CN103262581A

CN103262581A - Mobile service ordering system

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Publication number: CN103262581A
Application number: CN2011800588342A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 莱俊昌; 莱云钱
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2010-12-06
Filing date: 2011-12-06
Publication date: 2013-08-21
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-06
Also published as: EP2649817A1; AU2011340791A1; AU2011340791B2; WO2012075528A1; EP2649817A4; MY162305A; CN103262581B

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for establishing an agreement for provision of a service in a system comprising a server (106) mobile customer terminals (115) and mobile supplier terminals (107) communicating over a mobile network (121), the method comprising the steps of (a) receiving (404) from a mobile customer terminal a request for provision of the service (b), storing on the server said request, (c) receiving (504) from a supplier terminal a request to specify customer terminals that have requested provision of the service, (d) communicating (505) by the server locations of active terminals to the mobile supplier terminal, (e) selecting (507) by the mobile supplier terminal one of the active terminals, (f) establishing (508) a communication connection between the mobile supplier terminal and the selected active terminal, and (g) directing (509); the server to delete the stored location and request of the selected active terminal.

Description

Mobile service subscription system

Technical field

Present invention relates in general to mobile service, more specifically, relate to by its client and can from these mobile services, identify the also system of booking service.

Background technology

The many business that are called mobile service in this manual provide its service in mobile.Therefore, in a period of time, for example mobile Motor Maintenance and service company can make people allow its motor vehicles be keeped in repair in themselves garage, and need not vehicle is delivered to service station for this service.This is that ISP's (being called mobile supplier) moves and the example of the mobile service that the client fixes.Taxi (also abbreviating " taxi " as) is the example (in the case, the client is called mobile client) of the business that moves of mobile supplier and client both.

Wishing to arrange provides the mobile client of service often dejected because of the delay owing to normally used reservation in such business and dispatching patcher generation that suffers by mobile supplier.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to improve one or more shortcoming of existing layout.

Disclose and be called local location and reservation (namely, LLO) layout of Bu Zhiing, it can manage to improve the shortcoming of current system in server announcement service request by making the client, wherein, mobile supplier can check the announcement at its regional area that has been recorded on the server, then, the supplier who selects concrete publish request directly communicates to set up agreement be used to service is provided with the request client, and this has deleted the publish request on server.Selectively, regional area can be client and supplier's present located current time and zone (this layout is handled " immediately " service request) with relevant date and time, perhaps alternately, can relate to the date in specified future and constantly and client and supplier plan residing corresponding region of time (this layout processing " in advance " service request) in the appointment in a certain future.

According to a first aspect of the invention, provide a kind of by being used in the method for system's foundation for the agreement that service is provided that the mobile client terminal is carried out, this system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal, wherein, server receives following content from vendor terminal: the moment of appointment and position; The operating range of appointment, vendor terminal will be accepted the service of request provide to(for) the moment and position in appointment in the operating range of this appointment; And the request that is used for specifying following client terminal: this client terminal has asked to provide service in the moment and the position of the described appointment of mating in the operating range of the appointment of coupling, and the client terminal of described appointment is called active terminal; And wherein, server is sent to mobile vendor terminal with the position of described active terminal; This method may further comprise the steps:

(a) receive the moment and the position of (i) appointment from the mobile client terminal, and the request that (ii) provides service for the moment and position in described appointment;

(b) described request is stored on the server; And

(c) as the mobile client terminal of active terminal and selected described mobile client terminal to provide between the mobile vendor terminal of described service to establish a communications link position and the request of the selected active terminal that described server deletion is stored after foundation.

According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of by being used in the method for system's foundation for the agreement that service is provided that mobile vendor terminal is carried out, this system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal, wherein, the server request that receives moment of appointment and position and provide service for the moment and position in described appointment from the mobile client terminal; Wherein, server is stored in described request on the server; This method may further comprise the steps: the moment and the position that (a) receive (i) appointment from vendor terminal, the (ii) operating range of appointment, in the operating range of this appointment, will accept the service of request provide to(for) the moment and position in appointment, and the request that (iii) is used for specifying following client terminal: this client terminal has asked to provide service in the moment and the position of the appointment of mating in the operating range of the described appointment of coupling, and described client terminal is called active terminal;

(b) by server the position of described active terminal is sent to mobile vendor terminal;

(c) select one of active terminal by mobile vendor terminal;

(d) between mobile vendor terminal and selected active terminal, establish a communications link position and the request of the selected active terminal that described server deletion is stored after foundation.

According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of by being used in the method for system's foundation for the agreement that service is provided that server is carried out, this system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal; And wherein, the mobile client terminal service of request transmit moment of appointment and position and provide to(for) the moment and position in described appointment; And described vendor terminal transmits following content: the moment of appointment and position; The operating range of appointment will be accepted the request that provides service for the moment and position in appointment in the operating range of this appointment; And the request that is used for specifying following client terminal: this client terminal has asked to provide service in the moment and the position of the appointment of mating in the operating range of the described appointment of coupling, and described client terminal is called active terminal; This method may further comprise the steps:

(a) storage described request;

(b) specify and to have asked the client terminal that provides service in the moment and the position of the appointment of mating in the operating range of the described appointment of mating, described client terminal is called active terminal; And

(c) position with described active terminal is sent to mobile vendor terminal, and described mobile vendor terminal is selected one of active terminal and established a communications link between mobile vendor terminal and selected active terminal; And

(d) be established position and the request that the selected active terminal of storing is deleted in the back in described communication.

According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of method for the agreement that set up to be used for providing service in system, this system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal, and this method comprises:

(a) the mobile client terminal is sent to server for the request that service is provided and position;

(b) described request and described position are stored on the server;

(c) following content is sent to server: (a) position of mobile vendor terminal, (b) operating range, mobile vendor terminal will be considered for the request that service is provided in this operating range, and the request of (c) having asked to provide the client terminal in described operating range of service for identification;

(d) position with described mobile client terminal is sent to mobile vendor terminal;

(e) one of mobile client terminal of being identified by mobile vendor terminal selection;

(f) between mobile vendor terminal and selected mobile client terminal, establish a communications link; And

(g) the indication server is deleted position and the request of the selected mobile client terminal of storing.

According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of for the device of realizing the arbitrary method of preceding method.

According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of computer program that comprises computer-readable medium, recorded the computer program that is used for realizing the arbitrary method of preceding method on the described computer-readable medium.

Other aspects of the present invention are also disclosed.

Description of drawings

Now with reference to accompanying drawing and appendix at least one execution mode of the present invention is described, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows the functional block diagram of the example of LLO system;

Fig. 2 A and the common formation of Fig. 2 B can be put into practice the schematic block diagram of the general-purpose computing system of described various LLO layouts thereon;

Fig. 3 shows and is applied to the multiple entity handling process how LLO system that the taxi service provides example to operate with respect to service request immediately and describes;

Fig. 4 shows the process chart of the example of the method for being used by the client in respect to the aforementioned LLO example of service request immediately;

Fig. 5 shows supplier provides the described LLO with respect to the service request immediately shown in Fig. 4 of service to arrange the processing of operating according to taxi;

Fig. 6 shows the client and/or supplier can download the processing that LLO uses;

Fig. 7 shows how supplier can at first check request taxi in the zone of action before one of actual selection client each client;

Fig. 8 shows LLO and arranges how can provide feedback to the client during service provides processing;

Fig. 9 shows for the favourable demonstration of LLO vendor terminal and arranges;

Figure 10 shows for the favourable demonstration of LLO client terminal and arranges;

Figure 11 shows and is applied to the multiple entity handling process how LLO system that the taxi service provides example to operate with respect to service request in advance and describes;

Figure 12 shows the process chart of the example of the method for being used by the client in respect to the aforementioned LLO example of service request in advance; And

Figure 13 shows the processing that supplier provides service to operate with respect to the described LLO layout of the service request in advance shown in Figure 12 according to taxi.

Embodiment

Wherein, in in the accompanying drawings any one or the more accompanying drawing with reference to having step and/or a feature of same reference numerals, for this purpose of description, these step and/or features with same reference numerals have identical functions or operation, unless there is opposite intention to represent in addition.

Note, be included in " background " part discussion and more than relate to the discussion that prior art arranges and all relate to the discussion that can use the equipment that forms open knowledge by it.Such discussion should be interpreted as expression by the inventor or applicant: such document in any form or equipment form the common practise part in this area.

Fig. 1 shows the functional block diagram of the example of LLO system, and for purposes of illustration, service provides example to this functional block diagram at taxi.Should be appreciated that this has only simplified example, and LLO arranges and is not limited to this concrete application.

In the example of Fig. 1, the people who self holds mobile client terminal 115 wishes to subscribe taxi.

