Information communication system, facility-side apparatus and program, user-side apparatus and program, status detecting device and program, updating device and program
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1. An information communication system comprising:
- a user-side apparatus that is associated with a user;
a facility-side apparatus provided at a facility, which the user is capable of visiting; and
a management apparatus configured to store a plurality of history information items that indicates services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities, wherein;
the user-side apparatus includes appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to the facility-side apparatus a user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus, the user identifying information item being used for identifying an appearance characteristic of the user;
the facility-side apparatus includes output means for outputting the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus;
the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus;
the facility-side apparatus includes service information generating means for generating service selection information item used for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus, the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus;
the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item together with notification of the service selection information item generated by the service information generating means;
the service information generating means of the facility-side apparatus detects whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus,transmits a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item,receives the user identifying information item, andresponsive to receipt of the user identifying information item,determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided,when the use-history-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information,when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, thendetermines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided,when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information,and generates the service selection information item based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic that is identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility that has the facility-side apparatus;
the appearance information transmitting means of the user-side apparatus detects whether the request for the user identifying information item is received, and in response to the request transmits the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus to the facility-side apparatus, when the wireless request for the user identifying information item is received from the facility-side apparatus;
the facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; and
the facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus.
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Abstract
An information communication system includes a user-side apparatus that is associated with a user and a facility-side apparatus provided at a facility, which the user is capable of visiting. The user-side apparatus transmits to the facility-side apparatus a user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus. The user identifying information item is used for identifying an appearance characteristic of the user. The facility-side apparatus outputs the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus.
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1. An information communication system comprising:
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a user-side apparatus that is associated with a user; a facility-side apparatus provided at a facility, which the user is capable of visiting; and a management apparatus configured to store a plurality of history information items that indicates services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities, wherein; the user-side apparatus includes appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to the facility-side apparatus a user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus, the user identifying information item being used for identifying an appearance characteristic of the user; the facility-side apparatus includes output means for outputting the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the facility-side apparatus includes service information generating means for generating service selection information item used for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus, the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item together with notification of the service selection information item generated by the service information generating means; the service information generating means of the facility-side apparatus detects whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus, transmits a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item, receives the user identifying information item, and responsive to receipt of the user identifying information item, determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, then determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, and generates the service selection information item based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic that is identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility that has the facility-side apparatus; the appearance information transmitting means of the user-side apparatus detects whether the request for the user identifying information item is received, and in response to the request transmits the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus to the facility-side apparatus, when the wireless request for the user identifying information item is received from the facility-side apparatus; the facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; and the facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67)
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29. A facility-side apparatus provided at a facility, which a user is capable of visiting, the facility-side apparatus being capable of communicating with a user-side apparatus associated with the user, the user-side apparatus including appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to the facility-side apparatus a user identifying information item related to the user in response to a request for user identifying information item, the user identifying information item being used for identifying an appearance characteristic of the user, the facility-side apparatus comprising:
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output means for outputting the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; service information generating means for generating service selection information item used for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus, the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; and a management apparatus configured to store a plurality of history information items that indicates services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities, wherein; the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item together with notification of the service selection information item generated by the service information generating means; and the service information generating means detects whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus transmits a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item, receives the user identifying information item, and responsive to receipt of the user identifying information item, determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, then determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, and generates the service selection information item based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic that is identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility that has the facility-side apparatus, the facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; and the facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 63, 64, 68, 69)
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40. A user-side apparatus associated with a user for being capable of communicating with a facility-side apparatus, the facility-side apparatus being provided at a facility, which the user is capable of visiting, the facility-side apparatus including output means for outputting an appearance characteristic of the user identified based on a user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus, the user-side apparatus comprising:
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appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to the facility-side apparatus the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus, the user identifying information item being used for identifying the appearance characteristic of the user; and a management apparatus configured to store a plurality of history information items that indicates services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities, wherein; the facility-side apparatus includes service information generating means for generating service selection information item used for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus, the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item; and the service information generating means of the facility-side apparatus detects whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus, transmits a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item, receives the user identifying information item, and responsive to receipt of the user identifying information item, determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, then determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, and generates the service selection information item based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic that is identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility that has the facility-side apparatus; the appearance information transmitting means of the user-side apparatus detects whether the request for the user identifying information item is received, and in response to the request transmits the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus to the facility-side apparatus, when the wireless request for the user identifying information item is received from the facility-side apparatus; the facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; and the facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 70)
