Patent ID: 7254481

Claim:
An action support method, comprising: storing map information; storing facility information; receiving a specification of a destination by a user; determining the destination of the user based on the specified destination; generating a planned route that links the destination of the user determined by determining the destination, and a starting point; receiving a specification of a position of a mark that is slidable by the user along an entire length of a virtual route; searching facility information about facilities which are located in a vicinity of the planned route based on the map information, the planned route and the facility information; determining facility information as recommended information to be presented to the user based on said searching; receiving a specification of an arbitrary position on the planned route; and determining the recommended information in accordance with the specified position, wherein the virtual route is equivalent to the entire length of the planned route that links the starting point to the destination, and based on a relative position of the mark with respect to the virtual route, said determining the recommended information in accordance with the specified position computes what location was specified on the planned route, and the recommended information is determined in accordance with the computed location.