Patent ID: 7305448

Claim:
An information-processing apparatus comprising: an interface configured to control an operation to input criterion for selecting whether to receive information from a first transmission destination or a second transmission destination from an information-presenting apparatus; the interface further configured to control a second operation to input first favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of major commodities of a first category; the interface further configured to control a third operation to input second favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a corresponding sub-category of each of said one or more major commodities of said first category; a transmission controller configured to control transmission of information on said first transmission destination, said second transmission destination and a criterion for selecting either said first transmission destination or said second transmission destination to said information-presenting apparatus, wherein said information-presenting apparatus is configured to store commodity information corresponding to a geographic location, and wherein said criteria includes information corresponding to a geographic location of at least one of the first and second transmission destinations and said information-presenting apparatus is configured to store and transmit commodity information corresponding to said first favorite-commodity information, said second favorite-commodity information, and the geographic location of at least one of said first and second transmission destinations based on a determined geographic location of the at least one of said first and second transmission destinations.