Terminal unit, position display method, information providing system, and information providing method

• US 6,996,405 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2005
• Issued: 02/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawamoto, Yoji
• Primary Examiner(s): GELIN, JEAN ALLAND
• Application Number:
  US11/075,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20050164715A1
• Time in Patent Office: 336 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/414.2, 455/458, 455/459, 455/405, 455/406, 455/407, 342/357.01, 342/450, 342/457, 701207-214, 340/905, 340/988, 340/990, 340/993
• US Class Current: 455/456.6
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A radiocommunication system including a portable terminal, a base station and a server. The portable terminal transmits a destination to the server and further sends the ID number (CS_—ID) of the base station coupled through a radio link to the portable terminal. The server has a table representative of a corresponding relationship between the ID number of the base station and the standing position of the base station and retrieves the position corresponding to the ID number thereof as the present position of the portable terminal from the table. Further, the server transmits map data corresponding to the present position of the portable terminal to the portable terminal.

Claims

1. An information providing method comprising the steps of:

receiving from a terminal unit a signal to be used to determine a present position of said terminal unit other than by said terminal unit at a position apart from said terminal unit, said signal including azimuth information and said signal being demodulated from a multiplexed signal previously received by said terminal unit;

determining the present position of said terminal unit on the basis of said received signal from said terminal unit without position determination processing having been performed on the demodulated signal at said terminal unit to determine the present position of said terminal unit; and

transmitting the determined present position to said terminal unit.