Patent ID: 11961090
Assignee: GURUNAVI, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A payment support method executable by one or more processors, the payment support method comprising:
a communication state determination step of determining a communication state of a respective first user terminal and second user terminal of a first user and second user who enter and use a facility, the communication state determination step determining that communication of the first user terminal has not been interrupted and that communication of the second user terminal has been interrupted;
a presence determination step of determining whether the first user terminal has left the facility or not upon determining that communication of the first user terminal has not been interrupted;
a first payment step of executing a process concerning payment of a price incurred at the facility by the first user upon determining that the first user terminal has left the facility;
a second payment step of executing a process concerning payment of a price incurred at the facility by the second user in response to an interrupted state of the second user terminal continuing for a predetermined time period, upon the communication state determination step determining that the communication of the second user terminal has been interrupted; and
a notification step of causing a facility terminal installed in the facility to issue a notification of predetermined information in response to determining that communication of the second user terminal has been interrupted, the notification being displayed on a display of the facility terminal.