Car-sharing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program

An information processing apparatus with respect to a car-sharing service in which a plurality of vehicles including at least one of a privately owned vehicle and a corporate-owned vehicle are shared to be used among a plurality of users, the car-sharing service being operated by a company different from a corporation as an owner of the corporate-owned vehicle, the car-sharing system comprising:

• a first storage configured to store vehicle schedule information on respective use schedules of the plurality of vehicles;
• a second storage configured to store parking station schedule information on respective use schedules of a plurality of parking stations arranged in advance for parking the vehicles;
• a reservation processor configured, based on the vehicle schedule information and the parking station schedule information, to receive, from a user through a user terminal, a use reservation for a vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles available at a parking station in a vicinity of a departure location of the user during a period desired by the user, and for a parking station from among the plurality of parking stations located in a vicinity of a destination location of the user at which the vehicle can be returned at a time desired by the user, to register the use reservation in the vehicle schedule information in the first storage and in the parking station schedule information in the second storage;
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• a key information delivery unit configured to deliver key information for using the vehicle corresponding to the use reservation registered in the vehicle schedule information, to a mobile terminal of the user corresponding to the use reservation,
• wherein the reservation processor makes a use reservation, with respect to a period registered in the vehicle schedule information for an owner of the vehicle or a person connected with the owner to use the vehicle, for another vehicle different from the vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles available during the period, and for a predetermined parking station from among the plurality of parking stations at which said another vehicle can be returned within the period;
• and registers the use reservation in the vehicle schedule information in the first storage and in the parking station schedule information in the second storage, and
• wherein the key information delivery unit delivers key information for using said another vehicle to a mobile terminal of the owner of the vehicle or the person connected with the owner.

An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus with respect to a car-sharing service in which a plurality of vehicles including at least one of a privately owned vehicle and a corporate-owned vehicle are shared to be used among a plurality of users, the car-sharing service being operated by a company different from a corporation as an owner of the corporate-owned vehicle, the information processing apparatus including a first storage and a second storage, the information processing method comprising:

• reserving by, based on the vehicle schedule information stored in the first storage and the parking station schedule information stored in the second storage, receiving, from a user through a user terminal, a use reservation for a vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles available at a parking station in a vicinity of a departure location of the user during a period desired by the user, and for a parking station from among the plurality of parking stations located in a vicinity of a destination location of the user at which the vehicle can be returned at a time desired by the user, and then, registering the use reservation in the vehicle schedule information in the first storage and in the parking station schedule information in the second storage;
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• delivering key information for using the vehicle corresponding to the use reservation registered in the vehicle schedule information, to a mobile terminal of the user corresponding to the use reservation,
• wherein the reserving makes a use reservation, with respect to a period registered in the vehicle schedule information for an owner of the vehicle or a person connected with the owner to use the vehicle, for another vehicle different from the vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles available during the period, and for a predetermined parking station from among the plurality of parking stations at which said another vehicle can be returned within the period;
• and registers the use reservation in the vehicle schedule information in the first storage and in the parking station schedule information in the second storage, and
• wherein the delivering delivers key information for using said another vehicle to a mobile terminal of the owner of the vehicle or the person connected with the owner.