Service providing apparatus and method for supporting creation of route

A service providing apparatus for supporting creation of a route, the service providing apparatus comprising:

• a public transportation information providing unit configured to provide line number information indicating line numbers of one or more public transportation means usable at a departure point on a map displayed on a user interface, the line number information including information of adjacent stations in a predetermined range from the departure point input through the user interface, wherein the line number information is provided by referring to information of the map and public transportation information which are prestored in a memory unit;
• and
• a route creating unit configured to
• create information of a personalized route for a user based on a destination, a public transportation used to the destination, a get-on station and a get-off station, when (i) the destination is selected by the user through the user interface, (ii) a public transportation to reach the destination is selected from among the one or more public transportation means, and (iii) the get-on station and the get-off station to be used on the personalized route are each selected from among the stations provided from the line number information at departure point, wherein the information of the personalized route includes information of the selected route,
• wherein in creating the information of the personalized route, the route creating unit is configured to sequentially create
• (i) specific line number information corresponding to a specific line number among the line numbers included in the line number information, when the user selects the specific line number,
• (ii) information of the get-on station and information of the get-off station based on the adjacent stations and the destination, and
• (iii) information of one or more routes usable for the one or more public transportation means between the departure point and the destination based on the specific line number information, the information of the get-on station and the information of the get-off station until a distance or a time measured based on walking from the get-off station to the destination is less than a predetermined reference value, wherein the one or more routes is created by matching to the specific line number information, and
• generate information of walking route between the get-off station and the destination, and
• create the information of the personalized route between the departure point and the destination by using the information of the one or more routes and the information of the walking route.