INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION CREATING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION CREATING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING POROGRAM, INFORMATION CREATINGN PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a point database of position information and address information (text data of an address without a predetermined area name) for a point and with which a point search process is executed; a map database that includes text data of an area name for map display and with which a map display process is executed; and a control unit that, when a process is executed that uses text data of an address of a search point retrieved by the point search process, acquires from the point database, the position information and address information of the search point, acquires based on the position information of the search point and from the map database, the text data of the area name in the address of the search point, combines the acquired address information and acquired text data, generating the text data of the address of the search point.
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32 Claims
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18. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a point database that includes position information and address information of a point and with which a point search process is executed, the address information being text data of an address without a predetermined area name; a map database that includes text data of an area name for displaying a map and with which a map display process is executed; and a control unit that, when a process is executed that uses text data of an address of a search point retrieved by the point search process, acquires from the point database, the position information and the address information of the search point, acquires based on the position information of the search point and from the map database, the text data of the area name in the address of the search point, combines the address information of the search point and the text data of the area name, and generates the text data of the address of the search point. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An information creating apparatus comprising:
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a map database that stores map data including text data of an area name for displaying a map; an acquiring unit that acquires from the map database map, map data including text data of an area name; an input unit that receives position information and address information of a point; a storage controlling unit that, based on the acquired map data, the received position information and the received address information and with respect to address information that includes a predetermined area name, stores the address information alone to a point database, excluding the predetermined area name. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus that includes a point database having position information and address information of a point and a map database having text data of an area name for displaying a map, executes a point search process using the point database, and executes a map displaying process using the map database, the method comprising:
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a first acquiring step of acquiring from the point database, when a process is executed that uses text data of an address of a search point retrieved by the point search process, position information and address information of the point; a second acquiring step of acquiring from the map database, text data of an area name in the address of the search point, based on the acquired position information of the search point; and a generating step of generating text data of the address of the search point by combining the address information of the search point and the text data of the area name. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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31. An information creating method for an information creating apparatus that includes a map database storing map data having text data of an area name for displaying a map and a point database storing position information and address information of a point, the method comprising:
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an acquiring step of acquiring from the map database, map data including text data of an area name; an input step of receiving position information and address information of a point; a storage control step of storing address information to the point database, wherein for address information that includes a predetermined area name, the address information alone is stored excluding the predetermined area name, based on the acquired map data, the received position information and the received address information.
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