Patent ID: 7010583

Claim:
An information processing method in a transport system having a plurality of roadside stations disposed along a road and interconnected through a network along the road, said roadside stations each including a radio communication unit for communicating with a mobile body, the method comprising the steps of: said mobile body transmitting request information to at least one of said plurality of roadside stations, said request information including contents information indicative of contents of a request for a processing for the mobile body, and location information indicative of a location at which said mobile body exists; a roadside station, which has received said request information, transmitting said request information to other roadside stations through said network; and each of said plurality of roadside stations, which have received said request information, determining to execute a processing for the mobile body based on said location information when a distance between the mobile body and said roadside station along the road falls into a predetermined value, and broadcasting a result of said execution of said processing to said mobile body or to other roadside stations interconnected through the network.