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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Masato Endo, Nagoya, JP;
Chihaya Todoroki, Nissin, JP;
Hiroaki Sekiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sumiya, Nagoya, JP;
Masato Endo, Nagoya, JP;
Chihaya Todoroki, Nissin, JP;
Hiroaki Sekiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sumiya, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A navigation device, which works as a position information providing device for providing information on positions to a user, includes a terminal ECU that can log in management servers, each of which manages a social networking service (SNS) to which information can be posted, via a line network. The terminal ECU logs in the management servers via the line network in synchronization with a start operation of the navigation device to acquire the whole or a part of posting information on positions posted to the SNS by network users and accumulated in the management servers.