Patent ID: 7899592

Claim:
A system for electronic dispatching of a vehicle for hire, comprising: a plurality of network information repository servers distributed in a network adapted to support mobile stations having multiple interfaces; said plurality of network information repository servers are distributed in said network so that each of said network information repository servers support only the mobile stations that are present in a predefined geographical area mapped to an individual network information repository server of said plurality of network information repository servers; each of said network information repository servers is adapted to receive messages from the mobile stations that are present in the predefined geographical area mapped to the individual network information repository server of a user's current location; each of said plurality of network information repository servers is adapted to search a database for a qualifying vehicle for hire present in the predefined geographical area mapped to the individual network information repository server; and each of said plurality of network information repository servers is adapted to, upon finding the qualifying vehicle for hire, transmit a message via a cellular network to the operator of the vehicle for hire present in the predefined geographical area mapped to the individual network information repository server.