Information processing system, mobile information terminal, server, and information processing method

1. An information processing system comprising a first mobile information terminal, a second mobile information terminal, and a server,

wherein the first mobile information terminal comprises:

a current position acquisition unit configured to acquire a current position of the terminal;

an acknowledging unit configured to acknowledge user designation of whether positional information indicating a position arbitrarily designated by a user on a scaled map displayed on the terminal or positional information indicating the current position of the terminal acquired by the current position acquisition unit is to be added to data to be stored in the server along with the positional information; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit to the server the data to which user designated positional information is added,

wherein the server includes a storage unit configured to store the data transmitted from the first mobile information terminal along with the positional information,

wherein the data represents information that the user of the first mobile information terminal shares with a user of the second mobile information terminal, and

wherein the second mobile information terminal includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the server the information to be shared, to which positional information indicating a neighborhood of the current position of the terminal is added.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the acknowledging unit of the first mobile information terminal is further capable of acknowledging, as positional information, user designation of a landmark mapped to a particular position on the map image, and

wherein, when a landmark is designated as positional information, the storage unit stores the data along with the positional information on the landmark.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the server further comprises a notification unit configured to inform, when the second mobile information terminal acquires the information to be shared, the first mobile information terminal of information related to acquisition of the information to be shared, and

wherein the first mobile information terminal further comprises a special benefit granting unit configured to grant, when the information related to acquisition of the information to be shared is communicated, a special benefit to the user.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information to be shared is information indicating a task of the user of the first mobile information terminal, and

wherein the second mobile information terminal further comprises a task management unit configured to record the task acquired from the server as a task of the user of the second mobile information terminal.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the task management unit of the second mobile information terminal presents the content of the task acquired from the server to the user of the second mobile information terminal in a mode in which the content can be edited.

6. The information processing system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the task management unit of the second mobile information terminal manages whether tasks created in the second mobile information terminal and tasks acquired from the server are executed by the user of the second mobile information terminal, and

wherein the second mobile information terminal further comprises a special benefit granting unit configured to grant different special benefits to the user, depending on whether a task created in the second mobile information terminal is executed or a task acquired from the server is executed.

7. A mobile information terminal comprising:

a current position acquisition unit configured to acquire a current position of the terminal;

an acknowledging unit configured to acknowledge user designation of whether positional information indicating a position arbitrarily designated by a user on a scaled map displayed on the terminal or positional information indicating the current position of the terminal acquired by the current position acquisition unit is to be added to data to be stored in an external server along with the positional information; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit to the server the data to which user designated positional information is added,

wherein the server includes a storage unit configured to store the data transmitted from the terminal along with the positional information,

wherein the data represents information that the user of the terminal shares with a user of a second mobile information terminal, and

wherein the second mobile information terminal includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the server the information to be shared, to which positional information indicating a neighborhood of the current position of the terminal is added.

8. A computer program embedded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, comprising:

a current position acquisition module configured to acquire a current position of a terminal;

an acknowledging module configured to acknowledge user designation of whether positional information indicating a position arbitrarily designated by a user on a scaled map displayed on the terminal or positional information indicating the current position of the terminal acquired by the current position acquisition module is to be added to data to be stored in an external server along with the positional information; and

a transmitting module configured to transmit to the server the data to which user designated positional information is added,

wherein the server includes a storage unit configured to store the data transmitted from the terminal along with the positional information,

wherein the data represents information that the user of the terminal shares with a user of a second terminal, and

wherein the second terminal includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the server the information to be shared, to which positional information indicating a neighborhood of the current position of the terminal is added.

9. A server adapted to store data along with positional information, comprising:

an acknowledging unit configured to acknowledge, from an external mobile information terminal, data to which is added positional information indicating a position arbitrarily designated by a user on a scaled map displayed on the terminal or positional information indicating the current position of the terminal, according to user selection; and

a storage unit configured to store the acknowledged data along with the positional information,

wherein the data represents information that the user of the terminal shares with a user of a second terminal, and

wherein the second terminal includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the server the information to be shared, to which positional information indicating a neighborhood of the current position of the terminal is added.

10. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring, using a mobile information terminal, a current position of the terminal;

acknowledging, using the mobile information terminal, user designation of whether positional information indicating a position arbitrarily designated by a user on a scaled map displayed on the terminal or positional information indicating the current position of the terminal is to be added to data to be stored in an external server along with the positional information; and

transmitting to the server, using the mobile information terminal, the data to which user designated positional information is added;

storing, using the server, the data transmitted from the mobile information terminal along with the positional information,

wherein the data represents information that the user of terminal shares with a user of a second terminal, and

wherein the second terminal acquires, from the server, the information to be shared, to which positional information indicating a neighborhood of the current position of the terminal is added.