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Information reporting system

US5867110A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 9, 1996
Grant dateFeb 2, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/0968
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is disclosed an information reporting system comprising a communication host apparatus including a database storing a plurality of data sets each concerning predetermined position, and a host computer, and at least one portable terminal including a data processing unit for executing predetermined processing based upon data received from a communication unit via a communication networks, and a display unit displaying images obtained by the data processing. The portable terminal further includes a current position detecting unit for detecting its current position, and is adapted to transmit position information data indicative of the current position. The host computer is responsive to read out from the database one of the data sets concerning the position corresponding to the provided position information data and supplies the portable terminal with the data set.

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