Patent ID: 8244450

Claim:
A vehicle position information providing device, comprising: a communication device that communicates over a mobile phone network; a controller that: acquires a first current position of a vehicle based on a radio signal received from a GPS satellite; acquires a second current position of the vehicle based on a current position measured by the mobile phone network and received by the communication device, the current position measured by the mobile phone network being measured without using a radio signal received from a GPS satellite; determines whether the first current position and the second current position coincide; if the first current position and the second current position do not coincide, causes the communication device to transmit information relating to the first current position and the time at which the first current position was detected to an information center; and if the first current position and the second current position coincide, prevents the communication device from transmitting information relating to the first current position and the time at which the first current position was detected to an information center.