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51. A status detecting device for an information communication system,
wherein the information communication system includes a user-side apparatus associated with a user, the user-side apparatus including appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to a facility-side apparatus a user identifying information item used for identifying a status information item indicative of an appearance characteristic of the user and indicative of a state related to the user, the status information item being received from the status detecting device, wherein the system includes a management apparatus that stores a plurality of history information items indicating services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities, wherein the system includes a facility-side apparatus provided at a facility, which the user is capable of visiting, the facility-side apparatus including service information generating means for detecting whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus, for transmitting a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item, for receiving the user identifying information item, and responsive to receipt of the user identifying information item, for determining, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracting at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, then determining, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracting at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, and generating a service selection information item for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility having facility-side apparatus, the one of the plurality of history information items corresponding to the status information item identified based on the user identifying information item, the facility-side apparatus including notifying means for providing notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus together with the service selection information item generated by the service information generating means, the appearance information transmitting means of the user-side apparatus detects whether the request for the user identifying information item is received, and in response to the request transmits the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus to the facility-side apparatus, when the wireless request for the user identifying information item is received from the facility-side apparatus, and wherein the system includes a status detecting device mounted to a vehicle, the status detecting device comprising: -
status detecting means for detecting at least one of a state of the user that sits in the vehicle and a state of the vehicle; status information transmitting means for transmitting the status information item indicative of the state detected by the status detecting means to the user-side apparatus; wherein the facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; and the facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (71)
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52. An updating device suitable for an information communication system, wherein:
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the system includes an updating device provided in a vehicle, the system includes a user-side apparatus associated with the user, the user-side apparatus including appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to a facility-side apparatus a user identifying information item related to the user received from the updating device, the user identifying information item being used for identifying a face-shot image of the user, as an appearance characteristic of the user; the system includes the facility-side apparatus provide at a facility, at which the user is capable of visiting, the facility-side apparatus including output means for outputting the face-shot image of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the output means provides notification of the face-shot image of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the system includes a management apparatus configured to store a plurality of history information items that indicates services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities; the facility-side apparatus includes service information generating means for generating service selection information item used for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus, the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item together with notification of the service selection information item generated by the service information generating means; the service information generating means of the facility-side apparatus detects whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus, transmits a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item, receives the user identifying information item, and responsive to receipt of the user identifying information item, determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, then determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, and generates the service selection information item based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic that is identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility that has the facility-side apparatus; the appearance information transmitting means of the user-side apparatus detects whether the request for the user identifying information item is received, and in response to the request transmits the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus to the facility-side apparatus, when the wireless request for the user identifying information item is received from the facility-side apparatus; the updating device comprising a capturing device that captures an image of a face of the user to generate the face-shot image and that transmits the face-shot image to the user-side apparatus associated with the user to perform image updating processing, the user sitting in a driver seat of the vehicle; the facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; and the facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 72)
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57. An article of manufacture for a facility-side apparatus provided at a facility, which a user is capable of visiting, the facility-side apparatus being capable of communicating with a user-side apparatus associated with the user, the user-side apparatus including appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to the facility-side apparatus a user identifying information item related to the user, the user identifying information item being used for identifying an appearance characteristic of the user, the article of manufacture comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable medium readable by a computer; and program instructions carried by the computer readable medium for causing the computer to serve as; output means for outputting the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; service information generating means for generating service selection information item used for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus, the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; and a management apparatus configured to store a plurality of history information items that indicates services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities, wherein; the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item together with notification of the service selection information item generated by the service information generating means; the service information generating means detects whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus, transmits a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item, receives the user identifying information item, and responsive to receipt of the user identifying information item, determines, from the plurality of history, information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, then determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identification information, and generates the service selection information item based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic that is identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility that has the facility-side apparatus; the appearance information transmitting means of the user-side apparatus detects whether the request for the user identifying information item is received, and in response to the request transmits the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus to the facility-side apparatus, when the wireless request for the user identifying information item is received from the facility-side apparatus;
the facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; andthe facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74)
