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Information providing device

US7856311B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 13, 2004
Grant dateDec 21, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/3679
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An information providing system that provides information to a traveling user, includes a visit history record unit which detects that the user visits a place which is away from a user's living area in order to generate a travel history, and records, as a visit history, the travel history together with a visit area which represents the visited place. Moreover, the information providing system includes a visit history database, a facility information database which provides the user with the information regarding the visit area recorded in the visit history database, and a facility information search unit.

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