IMAGE PROVISION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROVISION SYSTEM
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Abstract
An image provision device that provides an image exhibiting a distinctive feature of a locality to an address. On receipt from a mobile telephone (1a) of a position information mail (21) storing position information of the mobile telephone (1a), the image provision device transmits to the mobile telephone (1a) a reply mail (39) storing thumbnail images created based on the position information in the position information mail (21). Then, on receipt from the mobile telephone (1a) of an image select mail (22) storing a selection resulting from one thumbnail image from the thumbnail images being selected, the image provision device transmits to the address an image mail (40) storing an image based on the selection result in the image select mail (22).
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16 Claims
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9. A mobile terminal comprising:
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an image information acquiring unit that acquires one or more pieces of image information each corresponding to a candidate image, one of the candidate images to be provided to a destination .as an image relating to position information; and a reception unit that receives a piece of image information selected by a user from among the one or more pieces of acquired image information, the selected piece of image information corresponding to the image to be provided to the destination. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
the mobile terminal further comprises a display unit that displays the thumbnail images, the reception unit receives, as the selected piece of image information, a thumbnail image selected by the user from among the thumbnail images displayed by the display unit. -
12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein
each piece of image information corresponding to a candidate image is a title of the candidate image, the mobile terminal further comprises a display unit that displays the titles, and the reception unit receives, as the selected piece of image information, a title selected by the user from among the titles displayed by the display unit. -
13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, further comprising:
a transmitting unit that transmits the piece of image information received by the reception unit.
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14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, further comprising:
- a message creation unit that creates a message, wherein
the transmitting unit transmits, to a source form which the one or more pieces of image information are acquired, a message to be incorporated into the image to be provided to the destination.
- a message creation unit that creates a message, wherein
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15. The mobile terminal of claim 9, further comprising:
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an image receiving unit that receives an image relating to position information of another mobile terminal; and a image display unit that displays the received image.
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16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein
the image receiving unit receives the image into which a message is incorporated, and the image display unit displays the image together with the message incorporated into the message.
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Specification