Patent ID: 9514618
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G08B,H04M,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A signaling system comprising: a first device; a second device; and a server device, wherein the first device comprises: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain user identification information that identifies a user; and a communication unit configured to transmit to the server device, signaling order information indicating a signaling order, and the user identification information obtained by the first obtaining unit, wherein the second device comprises: a second obtaining unit configured to obtain the user identification information; and a communication unit configured to transmit to the server device, the user identification information obtained from the second obtaining unit, wherein the server device comprises: a communication unit configured to receive the signaling order information and the user identification information from the communication unit of the first device and to receive the user identification information from the communication unit of the second device; a specifying unit configured to specify, as a particular signaling device that signals a message, a second device including the second obtaining unit receiving the same user identification information as received by the first obtaining unit; and a signaling control unit configured to have the particular signaling device specified by the specifying unit signal a message based on the signaling order information, wherein the specifying unit of the server device comprises: a storing control unit configured to have the storing unit store in the storing unit, the user identification information received from the second device and signaling device identification information that identifies the second device while associating the user identification information with the signaling device identification information; and a retrieving unit configured to retrieve from the storing unit, signaling device identification information associated with one user identification information selected from one or a plurality of user identification information and transmitted from the first device, wherein the communication control unit of the server device is configured to have the communication unit transmit the signaling order information to a signaling device identified by the signaling device identification information retrieved by the retrieving unit.