Patent ID: 7020584

Claim:
A vehicle information providing apparatus comprising: information acquisition function for accessing a storage device and acquiring information associated with progress status of a plurality of vehicles before shipping, which information is stored in the storage device; and information providing function for, via said information acquisition function to refer to the storage device by using an identification information as a key, acquiring information associated with progress status of a specific vehicle corresponding to the identification information, the identification information which is acquired from an information terminal that is connected via a communication line to allow two-way communications and specifies a user of the information terminal or a vehicle, and for providing the acquired information to the information terminal from which the identification information was output, wherein the information associated with progress status of the vehicle contains a photographed image of the specific vehicle under assembly in an assembly line of a vehicle manufacturer, and wherein the information associated with progress status of the vehicle, which is acquired by said information acquisition function contains photographed images of at least all vehicles which are under assembly in the assembly line of the vehicle manufacturer and are customizable as the specific vehicle, wherein said information acquisition function composites a name of a purchaser of the specific vehicle to the photographed image.