Patent ID: 7562023

Claim:
A method for providing a user of a mobile terminal device with information using the mobile terminal device and a processing apparatus, wherein an action schedule representing an order of a plurality acts to be performed by the user is predetermined and stored in the processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: the mobile terminal device generating, and transmitting to the processing apparatus, execution information which specifies one of the plurality of acts performed by the user, wherein the execution information is information regarding a settlement of a purchase and sale transaction accompanied by the act specified by the execution information; the processing apparatus specifying a subsequent act which is scheduled to be performed by the user after the act specified by the execution information; the processing apparatus acquiring related information relevant to the subsequent act; and the processing apparatus transmitting the related information to the mobile terminal device such that the user is provided with the related information relevant to the subsequent act wherein the mobile terminal device includes a settlement function of communicating with a settlement apparatus in a commercial establishment so as to cashlessly perform the settlement of the purchase and sale transaction done by the user of the mobile terminal device, and the mobile terminal uses the communicating results to generate the execution information.