Patent ID: 7693655

Claim:
A navigation system comprising: a computer readable medium including stored therein: a spot-site database configured to store position information of each of spots including at least one of a locational point and a facility on a map; and a spot-feature database configured to store feature information with respect to each of the spots, the feature information allowing a user to perceive a feature of the each of the spots; position obtaining means for obtaining a current position; activity range estimating means for estimating an activity range of the user based on records of former current positions obtained previously by the position obtaining means; accepting means configured to accept a retrieval condition from the user to retrieve spots; retrieving means configured to retrieve spots that meet the accepted retrieval condition from the spot-site database and are within a given region approximately centered at a current position obtained by the position obtaining means; designating means configured to designate feature information corresponding to each of the retrieved spots from the spot-feature database; and information providing means configured to provide, with respect to each of the retrieved spots, the designated feature information as initial information displayed prior to display of any other retrieved information including position information associated with the retrieved spot, wherein the information providing means provides designated feature information of a spot included in the activity range with a higher priority than a spot that is outside the activity range.