JP2003279371A - Device, method, and program for providing information by following up information receiver and recording medium recording the program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing device that can provide an information receiver, such as a traveler, etc., with the information on each place along a traveling route of the receiver by following up the receiver when the receiver arrives at each place. <P>SOLUTION: This information providing device is provided with a provider DB 11 in which the information provided from an information provider and the existing area of the provider are recorded in a correlated state, a positional information collecting section 15 which acquires one by one the present location of the portable telephone 10 held by the information receiver who wants to receive information, and a down load control section 16 which discriminates one by one whether or not the acquired present location of the portable telephone 10 exists in the existing area of the information provider recorded in the DB 11 and, when the discriminated result is affirmative, fetches the information provided from the information provider and transmits the information to the portable telephone 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information receiver follow-up type information providing device and information receiver follower follow-up information which can provide information of a destination when an information receiver such as a traveler goes to various parts of a travel route. The present invention relates to a providing method, an information receiver follow-up type information providing program, and a recording medium recording the program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, information about unfamiliar areas and places can be easily retrieved from a car navigation device or a mobile terminal. Information such as maps and guidance is stored in a server by a business operator who runs an inn or restaurant at a travel destination, or a person who manages a historic spot, and a traveler or the like who drives the travel destination can use the car navigation device to travel to If you enter a place name on the travel route as a search keyword,
The information retrieved by the server is transmitted to and displayed on the car navigation device. Also, the same search can be performed from a mobile terminal.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, a traveler or the like needs to instruct a search one by one when he wants information. In particular, in the case of a car navigation device, the operation during driving is dangerous, and therefore a search instruction is usually given when the car is stopped. Therefore, even if there is a place you want to visit, you often pass by because you are driving. In addition, even if the user travels with a mobile terminal having a search function, he or she forgets that he / she will be absorbed in the search and will be able to search. In other words, in the past, it was often inconvenient because information recipients, such as travelers, requested information.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide information on the location when an information receiver such as a traveler goes to various places along a travel route. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information receiver tracking information providing device, an information receiver tracking information providing method, an information receiver tracking information providing program, and a recording medium recording the program.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention according to claim 1 provides information to be provided by an information provider and an area where the information provider exists. Provider information storage means additionally recorded, position acquisition means for acquiring the current position of the terminal that changes with the movement of the terminal of the information receiver who is about to receive the information, and the position acquisition means The current position of the terminal acquired by
Determination means for determining whether or not the information provider recorded in the provider information storage means is present in the area, and if the determination is affirmative, the determination is made from the provider information storage means. An information receiver follow-up type information providing device including information transmitting means for extracting information to be provided by the information provider and transmitting the information to the terminal of the information receiver is referred to as a solving means.

The present invention according to claim 2 further comprises a judging means for judging whether or not the present time is included in the time set by the information receiver's request, when the judgment is affirmative. The information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus according to claim 1 is a solution means.

The present invention according to claim 3 records the history of transmission of the information to be provided and performs processing based on the recorded history of transmission. The follow-up type information providing device will be the solution.

The present invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the information to be provided is transmitted to the terminal of the information receiver only within the contract period set by the request of the information receiver. The information receiver follower type information providing device described in any one of 3 above is used as a solution.

According to the present invention of claim 5, the information receiver who intends to receive the information is recorded by associating the information to be provided by the information provider with the area where the information provider exists. The current position of the terminal that changes with the movement of the terminal is acquired point by point, and the current position of the acquired terminal is determined step by step whether or not the recorded information provider is present in the area. When the determination is affirmative, the information receiver follow-up type information providing method of taking out the recorded information to be provided by the information provider and transmitting it to the terminal of the information receiver is taken as a solving means.