The client can wish to subscribe taxi immediately in its current location, perhaps wish at a certain appointment in future the time be engraved in the client and plan to subscribe taxi in residing specified location of this moment.In this manual, the term in aforementioned context " immediately " meaned from present any moment to after this 15 minutes.Therefore, term " a certain future time " comprises from moving forward moment of any appointment in future in the moment of 15 minutes.Significantly, this be random boundary and only for purposes of illustration.In other factors, can also use other suitable term definitions based on the concrete service of discussing.Therefore, for example, illustrate in this example 15 minutes will prepare usually to wait for that with the client time of the taxi that comes to the client is consistent.

More than forming, after the definition, treat that the work of carrying out immediately is called as " working immediately ".Treat to be called as " working in advance " in the work that a certain future time carries out.If not clearly expression, this description expression is worked immediately or is worked in advance.

For supplier and client, though senior portable terminal is preferred, can also use old-fashioned portable terminal in LLO arranges.Have the taxi driver of mobile vendor terminal 111 to limit the operating range 123 of describing the zone of action 126 in the circle 122 on hand, circle 122 shows the regional area that work is accepted in taxi driver's preparation within it.

With regard to working immediately, from taxi driver's angle, these are chance work, namely, the current discovery of taxi driver oneself (that is the zone of action in the circle 122) and taxi driver can wish in the obtainable work in the position that current time is served.From client's angle, work immediately and reflected that the client in the zone of action that is currently located in the circle 122 wishes to subscribe taxi as early as possible but not the fact of reservation taxi.With reference to the Fig. 1 about working immediately, therefore, in the taxi driver 111 current zones of action that are in the circle 122, and seek the work that (that is, in 15 minutes) are serviced of in this zone of action, treating immediately.Client 115 or client's 119 current being in the zones of action of justifying in 122, and seek taxi at once.

With regard to working in advance, angle from the taxi driver, these are the work that the driver has arranged or wished to arrange in advance with respect to the zone of action, and the present zone of action in circle 122 in date in future, the moment and the position of a certain appointment is for example planned for the driver in this zone of action.Though mentioned the specific activities zone shown in Fig. 1 here, be apparent that with respect to working immediately or working in advance, disclosed LLO arranges and is applied to by any zone of action of the same appointment of client and supplier.In other words, work in advance be planned the carrying date and the time be engraved in the work that the client at the appointed positions place in the zone of action subscribes.This be planned identical the date of carrying with the time be engraved in the work that the taxi driver at the identical appointed positions place in the zone of action agrees, about this, the taxi driver has done the moment and the place arranged in advance with client's appointment with corresponding client and has provided service of cars on hire to the client.

About working in advance, differ each other in corresponding parameters (for example position, the moment and date) under the situation of not enough corresponding predetermined difference, think by the position in the future of client's appointment, date and constantly with the position in the future that is supplied merchant's appointment, date and " coupling " mutually constantly.Can also use for the additive method of determining coupling.

With regard to following example: wherein, by the client at the request that provides the specified appointment of service of cars on hire, position, date be " eight clients; one of them needs the wheelchair access service, 10:00 carries from the Empire State Building main entrance in the morning on the 1st January in 2010 " constantly.If the moment difference of allowing is 1 hour, then illustrated with the client by one group of parameter for " be used for the taxi that eight people's specific large-scale wheelchair can be come in and gone out, 9:30 comprises the position of Empire State Building in the zone of action in the morning on the 1st January in 2012 " of taxi driver's appointment and be complementary.If the moment difference of allowing is 15 minutes, then will do not matched by this group parameter of taxi driver's appointment.

As describing in further detail with respect to Fig. 3 to Fig. 8 and Figure 11 to Figure 13, the taxi driver that the user of client terminal 115 can use described LLO to arrange fast and request has vendor terminal 111 effectively provides service of cars on hire.LLO arranges and uses server 106 as the part of LLO system.

The disclosed LLO of the client terminal 101 uses system that drops on circle 122 outsides of describing by operating range 123 can not ask to provide service of cars on hire by the individual with vendor terminal 111.This is because arranged the LLO system, makes that providing service of cars on hire in described example is limited to the people with the client terminal that drops on circle 122 inside.Therefore, the people with

client terminal

115 and 119 can obtain the taxi service from the people with vendor terminal 111, yet the people with client terminal 101 can not obtain this service.

As below describing, limit the size of circle 122 by using vendor terminal 111, and do not have inherent limitations about the size of circle.Yet from the practical commercial angle, thereby the service provider will provide the high probability that can select suitable expense to comprise enough potential customers by the size that experience learns to regulate circle 122, and needn't become chaotic owing to too much potential customers.

Before the operation that the LLO system is discussed, other aspects of Fig. 1 will be described in more detail now.Mobile client terminal 101,115 and 119, mobile supply terminal 107 and 111 and server 106 communicate by network 121.Radio communication forms the basis of the described LLO of Fig. 1 system, and therefore, client terminal 101 uses Radio Link 102 and base station 103 to communicate, and as directed, base station 103 is connected to network 121 by coupling part 104 again.As directed, server 106 is connected to network 121 by coupling part 105.

Client terminal

115 and 119 is connected to base station 117 by corresponding Radio Link 116 and 120.As directed, base station 117 is connected to network 121 by coupling part 118.Vendor terminal 111 is connected to base station 113 by Radio Link 112, and is as directed, and base station 113 is connected to network 121 by coupling part 114.Another vendor terminal 107 is connected to base station 109 by Radio Link 108, and is as directed, and base station 109 is connected to network 121 by coupling part 110.

Fig. 2 A and the common formation of Fig. 2 B can be put into practice the schematic block diagram of the general-purpose computing system of described various LLO layouts thereon.The 26S Proteasome Structure and Function details that server 106 is provided is below described.Yet notice that from calculating and the angle of communicating by letter, portable terminal 101,115,119,107 and 111 has the similar functional attributes of many and server 106.In addition, portable terminal 101,115,119,107 and 111 additionally has and radio communication function associated element, and server 106 may have these function element but do not need these function element usually in LLO arranges.

Shown in Fig. 2 A, form computer system 200 by following equipment: as the computer module of server 106; Input equipment is keyboard 202, mouse printer 203, scanner 226, camera 227 and microphone 280 for example; And the output equipment that comprises printer 215, display device 214 and loud speaker 217.Server 106 can use external modulator-demodulator (modulator-demodulator) transceiver 216 to come and go with portable terminal 101,115,119,107 and 111 via communication network 121, coupling part 221 and wireless connections 269 and communicate by letter.Portable terminal 101,115,119,107 and 111 can also communicate each other via communication network 121.Network 121 can be for example the Internet or special-purpose WAN or can form the part of common network or use common network of wide area network (WAN).Wherein, coupling part 221 is telephone wires, and modulator-demodulator 216 can be tradition " dialing modem ".Alternately, wherein, coupling part 221 is high power capacity (for example, cable) coupling parts, and modulator-demodulator 216 can be broadband modem.For using radio modem with the wireless connections of network 121.

Server 106 generally includes: at least one processor unit 205 and the memory cell 206 that is for example formed by semiconductor RAM (RAM) and semiconductor ROM (ROM).Server 106 also comprises a plurality of I/O (I/O) interface, and this a plurality of I/O (I/O) interface comprises: the audio-video interface 207 that is coupled to video display 214, loud speaker 217 and microphone 280; Be used for keyboard 202, mouse 203, scanner 226, camera 227 and the I/O interface 213 of control lever (not shown) alternatively; And the interface 208 that is used for external modem 216 and printer 215.In some implementations, modulator-demodulator 216 may be incorporated in the computer server 106, for example in interface 208.Computer server 106 also has local network interface 211, the local computer network 222 that this networking, this locality interface 211 is coupled to computer system 200 to be called Local Area Network via coupling part 223.As also illustrating, local network 222 can also be coupled to the wide area network 121 of the equipment that generally includes so-called " fire compartment wall " equipment or similar functions via coupling part 224.Interface 211 can form by ethernet circuit card, bluetooth wireless devices or IEEE802.11 wireless device.

Interface 208 and 213 can provide connected in series or parallel and be connected or its both, connected in seriesly realizes according to USB (USB) standard usually and has a corresponding USB connector (not shown).Memory device 209 is set up and generally includes hard disk drive (HDD) 210.Can also use other memory devices, for example floppy disk and tape drive (not shown).CD drive 212 is configured to usually as non-volatile source of data.Then, can with portable memory apparatus for example CD (for example, compression read-only memory (CD-ROM), Digital video disc (DVD)), USB-RAM and floppy disk as the data source that is suitable for system 200.

The parts 205 to 213 of computer server 106 communicate via interconnect bus 204 and in the mode that produces the traditional mode of the known operation computer system 200 of technical staff in the association area usually.The computer example that can put into practice described layout thereon comprises IBM personal computer and compatible, the positive work station of liter, Apple Computers or according to the computer system of their development etc.

