Patent ID: 7239269

Claim:
A golf play information providing system comprising: a portable terminal which calculates a current position based on position information transmitted from a GPS satellite and a GPS pseudo satellite, or the GPS satellite and an MTSAT (Multi-functional Transport Satellite), and displays information including the current position on a screen thereof; and a server which communicates with the portable terminal, and stores golf course information concerning a golf course and customer information concerning customers as golf players in a database, wherein said portable terminal comprises: a first input for inputting the golf course information based on the position information, and for transmitting it to the server; a second input for inputting the customer information, and for transmitting it to the server; a display terminal for displaying the golf course information and customer information transmitted from the server on the screen; a calculator for calculating a player's current position on the golf course based on the position information, and for displaying golf course information concerning the player's calculated current position on the screen; a controller for setting a target position on the screen of the portable terminal that displays the current position based on the position information, for calculating a distance between the current position and the set target position, and for displaying the calculated distance on the screen; and a transmitter for transmitting, to the server, the golf course information and customer information stored in the portable terminal to update the golf course information and customer information in the database, and wherein said server comprises: a first updating provider for updating the golf course information previously stored in the database with the received latest golf course information; a second updating provider for updating the customer information previously stored in the database with the received latest customer information; a transmitter for transmitting the updated golf course information and customer information to the portable terminal; and a database manager for registering, correcting, and deleting contents of the customer information transmitted by the portable terminal on the database.