Patent ID: 7386601
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A collected data providing apparatus comprising: a locating unit for locating a position of an object of data collection; a finding unit for finding a portable terminal present in a vicinity of the object of data collection located by the locating unit; a transmitter for transmitting to the found portable terminal a request to collect data on the object of data collection; a receiver for receiving from the portable terminal the data collected by the portable terminal in accordance with the request; and a send control unit for controlling the apparatus to: publish a data collector recruiting homepage on the Internet before the receiver receives the collected data; determine whether or not an applicant who has applied to be a data collector is qualified to be a data collector based upon the applicant's application data received from the applicant's terminal; register the applicant as a qualified data collector if the applicant is qualified to be a data collector; and send the registered applicant related information of the registered applicant.