Patent ID: 6879285

Claim:
A store information display system comprising: a communication network; a mobile unit terminal, connected to said communication network, having position detection means which detects position thereof; a store information control apparatus, connected to said communication network; a receiving means, provided in said store information control apparatus, for receiving positioning data detected by said position detection means and retrieval conditions with respect to a request of a retrieval of store information from said mobile unit terminal; a store information retrieval means, provided in said store information control apparatus, for establishing a retrieval area in a direction of travel of said mobile unit terminal based on said received positioning data of said mobile unit terminal and said retrieval conditions, and performing retrieval of stores information within said retrieval area; a retrieval area adjusting means, provided in said store information retrieval means, for adjusting dimensions of said retrieval area in accordance with retrieval conditions received from said mobile unit terminal; and a stores information transmitting means, provided in said store information control apparatus, for transmitting stores information founded by said store information retrieval means to said mobile unit terminal.