Patent ID: 6952643

Claim:
A road traffic information provider system, comprising: an information provider system that provides road traffic information via wireless communication; and a navigation apparatus that comprises an information obtaining device which obtains road traffic information provided from the information provider system, a road traffic information obtaining device which obtains road traffic information provided via at least one of radio broadcast and light beacons and radio wave beacons, and a display control device which controls to display road traffic information obtained by the information obtaining device and the road traffic information obtaining device on a display device, wherein: the navigation apparatus further comprises a decision-making device that makes a decision whether or not road traffic information is obtained by the information obtaining device; the information obtaining device of the navigation apparatus transmits information related to a request of road traffic information to the information provider system when the decision-making device has made a decision that road traffic information is obtained by the information obtaining device; and the information provider system provides road traffic information to the navigation apparatus in response to the information related to the request transmitted from the information obtaining device of the navigation apparatus.