AN INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AN INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AN INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM AND AN INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD
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Abstract
An information providing apparatus of the present invention prevents searching a database for an object in a narrow area. The apparatus according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an information storing means which stores a positional description for each object; a searching means which receives a search request including an area designation, searches, based on the positional description, the information storing means for the object existing in the area and outputs an identifier of the object found; and a checking means which rejects the search request if the area size is not more than a permissible value.
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42 Claims
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23. An information providing apparatus comprising:
- an information storing unit which stores a positional description for each object;
a checking unit which receives a search request including an area designation, and outputs the search request to a searching unit if the area size is more than a permissible value but otherwise rejects the search request; and the searching unit which receives the search request from the checking unit, searches, based on the positional description, the information storing unit for the object existing in the area and outputs an identifier of the object found. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- an information storing unit which stores a positional description for each object;
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31. A non-transient computer-readable recording medium which records an information providing program which makes a computer function as:
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an information storing unit which stores a positional description for each object; a checking unit which receives a search request including an area designation, and outputs the search request to a searching unit if the area size is more than a permissible value but otherwise rejects the search request; and the searching unit which receives the search request from the checking unit, searches, based on the positional description, the information storing unit for the object existing in the area and outputs an identifier of the object found. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An information providing method wherein a computer . comprising an information storing unit:
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storing a positional description for each object in the information storing unit; receiving a search request including an area designation, searching, based on the positional description, the information storing unit for the object existing in the area and outputs an identifier of the object found if the area size is more than a permissible value, but otherwise rejecting the search request. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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Specification