Can use computer system 200 to realize the LLO method, wherein, the processing of Fig. 3 to Fig. 8 to be described, and Figure 11 to Figure 13 may be implemented as: at one or more software application 233 of server 106 operations, use (not shown) and use (not shown) at the related software of mobile client terminal 101,115,119 operations at the related software of mobile vendor terminal 107,111 operations, all aforementioned software are used and can be carried out in computer system 200.

In the remainder of this specification, unless point out in addition and do not losing under the general situation, common or the indication separately as context, one or more software application 233 of mentioning is appreciated that mentions the software application that moves in server, mobile vendor terminal and mobile client terminal.

Particularly, the step of LLO method is subjected to the influence of the instruction of carrying out 231 in the software 233 in computer system 200.Software instruction 231 can form one or more code module, and each code module is used for carrying out one or more specific tasks.Except distribution software between server and the portable terminal, software can also be divided into two independently logical gates in function, wherein first carries out the LLO method with corresponding code module, and second portion and the corresponding user interface of code modules manage between the relative users of first and each platform.

Generally software 233 for example 225 is loaded into the computer system 200 from computer-readable medium, then, usually shown in Fig. 2 A, be stored among the HDD210 this software 233 or be stored in the memory 206, after this, can pass through computer system 200 executive softwares 233.In some cases, particularly, about server 106, application program 233 can be provided for the user who encodes at one or more CD-ROM225, and can read via corresponding driver 212 before being stored in memory 210 or 206.Alternately, particularly, about portable terminal, software 233 can be read or can be loaded into the computer system 200 from other computer-readable mediums from network 121 or 222 by computer system 200.

Computer-readable recording medium refers to and participates in providing instruction and/or data to any storage medium of computer system 200 to carry out and/or to handle.The example of such storage medium comprises for example mobile storage (PCMCIA) card etc. of floppy disk, tape, CD-ROM, hard disk drive, ROM, integrated circuit, USB storage, magneto optical disk or computer-readable card, no matter and such equipment in inside or the outside of server 106.

Can also participate in providing the example of the computer-readable transmission medium of software, application program, instruction and/or data to comprise to server 106 and/or portable terminal: radio transmission channel or infrared transmission channel and with the network connection of another computer or the network equipment; And comprise mail transmission and be recorded in the Internet and the Intranet of the information on the website etc.

The second portion that can carry out above-mentioned application program 233 and corresponding code module with realize waiting to propose or additionally display 214 expressions and various terminals (for example, for the display terminal on the vendor terminal referring to 901 among Fig. 9 and for the display terminal on the user terminal referring to 1003 among Figure 10) go up one or more graphic user interface (GUI) that shows.At the server 106 by common manipulation keyboard 202 and mouse 203, and for by usually handle touch-screen display for example 901,1003 or keypad 906,1004(referring to Fig. 9 and Figure 10) portable terminal, the user that computer system 200 and LLO use can handle interface to provide control command and/or input to the application that is associated with GUI in the mode that is fit in function.Can also be implemented on the function the other forms of user interface that is fit to, for example use via loud speaker 217,907 and 1006 voice suggestion output with via the audio interface of microphone 180,908 and 1007 user voice order input.

Fig. 2 B is the detailed schematic block diagram of processor 205 and " memory " 234.Memory 234 expressions can be by the logical collection of all memory devices (comprising HDD210 and semiconductor memory 206) of server 106 visits among Fig. 2 A.The 26S Proteasome Structure and Function details that server 106 is provided is below described.Yet notice that from calculating and the angle of communicating by letter, portable terminal 101,115,119,107 and 111 has many and server 106 similar functional attributes.

When server 106 begins to switch on, carry out power-on self-test (POST) program 250.POST program 250 is stored among the ROM249 of semiconductor memory 206 usually.For good and all be stored in hardware device for example the program among the ROM249 be called as firmware sometimes.POST program 250 checks that the hardware in the servers 106 suitably moves guaranteeing, and check processor 205, memory (209,206) and basic input output system (BIOS) software module 251 usually, this basic input output system (BIOS) software module 251 also is stored in usually and is used for proper operation among the ROM249.In case 250 successful operations of POST program, BIOS251 just activates hard disk drive 210.The activation of hard disk drive 210 makes the bootstrap loading routine 252 that is positioned on the hard disk drive 210 carry out via processor 205.This is loaded into operating system 253 in the RAM memory 206 that operating system 253 begins to operate thereon.Operating system 253 is to carry out to realize to comprise the system-level application of the various Premium Features of following content by processor 205: processor management, memory management, equipment control, storage management, software application interface and general user interface.

Operating system 253 diode-capacitor storages (209,206) with guarantee each processing of server 106 operation or application have carry out therein and not with the afoul enough internal memories of the internal memory of distributing to other processing.In addition, must suitably use dissimilar memory available in system 200, make and to move each processing effectively.Therefore, polymerization memory 234 is not intended to illustrate how the concrete part of memory distributes (except as otherwise noted), and provides the memory that can be visited by computer system 200 and general introduction how to use such memory.

Processor 205 comprises a plurality of functional modules, and these a plurality of functional modules comprise control unit 239, ALU (ALU) 240 and the local memory or the built-in storage 248 that are sometimes referred to as cache memory.Cache memory 248 generally includes a plurality of memory registers 244 to 246 that are in the register section.One or more internal bus 241 is in these functional modules of function interconnection.Processor 205 also has usually for one or more interface 242 that uses coupling part 218 to communicate via system bus 204 and external equipment.

LLO application program 233 comprises one group of instruction 231 that can comprise conditional branch instruction and recursion instruction.Program 233 can also be included in the data of using in the executive program 233 232.This instruction 231 and data 232 are stored in respectively in memory cell 228 to 230 and the memory cell 235 to 237.Relative size according to instruction 231 and memory cell 228 to 230 can be stored in by in the single memory cell shown in the instruction shown in the memory cell 230 specifically instructing.Alternately, as by represented at the instruction segment shown in the memory cell 228 to 229, instruction can be divided into a plurality of parts, each part is stored in the independent memory cell.

Usually, processor 205 is given one group of instruction carrying out in this processor 205.Then, processor 205 is waited for follow-up input, and this processor 205 reacts to this input by carrying out another group instruction.Can provide each input in one or more source from a plurality of sources that comprise following content: by the data of one or more input equipment generation in the input equipment 202,203, the data that receive from the external source on network 121, one of 222, and the data that retrieve of the data that retrieve from memory device 206, one of 209 or the storage medium 225 from be inserted into corresponding reader 212.In some cases, carry out one group of instruction and can produce data output.Execution can also comprise data or variable storage in memory 234.

Disclosed LLO arranges the input variable of using in the corresponding memory cell 255 to 258 that is stored in the memory 234 254.LLO arranges the output variable 261 that produces in the corresponding memory cell 262 to 265 that is stored in the memory 234.Intermediate variable 268 can be stored in the memory cell 259,260,266 and 267.

Extremely the example of the input variable of mobile vendor terminal comprises following content:

● the work request order;

● the job category explanation;

If zero work is " immediately ", then the job category explanation can comprise current date and the moment (this moment can be from the present moment after 15 minutes) of service to be supplied

If zero work is " in advance ", then the job category explanation can comprise date in future and the moment (this moment can be to rise in 15 minutes forward thenceforth) of service to be supplied

● operating range;

● service position (at " in advance " work, this service position is the center of the zone of action in a kind of the layout);

● select the order of the mobile client terminal of specific demonstration;

The example of the intermediate variable in the mobile vendor terminal comprises following content:

● the position relevant with the mobile client terminal that is positioned at operating range and other information (operating range and mobile client end message can relate to work immediately or work in advance);

Example from the output variable of mobile vendor terminal comprises following content:

● the geographical position of mobile vendor terminal;

● operating range;

● work request (to server);

● the summary of job information (for example, elapsed time since the mobile client request);

● the order of the two-way communication of the mobile client terminal of foundation and selection;

● the indication server is accepted and is finished from the request of selection mobile client terminal and the order of other information;

Example to the input variable of server comprises following content:

● from the service request of mobile client terminal;

● from the explanation of the COS of mobile client terminal (immediately or in advance);

● the geographical position of mobile client terminal (immediately or in advance);

● the geographical position of mobile vendor terminal (immediately or in advance);

● the operating range of mobile vendor terminal;

● from the work request of mobile vendor terminal;

● from the explanation of the job category of mobile vendor terminal (immediately or in advance);

The example of the intermediate variable in the server comprises following content:

● based on the consistency of operating range, job category and assigned address, the applicability of concrete mobile client Terminal Service request and concrete mobile vendor terminal;

Example from the output variable of server comprises following content:

● the position relevant with the mobile client terminal that is positioned at the operating range that is moved the vendor terminal appointment and other information;

Example to the input variable of mobile client terminal comprises following content:

● the service request order;

● the order of the two-way communication of the mobile vendor terminal of foundation and job-hunting;

● the time-out time at step 409 place;

The example of the intermediate variable in the mobile client terminal comprises following content:,

● the time since service request; And

● checked the supplier's of work number;

Example from the output variable of mobile client terminal comprises following content:

● service request;

● the geographical position of mobile client terminal;

The register section 244 to 246 of processor 205, ALU (ALU) 240 and control unit 239 work to carry out one group of microoperation together, need this group microoperation to come to carry out " get, decode and carry out " circulation at each instruction in the instruction set of composition program 233.Each is got, decodes and carry out circulation and comprises:

(a) extract operation, this extract operation is taken out or reading command 231 from memory cell 228;

(b) decode operation, which instruction control unit 239 determines to have taken out in decode operation; And

(c) executable operations, control unit 239 and/or ALU240 execution command in executable operations.

