Patent ID: 6782267
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G01C,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A regional information providing method comprising the steps of:accessing a regional information providing web site, using information retrieval equipment; designating a desired area within a pare of the web site displayed on the information retrieval equipment, using the information retrieval equipment; obtaining regional information on the desired area from a database storing the regional information, using the information retrieval equipment; generating an electronic mail through interaction between the information retrieval equipment and the web site, said electronic mail including the obtained regional information on the desired area and an electronic mail address of a portable information terminal unit to be carried into the desired area; transmitting the electronic mail to an electronic mail server to preserve the regional information and the electronic mail address therein; and causing said portable information terminal unit carried into the desired area to receive the regional information preserved in the electronic mail server and to display regional information images on a display unit of said portable information terminal unit.