Patent ID: 8477034
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06Q,G07B,G07F

Abstract:
1. An information providing system comprising: a portable terminal; and a server that provides the portable terminal with information of an arrival time of the portable terminal at a destination, wherein the portable terminal comprises an RFID tag to which identification information of the destination and identification information of a departure place are written; and a communication unit that transmits the destination identification information, the departure place identification information, and information of a departure time which is a current time to the server when triggered by the departure place identification information written in the RFID tag; and wherein the server comprises an arrival time deriving unit that derives the arrival time at the destination using the departure place identification information, the destination identification information, and the departure time information transmitted from the portable terminal; and a communication unit that transmits the information of the arrival time at the destination to the portable terminal; wherein the information providing system further comprises: a departure place passage checking device installed in the departure place and having a write unit that writes the departure place identification information to the RFID tag when the portable terminal passes near its own device; and a destination input device installed in an arbitrary point and having an input unit to which the destination identification information is input and a write unit that writes the destination identification information to the RFID tag, wherein the destination input device comprises: an arrival time deriving unit that derives the arrival time at the destination by using the place where the destination input device is installed as the departure place and by using the information of the destination and the current time; and a display unit that displays the arrival time at the destination.