Server apparatus, information providing program, recording medium recording information providing program, information providing method, portable terminal device, terminal processing program, recording medium recording terminal processing program, and information providing system

An information providing method comprising:

• a step of, at a server apparatus, receiving acceleration information indicating an acceleration when a user shakes a portable terminal device toward a direction in which the user desires to acquire information, direction information indicating the direction, position information indicating a position of the portable terminal device, and an information acquisition request from the portable terminal device via a communication means;
• a step of, at the server apparatus, determining an information extraction range based on the received acceleration information, the direction information and the position information;
• a step of, at the server apparatus, extracting provision information corresponding to a position within the determined information extraction range from a provision information storing unit that stores the provision information to be provided to the user of the portable terminal device in association with position information;
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• a step of, at the server apparatus, transmitting the extracted provision information to the portable terminal device having made the information acquisition request via the communication means.

An information providing system comprising a portable terminal device and a server apparatus to which the portable terminal device is accessible via a communication means,

• wherein the portable terminal device comprises:
• a position information acquiring unit that acquires position information indicating a position of the portable terminal device;
• a information acquiring unit that acquires acceleration information indicating an acceleration when a user shakes a portable terminal device toward a direction in which the user desires to acquire information, direction information indicating the direction, position information indicating a position of the portable terminal device;
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• an information acquisition request transmitting unit that transmits the acquired acceleration information, the direction information, the position information and the information acquisition request to the server apparatus via a communication means, and
• the server apparatus comprises:
• an information acquisition request receiving unit that receives the transmitted acceleration information, the direction information, the position information and the information acquisition request;
• an information extraction range determining unit that determines an information extraction range based on acceleration information, the direction information and the position information;
• a provision information extracting unit that extracts provision information corresponding to a position within the determined information extraction range from a provision information storing unit that stores the provision information to be provided to the user of the portable terminal device in association with position information;
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• a provision information transmitting unit that transmits the extracted provision information to the portable terminal device having made the information acquisition request via the communication means.

A portable terminal device comprising:

• a information acquiring unit that acquires acceleration information indicating an acceleration when a user shakes a portable terminal device toward a direction in which the user desires to acquire information, direction information indicating the direction, position information indicating a position of the portable terminal device;
• an information acquisition request transmitting unit that transmits the acquired acceleration information, the direction information, the position information and the information acquisition request to the server apparatus via a communication means;
• a receiving unit that receives providing information transmitted from the server apparatus in response to the information transmitted by the information acquisition request transmitting unit, the providing information is extracted by the server apparatus from a providing information storing unit that stores providing information in association with position information, on the basis of position information within an information extraction range determined based on the acceleration information, the direction information and the position information;
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• a displaying unit that displays the received providing information.