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Abstract

An information providing system according to this invention comprises a center for providing information, and at least one user terminal connected to the center through a predetermined communication network and adapted for accepting offer of information from the center. The user terminal receives information transmitted from the center through the predetermined communication network to display the received information on a display and to store, as past record information, a portion of information received in the past. When user designates desired one of the stored past record information, the user terminal transmits, to the center, an instruction signal for instructing offer of information corresponding to desired past record information. The center receives the instruction signal transmitted from the user terminal to read out information corresponding to the received instruction signal from provided information memory means to transmit it to the user terminal. Thus, user can simply and immediately receive desired information from the center without repeating the operation for selecting item from the menu picture for specifying desired information required in the conventional system.

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First Claim