Portable electronic device, information processing method, and program

1. An information processing method that is executed by a processor of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

communicating with another portable electronic device different from the portable electronic device,

wherein the portable electronic device comprises a GPS receiver, a Bluetooth module, a microphone, an acceleration sensor, and a digital camera;

acquiring relation information that is information about a relation between a user of the portable electronic device and a user of the another portable electronic device from an external server through a network, upon communicating with the other portable electronic device;

acquiring, from the external server, interaction information that is information about interactions done in the past between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another portable electronic device;

notifying the user of the portable electronic device of the acquired relation information and the interaction information using a relation notification on a display of the portable electronic device,

wherein the relation notification appears in a same color as a relation notification shown on the another portable electronic device, and

wherein the relation notification is not displayed if a speed of the user is greater than a predetermined speed as determined by the acceleration sensor;

during a social interaction between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another portable electronic device, collecting social interaction information,

wherein the social interaction information includes a distance between the portable electronic device and the another portable electronic device during the social interaction,

wherein the social interaction information further includes GPS data collected from the GPS receiver, audio collected by the microphone, and video acquired by the digital camera;

transmitting the social interaction information to the external server;

determining a type of the social interaction using the social interaction information; and

classifying the user of the another portable electronic device using the distance between the portable electronic device and the another portable electronic device during the social interaction.

2. A portable electronic device comprising:

a processor;

a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver;

a microphone;

a digital camera;

a display;

a Bluetooth module configured to acquire a distance between the portable electronic device and another portable electronic device,

a communication block configured to communicate, using the processor, with the another portable electronic device different from the portable electronic device;

an information acquisition block configured to acquire relation information that is information about a relation between a user of the portable electronic device and a user of the another portable electronic device from an external server through a network when the communication block communicates with the another electronic device; and

a notification block configured to notify the user of the portable electronic device of the relation information acquired by the information acquisition block using a relation notification on the display,

wherein the relation notification is not displayed if a speed of the user is greater than a predetermined speed as determined by an acceleration sensor,

wherein the information acquisition block further acquires, from the external server, interaction information that is information about interactions done in the past between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another portable electronic device,

wherein the notification block executes notification of the interaction information in addition to the relation information using the display,

wherein, after completion of a social interaction between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another portable electronic device, the notification block transmits social interaction information to the external server,

wherein the social interaction information includes a distance between the portable electronic device and the another portable electronic device during the social interaction,

wherein the social interaction information further includes GPS data collected from the GPS receiver, audio collected by the microphone, and video acquired by the digital camera,

wherein the external server utilizes the social interaction information to determine a type of the social interaction,

wherein the distance between the portable electronic device and the another portable electronic device during the social interaction is used to classify the user of the another portable electronic device, and

wherein the notification block executes the relation notification with a same LED flashing pattern as a LED flashing pattern which a notification block of the other portable electronic device with which the communication block communicates.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the notification block stops the relation notification when a predetermined period of time has passed from the notification of the relation information.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the relation information is information indicative of a distance between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another portable electronic device in a social graph specifying human relations.

5. The portable electronic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the relation information is a hop count between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another portable electronic device in a social graph specifying human relation.

6. The portable electronic device according to claim 5 ,

where the relation information is a degree of intimacy computed by adjusting a hop count between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another electronic device in the social graph specifying human relations on a basis of interaction relations between persons existing between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another portable electronic device.

7. The portable electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein, if there are plurality of other portable electronic devices with which the communication block communicates, the notification block changes a sequence of notification on a basis of one of the hop count and the degree of intimacy.

8. The portable electronic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the portable electronic device is wearable on a wrist of the user.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program for having a portable electronic device, the program comprising:

a communication block configured to communicate, using a processor, with another portable electronic device different from the portable electronic device;

an information acquisition block configured to acquire relation information that is information about a relation between a user of the portable electronic device and a user of the another portable electronic device from an external server through a network when the communication block communicates with the another electronic device; and

a notification block configured to notify the user of the portable electronic device of the relation information acquired by the information acquisition block using a relation notification on a display of the portable electronic device,

wherein the relation notification appears in a same color as a relation notification shown on the another portable electronic device,

wherein the relation notification is not displayed if a speed of the user is greater than a predetermined speed as determined by the acceleration sensor,

wherein the information acquisition block further acquires, from the external server, interaction information that is information about interactions done in the past between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another portable electronic device, and

wherein the notification block executes notification of the interaction information in addition to the relation information using the display,

wherein, after completion of a social interaction between the user of the portable electronic device and the user of the another portable electronic device, the notification block transmits social interaction information to the external server,

wherein the portable electronic device comprises a GPS receiver, a Bluetooth module, a microphone, and a digital camera,

wherein the Bluetooth module configured to acquire a distance between the portable electronic device and another portable electronic device,

wherein the social interaction information includes GPS data collected from the GPS receiver, audio collected by the microphone, and video acquired by the digital camera,

wherein the social interaction information further includes a distance between the portable electronic device and the another portable electronic device during the social interaction, wherein the external server utilizes the social interaction information to determine a type of the social interaction,

wherein the distance between the portable electronic device and the another portable electronic device during the social interaction is used to classify the user of the another portable electronic device.