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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Naoko Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Shoki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ichiro Seto, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiko Toyoda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shuichi Sekine, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kuniaki Ito, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Naoko Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Shoki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ichiro Seto, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiko Toyoda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shuichi Sekine, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kuniaki Ito, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus used in a first mobile communication system with a plurality of wireless base stations, the first mobile communication system operated by a first provider, the apparatus including an acquiring unit, a location detecting unit configured to detect a present location of the apparatus, a storing unit configured to store first service location information with respect to the first provider, and a location information providing unit configured to calculate locally a location of the plurality of wireless base stations using the detected present location of the apparatus stored in the storing unit. The location information providing unit is configured to provide a user with information based on the first service location information and the second service location information.