Patent ID: 9613366
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H02J

Claim:
1. An information distribution method of distributing information to an electronic device including a battery charged through wireless power feeding, a display unit displaying information, and a wireless communication unit, the information distribution method comprising: an owner information acquisition step of causing a computer to acquire owner information on owners of electronic devices from the electronic devices via at least one charging device, the electronic devices being charged by the at least one charging device that includes a communication unit communicating with the wireless communication unit of the electronic device and a charging unit capable of charging the batteries of a plurality of the electronic devices through wireless power feeding; a group configuration determination step of causing the computer to determine a configuration of a group constituted by a plurality of owners who are charging the electronic devices by the same charging device, by determining which of a plurality of group configurations recorded in advance in a database is met by the owner information acquired from the electronic devices charged by the same charging device, the plurality of group configurations being divided based on at least one of a number of owners and a ratio of men to women of the number of owners; an information acquisition step of causing the computer to acquire information corresponding to the determined configuration of the group from a storage unit that stores information according to a configuration of a group constituted by a plurality of owners; and an information transmission step of causing the computer to transmit the information acquired in the information acquisition step to the electronic devices charged by the same charging device.