Patent ID: 8484320

Claim:
An information providing server comprising at least a storage device that stored at least one piece of application software for providing at least one service to a wireless communications terminal and at least one data necessary for the service, a communication interface, and a control module, which provides the at least one service to the wireless communication terminal connected by radio to the at least one wireless base station via the at least one wireless base station, wherein: the storage device stores service information including application identification information of at least one piece of application software that is available within a wireless service area of the at least one wireless base station, in association with an identifier of the wireless station for each of the wireless base stations; and the control module is configured to: extract from the storage device, the service information stored in association with an identifier of each of the wireless base stations; create a communication frame that contains the extracted service information; and transmit the created communication frame to the wireless communication terminal via the wireless base station that is associated with the service information in the communication frame in a predetermined cycle, and notify the wireless communication terminal of the service information including application identification information of at least one piece of application software that is available within a wireless service area of the wireless base station.