According to the present invention of claim 6, the information receiver who intends to receive the information is recorded by associating the information to be provided by the information provider with the area where the information provider exists. The current position of the terminal that changes with the movement of the terminal is acquired point by point, and the current position of the acquired terminal is determined step by step whether or not the recorded information provider is present in the area. When the determination is affirmative, the information receiver follow-up type information providing program for taking out the recorded information to be provided by the information provider and transmitting it to the terminal of the information receiver is taken as a solution means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the information receiver who records the information to be provided by the information provider and the area in which the information provider exists in association with each other, and receives the information. The position of the terminal that changes with the movement of the terminal is acquired one by one, and it is determined whether or not the acquired position of the terminal is within the area where the recorded information provider exists, and the determination is made. If the answer is affirmative, the recording medium recording the information receiver follow-up type information providing program for taking out the recorded information to be provided by the information provider and transmitting it to the terminal of the information receiver is used as a solution means. .

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a usage pattern of an information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus 1 sets the information receiver as a general user and the like, and sets the information provider as a store manager who intends to provide information to be provided to the information receiver (referred to as provision target information). At this time, while following the terminal of the information receiver (referred to as the information receiver terminal), the target information to be provided by the information provider in the area (also referred to as an area) including the position of the information receiver terminal is provided to the terminal. A computer system configured to send (provide) to. The information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 is operated and managed by a service provider who is in a neutral position with respect to both the information provider and the information receiver.

The information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus 1 is configured to be communicable with a position monitoring system 2 for detecting the position of the information receiver terminal 10. The position monitoring system 2 is, specifically, a mobile phone network or a PHS (Personal Handyphone S
ystem) network or a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite. Hereinafter, the information receiver terminal 1
A case where 0 is a mobile phone and the position monitoring system 2 is a mobile phone network will be described.

The information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 includes a provider database (hereinafter, the database is abbreviated as DB) 11, a recipient DB 12, and a provider information management DB 1.
3, a recipient location information management DB 14, a location information collection unit 15, and a delivery control unit 16.

Each of the databases 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus 1 is composed of a magnetic storage device or the like. In addition, each processing unit 15,
16 is realized by a computer program called an information receiver follow-up type information providing program being read from a storage medium storing the program into the information receiver follower-type information providing device 1 and executed by an arithmetic processing unit. is there.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the processing at the time of contract application for information provision and the configuration of the provider DB 11.

The information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 is
Applications for information provision contracts from information providers such as town tourism associations, hot spring inns, and restaurants are accepted at any time. The information provider makes a contract application for information provision to the information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 via a computer or a mobile phone via the Internet. Then, the information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 registers (records) the contract content in the provider DB 11.
To do.

The contract contents and the information generated by the information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 for processing are registered in the provider DB 11. The extract is explained below.

The provider DB 11 is composed of information for each information provider (hereinafter referred to as provider information), and each provider information is provided by the information provider ID indicating the information provider and the information provider. The provision target information distributed to the information receiver's mobile phone 10 is recorded. Further, whether this provision target information is the provision target information of the service (referred to as a basic service) for distributing the provision target information to the mobile telephone 10 in the area where the information provider's store is present, or the location of the mobile telephone 10 is set. Regardless of this, a service flag for distinguishing whether or not the target information is the target information of the additional service for distributing the target information is recorded. In particular, the target information provided by the additional service is called “additional information”. Further, in the provider information, when the provision target information is the provision target information of the basic service, an area ID indicating the area is recorded. Further, in the provider information, a usage fee according to the number of times the information to be provided is transmitted is recorded.

If the information provider consents to the deletion of information when there is a violation in the contract, the information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 sends the information providing computer to the computer of the information provider who made the application. As the acceptance completion notification, confirmation contents such as the basic fee payment method, the payment method, and notification of the delivery status are notified.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the processing at the time of contract application for information reception and the configuration of the recipient DB 12.

The information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 receives an application for an information receiving contract from an information receiver such as a traveler who is going to receive the information at a travel destination at any time. The information receiver applies to the information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 from the mobile phone 10 or the like for an information receiving contract.
Then, the information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus 1 is the receiver DB.
Register (record) the contract details in 12.

