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Mobile object location providing device and mobile object location providing system

  • US 20090125231A1
  • Filed: 12/12/2008
  • Published: 05/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile object location providing device comprising:

  • a distribution data database that stores area information of a predetermined area;

    an area information acquiring unit that, upon receiving an area information request from an information providee having a communicating unit, searches for area information of an area surrounding a location of the information providee in the distribution data database and thereby acquires area information, and sends the acquired area information as distribution data to the information providee;

    a mobile object information storage unit that stores distribution condition information that includes information about time required for distribution of distribution data;

    a distribution time estimating unit that, upon receiving an area information acquisition request from the information providee, estimates distribution time that is time for distributing the distribution data to the information providee based on input distribution condition information; and

    a movement amount estimating unit that estimates a future location of the information providee after lapse of the distribution time based on input current location and input movement history of the information providee, wherein the area information acquiring unit acquires area information based on the estimated future location and wherein the distribution condition information is the distribution condition information recorded according to the movement speed of the information providee or the communication condition of the communicating unit, or according to both thereof, and the distribution time estimating unit estimates the distribution time by use of the distribution condition information.

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