Content providing area presentation system

• US 20040059498A1
• Filed: 08/22/2003
• Published: 03/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chinomi, Satoshi, Fujita, Susumu, Takagi, Toru, Ishiwaka, Takuo
• Granted Patent: US 7,054,740 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence

Abstract

A content providing area presentation system is configured to present content providing area candidates to enable a user to readily select an appropriate content providing area when at least one of the content providing area candidates is presented to the user. The content providing area presentation system comprises a user inputting section and a displaying section. The user inputting section is configured and arranged to request content providing area candidates for presenting at least one of the content providing area candidates to a user based on a selection criterion. The displaying section is configured and arranged to display the at least one of the content providing area candidates in response to the selection criterion established by the user inputting section.

Claims

1. A content providing area presentation system comprising:

a user inputting section configured and arranged to request content providing area candidates for presenting at least one of the content providing area candidates to a user based on a selection criterion; and

a displaying section configured and arranged to display the at least one of the content providing area candidates in response to the selection criterion established by the user inputting section.

2. The content providing area presentation system as recited in claim 1, wherein

the selection criterion of the user inputting section is based on traveling route information.

3. The content providing area presentation system as recited in claim 1, wherein

the selection criterion of the user inputting section is based on vehicle information.

4. The content providing area presentation system as recited in claim 1, wherein

the selection criterion of the user inputting section is based on time information.

5. The content providing area presentation system as recited in claim 1, wherein

the selection criterion of the user inputting section is based on content providing area information related to the content providing area candidates.

6. The content providing area presentation system as recited in claim 5, wherein

the content providing area information is parking lot vacancy information.

7. The content providing area presentation system as recited in claim 5, wherein

the content providing area information is a processing capacity of a main facility installed for the content providing area candidates.

8. The content providing area presentation system as recited in claim 1, wherein

the selection criterion of the user inputting section is based on a distribution preparation time for the content at the content providing area candidates.

9. The content providing area presentation system as recited in claim 1, wherein

the selection criterion of the user inputting section is based on a download time for the content.

10. A method of presenting content providing area candidates to a user, comprising:

inputting a content request for content providing area candidates for presenting at least one of the content providing area candidates to a user based on a selection criterion; and

displaying the at least one of the content providing area candidates in accordance with the selection criterion established by the content request.

11. A content providing area presentation system comprising:

user selection means for inputting a content request for content providing area candidates for presenting at least one of the content providing area candidates to a user based on a selection criterion; and

a displaying means for displaying the at least one of the content providing area candidates in response to the selection criterion established by the user selection means.