JPH09321882A - Nationwide common telephone number taxi calling system using portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nationwide common telephone number taxi calling system capable of informing a taxi company of the rough position of an ordering person by automatically performing transfer to the taxi company of an area where the ordering person is present by a relay antenna or a base station which receives a nationwide common telephone number dedicated to a car allocation order from a portable telephone. SOLUTION: The nationwide common telephone number dedicated to a taxi allocation order is set and the relay antenna or the base station which receives the car allocation order called at the nationwide common telephone number from the portable telephone automatically transfers it to the car allocation center of the nearby taxi company of the area where the ordering person is present. At the time, the rough position of the ordering person is specified from the place of a portable telephone relay antenna used by the ordering person and is informed to the car allocation center. Thus, this nationwide common telephone number taxi calling system capable of making the operator of the car allocation center able to directly communicate with the ordering person, specify the detailed position of the ordering person, allocate a taxi driving around and charge a taxi charge to the portable telephone number of the ordering person is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention, even if you do not know your location at all and have no cash with you,
It concerns an information system that allows you to call a taxi if you have a mobile phone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to call a taxi, it was necessary to first obtain a telephone, check the telephone number of a local taxi company, and explain the location of the operator to a dispatch center operator. This is a difficult task in the first place. In principle, cash payment is used for payment, and few taxis accept credit cards. Due to these restrictions, the task of calling a taxi from the road was troublesome and a great mental burden.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the inconveniences of these conventional systems on the premise of possession of a mobile phone, and allows a taxi to be called easily even from the first place. In other words, you don't need to know your current location, you don't need to know the phone number of a local taxi company,
You don't have to carry a lot of cash with you.

[0004]

[Means for solving the problem] Set a nationwide common telephone number for taxi dispatch orders, and have the mobile phone relay antenna or base station in each region automatically transfer the call to that number to the taxi company. The above-mentioned problems are solved by integrating a system that calculates the position from the amount of the relay antenna.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(A) Set a national phone number exclusively for taxi dispatch orders and make it known to mobile phone users.
(B) By using the relay antenna of the mobile phone or the software installed in the local exchange, the vehicle dispatch order for the same number sent through the mobile phone is automatically transferred to the dispatch center of the nearest taxi company that joins the system. C)
At that time, the location of the mobile phone relay antenna used by the orderer, that is, the rough location of the orderer, is specified and sent to the relevant dispatch center, and (d) the dispatch center operator has a direct conversation with the orderer. By arranging a taxi that runs in the vicinity by specifying the detailed location of the orderer, (e) If the orderer desires, the taxi fee will be charged to the orderer's mobile phone number and settled at a later date.

[0006]

【Example】

(B) The national common number is toll-free (registered trademark) "0
The number of "120" system or "#xxxx" system, which is practically used for booking airline tickets, is used. (B) The method of transferring the dispatch order to the local taxi company differs slightly depending on the mobile phone company, but it is possible only by changing the software built in each relay antenna. Further, a method of programming a transfer rule in a switchboard of a base station having jurisdiction over some relay antennas can be considered. (C) To identify the relay antenna used by the orderer, ISDN to which all mobile phone relay antennas connect
Use the [Sub-address notification function] of the service. Specifically, each relay antenna puts its own sub-address on the signal and then transfers the call to the taxi dispatch center, and the dispatch center identifies the relay antenna based on the sub-address. The dispatching efficiency can be improved by blinking the location of the relay antenna on a large map placed on the wall. (D) In mobile phone calls, the caller's phone number can be given to the other party. Therefore, the taxi company can charge the fare to the telephone number without confirming the identity of the orderer.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a taxi can be easily called and used. When you go to a place with poor transportation, it is often a hassle to call a taxi, and you tend to rely on your own car for long distances. As a result, transportation costs are often increased due to traffic congestion, and unnecessary environmental damage is often caused. If you can easily call a taxi, you can use public transportation such as a train or a bus as much as possible, and at the end, you can choose a smart transportation that uses a short taxi. In addition, in tourist areas, it is easy to use where you want to walk where you want to walk and where you want to move at high speed by taxi. You can call a taxi when you get lost in a strange town.

Claims (2)

[Claims] [1] (a) A national common number system is set so that taxis can be called from anywhere in the country by remembering only one telephone number. (B) Mobile phones used by the orderer (mainly simple mobile phones) The same applies to the following). From the location of the antenna that picked up the radio waves, the orderer's general location is specified, and (c) the dispatcher's location information is sent at the same time as the call for the dispatch order is transferred to the taxi company closest to the orderer (D) A nationwide common telephone number taxi calling system that utilizes mobile phones and has the function of charging and dropping taxi charges to mobile phone call charges. 2. A system for supplying various services to the orderer's location through the same common number by using the speaker position specifying function and the settlement function of the mobile phone. The various services referred to here include, in addition to the taxi dispatch described in claim 1, driving agency, patient transfer, personal car breakdown repair, car rental office transfer, hotel transfer, nearby gas station guide, neighborhood Information on sick clinics, information on nearby police stations and police boxes,
Information on nearby financial institutions and post offices, information on nearby tourist attractions and events, information on public transportation such as nearby stations and bus stops, timetables, accommodation information, information on bathhouses, haircutting salons, beauty salons and liquor stores, available parking lots Information, road navigation, delivery of snacks and drinks such as pizza and collection of garbage, temporary installation and dismantling and collection of outdoor chairs and parasols, pet excrement disposal,
Temporary pet store information, weather forecast for the area, traffic jam information for the area, short-term part-time job dispatch, housekeeper / nurse dispatch, guardman dispatch, interpreter dispatch, lawyer dispatch to dispute scene, doctor visit, Includes funerals, police, fire fighting, first aid, etc.