US 2001/0013012 A1 · Portable information terminal apparatus and information provision method

Abstract

An information provision method comprises, a step of storing contents containing a moving image and being associated with an article constituted by characters or a still picture on a paper publication, which has contents locating information indicating a location of said contents and being printed within or in the vicinity of the article, in a server on a communication network, a step of reading the contents locating information on the paper publication by a portable information terminal apparatus; and a step of displaying the contents corresponding to said contents locating information on a display of said portable information terminal apparatus accessing the server and acquiring the contents based on the contents locating information.

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Dependent claims

A portable information terminal apparatus comprising:

a display element;
a communication element;
a reading element which reads access destination information indicated on a printed matter;
a control element which connects to an access destination corresponding to said access destination information through said communication element, receives contents from said access destination, and executes a browser for displaying said received contents on said display element;
and
an apparatus case which includes said display element, said reading element and said control element;
wherein a reading window for said reading element is provided on said apparatus case.

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An information provision method comprising:

storing contents containing a moving image and being associated with an article constituted by characters or a still picture on a paper publication, which has contents locating information indicating a location of said contents and being printed within or in the vicinity of said article, in a server on a communication network;
reading said contents locating information on said paper publication by a portable information terminal apparatus;
and
displaying said contents corresponding to said contents locating information on a display of said portable information terminal apparatus accessing said server and acquiring said contents based on said contents locating information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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