Data supplying method and a portable terminal unit and a data supplying apparatus used in the method

• US 20020161720A1
• Filed: 10/19/2001
• Published: 10/31/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Hamazaki, Kenichi, Mori, Naoki, Shimizu, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US10/052,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20020161720A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/64
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/30 Map- or contour-matching
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/085 involving remote charge determination or related payment systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a data supplying method that can simply arrange photographing data together with supplementary information and a portable terminal unit used in the method and a data supplying apparatus.

The photographing data, such as an image photographed by a portable terminal in a move destination is sent to the data supplying apparatus together with the supplementary information, such as store data and map data. The data supplying apparatus supplies movement trail data created by combining the photographing data and the supplementary information to a terminal on the user side.

Claims

1. A data supplying method, comprising the steps of:

receiving user data that is sent from a first terminal and contains image data, and position data and time data when the image data is acquired;

creating compound data by combining this user data with map data and store data; and

sending the compound data to a second terminal on which this compound data can be displayed or the first terminal.

2. A data supplying method, comprising the steps of:

receiving user data that is sent from a first terminal and contains image data, and position data and time data when the image data is acquired;

receiving store data from a first database;

creating compound data by combining these user data and store data with map data;

sending the compound data to a second terminal on which this compound data can be displayed or the first terminal; and

calculating a rate of the compound data to carry out at least either of charging to a distributor of the store data or charging to either the first terminal or the second terminal.

3. The data supplying method according to claim 2, wherein the first terminal or the second terminal can access the first database when the compound data is received.

4. A portable terminal unit, comprising:

an image photographing unit;

a transmitter that sends image data photographed by this image photographing unit to a service center together with time and position data for which photographing is performed; and

a display unit of the image data,

wherein a pointer based on store data and a pointer based on the image data are displayed on a map displayed on the display unit when compound data in which the image data, time data, and position data are combined with the store data and map data are received from the service center.

5. The portable terminal unit according to claim 4, wherein a database containing the store data can be accessed by selecting the pointer based on the store data.

6. The portable terminal unit according to claim 4, wherein an image photographed at the pointer position is displayed on the display unit by selecting the pointer based on the image data.

7. A data supplying apparatus, comprising a means that stores store data,

wherein the stored store data can be supplied to a combining unit that creates compound data by combining image data, position data, time data, the store data, and map data.

8. A data supplying method, in which data is supplied via the steps of:

receiving image data as user data sent from a movable first terminal, position data and time data when the image data is acquired, map data, and store data;

storing the data;

creating compound data by combining the user data and store data with the map data; and

supplying the compound data to the first terminal or a second terminal side on which the compound data can be displayed.

9. A data supplying method, in which data is supplied via the steps of:

receiving image data as user data sent from a movable first terminal, position data and time data when the image data is acquired, map data, and store data;

storing the data;

creating compound data by combining the user data and store data with the map data;

supplying the compound data to the first terminal or a second terminal side on which the compound data can be displayed; and

calculating a rate of the combining and supply to carry out charging to the store data distributor, the first terminal side or the second terminal side.

10. The data supplying method according to claim 9, wherein, in the step of charging, an amount of charging to the store data distributor is specified as a discount point and an amount of charging to the first terminal side or the second terminal side is calculated.

11. A data supplying apparatus, comprising:

a storage device that stores user data which is sent from a first terminal and contains image data, and position data and time data when the image data is acquired together with map data and store data; and

a combining unit that creates compound data by combining the user data and the store data with the map data, wherein the compound data is supplied to the first terminal or a second terminal on which the compound data can be displayed.

13. The data supplying apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the combining unit, in the first terminal or the second terminal, displays an image pointer based on image data and a store pointer based on store data on the map data and the data that corresponds to the selected pointer is displayed when at least either of the pointers is selected.

14. The data supplying apparatus claim 11 or 12, wherein the storage device stores the user data in accordance with a user ID.

15. The data supplying apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the combining unit retrieves map data used in combining from the user data.

12. A data supplying apparatus, comprising:

a storage device that stores user data which is sent from a first terminal and contains image data, and position data and time data when the image data is acquired together with map data and store data;

a combining unit that creates compound data by combining the user data and the store data with the map data;

a supplying apparatus that supplies the compound data to the first terminal or a second terminal on which the compound data can be displayed; and

a charging unit that calculates a rate of the compound data and performs charging to a store data distributor or performs charging to either the first terminal or the second terminal.

16. A data supplying apparatus, comprising:

a storage device that stores map data,

wherein the stored map data can be supplied to a combining unit for creating compound data by combining the map data, image data, position data, time data, and store data.