Guide information providing system, guide information providing method, server device, terminal device

A guide information providing method comprising the steps of:

• accepting input of a specified location;
• storing guide information classified by position wherein guide information including time-of-day information, and position information, of a thing which is the object of guiding, are correlated;
• selecting guide information which is correlated with position information indicating the position corresponding to said specified location based on the content of specified location information of which the input has been accepted in said accepting, and said guide information specified by position, and satisfies a time-of-day condition with at least the current time-of-day and thereafter as reference;
• and
• performing display such that the guide information selected in said selecting, and position information correlated with the guide information thereof are provided to a user in a predetermined display format.

A server device making up an information providing system together with a terminal device, comprising:

• communication means configured to perform data communication with said terminal device;
• storing means configured to store guide information classified by position wherein guide information including time-of-day information, and position information, of a thing which is the object of guiding are correlated;
• and
• control means;
• wherein said control means execute
• information selection processing for selecting guide information in the case of location information specified by said terminal device being received by said communication means, which is correlated with position information indicating the position corresponding to said specified location based on the content of the received specified location information and said guide information classified by position, and satisfies a time-of-day condition with at least the current time-of-day and thereafter as reference, and
• transmission control processing for controlling said communication means to transmit the guide information selected in said information selection processing, and the position information correlated with the guide information thereof to said terminal device.

A terminal device making up a guide information presenting system together with a server device, comprising:

• communication means configured to perform data communication with said server device;
• display means configured to display information;
• and
• control means;
• wherein said control means execute
• guide information obtaining control processing for controlling said communication means so as to periodically obtain guide information classified by position wherein guide information including time-of-day information, and position information, of a thing which is the object of guiding are correlated,
• specified location acceptance processing for accepting input of a specified location,
• information selection processing for selecting guide information which is correlated with position information indicating the position corresponding to said specified location based on the content of the specified location information of which the input has been accepted in said specified location acceptant processing, and said guide information classified by position obtained in said guide information obtaining control processing, and satisfies a time-of-day condition with at least the current time-of-day and thereafter as reference, and
• display control processing for controlling said display means such that the guide information selected in said information selection processing, and the position information correlated with the guide information thereof are provided to a user in a predetermined display format.

A guide information providing system which is configured so as to include a terminal device, and a server device, comprising:

• a specified location acceptance unit, provided in said terminal device, configured to accept input of a specified location;
• a display unit, provided in said terminal device, configured to display information;
• a storing unit, provided in said server device, configured to store guide information classified by position wherein guide information including time-of-day information, and position information, of a thing which is the object of guiding, are correlated;
• an information selecting unit configured to select guide information which is correlated with position information indicating the position corresponding to said specified location based on the content of specified location information of which the input has been accepted by said specified location acceptance unit, and said guide information classified by position, and satisfies a time-of-day condition with at least the current time-of-day and thereafter as reference;
• and
• a display control unit, provided in said terminal device, configured to control said display unit to provide the guide information selected by said information selecting unit, and position information correlated with the guide information thereof to a user in a predetermined display format.

A server device making up an information providing system together with a terminal device, comprising:

• a communication unit configured to perform data communication with said terminal device;
• a storing unit configured to store guide information classified by position wherein guide information including time-of-day information, and position information, of a thing which is the object of guiding are correlated;
• and
• a control unit;
• wherein said control unit executes
• information selection processing for selecting guide information in the case of location information specified by said terminal device being received by said communication unit, which is correlated with position information indicating the position corresponding to said specified location based on the content of the received specified location information and said guide information classified by position, and satisfies a time-of-day condition with at least the current time-of-day and thereafter as reference, and
• transmission control processing for controlling said communication unit to transmit the guide information selected in said information selection processing, and the position information correlated with the guide information thereof to said terminal device.

A terminal device making up a guide information presenting system together with a server device, comprising:

• a communication unit configured to perform data communication with said server device;
• a display unit configured to display information;
• and
• a control unit;
• wherein said control unit executes
• guide information obtaining control processing for controlling said communication unit so as to periodically obtain guide information classified by position wherein guide information including time-of-day information, and position information, of a thing which is the object of guiding are correlated,
• specified location acceptance processing for accepting input of a specified location,
• information selection processing for selecting guide information which is correlated with position information indicating the position corresponding to said specified location based on the content of the specified location information of which the input has been accepted in said specified location acceptant processing, and said guide information classified by position obtained in said guide information obtaining control processing, and satisfies a time-of-day condition with at least the current time-of-day and thereafter as reference, and
• display control processing for controlling said display unit such that the guide information selected in said information selection processing, and the position information correlated with the guide information thereof are provided to a user in a predetermined display format.