In the recipient DB 12, the contract contents and the information generated by the information recipient follow-up type information providing apparatus 1 for processing are registered. The extract is explained below.

The recipient DB 12 is composed of information for each information recipient (hereinafter referred to as recipient information), and each recipient information includes an information recipient ID indicating the information recipient, and a mobile phone of the information recipient. The telephone number of 10, the contract period information indicating the contract period of the contract made by the information receiver and the calculation period of the charge, and the service ID indicating the service desired by the information receiver are recorded. The basic service provided to the information receiver by the information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 is a “time zone service” in which information is distributed in a limited time zone, and a “time zone service” in which information is distributed in no time zone. There are two types of "root service", and the service ID indicates one of these services. Therefore, the time zone in which the information should be delivered (referred to as the delivery time zone) is recorded in the recipient information of the information recipient who has contracted for the "time zone service". The distribution time zone may be recorded as a start time and an end time, or as a center time and a length of time, depending on the wishes of the information receiver. Further, in the recipient information, whether or not there is a contract for "additional service" is recorded. Further, in the recipient information, a usage fee according to the number of times the information to be provided is received is recorded.

When the information receiver accepts the management of the information to be provided and the personal information at the time of contract, the information receiver follow-up type information providing device 1 gives the basic charge, the payment method, and the information in case of an emergency as a reception completion notice. The information receiver terminal 10 is notified that there is a notification. FIG. 4 shows provider information management D.
It is a figure which shows B13. The provider information management DB 13 is created from information for work for each information provider (hereinafter referred to as work information) that is generated when the contract period of the information provider is started and deleted when the contract period ends. It is a database. In each work information, the information provider ID of the information provider, the provision target information, the area ID, and the service flag are copied from the provider DB 11, and the cumulative number of times of distribution of the provision target information is accumulated as the processing progresses. It will be recorded.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the recipient location information management DB 14. The beneficiary location information management DB 14 is created from information for each information recipient (hereinafter referred to as recipient location information) that is generated when the information recipient's contract period starts and is erased when the contract term ends. It is a database. The information of each recipient is the information recipient ID of the recipient
Is set, the current position recording unit for recording the current position of the mobile phone that is sequentially updated, the current position holding unit for holding the current position recorded in the current position recording unit during processing, and the past A history recording unit for recording the position at which the information was delivered to the information provider and the information provider ID of the information provider who provided the information, and with the progress of the process, each history record unit Information is recorded. The position information collecting unit 15 is a processing unit that acquires, from the position monitoring system 2, the current position of the terminal that changes with the movement of the mobile phone 10, and records it in the current position recording unit of the receiver position information.

The delivery control unit 16 determines whether the current position of the terminal acquired by the position information collection unit 15 is within the area of the information provider recorded in the provider DB 11, and the determination is positive. In the case where it is done, the information to be provided by the information provider is retrieved from the provider DB 11 and the mobile phone 1
It is a processing unit for transmitting to 0.

Next, the operation of the information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the process performed by the delivery control unit 16. Specifically, it is for a certain information receiver (hereinafter simply referred to as the information receiver A), and the receiver information of the information receiver A in the receiver DB 12 (hereinafter referred to as the receiver information 12A) has already been specified. I will decide. The mobile phone 10 of the information receiver A will be referred to as a mobile phone 10A.

In each work information of the provider information management DB 13, the information provider ID, the provision target information, and the area ID are copied and recorded from each provider information of the provider DB 11. .

First, based on the contract period information recorded in the recipient information 12A and the current date and time, it is determined whether or not the start time of the contract period contracted by the information recipient has passed (step S1: contract period). If it is determined to be NO (the start time of the contract period has not elapsed), step S1 is performed again. Now, if it is determined to be YES (the start time of the contract period has elapsed) in step S1, initial setting is performed (step S3: initial setting). That is, the recipient location information (hereinafter referred to as the recipient location information 14A) is generated in the recipient location information management DB 14, and the recipient location information 14A is generated.
The information receiver ID of the information receiver A is set to, and the current position recording unit and the history recording unit are secured. It should be noted that a plurality of history recording units are secured on the assumption that information distribution will be performed a plurality of times.

