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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akiyoshi Nakamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/128 ;
Abstract
An information provision system is provided which provides in advance a travel data package via the Internet , in which data effective for measuring the current position such as the longitude and latitude information of a travel site location is stored based on itinerary information in such a manner as to be associated with an itinerary. Then, as a result of going on a travel by storing the distributed travel data package in a portable terminal , it is possible to measure the current position in a short time because the longitude and latitude information, for example, of a scheduled place of the itinerary can be known in advance at a travel site.