Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transient storage medium

Abstract

A technology that makes it possible that a plurality of users use a vehicle that does not have a specified regular driver. An information processing apparatus determines whether or not after a first user moves to a destination place by driving a first vehicle, a second user is able to move by driving the first vehicle from the destination place of the first user as a departure place. If an affirmative determination is made in the determining, the information processing apparatus matches the first user and the second user with the first vehicle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus, comprising:
 a controller configured to:
 acquire user intonation on a first user and a second user, including a departure place, a destination place, and a travel schedule; and 
 match the first user and the second user with a first vehicle, based on the destination place of the first user and a scheduled date and time of arrival at the destination place of the first user, and the departure place of the second user and a scheduled date and time of departure from the departure place of the second user, in the user information. 
   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the controller makes an affirmative determination in the determining and matches the first user and the second user with the first vehicle if the destination place of the first user is same as the departure place of the second user and if the scheduled date and time of departure from the departure place of the second user is not earlier than the scheduled date and time of arrival at the destination place of the first user, in the user information.   
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the controller is further configured to:
 acquire the user information on a third user in addition to the user information on the first user and the second user; and 
   even if it is determined that it is possible to match the third user with the first vehicle driven by the first user based on the user information, not establish matching of the third user with the first vehicle driven by the first user if the second user does not exist who is matched with the first vehicle together with the first user.   
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 if matching of the third user with the first vehicle driven by the first user is not established because the second user does not exist who is matched with the first vehicle together with the first user, notify a result of the matching to the third user; and   after notifying the result of the matching to the third user, if information indicating that the third user can serve as a driver of the first vehicle after the third user moves to the destination place of the first user by riding in the first vehicle is received, match the first user and the third user with the first vehicle.   
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the controller is further configured to:
 if the destination place of the first user and the departure place of the second user are different in the user information, send a notification indicating that to at least one of the first user and the second user; and 
   receive information indicating that the first user has changed the destination place and/or information indicating that the second user has changed the departure place, after receiving the notification.   
     
     
         6 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the controller is further configured to:   if the destination place of the first user is same as the departure place of the second user and the scheduled date and time of arrival at the destination place of the first user is later than the scheduled date and time of departure from the departure place of the second user in the user information, send a notification indicating that to at least one of the first user and the second user; and   receive information indicating that the first user has changed the scheduled date and time of arrival at the destination place and/or information indicating that the second user has changed the scheduled date and time of departure from the departure place, after receiving the notification.   
     
     
         7 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the controller is further configured to:   if there is no second user to be matched with the first user for the first vehicle, notify the first user that the first vehicle is unavailable.   
     
     
         8 . An information processing method executed by a computer, comprising the steps of:
 acquiring user information on a first user and a second user, including a departure place, a destination place, and a travel schedule; and   matching the first user and the second user with a first vehicle, based on the destination place of the first user and a scheduled date and time of arrival at the destination place of the first user, and the departure place of the second user and a scheduled date and time of departure from the departure place of the second user, in the user information.   
     
     
         9 . A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to perform:
 acquiring user information on a first user and a second user, including a departure place, a destination place, and a travel schedule; and   matching the first user and the second user with the first vehicle, based on the destination place of the first user and a scheduled date and time of arrival at the destination place of the first user, and the departure place of the second user and a scheduled date and time of departure from the departure place of the second user, in the user information.