The position information collecting unit 15 acquires the current position of the cellular phone 10A of the information receiver A from the position monitoring system 2 one by one, and records this current position in the current position recording unit of the receiver position information 14A, After that, the current position is continuously updated in the same manner.

Next, it is determined whether or not the end time of the contract period or the charge calculation period has passed based on the contract period information recorded in the recipient information 12A and the current date and time (step S).
5: End of contract period / charge calculation period? ).

If it is determined to be NO (the end time of the contract period or the charge calculation period has not passed), the current position recorded in the current position recording unit is copied to the current position holding unit (step S7). : Copy the current position). Next, the distribution control unit 16 performs additional information distribution processing (step S).
9: Additional information distribution process).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the additional information distribution process.

First, it is determined whether or not work information including a service flag of an additional service exists in the provider information management DB 13 (step S91: additional information exists?).
That is, the additional information is searched. Here, when it is determined to be NO (no additional information), the additional information distribution process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined to be YES (with additional information), one of the retrieved work information that has not been processed is specified and processed. Hereinafter, this work information is referred to as work information 13A.

First, a provision target information transmission process is performed (step S93: provision target information transmission process). Specifically, information to be provided (that is, additional information) is extracted from the work information 13A, a telephone number is read from the recipient information 12A,
Then, the information to be provided (additional information) is transmitted by calling the telephone number. Next, recording in the history recording unit is performed (step S95: recording of distribution history). Specifically, the current position recorded in the current position holding unit of the recipient position information 14A is copied and recorded in the history recording unit, and the information provider ID of the work information 13A is further copied in the history recording unit. Record.

After excluding the work information, the process returns to step S91, and it is determined whether the work information including the service flag of the additional service exists in the provider information management DB 13.

Returning to FIG. 6, the description will be continued. Step S9
When the additional information distribution process is completed, the information distribution process is performed (step S11: information distribution process).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the information distribution process. First, it is determined whether or not a store or the like of the information receiver exists in the area where the mobile phone 10A is located (step S111: Is the information receiver in the area?). Specifically, the area ID of the area including the current position recorded in the current position holding unit of the recipient position information 14A is obtained, and whether the work information including the area ID exists in the provider information management DB 13 is determined. judge. Here, when it is determined to be NO (there is no store of information recipients in the area), the information distribution process ends.

On the other hand, when it is determined to be YES (there is a store etc. of the information receiver in the area), one of the unprocessed work information is specified and the processing is performed. Hereinafter, this work information is referred to as work information 13A.

First, the type of service is determined (step S112: service determination), and the processing is divided according to the result. Specifically, when the service ID recorded in the recipient information 12A indicates "route service",
Immediately perform the provision target information transmission process (step S11).
3: Provided target information transmission processing). Specifically, the information to be provided is extracted from the work information 13A, and the recipient information 12A is obtained.
The telephone number is read from, and the information to be provided is transmitted by calling the telephone number.

Next, recording in the history recording section is performed (step S114: distribution history recording). Specifically, the current position recorded in the current position recording unit of the recipient position information 14A is copied and recorded in the history recording unit, and the information provider ID of the work information 13A is further copied in the history recording unit. Record.

Next, the cumulative total of the number of distributions of the work information 13A is updated (step S115: The number of distributions is updated). That is, 1 is added to the already recorded total.

Then, after excluding the work information,
Returning to step S111, it is determined whether or not the information receiver exists in the area where the mobile phone 10A is located.

