Patent ID: 6993346

Claim:
An information receiving apparatus, receiving information from a plurality of information providing apparatuses, said information providing apparatuses each including an information storage circuit storing a plurality of information items and a transmission circuit transmitting the information items stored in said information storage circuit to said information receiving apparatus, said plurality of information items each containing information and information identification data for identifying said information, said information identification data being common to said plurality of information providing apparatuses, the information contained in said information items that are identified by the same said information identification data differing depending on said information providing apparatuses, and said information receiving apparatus comprising: an identification data storage circuit storing information identification data for identifying information to be selected; a reception circuit receiving said plurality of information items from an arbitrary one of said plurality of information providing apparatuses; a storage circuit connected to said reception circuit for storing said information items received by said reception circuit; and an output circuit connected to said identification data storage circuit and said storage circuit for selecting and outputting an information item having a predetermined relation with the information identification data stored in said identification data storage circuit from the information items stored in said storage circuit, wherein the information identification data is automatically transmitted to at least one of the information providing apparatuses when the information receiving apparatus enters a geographic area where the at least one information providing apparatus is located.