Travel information distribution system

09832926

09/832926

April 12, 2001

A travel information distribution system includes a distribution center and a wireless terminal of a user who can readily obtaining necessary travel information in traveling places using the wireless terminal such a portable telephone or a portable personal computer. The user visits a travel agency to apply a travel, has a travel schedule table prepared and registers a telephone number of the wireless terminal in a database. The travel agency sends the data of the user to the distribution center, and distribution center receives travel information from information providers. After the departure of the travel, the distribution center transmits necessary travel information to the user at a proper time in a proper place. The user can obtain the necessary updated information in the necessary place and can be free from a heavy weight travel guidebooks. The distribution center can obtain advertisement incomes from travel agencies and advertisement firms.

Niwa, Yushi (Tokyo, JP)

NEC CORPORATION, David A. Blumenthal (Washington, DC, US)

What is claimed is: 1. A travel information distribution system comprising: a schedule table preparator for preparing a schedule table containing reference places for obtaining information in a traveling, arrival dates and times of the reference places and distribution data to be distributed to a wireless terminal of a user in the reference places from an itinerary table of a travel; and a data distributor for searching the arrival dates and times in order from the schedule table prepared by the schedule table preparator to distribute distribution data to the wireless terminal of the user in respective arrival dates and times via a network. 2. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a distribution data identifying information storage for storing identifying information for identifying the distribution data distributed by the data distributor; a specifier for specifying one of a presence and an absence of use of the distribution data related to the identifying information stored in the distribution data identifying information storage; and a notifier for notifying the data distributor of the distribution data specified by the specifier after finishing of the travel. 3. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a place specifier for specifying the places where the user has used the distribution data distributed by the data distributor; a place storage for storing the places specified by the place specifier; and a notifier for notifying the data distributor of the places stored in the place storage after finishing of the travel. 4. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a schedule table receiver for receiving a schedule table prepared by the schedule table preparator; and a distribution data transmitting requester for requesting the data distributor to transmit distribution data at a distribution timing of respective distribution data on the basis of the schedule table received by the schedule table receiver. 5. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 1, wherein the distribution data is distributed to the wireless terminal by an e-mail. 6. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 1, wherein the distribution data is distributed to the wireless terminal by a file described by a descriptive language. 7. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 1, wherein the distribution data includes addresses of contents on the network, and the wireless terminal accesses to the addresses to download necessary contents. 8. A travel information distribution system comprising: a schedule table preparator for preparing a schedule table containing reference places for obtaining information in a traveling, arrival dates and times of the reference places and distribution data to be distributed to a wireless terminal of a user in the reference places from an itinerary table of a travel; a tolerance calculator for calculating time tolerances with respect to the arrival dates and times written in the schedule table prepared by the schedule table preparator; an arrival date corrector for correcting the arrival dates and times to earliest ones on the basis of the tolerances calculated by the tolerance calculator; and a data distributor for searching the arrival dates and times in order from the prepared schedule table to distribute distribution data related to the arrival dates and times corrected by the arrival date corrector to the wireless terminal of the user in respective arrival dates and times via a network. 9. The travel information distribution system of claimed in claim 8, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a distribution data identifying information storage for storing identifying information for identifying the distribution data distributed by the data distributor; a specifier for specifying one of a presence and an absence of use of the distribution data related to the identifying information stored in the distribution data identifying information storage; and a notifier for notifying the data distributor of the distribution data specified by the specifier after finishing of the travel. 10. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 8, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a place specifier for specifying the places where the user has used the distribution data distributed by the data distributor; a place storage for storing the places specified by the place specifier; and a notifier for notifying the data distributor of the places stored in the place storage after finishing of the travel. 11. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 8, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a schedule table receiver for receiving a schedule table prepared by the schedule table preparatory and a distribution data transmitting requester for requesting the data distributor to transmit distribution data at a distribution timing of respective distribution data on the basis of the schedule table received by the schedule table receiver. 12. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 8, wherein the tolerance calculator calculates the tolerances by multiplying tolerances based on kinds of transport means for arriving at respective places by respective factors determined according to dates of moving. 13. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 8, wherein the tolerance calculator calculates the tolerances by multiplying tolerances based on kinds of transport means for arriving at respective places by respective factors determined according to time bands of moving. 14. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 8, wherein the tolerance calculator calculates the tolerances by multiplying tolerances based on kinds of transport means for arriving at respective places by respective factors determined according to dates and time bands of moving. 15. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 8, wherein the distribution data is distributed to the wireless terminal by an e-mail. 16. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 8, wherein the distribution data is distributed to the wireless terminal by a file described by a descriptive language. 17. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 8, wherein the distribution data includes addresses of contents on the network, and the wireless terminal accesses to the addresses to download necessary contents. 18. A travel information distribution system comprising: a schedule table preparator for preparing a schedule table containing destinations as reference places for obtaining information in a traveling, position information of the destinations and distribution data to be distributed to a wireless terminal of a user in the reference places from an itinerary table of a travel; a position information detector for detecting position information as a present place of the wireless terminal carried in the travel; a destination position information comparator for comparing the position information detected by the position information detector with position information of destinations shown in the schedule table prepared by the schedule table preparator; and a data distributor for distributing distribution data related to the coincident destination to a wireless terminal via a network when the position information of any destination shown in the prepared schedule table is coincident with the position information detected by the position information detector by the comparison of the destination position information comparator. 19. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 18, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a distribution data identifying information storage for storing identifying information for identifying the distribution data distributed by the data distributor; a specifier for specifying one of a presence and an absence of use of the distribution data related to the identifying information stored in the distribution data identifying information storage; and a notifier for notifying the data distributor of the distribution data specified by the specifier after finishing of the travel. 20. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 18, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a place specifier for specifying the places where the user has used the distribution data distributed by the data distributor; a place storage for storing the places specified by the place specifier; and a notifier for notifying the data distributor of the places stored in the place storage after finishing of the travel. 21. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 18, wherein the wireless terminal includes a position information transmitter for transmitting the position information to the data distributor at a certain time interval, and the data distributor includes: a personal schedule table containing times and places of the wireless terminal according to the travel schedule; a tolerance calculator for calculating tolerances between the position information transmitted from the position information transmitter and the schedule written in the personal schedule table on the basis of the time when the position information transmitter transmits the position information; and a schedule table renewer for renewing the schedule table for the distribution of the distribution data by reflecting the calculation result of the tolerance calculator. 22. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 18, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a schedule table receiver for receiving a schedule table prepared by the schedule table preparator; and a distribution data transmitting requester for requesting the data distributor to transmit distribution data at a distribution timing of respective distribution data on the basis of the schedule table received by the schedule table receiver. 23. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 18, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a schedule table receiver for receiving a schedule table containing a schedule for a distribution of distribution data; a schedule table storage for storing the schedule table received by the schedule table receiver; a comparator for comparing distribution data, a distribution time and a distribution place when the distribution data is distributed with a distribution data, a distribution time and a distribution place written in the schedule table stored in the schedule table storage; and a tolerance data transmitter for transmitting tolerances of the distribution time and place of the schedule table as the comparison result of the comparator as tolerance data, and the data distributor includes a schedule table renewer for renewing the contents of the schedule table by reflecting the tolerance data transmitted from the tolerance data transmitter. 24. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 18, wherein the distribution data is distributed to the wireless terminal by an e-mail. 25. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 18, wherein the distribution data is distributed to the wireless terminal by a file described by a descriptive language. 26. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 18, wherein the distribution data includes addresses of contents on the network, and the wireless terminal accesses to the addresses to download necessary contents. 27. A travel information distribution system comprising: a schedule table preparator for preparing a schedule table containing destinations as reference places for obtaining information in a traveling, position information of the destinations and distribution data to be distributed to a wireless terminal of a user in the reference places from an itinerary table of a travel; a position information detector for detecting position information as a present place of the wireless terminal carried in the travel; a tolerance table containing tolerances between position information of reference positions of respective destinations and position information of border positions of respective destinations shown in the schedule table prepared by the schedule table preparator; an area calculator for calculating areas of respective destinations from the position information of the reference positions of respective destinations and the tolerances shown in the tolerance table; a destination position information comparator for comparing the areas calculated by the area calculator with the position information of the wireless terminal, detected by the position information detector; and a data distributor for distributing distribution data related to the destination area including the position information of the wireless terminal to a wireless terminal via a network when the position information of the wireless terminal is included in any destination area by the comparison of the destination position information comparator. 28. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 27, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a distribution data identifying information storage for storing identifying information for identifying the distribution data distributed by the data distributor; a specifier for specifying one of a presence and an absence of use of the distribution data related to the identifying information stored in the distribution data identifying information storage; and a notifier for notifying the data distributor of the distribution data specified by the specifier after finishing of the travel. 29. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 27, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a place specifier for specifying the places where the user has used the distribution data distributed by the data distributor; a place storage for storing the places specified by the place specifier; and a notifier for notifying the data distributor of the places stored in the place storage after finishing of the travel. 30. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 27, wherein the wireless terminal includes a position information transmitter for transmitting the position information to the data distributor at a certain time interval, and the data distributor includes: a personal schedule table containing times and places of the wireless terminal according to the travel schedule; a tolerance calculator for calculating tolerances between the position information transmitted from the position information transmitter and the schedule written in the personal schedule table on the basis of the time when the position information transmitter transmits the position information; and a schedule table renewer for renewing the schedule table for the distribution of the distribution data by reflecting the calculation result of the tolerance calculator. 31. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 27, wherein the wireless terminal includes: a schedule table receiver for receiving a schedule table prepared by the schedule table preparator; and a distribution data transmitting requester for requesting the data distributor to transmit distribution data at a distribution timing of respective distribution data on the basis of the schedule table received by the schedule table receiver. 32. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 27, wherein the distribution data is distributed to the wireless terminal by an e-mail. 33. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 27, wherein the distribution data is distributed to the wireless terminal by a file described by a descriptive language. 34. The travel information distribution system claimed in claim 27, wherein the distribution data includes addresses of contents on the network, and the wireless terminal accesses to the addresses to download necessary contents.

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