Patent ID: 6473704
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An information service system for supplying the user with information on the present position or a specific place which the user is approaching, comprising:a portable unit carried by said user and an identification tag installed at a specific place, wherein said identification tag includes: a predetermined information storage unit for storing predetermined information; an identification tag control unit for generating the transmission information including the predetermined information stored in said predetermined information storage unit, and an identification tag transmitter for transmitting the transmission information generated in said identification tag control unit; and wherein said portable unit includes: a portable unit receiver for receiving the transmission information transmitted from said identification tag transmitter; a portable unit controller for selecting the guide information in accordance with the transmission information received by said portable unit receiver; and a portable unit information output unit for outputting the guide information selected by said portable unit controller; wherein said predetermined information storage unit includes selected one of an identification tag ID information storage unit for storing the identification tag ID information for specifying the user, a voice storage unit for storing the voice information and a symbol information storage unit for storing the symbol information including alpha-numeric characters; wherein said identification tag control unit includes an information type setting unit for setting the type of the information output from said identification tag ID information storage unit; and wherein said portable unit controller includes an information type determination unit for determining the type of the transmission information received by said portable unit receiver.