After this, can carry out at next instruction other and get, decode and carry out circulation.Similarly, can carry out the storage circulation, control unit 239 can will be worth storage or write storage unit 232 by this storage circulation.

Each step in the processing of Fig. 3 to Fig. 8 and Figure 11 to Figure 13 or son handle with program 233 in one section or more multistage be associated, and by working to instruct to carry out register section 244 to 246, ALU240 and the control unit 239 of getting, decoding and carry out circulation in the instruction set of the section carried of program 233 each in the processor 205 together, carry out this each step or son is handled with respect to server 106.Creating identical functions in the various portable terminals as previously mentioned.

Alternately, can specialized hardware for example one or more gate array and/or carry out the LLO function or the integrated circuit of subfunction in realize the LLO method.Such specialized hardware can also comprise graphic process unit, digital signal processor or one or more microprocessor and relational storage.If the use gate array, then the process chart among Fig. 3 to Fig. 8 and Figure 11 to Figure 13 is converted into hardware description language (HDL) form.This HDL describes and is converted into device level net table, layout and route (P﹠amp; L) thus instrument uses this device level net table to produce to be downloaded to gate array and to use the file that specified design compiles in HDL describes.

Fig. 3 shows and is applied to the multiple entity how LLO system that the taxi service provides example to operate with respect to service request immediately and handles stream 300.The entity that Fig. 3 describes is mobile vendor terminal 111, server 106 and mobile client terminal 115.Significantly, can also comprise other portable terminals, describe to simplify yet omitted these portable terminals.In first step 1, use the people of mobile client terminal 115 by keypad 1004 or touch-sensitive display 1003 input service request orders, mobile client terminal 115 is used global positioning system (GPS) infrastructure or other to be equal to infrastructure according to this service request order for example to use the base station 103,117 among Fig. 1,109 and 113 the triangulation network to determine himself position.Alternately, the client can use the user interface of client terminal manually to import the position of client terminal 115.

Then, in step 2, the request that mobile client terminal 115 and server 106 communicate to transmit terminal location and be used for providing service of cars on hire.In step 3, the aforementioned position be used to the request that provides service of cars on hire and client terminal 115 of server 106

storages.Step

1,2 and 3 occurs on the dotted line 301, and this represents that these steps are associated with " client requests " state of this example.

The following steps that illustrate between dotted line 301 and 302 relate to example " supplier " state.

In step 4, the people who uses mobile vendor terminal 111 is by keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901 input service request commands, and the GPS infrastructure that vendor terminal 111 is as above mentioned according to this order use or other are equal to infrastructure and determine its geographical position.Use the people of mobile vendor terminal 111 use keypad 906 or touching-type monitor 901 limit operating range for example 123(referring to Fig. 1), this operating range 123 is that supplier will consider to be used for to provide the scope of request of service of cars on hire apart from the distance of vendor terminal 111 in this example.In subsequent step 5, mobile vendor terminal 111 is sent to server 106 with following content: the position of mobile vendor terminal 111; Operating range 123; And the request that is positioned at all clients' information in the operating range (that is, in circle 122) of identification having been asked to provide service of cars on hire.Client terminal 115 is shown Fig. 1 and 119 boths are positioned at circle 122, and in this example, in subsequent step 6, these two client terminals can be serviced device identification, certainly, as long as two terminals have asked to provide service of cars on hire, in subsequent step 7, this information just is transferred into mobile vendor terminal 111.

In subsequent step 8, mobile vendor terminal 111 at the display 901(of vendor terminal 111 in Fig. 9) depict the existence of the mobile client terminal that (that is, showing) be identified.Can use various means to be presented on the existence of the mobile client terminal of circle in 122, yet, show among Fig. 9 and described a particularly advantageous mode.

In step 8, vendor terminal 111 also is chosen in one of mobile client terminal of depicting on the display, and after this, in step 9, vendor terminal 111 is set up two-way communication with client terminal 115.In this LLO example, step 10 and step 9 take place together, step 10 indication server 106 in step 11, delete the client terminal 115 stored for the request that service is provided.Therefore, step 11 deletion canned data in step 3 is as passing through shown in the dotted line four-headed arrow 303.

When the two-way communication (in step 9, setting up) of vendor terminal 111 and client terminal 115 be activate the time, the taxi driver who is associated with vendor terminal 111 and the client who is associated with client terminal 115 can exchange enough details of seeking the client for the taxi driver.This is important under following environment: the user that client terminal 115 is in the congested area uses, and who is that the client may not be apparent immediately for the taxi driver in this congested area.Under these environment, the client will describe oneself to the taxi driver with enough details usually, make the taxi driver to find the client under effortless situation.

Fig. 4 shows in respect to the aforementioned LLO example of service request immediately the process chart of the example of the method for being used by client and client terminal 115 400.Handle 400 from determining whether the client needs the beginning step 401(of taxi to be carried out by the people who uses mobile client terminal 115) beginning.The situation that if there is no needs taxi is then handled 400 and is followed NO arrow circulation around step 401 with the form of Infinite Cyclic.On the other hand, if there is the situation need taxi, this by the client by using keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901(referring to Fig. 9) give service request order generation, handle 400 so and follow the YES arrow from step 401 to step 402.In step 402, use the people of mobile client terminal by using touch-sensitive display 1003 or keypad 1004 input service request orders, after this, client terminal 115 is determined the geographical position of himself by using GPS infrastructure for example.After this, in step 403, use the client of client terminal 115 to use for example required service (being taxi in this example) of keypad 1004 appointments of client terminal 115.

In subsequent step 404, the position that client terminal 115 will be determined in step 402 and in step 403 explanation of needed service be sent to server 106.Transmitting in step 404 under the situation of information above-mentioned, will handle 400 slew test steps 405, in this testing procedure 405, terminal 115 determines that whether suppliers' (being the taxi driver in this example) respond to client's request.As long as client terminal does not receive response, this is for example by at " N " at 1005 places of Figure 10 or only do not receive yet by terminal 115 and call out from the taxi driver's of the work of reception affirmation that (fact referring to the step 9) among Fig. 3 represents, handles 400 and just follows the step 409 whether NO arrow to the time-out times of this work of determining have expired.If time-out time is not expiration also, handle 400 so and follow the NO arrow from step 409 to step 405.Be back to step 409, if time-out time expires, handle 400 so and follow the YES arrow from step 409 to step 410.Step 410 by deletion in the client terminal 115 relevant information and ask to be sent to server 106 both cancel the work of being subscribed by the client by cancel.Then, processing 400 is followed arrow 411 and is got back to step 401.Be back to step 405, in case receive the response from vendor terminal at client terminal 115 places, this for example receives by " Y " at 1005 places of Figure 10 or by terminal 115 and calls out from the taxi driver's who accepts work affirmation that (fact referring to the step 9) among Fig. 3 represents, handles 400 steps 406 of just following the two-way communication that the YES arrow mentions from step 405 to the step 9 of setting up Fig. 3.

Use in the follow-up test step 407 of client terminal 115 execution the client, if the client still has the information or the taxi driver that give the taxi driver and still has the information that gives the client, then handle 400 and follow the NO arrow and get back to step 406, and continue the two-way communication shown in the step 9 of Fig. 3 till both sides have given and received full detail.In case this is done, namely, in case in step 407, finished interchange, so, the order of carrying out according to the client who for example is used the two-way communication that touch-sensitive display 1003 among Figure 10 or keypad 1004 stop step 9 place among Fig. 3 from client terminal 115, processing 400 is followed YES arrow 408 and is got back to step 401, and client terminal is prepared next service request.

