Patent ID: 7242967

Claim:
An information providing apparatus, comprising: a customer-side display for displaying various information pieces; a wireless module for enabling transmission and reception of information via a radio link to and from a mobile terminal having a terminal display; judging means for judging whether a display application command is included or not in a transmission command transmitted from the mobile terminal obtained via the wireless module; application right lending means for controlling, when the judging means has judged that the display application command is included in the transmission command transmitted from the mobile terminal, the customer-side display from the mobile terminal which has transmitted the display application command so as to display the information to be displayed on both the customer-side display and the terminal display; and an Internet means for browsing of web pages on an Internet network through connection thereto, wherein the judging means judges whether an Internet application command is included or not in the transmission command transmitted from the mobile terminal obtained through the wireless module, and the application right lending means controls, when the judging means has judged that the Internet application command is included in the transmission command transmitted from the mobile terminal, the Internet means from the mobile terminal which has transmitted the Internet application command, and wherein the display application command is an Internet application.