| US 7,529,617 B2 | ||
| Area information provision system and method | ||
| Takashi Ono, Kobe (Japan); Shingo Fujimoto, Kobe (Japan); Jun Kakuta, Kobe (Japan); Masahiko Murakami, Kobe (Japan); Sumiyo Okada, Kawasaki (Japan); and Akinori Iwakawa, Akashi (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 12, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/798,851. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-088548 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0080554 A1, Apr. 14, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 701—207 [701/200; 701/201; 701/213; 701/25; 340/998; 340/995.12] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A system for providing area information comprising:
a first information processing device to transmit at least one item of area information; and
a second information processing device to receive the at least one item of area information;
wherein the first information processing device comprises:
a first storage unit to store area information including location information,
a second storage unit to store mode of transportation and specific location information corresponding to mode of transportation
in pairs,
a receiving unit to receive location information of a user from the second information processing device,
an inference unit to infer a mode of user transportation based on the received location information of a user of the second
information processing device,
a destination estimation unit operable to estimate a next stop of the mode of user transportation based on the specific location
to the inferred mode of user transportation in the second storage unit, the inferred mode of user transportation, and the
received location information of a user of the second information processing device,
an extraction unit to extract at least one item of area information specific to the estimated next stop of the mode of user
transportation from the first storage unit, and
a transmission unit to transmit the at least one item of area information extracted by the extraction unit to the second information
processing device; and
wherein the second information processing device comprises:
a receiving unit to receive the at least one item of area information from the first information processing device.
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