Fig. 5 shows vendor terminal 111 and arranges the process chart of the example of carrying out method of operating 500 according to what taxi provided service with respect to the described LLO of service request immediately shown in Figure 4.Processing 500 is carried out testing procedure 501 the beginnings whether driver that orders a taxi really is desirable to provide service (that is, whether described taxi driver sought taxi work at that time) from the supplier who is used vendor terminal 111.If there is no taxi is desirable to provide the situation of service, then handles the 500 NO arrows of following around step 501 Infinite Cyclic.If the taxi driver wishes acquisition work really, this is for example represented by the work request order of using keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901 to send by the taxi driver, then handles 500 and follow the YES arrow to step 502.In step 502, vendor terminal 111 is determined the position of himself by using GPS infrastructure or being equal to infrastructure.In subsequent step 503, the taxi driver limits operating range 123 by keypad 906 or the touch-sensitive display 901 that uses vendor terminal 111.After this, in step 504, vendor terminal 111 is sent to server 106 with following content: the position of vendor terminal 111; The operating range 123 of appointment; And the request of the information relevant with active customer in the circle 122.Active customer is to have asked the clients that those uses LLO in the circle 122 arranges that drop on of taxi service.

In subsequent step 505, vendor terminal 111 from server 106 receive with operating range in the relevant information in the position of active customer (that is, service request has been recorded on the server 106 those clients) of (that is, in circle 122).In subsequent step 506, vendor terminal 111 is presented at active customer on the display device, and under the situation of vendor terminal 111, this display device is visualized graphs display 901 normally, can also be tactile quick, be used for the input (referring to Fig. 9) that reception comes the user of self terminal 111.Then, handle 500 and follow arrow 514 from step 506 to deciding step 511, whether vendor terminal 111 inquiry taxi drivers are desirable to provide service based on the information driver who shows in step 506 in this deciding step 511.It is desirable to provide service really if the driver is by using keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901 expressions, then handle 500 and follow the YES arrow from step 511 to subsequent step 507, the taxi driver is chosen in one of active customer that display 901 shows by using keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901 in this step 507.Be back to step 511, if the driver may be because work be not suitable for or represents that for certain other reasons it is not desirable to provide service, then handle 500 and follow the NO arrow from step 511 to step 512, this step 512 by initialization vendor terminal 111 and correspondingly announcement server 106 cancel processing.

After step 507, two processing take place in this example abreast.Notice that this parallel operation only is that LLO handles 500 examples how can operate, and can use other orders or parallel operation.

In this example, in step 508, use the taxi driver of vendor terminal 111 to set up two-way the connection with client terminal 115, shown in the step 9 of Fig. 3.Then, taxi driver and client discuss the needed various details that are used for seeking as previously mentioned the client of taxi driver each other.In parallel step 509, the information that vendor terminal 111 indication servers 106 deletion client terminals 115 provide when this taxi work of request.This is relevant with the step 10 among Fig. 3.Then, handle 500 and rotate back into step 501 according to arrow 510.

The described LLO of taxi example arranges and can use multiple mobile communication equipment to put into practice by client and ISP as previously mentioned.Modern comfort for example third generation cell phone " 3G " (for example at those equipment shown in Fig. 9 and Figure 10) to have can also be to touch quick big display, and support that simply downloading third party software from the website uses, and can be used for very vast supplier and client thereby LLO is arranged.Can also put into practice this LLO at old-fashioned portable terminal and arrange, though not too convenient for the user.

Fig. 6 shows client and/or supplier and can download LLO and be applied to processing 600 on its corresponding terminal 115,111.The supplier that processing 600 among Fig. 6 can similarly be serviced or the client of service use, and therefore, description will only relate to the client, notice that the processing at supplier is identical.Handle 600 from the beginning of beginning step 601, after this began step 601, keypad 1004 and/or the touch-sensitive display 1003 of client by using terminal 115 signed in to the website that the provider that arranged by LLO sponsors.After this, in step 604, the website gives client terminal 115 following options: select any purposes for the multipurpose LLO application that is downloaded to client terminal 115.For example, single-use is used the reservation taxi that may only be used for as above-mentioned example description.Multipurpose is used and can be comprised multiple service request option, and for example, request is from taxi driver, Plumber, locksmith or be adapted at other suppliers' of the service used in the mobile environment that LLO arranges service.

Use download if use the client of client terminal 115 to select single-use, then handle 600 and follow " list " arrow to step 603, in step 603, use the LLO of the customer selecting expectation of client terminal to use.After this, in step 607, use the client of client terminal 115 to realize that LLO uses and download to portable terminal 115, this application is installed in subsequent step 608, and handle 600 and end at and stop step 609.

Be back to testing procedure 604, download if use the customer selecting multipurpose LLO of client terminal 115 to use, then handle 600 and follow " many " arrows to step 605.In step 605, keypad 1004 or the touch-sensitive display 1003 of client by using client terminal 115 selected the application expected, and after this, in step 606, customization is used only to select his or she interested those services.Therefore, for example, described client can be interested in the service that is provided by taxi and locksmith, and the service that the Plumber provides is lost interest in.In step 606, having customized under the situation about using, will handle 600 then and turn to step 607, after this, the remainder of handling has been described in front.

The LLO that describes among Fig. 5 arranges that (that is the processing of being used by the ISP) can launch as shown in Figure 7.

Fig. 7 shows vendor terminal 111 can be asked taxi in the zone of action of at first " checking " before one of actual selection client in circle 122 each mobile client terminal.This is appropriate under following situation for example: the client does not provide and makes the taxi driver determine that in fact whether he want the enough information of this work.For example, the client does not use its request that the destination of expectation is provided sometimes.The taxi driver may not wish to accept not provide the taxi request of the enough distances that need advance to it.Can use the layout among Fig. 7 in this case.

Fig. 7 shows step 506 and 507 from Fig. 5 with dashed line form, and the step 506 and 507 among itself and Fig. 5 has identical functions.Yet, in Fig. 7, after step 506, handle 500 and turn to step 701, in this step 701, use the supplier of vendor terminal 111 can check the active customer of depicting at the display 901 of vendor terminal 111, and actual selection is not used for providing the client of service.This checks that operation for example will be transferred into client terminal 115 and indicates at 1002 places.In subsequent step 702, vendor terminal 111 can check that the customer information that is associated with concrete request is to determine whether provider wishes to proceed.In follow-up test step 703, use the provider of provider's terminal 111 to determine whether (a) proceeds the check work relevant with the current client who checks, perhaps (b) do not accept the work of specific client request and still seeks another client of current demonstration, perhaps (c) withdraws from processing fully, and this may be because the taxi driver remembers that suddenly it must participate in some other business immediately.If vendor terminal determines not proceed the current work of checking and seek another client from the active customer of current demonstration, then handling 700 follows " current checking " arrow and gets back to step 506, in this step 506, the taxi driver will check each client in the zone of action of justifying in 122 again, and the client who does not select it in step 701 and 702, to check.

Get back to testing procedure 703, if the taxi driver determines to accept the work that it had been checked in step 701 and 702, then handle 700 and follow " current client " arrow to the step of in Fig. 5, having described 507.

Return testing procedure 703, if the taxi driver determines to withdraw from fully processing, then processing is followed " withdrawing from " arrow and is got back to the step 501 among Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 shows the LLO layout how to launch as described in Figure 4 from client's angle and provide feedback to the client during providing processing in service.Show step 403,404 and 405 to represent that these steps and step as described in Figure 4 realize identical functions with dashed line form.After step 404, should (expansion) processing 800 turn to step 801, server 106 offers client terminal 115 with the feedback (1002 places in Figure 10 illustrate) relevant with (potential) supplier who checks client requests in this step 801.In LLO shown in Figure 10 arranges, this feedback can adopt the form of real-time designator, being used to refer to how many taxi drivers has checked client requests and has not accepted this request (that is following situation: processing 700 has been followed one of " current checking " or " withdrawing from " arrow and correspondingly got back to step 506 or 501 from step 703) yet.

In follow-up test step 802, the client determines whether to resubmit the revision of its service request, and this may be owing to insert for example required destination of other information, perhaps because overtime the resetting to being associated with step 409 among Fig. 4.If the client determines to follow this process, then handle 800 and follow the YES arrow and get back to step 403 from step 802.In LLO arranges, by the client submit to the modification request can automatically delete the front from the current previous request that is stored on the server 106 of client.

On the other hand, the client does not revise its service request if be back to step 802, then handles 800 and will follow the NO arrow and get back to step 405.Handling in 800, when not having supplier to respond, processing 800 is followed the NO arrow and is got back to step 801.

