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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;
Koichiro Mitsumaki, Nagoya Aichi-ken, JP;
Masato Endo, Nagakute Aichi-ken, JP;
Ryota Kondo, Nagoya Aichi-ken, JP;
Yasuhisa Obata, Nagoya Aichi-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
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.