Pioneer Corporation

Yukitaka Saito

Takehiko Shioda

Tamami Oda

Tomo Watanabe

Takeshi Nakamura

Hiroaki Shibasaki

Michikazu Hashimoto

Toshio Tabata

Hajime Miyasato

Tomoo Watanabe

Masae Shimada

Mitsuru Watanabe

In an advertisement information providing system, a destination is set based on the identification number assigned for each store, published by an advertisement provider. When the user arrives at the setup destination and visits the corresponding storeor purchases a commodity in the store, the storepays cooperation money to the advertisement provider

Advertisement information providing system

An information serving system includes a broadcasting station module (TV), user module (RV), and advertising agency module (AD). The broadcasting station module (TV) broadcasts pieces of broadcast information including at least video information. The user module (RV) receives the broadcast information, selects an image component composing an image from the received broadcast information, and produces specification information indicative of the selected image component. The user module (RV) transmits the produced specification information, while receiving component information to represent the received component information. The advertising company module (AD) acquires the specification information, and transmits to the user module (RV) the component information indicating an image component specified by the acquired specification information. This allows a viewer viewing a broadcasted program to acquire detailed information about a desired image component in an easier and quicker manner, thus enhancing usability of a broadcasting business.

System for serving information in relation to video information broadcasted on electric wave

A road status data providing system includes a server for transmitting/receiving data via a communication line and a plurality of vehicle terminals. The server includes a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving data to and from the plurality of vehicle terminals, a vehicle trend management database for managing vehicle trends of the plurality of vehicle terminals, and a totaling unit for totaling status data indicative of a status of vehicles at a prescribed point on the basis of the vehicle trend management database. Each of the vehicle terminals includes a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving data to and from the server, a present position determining unit for determining the present position of the vehicle, and a creating unit for creating status data requesting information for acquiring the status data at the prescribed point.

Road status data providing system

A telephone communication method and system for retrieving and providing advertisement information that matches a communication terminal user's preference as to advertisement information. The telephone communication method of the invention is a method of providing the communication terminal with one or more pieces of advertisement information via a telephone network. This method obtains a plurality of pieces of advertisement information from an advertiser terminal prior to provision of the advertisement information on one hand, and obtains user-related information from the user's communication terminal as a retrieval condition for retrieval of the advertisement information on the other hand. The method then transmits to the communication terminal at least one piece of advertisement information retrieved from a plurality of pieces of advertisement information on the basis of the user-related information.

Telephone communication system and method, and server for providing advertisement information

To provide a communication navigation system capable of operating a plurality of communication navigation terminal apparatuses in synchronization and switching among them while maintaining settings related to navigation. A navigation system is comprised of an information server apparatus, a portable terminal apparatus and a vehicle terminal apparatus for performing a navigation process, and when switching a movable body for performing the navigation, it switches a sending destination of navigation data such as map information, that is, a terminal apparatus while maintaining settings such as the destination information before connecting so as to continuously conduct the navigation such as route searching and route guidance.

Navigation system, and information server apparatus and communication terminal apparatus for the same, and method and program for changing a movable body in the same

A navigation system comprises a navigation apparatus mounted on a vehicle and a portable information device communicable with the navigation apparatus based on a predetermined communication protocol. The navigation apparatus searches a route from a current position to a destination, and guides the searched route to the vehicle, that is, crews on board. The navigation apparatus further comprises a unit for searching a further route from a further current position to the destination in response to a predetermined command. The further current position is a position at which the unit searches the further route. The navigation apparatus further comprises a transfer unit for transferring information indicative of the further route to the portable information device. This device provides a person, who carries the device, with a further route guide by showing the further route, after the route guide performed by the navigation apparatus.

Navigation system equipped with portable sub-navigation unit

A navigation system of a hybrid car retrieves a route to detect whether any restricted area forbidden for automobiles that emit exhaust gases is on the route or not. Before the hybrid car arrives at the restricted area, an electric motor is driven by a gasoline engine portion to charge a battery portion. After the hybrid car arrives at the restricted area, only the electric motor is operated by electric power of the battery portion so that the hybrid car can pass through the restricted area. As a result, the hybrid car can arrive at a destination by the shortest distance without bypassing the restricted area, and the environment of the restricted area can be protected because the gasoline engine portion is not operated in the restricted area.

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Tsurugashima, Japan

Yukitaka Saito