Route guide apparatus and guidance method
First Claim
1. A route guide apparatus for finding a route to a destination and supplying the route to a user terminal, comprising:
- landmark storage means for storing information regarding facilities which are landmarks;
route search means for searching for a route that reaches the destination and that passes near at least one of the facilities which are landmarks; and
route supplying means for supplying the route found by the route search means to the user terminal.
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Abstract
A route guide apparatus and method finds a route to a destination and supplies the route to a user terminal. The apparatus stores information regarding facilities which are landmarks, searches for a route that reaches the destination and that passes near at least one of the facilities which is a landmark, and supplies the route to a user terminal. The route guidance apparatus and method may further store advertisement information. In that case, preferably a search is made for a route that passes near the facility which is a landmark and whose advertisement information is to be supplied to the user. This enables advertisers to supply advertisement information to the user when the user passes near the landmark facility.
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27 Claims
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1. A route guide apparatus for finding a route to a destination and supplying the route to a user terminal, comprising:
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landmark storage means for storing information regarding facilities which are landmarks;
route search means for searching for a route that reaches the destination and that passes near at least one of the facilities which are landmarks; and
route supplying means for supplying the route found by the route search means to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A route guidance method of a route guide apparatus for finding a route to a destination and supplying the route to a user terminal, comprising:
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receiving a user set destination;
searching for a route that reaches the destination and that passes near at least one facility that is stored in a database of landmarks; and
supplying the route to the user terminal.
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20. A route guidance method of a route guide apparatus for finding a route to a destination and supplying the route to a user terminal, comprising:
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receiving a user set destination;
searching for a route that reaches the destination and that passes near at least one facility that is stored in a database of landmarks and whose advertisement information is to be supplied to the user; and
supplying the route to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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