Fig. 9 shows the favourable display device 900 for vendor terminal 111, and except other modules, it also has loud speaker 907 and microphone 908.On terminal 111 can be to touch quick display 901 to show one group of concentration ellipse, for example around 905 of the central point 904 of the position that terminal 111 is shown.Each concentration ellipse 905 expression is apart from the distance of supply terminal 111, and this distance is proportional with the part of the operating range 123 that is limited by the supplier in the step 503 of Fig. 5.In the example of Fig. 9, outmost oval 905 expression circles 122, and less concentration ellipse to the taxi driver provide with circle 122 in each client be positioned at how far relevant information.Therefore, for example, the client at 903 places is positioned at the angular range that with dashed lines 902 and horizontal gradient are depicted, and be positioned at distance supplier close to outmost oval 905 distance.This display among Fig. 9 is to touch the simple client who also easily selects to be used for checking or selecting concrete work request of the user that can make vendor terminal under the quick situation at display 901 especially.Can be by 903 position display supplementary for example so that the other information relevant with each client requests to be provided to supplier.

Figure 10 shows the favourable display device 1000 for client terminal 115, and except other modules, it also has loud speaker 1006 and microphone 1007.Can be to touch quick display 1003 to have depicted " time since request " hurdle 1001, " reader " hurdle 1002 and " accepting " hurdle 1005 on the terminal 115.For example, when the client represents work request at step 401 place of Fig. 4, can show aforementioned information.Should represent that how long in the step 404 of Fig. 4 its service request is sent to server 106 from the client has passed through later, showed 14 minutes and 34 seconds in the example shown in " time since request " hurdle.Providing under the situation of feedback arranging according to Fig. 6 and LLO shown in Figure 7, " reader " hurdle is represented to check but is not accepted supplier's number of client's work request yet.Shown in example 5 in, supplier's inspected work request.Should represent whether supplier has accepted work in " accepting " hurdle.This example shows " N " at 1005 places, does not still have supplier to accept work with expression.In described LLO example, supplier has accepted work according to the step 507 among Fig. 5 after, show " accepting " hurdle.

Figure 11 shows and is applied to the multiple entity handling process how LLO system that the taxi service provides example to operate with respect to service request in advance and describes.The described entity of Fig. 3 is mobile supply terminal 111, server 106 and mobile client terminal 115.Significantly, can also comprise other portable terminals, describe to simplify yet omitted these portable terminals.In first step 1, use the people of mobile client terminal 115 by keypad 1004 or touch-sensitive display 1003 input service request orders.Because this relates to service request in advance, so the client manually imports date in client terminal 115 specified future and constantly and the position in future of plan by the user interface that uses client terminal.These designated parameters define when expect the taxi service where.Therefore, for example, mobile client terminal 111 is current may to be positioned at position A, yet service request represents that the client wishes that the 7:30 in morning after ten days subscribes taxi at position B place in advance.

Then, in step 2, mobile client terminal 115 communicates to transmit aforementioned designated date, moment and position with server 106 and for the request that provides service of cars on hire.In step 3, server 106 aforementioned dates for the request that provides service of cars on hire and service to be supplied of storage, moment and in the appointed positions of this date and moment client terminal 115.

Step

1,2 and 3 occurs on the dotted line 1101, and this represents that these steps are associated with " client requests " state of this example.

The following steps that illustrate between

dotted line

1101 and 1102 relate to example " supplier " state.

In step 4, use the people of mobile vendor terminal 111 by keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901 input service request instructions, vendor terminal 111 is specified position in the future and date and the moment according to this order, in this example, this information table illustrate the driver that hires a car plan to seek on a specified date with the time be engraved in the work of specified location.The people who uses mobile vendor terminal 111 by use keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901 limit operating ranges for example 123(referring to Fig. 1), this operating range 123 be future date, the moment and position in aforementioned appointment apart from the distance of vendor terminal 111, supplier will consider for the request that provides service of cars on hire in this operating range 123.In subsequent step 5, mobile vendor terminal 111 is sent to server 106 with following content: the desired location in specified future, date and the moment; Operating range; And to the request of the information of identifying following all client terminals: these client terminals have asked to provide service of cars on hire, are positioned at the expected activity distance of appointment, registered are in aforementioned date and service request constantly in aforementioned location.Relate to Fig. 1 of providing of service in advance in this example show client terminal 115 and 119 both represented that it will and be positioned at circle 122 constantly at the future date of appointment, this considered with client's parameter and supplier's parameter between " coupling " permissible difference of each parameter of being associated.Aforementioned difference can perhaps can be arranged by vendor terminal 111 in step 5 based on each COS predefine in server 106.To certainly, as long as these two terminals have asked to provide service of cars on hire, in subsequent step 7, just this information be sent to mobile vendor terminal 111 by two client terminals of server identification in subsequent step 6.This means that client terminal 115 made the service request that provides for service accordingly in to 3 in corresponding step 1 with 119 vendor terminal transmits work request in step 4 before.Therefore, for the specific date/constantly/the service request that registers in advance the position, vendor terminal 111 can predict this specific date/constantly/position.

In subsequent step 8, the display 901 of mobile vendor terminal 111 in Fig. 9 of vendor terminal 111 depict (that is, show) plan the specific date/constantly/the mobile client terminal of identifying of position existence.Can use the various means that present the mobile client terminal that exists in the circle 122, yet Fig. 9 demonstration also a particularly advantageous mode has been described.

In step 8, vendor terminal 111 is chosen in one of mobile client terminal of depicting on the display, and after this, in step 9, vendor terminal 111 is set up two-way communication with client terminal 115.In this LLO example, step 10 and step 9 take place together, step 10 indication server 106 in step 11, delete the client terminal 115 stored for the request that service is provided.Therefore, step 11 deletion canned data in step 3 is as passing through shown in the four-headed arrow 1103 of dotted line.

When vendor terminal 111 and two-way connection (in step 9, setting up) between the client terminal 115 be activate the time, the taxi driver who is associated with vendor terminal 111 and the client who is associated with client terminal 115 can exchange for the taxi driver seek appointment the specific date/constantly/enough details of the client of position.This is important under following environment: the user that client terminal 115 is in the congested area uses, and who is that the client may not be apparent immediately for the taxi driver in this congested area.Under these environment, the client will describe oneself to the taxi driver with enough details usually, make the taxi driver to find the client under effortless situation.

In the end in the step 12, vendor terminal 111 inputs to work in the formation in the vendor terminal 111, by LLO software application 233 with this queue stores in the suitable data structure.In one arrangement, software application 233 is presented on calendar on the display 901, reminds every morning the taxi driver to subscribe which work in formation.

Figure 12 shows the process chart of the example of the method for being used by the client in respect to the aforementioned LLO example of service request in advance.Handle 1200 from determine the client certain in the future date and the time be engraved in certain assigned address and whether need the beginning step 1201(of taxi to be carried out by the people who uses mobile client terminal 115) beginning.The situation that if there is no needs taxi is then handled 1200 and is followed NO arrow circulation around step 1201 with the form of Infinite Cyclic.On the other hand, if need the taxi service as previously mentioned, this by the client by using keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901(referring to Fig. 9) give the service request order and produce, handle 1200 so and follow the YES arrow from step 1201 to step 1202.In step 1202, use the people of mobile client terminal to be used for providing expectation date, the moment and the position of service in advance by using touch-sensitive display 1003 or keypad 1004 inputs, namely expect this service when and where.In subsequent step 1203, client terminal 115 is specified required service by for example using the keypad 1004 of client terminal 115, is taxi in this example.

In subsequent step 1204, client terminal 115 is sent to server 106 with following content: required concrete service and be used for designated date, the moment and the position of desired service.In step 1204, transmitting under the situation of information above-mentioned, to handle 1200 slew test steps 1205, in this testing procedure 1205, terminal 115 determines that whether suppliers' (being the taxi driver in this example) respond to client's request.

As long as client terminal does not receive response, this is for example by " N " at 1005 places in Figure 10 or only do not receive yet by terminal 115 and call out from the taxi driver's who receives work affirmation that (fact referring to the step 9) among Figure 11 represents, handles 1200 and just follows the step 1209 whether NO arrow to the time-out times of this work of determining have expired.If time-out time is not expiration also, handle 1200 so and follow the NO arrow from step 1209 to step 1205.

Be back to step 1209, if time-out time expires, handle 1200 so and follow the YES arrow from step 1209 to step 1210.Step 1210 by deletion in the client terminal 115 relevant information and ask to be sent to server and cancel the work of being subscribed by the client by cancel.Then, processing 1200 is followed arrow 1211 and is got back to step 1201.

With regard to time-out time, note, in many aspects, different with the processing 400 that relates to service request immediately at the processing 1200 of service request in advance.A difference is: under the situation that service provides in advance, be desirably in the future time (that is, date and the moment) of a certain appointment and provide service in a certain appointed positions, rather than provide service in current time and the current location of client terminal 115.

