APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR ROUTE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G06Q50/00 H04H60/68 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: at least one route is developed, which satisfies the route search condition received from an information processing terminal, and information distributor identification information for identifying the information distributor; for each route, greenhouse gas emissions released when using the route are calculated; the route search result, which includes a route and emissions, is sent to the information processing terminal; a route selection request is received from the information processing terminal; emissions are compensated for by deducting emissions corresponding to the selected route from the number of emission "credits" stored in a storage device and corresponding to the information distributor identified by the information distributor identification information, and the compensation result is sent to the information processing terminal.

EFFECT: design of apparatus for searching for a route in which for end users of information distribution services, actions of these end users can be associated with environmental protection actions by compensating for carbon emissions in real time when travelling to desired destinations.

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