US 2006/0149684 A1 · Visiting place identification device and visiting place identification method

Abstract

The present invention includes: a current position determination unit (101) that determines a current position of a user; a facility candidate search unit (103A) that specifies, as a candidate for a visited place, a facility that is located within a predetermined area including the current position determined by the current position determination unit (101); an electronic money unit (108) and a payment amount calculation unit (104) that detect a payment amount of the user; and a most-likely visited facility identification unit (105A) that identifies a most-likely visited place by selecting from a plurality of facilities a facility corresponding to the payment amount detected by the electronic money unit (108) and the payment amount calculation unit (104), when the plurality of facilities are specified by the facility candidate search unit (103A).

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Dependent claims

A visited-place identification apparatus for identifying a visited place of a user, comprising:

a position determination unit operable to determine a position of the user;
a candidate specification unit operable to specify, as a candidate for the visited place, a facility that is located within a predetermined area including the position determined by said position determination unit;
a behavior detection unit operable to detect a behavior of the user;
and
a most-likely facility identification unit operable to identify a most-likely visited place by selecting from a plurality of facilities a facility corresponding to the behavior detected by said behavior detection unit, when the plurality of facilities are specified by said candidate specification unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Visiting place identification device and visiting place identification method

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Abstract

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