Patent ID: 6946991

Claim:
A portable terminal comprising: a religious service time detection unit to determine if the present time matches a religious service time; a first notification device to generate a first notification identifying that the present time matches the religious service time; an azimuth detector to detect an azimuth to produce azimuth information that is automatically activated if it is determined that the present time matches the religious service time; a position detector to detect a present position to produce position information that is automatically activated if it is determined that the present time matches the religious service time; a direction match discriminator to determine a direction toward a prescribed place based on the azimuth information and the position information, and to determine whether a direction designated by a prescribed portion of a portable terminal body matches the direction toward the prescribed place; and a second notifying device to notify a user of a match detected between the direction designated by the prescribed portion of the portable terminal body and the determined direction toward the prescribed place.