LOCATION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to output various requests in a proper timing to another specific user according to the desire of the user. SOLUTION: A location information processing method comprises: a step of referring to a user information storage part in which inter-user correspondence relations are stored, and of extracting a second user associated with a moving first user; a determination step of referring to a notification condition storage part in which notification conditions concerning locations unrelated to the current location of a user are stored, and of determining whether or not the location information of the first user (for example, the current location of the first user or the scheduled location of the first user) satisfies notification conditions concerning the above location related to the extracted second user; and a notification step of performing notification including the information of the first user to the second user when it is determined that the location information of the first user satisfies the notification conditions related to the above location. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI