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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2000
Ryuichi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kuwayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus is disclosed which comprises: an inputting element for inputting a departure point and a destination; a nearby station retrieving element for retrieving stations located near the departure point and the destination which were input through the inputting element; a train route searching element which, if there are a plurality of stations near at least either the departure point or the destination, the nearby stations having been retrieved by the nearby station retrieving element, then searches for at least one train route for each of all nearby station combinations linking the departure point to the destination; a storing element for storing the train routes retrieved by the train route searching element; a setting element for setting prioritizing conditions to be referenced when the train route searching element searches for train routes; and a ranking element for ranking the train routes stored in the storing element in accordance with the prioritizing conditions set by the setting element.