Patent ID: 7180427

Claim:
An information system for supplying a predetermined region with information, comprising: a transmitter for transmitting information in digitally coded form; and a hand-held device which further comprises a receiver for receiving the information transmitted by the transmitter, a digital memory device for storing the information received, a reproduction device for acoustically and/or optically reproducing the stored information, and an event detection device for detecting specific events, wherein, upon the detection of an event from the stored information, the information which is assigned to the detected event is selected for reproduction, wherein the event detection device comprises a navigation system for determining the present location, the event for which the associated information is selected corresponds to reaching a determined location wherein the signals for determining the present location are transmitted from a transmitter which is different from the transmitter for transmitting information in digitally coded form wherein the determined region is determined by the information system, wherein the information is transmitted to the hand-held device without an involvement from the user, wherein the information is transmitted to the hand-held device independently of a previously planned route, wherein the transmission of the information is performed blockwise and is modulated on a carrier signal.