IP Library Patent Application 18570577
Patent Application
App. No. 18/570,577

HUMAN RELATIONSHIP PROPOSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

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App. No.
18/570,577
Abstract

A connection providing system for providing information for promoting connection between a plurality of users via a communication line includes a designation unit for designating a place where each of the plurality of users wants to obtain a connection with another user, a determination unit that determines, when information indicating a current location is transmitted from a user terminal operated by any one of the plurality of users, whether the current location matches with a location designated by any one of the plurality of users, and a notification unit that notifies, in a case where affirmative determination is made by the determination unit, the user terminal of the user who has designated the matching place of the current location and information on the user who operates the user terminal that has transmitted the information indicating the current location.

Claims (23)

1 . A connection providing system for providing information for promoting connection between a plurality of users via a communication line, the system comprising:

a designation unit, including one or more processors, configured to design a place where each of the plurality of users wants to obtain a connection with another user;

a determination unit, including one or more processors, configured to determine, when information indicating a current location is transmitted from a user terminal operated by any one of the plurality of users, whether the current location matches with a location designated by any one of the plurality of users; and

a notification unit, including one or more processors, configured to notify, in a case where affirmative determination is made by the determination unit, the user terminal of the user who has designated the matching place of the current location and information on the user who operates the user terminal that has transmitted the information indicating the current location.

2 . A connection providing system for providing information for promoting connection between a plurality of users via a communication line, the system comprising:

a setting unit, including one or more processors, configured for each of the plurality of users to set their own profile;

a forming unit, including one or more processors, configured to form a group of users having many common points of the profiles; and

a notification unit, including one or more processors, configured to notify each user terminal operated by each user belonging to the same group of information on each user belonging to the formed same group.

3 . A connection providing system for providing information for promoting connection between a plurality of users via a communication line, the system comprising:

a designation unit, including one or more processors, configured for each of the plurality of users to designate a place and a time zone;

a setting unit, including one or more processors, configured for each of the plurality of users to set their own profile;

a forming unit, including one or more processors, configured to form a group of users having many common points of the profiles;

a determination unit, including one or more processors, configured to determine, when information indicating a current location is transmitted from a user terminal operated by any user belonging to the formed same group, whether the current location and the time at which the current location is transmitted are included in a place and a time zone designated by any user belonging to the same group; and

a notification unit, including one or more processors, configured to notify, in a case where affirmative determination is made by the determination unit, a user terminal of a user who specifies the place and the time zone where the affirmative determination is made of the current location and information on the user who operates the user terminal that has transmitted the information indicating the current location.

4 . The connection providing system according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a first database for storing a profile set by the setting unit in association with identification information of a user of a setting source.

5 . The connection providing system according to claim 2 , wherein

the profile includes one or a plurality of items, the connection providing system further comprising:

a determination unit, including one or more processors, configured to determine a user having a common content of items of a predetermined proportion or more among the plurality of items as a user having many common points of the profile.

6 . The connection providing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second database for storing the information designated by the designation unit in association with identification information of a user of a designation source.

7 . (canceled)

8 . (canceled)

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072460/0605 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 073460/0980 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2024
From: NAKAMURA, MARIKO; FUKAYAMA, ATSUSHI; AKASAKA, FUMIYA
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066777/0456 →