Abstract: An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus including a controller, a communication interface, and a memory, and being capable of communicating with a network via the communication interface, the information processing method including identifying, by the controller, a target area to open a store in the memory, acquiring, by the controller, penetration rate information indicating respective penetration rates of settlement means in the target area to open a store from the memory, and dispatching, by the controller, upon determining that a penetration rate of a first settlement means is equal to or less than a first predetermined value based on the penetration rate information, a vehicle of a provider that accepts the first settlement means to the target area to open a store.

Abstract: A delivery system includes a storage box, receiver terminals, a deliverer terminal, and a server. The deliverer terminal transmits, to the server, identification information of the storage box storing a delivery item and identification information of a destination receiver of the delivery item. The server transmits delivery information to the receiver terminal of the destination receiver based on the identification information of the destination receiver of the delivery item. The receiver terminal of the destination receiver transmits, to the server, information of an alternate receiver set based on relevant information about a person in the same building as the destination receiver. The server transmits, to the receiver terminal of the alternate receiver, the identification information of the storage box and unlocking key information for unlocking the storage box, based on the information of the alternate receiver transmitted from the receiver terminal of the destination receiver.