Patent ID: 6917968

Claim:
A communication apparatus to output information of an information generating terminal to an output terminal via a network, comprising: a communication device adapted to receive position status information of the information generating terminal, to update position information of the information generating terminal in a database in accordance with the received position status information, and to transmit geographic map information in accordance with the position information to an output terminal; a search device adapted to search position information in the database in accordance with a request by said output terminal; and a display information generating device adapted to generate display information as the geographic map information, said display information including a geographic map corresponding to the position information searched from the database and an icon to be displayed on the geographic map, said icon representing the information generating terminal and a URL for accessing the information generating terminal being linked at the position of the icon, the position of the icon and the position of the URL linked thereto displayed on the geographic map being changed in accordance with the updated position information of the information generating terminal, wherein, said communication device transmits the geographic map information to the output terminal in response to the request from the output terminal, and wherein the output terminal displays the geographic map with the icon representing the information generating terminal, and the output terminal accesses the information generating terminal in response to a designation of the icon on the geographic map.