Abstract: The right for correlating a region or an existence with a virtual region in a virtual world structured in for example the Internet is sold, bought, lent, or rented. For example, when a buyer bought a virtual region from a seller, the virtual region of the seller is correlated with a virtual region of the buyer in a link method, a paste method, or a projection method.

Abstract: The right for correlating a region or an existence with a virtual region in a virtual world structured in for example the Internet is sold, bought, lent, or rented. For example, when a buyer bought a virtual region from a seller, the virtual region of the seller is correlated with a virtual region of the buyer in a link method, a paste method, or a projection method.

Abstract: This invention is to present specific information necessary for maintenance of programs in an information system. This program analysis method includes: storing an entity that is an information unit as an object of a processing in a program into a relation table in association with an event affecting a processing for the entity; calculating importance degrees of the events by using data stored in the relation table; and identifying an event affecting a processing for a specific entity by using the data stored in the relation table, and calculating an influence degree of the specific entity by using the importance degree of the identified event. Because the user can grasp the influence degree of the entity, it becomes easy to grasp how much the update of the entity affects other portion in the information system.

Abstract: The right for correlating a region or an existence with a virtual region in a virtual world structured in for example the Internet is sold, bought, lent, or rented. For example, when a buyer bought a virtual region from a seller, the virtual region of the seller is correlated with a virtual region of the buyer in a link method, a paste method, or a projection method.

Abstract: Situated information (SI) is created by adding situation information, which expresses by 5W1H a situation where an information resource becomes effective, to the information resource, and the SI is registered to an SI memory unit. Then, information resource which has situation information fitting the current situation is selected and presented to a user.

Abstract: A device presents selling information about a virtual region of a selling object in a virtual world. An accepting device accepts a message that represents that a buyer will buy the virtual region of the selling object and information about the buyer. An executing device transfers the right for correlating a processing object with the virtual region of the selling object to the buyer, using at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world as the processing object. The correlating device correlates identification information of the processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the selling object.

Abstract: A source structure obtaining unit of the apparatus analyzes a source code with an annotation, renders elements and associates as an object, generates a model representing a structure of the source code 5 and stores the model in a source code object storing unit. An architecture structure obtaining unit generates a model of architecture information which is rendered as an object and stores the model in an architecture object storing unit. Then, a gap analyzing unit compares said two models and outputs unassociated objects as gap information. A pattern matching unit compares the model of the source code object storing unit with bad pattern information of a bad pattern information storing unit and outputs the corresponding object as detected badness information.

Abstract: This invention is to present specific information necessary for maintenance of programs in an information system. This program analysis method includes: storing an entity that is an information unit as an object of a processing in a program into a relation table in association with an event affecting a processing for the entity; calculating importance degrees of the events by using data stored in the relation table; and identifying an event affecting a processing for a specific entity by using the data stored in the relation table, and calculating an influence degree of the specific entity by using the importance degree of the identified event. Because the user can grasp the influence degree of the entity, it becomes easy to grasp how much the update of the entity affects other portion in the information system.

Abstract: A service database stores a set of area information and a service program for each individual service. When position information of a mobile station and service selection information are received, the service database is searched to retrieve a service program specified by the service selection information and corresponding area information. When the mobile station is present in the area represented by the area information, the service program is executed to provide a service to the mobile station.

Abstract: An information providing device, which provides information (such as web page) to a client device via a network, includes: a usage history storing unit that stores a usage history of each web page into a usage history database, and calculates a utilization rate of each web page based on the usage history; a display style changing unit that changes a style of displaying a link to the web page or the web page itself based on the utilization rate and display settings; and a display settings changing unit that changes the display settings according to an instruction from a user and stores the display settings in a display settings storage unit.

Abstract: Schedule data described using a sequence of a predetermined specification based on a set of a place condition and a time condition, and a schedule to be performed based on the place condition and time condition is processed depending on a range of a place information and a range of a time information to be presented to a user, and information corresponding to the schedule is presented to the user.

Abstract: Situated information (SI) is created by adding situation information, which expresses by 5W1H a situation where an information resource becomes effective, to the information resource, and the SI is registered to an SI memory unit. Then, information resource which has situation information fitting the current situation is selected and presented to a user.

Abstract: The layout survey apparatus includes a calculating unit that calculates a distance to a plurality of other devices respectively on the basis of a reception field intensity; a creating unit that creates location data of the apparatus and the devices on the basis of the distance calculated; an acquiring unit that acquires location data of the apparatus and the devices from the devices respectively; and a creating unit that creates layout information for displaying physical layout of the apparatus and the devices on the basis of the location data created and the location data acquired.

Abstract: An information copying apparatus includes a display processing unit that creates display mode data based on display object data and display-mode designation data stored in a first memory area, and displays a display mode corresponding to the display mode data on a first window; and a data copying unit that selects, when a copy operation for copying the display mode into a second window is performed, a part of or a whole of the display mode displayed on the window, and copies the display-mode designation data and the display object data into a second memory area corresponding to the second window.

Abstract: An information provider computer program includes computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform obtaining from an information user device permission for providing information to the information user device, receiving permission information corresponding to the permission and to a permission level related to usability of the information to a user, the permission information being issued by the information user device, and transmitting the information and the permission information received to the information user device.

Abstract: A navigation script includes time and point information for navigation and information for guidance, and describes an instruction sequence which can represent these information in time series in a mark-up language. According to the structured data generated from the navigation script, an instruction corresponding to a current time or point is executed, so that information for guidance to be presented is output.

Abstract: Position information measured by a terminal of a mobile body is encrypted and transmitted to a position recording center. The position recording center accumulates the position information of each mobile body in the encrypted state. The mobile body or a position information service center providing predetermined position information services to the mobile body can not decrypt other person's position information recorded by the position recording apparatus without the permission of the person. Therefore, it is possible to manage the position information of the mobile body without infringing the privacy of the mobile body. Furthermore, high-level security can be secured since the position recording apparatus itself can not decrypt the accumulated position information without obtaining the key for decryption from the mobile body.

Abstract: A navigation script includes time and point information for navigation and information for guidance, and describes an instruction sequence which can represent these information in time series in a mark-up language. According to the structured data generated from the navigation script, an instruction corresponding to a current time or point is executed, so that information for guidance to be presented is output.

Abstract: An automation level selection unit automatically selects one automation level corresponding to a given trigger based on a situation, the prediction of performance, the detection of a user reaction, or the record of a user operation in the past. A level-based process control unit controls a predetermined process corresponding to the automation level selected by the automation level selection unit.

Abstract: The device includes a current position information acquiring section that acquires current position information related to the current position of a car every fixed interval of time, a matching processing section that carries out a matching between a target position information located on a route through which the car travels and the current position information, a control unit which, if there is a match between the target position information and the current position information, requests a guide information supplying device to send guide information related to the target position information, through a radio link, a radio station, a traveling object network and the Internet, and a display section that displays the guide information supplied from the guide information supplying device through the Internet, the traveling object network, the radio station and the radio link.