Patent ID: 7290010

Claim:
A service providing area retrieval system comprising: a retrieval site, a shop site and a map database site each connected to a computer network, said retrieval site comprising: a retrieval server, and a retrieval database storing data of genres of handled merchandises and service providing areas of registered shops, said shop site comprising: a shop server, and a merchandise information database storing service request data of the shops, said map database site comprising: a map server, and a map information database storing map image data, wherein said retrieval server of said retrieval site is configured to retrieve shops whose genres of handled merchandises from said retrieval database correspond to a desired merchandise genre entered at an information terminal connected to said retrieval site and whose service providing area from said retrieval database includes a destination entered at the information terminal connected to said retrieval site, and is configured to display a map image on which the destination and retrieved shops are respectively indicated with landmarks, and after a shop is configured to be selected based on the map image, the information terminal is configured to connect to said shop site of the selected shop, and wherein said shop site connected with the information terminal is configured to display a service request screen on the information terminal based on merchandise information data read out from said merchandise information database by said shop server, and wherein an entry of a destination of the provided service on the service request screen displayed on the information terminal is configured to perform on a map image displayed based on the map information data read out from said map information database by said map server of said map database site.