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Abstract

An information providing apparatus for selecting desired information from a plurality of storing media and outputting the selected information to a terminal apparatus comprises an input unit to input information requests from a plurality of terminal apparatuses, a deciding unit for classifying the plurality of information requests inputted by the input unit and deciding a retrieving order of the information according to each information request, a memory to store the retrieving order decided by the deciding unit, a reading unit for selecting the storing medium corresponding to the information request from the plurality of storing media in accordance with the retrieving order stored in the memory and for reading out the desired information, and an output unit to output the information read out by the reading means to the terminal apparatus. The memory stores the ID number of the storing medium, the ID number of the information, and the ID number of the terminal apparatus as one set.

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First Claim