Komatsu Corporation

Bigrental Co., Ltd.

Noriaki Abe

Chikashi Shike

Seiji Kamada

Yoshio Asayama

Shuji Arakawa

Seiichi Mizui

A rental company systemcomprises a branch master tablefor unitarily registering and managing the content of inquiries made at each branch office. In response to an operation performed by a branch operator, a branch terminalin each branch office displays a 'reception registration and modification' screenand receives input of a plurality of types of inquiry content information. The branch terminalregisters the inputted inquiry content information in the branch master tablevia an internal network. In response to an operation performed by a branch operator, the branch terminaldisplays an 'inquiry content information transfer' screenand transfers the inquiry content information inputted into the &#x201c;reception registration and modification&#x201d; screento a portable telephoneof a transmission receiving party inputted into the aforementioned screen

System for managing or notifying the results of communication with a customer

Communications are performed between a mobile unit and a terminal device. The mobile unit is provided with a communication device that is capable of communicating with the terminal device if it is connected electrically with a power supply. When an engine key switch signal is off, the electrical connection between the power supply and the communication device is turned on and off intermittently.

Communication device of mobile unit

A device for presenting information on a mobile includes mobiles and terminals interconnected intercommunicably through communication means, wherein a terminal transmits, to the mobile concerned, mobile identification data on a mobile to which a request for mobile information is to be made, request content identification data representing the contents of mobile information to be requested, and terminal identification data on the terminal being the presentee to which the requested contents is to be presented. The mobile acquires mobile information requested by the terminal and sends it to the terminal being the presentee. The stored contents in storage means is updated each time operation of input for requesting information from a mobile is made through the terminal and the mobile acquires new mobile information. The updated stored contents is transmitted to the terminal being the requester when the terminal requests the updated stored contents.

Device for presenting information to mobile

The present invention makes it possible to precisely monitor remotely located objects. The construction vehicles each contain a GPS apparatus, and various sensors for capturing the states of vehicle parts, and are capable of reporting, as required, the current position captured by the GPS apparatus, and operation information captured by the various sensors to the TMS mail server via the satellite communication system. The TMS mail server and the rental company system are capable of communicating at any time via a communication network between computers. The TMS mail server collects the latest positional information, operation information, and so forth, on the construction vehicles being rented and relays such information in the form of electronic mail, for example, to the rental company system as required or periodically. The rental company system displays construction vehicles by means of marks in the current positions of the construction vehicles on a map represented by map data, or in the form of a list, based on the collected positional information and operation information, on a branch store computer terminal. The system also displays the operating states of rented construction vehicles based on the collected operation information, on the branch store computer terminal.

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Tokyo, Japan

Noriaki Abe