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Network system for serving information to mobile terminal apparatus

  • US 6,473,790 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/1998
  • Issued: 10/29/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An information serving system comprising a mobile apparatus and a terminal apparatus, wherein:

  • (i) said mobile apparatus includes;

    a memory which stores ticket information including departure time data; and

    a display which displays various information, (ii) said terminal apparatus is installed in a building, and includes;

    a communication device which communicates data with said mobile apparatus;

    a database which stores map information representing a location of a facility, and usable facility information regarding a usable facility; and

    a controller which;

    (a) controls said communication device to read the ticket information stored in said memory of said mobile apparatus, (b) calculates a time interval between a current time and a departure time represented by the departure time data, (c) retrieves the usable facility information from said database in accordance with a length of the time interval, and (d) causes said communication device to transmit to said mobile apparatus the retrieved usable facility information together with the map information representing the location of the facility indicated by the retrieved usable facility information; and

    (iii) said mobile apparatus controls said display thereof to display the transmitted usable facility information on a map based on the transmitted map information.

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