Patent ID: 9112925
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
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, 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.