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58. An article of manufacture for a user-side apparatus associated with a user for being capable of communicating with a facility-side apparatus, the facility-side apparatus being provided at a facility, which the user is capable of visiting, the facility-side apparatus including output means for outputting an appearance characteristic of the user identified based on a user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus, the article of manufacture comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable medium readable by a computer; and program instructions carried by the computer readable medium for causing the computer to serve as; appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to the facility-side apparatus the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus, the user identifying information item being used for identifying the appearance characteristic of the user; and a management apparatus configured to store a plurality of history information items that indicates services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities, wherein; the facility-side apparatus includes service information generating means for generating service selection information item used for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the user identifying information item received from the appearance information transmitting means, the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item; and the service information generating means of the facility-side apparatus detects whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus, transmits a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item, receives the user identifying information item, and responsive to receipt of the user identifying information item, determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of the facility where the facility apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, then determines, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, and generates the service selection information item based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic that is identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility that has the facility-side apparatus; the appearance information transmitting means of the user-side apparatus detects whether the request for the user identifying information item is received, and in response to the request transmits the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus to the facility-side apparatus, when the wireless request for the user identifying information item is received from the facility-side apparatus;
whereinthe facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; and the facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (75)
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59. An article of manufacture for a status detecting device for an information communication system,
wherein the information communication system includes a user-side apparatus associated with a user, the user-side apparatus including appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to a facility-side apparatus a user identifying information item used for identifying a status information item indicative of an appearance characteristic of the user and indicative of a state related to the user, the status information item being received from the status detecting device, wherein the system includes a management apparatus that stores a plurality of history information items indicating services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities, wherein the system includes a facility-side apparatus provided at a facility, which the user is capable of visiting, the facility-side apparatus including service information generating means for detecting whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus, for transmitting a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item, for receiving the user identifying information item, and responsive to receipt of the user identifying information item, for determining from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history, of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of facility is determined to exist, then extracting at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, then determining, from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracting at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, extracting one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus and generating a service selection information item for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility having facility-side apparatus, the one of the plurality of history information items corresponding to the status information item identified based on the user identifying information item, the facility-side apparatus including notifying means for providing notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus together with the service selection information item generated by the service information generating means, and wherein the system includes a status detecting device mounted to a vehicle, the article of manufacture comprising: -
a non-transitory computer readable medium readable by a computer; and program instructions carried by the computer readable medium for causing the computer to serve as; status detecting means for detecting at least one of a state of the user that sits in the vehicle and a state of the vehicle; status information transmitting means for transmitting the status information item indicative of the state detected by the status detecting means to the user-side apparatus; and the appearance information transmitting means of the user-side apparatus detects whether the request for the user identifying information item is received, and in response to the request transmits the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus to the facility-side apparatus, when the wireless request for the user identifying information item is received from the facility-side apparatus; wherein the facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; and the facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (76)
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60. An article of manufacture for an updating device suitable for an information communication system, wherein:
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the system includes an updating device provided in a vehicle; the system includes a user-side apparatus associated with the user, the user-side apparatus including appearance information transmitting means for transmitting to a facility-side apparatus a user identifying information item related to the user received from the updating device, the user identifying information item being used for identifying a face-shot image of the user as an appearance characteristic of the user; the system includes the facility-side apparatus provide at a facility, at which the user is capable of visiting, the facility-side apparatus including output means for outputting the face-shot image of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the output means provides notification of the face-shot image of the user identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the updating device comprising a capturing device that captures an image of a face of the user to generate the face-shot image and that transmits the face-shot image to the user-side apparatus associated with the user to perform image updating processing, the user sitting in a driver seat of the vehicle; the system includes a management apparatus configured to store a plurality of history information items that indicates services provided in a past at a plurality of facilities; the facility-side apparatus includes service information generating means for generating service selection information item used for selecting a service to be provided to the user based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus, the user having the appearance characteristic identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus; the output means provides notification of the appearance characteristic of the user identified based on the user identifying information item together with notification of the service selection information item generated by the service information generating means; the service information generating means of the facility-side apparatus detects whether the user-side apparatus exists in a communication area of the facility-side apparatus, and when the user-side apparatus is detected in the communication area of the facility-side apparatus, transmits a wireless request to the user-side apparatus for the user identifying information item, receives the user identifying information item, and responsive to receipt of the user identifying information item, determines from the plurality of history information items, as a use-history-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of use history of the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identified by the user identifying information, when the use-history-of-facility is determined to not exist, then determines, from the plurality of history information items as a use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility, whether the user identified by the user identifying information has a history indicative of a use history of a facility of the same kind of industry, as the facility where the facility-side apparatus is provided, when the use-history-of-same-kind-of-facility is determined to exist, then extracts at least one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus which has the history indicative of the use history of the facility of the same kind of industry as the facility where the facility-side-apparatus is provided by the user identifying information, extracts one of the plurality of history information items stored in the management apparatus and generates the service selection information item based on the extracted one of the plurality of history information items, the one of the plurality of history information items being related to and corresponding to both (a) the user having the appearance characteristic that is identified based on the user identifying information item received from the user-side apparatus and (b) the facility that has the facility-side apparatus; and the appearance information transmitting means of the user-side apparatus detects whether the request for the user identifying information item is received, and in response to the request transmits the user identifying information item related to the user of the user-side apparatus to the facility-side apparatus, when the wireless request for the user identifying information item is received from the facility-side apparatus, the article of manufacture comprising; a non-transitory computer readable medium readable by a computer; and program instructions carried by the computer readable medium for causing the computer to serve as the capturing device; wherein the facility-side apparatus is capable of performing radio communication with the user-side apparatus; and the facility-side apparatus is configured to receive the user identifying information item from the user-side apparatus that is in a state for being capable of communicating with the facility-side apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (77)
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