Now, in step S112, the service ID
Is determined to indicate "time zone service",
It is determined whether or not the current time is included in the distribution time zone recorded in the recipient information 12A (step S116: Within the distribution time zone?) Here, if YES is determined, the control is shifted to step S113. On the other hand, if NO is determined, it is determined whether or not the position of the mobile phone 10A has changed from the position at the beginning of processing (step S117: position change?). Specifically, it is determined whether the areas including the current position recorded in the current position recording unit and the current position holding unit of the recipient position information 14A are the same or different.
Here, when the determination is NO, the control is transferred to step S116. On the other hand, if YES is determined, the information distribution process is exited and control is passed to step S5.

Returning to FIG. 6, the description will be continued.

When the information distribution process is completed in step S11, it is determined whether or not the position of the mobile phone 10A has changed from the position at the beginning of the process (step S13: position change?). Specifically, it is determined whether the areas including the current position recorded in the current position recording unit and the current position holding unit of the recipient position information 14A are the same or different. Here, when the determination is NO, the control is transferred to step S15. On the other hand, if YES is determined, step S
Control is transferred to 5.

Next, it is determined whether or not the end time of the contract period or the charge calculation period has passed based on the contract period information recorded in the recipient information 12A and the current date and time (step S).
15: End of contract period / charge calculation period? ).

If it is determined to be NO (the end time of the contract period or the charge calculation period has not elapsed), the control is shifted to step S13.

Now, step S5 or step S15
If YES is determined, the usage fee calculation process is performed (step S17: fee calculation process). Specifically, the information providing fee is calculated for each information provider according to the number of times the information to be provided is transmitted to the mobile phone 10A during the fee calculation period. Next, a billing process for billing the information receiver A for the calculated information provision fee is performed (step S19: billing process). Next, the calculated information provision fee is applied to the recipient information 12
It is recorded in A and the provider information in the provider DB 11 (step S21: record information provision fee).

Then, based on the contract period information recorded in the beneficiary information 12A and the current date and time, it is determined whether or not the contract period end time has passed (step S23: contract period ended?). Here, if NO is determined, the control is shifted to step S13, while if YES is determined, the process is ended.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a cash flow in the present embodiment. Basically, each of the service provider, the information receiver, and the information provider has a position monitoring system 2
Pay the call charges to the telecommunications carrier that manages the.

The information receiver pays the basic contract fee to the service provider. Further, the information receiver who desires the additional service further pays the additional service charge. Then, the information distribution fee according to the provided information to be provided is paid. Further, the information receiver can receive a refund according to the number of times the additional service fee is provided.

The information provider pays a basic contract fee to the service provider. Further, the information provider whose additional information is the information to be provided pays the additional service charge. Also, pay the information registration fee for the information to be provided. In addition, an information distribution fee is paid according to the number of times information to be provided is provided. The additional service fee to be refunded is added to the information delivery fee. In other words, the information provider will bear the refund.

As described above, according to the information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus 1 of the embodiment of the present invention, the information to be provided to be provided by the information provider and the area where the information provider exists. And the information acquisition means (11) for recording the corresponding current position of the terminal that changes with the movement of the terminal of the information receiver who wants to receive the information ( 15) and the current position of the terminal acquired by the position acquisition means are the provider information storage means (1
The determination means (16) for determining whether or not the information provider recorded in 1) exists within the area, and the provider information storage means (11) when the determination is positive. Since the information providing means (16) for taking out the information to be provided by the information provider and transmitting it to the terminal of the information recipient is provided, when the information recipient such as a traveler goes to various places on the travel route, Information can be provided.

Further, the information receiver follower type information providing method executed by the information receiver follower information providing apparatus 1 provides the information to be provided by the information provider and the area where the information provider exists. Correspondingly recorded, the current position of the terminal that changes with the movement of the terminal of the information receiver who is going to receive the information is acquired point by point, and the current position of the acquired terminal is the recorded information. Whether or not it is within the area where the provider is present is judged one by one, and when the judgment is positive, the recorded information to be provided by the information provider is taken out and transmitted to the terminal of the information receiver. Since each step of doing so is provided, when an information receiver such as a traveler goes to various parts of the travel route, it is possible to provide the information of the area.