Another difference is: under " immediately " situation, the client wants to provide immediately service, therefore, if client terminal is not for example receiving response in 15 minutes, this is for example by " N " at 1005 places among Figure 10 or only do not receive the confirmation calling yet by terminal 115 and (represent that referring to the step 9) among Figure 11 the client may (even very may) can not receive expectation and asks in the expected time so.Under " immediately " situation, usually time-out time is set to about 15 minutes time, and perhaps being traditionally arranged to be is certain time period to the reasonable measurement of time that desired service can not in time be provided.

Yet, if the client for example subscribes " in advance " service in advance a week, even client terminal does not all receive response in whole week so, even for example one hour expected time inherent desired locations place on a specified date/does not constantly receive response yet, still there is following possibility: will provide desired service in the end one hour.Therefore, usually in the such mode that for example one hour come into effect of step 1210 before predefined date/moment be set the overtime moment.

Be back to step 1205, in case receive the response from vendor terminal at client terminal 115 places, this is " Y " by 1005 places among Figure 10 or receive by terminal 115 and to call out from the taxi driver's who accepts work affirmation that (fact referring to the step 9) among Figure 11 represents, handles 1200 steps 1206 of just following the two-way communication that the YES arrow mentions from step 1205 to the step 9 of setting up Figure 11 for example.

Use client terminal 115 to carry out in the follow-up test step 1207 the client, if the client still has the information or the taxi driver that give the taxi driver and still has the information that gives the client, then handle 1200 and follow the NO arrow and get back to step 1206, and continue the two-way communication shown in the step 9 of Figure 11 till both sides have sent or received all information.In case this is done, namely, in case in step 1207, finished interchange, so, the order of carrying out according to the client from the two-way communication that for example is used step 9 place that touch-sensitive display 1003 among Figure 10 or keypad 1004 stop Figure 11 of client terminal 115, processing 1200 is followed YES arrow 1208 and is got back to step 1201, and client terminal is prepared next service request.

Notice that client terminal 115 can repeatedly use processing 1200 to produce continuous service request as required.Therefore, for example, if the client wishes to subscribe continuously the taxi that is used for ensuing three Friday nights, all reservations are 8 points at night all, but three reservations will then can be used with suitable parameter and handle 1,200 three times so that continuous service request is published on the server 106 three different positions.

Figure 13 shows the processing that supplier provides service to operate with respect to the described LLO layout of the service request in advance shown in Figure 12 according to taxi.The testing procedure 1301 that processing 1300 is carried out from the supplier who is used vendor terminal 111, this testing procedure 1301 determines whether the taxi driver is desirable to provide service, that is, whether described taxi driver is seeking the taxi work in a certain future time and position.If there is no the taxi driver is desirable to provide the situation of service, then handles the 1300 NO arrows of following around step 1301 Infinite Cyclic.If the taxi driver wishes reception work really, this is for example represented by using keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901 to give the work request order by the taxi driver, then handles 1300 and follow the YES arrow to step 1302.

In step 1302, vendor terminal 111 assigned suppliers are desirable to provide date in future, the moment and the position of service (in this example for providing service of cars on hire).In subsequent step 1303, the taxi driver limits operating range, will be for keypad 906 work with moment search on the aforesaid date in future of vendor terminal 111 to be used with this operating range.The difference of allowing about the parameter of position, date, the moment and zone of action, here these difference can also be inputed to vendor terminal 111, perhaps alternately, can be based on each service and/or each supplier these differences of allowing of predefine on server 111.

After this, in step 1304, vendor terminal 111 is sent to server 106 with following content: aforesaid date in future, the moment and the position of vendor terminal 111; The operating range 123 that is used for the appointment of this moment and position; And for registered in the operating range of appointment this date/constantly/request of the relevant information of the active customer of the service request of position.Following these clients that active customer is to use LLO to arrange: before vendor terminal 111 execution in step 1302 by use on a specified date/constantly/provide in position and the operating range in appointment the processing 1200 of service registered service request, that is the client that is complementary of those parameters of its specified parameter and described vendor terminal 111.

In subsequent step 1305, the information that vendor terminal 111 receives about " active customer " from server 106, this active customer be by use on a specified date/constantly/position and in the operating range of appointment, provide the processing 1200 of service registered those clients of service request, those parameters of this client's designated parameter and described vendor terminal 111 are complementary.Notice that under " service immediately provides " situation, term " active customer " refers to current client terminal in operating range for example 115, and for example by shown in 903 among Fig. 9, LLO arranges and shows the position of this client terminal in the zone of action.Under the situation of " service in advance provides ", term active client refer to by use on a specified date/constantly/position and in the operating range of appointment, provide the processing 1200 of service registered the client terminal for example 115 of service request, those parameters of the designated parameter of this client terminal and described vendor terminal 111 are complementary.At this in advance under the situation, also for example by Fig. 9 903 shown in, LLO arranges and shows that this client terminal is engraved in planning activity position in the planning activity zone in date of enterprise/time.

In subsequent step 1306, vendor terminal 111 is the show events client on display device, it can also be to touch quickly that this display device is generally at vendor terminal 111 under the situation of visualized graphs display, is used for receiving the user's of self terminal 111 input (referring to Fig. 9).Then, handle 1300 and follow arrow 1316 from step 1306 to deciding step 1311, whether vendor terminal 111 inquiry taxi drivers are desirable to provide service based on the information driver who shows in step 1306 in this deciding step 1311.It is desirable to provide service really if the driver is by using keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901 expressions, then handle 1300 and follow the YES arrow from step 1311 to subsequent step 1307, the taxi driver is chosen in one of active customer that display 901 shows by using keypad 906 or touch-sensitive display 901 in this step 1307.Be back to step 1311, if the driver may be because work be not suitable for or represents that for certain other reasons it is not desirable to provide service, then handle 1300 and follow the NO arrow from step 1311 to step 1312, this step 1312 is by initialization vendor terminal 111 and correspondingly announcement server 106 cancellation processing.Server can be retained in this event the information that is used for before the active customer that shows at server.

After step 1307, two processing take place in this example abreast.Notice that this operation repetitive only is that LLO handles 1300 examples how can operate, and can use other order or operation repetitives.

In this example, in step 1308, use the taxi driver of vendor terminal 111 to set up two-way the connection with client terminal 115, shown in the step 9 among Figure 11.Then, taxi driver and client that the taxi driver is discussed each other is needed in that future of appointment date/constantly/position is sought client's various details as previously mentioned.In parallel step 1309, the information that vendor terminal 111 indication servers 106 deletion client terminals 115 provide when the current taxi of request is worked.This is relevant with the step 10 among Figure 11.Then, processing 1300 turns to the step 1313 in the formation of work insertion vendor terminal 111 according to arrow 1314, and this formation is stored in the suitable data structure by LLO software application 233.In one arrangement, software application 233 presents calendar at display 901, reminds every morning the taxi driver to subscribe which work in formation.Then, processing 1300 is followed arrow 1310 and is got back to step 1301.

Notice that vendor terminal 111 can repeatedly use processing 1300 to produce continuous work request as required.Therefore, for example, if supplier wishes to search for 8 of ensuing three Friday nights in the taxi work at diverse location place, then can use with suitable parameter and handle 1,300 three times.

LLO described in the taxi example of mentioning in the above arranges and can use multiple mobile communication equipment to put into practice by user and ISP.Modern comfort for example third generation cell phone " 3G " (for example at those equipment shown in Fig. 9 and Figure 10) to have can also be to touch quick big display.Such equipment can support simply that downloading third party software from the website uses, and can be used for very vast supplier and client thereby LLO is arranged.Senior terminal like this can rely on touch-sensitive display and " soft key " individually, and this soft key is at the icon of being intended to of showing of display for " firmly " key that replaces for example showing at 906 and 1004 places.Also can put into practice LLO at old-fashioned portable terminal and arrange, though not too convenient for the user.

Industrial applicibility

Above-mentioned layout is applicable to that mobile service provides industry, for example mobile provide hire a car, plumber's service and locksmith etc.

Aforementioned content has only been described some embodiments of the present invention, and can make amendment under situation about not departing from the scope of the present invention with spirit and/or change, and this execution mode is illustrative and nonrestrictive.

Claims

1. one kind is used in the method for system's foundation for the agreement that service is provided, and described system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal, said method comprising the steps of:

A) receive i from the mobile client terminal) moment and the position of appointment, and the request that ii) provides described service for the moment and position in described appointment;

B) described request is stored on the described server;

C) receive i from vendor terminal) moment and the position of appointment, the ii) operating range of appointment, in the operating range of described appointment, will accept the service of request provide to(for) the moment and position in described appointment, and the request that iii) is used for specifying following client terminal, described client terminal has asked to provide described service in the moment and the position of the appointment of mating in the operating range of the described appointment of coupling, and described client terminal is called active terminal;

D) by described server the position of described active terminal is sent to described mobile vendor terminal;

E) select one of described active terminal by described mobile vendor terminal;

F) between described mobile vendor terminal and selected active terminal, establish a communications link; And

G) the described server of indication is deleted position and the request of the selected active terminal of storing.

