Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program

An information processing method performed by a computer, the method comprising:

• a person number acquisition step of acquiring a number of using-persons which is specified by a user;
• a search step of, on the basis of vacancy information stored in a vacancy information storage means that stores the vacancy information indicating a number of vacancies in facilities which are occupied by persons who use an establishment, searching for establishments which can be used by persons of which the number is acquired in the person number acquisition step and including an establishment, in the establishments which can be used, where a degree by which the number of using-persons exceeds the number of vacancies indicated by the vacancy information is smaller than or equal to a reference value, the number of vacancies being counted in units of using-persons;
• and
• a presentation control step of causing the establishments found in the search step to be presented,
• wherein, in the search step, establishments are searched for by using at least one of a first method which searches for establishments where the number of vacancies which is counted in units of using-persons in facilities which are occupied by persons who use the establishment is larger than or equal to the number of using-persons, and a second method which searches for establishments where the number of vacancies which is counted in units of using-persons in facilities which are occupied by persons who use the establishment is smaller than the number of using-persons and a degree by which the number of using-persons exceeds the number of vacancies indicated by the vacancy information is smaller than or equal to the reference value.

A non-transitory recording medium in which an information processing program is computer-readably recorded, the information processing program causing a computer to function as:

• a person number acquisition means that acquires a number of using-persons which is specified by a user;
• a search means that, on the basis of vacancy information stored in a vacancy information storage means that stores the vacancy information indicating a number of vacancies in facilities which are occupied by persons who use an establishment, searches for establishments which can be used by persons of which the number is acquired by the person number acquisition means, the number of vacancies being counted in units of using-persons, the search means including an establishment, in the establishments which can be used, where a degree by which the number of using-persons exceeds the number of vacancies indicated by the vacancy information is smaller than or equal to a reference value;
• and
• a presentation control means that causes the establishments found by the search means to be presented,
• wherein the search means searches for establishments by using at least one of a first method which searches for establishments where the number of vacancies which is counted in units of using-persons in facilities which are occupied by persons who use the establishment is larger than or equal to the number of using-persons, and a second method which searches for establishments where the number of vacancies which is counted in units of using-persons in facilities which are occupied by persons who use the establishment is smaller than the number of using-persons and a degree by which the number of using-persons exceeds the number of vacancies indicated by the vacancy information is smaller than or equal to the reference value.