| 摘要 |
<p>A method is disclosed by which a customer places an order (295) for the provision of a service with one or more vendors that utilized electronic ordering terminals to process service orders, by transmitting information between the customer's computer and a server. The disclosed method comprising the steps of associating with each vendor a plurality of coordinate points defining the vertices of a polygonal geographic region within which region (230) the vendor provides service, receiving information from a customer indicating the location to which service is to be provided; converting the received information into a coordinate point indicating the point to which service is to be provided; selecting each of the defined polygonal geographic regions that encompass the customer coordinate point; identifying the vendors associated with the selected polygonal geographic regions; choosing the vendor (290) with which the order is to be placed, and placing an order with the chosen vendor (290).</p> |
