公开(公告)号：JP2000099440A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-07

申请号：JP25885998

申请日：1998-09-11

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ISHIKAWA KATSUYA ,  WATANABE TAKESHI ,  NISHINO MAKOTO ,  TAKAOKA MIKI

IPC: G06F13/00 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01C21/26 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G08G1/09 ,  G08G1/133 ,  G09B29/00 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04M11/08 ,  H04L12/54

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and efficiently distribute information provided from a Web server through Internet by organically coupling a browser software and mail communication. SOLUTION: A service node 40 is operated as a car allocation service device, a client node 30 is operated as a car navigation device mounted on an automobile such as taxi or carrier of home delivery, A Web server 20 distributes position data containing the longitude/latitude of address/location (destination) of individual/company through a communication network 10 to the request service node 40 corresponding to a request from the service node 40. The service node 40 distributes the position data provided from the Web server 20 through the communication network 10 to the client node 30 and the client node 30 displays the route from the current position to the destination on a map and shows it to a driver.