Patent ID: 7676029
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A guidance apparatus related to an operation of information equipment, providing guidance information on operations of the information equipment by performing mutual communications with a device, the guidance apparatus comprising: a database containing images about the information equipment; an identifying information receiving unit to receive the identifying information of the information equipment from the device; an image information reading unit to read the image from the database with respect to the identifying information received by an identifying information receiving unit; a creating unit to create guidance information containing the image read by the image information reading unit; a transmitting unit to transmit the guidance information created by the creating unit to the device; an image designation receiving unit to receive information determined by a manipulation about the guidance information on the device; and a control unit to control the image information reading unit to read the image used for the guidance information to be created next by the creating unit from the information received by the image designation receiving unit, wherein the guidance information further contains coordinates defined within the image and next image information that designates an image to be displayed next on the device when manipulating an image portion containing the defined coordinates, and the information received by the image designation receiving unit is information on the image to be displayed next on the device.