Mobile information terminal, information management device, and mobile information terminal information management system

An information management system for mobile information terminals comprising mobile information terminals respectively provided in a plurality of vehicles and an information management device provided in a management center, which manages delivery and reception of information through wireless communication between the mobile information terminals, wherein

• each of the vehicles includes a detection unit for detecting change in a driving environment of the vehicle and a communication unit for automatically sending, together with location information of the vehicle, information indicative of the change in the driving environment detected by the detection unit to the information management device,
• the information management device includes:
• a post information management unit, which receives location information and post information posted from any of the mobile information terminals, and which associates the received location information and the received post information with each other and manages the location information and the post information;
• a weighting unit for weighting the post information and the location information based on a combination of information that has been automatically sent from the communication unit and information posted through the mobile information terminals;
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• a delivery control unit, which, in response to a request from any of the mobile information terminals, selects the managed location information and the managed post information that correspond to the request, and delivers, from the selected location information and the selected post information and to the mobile information terminal that has sent the request, the post information and the location information having high priorities based on the weighting, wherein
• the mobile information terminal that has requested delivery of the post information is configured to acquire the location information and the post information that have been associated with each other and delivered from the information management device, and to control a displaying manner of a display device such that the acquired post information is displayed, in a superposed manner, on a location of a map information indicated by the acquired location information,
• the weighting unit is configured to set a priority degree of the post information and the location information high when a user account of the information indicative of the change in the driving environment coincides with a user account of the information posted through the mobile information terminals, and
• the weighting unit is configured to set the priority degree of the post information and the location information low when the user account of the information indicative of the change in the driving environment does not coincide with the user account of the information posted through the mobile information terminals.

An information management device provided in a management center, which manages delivery and reception of information through wireless communication between mobile information terminals respectively provided in a plurality of vehicles, the information management device comprising:

• a post information management unit, which receives location information and post information posted from the mobile information terminals, and which associates the received location information and post information with each other and manages the location information and the post information;
• a weighting unit, wherein, based on detection of change of driving environment, the vehicle automatically transmits, together with the location information of the vehicle, information indicative of the change in the driving environment, and wherein the weighting unit weights the post information and the location information based on a combination of the information indicative of the change in the driving environment and information posted through the mobile information terminals;
• and
• a delivery control unit, which, in response to a request from any of the mobile information terminals, selects the managed location information and the managed post information that correspond to the request and delivers, from the selected location information and the selected post information, the post information and the location information having high priorities based on the weighting, wherein, to allow a display device of the mobile information terminal that has sent the request to display, in a superposed manner, the selected post information on a location of a map information indicated by the selected location information, the delivery control unit delivers the selected location information and the selected post information to the mobile information terminal that has sent the request, wherein
• the weighting unit is configured to set the priority degree of the post information and the location information high when two pieces of post information having adjacent locations indicated by location information include post information posted through the mobile information terminals but do not include post information that is indicative of the change in the driving environment, and
• the weighting unit is configured to set a priority degree of the post information and the location information low when two pieces of post information having adjacent locations indicated by location information include post information that is indicative of the change in the driving environment but do not include post information posted through the mobile information terminals.

An information management system for mobile information terminals comprising mobile information terminals respectively provided in a plurality of vehicles and an information management device provided in a management center, which manages delivery and reception of information through wireless communication between the mobile information terminals, wherein

• each of the vehicles includes a detection unit for detecting change in a driving environment of the vehicle and a communication unit for automatically sending, together with location information of the vehicle, information indicative of the change in the driving environment detected by the detection unit to the information management device,
• the information management device includes:
• a post information management unit, which receives location information and post information posted from any of the mobile information terminals, and which associates the received location information and the received post information with each other and manages the location information and the post information;
• a weighting unit for weighting the post information and the location information based on a combination of information that has been automatically sent from the communication unit and information posted through the mobile information terminals;
• and
• a delivery control unit, which, in response to a request from any of the mobile information terminals, selects the managed location information and the managed post information that correspond to the request, and delivers, from the selected location information and the selected post information and to the mobile information terminal that has sent the request, the post information and the location information having high priorities based on the weighting, wherein
• the mobile information terminal that has requested delivery of the post information is configured to acquire the location information and the post information that have been associated with each other and delivered from the information management device, and to control a displaying manner of a display device such that the acquired post information is displayed, in a superposed manner, on a location of a map information indicated by the acquired location information, wherein
• the weighting unit is configured to set the priority degree of the post information and the location information high when two pieces of post information having adjacent locations indicated by location information include post information posted through the mobile information terminals but do not include post information that is indicative of the change in the driving environment, and
• the weighting unit is configured to set a priority degree of the post information and the location information low when two pieces of post information having adjacent locations indicated by location information include post information that is indicative of the change in the driving environment but do not include post information posted through the mobile information terminals.