Method and system for providing regional information
First Claim
1. A regional information providing method comprising the steps of:
- accessing a regional information providing web site, using information retrieval equipment;
designating a desired area within a pare of the web site displayed on the information retrieval equipment, using the information retrieval equipment;
obtaining regional information on the desired area from a database storing the regional information, using the information retrieval equipment;
generating an electronic mail through interaction between the information retrieval equipment and the web site, said electronic mail including the obtained regional information on the desired area and an electronic mail address of a portable information terminal unit to be carried into the desired area;
transmitting the electronic mail to an electronic mail server to preserve the regional information and the electronic mail address therein; and
causing said portable information terminal unit carried into the desired area to receive the regional information preserved in the electronic mail server and to display regional information images on a display unit of said portable information terminal unit.
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Abstract
A regional information providing method comprises the steps of: retrieving and obtaining regional information on a desired area from a regional information database site S2 stored with the regional information via the Internet, using a terminal unit T; transmitting the regional information on the desired area thus obtained to an electronic mail site S3 together with the electronic mail address of a portable information terminal unit E to be carried into the area as well as preserving the regional information therein; and making the portable information terminal unit carried into the desired area receive the regional information preserved in the electronic mail site S3 and also display regional information images on the display unit of the portable information terminal unit E.
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20 Claims
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1. A regional information providing method comprising the steps of:
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accessing a regional information providing web site, using information retrieval equipment;
designating a desired area within a pare of the web site displayed on the information retrieval equipment, using the information retrieval equipment;
obtaining regional information on the desired area from a database storing the regional information, using the information retrieval equipment;
generating an electronic mail through interaction between the information retrieval equipment and the web site, said electronic mail including the obtained regional information on the desired area and an electronic mail address of a portable information terminal unit to be carried into the desired area;
transmitting the electronic mail to an electronic mail server to preserve the regional information and the electronic mail address therein; and
causing said portable information terminal unit carried into the desired area to receive the regional information preserved in the electronic mail server and to display regional information images on a display unit of said portable information terminal unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A regional information providing system comprising:
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a database which stores regional information;
information retrieval equipment having a function of accessing a regional information providing web site, designating a desired area with a page of the web site displayed on the information retrieval equipment, retrieving regional information on the desired area from the database and interacting with the web site to generate an electronic mail including the retrieved regional information on the desired area and an electronic mail address of a portable information terminal unit to be carried into the desired area; and
an electronic mail server for receiving the electronic mail to preserve the regional information on the desired area together with the electronic mail address of the portable information terminal unit, wherein the portable information terminal unit having the electronic mail address and being carried into the desired area receives the regional information preserved in the electronic mail server and displays regional information images on a display unit thereof. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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