Patent ID: 7373159

Claim:
A mediation apparatus comprising: registration request receiving means for receiving a registration request which contains telephone number data and answer field data from each of a plurality of mobile phones of answerer candidates via a mobile telecommunication network; candidate data storing means for storing candidate data sets, each of which contains telephone number data and answer field data which are contained in a registration request received by said registration request receiving means; mediation request receiving means for receiving a mediation request, which contains telephone number data and question field data, from each of a plurality of mobile phones of questioners via said mobile telecommunication network; extracting means for extracting, when said mediation request receiving means receives one mediation request from one mobile phone of one questioner, one or more candidate data sets which contain answer field data corresponding to question field data which is contained in said one mediation request, from candidate data sets stored by said candidate data storing means; acquiring means for acquiring telephone number data of one mobile phone of one answerer from candidate data sets which are extracted by said extracting means; connection establishing means for establishing a communication circuit connection in said mobile telecommunication network between said one mobile phone of said one answerer and said one mobile phone of said one questioner, on the basis of said telephone number data acquired by said acquiring means and said telephone number data contained in said one mediation request; evaluation data receiving means for receiving evaluation data, which indicates evaluation of said one answerer, from said one mobile phone of said one questioner via said mobile telecommunication network; evaluation index storing means for storing an evaluation index, which is made on the basis of said evaluation data which indicates evaluation of said one answerer, linked to a candidate data set corresponding to said one answerer which is stored by said candidate data storing means; and, calculating means for calculating at least one of (a) reward for said one answerer and (b) bill for said one questioner, with regard to a communication using said communication circuit connection, on the basis of an evaluation index which is stored by said evaluation index storing means linked to the candidate data set corresponding to said one answerer.