Patent ID: 8648697

Claim:
An information providing system using a network, the information providing system comprising: a tag for transmitting a tag identification code; a mobile communication terminal for receiving the tag identification code through a first network, generating map request data by the mobile communication terminal and transmitting the map request data together with the tag identification code through a third network; a mobile network operator computer for transmitting the tag identification code and the map request data, which are received from the mobile communication terminal through the third network, through a second network, wherein the mobile network operator computer manages the third network; a mobile map content provider computer for providing map data through the second network, wherein the mobile map content provider computer provides map data for defining a dynamic structure of geography and position-based local information; and a mobile portal computer for receiving the tag identification code and the map request data from the mobile network operator computer through the second network, receiving the map data from the mobile map content provider computer, and transmitting the map data to the mobile network operator computer, wherein the mobile portal computer manages a mobile webpage comprising local information, wherein the mobile network operator computer transmits the map data to the mobile communication terminal through the third network, wherein the information providing system further comprises a service provider computer for providing local information through the second network, wherein, upon receiving local information request data from the mobile communication terminal through the third network, the mobile portal computer receives local information, which corresponds to the installation area information of the tag interpreted using the tag identification code, from the service provider computer, and transmits the local information to the mobile network operator computer together with the map data, wherein the service provider computer comprises a wireless settlement system for receiving an electrical serial number from the mobile communication terminal connected through the first network and performing settlement for article purchase, and transmitting the electrical serial number and settlement data to the mobile portal computer, and wherein the mobile portal computer performs settlement for points, which are reserved for a register of the mobile communication terminal, based on the settlement data.