Patent ID: 7805484

Claim:
An information delivery system comprising portable terminals and a managing server in which information is delivered to portable terminals belonging to an information delivery range, wherein: each of the portable terminals comprises: a request range acquisition section for acquiring a first request range and a second request range, a positional information acquisition section for acquiring positional information of the portable terminal, and a request transmission section for transmitting a first information delivery request including the first request range and the positional information and a second information delivery request including the second request range and the positional information; and the managing server comprises: log information to store delivery information and positional information delivered to a portable terminal in the past, wherein the managing server is configured to calculate, on the basis of positional information and a first request range of a first information delivery request, and a number of accesses of the respective delivery information items belonging to the first request range, wherein the managing server is configured to calculate, on the basis of positional information and a second request range of a second information delivery request, and a number of accesses of the respective delivery information items belonging to the second request range, wherein the managing server is configured to determine an information delivery rank of the e number of accesses of the respective delivery information items belonging to the first request range and the number of accesses of the respective delivery information items belonging to the second request range, and wherein the managing server is configured to transmit delivery information associated with the information delivery rank to the portable terminal.