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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
Eiji Kawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Kawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic guide information processing system includes: an information distributing apparatusfor converting the guide information Dinto electronic guide information, and then distributing the resultant data; and a portable terminal apparatusfor recording and reproducing the electronic guide information distributed from the information distributing apparatus. The electronic guide information Dis visually displayed or/and audibly output in the portable terminal apparatus. Due to this structure, the information user can obtain the guide information about customers attracting facility in the form of electronic guide information D, instead of in the form of conventional paper materials such as guidebooks and guide maps. Besides, by employing a system in which the electronic guide information Dis distributed through broadcasting or communication infrastructure, the information user can easily and timely obtain the guide information about the customers attracting facility before he or she actually visits there.