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US 8,897,155 B2Granted
Information providing apparatus, information providing method, and communication system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorShinichiro Tsuda
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Abstract
An information providing apparatus includes: a map information storage unit which maintains map information with which at least one of position information, address information, and names of buildings or shops is associated; a communication parameter obtaining unit which obtains communication parameters associated with the position information; an image information creating unit which creates image information in which the communication parameters associated with the position information are described on the map information; and a display unit which displays the image information created by the image information creating unit.
Claims16
An information providing apparatus comprising:
- a map information storage unit which maintains map information with which at least one of position information, address information, and names of buildings or shops is associated;
- a communication parameter obtaining unit which obtains communication parameters associated with the position information;
- an image information creating unit which creates image information in which the communication parameters associated with the position information are described on the map information;
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- a display unit which displays the image information created by the image information creating unit,
- wherein the position information is information for a location where a user performs wireless communication, and
- wherein the communication parameter obtaining unit obtains communication parameters, which include levels of congestion of base stations available for the user or communication rate obtained based on the levels of congestion, which are fixed or dynamically changing values.
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A communication system comprising:
- an information providing server which includes:
- a map information storage unit which maintains map information with which at least one of position information, address information, and names of buildings or shops is associated,
- a communication parameter obtaining unit which obtains communication parameters associated with the position information,
- an image information creating unit which creates image information in which the communication parameters associated with the position information are described on the map information, and
- a communication unit which transmits the image information created by the image information creating unit via a network;
- and
- one or more wireless communication terminal devices, each of which includes:
- a receiving unit which receives the image information from the information providing server,
- a display unit which displays the received image information, and
- a wireless communication unit which connects to a base station in a wireless manner,
- wherein the display unit of each of the one or more wireless communication terminal devices is divided into a plurality of display regions, and the image information in which the communication parameters received from the information providing server or the communication parameters are displayed on one of the plurality of display regions.
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A communication system comprising:
- an information providing server which includes:
- a map information storage unit which maintains map information with which at least one of position information, address information, and names of buildings or shops is associated;
- a communication parameter obtaining unit which obtains communication parameters associated with the position information;
- an image information creating unit which creates image information in which the communication parameters associated with the position information are described on the map information;
- a communication unit which transmits the image information created by the image information creating unit via a network;
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- an information size control unit which controls information size when the image information created by the image information creating unit is transmitted from the communication unit;
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- one or more wireless communication terminal devices, each of which includes:
- a receiving unit which receives the image information from the information providing server;
- a display unit which displays the received image information;
- and
- a wireless communication unit which connects to a base station in a wireless manner.
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An information providing method comprising:
- maintaining map information with which at least one of position information, address information, and names of buildings or shops is associated;
- obtaining communication parameters associated with the position information;
- creating image information in which the communication parameters associated with the position information are described on the map information;
- and
- displaying the image information created by an image information creating unit,
- transmitting the image information created by the image information creating unit to a display apparatus outside the information providing apparatus.
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A computer program recorded in a computer-readable format, the computer program causing a computer to function as:
- a map information storage unit which maintains map information with which at least one of position information, address information, and names of buildings or shops is associated;
- a communication parameter obtaining unit which obtains communication parameters associated with the position information;
- an image information creating unit which creates image information in which the communication parameters associated with the position information are described on the map information;
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- a display unit which displays the image information created by the image information creating unit,
- wherein the image information creating unit also describes information relating to a business operator, who manages or operates a base station as a candidate wireless connection destination for a user, on the map information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.