Patent ID: 7660664

Claim:
An information service system comprising: a contents service provider for providing contents data of a content together with an application software for providing an informational service intended by the content; a service center located outside a vehicle and for collecting the contents data together with the application software provided by the contents service provider; and one of terminals of plural kinds used in the vehicle and coupled with the service center through a wireless communication configured to receive the informational service, wherein the terminal includes a vehicle information detection means for detecting vehicle information including a viewability of the terminal and a vehicle traveling condition, the terminal being configured to send the vehicle information to the service center, the service center includes a terminal control means for managing terminal information indicating a kind of the terminal, the service center further includes an information service control means for executing the application software and configured to adaptively modify a form of the content suitable for the kind of the terminal based on the terminal information before providing the informational service, the service center further includes a control determination means configured to determine a control, which is specific to the vehicle information and to be imposed on the informational service to be provided, based on the vehicle information, the informational service control means provides the informational service with the control when the control determination means determines the control is to be imposed, the service center restricts the information service from being provided when the vehicle traveling condition indicates that the driver of the vehicle is not suitable for receiving the contents when both of the following conditions are not satisfied: the vehicle speed is equal to 0 km/h, and the position of a parking brake is ON, and the terminal is a car navigation system.