Method and system for providing service by robot

A method of providing service by operating a robot, comprising:

• a selecting step of causing a client which requests service performed by the robot to select a robot operation provider from a plurality of robot operation providers on the basis of a content of service requested to the robot;
• a transmitting step of transmitting operation request information corresponding to the service to the robot operation provider selected in the selecting step via Internet;
• a receiving step of receiving operation information returned from the robot operation provider via the Internet on the basis of the operation request information transmitted in the transmitting step;
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• a service accepting step of accepting the service performed by the robot operated on the basis of the operation information received in the receiving step.

A method of accepting service from an operated robot, comprising:

• a transmitting step of transmitting operation request information corresponding to a service requested to the robot to a robot operation provider;
• a receiving step of receiving operation information returned from the robot operation provider on the basis of the operation request information transmitted in the transmitting step;
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• a service accepting step of accepting the service from the robot operated on the basis of the operation information received in the receiving step.

A method of accepting service from an operated robot, comprising:

• a selecting step of selecting a robot operation provider from a plurality of robot operation providers on the basis of a content of a service requested to the robot;
• a transmitting step of transmitting operation request information corresponding to the service to the robot operation provider selected in the selecting step;
• a receiving step of receiving operation information returned from the robot operation provider on the basis of the operation request information transmitted in the transmitting step;
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• a service accepting step of accepting the service from the robot operated on the basis of the operation information received in the receiving step.

A system for providing service by operating a robot, comprising:

• a plurality of service requesting means, respectively having robots connected via a communication network, for transmitting pieces of operation request information of services requested to said respective robots via the communication network;
• a plurality of remote control means for returning pieces of operation information for operating the robots to said service requesting means as transmission sources via the communication network on the basis of the pieces of operation request information, and remotely controlling the robots equipped in said service requesting means as return destinations on the basis of the returned pieces of operation information;
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• operation request distributing means for receiving the pieces of operation request information transmitted from said plurality of service requesting means via the communication network, and distributing the received pieces of operation request information on the basis of a content of the operation request information to any of the remote control means.