Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Asa Namiki

Yasuhiro Shinkai

Hiroshi Tanaka

Akira Yoda

Mikio Watanabe

Yoshiki Kawaoka

Toshihiko Kaku

Sugio Makishima

Mika Sugimoto

An information intermediary apparatus for communicating through a communication network with an information management apparatus having user information stored therein, the information intermediary apparatus, which includes: a first communication section for establishing communication through the communication network with the information management apparatus; a second communication section for communicating with a portable communication apparatus having identification information for identifying a user; an identification information-obtaining section, connected with said second communication section, for obtaining said identification information from said portable communication apparatus through said second communication section; user information input unit, connected with said first communication section, for inputting user information for the user of the portable communication apparatus; and a data-identifying section, connected with said identification information-obtaining section and said user information input unit, for associating said identification information with the user information.

Information intermediary apparatus, information management apparatus, and information communication system

An information intermediary apparatus for communicating through a communication network with an information management apparatus having user information stored therein, the information intermediary apparatus, which includes: a first communication section for establishing communication through the communication network with the information management apparatus; a second communication section for communicating with a portable communication apparatus having identification information for identifying a user; an identification information-obtaining section, connected with said second communication section, for obtaining said identification information from said portable communication apparatus through said second communication section; a user information input unit, connected with said first communication section, for inputting user information for the user of the portable communication apparatus; and a data-identifying section, connected with said identification information-obtaining section and said user information input unit, for associating said identification information with the user information.

Inputting a profile of a user; detecting a current position of the user; previously recording service information on shops or the like in a recording device associated with the current position of the user and the profile of the user; and retrieving and selecting the service information on the shops or the like recorded in the recording device according to the inputted profile and the detected current position of the user to notify the user permit providing appropriate service information required by the user to the user by a push type information notification system. There are also provided a storing device which previously stores destination information matching a date, a time period, a cost, number of persons, a purpose or the like in action, associated with user information on an age, a sex or a preference of the user; an input device through which the user inputs his profile such as the preference; a processing device which selects a destination or action information on an action order or the like associated with the profile from the destination information stored in the storing device according to a predetermined algorithm; and a notifying device (display device) which notifies the user of the selected action information, thereby permitting successively notifying the user of destinations and action instructions.

Information notification system and method, and navigation system and method

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Tokyo, Japan

Asa Namiki