant, which are used to calculate the distance between getting-on/getting-off points, is located within a private area of the first ride-share applicant or the second ride-share applicant, and without excluding combination of the first ride-share applicant and the second ride-share applicant even if the distance between getting-on/getting-off points is equal to or less than the predetermined distance, in a case where none of the getting-on point or the getting-off point in the ride-share of the first ride-share applicant and the getting-on point or the getting-off point in the ride-share of the second ride-share applicant, which are used to calculate the distance between getting-on/getting-off points, is located within a private area of the first ride-share applicant or the second ride-share applicant.