Patent ID: 8843480

Claim:
A server, including at least one processor, comprising: an input information storage unit configured to store input information in which position information, indicating a geographical position, and a user identification (ID), specifying a user having performed an input operation relating to the geographical position, are associated with each other; a decision unit within said processor configured to determine whether each of a plurality of users performed the input operation in a geographical range, by referring to the input information storage unit; an association unit within said processor configured to, when it is determined that each of the plurality of users performed the input operation in the geographical range, associate multiple pieces of the input information corresponding to the plurality of users and respectively including pieces of position information indicating geographical positions included in the geographical range, with each other by allocating a common identifier to the multiple pieces of the input information; a registration unit within said processor configured to register the multiple pieces of the input information associated with each other by the association unit in a result storage unit; and a facility storage unit configured to store facility information which is related to a facility and at least includes a facility ID specifying a facility and geographical information indicating a geographical range of the facility, wherein the geographical range is the geographical range of the facility indicated by the geographical information, and wherein the common identifier is the facility ID, and the facility ID corresponds to the geographical information corresponding to the multiple pieces of the input information.