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Electronic guide system, contents server for electronic guide system, portable electronic guide device, and information processing method for electronic guide system

  • US 8,972,186 B2
  • Filed: 01/23/2013
  • Issued: 03/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device comprising:

  • a display unit to control display of a map on a screen display, wherein the map includes an area through which a user moved and one or more routes in the area determined from map data,wherein the display unit is operable to control plotting on the map displayed on the screen display of a user route the user moved through based on user action history information representative of the user route the user moved through, wherein the user action history information includes positional information identifying user positions and wherein the user route is displayed on the map by plotting markings over the map to show a movement track of the user, the markings being plotted based on the positional information identifying user positions, wherein the display unit is operable to control display of a thumbnail of an image, the image taken by the user in the area, on the same screen display with the map displayed with the markings showing the movement track of the user and in a display area external to the map, the thumbnail specified to be displayed in the display area based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions, andwherein the display unit is operable to control display of the thumbnail, in response to user operation, to be laid out on a site on the map displayed on the same screen display with the markings showing the movement track of the user, the site corresponding to the location at which the image is taken, based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions.

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