Patent ID: 7209756

Claim:
A gateway server communicating with a plurality of mobile terminals via a first network and communicating with a plurality of information provider servers via a second, public network, comprising: a menu data control that sends a mobile terminal via the first network at least one set of menu data to guide a user of the mobile terminal, through at least one round of menu selection process, to said menu selection for requesting location-related information that the user is interested in obtaining, wherein at least one of the at least one set of the menu data is accessible by the gateway server; a request transmission control that receives a request for the location-related information from the mobile terminal via the first network, wherein the request comprises an identification of a base station to which the mobile terminal is connected and a network address attributed to an information provider server, and sends at least a part of the request via the second network to the information provider server; an area name finder that uses the identification of the base station to obtain an area name indicative of a geographical location of the base station, wherein the area name finder obtains the area name before the request transmission control sends the at least a part of the request to the information provider server, and informs the information provider server of the area name via the second network, wherein the information provider server uses the area name to obtain the location-related information regarding a geographical area stored in relation to the area name; and an information transmission control that receives from the information provider server via the second network at least a part of the location-related information and sends at least a part of the received information to the mobile terminal via the first network.