System for hiring taxi, handy terminal for doing the same, and method of doing the same
First Claim
1. A system for hiring a taxi, comprising a handy terminal, a receiver equipped in a taxi, and a calculator, said handy terminal having functions of detecting a current position of itself through GPS (Global Positioning System), and transmitting a request to said receiver of a taxi located in the vicinity of said handy terminal that said taxi comes to said handy terminal, said calculator calculating an arrival time at which said taxi is expected to arrive at said handy terminal, based on said current position of said handy terminal and a current position of said taxi.
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Abstract
A system for hiring a taxi is comprised of a handy terminal, a receiver equipped in a taxi, and a calculator. The handy terminal has functions of detecting a current position of itself through GPS (Global Positioning System), and transmitting a request to the receiver of a taxi located in the vicinity of the handy terminal that the taxi comes to the handy terminal. The calculator calculates an arrival time at which the taxi is expected to arrive at the handy terminal, based on the current position of the handy terminal and a current position of the taxi.
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42 Claims
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1. A system for hiring a taxi, comprising a handy terminal, a receiver equipped in a taxi, and a calculator,
said handy terminal having functions of detecting a current position of itself through GPS (Global Positioning System), and transmitting a request to said receiver of a taxi located in the vicinity of said handy terminal that said taxi comes to said handy terminal, said calculator calculating an arrival time at which said taxi is expected to arrive at said handy terminal, based on said current position of said handy terminal and a current position of said taxi.
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15. A handy terminal used in a system for hiring a taxi, said system being comprised of said handy terminal and a receiver equipped in a taxi,
said handy terminal having functions of detecting a current position of itself through GPS (Global Positioning System), and transmitting a request to said receiver equipped in a taxi located in the vicinity of said handy terminal that said taxi comes to said handy terminal, said handy terminal including a calculator calculating an arrival time at which said taxi is expected to arrive at said handy terminal, based on said current position of said handy terminal and a current position of said taxi.
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25. A method of hiring a taxi by transmitting a request from a user'"'"'s handy terminal to a receiver equipped in a taxi located in the vicinity of said handy terminal that said taxi comes to said handy terminal, comprising:
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(a) detecting a current position of said handy terminal through GPS (Global Positioning System); and
(b) calculating an arrival time at which said taxi is expected to arrive at said handy terminal, based on said current position of said handy terminal and a current position of said taxi. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A program for causing a computer to carry out a method of hiring a taxi by transmitting a request from a user'"'"'s handy terminal to a receiver equipped in a taxi located in the vicinity of said handy terminal that said taxi comes to said handy terminal, and wherein steps executed by said computer in accordance with said program include:
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(a) detecting a current position of said handy terminal through GPS (Global Positioning System); and
(b) calculating an arrival time at which said taxi is expected to arrive at said handy terminal, based on said current position of said handy terminal and a current position of said taxi. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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