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Information providing system and navigation apparatus

  • US 20060267801A1
  • Filed: 04/19/2006
  • Published: 11/30/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information providing system for a vehicle, including an information providing apparatus and a navigation apparatus, and card reading means for reading information stored in a card or information transmitted to the card, wherein:

  • the information providing apparatus comprises;

    information storage means for storing information; and

    information transmission means for transmitting the information stored in the information storage means to the navigation apparatus; and

    the navigation apparatus comprises;

    current location detection means for detecting current location of the vehicle;

    information reception means for receiving information transmitted from the information providing apparatus;

    information providing means for providing the information received by the information reception means to a user;

    card detection means for detecting readiness for the information stored in or transmitted to the card to be read by the card reading means;

    information acquisition means for, when the card detection means detects readiness to read the information, acquiring information about a facility associated with the card from the information providing apparatus; and

    associated facility information providing means for providing, via the information providing means, the information about the facility acquired by the information acquisition means, based on the current location of the vehicle detected by the current location detection means.

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