Patent ID: 7161502

Claim:
An information display system, comprising: (a) a map information storage in which map information is stored; (b) an input device used to input a designated point relevant to a date or a date and time; (c) a schedule information storage that stores the designated point relevant to the date or the date and time; (d) a route search device that, in advance of the date or the date and time, selects a route to the designated point based on the date or the date and time; (e) a display device that displays a calendar and a map (f) a selection device that allows the selection of either the date or the date and time; and (f) a display control device that, upon selection of either the date or the date and time: controls the display of the map, the map covering the designated point relevant to the date or the date and time, either of the date or the date and time being selected from the calendar and displayed on the display device and the map being displayed based on the date or the date and time; simultaneously displays the calendar and the map on the display device; and displays, on the map, the route to the designated point.