Further, a judgment means (16) for judging whether or not the present time is included within the time set by the request of the information receiver is provided, and when the judgment is affirmative, the object to be provided is provided. Since the information is transmitted, the information to be provided can be transmitted within the desired time of the information receiver.

Further, it is possible to record the transmission history of the information to be provided, and to calculate the charge and bill the bill based on the recorded transmission history.

Further, the information to be provided can be transmitted to the terminal of the information receiver only within the contract period set by the request of the information receiver.

The computer program (information receiver follower type information providing program) for causing the information receiver follower type information providing apparatus 1 to execute the above-described processing is a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape. It can be widely distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as or transmitted by a communication network such as the Internet.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Whether or not the current position of the acquired information receiver's terminal is within the area where the information provider is present is determined step by step, and if the determination is affirmative, the information provided by the information provider is taken out. Since the information receiver is sent to the terminal of the information receiver, the information of the destination can be provided when the information receiver such as a traveler goes to various parts of the travel route.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a usage pattern of an information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Processing at the time of contract application for information provision and provider DB
It is a figure which shows the structure of 11.

[Figure 3] Processing at the time of contract application for information reception and recipient DB
It is a figure which shows the structure of 12.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a provider information management DB 13.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a recipient location information management DB 14;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a process performed by the delivery control unit 16.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of additional information distribution processing.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of information distribution processing.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a cash flow in the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Information receiver follow-up type information providing device 2 Position monitoring system (mobile phone network) 10 Information receiver terminal (mobile phone) 11 Provider database 12 beneficiary database 13 Provider information management database 14 Beneficiary Position Information Management Database 15 Location information collection unit 16 Delivery control unit

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A provider information storage unit in which information to be provided by an information provider to be provided and an area in which the information provider exists are recorded in association with each other, and information reception for receiving information is provided. Position acquisition means for acquiring the current position of the terminal that changes with the movement of the person's terminal, and the current position of the terminal acquired by the position acquisition means, the information provider recorded in the provider information storage means. Determination means for determining whether or not it is in the area where the information exists, and when the determination is affirmative, the information to be provided by the information provider is extracted from the provider information storage means and the information is received. Information receiver follow-up type information providing device, comprising: an information transmitting means for transmitting the information to a person's terminal. 2. A determination means for determining whether or not the current time is included in the time set by the information receiver's request, is provided, and the provision target information is transmitted when the determination is affirmative. The information receiver follow-up type information providing apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The information receiver follower type information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a history of transmission of the information to be provided is recorded and processing is performed based on the recorded history of transmission. 4. The information claiming person according to claim 1, wherein the information to be provided is transmitted to the terminal of the information receiver only within the contract period set by the request of the information receiver. Information receiver follower type information providing device. 5. The information to be provided by the information provider and the area in which the information provider exists are recorded in association with each other, and the information receiver's terminal that is going to receive the information moves with the movement of the terminal. Each time, the current position of the terminal that changes is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the acquired current position of the terminal is within the area where the recorded information provider exists, and the determination is positive. An information receiver follow-up type information providing method of taking out the recorded information to be provided by the information provider and transmitting the information to the terminal of the information receiver when the information is provided. 6. The information to be provided by the information provider and the area in which the information provider exists are recorded in association with each other, and the terminal of the information receiver who wants to receive the information is moved. Each time, the current position of the terminal that changes is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the acquired current position of the terminal is within the area where the recorded information provider exists, and the determination is positive. An information receiver follow-up type information providing program that, when done, takes out the recorded information to be provided by the information provider and sends it to the terminal of the information receiver. 7. The information to be provided by the information provider and the area in which the information provider exists are recorded in association with each other, and the terminal of the information receiver who wants to receive the information is moved. Every time the position of the terminal that changes is acquired, it is determined whether the acquired position of the terminal is within the area where the recorded information provider exists, and the determination is positive. In this case, a recording medium recording an information receiver follow-up type information providing program for taking out the recorded information providing information of the information provider and transmitting it to the terminal of the information receiver.