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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is possible to appropriately provide information and services to a user who enters or exits a geofence. An information providing device includes a storage unit for storing area designation information for designating an area set on a route to a target, an angle threshold value, and content information about the target in association with each other, a position information acquisition unit for acquiring position information about a user terminal possessed by a user, a movement angle specifying unit configured to specify a movement angle indicating an angle at which the user enters or exits the area, by using the position information about the user terminal, an adjustment unit for adjusting the angle threshold value when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and a provision control unit for controlling provision of content information based on a result of comparison between the specified movement angle with the adjusted angle threshold value.