Patent ID: 7761229

Claim:
An unoccupied seat route search system for searching for and guiding in a route using a transportation mode from a departure point to a destination point on the basis of an inputted route search condition; said unoccupied seat route search system comprising: an operation data database for storing service data of transportation modes; a search operation data database for storing operation data for search; reservation information collection means for collecting reservation information about said transportation modes; wherein said reservation information collection means collects information regarding if there are any un-reserved seats in a reserved seating area; condition inputting means for inputting route search conditions that include a seating condition; route search means for referencing said operation data database used for searching, and searching for a transportation mode constituting a route on the basis of a route search condition and reservation information that is collected by the reservation information collecting means; and output means for outputting a result of the route search, wherein said route search means extracts a transportation mode having reservation information that matches a route search condition from said database of service data prior to a route search, forms a database of service data used for searching, and performs a route search.