Patent ID: 6347384
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A system having a plurality of server apparatus, a plurality of portable terminal equipment and a plurality of types of communication networks to which each of the plurality of server apparatus and the plurality of portable terminal equipment can be connected, wherein each of said plurality of portable terminal equipment comprises:means for connecting the portable terminal equipment to an available one of the plurality of server apparatus over an available one of the plurality of types of communication networks; means for transmitting information about damaged resources to the server apparatus; and means for receiving and storing information about a relief plan received from the server apparatus in a storage; and wherein each of said plurality of server apparatus comprises: storage means for storing information about the relief plan; means for transmitting, in response to an inquiry from one of said plurality of portable terminal equipment, information about the relief plan to said one of said plurality of portable terminal equipment; wherein each of said server apparatus refers to a disaster relief information database and a resource information database to obtain information about the relief plan in response to an inquiry from one of said plurality of portable terminal equipment; and wherein the disaster relief information database includes a list of items that are to be dealt with, a department that is in charge of dealing with each item, and at least one damage status for each item.