Method of operating an automatic sector information system
First Claim
1. A method of operating an automatic sector information system in which, from search parameters given to the system by means of a terminal (1) of a user, suppliers of a desired sector are sought for which the subscriber data (TD) stored in a system database (3) correspond to the search parameters and in which then the subscriber data (TD) of at least one found supplier are output to the user, characterized in that information (SI) on the current location of the user is determined, information on the locations of the suppliers found is determined, and using the location information of the user and of the relevant suppliers for each supplier at least one physical distance measurement is determined, which measurement corresponds to a route to be covered by a supplier to the user in a given transport network with a given transport means or a time required for this with said transport means, and the subscriber data of the relevant suppliers are output to the user as a function of the associated distance measurements.
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Abstract
A method is described for the operation of an automatic sector information system (Yellow Pages Service) in which a user by means of a terminal (1) connected to the system transmits search parameters to the system. The system then uses these search parameters to search for subscriber data (TD) stored in a system database (3) of suppliers of a sector desired by the user, and outputs corresponding subscriber data (TD) found in the database (3) to the user. The system determines information (SI) on the location of the user and the locations of the suppliers found in the database (3) and for each supplier determines a distance measurement which corresponds to a shortest route between the user and the supplier or the time required to cover the route. The subscriber data of these suppliers are output as a function of the distance measurements of the suppliers concerned. In addition, a corresponding automatic sector information system is claimed.
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- 1. A method of operating an automatic sector information system in which, from search parameters given to the system by means of a terminal (1) of a user, suppliers of a desired sector are sought for which the subscriber data (TD) stored in a system database (3) correspond to the search parameters and in which then the subscriber data (TD) of at least one found supplier are output to the user, characterized in that information (SI) on the current location of the user is determined, information on the locations of the suppliers found is determined, and using the location information of the user and of the relevant suppliers for each supplier at least one physical distance measurement is determined, which measurement corresponds to a route to be covered by a supplier to the user in a given transport network with a given transport means or a time required for this with said transport means, and the subscriber data of the relevant suppliers are output to the user as a function of the associated distance measurements.
- 11. An automatic sector information system connected for use with a terminal (1) of a user, comprising a database (3) in which are stored subscriber data (TD) of a multiplicity of suppliers of various sectors, comprising means (1, 6, 5, 4) for the user to enter search parameters, comprising a search device (2) for searching for suppliers of the desired sector in the database (3) by means of the search parameters and the subscriber data (TD), and comprising means (4, 5, 6, 1) for output of subscriber data (TD) of at least one supplier found in the desired sector, characterized by means (3, 7, 8) for determining information (SI) about the user'"'"'s current location and about the suppliers found, a route determination device (9) to determine for each supplier from the user'"'"'s location information (SI) and supplier concerned at least one physical distance measurement which corresponds to a route to be covered by the supplier to the user in a given transport network with a given transport means or a time desired with for this using the given transport means, and a selection and/or sorting device (10) to select and sort the subscriber data (TD) of the suppliers found as a function of the associated distance measurements for output to the user.
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