Patent ID: 7272638

Claim:
A local area information providing system, comprising: a local area information database for storing local area information with respect to areas corresponding to first real names; a first real name database for storing network addresses on a network, first real names and position information, wherein said first real names comprise a name in English and names of a verbal language other than English; a second real name database for storing network addresses corresponding to second real names; a web server for setting a position information of a client when an access word provided by the client is a first real name stored in the local area information database; and a real name server for determining whether the access word provided by the client is a first real name or a second real name when the access word is a real name, searching the first real name database using the first real name and position information of the client, finding a corresponding network address and providing the network address to the client when the access word input by the client is the first real name, and searching the second real name database using the second real name, finding a corresponding network address and providing the network address to the client when the access word input by the client is the second real name, wherein the real name server determines the access word as the first real name when the access word is stored in the local area information database and determines the access word as the second real name when the access word is not stored in the local area information database, wherein the real name server combines the position information of the client with the first real name and processes them as a single domain when the access word input from the client is the first real name.