Server system, information system, and in-vehicle apparatus

An information system comprising:

• a related word memory that stores information representing a relation between a plurality of registered words;
• a content memory that stores information about a content corresponding to any one of the plurality of words;
• an input circuit that receives an input from a user;
• a communication circuit that receives an input word based on the input from the user received by the input circuit;
• a related word search circuit that searches for a related word, which is related to the received input word, in the related word memory;
• a content determination circuit that provides the user with any of information about a content corresponding to the received input word or information about a content corresponding to the related word;
• a related word modification circuit that provisionally registers a newly received input word in the related word memory in a state capable of changing an association between the newly received input word and other words in the related word memory, when the newly received input word is not registered in the related word memory, wherein
• the related word modification circuit provisionally registers a word corresponding to a content selected by the user, from information about contents provided by the content determination circuit and the newly received input word in the related word memory;
• and wherein
• when the newly received input word that has been provisionally registered in the related word memory is received again, the related word modification circuit changes the word associated with the newly received input word from the word corresponding to the content selected by the user to a word corresponding to a content newly selected by the user in the related word memory;
• and
• a content display controller that causes a display monitor to display a content selection screen for selecting the content corresponding to the newly received input word or the content corresponding to the related word based upon information about contents provided by the content determination circuit and provides a content selected by the user on the content selection screen.

An in-vehicle apparatus, comprising:

• an input circuit that receives an input from a user;
• a vehicle information acquisition circuit that acquires vehicle information about a vehicle status;
• a communication circuit that transmits an input word based on the input from the user or the vehicle information and receives priorities which are set respectively to a plurality of contents corresponding to the input word or a related word, which is related to the input word, or a plurality of contents corresponding to the vehicle status;
• a related word modification circuit that provisionally registers a newly received input word in the related word memory in a state capable of changing an association between the newly received input word and other words in the related word memory, when the newly received input word is not registered in the related word memory, wherein
• the related word modification circuit provisionally registers a word corresponding to a content selected by the user, from information about contents provided by the content determination circuit and the newly received input word in the related word memory;
• and wherein
• when the newly received input word that has been provisionally registered in the related word memory is received again, the related word modification circuit changes the word associated with the newly received input word from the word corresponding to the content selected by the user to a word corresponding to a content newly selected by the user in the related word memory;
• and
• a content display controller that causes a display monitor to display a content selection screen for selecting either the plurality of contents corresponding to the newly input word or the related word or the plurality of contents corresponding to the vehicle status, and provides a content selected by the user on the content selection screen.