Patent ID: 9654686
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A location information designating device comprising: a location confirming image acquiring section that acquires a location confirming image by which location information is confirmable; a display control section that causes a display to display the acquired location confirming image; an operating unit that designates, responsive to a first received user input, a position of the user in the location confirming image displayed by the display, wherein, responsive to the designation of the position of the user, the display control section further causes the display to (1) display an icon at a location within the location confirmation image corresponding to the designated position of the user, and (2) display a button for receiving a transmission command from the user; a memory that holds coordinates corresponding to the designated position of the user; and a communicating unit that transmits, to an external information device, information about the user, the coordinates held in memory, and the acquired location confirming image, wherein, responsive to a determination that the user has input a request to have a partner user take a photograph, (1) the operating unit selects, responsive to a second received user input, a target object, (2) the display control section causes the display to display the location confirming image and icons, within the location confirming image, corresponding to any users that have designated their position, (3) the operating unit designates, responsive to a third received user input, coordinates of the target object, and (4) the communicating unit transmits, to an external information device used by the partner user, the coordinates of the target object, together with a request for an action to be performed by the partner user of the external information device.