Information providing system and information providing apparatus for mobile object
First Claim
1. An information providing system for a mobile object, which is connected to a terminal for searching a route to a destination point and guiding the user to said route on displaying means through a network, said system comprising:
- route type determining apparatus for determining the current moving purpose of the user of said terminal;
provided information selecting unit for selecting information to be provided to said user according to said moving purpose determined by said route type determining apparatus; and
transmitter for outputting provided information selected by said provided information selecting unit through said network.
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Abstract
Disclosed here is an information providing system for mobile objects. The system obtains information of a moving purpose of the user of each mobile object to provide the user with information matching with the moving purpose. The information providing system comprises route type determining apparatus for determining the type of the current route on which the user is moving, provided information selecting unit for selecting information to be provided to the user according to the route type determined by the route type determining apparatus, and provided information presenting means for presenting the information selected by the provided information selecting unit to the user. Therefore, the user can receive more proper information according to the user'"'"'s moving purpose at that time, thereby the convenience of the user is improved while the information provider can improve the advertisement effect by transmitting information to more proper users.
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15 Claims
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1. An information providing system for a mobile object, which is connected to a terminal for searching a route to a destination point and guiding the user to said route on displaying means through a network, said system comprising:
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route type determining apparatus for determining the current moving purpose of the user of said terminal;
provided information selecting unit for selecting information to be provided to said user according to said moving purpose determined by said route type determining apparatus; and
transmitter for outputting provided information selected by said provided information selecting unit through said network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An information providing apparatus, comprising:
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a storage unit for storing map information;
a detecting device of a current position;
an input device;
a display device;
means for guiding the user to a route between said current position and a destination point inputted through said inputting means by searching said route from said map information;
a determining unit of a moving purpose of said user on said route according to the information of said current position and a transmitter outputting a request for searching said information to be determined according to said determination through said network; and
wherein said display device displays information related to the periphery of said route received through said network in accordance with said route guidance. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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