Intermediary Server for Multi-Operator Car Sharing Vehicle Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of car sharing services face inconvenience when accessing multiple car sharing services operated by different business operators, as they need to individually connect to each service's server for vehicle retrieval, leading to increased steps and decreased convenience.
Innovation Solution
An information retrieval server that communicates with multiple car sharing business operators' servers and a user's communication terminal, acquiring and presenting vehicle information that meets user-defined conditions, thereby allowing users to retrieve vehicles from multiple services through a single interface, improving efficiency and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users connect to multiple car sharing service servers individually to retrieve vehicles, then users can access vehicles from different business operators, but the number of operation steps increases and user convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that aggregates vehicle information from multiple car sharing business operators. The user's terminal device communicates with this intermediary server, which then communicates with individual business operator servers. This mediator consolidates multiple access points into a single interface, allowing users to search across multiple services without manually connecting to each operator's system separately.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users connect to multiple car sharing service servers individually, then users can find suitable vehicles from different operators, but the time required for retrieval increases
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediary server performs preliminary actions by pre-aggregating vehicle information from multiple business operators into a unified data structure. When a user initiates a search, the server already has the necessary vehicle data organized and ready, eliminating the need for the user's terminal to sequentially query each operator's server. This preliminary consolidation of information significantly reduces the time required for vehicle retrieval while maintaining access to the full range of available vehicles.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users individually access multiple service servers, then users can compare vehicles from different operators, but the complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate access paths into a single unified system. Instead of users independently connecting to multiple business operator servers, the intermediary server combines all vehicle information from different operators into one centralized interface. This consolidation simplifies the system structure from the user's perspective while maintaining the ability to compare vehicles across operators, as all information is presented through a single standardized channel.
Data Source
AI summary
An information retrieval server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device communicates with servers of a plurality of business operators and a communication terminal of a user through a communication network, each of the plurality of business operators performing a car sharing service. The processing device presents information relevant to vehicles held by the plurality of business operators, to the user, acquires information input from the communication terminal, the information being information about a predetermined item included in a use condition for the car sharing service, causes the servers of the plurality of business operators to retrieve a vehicle satisfying a use condition determined by the acquired information, from the held vehicles, and sends information relevant to the retrieved vehicle, to the communication terminal.