Patent ID: 7266376
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. An information providing system, comprising a mobile terminal and an information providing device, said mobile terminal including: a communication circuit communicating with said information providing device, a detection circuit detecting a position of said mobile terminal, an output circuit outputting information, and a control circuit connected to said communication circuit, said detection circuit and said output circuit, and controlling said mobile terminal, said control circuit including a circuit controlling said detection circuit and said communication circuit such that positional information representing a position of said mobile terminal is transmitted to said information providing device, said information providing device including: a communication circuit communicating with said mobile terminal, a first storage circuit storing schedule information representing a schedule to be executed by a user of said mobile terminal, and a control circuit connected to said communication circuit and said first storage circuit, and controlling said information providing device, said control circuit of said information providing device including a circuit controlling said communication circuit such that information related to an activity for executing said schedule is transmitted to said mobile terminal, based on said positional information received from said mobile terminal and said schedule information stored in said first storage circuit, and said control circuit of said mobile terminal further including a circuit controlling said output circuit such that the information related to the activity for executing said schedule received from said information providing device is output, said second storage circuit stores a detail of the event, and said information providing device further includes: a third storage circuit storing preference information representing a preference of said user, wherein, said circuit conducting a search conducts a search for an event that can be executed by a user of said mobile terminal from a degree of matching between said preference information and said detail of the event.