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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama-shi, Saitama, JP;
Akio Sumizawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a technology capable of allowing a user to search and retrieve facilities in an appropriate manner. An information terminal includes a facility storage unit for storing information on facilities, a first facility search unit for searching and retrieving the facilities stored based on a designated search condition, and a second facility search unit for requesting, via a network, a facility information providing device for providing the information on the facilities to provide facility information based on the designated search condition. It is determined which of the first and second facility search units is to be used to search and retrieve the facilities, and the results retrieved by the first or the second unit are displayed.