Patent ID: 6882933
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: G01S,G08G,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information providing system in which a mobile terminal and an information server are coupled via a network, and said information server manages information to be provided in a manner that said information to be provided is correlated with positional information associated with said information to be provided, and said information server provides said information to be provided with reference to said positional information of said mobile terminal, wherein said information server divides map data into a plurality of areas and manages information to be provided in a manner that said information to be provided is correlated with any area among said plurality of areas including the position represented by said positional information associated with said information to be provided and manages a destination and a current place of said mobile terminal, and when a current area including said current place is different from a destination area including said destination, said information server retrieves information concerning said destination area and starts to transmit said information retrieved, before said mobile terminal moves into said destination area.