Patent ID: 7453471

Claim:
A service providing system for correlating service to a virtual object which is data having spatial information, relating to shape and location, constructed on a computer corresponding to a specified space, for disposing the virtual object in a virtual space associated with an actual space, and for providing service corresponding to the specified space according to a positional relationship between a movable mobile member and the virtual object, comprising: a storage device that associates object information related to the spatial information of the virtual object with service information specifying a service content, and that stores the object information and service information; and a location-information acquisition device that obtains location information used for identifying a location of the mobile member, when it is determined according to the location information obtained by the location-information acquisition device and the object information stored in the storage device that the mobile member is disposed in an inside area of the specified space identified by the shape and location of the virtual object, service corresponding to the specified space being provided according to the service information stored in the storage device, the service including restriction of a specific action, the object information including information, the information providing a preset time duration for appearance of the virtual object, and the shape of the virtual object including a sphere or a cube.