Patent ID: 7561958

Claim:
An information providing system for a vehicle, including an information providing apparatus and a navigation apparatus, and card reading means for reading information stored in a card or information transmitted to the card, wherein: the information providing apparatus comprises: information storage means for storing information; and information transmission means for transmitting the information stored in the information storage means to the navigation apparatus; and the navigation apparatus comprises: information reception means for receiving information transmitted from the information providing apparatus; information providing means for providing the information received by the information reception means to a user; card detection means for detecting card type of the card and readiness for the information stored in or transmitted to the card to be read by the card reading means; information acquisition means for, when the card detection means detects readiness to read the information, acquiring information about a facility associated with the detected card type from the information providing apparatus; and associated facility information providing means for providing, via the information providing means, the information about the facility acquired by the information acquisition means.