Search system of communications device

A search method of a communications device in a search system having a plurality of first communications devices, a plurality of gateways connected to said first communications devices, said first communications devices being separated from and remotely located from the gateway, and a control server for managing locations of said gateways, said first communications devices being able to communicate with a second communications device provided with identification information, said method comprising:

• a step of receiving in said control server a search request including the identification information and information about a geographical area;
• a step of transmitting from said control server the identification information received to the gateways in the geographical area;
• a step of causing said gateways to request said first communications devices to search for the second communications device that stores the identification information received;
• and
• a step of receiving in the gateways a result of the search from said first communications devices.

An information search system having a service agent server for receiving a transmission request of information from a terminal, and a control server for managing information to be provided to said terminal,

• said service agent server comprising:
• storing means for storing types of services to be provided to said terminal and attribute information information el.111Ce Ling instruments with establishing correspondence between them;
• transmission request receiving means for receiving the transmission request including a type of service from said terminal;
• and
• transmitting means for extracting, from said storing means, attribute information corresponding to the type of service included in the transmission request, and for transmitting the attribute information to said control server, and said control server comprising:
• collected information storing means for storing the attribute information of said information collecting instruments and collected information transmitted from said information collecting instruments in correspondence with each other;
• and
• search means for retrieving the collected information corresponding to the received attribute information by searching said collected information storing means.

An information search method in an information search system having a service agent server for receiving a transmission request of information from a terminal, and a control server for managing information to be provided to said terminal, said service agent server having storing means for storing types of services to be provided to said terminal and attribute information of information collecting instruments with establishing correspondence between them, said control server having collected information storing means for storing identification information of said information collecting instruments and the collected information transmitted from said information collecting instruments in correspondence with each other, said information search method comprising:

• a step of receiving, in said service agent server, the transmission request including a type of service from said terminal;
• a step of extracting, in said service agent server, the attribute information corresponding to the type of service included in the transmission request from said storing means, and of transmitting the attribute information to said control server;
• and
• a step of retrieving, in said control server, collected information of the information collecting instruments corresponding to the received attribute information by searching said collected information storing means.