2. method according to claim 1, wherein, by the moment and position and relevant with current time with the position by the moment of described mobile vendor terminal appointment of described mobile client terminal appointment, and relevant with described mobile vendor terminal present located position with described mobile client terminal.

3. method according to claim 1, wherein, by the moment and position and relevant with the moment in the future with the position by the moment of described mobile vendor terminal appointment of described mobile client terminal appointment, and plan in residing position of the moment in described future relevant with described mobile client terminal and described mobile vendor terminal.

4. method of being set up the agreement that is used for providing service by mobile client terminal being used for of carrying out in system, described system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal, wherein, described server receives from vendor terminal: the moment of appointment and position; The operating range of appointment, described vendor terminal will be accepted the described service of request provide to(for) the moment and position in described appointment in the operating range of described appointment; And the request that is used for specifying following client terminal, described client terminal has asked to provide described service in the moment and the position of the appointment of mating in the operating range of the described appointment of coupling, and the client terminal of described appointment is called as active terminal; And wherein, described server is sent to described mobile vendor terminal with the position of described active terminal; Said method comprising the steps of:

A) receive i from described mobile client terminal) moment and the position of appointment, and the request that ii) provides described service for the moment and position in described appointment;

B) described request is stored on the described server; And

C) as the described mobile client terminal of active terminal and selected described mobile client terminal to provide between the mobile vendor terminal of described service to establish a communications link position and the request of the selected active terminal that described server deletion is stored after foundation.

5. method of being set up the agreement that is used for providing service by mobile vendor terminal being used for of carrying out in system, described system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal, wherein, the described server request that receives moment of appointment and position and provide described service for the moment and position in described appointment from described mobile client terminal; Wherein, described server is stored in described request on the described server, said method comprising the steps of:

A) receive i from vendor terminal) moment and the position of appointment, the ii) operating range of appointment, in the operating range of described appointment, will accept the described service of request provide to(for) the moment and position in described appointment, and the request that iii) is used for specifying following client terminal, described client terminal has asked to provide described service in the moment and the position of the appointment of mating in the operating range of the described appointment of coupling, and described client terminal is called as active terminal;

B) by described server the position of described active terminal is sent to described mobile vendor terminal;

C) select one of described active terminal by described mobile vendor terminal;

D) between described mobile vendor terminal and selected active terminal, establish a communications link position and the request of the selected active terminal that described server deletion is stored after foundation.

6. method of being set up the agreement that is used for providing service by server being used for of carrying out in system, described system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal, wherein, the described mobile client terminal described service of request transmit moment of appointment and position and provide to(for) the moment and position in described appointment; And wherein, described vendor terminal transmits: the moment of appointment and position; The operating range of appointment will be accepted the request that provides described service for the moment and position in described appointment in the operating range of described appointment; And the request that is used for specifying following client terminal, described client terminal has asked to provide described service in the moment and the position of the appointment of mating in the operating range of the described appointment of coupling, described client terminal is called as active terminal, said method comprising the steps of:

A) storage described request;

B) specify and to have asked in the operating range of the appointment of described coupling at the moment of the appointment of described coupling and the client terminal that the position provides described service, described client terminal is called as active terminal;

C) position with described active terminal is sent to described mobile vendor terminal, and described mobile vendor terminal is selected establishing a communications link in the lump of described active terminal between described mobile vendor terminal and selected active terminal; And

D) be established position and the request that the selected active terminal of storing is deleted in the back in described communication.

7. one kind is used in the method for system's foundation for the agreement that service is provided, and described system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal, said method comprising the steps of:

A) receive to described server with the position of described mobile client terminal with for the request that described service is provided;

B) described request and described position are stored on the described server;

C) receive i at described server place) position of described mobile vendor terminal, ii) operating range, described mobile vendor terminal will be considered for the request that described service is provided in described operating range, and the request that iii) is used for identifying the client terminal in described operating range of asking to provide described service;

D) position with described mobile client terminal is sent to described mobile vendor terminal;

E) receive by the selection of described mobile vendor terminal to one of mobile client terminal of identifying;

F) between described mobile vendor terminal and selected mobile client terminal, establish a communications link;

(g) the described server of indication is deleted position and the request of the selected mobile client terminal of storing.

8. method according to claim 7, wherein, described method is further comprising the steps of between described step d) and described step e):

H) check one or more mobile client terminal in the mobile client terminal of identifying by described mobile vendor terminal, with check with for the relevant information of the association requests that described service is provided; And

I) if the information that checks is acceptable, then enter the selection step e).

9. method according to claim 8, wherein, in step I) before, described method is further comprising the steps of:

J) receive the feedback relevant with the mobile vendor terminal of checking described request by described mobile client terminal.

10. method that is used for setting up between mobile client terminal and mobile vendor terminal for the agreement that service is provided said method comprising the steps of:

Described mobile client terminal is carried out following steps:

Determine the position of described mobile client terminal;

Be sent to server by mobile communications network with determined position with for the request that described service is provided;

Described server is carried out following steps:

Store the position of described mobile client terminal and for the request that described service is provided; And described mobile vendor terminal is carried out following steps:

Determine the position of described mobile vendor terminal;

Limit the operating range apart from described mobile vendor terminal, described mobile vendor terminal will be considered for the request that described service is provided in described operating range;

Transmit to described server: a) position of described mobile vendor terminal; B) described operating range; And c) asked to provide the request of information of the client terminal in described operating range of described service to being used for identification;

Described server is carried out following steps:

To ask to provide the position of the mobile vendor terminal in described operating range of described service to be sent to described mobile vendor terminal; And

Described mobile vendor terminal is carried out following steps:

Depict the existence of the mobile client terminal of identifying at relevant display device;

Be chosen in one of described mobile client terminal of depicting on the described display device;

Between described mobile vendor terminal and selected mobile client terminal, establish a communications link; And

Indicate that the deletion of described server stores from selected mobile client terminal for the request that described service is provided.

11. a system that is used for setting up between mobile client terminal and mobile vendor terminal for the agreement that service is provided, described system comprises:

A plurality of described mobile vendor terminals, a plurality of described mobile client terminals, and server; Wherein, described vendor terminal, described client terminal and described server communicate by mobile communications network; And wherein

Described mobile vendor terminal and described mobile client terminal comprise locator, user interface, data display device and the communicator for the position of determining corresponding portable terminal separately; And wherein

According at least one order that is received by related user interface, described mobile client terminal is configured to determine the position of described mobile client terminal, and is configured to transmit a) determined position and b to described server) for the request that described service is provided; And wherein

State that server is configured to store the position of described mobile client terminal and for the request that described service is provided; And wherein

According at least one order that is received by related user interface, described mobile vendor terminal is configured to a) determine the position of described mobile vendor terminal, b) restriction is apart from the operating range of described mobile vendor terminal, described mobile vendor terminal will be considered for the request that described service is provided in described operating range, c) transmit to described server: the position of described terminal, described operating range and asked to provide the request of information of the client terminal in described operating range of described service to being used for identification, d) depict the existence of the mobile client terminal of identifying at relevant display device, and e) be chosen in one of described mobile client terminal of depicting on the described display device; And wherein

Described mobile vendor terminal has been set up described mobile vendor terminal to the selection of one of described mobile client terminal of depicting at the described display device of described mobile vendor terminal and has been connected with selected mobile client communication between terminals, and indicates the position of the selected mobile client terminal that described server deletion stores and for the request that described service is provided.

12. computer-readable recording medium that records computer program on it, described program can be carried out so that described computer is carried out for the method for setting up in system for the agreement that service is provided by computer equipment, described system comprises the server that communicates by the mobile network, a plurality of mobile client terminal and a plurality of mobile vendor terminal, and described program comprises:

A) be used for the position of described mobile client terminal and be sent to the code of described server for the request that described service is provided;

B) be used for described request and described position are stored in code on the described server;

C) for the code that following content is sent to described server: a) position of described mobile vendor terminal, b) operating range, described mobile vendor terminal will be considered for the request that described service is provided in described operating range, and c) asked to provide the request of the client terminal in described operating range of described service for identification;

D) for the code that the position of described mobile client terminal is sent to described mobile vendor terminal;

E) be used for being selected by described mobile vendor terminal the code of one of mobile client terminal of identifying;

F) for the code that between described mobile vendor terminal and selected mobile client terminal, establishes a communications link; And

G) be used to indicate described server and delete the position of the selected mobile client terminal of storing and the code of request.