Electronic guide system, contents server for electronic guide system, portable electronic guide device, and information processing method for electronic guide system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8972186
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13748118

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Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels.

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  • SONY CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Itako, Motoya Tokyo, JP 8 349
Kobuya, Naoshi Tokyo, JP 9 352
Masano, Toru Kagawa, JP 9 352
Nagasawa, Hiroshi Tokyo, JP 85 1235
Noda, Atsushi Tokyo, JP 80 1769

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