Patent ID: 6956504
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A transport vehicle service guiding system for providing a user with guidance information about a transport vehicle running on a regular route to have said user get on or off at any one of specified vehicle stops, said guiding system comprising: a user terminal being movable and to be used by said user, a guidance information providing center to provide said guidance information in response to a request from said user terminal, which is able to carry out communications with said user terminal through a network; a vehicle-installed communicating unit being mounted on said transport vehicle and being able to carry out communications with said user terminal at least within said transport vehicle; wherein said user terminal transmits information about a destination to said guidance information providing center through said network and makes a request for corresponding said guidance information; wherein said guidance information providing center, in response to a request from said user terminal, provides said guidance information to said user terminal through said network; and wherein said vehicle-installed communicating unit, when having received a get-off guidance request created based on said guidance information from said user terminal, transmits get-off guidance information to said user terminal.