Information providing apparatus, system, method, and program for the same, and recording medium with the program recorded therein
First Claim
1. An information providing apparatus for providing information in response to a request from a customer, comprising:
- a service fee information storage that stores service fee information concerning an information service fee to charge when providing the information;
a customer specifying information storage that stores customer specifying information for specifying the customer including customer identifying information for identifying the customer;
a map information acquiring section for acquiring map information;
a positional information acquiring section for acquiring current position information concerning a current position of the customer;
a customer identifying information acquiring section for acquiring customer identifying information of the customer;
a request information acquiring section for acquiring service request information for requesting provision of the information;
an authenticating section for authenticating the customer identifying information by verifying the acquired customer identifying information to the stored customer specifying information in response to the acquired service request information;
a customer-oriented information generating section that acquires travel-use information based on the acquired current position information and to be used when traveling from the current position, and generates customer-oriented information to be provided to the customer based on the acquired current position information, map information and the travel-use information in response to the acquired service request information; and
an information providing section for processing the generated customer-oriented information so that the information can be provided to the customer, while, based on the customer specifying information corresponding to the authenticated customer identifying information, processing a settlement of an information service fee based on the stored service fee information.
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Abstract
In a navigation system according to the present invention, a server (400) acquires current position information, customer specifying information, and service request information from a terminal unit (300) via a network (200). In response to this service request information, the acquired customer specifying information is authenticated by verifying the acquired customer specifying information to customer specifying information including the customer specifying information previously stored and specifying the customer. Further in response to the service request information, the server acquires travel-use information to be used when traveling from a current position based on the current position information, and generates customer-oriented information to be provided to the customer based on the current position information, travel-use information, and map information previously stored. The server processes the customer-oriented information generated for the customer and makes settlement for an information service fee to charge when providing the customer-oriented information previously stored based on customer specifying information corresponding to the authenticated customer identifying information.
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18 Claims
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1. An information providing apparatus for providing information in response to a request from a customer, comprising:
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a service fee information storage that stores service fee information concerning an information service fee to charge when providing the information;
a customer specifying information storage that stores customer specifying information for specifying the customer including customer identifying information for identifying the customer;
a map information acquiring section for acquiring map information;
a positional information acquiring section for acquiring current position information concerning a current position of the customer;
a customer identifying information acquiring section for acquiring customer identifying information of the customer;
a request information acquiring section for acquiring service request information for requesting provision of the information;
an authenticating section for authenticating the customer identifying information by verifying the acquired customer identifying information to the stored customer specifying information in response to the acquired service request information;
a customer-oriented information generating section that acquires travel-use information based on the acquired current position information and to be used when traveling from the current position, and generates customer-oriented information to be provided to the customer based on the acquired current position information, map information and the travel-use information in response to the acquired service request information; and
an information providing section for processing the generated customer-oriented information so that the information can be provided to the customer, while, based on the customer specifying information corresponding to the authenticated customer identifying information, processing a settlement of an information service fee based on the stored service fee information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An information providing method for providing information in response to a request from a customer, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring map information, current position information concerning a current position of the customer, customer identifying information for the customer, and service request information requesting provision of the information;
authenticating the customer identifying information by verifying the acquired customer identifying information to customer specifying information for specifying the customer including the customer identifying information previously stored in response to the acquired service request information;
acquiring travel-use information to be used when traveling from the current position based on the acquired current position information to generate customer-oriented information to be provided to the customer based on the acquired current position information, map information, and travel-use information in response to the acquired service request information; and
processing the generated customer-oriented information so that the information can be provided to the customer while, based on the customer specifying information corresponding to the authenticated customer identifying information, processing a settlement of an information service fee based on previously stored service fee information concerning an information service fee to charge when providing the customer-oriented information.
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17. An information providing program operable in a computer for performing an information providing method, the information providing method for providing information in response to a request from a customer, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring map information, current position information concerning a current position of the customer, customer identifying information for the customer, and service request information requesting provision of the information;
authenticating the customer identifying information by verifying the acquired customer identifying information to customer specifying information for specifying the customer including the customer identifying information previously stored in response to the acquired service request information;
acquiring travel-use information to be used when traveling from the current position based on the acquired current position information to generate customer-oriented information to be provided to the customer based on the acquired current position information, map information, and travel-use information in response to the acquired service request information; and
processing the generated customer-oriented information so that the information can be provided to the customer while, based on the customer specifying information corresponding to the authenticated customer identifying information, processing a settlement of an information service fee based on previously stored service fee information concerning an information service fee to charge when providing the customer-oriented information.
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18. A recording medium storing an information providing programin a manner readable by a computer, the information providing program operable in the computer for performing an information providing method for providing information in response to a request from a customer, the method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring map information, current position information concerning a current position of the customer, customer identifying information for the customer, and service request information requesting provision of the information;
authenticating the customer identifying information by verifying the acquired customer identifying information to customer specifying information for specifying the customer including the customer identifying information previously stored in response to the acquired service request information;
acquiring travel-use information to be used when traveling from the current position based on the acquired current position information to generate customer-oriented information to be provided to the customer based on the acquired current position information, map information, and travel-use information in response to the acquired service request information; and
processing the generated customer-oriented information so that the information can be provided to the customer while, based on the customer specifying information corresponding to the authenticated customer identifying information, processing a settlement of an information service fee based on previously stored service fee information concerning an information service fee to charge when providing the customer-oriented information.
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