Notification Server, Notification Method and Notification Program

A method for implementing a notification process performed by a notification server comprising the following steps:

• providing a notifying destination information storage means for connecting via network with an information terminal apparatus mounted on a shared vehicle capable of flexibly changing its stopping point and operation time depending on a reservation made by a user, and storing a name of the user for identifying a passenger boarding/alighting the said shared vehicle and one or plurality of notifying destinations associated with the said user,
• providing an operation schedule storage means for storing operation schedule associating a date and time of boarding/alighting, a stopping point, a name of boarding passenger and a name of alighting passenger, and
• providing a reservation information storage means for storing reservation information associating a name of reserving person who made the reservation for the said shared vehicle, the date and time of boarding, the boarding point, the date and time of alighting and the alighting point,
• receiving reservation information consisting of a name of a reserving person, date and time of boarding, a boarding point, date and time of alighting and an alighting point, and storing the received reservation information in the said reservation information storage means,
• calculating a route capable of an operation based on the said reservation information stored in the said reservation information storage means, generating an operation schedule consisting of the date and time of boarding/alighting, the stopping point, the name of the boarding passenger and the name of the alighting passenger for traveling the calculated route, and storing the generated operation schedule in the said operation schedule storage means,
• receiving boarding/alighting information sent from the said information terminal apparatus consisting of date and time of boarding/alighting, stopping points, the name of the boarding passenger and the name of the alighting passenger,
• determining whether or not the said name of the boarding passenger included in the said boarding/alighting information and the name of the said passenger stored in the said operation schedule storage means associated with the said date and time of boarding/alighting and the said stopping point match,
• acquiring a notifying destination associated with the said name of the user corresponding to the said name of the passenger from the said notifying destination storage means and generating notification information addressed to the acquired notifying destination, including the fact that the passenger did not board according to the reservation, the reservation information and the said boarding/alighting information, in the case where it was determined by the said boarding/alighting result determination step that the said name of the passenger do not match, and
• transmitting the said notification information generated in the said notification information generation step.

A notification program for performing below steps in a computer comprising;

• providing a notifying destination information storage means for connecting via network with an information terminal apparatus mounted on a shared vehicle which is capable of flexibly changing its stopping point and operation time depending on a reservation made by a user, and storing a name of a user for identifying boarding/alighting passenger of the said shared vehicle and one or plurality of notifying destinations associated with the said user,
• providing an operation schedule storage means for storing operation schedule associating date and time of boarding/alighting, stopping point, name of the boarding passenger and name of the alighting passenger, and
• providing a reservation information storage means for storing reservation information associating a name of the person making reservation for the said shared vehicle, date and time of boarding, boarding point, date and time of alighting and alighting point,
• receiving reservation information consisting of a name of a person making reservation, date and time of boarding, a boarding point, date and time of alighting and an alighting point and storing the received reservation information in the said reservation information storage means,
• calculating a route capable of an operation based on the said reservation information stored in the said reservation information storage means, and generating an operation schedule consisting of date and time of boarding/alighting, a stopping point, a name of boarding passenger and a name of alighting passenger for following the calculated route, and storing the generated operation schedule in the said operation schedule storage means,
• receiving boarding/alighting information sent from the said information terminal apparatus consisting of the date and time of boarding/alighting, the stopping point, the name of the boarding passenger and the name of the alighting passenger,
• determining whether or not the said name of the boarding passenger included in the said boarding/alighting information and the said name of the passenger stored in the said operation schedule storage means associated with the said date and time of boarding/alighting and the said stopping point match,
• acquiring a notifying destination associated with the said name of the user corresponding to the said name of the passenger from the said notifying destination storage means and generating notification information addressing to the acquired notifying destination, including the fact that the passenger did not board according to the reservation, the said reservation information and the said boarding/alighting information, in the case where it was determined by the said boarding/alighting result determination step that the said names of the passenger do not match, and
• transmitting said notification information generated in the said notification information generation step.