Service delivery system

• US 6,408,243 B1
• Filed: 10/26/2001
• Issued: 06/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yofu, Toshihide
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby, Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US09/983,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20020052688A1
• Time in Patent Office: 235 Days
• Field of Search: 701/209, 701/208, 701/207, 701/210, 701/213, 701/201, 701/202, 455/456, 455/457
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching

Abstract

The invention is a service delivery system comprising: a client side terminal for ordering delivery of various services to a delivery destination, and a shop side terminal for receiving the order information and instructing delivery of the service to the delivery destination. The client side terminal comprises a client side display device for displaying map information and product information on a screen, and an order information transmission device for attaching position information for the delivery destination to the order information and transmitting this combined information. The shop side terminal comprises a shop side display device for displaying map information and product information on a screen and a route information generation device for generating route information for a route to the delivery destination based on the position information.

Claims

1. A service delivery system comprising:

a client side terminal for ordering delivery of various services to a delivery destination, and a shop side terminal for receiving the order information and instructing delivery of the service to the delivery destination, wherein

said client side terminal comprises client side display means for displaying map information and product information on a screen, and order information transmission means for attaching position information for said delivery destination to said order information and transmitting this combined information, and

said shop side terminal comprises shop side display means for displaying map information and product information on a screen and route information generation means for generating route information for a route to said delivery destination based on said position information.

2. A service delivery system according to claim 1, comprising a navigation apparatus furnished in a vehicle for delivering said service, and

said shop side terminal comprises route information storing means for storing said route information, and

said navigation apparatus obtains said route information stored in said route information storing means.

3. A service delivery system according to claim 1, comprising a navigation apparatus furnished in a vehicle for delivering a service, and

said navigation apparatus comprises communication means connected to said client side terminal so as to be able to communicate therewith, and vehicle side route information generation means for generating route information for a route to said delivery destination based on said position information received from said client side terminal via said communication means.

4. A service delivery system according to claim 1, comprising a server apparatus for transferring said order information transmitted from said client side terminal to said shop side terminal, and

said server apparatus comprises position information attaching means for attaching position information for said delivery destination to said order information.

5. A service delivery system comprising:

a client side terminal for ordering delivery of various services to a delivery destination, a shop side terminal for receiving the order information and instructing delivery of said service to said delivery destination, and an information server connected to said client side terminal and said shop side terminal so as to be able to communicate therewith, wherein

said information server comprises order information storing means for storing a product name and a delivery date and position information for a delivery destination transmitted from said client side terminal, and order information transmission means for transmitting said product name and said delivery date and position information for said delivery destination to said shop side terminal, when it is said delivery date or a predetermined number of days before said delivery date, and

said shop side terminal comprises display means for displaying the position of said delivery destination on a map display screen, based on the position information for said delivery destination, and route information generation means for generating route information for a route to said delivery destination based on the position information for said delivery destination.

6. A service delivery system according to claim 5, wherein said shop side terminal comprises product information registration means for registering product information in said information server, and

said information server comprises product information storing means for storing said product information registered from said shop side terminal, and product information searching means for searching said product information stored in said product information storing means, when it is a predetermined number of days before said delivery date, and said order information is generated based on the searched product information and transmitted to said shop side terminal.

7. A service delivery system according to claim 5, comprising a map server connected to at least one of said client side terminal, said shop side terminal and said information server so as to be able to communicate therewith, and said client side terminal and said shop side terminal respectively comprise display means for displaying map information received from said map server.

8. A service delivery system according to claim 5, comprising a navigation apparatus furnished in a vehicle for delivering a service,

and said shop side terminal comprises route information generation means for generating route information for a route to said delivery destination based on said position information, and information storing means for storing said route information or said position information,

and said navigation apparatus obtains said route information or said position information stored in said information storing means.

9. A service delivery system according to claim 5, wherein said navigation apparatus comprises;

communication means connected to at least one of said client side terminal, said shop side terminal and said information server so as to be able to communicate therewith, and vehicle side route information generation means for generating route information for a route to said delivery destination based on said position information received from said information server via said communication means.