Information providing device
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Abstract
An information providing system is disclosed to provide information to a traveling user, the information providing system including: a visit history record unit (306) which detects that the user visits a place which is away from a user'"'"'s living area in order to generate a travel history, and records, as a visit history, the travel history together with a visit area which represents the visited place; a visit history database (303); a facility information database (304) which provides the user with the information regarding the visit area recorded in the visit history database (303); a facility information search unit (308); and the like.
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29 Claims
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14. An information providing apparatus which provides information to a traveling user, said information providing apparatus comprising:
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a travel history record unit operable to record a travel history of the user;
a reference area extraction unit operable to extract a reference area from the recorded travel history, the reference area being a place where the user has stayed more than certain times;
a visit area extraction unit operable to extract a visit area from the recorded travel history, the visit area being a place where the user has stayed and which is far from the extracted reference area with a certain distance;
a visit history record unit operable to record a visit history, the visit history being the travel history including the extracted visit area; and
an information providing unit operable to provide to the user with information regarding the visit area recorded by said visit history record unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for providing information to a traveling user, said method comprising:
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recording a travel history of the user;
extracting a reference area from the recorded travel history, the reference area being a place where the user has stayed more than certain times;
extracting a visit area from the recorded travel history, the visit area being a place where the user has stayed and which is far from the extracted reference area with a certain distance;
recording a visit history, the visit history being the travel history including the extracted visit area; and
providing the user with information regarding the visit area recorded in said recording.
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28. A program for use in an information providing apparatus for providing information to a traveling user, said program causing a computer to execute:
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recording a travel history of the user;
extracting a reference area from the recorded travel history, the reference area being a place where the user has stayed more than certain times;
extracting a visit area from the recorded travel history, the visit area being a place where the user has stayed and which is far from the extracted reference area with a certain distance;
recording a visit history, the visit history being the travel history which includes the extracted visit area; and
providing the user with information regarding the visit area recorded in said recording.
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29. An information providing system comprising a mobile terminal and a server apparatus, in order to provide information to the user via said mobile terminal,
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a travel history send unit operable to send a travel history of the user to said sever apparatus; and
a presentation unit operable to present, to the user, information sent from said server apparatus, and said server apparatus includes;
a travel history record unit operable to record the travel history sent from said mobile terminal;
a reference area extraction unit operable to extract a reference area from the recorded travel history, the reference area being a place where the user has stayed more than certain times;
a visit area extraction unit operable to extract a visit area from the recorded travel history, the visit area being a place where the user has stayed and which is far from the extracted reference area with a certain distance;
a visit history record unit operable to record a visit history, the visit history being the travel history including the extracted visit area; and
an information providing unit operable to send, to said mobile terminal, information regarding the visit area recorded by said visit history record unit.
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Specification