| CPC B66B 1/3461 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); B66B 2201/211 (2013.01); B66B 2201/214 (2013.01); B66B 2201/215 (2013.01); B66B 2201/222 (2013.01); B66B 2201/232 (2013.01); B66B 2201/402 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |

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1. An information processing apparatus comprising a controller configured to:
receive action data on a user planning to travel from a first place where the user is present to a building including an elevator, the action data being detected by and transmitted from a sensor installed in the first place;
predict a departure time of the user from the first place based on the action data and a relationship between past action data on the user and a past departure time at which the user has previously departed from the first place for the building;
predict an arrival time of the user to the building based on the departure time;
predict a state of congestion of the elevator at the arrival time;
in response to determining that the state of congestion of the elevator at the arrival time is equal to or greater than a predetermined degree of congestion, generate a proposal message proposing a change of the departure time and indicating a proposed departure time;
transmit the proposal message to a terminal apparatus of the user;
in response to receiving from the terminal apparatus a message indicating approval of the proposed departure time, generate a vehicle dispatch command instructing that a vehicle be dispatched to the first place by the proposed departure time; and
control, by transmitting the vehicle dispatch command to the vehicle, the vehicle to autonomously travel to the first place by the proposed departure time.
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